Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,613, Solomon Emmons, Vt.
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N. 18508
Vermont
Solomon Emmons of Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Benjamint of the Regt. commanded by Col. Waight in the Vermont. Troops ['line' crossed out] for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7. day of Sept. 1833 and sent to W. Palmer Woodstock Vt.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833   200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. March 40.00
$240.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 63
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[illegible]
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5944.
Sol'o Emmons
Declaration
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STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.}
On this 25th day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Solomon Emmons a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Sixty eight 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year 1781 he lived in Woodstock Vermont that he enlisted into Capt John Benjamin Company in Col'o Waites Regiment. Vermont Troops for ten months went to Bethel Vermont & Joined said Company Stationed at a Small Fort in Bethel served his time out & returned home in 1782 he enlisted into Capt Beriah Green company in said Waites Regiment some time in February & in March the said year he went to said Bethel & Joined said company staid there eight months was dismissed & returned home, in 1743 (he thinks) in the Spring of said year he went to Barnard & took the place of an old man by the name of Dean from Rockingham Vermont, Joined Capt Beriah Green's Company Vermont Troops Stationed at a small fort in said Barnard Staid there till sometime in November having served about eight months was then discharged & returned home. he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the testimony hereunto annexed. he was born in Chesterfield New Hampshire the 25th day of June AD 1764 where it is recorded in 1779 his father removed to Woodstock Vermont he lived with him & has lived in said Woodstock ever since - & is known to most of the inhabitants &
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in particular to Rev Seth Sterlin & Walter Palmer Esquire who can testify to his character for veracity & the belief of his services as 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.
/s/Solomon Emmons
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.} /s/L A Marsh, Register

We, Seth Sterlin a Clergyman residing in Woodstock and Walter Palmer residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Solomon Emmons who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
/s/Seth Sterlin
/s/Walter Palmer
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,} /s/LA Marsh, Register

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 Seth Sterlin who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Woodstock and that Walter Palmer who has also signed the same, is a resident in Woodstock and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, Lyndon A. Marsh Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Stratford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Emmons for a Pension. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of August A. D. 1832
/s/LA Marsh, Register
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock June 14th 1833
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of peace within & for the county of Windsor, Solomon Emmons who being duly sworn Deposeth and Sayeth, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades
For two years & two months I Served as a Private & for Such Service & Claim a Pension - & for the time during which the service was performed I was not imployed in any Civil pursuit that I Served with an imbodied Corps called into service by competent authority & performed the Service as I have states in my said Declaration which this is an addition or amendment thereto - 
I further depose & say that no other testimony can be obtained to prove my service when at Barnard - that I know of no person living in the State who can testify for me
/s/Solomon Emmons
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year above written - 
/s/Eli. Dunham Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Eliphalet Dunham who has affixed his name to the above is a Magistrate duly qualified & that the same is his Genuine Signature
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of said Court at Woodstock this 14th day of June AD 1833
/s/Benj'n Swan
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P. Emmons 1558
Prudence Emmons
Wid of Solomon 
Vert.
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1791
Died 1826

Allow $80 per ann from 1836

Walter Palmer Esqr
Woodstock Vt.
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} On this 5th day of September AD 1838 personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting Prudence Emmons a resident of Woodstock in the County of Windsor aforesaid aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That she is the Widow of Solomon Emmons who was a Revolutionary pensioner, under the act of June 7th 1832 who then and untill his Decease resided in Woodstock aforesaid and the evidence of the Military services of the said Solomon Emmons is now in the pension Office on which she relies for the support of her claim
She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Emmons on the 29th day of May 1791 that her husband the aforesaid Solomon Emmons died on the 24th day of July 1836 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz., at the time above stated
/s/Prudence Emmons

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before /s/John S. March Judge

I Oel Billings Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Prudence Emmons for a pension.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5th day of September AD 1838
/s/Oel Billings Register
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5944
Sol. Emmons

ehe.

Admit
2 years $80. -
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183[blank]

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show 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 Solomon Emmons.
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered.|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
Enlisted. '87|([blank]|10|[blank])|[blank]|Col. Wait.|68. Woodstock Vt.|[blank]|
'82|([blank]|8|[blank])|[blank]| " |[blank]|[blank]|
Sub.'83|(about|8|[blank])|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
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4 State Service
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,' State troops," " militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits et the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers : 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ⇒This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be
attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are  requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties. which the Court is herein requested to perform;
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[typewritten letter]

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
AWF [annotated: own]

December 19, 1930

Mrs. William Wilson
87 Division Street
Amsterdam, New York.

Dear Madam:
You are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25613, it appears that Solomon Emmons was born June 25, 1764 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and moved in 1779, with his father, whose name is not stated, to Woodstock. Windsor County, Vermont.
While residing in said Woodstock, he enlisted and served as a private with the Vermont Troops, as follows - in 1781, ten months, in Captain John Benjamin's Company, Colonel Wait's Regiment; from February 1782, eight months in Captain Beriah Green's Company, Colonel Wait's Regiment; from the spring of 1783, eight months in Captain Beriah Green's Company.
It does not appear in the claim that he served in the War of 1812.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Woodstock, Vermont.
He died July 24, 1836.
He married May 29, 1791 in Windsor County, Vermont, Prudence Taft.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 5, 1838, at which time she was a resident of Woodstock, Vermont, and aged seventy-five years.
A son, Lewis, was residing in Hartland, Windsor
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[typewritten letter]

County, Vermont, in 1838.
There is no further reference to children.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Jonathan Cook or Cooke as described by you.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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[verso]

493.
Montpelier, Vermont.
Prudence Emmons widow of Solomon Emmons who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 24th July 1836 of Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Benjamint of the Regt commanded by Waight in the Vermont line for 2 years. 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier, Vt. at the rate of 80 Dollars ['Cents' crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & ending 24th July 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of March 1843. - and Sent to Oel Billings, Woodstock, Vermont
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Arrears to the 4th of [blank] [blank]
Semi=annual allowance ending [blank] [blank]
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. S. Evans Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 38.

[recto]

Reported
A new certificate was issued in this case under the opinion of the Attorney General of the 2d Sep. 1842, which was given in consequence of the Revolution of Congress of this 16. Aug 1842.
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[verso]

493.
Windsor Vermont.
Prudence Emmons widow of Solomon Emmons dec'd who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 24th July 1836 of Windsor Co. in the State of Vt. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Benjamint of the Regt commanded by Col. Waight in the Vt. line for 2 years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars [[blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1836.' crossed out] 24th July 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Sept. 1838  and sent Walter Palmer  Woodstock, Vt.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838   $200.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar 29. - 40.00
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$240.00
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2nd Page 38
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Vermont Montpelier
Prudence Emmons widow of Solomon Emmons who was a private in the Vermont line for 2. years
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of June 1843 and sent to Oel Billings Woodstock Vermont
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 26.

[recto]

Rep.
Instructions under the Act of 1844 sent to Oel Billings. Woodstock, Vt. July 13. 1844.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Solomon Emmons a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (['or' crossed out] his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. 25613.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|
1781|10 mos|Pvt|(Jno. Benjamin|Wait)|Vt.|
Feb. 1782|8 mos| " |(Beriah Green| " )|[blank]|
Spring 1783|8 mos| " |( " | ✓ )|[blank]|
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Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodstock, Windsor Co. Vt. [illegible] revd C. X. '79
Date of application for pension, Aug. 25, 1832 His cl. al.
Residence a date of application, Woodstock Vt.
Age at date of application, b. June 25, 1764 in Chesterfield, N. H.
Remarks: He married May 29, 1791 Prudence Taft. in Windsor Co. Vt He died July 24, 1836 she was al. pen. on her ap. ex. Sept 5, 1838 while a resident of Woodstock, Vt. aged 75 yrs. A son, Lewis, was a resident of Hartland, Windsor Co., Vt in 1838. No further family data. The above is the only Sol. Emmons of Vt. found on the Rev War records of this Bureau
Respectfully, 

Commissioner.
mar by Benj. Emmons a J. P. of Windsor Co. Vt.
his dau Harriet Howland test in 1838 res Woodstock Vt. [illegible annotation]

8-2856
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[handwritten letter]

Amsterdam N. Y. Nov. 20 30.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 22 1930]

Gentlemen: 
Will you send me the copy of pension Revolutionary record of Solomon Emmons of Vermont?
Did he have a pension for service in War of 1812? [annotated: or - no ff - ]
Thanking you for
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[handwritten letter]

your trouble, 
Yours truly
/s/Mrs. William Wilson
87 Division St.

Also, will you send Rev. record of Johnathan Cook, of Huntington Co. [margin note: not as (of NJ)] New Jersey?
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[postcard front]

[cancelled stamp - illegible design]
[postmark: OGDEN UTAH SEP 13 1920 4 PM]
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 17 1920]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Bureau of Pensions,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C. 

[margin note: Mallery]
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[postcard back]

Ogden Utah 9/11/20
[margin note: Rev H]

The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, DC.
[margin note: crossed reply]
Please send record of one Solomon Emmons who fought during Revolutionary War in 1778-83. He died at Sandy Hill N. Y. 1835. His widow obtained her pension from N. Y. residence. He was in Capt. Lovewell's Company Ollcotts Regiment Vermont Militia.
And oblige,
/s/Margaret Mallery,
955-26 st 
Ogden, Utah
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ECW.
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send it -
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[typewritten letter]

[margin note: Rev Svc]

Ogden, Utah,
July 24, 1920.

Department of Pensions, U. S. A.,
Washington, D.C., 

[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. D JUL 30 1920]

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly inform me if one Solomon Emmons who served in The American Revolution from Vermont during the years 1778, 1779, 1781-83, ever received a pension?
He died at Sandy Hill, New York, September 5th, 1835.
Very respectfully,  
/s/ (Miss) Margaret Mallery.
955-26 st.
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[typewritten letter]

[margin note: Rev Sec [illegible]]

Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. D JUNE 22 1920]

Dear Sir:
I have received from P. C. Harris, Ajutant General, the following, and for D.A.R. record, I require the town in which ancestor lived during service and if he received a pension with details.
"It appears from the records of this office that four services were performed under the name of Solomon Emmons in the Revolutionary War, all in Vermont.
Solomon Emmons, private, Scouts, Vermont Militia, served three days, between May and October, 1778.
Solomon Emmons Corporal, Lieutenant Asahel Smith's Company, of Vermont Militia, served October 20 to 29, 1780.
Solomon Emmons, rank not stated, Captain Lovewell's Company, ['Ollicott's' crossed out] Wait's Battallion, Vermont Militia, served July 1st to Nov. 27th, 1781.
Solomon Emmons, rank not stated, Captain Lovewell's Company, Ollicott's Regiment, Vermont Militia, year not stated; name appears on list dated Sunderland, August 21, 1783. The Revolutionary War Records in this office are incomplete. Further information can possibly be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C."
If you can state place of residence and facts concerning pension, I will be greatly obliged. 
Very respectfully, 
/s/M.J. Mallery,
955-26th St., Ogden, Utah.
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Solomon Emmons: Vert. Act 7 June. $80. when paid - AH

pd to 4th March 1836 - Died - 24 July 1837
AH.
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[verso]

Revy 
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 25,613
Prudence Emmons widow of Solomon Emmons Pri Rev War

Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: - Vol. [blank], Page [blank]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]

1920, July 22, 1920 Hist to M. J. Mallery EW
[illegible] Sept 21 Hist to Miss Margaret Mallery EW address as above - 
[illegible]-Dec. 19 - Hist to Mrs. William Wilson WJ
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N. Haskell & others -
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} On this 21 day of August 1838 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Windsor aforesaid Harriet Howland a resident of Woodstock aforesaid aged 67 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth Depose & say That she was acquainted with Solomon Emmons late of said Woodstock Deceased a Revolutionary pensions, and she is acquainted with Prudence Emmons widow of the said Solomon Emmons. That on the 29th day of May AD. 1791. She was present at said Woodstock when the said Solomon Emmons and the said Prudence Emmons (who before marriage was Prudence Taft) were duly joined in marriage by Benjamin Emmons Esquire then a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Windsor. That she is a Daughter of the said Benjamin Emmons who some time since removed from said Woodstock to the State of [blank] and is now deceased - 
That the aforesaid marriage took place on the Twenty ninth day of May Seventeen hundred and Ninety one - 
All which is according to her best recollection is not positive as to the day of the month the said marriage took place but does know it was in the month of May 1791
/s/Harriet Howland

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that the said Harriet Howland is a credible witness
/s/Walter Palmer Just Peace

[margin note: The word - Harriet, in the fourth line from the top - And the figures 1791 in the tenth line from the top were written on and encased before signing /s/Walter Palmer Just Peace]
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} On this 5th day of September 1838 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Windsor aforesaid Lewis: Emmons was a resident of Hartland in the County of Windsor, who being first duly sworn according to law doth Depose and say that he is a Son of Solomon Emmons late of Woodstock in the County of Windsor deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner. And that the said Solomon Emmons died on the 24th day of July AD 1836. And that Prudence Emmons is his mother that she is a widow now and has remained a widow ever since the decease of her husband the said Solomon Emmons and is now living - 
/s/Lewis Emmons

Sworn to before subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that the said Lewis Emmons is a credible witness
/s/Walter Palmer Just Peace

[margin note: The word, Lewis, and the word Hartland in the 4 line from the top were written & [illegible] before signing 
/s/Walter Palmer Just Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} On this 21 day of August 1838. personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor aforesaid Nathan Haskell a resident of Woodstock in the County of Windsor aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth Depose and say That he holds the Office of Town Clerk in the town of Woodstock aforesaid and has the care and the custody of the Records of Marriages in said town of Woodstock and that he has made due examination and no record of the marriage of Solomon Emmons and Prudence Taft is found on the said Books or in the Town Clerks office to exist 
/s/Nahum Haskell Town Clerk of Woodstock Vt.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written & I hereby certify that the s'd Nahum Haskell is a credible witness - 
/s/Walter Palmer Just Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court hereby Certify that Walter Palmer who has affixed the name to the above and foregoing is a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Windsor aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that the same is his genuine signature
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court and subscribe my name at Woodstock in said County this 10th day of September AD 1838 
/s/Benj'n Swan Clerk
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Hartford District}
[court seal affixed]  On this 27th day of June A. D. 1844 personally appeared before the Hon'l the Probate Court of the District of Hartford aforesaid Prudence emmons a resident of Woodstock in said District aged -81- years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, and the act in addition thereto, passed June 17th, 1844, reviving and extending said act of March 3d 1843, for and during four years from and after the 4th of March, 1844.
That she is the widow of Solomon Emmons late of Woodstock deceased who was Private in the army of the Revolution, and served as set forth in his declaration under the act of June 7th A. D. 1832 and that she was pensioned under the acts of July, 7th, 1838, and of March 3d, 1843, and drew a pension of $80.00 per annum - and she now claims a further pension of four years from & after the 4th of March 1844, pursuant to said additional act. She further declares that she is still a widow. /s/X her mark Prudence Emmons
Edwin Emmons
Emeline Emmons
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written. 
Before /s/George E. Wales, Judge.

I Oel Billings Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Prudence Emmons for a pension; and I further certify that she is the identical widow and drew a pension as she has stated above
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Woodstock in said District this 27th day of June AD 1844.
/s/Oel Billings Register.

Return to O. Billings Woodstock Vt.}
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Windsor County ss} 
[court seal affixed] On this 4th day of May A. D. 1848 personally appeared before Oel Billings a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, Prudence Emmons a resident of Woodstock in said County of Windsor aged -86- 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 act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Solomon Emmons of said Woodstock deceas'd who was a private in the Army of the revolution and drew a pension in his life time. and that she made her declaration for a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, and drew a pension under that and the subsequent Acts in relation thereto, of Eighty dollars per annum, and she now makes this application to obtain a continuance of her pension during her natural life
She further declares that she is still a widow.
/s/X her mark Prudence Emmons
Witnesses} Harry Emmons
Laura Emmons

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, 
Before /s/Oel Billings Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named applicant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
/s/Oel Billings Justice of the Peace.
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Windsor County....ss.} I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Oel Billings is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 3d day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signatures foregoing are ['is' crossed out] genuine.
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 5th day of May A. D. 1848
/s/Norman Williams Clerk.
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
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Woodstock Vt. Sept 10th 1838

Sir 
Enclosed with this are the Declarations of Emma Burbank Prudence Emmons & Jemima Ware claiming pensions which when examined I make the return directed to me &c
Respectfully yours
/s/Walter Palmer

Hon J L Edwards
Comm'r of pensions 

I also enclose with this affidavit in support of Andrew Stevens* claim for an addition to his pension - and request return as above &c 
/s/W. Palmer
* taken out by JDW.
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Depo of Elijah Knight
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I Elijah Knight of Keene in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy five years, testify and say that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two according to the best of my recollection - I was living in the State of Vermont - and know that said Solomon served as a soldier in that year eight months in Captain Bariah Greens Co - in troops raised by the State of Vermont, stationed at Bethel fort - to guard against the indians & tories from Canada - I was a Lieutenant in the same company during that time there. - the company where stationed ['there' crossed out] before I joined them, and that I have been acquainted with said Emmons from that time to the present. - 
/s/Elijah Knight 

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss - Augt. 8. 1832. Subscribed & sworn to Before me /s/Thomas M Edwards Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent is credible witness
/s/Thomas M Edwards
Jus Peace - 

Cheshire ss. August 8, 1832
[court seal affixed] I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Court in s'd County certify that Thomas M Edwards is a Justice of the Peace in and for county & that his official signatures above are in his own hand writing - 
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
/s/S. Hale, clerk
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John Haraden
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I John Haraden of Barnard County of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawful age testify & say that some time between the year 1780 & the close of the Revolutionary War what year I do not recollect I belonged to Capt Beriah Greens Company Vermont Troops was Stationed at a Small Fort in Barnard Vermont that I was there acquainted with Solomon Emmons of Woodstock Vermont & the said Emmons was in the same Company & served with me and was discharged at the time I was after serving out our time & further deponent sayeth not - 
/s/John Haraden

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock August 24th 1832
Then John Haraden a Credible Witness personally appeared & made Solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth + nothing but the truth
Before /s/Walter Palmer Justice of peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock County Clerks Office August 29th 1832 - I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that the above is his Signature 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I hereto annex the Seal of said Court and subscribe my name the day & year last above - 
/s/Benj'n Swan
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Woodstock Vt March. 18. 1843

Hon. J. L. Edwards.
Sir, 
I herewith forward you the declaration of Prudence Emmons, widow of Solomon Emmons deceas'd for a pension under the Act of March 3d 1843. a return is solicited soon.
I am Respectfully your Obt Serv't 
/s/Oel Billings
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Seth Hodges
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I Seth Hodges of Pomfret County of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawfull age testify & say that in the year 1781 I was acquainted with Solomon Emmons & knew that the said Emmons served ten months at Bethel Vermont in Capt Benjamin Company in Colo Waites Regiment Vermont Troops I further testify that the said Emmons served at the same place in Capt Beriah Greens Company in the said Waites Regiment eight months in 1782 that I served with the said Emmons in the same company & further deponent sayeth not
/s/Seth Hodges

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock August 23 AD 1832
Then Seth Hodges personally appeared & made Solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me & I hereby certify that the said Hodges is a credible witness
/s/Walter Palmer
Justice of peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 29th. 1832
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County and that the above is his Signature. - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court & subscribe my name the day & year last above. - 
/s/Benj'n Swan
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Prudence Emmons 
Vt.
act 7. July 38
80$ from 4 March 36 to 24 July 36 - 

Oel Billings
Woodstock Vt
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
District of Hartford} 
[court seal affixed] On this 16th day of January AD 1843 personally appeared before me Oel Billings a Justice of the Peace and Register of the Probate Court for the District of Hartford aforesaid Prudence Emmons of Woodstock in said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain arrears of Pensions.
That she is the widow of Solomon Emmons late of Woodstock aforesaid in said County and State deceased who was a pensioner of the United States up to the day of his death which took place on the 24th day of July AD 1836 and that she was pensioned under the act of Congress of July 7th 1838 and that her pension commenced on the day of her said Husband's death to wit on the 24th day of July AD 1836 and she now claims arrears of pension from the 4th day of March AD 1836 to the 24th day of July AD 1837 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum
/s/Prudence Emmons
/s/Maria S Emmons
/s/Oel Billings

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written & I further certify that she the said Prudence Emmons is the widow of Solomon Emmons who was, and said widow also was, a pensioner of the United States, as she has stated above, and is respectable and a credible person. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day before stated.
/s/Oel Billings Register
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No 25
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State of Vermont
Windsor County
Hartford District

On this 18th day of March 1843
Personally appeared before Oel Billings a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Windsor and Probate Register for the District of Hartford aforesaid. Prudence Emmons of Woodstock in said District who being first sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed March 3rd 1843 granting and extending a pension to windows whose husbands served in the Revolutionary War for and during the [further?] term of five years from and after the 4th of March 1843.

That she is the widow of Solomon Emmons late of said Woodstock deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served as setforth in his declaration under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 and drew a pension up to the day of his death which took place on the 24th day of July 1836 of eighty dollars per annum and that the said Prudence Emmons was pensioned under the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 and the 23rd of August 1842 and drew a pension of eighty dollars per annum up to March 4th 1841 and that she now remains the window of said Solomon Emmons deceased, that she was not married to said Solomon Emmons prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794;

Witness Harry Emmons
Oel Billings  Prudence Emmons

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written and I further certify that the said Prudence Emmons is the widow of Solomon Emmons deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States and that she Prudence Emmons was also a pensioner as she has stated above, and is respectable and credible person. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Woodstock in said District the day and year before named
Oel Billings Register.