Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24101, Joseph True Eaton, N.H.
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9326.
Vermont, Burlington
Joseph T. Eaton of Washington Co. in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg't commanded by Col. Long in the New Hampshire ['line for' crossed out] troops for 6 months
Reduced from $40
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Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Oct 1838 and sent to J. A. Wing Plainfield Vermont
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838. $180.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1839. 10.00
190.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by F. S. Evans Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 3. Page 665.

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Letter to Pension Agent at Burlington & J. A. Wing 6. Oct 1838.
do. to J. A. Wing, 14 Nov. 1838
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To [illegible] March 1850
 do Aug't 27  "  
Rept
J. L. Hodson Sep 9./53

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2149.
['Vermont Montplr' crossed out] Maine
Mehitable Eaton widow of Joseph T. Eaton N.H. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept, 1848 and sent to W. W. Cadwell Montpelier Verm't
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 52 Vol. 3.
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Declaration of Joseph T. Eaton No. 5143
Joseph True Eaton mustered 19 Octo 1776 to 7 ['Dec 1776' crossed out] Jany 1777
Paid advance 13 Jany 1777 but was mustered out at Ticonderoga
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Declaration of Joseph T. Eaton No. 5143
Joseph True Eaton mustered 19 Octo 1776 to 7 ['Dec 1776' crossed out] Jany 1777
Paid advance 13 Jany 1777 but was mustered out at Ticonderoga
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DECLARATION in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
STATE OF VERMONT,
District & COUNTY OF Washington ss.} On this 31st day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared, before the Honorable ['County' crossed out Court of Probate within and for the County of Washington aforesaid, now sitting, Joseph T. Eaton a resident of Marshfield in the County of Washington and State of Vermont, aged 74 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 7, 1832: - 
That he entered the service of the United States, in the year 1777 in the Newhampshire line  of State afs, (as be believes but the Regt. might be on the continental establishment.) for the term of one year & served under the following named officers - 
Enlisted for one year the first of May, as near as he now recollect, 1777 - was in the Company commanded by Capt. Calfe - 1st Lieut -- Cooper 2. Lieut -- Bell in Col. Long's Regiment & -- Mooney was Lt. Col. - Enlisted at Exeter N.H. - March to Great Island near Portsmouth staid there between four & join the Army again Gen' l Burgoyne; marched with a Regiment Joined the Army immediately after the battle of Bennington at or near Stillwater - was there at the battle on Bemis Heights, but was not in it - continued there with the Army, in Service untill after Genl. Burgoyne surrendered to Genl. Gates - About a fortnight or three weeks after the Capture of Burgoyne, the exact time does not remember, but recollects there was snow on the ground when he got home he hired John Morrill of Londonderry, N.H. to take his place and gave him $45 to serve his time out for the remainder of the year, as his substitute. - 
And he believes that said Morrill answered to his said Eaton's name during the residual of the year but of this he is not positive, but is sure that said Morrill served out the remainder of his year - He has no written evidence of his service - But verily believes his name will be found on the rolls of the Regiment
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He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
/s/Joseph T. Eaton 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest /s/Daniel P. Thompson Clerk. 
And the said Court do declare their opinion that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary solder, and served as he states.
I Daniel P. Thompson Register & Clerk of the ['County' crossed out] Court of Probate within and for the said County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter the application of Joseph T. Eaton for a pension. 
[court seal affixed] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 31st day of July A.D. 1832
Attest, /s/Daniel P. Thompson Clerk.
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No 480 May 31/47
Mehitable Eaton widow of Joseph T. Vt
act 17 June 1844
married 1791
husband died 22 Nov 45
adm'd 6 mo pri
$20.00 per an from 22 Nov. 1845
W. W. Cadwell 
Montpelier Vt
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DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 17th June 1844, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF VERMONT, 
District and County of Washington }ss. 
On this twenty fourth day of July eighteen hundred and forty six personally appeared before me Lyman Briggs Register and Clerk of the Probate Court holden at Montpelier within and for said district and county Mehitable Eaton a resident of Marshfield in the county of Washington & State of Vermont aged seventy nine 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 June 17th 1844, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Joseph True Eaton who was a private in the War of the Revolution And being in feeble health which has so much affected my memory that it renders me unable to state the names of the officers under whom my husband served on the Section of the Country where he performed the service with any degree of certainty. I would therefore Respectfully refer to the declaration and Application of my said Husband Joseph True Eaton in which a pension was granted him under the Act of Congress passed on the 7th day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty two at the rate of Twenty Dollars per Annum, together with the proof adduced to support his application. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph True Eaton on the twenty ninth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one that her husband the aforesaid Joseph True Eaton died on the twenty second day of November A.D. 1845; that she was not married to him prior to his 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.
/s/X her mark Mehitable Eaton
Witness /s/William W. Cadwell
SWORN to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
/s/Lyman Briggs Reg'r & Clerk
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State of Vermont District
and County of Washington ss} I Lyman Briggs Clerk and Register of the Probate Court for the District of Washington, do hereby certify that the within contains the Original Proceedings and declaration of Mehitable Eaton bad before me at Montpelier at the Office of said Probate Court on the 24th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty six. 
And I do further certify that it was most satisfactorily proved that the said Mehitable Eaton is the widow of Joseph True Eaton late of Marshfield in said District deceased, and that the said Joseph True Eaton died in Marshfield in said District on the 22d day of November A.D. 1845 and that the said Mehitable Eaton still remains the widow of the above named Joseph True Eaton and that she resides in Marshfield aforesaid in said district. 
I further certify that the said Mehitable Eaton is a woman of credibility and Respectability.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the said of said Court at Montpelier this 24th day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty six, 
Attest /s/Lyman Briggs Reg'r & Clerk
State of Vermont
Washington Probate District ss} Montpelier July 24, 1846
I Jeremiah T. Marston Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County and District do hereby certify that Lyman Briggs before whom the within declaration was made and signer of the foregoing Certificate is and was Clerk and Register of said Court at the dates thereof duly appointed and qualified, and that his signatures above and within written are in his own proper hand writing. And that to all his official Acts and Attestations as such full faith and credit ought to be given. 
/s/J. T. Marston Judge of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston June 28th 1847
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles White was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex, in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. 
[commonwealth seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. 
/s/John G. Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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seventeen hundred ninety one May twenty ninth Mr. Joseph True Eaton and Miss Mehitabel(sic) Eastman both of Hawke married in Plaistow
I Samuel Carleton Clerk of the Church of North Haverhill on oath declare that I held the office of Clerk of the Church of North Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above written is a true extract from the record of the Church which is in my possession with the exception only that in said record it is expressed in fair legible figures thus 1791 May 29th 
Dated at Haverhill this 30th day of April A.D. 1847
/s/Samuel Carleton Clerk of Church
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Haverhill April the thirtieth one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, Then Samuel Carleton Clerk of the Church above named, to me well known personally appeared and Made Solemn Oath to the Truth of the above Affidavit by him Subscribed,
before me /s/Charles White Justice of the Peace.
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[illegible]
Jos T. Eaton
[illegible]
Marshfield Vt. - 78
May 1 77 Exeter N.H. 
Capt. Calfe
Col. Long NH
6 m
married Mehitable Eastman
May 29 1791
Died Nov. 22, 1845
No Rect
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[handwritten letter]
[initials: HEW]
[receipt stamp: O.W.&N. DIVISION DEC 11 1900 RECEIVED.]
238 London St, Lowell, Mass
Nov. 24, 1900

Dear Sir:
Will you please  let me know if there was a Joseph Eaton who fought in the Revolutionary war and got a pension.
I don't know the regiment he fought in but he came from Sandown, N.H. 
If you find it, will you state the book from where it is found?
I want this to admit
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[handwritten letter]
me to the [illegible]
If you haven't the time or for any reason can't get the information will you please let me know to whom I may apply 
Very respectfully Yours,
Miss Eva Beharrell
238 London St.
Lowell, Mass.
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 24101
Mehitable Eaton wid of Joseph T. Eaton Pri Rev War
Act Feb 2d 48
Index:  Vol. A, Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Dec'r 13 1900 Miss Eva Beharrell Lowell Mass
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M480
Mehitable Eaton Vt.
Let. to W. W. Cadwell June 7th '47. 
act 17 June 1844.
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9326
Vermont
Joseph True Eaton of Marshfield in the State of Ver. who was a pri in the Com commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg commanded by Col. Long in the N.H. line for 2 mo
Reduc to $20 6th Oct 1838. - 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ver. at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of May: 33 and sent J. Y. Vail, Montpelier, Vt. 
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Arrears to the 4th of March: 33: $80
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 4. 33. 20.00
$100
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 63

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Pay't suspended let Agent & pensioner 10 June 1835 
Let. to J. A. Wing, 1 Aug't 1838
  "  "  "  "  17 Sept  "
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407.
Vermont Mont'r
Mehitable Eaton widow of Joseph T. Eaton who was a Private in the Revolution
Husband died 22nd Nov'r 1945
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence the ['4th' crossed out] 22nd day of ['March' crossed out] November, 1845, when he died. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of August, 1847 and sent to W. W. Cadwell Montpelier, Vermont
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 62. 

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Reported 
letter to W. W. Caldwell August 28, 1848
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[handwritten letter]
Montpelier July 13th 1847

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Sir
I herewith return you the Certificate of the maraige of Mrs Mehitabel Eaton duly authenticated by the Certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts as to the appointment and qualification of Charles White being a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which I understood when it was returned was all that was wanted to establish Mrs Eaton to a Certificate for Pension of $20:00 per annum which you will please forward me when the due time for taking up this matter shall arrive.
I wrote you sometime since in regard to a copy of instructions relating to military bounty Lands to which Letter I have never received any answer will you be pleased to forward me a Copy at this time so doing you will confer a great favour. 
I am Sir with due Respects Your Humble & Obedient Servant
/s/William W. Cadwell
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[handwritten letter]
Bangor 21. Aug 1850

Col. J. L. Edwards

Sir
Enclosed I send the request of Mrs. Mehitable Eaton a pensioner to be transferred from the Vermont pension roll to State of Maine 
She wishes to if possible to have the transfer made in season to have the last pay't made at Portland
I am very respectfully yours
/s/J. B. Hill
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[handwritten letter]
Bangor July 4th 1853.
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com. Pensions}
Joseph True Eaton, then living in Washington County Vt. was inscribed some time for 1834 or 1835, upon the Roll of Pensioners for Revolutionary services, at the rate of $40 pr. annum from year 1831. or thereabouts, & cont'd in the rect. of this sum for some four years, when his pension was withheld & the rate reduced to $20. pr year from the commencement thereof, which he cont to receive up to the period of his death & his widow Mehitable Eaton up to the time of her death in Feb 1850. The Heirs feeling fully assured that s'd Joseph True Eaton's term of service was one year, & that the reduction aforesaid was erroneous, ask that the case pray be re examined, & your full [illegible] of the arrearages, found due & further, that such
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[handwritten letter]
Bangor July 4th 1853.
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com. Pensions}
Joseph True Eaton, then living in Washington County Vt. was inscribed some time for 1834 or 1835, upon the Roll of Pensioners for Revolutionary services, at the rate of $40 pr. annum from year 1831. or thereabouts, & cont'd in the rect. of this sum for some four years, when his pension was withheld & the rate reduced to $20. pr year from the commencement thereof, which he cont to receive up to the period of his death & his widow Mehitable Eaton up to the time of her death in Feb 1850. The Heirs feeling fully assured that s'd Joseph True Eaton's term of service was one year, & that the reduction aforesaid was erroneous, ask that the case pray be re examined, & your full [illegible] of the arrearages, found due & further, that such
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[handwritten letter]
additional pay as he was entitled to by virtue of subsequent enactments of Congress may be allowed them.
Said Joseph True Eaton served in Col. Long's Regt Capt. Calph's (Calfe) company at Ticonderoga & the taking of Cornwallis.
He was absent on Furlough at one time, some 3 weeks, & during this time, his company was mustered for pay & inspection, his name not found on the succeeding Roll but it must be on subsequent Rolls for he served some five months after his return, & was at the taking of Cornwallis for the last part of his year. & not long before he as Discharged. 
He died at the age of about 90, having been a cripple & helpless during many years at the close of his life, & subjected his children to great expense for his maintenance & care, which the sum of $20. for payment (his pension) poorly requited
Yrs /s/John L. Hodsdon
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Joseph T. Eaton, Vt. act 7 June 1832 $20.00 pr ann
To what time was he last paid? GCA
Pension Office
July 30 1847 Died 22d Nov'r 1845. Paid to his death. BLB
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[handwritten letter]
Montpelier May 24th 1847

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
I herewith transmit you the application and declaration of Mehitable Eaton of Marshfield widow of the late Joseph True Eaton deceased for the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 17th day of June 1844 together with a certificate of her marraige from the Church Records of North Haverhill Massachusetts duly certified which I hope may arrive safe and be taken up in their due course of business and should there be found on examination the case anything farther wanting you will please notify me of the same that I may endeavour to furnish the same
I Am Sir with due Respects Your Obedient & Humble Servant
/s/William W. Cadwell
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[handwritten letter]
Plainfield Washington County 
Vt May 19, 1838

Dear Sir
I here enclosed forward the papers of Joseph T. Eaton in relation to a pension
I have not been able to find any form in a case where the person has ever obtained a pension and not having the rules & regulations know not whether it is necessary to go through with all the ceremonies the same as if he had never had applied for his pension before - I request you if the papers are not right to inform me in relation to the same 
Yours Respectfully
/s/J. A. Wing

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department Washington D.C.
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['WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim. 
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph T. Eaton of the State of Vermont who was a Private during the Revolutionary War. is entitled to receive Forty dollars and [blank] cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 4th day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three
/s/Lew Cass
Secretary of War' crossed out]
[overwritten: Cancelled]
'Examined and Countersigned.}  
/s/J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.' crossed out]
[overwritten: Cancelled]
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Plainfield Washington
County 24, 1838

J. L. Edwards 
Sir your letter in relation to the papers of J. T. Eaton came to hand this morning and I here enclose the original certificate of said Eaton to you and find that the last payment to him was made Sept 1854 having an arrear of Pension of 4 years. I request of you to advise me whether he is entitled to draw for said 4 years or not - 
I Am your Obt St
/s/J. A. Wing

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
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No 5143
Vermont
Admit 12 mo Pri
$40.00
Sent J. Y. Vail Esq
Montpelier Vt
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph T. Eaton which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank] 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? not distinctly
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? He has not 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the other under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? They have
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? It is & distinguishable
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? New Hampshire Troops
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank] 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?[blank]
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank] 
XVI. ↕Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [blank] 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &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______; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 mus be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
↕QUERE XVI. 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.
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[handwritten letter]
Montpelier June 4, 1835

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir,
I made my papers to draw my pension on 4th march last & sent them to his Agent at Burlington for my money - It was about a month before they were returned & the word written on the back "Suspended". - 
When I was placed on the roll I procured the testimony of two witnesses to my Service - I made my declaration at Montpelier & received my certificate; I am a resident of Marshfield county of Washington
I wish to be informed of the cause of my suspension, & if there is any thing wanting, & explain my services. I will try to do it - I have been sick and unable to attend to it Since I received the notice before now - Please direct your answer to me at Montpelier "care of J. Y. Vail" - 
/s/Joseph T. Eaton 
The name is "Joseph T. Eaton"
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State of Maine.
Penobscot, ss. 
I, William T. Hilliard, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that A. L. Carey Esquire, is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is duly qualified to act as such, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this 22d day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
/s/Wm T. Hilliard Clerk.
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State of Maine
County of Penobscot ss
On this twenty first day of August 1830 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for said county of Penobscot, personally appeared Mehitable Eaton who on her oath declare that she is the same person who is the widow of Joseph T. Eaton who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and who was a pensioner of the United States, that this affiant was inscribed upon the pension list at the rate of twenty dollars per annum commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life unless she should again marry, as the widow of the said Joseph T. Eaton, on the pension roll for the State of Vermont, from whence she has lately removed, that she now resides in the State of Maine, where she intends to remain, and wants her pension to be there payable in future. The following are her reasons for  removing from Vermont to Maine, to wit, for the purpose of residing with her son who lives in Corinth in the County of Penobscot in said State of Maine. 
Her said pension certificate bears date Sept 18, 1848, and is numbered 2149 & recorded Page 52 Vol. 3,
/s/X her mark Mehitable Eaton
Witness /s/Abigail Eaton
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year first above said 
/s/A. L. Cary J. Peace
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State of Maine
County of Penobscot ss On this 21 day of August 1850 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County of Penobscot personally appeared True Eaton, a resident in Corinth in said County of Penobscot, who on his oath declares that that he is well acquainted with Mehitable Eaton who signed and made oath to the foregoing affidavit, and know her to be the same person described in the said affidavit 
/s/True Eaton
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid 
/s/A. L. Cary J Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with True later who signed and made oath to the foregoing affidavit, that he is a person of veracity and that full credit should be given to her testimony
/s/A. L. Cary J. Peace
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848. 
State of Vermont
Washington County ss} On this Sixth day of July A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me William W. Cadwell a justice of the peace within and for said County of Washington Mehitabel (Mehitable) Eaton a resident of Marshfield Aged Eighty one 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 on the 2" February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the war of the Revolution.
that she is the widow of Joseph T. Eaton who was a private in the war of the Revolution, that she has been pensioned under the Act of Congress ['(7 July 1838 3 March 1843 and)' crossed out] June 17, 1844, which she received at the pension Agency at Montpelier Vermont at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. 
/s/X her mark Mehitabel Eaton
In presence of /s/Obadiah Trimbuler
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
/s/William W. Cadwell Justice of the peace
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State of Vermont
Washington County ss}
I Shubael Wheeler Clerk of the County Court of the County and State, aforesaid, do hereby certify that William W. Cadwell is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30th day of November 1847, and will expire on the 30th day of November 1848, and that his signature within written is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand the Seal of Said County, this 13th day of July A.D. 1848.
/s/Shubael Wheeler Clerk
State of Vermont
Washington County ss} Montpelier September 6th 1848
This May Certify that I am personally acquainted with Mehitabel Eaton signer of the within Declaration and do know her to be the identical person she therein claims herself to be
/s/William W. Cadwell Justice of the Peace
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Vt Aug 21
add: prff Jos T. Eaton
adm'd: 9326 
Plainfield Vt Aug 16 Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
[illegible]
Washington D.C.
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I Joseph T. Eaton of Marshfield county of Washington & State of Vermont in answer to the enquiry in relation to [illegible] the present statement made by me [illegible] if any exist state that the [illegible] the facts that I enlisted [illegible] as set forth in my last statement was taken sick &c as then set forth - that soon after the company were mustered at Ticonderoga ['ago' crossed out] as Capt Calfe wished to have his company full I hired John Morrill of Londonderry to take my place while sick and that I paid him [illegible] to his pay which he received Either 4 or 5 Dollars and that after my recovery I took my place -[illegible] in the company and was with the company as set forth in my last statement. If my present statement is not [illegible] there must be a mistake in it. If it says that I return to my company about a fortnight after the surrender of Burgoin (Burgoyne) it must be wrong as my term of service expired  I only enlisted for one year [illegible] it says I then hired John Morrill to serve out my time it was a mistake as my time was then served out as the period of my enlistment expired previous to the time I was [illegible] to say that I hired said Morrill. What I meant to say was that I supposed the person who drafted my original declaration set forth that after my recovery after about a fortnight after the surrender of Burgoin (Burgoyne) I left the service after I served out the time for which I enlisted. That soon after I was taken sick I hired said Morrill to serve for me while I was sick and that I paid him an additional [illegible] and for the service aforesaid either 3, or 5,  (that is 45) There are [illegible] as I supposed and meant [illegible] as set forth in my original Declaration.
/s/Joseph T Eaton 
State of Vermont
Washington County ss} Marshfield August 15, 1838
Personally appeared Joseph T. Eaton the signer of the above statement or Declaration and after being carefully examined & duly cautioned made solemn oath that that the foregoing statement as he subscribed is true 
before me /s/Jeremiah Carleton jr Justice of the Peace
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Declaration or Statement of Joseph T. Eaton
I Joseph T. Eaton of Marshfield in the county of Washington & State of Vermont aged eighty years being duly sworn do declare & say that I enlisted as a soldier in the state troops of New Hampshire under Capt Calfe in the  month of October I believe the 19. day of said month in the year A.D. 1776 that said company belonged to the regiment commanded by Col. Long - that I immediately entered the service and was first stationed at Great Island below below Portsmouth for about three months when I in company with said regiment marched to Ticonderoga in the state of New York, about one month after I arrived at Ticonderoga.
I was taken sick and confined for about one month at the end of which time I joined the company again and removed with my company till the expiration of my term of service. I remained at Ticonderoga till we marched to Saratoga and I was in the last battle fought between the Americans and Burgoin (Burgoyne) and was present when Burgoin (Burgoyne) surrendered with his army I further say that a few days after the surrender of Burgoin  (Burgoyne) I received a written discharge having served out my time which discharge I have lost - I further say after the pasage of the act of the 7th of June A.D. 1832 I applied for a pension under said act which was granted and bears date the 4th day of May A.D. 1833 and is recorded In book E Vol. 3 Page 63. and that said pension was regularly paid till Sept. 1834 and that in June A.D. 1835 I received a letter from the war department that the pension was suspended on the ground that My name was not found on the roll after my arrival at Ticonderoga - and that there were suspicion of my having deserted. the reason I believe why my name is not found on the roll is my sickness as aforesaid. & I further say that I served as above set forth and received an honorable discharge at the expiration of said term and that I never deserted from said service and never was absent from my company except on account of sickness during said term - I further say
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that the reason I have not begore applied to have my pension renewed is that I have been making enquiries for persons who were with me in the service and that I can find no person now living who is knowing to my services and an other reason that my health and circumstances have been so bad that I have not been able to get assistance in proving the same and that he well knows that he enlisted and served as above stated but that he knows of no person living who can testify as to his servises nor has he any proper testimony of his servises excepting his certificate from the pension office as aforesaid. He mentions the names of William Martin, Late Judge of Washington County Court John Capron a clergyman of said town of Marshfield and Horace Holister & William Cole select men of said Marshfield who are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for truth & veracity and their belief as to his servises as a soldier of the revolution - 
/s/Joseph T. Eaton
Marshfield April 30, 1838
Then personally appeared Joseph T. Eaton signer of the above declaration or statement of facts and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is the truth and nothing but the truth
before me /s/Jeremiah Carleton Justice of the Peace
We William Martin John Capron Horace Holister & William Cole all of Marshfield in said county of Washington and state of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph T. Eaton who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that he believe him to be 80 years old and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution & that we concur in that opinion & we further say that said Eaton is a person of truth & veracity
/s/John Capron Minister of the Gospel
/s/Welcome Cole /s/Horace Holister
/s/Wm. Martin
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Attest /s/Jeremiah Carleton Justice of the Peace
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And the said Justice hereby certifies that the said Wm Martin John Capron Horace Holister & Welcome Cole who have singed the preceding certificate are all residents in said town of Marshfield & that said Capron is a clergyman in regular standing, and that Horace Holister & Welcome Cole are select men of said town and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Attest /s/Jeremiah Carleton Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Washington County ss} I Joshua Y. Vail Clerk of the County court within & for the County of Washington aforesaid do hereby certify that Jeremiah Carleton is a Justice of the peace duly appointed and acting under the authority of this State & his name to the foregoing papers as Such I believe to be his own proper hand writing - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said County Court this 15th day of May AD 1838 - 
Att /s/J. Y. Vail Clerk.