Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21991, for Noel Potter, Vermont
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SERVICE
Green Mt. Boys
Vt.

Potter, Noel
Mercy

NUMBER
W 21991
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18.9484
Vermont
Noel Potter
of Franklin Co. in the State of Vermont was a Pr. in the Company commanded Capt.  E. Allen of the Regt commanded by Col. P. Warner in the Vermont line
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Novr 1833 and Sent to W. Bridges, St Albans, Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 166.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34  33.33
$199.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 84
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Noel Potter
Applic for a Pension
Oct 3, 1833
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In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June, 1832.
of
STATE OF VERMONT.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, SS
On this 3d day of October 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting, Noel Potter a resident of St Albans in the county of Franklin, and State of Vermont, age 72 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 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born in Coventry, Rhode Island in
the year 1761.
Has no record of his birth
Lived in Clarendon, Vermont, when he entered
the service of the United States. After the
close of the war he removed to Swanton, Vert.
& from thence to St Albans where he now
resides.
At Clarendon, Vermont, in the month of
December 1775 or 1st of January 1776 he
enlisted under Capt Oliver Potter, (his
Father) and marched immediately for
Skenesborough, (now Whitehall) New York,
from thence to Ticonderoga Fort from
thence to Crownpoint from thence to Saint
Johns, Lower Canada, and from thence to
Montreal there about ten or twelve days:
from thence to Quebec, and there joined his
company commanded by Capt Potter as afsd
Lieut Keeler, 2 Lieut Sunderland, in Col Seth
Warners Regt. Encamped on the plains of Abraham, & there stationed untill the first of May 1776,
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The Troops during this time were much afflicted by sickness; great numbers died with the small pox. The company to which he belonged lost between thirty and forty men, and before the Army were in a condition to move, a retreat was ordered, and the troops put in motion.
On or about the first of May aforesaid took up
their line of march for Saint Johns, a part of
the troops by water, and a part by land
Arrived at the latter place and from thence
to Crownpoint by water, at the south part of
Lake Champlain, from thence to Ticonderoga
Fort, and there stationed untill the month of
January 1777, and then dismissed, after completing one full year, the hardest campaign
he thinks that any man experienced during the
Revolutionary War.
Again in the year 1779 or 1780 he cannot recollect which year, he enlisted for two months under Capt Ebenezer Allen, Lieut Hohnes, 2 Lieutenant Lemuel Bradley, marched to Brandon, Vermont
place of rendezvous; his duty was scouting from thence to Lake Champlain & Onion River, remained on the fort aforesaid untill his time expired which was in the month of May
In the month of May 1781 he again enlisted
for six months in the company commanded
by Lieut David Powers, under the immediate
command of Col Ebenezer Allen. Stationed as a
place of rendezvous at Fort Vengeance, in Pittsford Vermont
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His duty was scouting and spying out Indians
& Tories untill the month of November 1781, and then dismissed.
The Applicant further states that he never received a written discharge at the end of either of his campaigns. He is not acquainted with any clergyman who can testify to his services.
He is personally acquainted with the following
named Gentleman, who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his having been a Revolutionary Soldier
Viz Timothy Foster High Sheriff N.W. Kingman, Esq, William Bridges Esq , Horace James Esqr
Samuel Barlow Esqr. Julius Hoyt Esqr
Holloway Taylor & Abijah Stone Esqr
has no documentary evidence
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of any State agency
Noel Potter

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

We Holloway Taylor and Freeborn Potter
residing in St Albans hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Noel Potter, who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
we believe him to be seventy two years of age; he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
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Revolution, and we are of the same opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Freeborn Potter
Holloway Taylor
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion
after investigating the matter and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the
War Department that the before named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
The Court further certifies that it appears that
Holloway Taylor who has signed the preceeding certificate is a respectable citizen resident in said town of St Albans, & Freeborn Potter who has signed the same is also a respectable man & a resident of said town and their statements entitled to full credit
Stephen G. Brown Judge
pension
I Aaron S Beeman, Clerk of the Probate
Court hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Noel Potter for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office at St Albans this 3d
day of October 1833
Aaron S Beeman Clerk
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Capt Freeborn Potter afft in support of Noel Potters claim
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Freeborn Potter of St Albans in the County
of Franklin & State of Vermont aged Sixty
nine years, testify and say, that in the
winter of 1776, I resided in the Town of
Clarendon State aforesaid; that during said
winter, my Brother Noel Potter enlisted as a
private in Captain Oliver Potters Company
and soon after left home and marched
for Canada, and was absent from home
before he returned at least one year.
After my Brother returned he informed
me that they march to St. Johns, from
thence to Montreal & from thence to Quebeck
and there joined the army under Gen Montgomery. My Brother has often related to me the distress situation of the Troops while encamped on the Plains of Abraham, whose many of them died with the smallpox, and that the survivers where obliged to retreat, while many of their numbers were still sick, I have a distinct recollection of the campaign on account of the loss of my Father who died at Quebeck with the small pox during the campaign-
I further say that after the campaign aforesaid
my Brother Noel Potter, was out in the service
of his County at Pittsford, Castleton and on the
stores of Lake Champlain in the Vermont
State Troops, a considerable length of time, I
should say according to the best of my recollection in the whole six or eight months, but cannot say what year, or under whom he served-
Sworn to and subscribed this 2 day of October of 1833
Freeborn Potter
Before me William Bridges Justice of the Peace
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I further certify that the within named
Freeborn Potter is a credible person and
entitled to credit
William Bridges Justice Peace
State of Vermont  
Franklin County I Horace Janes Clerk of Franklin County Court do hereby certify that William Bridges, who has affixed his name to the within is a Magistrate duly qualified, and that I know the same to be his genuine signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at St. Albans in sd County this 24th day of
October AD 1833
Horace Janes Clerk
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Vermont
Mercy Potter
widow of Noel Potter
Vt.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Ending 13" September 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept 1849 and sent to
Wm Bridges
St Albans Vt
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 79, Vol. 3
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Declaration

State of Vermont  
Franklin County
On this 20th day of May, AD 1846, personally appeared before the subscribing authority
Marcy Potter, a resident of Swanton in the
County of Franklin & State of Vermont, eighty
three years of age, 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 Acts of
Congress of March 3 1843, & June 17th 1844
granting half pay and pensions to certain widows: that she is from the infirmities of old age unable to appear before a court of Record.
That she is the widow of Noel Potter who was a
private in the army of the Revolution, for which
services he obtained a pension under the act of June 7th 1832, of sixty six dollars & sixty six cents, per annum
She further declaration that she was
married to the said Noel Potter on the 22d day of December seventeen hundred and seventy nine, that her husband the aforesaid Noel Potter, died on the twenty seventh day of February eighteen hundred & forty six, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed,
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day & year above
written, before me
her
Mercy X Potter
mark
William Bridges Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Essex
I Edmond F Williams Clerk  of the Court of Common Please, holden at the Court house
in the town of Elizabethtown, in and for the County of Essex, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Noel Potter was a
Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of sixty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum, was a resident of the County of Essex, in the State of New York, and died in the town of Westport County of Essex in the State of New York, in the year 1846, on the 27th day of February; that he left a widow whose name is Mercy Potter
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at the court house in the town of Elizabeth town in the County of Essex and State of New York, this 14th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty six
E. F. Williams Clerk
I William Bridges of St Alans County of
Franklin & State of Vermont of lawful age
as hereby certify that the above certificate
is a true copy of the original certificate made
by C. F. William Clerk of Essex County Court.
made out for the purpose of drawing the
balance of Pension due to the widow of Noel
Potter deceased. Mrs Potter the widow of the said Noel now resides in Swanton in the County of Franklin State of Vermont
Sworn to & subscribed this 19th day of August, 1846. William Bridges
Before me
Joseph H. Brainerd Just. Peace
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I Daniel B. Meigs of  St Albans in the County of Franklin and state of Vermont aged Eighty three years do depose testify & say that I became acquainted with Noel Potter and Mercy his wife in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight or nine, said Potter and family were among the early settlers of the town of St. Albans, I was elected first constable and collector of taxes in the year 1788, was the first constable elected in said town of St Albans after its organization and served as such for several years and was acquainted
with every family in the town.  When P. Potter moved in to town I should say that he had several children he resided in At Albans a number of years and then removed in to Swanton the adjoining town where he lived a number of years.  I removed from St Albans into Santo and lived there number of years at the same time said Potter & family lived there and have been well acquainted with him and his family for more than fifty years, P Potter died in the stat of N. York as I am informed and believe, his widow Marcy Potter now resided in P town of Swanton where he oldest son now lives,  she was the only wife said Potter ever had to my knowledge.
Daniel B Meigs [signature]
Sworn to & Subscribed this 11th day of August AD 1846 before me
William Bridges Justice of the Peace


I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent Meigs ad he is a man of truth
Wm Bridges Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Franklin County  ss

I Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk of Franklin court do hereby certify that William Bridges and Joseph H. Brainerd who have affixed their names to the within are Magistrates only elected and qualified to act as such within & for the county of Franklin for the year ending on the last day of November next, and that the signatures within purporting to be their's is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county court at St Albans in said county this 19th day of August AD 1846

Joseph H Brainert Clerk
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Mercy Potter, decd

Add
Act 17 June 1844
at & 66.66 per annum
comig 27 Feb 1846,
dedg former payts at $53.21 per annum,

Add  Act 2 Feb 1848
$66.66 per annum ending 13" Sept 1848
Payable to 
Oliver Potter & 
Sophia Potter, only
surviving children

Wm Bridges
St Albans 
VT
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Declaration

State of Vermont Georgia District ss
On this 22nd day of June 1849 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Probate in & for the district of Georgia, Oliver Potter a resident of Swanton in the county of Franklin & state of Vermont aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That he was the son of Mercy Potter, who was a pensioner of the United States, under the act of March 3d 1843 & 17th June, 1844, and died at St Albans on the 13th day of September, 1848; that he petitions for the amount due to his said deceased mother agreeably to the act of Feby 2d 1848, from the 4th March, 1848, to the time of her death.
He further declars that his sd. mother died the widow of Noell Potter, was not married after his deceased. That the said Mercy left at her deceased two children viz the applicant and Sophia Potter, of Swanton aforesaid - and no other
Oliver Potter

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Jeptha Bradley Judge
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And I hereby further certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to this court, that Mercy Potter within named was the widow of Noel Potter deceased, and that she died at St Albans in the county of Franklin & state of Vermont, on the day and year as sworn to by Oliver Potter son of the said Noel & Mercy, and that the declaration subscribed & worn to by the said Oliver I believe to be true, and entitled to full faith & credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at St Albans, in the district of Georgia this 22d day of June, AD 1849.

Jeptha Bradley Judge
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I Oren Gregg late of St Albans, now of Georgia in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and as such I hereby certify that on the fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, I attended the funeral of Mrs. Mercy Potter widow of Noel Potter, was informed and verily believe that the s'd Mercy died in St Albans, in said county of Franklin afs'd on the thirteenth day of September aforesaid. 
/s/Oren Gregg
Sworn to & subscribed this 4th day of July AD 1849 - 
Before me /s/William Bridges Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Franklin County ss} I Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk of Franklin County court, in & for the county of Franklin aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Bridges who has affixed his name to the above is a Magistrate, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court of St Albans, this 25th day of July, AD 1849. 
/s/Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk
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16.506
Noel Potter
District of Georgia Verm't
Admit 20 mos
W. Bridges Esq
St. Albans Vt.
claimant
St. Albans Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, May 31, 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 *Noel Potter
[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.|Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers.|Battles in which the applicant was engaged.|Country through which he marched.|Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.|Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|]
Dec'r 1775|(1|[blank]|[blank])|Private|Capt Potter|Col Warner|[blank]|March'd to Skenesboro'|71 years|By living Witnesses|
1779 or 1780|([blank]|2|[blank])| " |Capt Allen|[blank]|[blank]|to Saratoga|Clarendon Verm't|[blank]|
May 1781|([blank]|6|[blank])|Lt Powers|Col Allen|[blank]|to Green Point|[blank]|[blank]|
[end of columns]
[margin note: *the deponent merely says that he was out several times between the years 1779 & 1781 as much as three or four months]
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 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 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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March 23, 1932
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Guy J. Flaherty
Twin Ponds
Malone, New York.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Noel Potter, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 21991, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Noel Potter.
He was born in the year 1761 at Coventry, Rhode Island.
He enlisted, [illegible] in clarion, Vermont, in December 1775 and served as private in Captain Oliver Potter's (his father) company in Colonel Seth Warner's regiment of Green Mountain Boys, was in the Quebec Campaign, length of service about one year.  He enlisted in 1779 or 1780 and served two months as private in Captain Ebenezer Allen's Vermont militia.  He enlisted in May, 1781 and served six months under Lieutenant David Powers in Colonel Ebenezer Allen's regiment of Vermont militia. 
He had other short tours, no details given.
After the Revolution he moved to Swanton, Vermont and from there to St. Albans, Vermont.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, then a resident of St. Albans, Vermont.
He died February 27, 1846 at Westport, Essex County, New York.
His father, Captain Oliver Potter, died of small pox during the campaign at Quebec.
The soldier, Noel Potter, married December 22, 1779.
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Mercy Arnold.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 20, 1846, then a resident of Swanton, Vermont, and was eight-three years of age.
She died September 13, 1848 at St. Albans, Vermont.
The children of Noel Potter and his wife, Mercy-
Oliver  Born  March 7, 1781 At Clarendon, Vermont.
John Arnold   "  June 5, 1783 at Clarendon, Vermont.
Laura  "  April 10, 1785  At Clarendon, Vermont
Noel  "  December 19, 1791 At St. Albans, Vermont
Seba  "  September 7, 1793 at St. Albans, Vermont
Enos  "  June 16, 1796 at St. Albans, Vermont
Sophia, date and place of birth not stated.

The follow children survived their mother-Oliver and Sophia Potter, both living in Swanton, Vermont in 1849.
Freeborn Potter, brother of the soldier Noel Potter, was in 1833 sixty-nine years of age and living in St. Albans, Vermont.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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3-525.
RECORD DIVISION. [initials: GCK HW]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. April 1, 1910
V.L.M.
Wid. File 21991 Rev. War
Miss Addie M. Potter,
Box 101, Waucoma, Fayette Co. Iowa.

Madam:
In reply to your request of March 21", received March 23" for a statement of the military history of Noel Potter 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. 
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
['Jany' crossed out] Dec 75 1, 1776|1 year|Pvt.|(*Oliver Potter|Seth Warner)|Green Mountain Boys|
1779 or 1780|2 mos.| " |(Ebenezer Allen| ✓ )|Vt.|
May 1781|6 mos.|[blank]|(Lieut. David Powers|Eben'r Allen.)| " |
[end of columns]
also during 1779 and 1781 on many short tours.
*Capt. Oliver Potter was soldier's father, and died of small pox during the campaign at Quebec.
Battles engaged in. ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Clarendon Vt.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 15, 1832. His claim was allowed 
Residence at date of application, St. Albans Vt.
Age at date of application, born 1761 at Coventry R.I. died Feb'y 27, 1846 at Westport, Essex Co., N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier married Dec. 22, 1779 Mercy Arnold. She was allowed pension on an application executed May 20, 1846, while a resident of Swanton Vt. 83 years old and died at St. Albans Vt. Sept. 13, 1848. leaving *. Their children were: Oliver b. Mch. 7, 1781. John Arnold b. June 5, 1783. Laura b. Apr. 10, 1785. Noel b. Dec. 19, 1791 Seba b. Sept. 5, 1793. Enos b. June 16, 1796, and Sophia whose birth is not stated. *St. Albans Vt.
Very respectfully, 
/s/H. Davenport
Commissioner. 
[margin note: 1889-1781=108]
4043b5m3-09
I-2
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returned not the one wanted APR 21 1910
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. A APR 14 1910]
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Noel Potter, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (['or' crossed out] & his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENTS OF APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Jan. 1, 1776|1 year|Pvt.|(*Oliver Potter|Seth Warner)|G.M. Boys|
1779 or 1780|2 mos| " |(Eben'r Allen| -- )|Vt.|
May 81|6 " |[blank]|(Lt. David ['Parsons' crossed out] Powers|[blank])| " |
[end of columns]
also during 79 & 81 on many short tours
*Capt. Oliver Potter was soldiers father and died during the campaign at Quebec of small pox
Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Clarendon Vt.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 15, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, St. Albans Vt.
Age at date of application, 1761 Coventry R.I. He died Feb'y 27, 1846 at Westport, Essex Co., N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier mar Mercy Arnold Dec. 22, 1779. She was allowed pension on an application ex May 20, 1846, while a res of Swanton Vt. 83 years old and died at St. Albans Vt. Sept. 13, 1848. Their children were: Oliver b. Mar. 7, 1781. John Arnold b. June 5, 1783. Laura b. Apr. 10, 1785. Noel b. Dec. 19, 1791 Seba b. Sept. 5, 1793. Enos b. June 16, 1796, and Sophia whose birth is not stated. 
Very respectfully,
[blank]
Commissioner.
20581b3m11-05
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[typewritten letter]
Mrs. GUY J. FLAHERTY
TWIN PONDS
MALONE, NEW YORK

February 20, 1932.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dept. Revolutionary War Records

Will you please send me a copy of the Pension
application of Noel [margin note: no] Potter, on the service of his son, Oliver Potter, who served from Vermont, and died in 1775, during Quebec Campaign.
I am a descendant of Oliver Potter.
Very truly yours
/s/Grace Ethel Flaherty
[receipt stamp: REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION BUREAU OF PENSIONS FEB 24 1932]
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[round stamp]
PENSION
A
U. MAR S.
23
1910
OFFICE


Waucoma Iowa
March 21, 1910

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Will you please sen me a copy of the military history of Noel Potter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

My Gt. Grandfather was born in Coventry Kent Co. R. I. and enlisted from there.  He applied for a
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pension in 1832 and it was  granted.  This military history is asked for to prove eligibility
to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you in advance for your trouble I am Most Respect. Yours
Addie M. Potter

Address
Miss Addie M. Potter
Waucoma
Iowa

Fayette Co. Box 101.

Mar 24 1910 [stamped]
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[initials: M.L.B.]
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. A MAR 23 1910]
[receipt stamp: RECORD DIVISION MAR 24 1910]
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[handwritten letter]
[margin note: O.W.&N.]
St. Albans Vt.
Aug 4th 1906
Pension Department: - 
Will you please send me the military service of Samuel Church who drew a pension in Bennington Co. Vermont in 1818: also of Samuel Church 2d
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[handwritten letter]
who drew a pension in Franklin County Vt. in 1818; also of Noel Potter who drew a pension in Franklin County Vt. in 1840? - 
Please address
Mrs. E. S. Walker
Swanton Vermont
Care C. C. Reynolds
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[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. A AUG 6 1906]
[receipt stamp: O.W.& N. DIV. FILES AUG 7 1906]
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[left side of page]
Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No.  21,911
Mercy Potter
widow of 
Noel Potter
Pri Rev War

Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:-  Vol. M, Page 138

[Arrangement of 1870.]


[right side of page]
1906  Aug. 15  Hist to Mrs. E. S. Walker
1910 Apr 1  Hist to Mis Addie M. Potter V.L.M.
1932- Much 23 - hist to Mrs. Guy J. Flaherty w
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: RUTLAND Vt. JULY 31] 5
Mr. William Bridges Esq.
St. Albans, Vermont
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Clarendon July 28th 1846
This certifies that I have examined and reexamined the Books of records in the Town Clerk's Office in Clarendon and can find no record of the Marriage of Noel Potter and Mercy Arnold, But I further certify that I do find the Records of the Births of their children as follows.
Birth of Oliver Potter the sone of Noel Potter and Mercy his wife, Born March 7th 1781., seventeen hundred eighty one. in Clarendon. Recorded  June 24 1781. Attest Stephen Arnold Town Clerk.
Birth of John Arnold Potter, the son of Noel Potter & Mercy, his wife Born June 5th 1781, seventeen hundred eighty three, in Clarendon. Recorded October 29th 1784. Attest Stephen Arnold. Town Clerk. 
Birth of Laura Potter the Daughter of Noel Potter and Mercy his wife born April 10th 1786, seventeen hundred eighty five, in Clarendon. Recorded March 10th 1786. Attest Stephen Arnold Town Clerk
Birth of Noel Potter junr the son of Noel Potter and Mercy his wife born December  19th 1791. seventeen hundred Ninety one, in the Town of St. Albans. Birth of Seba Potter the Daughter of Noel Potter and Marcy his wife born September 6th 1793, seventeen hundred Ninety three, in the Town of St. Albans Recorded December 4th 1794. Attest Stephen Arnold. Town Clerk
Birth of Enos Potter the son of Noel Potter and Mercy his wife born June 16th 1796, seventeen hundred Ninety six, St. Albans Recorded February 7th 1798., 
The above is a true copy (except the dates in writing) of the Original Records in the Town Clerk's Office in Clarendon
Attest /s/Philetus Clark. Town Clerk
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} At Rutland in sd. County on the 28th day of July A.D. 1846 personally appeared Philetus Clark Town Clerk of Clarendon and made oath that the within certificate by him subscribed is according to the truth - before me
/s/Silas H. Hodges Justice peace. 
STATE OF VERMONT, 
RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE} I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that Silas H. Hodges Esquire, was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified and that I verily believe that his signature to the same is genuine.
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Court, at Rutland in said County, this 28th day of July Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty six. 
/s/F. W. Hopkins
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
I J. McM Shafter Secretary of State of Vermont hereby certify that upon an original Pay-Roll of the revolutionary service of Capt. Abraham Sawyer's company on record in this office occurs the name of Noel Potter with an allowance to him for service from Oct 17. to Oct 25, 1777 inclusive.
I also certify that upon another like recorded pay-roll of Capt Ichabod Robinson's company occurs the name of the said Noel Potter with an allowance to him for twenty one days service in "The year 1781"
I also certify that upon another like recorded Pay-Roll of "Lt Daniel Powers company of volunteers belonging to Maj Eben'r Allen's Detachment" occurs the name of the said Noel Potter with an allowance to him for Eighty four days from Aug 17. to Nov. 8. AD 1780.
[margin note: 15.24.]
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In testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office at Burlington Aug. 13- 1846

J. Mc M Shafter
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Rem. Mr. Bridges to J. McM Shafter D.
Aug 15, 1846 To certificates authentication, Justices certificate - 1.00
To certificate of revol'y service of B. Hoisington 2.00
To certificate of rev'y service of Noel Potter 2.00
$5.00
Rem. payment. /s/J. McM Shafter.
Dear sir, 
The charge for search in the case of Potter is merged in the certificate.
Yours truly
/s/J. McM Shafter
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Noel Potter's Declaration - 
16506
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DECLARATION, 
Revolutionary claim, under an Act of Congress, Passed June 7th, A.D. 1832. 
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, ss} Franklin County Probate Court, October 15th A.D. 1832. 
Personally appeared in open Court, being the Probate Court for the County of Franklin, and a Court of Record for said County, and State of Vermont, as will appear by the first section of a Statute Law of said State, entitled "An act, constituting Probate Courts Courts of Record," - [assed November 15th, A.D. 1821, [see 1st. section of said act,] Noel Potter aged 71 years, resident in St. Albans in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, A.D. 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 or 6 and served in Col Seth Warner's Regt of the Vermont State troops under the following named officers:
At Clarendon, Vermont in the month of December 1775, or first of Jan'y 76; he enlisted under Capt Oliver Potter (his Father) and march'd immediately for Skenesborough (now White-Hall) New York from thence to Ticonderoga Fort, from thence to Crown-Point from thence to St. Johns L.C. & from thence to Montreal, there about ten or twelve days, from thence to Quebec, & there joined his company commanded by Capt Potter afores'd and Lieut Keeler, 2nd Lieut Sunderland, Col Seth Warner's Regt, encamp'd on the Plains of Abraham, there stationed, till the first of May 1776. 
The troops during this time was much afflicted with sickness, great numbers died with the Small Pox, the company to which he belong'd lost between 30 & 40 men, and before the Army was in a condition to move, a retreat was order'd and the troops put in motion on or about the first of May afs'd ['&' crossed out] took up their line of march for St. Johns, some by water and some by land; arrived at the latter place, & from thence ['to' crossed out] by water to Crown-Point south part of Lake
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Champlain, from thence to old Fort Ticonderoga, and there stationed till the month of January 1777, then dismised, after completing one full year, the Longest campaign that that any man experienced during the revolutionary war [margin note: 12]
That again in the year 1779 or 80 he enlisted for two months, under Capt Eben'r Allen, Lieut Holms (Holmes) 2nd Lieut Lemuel Bradley, marched to Brandon Vt place of Rendezvous, duty was scouting from thence to Lake Champlain & Onion River, remain'd on the post aforesaid his time expired in the month of May [margin note: 2] 
In the month of May 1781 he again enlisted for six month in the company commanded by Lieut David Powers, under the immediate command of Col Eben'r Allen, stationed as a place of rendezvous at Fort Vengence (Vengeance) ['at' crossed out] at Pittsford Vt. his duty was scouting and spying out Indians and Tories till the month
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at Pittsford Vt. his duty was scouting and spying out Indians and Tories till the month of November 1781 and then dismissed - [margin note: 6]
The applicant further says that between the years  79 & 81 he was often calld out short terms of service with others to check the progress of the Indians and Tories who were prowling about the frontiers and committing depredations upon the inhabitants, for which he never rec'd a cent as much three or four months & found himself. 
He has no documentary evidence whatever. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
/s/Noel Potter.
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
/s/William Bridges Judge
I, John Gates, jr. Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matters of the application of Noel Potter for a pension. 
[court seal affixed] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of October A.D. 1832. 
/s/John Gates Ju'r Register.
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255.
Vermont
Mercy Potter dec'd widow of Noel Potter who was a private in the Revolutionary War payable to Oliver Potter and Sophia Potter, children
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1844' crossed out] 27" February 1846
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept 1849 and sent to Wm Bridges St Albans Vt.
Former payments to be deducted at 53.21 per ann}
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 66.
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[verso]
Vermont. 255. 
Mercy Potter widow of Noel Potter who was a Private in the Revolution 
Husband died 27th Feby. '46.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1844.' crossed out] 27th February 1846. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Sept. 1846. and sent to William Bridges, Esq. St. Albans, Vermont.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 66.
D. H. Wood

[recto]
Rep'd 
let to p agt Dec 4, 1846 
to Wm. Bridges, Dec'r 7. 46.
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9030 {336
Mercy Potter
Vermont
Rejected Act 1838. 
17 June 1844
m. before 1794
d 27 Feby 1846
Admitted 
15 mos. 25 ds $53.21
Wm Bridges Esq
St. Albans Vt. 
9030
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State of Vermont Franklin County
St Albans Augt 20th, 1846.
Hon J.L. Edwards
The enclosed evidence from the Secretary of State, in support of the claim of Mercy Potter shows that 114 days service rendered by her late husband Noel Potter. But by reference to the declarations of Potter it will appear that he served in Col Warner's Regt in the campaign of 1776 and years which service is not found upon the rolls of Vermont as I am informed by the Secretary of State, Warner's Regt if I am not mistaken was continental & of course the rolls of his Regt would not be found in the archives of Vermont.  You will please examine the case of Mrs Potter widow of Noel Potter deceased and return your answers to me.

Very Respectfully Yours _______________
William Bridges
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Elezer (Eleazer) Brooks
affidavit in support of Noel Potter - claim
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I Eleazer Brooks of St. Albans county of Franklin & state of Vermont, age sixty five years, testify and say that I am well acquainted with Noel Potter formerly of Clarendon Vt. that in the year 1781 I lived at Pittsford at Fort Vengence (Vengeance) the same season said Potter was a soldier and did duty as a private during the summer of the year aforesaid, but how ling he served I cannot say, I further say said Potter was one of the best soldiers that ever did duty as such - the soldiers that served that season at the fort enlisted and served six months and have no doubt but that s'd Potter served the some length of time and further say not 
/s/Eleazer Brooks
State of Vermont
Georgia District ss} Probate Court October 6th AD 1832 Then personally appeared in open Court being the Probate Court the above named Eleazer Brooks Esqr a credible witness who made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me /s/William Bridges Judge
State of Vermont
Franklin County ss} I John Gates jr Register of the court of Probate with in and for the district of Georgia hereby certify that Wm Bridges who sign'd the above certificate is Judge of the court aforesaid and duly authorised to administer oaths and that the signature affixed the the above certificate is his own proper hand writing.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
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my hand and seal of office at St. Albans this 6th day of October AD 1832
att. /s/John Gates Jun'r Register

Elezer (Eleazer) Brooks
affidavit in support of Noel Potter - claim
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Clark's & Train's Depositions in support of Noel Potter's Claim
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I John Train of Clarendon in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont being in the seventy third year of my age testify and say that I was in the army of the revolutionary war, and know that on the first of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five Noel Potter then of s'd Clarendon now of St Albans in this State enlisted in his father Capt. Potter's company & Col. Seth Warner's regiment and I know that s'd Potter served six months in s'd company in Canada. I belonged to the same company and served with him & further say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty I think the first of March the s'd Potter enlisted in Capt. Ebenezer Allen's company for two months to guard the lines against the enemy I was with him and know that he served that tour he was stationed at Brandon in this State it was then called Neshobe I was well acquainted with s'd Potter before he entered the army and have known him ever since & further say not
/s/John Train
State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} 26 Sept. 1832 personally came John Train who is personally known to me and considered a man of truth and veracity  and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is made agreeable to truth before me
/s/O. Noble Just. peace
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I Elisha Clark of Tinmouth in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont being eighty years of age testify and say that I was in the army of the revolutionary war I was one year in Canada I was then acquainted with Noel Potter then of Clarendon now of St Albans in this State and I know that s'd Potter served as a soldier one year in his father Capt. Potter's Company & in Col. Seth Warner's regiment in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six and seventy seven according to the best of my recollection I was well acquainted with the s'd Potter before he enlisted into the army and have known him ever since and further say not
/s/Elisha Clark
State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} 26 Sept. 1832 personally came Elisha Clark who is personally known to me and considered a man of respectability and of truth and veracity and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is made agreeable to truth before me
/s/O. Noble Just. peace
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} I Robert Pierpont Clerk of the County Court for the county of Rutland certify that Obadiah Noble is a Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates are his hand within 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Rutland this 27th day of September Ad 1832
/s/R. Pierpont