Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15203, for Uzal Pierson, Vermont
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93-1776)

SERVICE                            NUMBER

Vt             Pierson, Uzal              W. 15203
                  or
                  Peirson, Usual
                                 Dorcas

CONTENTS
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[Left side]
Ser Bir Fr to Pen. Agt. 29. Aug' 34.
Transfer to Vermont from 
4 March 1834-3. Sept. 34

[Right side]
Vermont [{New York} line drawn through] 28.5 34
Usual Pierson
of Essex C. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sawyer of the Regt commanded by Col. Fletcher in the Vermont Militia line for 24 mo Private

Po in N. York to 4 Mar '34-su lots 1 m 5ds

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of April 1834 and sent to Hon Re. [{D. Eason Esq} line drawn through] Whall.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 of      240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 6 '34    40.00
                                                                 ------
                                                             $280.00

[Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Sam H Page  Clerk,
Book E    Vol. 4    Page 114

Tr       E           3               85
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Alpheus Halls
Deposition

admd
24 mo = private
80$
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State of Newyorks
Essex County js

Uzal Peirsons of Willeheasaugh in the County of Essex & State of Newyork a soldier of the Revolution being duly sworn saith that he enlisted or was embodied with the regular Militia  forced of Vermont and among other persons did the following in the war of the Revolution (viz) that in January 1778 he enlisted in the town of Shelburne in a Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Sawyer & did duty in said company under said enlistment at least 2nd  two months, & soon after the latter then of the 12th of March was discharged.
That on or about 1st of Nov. 1778 he was embodied for actual service at Shoreham Vermont in a Company commanded by Lieut. Crooks and 3rd did garrison duty there till 17th of February 1779, & while in actual service as last aforesaid was taken prisoner & carried to Canada and confined in the fort at Chamble [Chambly] till the 4th of April, then made his escape, & reached his house in Vermont the 4th of May then after 2'27 that about the 10th of Nov 1779 he together with his father & brother were embodied in a company of Militia & did duty in the frontier in the forest fort more than two months before 2. he was discharged.
That he thereafter remained at Claredon as a minute man till Oct 1781, & then enlisted in Capt Brashers Company stationed at Castleton.  That he soon by cause of his officer enlisted into Capt. Starks company of Rangers, & did duty in said Company of Rangers the residue of ten months, & generally was then
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pilot, whose duty it was to run through the forest bordering on Canada as a party of observations.  P
That from the time last aforesaid till the close of the was he belonged to Capt. Robertsons company of Militia & about the middle of December 1781 he commenced and did this two month duty 2. on the frontier mentioned in his declaration.
That in the fall of 1782 he commenced and did a like duty for two months also mentioned.
That in February 1783 he commenced & did duty for one month at the close of the war also mentioned in his declaration.
That during said war at other times, for a short periods, from one day to ten days, & scaring of times, he was enrolled & did duty in a company or companies commanded by regular Militia Officers, & generally did the duty of a pilot, and farther saith that during the most of this time he was in [illegible] he did the duty of a felah [fellow] knowing the situation of the forest & farther saith he veily believes he was in actual pension during said war for a term of time near three years then two and further saith not.
Uzal Peirson
Sworn & subscribed the 31st of March 1834.}
before me D. Eason
Supt Court Com. of pensions
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State of Newyork}
Essex County js}  On this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex in said states now sitting at the Court House in Elizabethtown in said county Ural Peirson of the town of Willenkaraugh  in said County of Essex & state aforesaid in his seventieth year of age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the the benefit of the  act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he enlisted in the service of the United States under the following named officers   [illegible] in the Vermont Militia service as herein stated (viz).  That he enlisted in the town of Shelbourne in the State of Vermont in the winter of seventeen hundred & seventy eight in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Thomas Sawyer, in which Company Barnabas Barman was Lieutenant.  That he enlisted for such term of service as said Company should remain in service.  That said Company was mustered & embodied at Shelburne aforesaid & this deponent with it, for the defense of the County against the American enemy.  That he together with said Company remained there under arms without anything material happening in the mean time till the twelfth day of March, when about an house before day, he this deponent together with nineteen men of said Company being in a an [illegible]  there situated, were alarmed by the approach of the enemy composed of Indians, Slaves & British to the number of fifty seven (viz he afterwards ascertained the the number) That
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the enemy having died in the century without
a gun being fined, the first approach of them in the on the notice of was by the fire of their
hate through the windows, with the males
through the mind & fixing upon the said militia man, who were together with this
deponent in said have that the party in said
have continued interchanging that with the
said enemy till the son about an hour high
when the evening gave way & situated that the
Lieutenant & two soldier in said have were killed and the others wounded-
That during this action the enemy set fire to
have; but which he had the good partition to
extinguish- that in said action six of the
enemy were left dead on the ground, and
seven of them was taken prisoners and
twenty three of their firearms were captured
That in the subsequent winter the deponent
being a prisoner in Canada, was informed
& believes that said entry last in that
conflict, twenty eight of their number, including those killed on the ground those who sind thereafter of their hands and this deponent further saith that on the termination of that battle the said Militia retreated with their prisoners to Addison in said State, and sent under guard all of said prisoners to Bennington Vermont except one who died of his wound and
the said Company soon thereafter war dismissed to that this deponent remained
on duty under this enlistment for about
two months & was then discharged-but
this deponent further saith that
about the first of November the same year
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he was in the town of Shoreham in the State of
Vermont, that there were embodied at that
place a small detachment of Militias keeping
Garrison, & that this deponent his Father and
Brother turned in with them, & that's while
in that duty we were attached by a Company
of sixty British Soldiers who were later soletin off by said Vermont Guards- And this deponent further saith that anding there is so frequent was the incursions of the enemy along the shores of lake Champlain in the last landing there after company, principally of juditing that the militia all who could hear any were
required by their officers constantly to be examined & sleep or their and for safety & that the following winter in the same place a company of Indians with and white man, about twenty in all came upon this deponent at said town of Shareham and breaks open the door of the house when he was remaining attached him & two others by surprise & conveyed him as the  soldier prisoners to the British Garrison and sold this deponent & his fellow prisoner
to the British - That he this deponent & fellow
prisoner, a brother, were closely confined
at Chambler Fort in Canada, till the fourth
day of April thereafter, when he this deponent
and fellow prisoner had the good time to make their escape into the wilderness where we found the water now, dept and that it was impossible for us, in our destitute situation, almost naked his manly man off to proceed on our journey home, he therefore proceeded
to the highest ground we could find
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in that part of Canada & there remain eight
days subsisting during that time marked upon duty. That then as soon as the mater upon that plot County had raised a little here a little married this deponent & fellow prisoner proceeded on our way home to Vermont through the wilderness, suffering as much as we were capable of enduring from hunger and
cold, in the damp tyranny nights being nearly
destitute of death and entirely at this time without shall, and on the fourteenth
of May following, had the good past time
to reach our home in Vermont, much exhausted with fatigue & were down with hunger & deprivations. -And this deponent further saith that the next fall thereafter being the fall of seventeen in seventy nine, be this deponent
Father turned out & went in a scranton party on the frontier for about two months & that he this Father & Brother were compelled to remain constantly and and eless with their from any
by their side the most of the time thereafter till the year seventeen hundred eighty one, the woods being filled with Indiana, British & Mary
much so that then appeared very safety, the family we having had their have time fixed & burnt down in the meantime, by the Indians race their provision & good consumed and this deponent further saith that in the witness of seventeen hundred & eighty years
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he enlisted for the term of ten men this
in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Bradshaw, then stationed at Carleton in Vermont and marched to Col Fletcher Regiment of Militia. That he remained doing duty in that company for some time, and then enlisted by leave of his Officer into Capt Stank Company
of Rangers and did duty in said Company of Rangers the residue of the term & generally on their pilot, whose duty it was to range through the forest continually as a party for observation
and the deponent further saith that within about one week from the termination of this enlistment his volunteered among a reconnecting party & remained in that duty for about two months was then discharged
and this deponent further faith that in the face of Seventeen hundred and eighty two he waluntioned again and did like duty for about two months. And this deponent further
saith that in the month of February Seventeen hundred & eighty three age volunteer he turn out and did alike duty for about one month and this deponent further saith that in the month of March in the year seventeen hundred & eighty
then he turned out again among party of location & went as far
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North as Shelburne Vermont, & demand
till same time in April saw his return have found peace was declared and this deponent further saith that he was frequently & a number of time
under and in the war of the Revolution among the devant militia for short periods from one to ten days at a time I then dismissed that he has resided no waken discharge & has no documentary evidence of his services -That his Father & Brother who were mostly with him in the service and both dead & that he does not now know of any surviving his of who could testify more fully to ling grains that thou hereto annex and this deponent further saith that he had no hesitation in declaring he was in actual service on duty in the war of the Revolution as a soldier for a term of time in the whole over two years nearly three years - that he never received any pay except for amton of two months some for ten months. And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State- Uzal Pierson

Sworn & subscribed this 27 day of September 1832 

In open court    Leonard Stow, Clerk of the Essex Comm Pleas
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Few Court propounded the following
Interrogations to the above applicant
Uzal Peirson (viz)
First Interrogatory, where in what year
were you have to this interrogatory this deponent saith he was born in the State of New Jersey in the County of Morris on the fourth of May Seventeen hundred sixty thou, as he has been informed and believes-
Second Interrogatory Have you any Record
of your age & if so where in it-
To the second Interrogatory this deponent saith that he has a Record of his age & that of the family sented in the family bible, now in his have at Willisborough in the County of Essex
State of New York, where he now resides and
Interrogatory where were you living when called into Genning where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live to
the third Interrogatory this deponent faith, that when he was first called into service he lived in the town of Shelburn in the State of Vermont, soon after during the war lived in Shoreham
same State, during the war and to lived in the event of Rutland State before the war was over
moved to Clarendon same state lived there till the peace-
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That since in the war he has paid in Shelburn in the State of Vermont tell within two twelve years in the will the seventh of last June, has been tranlay in Canada the Midder & Southern States collecting and driving cattle and
other permit and since last has in Millesborough in the County of Erney & State of New York where he now resides 

Fourth Interrogatory--How were you
called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you substitute & if a substitute for whom to the fourth Interrogatory this deponent saith that he went into service as
a volunteer by or voluntary enlistment but was never a substitute-

Fifth Interrogatory state the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the Troops where you served, such Cautenental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service-

 To the fifth interrogatory this deponent
saith in addition to what he has hereafter
stated relative to his knowledge of
Officers, says he knew May Clumber Isaac Pichman who was made May.
Col Fletcher who was Col Causilaus &
General Enas who commanded a Brigade
& the guards circumstances of the
serving of the deponent and as before related-
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Sixth Interrogatory did you ever receive discharge from the service if by whom was it give what has become of it to the sixth interrogatory their deponent saith that he does not now recollect having received a written
discharge if he did he not preceded any such written discharge but recollects whenever his term of service was expired, was told
by his officer he had liberty to return have-

Seventh Interrogatory state the names
of persons to whom you are known in
in your present neighborhood who can
testify as to your character for truth
veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution-

To the seventh Interrogatory their deponent saith, that he is known to Asa Frisbee & Aaron Fairchild,  Enquires of the town of Willesborough in the County of Essex and State of New York-

Sworn & subscribed this 27 day of September
1832 in open Court Leonard Stow Clerk of County

Uzal Peirson
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State of New York}
Essex County Ss.} Aaron Fairchild and
Aza Frisbee hath of the town of Millerboraugh
enough in the County of Essex & State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Uzal Peirson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we have known him for about forty years that we believe him to be in his twentieth year of age & that he is reputed & believed in the town where he has mostly resided & where he now resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution that we concur in that is genuine.
Aaron Fairchild
Asa Fairchild

Sworn subscribed day of September 1832 in open court.

Leonard Stow Clerk of Essex Com Pleas
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State of New York}
Essex County ss}. Thomas Stower one of the
present Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of
County in said State rendent in the town of
Willesborough said County hereby certifies that
he has resided in said town about thirty five
year during which term he has been acquainted with Uzal Pierson who has signed & sworn
to the declaration hereto annexed. That
he at an early day, after same has known
that the serving & sufferings of said

Pierson in the war of the Revolution, was
a subject of remark, the history of the times here, that his relation above of the circumstances of his services, and
sufferings, so well connerpands with the consent report & belief of the services
in the Country & the said Pierson himself being entitled credit, has no doubt in certifying it as his opinion that the said Pierson presumed that
services rendered these sufferings-

Sworn & subscribed the 27" day of September
1832 in open Court
Leonard Stow of Common Pleas}
Thomas Stower

And the said Court do hereby their opinion after the investigations of the matter and after putting the interrogators prescribed by the
war department that the above named applicant was a revolution soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies it appoint them that Aaron Fairchild and Asa Frisbee and Thomas Stower one of the Judges of the court who have signed the preceding certificate
a resident of the town of Hillsborough in the County of Essex and all credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

Signed By order of the Court 
Leonard Stow Clerk
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The within affidavits of Elias
Crary and Nathaniel Crary was taken before me

H Hodges Judge R. I. Court
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The affidavit of Elias Crary of Wallingford
Sixty Eight years of age and of Col. Nathan
Coy of Clarendon Sixty five years
of age both in the
County
State of Vermont
Rutland
Testify and say that
we acquainted with penal
Now of Wellsborough
Parson at Clarendon, lived near to
him in the year 1779, and well
remember that the said Usual was
often out in the Sevice of the County ┃
defending it against the Tories and
the enemy, that he was said to have
been very action and persevering in
defend the Country, that we each
of us will remember to have heard
that said
usual was engaged in the
Blackhouse at Sherburne
which was
Seably
defended against the Tories and
tish & Indians
be
further say that our
Brother Nathan Crary was intimate
with said Usual Parsons, Ziba Parsons
and
often out
with and we
have often heard the said Nathenrelate
the Services performed by said
usual in the service during the war
and
that from what we heard, and him
of the said Usual Parsons our
acquaintance with him.
he was a faithful
and useful soldier
most of the time while the war lasted
we further say that we only
believe the said Usual & Ziba Parsons
not
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Nathan
Crary
and John Arnold
from their real and acherty
canst the enemy to have
order the country
Officent
more to serve that so many
regular soldiers from our into
Mary with the said real and
from what hard related at the
time by others who were coten
porary with him we believe the
said Usual to have performed
his
the services we have related
and further saith not dated at
Claundon this 20th day of July 1832
Elias
Crany
Nathan Cary
Sworn and subscribed in my
July AD 1832 before me
30th day of
A. Hodges at Judge
of Rutland County Court
This certifies that I am well acquain
with Elias Crary and Col Nathan
Crary the above named deponents and
that an every way entitled belief
Henry Hodges
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as part of Timmouth in the County of Rutland and
now in the seventieth year of my
of Vermont of age testify & say that I have
acquainted with Wrist Parsons now of Willsborough
State of New York ever he the
in the State of Vermont
right and I
Robert Report of the me of the County of Rulland
do hereby certify that Henry H
the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time, Justices of the Peace
County, and duly empowered to administer oaths. And I
for the
In
said Court, this
3d
timony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
year one thousand eight hundred and ther of
Oct
in the
the
Repon
the
Stake a
Rutland
house who in
and deter
from Canada & tend in
returned to this State he come to his fathers
some to reside in
Rutland when I lived I saw him immediately
to
his return and he had way person of having and
every thing that human notice could inden
I know also that it
was generally reported that 3. Parsons are very active in the
service of his Country until the end of the war his father being
of the first settlers in the town of Whitham
ever understood the ┃
S
persons in imployed as a pilot by our troops
it is my opinion that the sd Parsons was in the army of the
revolutionary war more than two years
Elias Part of
Vermont ⎬ 31 July 1832 personally came Elias Past who is
County personally known to me to be a man of respectibilty
and city and made solemn oath that the above affidavit
him subscribed is made amenable to truth
byore me
O. Noble Just
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Elias Part of Tinmouth in the County of Rutland and
State of Vermont say that I have
been acquainted with what Persons now of Wills borough
in the County of Essex & State of New York ever since the
year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight and I
was informed by me brother who was in
the battle fought at
Shelburn in this State and by general reputation that the
. Parsons was in I. Astle which battle was fought in think in
the month of March 1778 & I him that it was also generally
understood that the Parsons was in another battle fought in
Showhome in this State in the fall of the same year and that in
the month of Feby following the persons was the prisoner
at Showham by the Canadian Indians & carried to Canada
and detained then about ten months that he made his escape
from Canada & died in the woods a month or more when he
returned to this state he came to his fathers house who had then
come to reside in
Rutland when I lived I saw him immediately
his return and he had may appearance of having & and
every thing that human nature could inder
I know also that it
was generally reported that I Parsons was very active in the
service of his Country until the end of the war his father being
of the first settlers in the town of Chatham
ever understood that
pass to imployed as a pilot by our troops &
it is my opinion that the sd Parsons was in the army of the
resentionary war more than two years
Elias Part
State
Ark land of
Vermont  31 July 1832 personally came Elias Past who is
County personally known to me to be a man of respetably
and veracity and made solemn oath that the above affidavit
him subscribed is made apable to truth
before me
O. Nober Just. peas
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Elias Post
affidavit
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18149
Will Benson
papers for a
person
Will arough in the
County of Erie
of Newyork
Edson of any
in the County of Essex
State aforesaid
Agent
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Leonard Shewick of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of
Essex in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of all person for a pension
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand &
sel of office this twenty seventh day of September in
the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Leonard Town Clerk
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Elias Hall of Castleton in the County of Rut
land and State of Vermont aged twenty nine
.
years, being duly sworn depon testify and say,
that in the year 1781. I was a Lieutenant in Capt.
Brookins Company and Col. Fletcher's regiment, and
stationed at Castleton aforesaid, that Alpheus Hall
my brother was orderly Sergeant in said Company
that I have seen the deposition of said Alpheus Hall
taken by Wallis Mott Jus. Peace at South Hero on
the 12 June 1832, and the deposition of Elias Port
taken before O. Noble a Justice of the Peace for the County
of Kirtland aforesaid on the 31st July 1832, and that
from my own recollection, and knowledge of facts
that transpired during the revolutionary war, I believe
the facts stated in thou depontions to be true
and I further testify that from the description that
Uzal Purson now gives me of the route I took on
a scout from said Castleton to Crownpoint in the
year 1781, I am satisfied that the said Uzal in
son was in my Company on that accomon
and I further testify that the depontions of Alpheus
Hall and Elias Post above mentioned, were taken
to show the services in the revolutionary war of Ural
Person of Willsborough in the County of Essex and
State of New York
Elias Hall
Rutland County of Castleton 27 June 1833-
Personally appeared Elias Hall who signed the above
above deposition, well known to me, and a man of truth
and veracity, and made solemn oath that the facts
therein stated are true
Before me S.H. Merrill Jus. Peace
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State of Vermont
Rutland County Court I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of the County Court for the County
of Rutland certify the Select
A Merrill is a Justice of the
peace for said County duly com
missioned and that his signature
to the within certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at
Rutland this 27th day of June AD 1833,
R Pierpoint
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Elias Hall's 
aff
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State of
Vermont
I Alpheus Hall of South Hero in
Grand Isle County
the County of Grand Isle and State of
Vermont of lawful age do testify and
say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty
one I was myself orderly Sergeant in Capt Brookins
Company and Coll Fletcher Regiment and was knowing
 that said Parsons was a soldier in said Company
by which was raised for ten months said Regiment was
Stationed in Carleton in the State of Vermont - the latter
part of the Second the said Karl Pason enlisted into
a Company of Rangers (so called in the same Regiment
he was a faithful soldier and in decreeing will
of his Country
I will state further from hearsay what I heard
at the time it took place, and I am or conflict
as can be of any thing that I did not see that the
said Parsons was in a very seven engagements with
the enemy in the month of March 1774 in Shelburn in
said State and in February following was taken over and was closely confined in the post at Chambe
in Lower Canada and at length made his
escape by breaking from the guard and fleeing to the
woods - from the time he was taken prisoner till
he returned home was about three months
Mr. Parson was living at the time above
mentioned on the pension and the young men
generally, when there not martial service was
presently called upon in the Militia sometime
act for one week sometime one months some time
for a longer
time and there were no not day nor
Night
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And further the Deponent saith not
South Hero June 12th 1832
Alpheus Hall
State of Vermont
Grand Sol County
South Hero June 12th 1832
Personally appeared Alpheus Hall
the signer of the foregoing Depention and made
solemn oath that it contains the truth and nothing
but the with
Before me Walter Mott Jr
State of Vermont
the
Grand County Grand June 12 1832
I hereby certify that I am personally acquain
inted with Alpheus Hale the signer of the
foregoing depontion and consider him to
a man of truth and veracity
Samuel Adams
Judge of God
be
Sale County
I further certify that Watts Mott at
as a Justice of the Peace for the County
of be and he
Samuel Adams Judge Grand
County
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State of Vermont
Illegible
County Clerk's office June 19th 1833
Joel Allen Clerk of Grand Isle
County Court do hereby certify
that Wallis Most before whom
the within
affidavit purports
to have
been sworn was at that time
a justice of the Peace in and for said lands
County and duly qualified to administer oaths
that I believe the signature to be his genuine
signature. In testimony whereof I have here
sworn and the seal
into subscribed my name and affix
of said Court the day and many of
Joel Allen Clerk
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5225,
Vermont Burlington
Dorcas Pierson Dec
widow of Uzal Pierson
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll of the war of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence
the 4th day of March 1848.
till 22 of May 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the
day of November 1884
and sent to Weston
Burlington
Vermont
Pay to Children
dee over
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under ac
February 2, 1848, Page
79. Vol.
Suring
Viz)
Pay
to
Children of
Dorcas Person
John Person
Edward Person
Hiram Person
Ezal Person
Smith F Pierson
Lucina Smith
them or to
Smith F. Pierson
Administrator
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1991
Dorcas Pierson
Widow of Uzal
Act 7 July 38
Died in 1836
Admd
2 yrs
80 Dollars in
pen Com-4 Mar. 36
Died 11 Jany 36
Hay H. Allen
Wilton H. Rep
Burlington
Vt
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tate of Vermont
District of Chittenan
On this twenty ninth day of August in the year
one thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight, personally
appeared before the Hon the Probate Court within and for
the District of Chittenden and State of Vermont, Dorcas
Peirson a resident of Shelburne in the County of Chittenden
and State of Vermont aged Seventy 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 July 7
1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to
certain widows"
That she is the widow of Uzel Penson
who was a private in the service of the United States during the
revolutionary war, but in what troops he served she is
unable to State; that he was a pensioner of the United States
under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. inscribed on the
roll of the New York agency, and that his name was
transferred from the New York City, roll to the roll of the
Vermont Agency, and for a particular statement of his
services during the revolution, she refers to his original
declaration made in order to obtain the benefit of the
provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and
to the proofs accompanying the same, which she believes
still remain in the pension office in the City of Washington
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That she has no personal knowledge of his services in
the army during the revolutionary war, and cannot state
the homes of the officers under whom he served, nor the
dination of his services
She further declares that she was married to the
said Unah Person on the fourth day of June in the
year seventeen hundred and Eighty nine at Shelburne
aforesaid but has no record or certificate of her marriage,
that her husband the aforesaid Uzal Penson died on the
Eleventh day of January in the year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty six at Shelburne aforesaid, that
she was not married to him prior to his leaving the
service, but the marriage took place previous to the first
of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz
at the time above stated.
Dorcas
her
Penson
Witness
Mrs
Weston.
mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me; and I certify that I am acquainted with
the aforesaid Dorcas Person and that she is a person of
truth and credibility
Charles Russell Judge
of Probate
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss
Hiram Peirson of Shelburne in the County
of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged thirty-four years
do depose testify and say that I am a son of Uzal and
Dorcas Pierson, and my mother is the identical 
Dorcas Person who has made the fore
going declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provisions of an act of Congress
granting pensions to certain widows,
passed July 7, 1838.
that my father the aforesaid Uzal Peirson was a pensioner
of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832 and
was originally inscribed on the New York roll, and after
wards was transferred to the Vermont roll, that he the
said Uzal Person died at Shelburne aforesaid on the
Eleventh day of January in the year Eighteen hundred
and thirty six, I was present at his death and attended
his funeral, and since his death my mother the afore
said Dorcas Person has ever remained and still is his
widow.
I further testify that I have examined the
records of marriages in the town Clerks office in said
Shelburne and that I cannot find any record of the
marriage of my said father and mother in said office
and that it appears that very few marriages
of so early
a date as there were recorded.
I have examined the family record of my late
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father kept in the family
which record commences
with the births of the children, from which it
appears that John Person, my oldest brother was born
February Seventeenth
seventeen hundred and ninety
and that Uzal Person June the next oldest, was born
November seventh seventeen hundred ninety-one
and that Edward Person, the third son, was born
the second day of December Seventeen hundred ninety
three and that the record of their ages is in the
words and figures
following
John Person's Birth February 17th 1790
Uzal Person Joner's Birth November 7th 1791.
Edward Person's
Birth December 2nd 1793
and that
said record contains the births of all the other
children, viz of Bethy
in their several order
Polly Maria Smith and Hiram
and that said record has been
in the family ever since my earliest recollection and
is without mutilation, alteration or erasure and has
the appearance of an ancient record; and that the bible
in which the record is made, is a very old and time
worn book
that
and further say not, having stated all
I know in the matter
Hiram
Benson
Sworn to and subscribed on the twenty ninth day of August
in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, before me, and
I certify that the said
veracity -
Hiram Peirson is a man of truth and
Wm Weston Justice of the Peace
bible
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I
Hannah Person of
of Chittenden and State of Vermont,
Shelburne in the County
aged seventy two years
do depose and say that I was acquainted with Uzal Person
and Dorcas Frisbee previous to their marriage in the year
seventeen hundred and Eighty nine, they then resided at
said Shelburne and my husband was a brother of the said
usal Person. I was present when they the said Ural
and Dorcas were united in marriage. The marriage was
solemnized by Daniel Hosford a Justice of the Peace within
and for said County of Chittenden who is now dead) in
the month of June in the year seventeen hundred and
Eighty nine. I am enabled to state the year with certainty
of
from the fact, that I was then twenty three years old in my
twenty fourth year, and from the fact that my first child
who was born in January Seventeen hundred and Eighty
nine and was at the time of the marriage of the said
Uzel and Dorcas, only six months old.
the said Uzal Person was a pensioner of the
United States and died at said Shelburne in January
in the year
Eighteen hundred and thirty six. I attended
his funeral and the said Dorcas Person has ever since
X
that time remained a widow.
Witness - Nancy Clayes
her
Hannah of Peirson
mark
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
Burlington August 29.
Then personally appeared Hannah Person above named
and subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, and
made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same
and I certify that she the aforesaid Hannah Person is
a person of truth and veracity.
Given under my hand this
twenty ninth day of August,
in the year one thousand
Eight hundred and thirty Eight
Wm Weston Justice of the Peace
1838.
I certify that in the first date above the word "October was
written by mistake and erated by me before signing
Wm Weston Justice Peace
ninth day
eight, before in
man of truth
of the Peace
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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden
I William Weston Register of the Probate Court
for the District of Chittenden and State of Vermont do
hereby certify that Charles Russell before whom the foregoing
declaration of Dorcas Person was made and sworn
to was at the time of taking the same, and still is, Judge
of said Probate Court & that his signature thereto is genuine.
also certify that William Weston before whom the
foregoing depositions were taken and sworn to
was at the time of taking the same, and still is, a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County of Chittenden, duly
commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures to
said depositions are genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix the
seal of said Court and subscribe my name at Burlington 
in said District of Chittenden this thirtieth
day of August A.D. 1838.
Wm Weston Register
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additional proof of
marriage in case of
Dorcas Pierson-widow
of Uzal Person-
In this case the deposition
of a witness who was present
at the marriage proving
the fact, has been sent to
J.W. Edwards

Hon H Allen
HR
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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden
William Weston Register of the Probate
Court for the District of Chittenden, do hereby certify
that the annexed leaf taken from the family bible of
the late Uzal Pierson is the family record from which
an abstract was made and incorporated in the deposition
of Hiram Pinson, which accompanied the declaration
of Dorcas Pierson, made in order to obtain a pension under the
law of Congress passed July 7. 1838. I wrote his deposition
for him and the family bible and record were produced
Since the receipt of Mr Edwards letter, stating that the original
of a private record must be produced if relied upon - the
said Hiram Pierson has brought me the said family
bible and I have cut out the leaf and annexed it to this
certificate. The word "letter" and "original" erased 
and the words "record" and "said" interlined before signing

Given under my hand and the seal
of said Probate Court this Seventeenth
day of November 1838 at Burlington
in said District of Chittenden
Wm Weston Register
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Neal Pierson May 4th 1803 was 40 years old born 1763.
Dorcas Pierson June 10th 1803 was 36 years old, born 1767.
John Pierson Birth February 17th 1790
Uzal Pierson [illegible] Birth November 7th 1791
Edward Pierson's Birth December 2d 1793
Betsy Pierson January 9 1796
Polly Pierson Birth April 28 1798
Maria Pierson's Birth February 28 1800
Smith Frisby Pierson Birth August 29th 1802
Hiram Pierson Birth August 11th 1864
Dorcas Pierson's birth 19th Jany 1808.
Azal Person Died 11 January 1836
Aged 72 years 4 May 1835-
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NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST

TRANSLATED OUT OF THE
ORIGINAL GREEK;
AND WITH
FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
New York:
PRINTED BY M. L. & W. A. DAVIS,
For Gaine & Ten Eyck, S. Campbell, John Reid, John Broome & Son, E. Duyckinck, T. J. Swords,
T. S. Arden, P. A. Mesier, S. Stephens, and T. Hansen & Co.
1801
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Dorcas Pierson
deceased
583
$80 per annum, ending,
22d May 1848
payable to her surviving
Children
John Pierson
Edward Pierson
Hiram Pierson
Uzal Pierson
Smith F. Pierson, and
Lucina Smith
or Smith F Pierson
the administrator
of the estate of
Dorcas Pierson Dcd
Wm Weston,
Burlington Vt
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss.
On this sixth day of February, A.D. 1849, personally
appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County of Chittenden Smith F.
Pierson, of Shelburne in said County, aged forty five years.
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his
oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed on the second day of February, 1848, granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the
revolutionary war; that he is administrator of the
Estate of Dorcas Pierson, late of said Shelburne, deceased,
who was the widow of Uzal Pierson, who was a
private in the war of the revolution, and a pensioner
of the United States, under the act of June 7, 1832, at
the rate of $80.00 per annum; that the said Dorcas
person was a pensioner under the act of June 17, 1844,
at the rate of $80.00 per annum; that she died
at said Shelburne, on the twenty second day of May
A.D. 1848; and that she was a widow at the time of
her death; and that she left the following named children 
who are her only children and are all of full age, viz:
John Pierson, of Wisconsin, Edward Pierson of Michigan,
Hiram Pierson of Wisconsin, Rizal Pierson Lucina
Smith, and Smith J. Pierson, the declarant, the last three
all of said Shelburne
the said Smith F. Pierson further declares that
he is administrator of the estate of the said Dorcas
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Pierson, deceased, and he asks that a certificate for the amount of pension which the said Dorcas was entitled to receive, under the act of February 2, 1848, may be issued and made payable to him as such administrator, for the benefit of said surviving children for the reason that if the certificate is made payable to said children, the expense of procuring vouchers from the heirs residing out of the State of Vermont would probably be equal to the balance of the pension due. 
Smith F. Pierson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me; and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said declarant is personally known to me, and that he is a man of truth.
Wm Weston, Justice Peace

State of Vermont}
Chittendon County Ss}

I, Dan B. Buckley, Clerk of Chittendon County Court, do certify that Wm Weston, above named, was "at the time of taking the above declaration a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Chittendon and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do affix hereto the seal of said court and subscribed my name this 10th day of October 1849
D.B. Buckley
Clerk of County Court
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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden J.
I, Lucius E. Chittenden Register of the Probate Court
within and for said district, do certify that it has been
satisfactorily proved to said court that Dorcas Pierson, late a
pensioner of the states, and late widow of Uzal Person
deceased, died at Shelburne, Vermont, on the 22nd day
of May, in the year Eighteen hundred and forty eight,
and that she left the following named children, who
are of lawful age, viz, John Pierson, Edward Pierson
Hiram Pierson, Uzal Person, Lucina Smith, and Smith
F. Pierson, who are the only surving children of the said
Uzal and Dorcas Pierson, deceased,
I further certify that Smith F. Pierson is administrator
of the estate of the said Dorcas Persons deceased
and was such administrator at the time of making the foregoing
declaration
In testimony whereof I do hereunto
affix the seal of said court and subscribe
my name at Burlington in the District
and County of Chittendon this
day of October AD 1849
S. Chittenden
Register
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18149
Usual Pierson
Essex County
New York
susp
aomd

D. Eason
Essex Co.
N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183

Sir,

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the service of Uzal Pierson, Essex County

Period when the service was rendered
Enlisted 1778
Enlisted 1780
Vol 1782
do 1783
Various short periods of service, in the whole making over two years

Duration of the claimant's service.
2 months
6 months 14 days
about 12 months
about 2
1 month

Rank of the claimant.
private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt Sawyer
Lieut Bannen
Captain Branham
Capt Stark of the Ranger

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Colonel Fletcher

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Shelburn
Shoreham

Country through which he marched.
Addison
Bennington
Chamblee

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period-
70
Shelburne Vermont 

Evidence by which the declaration is supported
tradition
living witness as to second tour

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

X In service & a prisoner
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance , make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory District of County of On this ---day of --- personally appeared (a) before ----- A. B. a resident (b) of ----- in the county of ---- and State, Territory or District of ----- aged (c) --- years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ----, with ---- and served in the ---- (e) regiment of the ---- line, under the following named officers (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I -------------------- of the Court of ----------------------------- do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of --------------- for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ------- day of ------------------ & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ------------- and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ---------------- , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be -------- years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. ------ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ------- and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, -----------Clerk of the Court of ---------------- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this --- of ---- & c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will 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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any 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 rules laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] the declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served [e] Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly worn, deposes 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----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 his 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 miliia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which in can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 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 must pass under the seal of office of the certifying once, 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 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 credibly 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 [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of militia men, volunteers, and state troops The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible 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

The various times must be specified - & - the law provides for actual military service
T G Bradford
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Rev WIDOW, &c
File No. 15203
Dorcas Pierson
Widow of Uzal Pierson
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:_Vol. M, Page 131

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Essex County
Usual Pierson  act 7 June 32 when certified
5Lev 38    GWC
Died 11th Jan 1830 to that period
Between July Agency
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V
Lett Wm Weston, Oct 20, 1838

Act 7 July 1838
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Vermont (B) 1339
-
Dorcas Pierson
widow of Usual Pierson dcd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 Jan 32
and who died on the 11 Jany. 1836
of Chittenden in the State of Vermont
who was a Pri in the Compy commanded
by Captain Sawyer of the Regt commanded
by [illegible] in the Vermont
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
-
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Decr
38, and sent to Hon H. Allen
House of Reps

Act July 7 1838
---
Arrears to the 4th of Sept - $200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00
$240.00
Recorded by S.A. Elliot Clerk
Book A Vol 2 Page 52
---
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583
Vermont, Burlington
===============
Dorcas Pierson
widow of Uzal Pierson
who was a Private
in the Revolution
================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
================
Certificate of Pension issued the day of June 1843
and sent to William Weston
Burlington, Vermont
==================
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 29
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Burlington Nov 23, 1849
Sir

I forward herewith declaration of Smith F. Pierson, admr of Dorcas Pierdon, decd and declaration of Abel Brown, Executor of Ruth Hodgkins, decd, each for balance of pension under Act of Feby 2, 1849.
Please enclose to me their respective certificates

Very respectfully
Your obt sev
Wm Weston

UJ. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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Uzel Peirson
28, 534

Transfer

Ser. E   N.Y.
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Shelburn, }
13 Aug 18 }         fm
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Appn for Transfer


N York
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991
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Burlington Augt. 30. 1838.

Sir
I transmit herewith the application of Dorcas Peirson, (widow of Uzal Peirson,) decd for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838.  If the proofs are satisfactory - be pleased to enclose me the pension certificate when issued.
I am very respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
Wm Weston
[illegible]
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272
Dorcas Peirson

Admit private $80
Burlington Agency
Sent to Wm Weston
Burlington
Vt.
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
On this fourth day of April A.D. 1843 personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for
said County of Chittenden, Dorcas Pierson, a resident of
Shelburne, in said County of Chittenden, aged seventy four
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on
her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain 
the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress,
passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the widow of Azel Pierson, who was a
private as she believes during the revolutionary war; but
she is unable to state the troops to which he belonged nor
the officers under whom he served, but she believes that he
served in Vermont, was taken prisoner and carried to
Canada; that he was a pensioner under the act of Congress
passed June 7, 1832. She further declares that she was a
pensioner under the act of July 7, 1838, and received, under
that act a pension of Eighty dollars per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow
Dorcas X Pierson her mark
Witness 
Wm Weston
Lucina D Smith
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first
above written, before me,
and I certify that the declarant
is personally known to me
and is a person of truth and
veracity
Wm Weston Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden
I William Weston, Register of the Probate Court for
said district of Chittenden, do hereby certify that William
Weston, before whom the foregoing declaration was taken
and sworn to was at the time of taking the same and
still is a Justice of the peace within and for the County
of Chittenden, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the
signature thereto purporting to be his, is genuine

In testimony whereof I do hereunto
affix the seal of said Court and
subscribe my name at Burlington in
said district this fourth day of April
A.D. 1843
Wm. Weston
Register
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan B Haswell Clerk
of Chittenden County Court
do hereby certify that Levi
Comstock Esq before whom the
within affidavits were taken
was at the time thereof a Justice
of the Peace duly qualified
acting under the authority of
this State and that his name
thereto is his own proper signature
In testimony wherof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said court at Burlington this
11th day of August AD 1834
Nathan B Haswell

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2 Affidavit Levi Comstock Jr.
State of Vermont
Chittenden County Ss
Shelburne August 11 1834
I hereby certify the above deponent is a credible witness
Levi Comstock Justice Peace