Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3858, George Gage, Vt.
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CONTENTS
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State of Vermont
Addison County ss } On this 19th day of February AD 1838, personally appeared in open court, before the Honourable Harvey Munsill Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of New Haven in the County aforesaid, now sitting, George Gage a resident of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, aged eighty one 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 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated.
In the year 1777, I think in the  month of May, I volunteered into a company of militia at Danby, (now in Rutland County, Vermont) commanded by Captain Micah Viele or Vail (Michael Vail). I went with the company to Saratoga, & from thence was sent upon a scouting party up the Hudson river to a place called Jessup's Patent, forty or fifty miles above  Glen's falls. We returned to Saratoga & were there dismissed. We were not organized into a regular regiment although while at Saratoga we were paraded with the regular troops, I think Gen'l Schuyler commanded at Saratoga, but I cannot recollect that any Col'o or Major commanded us. I was out six weeks Capt Viele (Vail) returned with us to Danby, & having taken the measles in the service died in a few days after our return. 
In the year 1778 - I believe in June or July I volunteered into the militia again at Danby & marched to Rutland,
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where I put myself under the command of Captain Ebenezer Allen, & was sent with a ranging or scouting party first to Pittsford Vt then to Williston on Onion River. At the time I was out six weeks. I do not recollect who was then commander at Rutland. 
Late in the fall of the same year I volunteered in a company of militia commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Rowley. We went from Danby to Rutland & our company was attached to a regiment commanded by Major Whitcomb of the Continental troops. From Rutland we were sent to Skenesborough (now Whitehall) & employed from that place upon scouting parties. I was out over two months at this time. 
In the spring of this year also I was out as a volunteer militia man in Capt Ebenezer Allen's company, & went to Lake Champlain, in the vicinity of Ticonderoga. I was out two weeks. 
In 1779 - I think in September - I volunteered into Capt Stephen Calkins' militia company & went to Rutland. From thence I was sent north to where Vergennes now stands (formerly Ferrisburgh) & to Monkton. I believe Major Whitcomb still commanded & that our company acted under his orders. I was out one month. During this year also I was out two or three times under the same commander for short terms of one or two weeks each. 
In 1780, I volunteered under Lieutenant Jonathan Sprague. From Rutland we were sent to Otter Creek, Lake Champlain & Skenesborough (now Whitehall). I engaged at this time, for two months service & faithfully performed it. In the same year I went out under one Sergeant Ebenezer Wilson - mustered at Rutland & now sent to perform duty at Castleton, Pittsford & other places. I was out with Sergeant Willson at several times - in all One & a half months. As far as my
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memory (which is somewhat impaired by age,) serves me, I believe Major Whitcomb was still the commanding officer at the general head quarters at Rutland. 
During one of these periods of service I was placed under the command of Captain William Fitch of the regular army, at Mount Independence, on Lake Champlain; but my memory fails me as to the time, or whose command I was transferred from. 
Beside the services here described, I went out frequently for short terms, under subordinate officers from Danby & mustered at the Government Head Quarters at Rutland. I continued to go out in this way until the close of the War. I have no doubt that in these short terms of service I was out three months. 
I further declare that I am the  same George Gage, mentioned in the two affidavits hereto annexed, signed one by John Roberts, & the other by Nathan Beman.
He, the said George Gage, hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. 
/s/George Gage
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
/s/Harvey Munsill }Judge of the Probate Court  for the District of New Haven
We James Ten Broeke, a clergyman residing in the town of Panton & William Allen, residing in & for Ferrisburgh
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in the County of Addison, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Gage, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
/s/Jas Ten Broeke Pastor of 1st Baptist Ch Panton
/s/William Allen
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 

Questions
1st Where, & in what year were you born?
I understand myself to have been born in Boston Massachusetts, my Father removed from there when I was between 3 & 4 years of age. My mother always informed me that I was born on the 14th day of September 1756.
2d - Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it? 
My age was recorded in my Fathers Bible which was after the death of one of my Brothers (Benj'n Gage), in my propulsion for several years. A Step daughter of my wife being married from my house about Ten years ago the Bible disappeared & it was understood was taken by her husband, & I have not seen it since. Benj'n Gage was her Father & formerly owned it. I married my brother's widow, The man who married my step daughter was named William R. Barto & now lives in Ferrisburgh
3d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now live?
I lived in Danby (now in Rutland County) during the revolution, In 1787, I removed to Ferrisburgh (now in Addison County) & have lived there ever since (excepting the last two summers which I since passed with a daughter residing in Panton in Addison County
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4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Whenever an alarm was given of any doings I always volunteered, I was never drafted. I have a faint recollection of having once gone as a substitute but the name of this person for whom I went I cannot recollect.
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. 
I remember General Schuyler Col. Seth Warner & Major Whitcomb Some of them have taken from my memory all recollection of the names of the different regiments & I have stated the circumstances of my service as fully as I can now remember them, in my general recollection.
6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; & if so, by whom was it given, & what has become of it. 
I have no recollection that any discharges were given to the volunteer militia nor of ever having received one myself
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, & who can testify as to your character for veracity, & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. 
In my town & neighbourhood, Seth Warner Esqr. Stephen Beach, Jacob Custer, Jonathan Gaines, John Gregory, Isaac Hatch, William M. Gage. Orange Gage, & Benajah Webster. In the adjoining tour of Panton Jesse Grandy Nathan Spaulding Sam'l Shepherd and
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Norman Munson Esqr. & in the city of Vergennes Enoch D Woodbridge Villee Lawrence William H. White Fordger Huntington & Philip C Tucker Esqrs and in the City of Washington Stephen Knight Esq.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James G TenBroeke, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Panton, & is the nearest resident clergyman to the residence of the said George Gage, & that William Allen, who also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Ferrisburgh, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. 
/s/Harvey Munsill Judge
I, John Pierpoint, Register of the Probate Court for the district of New Haven in the County of Addison, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Gage for a pension. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19th day of February AD 1838. 
/s/J Pierpoint Register
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Supplemental declaration of George Gage.
State of Vermont
Addison County 
City of Vergennes ss} On this fifth day of February AD 1839, personally appeared in open Court before Villee Lawrence Major, and William T. Parker & Edward Seymour Alderman of the city court of the city of Vergennes, now sitting, George Gage of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison, & state of Vermont, aged eighty two years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following supplemental declaration, in addition to one heretofore made, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That since the previous declaration he hath applied to the Secretary of State for the State of Vermont for the purpose of ascertaining how far his service as a soldier in the militia of the revolutionary war has shown by the rolls in his office & that he has received from him a statement which he herewith transmits. In examining said statement the applicant now states, that he recollects Lieutenant Solomon Soper, who is therein mentioned; but that he has not any recollection of having served under him as a soldier either in 1778 or at any other time: that upon being reminded by said statement of the name of Capt Gideon Brownson, he recollects that he did serve under him, that he volunteered at Danby & was placed under his command at Castleton, Vt, but as to the year & times of service his recollection is not distinct. The applicant also, recollects having served under Capt Abraham Underhill more than once, but as to the date & times of service has no clear recollection. He remembers also having been out under Capt Stephen Calkins more than once, but of the particular six days in 1781, stated by the Secretary of State from the rolls he has no recollection. 
The applicant further states that where he made his former declaration he was aware that he had served a longer time than was therein set forth, but that he restricted his statement to such services as he recollected only with positive certainty, & was unwilling to state these in which he had forgotten the names of his officers & as
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to which he could not explicitly remember the time & place where he served. He could not recol at that time the names of Lieut Solomon Soper, of Capts' Gideon Brownson & Abraham Underhill; but upon their being mentioned to him he recollects their presence & of having served under them. 
The applicant further declares that the reason he did not before apply for a pension was this - that until a few years he has been in comfortable circumstances & that he has become reduced to points in his old age, & for that reason only now solicits the bounty of his country. He also declares that it was but a short time before he made his application that he knows of any living witnesses who can testify to his having served at all. 
/s/George Gage
State of Vermont
City of Vergennes ss } Vergennes February 5 1839 
Personally appeared in open court George Gage, the signer of the foregoing declaration & makes solemn oath to the truth of the same 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature & the seal of the City Court.
/s/Geo. W Rogers Clerk
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3-525.
O.W. and N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., May 5, 1866
File Rej. 3858 Rev. War

Madam - 
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of George Gage, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for a pension on file in this Bureau. [margin note: + only [illegible]]
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
['Vol at|Danby Vt.|May|(1777 under Capt|Micah Vail)|blank]|
cont. to|serve du|ring|(1778 1779 and|1780 in short)|tours|
[illegible]|[illegible]|about|(2 mos. under|Capts. Ebenezer Allen;|[blank]
Stephen|Calkin|Gi|(deon Brownson|and Abraham)|Underhill|' crossed out]
May 1777|served at|[blank]|(Micah Vail|[blank])|Vt.
[blank]|various|[blank]|(Ebenezer Allen|[blank])|[blank]|
[blank]|times on short tours|[blank]|(Stephen Calkins|[blank])|[blank]|
[blank]|during 1778|[blank]|(Gideon Brownson|[blank])|[blank]|
[blank]|1779 & 1780|[blank]|(Abraham Underhill|[blank])|[blank]|
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[margin note: soldier never uses the names of any Colonels himself] 
Battles engaged in, none men.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danby Vt.
Date of application for pension, Feby 19, 1838.
Residence at date of application, Ferrisburgh, Addison Co, Vt.
Age at date of application, Born Freetown, Mass. Sept 14, 1756.
Remarks: ['It is not stated whether he was married' crossed out] ⇨(over)
The claim was not allowed as the soldier failed to furnish proof of 6 mos actual service as req by the pension laws
Very respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner. 
20581b3m11-05
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Date of application should be Feb. 19 - 1838 
Soldier states that he married his Bro. Benjamin's widow. He also refers to "his daughter" with whom he lived in Panton, Addison Co. Vt. in 1838.
(MMH July 28-'22)
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. War Section
[margin note: own] [initials: V.L.N.]
June 24, 1921.

Mrs. Olive Harwood Lash,
349 Brunson Avenue,
Benton Harbor, Michigan. 

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 11" instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War soldier George Gage R. File No. 3,858, whose record was furnished you February 2, 1921, is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully, 
[facsimile signature] H.M. Vandervoort
Acting Commissioner.
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[handwritten letter]
TELEPHONE WOBURN 470
FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF EASTERN MIDDLESEX
HOLDEN AT WOBURN
EDWARD F. JOHNSON JUSTICE
ARTHUR E. GAGE CLERK
JOHN G. MAGUIRE }
CURTIS W. NASH } SPECIAL JUSTICES
DENNIS C. WALSH COURT OFFICER
WOBURN MASS.
June 12 1922
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me an abstract of the service record in the War of the Revolution of a George Gage who volunteered at Danby Vt in May 1777 Supposed to have been born in Freetown Mass Sept 12 1757 married four times 2nd Phebe Stevens (3) Abigail Barto (4) Elizabeth widow of Benjamin Gage Said to have been of Ferrisburg Vt in 1790
Yours truly 
/s/Arthur E Gage
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. F JUN 13 1922]
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[handwritten letter]
II
He was described as fresh, freckles complexion, sandy hair - 5 ft. 9 1/2 in tall. 
Can you give me the record of this George Gage service as a Revolutionary soldier
It is said he was called "Colonel." He died at Pittstown May 4 - 1806. He was father of eleven children 
He married Sarah (Hannah) Adams Sept. 7-1763, she was from Mass.
I shall be very grateful for record, George Gage was a brother of Ebenezer, Moses, and Mark, Anthony, & Elihu
Very truly yours
/s/(Mrs) Olive Harwood Lash
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[handwritten letter]
[margin note: Revy 2 - MMF]
349 Brunson Ave
Benton Harbor, Mich.
June 11-1921

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE D JUN 13 1921]
Dear Sirs:
Sometime ago you gave me the record of George Gage from Ferrisburgh Vt., born at Freetown, Mass. served in Revolution. 
He was not my ancestor George Gage (son of Thomas) born July 9-1740 at Yarmouth Mass - moved to New York state and settled in Pittstown, near Troy N.Y. 
He enlisted May 1-1776 in Capt Richard Rea's Co.
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[handwritten letter]
Faribault Minn
April 25th 1906

Bureau of Pensions
Washington Vt.

Gentlemen
Will you kindly tell me if the names of George Gage and William Gage are on the list of soldiers in the War of the American Revolution who drew pensions - They were from Vermont or lived there after war
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[handwritten letter]
and are my G. Grandfather and G.G.G.father and I am looking up their war records - Kindly advise me as soon as possible and if there are any charges let me know
Very truly 
/s/C. M. Crocker
address
Mrs. S. L. Crocker
Faribault Minn
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[handwritten letter]
[official logo: DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION]
Toledo O. Nov 30/03
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.

Messers - 
I wish to know if there is a military record of George Gage in the Revolutionary War. Probably enlisted in N.Y. State, or Vermont.
married Sarah Adams, 1764-5 believe Did she or he receive a pension. 
additional information for D.A.R. 
Very Truly,
/s/Mrs. C. E. Browning,
2119 Scottwood Ave.
Toledo O. 
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE F DEC 1 1903]
Geo. Gage was called Colonel.
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[verso]
Decr. 9, 1903, Histy to Mrs. C. E. Browning ['2119' crossed out] Toledo, Ohio
1906 May 5. Hist. to Mrs. S. L. Crocker JLC
1921 Feb 2. History to Mrs. O. H. Lash-349 Brunson Ave. Benton Harbor Mich.
see her letter in Oliver Rice S.19057. crw
1921 June 24 Mrs. O. H. Lash that this is the only Soldier of this name &c.
1922. July 28. Hist. to Mr. Arthur E. Gage. MMH.

[recto]
REJECTED
3858.
P.O. [blank]
George Gage Addison Co - Vt.
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18[blank].
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank].
Application filed: [blank], 18[blank].
['Alleges:' crossed out] The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as: 
['Re-enlisted:' crossed out] "Suspended for further proof"
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.,
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank], 18[blank].
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[handwritten letter]
War Dep Pen's off
July 9, 38

Sir
In reply to your enquiry whether the papers of Ezra Evans on file in this office afford evidence of service after March 1781 at which time he married a lade yet living as his widow 
I have the honor to inform you that his own narrative of his services shews that they terminated in 1778 - It is not competent for her to controvert his statement - 
In relation to your enquiry respecting Jonathan Jennings, I am to inform you that he is entitled to 100$ pr an'm as a Dragoon under the act of 7. June 1832 to commence 4 March 31 but subject to the deduction of the amount rec'd since that date ['under crossed out] an account pf pension of $8 ['mo' crossed out] pr mo, under acts 18 March 1818 & 1 May 1820 - His certificate with proof of identity should be forwarded to this office -
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[handwritten letter]
In the case of Geo. Gage (refered to in the letter of W Tucker herewith returned) the statement of the several terms of service is not as specific & full as the regulations require & the only witness adduced declares in positive language "that the said Geo Gage served in said militia at least 2 year to the knowledge of this Deponent" altho the claimant himself alleges less than 10 months service in his own declaration.
The claimant should submit to the Treasurer of Vermont written enquiries as to the evidence of his services afforded by the records and transmit to this office the enquiries and answer ['to this office' crossed out] - 
No reason is assigned for the extraordinary delay in preferring his claim - 

Hon W. Slade
July 9, 1838. 
O.C.
Hon. W. Slade Ho Rep
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Hon Wm. Slade
Feby 25. '39
O.C.
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[handwritten letter]
War Dep Pen: off
Feby 25th 39

Sir.
In the case of George Gage lately asserted under the act of 7 June 32 I have the honor to inform you that the certificate of the Secy of Vermont furnished very strong if not conclusion evidence of that claimant did not serve as much as 6 months - It also shews that no reliance can be placed on his memory as the terms of service set forth by him conflict essentially with that certificate as to length - period & names of the ['several' crossed out] commandants of the several companies in which his name appears 
He is not entitled to a pension for a less ['term' crossed out] than 6 mo service

Hon W. Slade H.R.
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Hon W. Slade
May 14, 1840
O.C.
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[margin note: 201]
Pension Office, 
May 14, 1840

Sir, 
Agreeably to your request I herewith enclose certified copies of the papers of George Gage.
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cop'd Jer: Needham Copy
Geo. Gage

Hon W Slade HR
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Mr Edwards will please send me copies of the papers in the case of the applications of Jeremiah Needham & Geo. Gage for pensions under the Act of 1832, to be presented to Congress
/s/William Slade
April 4, 1840
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[handwritten letter]
H of Reps
Feb 15 1839

Sir
I send herewith a supplemental Declaration of George Gage of Addison Co Vt. together with a certificate of the Secretary of the State of Vermont touching the service of Mr. Gage
Respectfully Your obedient servant
/s/William Slade 
J. L. Edwards Esq
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: MONTPELIER VT JAN 23] 
10
Philip C. Tucker, Esq.,
Vergennes, Vert.
Single.
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[handwritten letter]
Montpelier, Jan. 22, 1839.

Dear Sir,
Annexed I send you the result of an examination of the Pay Roll, in my office for evidence of service of George Gage. I will keep the case of Gage in mind in making another examination of the rolls, and if, contrary to my expectation, any further evidence should be discovered, I will advise you of the fact. The rolls contain many thousand names and in some cases they have become almost obliterated by the hand of Time. 
Respectfully Your obt. Serv't, 
/s/C. L. Knapp.

Philip C. Tucker, Esq.,
Vergennes, Vt. 
Fee for examination & certificate, $2.
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Supplemental Declaration of George Gage
Hon W. Slade HR
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Revy
Geo Gage - Vt 34,571
copy Hon W. Slade
Feby 19, 1838.
Let Feby 25 '39
same May 14, 1840
3858
240
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34,571.
George Gage' application for a pension 
Ferrisburgh, Addison Co. Vermont, Feby 19th 1838.
Let. to Hon. W. Slade July 9, '38.
act/32
Philip C. Tucker Esq
Vergennes, Vt.
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[handwritten letter]
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Any communications relative to the foregoing application be pleased to direct to Your Obt Ser't
/s/Philp C. Tucker
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State of New York
Franklin County } ss Nathan Beman of the Town of Chateaugay in said County being duly sworn before me one of the Justices of the Peace of said County saith that he well knew George Gage a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and that this deponent was a soldier during the revolution, that he saw the said George Gage in the Continental Army. that he was attached to said Army as a militia man, that he was in the Company under the Command of Captain Fitch, and at the first time he knew him in the Company of Captain Vail that the said Companies were attached to that part of the Army under the Command of Colonel Seth Warner, that he saw said George Gage in the said service at Castleton Vermont, at Rutland Vermont. that he does not recollect the year in which he saw him. that at different times he saw him in the Army of the United States, and that he does not hesitate to say that the said George Gage served in said Militia at least two years to the knowledge of this deponant which service was rendered at different times
/s/Nathan Beman
Subscribed and sworn before me this 16th day of February 1838
/s/Uriah D. Meeker Justice Peace
Franklin county ss. I certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Beman the above deponant that he resides in the Town of Chateaugay in said County, that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that due credit should be given to his affidavit. Dated February 16th 1838
/s/Uriah D. Meeker J. Peace

State of New York
Franklin County ss
[court seal affixed] I Thomas R. Powell Deputy Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Uriah D. Meeker whose name is above written is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and residing therein, that I am well acquainted with the hand
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writing of said Justice and that his signature above written is genuine - 
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 16 day of February 1838
/s/Thomas R. Powell 
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York
Clinton County ss
I John Roberts of Plattsburgh in the County of Clinton being duly sworn do upon Oath say and declare that I am personally acquainted with George Gage of Ferrisburgh in the State of Vermont. And that I was well acquainted with him in the Revolutionary War, and that I saw said George Gage at time of the revolution frequently doing duty as a Soldier in said War in the Vermont Militia, that I have no hesitation in saying that he done duty of such soldier in said War for the space of one year or more - 
/s/John Roberts
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14th day of February 1838 and I certify that deponent is a credible witness 
/s/Peter J Roberts Jus Peace
Clinton County ss I certify that Peter J. Roberts Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the above affidavit was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace of the County aforesaid that his Commission is Dated on the first day of January 1838 & that his term of office will expire on the first day of January 1840 & that his signature above written is genuine
[county seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 17th day of February 1838
/s/Thomas Crook Clerk of Clinton County
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office, 
Jan. 22, 1839.
I, Chauncey L. Knapp, Secretary of said State, do hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper, purporting to be a "Pay Roll of Lieut. Solomon Soper's Company of Militia, for service done the United States in the months of October and November, 1778." 
I further certify that the name of George Gage, a private appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of forty-five days' service annexed.
[margin note: 1-15] I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be a  "Pay Roll of Capt. Gideon Brownson's Company for the defence of the frontier of the New Hampshire Grants, 1776." I further certify that the name of George Gage, a private, appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of twenty-six days' service annexed. [margin note: 26]
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Abraham Underhill's Company in Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia for service done in defence of the frontier of the state of Vermont, in the alarm which commenced the 12th 1781." I further certify that the name of George Gage, a private, appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of six days' service annexed. [margin note: 6]
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Stephen Calkins' Company Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia." - "1781." I further certify that the name of George Gage, a private, appears upon said pay roll, [margin note: 6] with an allowance of six days' service annexed.
I further certify that there is on file in this office a paper purporting to the "A Pay Roll of Capt. Abraham Underhill's Company, Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia, for service done in defence of the frontiers, the 22d of March, 1780." I further certify that the name of
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George Gage, a private, appears upon said  pay roll, with an allowance of one day's service annexed. [margin note: 1]
And I further certify that all of said rolls appear to have been examined, approved and ordered to be paid, by a committee appointed for the purpose, and that they were duly paid by the Treasurer of the State of Vermont.
[official seal affixed] Given under my hand and seal of office, at Montpelier, this 22d day of January, A.D. 1839.
/s/Chauncey L. Knapp, Secretary of State