Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,510, Robert Averill, Continental (Vt.) Green Mt. Boys
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE 

Continental (Vt.) 
Green Mt Boys 

Averill, Robert 
or Avery 

NUMBER 
S. 38,510 

CONTENTS
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Dead. See Pen. Cert within. 

[illegible] sent to Hon. E. [illegible] 27 July 1821
H. N. 

4791 
Vermont Roll 

Robert Averill 
Private 
Col. Warner's Regt. N.H. 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont 
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 16th of April 1818 

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of Dec and sent to N.B. Haswald , Burlington Vt 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 [illegible] 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 18[?]

Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818. 

Continued 
Charlotte Chittenden
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Robert Averill aged 63 years of Charlotte in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont being duly sworn declares and says that he entered into the service of his country on or about the 1st day of February AD 1776 by enlistment to serve for three months in the company of Capt Gideon Brownson in Col Seth Warner's regiment and that he served the full time and was then regularly dischared and that afterwards in the months of October or November AD 1776 at Ticonderoga he enlisted for three years to serve in the company of Capt Gideon Brownson in the regiments commanded by Col Seth Warner of Bennington (now State of Vermont). [illegible/marked out] terms of service in said Regiment on the 17th day of August 1777 at the battle of Bennington he was made prisoner by the British and so kept until the capture of Genl Burgoyne, that he served in said company and regiment until the month of January or February AD 1778 at which time he procured a substitute to serve in his stead who was accepted by his superior officers and he was honorably discharged. That to his knowledge his substitute served to acceptance in his room. That his discharge is not in existence and cannot be now produced . That he is an American born, now is and always has been a resident citizen of the United States. That
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he is in reduced circumstances in life and in need of the assistance of his country for support. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of April 1818 

Robert Averill 

Zadock Wheeler Chief Judge 
of Chittenden County Court 


State of Vermont 
Chittenden County  
 
I Zadock Wheeler Chief Judge of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that the above declaration under oath of Robert Averill was made before me and now transmitted to the Honorable Secretary of War together with the affidavit of Wiman Averill at the request of Robert Averill that he may be placed on the pension of an act of Congress passed March 18th 1818. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of our said Court to be hereunto affixed. 

Zadock Wheeler Chief Judge 
of Chittenden County Court
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Jesse Averill
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State of New York 
Washington County Jesse Averill of the town of Granville in the county of Washington of the State of New York being duly sworn saith that he is the brother of Robert Averill of Charlotte in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and is well acquainted with him and has been from his youth and remembers that the said Robert Averill enlisted some time in February one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he believed in Col Warners Regiment and that he marched for [illegible] being the [illegible] winter after the Defeat of General Montgomery at Quebec that he enlisted for three months and then some time in May following - and further that he said Robert Averill again enlisted in the month of October one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in Col Seth Warner's Regiment in Capt Gideon Brownson's Company for three years and continued in the said Regiment until the Battle at Bennington in the year one thousand seven hundred seventy seven when he was taken prisoner on the sixteenth day of August in that year and carried to Burgoine's Army where he remained a prisoner until the surrender of General Burgoine when he again found his Regiment and then he the said Jesse Averill took the place of the said Robert in the said Regiment and served therein until the expiration of the enlistment of the said Robert Averill and received a discharge from Col Seth Warner in his own name and the said Robert Averill did not receive any other discharge than his the said Jesse Averill being received
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as a substitute in his stead further this deponent  saith not. 

Jesse Averill 

Sworn this 6th day of November before me and I do hereby certify that the said Jesse Averill is a credible witness from my personal knowledge and acquaintance with him for fifteen years and upwards and his character for truth and serenity unimpeachable as far as I can know from such acquaintance. 

John C. Parker Just. Peace 
in + for the County of Washington and State of New York
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County Joseph Bonett of Burlington in the county of Chittenden and state of Vermont, being duly sworn [illegible] that he was a sergeant in Capt Wm Moultons company in Col Seth Warners Regiment in the continental army, until the [illegible] of [illegible] Regiment 1780 when he was attached to the [illegible] [illegible]. and that under the [illegible] law of congress he has obtained a pension certificate No 1840 - dated July 16th 1818 - that while he was in Col Warner's Regt as aforesaid, he was well acquainted with a solider who now calls himself Robert Averill, and who lives in Charlotte in the county of Chittenden and that to the best of his knowledge the said Averill was [illegible] by the name Avery - that the said Avery or Averill, enlisted into Captain Gideon Brownsons company in [illegible] [illegible] for three years in the fall of the year 1776. and enlisted until some time in the month of April or May 1778 when the said Robert Averill or Avery was discharged having provided a substitute agreeable to his enlistment. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of November AD 1818 and I do certify that the above named Bonett is a credible witness. 

Joseph Bonett 

Nathan B Masnell. Justice of the Peace
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Payable semi-annually the first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, 
D. Robinson Agent Bennington 
Vt. 

Recorded
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Died 8 Sept 1828 but relinquished and certificate surrendered. 

WAR DEPARTMENT. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 

I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Robert Averill late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, in inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 16th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 7th day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 

J. C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War.
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Robert Averill 

The applicant must state his occupation + his ability to pursue it, as well as the ability of his wife to assist in his support. 

4791
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Revolutionary Claim, under Act of Congress, May 1, 1820. 
STATE OF VERMONT, Chittenden COUNTY, 88. ON this 26th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being the Supreme Court, for the County of Chittenden and a Court of Record for said County, by act of the Legislation of March 2, 1797 Robert Averill aged 64 years, resident in Charlotte in said County, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary ware, as follows: - Enlisted in 1776 into Col. Warners Regt as will now follow and [illegible] appear by my original declaration made before the Hon. Zadock Wheeler on the 16th day of April 1818, and in which certificate has issued dated December 17 1818 and number 4791- 

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, in the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congres, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," paffed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me: nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 

Schedule
3 Cows $46.50
1 Heifer 2yrs old 10.00
2 Calves 7.00
1 Horse 30.00
3 Pigs 1.75
1 Broken leg yearling heifer 
18 Sheep 15.00
$110.25 

I have a wife aged 57 years. I have no children living with me but owing to my advances age and having a debt to the amount of about eighty dollars I am unable to support myself without the aid of the pension granted me by the United States. 

(signed) Robert Averill 

Sworn to and declared on the 26 day of June 182(?) Before the said Court in open court by order of Court signed David Russell clerk 

STATE OF VERMONT, 
Chittenden COUNTY, 88. David Russell Clerk of the Supreme 
Court, do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred and ten dollars and 25 cents and a [illegible] of debt against him of about $80.00. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 30th day of June 1820. 
David Russell Clerk
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38510 
INVALID. 
Revy 
File No. 38,510 
Robert Averill 
Pri Rev War 

Act: 18th March 18th 

Index: - Vol. 2, Page 20

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Robert Averill 
16 April 

The Honorable The Secretary of War 
City of Washington 

The Judge must certify to the circumstances of the claim. 

Admitted
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County. I Zadock Wheeler Chief Judge as aforesaid do further certify that I am personally acquainted with Robert Averill the within named applicant and am well satisfied he is indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support. Dated 
October 23, 1818 
Zadock Wheeler
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State of Vermont 
Bennington County 

I Gilbert Bradley of Sunderland testify and say that in the year AD 1776 in the month of October I was present and see Robert Avery enlist into a company then commanded by Capt Gideon Brownson and into a Regiment commanded by Col Warner. I was also with the so Robert in the action at Bennington on the sixteenth day of August following and from the time of his enlistment until the time of so action he was a soldier in so company and at so action he was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner until the surrender of Burgoin the term of the so Roberts enlistment was for three years. I think he was recaptured(?) about one year after his enlistment and was knowing to his joining his Regiment after his being recaptured(?) and I further say that I am in no way interested in the said Robert obtaining a pension as provided by Congress. I also say that the so Robert enlisted for three months the winter before his engaging for three years under the same Captain Brownson and in the so Col Seth Warner Regiment. 
Gilbert Bradley
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Taken and sworn before me this ninth day of October AD 1818 
Edmund Graves ast Judge C Court 

I hereby certify that the above named Gilbert Bradley is a man of truth and veracity.
Edmund Graves ast Judge C Court 


State of Vermont 
I, Joel Pratt Clerk of the county court within and for the County of Bennington do hereby certify that Edmund Graves Esquire is an assistant Judge of S County Court acting under the authority of this state and that the above is his signature. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said Court and set my hand and official signature at Manchester this 9th day of November AD 1818. 

Joel Pratt Clerk
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State of Vermont. Bennington County. I. Eli Brownson of Sunderland testify and say that I marched with a company of militia in the month of October AD 1776 to Mount Independence, that Robert Averill was one of my soldiers and after my arrival at Mount Independence the so Robert enlisted in to a company then commanded by my Brother Capt Gideon Brownson as the so Gideon told me and in Col Seth Warner Regiment, and I then discharged him from my company in consequence of his so enlistment. his enlistment was as I understand from Capt Brownson for three years and I further say that in the month of August following the so Robert was in the action of Benning and was taken a prisoner and I always understood the said Robert was recaptured at the surrender of General Burgoyne and joined his Regiment. 
Eli Brownson 

Taken and sworn before me this ninth day of November AD 1818 
Edmund Graves asst Judge C Court
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I hereby certify that Eli Brownson the signor of the foregoing affidavit is a man of truth and veracity. 
Edmund Graves asst Judge C Court 

State of Vermont 
I. Joel Pratt Clerk of the County Court in and for Bennington County do hereby certify that Edmund Graves Esquire is an assistant Judge of said Count Court acting under the authority of this state and that the above is his signature. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said Court and set my hand and official signature at Manchester this 9th day of November AD 1818 

Joel Pratt Clerk
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Hon. E. Meech. H.R. 

Pension Office 
J L Edwards Esq 
Washington
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Washington February 26th 1821 

Officer, 
Yours of the 21 [illegible] in which you say that Robert Averill has omited to state his occupation and the ability of his wife to assist in his support. his situation I am well acquainted with. 
Mr Averill is a farmer who is obliged to rent land or take it on shares. his wife is not able to contribute any thing towards his support in fact not able to support herself. 

Yours with respect 
Ezra Must 

I hope you will answer this to morrow I [illegible] to leave here [illegible] 

J L Edwards Esq