Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9912, for Jesse Snow, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Mass 
Snow, Jesse - 
NUMBER R. 9912
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Jesse Snow G
Brandon
3 Mo. Sergeant 
22 " Private

No 5290
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STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY, SS.} 
On this 23 day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland Dist now sitting, Jesse Snow a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 73 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and seras herein stated. 

In 1775 he lived in Woburn Massachusetts, and immediately after the battle of Lexington, he marched to Medford in Capt. Woods Company Col. Shepherd, Regt Lt. Col. Baldwin, Lt Thompson ensign Dix - & served four months. He immediately after enlisted for one year, in Col. Glover, Regt Lt. Col Johonnot, Maj Lee, Capt Speakman Lt. Niblet, Ensign Brown - served out his year, marched to Norwich & took water for New York, where he remained until driven out by the enemy, retreated to Harlem Heights, white plains then went on scouting & when his time expired was discharged, but rec'd no written discharge. He afterward volunteered for three months as above mentioned immediately after his term expired ^as above mentioned & went to Boston, where he was employed in driving a team horses from Boston to Fish kill in carrying clothing to the army & was dismissed at Boston. He should have staid longer, but was paid of small pox. In the spring of 777 he volunteered & marched to Roxbury & served in guarding the plain ^three months but cannot recollect the names of his officers his capt. he thinks was from Newton. When Burgoyne came down, he volunteered & marched in Col Breen Regt Capt. Foster, Lt Kimball, marched thru Hadley to Bennington, was there when the battle was fought & lay in ambush, but was not called into action - Then to Stillwater, was in the battle of Stillwater, then to Saratoga was present when Burgoyne surrendered - then marched on the river to near Albany, where  he was dismissed having  served here months ^as sergeant.  He never rec'd a   written discharge He does not remember to as to distinguish other Regiments with above he served. He has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He was born at Woburn the 3d of April 1759 he knows of no record of his age since the revolutionary war he lived in Jaffrey NH about five years when he moved to Brandon where he has
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ever since lived. He knew Genl Washington, Sullivan, Glover Putnam, Gates & many others above names he does not remember. He is known to Rev. M. Ingraham & most of the inhabitants of Brandon 

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. 
Jesse Snow
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. R C Rpuce

We Ira Ingraham a Clergyman residing in Brandon and Stephen Henry residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jesse Snow who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Stephen Avery 
Ira Ingraham

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
R C Royce Regr 

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 Ira Ingraham who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Brandon and that Stephen Avery who has also signed the same, is a resident in Brandon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I Rodney C. Royce Regr [crossed out: Clerk] of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Snow for a Pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto and at day of Aug A.D. 1832 
R C Royce Regr
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387 Jesse Snow
Act of July 7th 1832 
C W Bennet
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State of Vermont
County of Rutland - 
Be it Known, That on this second day of August A. D. 1885 before me, the undersigned , a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Ischedeous the only son of Jesse Snow deceased he was a Revolutionary Soldier resident of Brandon in said County, and made oath according to that he is the son & heir of Jesse Snow deceased who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of [blank]  that is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Jesse Snow for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and affirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall be do in the premises. 
Witness Benj Winpost
Jesse Snow

Sworn to, subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify the believe the said Jesse Snow to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged
S. Davenport Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont County of Rutland ⎬ 

It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me ^Deputy Clerk of the Court of the County of Rutland that Jesse Snow the party who has sworn to, and ackowledged the foregoing Declaration is the son of the  reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify that Benj Allen Davenport Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.  

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this Third day of December 1852 
Henry Edgerton Deputy Clerk 

1. Claimant's name or names in full. -2. Post Office address That he is the identical man, or that she is the widow of the identical man, or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man "Leave this line blankets, she is," or "they are, Revolutionary soldier's full name. Claimant's signature. -- Claimant's name -- Magistrates signature 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of." -- 11. Magistrate's name. -- 2. Clerk's signature. N. B. -- Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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November 10, 1933.
Florence Spencer Whelan 
Tecumsch, [crossed out: Nebraska] Michigan 
BA-J/ILL Jesse Snow R. 9912 

Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jesse Snow. 

The record of Jesse Snow is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 9912, based upon his service in that war. It is the record of the only soldier with that name, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

Jesse Snow was born April 3, 1759 in Woburn, Massachusetts, and resided in that town during the Revolutionary War; the names of his parents are not stated. 

While a resident of Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, he applied for pension on July 23, 1832, and stated that he enlisted immediately after the battle of Lexington and served four months as private in Captain Wood's company, Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts regiment, that immediately afterwards, he enlisted and served one year as private in Captain Speakman's Company, Colonel Glover's Massachusetts regiment, during which period of service he went by water to New York and was in the retreat from that place when the British took possession, that following this, he served three months as a teamster, driving between Boston and Fishkill, that in the winter or spring of 1777, he served three months in Captain Newton's Massachusetts company on guard at Roxbury, and that he served three months as sergeant in Captain Abraham Foster's company, Colonel Samuel Bullard's Massachusetts regiment, during which enlistment he was in the battle of Stillwater and was present at Saratoga when Burgoyne surrendered. 

His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish
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proof of service of six months as required by the pension law under which he applied. 

After the Revolutionary War, Jesse Snow lived in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, about five years, then moved to Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont. He died April 3, 1833 in Brandon, Vermont. Mercy Snow, his widow, was living in Brandon in June 1834. There are no further data regarding her, or the date and place of her marriage to the soldier in the papers in this pension claim. Brandon, Vermont. 

In 1882, Jesse Snow, the soldier's only son, was a resident of Brandon Vermont. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator..
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[on side]
1933 Nov 10 Hist to Florence Spencer Holder JLL

[in center]
9912
REJECTED
Jesse Snow --- 
Service:
Enlisted: 
Discharged: 
Application filed: 18 

List of Rejected + Suspended claims printed in 1852, shows - Page 37 
[crossed out: Alleges:] Reason for suspension
more positive and direct proof of service: J.L.L.
 Re-enlisted: 
Attorney: 
P. O. --- Recognized. Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for Contract. 18
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Jesse Snow
decd 
Suspended July 18. 1834. 
See let R. Temple Esq Rutland 
9912
Act 7. 1832
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Tecumseh, Mich Oct 29, 1933

To the Pension Bureau, Rev. War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sirs-
Do you have any record of a pension for service in the Revolutionary War drawn by Jesse Snow ( wife Lois Freeman ) ?

He was living in Orleans or Eastham, Mass. in 1765. Very truly yours, (Mrs. ) Florence Spencer Whelan 
Florence Spencer Whelan.
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Jesse Snow
Notified
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jesse Snow which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason of assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? 
some proof of service should be offered in support of such extensive service. 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
VI. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes, but it has not been subscribed
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain ing it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Satisfactory to the court

EXPLANATORY NOTES. QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss 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 precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recolelection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Foryear -- months and --- days, I served as a- -- For - months and --- days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase as indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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R Temple July 18. 1834 O. C. 

Rec'd No 2 Apr for 481
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Department of War Pension Office July 18. 1834 

Sir
I have examined the papers in the case of Jesse Snow deceased but do not find the evidence submitted sufficient to justify the Depart admitting the Claim The alleged sum in 1771 is calculated by the rolls, as appear by the certificate of E D Bangs Esq 

There are no rolls of the year service in 1776, but as the testimony has been produced to establish the claim that service, and the fact that the claimant did no apply under the act of 1818 to the benefit of what he would have been entitled him where their would have been an difficulty  in obtaining testimony,  if he had served as he set forth ^in the declaration a example sed against the claims what can only be a removal of testimony proving that service
The papers in place or ample 
R Temple Esq
Rutland Vt
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, June 5th 1834 
I hereby certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jesse Snow, as a corporal is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Abraham Forster's Company, in Col. Samuel Bullards Regt. where he is allowed from August 18 to October 21st 1777, for services and travel, two months and fourteen days. 

Jesse Snow claims for services under Capt. Wood, in Col. Baldwins Reg the roll of Capt. John Wood's Company in Col. Baldwins Rect from the 24th of April, to the 11th of August, 1778, is found in this Office, but the name of Jesse Snow is not borne on it. The name of James Snow is borne thereon and is allowed two months and twenty six days. 

Jesse Snow claims for services under Capt. Speakman, in Col. Glover's Regt in 1776, under
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Capt. Newton, and as a Teamster from Boston  to Fishkill in 1777, but the rolls he describes are not found in this Office except those above mentioned. 
Edward D Bangs Esq

12 mo
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E D Bangs
Car of Jesse Snow
Sgt
Mass
100

[upside down]Hon. Horace Everitt M C
Washington D.C
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, April 1834 

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jesse Snow, as a Corporal is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Abraham Fosters Company in Col. Saml Bullard's Regt. where he is allowed from August 18th to October 21st 1777, for services and travel two months and fourteen days. 

Jesse Snow  claims for services under Capt. Wood in Lt Col. Baldwin Regt in 1775 the roll of Capt John Woods Company in Col. Baldwin Regt is found; but his name is not borne on it, the name of James Snow is borne on it and is allowed from May to the 7th of August in 1776 two months & twenty six days. Jesse Snow claims for services under Capt. Speakman in 1776 also as a Teamster in 1777 but rolls which he described are not this office 
Edward D Bangs Secy
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Jesse Snow Dec'd
Vermont
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Rutland Vt, 16 June 1844 

Sir you will be by the enclosed cert. that Jesse Snow, an applicant for a pension died more than a year ago. I now and all the evidence of his service that can be found in the hope that you will find enough in it to admit the claim to the widow, who is a pauper

I am sir, respectfully 
Your Obt Svt
 R Temple

 J. L. Edwards Esq Comm of Pensions
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State of Vermont Rutland SS

I Frederick W. Hopkins, Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Rutland do certify, that it has been duly proved to the satisfaction of said Court, that Jesse Snow, an applicant for a Pension under the Act of 1832 died as at Brandon in said District on the 3d day of April 1883 and that Mercy Snow of said Brandon is the widow of said Jesse Snow deceased 

In testimony whereof I hereunto be my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Rutland this 11th day of AD. 1884 F. W. Hopkins, Register
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State of Vermont Rutland SS

on the 6 day of March 1834, personally came before the undersigned authority, Eli Denney of said County, aged 69 years, and a credible witness, also being duly sworn doth before & say, that during the revolutionary war he lived at Woburn, about eleven miles from Boston & was acquainted with Jesse Snow, Deceased, late of Brandon, an applicant for a pension and though he was but a boy, he took a good deal of interest in the events of the war. He lived above a mile from said Snow & knew him well, & knows that he was in service a considerable part of the time the three first years of the war. He the deponent recollects going to Medford in the Summer of 1775, where he saw said Snow doing duty as a soldier in Capt Wood company - and he understood & believes that said Snow served in the year service in 1776 went to New York & was there when the enemy took possession & drove out the American troops - & that he served in 1777 at Roxbury & at the capture of Burgoyne but not being in service himselff, he cannot say how long said Snow served but the deponent believes from what he always understood, that said now served in the whole about two years. The deponent knew Ensign Brown, & has heard him say that said Snow was a solder in his company in 1776 at New York 
Eli Denney

Subscribed & sworn the day of year April? before me 
R Temple Jus Peace
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State of Vermont 
I Robert Pierpoint  Clerk of Rutland County Court do certify, that Robert Temple appeared before above the forgoing  affidavit was taken is a Justice of Peace of  said County duly commissioned and that his name thereto is genuine 

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the seal of said Court this 13 March 1854
R. Pierpoint