Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,213, Solomon Vine, Vt.
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Vt.
Vine, Solomon
S. 43,213
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5414

New York

Solomon Vine,
Col. Warner Vt Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15th of April 1818.

Certificate of Passion issued the 18th of Jany. 1819. and sent to, Mr. H. Parker Esq.
Whitehall, Washington 07 N.Y.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 [illegible] 20/30 $37.33
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 - $48-
$85.33

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

1776-34th
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In the matter of Solomon VIne
Revolutionary Pension Copy 
5.414

Returns to be directed to John D. Coon Whitehall
Wash. Co. N.Y. 

A copy of the mortgage is required L.L.E.
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State of New York
Washington County} ss. On this fourteenth day of March 1821 personally appeared in open court, being a court of Common Pleas in and for the said county - a Court of Record which proceed according to the Court of Common law, with a jurisdiction [illegible]-ited is [illegible], keeping a record of their proceeding, and which the power of fine and imprisonment Solomon Vine, aged sixty one years, resident in Whitehall in said county, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath making the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820. That he the said Solomon Vine served in the Revolutionary War, as following viz. three years in the Company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Burrow in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Seth Warren called "Green Mountain Boys" in the Continental Establishment. That he continued to served in said Compy. from the 26th November One thousand seven hundred seventy six until the 5th December One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine when he was discharged from the said service at Bennington in the State of Vermont. And further that he made application for a pension in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 the fifteenth day of April 1818 and received a pension certificate, No. 5414 dated at the War office of the United States, the 18th day of January 1819 and has received
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his pension at the rate of Eight dollars, per month from the said 15th day of April 1818 to the fourth day of March 1820. And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen 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 Congress Entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War" ratified on the 18th day of March, One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen; 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. And I do further swear that I am by profession a farmer, and that I am wholly unable to labor at the profession by reason of having the fingers of each hand bruised and dislocated by the falling upon one of them of a piece of timber and the other severely jammed near thirty years ago. My right ancle [ankle] was broken near fourteen years ago and has not recovered-I have also a rupture in the abdomen which is incurable and am also afflicted with the asthma and Rheumatism. And that my family consists
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of my wife Freelove aged sixty one years, who is very sickly and infirm, being subject to the [illegible] headache, and that she is almost wholly unable to contribute anything towards her [illegible] and that I have no children or servants.

Schedule of the Estate of Solomon Vine of the town of Whitehall in the County of Washington 

[blank] | Dollars | .00 |
1 Cow & Calf | 12. | 00
1 Mare & Colt | 20. | 00
2 Pigs | 2. | 00
11 Cattle[?] | 1. | 00
1 [illegible] | 1. | 00
1 pot | ". | 50
1 Spider[?] | ". | 50
2 tea kettles | 1. | 00
1 flat iron | ". | 50
1 bellows | ". | 25
8 old casks | 1. | 00
1 chest | ". | 50
6 Caps [illegible] | ". | 35
1 tea pot | ". | 25
6 knives & forks | ". | 60
3 plates | ". | 15
2 platters | ". | 20
1 ax | ". | 75
1 hoe | ". | 25
1 plow share | 1. | 00
1 Shovel | ". | 25
--- 
$44.05

[blank] | Dollars | .00 |
Amt. brot[?] forward [illegible] | 44. | 05
5 Chairs /old/ | 1. | 25
4 [illegible] /new/ | 2. | 00
1 Lantern | ". | 25
3 milk pans | ". | 37
2 milk pots | ". | 25
2 pails | ". | 50
Fifty acres of Land in the town of Whitehall aforesaid on which there is a mortgage to the Commissioners of Land[?] of the State of New York of $208. 17 now due, and which mortgage was for the purchase money of said Land - 
Said Land is valued at $308.17 leaving my interest is the same at | 100. | 00
Solomon Vine | $148. | 67

Subscribe d& sworn to in Open Court this 14th March 1821 M.D. Danvers MD
Washington County ss. Daniel Earll of the town of White hall in said County being sworn saith that he has examined the property contained in the above schedule of Solomon Vine and that the same is north, no more than one hundred and forty eight dollars and sixty seven cents. Sworn before me this 13th day of March 1821-
Jno. D. Coon Commissioner 
Daniel Earll
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I Matthew D. Danvey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court: and 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 forty eight dollars and sixty seven cents. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 14th day of March 1821
M.D. Danvey

A Schedule of debts due and owing by Solomon
Vine of Whitehall in the County of Washington

Shubael Simmons $6.00
Edward Buckley 2.00
W. Rice 15.00
Myers, Gorden &Co 10.00
Henry Wiswell 4.00
Wm D. Jones 4.00
Samuel Smith 1.00
George Barney & Co 22.60
The Overseers of the poor of the town of Whitehall 50.00
The Treasurer of the County of Washington 17.70
 Phineas K. Wells 8.00
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$140.50

Washington County ss: Solomon Vine being duly sworn saith that the above schedule of his debts is just and true.
Solomon Vine

Sworn this 13th day of March 1821 before me
[???] D. Coon Commissioner
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15 April
Col Warners Regiment
Solomon Vine
Pension Papers

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Did not serve on the Continental Establishment. Not [???] for a Pension.

Quire?

Admitted

Forwarded by W. H. Parker of Whitehall Wash. Cy N. York
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(Illegible) Declaration)

I Solomon Vine of the Town of Whitehall in the county of Washington and State of New York do according to the Act of Congress of the United States of America entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary War" make the following declaration under oath.  That is to say- I do solemnly declare that I was on the eighteenth day of March last and now am a resident citizen of The United States to wit in the town, County, and State aforesaid and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my County for support.  I do further declare that I was a private soldier in the war of the revolution and that I served as such in the said war against the common enemy for the term of three years & more during the said war on the continental establishment.  That I belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Burroughs in the first Independent Regiment commanded by Col. Seth Warner in the line of [illegible] principally in what is now Vermont & sometimes called green-mountain boys.  And I do further declare that I entered into the said 
Service on or about the twenty sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six_____and  left the said service on or about the fifth day of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine- having left the same by reason of the expiration of my time of commitment and was honorably discharged by Col. Seth Warner and that more than thirty years aged
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deposited my discharge with one Daniel Brundridge who is since dead and have not since been able to obtain it as to get any information concerning it and do believe the same is lost or destroyed.  And I do further declare that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and any pension allowed me by the Laws of the United States or of any individual State previous to the eighteenth day of March last.  Witness my hand this fifteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Solomon Vine

[illegible]
Thomas Lyon
W H Parker

[No. 2...Judges Certificate]

State of New York
Washington County
To wit

Be it [illegible] that on the fifteenth day of April-in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen at the town of Whitehall in the County of Washington and State of New York before me Mr. Jonathan Wood Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington in the said State duly appointed qualified and sworn the same Court being one of those courts of Record of said State, personally came and appeared the before named applicant Solomon Vine who residing in the town, County and State mentioned in the above declaration and in my presence [illegible] the foregoing declaration and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said declaration.  And it appearing to my satisfaction as well from the said declaration under oath as from such other evidence as was in the power of the said applicant to produce that the said applicant served in the Revolutionary war as aforesaid against the common enemy in the Continental establishment and that the declaration aforesaid under oath of said applicant is in all other respects true.  I do therefore certify and
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transmit the Testimony in the case, consisting of the foregoing Declaration and the affidavit of Thomas Lyon hereunto annexed, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War according to
the requisitions of the act of Congress in that can
made - Given under my hand and seal at the County of Washington in the State of New York the day and year first above mentioned in this Certificate

Jonathan Wood Judge

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I _________ Clerk of the County of Washington of the State of New York do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood by whom the above certificate was made was on the fifteenth day of ________ a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington and State aforesaid, acting under the authority of this State and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this _______ day of _________.
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State of New York
Washington County

Thomas Lyon of the Town of Whitehall in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn
doth depose and say that he has for more than forty years been well acquainted with Solomon Vine who made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, the same being done in my presence. And further that this Deponent was a Lieutenant in the Company mentioned in the said Declaration Commanded by Capt. Burroughs and that the said Solomon Vines served three years or thereabouts in the said Company as a private Soldier at the time and in the manner stated and set forth in the said Declaration of the said Solomon Vine and the said Solomon left the said service in an honorable manner. I further saith not.

Thomas Lyon

I certify that the above affidavit was sworn to and subscribed by Thomas Lyon before me on
the 15th day of April 1818 and that the said Thomas Lyon is a credible Witness.

Jonathan Wood Judge

I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood by and before whom the above certificate and affidavit appear to have been made was on the fifteenth
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day of April [???] a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington in the State aforesaid acting under the authority of this State and that the above is his signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court
this 22d day of April 1818

D Shepherd Clk

State of New York

Washington County
Certificate of Reduced Circumstances
I Jonathan Wood Judge as aforesaid do hereby
certify in addition to the foregoing, that it hath been satisfactorily proved to me by the oath of Daniel Earle Esqr a person to me well known that Solomon Vine the above named applicant
is near sixty years of age and unable to support himself by labour and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support and I the said Judge as well from my own knowledge, as from the evidence aforesaid do certify that I believe the said Solomon Vine did on the 15th of April last and still does need the assistance
of his country for Support - Given under my hand at
Hartford this Sixteenth day of December A.D. 1818
Jonathan Wood one of the Judges
of Washington Com pleas
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The Honorable Secretary of the War Department

Whitehall Wash Cy N. York
25 April 1818

Sir
I will thank you to forward to me the certificate or document of the within application, being granted, or if refused, what further vouchers are necessary in the manner adopted in your Department.

I have the honor to be very respectfully your most obedient Servt.

W.H. Parker
Agent for the Applicant
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Whitehall 9th July 1821

Sir

I have the honor to return to you the papers in the case of Solomon Vine together with an authenticated copy of the Mortgage as directed by yours of 15 May and have to request your attention to the same as early as your duties will permit.

I am respectfully Your Obt Serv
J. D. Coon

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
War Department
Washington City
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43213

INVALID.

Revy

File No. 43.213
Solomon Vine
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 18

Index:---Vol. 3, Page 595

[Arrangement of 1870].
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New York Printed by Childs and Swaine.

This Indenture

No. 458

Made the Twenty first Day of September in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight hundred and two between Solomon Vine of Whitehall in the County of Washington of the first Part, and the New Loan-Officers of the County of Washington of the second Part, 
WITNESSETH, That the said Solomon Vine for and in Consideration of the sum of Eight pounds to him well and truly paid by the New Loan-Officers of the County of Washington aforesaid, HATH granted, bargained, fold, aliened, released, enseossed, confirmed, and by these presents DOTH grant, bargain, release enseoss, and confirm to the New Loan-Officers of the County of Washington aforesaid, and their Successors and Assigns forever, ALL that
Certain piece or parcel of land laying and being in Whitehall in a patent granted to Philip Skeene bounded as follows, viz. beginning at the southeast corner of a Lot of land formerly owned by Thomas Gould then running Westerly on the South line of the said Goulds lot to the rear line of the river lots then Southerly in the said rear line nine Chains and sixteen links to a stake thence East eighty degrees south to a stake standing on the edge of the flats or intervale then Southerly five degrees West two Chains and fifty links to a stake on the bank of the Est Creek then running down the said Creek to the place of beginning containing fifty five acres of land. Excepting and reserving four acres and Sixty rods off the West end of said lot
together will all, and all Manner of improvement, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the same belonging, or in any wife appertaining; and all the Estate, Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand whatsoever, of the said Solomon Vine
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of, in and to the above bargained Premises, and every part thereof: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the above bargained Premises, and every part thereof, with the Appurtenances, unto the said Loan Officers of the County of Washington and their Successors and Assigns forever, to the Uses and for the purposes mentioned in an Act of the Legislature of the
State of New-York, entitled, ""An Act for Loaning monies belonging to this State:" PROVIDED ALWAYS, and these Presents are
upon this condition, That if the said Solomon Vine his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, shall pay or cause to be paid, to the New Loan Officers of the County of Washington the Interest of the said sum of Eighty pounds at the rate of Six Pounds per Cent. per annum, on the First Tuesday of May, Yearly and every year, and shall also pay to the said Loan-Officers of the County of Washington the said principal sum of Eighty pounds with all the Interest then due for the same, when the same shall be by them demanded at any time after the first Tuesday of May, which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and nine then the above Grant, Bargain, and Sale, and every Article and Clause thereof, shall be void: But if Failure be made in any of the Payments abovementioned, then the above Bargain and Sale is to remain in full Force and Virtue. And the said Solomon Vine for himself Heirs and Assigns, hereby agree to be absolutely barred of and from all Equity of Redemption of the Premises, after the Expiration of Twenty-two days after such Failure.
AND the said Solomon Vine for himself Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, hereby Covenant, Grant, and Agree to and with the said Loan-Officers of the County of Washington and their Successors, well and truly to pay to them the Interest of the said sum of Eighty pounds at the rate aforesaid, Annually, on the First Tuesday of May in every year, and the said principal sum of Eighty pounds with all the interest then due thereon, when demanded as aforesaid, after the first Tuesday of May, which will be in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and nine that at the time of Sealing and Delivering of these Presents, the said Solomon Vine is Lawfully seized of the above bargained premises, of a good, sure, perfect, absolute, and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance. And that the same now are free and clear of and from all former and other Gifts, Grants, Bargains Sales Leases, Judgments, Recognizances, Dowers, Rights of Dower and other Incumbrances
whatsoever. And also, That the above bargained Premises upon the Sale thereof, pursuant to the Directions of the said Act,
will yield the Principal and Interest aforesaid remaining unpaid at the Time of such sale, and until the First Tuesday of May next, after such
Sale, together with Fifteen shillings for the charges of such sale. In Witness whereof, the said Solomon Vine hath hereunto set his hand and Seal, the day and year first above written.

Solomon Vine (Seal)

Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Us,

Bela Fosgate
David Richardson

Certify the above to be a true copy of the original Mortgage Executed in this Office by the Solomon Vine the principal of which together with one years Interest remains due and unpaid

Given under my hand and the seal of our Office at Salem this 26th day of June 1821-
We [???] certify that the rate of Interest now and has been for several years at seven per Cent. ----
Ebenr Russell} One of the Loan Officers
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I Matthew D Danvers Clerk of the County of Washington do certify that at the time
of Executing the within certificate Ebenezer Russell Esquire was and still is one of the
New Loan Officers (so called) in and for the said County of Washington, acting under and by Authority of the State of New York: that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Ebenezer Russell, and that I verily believe the signature to the said Certificate to be his proper hand & signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common pleas of said County this Sixth day of July 1821.

W. D. Danvers

State of New York
Washington County Ss.

Solomon Vine being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the premises mentioned in the within Mortgage are the same that are described in the schedule by him presented to the War Department for the purpose of being 
continued on the pension List, and that the said premises are advertised to be sold at public [illegible] by the Loan Officers within mentioned for the arrearages due on the same on the third Tuesday of September next and this deponent further saith that he is wholly unable to redeem the said premises or to pay anything towards the same and further saith not this 7th day of July 1821

Solomon Vine

Sworn before me J.D. Coon
Commissioner &c
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Vinegardner, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER 10545
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED September 27, 1799
to ____ not shown ____

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fir of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.