Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29918, for Robert Lane Hurd, Vermont
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VT
Hurd, Robert Lane
S.29918
B.J. Wt. 14986-160-55
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20.971 Michigan [New York marked out]
Robert L. Hurd
Allegany in the State of New York
was a musucian in the Comp commanded
Captain Page of the Regt. commanded
Col. Walbridge in the Vermont [New. Hamp. marked out]
for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 21 Dollars 96 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct.
1833 and sent to L. C. Peck, Pike

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $54.90
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 10.98
$65.88

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by L. [illegible] Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 104

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to pay Dec. 31. 1836 -
to pay Agt. 4 Sept. 1846

To Michigan from
Vt. and 1846 - 11 Sept 
Notification to 
[illegible]

[written vertically] Aug 27 - 1856

55-84958
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J. H. McCutchen. Nov. 12/55

Vol. H2-128.

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84.958 Mar 3/55
Apl 20/55

Robert L. Hurd
Fifer

Vt. Mil
Rev War

Pensioner
March Ad June 32 - 2097
Ad:160 Ac Jany 25/56,
B Upton

J. McCutchen
Present

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State of Michigan }
Genesee County } Ss 
On this 21 day of August AD 1846 before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Genesee personally appeared Robert Lane Hurd commonly known as Robert L Hurd who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Page in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Walbridge in the Service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed. That he now resides in the State of Michigan where he intends to remain & wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Allegany County in the State of New York to Genesee County in the State of Michigan. The removal of his son with whom he has formerly resided to the County of Genesee in the State of Michigan & a wish to reside with his son Rupel G Hurd of Vienna Genesee County Michigan who is desirous to have deponent live with him.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 21 day of August 1846 } Robert Lane Hurd
 
John W. Johnson Justice of the Peace
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State of Michigan }
Genesee County } Ss
Ryan Van Patten of Vienna in said county being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with Robert L Hurd & knows him to be the pensioner described in & who executed the within deposition, and that he the within named deponent has recently come from the State of New York where he formerly resided, to live with Rupel G Hurd his son, who resides in the County of Genesee aforesaid, & further this deponent saith not
Ryan Van Patten
Sworn & Subscribed before me, this 21 day of August 1846

John W. Johnson Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan Genesee County Ss
I hereby certify that Ryan Van Patten who subscribed & executed the above affidavit as to the identity of Robert L Hurd is a person of veracity & of respectable character in Vienna in said County where he resides.
August 2 1846
John W. Johnson {Justice of the Peace Genesee County Michigan

State of Michigan }
Genesee County } Ss I hereby certify that John W. Johnson is a Justice of the Peace of Vienna in said County duly qualified to act as such on the 21 day of August AD 1846 that I am acquainted with his hand
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writing & signature & that the signature of said Justice to the deposition of Robert L Hurd & Ryan Van Patten hereto annexed & also to the certificate annexed are genuine & in the proper hand writing of the Justice of the Peace aforesaid.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty six.
Charles E. Dewey Clerk
By R. F. Stage Dep Clerk
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20405
Robert L. Hurd
Alleghany Co
New York

Admitted
Musician
AU

21.96
34.90
1098

L. C. Peck
Pike, Alleghany Co
New York

[vertically at left] August [illegible] July 14

[written vertically center] L.C. Peck Pike
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War Department,
Pension Office,
May 27 1833

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

A Statement, shewing the Service of Robert L. Hurd, Allegany County, N.Y.

[9 column table with the following headings: Period when the service was rendered./ Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days./ Rank of the claimant./ Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served./ Names and Rank of the General and Field officers./ Battles in which the applicant was engaged./ Country through which he marched./ Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period./ Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Enlisted 1780/ 6 months/ Musician/ Capt. Page/ Col Walbridge/ Lake Champlain Whitehall Green Mountains Manchester Dorset/ 68 Cheshire N.H./ tradition

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits 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.

T G Bradford
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No. 2.
STATE OF Michigan
COUNTY OF Genesee
Personally came Marilla H Kenyon and Sawyer Hurd residents
of Vienna Mich persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who,
being duly sworn, say, that they were present and saw Robert L. Hund sign his name to the
foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be; and who now receives a pension for his services in the war of the Revolution
and they, deponents, do reside in the county of Genesee State of Michigan
They also swear that they are disinterested witnesses.

Signature of Witnesses.
Marilla H Kenyon
Sawyer Hurd
Sworn to and subscribed before me this third day of April AD 1855
said witnesses being personally Know to me.
Russell G Hurd J. Peace
(After the Justice of the Peace has signed the above, it must be sent to the County Court, or any other
Court of Record having a seal, the Clerk of which will fill up and sign the following under seal of the Court.
Then return the paper to me. )

STATE OF Michigan
COUNTY OF Genesee
I Mark D. Seeley
Clerk of the Circuit Court, in and for the county
and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Russell Hurd whose
genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace
in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at Flint
this Ninth-day of
April A. D. 1855.
Mark D Seeley Clerk

* If a widow applies, the witnesses will add, that she has never married since the death of the said
but is now his widow."
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FORM FOR BOUNTY LAND UNDER ACT OF 1855.
No. 1.

STATE OF Michigan
COUNTY OF Genesee
On this third day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty five personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the county
and State aforesaid, Robert L Hurd aged 91 years, a resident
of Vienna in the State of Michigan who,
being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Robert L. Hurd
who received, under act of 7 June 1832 pension $2.26 per year
for services in Captain Page's company Col. Walbridge
Rgt in the war of the Revolution
that he is now drawing his pension every six months

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land, granted by the act passed
March 3rd 1855, and he hereby declares that he has not applied for, or received,
and he believes he is not entitled to Bounty Land under Act of Congress except March 3, 1855
and he hereby appoints JOHN H. McCUTCHEN, Attorney at Law, of Washington City, D. C., to prosecute his claim, and receive his warrant when issued.*
Signature of claimant
Robert L. Hurd

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim, and am not concerned in its prosecution said claimant being personally
Know to me as above stated
Russell G Herd Justice of Peace

*If a widow applies, and that she is now the widow of _____ and has never
married since his death."
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State of New York
County of Allegany ⎬
On this 30th day of October in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally
appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegany aforesaid
now sitting, Robert L. Hurd a resident of the Town of Pike
in the said County of Allegany and State of New York
aged sixty eight 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. 1832
This deponent in the month of June in the year 
one thousand seven hundred and eighty entered the
service of the United States by enlisting into the Vermont
State Troops for the Term of six months as a
Musician. That at the time of his enlistment this 
deponent resided at the town of Gilsum in the County
of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire and that he 
entered the service in the same month of June that
he enlisted but the particular day of the said
Month of June when this deponent enlisted as the day
that he actually entered the service he is unable to state.
That the name of this deponents Captain was Page then
a resident of Charleston in the County of Cheshire &
State of New Hampshire aforesaid. That Jonathan Smith
was this deponent's first Lieutenant and Abijah Parker
his second Lieutenant. That the said company into which
this deponent enlisted as aforesaid was in the same
month of June aforesaid mustered at the town of
Westminster in the State of Vermont from whence the
said Company Immediately marched under the command
Captain Page to the head of Lake Champlain
at a place then called Skeensborough now White Hall in
the State of New York. That upon the arrival of this
deponent at Skeensborough his said company was attached
to regiment, then commanded by Colonel Walbridge
And that this deponent remained at Skeensborough
aforesaid a member of the aforesaid Company & regiment
and did duty in the same until his term of enlistment had
expired when he was discharged. That the said regiment
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was stationed at Skeensborough aforesaid for the purpose
of keeping a Garrison at that place for the protection of
the Inhabitants against the invasion of the Indians.
and during the whole period of this deponent's service
then were no other soldiers than the regiment aforesaid
at that place-- That this deponent did not during his
service as aforesaid become acquainted with any of the
continental companies, Regiments or officers. That there
was no general battle in which the said regiment was
engaged during the said term of this deponent's service 
and that all the fighting by the Troops of said
regiment during the aforesaid period was by small
detachments in skirmishes with the Indians and that
as this deponent belonged to the musicians of said
regiment he was not engaged or present at any such
skirmish-- That this deponent on his way from Westminster 
aforesaid when the said company was marched
had to Skeensborough marched under the command
of his said Captain from Westminster through Rockingham 
and Chester on the Vermont side of Connecticut 
River the the foot of the Green Mountains
in Vermont and from thence across the Mountains
to Manchester & from thence through Dorset to
Pawlet where the said Company halted for the
space of two or three days & from thence through the
towns of Rupert and Granville to Skeensborough. That this
deponent regularly served through the whole Term for
which he enlisted and that he was discharged upon the
expiration of his said Term and that this deponent
received no written discharge nor did any of the said
regiment receive any written discharge - And that
this deponent has no documentary evidence of his said
service or of any of the facts set forth in his aforesaid
declaration and that this deponent knows of no person
whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his
said service
Whereupon the Court aforesaid did then and then propound
the following interrogatories and to which the said
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J W Sherman Clerk

Robert L. Hurd
20405
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Deponent answered in the manner following that is
to say

By the Court-- Where & in what year were you born?
The deponent answers that he was born at the town of
East Haddam in the County of Hartford and State of
Connecticut on the twenty ninth day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and sixty five

By the Court- Have you my record of your age; and if so
where is it?
The deponent answers that he knows of no existing
record of his age at this time. But that he well recollects
of having seen the record of his age in the
family Bible of his parents that the father of this
deponent did about twenty four years since and
that soon after the death of his said father, the mother
of this deponent gave the said Bible to Zadok Hurd
a brother of this deponent. And that the said Zadok
Hurd, subsequently removed from the State of New York
where he at the time resided to the State of Kentucky
and when the said Zadok about four years since died
as this deponent has been informed by his family
friends and believes to be true and that this deponent
has never seen the said Bible since the same was
delivered to his said Brother as aforesaid nor does he
know where the same now is and that he has no
other or further record of his age than as aforesaid

By the Court-- When were you living when called into
service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
and when do you now live?
To which the deponent answers that at the time he
was called into the service he resided at the town of
Gilsum in the County of Cheshire in the State of
New Hampshire, and that since the Revolutionary war
he resided at the town of Gilsom aforesaid until
the year one thousand Eight Hundred and twelve, when in the
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month of March he removed to the town of Chesterfield
in the said County of Cheshire and when the resided
until the third day of October in the year one thousand
eight hundred and twenty two when he removed to the
town of Pike in the County of Allegany and State of
New York at which place he has since resided and
where he now resides

By the Court -- How were you called into service; were you
drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and
if a substitute for whom?
To which this deponent answers that he enlisted
into the Vermont State Troops under Captain Page
at the time and in the manner & under the circumstances
mentioned in detail in the foregoing part of
this deponents declaration

By the Court-- State the names of some of the regular
officers who were with the troops when you served;
such Continental and Militia regiments as you can
recollect and the general circumstances of your service
To whom the said deponent replies that he recollects
no regular officer who was with the said Troops
with whom this deponent served for the reason that then
were no such officers present & that there was no 
continental or militia regiments present at any time
during his said service except the aforesaid regiment
to which this deponent was attached and that all the
circumstances connected with the service of this 
deponent are substantially set forth in the foregoing
part of this deponents declaration

By the Court - Did you ever receive a discharge from the
service and if so by whom was it signed and what
has become of it?
To which the said deponent answers that he never
received a discharge in writing from the service but
that upon the expiration of of his term of service he was
discharged by his said Captain's saying to the said
Company that they were discharged and thereupon the
said Company dispersed and returned to their homes
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By the Court State the names of persons to whom you are
known in your present Neighbourhood and who can
testify as to your character for veracity and their belief
of your services as a soldier of Revolution?
To which this deponent replied by giving the names
Elder James Reed a Baptist Clergyman who preaches in the
neighborhood of this declarant & Zacheus Blossom his nearest neighbour
And this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever
to a pension or annuity except the present and
he declares that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any state to his knowledge or belief
Robert L. Hurd
Sworn and subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
9
John Griffin
[illegible] Allen
Josiah [illegible]
Judges

We James Reed a clergyman residing in the
true of Gainsville in the County of Genesee
in the State of New York and six miles from the residence of
Robert L. Hurd the above declarant, & a minister over the Church of which
his wife is a member, & Zacheus Blossom of Pike, Allegany County New York
residing in the said town of Pike hereby testify that
we are well acquainted with Robert L Hurd who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we
believe him to be sixty eight years of age that he is
reported and believed in the Neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
James Reed
Zacheus Blossom
Subscribed and sworn the
day & year aforesaid
Before me
John Griffin first Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the
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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 James
Reed who has signed the preceding certificate 
is a clergyman resident in the town of-
Gainsville aforesaid and that the said Zacheus Blossom
who signed the same is a resident in the town of
Pike aforesaid & is a creditable person and that their
statement is entitled to credit

I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of the
Court of Common pleas of the said County of Allegany
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Robert L. Hurd for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of
office this 30th day of October
the year 1832.
JW Sherman Clerk

Robert L. Hurd
20405
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State of New York
Allegany County ⎬ 
Robert L Hurd the declarant named in 
the aforesaid application for a pension being duly
sworn makes oath and says that the foregoing
declaration of this declarant comprising most of these sheets
contains the original declaration affidavit & certificate
Originally presented by this declarant to the said
Court of Common pleas together with the certificate of
the clerk of said Court and his seal of office appeared
and that there are no other or different papers in
writings or other things [illegible] thereto
And this declarant further saith that at the
time of presenting his aforesaid application to the
[illegible] office he fully believed that the same was
in all respect conformable to the printed regulations
prepared at said office

Subscribed and sworn
28th day of June 1833
W C Sherman Clk
Page 21

I Judson W Sherman Clerk of the common pleas of the
said County of Allegany do hereby certify that the
papers hereunto annexed are the original papers
presented to the said Court of Common pleas
(Exclusive of this sheet) and that the said papers contain
the original declaration of the said Robert Hurd
at that time presented & the proceedings of the said
Court thereon and no more. And I also
hereby certify that the aforesaid papers were at the
time of affixing my former certificate & seal
thereto duly authenticated in the manner of
authenticating Records in this State. And that
Nothing has been added or taken from the
contents of said papers (Except this Sheet) since
the same were certified by him in manner
aforesaid on the 30th of October in the year
1832
my whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
the 28th day of June 1833

W C  Sherman Clk
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October 31, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Robert Lane Hurd-S.29918
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Donald S. Flagg
312 South Wales Avenue
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to Robert L. Hurd, who 
served in the War of the Revolution and was pensioned,
while living in Allegany County, New York.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 29918, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Robert Lane
Hurd.

Robert Lane Hurd was born February 29, 1765
in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut, names
of his parents not shown. His father died about the
year 1808, his mother was then living.

While residing in Gilsum, Cheshire County, New
Hampshire, he enlisted in June, 1780, served six
months as musician in Captain Page's company, Colonel
Walbridge's Vermont regiment, and was stationed at
Skeensborough, New York at the head of Lake Champlain
to protect the inhabitants from the invasion
of the Indians.

Robert Lane Hurd lived in said Gilsum until sometime in 
March, 1812, when he moved to Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, New Hampshire, and in October, 1822, moved to
Pike, Allegany County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 30, 1832, then a resident of said Pike.

Reference is made to the soldier's wife in 1832,
Page 23

who was then living in Allegany County, New York.
The name of his wife is not given and there are
no details as to their marriage, and it is not
stated when she died.

Robert Lane Hurd was living in 1846 in
Vienna, Genesee County, Michigan, with his son
Russell G. Hurd. The said Russell G. Hurd was
Justice of the Peace in 1854 in Genesee County,
Michigan, and where the soldier was still living.

The soldier died August 27, 1856.

Sawyer Hurd was a resident of Vienna, Michigan
in 1855; his relationship to the family not
shown.

[illegible] Hurd brother of the soldier, lived in
New York at one time and about the year 1808,
moved to Kentucky, where he died about 1828.

There are no further data in this claim relative
to the family of the soldier, Robert Lane Hurd.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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29918 
Revy INVALID.
File No 29,918
Robert D Hurd
Musician Rev. War
Act: June 7 32
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 197
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right column
1908 Mar. 26 Hist to C.O. Thomas &c
1911 May 9. Hist to Mrs. E.E. Lampheimer & c
1914 July 21 Hist to GL Brown
1928. June 20. ltr .M.C. Hurd
advised date of decd not shown
1934. Oct 31 Hist to Donald
S. Flagg
Page 25

14.986
Rev War

[illegible]
Page 26

FREE
PJ Waldo Esqr
Department of the Interior
(pension Office) Washington City
D.C.

[sideways[
Robt. L. Hurd
March 5 '32
Page 27

[two lines illegible]
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MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK.
Albany Pension Agency,
Sept. 7. 1846
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
---
In reply to your letter of the 4th inst
I have to state, that Robert L. Hurd
a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at
21.96 Dollars per Annum was last paid to
the 4 day of March 1846
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your obt servt
Thos W. Olcott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT. per 
L Jenkins
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Mech & Farmers Bank
Albany Pension Agency
December 20. 1836
James L. Edwards Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir
Robert L. Hurd, a Pension under the
act of June 7, 1832, claim pay upon the enclosed Vouchers
from the 4th of March 1835 to the 4th of September 1836
Be pleased to for us with your instructions
in the case
I am, Sir, very respectfully
You obedt St
Tho W. Cook
Pens & rev Agent
Page 30

Dec. 1/34
Page 31

Pension Office.
7th Decr 1854.
Sir,
If you desire to be instructed how
to proceed in Robert L. Hurd's claim before
Congress for an increase of his pension. I
would advise you to communicate with
the member from your District.

Regarding the claim for the service
of William Gowing I must be
informed when he was married and
exactly when he and his widow died,
before I can say whether their children
have a good claim

Russell G. Hurd Esqr
Pine Run
Genesee County.
Michigan
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R.G. Hurd
Nov.14/52
Page 33

192
Pension Office
Nov 14 1854
Sir
since my letter of the 26th ult the
papers of Robert L Hurd of Mich
have been found. He was pensioned
for every day's service and in the
Grade claimed by him. No increase
is due

Russel G Hurd Esq
Pine Run
Mich


old acts
Page 34

Genesee County
Pine Run Jan 19 1856
[illegible]
Enclosed I have
[illegible] the certificate of the
[illegible]  State of Vermont
[illegible]
further says he was then a musician
any did not allways, be particular
to have the [illegible] in Robert L Hurd
he is yet alive -  but truly helpless and
great burden to take care of him
it is desirable that his warrant (if any)
should be paid as soon as possible
Mr. William Wright sends his commission of
Sargent (to help prove his claim)
Mr. Henry Rice cannot find his discharge 
In infantry service.  He wishes to have
his claim is now in your hands prosecuted 
if it can be.

Your obedient servant
Rupert G [illegible]
Page 35

Adn Evidence
Robert L Hurd
D.C. Suspended
Act 3d March 1855
Boynton

Filed
Jno H McCutcheon
Present
Page 36

Sir:
the Cu. as you see is of service
of Robert L. Hurd. There is no 
evidence of service of Robert L. 
Hurd. - But as it is under the same Cpt & Col it 
Must be the same man
C. Willard
R G Hurd Esqr-

[note on top of letter covering some of it up. complete letter below (from next page)]

State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office,
I certify that there is in this Office a Muster
Roll of Capt Peter Page's Company of Volunteers
commanded by Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Walbridge
in the service of this State, which bears the name
of Robert Hurd, as receiving pay for service
in said Company as fifer from August 15th
1781 to November 20th of the same year, a period
of 98 days.
In witness whereof I hereto set
my hand and affix the seal of
this Office this 2nd day of
January A.D. 1856
-
Charles W. Willard
Secretary of State
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State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office,
I certify that there is in this Office a Muster
Roll of Capt Peter Page's Company of Volunteers
commanded by Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Walbridge
in the service of this State, which bears the name 
of Robert Hurd, as receiving pay for service
in said Company as fifer from August 15th
1781 to November 20th of the same year, a period 
of 98 days.
In witness whereof I hereto set
my hand and affix the seal of
this Office this 2nd day of
January A.D. 1856
-
Charles W. Willard
Secretary of State
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Pine Run Genesee Co Mich Sept 22 1854
L. P. Waldo Esqr
Dear Sir I have a Father
(Robert L Hurd - who was a Revolutionary Soldier
and draws a pension of $21.96 and is Recorded in Book
Vol 4 page 91. - we have allways considered it strange
that he does not draw $24 he is 90 years of age he
is helpless cannot eat his Meals or dress himself without
assistance - and a little help from his country that
he has fought for would be a great relief to his
present necessities and wants a - petition to have
his pension increased was sent (to our member of congress) 
last March in June I had a letter stating it
was in the hands of the Committee on Pensions, but
have heard no more from it-- I have been informed
that then can be arrears obtained both on account
of the smalling of the now existing Pension, and also for
his clothing arms and expenses in travelling to and
from the army - a man (agent) offers for a small
advance to engage in the matter, but I am advised
to write the facts to the department, his service was
Six months lived in Newhampshire, Served near Lake
Champlain he has had no means of support (except
his small pension) for 25 years - I humbly request of
them is any rule of compensation for him that we may
be informed of it and how to procede to obtain it please
answer and oblige your humble servant

Russell G. Hurd

Department of the Interior
Page 39

[circle stamp] U.S. Pension Office D Jul 13 1914

Boone Iowa
July 9th
Pension Dept
I am anxious to rec. information in regard to
Robt G. Hurd, an officer in the War of the Revolution, think he must have enlisted in N. Y. State he died at Pine Run Genessee Co Mich some time in or near the years 1858 or 1859 - he was 103 yrs old at time of death
Page 40

rec'd pension & so I thought per haps you could furnish dates of enlistment & death & of any battles he may have been in -
with thanks.
I remain
respectfully
Mrs. G. L. Brown
510 Carrol St
Boone
Iowa
Page 41

Pine Run Genesee County Mich Nov 28"/54
L P Waldo Esqr
Dear Sir yours of the 14" Inst
is received, stating that my Father, Robert L Hurd
is pensioned for every days service &c
Your willingness to inform me prompts me to write
to the department again in your first letter it said
the papers in his case was sent to the Committee on Pensions
in Congress, in March 1854 a petition was sent in to
Congress to the member of this district, the Hon H
L Stephens. in June he wrote me it was in the hands
of the Committee on Pensions: it was praying for an
increase of his Pension; did your letter intend to
refer to those papers if you should deem it of
importance enough to answer this. please state how you
think it stands; Shall we have to renew the prayer
next Session my Father is helpless cannot even feed himself 
alone, is 91 years of age and a little help from his country
would be a great relief to his necessities
I am a magistrate and have assisted Claimants for
Pensions: and have one now left in me: an only
heir of a soldier of the revolution: an old lady very
por her name is Sarah Hunter her Father name
was William Gowing (or going) he was married about the
year 1772 or 3 he died before the law of 1832 his wife
lived a widow untill the year 1838, and departed this
life in that year and was not remarried William Gowings
Residence was in the Town of Lee Ms he was of the Massachusetts
line: was at the Battle of Bunker Hill they were never pensioned: if his name
can be found at the War office I ask if it would perfect the
claim together with the proof of the above facts-- or could
you send me blanks of the necessary proof? I have obtained
Pensions by the aid of Mr McCutchen of Washington: but he is
very dear its charges and in this case wants advances-- if the above inquiries
and not to burdensome I desire an answer
Respectfully yours Russell G. Hurd
Page 42

[circle stamp] U.S. Pension Office May 1 1911
ack. May 5, 1911 

[circle stamp] Record Division May 1 1911
S29918 
95C
Page 43

Los Angeles Cal. 4-25-11
Commissioner Pensions.
Washington 
D.C.

Dear Sir.
I am eligible for "Daughters American Revolution" my Great Grand father was Captain "Robert Lane Hurd.

Please send certificate and oblige - yours very truly,
Mrs. E. E. Laupheimer
#738 1/2 Crocker St.

P.S. State what proceedings or method to procure my enrollment.
L.
Page 44

Dr. Mercen C. Hurd
Osteopathic Physician
913 F.P. Smith Bldg.
Flint, Mich.

July 23 1927

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir -

In our genealogical records appears the name of Robert Lane Hurd born in East Haddam Conn., 1765 Credited with having served in the Revolutionary War and with having a commission.
Have you any such record?

Sincerely -
M. C. Hurd

[circle stamp] U.S. Pension Office R Jul 25 1927
Page 45

DONALD S. FLAGG
312 SOUTH WALTS AVE.
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
[stamp]
RECEIVED
OCT 15 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADMIN 15
[end stamp]

Oct. 12, 1934.
The Administrator,
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please furnish me with the war
ford and the family data contained in your files
on ROBERT L. HURD, who served in the Revolution from
New Hampshire and was pensioned in 1833, while living in
Allegany County, New York.

Thanking you in advance for you courtesy
in this matter, I am,
Very truly yours,
Donald S. Flagg
Page 46

DR. MERCEN C. HURD
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
913 F. P. SMITH BLDG.
FLINT, MICH.
April 2 1928
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
Bureau of Pensions Dep't of Interior
Washington.

Sirs --
Your letter of March 14 in regard to the record
of Robert Lane Hurd showed that he enlisted in June 1780
and served six months in Capt. Page's Company of
Col. Walbridge's Vermont Regiment.
Does the record show the date of his discharge or
any further information?
Sincerely --
M.C. Hurd
Page 47

C. O. Thomas, President
Alice P. Thomas, Secretary
Caro Water Works Co.
Secretary's Office.
204 East Frank Street
Caro, Mich. Mar 19 1908

Department of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

My GrandFather ROBERT L. HURD, born in 1764 came to Michigan in 1837 and died at Vienna Michigan in 1856. He was in the Revolutionary War, I suppose [underlined] in the New Hampshire quota, any way he had a pension when he died
It is impossible for me to ascertain what company or Regiment he was in.
Now is it possible for your department to search this out for me, any fee for said work I will gladly pay.
I want the information for some genealogical work.
Very Truly Yours
C. O. Thomas.
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[circle stamp] Record Division Mar 23 1908
Page 49

In reply to your request of __, received __ for a statement of the military history of Robt. Lane Hurd a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [parenthetical marked out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. Sur File 29.918

[5 column table: Dates of Enlistment or Appointment./ Length of Service./ Rank./ Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. Captain. Colonel./ State.

June 80/ 6 mos./ Musc./ Vt. Jonathan Smith Page/ Walbridge/ Vt.

Battles engaged in, none.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Gilsum, Cheshire Co., N. H.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 30, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Pike, Allegany Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born at East Haddam, Conn, Feby 19, 1765 (?)
Remarks: in 1846 he resided at Vienna, Genesee Co., Mich. with his son Russel G. Hurd and they were both alive in 1856
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Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
Copied by ADY
June 20, 1928.

Dr. Mercen C. Hurd,
913 F. P. Smith Building,
Flint, Michigan.

Sir:

I advise you that in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 29918, Robert Lane Hurd stated that he enlisted in June 1780 for six months and that he did not receive a written discharge.
The date of his discharge is not shown.
Respectfully,

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.
Page 51

Rev. War Section.
July 21, 1914.

Mrs. L. G. Brown.
500 Carrol Street
Boone, Iowa.

Madam: -
For the date of last payment of pension and name of the person to whom it was paid, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasuary [sic] Department, giving him all of the following data:
"Robert L. Hurd. Certificate #20.971 issued October 23, 1833, for $21.96 per annum from March 4. 1831. under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the Michigan Agency."
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgober (?)
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
March 14, 1928

Dr. M. C. Hurd
913 F. P. Smith Bldg
Flint, Mich.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim S. 29918, it appears that Robert Lane
Hurd was born February 29, 1765 at East Haddam, Connectiticut.

While residing at Gilsum, Cheshire County, New
Hampshire, he enlisted in June 1780 and served as a
Musician six months in Captain Page's Company, Colonel
Walbridge's Vermont Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 30, 1832, while a resident of Pike,
Allegany County, New York.

In 1846 he resided at Vienna, Genesee County,
Michigan, with his son Russel G. Hurd, and they were
alive in 1856.

The name of soldier's wife is not stated, an
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.