Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 21,881, Sardius Blodget, Green Mt. Boys Vt.
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Service                                                      Number
Green Mt. Boys     Blodget/Sardius         R.21,881
VT.
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State of Vermont
Georgia District of

On this first day of December AD 1818 before
me the subscriber of Judge of Probate
for the District of Georgia & State of Vermont.
personally appears Sardis Blodget, aged sixty-four years resident in
in Georgia in the county of Franklin District of Georgia & State of Vermont who being by me first duly sworn according to 
Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress
entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the 
land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he the said Sardius Blodget enlisted in Salisbury in the state of Connecticut in a company commanded by Captain Joshua Staunton in Col. Seth Warner
Regiment in the Continental establishment in the Connecticut or New York line in which  line the  [illegible] is not [illegible]
he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States from about the 15 day of January 1776 the time of his said enlistment) till between the 15 day of November & first of Decem. 1776. The [illegible] knows that he was more than nine months at one period of service that he did not arrive to his friends in Salisbury the place of his enlistment till some time in the month of January 1777. being one full year from his enlistment to his return. that at Mount Independence & Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain on about the 15 day of Nov 1776 he received a written discharge signed by Gen Gates and joined the militia for a short period and soon after was taken prisoner by the Indians in a place called Cornwall in Vermont & soon made his escape [illegible] a prisoner with the Indians his pocket was rifled & his discharge  was taken by the Indians which is the last he has
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seen of the same-- he  was at the siege of Quebec in the winter & spring 1776. and that he is in reduced circumstances
& stands in need of the assistance of the County for support and that he has no other evidence in his
power at this time except what accompanies this testimony
of his service.

Sardius Blodget

Subscribed, declared & sworn
before me the day and year above said
 Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate

I Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate in & for the District of Georgia County of Franklin & State of Vermont - do certify that
it appears to my satisfaction that the said Sardius Blodget
did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding
declaration against the common enemy for more than nine
months at one period of enlistment in the Continental establishment.

Also I hereby Certify that the illegible Sardius Blodget is in reduced
circumstances. I stand in need of the assistance of the County for support who the court over which I preside is a Court 
of Record - and I transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress.

In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand & [illegible]
the seal of Office to be affixed at St Albans in
[illegible] district this twenty first day of January AD 1819

Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont
Georgia District of
I Luther Brigham Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for the District of Georgia do hereby certify that Seth Wetmore Esquire before whom the annexed declaration of Sardius Blodget and the affidavit of James Bartley & Thomas Butterfield were made was at the respective dates thereof and now is Judge of Probate in & for said District of Georgia and duly qualified for that purpose acting under the authority of this state and his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature also the Court over which he presides is a Court of Record--In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court of Probate at St. Albans in said District this 21 day of Jan AD 1819
Acc. Luther Brigham Clerk
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State of Vermont
Georgia District of
On this 2 day of July 1819 personally appeared before me Sardius Blodgett the person who made his declaration hereto annexed declare & say that in addition to his said declaration that at the time of his said enlistment he cannot clearly recollect for certainty the time for which he engaged & served but thinks it was for three months and in his arrival at Quebec he again enlisted for seven months but cannot be positive--whether that was the case or whether the first enlistment was for ten months--this he knows was one period of service that there was no interruption it was one continuous service--from January to November--in the same Company & Regiment
Sardius Blodget
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above
signed
John Wetmore Judge of Probate
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(3-223.)
M Revy
Illegible
REJECTEB
No. 21.881
_______, Ex'r.

OLD WAR INVALID
Sardius Blodget of Vt
P.O. Pre Col. Warner, Conn
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Service: ____________________________
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Enlisted: ________________________, 18_________.

Discharged: ________________, 18_________.

Application filed: ___________________, 18_____.

Alleges: ______________________________
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Attorney: __________________________________
P.O. ______________________________________ 314
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Says he was a soldier for 3 months & for 6 m in illegible in 1776 & ask benefit of late act of Congress
refer to Committee Pen.

Sardius Blodget
Petition
Febry 11 1820-Ref. to the com. on pensions & revolutionary claims
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March 14th 1820
Considered, refer to CR?
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March 15--1820

Ref. to the Committee on Revol(utionar)y Pensions

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April 6--1820

Report against --to be see report Axum Scott.
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To the Honorable the Congress of the United States--the petition of Sardius Blodget of Georgia in the County of Franklin & State of Vermont
Thaseth (?)
That your petitioner made his declaration in order to obtain the provisions be made by the Act of Congress 18 March 1818--in which it was declared that your petitioner enlisted in Salisbury Connecticut in a Company commanded by Captain Joshua Staunton in Col Seth Warners Regiment, that he continued to serve in said Corps in the service of the United States from about the 15 day of January 1776 (the time in which the declarant enlisted) till between the 15 day of Nov. & first day of Dec. 1776--that he was more than nine months at one period of service--that he was at the siege of Quebec in the winter & spring of 1776--that the declarant enlisted for three months and in his arrival at Quebec again enlisted for seven months that he never quitted the service from Jan to Nov. the time of his discharge--altho there was two enlistments yet there was not but one period service as your petitioner humbly conceives--that he your supplicant sent his declaration to
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the Hon. Secretary of War. which was by said Secretary returned with the following endorsement "The terms of service of the applicant were not "sufficiently long to entitle him to a pension & "the regiment to which he was attached, does not "appear to have been an continental establishment "during the period stated in the declaration. "Inadmissible 16 July 1819"
Your petitioner considers that the Hon. Secretary has done violence to the act on determining that there must be 9 months of one period of enlistment when there was 9 months of one period of service & your petitioner conceives he must come within the true meaning & intent who  come within the strict letter of said act.
Your petitioner considers that the Secretary erred in determining that Col. Warner's regiment was not an Continental establishment as Col. Warner was appointed Col. prior to Jan 1776--if no Commission paid yet it will appear from the Journals of Congress as state in Williams History that the appointment was made before your petitioner first enlistment--your petitioner therefore considers that he ought to have relief & placed in the provision list & in duty bound will every pray Sardius Blodget
Georgia Jan " 29, 1820
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Thomas Butterfield of Swanton in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont, aged Seventy two years this 6th day of illegible June, being duly sworn exposes and says that he is personally acquainted with Sardius Blodget of Georgia county and State foresaid and have been acquainted with S Blodget illegible the year AD 1774.  In January 1776 I saw S Blodget in the service of the United States in a Company commanded by Captain Joshua Staunton, in Colonel illegible Regiment, and in October or November 1776, this deponent had business with Captain Staunton and also some with S. Blodget he went to Ticonderoga to see them and then and there saw said Blodget in service in Staunton's Company and this deponent further illegible Blodget continued in service until later in the fall or illegible of winter, thus certainly afterward and in a illegible of militia duty with S. Blodget & Blodget ended in the capacity of Sergeant and illegible Blodget was considerable illegible and very active in opposing their course on enemy & illegible
Thos Butterfield
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Illegible this 2 day of Jun 1818 and I further certify that the deponent in my opinion is a credible witness
Seth Wetmore
Judge of Probate
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Sardius Blodget
Private,
St. Albans, Vermont
15. January to 15. November 1776, in Colo. Seth Warner's regimt. N.H. line
1st December, 1818.
Seth Wetmore, judge
St. Albans, Vermont.
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Sardius Blodgett
Declaration for a pension

The terms of service of the applicant were not sufficiently long, to entitle him to a pension; & the regiment to which he was attached, does not appear to have been on continental establishment, during the period stated in the declaration.
Inadmissible--16 July 1819
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James Bartley of Georgia in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont aged Sixty Six years being duly sworn depons and says that he is personally acquainted with Sardius Blodget of Georgia in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont and has been intimately acquainted with S. Blodget ever since they were small boys and lived in the same town together and in the month of January 1776 he will know that Blodget enlisted into the service of the United States in a Company commanded by Captain Joshua Stanton in Col. Seth Warners Regt. he believes, but is not positive he very well knew Captain Stanton he was not in service at this time, but knew when he entered into the service and when he left it  This deponent then lived in Cornwall about fifteen miles from Ticonderoga, and when Mr. Blodget left the service he came directly to this deponents house it was about the first day of December 1776 this deponent understands Blodget that he left the service the day before he came to his house, that he was discharged on account of being illegible and that the Army was in winter quarters--This deponent knows it was more than nine months from the time of his entering service before he left that same
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Green Mountain Boys
Vt.
Blodget, Sardius
R 21,881