Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 18,652, Daniel D Bryant, Conn.
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Service: Conn 
Bryant, Daniel D
Bethiah
Number: W 18,652
CONTENTS
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618
Vermont, Montpelier
Bethiah Bryant
widow of Daniel D Bryant, Conn.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private.
Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 
80 dollars 00
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 Heuton
Post Mills
Orange Co., Verm.

Recorded on roll of pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, page 38, Vol. 3

Reported
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4989
Bethiah Bryant
widow of Daniel D.

[illegible]
Act 7 July 38
Dan'l C Bryant, Corpl deserted
Dan'l Brant, pri - served 3 yrs.
m. 83
[illegible]
2 yrs pri
80$

No declaration
Simeon Short
Thetford, Vt

4989
Bethiah Bryant
Application
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State of Vermont
Orange County
On this 8 day of October AD 1838 personally appeared before Probate District of Bradford and the Probate Court within for the said District of Bradford, Bethiah Bryant, a resident of Thetford in the said county of Orange aged seventy three 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 and pension to certain widows.  That she is the widow of Daniel D Bryant, late a resident of said Thetford, deceased, who was a private during the war of the revolution, that to the best  of her knowledge and belief, her husband the said Daniel D Brant, enlisted into the service of the United States at East Hartford in the state of Connecticut sometime in the year 1777, in Capt. William Manning's company, Col. Charles Webb's regiment and General Huntington's brigade for the term of three years, and that he served out the period of his enlistment and was honorably discharged. She thinks that she has seen a written discharge, but that it is now mislaid or lost and all other documentary testimony in relation to his services in the army, as she is unable to find any after diligent search. That she knows of no other person who was with her husband in the army except Jacob Borrows of Dalton New Hampshire, Daniel D Bryant, whose affidavit she herewith transmits.  That her husband, the Daniel D Bryant resided in East Hartford in the state of Connecticut at the time of his enlistment and that he came to reside in Thetford about the year 1794 as near as she can recollect.  She further declares that she was married to the Daniel D Brant on the sixteenth day of October AD 1783 at Colchester in the state of Connecticut by John Watriss, Esq, a justice of the Peace, that her husband the aforesaid David D Bryant died at his
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residence in Thetford on the 27th day of August AD 1805 being thirty three years ago last August that she as not married to him prior to leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated, that she has remained the widow of the Daniel D Bryant ever since.  The said Daniel D Bryant was a resident in the [illegible] East Hartford when he enlisted.
Bethiah Bryant
Sworn to and subscribed on he day and year above written. Before the said Probate Court, the testimony whereof J W D Parker, the clerk and Register of said court have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this eighth day of October AD  1838.
J W D Parker, Register
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We Asahel Newton of Strafford in the County of Orange State of Vermont & Lester Bryant of Milford in sd County do hereby depose & say that we are well acquainted with Bethiah Bryant who has made the foregoing declaration for a pension, & were well acquainted with the sd Daniel D. Bryant deceasd her husband & are well knowing that the said David D. Bryant died on the 27th day of August AD 1805 & that the sd Bethiah has remained his widow unmarried can since. We further testify it was reputed & believed in the neighborhood when the sd Daniel D. Bryant lived that he was a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion, that I the said Asahel one seventy five years of age & the said Lester forty two years of age-
Asahel Newton
Lester Bryant
Sworn to & subscribed before the Hon the Probate
Court for the District of Bradford State of Vermont this
8th day of Oct AD 1838. In testimony whereof I J W.D.
Parker the Clerk & Regr of said Court have hereunto at
my hand & the seal of said Court on this 18th day
of Oct. 1878 & the Court certify that the above and
Asahel Newton & Lester Bryant are credible witnesses
J. W. D. Parker Register
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Daniel D Bryant Was Born In at Hartford in the State of Connecticutt the year 1755 November the 25 Day Was Married October the 16 day 1783
Bethiah Bryant his wife was Born August the 17 day year 1765 Colchester & State of Connecticutt
Bethiah Bryant Jr was Born August the 11th day year 1785 East Hartford & State of Connecticut and Died may the 13th Day 1796 the Eleventh year of her age In ford & the State of Vermont
man Bryant was born In Midway the State of Vermont Sep Day 1787
ma Bryant Was Born in Ellington, the State of Connecticut by the 13th Day the year 1789
dley Bryant was Born in Ellington the State of Connecticut December the 25 Day the year 1791
tey Bryant Was Born Thetford Vermont State April 18th 1794 and Died March the 24th Day 1795
fter Bryant was born in Shelford the State of Vermont March the 24th Day 1796
Nathan Bryant was born in Harford the State of Vermont July 25th 1798
Daniel Bryant was Born IN Thetford January the 6th Day 1801
Bryant Died March 24th 1802
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Jan the 14 1824 Andrew W
Young Dr to one Summons
to one Subpoena
February the 4th to warrant
to one Summons one subjoing
Thetford Nov 9. 1839
Lester Bryant
I certify that Lester Bryant subscribed his name in persuent above to identify this case as the one contained the family record refered to in his affidavit herewith have remitted & also the  affidavit of Daman Bryant
Thetford Nov 9. 1839
Simon Short Judge
of Orange County Court
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Jan 8. 1839
Bethiah Bryant
Simeon Short
Thetford
Vt
Jan 8. 1840
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State of New York }
Genesee County ss }
Daman Bryant of the Town of Java and County aforesaid being duly sworn maketh oath saith that he lived with his father Daniel D Bryant of the Town of Thetford Orange County and State of Vermont untill he was in his Eighteenth year at which time his Father died sometime previous to his Father's death his Father gave him an old account Book in which he kept a family
record of his age and marriage and the ages of his children and the said Daman Bryant says that he is well acquainted with his Father, hand writing and that the record on the inclosed leaf in his fathers own hand writing and that he sent the inclosed leaf from the account Book above described Daman Bryant
Subscribed and sworn before me this 14th day of Oct 1839
Samuel Clark Justice
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Daman Bryant who swore to and subscribed the above Affidaffit and know him to be a creditable witness
Dated October 14th 1839
Samuel Clark Justice
State of New York }
Genesee County } ss I Horace W. Soper Clerk of said County, do certify that Samuel Clark was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit and that the signatures above subscribed are his hand writing
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal this 23d October 1839
H. W. Soper Clk
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I Lester Bryant of Thetford  in the County of Orange State of Vermont aged forty Eight yrs and testify & say he is the brother to Daman Bryant who has made the affidavit to  the [illegible] of this [illegible] Lester Bryant  named in the family Record [illegible] & in which [illegible] written my name this 9th day of Nov AD 1889 that I said [illegible]  seeing this family record in the old [illegible] Book mentioned by my brother the foregoing despondent & always understood that it was made by my father
though I was too young when my father died I recollect his hand writing my brother Damon took the old Book containing this [illegible] away 20 years ago has had it in his possession and  since he has now cut it out & forwarded it to my mother for the Bethiah Bryant to aid her in obtaining a pension. My brother has resided in
the State of New York the last twenty years My Mother Bethiah Bryant still remains the widow of my father Daniel D Bryant
Lester Bryant
State of Vermont } Thetford November 9, 1839
Orange County Ss } the foregoing subscribed Sworn to before me & I certify that the above named deponent Lester Bryant is a credible person,
Simeon Short Judge of Orange County Court
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RECORD DIVISION. 3 -- 525.
Am
W. F. 1863-2
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,, 19
In reply to your request of , received for a statement of the military history of Daniel D. Bryant a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 years
RANK,
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
William Manny
COLONEL.
Charles Webster
STATE.
Conn
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Hartford Conn
Date of application for pension, Oct 8, 1838 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Thetford Orange Co. Vt
Age at date of application, She was b, Aug 17  1765 at Colchester Conn
Remarks: He was b. at E Hartford Conn Nov 25  1755 & Married at Colchester Conn Oct 16  1783 Bethiah Newton  He died at Thetford Vt  Aug 27 1825. Children Bethiah  b, Aug 4 1785.d  May 13, 1796 Damon b. Sept 6. 1787, Anna b. July 13, 1789 Dudley b. Nov 25. 1791. Betsy b, April 18, 1794, d. Mch. 24, 1795 or 1796 Lester  b. Mch 24 1796. Jonathan b. July 25, 1798 Daniel B. Jany 6 1801 d, Mch 24 1802
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev
WIDOW, & c.
File No. 18.G52
Bethiah Bryant widow of Daniel D Bryant
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 20. 48: 
Index:-- Vol. A. Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.)
1913 Apr 12 Hist. to Mrs. W. D.  Miller & L.M.
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V 4989
Set. S. Short 6 July 39
Do 9 Oct. 1839
Act 7 July 38
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Capt Lot 27
2109
Vermont Montpelier
Bethiah Bryant widow of Daniel D. Bryant who was a Private in the Con line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
27th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to S. G. Heaton
Port Mills Vt
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 25
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See letter to S.G. Heaton 19 June 1843.
Vermont - 5015
Bethiah Bryant widow of Daniel D. Bryant, Decd who was to pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 27th of August, 1805 of Orange Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Wm Manning of the Regt commanded by Col. Webb in the Connecticut line for  for 2 years private-
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of February 1840 and sent to Simeon Short Thetford, Vermont
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 $320.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00
$360.00
{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk
Book. A Vol. 1 Page 35
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Ogden Iowa
April 4-1913
Can you give me any information regarding services of Daniel D. Bryant of Colchester Conn. Revolutionary soldier for whose services, you paid Bethiah Bryant a pension of 80 a year
Paper dated July 5 - 1848
Signed by Secty of War W L Marcy
Com of Pensions J. L Edwards
Paid to Bethiah Bryant at
Mountpelier Vt. by Rausel Keith Pension Agt
Under Act. Feb 2nd 1848, Page 38. Vol. 3
Thanking you
Mrs. W. D. Miller
Ogden Iowa
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declaration of
Betheia Bryant
for the Benefit of the
Act of Congress of the
2nd February 1848 granting
Pensions to widows
Admitted
S. G. Heuton
Post Mills Vt
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State of Vermont } on this thirty first day
Orange County } of May 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid Bethia Bryant a resident of Thetford in the County aforesaid Aged Eighty there years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d day of February 1848 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war-
That she is the widow of Daniel Bryant 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 on file in the war department - That she received under the Act of 17 June 1844 Eighty Dollars per Annum She further declares that she is still a widow
Bethia her X mark Bryant
Subscribed Presence of
S. G. Heuton
Lester Bryant
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Before me S. G. Heuton Justice Peace
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I hereby certify that the foregoing declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who desired a Pension made the act of 7 June 1844 as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
S. G. Heaton Justice Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT } I, Calvin Brodgett Clerk of the County Court
ORANGE COUNTY, SS. } 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
and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that
his signature unto affixed
is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court, this
23
of
June
day
A.D. 1848
Calum Rodgett
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Hon J. L. Edwards
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Post Mills Orange County May 5th/43
Dr Sir
I hereby transmit to you the declarations of Several widows in order to obtain the benefits of the act of
March 3d/43 -
If upon examination you find them to be correct by forwarding to me their several certificates as soon as convenient you will much oblige-
Yours Respectfully S. G. Heuton
Hon J. L. Edwards
P. S.  Please to direct to Post Mills Orange County Vermont
S. G. Heuton
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Thetford Vt Sept 24. 1839
Honl J L Edwards Court of Pensions
Sir
I again forward you the application of Mrs Bethiah Bryant with the additional statement of Jacob Barrows I shall soon furnish you with some satisfactory proof of her marriage -
It appears to me very certain that this Daniel Bryant could never have been called Danl C. Bryant in the army or elsewhere would be natural enough that his middle name should be entirely omitted at his enlistment & while he was in the army but very extraordinary if the D. Should be changed to C .  And as we ask nothing, but the pay of a private & have, as we think made very positive proof that this Danl Bryant served the three years, we entertain a sanguine hope that your decision will be in favor of the applicant
I was present at the taking of the 2d affidavit of Borrows & enquire of Taylor the Magistrate who drew the first affidavit of Barrows how the C Happened to be altered to D- They were neither of them able to tell They were confident it was a mistake without any design. Taylor said he was seen that in Borrows never intimated that Bryant name was Danl C.
I also forward you the family record of Josiah Hubbard as proof in the case of Mrs Mary Hubbard
Very Respectfully
Simeon Short
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I Jacob Borrows of Dalton in the County of Coos & State of Newhampshire aged Eighty one do testify depose & say in addition to the affidavit I gave on the 11th day of September 1838, in the case of the application of Bethiah Bryant of Thetford Vermont for a pension. that I have no recollection that Daniel Bryant her husband was known or called by any other name, while he was in the service of the revolution, than Daniel Bryant I am very confident that he was then called Daniel Bryant & that neither C nor D. belonged to his name while in the army I am not confident to what company he belonged, but I know he belonged to Webbs Regiment & feel very sure that he served three years & know that the same identical Daniel Bryant with whom I was acquainted in the army  & who enlisted & served the time of three years, soon after the war removed into Thetford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont, when he died a great many years ago, I should think, thirty or more I moved into Thetford about the same time though I should think a little before & lived in the same neighborhood with the said Daniel Bryant & was more intimate with him than
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with almost any other neighbor on account of our long & early acquaintance & our having served together in the army of the revolution. I well recollect that the said Bryant married some time before he came to reside in Thetford that he left a number of Children at his death, but do not recollect their names I never knew of any other man by the name of Daniel Bryant residing in Thetford my memory is now poor & I cannot be certain, but I think I cannot be mistaken about the principal facts above stated have understood from time to time that Mrs Bethiah Bryant, the widow of Daniel Bryant above mentioned is still living & remains the widow of said decease. I moved from Thetford to this place more than thirty years ago, I should think a little before the death of said Daniel Bryant I further state that I do not now recollect of being acquainted with any other Bryant in Webbs Regiment & I then know of any other I was not particularly acquainted with him & have now forgotten him
Jacob Barrows
State of Newhampshire } Dalton July 26. AD 1839
Coos Ss }
Sworn to & subscribed Before me & I certify that the said Jacob Borrows the deponent above subscribed is a credible witness & his statement entitled to Credit
Asa Taylor Justice of the Peace
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I James M Rix Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire certify that Asa Taylor is a Magistrate as appears on the papers hereunto annexed and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 27th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
James M Rix Clerk
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Jacob Borrows
affidavit
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I Jacob Borrows of Dalton in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire of lawful age testify and say that in the year seventeen Hundred and seventy six I resided in the town of Mansfield County of Windham and State of Connecticut and was well acquainted with
one Daniel Bryant or Daniel D. Bryant that in the year following I enlisted into the Continental service and according to my recollection said Bryant enlisted into said service about the same time I was well acquainted with said Bryant believe we boath belonged to the same company Commanded by Capt William Manning in Col. Charles Webbs regiment General Huntingtons Brigade and we remained in said service for the term of three years we afterwards left said town of Mansfield and resided in the town of Thetford State of Vermont at which place the said Bryant resided till his death
Jacob Borrows
State of New Hampshire } Dalton September 11. 1838
Coos Ss } Personally appeared the above named Jacob Borrows and
made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
before me Asa Taylor Justice of the Peace
And I further certify that the said Jacob Borrows is a credible person
Asa Taylor Justice of the Peace
[illegible] & taking affid $1.00
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Joshua B. Wheeler
affidavit
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State of Connecticut New London County Ss Colchester }
Feby 1st 1839 }
I hereby certify that I have carefully & diligently examined the records of the Town of Colchester for the Marriage of Daniel D. Bryant to Bethiah Newton and have not been able to find a record of said Marriage
Attest Joshua B Wheeler Town Clerk of Colchester
State of Connecticut New London County of Colchester
February 2nd AD 1839
Be it known that on the day & year aforsd personally appeared the above named Joshua B. Wheeler Town Clerk and made solemn oath to the truth of the aforesd certificate by him subscribed before me Benj. Trumbull Justice of peace
And I do hereby certify that Joshua B Wheeler aforesaid is  Town Clerk and a creditable person & that full credit is to give to his affidavit
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4.989
Bethal Bryant
Act July 7 '38
4988
4989
Mar 22
July 1838
Mrs Goodrich
Revolutionary Claims
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Thetford March 16. 1839
Dear Sir
Enclosed I forward you the declaration of Bethiah Bryant Widow of Daniel Bryant or Daniel D. Bryant deceased Mabel Goodrich Widow of John Goodrich late a revolutionary pensioner deceased
In the case of Mrs Bryant I furnish no testimony of service except the affidavits of Jacob Barrows, who states that he knew of Daniel Bryant serving three years & he thinks in the same Regt with himself & of Asahel Newton & Lester Bryant who testify to the common belief in the neighborhood to what they have heard Bryant say in relation to his service
I think it probable that Mr Barrows may be mistaken as to the Regt in which Bryant Served. He was not retuned as belonging to Col Webbs Regt but Col Butlers Regt as I am informed by an officer who he Examined the Records in the Secretary of State Office in Connecticut Possibly he may have been transferred from one Regt to the other in the long period of three years. Mr Barrows recollects that the same Daniel Bryant who removed with him to Thetford so I think there can be no doubt about the identity of the person who performed the service
If further testimony is required either to prove the marriage or the identity of the person who served I will endeavor to procure
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& forward it. It seems that very few Marriages were recorded at the early period, at which we are seeking testimony. And it is in many can difficult to find living witnesses who were present at the marriage In the case of Mrs Bryant she recollects of no one who was present but her brother Asahel Newton above affidavit is transmitted for that purpose you will please make return to me
I am with great respect
your Obedt Servt
Simeon Short
Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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I Asahel Newton of Strafford in the County of Orange State of Vermont aged Seventy five years do make affidavit before & say that I was present sometime in the month of October Seventeen hundred eighty three as near as I can recollect & saw my sister Berthiah Newton that was joined in marriage, to Daniel D. Bryant or Daniel Bryant then of East Hartford in the State of Connecticut the marriage
ceremony was performed at my father's house in Colchester in the State of Connecticut by John Watriss Esq a Justice of the Peace-- I was then well acquainted with the said Bryant & often at that time heard tell of having saved in the revolutionary war three years & moved into the town of Strafford about the same time he moved to Thetford & lived a near neighbor to him until his death as I have heretofore stated in my deposition before the Probate Court - My Sister Berthiah Bryant still reside in Thetford & remains the widow of the said Bryant - They brought up a large family of children some of whom now reside in said Thetford & others are gone to the west-
Asahel Newton
State of Vermont } Strafford March
Orange County Ss } 7. 1839  Subscribed & sworn to before me & I hereby certify that the said Asahel Newton is known to me to be a credible person
Simeon Short Justice Peace
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State of Vermont } John W. Smith Clerk of
Orange County Ss } the County Court within and for the County of Orange aforesaid hereby certify that Simeon Short within named is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified that his commission is dated in November
1838 and will expire on the last day of November 1839 and that the within Signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Chelsea in said County this second day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
John W Smith Clerk
Asahel Newton
Affidavit
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Given under my hand and the seal of said 
County Court this 26th day of June Act 1843
Perly C Jones Clerk
1050
Declaration of Bethiah Bryant
$80 per ann
S. G. Heaton
Port Mills
Vt
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State of Vermont } On this Eleventh day of April Eighteen
Orange County Ss } hundred forty three personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Bethiah Bryant a resident of Thetford in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy Seven 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 Daniel Bryant who was a private in the war of the Revolution that she cannot distinctly recollect the regiment or Corps in which he served-
That she was a pensioner under the act of Seventh July Eighteen hundred Thirty Eight which she received at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum she further declares that she is still a widow
Bethiah her X mark Bryant
Subscribed in presence of
S G Heaton
Julia A. Goodwin
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and said above written
Before me S. G. Heuton Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above declarant is
personally known to me
S. G. Hueton 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. Heuton is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified that his commission dated on the 9th day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and 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
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court this 26th day of June A.D. 1843
Perley C Jones Clerk