Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,102, Benjamin Furniss, Continental Mass.
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Continental 
Mass.
Furniss, Benjamin
Number S, 13,102
carded
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Hon. B Swift - 2 January 1834
Hon. H. Allen agent

Vermont 18.808

Benjamin Furniss
Windham Co in the State of Vermont was a private in the Company commanded Capn Bullard of the Regt. commanded by Col Whitcomb in the Mass line for 2 most. 
Mass and Continental. Records completed Jany 29/06

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the [illegilble]th day of March, 1831 
Certificate of Pension dated the 4 day of October 18   P. White Putney the land unto Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833. 166.66 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34.
33.33 = $200 00 
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded byW. L. Williams Clerk  Book E  . Vol. 3 Page 65
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582 Windham County - Benja Furniss For Pension Aug 6th 1832 Pleas to make return to P. White Putney Vt-
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STATE OF VERMONT. County of Windham ss. District of Westminster 

On this 6th day of August AD 1832 
Sixth Probate Court held forth here in & for said son & Seal Clerk the he herebyday  of August Presiding at Peter Pal A. D. 1832 - Personally appeared in open Court, Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District now sitting Benjamin Furness, a resident of Jamaica in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832--That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated 

That he first volunteered at And town of Greenwich in the County of Hampton and State of Massachusetts, and went to Cambridge to join the army near Boston arrived in Camp about a week after Bunkerhill Battle entered a company of Capt Cowden and staid there till about the first day of June 1776 when he inlisted into one year service at Cambridge and entered into the company of Capt. Bullard if he rightly recollects in the Regiment commanded by Col White of the Massachusetts line in and in the spring following went with the Regiment to the west to Northampton and the Connecticut River went over the Green Mountains to Bennington thence to Manchester thence to Sherboro and took water passage to Ticonderoga and staid thereto and assisted in building fortifications and went over the lake to work on the fort built on Mount Independance, and was discharged at Ticonderoga about the first of January 1777- and he further states that afterwards in the month of April 1777 he again inlisted for the time of nine months at Greenwich aforesaid, and was mustered at 
South by Col Woodbridge, muster master in Massachusetts and joined Northern army at Stillwater and was detached to the waggin service commanded my Col. Story commander of the waggon department. and for led months drove lyen. Prov baggage waggin and was discharged at Albany at the close of said term and received a written discharge which is all in the aforesaid service were in the Massachusetts line and the last nine months, belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Alden of the Massachusetts line. He further states that he was in the battle with Burgoyne at Benning's Height and was present when Burgoyne surrendered. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers upon his said oath, as follows: time --- 
1. He was born in the town of Marblehead  in the year 1754 
2. He has a record of his age in his family Bible
3. He lived in the town of Greenwich Massachusetts when he inlisted - where he lived till 1798 when he moved into the town of Jamaica where he has and ever since and lives --- 
4. He inlisted  voluntarily 
5, He said that Capt Dight- Col Woodbridge commanded the Regt. the first campaign in which he served  for in Gen. Nixons Brigade in two years service
 6. He received no written discharge except at the close of last campaign which was lost as before stated 
7. Nathaniel Robbins  Esq. Chapin Howard and sons his neighbors & respectable citizens & Magistrate
 Benja Gurness 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Peter Peter R Taft Judge Nathaniel Robbins [crossed out]  a clergyman residing in the town of Jamaica in said County and Chapin Howard of Townshend in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Furniss who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Secrety Eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Nathl Robbins
Chapin Howard
Peter R. Taft - Judge 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Nathaniel Robbins who has signed the preceding certificate, is a [crossed out] clergyman, resident in the said town of Jamaica and that Chapin Howard who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Townshend in said county, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit saith this the Clergyman has respectable a general testify to the matter of the clergy [illegible]
Peter M. Taft, Judge
I Asa Keyes 2nd Clerk of Register of the Probate Court
my hand seal Register of the Court, within and for the District of Westminster aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Furniss for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 6  day of August A. D. 1832. Asa Keyes 2nd
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. 
October 26, 1927 
Mrs. Lynn T. Miller 302 W. Emerson St Ithaca, Mich 

Madam: I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13102, it appears that Benjamin Furniss was born in 1754 at Marblehead, Massachusetts. While residing at Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as a private as follows -
From in June 1775, six months in Captain Cowden's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Massachusetts Regiment; from January 1, 1776, one year in Captain Bullard's Company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Continental Regiment; from in April 1777, nine months in Captain William K. Patrick's Company, Colonel Alden's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Bemis Heights and surrender of Cornwallis, a part of this time he served in the wagon service under and
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Colonel Hay.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832, while a resident of Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont.
There is no reference to wife and children.
The above noted Benjamin Furniss (all spellings of that name searched) is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C. 
SF 13,102
In reply to your request of [blank], received a statement of the military history of Benjamin Furniss soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
[table headings]DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN | COLONEL. | STATE. 
June, 1775 | 6 mons. | Pvt. | Cowden | Woodbridge | Mass
Jany 1, 1776 | 1 year | [blank] | Bullard | Asa Whitcomb | Continental 
+ Apr 1777 | 9 mos. | [blank] | William K. Patrick, detached to wagon service under Col. Hay  | Alden [blank] 

Battles engaged in, Bemis Heights and surrender of Burgoyne 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Greenwich Hampshire Co. Mass. 
Date of application for pension, Aug 6, 1832 Residence at date of application, Jamaica  Windham Co Vt. since 1798 
Age at date of application, b. at Marblehead 1754 
Remarks: No data as to family only Very respectfully, ]blank] Commissioner.
6 -- 2856
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Benja Furniss
first enlist 2nd May 1777
second 2 Dec 1777
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The affadavit of Luke Hitchcock of Highgate in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont aged 79 years who deposeth and saith. That in the year 1777 he lived in the town of Greenwich in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts and was then well acquainted with Benjamin Furniss then of the said Greenwich and now living in the Town of Jamaica in the County of Windham and State of Vermont. and was knowing to the said Furniss enlisting and entering the army of the Revolution, in the month of March or first of April 1777 for the term of nine months and entered the company of which Deponent was Ensign - commanded by (according to the Deponents recollection) Capt William R Patrick in the Regiment commanded by Col Alden of the Massachusetts line-- were marched to Albany New York and after being stationed there a short time. marched up the River to Still Water, and that vicinity, and were there untill after the surrender of Burgoynes Army and then were marched to Albany and remained there untill the expiration of Furniss term of service. A part of time said Furniss served as a private soldier in the Company aforesaid of which the Deponent was Ensign and a part of the time said Furniss was in the Waggon service, and according to the Deponents best recollection drove Gen Pens Baggage Waggon 
Luke Hitchcock
State of Vermont St Albans Dec 16 1833 Franklin County SS Personally, appeared Luke Hitchcock and made oath the above affadavitt by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth Before me William Bridges Justice of the Peace I further certify that the within named Deponent is a credible person and entitled to credit William Bridges Justice
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State of Term Franklin County SS
I Stephen S Brown Judge of the Courtof  Probate within and for the District of Georgia do hereby certify that William Bridges who has affixed his name to the above is a magistrate duly qualified and appointed by the Legistation of this State to act as such and I believe the same to be his genuine signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of said Court this 17th day of December AD 1833 Stephen S. Brown Judge
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T. James Conant of Oakham, in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy six years testify and say, that in the early part of January, A.D. 1776, I enlisted into the service of the United States in the army of the Revolution, for the term of one year, and served in the company commanded by Capt. Moses Soles of Newmarlborough , under Col. Asa Whitcomb of Princeton, Massachusetts, that I proceeded to Boston with our Company and Regiment, and while there I with most of the Regiment the small pox: we were in Dorchester when I enlisted aforesaid, and remained on duty there and in Roxbury till the month of March following, when I with our Regiment marched to Boston as aforesaid, where we remained till the last of July, or beginning of august 1776;  when, pursuant to orders, our company and Regiment arched to Ticonderoga, which place we reached about middle of August aforesaid - and we remained at Ticonderoga till about the first of January 1777 when we were dismissed or discharged, by general order of our commander- 

That I well recollect that Benjamin Furniss then of Greenwich in Hampshire County Massachusetts, was a soldier in the company adjoining the one to which I belonged, and in the same Regiment with me - the captain of his Company I do not now feel able to recall, by name, to my recollection. Said Furnace joined our Regiment in Dorchester or Roxbury Mass's immediately after me, as I think, was in the same Regiment with me when in Boston as aforesaid and he had the small pox there as the same time that I had it - I frequently saw said Furnace in said Boston, and also at Ticonderoga, during all the time that I was there - and some short time before I was dismissed at that place, said Furnace and sell had some little difficulty or squabble with each other, in relation to some fire wood which we went after over the Lake to mount Independence - and from my recollection of the time when I saw said Furnace in Dorchester or Roxbury, and at Saratoga, think he must have been in the service a year said Furnace now resides, as I undertand, in Jamaica, in the State of Vermont James Conant
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Worcester SS  August 14, 1832. Then the above named James Conant, to me well known personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him signed. Before me, William Jennison, Justice of the peace 

And I certify, that I believe the said Conant be a man of truth, and entitled to credit as a witness. William Jennison Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester SS  
I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Court, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that William Jennison Esquire, before whom the within affidavit of James Conant was made and . sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Abijah Bigelow, Ret
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I William Knight of New Salem, in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose & say, that in the year 1777 I was acquainted with Benjamin Furness then residing in Greenwich in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth aforesaid, who lives now as I believe in Jamaica in the State of Vermont that I was at the time in the service of the United States and & did  duty in the same at Bemis Heights, and Saratoga, New York, & in places in that vicinity that the said Furness was with me in the services at the place above stated from some time in July AD 1777 till the suceeding month of December of believe that he drove the waggon of William Stacy, my uncle, then a Colonel in the army, and that I then thought & now believe that he entered as a soldier for the term of nine months. William Knight Franklin ss. Sept. 1. 1832- Then personally appeared William Knight above named, and made solemn oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true. Before me Fred. H. Allen, Jus. Pacis Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Franklin SS. I, Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Franklin do certify that Frederick H. Allen before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavits were verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said County, and that his name to the same affidavits severally subscribed is his true and proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greenfield in the third day of September A.D. 1832 E. Alvord Clk
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I Stephen Powers of Prescott in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sixty eight years of age depose & say that I was acquainted with Benjamin Furness, when he resided in Greenwich in said County in the year 1775- & that I lived within a half mile of his residence at that time- that it was said at that time that said Furness enlisted in the Service of the United States for eight months- that he was absent from home from April AD 1775 as I believe untill the latter part of autumn of that year or the early part of winter, & that he was generally reputed by his friends, & by the people in the vicinity. to have been doing duty in the service of his country at Cambridge Massachusetts- I remember these circumstances the more distinctly from the fact that my Father Aaron Powers, & my Brother Aaron Powers I left home in company with the said Furness for the purposes above stated from whom I have frequently heard the declaration that Furness accompanied then to Cambridge, & was engaged with them in military service 

I the said Stephen Powers further say that the said Furness left me in the spring of the year 1777, & returned in the fall of that year that he was generally reputed to have enlisted for nine months in the service of the United States, & to have gone to Saratoga, in the State of New York, & to various place in that vicinity-- that soon after his return home I heard the said Furness speak of being present at the surrender of Burgoyne, & relate many incidents which occurred while was in service at the place above referred to, and that the said believe now resides in Jamaica in the State of Vermont- Stephen Powers
Franklin SS Sept. 1. 1832. Then personally appeared Stephen Powers above named and made Solemn oath, that the above statement, by him subscribed, is Before me Fred A. Allen, Just. Pacis
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B Furniss 
increase 
dec. certifcate
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Sir I have first from Hon. Phineas White of Putney Vt. the inclosed papers of Benjamin Furniss, who claims that he is entitled to an increase of pension and has furnished the deposition of a Mr Hitchcock to support his claim, which accompanies the papers. I will thank you to make as early determination of his claim, as is consistent with other demands upon your time and notify me of the result, and in case his further claim is disallowed please return me the enclosed certificate I have the honor to be with qual respect ┃ your obd't Ser't ┃ B Swift
Dec'r 28. 1833.
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Putney V. Augt 19th 1833 J. L. Edwards Esq.Commr of Pensions 
Sir, I now return the application of Benjamin Furniss,- Soon after his application was sent the first time more then a year since. I enclosed to the Pension Office there affidavits obtained in Massachusetts to prove his services and requested that they might be placed with his application. I presume they are now in the - His services for the year and nine months were on the continental establishment Whitcomb and Alden his Regt were considered on the Continental establishment and the rolls in the Department of War  will undoubtedly show- Now. My Dear Sir what ought to be required for proof in this case the rolls in the Dept will prove it, and the testimony of these credible witness in the Pension office will also prove it
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ought any thing more to be required?  to a Clergymen there is none nor has there been any in the vicinity of the applicant except traveling preacher- he is not acquainted in his vicinity. Very respectfully S. White
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Benja Furniss 66, 66 [x] 2
133,32 
33,33
= $166,65
H. B. Swift
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War Department Pension Office 4th October 1833. 
Sir, The papers in support of the claim of Benjamin Furniss have been again examined, and a pension certificate for him is herewith enclosed to you.

In allegation of a service of nine months as Teamster, detached from the ranks for the Special performance of such duty, must be sustained by positive & complete proof before it will be received. The office is very canting in its admission of such a claim, and can never allow it without the most satisfactory and palpable evidence I am, Respectfully,Your obedient Servant J L Edwards Comm of Pension
D. White Esq Putney Vt.
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5827 
Benjamin Furniss 
133.33 
33.33 
= 166.66
20 mos. with letter P. White Esq 
Putney Vt.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. Pension Office, May 11 1833 
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following [illegible] your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ⎬ You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of
[table, not filled in, headings: ] 
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. | Rank of the claimant | Name and rand of the Field officers under whom he server | Age at present, and place of above when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.  
 I am, respectfully Your obedient servant, Mr. Benjamin Turnitt J. L. EDWARDS. Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr. Benjamin Furniss -
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2 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 

DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. Serity of County of On this day of A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C.D. residing in (the same) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier) of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-
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3 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his CASC. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. {To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what offcer has become of it? State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will of low the rule laid down for his guidance. The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fall to the business or conforming to the rule. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. otherwise a satisfactory examination of the continental officer or soldier must give the name Every man must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language it as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the lay of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the praise ought of his service; but, according to the heat of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades for months, andserved as and for such service I claim a pension. days in case there were a the reasonto be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months on flute, and all such quanty is expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served in the milita, &c. without specifying the tours the names of the officer, and other particular resulting their service. This form of a declaration in must in every case, be clearly shown under what all the aspect over the union of each or aforement ticular place where the service was perform all that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competentthe he was other in the lid or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. The arms of his seal, and in his voice is in her of one, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying onicer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which conin the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certficate Proof of Service. must prove his service by two credible witnesses in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department who are required to set forth in one of the men, we the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witand the offical character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper other, under his seal of office. The notes from to are all equally applicable to the care of it on Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note applies to continental troops only. This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. the delarman, The answers to the interrogatories must all be written; and sent to the War Department, with the
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Benja Furness $66.66 
Payments to be made at Burlington by Jm's. A.S. Br Bank Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Vermont 

Recorded in the Pension office in Book E Vol. 3 Page 65 by W.J. Williams Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Benjamin Furniss of the State of Vermont who was a Private in the revolutionary war is entitled to receive Sixty-Six dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States , this Fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty three John Robb
Secretary of War 
Examined and Countersigned. JL Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
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Benja Furnace 5827 
J.L. Edwards 
Sir, Benja Furniss' application was forwarded Sept 10th 1832 to which these affidavits are to be annexed as part of his proof of service 
P White
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Mrs. Lynn T. Miller 202 N. Emerson S. thers, Michigan May 29, 1927. 
Pension Dept, Washington, D.C. only 
Dear sirs, Have you in your files any data pertaining to Benjamin Furness who was a Revolutionary soldier. Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vo;. 6, page 208 gives his service as deputy Quartermaster in the Rev. from 7-2-1779 to 10-8-1779 in the Penobscot Expedition, the roll of which was dated at Boston. He married Mary Milliken. Acopy of any data that you may have showing his age and mention of his wife and children, will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you, I am Very truly yours, Mrs Lynn J Miller Mrs. Lynn T. Miller, Ithaca, Michigan.
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Petoskey Mich Dec 26th 1912 
Dear Sir, my Great Grand father was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. His name was Benjamin Furnice He served in Capt Elijah Dwights Company as shown by pay abstract, to and from Camp. He was from Greenwich, Mass. 

This information I have from the Secretary the Commonwealth, A.P. Langtry. Boston Mass from the official Publication, Soldiers and sailors in the War of the Revolution 

Now in order to join the D.A.R. I have to find some dates either of Birth, Marriage or death, and I want to find out if he or his wife, Sarah (Webber), Furnice were on the Rev. Pension Rolls. The date of his service is not given, I have written several places where the record might be. I had reply from Greenwich that the town records had been burned some one suggested that I write to the Commissioner of Pensions for information Hoping to gain some information on the
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I am a descendent of the Dwights of Mass.  The Dwight Genealogy is in several different State Libraries in that is this marriage of the daughter of Benjamin Furnace & Samuel Dwight Page 931 No doubt the Genealogy is in your office
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1913 Jany 3 Hist to Mrs L.E. Aldrich 1927 - Oct 26 Hist to Mr Lynn J. Miller
Rev War
13,102 INVALID. File No. 13,102 1 Benjamin Furniss Private Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
 Index: -- Vol- Page 
{Arrangement of 1870.} 
Benjamin Furniss Records ok Jany 27/68
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The supplemental Declaration of Benjamin Furniss of Jamaica in the County of Windham and State of Vermont - - Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, Judge of Probate within and for the District of Westminster and State of Vermont, Benjamin Furniss, above named, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following a 
For six months (from about the last of June 1775 to about the last of December same year) served as a private. 
For one year from the 1 of Jany. 1776 to about the 1st of June 1777 I served as a private soldier for nine months from the month of April 1777 to January 1778) I served as a private and for such service I claim a Pension. All which service was in embodied Corps, called into service by competent authority, and I was during said term either in the Field or in Garrison, and for the time during which said services, were performed, I was not employed in any civil pursuit. I further declare that I have promised the testimony of three witnesses to prove my series, which testimony as I was informed, by my Agent, Judge White, was forwarded to the Pension Office some months ago- --- --- Benjamin Furniss 
State of Vermont Windham County SS June 27 1833 Sworn to and subscribed in due form of law Before me Peter R Taft Judge of Probate 

I do hereby certify that there is no clergyman residing in the town of Jamaica or its vicinity, who is sufficiently acquainted with the above named Declarent, they having but very recently resided in these parts, which was the reason Clergyman was not procured to certify in former Declaration Peter R. Taft Judge
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State of Vermont District of Westminster SS
I  A Keys 2nd Clerk & Register of the Probate Court in and for said District of Westminster do certify that Peter R. Taft who has certified the oath within to Benjamin Furniss, was on the day of the date of said Certifiance Judge of Probate in & for the district aforementioned and that the signature to each of the within certificate purporting to be his are his genuine signature - In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court this third day of July AD 1833 
Asa Keyes 2nd