Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21519, for Dan Kent, Vermont
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Service Vt.

Kent, Dan
Betsy

Number W21519
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No, 11,843

Vermont
Dan Kent
of Rutland Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Allen of the Regt commanded
by Col. Warner in the Vermont troops
line for 6 months Private  $20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of
20 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of July
1833 and sent to J. Kellogg
Benson Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 10.00
$50.00 [total]

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 73
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4706

Vermont, Poultney

Betsey Kent
widow of Dan Kent, Vt.
who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
17 day of Apl. 1849.
and sent to
L. C. Kellogg
Benson, Vt.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848 page 66 Vol. 3
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9496
Rev'd Dan Kent
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State of Vermont
Probate district of Fairhaven
on this 10th day of August
AD. 1832 personally appeared in open court before
the court of Probate in & for said district now sitting Revd
Dan Kent a resident of Benson in the County of
Rutland and State aforesaid aged seventy four years
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth
on his oath, make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7
AD. 1832. That he entered the service of the United Colonies
now United States under the following named
officers, and served as herein stated

That at the commencement of the Revolutionary war in
1775, he was in the 17th year of his age, that he enter
the service as a volunteer in the militia in
the summer of 1776. that from that time to the
end of that war he stood ready at an hours warning
 to mark wherever he was wanted for the
defence of the liberties of his country. body and
mind were absorbed in the great object & was not only
ready himself to be the first to volunteer, but engaged
to prevail on others to follow. That In the month of 
June 1776. a company of volunteers
were called out to act in concert
with our army, occupying the fort at Ticonderoga
 and Mount Independence to defend the Inhabitants
 on the northern frontier from the
ravages of British Indians. We had a military station
at Pittsford Vermont, from thence we scouted to
the north fifty or sixty miles under the command of
 Capt. Allen, a month or six weeks was

[accomplished] in this service. Again the same year
in Sept or October, when Genl Burgoyne invaded
the northern frontiers, attached and destroyed

Any fleet on the lake, he volunteered in the militia
under the command of Col. Seth Warner and
was stationed with the army at the fort of Ticonderoga,
till Burgoyne gave over the attack on the 
port, and returned to Canada for winter quarters.
that he was in service on this tour six weeks
The next year 1777, Ticonderoga was taken, and
the Inhabitants generally left the country and
sought safety in the New England State, and department
 of our retreating army fell back as far
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at Manchester Vermont. I recollect being under the
command of Captains Allen, Gideon Bronson
& Peleg Sunderland, which was chief I don’t recollect.
We marched from Pittsford upwards of one hundred
miles north.
that
In 1776 he volunteered under Capt. Abraham Underhill, 
Joshua Reynolds.  Lieut. Col. Seth Warner commanded
the Regiment. he recollects Genl Horatio
Gates commanded the army 
that
In the spring of 1777. Burgoyne again came up the
Lake. our army was then to small t0o think of
defending the fort, one part of our army fell
back by the way of Hubbardton, when Genl Frances
& Col Warner were attacked by the pursuing enemy
and after a short conflict, fell back as far as Manchester,
Vermont. That myself & two brothers joined the army
at Manchester, drew ammunition & kept a kind of outpost
 in advance of our army about six miles.
There we kept guard, we continued at this post
till Bennington was invaded by Col. Banne. the
battle of Bennington was fought August 16, 1777.
When Warners Regt left Manchester for Bennington
himself & Brothers were ordered to join them, which
they did and met the enemy’s reinforcements.
That he was in said battle till the victory was obtained
and Eight hundred or a thousand prisoners
taken. there he continued with our friends to guard
till they were marched to Boston; this campaign
was about two months. When I was ordered to
leave my post & join Col. Warners Regt. at Manchester,
a company of the enemy from Skenesborough cut down a liberty pole which stood near my Father's door. 
and [broke] in our windows and damaged the house with their
tomahawks, about 1st Sept. same year we returned
again to our posts which were not again attacked.
Genl Stark and the chief command in the battle near
Bennington, Col. Warner’s Regt. had not arrived 
at the first battle, but came up Just in time to [meet]
the British reinforcements, this battle was fought
in the afternoon & continued to near sunset.
both were bloody battles many men slain on both
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The next time he volunteered was the winter
after 1777. a party of the British came down on
the ice and attacked a block house in Shellbourne.
this alarmed all the country for a considerable distance. 
They were called to volunteer and March with great
speed which he says he did, till the volunteers came
near Ticonderoga, the snow was deep and the March
arduous, that he was out about two weeks on this
Expedition
the next summer a company or two of Volunteens
were called for, for a short time to strengthen a post
held at Rutland commanded by Capt. Gideon Brownson. 
Genl Walleridge of Bennington commanded
the Volunteers,  he was then a Colonel. This applicant
 was a sergeant & did a sergeant’s duty
during this short campaign, we enlisted on
an emergency. that he was dismissed when his
time expired, the time he was out on this expedition
 was twenty days or a month, the Capt.
name was Ormsby, the Lieut. name Harmon.
That in 1779. there was a military post kept at
Castleton Vermont. in Oct or Now of that year
the militia were called to strengthen that post 
which was said to be threatened with an attack.
again volunteered & continued on the
guard a few weeks and many other
times was called out for a few days, in [alarms]
which made almost a continual warfare.
stationed as usual, attacked on or near the lines
(as they were called,) then, and watching the
movements of the tories, who lived among 
us, made almost an unceasing State of actual
service, 
That
 his own conscience acquits of doing all he could
to gain the liberties of his country, with his [arms]
in his hand, always ready at a moment’s warning 
to march to the front of danger.
that he was the first to volunteer in the year 1776.
he was in his eighteenth year, full of that 
Enthusiastic ardour which generally prevailed
at that trying period, that it became the habit
of his soul to glory in long marches and 
those
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hardships which at any other time would have
been most appalling, that it was by this same
firing spirit that any present privileges were
gained and whoever look at this statement
with candor he believes will be convinced
that he spent at least six months in actual
service, but at this age (being in his seventy
fifth year) will see that he spent much time
in service which he cannot particularly state.
A small pension under his present pecuniary
circumstances he says will be gratefully received.
The applicant computes the actual volunteer 
service which he rendered his country in
the militia during the war of the Revolution
as follows.
In the Summer of 1776 -  Months 1,  Weeks 2 
In Oct at Ticonderoga fort - Months 1,  Weeks 2 
In the year 1777, Bennington Battle - Months 2,  Weeks 0
In 1778 at Rutland - Months 1,  Weeks 0
In 1779 at Castleton - Months 1,  Weeks 0
In several Alarms - Months 1,  Weeks 0 
Guarding Tories - Months 1,  Weeks 0
[Total]  - Months 9,  Weeks 0

And according to his best recollection he acted as a
corporal during all the tours of service afores’d
except when he acted as Sergeant as afores’d
That he was born in Suffield Connecticut 10th April
1758, he has no record of his age, nor does he
know of any. He lived in Dorset Vermont when
called into service, always volunteered, never
a substitute, has stated the names of the officers
he recollects, never received any written 
discharge from the service, nor did he
ever receive any pay for his service except
four dollars continental money, which
they told him was a share of the plunder
of the Battle of Bennington.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever

To a pension or annuity except the present.
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of the Battle of Bennington.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present.
[first three lines duplicate the last 3 lines on previous page] 

Declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any state. that he moved
from said Dorset to Benson Vermont where he
has lived to this time, making his residence
in Benson forty years
Dan’l Kent

We Allen Goodrich & Oliver Root residing in
same town of Benson with the Revd
Dn Kent, hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with the said Dan Kent
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration, that we believe him to be seventy
Four years of age; that he is respected and believed
 in the neighbourhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution, and
that we concur in that opinion

Subscribed & sworn to
the day & year afores’d
Allen Goodrich
Oliver Root

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 
them that Allen Goodrich and Oliver Rowland, who have signed 
The preceding certificate are residents in
Benton aforesaid and are credible persons and that their
statement is entitled to credit.

I Selah H. Merrill Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid
Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Dan Kent for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office this 10th day of
August AD 1832.
S.H. Merrill
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4335
Declaration of the
widow of Dan Kent
Vt.
act 7 July 38

M 93 - d 35
adm'd
6 mo. Pri
20$

No deduction
S. H. Merrill
Castleton, Vt.
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State of Vermont}  On this 2d day of January 1839.
Rutland County}  Personally appeared before the
probate court within & for the probate district of
Fairhaven in said County Betsey Kent a
resident of the town of Benson in said probate
district in the County aforesaid aged
Seventy years who being duly sworn accord
ing 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 the Revd Dave Kent, who was a private in the
militia in the army of the revolution, that the
said Dan Kent was a pensioner under the
act of Congress of June 7th 1832. his pension
certificate was forwarded to the Pension Agent at Burlington
 Vermont to obtain the arrears of pension due thereon.
and she does not know where it is, unless
it has been returned to the pension office.
she further declares that she was married
to the said Dan Kent at Sharon Connecticut
on the 10th day of June one thousand seven
hundred & ninety three, by the Revd Cotton
Mather Smith, who was then the settled
pastor of the first Congregational Church in
said Sharon, that her name before her
Intermarriage with said Dan Kent was
Betsey Griswold and that her husband the
aforesaid Dan Kent died at Benson Vermont
July 21st 1835. that she was not married to
him prior to his leaving the service, but the
marriage took place previous to the first of
July seventeen hundred & ninety four viz
at the time above stated. that she has no
personal knowledge of the said Dan Kents
services in the revolutionary army but
refers to the papers in the pension office
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made out for obtaining his former pension,
as evidence establishing
the same.
Betsy Kent
Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

I S.H. Merle Register of the Probate Court for the district of Fairhaven aforesaid, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Betsey Kent the widow
of Dan Kent late a pensioner of the United States for
a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office at Castleton in said
district this 2d day of January 1839.
 S.H. Merrill
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Revd Dan Kent of Benson, and Betsey Griswold
of Sharon were married, June tenth, One thousand
Seven hundred and ninety three.
I Mason Grosvenor of Sharon, County
of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do certify that the
above is a true extract from the records of the First 
congregational Church in said Sharon, with the exception
of the date which is expressed on the
record in fair, legible figures as follows (viz)
"June 10th 1793"

18th 1793.
I Mason Grosvenor aforesaid, depose & say that I am
Pastor of the First Congregational Church in said Sharon
and that the above is a true extract from the
records of said Church, with the exception above
named as certified by me.
Mason Grosvenor
Pastor of the First
Congregational Church
Sharon Con.

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County SS Sharon Oct. 15th AD 1838
Personally appeared the Rev'd Mason Grosvenor
Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Sharon aforesaid
and made solemn oath to the certificate by him above.
Subscribed, that the same is true, before me.
Richard Smith, Justice of the Peace
 
I do hereby certify that the signature of the Rev'd
Mason Gosvenor above given, is genuine, and that
he is entitled to full credit.
Richard Smith, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT} ss. Litchfield
LITCHFIELD COUNTY

I Origen S Seymour Clerk
of the County Court
of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Richard Smith Esq is a
Justice of the Peace in
and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by law authorized
to administer Oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds. And that his commission
was dated on the 29th day of May
A. D. 1838 and will expire on
the 20th day of June, A. D. 1839, and that the signatures
to the annexed document purporting to be
those of said Justice are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
17 day of October AD 1838.
Origen S. Seymour Clerk
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9496
Rev'd Dan Kent

service as guard over
Tories not permitted

Admitted
6 mo. Private $20.00

J Kellog E
Benson, Vt.
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BRIEF in the case of Dan Kent
District of Fairhaven in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served. |


Summer In 1776 | Years    Months 1   Days 15 | As a Private | Gen. Gates, Capt. Allen. Col. Seth Warner |
October 1776  | Years   Months 1    Days 15 | do | do do
In 1777  | Years   Months 2   Days  | do | do
In 1778  | Years   Months 1   Days  | do | [blank]
In 1779  | Years   Months 1   Days  | do | [blank]
In several alarms & in guarding Tories. | Years Months 2   Days  | do | [blank]
5. In what battles was he engaged? Bennington
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? in Dorset Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are attached as required by the Regulations and no opinion given by the Court, or at least the one attached is not signed by any judge or other officer.

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sam J Piltz
Examining Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

February 8, 1924.

Channing Kent,
4400 Nokomis Ave. So.,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim W.21519 it appears that Dan Kent was born
in Suffield, Connecticut, April 10, 1753. While a resident of
Dorset, Vermont, he enlisted and served in the Vermont Troops
as follows:
From June 1776 for 6 weeks as a Corporal in Captain
Allen's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment.
From October 1776 for 6 weeks as a corporal in Captain
Abraham Underhill's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment.
From the summer of 1777 for 2 months as a Corporal in
Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment and was in the battle of
Bennington.
In 1778 one month as a Sergeant in Captain Ormsby's company, Colonel Walbridge's Regiment.
In the fall of 1779 for 3 months as a Corporal on guard
duty and when called out on alarms.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, while a resident of Benson, Rutland County, Vermont.
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He died at that place July 21, 1835.
He married at Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut,
June 10, 1793, Betsy or Betsey Griswold of Sharon. She was allowed pension on her application executed January 2, 1839,
while a resident of Benson, Vermont, aged 70 years. There is no further data as to family.
Soldier is referred to as Reverend Dan Kent.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[pen]sion file in this Bureau. Dan Kent W File 21.579

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.

June 1776 | 6 weeks |Corp’l |  Allen | Seth Warner | Vt.
Oct 1776 | 6 weeks | [blank] | Abraham Underhill | Seth Warner | Vt.
Summer 1777 | 2 mos. | [blank] | [blank] | Seth Warner | “ 
Summer 1778 | 1 mo. | Sgt. | Ormsby | Walbridge | “ 
Fall 1779 | 1 mo. | Corp’l | Served as guard at Castletown, Vt.
[blank] | 2 mos. | called out on alarms and on guard duty

Battles engaged in, Bennington
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dorset, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Aug 10, 1832 His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Benson, Rurtland Co., Vt.
Age at date of application,  at Suffield Court April 10, 1758
Remarks: d. At Benson, Vt. July 21, 1835. Soldier married Betsy Griswold of
 Sharon. She was allowed pension on an application executed
Jan 2, 1839 while a resident of Benson, Vt. aged 70 yrs. No further data as to family.
He was referred to In 1839 by widow as Rev. Dan Kent. 

Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.
4048b2m8-09
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Vermont. 3095

Betsy Kent
widow of Dan Kent
who was a pensioner under the Act of 
June 7 '32
and who died on the 21 July 1835
County of Rutland in the State of Vermont
who was a Pri. in the Compy commanded
by Captain Allen of the Regt commanded
by Warner in the  Vt.
line for 6 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington
the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of June
'39, and sent S.H. Merrill
Castleton, Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March $60.00
Semi-annual allowance ending
10.00
$70.00 [total}]

Act July 7,
1838.

Recorded by R [Bender] Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 44
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Benson Vt.
Oct 4
25
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

4558 K
Oct. 9 1843
Vt. 
Betsy Kent
Act 1843
$20 per an.
Pensioner at
Benson, Vt.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3d March
1843, granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received
 pensions under the Act of July 7. 1838

State of Vermont.
Rutland County  ss. On this eighteenth day of September 1843
personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in
for the County aforesaid Mrs. Betsey Kent a resident
of Benson in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont aged
seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed
on the 3d of March 1843 granting to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary war. That she is widow of Dan Kent
who was a private in the Militia, but in what regiment or
corps, she cannot tell, & would refer the Department to the testimony
already on file in the Pension Office which was sent by her, in
order to perfect her claim to a pension, and that the amount of
pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838, was one
hundred dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Betsey Kent

Sworn & Subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Roswell Barber Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the Declarant aforesaid, is personally known
to me & is a credible person, Roswell Barber Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County
of Rutland, do certify that Roswell Barber
Esquire, was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a
Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and
qualified to take Depositions
and that I verily believe his signature to the same is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
 of Court, at Rutland in said County, this 26th
day of September Anno Domini, one thousand
eight hundred and forty three.
J.W. Hopkins
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act
of Congress of the 2d Feby 1848, entitled “An act,
making further provisions for surviving widows of the
soldiers of the Revolution. “
State of Vermont,
Rutland County, ss:
On this second day of April A.D.
1849, at Benson, in the County of Rutland aforesaid
personally appeared before me, Loyal C. Kellogg, one of the
Justices of the Peace within and for said County
of Rutland, duly authorized by Law to administer
oaths, Betsey Kent, a resident of the town of
Benson in said County, aged Eighty 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 provisions made
by an act of Congress passed on the 2d February
1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary war, viz:-
That she is the widow of the Revd
Dan Kent, late of said Benson, deceased, who
was a private and a Sergeant in the Vermont
State troops, in the regiment under the command
of Colonel Seth Warner, and others, in the war
of the Revolution; and that she received a
pension of twenty dollars per annum, under the
act of Congress of the 17th June 1844, entitled "An
act to continue the pensions of certain widows"
On account of the revolutionary service of the said
Dan Kent, and that she has not intermarried since
the decease of the said Dan Kent, and that she
continues to be, and is still a widow.
Betsey Kent
In presence of:
F. W. Walker
L. C. Kellogg
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The foregoing declaration was sworn to and
subscribed on the day and year above written before
me; and I certify that the said declarant, Betsey
Kent, is personally known to me.

L. C. Kellogg, Justice of the Peace


STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that Loyal C. Kellogg Esquire, was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached a
Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and
qualified to administer oaths and that I
believe his signature to the same is genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Court, at Rutland in said County, this 10th day of April
Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. 
F. W. Hopkins Clerk
By J. H. Johnson Deputy Clerk
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4046
Vermont Burlington

Betsy Kent 
widow of Dan Kent
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
28th day of Dec. 1843
and sent to Pensioner, Benson, Vt.

{Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A Vol 1 Page 33


Reported
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Benson,Vermont,
11th April 1849

Sir
I transmit herewith the declaration of 
Mrs. Betsey Kent, in order to obtain for her
the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d Feby
1848, entitled "an act making further provisions
for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."
The certficate that her name is again
placed on the pension roll may be sent to my
address at this place.

In the latter part of October last, I
forwarded
to the Commissioner of Pensions, by
mail, the application of Benjamin B. Perry
a private, for a land warrant
under the act
of Congress of Feby
1847, together with his
original discharge from the army.
I have
received no acknowledgment of this application,
and no communication from your office in
relation to it, since I forwarded it. May I
inquire whether it was received, and what
disposition has been made of the case?

I desire to be furnished with a copy
of the Pension laws and regulations recently
published under the authority of Congress.
if surplus.
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copies remain in your office for distribution. I make
this request because I read, recently, in the Washington papers that copies could be had on
application to your office.

Very faithfully,
Your friend and servant,
L. C. Kellogg

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Jan 8 1839
Kent, Vt.
4335
[circle stamp] 
NEWCASTLE VT
JAN 3




J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Castleton Vt. 2 Jany 1839.

Dear Sir

By request of Mrs Kent I enclose her
appplication &c for a pension.
I also forward An authenticated
certificate of the marriage
of the applicant, all which she is advised
Entitles her to a pension under the Act of
July 7. 1838-
She wishes the answer to her
application
to be directd to me
at above.

Respectfully yours
S.H. Merrill

To Mr. J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
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[circle stamp]
RECORD 
DIVISION
FEB 2 1910

Dan Kent
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FORM 1604
TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY.
OFFICE OF DIVISION FREIGHT AND PASSENGER AGENT.

J.W. WILKINSON,
DIVISION FREIGHT AND PASSENGER AGENT
T. L. CLEVELAND,
CITY PASSENGER AND TICKET AGENT.
W. H. GARRETSON
SOLICITING FREIGHT AGENT.
IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE REFER TO
No. ENC
BEAUMONT, TEAS, Jan 29-1910

Rec'd FEB 3 - 1910

To the Chief of Record of Pension Bureau
Washington D.C

Dear Sir-

Will you kindly furnish me a certified
copy of the war and pension record of
Dan Kent, who served during the Revolutionary war in 1776-81 as
Corporal, Sergeant and guard
under Capts Allen, Underhill
and Ormsby, in
Regiments of Cols Warner and Walbridge of
Vermont. Thanking you in advance for
the information. 

I am
Yours very truly
J W Wilkinson

p.s. If not too much trouble would be
glad to have you send a copy 
also to George H Wilkinson
114 Madison Ave
Memphis Tenn.
[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
USA
FEB 1 1910
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UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS.
MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL & SAULT SAINTE MARIE RAILROAD
OFFICE OF STOREKEEPER
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Jany, 7th 1924

REFER TO FILE
Bureau of Pensions,
O. W. & N. Div.
Washington, D.C.

I shall be greatly obliged to you if you will furnish me with a statement
of the military history of my great-grandfather, Dan Kent, who enlisted at
Dorset, Vermont, in the Summer of 1776.

Served: 1778 1 ½ months Corpl. under Col. Seth Warner.
Served 1777 2 months Corpl. under Col. Seth Warner.
Served 1778 1 months Corpl. under Col. Seth Warner.
Served 1777 1 months Corpl. under Col. Wallbridge.

Application for pension August 10, 1832.
Thanking you in advance for this information, I am,
yours truly,
Channing Kent.

CHANNING KENT
4400 NOKOMIS AVE SO
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNESOTA
U.S.A.
[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
USA
JAN 9 1924
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 21519
Betsey Kent
widow of
Dan Kent
Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2d 48

Index: -- Vol. A. Page 394
2154

{Arrangement of 1870.}

Evants Kent
M. E. L.
Feb. 11. 1910

Feb. 19/95 In'l. Hist to
Eldora, Ia.
J. W. Wilkinson
Geo. H. Wilkinson,

1913 May 14 Hist to Mrs.
Ruth B. Johnson [illegible]
1924 Feb 8. Hist to
Channing Kent U.M.
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[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
US
JAN 31 1895
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Eldora Ia
Jan 28 95

Pension Department.
Will you kindly
inform me concerning 
Dan Kent
Soldier of the 
Revolution from Vermont

The organization, Co. & Regt. in which
he enlisted.
Date of enlistments and muster out.
No. of pension certificate
on which either
Don Kent or his widow
Mrs. Betsey Kent both of
Benson
Vermont drew
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Pension from the United
States goverment documenting
the date of the widows death
in 1854.

Respectfully Yours
Evants Kent
The above information
is needed to prove claim
to belong to the "Sons of the
Revolution"
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Mrs. Bertha B Johnson
The Northumberland
N.H. Ave & V. Sts. N.W.
Thro Mr Bryant's desk
May 13. 1913
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9496
Rec'd Dan Kent
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Rev'd Dan Kent which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? No
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 

[illegible]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recolelection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Foryear
months and days, I served as a . For months
and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being 
 improperly attached to the certificate.