Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,482, for Richard Lattin, Vermont
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Green Mt Boys
Vt

Lattin, Richard
Keziah

NUMBER
W. 24.482

CONTENTS
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Order to agent to suspend
further payment and notice
to J. Gates 2 St, Wilbur Vt 
26 March 1835

Let to W Bridges Nov 1835
Let to same 13 Jany 36

[E Kinglesly]

do to Hon H Allen December 2. 1837

Vermont 28.261
Richard Lattin
of Franklin Co in the State of Vt
who was a Priv in the Company commanded
by Captain Vail, of the Regt commanded
 by Col. Warner in the Vermont 
line for [illegible]
2 yrs Pr $80.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars –Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of April
1834 and sent to [ J Gates] Franklin, Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 31 - 240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th of Sep 40.
$280.00

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7,1832

Recorded by J T Sprague Clerk
Book C Vol. 3 Page  [75]
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4979.
Montpelier
Vermont.
Kezia Lattin, dec’d
widow of Richard Lattin
 who died on the 7 February 1841
of Franklin Co in the State of Vermont
 who was a private in the Compy commanded
Captain Vail of the Regt commanded
 by Col. Warner in the Vermont, Mil
for two years

Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
 to commence on the 7th day of February, 1841,
 & end 7th Oct’r 1845,  when she died.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of
Aug 1850 and sent to Hon. I Meacham, H.R.

Payable to only surviving children, to wit:

John Lattin
Phinehas Lattin
Phelina Cross

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836.
Section the [blank]

Recorded by J P Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol. 2  Page 342

Reported
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State of Vermont Franklin County ss
On this 14th day of July 1832 Personally
appeared in open Court before in the
William Bridges, Judge of the Court of Probate in the
County of Franklin now sitting Richard Lattin,
of Franklin in the County of Franklin and State of
Vermont aged seventy seven 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 on June 7
AD 1832. That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as herein
stated. In April or May A.D. 1775 I enlisted into the Regiment of Vermont Troops commanded by Col Seth Warner &
joined said Regiment in the Company commanded by Capt Micha Vail. Ira Allen was first Lieutenant & Abner Selee was 2d Lieutenant of said Company. Said Vail Commanded said
Company a little short of a year and Died. Capt
Oliver Potter afterward Commanded said Company
and died at Quebeck in the spring of 1776. I served
in said Regiment from the time I enlisted untill
after the surrender of General Burgoyne and his amy at Saratoga in October AD 1777. I marched with said Company
From Danby Vermont to Quebeck and in the
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Retreat from thence after the death of General
Montgomery. Was in the Battle of St. Johns, Longuile,
Chambly, Bushy Tail, Bennington and Stillwater
or Saratoga. At St John I became acquainted with
Generals Montgomery and Arnold. Gen Montgomery
frequently called me by name and particularly at
St Johns. Committed to my charge a Canadian
who was taken prisoner. I do not recollect for how
long time I enlisted in said Regiment but I well recollect
that my term of service expired before the surrender
of General Burgoyne but at the request of the offices and
from my own desire to serve my country. I continued
to serve in said Regiment. During this [Grade]
before mentioned previous to entering said Regiment
I served as a volunteer with Capt Vail at
the taking of Ticonderoga &  Crown Point. At Ticonderoga I was the next man to Ethan Allen that entered the fort. Saw the sentinel disarmed and secured. Allen demanded the surrender of the fort; it was the dawn of the day. The British commandant [asked] by what authority he, Allen, Demanded the surrender of the fort. Allen Replied by the Authority of this
Great Jehovah & the Continental Congress at 
the Surrender of General Burgoyne. I recollect
after the British had marched out & piled their [arms],
General Gates introduced to General Burgoyne
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many of the American officers and among the
Rest Col Seth Warner after the surrender before
mentioned. I left the Regiment but did not take
any written discharge and I believe at that
period no written Discharges were Given to 
Soldiers of said Regiment and I have nothing
nor do I know of any written evidence of my
 enlistment, Service or Discharge.
After I left said Regiment I served in the Militia
for short periods on scouts & [reconnoitering]
parties at different times untill the war was
over. At the time I enlisted into the aforesaid
Regiment. I resided in the Town of Dany
in the County of Bennington Vermont.
Samuel Safford of said Bennington
was the Major of this Regiment commanded
by Col. Seth Warner. I have no documentary evidence.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and Declare
that my name is not on the pension Roll of
the agency of any State.
The applicant states that he has resided in Franklin
about three years.
Richard Lattin his mark

 G. W.  Foster
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
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Richard Lattin
Declaration
Copy 16522

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, that the within named applicant
was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
William Bridges Judge

I, John Gates Jr Register of the Court
of Probate for the District of Georgia
County of Franklin and State of Vermont
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
 the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
 Richard Lattin for a pension.
In Witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 27 July 1862.
 John Gates Jr. Register
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Interrogatories
The applicant states that he was born in
Marlborough N. York in the year 1755.

Has a record of his age.

Was a resident of Danby Vt when he entered the service of his County & where he resided sixteen years after the close of the
Revolutionary War, moved from thence to Dunham L.C. [Lower Canada]and from thence to Franklin.

First entered the service as a volunteer, and
secondly he enlisted as a private as stated in his
declaration. 

Became acquainted with the
following named officers while in the Army
of the Revolution Viz Captains Wait Hopkins,
Gideon Brownson. Fitch, Allen, Oliver
Patter, & Pierce - Lieuts. Ellsworth, Keeler, Majr
Safford, Gen, Montgomery Gen Schuyler Capt
Hall, Majr Brown, & Col B. Arnold Gen St.
Clair Col Warner Gen. Starks.

Rec’d no written discharge at the close of either of
his terms of service.

He is acquainted with the following
named persons who can testify as to his character
 for veracity and their belief of his services as a
soldier of the Revolution, Viz Wm Baker, Captain
John Baker, Samuel Maynard Esqr, Jonathan
Stickney & Cornelius Davis, the above named
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Gentlemen are residents of Dunham L.C., the
applicant’s former place of residence. In
Franklin, Samuel Hubbard, Phillip S. Gates Esq
Wm Felton Esq. Also Seneca Page & Daniel
Wright of St. Albans formerly of Dunham afs’d.
Is not acquainted with any clergyman who
can testify from their acquaintance with
him, their belief of his having been a soldier
of the Revolution. He 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. Nov 25th AD 1833
Richard Lattin his mark
Sworn to and subscribed  the day and year and
Att Wm Bridges

We Daniel Wright and Seneca Paige
residing in the Albans, hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Richard Lattin
who has subscribed and sworn to the above &
foregoing declaration, that we believe him to
be seventy seven years. That he is reputed and believed
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in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the Revolution, and that
we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Wright
Seneca Paige

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 Daniel
Wright who has signed the preceding certificate
is a respectable citizen, and that Seneca Paige
who has also signed the same is a credible
person (both resident of St Albans), and that
their statement is entitled to credit.

Aaron S Beeman Clerk of the Court of
Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
in the matter of the application of Richard
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Lattin for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my name &
seal of said court at St. Albans
in the District of Georgia this
27th day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three
Aaron S Beeman Clerk
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State of Vermont District of Chittenden ss
On this thirteenth day of February A.D. 1849, personally
appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court for the district
of Chittenden aforesaid Phineas Lattin of Charlotte, in
said district of Chittenden, aged fifty six years, who being
duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make
the following declaration for himself and in behalf
of John Lattin, of Dunham, Canada East, and
Philena Cross, wife of William Cross, of Durham
in said Canada East
who are the children, and only surviving
children of Richard Lattin, deceased, and Kezerah
Lattin, deceased, the said Keziah being the
wife and late widow of the said Richard, deceased
in order to obtain the balance of pension which
the declarant believes was due to the said Richard
Lattin, deceased, at the time of his death, under the
act of June 7, 1832, - That the said Richard
Lattin was inscribed upon the pension roll of the
Vermont Agency, at the rate of Eighty dollars
per annum, under the aforesaid act, and that 
afterwards, as this declarant believes, in the year
1834, the said Richard Lattin's pension was suspended,
 and his name was never afterwards restored
to the roll; that this declarant believes from what
he has frequently heard his father say in his
lifetime, that he the said Richard Enlisted into
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16.522
Richard Lattin
Franklin Co Verm’t
E. Seely witness-
18 Dec 33
C.J.V.
Admitted
2 yrs pr $80.00 

John Gates, jnr. Reg
Franklin
Franklin Co
Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
11 June 1833
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. 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 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 Richard Lattin

Period when the service was rendered. - April or May 1775 to October 1779

Duration of the claimant’s service. - [blank]

Rank of the claimant. - Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. - 
Capt Vail, Col. Warner, Capt Potter also

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. - 77 years,  Bennington Co Verm’t

Proof by which the declaration is supported. - By a living witness

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 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 claiming
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
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
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)
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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
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 his service. The use of the phrase about three or four month,
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 a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officer
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
pursuit.
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 all his seal, and it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
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.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their undavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
in the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the 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 in
note applies to continental troops only.
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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No 7554
Mrs Kezia Lattin dec’d
Declaration &
Deposition of
of I Seely & J Lattin

Married before the service
commenced.

Husband died 7 Feby 41
widow died 7 Oct 45
Adm $80 pr ann
[due?] 7 Feby 1841, to the
7 October 1845, the day of
her death. Payable to
John Lattin, Phinehas
Lattin & Phelina Cross
only surviving children of
Keziah Lattin dec’d
Hon J. Mecham
House of Reps
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State of Vermont District of Georgia ss
On this 29th day of August A.D. 1845, personally
appeared before the Hon the Probate Court for the
District of Georgia and State of Vermont Keziah
Lattin a resident of Dunham, Canada East,
formerly Lower Canada, aged Eighty five years,
who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth,
on her oath, make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the
and the acts and resolutions of Congress in addition the
act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 and the act, and resolutions
 of Congress in addition thereto. That she is the
widow of Richard Lattin, who was a private in
the Vermont Militia during the Revolutionary war
and served more than two years and a part of
the time in Captain Vail's & Potter's company in
Col. Seth Warner's regiment, but she is unable
from lapse of time; to state the particulars of service;
that he was a pensioner inscribed on the Vermont
roll at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and
she refers to his declaration and proofs accompanying
it for a more particular description of his services
now on file in the Pension Office,
She further declares that she was married to
the said Richard Lattin at Danby, Vermont, on
the twentyeth day of June in the year seventeen
 hundred and seventy nine and that her
husband, the aforesaid Richard Lattin, died on the
seventh day of February A.D. 1841, and that
she has remained a widow ever since that period.
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as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And if it shall appear that none of his said revolutionary services were performed after her marriage to him, then she asks to be allowed a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, 
and the acts and resolutions of Congress in addition thereto and in amendment thereof, but she believes that some of his
revolutionary services were performed after her marriage to him.
Note. The words “and the act, and resolutions of Congress in addition thereto" interlined on the full page before signing and also the word “nine" written on an erasure before signing.
Keziah Lattin her mark
Witness Henry [Reed]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before William Bridges
Judge of Probate

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Probate Court for the District of Georgia at St Albans this 30th day of of August 1845
Wm Bridges Judge
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State of Vermont  Franklin County ss
I Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk of the County Court
of the County of Franklin aforesaid do hereby
certify that William Bridges before whom the
Declaration written on this sheet was sworn to &
Subscribed is this day Judge of Probate for the
Probate District of Georgia in the State of Vermont
& that he is qualified to act as such Judge & that the
 signature purporting to be his is genuine.
And I also certify that Philip S. Gates, before whom the deposition of Israel Seely on the other sheet purports
to have been sworn to was at the time of taking
said deposition, & still is, one of the Justice of the Peace in and for
the County of Franklin aforesaid. That I am acquainted with the
Signature of the said Gates, and believe the signature to the taking of the
oath to said deponent purporting to be his to be genuine, and that full faith & credit
ought to be given to the official acts of said Bridges & Gates.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the County
Court aforesaid, and subscribed my name officially [illegible]
in the County of Franklin aforesaid this thirtieth day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
five
Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk
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State of Vermont Franklin County ss
I Israel Seely of the town of Durham Canada East
late Lower Canada aged Ninety two years depose
 and say that on the 20th day of June 1779 I was
 present and and saw Richard Lattin and Keziah
Seely (my sister), joined in marriage at Danby in 
the State of Vermont by Thomas Rowley there a 
magistrate of Danby. And I also depose that the
said Richard Lattin and wife, together
with myself removed from Danby
to Dunham Canada East about the year
A.D. 1800 and resided in the immediate
neighborhood of the said Richard Lattin and
said wife until the death of the said Richard
 which occured on 7th day of February A.D. 1841, and
the above named Keziah Lattin remained the widow of said Richard ever since.
[Richard] Israel Seely his mark 

Chas H Weed
H Weed

Franklin Co. August 28 1845
Personally appeared the above
named Israel Seely and made solemn oath
the above deposition is the truth; but by reason
 of great age & infirmity was unable to write
 his name, but was written by one of the witnesses
 & I hereby certify that I am  acquainted with the above deponent & that he is a credible person & to be believed
P. S. Gates Justice Peace
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I John Lattin of Durham Canada
East formerly Lower Canada do depose
testify & say that I am now fifty
five years of age, son of Richard &
Keziah Lattin, and that the family
Record hereunto annexed is the record
of the birth of my said father and Mother
and their children. And I further certify
that it is the only record kept of the
family of the said Richard and Keziah
Lattin, to my knowledge. I have lived
with my Father and Mother Richard &
Keziah Lattin from the time of my
birth to the time of my father’s death,
which was on the 7th day of February
1841, and that my s’d mother still lives
in my family the widow of my s’d
father Richard Lattin.
John Lattin
Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of August
A.D. 1845 before me -
William Bridges Justice of the Peace
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Richard Lattin Born June 10th 1755

[Thema] Lattin Born [Oblony-Albany?] September 5th 1760

Sarah Lattin Born Danby March 11th 1781, Died August the 2 1824

Philena Lattin Born Dan[by] Febuary 14th 1783

Phebe Lattin Born on July 10th 1786

Kezia Lattin Born Febuary 22d 178[8]

John Lattin Born Apl 22nd 1790

Phenes Lattin Sergt Born May 12th 1793

Mariah Lattin Born August 1811

Sarah Ann Born Dun[ham] February 6th 1831

John S. Lattin Born [tenth day] of May 1832

[vertical fragment from prior page scan]
and their children. And I further certify
that it is the only record kept of the
family of the said Richard and Keziah
Lattin, to my knowledge. I have lived
with my Father and Mother Richard &
Keziah Lattin from the time of my
birth to the time of my father’s death,
which was on the 7th day of February
1841, and that my s’d mother still lives
in my family the widow of my s’d
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{Bible page -presumably reverse of page where births were recorded]
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
CHAP. III.
1 Of the Messenger, Majesty, and Grace of Christ. 7 Of the Rebellion. 8 Sacrilege, 13 and Infidelity of the People. 


Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
CHAP. IV.
1 God’s Judgement on the Wicked, 2 and his Blessing on hte Good; 5 He telleth of Elijah’s Coming and Office.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

[2  handwritten text fragments  are NOT transcribed here, but may be found transcribed in full in the deposition of John Lattin.]
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Rev. War
RECORDS DIVISION.
V. L. U. 
W.F. 24, 482

3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Aug 16, 1912

Mr. L H. Ellis
Colorado Springs, Col.
Sir
In reply to your request of Aug. 9, received Aug 13"
for a statement of the military history of Richard Lattin
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr or May 1775
1779
1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 yrs. 4 mos. 15 days
[check mark]
[check mark]

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Micah Vail [&] Oliver Patton
Thomas Sawyer
Stephen Calkins

COLONEL.
Ethan Allen & Seth Warner
[check mark]
Ira Allen

STATE.
Vt.

Also served in the militia at other times until End of
the war, no dates or officers stated.

Battles engaged in Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Montreal, St. John’s, Longuile,  Chambly, Bushyvalel, Bennington and Stillwater
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danby, Vt.
Date of application for pension, July 14 1832 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Franklin, Franklin Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, born at Marlborough N.Y. June 11. 1755 -died in Canada East Feby 7, 1841
Remarks:
Soldier married at Danby, Vt. June 20, 1779 Kezia Seely, who
was born Sept. 13, 1760. She was allowed pension on an
application executed Aug. 29, 1845, while a resident of Dunham, Canada East. She died at Dunham Oct 7. 1845.
See Supplement for data as to family.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner,
6 -- 2856
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Record Division.
April 10, 1911.

Mr. S. H. Ellis,
Jamestown, N. D.

Sir:
In addition to the military history of Richard Lattin, Wid. File
No. 24, 482, you are herewith furnished the following data as to his family.

Sarah, born March 11, 1781, died August 2, 1824.
Philena, born February 14, 1783, marries William Cross.
Phebe, born July 10, 1786.
Kezia, born February 22, 1788 (?) 
John, born April 22, 1790.
Phenes, born February 12, 1793.
Mariah, born August 7, 1811.
Sarah Ann, born February 6, 1831.
John S., born May 10, 1832.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner
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March 13, 1784
State of Vermont to Majr Gideon Brownson Jr
To a premium for raising 51 men in the year
1775 at 8[s]/ per man #20.8.0
To Expenses 5 weeks inlisting said company
4.0.0
To the subsistence for 2 Sub’t 5 weeks. @12/ 6.0.0
To Cash paid 51 Men as bounty instead of clothing 102.0.0
To cash paid 51 Blankets for said Comp @ 12/ea 30.12.0
To cash paid 51 men for guns & other acc’tms @1 of ea 25.10.00
To cash for carrying baggage to Skeensborough 4.0.0
To cash for sick men on their way home from Canada-
3.0.0
To Cash for for sick men at Skeensboro and Lake Champlain
6.0.0
#201.10.0

Gid’n Brownson Capt
Pay table office, Sunderland
March 13, 1784

The above account is approved and the Treasurer
is directed to pay the same, being two hundred and
one pound ten shillings, lawfull money, to Maj
Gideon Brownson or bearer, agreeable to a resolve
of the General Assembly at their session in Feby last
#201.0.0
Tim’o Brownson
Sam’l Bartlett
Committee

State of New York, in America
To Capt Michael Vail Dr
To Sundry Expenditures in raising a company of
54 men which served in Lieut Col Seth Warner's
regiment from the first August 1775 to the last day of
November following.
To a premium of 8 per man for enlisting 54 men & 21.12.0
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To a bounty of 40/ pr man for inlisting 54 men #108.0.0
my expenses 5 weeks enlisting said company 16/per 4.0.0
Expenses my 2 subaltern officers 5 weeks assisting 
in raising said Company 6.0.0
Cash paid for carriage of baggage for said compy 12.0.0
Cash paid for 54 men each a blanket 12/ 32.8.0
Cash paid said 54 men for guns & other acct’rus of [war?] 27.0.0
Cash paid at Crown Point for Stores for the sick 
and for my march to St. John’s 3.0.0
Cash paid for removing sick from La [Marie] to
St John’s 1.9.0
Cash paid French Doctor at Longall 3.0.0
Cash paid the Apothecary at Longuile for the sick
3.7.0
Cash paid for removing my sick from Montreal to St Johns
1.17.0
Cash paid from St Johns to our respective homes
6.10.0
Cash paid 2 sick Soldiers at Otter Creek that belonged
to my Compy and were sick there 6.10.0
#236.13.0
Paid as by rec’t 11. 5.0
#225.8.0 [total]

March 1. 1787
The within account Examined and approved and the
treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same to Ira Allen
as a subaltern officer in Capt Vail’s Company in 1775, 
as by a particular resolution of the assembly of this State
being two hundred twenty five pounds eight shillings.
Tim’o Brownson
Jonathan Robinson
Committee

Treasurers office
Rec;d this 5th May 1787 of Samuel Mattocks Treas the
contents in full being two hundred twenty five pounds
eight shillings in State notes.
Ira Allen
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Rutland Oct 24, 1786
State of Vermont Dr To Capt Oliver Potter, his
officers and soldiers who served in Col. Seth Warner’s
Regiment in the year 1775 in an expedition to
Canada
The items are for enlisting 14 men by Oliver Potter
10 men by Lieut Eben’r Allen, and 18 men by
Lieut James Claghorn, for subsistence, transportation
blankets, guns, County &c amounting to #163.16.0, 
names of men enlisted not given.

Pay Table office Rutland Oct 24,1786
The within account examined and approved and
the treasurer is directed to pay the same to Col
Ebenezer Allen, or bearer, it being one hundred sixty
three pounds sixteen shillings L money
Tim’o Brownson
Lem. Chipman
Comm.
Treasurer’s office, Rutland Oct 25, 1786
Rec’d of Ira Allen Esq Treasurer, the contents of the
above order, being one hundred sixty three pounds
sixteen shillings
Eben Allen
#163.16.0

State of Vermont Secretary of State’s Office
Montpelier July 5, 1849
I hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies of papers on file in this office, and that the same appear to be duly certified, & have been kept among the State papers connected with the Revolutionary service;
Given under my hand & the seal of this office this 5th day of July A.D. 1849.
Ferrand F Merrill
Secretary of State
(over)
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I further certify that there is on file in this
office the account book of Hon. Ira Allen, Treasurer of
Vermont, and that among the charges made on said book of
money paid out by said Treasurer, is one, under date
of August 18th 1780 for #4.19.0, paid Richard
Latten by order of Pay Table, for guarding prisoners.
I also certify that s’d Allen was then Treasurer of Vermont, and
that s’d account book is the genuine book kept by him.
Given under my hand & the seal aforesaid this 5th day of July of A.D. 1849.
F F Merrill
Secretary of State

State of Vermont
Secretary of State’s Office
Montpelier August 6th 1849

I further certify that there is on file in this
office “A Pay Roll of Capt Stephen Calkin’s Company, Col. Ira
Allen's Regiment of Militia,” on which Roll is the name of
“Richard Latten,” with an allowance for six days service as a
private; no date is given, except that two columns are headed
“when marched”, and “when returned" and in the former the
figures "20" are placed against each name, and in the latter
the figures "25. The order on said Roll by the Committee
of Pay Table is dated 30th May 1781.

Also, a “Pay Roll of Capt Stephen Calkin’s
Company of Militia in an alarm in March 1780, by order
of Col. Ebenezer Allen, in the County of Rutland,” on
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which Roll is the name of "Richard Latin,” with an allowance
for six days service as a private, commencing March 26th.

Also, "A Pay Roll of a detachment under the command
of Capt Stephen Calkin’s for service done to
assist Maj. Whitcomb, Nov. 1778, made up at two pounds
ten shillings per man per month"" on which Roll is the
name of "Richard Laten”, with an allowance for eight days
service as a private, commencing November 6th and
ending November 13th.

Also a "Pay Roll of Capt Ebenezer Willson's Company
in Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia for service done
at Castleton Oct. 1781,” on which Roll is the name of “Sergt Richard Latting” with an allowance for nine days service as a sergeant. 

There is no Pay Roll of Capt Oliver Potter in
this office, except a roll relating to a short expedition to Canada in 1775.
The Pay Rolls of the earlier part of the War are very
few, and undoubtedly incomplete, in the files in this Office.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set
my hand and affix the seal of this
office this sixth day of August A.D. 1849

F. F. Merrill
Secretary of State
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State of Vermont District of Chittenden ss
At a Probate Court held at Burlington in
said district on the 21st day of July A.D. 1849.
it was proved by testimony satisfactory to said
Court that Richard Lattin, late of Dunham,
Canada East, died on the seventh day of February
in the year Eighteen hundred and forty one, that
he was formerly a pensioner of the United States
under the act of June 7th 1832, at the rate of Eighty
dollars per annum; that he left a widow named
Keziah Lattin, who afterwards died in said
Dunham on the seventh day of October, in the
year Eighteen hundred and forty five, leaving the
following named children, viz,
John Lattin, Phenas Lattin and Philena Cross, 
wife of William Cross, who are all of full age and
are the only surviving children of the said
Richard and Keziah Lattin deceased.

In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix the seal of said Court and subscribe my name on the day and year above written
S E [Ruttenden] Register
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Richard Lattin
afft in regard to
time
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State of Vermont Franklin County ss 
St. Albans Nov 26th 1833 Personally appeared
 before me the undersigned authority,
a Justice of the Peace within and for said
County, Richard Lattin who, being duly
sworn, deposeth & saith, that by reason of
old age, and the consequent loss of memory
he cannot swear positively as to the precise
length of time which he served in the Army
of the Revolution, but according to the best
of recollection he served not less then the
period mentioned below and in the following grades.
For fifteen days I served as a volunteer private
in April or May 1776, in the taking of
Ticonderoga & Crown Point.
For two years four months and fifteen days 
served as a private, and for such service 
claim a pension.
Richard Lattin his mark
Before me
William Bridges Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the above named
Deponent is a credible person and entitled
to credit
Wm Bridges Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Franklin County ss
St. Albans Probate Court November 27th 1833
I Aaron S Beeman Clerk of the Court of Probate
within and for the District of Georgia, hereby
 certify that William Bridges who has affixed
his name to the within is a Magistrate duly
appointed by the Legislature of Vermont, and
that the same is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and
seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
Aaron S Beeman  Clerk
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No 5 & 6
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I Ephraim Seelye of Pownal in the Co of
Bennington and State of Vermont aged 86 years
Depose and say that I am well acquainted with Richard
Lattin who as I am informed lives in the County of Franklin Vt.
That in the spring of 1775 he enlisted or volunteered into a
Comp. commanded by Capt. Micah Vail in the town of
Danby Vt and marched as I understood to Crown Point  &
assisted in taking Ti [Ticonderoga] in May 75 under Col. Ethan Allen. I resided at that time in Williamstown Mass, but was
occationally at Danby Vt. to attend to the management of
land I owned there & where I had lived for many years
before I moved to Mass. Which made me acquainted with
 s’d R. Lattin from the time he was a boy. I rec’d
an appointment of Lieut in Col. Seth Warners Regt in
the latter part of the season of 1775 and went on an
expedition to Canada the following winter. When I arrived to
Montreal or at a place called Sorrel I saw the s’d Lattin, 
then a soldier in Warner’s Regt & marched with the Regt to
Quebeck & returned to Vt with the Regt the last of May or fore
part of June ‘76. & soon after I was detached by Commissary
Williams to buy cattle for the army and Lattin was then in
Warner’s Regt. I followed the business of buying cattle for
the army during the season 76 & was taken sick the fore
part of winter & was furloughed & returned to Williamstown Mass. I was sick til the next spring when I returned and resumed my station as Lt in Col Warners Regt where I again found s’d Lattin a soldier in said Regt. We both continued to serve in s’d Regt until after the surrender of Burgoyne when Lattin (I think) left the Regt. He was in the Battle at Bennington on the 16th of Aug’t 1777 & the next day after the Battle at [Bemiss] heights, I  saw him & conversed with him in regard to the Battle.  He was then a soldier. He was in the service at other times & was called a good soldier. I can say that from my own knowledge & what I understood from others he served the greatest portion of
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the time during the Revolutionary war.
Ephraim Seelye

State of Vermont Bennington County ss
Pownal the 5th day of Sept. 1835. Then
personally appeared Eph. Seelye and subscribed to the foregoing deposition & was duly sworn to the truth of the same. before me Benj. F. Morgan Justice Peace

I certify that Eph. Seelye subscriber to the foregoing Deposition, to me well known is a credible witness & that his statement is entitled to credit
Benj. F. Morgan Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont   I Henry Robinson Clerk of the County
Court in & for the County of Bennington hereby certify
Benjn F. Morgan Esq. whose signature appears in the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace in & for sd County duly qualified by law to act as such & that his above signature I believe to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our Court at
Bennington this 7th day of Sept. AD. 1835 & of the
Independence of the United States the sixtieth,
Henry Robinson
Copy of the deposition of Ephraim Seelye
Sept. 1835.
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I Hiland Hall of Bennington, in the County
of Bennington and State of Vermont,
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and late a member of
Congress from the State of Vermont, do certify that I was
well acquainted with Ephraim Seelye, late of Pownal, in
said County of Bennington, now deceased, (who, as I am informed, gave his affidavit, in the year 1835, to establish the claim of Richard Lattin for a pension, under the act of June 7, 1832,) that said Seelye was a man of intelligence and credibility. and that his testimony is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand this 29th day of
December, 1848.
Hiland Hall
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I Ephraim Seelye of Pownal in the Co of
Bennington and State of Vermont aged 86 years
Depose and say that I am well acquainted with Richard
Lattin who as I am informed lives in the County of Franklin Vt.
That in the spring of 1775 he enlisted or volunteered into a
Comp. commanded by Capt. Micah Vail in the town of
Danby Vt and marched as I understood to Crown Point  &
assisted in taking Ticonderoga in May 75 under Col. Ethan Allen. I resided at that time in Williamstown Mass, but was
occasionally at Danby Vt. to attend to the management of
land I owned there & where I had lived for many years
before I moved to Mass. Which made me acquainted with
 s’d R. Lattin from the time he was a boy. I rec’d
an appointment of Lieut in Col. Seth Warners Regt in
the latter part of the season of 1775 and went on an
expedition to Canada the following winter. When I arrived to
Montreal or at a place called Sorrel I saw the s’d Lattin, 
then a soldier in Warner’s Regt & marched with the Regt to
Quebeck & returned to Vt with the Regt the last of May or fore
part of June ‘76. & soon after I was detached by Commissary
Williams to buy cattle for the army and Lattin was then in
Warner’s Regt. I followed the business of buying cattle for
the army during the season 76 & was taken sick the fore
part of winter & was furloughed & returned to Williamstown Mass. I was sick til the next spring when I returned and resumed my station as Lt in Col Warners Regt where I again found s’d Lattin a soldier in said Regt. We both continued to serve in s’d Regt until after the surrender of Burgoyne when Lattin (I think) left the Regt. He was in the Battle at Bennington on the 16th of Aug’t 1777 & the next day after the Battle at [Bemiss] heights, I  saw him & conversed with him in regard to the Battle.  He was then a soldier. He was in the service at other times & was called a good soldier & can say that from
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my own knowledge & what I understood from others he served the greatest portion of the time during the Revolutionary war.
Ephraim Seelye

State of Vermont Bennington County ss
Pownal the 5th day of Sept. 1835. Then
personally appeared Eph. Seelye and subscribed to the foregoing deposition & was duly sworn to the truth of the same. before me Benjamin F. Morgan Justice Peace

I certify that Eph. Seelye subscriber to the foregoing Deposition, to me well known is a credible witness & that his statement is entitled to credit
Benjamin F. Morgan Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont   I Henry Robinson Clerk of the County
Court in & for the County of Bennington hereby certify
Benjn F. Morgan Esq. whose signature appears in the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly qualified by law to act as such & that his above signature I believe to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our Court at
Bennington this seventh day of Sept. AD. 1835 & of the
Independence of the United States the sixtieth,
Henry Robinson
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Nov 15th 1833
Hon J.L. Edwards
Sir
The affidavit hereunto annexed is rejected
on account of the credibility of the Deponant
 not having been stated in terms sufficiently 
expressive. Of my own knowledge of his character
you will see that the certificate was not written by
me, presume at the time I did not notice
how it was express’d. This therefore may certify
that I am personally acquainted with Mr
Davis the Deponent, and with his general
character; he is an honest respectable man, one whose
statement is entitled to credit.
Very respectfully
Your Servt
William Bridges

Hon J. L. Edwards
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State of Vermont  Franklin County ss
July 4th 1832 This day at St. Albans Personally
appeared before the undersigned authority
 Abel Davis of Swanton in the County aforesaid.
Said credible witness as I am advised who did
make oath that the facts set forth in the within
 affidavit as therein stated by him subscribed are true according to his best knowledge information and belief
Before me William Bridges Judge

State of Vermont Franklin County ss 
St. Albans July 27th 1832. 
I Horace Janes Clerk of the County Court in
said County, do hereby Certify that the 
Hon William Bridges, whose signature is
affixed to the foregoing Certificate is Judge
of the Probate Court for the district of Georgia
in s’d County, duly appointed by the Legislature of this State, and that the same is signed by him in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed the Public seal of said Court
the day and year above.
Horace Janes Clerk
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I Abel Davis of [Swanton] County of Franklin & State
of Vermont depose and say that I am well acquainted with
Richard Lattin, now of Franklin, County of Franklin and
 State afs’d. and I first became acquainted with him in April
or May A.D.1775 at the Town of Danby Bennington County
Vermont. Said Lattin was then serving in and belonged
to the company of Vermont Troops commanded by
Capt Micha Vail which company after the death of
Vail was commanded by Capt Oliver Potter and belonged
to the Regiment commanded by Col Seth Warner. He
 marched with said Regiment To Quebeck & in the retreat
thence back to Vermont. He was in the battles of St John’s & Longuile & at the taking of Montreal. I served with him in the same Regiment about fourteen months and have personal knowledge of his serving as above mentioned. And after I left
said Regiment I always understood and verily believe
that said Lattin continued to serve in said Regiment
untill after the surrender of General Burgoyne
in October AD 1777- and I frequently saw him serving
in said Regiment after I left which was about the 1st
of August A.D. 1776 & before the surrender of General
Burgoyne as before mentioned. He was always called a good Soldier.
Abel Davis
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No 3
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Leonard Brown of Dunham Canada East aged
fifty seven after being sworn saith. That he is
by profession a physician & surgeon. That he
was acquainted with one Richard Lattin who
for many years previous to his death resided
in sd town of Dunham. That he was reputed to
be a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of
the United States. And he further saith that he
was the attending physician of the sd Richard Lattin
 during his last illness & that he died in the
month of February 1841. And deponent further
saith that he was acquainted with the widow of the
Sd Richard Lattin named Keziah Lattin and that
he was also her attending physician during her last
illness & that she died in the month of October 1845
and further saith not.
Leonard Brown
Sworn to and subscribed this 1st day of October
A.D. 1849, before me; and I certify that the affiant
is a practising physician of reputation, and a man of
truth and credibility.
Wm C Ellsworth
Justice of the Peace in the County of Franklin
& State of Vermont
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Gideon Bull of Dunham Canada East
aged Eighty six after being duly affirmed
Saith that he resided in the town of Danby
Vermont and Clarendon Vermont during 
the Revolutionary war. 
That he there became acquainted with one
Richard Lattin who lived in Danby and
married a lady by the name of Keziah Seely
during the war. The sd Richard Lattin was
reputed to have been in the army of the Revolution
both before and after marriage. And deponent
believes the Richard Lattin who married Keziah
Seely to have been the only person of that name
who lived in Danby - And he further saith the
Sd Richard & his wife Keziah moved to Dunham
Canada about fifty years ago and that the
Richard died about Eight years ago - And
that his widow the sd Keziah died about four
years ago.
Gideon Bull
Witness
Daniel J. Pridham

State of Vermont Franklin County ss.  October 1, 1849
Personally appeared the above named Gideon Bull, and made
affirmation in due form of law, to the truth of the above affidavit before me; and I certify that the said affiant is a man of intelligence and truth.
Wm C Ellsworth Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Franklin County ss
I Luther D. Dutcher
Deputy Clerk of Franklin
County Court do hereby certify that
William C. Ellsworth is a Justice of the Peace
within & for the County of Franklin duly
appointed & that his signature to the
foregoing affidavits is I believe in
his own proper handwriting-- In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the
seal of the said Court at St Albans this
5th day of November A.D. 1849
L. D. Dutcher Dep Clerk
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No - 2
& 3
Page 50

I Stephen S Brown of St. Albans
in the County of Franklin and State of
Vermont of lawful age do testify
and say that I went to reside in
the Vilage of Swanton Falls in the
spring of 1812.
Mr Abel Davis late
of Swanton was then a resident of that
Vilage and had ben (as I understood)
for a number of years. I lived
within fifty or sixty rods of his residence
and saw him almost daily from
that time until I removed to St. Albans
in the fall of 1830. I was well acquainted
with Mr Davis and never heard
any thing against his caracter for truth
and verasity. I always considered him
a verry upright honest man and such
was the reputation he sustained among
his neighbours. Since my removal
to St Albans I have frequently been
at Swanton falls and sometimes have
seen Mr Davis and have no doubt his
caracter for truth and verasity continued
 the same and further I say not
St Albans December 28th 1848,
Stephen S. Brown

State of Vermont Franklin County ss
St Albans Dec’r 28. 1848  Personally appeared Stephen S. Brown & made solemn oath that the
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contained
the whole truth & nothing but the truth,
Before me Jeptha Bradley Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Georgia District ss
Probate Office St. Albans Dec’r 28th 1848.
I hereby certify that I have been
Personally acquainted with Hon. Stephen S Brown
the foregoing affiant for more than fifteen years
last past, he is a highly respectable lawyer has
formerly filled the Office of Judge of this Court
& has a good reputation for truth & veracity.
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed
the Seal of the Probate Court & subscribed my
 name the day and year above written.
Arthur Bradley Judge
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x x affadavit of Abel Davis (Copy)

I Abel Davis of Swanton County of Franklin & State
of Vermont depose and say that I am well acquainted with
Richard Lattin, now of Franklin, County of Franklin and
 State afs’d. I first became acquainted with him in April
or May A.D.1775 at the Town of Danby Bennington County
Vermont. Said Lattin was then serving in and belonged
to the company of Vt Troops commanded by
Capt Micha Vail which company after the death of Capt
Vail was commanded by Capt Oliver Potter and belonged
to the Regt commanded by Col Seth Warner. He
 marched with said Regt to Quebec & in the retreat
thence back to Vermont. He was in the battles of St John’s & Longuile & at the taking of Montreal. I served with him in the same Regt about fourteen months and have personal knowledge of his serving as above mentioned. And after I left
said Regt I always understood and verily believe
that said Lattin continued to serve in said Regiment
untill after the surrender of General Burgoyne
in October AD 1777- and I frequently saw him serving
in said Regt after I left which was about the first
of August 1776 & before the surrender of General
Burgoyne as before mentioned. He was always called a good Soldier.
Abel Davis

The original affadavit is now in the Pension office
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I Chauncey Graves, of Underhill, in the County
of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged eighty nine
years on Sunday last, testify and say that I was a
soldier in the revolutionary war, and served in the Vermont
troops, in Maj. Whitcomb’s regiment. In 1779, I
was in Capt Thomas Sawyer's company, and assisted in
building a Fort at Rutland, Vermont, and Richard Lattin
who then lived in Danby, in the County of Rutland and
with whom I was well acquainted was then in the same
company with me. I know said Lattin perfectly
well and know that he afterwards served in Col
Ira Allen's regiment in the year 1781.
I knew Capt Calkins during the war of the revolution
 and used to visit frequently at his house.
Said Calkin’s Christian name was Stephen.
He lived in said Danby, during the revolutionary war.
I lived in said Danby at the time, and married my first wife there.  After the war closed. I removed to Salisbury Vermont.
Said Lattin lived about half a mile distant from said Calkins, during the war. I lived in Danby four years, and I know that ┃
Lattin Served in said Calkins company more or
less until near the close of the revolutionary war
certainly as late as 1781.
I was well acquainted with the people of Danby
at the time above referred to, and I never knew
any other person by the name of Lattin who served
in Capt Calkins company, or in the Vermont troops,
except the above named Richard Lattin.
Chauncey Graves his mark
Witness
Wm Weston
Thomas Lyman

Sworn to and subscribed before me this Eleventh day of
September, 1849, and I certify that I have been personally
acquainted with the affiant, Chauncey Graves, for more
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than fifteen years last past and that he is a man
of truth, intelligence, and of strong mind and memory
The words “ninety three" erased and "Eighty nine”
interlined before signing.
Wm Weston,
Justice Peace

State of Vermont Chittenden County ss
I D. B. Buckley Clerk of the County of
 Chittenden do hereby certify that William
Weston Esquire is a Justice of the peace within
 and for the County of Chittenden, duly commissioned
 and sworn. That I am well acquainted with his hand
 writing and know his signature to the within certificate to
be genuine. 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Chittenden County Court this third day of November AD 1849.

D.B. Buckley Clerk of Chittenden Court
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24, 482
Kezia Lattin
wid of
Richard Lattin
Pri Rev War
---
Act: July 4th 36
Index: - Vol. A, Page 421
(Arrangement of 1870.)

Apr. 10, 1911 Hist to
S.H. Ellis also
family record
Page 56

Brief of testimony, case of Heirs of Richard Lattin
No. 1. A declaration of Phineas Lattin in which
he states his father Richard Lattin told him
he went in an expedition to Canada under
Col Seth Warner in 1775 and served in
his regt to Oct. 1777, and afterwards served
at different times. That he was pensioned
at $80 & suspended & not restored-- & died
Feb. 1841. & that his widow died Oct. 1845

No. 2. Affd’t Abel Davis That he served for
fourteen months in the regt with Richard
Lattin in the expedition to Canada in
1775. This affd’t is a copy of one on file with
the original declaration of Richard Lattin in
the Pension office.

No. 3. Affd’t Judge Brown of St Albans who
states that Abel Davis was a credible person

No. 4 Affd Judge Bridges St Albans who was
acquainted with Abel Davis

No. 5 Affidavit of Ephraim Seely-- Copy of
one on file in the Pension office - he states
that he belonged to Col Warners Regt. &
that he often saw Richard Lattin serving
in s’d Regt. in Canada & at the battle at
Saratoga -

No. 6 Certificate of Hon Hiland Hall-[sustaining?] the
character of Lt. Seely -

No. 7. Certificate of Secretary State of Vermont
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Brief

No. 8.  Declaration of Keziah Lattin widow
of Richard Lattin - Dated Aug 31. 1845
stating that she was married to Richard
Lattin 1779 on the 20 day of June-- Also
Affd’t of her brother: Israel Seely stating
he was present and saw her married by
Thomas Rowley June 20, 1779.- Also Affd’t
of John Luttin with a record from the family
Bible
No. 9. Certificate Court of Probate Chittenden
County of the death of Richard & Keziah
Lattin
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[circle stamp]
U.S. PENSION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. C.
RECEIVED
AUG 13 1912

Colo. Springs, Col.
8-9-12

U.S. Pension Agency
Washington, D. C.

Sirs
Kindly give me
such history as you
are able to of Richard
Lattin who served in
Vermont forces under
Allen and others during
war of Revolution. I 
Would like all family
History you have-
S. H. Ellis

c/o Cragmor
Page 59

ORGANIZED 1881
The James River National Bank
JAMESTOWN NORTH DAK.
3/ 31 /11

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
One Richard Latin or Latten served in the Revolutionary War
with the Vermont forces. He died in about March 24th, 1842 and drew a pension for some time before death. He went to St Albans, Vermont to draw the pension. I wish to ascertain as to his service and would thank you for such information as you will give. 
Yours very truly,
S. H. Ellis
Page 60

Rev. War Section.
3 -- 1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
August 16, 1912.

Mr. L. H. Ellis,
c/o Cragmore,
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Sir:
In addition to the military history of Richard Lattin, W. File
No. 24, 482, Rev. War, you are herewith furnished the following data as to his family.

Sarah, born March 11, 1781, died August 2, 1824.
Philena, born February 14, 1783, marries William Cross.
Phebe, born July 10, 1786.
Kezia, born February 22, 1788 (?) 
John, born April 22, 1790.
Phenes, born February 12, 1793.

Mariah, born August 7, 1811.
Sarah Ann, born February 6, 1831.
John S., born May 10, 1832.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner
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ADT
3 - 871.
RECORD DIVISION.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by A Mar. D 6/4 /11
Claim No. 
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Richard Lattin Latten
Service Vt
Additional Service Rev.
No. __ claim, State records. __191.
No claim, combination records __191.

REMARKS:
Wid, F. 24.482 Vt Vt
(Latin
no other any service fm 1800
No Regi at all
No Rev below W. 1800
Chief Division
6 - 1944
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No. 7554
Keziah Lattin
Vt
Letter Hon Geo P Marsh 27 Aug’t 1849
Letter Charles H Weed 11th Dec’r 1849
Hon James Meacham 5th Jun 7 1850

Act 4 July. 1836
Page 63

Richard Lattin
Franklin Co. Montpelier
Agency Vt. Act 7 June 32 $80 pr
To what time was he last paid
GLS

Pension Office
June 4 1850

Ans. March 4, 1835.
not on the Montpelier roll
Page 64

No. 1. Original Certificate Richard Lattin
No. 2. Affidavit of Chancy Graves who served
with Richard Lattin in 1779 and 1781.
No. 3. Affidavit Dr L Brown the physician
who attended R Lattin & his widow in
their last sickness. And of Gideon Bull
who know Lattin in Danby Vermont and
that he was in the army before and after
marriage
Page 65


Richard Lattin
Inform Hon. H. Allen, (of Vt)
H. R. why his pension was stopped
Page 66

WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832, Richard Lattin of the State of Vermont.
who was a Private during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and –
cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually
on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in
every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this
23d day of April  one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

{March 4th 1835}
Has lived in Franklin
3 in the 1834
previous thereto Danby 24
now resides in Dunham 5 months
 previously in Franklin
Page 67

Burlington, Augt 19, 1830
Dear Sir
In May last, when at Washington, I left
in your care the case of the heirs of Rich Lattin,
for a balance due him at the time of his death,
under the act of 7th June 1832, and also the
claim, of the same heirs for a balance due his widow, Keziah
Lattin, decsd, under the act of July 4, 1836.
The latter claim the Com’r would allow under the
act of 1838, but as the widow was clearly entitled
under the act of 1836, I declined taking a certificate
under the act of '38, and asked you to take
an appeal if Mr Edwards would not allow it
under the act of 1836.
I received from you sometime in June
the certificate for the balance under the act of
June 7, 1832 but have not heard from the claim
under the act of 1836. If it is still before
the Secretary of the Interior, please procure as
speedy action as you can and inform me of
the result.
I am very respectfully, Sir
Your Obt Servt
Wm Weston

James Meacham
Ho of Rep
Page 68

J. L. Edwards to
Chas H. Weed
No. 2
Page 69

No. 2
(Copy)

Pension Office
December 11th 1849

Sir
The additional evidence in the case of Keziah Lattin,
widow of Richard Lattin is not sufficient to establish her
claim under the act of 4th July 1836. Her husband states in his declaration, that he left the service in 1777. In the adjustment of her claim we can compute no service which may be found credited to his name subsequently to that date.
I repeat that if Mrs Lattin’s children will file a declaration
under the act of 7th July 1838. no objection to issuing a certificate under that law to them will be made,
Very Respectfully
Your Obt 
J.L. Edwards

Charles H. Weed
Hinesburgh
Vermont
Page 70

J. L. Edwards
to
Hon. George P. Marsh
=
No 1
Page 71

No. 1
(Copy)

Pension Office
August 24th 1849
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that the papers
in the case of Keziah Lattin, deceased widow of Richard Lattin
have been examined and filed under the act of 4th July 1836.
The evidence now furnished is satisfactory to
remove the objection heretofore existing in relation to the service of Mrs. Lattin's husband and also to establish their marriage, but some proof identifying her husband with the service credited to his name in 1780 and 1781, as certified by the Secretary of State of Vermont is required to authorize us to admit her claim under the act of 4th July 1836.
As the case now stands a certificate may be issued in the name of
Richard Lattin under the act of 7th June 1832, commencing from
the time his pension was suspended, and also in the name of his widow
under the act of 7th July 1838, provided his original certificate be returned and satisfactory evidence, such as is afforded by the affidavit of
the coffin maker, or the Minister who officiated at their funerals, or the
Physician who attended them in their last illness, be produced.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Srt
J. L. Edwards

Hon. George P. Marsh
Burlington
Vermont
Page 72

St. Albans Jany 9th 1836
Hon J.L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I send you the
deposition of Richard Latin. I wish you
to examine the same, and return me an
answer.
Verry Respectfully-
Your Obt Servt
Wm Bridges

Hon J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensioners
Page 73

M.
Restored
Richard Lattin dec’d
Vt
Act 7 June 1832

Admd. $80 Pr ann.
Commencing from 4 March
1835, up to which time he may
already been paid, and terminating
on 7 Feby 1841
the day of his death, 
payable to John Lattin, Phinehas
Lattin, and Phelina Cross
only surviving Children of
Richard Lattin dec’d

Hon J Meacham
House of Reps
Page 74

Burlington Aug 18 1849
Sir
Herewith I enclose certain papers
in support of  R. Lattin’s claim to arrear of pension,
and of the widow's claim to a pension
after his death.
The evidence, which I have
carefully examined, appears to me satisfactory.
& if it be true, as is said, had no rolls of Warner’s
Regt during his service in Canada are
known to exist. I do not see but the case is
made out by on strong testimony as the nature
of it, and the lapse of time, admit.
As it is not probable that I shall remain
here until the case is disposed of,
you will oblige me by communicating
your decision to William Weston Esq of
this place.
I am, sir,
Yours respectfully
Geo P  Marsh

Col Edwards
Com. P.
Page 75

Washington Dec. 27. 1849
Sir
I enclose a letter from Mr Weston of
Burlington Vt. relating to a pension of Mr Lattin
I take the liberty of seconding his request [thos]
attention be especially directed to the marked
paragraph of the second page of said letter.
I shall be happy to communicate your reply.

Truly Yours
J. Meacham
Page 76

St. Albans Franklin Co
Sept 15th 1835
Hon J.L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I transmit to you the Deposition
 of Ephraim Seelye in support of the claim
 of Richard Lattin.
On the receipt of your letter of the 26th
March, 1835, I wrote M Lattin, and sent him a
copy of your letter above refered to. He has recently
proved the enclosed, and forwarded the same to
one with a request that the same be sent to the
War Department. You will please examine the
deposition, and return me an answer as soon
convenient.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Wm Bridges

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com’r of Pensions
Page 77

Washington May 6. 1830.
Sir
Please issue a certificate to the heirs of
Richard Lattin, deceased, for the arrears of pension
due him under the act of June 7, 1832, the claim
for which was admitted by you, as per your letter
to the Hon Geo P. Marsh, dated in the sum of
1849.
I also claim that the testimony on file as
sufficient to show that Keziah Lattin widow of
Richard Lattin, was entitled to a pension under the
act of 1836.
The affidavit of Chauncey Graves
an intelligent witness, as well as credible, identifies
the husband of Keziah Lattin as the soldier who served in 
Capt Calkins company. Your letter to me
of January 5, assumes that Graves testified to
service of his own in Calkins company. On 
re-Examining that affidavit, you will find that he
does not so testify. He states that at one period.
either at Castleton or Rutland he and Latten served
together, or in the same company, but he does not
state that they served at that time in Calkins
company, nor does he state that he ever served
in Calkins company. He knew that Lattin did
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and so testified. And he had the means of knowing, 
for Lattin and Captain Calkins, as well as the witness,
all resided in the same town, Danby, during
and at the close of the revolutionary war.
The further objection of yours, in your letter of
Jany 5. to me, that “Lattin did not specify any
tour of service subsequently to 1777, when he left
Warner’s regiment,” I think ought not to be argued
against the claim. Under the act of June 7, 1832, a
two years service was all that was necessary to
entitle him to a full pension. That length
of service and more, was fully stated as having been
performed in Warners Reg’t prior to Burgoyne’s
surrender at Saratoga. Hence it became unnecessary
to state any further service. Yet he did state further services as follows
“After I left said regiment (Warner’s) I served
in the Militia for short periods &c at different times
until the war was over." The war continued and was
 not over, until the fall of 1783.
The marriage took place in 1779. The declaration of the soldier, relating to his service in the militia, though wholly unnecessary to entitle him to a pension under the act of 1832, is testimony which
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his widow is entitled to the benefit of and because it
was unnecessary for the soldier, as the [more] to be
said upon. He had no motive nor object to mis-state any service in the militia.
The affidavit of Chancey Grant is positive,
proving a service after the marriage, and this
entitles the widow to a pension under the act of
July 1836. I add the affidavit of Caty Irish, to the proofs.
At all events, let the certificate issued for the
balance due under the act of June 7, 1832 which
has been already admitted, and if you deem
the proof insufficient as to the balance due the
Widow under the act of 1836. I respectfully
appeal to the Secretary of the Interior.
I am very respectfully
Your obt srvt &c-
J. Meacham

J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Page 80

State of Vermont Franklin County ss
I William Bridges of St. Albans, in the County
of Franklin, testify & say that I was well acquainted
 with Abel Davis, late of Swanton in said County,
deceased, and was acquainted with him
many years prior to his death.
The said Davis gave his deposition in
the year 1832, before me, as a Justice
of the Peace, in support of the claim of
Richard Lattin, for a pension under the act
of June 7th, 1832,
The said Abel Davis was a man of high character
 for integrity and veracity, and was a man of clear
 strong mind, and an intelligent man of good
memory, and from my knowledge of him,
I am fully of the opinion that his testimony
is entitled to full faith & credit, particularly
in relation to facts that transpired in his
younger days, and during the Revolutionary War.

William Bridges
Page 81

Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 26th day of December, 1848.
Jeptha Bradley Justice Peace
Page 82

Caty Irish
affidavit
Page 83

Katharine Irish of Hinesburgh Chittenden
County Vermont aged Eighty years
after being sworn saith that she became acquainted
 with Richard Lattin in Danby Vermont, soon
after the war of the Revolution, which continued
to his death about ten years ago - S’d Lattin often mentioned
that he had been a soldier in the war
& related many incidents connected with his
service.  Deponent believes he served as stated &
believes it was the general opinion of those who
knew him. Said Lattin married Keziah
Seely of Danby & he was the only person
of the name of Richard Lattin deponent
ever knew - he died in Dunham C. East and his
widow survived and died about five years
ago as deponent was told & believes-
Caty Irish
State of Vermont Chittenden County ss
Hinesburgh March 12 [1850]
The above named Caty Irish or Katharine Irish
 personally appeared and 
made oath to the facts therein stated
before me. And I certify she has been personally
known to me more than thirty years and is a
person of truth & credibility.
Henry Weed Just. Peace
Page 84

I certify that Henry Weed within named, was at the 
within date, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Chittenden, and that the signature [to within certificate] is in his own hand.
Sam’l J Phelps U. S.S.

Caty Irish
affidavit
Page 85

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Page 86

Hinesburgh Vt. Nov. 7. 18[3]9
Sir
At the request of the claimants, I forward
further evidence in the case of Keziah Lattin.
Your letter to my friend the Hon. Geo. P. Marsh restoring Richard Lattin’s pension, and allowing the claim of his widow under the law of 1838 is before me. I hope the evidence enclosed will be satisfactory to entitle her under the law of July 4, 1836, (3’d Section)

I am sir very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Chas H. Weed

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington
Page 87

Rev. War Section.

August 17, 1912.

Mr. L. H. Ellis,
“c/o Cragnor,”
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 9” and received the
13" instant, you are advised that the record of Richard Lattin, W. File No. 24, 462, Rev. War, was furnished you under
date of April 10, 1911, and it is not the practice of this 
Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to the same
person.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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 information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  Richard Lattin, W. F. 24, 462

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr or May 1775
1779
1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 yrs. 4 mos. 15 days
[check mark]
[check mark]

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Micah Vail [&] Oliver Patton
Thomas Sawyer
Stephen Calkins

COLONEL.
Ethan Allen & Seth Warner
[check mark]
Ira Allen

STATE.
Vt.

*Also served in the Vt. militia at other times until end of
the war, no dates stated.

Battles engaged in Taking of Ticonderoga, Crown Point & Montreal,  St Johns, Longuile, Chambly, Bushyvalel, Bennington and Stillwater
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danby, Vt.
Date of application for pension, July 14 1832 His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Franklin, Franklin Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, b. at Marlborough N.Y. June 11, 1755 -died Feby 7, 1841 in Canada East 
Remarks:
Soldier married at Danby, Vt. June 20, 1779 Kezia Seely, who
was born Sept. 13, 1760. She was allowed pension on an
application executed Aug. 29, 1845, while a resident of Dunham, Canada E. She died at Dunham Oct 7. 1845.
See Supplement for data as to family.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

*I have only used services in Vt. report that were verified by persons serving with the soldier.
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Case of heirs of Richard Latten, deceased
for arrears of pension under act of June 7, 1832.
It will appear from Richard Lattin’s declaration
and supplemental declaration, made under the act
of June 7, 1832, that he claimed to have volunteered or enlisted in
the spring of 1775, was enlisted by Gideon Brownson
The certificate of the Secy of State of Vt shows that
March 13, 1784, an account was allowed and paid
to Majr Gideon Brownson, and that one of the items
in that account was “To premium for raising men
in the year 1775, at 8/ per man, #20.8.0.
This is corroborative of Lattin’s statement so far as to show
that Gideon Brownson raised a company of men in
1775.
Lattin further states that he was attached to Capt Micah
Vail’s Company, went to St Johns, Montreal & thence to
Quebec, and served under Capt Vail nearly a year
when Vail died.
The Secretary's certificate shows that Capt Vail raised
a company of 54 which served in Col. Seth Warner's
regiment to the last day of Nov. 1775. This shows
that Vail was a Captain in Warner’s regiment, and
so far corroborates Lattin's declaration, and the items
in Vails account show that he was at Longuile, a
town on the St Lawrence river between Montreal and
Quebec, The order for the payment of said Vail’s
account, dated March 1, 1787, direct the payment to
be made to Ira Allen, a subaltern in said Vail's company
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and probably for the reason that Vail died as stated
by Lattin.
Lattin further states that after the death of Capt
Vail he served in Capt Oliver Potters Company
and marched to Quebec, where Potter and Keeler, his
Lieutenant, both died.
The Secretary’s certificate shows an account in favor
of Capt Oliver Potter, his officers and soldiers, who
served in Col Seth Warner’s Regiment in 1775, on
an Expedition to Canada and the account was
directed to be paid, Oct 24, 1786, to Col. Eben Allen
or bearer, and probably for the reason that Potter
also died as stated by Lattin in his declaration.
It is not probable that Latter could have given the
account which he did give, in relation to these officers
unless he had been personally present, as stated by him
and the accounts strongly corroborate his statements.
But the case is not left upon his declaration alone.
Abel Davis and Ephraim Seeley both testify positively
(See their affidavits on file) that they knew of Lattin’s
having served in Warner's regiment.
Davis served with him 14 months, and saw him serving in said
Regiment after Davis left it.
Selley went in the latter part of 1775, or early in 1776, to Canada. And at Montreal, or [Lord,] a town below Montreal, he saw Lattin in the service, went with him to Quebec &
returned with him to Vt., about June 1 ‘76 and afterwards
saw Lattin in said Regt where he continued to serve
until after the surrender of Burgoyne.
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Davis and Seelye are both proved to have been,
in their lifetime, men of intelligence and of truth
(they are now dead). See affidavits of Hon Wm
Bridges, J. S. Brown, and certificate of Hon H. Hall
herewith enclosed.
The certificate of the Secretary shows the further
service of Richard Lattin, as private and Sergeant
from time to time, until near the close of the
revolutionary war, in the Vermont troops.
Taking the whole testimony, I think the Com’r
of Pensions must be satisfied that Lattin served
two years at least, consequently the pension
should be allowed.
Pay rolls of Warners Regiment I believe have
never been discovered, showing the services of
his men in Canada.
We claim pension due Richard Lattin from
the time he was suspended to the day of his
death. And pension due his widow under
act of July 4 1836, to the day of her death.
The proof is that she was married prior to the
last period of her husband’s services
Wm Weston for claimants

To James L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Burlington Aug’t 15, 1849
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Declaration of Richard Lattin
July 14th 1832
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No 3
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No. 3

State of Vermont         }
County of Franklin ss  }
On this 14th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court before William Bridges Judge of the Court in the County of Franklin now sitting Richard Lattin of Franklin in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont aged Seventy Seven 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 A.D. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  In April or May A.D. 1775 I enlisted into the Regiment of Vermont Troops commanded by Col. Seth Warren and joined said Regiment in the company commanded by Capt. Michel Vail, Ira Allen was first Lieutenant and Abner Sela second Lieutenant of said company said Vail commanded said company a little short of year and died.  Capt. Oliver Potter afterwards commanded said company and died at Quebec in the spring of 1776.  I served in said Regiment from the time I enlisted until after the surrender of General Burgoine [Burgoyne] at Saratoga in October A.D. 1777.  I marched with said company from Danby Vermont to Quebec and in the retreat from thence after the death of General Montgomery was in the battles of St. Johns, Longueuil, Chamblee [Chambly?], Bushy Vale, Bennington and Stillwater or Saratoga.  At St Johns I became acquainted with Generals Montgomery and Arnold.  General Montgomery frequently called me by name and particularly at St. Johns committed to my charge a Canadian who was taken prisoner.  I do not recollect
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for how long time I enlisted in said Regiment but I well recollect that my term of service expired before the surrender of General Burgoine [Burgoyne] but at the request of the officers and from my desire to serve my country I continued to serve in said Regiment during the time before mentioned.  Previous to entering said Regiment I served as a Volunteer under Capt. Vail at the taking of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.  At Ticonderoga I was the next man to Ethan Allen that entered the Fort.  Saw the sentinel disarmed and secured.  Allen demanded the surrender of the Fort it was at the dawn of day. The British commander asked by what authority &c Allen demanded the surrender of the Fort. Allen replied "by the authority of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress."  At the surrender of General Burgoine [Burgoyne] I recollect after the British had marched out and piled[?] their arms General Gates introduced many of the American Officers to General Burgoine [Burgoyne] and among the rest Col. Seth Warren.  After the surrender before mentioned I left the Regiment but I did not take any written discharge and I believe at that period no written discharges were given to the Soldiers of said Regiment and I have not any nor do I know of any written evidence of my enlistment service on discharge. [underlined] After I left said Regiment I served in the Militia for short periods on scouts and reconnoitering parties at different times until the war was over. [/underlined] At the time I enlisted I resided in the town of Danby now in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont.  Samuel Safford of Bennington was the Major of said Regiment commanded by Col. Seth Warren.  I have no documentary evidence.  I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and
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declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.  The applicant states that he has resided in Franklin only about three years
              his
Richard  X  Lattin
             mark
Attest           }
G. W. Foster }
Sworn to and subscribed     }
the day and year aforesaid   }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
W. Bridges Judge

SS.  I John Gates Gen. Register of the Court of Probate for the district of Georgia County of Franklin and State of Vermont do herby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Lattin for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this Office this 27th [possibly 24th] day of July 1832.
John Gates  Genr. Register

(Copy)
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N. 28.261  Restored
Vermont
Richard Lattin decd
of Franklin Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Vail of the Regt commanded by Col. Warner in the Vermont Mil. [deleted word] for two years

Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1835, to which time he was last paid & end 7 Feby 1841 when he died

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June 1850 and Sent to Hon. J. Meacham, H.R. 
[words on form covered over] Payable to his only surviving children, to wit, John Lattin, Phinehas Lattin & Phelina Cross
Semi-annual allowance ending 

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act, June 7, 1932.     }

Recorded by J P Chase Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 75

[illegible, very dim words at bottom which have been possibly deleted]

[right side of document]

Reported
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I Richard Lattin of Dunham Province of Lower Canada aged seventy nine years, do testify and say that in the month of April or first of May 1775, I joined Col Seth Warners Regt & served in a company commanded by Capt Micah Vail Lieuts Ira Allen and Abner Seeley, and continued in said company until the death of Capt Vail, was then put into a company commanded by Capt. Oliver Potter, Lieuts Joseph Keeler and Peleg Sunderland, and served in said company until after the surrender of general Burgoyne.
When I joined Capt Potters company I soon after marched to Quebeck, where Captain Potter and Lieut Keeler both died, and after their deaths the command of the company devolved upon Lieut Sunderland who was afterwards call Captain, and according to the best of my recollection, commanded said company during the remainder of the time, until after the capture of Burgoyne's Army.
It is rather my impression that at the time I first joined the Regt afsd [aforesaid?] I served a short time as a volunteer and continued as such untill after the reduction of Ticonderoga & Crown-Point and then enlisted: But the precise length of time for which I engaged, I do not recollect.
I was enlisted by a recruiting officer by the name of Gideon Brownson, and joined Capt Vail's company as afsd [aforesaid?] and continued in service until the last of October or first of Novr AD 1777.
               his
Richard    X  Lattin
                mark
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Affidavit of
Richard Lattin
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State of Vermont   }
Franklin County ss } St. Albans January 6th AD 1836, Then personally appeared before me the undersigned authority Richard Lattin the within named deponant and subscriber and made oath to the foregoing deposition in due form of law.  I further certify the said Lattin is a credible person.
William Bridges Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont   }
Franklin County ss }  I Joseph H. Brainerd clerk of Franklin county court, do hereby certify that William Bridges who has affixed his name to the foregoing is a Magistrate duly qualified agreeably to law and the signature purporting to his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal office at St. Albans in sd county this 7th day of Jany AD 1836
Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk

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