Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22085, for Eber Rice, Vermont
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Vt.
Rice, Eber
Mary
NUMBER
W.22085.
CONTENTS
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Eber Rice's
Pension Papers
Application before a Judge
23992
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State of New 
Oneida County      ⎬  
On this 22d day of February A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me Israel Stoddard
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
of Oneida County and State of New York Eber
Rice a resident of Florence in the County of Oneida and State aforesaid aged 77 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
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated as a private that he was born in New Marlborough Berkshire County Mass on the tenth day of October 1755- And that there is a record of his age in the Office of the Town Clerk of said Town. That he entered
the service of the United States at Tinmouth on the fourth day of May 1778 under Captain Thomas Sawyer of Vermont Rangers Samuel Campbell was the first lieutenant 2d Lieutenant's name was Blanchard Gideon Bronson. was Captain Com Manant, marched to Rutland Vermont we Rendezvoused while there we were under Major Benjamin Whitcombe (or Whitcome) took the command
over two companies which were at that place the one in which he did duty and the other under one Captain Hutching. The duty of which company may to range the County wherever ordered to guard
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the frontiers. that while at Rutland he helped
build a Picket Fort, went over once or twice on
the East side the Green Mountain on a longing
or scouting party under Lieutenant Safford
of Whitcomb's Company and Blanchard of Sawyer's company who commanded the Scout
was in said service this way till the second
of December following when we were dismissed and returned home - that before the services above specified towit, on the first of June in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy six he volunteered at [illegible] aforesaid under Captain Ebenezer Allen of the Vermont Rangers and marched to Onion River Vermont to a place called Williston in Vermont, to assist the inhabitants and protect them from the depredations
of the British & Indians and removed some of
them to Rutland and to other places of greater
security & safety was gone two weeks the distance was called (from Tinmouth) one hundred miles and the country between was wild and woody.
And again in the month of October 1776 following he enlisted under Captain John Spafford, Col. Timothy Bronson's Regiment, Marched from Tinmouth this Poultney, Castleton & Hubbardton to Mount
Independance, while there the British appeared one day and then retired, was there three weeks and then
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were discharged and went to home. That he continued to reside in Tinmouth till about Eighteen years ago when he removed to Williamstown the County of Oswego N.Y. where he resided for seven months, then removed to Florence Oneida County aforesaid where he now resides has never had any written discharge and that he is well known in his present neighborhood to Samuel Sweezey a Clergyman residing in Florence in said County resides in the neighborhood of this deponent and also to Azariah Orton also residing in the same neighborhood who can attest to their belief of my said service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. And that he has no witnesses of his service that he can find living and that Eighteen years ago when he removed from Tinmouth there was then but one person living in said town who was in the services aforesaid with him and that that person is not living at this time. That he is unable from great bodily infirmity to appear
in open Court to make application for the
benefit of the said Act of Congress.
Eber Rice
Sworn & subscribed before
me this 22d day of Feby
1833.
Isreal Stoddard
Judge of a Common Pleas
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We Samuel Swezey the [illegible] Clergyman to Eben Rice the above applicant and Azariah Orton both of Florence in the County of Oneida hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eber Rice who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and [illegible] in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in the said opinion having known him for many years past and that it has always, as far as our information extends, been the general opinion in his neighborhood that he was a soldier
of the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Swezey
Azariah Orton
Sworn & subscribed before
me the 22d day of Feby 1833 ⎬   
[illegible]
[illegible]of Oneida Complete
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 I do further certify that it appears to me that Samuel Swezey who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the
Town of Florence and that Azariah Orton who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Florence is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and that the said applicant from bodily infirmity and
ill health is absolutely unable to appear in open Court.
Israel Stoddard Judge of
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State of New York
Clerk Office Oneida County ss: I Geo Brown Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Israel Stoddard Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such and that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe the signatures Israel Stoddard above Subscribed to be his own proper hand writing and Signatures. And that the foregoing
contain the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Eber Rice for a pension. 
Witness my hand and Seal of Office at Ithica
in said County this 29th day of March 1833
Geo. Brown Clerk
Jos B Read Deputy Clerk
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July 25, 1833 transfer to Utica from 4th March 1831 - and sent notice same day - Original certificate returned and correct one issued 10 Aug 1833.
Utica 121281
New York
Eber Rice
of Oneida in the State of N York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Sawyer of the Regt commanded by Maj. Whitcomb in the Mass line for 8 months and 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 27 - Dollars 10 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of May 1833. and sent to James Southworth 
Camden N. York
---
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833
$154.20
    13.55
--------
    67.75
  Revolutionary Claim,
⎨Act June 7, 1832.      ⎬
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk,
Book 6, Vol 4, Page 73
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23992
Eber Rice
New York
James Southworth
Camden NY
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183

Sir.
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Eber Rice [illegible] N York
Period when service was residered.
Duration of the
claimant's service
Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whim he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Entd 1778  6 Months 28 Days Prvit Ranger Capt Sawyer Mgt Mulcomb 77 years Tinmouth Traditionary evidence
can get no living witness
Colonel not given in the
first of 2 tours

Vol 1776 15 days Ranger Capt Allen State of Mass 
Enlisted 1776 21 days 
Capt Spafford
Capt Spafford
Col Bronson

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
The first service was
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2
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, mucicians 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, or District of
County of                                ⎬ ss.
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 provision 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 entered 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.        , A. B.
[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 Troop, Volunteer, 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  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 days 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          day 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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3 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
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5185
Albany, N. York
Mary Rice
widow of Eber Rice
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
27 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
30 day of March 1844
and sent to Hon. O. Robinson
H. R.
{Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 264,

[right column]
Rep
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5999.
Mary Rice
an applicant
under act July 1838
B. P. Johnson
agent. Rome
Oneida Co.
NY
on Rolls
died
8 mo. 6  d pr
27.33
Hon J. Beardsley
H.R.
No 14287
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of
Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half-pay and
Pensions to certain Widows

State of New York,
County of Oneida,
On this first day of August 1839 personally appeared before
the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of said county, Mary Rice-a resident
of Florence in the county aforesaid, aged Seventy four years, who being
first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of
Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half-pay and
Pensions to certain Widows", that she is the widow of Eber Rice
late of Florence Oneida County who was a Revolutionary pensioner
under the act of 1832.

she further declares that she was married to the said Eber Rice
at Tininonth Vermont on the (3d) third day of April, in the 
year Seventeen hundred and eighty eight; that her husband, the aforesaids
Eber Rice died on the 13th day of November
1837 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service:
but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, 1794 viz; at the
time above stated. That the maiden name of said Mary was Alcott
& the annexed affidavit give the
record of marriage before one Ez Noble
and the certificate
and Common has hereto annexed is the

Sworn to and subscribed on 
the day and year above written 
before me the subscriber a
Judge of Oneida Common Pleas
over
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[on left]
the said Mary being unable
on account of bodily
infirmity to appear in
open Court
taken & subscribed this
first day of August
1839

Israel Stoddard
Judge of County
Common pleas

[on right]
Pension Certificate
of the said Eber Rice
who was entitled to
Pension from 4th Sept
to 13th day of November
1837 the day of his
death
Mary Rice


State of New York
Oneida County
Amos Woodworth & Seth Rozie
of Florence in said County being duly
sworn, make oath and say, that they were well
acquainted with Eber Rice late of said town who was
a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and is
the same person named in the annexed certificate
and papers. That the said Eber Rice died at
Florence the 12th day of November 1837 and
left as his widow Mary Rice above named
who still survives him
Amos Woodworth
Seth Rice

sworn & subscribed before
me the day & year aforesaid
I certify the said witnesses are
men of credibility, truth and
veracity
Israel Stoddard
Judge of Oneida Common pleas
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I, Israel Stoddard Judge of Oneida
Common Pleas, do hereby certify that it was this day
Satisfactorily proved before me by credible witnesses
that Eber Rice late of Florence in said County
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
died at his residence in Florence, on the 13th day of
November 1837, and left as his widow who still
Survives him Mary Rice the person named
in the annexed papers-
Witness my hand this first day
August of 1837.
Israel Stoddard

State of New York
County of Oneida
I, James Dean Clerk of the County
Courts of the County and State aforesaid
certify that Israel Stoddard Esquire, Judge of the
said Court, duly commissioned and qualified on the first
day of August 1839. and further that I am well acquainted 
with the hand writing of the said Judge, and verily
believe the several signatures purporting to be his subscribed
to the foregoing affidavits, and proof, are genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of
the said County
August 14th 1839.
James Dean Clerk
by James Edgar Dep. Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832, Eber Rice of the
State of New York
who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Twenty Seven dollars and
ten cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on
the 4th March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and
4thof September in every year.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States,
this 17th day of
May one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned.
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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I Obadiah Noble of Timmouth in the County of
Rutland and State of Vermont being Sixty one years of
age testify and say that my father was since I remember
until about the year 1802 acted as a Justice of the
peace and as such was in the habit of solemnizing
marriages he died some ten years since I find among
his papers a record purporting to be a record of Marriage
which is in his hand writing it is headed Record of
Marriages, the first date is 24 Nov. 1778 and the
last 9 Sept. 1802 and on this list of Maria I find
2 April 1788 Eber Rice & Mary Alcott I further say that
I have a perfect recollection of my fathers
going to attend the wedding of Mr Rice- that very soon 
after Mr Rice and his wife came to reside in our
neighborhood they were our nearest neighbors for a
number of years I was well acquainted with Mr Rice
and his wife as long as they lived in this town which I
should then she was then twenty & thirty years & that they
lived together as man & wife I further say that my father
name was Obadiah Noble and further say not
Obadiah Noble

State of Vermont
Rutland County
On 29 Jany 1839 personally came Obadiah Noble
and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him
sworn is made agreeable to truth
before me
Noah W. Sawyer Justice Peace

I certify the above named person is a credible witness
& of truth & veracity
Noah W. Sawyer Justice peace
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State of Vermont
Rutland County 
I Robert Pierpont  Clerk of the
County Court for the County
of Rutland certify that 
Noah W Sawyer is a Justice
of the peace for said County
and that I believe his signature
to the within certificate are
genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of said
Court at Rutland this 30th day of
January A.D. 1839
R Pierpont
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I Levi Rice of Timmouth in the County of Rutland and
State of Vermont forty-two years of age certify and say that Eber Rice
formerly of this town and late of Florence in the County of Oneida
& State of New York was my uncle when he find in this then he
was [illegible] of my home I have since I can
remember been acquainted with him & his family I have
ever understood that his wife was Mary Alcott before she
was married they always lived together as man & wife ever 
[illegible] untill his death they had eight children
namely Phares, Josiah, Seth, Harry, & Stephen, Mary, [illegible]
& Matilda they left this town about twenty five years since
I have been at their house [illegible]
the last time I was there was five years [illegible]
I then saw Mr Rice & his wife & three of their children & was informed
that this were all living but Harry
and further say not
Levi Rice
State of Vermont
Rutland Co
Tinmonth June 29th 1877 there personally
came and made solemn oath that the
above deposition by him subscribed
is [illegible] agreeable to truth
Noah W. Sawyer Justice Peace

I certify the above named witness
is a credible person of truth & veracity
Noah W. Sawyer Justice Peace
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
April 15, 1926

Mrs. Helen R. Clason
Lock Box 161
Midland, Mich

Madam;
I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W. 22085, it appears
that Eber Rice was born October 10, 1755 at
New Marlboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
While residing at Tinmouth, Vermont, he
enlisted July 3, 1776 and served thirty days as a
private in Captain Ebenezer Allen's Company of
Vermont Rangers; and from in October 1776, he
served three weeks in Captain John Spafford's
Company, Colonel Timothy Bronson's Vermont Regiment.
He enlisted May 1, 1778 and served in Captain
Thomas Sawyer's Company of Vermont Rangers, under
Major Benjamin Whitcomb, and served until November
30, 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-

service Oked by Miss Wilson
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executed February 23, 1833, while a resident of Florence,
Oneida County, New York. He died there November 13,
1837.
Soldier married April 2 or 3, 1788 at Tinmouth,
Vermont, Mary Alcott. She was allowed pension on
her application executed August 1, 1839, while a resident
of Florence, New York, aged seventy-four years.
Their children were Phares, Josiah, Seth,
Nancy, Stephen, Mary, Sabina, and Matilda.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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I Obadiah Noble of Timmouth in the County of
Rutland and State of Vermont being Sixty one years of
age testify and say that my father was since I remember
until about the year 1802 acted as a Justice of the
peace and as such was in the habit of solemnizing
marriages he died some ten years since I find among
his papers a record purporting to be a record of Marriage
which is in his hand writing it is headed Record of
Marriages, the first date is 24 Nov. 1778 and the
last 9 Sept. 1802 and on this list of Maria I find
2 April 1788 Eber Rice & Mary Alcott I further say that
I have a perfect recollection of my fathers
going to attend the wedding of Mr Rice- that very soon
after Mr Rice and his wife came to reside in our
neighborhood they were our nearest neighbors for a
number of years I was well acquainted with Mr Rice
and his wife as long as they lived in this town which I
should then she was then twenty & thirty years & that they
lived together as man & wife I further say that my father
name was Obadiah Noble and further say not
Obadiah Noble
Sworn before me
Noah W Sawyer Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted
with the above named Obadiah Noble and that he is

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 Noah W. Sawyer
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
County this fifteenth day of December Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundred and forty three
F.W. Hopkins
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I Obadiah Noble of Timmouth in the County of
Rutland and State of Vermont being Sixty one years of
age testify and say that my father was since I remember
until about the year 1802 acted as a Justice of the
peace and as such was in the habit of solemnizing
marriages he died some ten years since I find among
his papers a record purporting to be a record of Marriage
which is in his hand writing it is headed Record of
Marriages, the first date is 24 Nov. 1778 and the
last 9 Sept. 1802 and on this list of Maria I find
2 April 1788 Eber Rice & Mary Alcott I further say that
I have a perfect recollection of my fathers
going to attend the wedding of Mr Rice- that very soon
after Mr Rice and his wife came to reside in our
neighborhood they were our nearest neighbors for a
number of years I was well acquainted with Mr Rice
and his wife as long as they lived in this town which I
should then she was then twenty & thirty years & that they
lived together as man & wife I further say that my father
name was Obadiah Noble and further say not
Obadiah Noble
Sworn before me
Noah W Sawyer Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted
with the above named Obadiah Noble and that he is a
man of credibility, truth, and veracity.
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State of New York
Oneida County ss. I Mary Rice of the town of Florence
in the County of Oneida being of the age of Seventy four
years do testify and say that I was married in the town of
Tinmouth in the State of Vermont on the 3 day of April
1788 to Eber Rice by Obadiah Noble Esqr. which appears
from the family Records in the hand writing of my husband Eber
Rice, and according to my best recollection we were married on
that day we resided in Timmouth about 26 years and then moved
into the town of Florence where we resided together as husband
and wife until the 13 day of November 1837 which is the
day of the death of my husband Eber Rice he was of the
age of Eighty two years one month and three days on the day of
his death, and at the time of his death he drew a pension
of twenty seven dollars and ten cents per annum as appears
from a certificate of my husband now in my possession he drew
under the act of the United States, passed June 7th 1832
Mary Rice

Oneida ss
On this seventeenth day of May
1839 Personally appeared before me Mary
Rice Signer of the above affidavit and
a person with whom I am well acquainted
and know her to be a person of good moral
character and made solemn oath to the facts
contained in the above said affidavit
Israel Stoddard
Judge of Oneida
Common pleas

The above signature of Israel Stoddard is genuine, and
he was, at the time, Judge as is stated
Jan 8 1844
Saml Beardsley
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[left column]
1926. Apr. 15. Hist to Mrs. Helen
R. Clason AWL

[right side]
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22.085
Mary Rice
Widow of
Eber Rice Kin
Pri Rev War

Act March 3 43
Index: Vol M  Page 165

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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8060
New York

Mary Rice
widow of Eber Rice
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 13th Nov. 1837
of Oneida in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Sawyer of the
Reg commanded by Major Whitcomb on
the Mass line for 8 mos 6 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of
27 Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st
day of Feby 1844 and sent to 
Hon. S BeardsleyBeardsley
Ho of R
Total Amount,
$136.65
Act July 7 1838
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk
Book D Vol. A Page 179

[on left side]
Reported
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
[sideways]
Jan 10 1844 NY
Mary Rice
Hon. S Beardsley
H.R.
Page 30

Washington Jany 9 '44,
Sir,
I enclose papers in the case of
Mary Rice which application I
and told was before you some
2 to 4 years ago & sent to Mr
Johnson at that time for further
proof which is now furnished
I am
Sam Beardsley

26.66
66
27.33

J. L. Edwards
Page 31

In the matter of
Mary Rice
applicant under
act 1858
Ben P Johnson
agent Rome
NY.



Hon S Beardsley
HR

[right side]
Mary Rice
Page 32

Nov. 27. 1839
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com Pensions
Washington
Page 33

Rome N.Y. Nov 23 1839
Hon J L Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I send you
the affts. of Obadiah Noble and Levi Rice
corrected as desired. That they will be
sufficient to secure a pension for
Mrs Mary Rice - as per your letter of
of
28th Oct 1837
I am very Respectfully
Your obt Srvt
Benj Johnson
-
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New York
Mary Rice
Married 3 Apr 1788
Husband died 13 Nov 1847
let to B.P. Johnson 28 Oct 1839
let to same 24 Dec. 1839

Act July 1838
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Rome Oneida Co.
August 24 1837
Hon J.L. Edward
Sir,
Enclosed I enclose
you the papers of Mrs Mary Rice
an applicant under an act of July 1838
I believe the proof is such as to bring
the case within the provisions of the act
Returns are most respecting
requested to the subscriber
I am very respectfully
Your most obt svt
Benj P. Johnson
Page 36

Mary Rice
Certif Service
Vermont
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier Nov. 27. 1843
I hereby certify that there is on file in this
office a paper purporting to be a Pay Roll of Capt John Spafford's
Company in Col. Eben Allen's Regiment of Militia in the State of
Vermont for service done in an also commencing the 10th day and ending
the 11th day of June 1781 both days included. On which Roll in the
list of privates is the name of Heber Rice, with an allowance for two
days service
Also, a paper purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt.
Ebenezer Allen's Company in Capt. Gideon Bronson's Detachment raised
for the immediate defence of the frontiers of this State in the year 1776
by order of Convention"; On which Roll in the list of privates is
the name of Eber Rice, with an allowance for 30 days service, 
commencing July 3rd and ending July 29th which entry of the time of the 
commencement of the service should probably have been the 29th like that of others
on the Roll
Also a paper purporting to be ""A Pay Roll of Capt.
Thomas Sawyer's Company of Provincial troops from the dates of their several
enlistment until discharged, commencing May 1st and ending Nov. 30. 1778.
on which Roll, in the list of privates, is the name of Eber Rice
with an allowance for seven months and four days service
All said Pay Rolls appear to have been duly authenticated
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix
the seal of this office this 27th day of November
A.D. 1843.
Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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5403
In the matter of
Mary Rice
under act
1843

P. P. Johnson
agent
$27.33 per an Rome NY

NY
Mar 3d 1843
Mary Rice
Hon O Robinson
HR
Page 39

State of New York
Oneida County
On this 29th day of
February- 1846 before me personally appeared
before the subscriber Mary Rice a resident
of said County aged 77 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 3 March 1843 granting pensions
to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Eber Rice who was a
Revolutionary soldier & pensioner that the received
a pension under the act of July 7th 1838 of $27.33
cents per annum
she further declares that the still remains
widowed
Mary Rice -

Sworn to subscribed before me on the day and
year above written
Simon Davis
Justice of the Peace

State of New York-
Clerks Office
Oneida County 
I Delos Dewolf, Clerk of the
County of Oneida do hereby certify, that Simon
Davis Esquire was on the 29th day of February
1844 a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said
County duly elected and qualified to act as such
and that the signature above written, purporting
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to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the 
said Justice

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my Official seal and
subscribed my name this 19th day of
March 1844
Delos Dewolf Clerk
James Edgar Dept Clk
Page 41

Payments to be made
at the City of Washington
by the Prest of the Dr Bank US
Agent for paying Pension
or, in the Agency of NY

This certificate cancelled and a correct
one issued and made
payable at Utica N.Y
10 Augt 1833

Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book  Vol.
Page by
George Taylor Clerk.
Page 42

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, Eber Rice
of the State of New York
who was a private in the Army of the
Revolution
is entitled to receive Twenty seven - dollars and
ten cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the
March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 17th day of
May one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and
Countersigned. JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 43

Albany
Eber Rice act June 7, 1832 to what time paid
---
Pof 4 Sep 1837
AH
Page 44

[illegible]
[illegible]
free
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office Washington City
D.C.
Page 45

[illegible]
[illegible]
free
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office Washington City
D.C.

[sideways]
[illegible] a receipt  for he proceeds after taking
out charges  I.S.
Page 46

Camden Oneida Co N.Y.
$27.10
Sir, 
Eben Rice's Certificate being
made payable at the U.S. Br Bank
in the City of Washington, I have taken the
liberty to enclose his declaration & power of
attorney to you that you might present the same
at the Bank & send me a draft
on the United States Branch Bank at
Utica Oneida Co N.Y. I presume it was a
mistake in the first instance, making it payable 
at Washington City-- I request that all
the following named pensioners may be transferred 
to U.S. Br. Bank at Utica so that they
can draw these in September next (viz)
Henry Williams Abner Comstock Davis Orton
Elijah Blake of Williamstown Oswego Co N.Y. and
Azariah Orton & Eber Rice of Florence Oneida
60 N. York-- this is a special request of the
above named persons. I hope you will do Mr
Rice the favor to present the enclosed & send me a
Draft for him on U.S.B. Bank at Utica as soon as may
be
Yours respectfully
Jas Southworth

J. L Edwards
Page 47

Midland Michigan
Feb. 25th 1926.
Bureau of Pensions
acting commissioner
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-

Have you any Revolutionary
service record for Eber Rice born
Oct. 10-1755 Married Mary 
died Nov. 13th 1837. do not know his
place of residence. I thought possibly
your records might show it. He is
listed in Vermont Revolutionary Polls.

also wish to know of any record
of George A. Taylor born in 1757
Married Hannah Matheson, Have a
deed made out at Foster R.I. Providence
Co. in 1782 for land in Plainfield
Conn. He lived later in Rutland
Town Vermont and died in Volney
Township N.Y. where he is buried.

This is all the data I have but will be
glad to hear of you find any record
of these names
yours truly
Mrs. Helen. R. Clason
PB.161
Midland Mich,

[sideways in left margin]
Eber Rice appeared on Rev Pay rolls
dated Arlington Vt. Dec 28 1778