Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21019, Moses Durkee, Vt.
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SERVICE
Vt.

Durkee, Moses
or
Durgey
Eunice

NUMBER
W21019

CONTENTS
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[verso]
susp'd see letter to P. Agt. Feb. 2. 
to same March 22d 1837
let to H. S. Barnum 18 March 39 respecting the wid no of M. Drake

[recto]
 24,194
New York 
Moses Durkee of Washington in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Noble of the Reg't commanded by Col. Fletcher in the Vermont line for 11 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to W. Putnam Cambridge
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $91.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M. '34 18.33
$109.99
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 95.
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9378
New York Albany
Eunice Durkee, dec'd widow of Moses Durkee, Vt. who was a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 76. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843 & End'g June 1st 1846
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of May 1853 and sent to Tully R. Wise Esqr Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 83
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State of New York
Washington County ss 
[court seal affixed] At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Courthouse in the town of Salem in & for the County of Washington before the Judges thereof on the twenty ninth day of August of the Term of August A.D. 1839 - 
On this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Washington Eunice Durgey [Durkee] of the town of Jackson in the said County of Washington & State of New York aged seventy three years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836. that she is the widow of Moses Durgey [Durkee] who was a soldier of the revolutionary army as will more fully appear by the records remaining in the pension office in the City of Washington - 
She further declares that she was married to the said Moses Durgey [Durkee] in the month of August 1783 at the town of Dorset County of Bennington & State of Vermont by John Shumway Esquire a Justice of the peace of said town & that she hath no certificate of her mariage [marriage] or is she able to procure any record thereof to her knowledge kept of her said mariage [marriage] that the said Justice who performed the said marriage ceremony is long since deceased & on inquiry of his children who had the custody of his papers no such marriage record could be found amongst his papers. that her name before her said marriage was Eunice Perigo. that her aforesaid husband Moses Durgey [Durkee] died on the tenth day of October 1837 - and that she hath remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
X her mark Eunice Durgey
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written & mark made in open court before me
Edward Dodd Clerk
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said court this 29th day of August in the year 1839
/s/Edward Dodd Clerk
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State of New York
Washington County
    On this third day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the court of Common Pleas at the courthouse in the town of Salem in county now sitting. Moses Durkee a resident of the town of White Creek (formerly part of the town of Cambridge) in the County of Washington and State of New York 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 seventh 1832.

     That he was born in the town of Preston county of Windham or New London and State of Connecticut in the year of our Lord 1760

     That he has no word of his age and knows nothing of it except from information derived from his parents.

     That he lived when called into service in the war of the Revolution the town of Shaftsbury county of Bennington and the State of Vermont. That he has lived in the said town of Shaftsbury and on the said town of White Creek principally since the revolution and lives in said White Creek now.

     That he was first called into service as a militia man in Captain Eli Nobles Company the Lieutenants name was [illegible]. That the said company according to the practice of that time was classed about seven in a class and when a less number of men than the whole company was required  Each class furnished its proportion. That about the twentieth of August 1780 a requisition was made on said Company to furnish one man from each class 
 for two months to go to Pittsfield Rutland County
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Vermont as a garrison in a picket fort in that place. That he the said Moses Durkee volunteer his class to go in said service, went about the last of August to the said Pittsfield and was stationed there in the service for the two months under the said Captain Noble who he found there and also under the command of Major Allen (Ira Allen he believed) who was the highest office in rank there then and he believes he the said Major Allen was of the militia. That he served there the whole of the said two months and was then discharged there with four others by one writing from Major Allen which was served by one of the others and he has never seen it since and knows not has become of it. That there was only part of a regiment then at the time and they were militia.

     That in the month of March1780 he enlisted for nine months in Shaftsbury aforsaid in a company of State troops or [illegible] as they were called commanded by Captain Samuel Stark of Pawlet and Lieutenant Simeon Prentis of said Shaftsbury and in a regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Fletcher of Jamaica Vermont. That they were forewith mustered and marched to Castleton County of Rutland and State of Vermont to form what there call a frontier garrison. That there was only part of a regiment there to wit five companies they were commanded by Captains Stark, Fisher, Brookins, Blakely and Hutchins. That Col Fletcher had the command till toward the last of the nine months there then an officer came then called General Eno & it was said he was a broken Continental but claimed to be the superior officer to Col. Fletcher and believes the colonel gave up the command to him. That during this summer & fall the British armed vessel Maria he believes (but is not certain but the Royal George apart of the time) lay at chimney point on Lake Champlain and about [illegible]
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harvest sent out a party of about three hundred men a few miles inland sufficient to alarm the County & take the inhabitants away from there harvest and after they had created an alarm they went back to their vessel & down the lake. That he served out the whole nine months and was verbally discharged.

     That he never received a discharge other than those above specified. That there is no local clergyman within a number of miles of him and those in his neighborhood are itinerant only of few months residence & cannot certify as required by the said set.

  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or amenity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn and Subscribed this day
and year aforesaid
J, S. Leigh Clk       

Moses Durkee

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said court in the months of the application of Moses Durkee for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto inscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of September 1832    J.S. Leigh Clk
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State of New York
County of Washington
     On this 28th day of October 1842 Personally appeared in open court Catherine Munroe a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged forty seven years, who first being duly sworn according to the law, doth her oath make the following declaration. That she is the daughter of Eunice Durgey who applied for a pension under the act of 4th July 1836 & of Moses Durgey who was a Revolutionary Soldier. For a description of the services of Moses Durgey she refers to the papers on file in the office of Commissioners of Pensions at Washington D.C.  Her mothers 
maiden name was Eunice Perigo & she was married to the said Moses Durgey about the month of August 1783 in the State of Vermont. For proof of the marriage she refers to the depositions of Bartemus Hewett and Anne his wife, also on file in the office of Commissioners of Pensions with the application of Eunice Durgey.  That her father Moses Durgey died on or about the 10th day of October 1837, & that Eunice Durgey remained his widow till her death. That her mother claimed a pension under the act of 4th July 1836, but it was not allowed because the department was not satisfied she was married to Moses Durgey prior to his last period of service. But that she was married to Moses Durgey prior to 1st January 1794, viz. about August 1793. That the said Eunice Durgey who applied for a pension under act 4 July 1836, & was the widow of Moses Durgey, the revolutionary Soldier died on or about the 1st day June, eighteen hundred & forty six, & she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which Eunice Durgey was entitled under act of 7 July 1838.
Sworn to & subscribed on this day
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and year above written in open court. 
/s/Catharine Munroe [facsimile seal 'seal']
I Henry Shipherd, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the county of Washington & state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before the said court in the matter of the application of Catharine Munroe for the pension due Eunice Durgey. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28th day of October 1852. 
/s/H. Shipherd Clerk. 
At a court held for the county of Washington, state of New York on the 28th day of October 1852, it was ordered to be certified that it appears to the Court by satisfactory evidence that Eunice Durgey, widow of Moses Durgey, who was a Revolutionary Soldier died on the 1st day of June, eighteen hundred & forty six. "leaving the following children living at her death, viz: Catharine Munroe, and John Durgey, & no others, & that they are now living. It also appears that Moses Durgey died on the 10th day of October 1837, & that Eunice Durgey never married after her husbands death. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of October, 1842. 
/s/H Shipherd Clerk
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No 21883
Moses Durkee 
Washington Co N.Y.
Adm. 11. months $36.66.
John P. Putnam
Cambridge Washington Co NY -
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,
[blank] 183[blank]

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Moses Durkee Washington Co. N.Y. 
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered.|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
Vol. Aug't 20,1780|([blank]|2|blank])|Private|Capt Eli Noble|72 years|Witnesses not stated|
March 81|([blank]|9|[blank])|Major Allen Capt Stark Col Fletcher|Town of Shaftsbury-Bennington Co Vermont|credible by the Judge no traditional evidence given|
[end of columns] 
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
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 et the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are  requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. 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.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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 according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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 place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
/s/John N Ashton
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Rev WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No. 21,019
Eunice Durkee wid of Moses Durkee Priv Rev War
Act Mrch 3d '43 June 17th '46
Index: Vol. A, Page [blank]
[Arrangement of 1870.] [annotated: Vt]
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N. York
Eunice Durgey or Durkee 
let to Hon. D. Rupell 22. April 1840
T. R. Wise Ap 15 1853
Act July 1836
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Claim of Eunice Durgey
act 7 July 1838
Nov 2/52
Cole
Nov 2/52
Claim of Eunice Durgey or Durkee dec'd wid of Moses NY 
Act 7 July 1838
Commissioner of Pensions
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New York (Albany) Roll
Eunice Durkee, dec'd wid of Moses, who was a private Vermont troops
An Act of July 7, 1838, March 3d 1843, &c &c 
8 mo 19 days private
$28.76 per ann
Con Oct. 10, 1837, when he died - End June 1, 1846 when she died.
Payable to Catharine Munroe, & John Dungey, only children &c
Tully R. Wise Present
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[verso]
1853 Oct 14 New Certificate payable to Admon sent Tully R. Wise present & Pen. Agt. notified

[recto]
11.497
New York, Albany
Eunice Durkee, decd, widow of Moses who died on the 10th Oct'r 1837 of [blank] in the State of N. York who was a private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Revolution ['line' crossed out] for 8 mos. 19 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 28 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1836.' crossed out] 10" October 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May 1853 and sent to Tully R. Wise Esq Present
Arrears to the 4th of [blank] [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] [blank]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by S. R. Weightman Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 537
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May 21/53
Rel. ser. of Moses Durkee Revy.
Ferrand F. Merrill 
Secy. of State, Montpelier Vt.
Rec'd May 13th 1853
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STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, May 3d 1853. }
I hereby certify that there is on file in this office "A Pay "Roll of Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Company in Col. Herrick's "Regiment of Militia while in the service in the alarm October "1780"; on which Roll is the name of "Moses Durkee." [margin note: 5] with an allowance for five days service as a private.
Also, a "Pay Roll of Capt Eli Noble's Company in "Maj. Ebenezer Allen's Detachment in the service of the State of "Vermont from the 16th of August 1780 to the 21st of November "following, both days included"; on which Roll is the name [margin note: 26] of "Moses Durkee" with an allowance for sixty six days service as a private, commencing August 19th."
Also a "Line List of (the names and serv's of) Capt John "Stark's Company's Pay Roll of services in the State of Vermont. "from the beginning of the campaign, 1781, to the 30th of June in "said year inclusive, taken from the original in the Paymaster's office"; on which Roll is the name of "Moses Durkee," with an allowance of £3.12.0 for service as a private.
[margin note: Mar 24 5 mo 50]
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[margin note: 5 mo 50] 
Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt John Stark's Company in the "Battalion commanded by Col. Samuel Fletcher in the service of "the State of Vermont, 1781"; on which Roll is the name of "Moses Durkee," with an allowance for 134 days service as [margin note: 4-14] a private, commencing July 1st and ending November 14th 1781.
I further certify that there are numerous Revolutionary Pay Rolls in this office, now extant, but they are not supposed to be complete, so as to embrace all the service performed in this State. 
[official seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of this office this third day of May A.D. 1853.
/s/Ferrand R. Merrill 
Secretary of State
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Brief in the case of Eunice Durkee dec'd Washington County and State of New York
act July 7, 1838. 
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") [blank]
Proof exhibited, (if original.) [blank]
Is is documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of service. 
Satisfactory parole evidence of marriage [illegible] to which I consulted the Commissioner, May 26, 1853
(If for increase.) Has the additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? [blank]
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[handwritten letter]
Washington D.C.
2 Nov'r 1852

Hon. J. E. Heath
Comm'r of Pensions.

Sir, 
I enclose herewith a new Declaration in the case of Eunice Durgey or Durkee. Eunice Durgey was the widow of Moses Durgey. A pension was allowed Moses, and his widow applied for a pension under act of 4 July 1836. But as they were not married prior to his leaving service it was not allowed. It is perfectly good under act 7 July 1838. Please examine Moses Durgey's papers and Eunice Durgey's 
I am very Respectfully
/s/Tully R. Wise.
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11 Feby T W Olcott Burdine [illegible]]
[postmark: ALBANY NY FEB 11] 
FREE
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
City of Washington.
30713 24194 Moses Durkee NY Revy
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[handwritten letter]
Mech's & Farmer's Bank
Albany Pension Agency
February 7. 1837.

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 2d inst. I have to state that the name of Moses Durkee, a Pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832, at $36 66/100 per annum, residence unknown, was transferred, with other Pensioners under that act, to this Agency in 1835 - That it does not appear from our Books that any payment has been made to him either at the New York or this Agency. 
In compliance with your instructions of the f25th of June last as again inscribed on our Books the name of Moses Durkee, Private, at $30 per annum, and on the 26th of July we paid him at that rate from the 4th of March 1831 to the 4th of March 1836, which is the time to which he was last paid - 
I am, Sir, very respectfully Your obed't Serv't
/s/Tho W Olcott
Pres. & Pen Agt.
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State of New York
Washington County }ss. Bartemeus Hewitt of the town of Hebron in the said County of Washington being first duly sworn according to law on his corporal oath doth depose & say that he was well acquainted with Moses Durgey last of the town of Jackson in said County deceased & that he knew him many years before this month of August 1783. that this deponent was personally present at the performance of the Marriage ceremony between the said Moses Durgey & Eunice Perigo which took place at the town of Dorsett in the county of Bennington & State  of Vermont & which said marriage was performed by John Shumaway Esquire a Justice of the peace of the said town of Dorset in the county of Bennington afores'd - & that this deponent was personally present at the said marriage & witnesses the same that he recollects that the said marriage was solemnized in the Month of August 1783 on about the 12th or 14 day of that month & that he so recollects the fact from the circumstance that this deponent was married to his present wife at the same time. that it was not at that time customary for the said John Shumaway to give certificates of marriage as none was given to him to this deponent nor does he know of any record having been made of the marriage of the s'd Moses to the said Eunice or that this deponents marriage was recorded - 
/s/Bartemeus Hewett
the name, "Hewett, interlined before signing, /s/P Curtis Justice peace
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 5th day of September 1839 - 
/s/P. Curtis Justice peace
State of New York
Washington County ss. } The undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County certifies that Bartemeus Hewett being well known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition came & made solemn oath to the same before me the 5th day of September 1839. & that full faith & credence is to be given the attestation
/s/P Curtis Justice peace -
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State of New York
Washington County } ss. I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that Philo Curtis Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county as within and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand, and official seal the 19th day of March 1840. 
/s/Edward Dodd Clerk
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4939
Moses Durkee died October 10 1837 
Eunice Durkee died June 1 1846
Catharine Munroe & John Durkee children
July 4, 1836.
He died Oct. 10. 1837.
Married prior to 1794.
She died June 1, 1846.
Hon D Russell HR
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Suspended
[illegible]
4th July [illegible]
Eunice Durgey 
[illegible]
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Washington, }ss: Be it known that before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in Salem in said county, personally appeared Catharine D. Munroe, aged forty seven years, who, being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states, that she is the daughter of Moses Durgey *who was a Revolutionary soldier, & pensioner and that she believes that she is entitled to whatever is due, and that the United States are still indebted to her, under the laws of Congress, for the pension that was due to her father, Moses Durgey and that toe the purpose of investigating and establishing her claim as aforesaid, she appoints TULLY R. WISE, of Washington, D.C., her true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable powers, to examine all papers on file, and to do whatever she might do were she personally present to establish her claim. 
In witness whereof, she has ['have' crossed out] on this 4th day October 1852, hereunto signed her name, and affixed her seal
/s/Catharine Munroe
[facsimile seal 'SEAL' affixed] x 3
Witness: /s/Charles Crory
Witness: /s/John Munroe
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that Catharine D. Munroe, has always by the community been known as the daughter of Moses Durgee, deceased.
Dated on this 4th day of October 1852.
/s/Charles Crory, J.P. 
STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Washington }to wit:
I hereby certify, That Charles Crory, Esq., before whom the foregoing power of attorney was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of [blank] County Court, this seventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
/s/H Shepherd, Clerk. 
*State whether an applicant or a pensioner.
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State of New York
Washington County ss.} Anna Hewett ['Bartemus' crossed out] of the town of Hebron in said County wife of Bartemeus Hewett " being first duly sworn on her Corporal oath doth depose & say that she was well acquainted with Moses Durgey and Eunice his wife long before their intermarriage, which marriage as this deponent believes from the recollection of her own marriage which took place at the same time of the marriage of the said Moses Durgey & Eunice Perigo & by the same Justice John Shumaway Esq a Justice of the peace of Dorset in the county of Bennington & State of Vermont & she further states that the said Moses Durgey & Eunice Perigo were married on or about the 12" or 14" day of August 1783 by the said John Shumaway Esq'r
/s/X her mark Anna Hewett
Witness present /s/Archd Gremy The word Bartemus erased before signing /s/P Curtis Just peace
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 5th day of September 1839
/s/P. Curtis Justice peace }
State of New York
Washington County ss. } The undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County certifies that Anna Hewett being well known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed & mark affixed to the above deposition came & made solemn oath to the same before me this 5th day of September 1839 & that full faith & evidence is to be given to her attestation
/s/P. Curtis Justice peace
State of New York
Washington County } I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that Philo Curtis Esquire is a Justice of the Peace as above and within and that the above and within signatures purporting to be his are genuine
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and official seal the 10th day of March 1840. 
/s/Edward Dodd Clerk
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State of New York
Washington County ss John Munroe of the town of Jackson in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law on his corporal oath doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Moses Durgey late of the town of Jackson in said County deceased that he is informed & believes that the said Moses Durgey was a Soldier of the revolution & that in his life time he obtained a Pension under the Pension act that he was present at his death & that he died in the month of October 1837 - as he verily believes - at the said town of Jackson abvoe mentioned & further saith having at that time Eunice Durgey his widow & further saith not - 
/s/John Munroe
Sworn & Subscribed to this 29th day of August 1839 
Before me /s/Philo Curtis Justice peace
State of New York
Washington County ss. } The undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County certifies that John Munroe being well known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition came & made solemn oath to the same before me this 29th day of August 1839 & that full faith & credence is to be given to his attestation
/s/P Curtis Just peace
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Payment to be made at Albany by T. W. Olcott Esqr Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book W, Volume 2 Page 83. by /s/H. R. Weightman Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th July 1838. ['Eunice Durkee, deceased, widow of Moses Durkee, who was a private in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension and having died on the 1st June 1846, her only surviving children Catharine Munroe and John Durgey are entitled to the amount at the rate of twenty eight 76/100 dollars per annum, commencing 10 October 1837, when he died, and terminating 4" March 1841.
Also acts 3d March 1843 and 17" June 1844, at the same rate commencing 4" March 1843 and terminating 1st June 1846, when she died.' crossed out]
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty=three
['/s/R McClelland' crossed out] Secretary of the Interior. 
New certificate issue 14 Oct, 1853 payable to [blank] adm'd 
/s/McRae Clerk
Examined and Countersigned.} ['/s/L P Waldo' crossed out] Commissioner of Pensions.
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T. R. Wise. Present
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The People of the State of New York to all to whom these present shall come or may concern, send greetings - Know ye, that at the County of Washington on the eighth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred & fifty three letters of administration of all and Singular the goods, chattels and credits of Eunice Durkee late of the Town of Salem in the County of Washington deceased intestate, were duly granted by the Surrogate of the County of Washington to John Munroe of the Town of Salem in said County and that the same are still valid and in full force - and that before the issuing of said letters the said John Munroe filed in the Office of the said Surrogate the bond required by the Statute in the penal [illegible] of five hundred Dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, as such when [illegible] which said bond and the sureties therein were approved by the said Surrogate
[official seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof We have caused the Seal of Office of Our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed - 
Witness David A. Boies Esquire Surrogate of our said County at Greenwich in said County this tenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three - 
/s/D. A. Boies Surrogate -
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Jmab Feb 16 NY. Moses Dungee] 
[postmark: [illegible] NY [illegible date]]
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comm'r Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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[handwritten letter] 
Cambridge Washington Co. NY

Sir
The Widow of Moses Durgee late of the town of Jackson in this County is taking measures to procure a Pension under the act of '38 and is probably embraced within its provisions. A part of the testimony necessary to entitle her to the benefit of the Act she is not now in possession of but from the fact that her late husband was a Pensioner it will probably be found on record in the department. If so you will confer a favor by informing me of the fact & what the testimony is that may be of services to her on Your records - 
Mr. Durgee's first certificate was probably issued in 1835 or 6 The widow informs me that he received his money but once before his death - Your compliance with this request will be gratefully acknowledged by 
Your obt Serv't 
/s/H. S. Barnum
Feby 7 1839 - 
J L Edwards Esq
Comm'r Pensions
Wash, City D.C.
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4939
Apl 20. 1840
NY
July 4 1836
J. L. Edwards Esquire D.C. 
['Free' crossed out]
Hon D Russell HR
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[handwritten letter]
House of Reps D.C. April 20th 1840.

J. L. Edwards Esqr

Sir
I send you herewith the declaration of Mrs. Eunice Dungey widow for a pension. Your early attention is directed to it - 
I am Respectfully
/s/D. Russell
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State of New York
Washington County ss} 
Clark Rice of the Town of Jackson (formerly part of the town of Cambridge) county of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Moses Durkee of the town of White Creek county and state aforesaid and believes that the said Moses to be [blank] year of age - That he knew the said Moses Durkee when a Soldier in the revolution - That the said Durkee enlisted as the deponent believes in Shaftsbury county of Bennington and State of Vermont in the month of march in the year 1781 into a company of State troops commanded by Captain Samuel Stark according to the best recollection of this deponent - That the said Moses Durkee enlisted for nine months 
And this deponent further saith that he (this deponent enlisted the same month into a company of State troops commanded by Captain Blakely & in the same regiment with Capt. Starks company - That the said regiment was commanded by Colonel Samuel (he believes) Fletcher of Jamaica Vermont the majors name he does not recollect - That the said regiment was ordered to Castleton County of Rutland & State of Vermont - That they marched to that place and were stationed there the residue of the nine months - That this deponent served the said nine months and knows that the said Moses Durkee was also there in the said Captain Starks company saw him there frequently during the said term and has no doubt that the said Moses Durkee served the said term of nine months in said company - and further saith not
/s/Clark Rice
Sworn in Open Court the 28th day of 7 Sept 1832 before me 
/s/J. S. Leigh Clk
The deponent was sworn to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
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the 15th day of July 1833 before me
/s/John P. Putnam Justice of the peace
We James Sweet residing in the town of Shaftsbury County of Bennington & State of Vermont and Clark Rice residing in the town of Jackson - county of Washington and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Durkee who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing & annexed declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - 
/s/James Sweet
/s/Clark Rice
Subscribed & sworn the 15th day of July 1833 before me /s/John P Putnam Justice of the peace }
And I the said John P Putnam do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Sweet and Clark Rice who have subscribed & sworn to the last preceding affidavit & which Clark Rice has also subscribed and sworn to the first of the preceding affidavits and that the said Clark Rice & James Sweet are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit - 
Given under my hand this 15th day of July 1833
/s/John P Putnam Justice of the peace
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State of Vermont
Bennington County ss
Bennington Aug. 22, 1832 - Personally appeared William Burlingam and made oath that he was acquainted with Moses Durkee in the year 1780, and was with him two
months, (September and October) under the command of Capt Eli Nobles of Pownal, and was in the same company with said Durkee, we were stationed at Pittsford in Vermont, and both of us resided in Shaftsbury at the time, - Ira ^or Ebenezer Allen had the Command
of the troops at the time, And that I have bin personally acquainted with said Durkee since that time. to
William Burlingam
Bennington Aug. 22, 1832 - Sworn to before me. 
Daniel Huring Justice Pea
State of Vermont.
To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting I hereby certify that Daniel Huling, whose signature appears to the foregoing was at the date thereof & still is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Bennington, duly qualified as such to administer oaths &c. and that the above signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuin
In testimony whereof I Henry Robison, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Bennington have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Cou at Manchester, this 23d day of August A.D. 1832, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty seventh.
Henry Robinson Clerk
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I Daniel Huling do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Burlingham the person
subscribed and swore to the within affidant
and do ^further certify that the said William Burlingam is a credible person and his statement is intitled to credit and that the within affidavit was sworn to before me at the time & in the manner stated within - Given under my hand
this [blank] day of [blank] 1833
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We David Galusha
Abraham Henington
of Shaftsbury, County of Bennington SS State of Vermont being duly Sworn to testify & say that we live in the neighborhood with William Burlingam & that we consider him to be a man of truth & veracity 
Abraham Henington
David Galusha
Shaftsbury June 27 AD 1833
Sworn to before me
Jeremiah Metteson Justice of peace
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State of New York 
Washington County } SS: I, Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that that John P. Putnam Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Clark Rice and of James Sweet and Clark Rice purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace of said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and to the certificate of the credibility of the said Clark Rice and James Sweet to be his proper hand writing and signature. and I further certify that I have connected these five half sheets at the top with riband and placed
my original seal thereupon:
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 6th day of August 1833.
J. S. Leigh Clk
In the matter of Moses Durkee
883
Eunice, his widow
No 14.866