Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,897, for Solomon Naughton, New York
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SERVICE
New York

Naughton, Solomon

NUMBER
S.21897

CONTENTS
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9163
Vermont
Solomon Naughton
Shoreham in the State of Connt
who was a pri in the Conn commanded
by Captain _ of the Reg commanded by Col Whitney in the [Ver - crossed out] N.Y. militia 7 mo - 2 day
Inscribed on the Roll of Ver -
the rate of 26 Dollars 24 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of April 1833 and sent to H Everest Shoreham Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 33   $52.48
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 4. 33  13.12
 [total] $65.60

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by E.D. Bulloch Clerk
Book E Vol [3?] Page 50

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See letter to P Hg May 6. 1840
 Do A. Clark & 3d Audr:
 26 May 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838
from 4 March to 4 Sept 1839
Agt Notified 24 June 1840
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1884 Feby 14 Levi Fox - for more data to indentify [identify], the use to be made of the information & relation to the Soldier
1884 Mch 7. Levi Fox that it is [Prior?] against the rules to furnish information by which an heir can be able to [f..?] & present a claim against the U.S.
1884 April 7. Levi Fox that the Prior records of the office do not show the date of his death - referred him to 3d auditor
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2309
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State of Vermont
County of Addison  SS.

On the 7th day of August AD 1832 personally appeared before Silas H Jenison one of the Judges of Addison County Court Solomon Naugton [sic] a resident of Shoreham in the County of Addison and State of Vermont aged Eighty one years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated (viz)  In the fore part of the Summer of 1776 the the said Solomon Naugton volunteered in the Capt Bostwick's Company in Col Whiting's Regiment in the Militia of the State of New York at New Canaan in the State of New York where he has lived, and that he marched from New Canaan [illegible] to Albany from thence to Schenectady and from thence to Johnstown and from thence to Fort Herkimer and was out on said line about one Month according to his best recollection and went for the purpose of driving off the Indians and Tories and that they on said line succeeded in driving the Tories and Indians and took some prisoners while at Albany on said Lines he the said Solomon Naughton saw a Tory hung what had been taken as a spy but he does not recollect the name of the said Tory - and that after said tour he returned home to New Canaan aforesaid, and that soon after he returned home he again volunteered into the Service of the United States into Capt. Bostwick's Company in Col Whitings Regiment of the Militia of the State of New York and Marched from New Canaan
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aforesaid to Albany, from thence to Stone Roby [sic] [Stone Arabia] and was there in the battle with the Tories and Indians and that they retreated before our troops, we were under the Command of Gen Van Rensellaer [sic], and that the the said Solomon Naughton was out on said Tour about four weeks according to his best recollection and then returned home to New Canaan aforesaid and that in the fall of the year 1776 he again volunteered into Capt Bostwick's Company in Col Whitings Regiment again, and marched from New Canaan aforesaid to Fort George at the head of lake George in the State of New York for the purpose of opposing the British then marching as it was expected from Canaan under Gen Burgoyne and after staying at Fort George about a week and learning that the British troops had given up their expedition  our troops had orders to return home, and we marched as far as one day home as Stillwater and there heard that Fort Schuyler was besieged  we were then ordered to march to that place - but the next day learning that the report was incorrect  We were ordered to return home and this return home to New Canaan aforesaid and that he the said Solomon Naughton was out on said Tour about four  weeks according to the best of his recollection and belief, that Gen Schuyler was his commanding General.  And that in the Spring of the year 1777 in the month of May according to his best recollection he the said Solomon Naughton again volunteered into Capt Bostwick's Company in Col Whitings Regiment, and marched from New Canaan aforesaid to Fort George aforesaid for the purpose of moving the Military Stores and to oppose the march of Burgoyne's Army there marching on
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about to march from Canada, and that they neared the Military Stores from Fort George - that is what could be [illegible] and that which lay in the march of Burgoyne's Army which could not be moved was destroyed such as fields of wheat hay grass &c and that we were driven by the Indians and Burgoyne's troops to Stillwater and there made a stand.  Gen Schuyler was the commanding General.  And that he the said Solomon Naughton was at the Battle of Stillwater and at Saratoga and was at the Surrender of Burgoyne he the said Solomon Naughton was taken sick.  he then after Saratoga was returned home and that he the said Solomon Naughton was out on said last tour about five months as he verily believes according to the "best of his recollection"   that he was born at Framingtown [Farmington] in Connecticut as he has been told & has no record of his [illegible]  that he resided at New Canaan in the State of New York during the Revolutionary War - and that soon after the start of the war he moved to Poultney in the State of Vermont and from thence to Shoreham aforesaid where he now resides and has resided for upwards of nine years past, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.  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.

[signed]
Solomon Naughton
X his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me

[signed]
Silas H. Jenison
Judge of Addison County Court
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We Zacheus Barnum and Benjamin Tower residing in the Town of Shoreham in the County of Addison and State of Vermont hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Naughton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty one 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.

[signed]
Benjamin Tower
Zaccheus Barnum

Sworn and Subscribed the 
day and year aforesaid
before me.

[signed]
Silas H. Jenison Judge of Addison County Court

And the said Silas H Jenison Judge of Addison County Court and aforesaid does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department and that the above applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States and the said Silas H Jenison Judge as aforesaid further certifies that it appears to him that Zacheus Barnum and Benjamin Tower who have signed the foregoing Certificate and also from his formal examination with them and who are residents in the Town of Shoreham in the County of Addison aforesaid that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

[signed]
Silas H. Jenison Judge of Addison County Court

and the said Silas H Jenison Judge as aforesaid further certifies that the said Solomon Naughton from his advanced age and infirm state of health that he is unable to attend Court to make his declaration.

[signed]
Silas H. Jenison Judge of Addison County Courts
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I Silas H Jenison Judge of Addison County Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge on the matter of the application of Solomon Naughton for a pension.

In testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of August AD 1832.
[signed]
Silas H Jenison Judge of Addison County Courts

State of Vermont
Addison County  SS.

I, Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the said County do hereby certify that Silas H Jenison before whom the foregoing proceedings were had and who has certified the same is a Judge of Said Court and his name in the several places, where the same is Subscribed thereto is his own Signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court this 9th day of August 1832
[signed]
Saml. Swift Clerk

[seal affixed, illegible]
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January 29, 1936
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Miss Julia A. Webster
121 Henderson Street
Pontiac, Michigan

SOLOMON NAUGHTON
S. 21897
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Solomon Naughton or Norton, born May 12, 1757, son of James Norton and his wife, Mary (Barnes) Norton, married April 17, 1774, Sarah Hexford and died at "Villenour" in 1837.
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Solomon Naughton, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 21897, based upon his service in the Revolution.
Solomon Naughton was born in Farmington, Connecticut; the date of his birth and names of parents are not given.
While residing in New Canaan, New York, Solomon Naughton volun-teered early in the summer of 1776 and served one month as private in Captain Bostwick's company, Colonel Whiting's New York regiment on an expedition against the Tories and Indians, after which he returned home. He volunteered in the fall of 1776 and served four weeks as private in Captain Bostwick's company, Colonel Whiting's New York regiment. He volunteered in May, 1777, served as private in Captain Bostwick's company, Colonel Whiting's New York regiment and was in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, length of this tour five months. He volunteered, date not stated, and served a tour of four weeks as private in Captain Bostwick's company, Colonel Whiting's New York regiment, and was in the battle of Stone Arabia.
Soon after the Revolution the soldier moved to Poultney, Vermont, and from there, to Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont, about 1823.
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Solomon Naughton was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was aged "eighty-one years and upwards" and was living in Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont. He signed Solomon Naughton.
In 1837, the soldier was a resident of Chautauqua County, New York, with post office at Hanover.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and name of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Solomon Naughton
Certificate #9163
Issued April 2, 1833
Rate $26.24 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Vermont Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Report of Jan. 18, 1936
[illegible] Eliza L Jacobsen
[illegible] of Dec.
NY State Library
[illegible] of State of NY.
returned to her
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admit
7 ? 26 private
$26.24

N H Everest
Shoreham  Vt
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Shoreham Vermont [illegible] 1832

Sir
I haven't found the papers of Solomon Naughton for a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832. Mr Naughton [illegible] his [illegible] forward to me as son as his pension is great.
Yours Respectfully
U H Eui[illegible]
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-sion on file in the Bureau. Solomon Naughton [illegible] 1891
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
Summer 1776
Fall of 1776
August 1777
x

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 [illegible].
4 weeks
[illegible].
4 [illegible]

RANK.
Prv.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Bostwick
Bostwick
Bostwick
Bostwick
COLONEL.
Whiting
Whiting
Whiting
Whiting

STATE.
N.Y.

Battles engaged in, Stillwater * Stone Arabia
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible] N. Y.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 7 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Shoreham, Addison Co. Vt
Age at date of application, 84 years, [illegible]
Remarks: So [illegible] Family
1837 [illegible] Chautauqui Co. NY
sale of [illegible]
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In answer to yours of the 18th ult [word crossed out] stating that the object of your enquiry relative to Solomon Naughton or McNaughton a Revy Soldier is to obtain ^ particular information of his [military - crossed out] Services & decease which will be used for the benefit of an aged & only surviving heir, you are advised that it against the rules of the Department to furnish information from its record by means of what an heir may be able to [form?]  & present a claim against the [general?] government
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June 20, 1936

Bureau of Pensions:

Some time ago I received information through the Genealogical Department of the Boston Transcript of an ancestor of whom we had no record: re  Solomon Norton.  Sarah (Norton) Webster his daughter, was wife of my g grand father, Aaron Webster - pioneers of Michigan - both died 1823.

The record I have came from a Mr E. Andrews of Chicago.  It says the Norton family at one time were called Naughton - before 1790. 

Four brothers saw service:  Josiah, Stephen, Solomon and Theodore. ("Thode"
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II

Solomon Norton b. May 12 1757 son of James and Mary (Barnes) Norton m. April 17 1774 Sarah Rexford.

Its 10 years since I began my search for a "wee bit" about the Norton branch to which I belong.

Some time ago I learned that our ancestor was in Rev. War which would entitle us to membership in D.A.R., hence my reasons to get a certified or true record.

I enclose a letter from Albany N.Y. it may be of help to your office also to me as
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I may not have made myself understood in this letter.

Sincerely
Julia A. Webster

Address
121 Henderson St.
Pontiac, Michigan

[in pencil]
Record of service and letter from Albany
2 enc ok 
N

[stamped] REC'D Jan 24 1936 Mail Sub.Div.
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Record of service.
Solomon Norton, NY S.21897
Addison, VT. Aug 7 1832 of Shoreham Vt. 81 yrs.

He entered service the summer of 1776.  Capt. Bostwick's Co.
Colonel Whiting's Regiment at Canaan - to Fort Herkimer about one month.
Volunteer in Capt. Bostwick's Co. went to Stone Roby [Stone Arabia] in about 4 weeks - next same company to Lake George to Fort Schuyler about 4 weeks

In spring of 1777 May - in same Co. and Regiment was at surrender of Burgoyne - sick and sent
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home - out about 5 weeks.
He resided at Canaan and soon after was moved to Poultney Vt. from there to Shoreham Vt. where he resided for 9 years.
Zacheus Barnes and Benjamin Tower certify credence.

[stamped] REC'D Jan 23 1936

Aug 2. 1837 Solomon Norton wrote pension office he had moved to Hanover, Chautauqua Co. N.Y. and would like his pension paid at Albany N.Y.  Solomon Norton died at "Villenova" 1837.
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[L.S.W?]
21897

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE A MAR 20 1909
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Buffalo, Mar 19, /09.

Dear Sir:

Please send pension record of soldier, Solomon Naughton, private N.Y. militia, pensioned Apr 2nd 1833.  Residence in 1833 Addison Co., Vermont, Please oblige

Yours truly,

Mrs. Geo. W Norton,
416 Oak St.,
Buffalo,
N.Y.
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Kenosha Wis
March 11-1884

Sir

Your favor of the 8 inst is before me & have read articles referred to, am really amused & also chagrined to learn that a so called great & free Government that my Grand sires both fought to establish & their grand sons have many of them fought to perpetuate should dust their Records, for fear of some just claim

First we do not offer any claim, never did, neither do we propose to do so.  We boast of possessing enough of the little Scotchman to be self sustaining & all we have or do ask is the date of the death of Solomon McNaughton or Naughton as a record.  Yours tr/ Sincerely Levi Fox
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Commissioners of Pensions
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Kenosha Wis.
Feb. 4 1884

Dear Secretary,

Solomon McNaughton Or Solomon Naughton was the name of a Soldier of the revolutionary army.  Took part in battle Bunker Hill & elsewhere lived to good old age & made pension by act of Congress subsequent to said war.  Died in Wyoming Co. N.Y. Somewhere about 1840, the real date of his death is quite important & very much desired.  Will you be so kind as to put this in hands of the proper person who will give me said information at earliest business convenience?  The original Scotch name included the Mc. but, said Soldier as a business man wrote his name Naughton don't know which is on Pension roll
[signed]
Levi Fox
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Commissioners of Pensions

[on side]
P.O. [Direct?]
Kenosha, Wis
Levi Fox
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Kenosha Wis.
Feb. 19 1884

Dear Sir

Please notice figures 1.2.3.4 in your communication herewith inclosed [sic]

1 Don't positively know probably in Vermont

2 for many years in Poultney Rutland Co. Vermont & finally resided & I think died in Wyoming Co. N.Y.

3  Cannot tell

4 Was in Commission department & by order of superior, train halted at foot of Bunker Hill with provision until battle was over

Object information.  Will be used for the benefit of an aged & only surviving heir of said soldier a son in his 86 year of age.  Said soldier & myself stand in relation as Grandsire & Grand Son.  Think said soldier served in some capacity the war through was born in 1750 & since writing my former letter have learned that he was well & strong in 1850.

Levi Fox
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Revolution
21897
INVALID
File No. 21,897
Thomas Naughton
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: Vol. 2, Page 294
 Arrangement of 1870

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1909 Apr 10 Hist to Mrs. Geo. W. Norton [V.L.M.?]
1924 Dec 2 - Tombstone data to [Hon?] Daniel A Reed for Mrs. G.H. Christy
See letter & carbon in [John?] Gregory S.29189
1936 Jan 20 - Hist to Miss Julia A, Webster
 M.L.B.
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O. W. & N. Div.

(Stamped)
U S PENSION OFFICE
B
MAR 17
1864

Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., March 4, 1884

Sir
In response to your inquiry in regard to the title of the (Rein?) of Solomon Naughton your attention is called to paragraph No. 3 below:

1. There is no provision of law granting a pension to soldiers who served in the war with Mexico, or any of the Indian wars, or their widows, except for wounds received or disease contracted, or death therefrom, in the line of duty in that war.
2. Sections 4736 to 4740, Revised Statutes, make provision for the allowance of pension to soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812, who served for a period of sixty days, and who were honorably discharged from the service, and to the widows of said soldiers and sailors, provided they were married to their husbands prior to the treaty of peace, Februaury 17, 1815. Loyalty to the United States Government during the late civil war is required under above sections. Act March 9, 1878, provides for all soldiers or sailors, (or their widows, irrespective of date of marriage,) who served for fourteen days, or who were in any battle and who were honorably discharged from the service. But these provisions do not extend to children or any other heirs, nor are the survivors pensioned under the provisions of this law entitled to any increase by reason of increase of disability, age, infirmity, &e., the law fixing the rate of 88 per month for all ranks.
3. The following section of the Revised Statutes shows the only condition under which any allowance can be made to any heirs of a Revolutionary soldier, to wit: "Section 4742. From and after the 2d day of April, 1802, no claim for a pension or for an increase of pension shall be allowed in favor of the children or other descendants of any person who served in the war of the Revolution, or of the widow of such person, when such person or his widow died without having established a claim to a pension." But the widow of a Revolutionary soldier who served fourteen days or more, may obtain a service pension under the Act of March 9, 1878. In the ease od the death of a Revolutionary pensioner leaving a widow, or death of his widow, leaving a balance of pension due and undrawn for a period of three years or more, said balance will be covered into the United States Treasury, and can be paid out only under a special act of Congress.
4. The law does not grant a pension either to a father, mother, or brothers and sisters of a soldier or sailor for any service ren-dered by him prior to the 4th day of March, 1861.
5. A widow or minor children of any person who served in the Army prior to the 4th day of March 1861, and who has died, is entitled to pension only in ease his death is the result of wounds received or disease contracted during a period of war, except the 1812 widows receiving a service pension, mentioned in paragraph 3.
6. The widow or minor children of a sailor who served in the Navy prior to the 4th day of March, 1861, is entitled to a pension only in the event of his death while in the Navy, from injury or wounds received or disease contracted while in the line of duty.
7. Any service rendered subsequent to the 3d day of March, 1855, does not give title to bounty in lands, and the service rendered before that date to give title must have been at least fourteen days during some one of the recognized wars in which this country has been engaged.
8. The Act of January 25, 1879, and the amendment, generally known as the Arrears Act, does not provide for granting arrears of pension in cases where disability is due to or death ensues from a cause originating in the service prior to the 4th day of March, 1861, nor in cases where pension has been allowed for service only, to wit: 1812 service pensions.
9. Applications for and communications in regard to homestead lands for service during the late civil war should be addresses to the Honorable Commissioner General Land Office, Interior Department, and communications in regard to back pay, extra pay, and bounty in money for Army service should be addressed to the Honorable Second Auditor United States Treasury Department, and for extra pay, prize money, &e., for naval service, to the Honorable Fourth Auditor United States Treasury Department.

Very respectfully,
W. mW. Dudley
Commissioner.

Mr Levi Fox
Kenosha
Wisconsin
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Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington, D.C. February  14th, 1884

Sir,
 In reply to yours of the 4th inst. relative to Solomon Naughton or McNaughton, who served in the war of the Revolution, you are advised that in order to identify the party you should state  1 where he resided before 2 and after the war, the 3 names of the the officers under whom he served, 4 and places where the Service was rendered, so far as the same may be known -
 Before furnishing the information desired, it is necessary that you communicate to this office the object of the inquiry and what use will be made of the information as well as your relation to the Soldier.
  Very respectfully
 Wm W Dudley
 Commissioner

Mr Levi Fox
Kenosha Co  Wisconsin
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Solomon Naughton which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned 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?
(Written) No, see Quere 5
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-ing it?
No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. 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, &e. 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 recol-lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For (blank) year (blank) months and (blank) days, I served as a (blank). For (blank) months and (blank) days, I served as a (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."
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Montpelier 30 April 1840

Sir 

I enclose you Solomon Naughtons  [pa?er] I found it last fall  [?ch] no certificate of the Clerk of the Court was forwarded that Nathl Miser was Justice of the peace it was returned & the certificate required. I have now [ordered?] the certificate [?st] more than 3 Months [since?]        [?] times the person? was [giving? ] I forwarded it to you for instruction
 Respectfully yours
 A Clark
 P Agent

J L Edwards Esqr
 Com of Pensions
Washington DC
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 15th, 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Solomon Naughton, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Twenty six Dollars and 24 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1[illegible]2, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th Sept. 1[illegible]9.
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[T?]597 Aug 11 1837
 Rev

Solo Naughton
Vt [?] to Alby
[illegible]
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[Nano?n] N.Y  [Tn or Fn?]
Aug 5
Hon Secretary of the Treasury
Washington city
 D.C.

[on side]
1837  Treasury Dept
Aug 10 1837
Respectfully [forward?] to [word crossed out] Secretary of War

[crossed out -N324 Aug11..]
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Hanover Chautauqua County N.Y.
2d August 1837
Sir
 I hold a Pension Certificate of which the following is a copy - War Department
   Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832 Solomon Naughton of the State of Vermont who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Seventy six Dollars & twenty four cents per Annum, during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
SS.   Given at the War office of the United States the second day April one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
  Lew Cass  Secretary of War
Examined & Authorized
 J L Edwards
 Comr of Pensions

 And having recently removed to this County I desire the payment of my Pension to be made at Albany NY instead of Burlington Vermont & hope the attention will be made accordingly.
 If this should be d  to the Secy of War please hand it over to that department
 Yours respy
  Solomon Naughton

Hon. Secy of the Treasury
Washington City
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[signed] Solomon Naughton
28     Joseph Smith Justice Peace

I Silas H. Jenison Judge of Addison County Court do hereby certify that there is no settled Clergyman in the town of Shoreham in which Solomon Naughton the above named applicant resides 
Silas H. Jenison Judge as aforesaid 

State of Vermont}
Addison County} I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that the above named Silas H. Jenison is a Judge of said Court, and his name above written is his own signature.
And I further certify that the above named Joseph Smith before whom the above affidavit of Solomon Naughton was made was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this first day of January 1833 
Saml Swift Clerk