Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,608, for Daniel Stearns, Vermont
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Service   Vt.

Stearns, Daniel

Number   S18.608

Carded

Contents
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Vermont 18.599
Daniel Stearns
Burlington in the State of Vermont
who was a fifer & Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Comstock of the Regt commanded
by Col Fletcher in the Vermont a
line for 18 mo. Fifer
Recorded by
Book
Vol. 3
Eli Brown
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Revolutionary Claim, ┃
Act June 7, 1832
Clerk,
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Sep
1833 and sent to N.B. Haswell ┃
Burlington ┃
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $25. ┃
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 43
$258.00
let to an
June 7. 1834
agt order to pay
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4467
Daniel Stearns
Admit
18 mos Fifer
G. Private
N B Haswell
Burlington
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
April 27, 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 is a statement of
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 Daniel Stearns of Burlington, Vt

Period when the service was received | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of
Claimant. | Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service | Proof by which the declaration  is supported

March 1, 1780 ending Dec 1st, 1780 | 0 Years  9 Months  0 Days | Musician’s pay 8D [illegible] | May & Ebenezer Allen Vt. Troops | 71 |  Wyman Averill, Levi Comstock, [crossed out Rufus Pingo] Jonathan Plumley

1 March 1781 ending Dec 1st, 1781 | 0 Years  9 Months  0 Days | [illegible] | Col. Fletcher Regt. Vt. Troops |[blank]|  Wyman Averill & Rufus Pingo

Jany 1 1782 | 0 Years  6 Months  0 Days | [illegible] | Volunteered Jonas Fay who went with flag of truce to Canada when I was taken prisoner |[blank]|  Benjamin Bartlett
 
2 Years [total] 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant

J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Daniel Stearns
Mr. Stearns is considered in this community a very honest man and in needy circumstances.
N Brownwell
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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, claimin
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
and
(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
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
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,
KEATES Kay as
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)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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 day 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.
assigned the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that he who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
for a pension.
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but it 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.
If 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

ACTUAL SERVICE MUST BE DISTINCTLY STATED
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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 expected.
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 case.
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.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Office - Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. 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.
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.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry 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 be
fore 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.
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
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
in 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 follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
the applicant cannot, by reason of the
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
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and days
, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension."
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of the same
use of the phrase of three or four months.
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that that all we are
in the militia, &c. without engaging the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of her
the particular place or place where the service who performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent
authority that in person; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment been removed
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must hit sea, and has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, 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
signs 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
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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 witness
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as was
as the regiment, company, and line to which he 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Revolutionary Claims.
STATE OF VERMONT.
Chittenden County, ss.
On this seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the
Honorable County Court for the County of Chittenden, now sitting, Daniel
Stearns, a resident of Burlington in the County of Chittenden
and State of Vermont, aged Seventy one 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 served as herein stated:
I enlisted in March 1780 as a Fifer for
nine months into Captain Jesse Safford’s company
under Major Ebenezer Allen’s command of the Vermont
Troops- I joined the Regiment at Pittsford Fort, after which
we wanted to Royalton, and from thence to Bethel on White
River I was at the latter place when Royalton was
burnt, I was discharged at Bethel after serving nine months.
In March 1781 I again enlisted as a Fifer into Captain
Daniel Comstock’s Company in Col Fletcher’s Regiment of
Vermont Troops for nine months, and continued in said
service the full period of my enlistment. I was discharged
at Pittsford Fort. I remained at Pittsford Fort, and
having become acquainted with the county about the 
first of January 1782, I volunteered to go to Lake Champlain, 
which was about thirty miles distant, to see if the Lake
was frozen over sufficient to enable a flag of truce to proceed
 to Canada under the direction of Jonas Fay .
I accordingly proceeded to a place called Chimney-Point
on Lake Champlain, our party were there surprised and
taken prisoners by the Tories and Indians. I was conveyed
a Prisoner to Montreal, and from thence up the St. [Sumpter]
to a place called Prison Island. I remained on this Island till
the June following when I made my escape, and returned
through the woods to Pittsford Fort, having been absent six
months.
A
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I was born in the town of Hollis in the State of New
Hampshire. I have no record of my age.
When I entered the service I have lived in Rockingham in
Vermont. Since the Revolution I have lived in Arlington
Vermont, and for the last thirty years I have lived in
Burlington.
Daniel Stearns

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.
Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid,
Daniel Stearns
Before
Nathan Brownwell Clerk

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 certify, that it appears to
them, that Levi Comstock & Nathan Allen
who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of Shelburne & Williston are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest E. Brownson, John Van Sickland
 Judges, Chittenden County Court

STATE OF VERMONT.
Chittenden County, ss.
I Nathan Brownwell Clerk of
Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Daniel
Stearns for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
of office this 17th day of August A. D. 1832.
Nathan Brownwell
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O. W. & N. Division
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
F. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. M.E.C.
Washington, D. C. April 16, 1895


Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
 of —Daniel Stearns — a 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.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |  LENGTH OF
SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. |  COLONEL. |STATE.

Fall of 1775 | 6 mos | Pvt | Bush | [blank] | Vt.
June or July 1777 | 8 or 9 mos | Pvt | John Alger  | [blank] | | [blank] 
July 1781 |  1 year  | Liet.  | John Alger  | [blank] | | [blank] 

Battles engaged in, None
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rockingham,  Vt.
Date of application for pension, Aug 27, 1832
Residence at date of application, Burlington, Vt.
Age at date of application Seventy one years, Born Hollis, N.H.

Remarks:

Very Respectfully,
Russell S. Taft, Esq.
Commissioner
Burlington, Vt.
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Benj. Bartlett
Deposition
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No. 3

I Jonathan Plumley of Monkton in the County of
Addison and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say
that I have been acquainted with Daniel Steams of Burlington
in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont for fifty three
Years past, and that I was well knowing to his serving, as a fifer,
in Captain Safford’s company of that State Troops during the
Revolutionary War - And that I served with him, as a sergeant, in
said Safford’s company nine months in the year 1780 at
Pittsford Fort, Royalton and Bethel commencing March first
and ending December first.
Jonathan Plumley
Hinesburgh May 9th 1833

Sworn and subscribed before me this 9th day of May A.D. 1833
 and I do hereby certify that the above named Jonathan Plumley is a credible
Witness- Chauncey Brownell Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Chittenden County I Nathan Brownwell
Clerk of Chittenden County
Court, do hereby certify that
Chauncey Brownell Esqr
before whom the foregoing affidavit
 was taken, was at the time
thereof a Justice of the Peace duly
qualified acting under the authority of this State, and
that his name thereto subscribed, is his own proper
signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said court
at Washington this 14th day of May AD 1833
Nathan Brownwell
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No. 4

I Benjamin Bartlett of Jerico in the County of Chittenden
and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that
during the Revolutionary war I commanded a company
of Militia in the town of Arlington in the County of
Bennington and State aforesaid, and some time during the
war (the year I do not recollect) Mr Daniel Sterns of
said Arlington (now of Burlington in Chittenden County
aforesaid) went on an expedition to Lake Champlain and
was taken Prisnor, & was gone for a considerable length
of time. I cannot say how long, and after his return he
served as a fifer in my Company and further the
deponent saith not.
dated at Jerico this tenth day of
May AD 1833-
Benjamin Bartlet

State of Vermont 
Chittenden County  Jerico May 10th 1833 Benjamin Bartlett the signer of the above
deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains
the truth and nothing but the truth Before me
Thomas Reed Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Chittenden County
Nathan Brownwell Clerk
of Chittenden County Court do
hereby certify that Thomas Reed
Esqr before whom the foregoing
affidavit was taken was at the
time thereof a Justice of the Peace
duly qualified acting under the
authority of this State, and I believe the same to be
his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at Burlington this 14th day of May
Nathan Brownwell
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We the undersigned inhabitants of Shelburne & Williston
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel
 Stearns who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed
Declaration, that we believe him to be 70 years of 
age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbour
where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion.
Levi Comstock
Nathan Allen

Sworn and subscribed this 17
day of August A.D. 1832. and
I hereby certify that the above persons are credible witnesses.
Sworn to in open Court [Refr]
Nathan Brownwell Clerk

E
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Wyman Averill
for
Danl Stearns
Deposition
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I Wyman Averill of Lawful age being duly
sworn do depose testify and say that Daniel Stearns
of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and
State of Vermont enlisted and served ten months at
Pittsford Vermont in Captain William Hutchins
company of State troops in the year 1780. and that
he also served in the same State service in Capt
Daniel Comstock Company stationed at the same
place in the year 1781. I was with him in both
campaigns, in the last he was fifer.
And further say not.
Wyman Averill

State of Vermont  Burlington August 17th 1832
Chittenden County Personally appearing Wyman
 Averill of Shelburne in the County of Chittenden
 and State of Vermont and after being fully

examined and duly cautioned made solemn
oath that the foregoing deposition by him
subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing
but the truth. 
Before me Levi Comstock Justice peace

I hereby certify the above deponent
is a credible witness
Levi Comstock Justice Peace

B
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STATE OF VERMONT
Chittenden County 
I Nathan Brownwell Clerk of
Court, do hereby certify
that, Levi Comstock Esqr.
before whom the annexed affidavit is
taken, was at the time thereof, a Justice of
the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the
authority of this State, and that I believe
his name thereto subscribed, to be his own
proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court, at Burlington, this 17th day of August A.D. 1832
Nathan Brownwell
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Daniel Stearns
Burlington
24 months
No 6467.
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D   D

State of Vermont
Chittenden County

I, Rufus Pingo of Georgia in
the County of Franklin, being duly
sworn depose and say that I
was a soldier in Capt Daniel
Comstock’s Company in Col Fletcher’s
Regiment of Vermont State troops
and acquainted with Daniel
Stearn of Burlington-- I am
Knowing to the said Stearns 
Having enlisted in March 1781
into the same company for nine
months. and that he [ran] out the
full period of his enlistment. the
said Stearns was a Fifer in
said Comstock Company.
Rufus Pingo

Sworn and subscribed this 18th
day of July AD 1832, and
I hereby certify that the above
deponent is a credible witness.
Before
Nathan B Hasnell Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan Brownwell Clerk of
Chittenden County Court do
hereby certify that Nathan B
Hasnell before whom the foregoing
deposition was taken was at the time
thereof a Justice of the Peace duly qualified
acting under the authority of this state
and that his name thereto subscribed is his
own proper signature. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington the 3d day
of August AD 1832
Nathan Brownwell
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No 1

State of Vermont
Chittenden County

Burlington May 14 1833
Personally appeared before me
the undersigned Justice of the Peace for Chittenden
County, Daniel Stearns of Williston
in said County, to me known as the same
person who made a declaration before
the Honorable County Court for Chittenden
County on the 17th day of August AD 1832
for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the
act of congress of June 7 1832 who being
duly sworn, further declares and says that
he enlisted March 1st 1780, and served until December 1st
1780, having served nine months, that the
first of March 1781 he enlisted for nine months and
Served until the 1st of December 1781. that he volunteered
and started from Pittsford Fort January 2d 1782 to
go with Jonas Fay with a flag of truce, and
retuned same time in June following,  the [prison]
time not recollected, but [ultimately] a pension
for this service six months.  that it is not now
in his power to procure any further documentary proof
of his said services, other than those which accompany
this declaration.
Daniel Stearns

Sworn and subscribed this
14th day of May AD 1833

I hereby certify that the Above Daniel Stearns is a credible Witness. 
Before me
Nathan Brownell Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County
I Nathan Brownwell Clerk
of Chittenden County Court
do hereby certify that Nathan
Brownwell before whom the within
declaration is sworn to is a
Justice of the Peace duly qualifed
acting under the authority of
this State, and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at Burlington this
14th day of May AD 1833
Nathan Brownwell
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N. 2

I the undersigned Clergymen residing in Williston
do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Daniel Steams who made his declaration before
Chittenden County Court on the 17th day of August
A.D. 1832 for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the
act of Congress of June 7, 1832, and I believe
him to be Seventy one years of age, that
he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and I concur in that opinion.
Josiah F. Goodhue

Sworn and Subscribed before me 
And I do hereby certify that the
Above named Josiah F. Goodhue
Is a credible witness and that
a Clergyman in regular
Standing.  Williston May 9. 1833
Chauncey Brownell Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan Brownwell
Clerk of Chittenden County
Court do hereby certify that
Chauncey Brownell Esqr before
whom the within affidavit was
taken, was at the time thereof
a Justice of the Peace duly
qualified
acting under the authority of
this State, and that his name thereto subscribed
is his own proper signature.
In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington
this 14th day of May AD 1833
Nathan Brownwell
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County
County Clerks Office
Burlington May 16. 1833
I hereby certify that the papers
hereto attached marked
A. B. C. D. &
in the same documents originally
forwarded to the Pension office
to substantiate the declaration of
Daniel Steams of Williston made
before the Honorable County Court for Chittenden
County on the 17th day of August AD 1832
for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the
act of Congress of June 7, 1832 and that since their return from the Pension office the additional
documents marked No 1, 2, 3 & 4 have been
added.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of our said
Court at Burlington this 16th day of May AD
1833.
Nathan Brownwell Clerk
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18608
INVALID.
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File No. 18608

Daniel Stearns
Pri Rev War 
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Act: June 7 "32

Index: - Vol. 1 Page 363
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Apr. 16/93 Hist to Russell S.
Taft Burlington, Vt. MEL
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S 43990
41208
18608
not W

[rectangle stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY
MAR 18 1895
FILES

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Burlington
March 14, 1895

Chief Clerk
Pension Bureau

Dear Sir:
A revolutionary
soldier "Capt. Daniel
Stearns" - died March 6th
1845. in the 85th year of his
age - at St. [Armand] Quebec.
He had lived for thirty or
forty years in Burlington
Vermont - He may have
acquired his title of Capt.
in the Militia-- but he was
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in the revolution. I wish
to trace his genealogy
and his ancestral place
of birth etc.
Was he a pensioner -  if
so I wish to get a copy of
what the record shows as
to him.
Truly
Russell S. Taft
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the
data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible)
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension
Remarks:
Your name and address:
2870
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