Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17254., Joseph Batchellor, Mass.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE                                               NUMBER
Mass.     Batchellor, Joseph          W. 17254.
               Batchelor or            B.L.M.33568-160-55-
               Batcheller or, Sally
CONTENTS
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20043
New York 
Joseph Batchelor
of [Medina] in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Cont. commanded
by Captain Baldwin of the Regt commanded
by Col Dick in the Mass.
line for 21 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 70 Dollars ---Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of march, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Aug.
1833 and [?nth] J. B Eldridge  Hamilton
 Arrears to the 4th of Mar. ' [?]
$140
$35
$175
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
RECORDED BY Go C Stiles [signature] CLERK
BOOK E Vol. 4 Page 48
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Declaration of Joseph Batchellor
In order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New York On the Eighth - day of October 1832
Madison County SS personally appeared in Open Court before the judges of the Court of Commissioners now sitting Joseph Batchellor a resident of the Town of Lebanon in said County, aged Sixty nine years, who being sworn in due form of 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
That during the Revolutionary War he resided in Upton in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts with his Father who was then an Ensign in the Militia of that [place]
That in the latter part of the year 1778 there was more called for at Upton and the towns joining and the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Baldwin of Northbridge joining Upton, of which Company his Father Perrin Batchellor was Ensign, was called into Service, and he went then as mentor to his father. That they went to Dorchester near Boston where they remained until their first term of service was out, that this deponent then enlisted again for one month and want into Boston and was quartered there until the month was out when they were dismissed. That he [cant'] now say the precise time he served the first term, as he was then verry young and entered as mentor to his Father who took all the charge of his time and [afreusing] his pay, but thinks the term for which they were first called out was three months. That they belonged to Colonel Nicholas [Dekes] Regiment.
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That the latter part of Winter as first of the Spring the year after Burgoynes Army was defeated there was men called for to gard [gard as spelled in document] the prisoners taken at Burgoyne's defeat, and this declarant enlisted into a Company commanded by a Captain whose name he can't [recall] though he lived in the Town of Leister [Leicester] not far from Upton That this declarant enlisted for six months and went to Rutland in Massachusetts where they were first mustered and where they remained stationed and kept gard  over the prisoners at that place. That during the summer this declarant went with a detachment to gard some part of the prisoners to Providence where they were exchanged, they were highland Scots, at another time they went to gard a party of the prisoners to L[ynn]field where they delivered the prisoners to another Gard, and returned back to Rutland, that afterward he was taken sick with the camp [distemper], he appealed to his captain for a furlough to go home and by the advice of a Continental Officer that happened to be present, his captain gave him a furlough for ten or fifteen days and he then returned to his fathers in Upton and [staid] until he recovered his health when his furlough was out he returned to Rutland and joined the Army, and remained there until his six months expired when he again enlisted for another six months, and remained stationed at Rutland the whole six months except in the Winter his brother Jeremiah Batchellor came and took his place for a few days when then declarant went to his fathers and made a short visit, then returned and served his time out. while he was at his fathers on said visit there fell a remarkable deep snow and this declarant went back to Rutland in what was called [rankits] a kind snow shoe, during the last six months there was some of the prisoners still remaining at Rutland and their only business was
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to guard them, at the two terms this declarant served one full year except the few days he was absent on the furlough before mentioned, and the few days his brother took his place also before mentioned that he drew pay for a full years service. That when the last six months expired the Captain Marched them up to a T[?] and thanked for their services and treated them and dismissed them and this declarant returned to his Fathers in Upton.
That on the 27th day of July1780 as this deponent thinks he enlisted into a Company which he is now informed by the affidavit of his brother (which is here to appended) was commanded by a Captain Smith in Colonel Jacksons Regiment, though cant say from his own recollection who their officers were, the reason why he recollects the day was that it was his birthday and his comrades made him treat and its being the day they were Mustered and [sized] at Springfield, they had before enlisted.
That after they were Mustered they marched first to the north river and crossed between West Point and Stony Point, and went into the State of New Jersey, where they spent the season some of the time they were stationed at the English Neighborhood, at [Talaway] and Orange Town, that they were at [Talaway] when Major Andre was hung, the day before he was hung this declarant was one of the [Gard] over Andre that this deponent saw Major Andre when he came out of the place where he had been kept. That he also saw him executed, That in the fall the Army moved for Winter quarters to West Point, that before they moved this declarant drove an [extram] to mind the road for fifteen days, that when they got to West Point, the barracks was so that they could not go into them, and they encamped in the woods and before they went into the woods [first] the snow fell quite deep, that their Regiment was
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quartered in Fort Arnold, where they remained [at] til their terms were out, or until this declarant and many others terms were out, when they received a written discharge and this declarant received a written discharge but cant recollect who it was signed by, He took it and carried it home and delivered it to the Town Officers who paid him for his services and drew his wages they having hired him to enlist to help make the [quarter] required of the Town of Upton at that time. That he served six months this campaign and his brother Jeremiah Batchellor enlisted and served with him as set forth in his said affidavit. This declarant has made all the exertion to procure testimony of his services that his situation will enable him to, and that all the [commentary] evidence he can procure is here to appended and that he knows of no others he can in any way procure to testify to any part of his service. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Joseph Batchellor [signature]
Sworn & subscribed before me this Eighth day of October 1852 in Open Court 
A S Sloan [signature] Clk
And the said Joseph Batchellor did then end there upon his oath make the following answers to the several questions put to him by the said Court as by the War Department prescribed, 
1st That he was born in the Town of Upton Massachusetts in the year 1763.
2nd Has a record of his age now in his possession.
3rd When he was called into service he was living at Upton afore said, after the Revolution lived first in Hopkington then two years in Rhode Island, then in Char[l]ton Mass. five or six years, then he moved into the Town of Sherburne [word crossed out] in what is said Chenango County, where [bottom line not complete but is on the next scan]
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in Char[l]ton Mass. five or six years, then he moved into the Town of Sherburne [word crossed out] in what is said Chenango County, where he lived until within these years when he moved into Lebanon where he now resides.
4th That he was called into service as set fourth in his [declarals]
5th That his powers of recollections so far fail him it is now out of his power to state the troops with which he served this appears under whom he served on the details of his services any further on any man fully than he has set fourth in his said declaration.
6th that he never received but one written discharge and that was received and disposed of as set fourth in his said declaration
7th That Charles G. Otis Esquire and Deacon Abner Calkins of Hamilton are, and have been, acquainted with him for a great number of years and can testify as to his character for veracity and their [opinion] of his having been a soldier in the Revolution, as well as many others of his neighbors.
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We Abner Calking a resident of the Town of Hamilton and Charles G Otis a Justice of the Peace of the same place in the County of Madison and State of New York do certify that we are personally acquainted with Joseph Batchellor named as [declarent] in the declaration to which this is appended and have been acquainted with him more that twenty years and lived a near neighbour to him, that it has been reputed and believed in the [neighbourhood] and [illegible] he resided that he was a soldier in the Revolution and we [illegible] in that opinion. We would further certify that the said Batchellor has always sustained an un [?]able character for [Verrity] and that we have years ago heard said Batchellor recount his service in the Revolution, and where we now heard his social declaration read over  we remember that many thing there in mentioned we have at these time heard him state particularly the execution of Major Andre [?] and the incidents of that campaign That from your knowledge of the character of the said Batchellor and from what we have heard him relate before he had an idea of applying for a pension we have full confidence in the facts set fourth in said declaration and have no doubt but he served as therein stated.
Abner Calkins [signature] Charles G Otis [signature]
Subscribed & sworn before me this 28th day of September 1832
& I hereby certify that Deacon Abner Calkins who has sworn to the foregoing certificate is a man of the first respectability for verity and that his statement is entitled to full credit, and that Charles G Otis who has also sworn to the same is Justice of the Peace and at the first respectability.
James B Eldredge [signature] First Judge Mad. Co.
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I Levi G Gardiner a Clergyman residing in Lebanon County of Madison and State of New York do certify that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Batchellor who is named in the foregoing declaration as declarent; that it is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a {?} in the Revolution and I concur in that opinion I would further certify that said Batchellor is a man of good character for veracity and that I believe him to be sixty nine years of age
L.G.Gardner [signature]
Subscribed and sworn before me this 29th of September 1832 and I hereby certify that the said Levi G Gardner is a Clergyman residing in Lebanon {?} respec[?] {?} that his statement is entitled to credit.
James B. Eldredge [signature]First Judge of Mad. Co.
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office} SS. 
I Andrew S Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that James B. Eldridge Esq. before whom the two preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn was, at the dates of the same, the first Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed the said certificates to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand & seal of Office this 9th day of October, 1832
A. S. Sloan Clk seal affixed
Regiment [regiment belongs to the next scanned page]
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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 or within named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Levi G Gardner who has signed the within certificate is a clergyman resident of the town of Lebanon in the County of Madison, and that Abner Calkin and Charles G Otis who have signed an annexed certificate are residents of the town of Hamilton in said county and are credible persons
I Andrew S Sloan Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Joseph Batchellor for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 9th day of October 1832.
A. S. Sloan [signature] Clk
[seal affixed]
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No 16087
Joseph Batchellor
Madison County
N.Y.
[faint ]
[Am---led] us understood to be required]
i
aomd
2[?] mo. pri
70$
clerk certificate & seal to be altered
J.B.Eldridge
Hamilton
Madison County 
NY
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 16 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 Joseph Batchelor [Batchellor] Madison County
[columns]
Period when the service was rendered. 
entered 1776
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1
July 1780
Duration if the claimant's service. 
[sub-columns] 
Years.
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-
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-
Months.
3
6
6
6
9
Days. 
[columns]
Rank of the claimant.
private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Captain Baldwin
Ensign Batchelor
Captain Smith
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col Dick
Col Jackson
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Dorchester
Boston
Rutland
Massachusetts
Providence
Innfield
West Point
Stony Point
New Jersey
Orangetown
West Point
Fort Arnold
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
69 years Worcester County Massachusetts
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Jeremiah Batchelor states for [?]much 1780 he also states for 6 months traditional evidence - & several other living witnesses-
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 District of ---County of ---} ss.
On this ---day of ---personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of ---in the county of ---and State, Territory, or District
of ---aged (c) ---years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ---, with ---and 
served in the ---(e) regiment of the ---line, under the following named officers:
[document is using brackets]
[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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, 
and the country through which he marched. [drawing - Backhand Index Pointing Right] 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. 
[document is using brackets]
[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 --- 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 day and year aforesaid.
[document uses brackets]
[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.
I, ---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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 proposnd [?propose and] 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 live now?
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 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?
6. {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 he 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 doubt 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 must 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 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 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 the service. The use of the phrase [italics following] about three or four months, [end italics] 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 officers 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and of 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.
[italics follow] Mode of authenticating papers. [end italics]
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. }
[italics follow] Proof of Service [end italics]
[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 of 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 the seal of office.
[Backhand Index Pointing Right] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [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.
John N Ashton [signature]
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[left side of document] 
Rep[ortcor]
194093
[right side of document]
2321 Albany
New York
Sally Batchelor
widow of Joseph Batchelor
who served in the Revolutionary war, Mass as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
70 Dollars---
Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Dec. 48 and sent to
John Sorte
Madison
Hamilton Co
N. York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 10 Vol. 4
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[left side of document]
Widow Batchelor
Mad.  Co. NY
[right side of document]
to Widow Batchelor
Sally Batchelor
wid of Joseph
NY
act 2 Feby 48
Named 1787
husband died 24 
March 1848
admd $70.00 - pr an
on 24 March 1848
John Sorte [signature]
Hamilton
Madison Co. NY
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State of New York
Madison County ss.
Gideon Morcy ---aged fifty three years & upwards being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say that he has been personally acquainted with Joseph Batchellor previous to his death & also with the within named Sally Batchelor widow of said Joseph for thirty years & upwards & they [tho] said Joseph & Sally lived together as husband and wife during all said time & they were always reputed as such, and that said Joseph died on or about the 24 of March 1848 and the said Sally is still the widow of said Joseph & resides in Hamilton in said County in the house of this deponent and  that the said Joseph Batchelor was the same person mentioned in the pension certificate hereunto attached
Gideon Morcy [signature]
Sworn & subscribed to this 6th day of Nov 1848 before me
James W Nye [signature] Judge of Madison County
Clerks Office
Madison County ss.
I A Scott Sloan Clerk of the said county & Clerk of the Courts of said County, hereby certify that James W. Nye whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing declaration on oath, & to the affidavit of Gideon Morcy & before whom the same were taken, & to the certificate, was at the date thereof a Judge of the County Court of said County duly elected & authorized by law to take the same and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge & verily believe that
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[top line of document is cut off - line is from the previous scanned document page # 17 and that line is State of New York}
the signatures above referred to are [his -crossed out} genuine - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 8th day of November 1848 -
A. Scott Sloan Clerk
for Wm. A. Holmes Dep Clk
(clk absent)
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This may certify that marriage was solemnized between Joseph Batchelor of Grafton and Sally Gushet of Hopkinton April twenty ninth one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven,
[Pr me] Josiah Deane Justice Peace.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of record of the town of Upton (Mass) with the exception of the date of the month & year which are in plain legible figures as follows April 29th 1787. Upton Mass October 11th 1848.
Harvey Bradish [signature] Town Clerk.
Worcester, ss. October 13. 1848. Then the above named Harvey Bradish personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate.
Before me, William Jennison, [signature] Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss.
I, Charles W. Hartshorn, [signature] Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That William Jennison, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of Certificate of Harvey Bradish, ---hereunto annexed, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this thirteenth
day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
Chas. W Hartshorn [signature] Clerk
[seal affixed]
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State of New York
Madison County ss. on this sixth day of November 1848 personally appeared before me James W Nye Judge of the County Court of Madison County aforesaid Sally Batchelor a resident of Hamilton in said County aged seventy seven 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 act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" & also the act of Congress passed on the 2nd of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War & entitled "an act making further the pensions for surviving widows & soldiers of the Revolution"  That she is the widow of Joseph Batchelor who was a private in the Revolutionary Army & who was the identical person to whom the pension certificate hereto attached was issued by the Secretary of War on the 30th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty three granting a pension of seventy dollars per annum during his natural life & drew a pension upon said certificate  up to the 4th of March 1848 But that she is unable to procure documents showing the time the said Joseph entered the service of when he left it or how long or in what Corps he served & that she hath no documentary evidence in support of the claim of her deceased husband, the said Joseph and repute the documents on file in the War Department on which the annexed certificate was granted. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Batchelor on the 29th day of April 1787. That her husband
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the said Joseph Batchelor died on the 24th day of March 1848 at Lebanon in the County of Madison & State aforesaid. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 viz at the time above stated (April 29th 1787) 
Sally Batchellor [signature]
Sworn to & Subscribed on the day & year first above written before me 
James W Nye [signature]
Judge of Madison County Court of Record certify that the above named Sally Batchelor cannot from bodily infirmity personally attend the court - the place of [?] said Court being fourteen miles from her residence and it is for this reason that I have taken the above declaration made by her at her place of residence
Nov. 6th 1848 James W itg E. Judge of Madison County Court
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Act 3, Mar[?]
July [2d] [18?]
194.093
Sally Batchelor, wid, of Joseph Batchelor, Pri Capt
Rev. War
Rev. Pensioner under the 
act of Feb 2nd 1848
N.Y. Feb 48 2321
AD:  [?] Jul, 5 / 56
[illegible]
[Ka M -sidewise]
Chas B Baker
Sherburne N.Y.
[faint additionally follows]
No 33568 ss July 10/ 56
Vol. B 26.
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State of New York County of Madison {
On this 11th day of July A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Sally Batchelor aged eighty four years a resident of the Town of Lebanon County and State aforesaid who being a duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Joseph Batchelor deceased who was as Private in the Revolutionary War and that she has not intermarried since the death of said Joseph Batchelor. That said deceased was entitled to and was paid a pension for his services in said War by the United States and that said declarant has received a pension as the widow of said Joseph Batchelor since the 24th day of March 1848 and that she receives the same by virtue of a certificate under the hand and seal of the Secretary of War of the United States which said certificate is in the words and figures following to wit:
"War Department
"Widows Pension
"I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2nd 1848 Sally Batchelor of New York widow of Joseph Batchelor who was a Private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Seventy Dollars per annum commencing on the 24th of March 1848 and
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continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. LG [initials]
Given at the War office of the United States this 11th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
W.L Marcy [signature] Secretary of War"
[illegible] and countersigned
J.L. Edwards [signature] Commissioner of Pensions"
Which said certificate was endorsed on the back thereof as follows:
Payment to be made at Albany by J.H.Olcott Esq Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Albany N.Y. Payable on the 4th September and 4th March.
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act of February 2nd 1848. Page 10 Vol. 4.
H. Lumpkin [signature] Clerk"
this declarant further says that she has yearly been paid said Penson since 24th day March 1848 not having intermarried since the death of her said husband Joseph Batchelor she has done the same by virtue of the above certificate This declarant further says that she has no record evidence or papers of any kind showing the time said Joseph Batchelor served in said War or
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the names of any of the officers under whom he served or of any of the particulars in relation thereto But that all certificates or papers relating thereto are on file in the proper department at Washington having been placed there when said deceased first made application for his said Pension and to which reference is whereby made for greater certainty That she has now no record or certificate of her marriage with said Joseph Batchelor But that a certificate of the same was placed on file in the proper department at Washington when this declarant made her application for her said Pension in the year 1848. To which and all other papers now on file then in relation to said Pension of said Joseph Batchelor and of this declarant reference is hereby made for greater certainty
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3. 1855" she now having made application for or received any such Bounty Land.
Sally X her mark Batchelor
The said Sally Batchelor made her mark on account of old age 
Geo W Baker [signature] Justice
In presence of Jason Owen [signature]
Oliver A Benedict [signature]
We Jason Owen and Oliver A Benedict residents of Lebanon Madison County and State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Batchelor in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of
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of the said applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that we have seen the original certificate a copy of which is set forth in the foregoing declaration and have compared it with said copy and that the said copy is a correct copy of said certificate and of the whole thereof and that we believe the said certificate and copy to be genuine and that we have no interest in this claim
Jason Owen [signature]
Oliver A Benedict [signature]
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest on this claim That I have seen the said certificate copied in the foregoing declaration and have compared it with said copy and that the same is a correct copy thereof and of the whole of the said certificate and is the one upon which said Sally Batchelor draws her yearly Pension as therein stated
George W. Baker [signature] Justice of the Peace
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State of New York, Madison County Clerk's Office,} SS.
I LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify, That the annexed Instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged, in due form, according to the laws of the State of New-York, to entitle it to be recorded therein: Also that George W. Baker Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 19th day of July A.D. 1855
Lucius P. Clark [signature] CLERK.
194093
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L. W. B.
W. 17254.
[illegible]
January 11, 1899.
Madam: -
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Joseph Batchelor made an application for pension on October 8, 1832, at which time he was 69 years of age and residing at Lebanon, N.Y., and his pension was allowed for twenty- one months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. He unlisted at Upton, Mass., and served under Capt. Baldwin and Col. Dike. His widow, Sally, made application and received a pension for the service if her husband as above set forth.
There being several John and Timothy Shermans on the rolls, (neither of which, however, enlisted from Grafton, Mass.,) it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the date called for in the attached slips.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Nathaniel Hatch 
169 Maib St., Bradford,
Penna.
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I, Jeremiah Batchelor, of Douglas, in the County of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy one years of age, testify & say, that during the Revolutionary War, I was a resident of Upton, in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, at the house of my father, Perris Batchelor, late an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution; that I performed several terms of service during the same period, as a private soldier, and well recollect that my younger brother, Joseph Batchelor, now of Lebanon, in Madison County, State of New York, served in the same company with me a term of six months, in the year 1780. We both resided in said Upton at that time, where we enlisted to answer a requisition on said town, and proceeded to Springfield, Mass. at which place we put ourselves under the command of a Continental Officer, & were marched to North River, to a place called Totaway. We served under the command of Capt. Smith, Regt of Col. Michael Jackson, & were stationed at different points on said River, until the expiration of six months, the erm of our enlistment.
At the time Maj. Andre was taken prisoner, we were stationed at Tottaway bridge, where we performed guard duty over said prisoner. On the approach of winter, we marched with the Regt to West Point for winter quarters, when we were dismissed. I have no recollection of having received, either at that or any other time, a written discharge. After our dismissal, my said brother & myself, with several other soldiers, returned home, to said Upton.
And I further testify & say, that on my re
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turn from a term of service in Boston, sometime previous to his service above mentioned, he was informed that my said brother was in the service at Rutland, Mass. where the prisoners at war, taken at Saratoga, & camping at army of Gen. Burgoyne, were quartered, and I was also told that he had enlisted for six months. I visited him at said Rutland & took his place for a short time, to enable him to visit home. While I was there, a remarkably heavy fall of snow took place, remembered to this day as the "great snowstorm". He returned to Rutland after a few days, after having finished a short visit at home, and completed his term of six months. I also recollect that my said brother was at a subsequent period brought home sick from said Rutland, when engaged in another term of service at that place, but I have no distinct recollection of any other circumstances connected with this term of service.
Jeremiah Batchell[e]r [signature]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, SS. Sept, 15, 1832. Personally appeared the above named Jeremiah Batchell[e]r, and made solemn oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true. And I further certify that I have reason to believe said Batchell[e]r to be a credible person, & that his statement is entitled to full credit.
William Jennison [signature] Justice of the Peace.
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Joseph Batchellor
Pension
papers
James B. Eldredge Esq.
Hamilton, Madison Co.
N.Y.
[faint stamp]
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I Benjamin Pickering of Mendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Aged seventy four, being duly sworn, do testify and say, that, Joseph Batcheller, formerly of Northbridge in said County, was a Soldier in Capt Samuel Baldwin's Company; in Col. Nichloas Dike's Regiment; at Dorchester in said Commonwealth, and served from the first of December, A.D. 1776. to March first A.D. 1777; then he went in to Boston and served one month longer (to wit, to the first of April 1777 - I further testify, that I was a Sergent in said Company and had the Company Roll, and said Batcheller home is on said Roll, as may still be seen; said Roll having been sent to the Secretary of War's Office
Benjamin Pickering [signature]
Worcester ss. On the seventeeth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined cautioned and sworn agreeably to law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed
Before me Abel Wilder Justice of Peace
Worcester ss. Spt 17 1832 I hereby certify that I consider the character of Benjamin Pickering the aforesaid deponent, for truth and veracity to be good
Abel Wilder [signature] Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss.
I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that Abel Wilder, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing -   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal, this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.
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[faint stamp] 18 3/4
James B. Eldredge
Hamilton,
Madison Co., New York.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that William Jennison, Esquire, before whom the written Deposition of Jeremiah Batchellor was signed and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Worcester, and that his signature to the certificate of the oath of said Deponent appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the County Seal this fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk. [signature]
[bottom of document]
Mr. Batchellor hopes to obtain further evidence for his brother, & if he received, will forward it in a few days-
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Joseph Batchelor Madison Co. NY
Act 7 June 32
$70 per ann
To what time was he last paid?
[GCA]
Pension Office
Decem 7 1848
Paid to 4th Mar. 1848.
[?]LB
{ ?brum]
July 23d 1855
Hon LP Wald[og]
Dr Sir
I herewith send you application for Bounty of Sally Batchelor a widow of a Revolutionary Patriot and Pensioner. Please acknowledge the receipt of it & advise of the result when reached.
I sent you several applications in April last. Numbering as by our receipts from 28.882 to 28.888 have those been reached yet if so I would like to hear from them. If not please advise me the moment they are reached & passed upon
Yours truly
Chas B Baker
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Bradford, Massachusetts.
Dec. 6. 1898.
Sirs:-
I would like to inquire if the names of John Sherman, and his son Timothy Sherman of Grafton Mass, also that of Joseph Batcheller of Grafton Mass. are on the Records as being, in any way, connected with the army during the Revolutionary War
Respectfully yours
Mrs Nathaniel Hatch
169 Main St. Bradford- Massachusetts.
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Payments to be made
at New York
By Pres U.S. Br. M
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
NYo
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 41
Page 48 by Go. C. Stiles [signature] Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June,1832, Joseph Batchelor of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Seventy dollars [and -crossed out] ---[cents - crossed out] 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.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 3d day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass [signature] Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.}
Geo Wm Crump [signature] Acting Commissioner of Pensions.
[Seal affixed]
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33.568
Leo Cass
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[left side of document]
Ref WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17254
Sally Batchelor
Widow of
Joseph Batchelor
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d. 48
[Index: ---Vol. 1. Page 37
[following line in document is in brackets]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[right side of document]
Jany [?] 99
Mrs. Nathaniel Hatch,
Bradford, Mass.
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J L Edwards Esqr.
Comr of Pensions
Washington DC
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Hamilton Madison Co. NY Nov 28 1848 [Dfiir]
I enclose herewith papers for obtaining a pension for widow Batchelor and desire you to examine so far as to ascertain whether they are right in form Her marriage is proved by Record. & no one can be found among the living who was present at the marriage & I will also thank you to inform me whether widow Abigail Higgins' papers have been Rcvd I sent them in Oct last -- She is the widow of Thomas Higgins late of Chenango County NY who was a pensioner If the papers have been miscarried] I want to know it so as to get more - she is very needy [him] [Dfir]
Most Respectfully yours
[OU] Sir John Sorte [signature]
J L Edwards [signature] Esq
Comr of Pensions