Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23405, Isaac Adams, N. H.
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(3-1776)

 SERVICE
N.H.

Adams, Isaac
Polly

NUMBER
W.23405

CONTENTS
enl. at Dunstable, N.H.
in 1819 aged 59 yrs & res. Windsor, Windsor Co. Vt. & there died Nov. 12 1824
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By His Excellency George Washington Esq
General and Commander in Chief of the United States of America
These are to Certify that the Bearer hereof Isaac Adams Private in the New Hampshire Regiment being for three years and haveing [illegible] Benjamin Cotton who was Inlisted for the War to serve the term he was Inlisted for and the said Isaac Adams is hereby Discharged the American Army - Given at Head Quarters this 8th Day of June 1783
/s/G. Washington 
Registered in the Books of the Regiment
/s/J. Boynton Adjutant
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14.148
Vermont
Isaac Adams of Windsor in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Cilley of the Newhampshire line, for the term of 3 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of July 1819. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Sep. 1819 and sent to Elihu Luce Esqr. Judge, Hartland, Windsor Co. (Vt.)
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Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 1 Mo: 26/31 4/30 15.76
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1820. 48. - 
$63.76
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Isaac Adams 
New Hamp line
Col'o Cilley's Rem't
March 1778 - War
Correct by Roll 
Ja(?) disch Signed G'o Washington
Correct
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State Vermont
Windsor County ss.} On the 6th day of July 1819 Before me the subscriber Chief Judge of Windsor County Court personaly appears Isaac Adams of Windsor in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont Aged 59 years 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 S'd Isaac Adams enlisted sometime in the Month of March 1778 in Dunstable in the State of New Hampshire in Capt. Wm. Scott's Co, Col'o Joseph Cilley's Regiment of the Newhamshire Line for Three years continued in the same Company ['and then enlisted' crossed out] about one year and then enlisted in the same Company & Regiment during the War, continued in the service till the 8th day of June 1783 when I was discharged by his Excellency George Washington at Windsor in the state of New York as by the enclos'd discharge will appear - at the time I was discharg'd Capt. Benj'n Elis commanded said Co and I think Col'o Reed (Reid) or Dearborn commanded said Reg'm and that he is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support and ever has been a Citizen of the United States and has not any other evidence of his S'd service
/s/Elihu Luce Chief Judge of Windsor County Court  
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid do Certify that It appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac Adams did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the comon enemy and that he is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support and I now Transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have caus'd hereunto the Seal of Said Court to be afixed - 
/s/Elihu Luce Chief Judge of Windsor County Court
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 2d 1819 
This certifies that Elihu Luce is Chief Judge of Windsor County Court, and that the within signatures are his - 
[court seal affixed] IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of Said Court the day above
/s/Benj'n Swan Clerk

Isaac Adams 
New Hamp line
Col'o Cilley's Rem't
March 1778 - War
Correct by Roll 
Ja(?) disch Signed G'o Washington
Correct
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State of Vermont
District of Windsor ss.} On this thirteenth day of July 1824 personally appeared before the Probate Court for said district of Windsor in open Court, (said Court being a Court of Record agreeably to the laws of this State) Isaac Adams aged sixty three years resident in Windsor in said district of Windsor, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, that from the best of my recollection I some time in the month of March A.D. 1778 enlisted in Dunstable in the State of Newhampshire in Capt. William Scott's Company in Col'o Joseph Cilley's Reg't in the Newhampshire line for three years, I continued in the service about one year and then enlisted in the same Company and Regiment for during the war and continued in the service untill the 8th day of June A.D. 1783 when I was discharged by General Washington at New Windsor in the State of Newyork as will appear by my discharge heretofore forwarded to the war  department when I was first  placed on the pension list - At the time I was discharged, Capt. Benjamin Ellis Commanded said Company & according to my present recollection, Col'o Reed (Reid) or Gen'l Dearborn commanded the regiment, that he made his original declaration on the sixth day of July 1819 has received a pension certificate No. 14148. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on 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 Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed 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 viz. -
1 Cow $14.00 one hog & one pig $6.00 $20.00
1 old one horse waggon with an old worn out harness 12.00
6 Chairs 2.50 10 old Chairs 2.50 5.00
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2 old bran kettles 2.00 2 pots 1.50 3.50
2 old iron kettles 2.00 Tea Cups & Saucers .50 2.50
Crockery ware 1.00 knives & forks .50 2 Tables 2.50 4.00
Wooden ware 2.00 Tin ware 2.00 old wooden Clock 5.00 9.00
old Carpenter tools 4.00 2 old Chests 2.00 7.00
one old Grindstone 1.00 Fire dogs 1.25 2.25
some old lumber 7.00 Looking glass 1.50 8.50
[total} $73.75
And the said Isaac Adams has the following family dependent upon him for support, to wit, his wife Polly Adams, aged fifty eight years in a weak and feeble state of health, his daughter Ruth aged thirty two years and his daughter Phebe aged thirty years - he is a labourer by profession, has no real estate and is unable to support himself and family without the assistance of publick or private charity and he also states that his said daughters are in a feeble state of health, one of which is now under the care of a Physician.
/s/Isaac Adams
Sworn to and declared on the thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty-four before said Court
Attest /s/Nomlas Cobb Register
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I Nomlas Cobb Register of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor and State of Vermont do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty three Dollars and seventy five cents. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 13th day of July A.D. 1824
/s/Nomlas Cobb Register of the Court
State of Vermont
District of Windsor ss.} I Jonathan Whipple Judge of the Probate Court for the District aforesaid hereby certify that Nomlas Cobb Esqr. is the Register of said Probate Court and that full credit may and ought to be given to the certificate by him above subscribed.
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this 13th day of July A.D. 1824 - 
/s/Jon'a Whipple Judge
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86 
Windsor, Vermont
Polly Adams widow of Isaac Adams late of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg't commanded by Col. Cilley in the New Hamp line for 2 yrs 
[receipt stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
Inscribed on the Roll of Windsor Vt. at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Octo 1836 and sent Carlos Coolidge Windsor Vt. 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1836 $440.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '37 40.00
$480.00
Act 4 July 1836
{Revolutionary Claim, ['Act June 7, 1832.' crossed out]}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book [blank] Vol. 1 Page 34
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836. 
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} On this twenty sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, personally appeared before Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court within and for the District (and County) of Windsor in the State of Vermont, which Probate Court is a court of Record, Polly Adams, a resident of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Seventy years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4. 1836:
That she is the widow of Isaac Adams, late of said Windsor, deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and for his services in that war obtained a Pension, as will appear by the Records and Files in the War Department, and by the Certificate granted to said Isaac and now hereto annexed:
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Adams, by the Rev -- Reeves, a minister of the gospel, at Brattleborough in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, on the Seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty; her maiden name having been Polly Blanchard: that, previous to said marriage, the said Isaac Adams had been in service in the American army: that not long after said marriage said Isaac returned to the army and served until he was honorably discharged by a certificate of discharge which this declarant herself carefully preserved, and which, she believes, is now on file among the documents in the War Office: that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Adams, died on the twelfth day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
/s/Polly Adams
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, on the day and year above written 
before me. /s/Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court
State of Vermont, 
District of Windsor, ss.} I hereby certify that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom
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[margin note: omit]
the foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor, county of Windsor, and state of Vermont, which Probate Court is a court of Record, and that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate of the oath of the said Declarant, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate, and subscribed my name at Windsor, in said District and county of Windsor, this twenty sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. 
/s/Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court. 
I, Susannah Blood, of Windsor, in the county of Windsor, and state of Vermont, aged sixty six years, depose and say, that Isaac Adams, mentioned in the Declaration this day made before the Hon. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate within and for the District of Windsor, County of Windsor, and state of Vermont, was my Brother - that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, according to my best recollection, Polly Adams, who subscribed the said Declaration, was brought by my Father, Thomas Adams, to his house in said Windsor, where he then resided with his family, of which I was a member - my Father introduced the said Polly into his family as the wife of his son Isaac aforenamed - my said Brother Isaac was at home when the said Polly came there with my Father, and received her as his wife - soon after the said Polly came to my Father's, my said Brother Isaac returned into the army of the United States, in which he had previously served, and was gone as near as I can not state, above two years - during his absences the said Polly lived in my Father's family, and has recognized and treated by my parents and the rest of our family as the wife of my brother Isaac - after the said Isaac returned from the army he resided with his wife, the said Polly, in my father's family ten or eleven months, I should think not quite a year - they, the said Isaac & Polly, then left my Father's, and went to keeping house by themselves, in said Windsor, where they continued to reside and to live together as husband and wife, till the death of the said Isaac, which took place eleven years ago last November - since my Father brought the said Polly to his house, as I have before stated, I have lived constantly in said Windsor, excepting for about two years,
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[margin note: omit]
I resided in the adjoining town of Reading, & my parents, and all the family connexions, and the neighbours and acquaintances of the said Isaac and Polly, so far as my acquaintance extend, always considered and treated them as husband and wife - 
Since the death of the said Isaac the said Polly has remained to this day unmarried, and now is sole and unmarried. 
/s/X here mark Susannah Blood
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforewritten, viz, August 26th A.D. 1836. 
Before me /s/Thomas F. Hammond Judge of s'd Probate Court. 
I, Joseph Whiting, of Windsor, in the county of Windsor, and state of Vermont, aged seventy one years, depose and say, that I have resided in said Windsor for above forty years, during which time I have been acquainted with Isaac Adams, late of said Windsor, deceased, and with Polly Adams, who signed the declaration this day made before the Hon. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate - during all the time of my acquaintance with the said Isaac and Polly, they have lived together as husband and wife, and have been publickly recognized and reputed to be in that relation - for most of the aforesaid period of forty years and upwards I have been their principal family physician - I have never heard their marriage questioned - the said Isaac died in said Windsor about 11 or 12 years ago - since his death the said Polly has ever remained unmarried to this day, and now is sole and unmarried. 
/s/Joseph Whiting
Sworn to and subscribed on this twenty sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six - 
Before me - /s/Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of s'd Probate Court  
I Azubah Whiting, of Windsor, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged sixty nine years, depose and say, that I came to reside in said Windsor with my Father, George Stow, sixty three years ago - that above fifty years ago, according to my best recollection, Mr. Thomas Adams brought to his house in said Windsor, Polly Adams, who made and signed the Declaration hereunto annexed before the Hon. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate, this twenty sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six - the said Polly resided in Mr. Thomas Adams' family for some years, I should think, and was recognised and treated by Mr. Adams and his family as the wife of
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[margin note: omit]
his son Isaac - after Isaac Adams came home from the Revolutionary army, where I understood he served for several years, he lived for some time in his Father's family with the said Polly as his wife - since that time I have resided in said Windsor, excepting for about seven years I lived in the neighbouring town of Reading - while residing in Windsor, I have lived in the immediate neighbourhood of the said Isaac and Polly, and have been well acquainted with them - they have always lived together as husband and wife, and have ever been considered and treated as such by the said Isaac's family connexions, and by all their neighbours and acquaintances - I have never heard the marriage of the said Isaac and Polly called in question - the said Isaac died in said Windsor several years ago - since his death the said Polly has ever till this day lived unmarried, and still is sole and unmarried. 
/s/Azubah Whiting
Sworn to and subscribed this twenty sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six - 
Before me - /s/Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of s'd Probate Court.
I, Samuel Hutchinson, of Windsor, in the county of Windsor, and state of Vermont, aged eighty seven years, depose and say, that I have lived in said Windsor above twenty years , and during that time have well known Polly Adams, who signed the Declaration made this twenty sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty six before the Hon. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate, and knew, also, Isaac Adams, husband of the said Polly, for more than thirty years previous to his decease, which took place about eleven years ago. During all the time of my acquaintance with the said Isaac & Polly they lived together as husband and wife, and were publickly recognized and reputed to be such - I have never heard their marriage questioned - since the death of said Isaac, the said Polly has ever remained unmarried to this day, and is still sole and unmarried - said Isaac received a Pension for his services in the Revolutionary War - I am a pensioner myself - I have been with the said Isaac several times, three times if I rightly remember, when he received his pension - 
When the said Isaac and myself went together after our pensions we received them of Elihu Luce, of Hartland, in said County of Windsor
/s/Samuel Hutchinson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last aforesaid before me - and I hereby certify, that the said Susannah Blood, Joseph Whiting, Azubah Whiting, and Samuel Hutchinson, who have sworn to and subscribed respectfully the four preceding affidavits are all and singular persons of truth and veracity, and entitled to the fullest credit and belief. 
/s/Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said
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Town Clerk's office Brattleboro V.t. Aug. 27, 1836
I certify to whom it may concern, that I have examined the records of said Town and can find  no record of the marriage of Isaac Adams to Polly Blanchard & presume there is none - The Record of marriages does not extend so far back as 1780 - 
/s/Stephen Greeleaf Town Clerk. 
13 cts pd
Abner Reeves minister at that time
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[verso]
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 23,405
Polly Adams wid or Isaac Adams
Priv Rev War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index: Vol. A, Page 4
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
Gen. notes taken Sept. 1883 by N. D. Adams
1928 July 20 Photos to S. V. Martindale See Wm. Adair W.9691 A.D.Y.
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See letter to Uriel C. Hatch, 29 July 1824 - 
⇨Not allowed. See letter to U. C. Hatch, Sept. 15, 1824.
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Vt. 208✓  
Isaac Adams, Rec'd 26 July 1824 - 
free
Hon. J. C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War 
Washington 
Mr. Edwards
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Cavendish Vt July 19th 1824

I enclose the declaration and schedule of Isaac Adams for the continuance of his pension - should his claim be allowed you are respectfully requested to enclose the allowance of it to me - 
I am, Sir very respectfully Your obt. Servant
/s/Uriel C. Hatch
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f Mr Edwards
Hon'l John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of Washington
Cavendish Vt. 6th Sept'r 1824}
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[handwritten letter]
Cavendish Vt Sept 6 1824

Sir
I now enclose the statement of Isaac Adam, under oath which I hope will be sufficient to ensure the continuance of his pension - 
should he be allowed to continue on the roll I have to request that information of it may be forwarded to me - 
Respectfully your Obedient Servant
/s/Uriel C. Hatch
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Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Burlington, Vt. by Thomas Allen Esq Agent
Recorded
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War Department. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, 
Isaac Adams late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 
[seal affixed] GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
/s/J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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[handwritten letter]
Windsor Vt. Sept. 8, 1836

Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
Sir - I enclose the declaration of Polly Adams, and proofs. 
This being the first application, through my agency, under the late Act, I have not full confidence that the documents are correct and sufficient, altho' it has been very much careful study to conform to the instructions. The declarant is made to speak of her deceased husband's certificate as being "annexed" to her declaration. In fact, it is so; but I notice, since the return to me of the papers, that the Clk. of the Court has not passed the tie of his seal through the pension certificate. I hope this will not be held essential. The deceased took the benefit of the former act, for a short time, and was stricken from the roll, or forbore to claim, for the cause that his property was of a value greater than the rule of the subsequent act. - 
I ask your indulgence for a remark or a two, in relation to the evidence of the marriage. The alledged marriage took place in 1780. The Constitution of this State was adopted July 4. 1793 - Prior to the latter date, no record evidence of marriage was prescribed; such an act was proveable as a new fact. 
By the law of 1797, ministers and magistrates were, and still are, required to (annually) cause copies of their own records of marriages, to be delivered to the several Clerks of Towns by whom the same shall be recorded in the Records of Towns, and certified copies from either the Minister's records, or the Town records, are made good evidence in the courts of this state - It is apparent that, at so early a period, record evidence (not being legally prescribed) would not be established by practice. I did, however, make enquiry of the ancient inhabitants of Brattleborough, where the marriage was solemnized, in the forlorn hope of finding the parish records of the Rev. Abner Reeves. The gentleman, through whom I prosecuted the enquiry, enclosed to and the certificate of the present Clerk
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[handwritten letter]
of Brattleboro', which certificate (although it, obviously, neither proves anything nor disproves anything, as, by the terms of it, appears) I transmit, to serve as evidence that the declarant has endeavored to procure every proof that could be imagined to exist - 
The lapse of time has carried off, by death, the witnesses of the ceremony; or, if any survive, a separation of fifty six years has obliterated from the memory of Mrs. Adams every trace by which she could, otherwise, recal their names to recollection. 
I will add, with deference, that in this, and probably in almost, if not quite, every similar case, the marriage must be shown by cohabitation & reputation, if at all; for few, indeed, are now surviving, of all who then lived, and still given is the number of those who personally witnessed the very limited number of marriages that were had among the soldiers of the revolution prior to the termination of the war - 
I submit the papers, in the hope that the declarant, who is extremely needy, may soon obtain something to cheer her for the little time remaining for existence - 
Respectfully Yr. Ob't St.
/s/Carlos Coolidge
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[margin note: Omit.]
No. 111.
Polly Adams - Widow of Isaac Adams
Admitted 
Private 2 years $80
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[margin note: Omit]
I further certify that the said Polly Adams, the affiant in the foregoing Declaration, is a person of truth and veracity, and entitled to the fullest credit and belief.
/s/Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court. 
State of Vermont
District of Windsor, ss.} I hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing affidavits, respectively sworn to and subscribed by the said Susannah Blood, Joseph Whiting, Azubah Whiting, and Samuel Hutchinson, were thus severally sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor, County of Windsor, and state of Vermont, which Probate Court is a court of Record, and that the signature annexed to each of said affidavits, purporting to be the signature of him, the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Windsor, in said District, and county of Windsor, this twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. 
/s/Salmon F. Dutton, 
Register of said Probate Court -
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State of Vermont.
District of Windsor ss. 
On this thirty first day of August 1824 personally appeared before the Probate Court for said district, in open Court, being a Court of record for the said district Isaac Adams resident in Windsor in said district who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that on the eighth day of March 1818 the only property he was the owner of, except such was inserted in his schedule heretofore forwarded to the war department was about fifteen acres of land situated in the west part of the town of Windsor which I sold and deeded to one Ira Adams for the purpose of paying such debts as I was owing to different persons and said Ira gave me his bond to pay said debts, viz: To Polly Wetherbee for money borrowed belonging to her daughter, a little more than $145.00
To Abel Adams of Windsor for a debt I had owed him some years & had only paid the interest 50.00
To Ruth Adams, to whom on settlement for her labour for 14 years} I owed 182.00
To Phebe Adams to whom on settlement for her labour for 12 years} I owed 120.00
To William L. Hawkins of Reading for money borrowed 5.05
To Susannah Blood for borrowed money 3.25
To Daniel Adams Borrowed money 4.00
To Doct. Dyer Story for doctoring my family 30.00
To Ira Adams principal & interest 1.60
To Samuel Bayley 15.00
To Hubbard & Root's Store some time standing 18.50
To Orvises Store & the firm of Forbes & Smith 12.00
To Major Joseph Farwell on note & account 10.00
To Doctor Fletcher 1.50
[total] 597.90
The wants of my family are such that I have been obliged to take articles at the Store since I deeded the above land $6.00
Also a lot of land lying on Monadnoc(k) Mountain in Newhampshire which came to me for a demand which I became surety for and had to pay and which my agent there sold for a cow and a two year old Bull and for which he allowed me after deducting pay for his trouble, the sum of Twenty dollars, which I applied to the
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payment of demands against me. 
And I have disposed of no other property except some articles of little value which has been solely applied to the support of my family. 
And I further testify, that the reason why I did not exhibit my schedule prior to the 1st March 1823 was my ignorance of the necessity of it and because I supposed that while I was able to support myself and family by my labour, I was not entitled to a pension and I am not now nor have I been for some time previous to the exhibition of my schedule able to do sufficient labour  for my and their support - I have followed the trade of a Carpenter, and when I could labour, have generally worked out by the day and my earnings have been barely sufficient to afford a support without having been able to lay up any property for future support. 
I have also disposed of one Cow, in the fall of 1820 for which I have got a day or two work for the benefit of my family, and that is all I expect to get - Also one old mare supposed to be 21 years old which I gave away in the fall of 1822 and thought it better for me, than to buy hay to winter her upon - There has been some other articles of small value exchanged or bartered, but all for the immediate care of my family - The persons when appraising the property or articles embraced in the last schedule, appraised the above fifteen acres of land at $600. - which agrees with the above items or very near when the deed was given, and bond required to secure payment. There was nothing kept in reserve for myself or family's future maintenance. - 
/s/Isaac Adams
Sworn to and declared at Springfield in said district, on the 31st day of August in the year of our Lord 1824, Before
/s/Jon'a Whipple Judge of said Court
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I Nomlas Cobb Register of the Probate Court for the district of Windsor and State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath is truly copied from the record of said Court: and I do further certify that the same was taken before said Court while in session. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this thirty first day of August A.D. 1824 - 
/s/Nomlas Cobb Register of said Court