Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,679, Jonathan Fletcher, Mass.
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10.792 R
Vermont
Jonathan Fletcher of Richford in the State of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Mass: line, for the term of 4 years 1780
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Inscribed on the Roll  of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of June 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of May 1819 and sent to Judge J. D. Farnesworth. Franklin Co. Vt - 
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Arrears to 4th of March 1818. 8 mos 25/30 4/31 71.69
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep't 1819. 48 - 
$119.69
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued.

[recto]
Duplicate Cert: refused.Lee letter Oct. 15. 1831 to P. C. Tucker.
Letter to Wm Bridges 18 Jany 1847.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 Sep to 22 Sep 1832
Agt notified 12. Oct 1841
[margin note: Notification sent May 24. 1826 to Horace Janes Esq'r St. Albans Vt.]
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4196
Vermont Poultney
Rebecca Fletcher widow of Jonathan who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Mch 1849 and sent to Wm. Bridges St Albans Vt
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 53 Vol. 3
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July 17/55
Rebecca Fletcher (Pensioner) evid Jonathan Fletcher Pn'r 
Capt - [blank]
Col - [blank]
Enl [blank]
Dis [blank]
Revolutionary War
[overwritten: No 31904 iss. July 5/56]
Vt. Feby 48 - 4196
Ao:160 acs Jan. 28/56 Boynton
W. Bridges St: Albans Vt
RvW. 
Vol. F. 76.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Vermont
Franklin County ss } On this 8th day of March 1839 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the county of Franklin, Rebeca Fletcher a resident of Richford in the county and State aforesaid aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Jonathan Fletcher who was a private in the army of the Revolution in the service of the United States and served in the company commanded by Capt. King in Groton's Reg't in the Massachusetts continental line of the army, believes he enlisted for three years and served to the close of the war, that according to the best of her recollection he was discharged at West Point by Col. Jackson, for which service he obtained a pension under the act of 1818 (Vermont agency). The places through which he marched or at which he was stationed during his campaign, she does not remember. At the time her said husband entered the service of the United States, he was a resident of Chelmsford in the State of Massachusetts
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She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Fletcher in the month of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four. That her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Fletcher died at Richford aforesaid on the 22d day of September in the eighteen hundred and thirty two That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous  to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above written
/s/Rebekah Fletcher
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year above written Before me }
/s/Samuel Heath Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I am, and have for a great number of years been personally acquainted with the applicant widow Rebecca Fletcher and know her to be a woman of respectability and truth and that her ['statement' crossed out] statement is entitled to full faith and credit.
I also certify that the said applicant is unable to appear before a court of record by reason of bodily infirmity
/s/Samuel Heath Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex county ss } Town of Chelmsford Jany 14th 1839 - 
It appears by the registry of marriages of the town of Chelmsford (Libr D page 39) that "Jonathan Fletcher and Rebeckah Corey were married in May, seventeen hundred and Eighty four by Abisha Crossman, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Chelmsford } 
I, Eli F. Webster do hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the records of Chelmsford with the exception of the date which is expressed on the said Record in fair, legible figures as follows: "may ... 1784"
/s/E. F. Webster Town clerk
I, E F Webster, above named do testify, depose, and say, that I am clerk of the town of Chelmsford in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and hold in my profession the records of said town, and that the above certificate is a true extract from the said Records with the exception above stated as certified by me
/s/Eli F. Webster Clerk of the town of Chelmsford}
Middlesex SS. Jany 14th 1839
Sworn to before me /s/J. M. Reed Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secr'y's Office
Jan'y 22, 1839} I hereby certify that the within J. M. Reed is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Middlesex at the state of attestation
Witness the Seal of the State.
/s/John P. Bigelow
Secy of the Court Clk
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Jonathan Fletcher: Declaration for 80 to 83
Jackson's Mass'tts
Reg'r
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[margin note: He was [illegible]]
District of Vermont Franklin County ss - 
On this 6th day of June 1818 before me the subscriber Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Franklin in said District personally appeared Jonathan Fletcher aged 62 years resident in Richford in said District who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" - That he the said Jonathan Fletcher - about 1st Jany 1780. at the Fitzburgh in the state of Massachusetts enlisted as a soldier in the Company commanded by Captain King - of the Massachusetts line of Col. Jacksons Regiment - That he continued to serve in said Corps ['as' crossed out] in the service of the United States until the Month of December 1783. when he was discharged from service at West point in State New York - That he was in the battle at Princetown at the taking of Cornwallis - and that he is in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the assistance of his country for support - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
/s/Jonathan fletcher 
Sworn to
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Sworn to and Declared before me the day & year afores'd 
/s/Joseph D. Farnsworth Chief Judge Franklin County Court
I Joseph D. Farnsworth Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Franklin as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Fletcher did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common for the term of nine months, at one period, on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceeding & testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress 
I further certify that the said Jonathan Fletcher is quite infirm and wholly destitute of property & unable either by his own labour or any means within himself to gain a livelihood - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the County Court for the County of Franklin to be hereunto affix'd at Fairfield this 8th August 1818
/s/Joseph D. Farnsworth 46
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Zopher Fletcher Anna Fletcher of lawful age do Testify and Say the we have Seen a discharge that was given to Jonathan Fletcher discharging him from the army of the United States at the close of the Revolutionary war. Said discharge was Signed at west point by Col Jackson and further the deponents saith not. 
Richford May 25th 1818
/s/Zopher Fletcher
/s/Anna Fletcher
Sworn before me this 25th day of May AD 1818 
/s/Wm. Hamilton Just peace
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The within deposition of Zopher Fletcher & Anna Fletcher taken at the Request of Jonathan Fletcher.
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State of Vermont,
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN,} ss. 
At Richford On this Ninth day of July 1855 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Rebecca Fletcher aged 94 years, a resident of Richford County of Franklin in the State of Vermont who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Rebecca Fletcher to whom, under the provisions of the Act of Feby 2d 1848 a pension of Ninety Six dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Jonathan Fletcher a Soldier of the Revolutionary war, and late of Richford County, State aforesaid - She further states that her Pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of February 2d 1848 is numbered 4196 bears date the 29th day of May 1851 and is made payable at the Burlington Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855 never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, ow on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted. 
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Jonathan Fletcher
/s/X her mark Rebecca Fletcher
/s/Jesse Woodruff
Attest /s/John Huse
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I knew the aforesaid Rebecca Fletcher to be the identical person she alleges herself to be - a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise. 
/s/Silas P. Carpenter Justice of the Peace
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190.342
Mrs Fletcher requests your answer to the within to me the subscriber Wm Bridges
Hon L. P. Waldo
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State of Vermont,
FRANKLIN COUNTY, }ss. 
At Richford On this 9th day of July 1855 before me, undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Jesse Woodruff and John Huse residents of Richford County of Franklin in the State of Vermont known to me as credible persons, who made oath in due form of law, that Rebecca Fletcher who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of Feby 2d 1848 a pension of 96 dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Jonathan Fletcher deceased, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said Rebecca Fletcher has not intermarried, but remains and now is, a widow: That they have known her for twenty five years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit:
We having lived in the immediate neighbourhood of the s'd Rebecca Fletcher widow of Jonathan Fletcher. Mrs. Fletcher is a Pensioner of the United States - 
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses. 
/s/Jesse Woodruff
/s/John Huse
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written. 
/s/Silas P. Carpenter Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
County of Franklin }ss. 
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Silas P. Carpenter Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
[court seal affixed] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate Court for the County aforesaid, this 12th day of July 1855
['Clerk of' crossed out]
/s/James Davis Judge
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Jonathan Fletcher Declaration - Copy of Record
10792 Sep 19
Con - J.L.E.
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Revolutionary Claim, under Act of Congress, May 1, 1820.
STATE OF VERMONT
Franklin County } ss Supreme Court Jany Term 1821 
On the fifth day of January 1821 personally appeared in open Court, being the Supreme Court, of said State for the County of Franklin and a Court of Record for said State & County, having the Power of fine or Imprisonment Jonathan Fletcher aged 65 years, resident in Richford in said County, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: - 
that I enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt King in the Regiment of Col'o Graton (Greaton) in the Massachusetts line for the Term of three years that I continued to serve in said corps untill the close of the war. when I was discharged at west Point by Col'o Jackson that my Original declaration is dated June 6th 1818 and my Pension Certificate is numbered 10792.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congres, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me: nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. Real Estate none Personal property one Cow
I am by occupation a farmer but am infirm and unable to labour myself family consists of a wife and one Child
/s/Jonathan Fletcher
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Sworn to and declared on the 29th day of Jan'y 1821}
Before the Court Horace Janes Clerk
STATE OF VERMONT,
Franklin COUNTY, ss. } I Horace Janes Clerk of the Supreme Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the  property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is fifteen dollars and [blank] cents. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 29th day of January 1821. 
/s/Horace Janes Clerk. 

Jonathan Fletcher Declaration
Copy of Record 10792
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Rev WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
15679
Rebecca Fletcher Widow of Jonathan Fletcher Pri Rev War
Act Feb 2d 48
Index: Vol: A, Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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31.904
160 acres
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Jonathan Fletcher Vermont 18th March 1818
To what time last paid
p'd f. 4 Sep 1832 LH
Pension Office
18 July 1841.
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Letter to Mrs Bridges V3A
Auditor 29 Sep 1841
let to W Bridges 24th
Oct 1843

Vermont - 3561
Rebecca Fletcher
widow of Jonathan Fletcher
who was a pensioner under the Act of Mar Mar '18
and who died on the 22 September 1832 of Franklin in the State of Vermont who was a Pri in the County commanded by Captain King of the Regt commanded by Jackson in the [ilegible] line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 80 dollars - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the  20 day of July '39 and sent Wm Bridges St. Albans, Vt
Arrears to the 4th of Mar - $240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending  40.00
                                        =============
                                           $280.00
{Act July 7,}
{ 1838}
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk 
Book A Vol. 2  page 39
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4196
Vermont B.
Rebecca Fletcher widow of Jonathan Fletcher who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Mass line. from $80.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 ['Cents' crossed out] per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March,' crossed out] 1" July 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1851 and sent to H. Weed Hinesburgh Vt. 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 53 Vol. 3
Reg 8 May 55 - 190542
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[verso]
Reg Nov 9

[recto]
2668
Vermont ['Montp' crossed out] Bur'n.
Rebecca Fletcher widow of Jonathan Fletcher who was a Private in the Mass line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to Wm. Bridges St. Albans Vt.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 26
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Inc'r to $96. dedg $80 per an. com'g 1 July 1848
4196
Burlington
H. Weed Hinesburgh Vt
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STATE OF Vermont
COUNTY OF Franklin ss. }
On this 27th day of April A.D. 1851, before me, a ['Justice of the Peace' crossed out] Judge of Probate, within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Rebecca Fletcher who being duly sworn according to law, upon her oath makes the following declaration, for the purpose of obtaining the full benefit of the act of Congress passed July 29th 1848, and the joint resolution of the 1st July 1848, to wit:
That she is the Widow of Jonathan Fletcher late of Richford in said county deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 per annum; that since the decease of her husband, she has been placed upon the Pension Roll at the rate of $80.00 per annum, and is now in the receipt of said pension. 
And she further states, that she has been advised that by virtue of said act of July 29th 1848, and said joint resolution of July  first 1848, she is entitled to receive the same rate of pension that her said husband received in his life-time. 
She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and prays that a new certificate may be issued to her for such increase of pension as she may be entitled to by law.
/s/X her mark Rebecca Fletcher
Sworn to and subscribed this 27th day of April 1851. 
BEFORE ME, /s/William Bridges ['Justice of the Peace.' crossed out] Judge of Probate
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[addressed envelope]
Mr Evans
Jan 18 41
[postmark: ST ALBANS VT JAN 9]
FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards
commissioner
Washington City D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
State of Vermont Franklin Co St Albans Jany 8th 1841

Sir
Mrs Rebecca Fletcher widow of Jonathan Fletcher late of Richford deceased has presented me with the certificate of her late husband Jon'a Fletcher afs'd requesting me to ascertain from the War Department the amount due she has satisfied me that her s'd husband died on the 22d day of Septem'r 1832.
That a long time previous to his death he was absent from home and when he last drew his pension she cannot tell. Mr. Fletcher was a Pensioner under the act of 1818. His certificate is dated may 6th 1819. signed J. C. Calhoun no 10.792 
Will you have the goodness to inform me what the bal is, and I will forward the necessary papers.
Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv't 
/s/Wm Bridges
Hon J. L. Edwards
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
October 1st, 1841. 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and  authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Jonathan Fletcher, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Burlington Vermont Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars ['and [blank] Cents' crossed out] per ['annum' crossed out] month, under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. to the 22d Sept. 1832.
Respectfully yours, 
/s/Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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2534
Declaration of Mrs. Rebecca Fletcher, for a Pension. 
$80 per ann
1818-62=56
W. Bridges
St. Albans Vt.
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Declaration
In Order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the d3d March, 1843, granting pensions for One Year to certain widows, who have received pensions under the Act of July 7th, 1838.
State of Vermont
Franklin County ss } Richford June 30th 1843, 
On this day, personally appeared before Jesse Woodruff Justice of the Peace for the County of Franklin and state aforesaid Rebecca Fletcher a resident of Richford County & State aforesaid 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 benefits of the provision, made by the Act of Congress; passed on the 3rd March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Jonathan Fletcher who was a Private (as she believes in Capt Kings Company in Col. Jacksons Regiment, and that she received Eighty Dollars per annum under the Act of July 7th 1838 - 
She further declares she is still the widow of Jonathan Fletcher 
/s/X her mark Rebecca Fletcher
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me /s/Jesse Woodruff Justice Peace
Attest /s/Zophar Fletcher
/s/Anna Fletcher
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State of Vermont
Franklin County ss } Richford June 30th 1843
I Jesse Woodruff Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin & State aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Fletcher widow of of Jonathan Fletcher of Richford in said County deceased.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have  hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name at Richford in said County the day and year above written. 
/s/Jesse Woodruff Justice of Peace
State of Vermont
Georgia District ss } I Wm Bridges Judge of the Probate Court in & for the District of Georgia do hereby certify that Jesse Woodruff Esqr who has affixed his name to the above and foregoing is a Magistrate duly qualified to act, as such, I am acquainted with his hand writing and I believe that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of the Probate Court for the District aforesaid at St Albans in said district, this 3d day of July, AD 1843. 
/s/William Bridges Judge
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I Joseph H. Brainerd, Clerk of the County Court of Franklin County, in the State of Vermont certify that Jesse Woodruff is a Magistrate, as is represented in the foregoing matter of the application of Mrs. Rebecca Fletcher for a pension, and that the signatures thereto affixed, purporting to be his, I believe to be in his own proper hand writing.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Official Seal, and subscribed my name, this 30th day of October A.D. 1843. 
/s/Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk of the Court of Franklin Co.
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Admitted
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I, Elijah McIntire, of Fitchburg in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being now sixty six years of age testify and say that, Jonathan Fletcher now of Richford in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont, formerly of said Fitchburg, during the war of the revolution, and I think in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty one, was hired by the Inhabitants of said town of Fitchburg to perform a tour of duty in the continental army for the term of three years; that in pursuance of the bargain or contract between said Inhabitants of Fitchburg and said Fletcher, said Fletcher left said Fitchburg and continued absent, according to the best of my recollection, between two and three years, and I am confident the full term of three years was nearly completed, though, I think, not fully completed. 
When said Fletcher returned he was paid by the Inhabitants of Fitchburg for his services during his absence according to the contract, and the said Inhabitants, I well remember, appeared to be well satisfied with Fletcher's doings. At the time said Fletcher was hired as aforesaid the town was divided into as many classes as there were men required, and each class furnished a ward, and said Fletcher was in the same class with myself. I do not know whether said Fletcher  was regularly discharged, but it was so understood, and I have never, from that time to the present, heard it questioned, and have no reason to doubt it.
/s/Elijah Mcintire
I. Jonathan Flint, of Fitchburg in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, aged sixty six years, testify and say, that I am well acquainted with
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Jonathan Fletcher named in the foregoing deposition of Elijah McIntire, and also with said McIntire, that I lived in the town of Fitchburg aforesaid at the time of the war  of the revolution and very near to them, and that all the facts and circumstances mentioned in the deposition aforesaid of him, the said Elijah McIntire, I was personally knowing to. 
/s/Jonathan Flint
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. July 3d 1818. 
Then the above named Elijah McIntire and Jonathan Fling severally personally appeared before me, and made solemn oath, that the foregoing depositions, by them respectively subscribed, contain the truth and nothing but the truth, and I hereby certify, that said  McIntire and Flint are men of good character, that they are credible witnesses, and wholly disinterested in the result of said Fletcher's application
/s/Calvin Willard, Justice of the Peace for said County of Worcester.
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I, Azariah Fuller, of Fitchburg in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, testify, depose, and say, that in the year, 1781, in the spring of the ['year [illegible]' crossed out] year, according to the best of my recollection, Mr. Jonathan Fletcher, then living in Fitchburg aforesaid, went from the said Town, as one of said Town's proportion of soldiers for the term of three years to serve om the continental establishment in the war of the  revolution; that in the fall of the year aforesaid I joined the continental army, as a soldier, at a place called Gallows Hill, near Peekskill, in the State of New York; that soon after I arrived there I saw the said Fletcher, then serving as a soldier in the third Regiment of the Massachusetts line, which Regiment a part of the time was commanded by William Hull, then a Colonel, or Sgt. Colonel; that at different times for about the term of one year next after I frequently saw said Fletcher, in the service, until he went away from the Regiment to work on the forts, as a mason; that I saw the said Fletcher after his return to Fitchburg after the close of the war, and that I had then no doubt nor have now that the said Fletcher served honorably until  the close of that war. 
/s/Azariah Fuller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester ss. July 3d 1818. 
Then Azariah Fuller above named personally appeared before me, and made solemn oath, that that the above deposition by him subscribed is true; and I hereby certify, that the said Fuller is a credible person, and wholly disinterested. 
/s/John Shepley, Justice of the Peace for said County of Worcester. -
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss. 
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, within and for said county of Worcester, Do certify, that John Shepley, and Calvin Willard, Esquires, before whom the within and annexed affidavits have been made, are Justices of the peace, within said County of Worcester, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that their names, subscribed thereto, are their own proper signatures. - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this eighth day of July, Anno Domini 1818. 
/s/Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
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I, Oliver Fullum, of Fitchburg in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful  age, testify and say, that I joined  the Continental army in the year, 1782, at Westpoint in the State of New York; that I belonged to Col'n Crane's Regiment of Artillery; that at different times in the years, 1782, and 1783, I saw Mr. Jonathan Fletcher, who, I was told, belonged to Fitchburg, and whom I knew at Fitchburg for several years after the close of the war; that the said Fletcher at the times above mentioned was serving as a soldier on the continental establishment; and that the common report was after the close of the war, that said Fletcher served honorably until the close of that war, which report I have no doubt had its foundation in truth, and that said Fletcher did so serve.
/s/ Oliver Fullum
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester, July 3d 1818.
Then the above named Oliver Fullum personally appeared before me, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed; and I hereby certify, that the said Fullum is a credible person, and wholly disinterested.
/s/John Shepley, Justice of the Peace for said County of Worcester.
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[addressed envelope]
Oct 15th
P.O. Mail [postmark: VERGENNES VT Oct 8] free
Secretary of War of the U States
Washington DC.
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I Jonathan Fletcher late of Dunstable in the County of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, now of Vergennes, in the 
County of Addison, & State of Vermont, being duly sworn, do depose, testify & say, that I am a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States & have been so for many years past, & as such have until a short time, past in my possession a proper & legal certificate for the drawing of such pension, & have always drawn it within the State of Vermont, (upon such certificate), of the agents of the United State Government; - that about two months ago, & while residing in Dunstable aforesaid, I gave said certificate into the hands of a man by the name of Nichols, in said town, for safekeeping; & that, upon calling for it, for the purpose of drawing my pension money, due on the 4th of September AD 1831, the said Nichols refused to return me said certificate, & ['retained' crossed out] has retained it from me up to the present time by force and against my will & consent
/s/Jonathan Fletcher
Witness /s/Wm R Bixby
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State of Vermont
Addison County ss} I Philip C Tucker, Justice of the Peace within & for said County & Notary Public residing in the city of Vergennes in said County, do hereby certify that on the 7th day of October AD 1831, the beforenamed Jonathan Fletcher personally appeared before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - 
/s/Philip C Tucker Justice of the Peace & Notary Public
To the Hon Lewis Cass, Secretary of War
The undersigned, - Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States being deprived of his certificate in the manner set forth in the affidavit aforesaid, prays that your Honor will order a new certificate to be forthwith forwarded him, by which he may be enabled to obtain his pension money - he further states that he is now in such penury & want, from which only he can hope to be relieved by his pension - that he is an aged man, entirely unable to labor, & dependant
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upon the bounty of his Government for all the necessaries of life - Vergennes Octo 7. 1831 - 
/s/Jonathan Fletcher

Secretary of War of the U.S.
Sir 
At the request of the Petitioner aforesaid, & with the knowledge & approbation of the pension agent here, I have made out the foregoing papers for the Pensioner Fletcher - He appears to be an infirm man, out of money, & in such need of the amount, which, but for the improper detention of his certificate, would have been rec'd by him on the  4th ult'o - He will, in all probability, he more or less a sufferer until he is restored to the benefit of his pension - 
Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
/s/Philip C Tucker
(P.S.) Mr White, the pension agent, to whom I have submitted the above, says to me that he identifies
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the person of Mr Fletcher as being the same man who has heretofore rec'd his pension under that  name, & that Mr Fletcher requests the new papers to be forwarded to Mr W. at this place -
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[handwritten letter]
State of Vermont Franklin County
St Albans April 19th 1839

Mr Edwards
When you have examined the enclosed you will pleas return your answer to me the subscriber
/s/Wm Bridges
Hon J L Edwards
com'r of Pensions
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5186
Rebecca Fletcher Vt.
act 7. July 38
m 84 d. 32.
Admd 2 yrs pri 80$
no deduction
Wm Bridges St Albans Vt
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State of Vermont
Georgia District ss } I William Bridges Judge of the court of Probate in and for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Heath who has affixed his name to the within was at the date of the certificate by him signed & now is a Magistrate in and for the county of Franklin duly qualified to act as such, and that the signatures purporting to be his ['is' crossed out] are genuine 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at St Albans this 5th day of April AD 1839 - 
/s/William Bridges Judge of Probate
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gu 2668
Mrs. Fletcher
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Declaration
State of Vermont
Franklin County ss } On this 1st day of November, 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Franklin afs'd Rebecca Fletcher a resident of Richford in said county aged Eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Jonathan Fletcher who was a private in the Massachusetts line in the army of the Revolution, but cannot now say how ling he served or the names of the officers under whom he served. For the services of her s'd husband she received a pension of Eighty dollars per year under the act of June 17th, 1844. 
She further declares that she is still a widow 
/s/X her mark Rebecca Fletcher
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before /s/William Bridges Justice of the Peace
In presence of 
/s/Mark Banister
/s/Knight Banister
I further certify that I am acquainted with the above named Rebecca Fletcher and she is the same identical person who ['of' crossed out] rec'd a pension as by her above stated.
/s/William Bridges Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Franklin County ss} I Joseph H. Brainerd clerk of Franklin co court do hereby certify that William Bridges who has affixed his name to the within is a Magistrate duly authorised by law to administer oaths & the signatures within purporting to be his are genuine
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the county court at St Albans this 9th day of November 1848. 
/s/Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk 
The answer to the foregoing you are requested to return to me the subscriber Wm Bridges. atty for the applicant
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Rebecca Fletcher
Payment to be made at Poultney by Merritt Clark Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Vermont. 
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March 
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 53 Vol. 3,
/s/Leo Jenkins Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Rebecca Fletcher widow of Jonathan Fletcher who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars ['and [blank] cents' crossed out] per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
[official seal affixed] Given at the Department of the Interior this 12th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. 
/s/T. Ewing. Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. 
/s/J. G. Berret
for Commissioner of Pensions.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fletcher, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT  NUMBER 9406 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 29, 1789 To M. McConnell, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.