Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,624, Asa Bond, N. H.
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N.H.   Bond, Asa   W. 18,624
Sarah
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Vermont  18,674
Asa Bond of Orange co in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Humphrey of the Reg't commanded by Col. Wingate in the N. H. Ma. line for 8 mom. 14 da
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 28 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sep'r 1833 and sent to S. Short Thetford, Orange co Vt. 
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep'r 33  $70.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '34 14.10
$84.60
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E W Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 54
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[verso]
Reported

[recto]
612.
Vermont Montpelier
Sarah Bonde widow of Asa Bonde Mss who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28. Dollars 20. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of July 1848. and sent to S. G. Heaton Post Mills, Verm't 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 38 Vol. 3
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Asa Bond
Application & certificate 16857
PO
Return to be mailed to Simeon Short Thetford Orange County Vt.
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State of Vermont Orange County, Probate District of Bradford ss}
On this 25th day of July AD 1832 - personally appeared in Open Court before the Probate Court for the district of Bradford aforesaid, now sitting, being a Court of record Asa Bond a resident of Thetford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged Seventy four 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 in the month of July 1776 about the first as he thinks he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. He enlisted into the Company of Capt. Humphrey, Colonel Wingate's Regiment at Winchester in the State of Newhampshire, where he then resided for the time of five months - which Regiment belonged to the Newhampshire Troops - that he marched in said company & regiment through Charlestown (then called Number four) in Newhampshire, & Rutland in Vermont to Ticonderoga in New York, & was stationed at Mt Independence on the east side of the Lake, the greater part of the Campaign & was then discharged or dismissed by parol the forepart of December of the same year after serving out the full period of his enlistment. 
He also declares, that about the first of July (as he thinks,) 1777. he enlisted, at Winchester in the State of Newhampshire where he still lived into the Company of Capt Whitcomb of Swanzey N.H. for the time of three months Col. Nichols regiment
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and marched to Charlestown New Hampshire where he was mustered & remained about a week - that he then marched in said Company to Manchester in Vermont & from thence to Bennington & remained there until the battle was fought under Gen'l Stark [illegible] in the engagement - that after the action he ['march' crossed out] marched in said Company & Regiment to Stillwater in the State of New York & was there dismissed after after having served out his full term of three months, about the first of October or a few days before the capture of Gen'l Burgoyne 1777. 
He also declares, that in the spring previous to the last mentioned service, viz the last of May or first of June 1777. news came to Winchester in Newhampshire where he then was that Ticonderoga was taken & that our troops then were in great distress - & a call was made for volunteers - & that he & many others of Col. Ashly's Regiment volunteered & marched from Winchester to Charlestown in N.H. & from thence to Col. Mead - in West Rutland on Otter Creek, that he then went north & met our troops retreating from Ticonderoga, pursued by the British - that immediately on meeting our men the British troops stopt their pursuit & returned back to Lake Champlain & that he & others who volunteered with him, returned back to Winchester after an absence of two weeks - served the whole time as a private 
The following Interrogatories were then put by the Court & answers given - 
where & in what year were you born? 
Answer. I was born at West Town in Massachusetts about nine miles from Boston in Aug't 1758 & my
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father moved from there to Winchester in Newhampshire when I was about three years old as I have been informed - 
Have you any record of your age & where is it - 
Ans. I caused my own age & that of my family's to be recorded in the town registry of Chelsea, Orange County Vermont about forty seven years ago as I believe - 
Where did you live when called into the service, where you have lived since & where you now live?
Ans: I lived at Winchester in the State of Newhampshire when called into the service as stated in my declaration. I continued to live at Winchester about eight years after I left the service in 1777. & then removed to Tunbridge in Vermont where I lived about a year or two & removed to Chelsea in Vt where I lived about 14 or 15 years & removed to Vershire in Vt. & resided there 12 or 14 years & then came to Thetford where I have lived 21 years
How were you called into service: were you drafted; did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Ans. I stood as a minuteman as it was called. & when soldiers were called for I inlisted voluntarily.
State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served - what Continentl & Militia regiments as you can recollect & the gen'l circumstances of your service
Ans I recollect that Col. Wyman's regiment was stationed on Mt. Independence, also Col Stark's regiment, I also recollect that Gen'l Gates & Gen'l Arnold were at Ticonderoga when I was at Mt. Independence. I never received any written discharge - 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state - 
/s/Asa Bond
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department & reading the deposition
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not on the pension roll of any agency of any state - 
/s/Asa Bond
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department & reading the deposition herewith transmitted - that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states - 
I Simeon Short Clerk of Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Bone for a pension - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 25th day of July 1832
/s/Simeon Short Clerk
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[verso]
5208
Sarah Bond 
Declaration & testimony

[recto]
V5208
Sarah Bond widow of Asa Vt. 
Act 7 July 38.
adm'd 8 mo 14 days pri
$28 20/100
No deduction
Simeon Short
Thetford Vt
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss} On this 8 day of October AD 1838 Personally appeared before the Probate Court within & for the said District of Bradford, in open Court being a court of Record. Sarah Bond a resident of Thetford in said Orange County aged Seventy eight 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 provision made by  the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pension to certain widows, that she is the widow of Asa Bond late a resident of the said town of Thetford, who was a private during the war of the revolution & who drew a pension of twenty eight dollars & twenty cents per annum according to his pension certificate now in her possession & which accompanies this declaration to the war department. She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Bond on the 9th day of December seventeen hundred & seventy nine at Winchester in the State of Newhampshire by a Mr. Ashley, a justice of the Peace. that her husband the aforesaid Asa Bond died at his residence in said Thetford on the twelfth day of April 1835 - that she was not married to him prior to leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four to wit at the time above stated. & that she has remained the widow of the said Asa Bond since his death
/s/X her mark Sarah Bond
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written Before the said Probate Court - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I J.W.D. Parker the Clerk & Reg'r of said Court have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 8th day of October AD 1838 - 
/s/J.W.D. Parker Register
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We Amasa Bond aged 57 years - And Henry Bond aged 41 years both of Thetford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont do testify & say that Sarah Bond who has made & subscribed the foregoing declaration for a Pension is our mother & that she has remained a widow unmarried ever since the death of our father the said Asa Bond, who died as she states on the 12th day of April AD 1835 - we also well know that our father ['drew a pension' crossed out] the s'd Asa Bond drew a pension of about twenty eight dollars per annum in his life time - 
/s/Amasa Bond
/s/Henry Bond
Sworn to & subscribed Before the Hon'l  the Probate Court for the District of Bradford & State of Vermont on this Eighth day of October AD 1838 - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony where I J.W.D. Parker the Clerk & Reg'r of s'd Court have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court the day & year last above written & the said Court certifies that the above named Amasa Bond & Henry Bond are credible witnesses 
/s/J.W.D. Parker Register
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16.537 N.H.
Asa Bond
Orange Co Verm't
Adm'd 8 mos 14 ds
return to S. Short Thetford Co. Vt.
app't Thetford Vt.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,
13 June 1833
Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will 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 Asa Bond
[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 Company officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
July 1776|({|5 on|Roll)|Private service|Capt Humphrey Col'o Wingate|74 years|By a living Witness|
1 July 1777|([blank]|3|[blank])|Capt Whitcomn Col'o Nichols|Winchester New Hampshire|[blank]|
spring, May or June of 1777|([blank]|[blank]|14)|Col. Ashley|[blank]|[blank]|
[end of columns]
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,' State troops," " militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits et the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, 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 [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers : 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ⇒This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are  requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform; and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[typewritten letter]
April 18, 1934.
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BA-J/ ady
Asa Bond
W18624 [initials: own]

Mrs. Frederick Almon Bond
77 West Stratford Avenue
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Jonathan Brooks as described by you, or of Gerret Gerretse Van Den Bergh or Peter Van Vie, all spellings of the names searched.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W18624, based upon the military service of Asa Bond in that war.
Asa Bond was born in August 1758 in Weston, Massachusetts, and when about three years old moved with his father to Winchester, New Hampshire. The name of Asa Bond's father is not shown and no reference is made to his mother.
While a resident of Winchester, New Hampshire, he enlisted about July 1, 1776 and served five months as private in Captain Humphreys Company, Colonel Wingate's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted about June 1, 1777 and served two weeks as private in Colonel Ashley's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted about July 1, 1777, served three months as private in Captain Whitcomb's Company, Colonel Nichols' New Hampshire Regiment and was in the battle of Bennington.
About 1784 he moved from Winchester, New Hampshire, to Tunbridge, Vermont, about one year later he moved to Chelsea, Vermont, about fourteen years later he moved to Vershire, Vermont, and about twelve years later he moved to Thetford, Vermont.
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[typewritten letter]
April 18, 1934.
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BA-J/ ady
Asa Bond
W18624 [initials: own]

Mrs. Frederick Almon Bond
77 West Stratford Avenue
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Jonathan Brooks as described by you, or of Gerret Gerretse Van Den Bergh or Peter Van Vie, all spellings of the names searched.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W18624, based upon the military service of Asa Bond in that war.
Asa Bond was born in August 1758 in Weston, Massachusetts, and when about three years old moved with his father to Winchester, New Hampshire. The name of Asa Bond's father is not shown and no reference is made to his mother.
While a resident of Winchester, New Hampshire, he enlisted about July 1, 1776 and served five months as private in Captain Humphreys Company, Colonel Wingate's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted about June 1, 1777 and served two weeks as private in Colonel Ashley's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted about July 1, 1777, served three months as private in Captain Whitcomb's Company, Colonel Nichols' New Hampshire Regiment and was in the battle of Bennington.
About 1784 he moved from Winchester, New Hampshire, to Tunbridge, Vermont, about one year later he moved to Chelsea, Vermont, about fourteen years later he moved to Vershire, Vermont, and about twelve years later he moved to Thetford, Vermont.
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[typewritten letter]
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 25, 1832 while a resident of Thetford, Orange County, Vermont.
He died April 12, 1835 in Thetford, Vermont.
Soldier married December 9, 1779 in Winchester, New Hampshire, Miss Sarah Humphrey.
Soldier's widow, Sarah Bond, was allowed pension on her application executed October 8, 1838 at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and living in Thetford, Vermont. She was still living there in 1848.
Asa Bond and his wife, Sarah, reared a family of children, the only names designated were, Amasa Bond aged fifty-seven years and Henry Bond aged forty-one years in 1838, then residents of Thetford, Vermont.
Samuel Wood and his wife Olive Wood a sister of the widow, Sarah Bond, were living in Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, in 1838.
In 1848 one Susan Bond appeared as witness in Orange County, Vermont, in behalf of soldier's widow, Sarah, no relationship to the family shown. There are no further family data.
This is the history of the only Asa Bond, all spellings of the surname searched, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
[margin note: Date of widow's death not on A.B.]
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Let. Simeon Short, July 29 '39
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[verso]
Rept Sept 29. 

[recto]
2110. 
Vermont Montpelier
Sarah Bond widow of Asa Bond who was a Private in the N H line for 8 mo & 14 dys
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars & 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to S. G. Heaton Post Mills, Vt. 
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 25.
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Vermont - 5290.
Sarah Bond widow of Asa Bond, deceased - who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 12th of April, 1835 of Orange co. in the State of Vermont who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Humphrey of the Reg't commanded by Col. Wingate in the N.H. ma line for 8 months 14 Days pri.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 28 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of April, 1840 and sent to Simeon Short, Thetford, Vermont.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1840  $112:80
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 14.10
$126:90
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 35.
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[handwritten letter]
MRS. FREDERICK ALMON BOND ['5631 THOMAS AVENUE - PHILADELPHIA' crossed out] 77 W. Stratford Ave, Lansdowne - PA.
Mar. 25, 1934. 

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear sirs:
Will you kindly send me any information you may have about the Revolutionary war records of Gerret Gerretse VandenBergh, Jonathan Brooks and Peter Van Wie, all of whom served in the Albany Co. Militia, and also that of Asa Bond of New Hampshire? 
Do your records show the deaths of any of these men? Thank you very much for your trouble and assistance.
Very truly yours, 
/s/Alice L. Bond.
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[verso]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18624
Sarah Bonde widow of Asa Bonde Pri Rev War
Act: - Feb 2d 48
Index: Vol. A, Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
1934 Apr. 18. Hist. to Mrs. Frederick Almon Bond. A.D.Y.
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I Samuel Ripley of Winchester in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire - Do hereby certify that I am Town Clerk & have been for a number of years last past of the said town of ['said' crossed out] Winchester and have examined the records of the marriages in the said town and do not find the marriage of Asa Bond to Sarah L Huphrey (Humphrey) recorded there 
/s/Sam'l Ripley Town Clerk of the town of Winchester
Cheshire ss March 29th 1839
Then the above named Samuel Ripley personally appeared and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true
/s/Wm Holmes Just of the peace
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I Samuel Wood of Winchester in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of lawfull age do depose and say that I was acquainted with Asa Bond of Winchester he was born & brought upon said Winchester - That he was married in said Winchester to Miss Sarah Humphrey in the year 1777 or 1778 I was present at his wedding, he the Said Bond lived in Winchester seven or eight years afterwards and then moved into the State of Vermont and died in the town of Thetford in said State of Vermont three years ago. last spring - He was married by Samuel Ashely Esqr of said Winchester
/s/Samuel Wood
State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire ss September 19th 1838 Then Samuel personally and made oath that above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - Before me
/s/Wm Holmes Just of the peace
And I further certify that the said Samuel Wood is a credible person
/s/Wm Holmes Just of the peace
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Affidavit of Sam Wood
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss} 
[court seal affixed] I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire certify that William Holmes was on the 19 day of Sept'r instant and still is a Justice of the Peace in said County of Cheshire duly commissioned and that his name within written is his genuine signature. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Keene this twenty first day of Sept'r AD eighteen hundred and thirty eight
/s/H. Coolidge Clerk
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I Olive Wood wife of Samuel Wood of Winchester in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of lawfull age do depose and say, that I was acquainted with Asa Bond of Winchester - he was born and brought up in said Winchester - that he was married in said Winchester by Samuel Ashley Esqr of said Winchester to Miss Sarah Humphrey in the year 1777 or 1778 I was present at his wedding, he married my sister, he the said Bond lived in said Winchester seven or eight years afterwards, and then moved into the State of Vermont and died in said State of Vermont in the town of Thetford three years ago last spring - 
/s/X her mark Olive Wood
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. September 19th 1838 Then Olive Wood personally appeared and made oath that the affidavit by her subscribed contain'd the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth 
Before me /s/Wm Holmes Just of the peace
and I further certify that the said Olive ['Cheshire'] Wood is a credible person
/s/William Holmes Just. of the peace
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Affidavit of Olive Wood
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss.
[court seal affixed] I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire certify that William Holmes was on the 19 day of September instant and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn and that his name within written is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Keene this twenty first day of September A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight
/s/H Coolidge Clerk
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E Smith & T Moore
Depositions
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I Enos Smith of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 78 years a pensioner of the United States depose testify & say that I was well acquainted with Asa Bond and Sarah Bond his wife now a widow. the said Asa Bond & his wife removed to this town from Winchester New Hampshire in the year 1785 according to my best recollection, or about that time & I came into this town at that time and have resided here ever since. I was Intimately acquainted with the said Bond during his lifetime. he died at Thetford Vt several years since & was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death. the said Asa & Sarah lived together as man & wife for about fifty years to my knowledge. and raised a family of children. and were always reputed as husband & wife
/s/Enos Smith
Sworn to and subscribed this 19. day of February 1840.}
before me /s/John W Smith Justice Peace
I certify that the Deponent Enos Smith is a person well known to me as a good credible witness - /s/John W Smith: Justice Peace
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I Thomas Moore of Chelsea in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged Eighty four years a pensioner of the United States depose testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Asa Bond late of Thetford deceased & his wife Sarah Bond now a Widow, residing in Said Thetford for more than sixty years. the said Asa Bond & Sarah Bond were married at Winchester N.H. about the year 1780. or 1781. I then resided in Winchester & was there married soon after. - In the year 1785 I removed from s'd Winchester to Chelsea Vt & the said Asa Bond & Wife removed from s'd Winchester to Tunbridge in 1784. according to my best recollection. where he resided a year or more & then removed to Chelsea and we lived near neighbours. during his residence in Chelsea and since he resided in Thetford. I have been well acquainted with him & his family I heard there published at Winchester NH but was not a witness to the marriage tho I then lived in Winchester and well recollect the event and have known both of them & their family ever since. & know that they have lived together as man & wife from 1780. or 1781. to the time of the Decease of the said Asa. & that the said Sarah is still living and remains his widow. 
/s/Thomas Moore
Sworn to and subscribed this 21st day of February AD 1840. before me /s/John W. Smith Justice Peace
I also certify that the said Thomas Moore is a person well known to me as a credible witness
/s/John W Smith. Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss} I Jason Steele Notary Public within & for the County of Orange aforesaid hereby certify that John W Smith the Magistrate before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Orange afs'd duly commissioned and qualified. that his Commission is dated in November 1839. and will expire on the last day of November 1840. and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine - 
[notarial seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty first day of February AD 1840 - 
/s/Jason Steele Notary Public
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Declaration of Sarah Bond for the Benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2d February 1848 granting Pensions to widows
Admitted
S. G. Heaton
Post Mills Vt.
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State of Vermont
County of Orange ss} On this 9th day of June 1848 Personally appeared before the subscribing authority a Justice of the Peace within and for the  County aforesaid Sarah Bond a resident of Thetford in the State and County aforesaid Aged Eighty Eight 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 f2d day of February 1848 granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war. 
That she is the widow of Asa Bond who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution but to what Regiment or Corps he belonged she cannot state but would refer to Evidence in the war department - that she received under the Act of the 17th of June 1844 Seventy Eight Dollars and Seventy cents per annum 
She further declares that she is still a widow - /s/X her mark Sarah Bond
Subscribed in Presence of /s/S. G. Heaton 
/s/Susan Bond
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Sworn and subscribed the day and Year last before mentioned
Before me /s/S. G. Heaton Justice Pea.
I hereby [illegible] certify that the foregoing declarant is Personally known to me and that she is the same individual that drew a Pension under the Act of 17 June 1844 as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
/s/S. G. Heaton Justice Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT,
ORANGE COUNTY,SS.} I, Calvin Blodgett Clerk of the County Court of the County of Orange in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that S. G. Heaton Esqr is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the first day of December 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 signature hereto affixed is genuine
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court, this 23d day of June A.D. 1848
/s/Calvin Blodgett Clerk.
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I Nathaniel Oak of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged Eighty one years depose and say that I enlisted into the Service of the United in the Month of June or July 1776 under Capt Humphrey in the Regiment commanded by ['Wingate' crossed out] Col Wingate, I enlisted at Winchester in the State of Newhampshire and belonged to the New hampshire Troops, I enlisted for the Term of five months and Served the term of my Enlistment and was Honorably discharged in December of the same year, at Mt. Independence, - I further depose and say, that Mr Asa Bond then of Winchester afs'd enlisted with me at the same time and place and served with me under the same officers during the whole campain and messed with me during the whole period of five Months and was honourably discharged, with me at Mt Independence. - 
And I further depose and say that I was knowing that in the Summer following the said Asa Bond Enlisted under Capt Whitcomb of Swanzey in the State of New hampshire, I think for the Term of three months and I am knowing that the said Bond joined the Company and went as I then understand to Benington in Vermont. - I then understood that he then served the period of his enlistment, but I was not with him but know he was absent, and have no doubt he was in the service of his country. - we were both Inhabitants of Winchester at the time of our enlistment and have been Inhabitants of Chelsea many years since and have always been well acquainted 
And further saith not. - /s/Nath'l Oak
State of Vermont Orange County Clerks office March 28th 1832
Then the above named Nathaniel Oak Signer of the Above affidavit a person to me well known personally appeared and made Solemn Oath that foregoing affidavit contains the truth & Nothing but the Truth before me. - 
/s/H.E.G. McLaughlin Justice of peace & Notary Public
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1049
Declaration of Sarah Bone
$28.20 per ann
S. G. ['Hutton' crossed out] Heaton
Post Mills Vt. 

Declaration is genuine 
Given under my hand and Seal of Court this 26th day of June 1843
Perley C. Jones Clerk
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss} On this tenth day of April Eighteen hundred Forty three personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Sarah Bond a resident of Thetford in the County of Orange and State aforesaid aged eighty three 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 the third of March Eighteen hundred Forty three granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Asa Bond who was a Private in the war of the Revolution that she cannot recollect the regiment or Corps in which he served but would refer to the records in the war Department - That she was a Pensioner under the act of seventh July Eighteen hundred Thirty Eight which she received at the rate of Twenty Eight dollars twenty nine cents per annum 
She further declares that she is still a widow 
/s/X her mark Sarah Bond
Subscribed in presence}
/s/S. G. Heaton
/s/T. B. Brown
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me /s/S. G. Heaton Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above declarant is personally known to me 
/s/S. G. Heaton Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss} I, Perley C Jones Clerk of the  County Court of the County of Orange in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that S. G. Heaton is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 9th day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred Forty two and will expire the thirtieth day of November next - and that his signature written in two different places in the within declaration is genuine 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 26th day of June 1843
/s/Perley C. Jones Clerk
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[handwritten letter]
Thetford Feby 28. 1840

Sir - 
I herewith enclose further testimony in the case of Mrs Sarah Bond - which I hope will be satisfactory - 
In relation to Mrs Hannah Ladd's case I am sorry, the rolls do not appear to corroborate the statement of Mr Ladd - I think he must have been mistaken as to the year he performed the service - I was well acquainted with Ladd for several years before his death & know that he sustained the character of an honest & inteligent man, & I cannot believe that he would state falsely as to the main fact - I think the error must be in the time of performing the service or the Reg't in which he did it - By turning to the affidavit of John Richardson, you will perceive that he states he had a near neighbor to Ladd in 1778, who enlisted in Gen'l Sullivan's Army & was gone 6 months & returned & it was always understood
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[handwritten letter]
that he was in the service at that time - Ladd's statement is that in 1780. or 81. he enlisted under Capt Boxford (I have it) in Wade's Reg't & Sullivan's Brigade or army, for six months, joined the army at Providence, went onto the Island where they staid a few weeks. & then marched to Greenwich, where he staid out his time - Now, it is possible that Richardson is more correct as to the year than Ladd - Both agree as to the length of time & that the service was performed in Sullivan's army - 
Mrs Ladd & her family, say, that they believe Mr Ladd belonged to the department of Music during the last service & was Drum Major or an officer of some kind in that department - Perhaps, this suggestion may aid in the investigation of this claim - 
It would be highly gratifying to Mrs Ladd, if the Com'r of Pensions would review her case, as she feels very confident that her husband served substantially as he has stated - 
Very Respectfully Yours
/s/Simeon Short
Hon'l J. L. Edwards Com'r of Pensions