Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 821, for Henry Stevens, Connecticut
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SERVICE                                                                       NUMBER
Conn.        Stevens, Henry                                            W. 821
                             Polly                               B.L. Wt. 5104-160-55
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CONTENTS
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2093
Vermont Montpelier
Polly Stevens
Widow of
Henry Stevens
who served in the Revolutionary
Conn
war, as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February 183?
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Certificate of Pension issued the
22d  day of Sept 13/53
and sent to
H.H. Sylvester
Charlestown
N. H.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February   Page 53  Vol.  a
5/53
1832

Date of death not on DB
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Vermont 30991.
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Henry Stevens
of Wade Co in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Billings of the Reg commanded
by Sinp in the Conn.
line for 3 years
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Incribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of July
1837 and sent pensioner
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836.                       440 00
Semi-an allowance ending 4 Mar 37                 40.00
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                                                                          480.
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.     }
Recorded by H. H. Fylough  Clerk,
Book 8  Vol. 1   Page 93
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May 23 No 2093
Polly Stevens wid of
Henry Stevens Priv
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Capt Stephen Biling,
Col. H. Swift 
Ct: Contl. line
Revolutionary War
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AD: 160 acres Aug. 25/55
Boynton
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Boynton

5704 iss Aug 27/53
Henry H. Spafford
Upper Halls
Vermont
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claim for Bounty Land
under act March 3d 1855
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Henry H. Spafford
Attorny
Vermont
Upper Halls
Vermont
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STATE OF VERMONT,   }
WINDSOR COUNTY SS.} I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the
County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify
that Dudley T. Chase was, at the
date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is a
Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, duly qualified to administer oaths and take
the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signatures (three in
number) on the papers attached are (in) genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at
Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 29 day of March A. D. 1855.
                          Norman Williams,  Clerk
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FORM OF WIDOW'S DECLARATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
State of Vermont   }
County of Windsor} SS.   On this 20th day of March
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State
aforesaid. Polly Stevens aged seventy one years a resident of Windsor
in the State of Vermont, who being duly sworn according to law declares that
she is the widow of Henry Stevens, deceased, who was a private in the
Revolutionary war, and a Pensioner of the
State of Vermont, at the rate of Eighty
dollars per annum, she cannot state
particularly as to her said husband's military
services but refers to her said husband's
declaration for a pension now on file
in the pension office for particulars

She further states that she was married to the said Henry Stevens in Hartland
Vermont, on the thirteenth day of April
A.D. 1808. by one Peter Willard Esq Justice of the Peace and
that her name before her said marriage was Polly Newell, that her
said husband died at Windsor on the thirtieth day of July
A. D., 1848 and that she is now a widow of the identical Henry
Stevens above mentioned, and that she is a
pensioner of the State of Vermont as the Widow
of said Henry Stevens at the rate of Eighty
dollars per annum with reference to her declaration
on file for a pension under the act of February third A.D. 1853
She does not know of any public record of her marriage.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she
may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855.
She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land, under this, or any
other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
She requests this certificate when issued forwarded to Henry H. Spofford of
Upper Falls in the State of Vermont
                                                            Polly Stevens
We Melvin Stevens and Sarah B. Stevens residents of Windsor in
the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the forgoing declaration was
signed and acknowledged by Polly Stevens in our presence, and that we believe
from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she
represents herself to be
Melvin Stevens
Sarah B. Stevens
The forgoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year above written; and I certify, that I know the affiants to be credible persons;
that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest
in this claim
Dudley T. Chase, Justice Peace
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I. Melvin Stevens of Windsor in
the County of Windsor and State of
Vermont aged forty four years testi-
fy and say that I was well acquain-
ted with Henry Stevens late of said
Windsor deceased. & further say that 
the said Henry Stevens died at
said Windsor, on the thirtieth day
of July AD. 1848. And I further
say that the said Henry Stevens
left a widow by the name of Polly
Stevens, who is still living, and still is a
widow, I also say that I know the
said Henry Stevens and Pally Stevens
to live together as husband and wife
and to be so reputed
Melvin Stevens
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss    At Windsor in
said County this twelvth day of
March A.D. 1855 personally appeared
Melvin Stevens and made oath
to the truth of the foregoing affi-
davit by him subscribed. I further
certify that he is person well
known to me to be a man of
truth and a credible witness
Subscribed before me
                    Dudley T. Chase
                              Justice of the Peace
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I Sarah B. Stevens of Windsor in the
County of Windsor and State of Vermont
aged thirty three years testify and say that
I was well acquainted with Henry Ste-
vens, late of Windsor, aforesaid, deceased,
I further say that the said Henry Stevens
died at said Windsor, on the thirtieth
day of July A.D. 1848. and I further
say that the said Henry Stevens left
a widow by the name of Polly Stevens
who is still living and still is a widow.
I also say that I knew the said Henry
Stevens and Polly Stevens to live to-
gether as husband and wife and
to be so reputed-
Sarah B Stevens
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss At Windsor in
said County this twelvth day of
March A.D. 1855 personally appeared
Sarah B. Stevens and made oath
to the truth of the foregoing affi-
davit by him subscribed. I further
certify that he is person well
known to me to be a man of
truth and a credible witness
Subscribed before me
Dudley T. Chase
Justice of the Peace
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I, Susan P. Stevens of Windsor in the County of
Windsor in the State of Vermont of lawful age, do on
my oath, depose-- that I am the daughter of Henry
Stevens, late of said Windsor, deceased, and of his wife
Polly - that from my earliest recollection to the present
moment, I have resided with my parents, said Henry
and Polly, in said Windsor, while they both lived, and
with my mother since my father deceased. My mother
is now prosecuting her claim to a pension as the widow
of said Henry
I further depose that ever since my earliest
recollection, for as many as   years or more, my
parents have kept a family Record, written upon a fly leaf
of a Quarto Bible, the property of my father, and now
of his widow. - At the top of said leaf is printed
the words viz - "Family Record" - and beneath
said head, or title, is written the following, namely.
" Marriages -
Henry Stevens to Polly Newell
April 13th 1808 --
Henry B. Stevens to Alvira
Stanford, March 9, 1839 ---
Alanson Taylor to Mary Stevens
Sept. 17, 1835-
Melvin Stevens to Sarah B
Stevens, July 24, 1848-- "

The entry (above) of the marriage of
"Henry Stevens to Polly Now April 13. 1808" is
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in the handwriting of my father, Henry Stevens, deceased
I have this day, compared the foregoing copy of entries
with the original as standing in said Family Record, and
do declare the said copy to be a true copy of said original
Said Henry B. is my brother-- said Mary and
Sarah B. are my sisters-- they all live without the
town of Windsor, and I am the only one of the family
left to reside with my mother-
                                              Susan Parker Stevens

Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Susan
P. Stevens, this Seventh day of September A.D. 1853
Before me, Carlos Coolidge
Justice of the Peace
for Windson County

STATE OF VERMONT, I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Carlos Coolidge
was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached and still is a
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for said County, duly qualified to administer
oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature
foregoing                   is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock
in said County of Windsor, this 12th  day of September  A. D. 1853
                                                  Norman Williams Clerk
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I, Carlos Coolidge, of Windsor in the County of
Windsor in the State of Vermont, of the age of sixty-
one years, on oath depose,- that, from my birth until
now I have lived in said Windsor, having been
absent only during my terms for education. I cannot
designate the date of my first knowledge of Henry
Stevens, late of this place, deceased, who was, at his
death, a Pensioner of the U. States: but, it is more than
forty five years ago. I remember his bringing
home, to Windsor, his wife Polly, now living and
seen by me to day in her own house. While said
(Port) Henry lived, said Polly lived with him as
his acknowledged wife, both of them regarded as
worthy and entitled to respect by the community of
our place.
I have this day, with Susan, the only
unmarried descendant of said Henry and Polly,
examined the entices in the Quarts Bible mentioned
by said Susan in her deposition, or affidavit, of this date,
and compared the same with the copy thereof as stated
by her in said affidavit, and declare said copy to be
a true extract from the "Family Record", in said Bible.
- The entry of said Henry's marriage to said Polly
is in said Henry's proper handwriting, which was
familiar to my knowledge-
Carlos Coolidge
Subscribed and sworn to this seventh day of September A.D. 1853
Before me,
                                                          N. B. Safford
                                                                    Master in Chancery
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STATE OF VERMONT,}  I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court of the County                Windsor County, ss.  }    of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Noah B Safford was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a
Master in Chancery
in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowl-
edgment of deeds, and that his signature foregoing
is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 12 day of September  A. D. 1853
                                                                Norman Williams, Clerk
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Declaration
Regular
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State of Vermont}
Windsor County } SS.
                                On this ninth day of
April, A.D. 1853, personally appeared before
me Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont Polly Stevens a resident of
Windsor in said County & State aforesaid,
aged sixty nine years, who first being duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath, make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the
Act of Congress, passed 3d Feb. 1853, granting
pensions to widows of persons who served
during the revolutionary war: that she is the
Widow of Henry Stevens who was a private in
the army of the revolution, and a pensioner
on the U.S. pension roll of the Vermont Agency
under the Act of June 7th 1832, at the rate
of $80.00 per annum; and she refers to the
pages of the said Henry, now on file at the
Pension Office
She further states that she was married at
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Hartland Vermont on the thirteenth day of April 1808
and that the said Henry died at Windsor
aforesaid, on the thirtieth day of July
1848.   She further declares that she
has never married since the death of her
said husband, and that she is now a widow.
                                     Polly Stevens
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written, before me
            Isaac F. Redfield Chief Justice of the Supreme
                                Court of the State of Vermont.
I further certify, that the said Polly Stevens is shown to my full
satisfaction, to be at the present time, by reason of bodily
infirmity and age unable to attend in open Court this the same
of this declaration being taken before me
Dated at Windsor in the County of Windsor the
ninth day of April A.D. 1853
            Isaac H Redfield Chief Justice of the Supreme
                                  Court of Vermont
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State of Vermont              }   WINDSOR, S. S.
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.}
                                           Supreme Court of the State of Vermont
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windsor,
being a court of record and having a seal as hereto attached do certify that
Isaac F Redfield Esq.
was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached and now is
Chief Justice of said Supreme Court
, duly commissioned and qualified; that his
signature to the foregoing jurat and certificate are genuine; that the said paper writings are executed
according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and
that as such Officer, he is duly authorised by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of
Deeds and Depositions, and to administer oaths, &c.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of Court at Woodstock, this twentieth day of
April Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty three
                                                        Norman Williams, CLERK
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8802
Henry Stevens
Vt

Adm 2y Col Swift
Regt Cont line
$80 per ann (pri)

see muster roll of Capt
Bellemy Co Beatys Regt
for March & Apl 1781
{ Henry Stevens
{ Conn Dobbs ferry Decr 17 1781

Allow'd by order of Conn
H. H. P.

Note.
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Declaration of Henry Stevens
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.

State of Vermont        }
County of Windsor ss.} _ _ _ District of Windsor ss.

On this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared before
the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the County
of Windsor and State of Vermont, Henry Stevens, a resident of Windsor
in the said District (and County) of Windsor and State of Vermont
aged seventy 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
1778 with Capt. Woodbridge and served in Col. Heman Swift's
Regiment of the Connecticut line under the following named officers;
At a place called Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, upon the
river Schuylkill, on some day in April of the year 1778, he enlisted
"for three years during the war", into the company of Capt.
Woodbridge in Col. Heman Swifts regiment of the Connecticut line -
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of the other officers of the company he remembers none. The name of the Lt. Col
of the Regt was Stalk. He remained at Valley Forge until the forepart of
June after his enlistments, when he removed with all the troops, to the vicinity
of Princeton N. Jersey, when he remained several weeks in care of the
wounded in the battle of Monmouth. From this place, he marched across
N. Jersey-- crossed the North, or Hudson river, and marched to White
Plains and was there quartered. In the fall the army went to (as he thinks)
Fredericksburg west of New Milford in Connecticut - He wintered in
1778-9 at a place called "Turkey Ridge" below Danbury (Con.)
The ensuing season (1779) was "pretty much spent", by his regiment
and others, in erecting fortifications, at a point opposite "West Point," consisting
of two redoubts. He wintered for 1779 -80 at Morristown in N. Jersey
In the spring of 1780 at the opening of the campaign. his regiment
moved to West Point, and here he was taken into the Lt. Infantry - into Capt.
Halls company, Col. Swifts regiment, in the brigade of Gen. Poor. This
season he was principally in "the Jasies," a part of the time, at "Hackensack
new bridge", and a part of the time, on Bergen Point, and at other places
this summer "old Gen. Poe was buried in the church yard at Hackensack "-
In the latter part of the season he was returned to his own (Woodbridge's)
company, and was afterwards detached upon duty in a guard boat on North
river under a Capt. whose name he does not remember, but a Capt. Pray
soon took command-- He wintered for 1780- at Nyack and Haversham
in N. Jersey-- In the spring of 1781 he went to a blockhouse at Dobb's Ferry.
Here he remained until his three years expired, and then in June, as he thinks
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obtained leave to go out into the country-- went out - and never returned to the
army. Before he took this step, he, with others who, like him, had served
the three years for which they enlisted twice petitioned Gen. Heath, in a
respectful manner, to be discharged; but, no answer was ever received
nor any notice taken of the petition, within the knowledge of the declarant
"All they ever got after petitioning was abuse from Capt. Pray", Being young, and
knowing that when he enlisted he considered himself bound to no more than
three years, he felt that he had fulfilled his engagements, and had a
just right to leave the army; he had no ideas of committing the actual
crime of desertion, nor did he suppose then that he was guilty of it.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
                                                                           Henry Stevens
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
                                                      Jabez Proctor Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the
above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served
as he states.
                                                Jabez Proctor Judge
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I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and
for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify 
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Henry Stevens for a
Pension
 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth
day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two.
                                   Reuben Washburn.-
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                                                                October 8, 1934
                                                              XXXXXXXXXXX XXX
                                                       Henry Stevens - W. 821
                                                                         BA-J/AWF
General Jesse F. Stevens
130 Columbus Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Henry Ste-
vens of Dutchess County, New York, and later lived in
Windsor, Vermont.
    The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 821, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Henry Stevens,
    The date and place of birth of this soldier are
not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his par-
ents given. His father lived early in the Revolution
in "The Oblong," Dutchess County, New York.
    Henry Stevens enlisted in the spring of 1778 at
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, served as a private in
Captain Woodbridge's company, Colonel Heman Swift's
Connecticut regiment, in the spring of 1780 was trans-
ferred to Captain Hall's company under Lafayette, the
latter part of that year, returned to Woodbridge's com-
pany, and was later detached to "guard boat service" on
the North River under Captain Pray and continued to
serve until in June, 1781.
    He was allowed pension on his application exe-
cuted September 6, 1832, at which time he was a resi-
dent of Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont, then aged
seventy years. He died there July 30, 1848.
    Henry Stevens married April 13, 1808 in Hartland,
Windsor County, Vermont, Polly Newell of said Hartland;
he was then of Windsor, Vermont.
    The widow, Polly Stevens, was allowed pension
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on her application executed April 9, 1853, at which
time she was aged sixty-nine years and living in
Windsor, Vermont.
    Their son, Henry B. Stevens, married Alvira
Stanford, March 9, 1839. Their daughter, Mary Stevens,
married Alanson Taylor, September 17, 1835. Their
daughter, Sarah B. Stevens, married Melvin Stevens,
July 24, 1848; the said Sarah B. Stevens was thirty-
three years of age in 1855 and Melvin Stevens was aged
forty-four years in the same year. Their daughter, Susan
Parker Stevens, only unmarried child in 1853, was resi-
ident at Windsor, Vermont, with her mother, Polly Stevens.
    Elkanah Stevens, brother of the soldier, Henry
Stevens, in 1833 was a resident of Vershire, Orange
County, Vermont.
    There are no further data in this claim relative
to the family of Henry Stevens.
                                 Very truly yours

                                 A. D. HILLER
                                   Assistant to Administrator
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Pension Office
Sept. 19, 1853.
Sir,
Please certify the
time to which within
named pensioner was
paid; and if in your
power, the date of his
death
                 Very respectfully
                     Your Obt Svt
                             J. J. Cole
                        For Commissioner
F. Burt Esqr
3d Auditor,
Present

( See other side)
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Henry Stevens, act 7th June '32. $80.00 p. an.
Died 30th July 1848, Paid to his death
                                    F. Bush
                                  Auditor
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8802
Henry Stevens
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Henry Stevens          which require
further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?  Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service? no
 If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
 Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recol-lection 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.
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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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officer, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection-
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of 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 em-
ployed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as 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 magis-
trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper authenticated, the cer-
tificate 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.
    →In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
The services of the applicant must be clearly esta-
blished-- the name of Henry Stevens is not found on the rolls
as stated in the declaration-- in the regiment of Col
Swift it twice appears, but in neither case to cor-
respond with the services set forth.
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State of Vermont, Orange County Clerks Office, Chelsea
August 18th A.D. 1833
                                     I. Harry Hale, Clerk of Orange
County Court, do hereby certify that Rufus Blanch-
ard is a Justice of the Peace within and for the
County of Orange, and that the within writing
purporting to be his signature is in my opinion,
his genuine hand writing.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set
my hand and affix the seal of
said Court the day and year
above written.
                       Harry Hale, Clerk.
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I Elkanah Stevens of Kenshire in the County of
Orang and estate of Vermont do testify and say that in
the winter or spring after Runyaine was captured my
Father lived in the Lamenia precinct likewise Cole
oblong in the County of Dutchess and State of New York
opposite Sharon Meeting House my Brother Henry
Stevens of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of
Vermont was by a soldier hired belonging in Sharon in the
State of Connecticut as a substitute in the three years
service that he went to the army and that in the following
Winter he came home on furlow and that I then under stood
by him that he was not received as a substitute but
had inlisted for the term of three years accounting the war
and that he is in seventy second year of his age.
                                          Elkanah Stevens

State of Vermont  }
Orange County ss}   At Vershire in said County on the
                                 31 day of July AD. 1833

                             personally appeared the above named
Elkanah Stevens and made oath that the foregoing
affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing
but the truth - Before me, Rufus Blanchard Justice of the Peace
And I Certify that said Elkanah Stevens is a credible
witness-
                                Rufus Blanchard Justice of the peace
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State of Vermont
County of Windsor ss.   At Windson in said County and State, on
                                        the Fifteenth day of March one thousand
eight hundred and thirty four, personally appeared before the subscribing
authority. Henry Stevens of said Windsor, and on oath made the
following supplementary declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832;
That in the early part of the spring of 1778, his father, who
then lived in what was called, "The Oblong," in the State of New York
adjoining the West line of Connecticut, had undertaken to furnish
a substitute for a man of Sharon Conn whose name the declarant
does not remember; that this declarant, who was not then quite
sixteen years of age, was by his father taken to New Milford, Conn
to a Lieut. Col. Starr, who sent the declarant, by a Sergeant-
Duning to the army at Valley Forge, and presented him, as such
substitute, to Col. Heman Swift, in whose Regiment he was to
serve for one year; that the declarant was rejected as such
substitute, but was urged to enlist; that being young, far from
home, and destitute, he was induced to, and did enlist as in his
First declaration he hath set forth, for three years, as he then supposed,
or during the war, at his election; that, except a period of about
three months immediately ensuring his enlistment during which he had
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some sickness, he lost no tour of duty, but faithfully served for more than
three years as he has already declared, that during his term of service he
was so variously employed and transfered from one place to another that he
does not remember and cannot recall to recollection many of the names and
events which were then familiar to him; that at the time the Monmouth
battle took place, he was sick with measles, after which he was detained some
time at Princeton in care of the wounded, and thence followed and rejoined
the army at White Plains,
    That he wintered, with his division, at a place called Turkey
Ridge, near Danbury Conn. in huts until January 1779 when he was
detached to the Fort at Groton where he performed duty until late in the
spring following, and then returned to camp at Crumpond near Stoney
Point was thence marched the night in which Stony point was taken by Gen. Wayne, to Peekskill where they got next morning in time to hear the last discharge of cannon and musquitry at the British as they left Verplanks Point, that after this he labored on the works at West Point until fall, and then went to Morristown N. Jersey where the troops built huts for the winter; that in January (1780) he was with the troops, under Lord Sterling, in the descent on Staten Island after which he was stationed at Springfield N. Jersey on guard duty until spring; was then called in and with the army marched in haste to "Pumpton-Plains," and the next day marched back and beheld the smoking ruins of the villages they had left a few days before; that thence he went to
West-Point, where he was placed in the Infantry under Lafayette, went to
the Jersies and moved from place to place; to Bergen point from which they
took off cattle and hogs, that here Gen. Poor and Brig. Major Porter fought
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a duel, in which Gen. Poor fell and "was buried at Hackensack with the
honors of war", that soon after this the Infantry were returned to their
respective regiments, and he was again drawn out for the guard boat
service, soon after the disertion of Gen. Arnold, under a Captain's command
with one Lieut. and 3 boats. The captain who first commanded became
sick very soon, and a Capt. Pray took his place; the command was
divided Capt. Pray at Nyack, and the Lieut. at the block house at Dobb's
Ferry about 4 miles below: - this fall (1780) the army went into the
Jersies and after they left Tappan, the declarant knew no more about them,
or where they wintered, except by report, as he remained with the small party under Capt. Pray through the winter of 1780, went in the spring to Dobb's Ferry & in June 1781, as he has before declared, left the service in manner already stated in his former declaration, having served about two months over the term of three years -
The declarant avers that he has made continued and strenuous efforts
to find living witnesses to his service, but without success hitherto
                                                                           Henry Stevens
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first herein written
Before me, Carlos Coolidge, Justice of the Peace, within
                                              and for the County & State aforesaid
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                                                              Windsor Vt. March 17. 1834
Hon. J. L. Edwards
               Sir-- I again transmit the papers pertaining to the case of Mr
Henry Stevens, with his supplementary declaration. Inasmuch as he has been
unable by his best endeavors to obtain any further proof of service through living witnesses, I send also informal evidence of his just claim to credibility, contained
in the voluntary certificate of sundry gentlemen of this place for the standing
and reputation of the subscribers, I beg leave to refer you to Mr. Everett, of the House, and Mr. H.H. Sylvester, of your office, who will, I doubt not, also vouch
for the truth and justice of all which is ascribed to Mr. Stevens himself;
    I trust it will not be improper for me to add the expression of my own
unqualified belief of the veracity of Mr. S. and of his having served as he
States. If this were in the class of cases depending or reputation of service,
abundant evidence of that kind might be adduced-
I am, Sir, with respect
                                Yr. Obt. St.
                                      Carlos Coolidge
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                                                  Windson Vt. March 17th 1834

To the Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
                                        Sir. The undersigned, citizens of Windsor, being
informed that Henry Stevens of this place, in endeavoring to establish his
claim to a pension for Revolutionary service, and that by reason of failure
in his efforts to procure proof through living witnesses, he is compelled to
rely mainly on his own declarations, respectfully represent-- that we have
personally and intimately known Mr. Stevens, the applicant, for many years;
that he is, and ever has been, a respectable citizen of this place; that in
all the relations of private life, his character and conduct have been exemplary
of integrity and industry; that his reputation for probity is unimpeached;
and such is our entire confidence in his veracity, that we entertain no
doubt whatever of the truth of the declaration he has made with the view
to obtain a share of the bounty which the government is now bestowing on
the survivors of the revolutionary war- We are Sir, respectfully
                                       Yr. Obt Servants
                                            Thomas Emerson
                                                   Fred'k Pettis
                                             William Horton Rector
                                          of St. Paul's Church Windsor
                                       Jos. H. Hubbard
                                         Jabel Sargent PM
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                                                               Windsor Vt. June 25. 1834
Hon. J. L. Edwards
                       Sir. In addition to the documents, on file in your office. I
now transmit a paper, in support of the claim of Henry Stevens which
I trust, will be deemed satisfactory evidence of his service. The papers
already communicated are deemed sufficient to establish his personal
credibility; and so solicitous am I that one, whom I regard as truly
worthy should succeed in sustaining his just right, that I will cheerfully
make any further efforts in the can, should it be considered necessary
                               I am, with much respect
                                         Yr. Obt So
                                                Carlos Coolidge
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                                             Windsor, Vermont, April 20th 1836
To whom it may concern
                    Mr. Henry Stevens, a citizen of Windsor,
Vermont proposes to assist his claim upon the justice of
(of) Government & to ask for its bounty to him, as a Soldier
of the Revolution. In furtherance of this object he asks
for testimonial of personal character
The undersigned, therefore, inhabitants of
Windsor aforesaid, do most cheerfully testify that Mr.
Stevens has been a resident of Windsor for more than
thirty years that he is, and ever has been a man of indus-
trious habits, of good moral character, a worthy citizen
and of high standing as a man of integrity.
                 We do not hesitate to say that any
statement made by him upon any subject, would be
received by us, and in our opinion ought to be
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received, as undoubted verity. -
                           Edward R. Campbell
                              Jabon Sargeant    Pot Mastr
                          J. W. Hubbard    Merch
                           A. Wardner         do
                         Thomas Emerson
                           John Petter
                         W. Emerson          Carl Bark
                           Sind'n Peties
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Recd of the Com of Pensions the pension
papers of Henry Stevens of Vermont under the
act of June 7. 1832. July 2d 1837
                  Henry Hubbard
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Afft
Marriage 1808
Widowhood
Identity
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I, Peter Taylor of West Windsor in the County of Windsor
and State of Vermont, aged sixty years, being duly sworn,
depose and say, that I was present at the Marriage of
Henry Stevens of Windsor in said County, and Polly New-
all of Hartland in the same County of Windsor, that the
said Henry and Polly were married at said Hartland
on Fast Day in April, in the year, one thousand eight hu-
ndred and eight, by Peter Willard, then a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County of Windsor, but since dece-
ased; I being at the time fifteen years old; that the said
Henry and Polly, from the time of their marriage to the ti-
me of his death, which, as I now think, happened in eighteen
hundred and forty eight, lived together in the relation of
Husband and wife; and that the said Henry, by common
report, was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his
death; That the said Polly now resides at said Windsor
and has remained a widow ever since the death of her
said Husband, and is now a widow.    Peter Taylor

Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this 14th day of April, 1853
and I certify that the said deponent is a person of truth and
veracity, and entitled to full credit and belief
                     Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT,} Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the Coun-
Windsor County SS.  } ty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
                                           Thomas F. Hammond
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county
duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was
dated on the 30th day of November in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and
that his signature to the jurat at the bottom of the
affidavit attached is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said Coun-
ty of Windsor, this 20 day of April A.D. 1853
                          Norman Williams
                                Clerk.
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Aft
Marriage & identity
Page 46

I Eunice Willard of Bridgewater in the
(the) County of Windsor & State of Vermont aged
Sixty eight years, being duly sworn depose & say
that I was present at the marriage of Henry
Stevens late of Windsor in said County, & Polly
Newell of Hartland in the same County of Windsor, that 
the said Henry & Polly were married at said Hartland
on the 13th day of April in the year one thousand eight
hundred and eight, the said Henry & Polly being married
at the house of my husband Since deceased by Peter
Willard then a Justice of the Peace in & for said County
but since deceased: the said Peter Willard being a Brother
of my late husband.      I further say that since the time
of the said marriage I have been acquainted with the said
Henry & Polly till the death of the said Henry & with the said
Polly to this date, & that the said Henry & Polly lived together
in the relation of husband & wife till his death
                                                               Eunice Willard
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day
of April 1853
                                              Ebenezer Clement Justice of Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the Coun-
Windsor County, ss. ⎬ ty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
            Ebenezer Clement
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county,
duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was
dated on the 30 day of November       in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and
that his signature foregoing
is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said Coun-
ty of Windsor, this 20 day of April  A.D. 1853

                                                  Norman Williams, Clerk.
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I Zebina Hawley of Windsor in the County of
Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age
depose and say that I am Sexton of said Town
and have been sexton as aforesaid nearly eighteen
years. I was well acquainted with the late Mr
Henry Stevens of said Windsor - lived a near neighbor
to him for thirty years or more. He died on the
thirtieth day of July Eighteen hundred and forty Eight
I attend the burial of said Stevens on the thirty first
day of same July and made a charge for my
services as Sexton, the date of which is the thirty first
day of July Eighteen hundred & forty eight -
Further I say not -
                                                         Zebina Hawley
State of Vermont           At Windsor in said Windsor County
Windsor County SS. ⎬   this Eleventh day of April A.D. 1853
Personally appeared Zebina Hawley and
made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
is the whole truth and nothing but the truth-
Before me                Warren Currier Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT,}   I Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court, of the Coun-
Windsor County, ss. }  ty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
                  Warren Currier
in an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county
duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was
dated on the 30th day of November in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and
that his signature foregoing
is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said Coun-
ty of Windsor, this 20th day of April  A. D. 1853.
                                                          Norman Williams
                                                             Clerk.
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Certif
no town recd of
marriage
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I, R. M. Stocker Town Clerk of the town of Hartland
hereby certify that I have examined the records of
Marriages in my office and that I cannot find on
said books any record of the Marriage of Henry
Stevens to Polly Newell
             Attest E. M. Stocker Town Clerk

Sworn to before me this 21 day of April A.D. 1853
                            Albert B Burk Justice of the peace
STATE OF VERMONT, }  I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the Coun-
Windsor County, ss.   }  ty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
                                    Albert B. Burk
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was
dated on the 30" day of November  in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and
that his signature foregoing
is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said Coun-
ty of Windsor, this 21day of April  A.D. 1853.
                                                       Norman Williams
                                                                           Clerk.
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HJB
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                          Ch'town N H May 3 1853
Sir,
               Encl' you will find the papers
in the application of Polly Stevens under
the act of July 5 1853
            Pleas respond to me
                       I am  Respectfully
                       H H Sylinby



Hon Com'r Pensions
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                                               Pension Office
                                              July 26 1833

Sir,
In the case of Polly Stevens, widow
of Henry applicant under the act of Feby
3. 1853, if there is no town record of the mar-
riage, it is competent to ascertain whether the
Justice who performed the ceremony left a record
of manages; also to prove the marriage by the
family record. There must be but few marriages
in Vermont which are not recorded; and I
am reluctant to dispense with record proof,
unless the want of it can be satisfactorily
accounted for
                                          Very Respectfully
                                               L  P Waldo
                                    Commissioner

H.H. Sylvester Esq.
Charlestown
     Vt.
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                                      Sept. 8. 1853
Friend S____

                  I have done the best I can for you, here
They were married in Hartland by Peter Willard, a newly
fledged Justice, who (Mrs S. says) never had married
a couple, & they put it to him to perform the ceremony to
see how he would do it-- It is so long ago, that
I cannot ascertain whether he was any more than a
yearling Justice and whether he ever made any record
perhaps not even his children, at this late day, can tell-
And how should the Commr expect to obtain a
negative, i.e. to prove, negativity, that the Justice
did not keep, or make a record, before secondary
proof can be let in?  In these cases (from their
nature dependent in ancient evidence) it is altogether
vain, to insist on public record proof.-  Under the Const'n
& law of Vermont, from 2 to 3 thous'd Justices were
appointed annually, -  some might hold the office
one year only, -  it has been so with thousands of them
I venture to affirm that, not one in twenty, ever kept
(according to law,) records - 
The Justices record is, indeed the proper one -
Secondly, the Town Clerk's record of same by certified
copy from the Justices record - But, very few
of these are to be found in any town -
                               Now, if it be insisted that no proof
* his family}          of marriage be allowed, until it is first
                              shown that Justice Willard made no
                  record, then I refer you (for the most I can
do,) to Amini Willard Esq. Son of Peter
Willard, for enquiry whether his father kept records &c.
Amini is at White River Junction, address him
there ------ Can I do any more for you? ---
You may send me some fee & that as you think right-- I must
not wrong my partner on his acct. I cannot work 2/3 of a day
for nothing-- had I won, I would add a little &c. Yrs C. Coolidge
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Charlestown N H Sept 16 1855

Hon Commr Pensions
            By reason of the misdirection of your
letter, more than a month has been lost in complying
with the requirements of the Office touching the marriage
of Mrs Polly Stevens.  I had supposed that in accordance with the general action of the Office of the open proof of Cohablation of
a period of more than than forty years, would have in this
case be sufficient.
       I have the honor of now enclosing an affid't of
the daughter & also one from Ex Gov. Coolidge
of Vermont. I was myself a resident of Warren, when
Stevens was married & for many years afterwards,
& know them personally from 1808 to the present time
       I hope that inasmuch as the delay of
procuring the proof has been no fault of ours that
???? will at once be taken up
                                  I have the honor be
                                  Very Respectfully
                                  H H Sylvester
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Stevens
Page 56

Brief in the case of Polly Stevens, widow of Henry Stevens
Windsor County and State of Vermont
act 3d February 1853
Claim, "original "forced"
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it document, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance
Husband was a pensioner under the
act of June 7, 1832

Marriage proved by verified copy
of private record, and parol evidence
witnesses certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
  Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so what?


H.H. Sylvester Esq
Charlestown
N. H.
Name and residence of Agent                                        R. Geddes
                                                                                     Examining Clerk.
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May 8, 1855
-------------
Appl of Polly
Stevens widow of
Henry
Windsor Co
Vermont 32
----------
30991
Act 3d Feby:1853

Revy
------------
Adm $80 per annum
Commencing 3 Feb 1853
H.H. Sylvester
Charlestown
N. H.

G. C. of                              private  Recd
Duty  April                          and parol
                                            30 July '48

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
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Vermont
----------
Henry Stevens
----
papers del'd & Ha tty
Husband 3 Nov '37
suspended
---------
10127
ans! C. Coolidge
Windsor Vt.
May 24 1834
let same July 7. 1834
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5704





160 acres
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40.470
Polly Stevens

FELCHVILLE
APR
3
VT.

Official Business 
free  FREE

Commissioner of Pen
Washington City
D. C.
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No 1578
-----------
Polly Stevens
widow of Henry
Vermont

Let to H. H. Sylvester
    July 26/53

Act Feby 3/53
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No. 40470
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 5, 1855
-----------------
Henry Stevens
Rev. War

Warrant No. 5104-160-55
---
Henry H. Spofford
Upper Falls
Vermont
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1927 - Jan. 19. - Hist to Miss Mary
E Stevens.
1934. Oct 8 - hist to Jesse F.
Revy   WIDOW, &c.
File No               821
Polly Stevens,
Widow
Henry Stevens,
Pri Rev. War.
----------------
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: -- Vol. M. Page 238.

[Arrangement of ????]
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                                                                     AWS
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.


                                            January 17, 1927

Miss Mary E. Stevens
Woodstock Inn
Woodstock, Vt

Madam:
         I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 821, it
appears that Henry Stevens (his father, whose
name is not stated, lived at Oblong, Dutchess
County, New York) enlisted in April 1778 and
served as a private under Captains Woodbridge,
Hall and Pray in Colonel Heman Swift's Connec-
titicut Regiment, and served until in June 1781.
      He was allowed pension on his application
executed September 6, 1832, while a resident of
Windsor, Vermont, aged seventy years. He died
there July 30, 1848.
      Soldier married April 13, 1808 at Hartland,
Vermont, Polly Newell of said Hartland. She was
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allowed pension on her application executed April
9, 1853, while a resident of Windsor, Vermont,
aged sixty-nine years.
     It also appears that the widow Polly was
allowed 160 acres of bounty land, on account of
the services of her husband Henry Stevens.
     Their children Susan Parker Stevens; never married;
Henry B. Stevens, married Alvira Stanford, March
9, 1839; Missy Stevens married Alanson Taylor, Sep-
tember 17, 1835; Sarah B. Stevens married Melvin
Stevens, July 24, 1848.
                                           Respectfully,

                                                         WINFIELD SCOTT
                                                          Commissioner.
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HEADQUARTERS
OF THE                                      JESSE F. STEVENS, PRESIDENT
VETERAN ASSOCIATION           HOLTEN S. PERKINS, 1st VICE-PRESIDENT
CADET ARMORY                        PORTER B. C???SE, 2d VICE-PRESIDENT
→ 20 COLUMBUS AVENUE        BERNHARD D. ?ORBER, TREASURER
                                                  DEXTER B. WISBECH, SECRETARY
VETERAN ASSOCIATION OF
THE FIRST CORPS OF CADETS 
10th ENGINEERS
1741

BOSTON, MASS.,                      September 18, 1934.

Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
                 For genealogical purposes I am seeking a
Revolutionary record of one Henry Stevens of Amenia or
Oblong, Duchess County, New York. -----
                  He was born in Brimfield, Mass. in 1762
and when about four years of age his family moved to Amenia.
After the Revolution he settled in Windsor, Vermont and the
inscription on the stone is: --
                       1762 - 1848
                       Henry Stevens
                       Revolutionary soldier
                       1778 -- 1781
                       Pension and bounty land for
                       Special service.

            I will appreciate any information you can
give me with regard to the Revolutionary service of this soldier.

                                    Yours very truly,
Jesse F. Stevens
Jesse F. Stevens,
Brig. Gen., Mass. N. G., Retired.

JFS/S
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THE WOODSTOCK INN
OPEN ALL THE YEAR
WOODSTOCK - VERMONT

To the Revolutionary Soldiers Burean
Dear Sir
Kindly give me
the record of the revolutionary
Soldier Henry Stevens, from what
town and State, he enlisted etc.
I know that Henry Stevens
married his second wife, Miss
Polly Merrell in April 13-1808 in
Windsor, Vermont, that he died
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2
in Windsor Vt. July 30. 1848
aged 86 years and forty nine
days, that his widow received
a pension till her death
Mch 6-1857 aged 73 years.
neither of their four children
have been living for fifty odd
years and so far as I know
I am the last grand child
living. I'm sure I was told as a
child, my grand father was
taken a prisoner to England,
for some time and I've a dim
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3.
remembrance of some thing
about Bounty Land in the west.
but the Civil War of 1861 entirely
effaced from memory the Revolu-
tionary one, for years. Because I
cannot tell where my grandfather
lived before 1808 and they can not
find any war record of him in
Windsor, Vt the D.A.R. Signed
because I did not join them, say
he could not have served. I simply
wish to prove it. Kindly help me
Respectfully
                            (Miss) Mary E. Stevens, aged 86
Nov. 19 -26               Woodstock Inn,
                                 Woodstock. VT.
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THE WOODSTOCK INN
OPEN ALL THE YEAR
WOODSTOCK - VERMONT

Some weeks have passed since
I directed this same petition,
as near as I remember the ex-
act words, to the Rev. Soldiers Burean
as no answer has reached me, a
Judge of the Windsor County Court
kindly advised the Pension Office.
My home in in Windsor, Vermont
since 1872, but am spending the
winter here. Kindly direct to the
above address and oblige
(Miss) Mary C. Stevens

PENSION
     O
    JAN
U.  15  S.
   1927
  OFFICE
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To the and
Revolutionary Pension Office
Dear Sir,
Kindly give me the record of the Rev
Soldier Henry Stevens, from
what state and town he
enlisted at. I know that
Henry Stevens married his
second wife, Miss Polly
Newell, April 13. 1808 in
Windsor, Vermont, and subse-
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quently they became my grand-
parents, That he died in
Windsor July 30. 1848 aged
Eighty six years and forty nine
days, that his widow received
a pension till her death, March
6. 1857 aged seventy three years.
None of their children have
been living for over fifty years
and so far as I know I am
the last grandchild now living
but there are several great
grandchildren still living
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for whom I very much wish
the record of Henry Stevens.
When a small child, I'm
sure, I was told he was
taken a prisoner to England,
for some time, and something
about bounty land is very
dimly in my memory. Because
there is no record of him, in
Windsor, the D.A.R. are pleased
to say without any more knowl-
edge than I have, that he
could not have been a soldier
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of the revolution and have
taken the marker off his
grave. I simply wish to
prove it, kindly help me
very respectfully
( Miss ) Mary E. Stevens
Woodstock Inn
Woodstock
Vermont

 PENSION
     O
    JAN
U.  15  S.
   1927
  OFFICE