Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,584, Freeman Foot, Mass. Vt.
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Mass.
Vt.

Foot, Truman
  Bathsheba

Number
W.25.584
B.L. Wt. 89517-160-55
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Vermont
11.648?
Truman Foot

Addison Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Pri in the Company commanded by Captain Allen of the Regt commanded by ? in the Vermont Troops
16 Mo Private $56.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of May --- and Sent to 1833 E.D. Barber, Middlebury, Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 113.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 28.33
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141.65
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7,1832.}
Recorded by . T. Sprague, Clerk
Book E - Vol. 3 - Page 64
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Freeman Foot who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Rutland

Inscribed on the Roll of the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence
the 27 July 1868 Decd paymt made since

Certificate of Pension issued 21st day of Nov. 1868 and sent to C. J. Tilden
Middlebury
Vermont
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 8, 1853, Page 178 Vol. H.
July 27 /68
J N Smith
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Illegible

Freeman Foot
89.514      Private

Capt. 
Revolutionary War

Illegible

Vt A055-4992

Thomas H McLeod Esq
Middlebury, Vermont
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Vrt F Page 119
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Freeman Foot
Declaration

Declaration of Freeman Foot
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State of Vermont 
Addison County

On the 5th day of July 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of Addison County Court in open court now setting as a court of accord in said county Freeman Foot a resident of Middlebury in said County aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 1th 1832 that he entered the service of the State of Vermont July 1st 1780 as a soldier in her troops in the revolutionary war by enlisting into a company commanded by Parmalee Allen in a regiment commanded by Ebenezer Allen (illeg) term of ten months and served out said term of time at Castleton in said State and at other places in said state and was discharged from said service and he further declared that in December 1781 he again enlisted at said Castleton for three months under a sergeant whose name he has since forgotten who commanded a scouting party in the vicinity and he further states that he served three months in the Massachusetts line commencing in August and ending in November 1781 that he belonged to a company commanded by Capt Samuel Clarke of Williamstown in a regiment mustered by Col Barnes, (illegible) out his said enlistment  and was discharged which has been lost, and that he has resided since the performance of said service at said Williamstown where he enlisted and at Middlebury in Vermont where he now resides and has resided for forty seven years that  (illegible) citizen of the United States and hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity (Illegible) the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state shown and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Freeman Foot
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State of Vermont
District of Addison

Be it known that on this 4th day of March AD 1853 before the Probate Court in and for said District of Addison personally appeared Bathsheba Foot of Middlebury in said district aged eighty two years and upwards and made oath according to law that she is the widow of Freeman Foot late of said Middlebury deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution& was placed on the United States Pension Roll as a revolutionary pensioner on the 31st day of May AD 1833  at the rate of 55 dollars & 55 cents per annum &  continued to draw said pension to the time of his death.  That she was married to the said Freeman Foot at said Middlebury on the 24th day of July 1833 by the Rev Thomas A Merrill a (illeg) minister of the gospel in said town & that her said husband died at said Middlebury on the 30th day of September AD 1842 and that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such rate of pension and may be due her under the laws of the United States.
Bathsheba Foot (her Mark X)

Present:  Allen Foote
On this 4th day of March AD 1853 personally
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appeared in said Probate Court Bathsheba Foot above named and made oath that the above declaration by her subscribed according to her best knowledge information and belief is true  before me
 Horatio Seymour, Judge of Probate within and for the district of Addison
I further certify that Bathsheba above named is teh same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration that she is a credible person and is a resident of the district and that by reason of bodily infirmity she was not able to write her name that she made her mark and her name at her request was subscribed by me.
   Horatio Seymour, Judge of Probate Court within and or the district of Addison

State of Vermont
District of Addison
I Jedidiah S. Bushnell Registrar of the Probate Court for the District of Addison do hereby certify that the foregoing and the original proceedings in said Court on the application of Bathsheba Foot for a pension and that Horatio Seymour who made and signed the foregoing certificates is sole Judge of said court.
The testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said court as subscribed in said district this 4th day of March AD 1853.
-Jed S Bushnell, Registrar
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300.021
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State of Vermont
Addison County

On this 7th day of May AD 1859 personally appeared before me as Master of Chancery within and for said County and State, Bathsheba Foot aged 88 years a resident of Middlebury in said County who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Freeman Foot late of said  Middlebury deceased who was a Private in the Revolutionary War that he drew a pension on account of said service and that she now draws on a pension in consideration of the same service of her said husband as his widow under the act of February 3rd 1853 that her pension certificate is recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners Page 27 Vol A No 4992 that for the particulars and proof of the said service of her said husband she refers the Department to the papers on file in the Business Office relations to the claim of her said husband and her own for a pension agreeable to the suggestion of the Department.
She further states that she is now a widow or unmarried and has remained unmarried ever since the death of her said husband.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit (illegible) to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3rd 1855 and she further declares that she has not (illegible) or applied for (illegible) under this or any other Act of Congress.

In the presence of Thomas H McLeod    -  Bathsheba Foot (her mark X)
Mr. Cyrus Morton and Lois Morton
in the state of Vermont aforesaid upon an oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Bathsheba
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Foot in our presence and we believe from the appearance and statement of the Applicant whom we well know being her daughter son in law that she is in the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is still a widow. 
-Cyrus Morton
Lois Morton

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were subscribed and sworn to by before me on this day and year above written and I verify that the applicants are known by me to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and is still a widow and that I have no interest in this claim.
-Ozias Seymour, Master in Chancery

I Joseph Warner of Middlebury aforesaid on oath say that I am the Cashier of the Bank of Middlebury, that I have been in the practice for a number of years last [illegible] money of the the Pension Agent of Vermont and paying out the same to US Pensioners in this county for the [illegible] that I have for a number of years past so paid Pension money to the above named Bathsheba Foot on her certificate issued March 3rd, 1855 and that I know her to be the identical person she represents herself to e in the foregoing declaration.  - Joseph Warner

Subscribed and sworn to before me Monday, this 7th day of March AD 1859 and I further certify that the aforesaid is well known to me to be  person of truth and veracity and that I have no interest in this claim.
-Ozias Seymour, Master in Chancery
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State of Vermont
Addison County
I, Dugald Stewart, Clerk of the Court of Chancery in and for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont hereby certify that Ozias Seymour whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing was at the date thereof a Master of Chancery duly appointed and qualified and authorized to administer oaths for [illeg] purposes within this State.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court at Middlebury in said County this 7th day of May AD 1859
-D Stewart, Clerk
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16.539
Freeman Foot
Addison County Vermont

Admitted [Illegible] months
$56.66

E.D. Barber
Middlebury Vt
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7, 1832, has ben examined  and the papers herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to the Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of you claim.

A Statement showing the service of Freeman Foot

Period when the Service was rendered  Feb 1780    Dec 1781    Aug 1781
Duration of Service:   10 months     3 months    3 months
Rank of Claimant: Private
Name and Rank of Field Officers under whom he served:  Capt. Allen Col. Allen        Capt. Clark Col. Barnes 
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service:  72 years / Castleton Vt / Williamstown Mass
Proof by which the declaration is supported:  By living witness

I am Respectfully,
Your Obedient servants,    J.L. Edwards,  Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops." "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim in the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of
On this day of    A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of      and State, Territory or District
of     aged (c)        years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)      with        and served in the         (e) regiment of the             line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of  the Agency in the State of  
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid    A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.    I         of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this        day of           & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                 and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                           and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                    Clerk of the Court of          do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of           for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this             day of           & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
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The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
and 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it givren
, and what has become of it?
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To an Oficer has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
a soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as a -. For - months and --- days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension
it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration
is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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 employed in any civil
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
Papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
nesses and official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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DOW,
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25.584
Bathsheba For
wid of
Freeman or
Tis was
Act: Feb 353
dex:-Vol. A, Page 249
Arrangement of 1870.}
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Bathsheba Foot  
wid of Freeman
served in the Revolutionary War as a Private

scribed on the Roll at the rate of 56 dollars 66 per annum, to commence on 3rd February 1853

Certificate of Pension issued 3rd Day of March 1855

sent to O. Seymour, Middlebury, Vt

REcorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3 1853, Page 27, Vol A
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[illegible]  Office
March 1st, 185

Sir:  Please certify the time to which the with named pensioner was paid on the date of his death.

V Respectful
30 Sept 42

[illegible signature]
Commissioner

RJ Atkinson Esq
[illegible]
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Freeman Foot died 30 September 1842 paid
 Robt J Atkinson, Auditor
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[illegible]
 
Oct 3, 78

[illegible]
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Anna Foot
Mortin
Boynton

Commissioner of Pensions
Record Feby 28 1885
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, DC
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blank
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George C. Whting
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of Interior
Washington City DC
Apr 25, 1889
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Application of Bathsheba Foot, widow of Freeman Foot
Addison District, Vermont
p. $56.66
11641
Act 3d Feb 1853
$56.66 per annum
Com: Feb: 3 7853 Rev.
Ozaias Seymour
Middlebury Vermont 
Department of the Interior 
Pension Office Official Business
Commissioner
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[illegible]
Washinton DC
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[illegible]
Boynton
Washington City DC
[illegible]
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[illegible]
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Hon George C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of Interior
Washington City, DC
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300, 021
May 9 1859
Pension Office
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Middlebury, Vermont, May 7, 1859
Honorable George C. Whiting
Commission of Pensions
Sir: I herewith send the application for bounty land of Bathsheba Foot relict of Freeman Foot a private in the War of the Revolution. Mrs. Foot supposed that she had filed [illegible] in the pension office the [illegible] before.
Very Respectfully yours,
Thomas H. McLeod
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Bathsheba Foot widow of Freeman Foot
Claim No. 300021 Act March 3rd 1855
Middlebury Vermont July 4th 1859
Honorable George C. Whiting
Commission of Pensions
Department of Interior
Washington City, DC
Sir: From your communication of April 25th, 1857, by the hand of Mr. Robb of the Pension Office, I was led to expect that very early attention would be paid to the claim of Mrs. Bathsheba Foot (No 300021-1855) for bounty land on account of service of her late husband freeman Foot in the War of the Revolution. If you will have the kindness to communicate your decision respecting this claim, you will greatly oblige us.
Very respectfully yours,
Thomas H. McLeod
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State of Vermont
Addison County ss
I, Edward D. Barber, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Freeman Foot for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my had and the seal of said Court this 10th day of July AD 1832
Edward D. Barber, Clerk
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We, Daniel Foot of Cornwall County of Addison and State of Vermont and Martin Foot of Middlebury in said county, of lawful age, depose and say that we are well acquainted with Freeman Foot of said Middlebury and have been ever since the American Revolution and say that we know of his serving with us as soldiers in the Vermont line and militia. That we served ten months in said service and war and was discharged with us; and further say we were with him serving in the same company during the said time and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and say he would be entitled to credit in a court of Justice.
Sworn and subscribed this 5th day of July AD 1832
E. D. Barber, Clerk
Daniel Foot
Martin Foot
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Declaration of Freeman Foot
18539
no papers
send to E. D. Barber
Middlebury Vt.
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier as [illegible] he states, and the court also certify that from personal acquaintance with the said Freeman Foot, as well as with Daniel and Morton Foot whose affidavits are herewith transmitted, they consider them persons of veracity and entitled to credit. 
Edward D. Barber, Clerk
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Department of the Interior
Sep 11, 1868
Pension Office
Letter for cur
Oct 8, 1868
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State of Vermont
District of Addison
On this 7th day of September AD 1868 personally appeared before me a register of the probate court for the district of Addison which is a court of record, Bathsheba Foot, aged 90 years, a resident of Middlebury in the State of Vermont, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Bathsheba Foot to whom was granted pension certificate No.
payable at 
at the rate of Fifty six dollars and sixty six cents per month issued under the act of Feb 3rd, 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled unter the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868 and she hereby appoints B. G. Tilden of Middlebury Vermont her attorney to prosecute this claim. Post office address is Middlebury VT.
In presence of C. G. Tilden
Jed S. Bushnell
Bathsheba Foot (her mark)
Also personally appeared Cyrus Morton and Almira Morton residents of Middlebury persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Bathsheba Foot make her mark to the foregoing declaration and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Cyrus Morton, Almira Morton
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Middlebury Addison County VT August 20th 1858
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir:
Allow me to enquire after the application for Bounty Land by Mrs. Bathsheba Foot of Middlebury VT and widow of Freeman Food of said Middlebury and a pensioner on account of Revolutionary Services of her husband. If you will have the kindness to inform me respecting what has been done with said claim at an early date I should be most obliged especially as the application has been laying in the pension office for two years and forwards.
Very Respectfully yours,
Ozias Seymour
by T. H. McLeod
I, Allen Foot, of Middlebury Vermont on oath say that the above named Bathsheba Foot is my Father's said Freeman Foots, widow and to my knowledge is alive and well at the present date.
Allen Foot
Subscribed and sworn to before me, 
Ozias Seymour, Master in Chancery
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Bathsheba Foot
Person be [illegible] Burlington
C. F. Stineford Esq
Agent for pay8ing pensioners in the State of Vermont
Payable on the 4th Sept [illegible]
Recorded in the pension office on the roll of pensioners under act Feb 3, 1853 page 27 Vol A
G. L. Getty, Clerk
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Department of the Interior
Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with second section of the act of February 3, 1858, Bathsheba Foot widow of Freeman Foot who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty-six dollars and sixty-six cents per annum commencing on the third day of February 1858 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
Given at the Department of the Interior this third day of March 1855.
R. McClelland, Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned,
S. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions
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Brief in the case of Bathsheba Foot, widow of Freeman 
Addison Dist, State of Vermont
act 3 July 1853
Claim
Proof exhibited
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance:
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of $56.66 per annum. Marriage [illegible] a copy of the church record thereof and the testimony of the clergyman who performed the service. Pensioner died September 30, 1842, as per a copy of the church record and the affidavit of a credible witness.
Widowhood [illegible] is established by the affidavit of a credible affiant and a certificate of court. 
If for increase.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? Is so, what?

Ozias Seymour, Esquire
Middlebury, Vermont
J. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk
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Pension Office
Oct 3, 1853
Sir: 
Bathsheba Foot, claimant of a pension under the Act of Feb 3, 1853, must file evidence of her widowhood.
The clergyman who performed the marriage service, must give a copy of his marriage record under oath.
The certificate of the clergyman already filed is not verified. Her claim is necessarily suspended.
Very Respectfully,
J P Waldo, Commissioner
Ozias Seymour, Middlebury, Vermont
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State of Vermont, Addison County SS
Be it remembered that at Middlebury on this 24th day of July, 1838, Freeman Foot and Bathsheba Morton both of Middlebury aforesaid were duly joined in marriage by me. T. A. Merrill, Minister
Middlebury March 4, 1853. The above is a true copy of the record made at the time of the aforesaid marriage.
T. A. Merrill
By my records, it appears that Freeman Foot died Sept. 30, 1842.
T. A. Merrill
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Middlebury Vermont July 28th 1853
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
I enclose the applications for pensions of Tamer Benton and Bathsheba Foot. Please direct any communications you may have [illegible] to make in reference to them to me at this place. 
Tamer Benton's taken out.
Yours,
Ozias Seymour
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Copy of Ch: rec: Clergy: who performed the service
On 30 Sept '42: Ch: rec: and wit:
Wid: Liv En: 2 wit: & cert: of Ct:
"Boyton"
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State of Vermont, Addison County, SS
Be it remembered that at Middlebury in the County aforesaid on this twenty fourth day of July AD 1833, Freeman Foot and Bathsheba Morton both of Middlebury aforesaid were duly joined in marriage by me.
T. A. Merriill, Minister
I, Thomas A. Merrill, Senior Pastor of the Congregation Church of Christ in Middlebury, Vermont on oath say that I have been pastor of said church more forty years and I have carefully kept a record of all marriages solemnized by me. The foregoing copy of the record of the marriage above mentioned is correct, being transcribed word for word. I have been well acquainted with the family of Freeman Foot more than forty years. I know that he has died. His widow, Bathsheba lives. I have no reason to believe and certainly do not believe that she has been married since the death of Freeman Foot. Thomas A. Merrill
Subscribed and sworn before me
Ozias Seymour, Justice of the Peace
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I, Allen Foot, of Middleburg aforesaid aged 62 years on oath say that I am the son of the above named Freeman Foot that the above named Bathsheba Foot now resides within about half a mile of my house with her daughter. The said Bathsheba still remains the widow of my deceased father and has not married since the decease of my said father. My father deceased Sept 30th 1848. Allen Foot
Subscribed and sworn before me
Ozias Seymour, Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Addison County
I, George S. Swift, clerk of the county court for the county of Addison in the State of Vermont, hereby certify that Ozias Seymour, whose signature is attached to the certificate annexed to the accompanying affidavits, was at the respective dates thereof a Justice of the peace within and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and by law authorized to take administer oaths and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe said signature to be genuine.
In testimony when I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Middlebury in said county this 11th day of May AD 1854.
George S. Swift, Clerk
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Middlebury VT April 23rd 1859
Hon. George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of the Interior
Washington City, DC
Sir: The claim of Bathsheba Foot widow of Freeman Foot for Bounty Land on account of service of her late husband in the war of the Revolution has been under the consideration of the Department for several years and we should be happy to learn the result. Mrs. Foot is on the pay roll of Vermont for Pensions and draws her pension regularly. The paper containing the No.
of her claim for land has been mislaid. The Land warrant of Enoch Sprage No. $6371 has come to hand through Hon. G. A. Walton [illegible]
Respectfully yours,
Thomas H. McLeod
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Increase
Brief in the case of Bathsheba Foot 4992 Widow of Freeman Foot
a private in the revolution Middlebury Rutland
Addison County and State of Vermont
Act 2 Sec. Feb. 3 1853
Claim for new pension certificate
Proof exhibited
A pensioner roll of Vermont at $50.44 per annum certificate returned with application for viz as provided by act of July 27 1868
Personal identity and widowhood shown

Admitted Nov 15, 1868 to a pension and $96 per annum to commence July 27, 1868 deducting payer services
Name and residence of Agent
C. G. Tilden, Middlebury, Vermont
W. E. Frank, Examining Clerk