Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,271, for Ezekiel Strong, Vermont
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                                   NUMBER

Vt                    Strong Ezekiel                  R. 10,271

CONTENTS
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State of New York
                       [section sign]
County of Essex  js:  On this 18th day of May in the year 1846, personally appearing before me, one of the judges of Essex County Courts, in said state, Ezekiel Strong, a resident of Moriah, in the County of Essex & State of New York, aforesaid, aged Eighty Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to the 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 [{officers} crossed out] named officers, and served as herein stated:  that he was not in the regular service so called but was a volunteer:  that he first went into the service as waiter to Lieutenant Abner Chamberlain's:  that he was afterwards waiter to Captain Timothy Bush in the same Company:  that the Company in which he belonged was attached to or belonged to a Regiment called the "Beedle Regiment", is called, in honor of Col. Beedle who got up the Regiment:  that this Regiment went where it could do most good:  that this deponent for a great share of the time acted as a Scout up and down the Connecticut River:  that one General Bailey has something to do with this "Beedle Regiment" [Bedel Regiment] or a part of it:  that he was called "Granny Bailey": that Col Beedle [Bedel] was rich, but soon resigned because he could not Command the respect of the Soldiers:  that after the resignation of Col. Beedle [Bedel] Col. Robert Johnson, & Col. Thomas Johnson, successively commanded this Regiment:  that he, with about one hundred & fifty men, went on a Scout, up what is called the "Hazen Road", to the River Samile, to drive back a party of Indians & Tories:  that a few days previous to this Scout, one Constant Bliss of Oxford, New Hampshire, with a few others, went
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on a Scout on the same route, & were taken & tortured by the Indians & Constants Bliss was killed near the "Greensbon Ponds",  & deponent saw his remains:  that the Scout in which deponent was, was commanded by Thomas & Robert Johnson aforesaid, as deponent now believes, according to the best of his recollection:  that the Indians  & Tories retreated, & did not come to battle:  that for a short time, he was waiter to Col. Seth Warner whom deponent liked very much, & he gave deponent a crown, when he left him, and at the same time gave him, (deponent), patriotic advise:  that deponent was at one time with a part of the regular army, & one morning General Lincoln's horse got loose, & deponent helped catch him and return him to Genl Lincoln:  that deponent was at the burning of the village of Royalton in Vermont, & went from there to Haverhill, New Hampshire by express without stopping to eat:  that deponent was at the battle of Hubbardton where he acted as a Scout, & saw Col. Seth Warner, & went by express to the Battle of Bennington, but arrived too late to take part in the battle, & from then deponent went home:  that deponent was also at the Battle on Mt. Independence:  that the head quarters of the Regiment to which deponent belonged was part of the time at Pollet, [Pawlet] Vt & part of the time at what was called Ox-bows near Haverhill, New Hampshire:  that deponents father & brother were also out with deponent:  that deponents father had a horse, which he used to use much in the service to carry provisions, the soldiers packs, &: that deponents father & brother are both dead:  that then was with deponents, also some of the time, Cushman Donner, David Rich

Joel Hosford, Elihu Hosford, Deac. Morris, John [illegible] Deac {illegible]
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John Stark,     Derby.  Gillet.: that this deponent cannot now name any others, whose names he remembered, as having taken part in those days & times:  that he does not know, as these persons are alive:  that he knew them well:  that deponend cannot now state the precise time which he served in, the war of the Revolution, but that he stood ready to march at a moments warning to any quarter where his services were needed, & didso, during all the revolutionary struggle:  that deponent is now in his eighty eighth year of his age:  that deponent was born in Hebron, Connecticut, & moved with his father to Thetford, Vermont, when he, deponent, was eight years of age:  that during & for some years after the revolutionary war, deponent resides in Thetford, aforesaid:  that deponent knows of no documentary evidence to sustain this application for a pension:  that deponent cannot now name any other persons, as witnesses in this matter, than those above named, nor does deponent, know whether they are alive, or dead:  but that they were old acquaintances of deponent, & were knowing to all the facts herein set forth:

And further says not
Sworn before me this 18th day of May 1846

Ezekiel     X    Strong
              Mark

[illegible]  Judge 
of Essex Co Courts
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The Elijah Carpenter,  Alexander M. Kenzie, Alden Spear & Solomon Everest residing in the town of Moriah, County of Essex and State of New York, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Strong, who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration:  that we believe him to be about Eighty Seven years old:  that he is reputed & 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 before me this 19th day of May 1846
[illegible]   Storrs  judge
of Essex Co Courts

[section sign]  Alexander M'Kenzie, Elijah Carpenter,  Alden Spear
Solomon Everest

And, I, the said judge of the Essex County Courts in and for the County of Essex & State of New York do hereby declare my 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 & served as he states,  And I further Certify that Alexander M Kenzie who has signed the preceding certificate, is a farmer resident in the town of Moriah, said county of Essex, & that Elijah Carpenter is a farmer and that Alden Spear & Solomon Everest are farmers.  and that each reside in Moriah aforesaid, & are credible witnesses as persons: & that their statement is entitled to credit And I the said judge do further certify, that the said affidavit, cannot from bodily infirmity, attend the Court of this County, to make this application in person.
[illegible]  Storrs judge

I, Edward, F. Williams, Clerk of the County of Essex, State of New York, & Clerk, of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County of Essex, do hereby Certify, that Nathaniel S. Storrs, esquire, residing in Moriah, said County of Essex, is one of
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the judges of the Essex County Courts in for the said County of Essex, & that  the within & foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.  And I  further Certify that said Storrs, was such judge, before, at the time, & since, the making the within several affidavits.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County, & subscribed my name, this 4th day of August 1846.
E. F. Williams (Clerk)
By G. S. Niebolson Dept Clerk  

State of New York
County of Essex
Town of Moriah
                  [section sign]
SS: Robert M Kenzie, farmer, aged fifty two years, resident of said town of Moriah, being duly sworn, doth depose & say that he has intimately known Ezekiel Strong for about fifty two years:  that he has heard read the foregoing declaration of said Strong for a pension & believes the same to be true:  that said Strong, about thirty five years of age, when passing Mt. Independence, with deponent, related minutely, & circumstantially, the incidents, of the battleon that ground:  that said Strong warmed up with his recital-that he named many officers, gave the place of the battle- the position of the combatants before and during the action-that he described the bearing  & martial appearance of many officers and gave the details in such a manner, that this deponent has no doubt, but that said Strong was
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in said battle.
And this deponent further says that many years ago the said Strong was in the habit of relating anecdotes & adventured of his own & his comrades, during the revolutionary war that he used to name many officers & soldiers, battles & marches with a minuteness and clearness, which no one could, who had not been actually engaged in the matters & with the names described but deponent says, that said Strong has become very old and infirm & his memory very much impaired-that some days, his mind is quite bright & clear, while at other times he is very feeble-that about twelve or thirteen years ago, the said Strong, employed one Ambrose Mason to obtain a pension for him-that the papers were made out, & the said Mason informed this deponent that they were correct, & would entitle said Strong to a pension, & that he had sent them to the Pension Department at Washington-that deponent at the request of the said Strong, took an active interest in the matter & often called on said Mason to inquire about the prospect of the application-that said Mason resided in this town for a year, or two after said application & up to the time of his removal, the told deponent that he had never received an answer from Washington, & finally, told deponent, that the papers, had never been sent to Washington and that they were lost & that he would return there, which he had never done-that said Mason now resides in the State of Ohio as deponent is informed & believes that deponent has made several efforts to have this matter looked into but has never-succeeded in having the matter taken seriously till the present time-that said Strong has been, & is poor, & has been unable to pay the necessary expenses to secure any one's active service,- that deponent has caused inquiries to be made at the Pension Office for the papers
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last aforesaid, & is informed & believes that they are not to be found as the Pension Office-- this deponent further says that he was engaged in the last war, & believes he is somewhat prepared to judge of the case of said Strong-that the personal appearance, & deponent of said Strong are such as to indicate beyond a question, that he had been a soldier, & in the Company of General officers and gentleman, & his statements, an made in languages & in a manner, which have no doubt that he had been familiar with war--
this deponent further says that it has been generally believed through this town that said Strong was a Soldier of the revolution-that deponent is acquainted in Vermont & New Hampshire was when said Strong formerly resided & it is there said & believe, & spoken of as a matter of fact, that said Strong was a soldier of the revolution in the service of he United States-that it is so believed and understood in & by the family of said Strong-that his grandchildren, have many anecdotes & incidents of the service of said Strong, which they believe, & are handed down from father to son, & are related to each other to inculcate a love of country, & Patriotism-that the said Strong was in the habit of relating instances of service, to his family & friends, & is at the present day, but he has lost that content over his mind which is necessary to a connected story-that he has every day some new fact to relate-that he seldom repeats the same story, but has ever something new & interesting.  
Robert M'Kenzie
And further says not.
Sworn before on this 19 day of May 1846.
[illegible] Storrs Judge
"of" Essex Co. Court
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Questions propounded by me, to Ezekiel Strong, the within named applicant for a Pension, this 18th day of May in the year 1846, at the time of administering the oath to the aforesaid declaration of said Stron.

1.  Where, and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age?  [{and if so where is it?} crossed out} 
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 yo called into service; were you draughted [drafted], did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
5.  State the names of some of the regulars, troops officers who were with you the troops when you served; Such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect; and the general circumstances of your service?
6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from service?  By whom was it given; 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 to you character for veracity and their belief of you service as a soldier of the Revolution.

To the above questions the said Strong answered as follows: to the first question, he said:  I was born in Hebron, Conn in the year 1758.
To the second question, he said: I [illegible]
To the third question, he said:  I was living in Thetford, Vermont.  Since the Revolutionary war, I have lived at Thetford, Vermont and where I now live, in Moriah, Essex County & State of New York.  To the fourth question, he said:  I was a volunteer:
To the fifth question, he said:  I remember General Lincoln of the regular army, because I helped catch his horse once-also Col. Warner & he was afterwards General-Captain Bush-, the Johnsons were away up towards Canada-Constant Bliss was a cousin of mine.
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John Start went on a Scout away up north when I was away down south.  I was at Ticonderoga a few days before Ethan Allen took the Fort- [illegible] had a [illegible] of twenty three- we started from Pollet and were under Lieutenant Warner.  I don't remember any regiments of regular Soldiers by names in the [illegible] lay to the south of us- I remember Ezra [illegible] but he was not [illegible] Lieut Baldwin, & Jim Tinnick who were tories. [illegible] then was a Colonel or Lieutenant-Colonel & Captain at Royalton & stayed a few weeks then went across South & formed the army but I have forgotten his name.
[Illegible] Button was killed at Royalton.  I helped bury them while about that, an alarm came over the hill, that we must go to Haverhill & were at that stop to go on in [illegible] then went to Haverhill-that  bablvorn, Col. Beedle {Bedel], commanded us at that time and illegible] Company were called out towards [illegible] town this Northumberland County-[illegible] to the seventh [illegible] names, Barton, [illegible] Alexander, Elilyha Carpenter, Alexander M'Kenzie, Elisha Stanton, Lewis Sheridan, [illegible] Amos Stanton

And I, the said Judge, do further certify, that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity, attend the Courts of this County to make this application in person.
And I do further certify that i have known the said applicant during the last twenty nine years, and am well satisfied from report and from the foregoing examination, that he is
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entitled to a pension.
And I do further certify, that I continued the examination of said applicant upon the fifth question, as long as I thought it necessary, to a full compliance with the wishes of the Deponent, to do justice in this case.
And I do further certify, that the erasures & interlineations in the foregoing papers in different colored ink, were all done before signing.

Given under my hand at the places & on the day & year aforesaid.
[illegible]. judge
of Essex Co. Courts

State of New York
                      [section sign]
Essex County js

I Edmund F Williams, Clerk of the said County by George S. Nicholson Dept Clerk of the Clerk being absent from the County Do Certify that Nathaniel Storr Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken and sworn, has at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony Whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this fourth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty six.

E. F. Williams Clerk
By G. S. Nicholson Dept. Clerk
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29600
Ezekiel Strong
Essex, Co N.Y.

Ambrose Mason Esqr
Elizabethtown
Essex, County 
NY.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
14 Church St

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 show 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 compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Ezekiel Strong Essex Co NY
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. | Years. | Months. | Days.| 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.

voluns 1777 | about | 4 | " | pri | Cap Bush Col Warner | 74 years | entered the service in Orange Co State V.T.

That all his service during the war would amount to at Least 1 year and a half. |

Documentary
one living witness proves generally.
Certificate of Clergyman and Citizen credible
papers are authenticated.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
the length of service is not stated with precision.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 1856.
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 claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, 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.
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 On this  ____________day of 
__________A.B. a resident (b) of ______________
personally appeared (a) before ________________ in the county of _________________ and State, Territory or District of ________ 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 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) ___________
and served in the ________________ (e) regiment of the ___________ line, under the following named officers:  
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided 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.
I _________________________ 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 _____________________
for a pension.
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,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia 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 ________
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____________ who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ________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 days 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
______________ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ________________ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I ________________Clerk of the Court of ______________
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this __________ day of ________& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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. 6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given- {To a Soldier, and what has become of it? To an Officer. 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are 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. 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 before 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.
 Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, 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 his genuine signature. 
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 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. 
[a] 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. 
[b] 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. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] 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 definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 promised north 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 a _________; and for such service I claim a pension."   It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each engagement The particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. his certificate in every case. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 contains 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. 
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 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 [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only 
[k[ This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[{Acts of July, and March 3, 1873.} crossed out]

10.271.

P.O.
Ezekiel Strong

Service:

Enlisted:       , 18  .
Discharged:  , 18  .

Application field:   , 18  .

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:

Attorney:

P. O.


_________Recognized.  __________Contract.
_________Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _______, 18  .
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New York 
Ezekiel Strong

Revoy.

Suspended

Sen [sent]  let [letter] to A. Mason
Esq May 19, 1854
Sen [sent] let [letter] to E. Benson
Aug. 20, 1935
to J. Tarbell Sept 7, '46

10271

Act 7 June 32
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Hon. J. S. Edwards
Comr of Pensions

Sir
I sent you the application of Ezekiel Strong for a Pension a few weeks since.
I have taken much pains to obtain proof of his service, but his old companions who knew him, & with whom he was acquainted are all dead.
But we can obtain any amount of secondary evidence, if desired.
With the application I sent the certified opinion of the Judge of three disinterested persons,  & the affidavit of Robert M'Kenzie, as to reputation & tradition.

I now write to know whether we shall send on traditionary evidence, which we can obtain to any extent in New Hampshire.
yr obt. Servt.
Jona Tarbell

Port Henry, Essex Co N.Y.
Sept. 5, 1846
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Moriah, Essex Co. N. Y.
September 1, 1841

Dear Sir,
I have been employed to aid in procuring a pension for one Ezekiel Strong, a soldier of "the revolution".
He states to me, that some ten or twelve years since, he employed one Ambrose Mason (where of this place-now of Ohio) to aid him in an application.  That the necessary papers were forwarded to you department and that some time afterwards, said, Mason, informed him that the pension was allowed, and he could draw it at a time, which he then named.  Mr. Mason went to Ohio about that time and Mr. Strong has never drawn any money.  It seems to be proper for me, first, to inquire whether a pension was allowed to such a man, & which he is now among the list of pensioners.
An answer to this will confer a great favor upon one of the last of an "heroic line" in our town.
Judge Mason left here two years ago.
Yr. obt. Servt.
Jona. Tarbell
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Washington
D.C.
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
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Dear Sir,
The accompanying application has been delayed for the purpose of obtaining further testimony, but on acquiring for Mr. Strongs old comrads [comrades] who need their affidavits for him ten years ago in his application this Judge Mason, we find they are all dead.
We shall succeed however, in making further testimony, & can make any quantity of secondary evidence, as to reputation.
yr. obt. servt, 
Jona. Tarbell
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N.Y.
Aug 19.
Ezekiel Strong


Moriah's NY
13 Aug

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner 
Washington
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Moriah Aug 18, 1836

Sir.

Permit me to enquire of you the situation of Ezekiel Strongs application for a pension has what is needed to secure his certificate.
The reason why I apply to you is that Mr. Strong called on his former agent Ambrose Mason he could give or failed to give him any definite information & besides Mr. Mason has removed to Ohio.  Ezekiel Strong is a resident & I believe of this town it may be Crown Point.  He lives near the line at any rate.  He is very needy- you will of course give me best information as will enable me to append his application.
Yours very truly
E. Pearson
J. L. Edwards Esq
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Personally appeared before me [illegible] a Justice of the Peace of the County of Essex and state of New York.  Ezekiel strong who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positivity as to the lengths of his service but according to the best of his recollections the first term of his service as mentioned in his declaration and not amount to less than four months and that he served under the officers and in the war in these mentioned.  that the second term of service when we went to Royalton to amount for would amount to at least fifteen days-that at the time he was engaged in taking the rove of cattle mentioned in his declaration, he was detained in that service not less than one month that after this and during the continuance of the war the country where he resides (Thetford Vt) was very frequently alarmed by the invasions of he Tories & Indians-that for the safety of the inhabitants a number of public boats are kept on the (Connectticutt) [Connecticut] Rivers and that he this deponent was actually employed in guarding said boats under an express engagement for three months and that he was st other and different times called out and performed various services of which he is unable to give the precise times- And this deponent further state that from reflections he is confident and verily believes that the time mentioned in his said declaration as the time when he first entered the service is an error that it must have been as early as the first of  (June 1777) and further saith not
                                    his
                        Ezekiel   X  Strong
                                    mark
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 16th day of April 1834
Nathan Sherman Justice of the Peace

[{The} erasure} 

The deponent has been capabel [capable] of writing his name but from a severe nervous affection [affliction] and other debility he is now unable to write but has made his mark to the above in my presence
Nathan Sherman 
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
                      [section sign] js
Essex County 

I Edward S Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Nathan Sherman Esqr before whom the written affidavit of Ezekiel Strong was taken and sworn to was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex duly commissioned and qualified according to Law as such and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Nathan Sherman and verily believe his signature subscribed thereto be his genuine hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court and County this 4th day of May 1834

Edw {Edward} S Cuyler Clerk
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State of New York
                     [ section sign}
Essex County js

On this             day of September 1832.

Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the said County of Essex and State of New York now sitting Ezekiel Strong a resident of Moriah in the said County of Essex and State of New York aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following "Declaration" in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States at Thetford in the County of 
State of New York
                     [ section sign}
Essex County js

On this             day of September 1832.

Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the said County of Essex and State of New York now sitting Ezekiel Strong a resident of Moriah in the said County of Essex and State of New York aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following "Declaration" in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States at Thetford in the County of Orange in the State of Vermont when then enlisted in the month of July in the year 1777-being then about nineteen years of age.  That he entered (he thinks) as a volunteer under the Command of Capt. Timothy Bush of Norwich, Lieutenant Abner Chamberlain of said Hartford and marched direct to Manchester Vermont where he joined Col. Warner Regiment and remained there about seven weeks from there he marched to Paulett [Pawlet] Vermont which was at that time a kind of head quarters for the militia of that country-from which place he marched with a scouting party to Tyconderoga [Ticonderoga} N. Y. and Mt. Independance [Independence] on the East Shore of Lake Champlain, where we made an attempt upon the works but was compelled to retreat under a shower of grape shot from the enemy, and returned back to Paulette {Pawlet} aforesaid and from there home to Thetford Vt being out about four months.  Still remaining a a minuteman (as we were called) was marched direct to Royalton V.T. and arrived there the day after the massacre and burning of that place, made a short stay buried some of the inhabitants who had been slain and remained unburied, and marched from thence direct to the Ox Bow, so called in Newbury Vt. which place was in a state of allarm [alarm] from a party of Tories and Indians
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a party were detached from our forces and sent in pursuit of the enemy who retreated across the river we remained there for several days and returned home to Thetford aforesaid that he was afterwards out with party and took a large drove of cattle from some Tories who had fled and gave over to the enemy-that for the whole time during the continuance of the Revolutionary war he remained as a minute man and was alternately imployed [employed] in scouting and guarding publick [public] stores and the boats kept on Connecticut river  and performing various duties-that the time he actually put in the service of the United States as aforesaid over and above the time spent in the necessary preparations for the different works which he went would amount at least to one and a half years actual service
That he hereby relinquishes his very claim to a pension or annuity except the present and believes that his name was not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn & subscribed this 2 the day & year aforesaid in open court
Ezekiel Strong
Leonard Stow Clerk
of Essex Com Pleas

The court propounded to the applicant the following questions and received from him the answers as they stand annexed to the questions

Que 1.  Where and in what year was you born
Ans  In Hebron in the County of Windham and the State of Connecticutt  [Connecticut] in the year 1778

"  2 Have you any record of you age if so where is it
" I know of none if there ever was any it is  in the town books at Hebron aforesaid
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"3 When did you live when first called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you live now

When I first entered the service I lived at Thetford aforesaid and from thence went to Hartland in the said State of Vermont for thence to my present plaise [place] of residence where I have lived for the last twenty six years
4 How were you first called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute if a substitute for whom
I was a volunteer
5 Did you ever receive a written discharge if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
I have no recollection of ever receiving any discharge whatever, the militia being held in readiness at all times

Ezekiel Strong
Sworn & subscribed the 27th day of September 1832 in open court
Leonard Stow Clerk
of Essex Com Pleas
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We Maynard Kidder of the town of Moriah in the County of Essex & State of New York and Saml [Samuel} Murdock [erasure] of the County of Essex aforesaid and resident in the town of Crown Point in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Strong who has subscribed & sworn to the above dictaration 
[dictators] that we believe him to be seventy four 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
Maynard Kidder
Saml [Samuel] Murdock

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court this 27th day of September 1832 Leonard Stow Clerk of 
Essex Com Please

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigations 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 Samuel Murdock who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the town of Crown Point in the County of Essex and that Maynard Kidder who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Moriah in said county and that they are both credible witnesses & persons such that their statements be entitled to credit
Signed by order of the court
Leonard Stow Clerk

I Leonard Stow clerk of the county of Essex & clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Strong for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office in this twenty seventh day of September one thousand and Eight hundred & thirty two
Leonard Stow
Clerk
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State of Vermont
                   [section sign]
Orange County js

I John Burnah of Norwich County of Windsor and State of Vermont do depose and say that the same year that Burgain surrendered the Militia of the State was called for and General Bailey marched with half his Brigade to Pawlet Vermont and Mr Ezekiel Strong then of Thetford county of Orange and State of Vt marched in General Bailey's Brigade with me to Pawlet under Capt Burnah of said Norwich from Pawlet Mr Strong went on a scouting Party and I saw him no more until his return to head Quarters our Lieutenant was Abner Charn [probably Chamberlain] certain of said Thetford, and further your deponent saith not
John Burnah

State of Vermont
                      [section sign]
Orange County js

Thetford August 4th 1832
Then personally appeared John Burnah signer of the above written instrument and make solemn oath that the facts there stated are true
Before me  Stephen Eastman Justice Peace