Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16455, for David Lumbard, Vermont
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Vt.
Lumbard, David

NUMBER
S. 16455

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The Envelope Includes:
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[verso]
Vermont 17.517
David Lumbard at Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain woods of the Reg't commanded by Col. Herrick in the Vermont 1st troop ['line' crossed out] 20 mos 24 ds
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 69 Dollars 63 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of Aug't    1833 and sent to C. Coolidge Windsor
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Arrears to the 4th of Mch '33  139.26
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sept. '33 34.81
$174.07
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J M Cuffield Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 74

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Order to pay 22 Oct 1838. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 24. Feb. 1839.
Agt notified 3. Jany 1840
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No. 7565


David Lumbard
(Children of)
pens Vt Roll
Act of June 1832,
$32.62
____________
23/24 Dec 1839


Reg uno 3957 dated 24 Dec 1839
Sent to Treasury 26 Dec 1839


Stamped:
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
Du the U States. To the child'n of David Lumbard, dec'd, penr, Vermont roll, Act 7 June, 1832, For his pension from 4 Sept. 1838, to 26. Feby, 1839., the day of his death, 171 days. at $69.63 per annum, per vouched filed herewith - $32.62
Treas'y Dept
Second Comptrollers Office 3d Aud: Office
Examined by J L Cathcart 23d Decr 1839.
24th Dec'r 1839 Stated by [illegible]
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} Be it known that before me Thomas F. Hammond, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Asaph Lumbard and Nahum Lumbard, and made oath in due form of law, that they are children of David Lumbard, the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, of which, the following is a true copy.
"War Department. Revolutionary Claim. I certify, that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Lumbard of the state of Vermont, who was a Private during the War of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Sixty nine Dollars and sixty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year. - Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Lew Cass, Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned. Geo Wm. Crump, Acting Commissioner of Pensions."
that the deceased pensioner resided in Windsor in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, for the space of sixty four years before his death, and that previous thereto he resided in Massachusetts
/s/Asaph Lumbard
/s/Nahum Lombard
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of December, 1839. Before me. 
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
Know all men by these presents, that we, Asaph Lumbard of Windsor, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, and Nahum Lumbard of Weathersfield in the same county of Windsor, children of David Lumbard, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Homer H. Hammond of Reading in said county, our true and lawful attorney, for us and in our names, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Montpelier, state of Vermont, the balance of said pension from the 4th of September, 1838, to the twenty first day of February, 1839, being the day of his death. Witness our hands and seals this fifth day of December, 1839. 
/s/Asaph Lumbard
/s/Nahum Lombard
Sealed and delivered in presence of 
U. H. Hammond
A. H. Hammond
State of Vermont.
Windsor County, ss.} Be it known that on the 5th day of December, 1839, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared the above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney, to be their act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. 
/s/Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace. 
State of Vermont,
Windsor County, ss.} Be it known, that on the 12th day of December, 1839. before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared, Homer H. Hammond, the attorney named in the foregoing powers of attorney, and made oath, that the same were not given to him by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him. 
/s/Homer H. Hammond
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year last above mentioned, before me. 
/s/Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont,
District of Windsor, ss.} I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the district of Windsor, aforesaid, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court, that David Lumbard was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of sixty nine Dollars and sixty three cents per annum; was a resident the County of Windsor in the state of Vermont, and died at Windsor in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, on the twenty first day of February: that he left no Widow; but that he left six children, who are all of lawful age, and whose  names are David Lumbard, Jesse Lumbard, Harvey Lumbard, Hollis Lumbard, Asaph Lumbard, and Nahum Lumbard. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Windsor in said District this fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. 
/s/Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court. 
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State of Ohio,
Madison County, ss.} Be it known, that before me John Smith a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared David Lumbard, Jesse Lumbard, and Harvey Lumbard, and made oath in due form of Law, that they are children of David Lumbard, the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension and issued, of which the following is a true copy:
"War Department. Revolutionary Claim. I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Lumbard of the State of Vermont, who was a private during the war of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Sixty nine Dollars and sixty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. 
Lew Cass, Secretary of War.
"Examined and countersigned, Geo. Wm. Crump, acting Commissioner of Pensions."
that the deceased pensioner resided in Windsor in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, for the space of sixty four years before his death, and that previous thereto he resided in Massachusetts. 
/s/David Lumbard
/s/Jesse Lumbard
/s/Harvey Lumbard
Sworn and subscribed this [blank] day of [blank, 1839. before me. 
/s/John Smith Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these presents that we, David Lumbard, Jesse Lumbard, and Harvey Lumbard, of West Canaan, in the county of Madison and state of Ohio, children of David Lumbard, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Homer H. Hammond, our true and lawful Attorney, for us and in our names to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Bellows Falls, state of Vermont, the balance of said pension from the 4th day of September, 1838, to the twenty first day of February, 1839; being the day of his death.
/s/David Lumbard
/s/Jesse Lumbard
/s/Harvey Lumbard
[seals affixed] Witness our hands and seals this [blank] day of [blank] 1839. 
Sealed and delivered in presence of 
/s/James Smith
/s/Richard Smith
State of Ohio
Madison County, ss.} Be it known that on the 16 day of November 1839, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared the above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be their act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. 
/s/John Smith Justice of the Peace.
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The State of Ohio
Madison County} SS
I James F. Truman Clerk pro tempore of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Smith a Justice of the Peace before whom the the written acknowledgement was taken was at the time of signing the same a duly commissioned, and acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and that his signature is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas hereto at Loudon this 20th day of November AD 1839 - 
Attest /s/J. F. Truman Clerk
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State of New York
Ontario County, ss.} Be it known that before me John Coon a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Hollis Lumbard and made oath in due form of law, that he is a son of David Lumbard, the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, of which the following is a true copy.
"War  Department. Revolutionary Claim. I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Lumbard of the State of Vermont, who was a Private during the war of the Revolution, is entitled to receive sixty nine Dollars and sixty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. 
Lew Cass, Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. Geo. Wm. Crump, Acting Commissioner of Pensions."
that the deceased pensioner resided in Windsor, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont for the  space of Sixty four years before his death, and that previous thereto he resided in Massachusetts.
/s/Hollis Lumbard
Sworn and subscribed this 12 day of May 1839. before me. 
/s/John Coon Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these presents, that I Hollis Lumbard of the town of Phelps ['Spring Port' crossed out] in the county of Ontario ['county' crossed out] and state of New York, a son of David Lumbar, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Homer H. Hammond, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Bellows Falls state of Vermont, the balance of said pension from the 4th day of September, 1838, to the twenty first day of February, 1839, being the day of his death. 
/s/Hollis Lumbard
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand and seal this 12th day of May 1839. Sealed and delivered in presence of 
/s/[illegible] Day
/s/John Coon
State of New York,
Ontario County ss.} Be it known, that on the 12th day of May 1839. before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
/s/John Coon Justice of the Peace.
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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[stamped] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO [/stamped]

State of New York  }
Ontario County       }  ss  I Thomas Hall Clerk do hereby Certify that John Coon Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within Affidavits and also to the within acknowledgement was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected & qualified and authorized to take the same - And that his signatures within [written] are genuine.
In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of said County this 13th Augt 1839 at Canandaigua
Thomas Hall Clerk
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16.487
David Lumbard
Windsor C Vermt
.
Admitted
20 mos 27 days
Private
C. Coolidge Esq.
Windsor
Vt
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16.487
David Lumbard
Windsor C Vermt
.
Admitted
20 mos 27 days
Private
C. Coolidge Esq.
Windsor
Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
May 31. 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. 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, shewing the Service of David Lumbard
[column 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.|]
July 1777*|([blank]|[blank]|[blank])|[blank]|Capt Ward|Col'o Herrick|[blank]|[blank]|75 years Windsor Verm't|By living Witnesses|
April 1780|([blank]|9|[blank])|Capt Sawyer-Capt Safford|Col'o Allen|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
April 1781*|([blank]|[blank]|[blank])|Capt Benjamin|[blank]|[blank]|Hebron or Bethel|[blank]|[blank]|
[end of columns]
*Five or Six Months
*over Eight Months
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 et 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, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 the 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 rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most 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 claimant 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____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 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 militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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 place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, 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 the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable 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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Declaration of David Lumbard
State of Vermont
County of Windsor} ss. District of Windsor, ss. 
On this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared, before the Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, now sitting, David Lumbard, a resident of Windsor in the County (and District) of Windsor aforesaid, aged seventy five 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 7th 1832; that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated viz;
That in the month of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he resided, and has ever since resided, at Windsor in the state of Vermont; On some day in the  month, but which day is unable to recollect with any confidence, tho' he knows it not from from seven or eight days after "the Ti" was given up to the British, he went, in company with some others of the standing militia into the company of Capt. Ebenezer Woods in the Regiment commanded by Col. Herrick; the Major was Benjamin Wait; there may have been, in an other part of the state a Lieut. Colonel, but he never knew any such officer, and he thinks there was  none. He cannot recollect so as to declare with certainty who the company officers were. As to the term for which he enlisted this year he is
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unable to say whether it was for five or six months "they all expected to serve out the campaign longer or shorter" Pawlet was the head quarters of the Regiment a considerable part of which was generally there. 
The declarant's duty was that of guard and going upon scouts about the Lake (Champlain) and elsewhere, as ordered. There was here no engagement with the enemy. A very few days before Gen. Burgoyne surrendered, orders came from Gen. Gates, as their staid, to said Herrick's regiment to march to Saratoga, on which the regiment, leaving some sick and some to guard, went off and lay the first night at Fort Anne - the next day they passed Fort Edward and reached a place, the name of which he does not remember, not a great ways from the enemy - Next morning, they crossed the river and moved on nearer to the enemy - here they were stretched out as far as the men could reach in the woods, to stop straggling Indians or tories. This was the day before Burgoyne surrendered - Next morning (the day he gave up) his regiment marched down to the ground that the Hessians had encamped on, and there distinctly saw the British march over the river, after which his regiment crossed the river and drew their rations, and then set out on their return to, and arrive at, Pawlet. Some days after their return, volunteers from the regiment were called for to go out to the Lake about "The Ti" and Crown Point which it was supposed the enemy would soon leave - About sixty volunteers; of whom he was one, went on under Major Wait and Capt. Woods - the party reached Mt. Independence the third night, and found the enemy had left the post - the buildings burned - cannon spiked &c. but one person (a sailer) was found there - From this time the party was employed in searching for provisions and property, and loaded some boats but before they got away, the Lake froze up - at last, news came that the men at Pawlet, and all the regiment, were dismissed
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which was not far from the first day of January 1778. and he returned home, having been in service a little over five months.
The said David Lumbard further declares that in April 1780, but the precise day he does not remember, he went from Windsor, with some others, over the mountain to Pittsford and there enlisted, for nine months, the term that the rest enlisted for, into Capt. ... Sawyer's company in the regiment of Col. Ebenezer Allen, Vermont Troops - The Major was Whitcomb - he is unable to state who the other officers of the company were - He here (at Pittsford ['Pawlet' crossed out]) remained on duty until August, when he obtained a furlough for four or five days to come home after some clothes, after which he returned by the way of Bethel at which place, at the fort there. Safford's company was stationed; he arrived at Pittsford and was immediately transfered to said Safford's company and joined it at Bethel the day on which most of said company left the fort in pursuit of the Indians who burned Royalton - here he remained on duty, until the twenty ninth day of November when at Bethel aforesaid, he was dismissed after having served eight months within a day or two, as he recollects;
The said David Lumbard further declares, that sometime in the month of April 1781, he went from Windsor to Bethel aforesaid, and there immediately enlisted for nine months into Capt John Benjamin's Company of Vermont troops. There was no Regiment as he understood it, but only a company to keep the fort at Bethel; - Here he remained on duty until, he with the rest of the company was discharged at that place, in December. Lieut. Hall and Ensign ... Church were the other company officers. From the time he enlisted until he was discharged, he was in service a little over eight months. He has no documentary evidence. He never received any written discharge from any of his engagements.
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He was born, at Belchertown Massachusetts October twenty ninth one thousand seven hundred and fifty six; he has no family record - nor does he know of any public record of his age. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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. 
/s/X his Mark David Lumbard
Witness, /s/Reuben Washburn. - 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. - 
/s/Jabez Proctor Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
/s/Jabez Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of David Lumbard for a Pension. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and thirty two.
/s/Reuben Washburn. -
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Reading Vt 12 Decr 39
Thos H Hammond 
Recd 18 Ansd
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Second Comptroller's Office, Dec. 24th, 1839. 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child'n of David Lumbard, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Sixty nine Dollars and sixty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7" June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838. to the 21st Feb'y 1839. the day of his death. 
Respectfully, yours,
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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[handwritten letter]
Windsor Vt. June 18. 1833

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions

Sir - I again send the papers in the case of David Lumbard, and hope they will be found correct - 
I am, respectfully Yr. Ob't St.
/s/Carlos Coolidge
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[addressed envelope]
B Falls Vt.
Oct-12 Free Free
[margin note: Oct 16 Mr. Evans]
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
Washington DC.
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Agency, Bank of B, Falls.
Oct 12. 1838

Sir.
I enclose David Lumbards vouchers for his pension for one year.
Yr. Obt Servant
/s/Naths Fullerton, Pen Agt by William Henry Clk
J L Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions.
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Jerham Sawin, of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of
Vermont, aged Seventy years, depose and say that in the month
of February 1780, at Westminster in the County of Windham and
State of Vermont, where I then resided, I enlisted for Nine months
into the Company of Capt. Safford, in the Regt of Col. Allen
Vermont troops, and about the first of April after marched over the
Mountain to Pittsford V. Here the remained-on duty until a short
time before the burning of Royalton (v.) by the Indians, in October,
same year, when said Safford's Company was moved to Bethel, a town
adjoining Royalton, and there erected a small forte I remained
until my company was discharged, which was not far from the first
day of December (1780);
I further depose and say that sometime after I arrived at
Pittsford, as above stated, I found, and became acquainted with, David
Lumbard, who was on duty in one of the companies there. Without
being able to speak certainly to the company in which he was I am very
confident it was Sawyers said David Lumbard remained on duty at
Pittsford aforesaid, until my company marched to Bethel, as aforesaid
After we had been at Bethel a short time, said Lumbard came there
and entered our company (Safford's) and continued in said company
until we were discharged, as above mentioned. Said Lumbard in
reside in said Windsor, and is now present before me
Witness-- Carlos Coolidge
Jerham Sawin's
by request of deponent who acted
that he was become unable to write ┃
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State of Vermont County of Windsor
At Windsor in said County, on the 24th day of August 1832, personally appeared the above named Jeroham Lamiu, who is well known by me to be a respectable and credible person, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me, Carlos Coolidge, Justice of the Peace
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I, Rufus Root, of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged sixty nine years, depose and say - that at Windsor aforesaid, about the middle of the month of July 1777, but on what day I cannot with certainty recollect, I enlisted, for six months service, into the company of Capt. Ebenezer Woods in the Regiment of Rangers, raised by the State of Vermont, under the command of Col. ... Herrick  - Of said Reg't Benjamin Wait was the Major. A Mr. Smalley was the Lieut. of said Wood's company. At the time I enlisted as aforesaid, David Lumbard resided in Windsor - was there, and ever since has been well known to me - After my enlistment I went with a party of our company under Ensign Jesse Safford, from Windsor, by Charlestown New hampshire through Rockingham and Peru to Manchester, Vermont. I stopped at Manchester a few days and thence we marched to Pawlet, Vermont. Soon after we became stationed at Pawlet, which was in the forepart of August as I now think, the rest of our company under Capt. Woods came on to Pawlet and joined. Among those who came on under said Woods was the above named David Lumbard, whom I there saw in service for the first time that campaign, although I am unable to stat whether he ha, or had not enlisted before that - Our company remained at said Pawlet, on guard and, occasionally, scout duty about the Lake (Champlain) until about two days before the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, when the Regiment to which we belonged except the sick and a guard, marched off from Pawlet to Saratoga - I did not go, being sick at that time of measles. Said David Lumbard went off with the Reg't was gone a few days and then returned to Pawlet. Here we remained until Major Wait called for volunteers to go up into the neighborhood of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Said David Lumbard volunteered to be of the party and went. After said Wait and his party
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went off, and as it seems to me not far from the middle of December, the men of Pawlet, of whom I was one, were discharged and I returned home, and about the first of January 1778 said Lumbard came home to Windsor;
I further depose and say - that sometime in February 1780, at Windsor aforesaid, I enlisted for Nine months, into the Company of Capt. Safford in the Regiment of Col. Ebenezer Allen, Vermont troops, and very nearly the first day of April, said company marched from Windsor to Rutland Vt. where we stayed a few days - thence marched to Pittsford Vt. About the time we arrived at Pittsford, said David Lumbard came to that place and immediately enlisted into, and joined, the company of Capt. ... Sawyer in the same Reg't This was about the middle of April. Said Lumbard continued to perform duty in said Sawyer's Company while I was at Pittsford. About the first day of August, Capt. Safford's company was ordered across the mountain, to Royalton Vt. and thence to Bethel Vt. where we built a fort and therein quartered. On the day of the burning of Royalton, our company went in pursuit of the enemy. On our return to the fort, we found there the said Lumbard, who had been as I understood, transfered from said Sawyers company to our company (Saffords) From this time he continued to "do duty in our company" until he, with the rest of the company including myself, was discharged at the fort in Bethel aforesaid, very nearly the middle of December. I cannot precisely state how long  he served; but being quite confident that the entered service near the middle of April, [of April.] I have always considered that "he was out just about eight months"
I further depose and say, that in the summer of 1781, I lived at home in Windsor; and that season, my brother Abel Root, was at Bethel
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aforesaid, at the fort there, under Capt. John Benjamin, I went there a number of times that summer and fall, to see my brother and "carry him things" and there saw said David Lumbard on duty in said Company. I do not know where he enlisted nor when he was discharged; but if he enlisted when my brother did and was also discharged with him, then said Lumbard served nine months - that being my brothers term of service as I have always believed, and still believe, although some have lately said that campaign was eight, and others that it was nine, months
/s/Rufus Root
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss. } At Windsor in said county, on the 24th day of August 1832, personally appeared the above-named Rufus Root, who has been long known by me to be a respectable and credible person, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. 
Before me - /s/Carlos Coolidge Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock County Clerks Office October 3, 1832 - 
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby certify that Carlos Coolidge is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that his name affixed to the within two affidavits, are his Signatures - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I hereto affix the Seal of said Court and subscribe his name the day & year above - 
Benj'a Swan
10487
David Lumbard
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} At Windsor in said County, on the Fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three,
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Windsor, David Lumbard, of Windsor in said County, who, being duly ['dep' crossed out] sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades}
For five months, I served as a private, in the company of Capt. Ebenezer Woods; in the Regiment  (called the "Rangers") of Col. -- Herrick, in the year 1777 - For seven months and twenty six days, I served as a private, in the Company of Capt. -- Sawyer, in the Reg't of Col. Ebenezer Allen, in the year 1780 - For eight months and seven days, I served as a private, in the Company of Capt. John Benjamin [company] which was not attached to any Regiment, in the year 1781 - 
That all the services above mentioned were principally in garrison duty, a part being scout, or ranger's duty, and that during said periods
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of service, he was not employed in any civil pursuit - 
/s/X his mark David Lumbard
Carlos Coolidge - witness to the affixing declarant's mark}
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year above written 
Before me, /s/Carlos Coolidge Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} Woodstock - County Clerk's Office June 17th 1833
I, Benjamin Swan, Clerk of Windsor County Court, do hereby certify that Carlos Coolidge is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that his name affixed above to the foregoing affidavit is his genuine signature;
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I hereto affix the seal of said court and subscribe my name, the day and year last above written - 
/s/Benj'a Swan
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[verso]
Payments to be made at Burlington by the Presd't U. S. Br. Bk Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Vermont
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 3 Page 74 by JM Cuffield Clerk. 

[recto]
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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[margin note: 3 Sep 38]
WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Lumbard of the State of Vermont who was a private during the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Sixty nine dollars and Sixty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year. 
[official seal affixed] GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 24. day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
/s/Lew Cass Secretary of War. 
Examined and Countersigned.} 
/s/Geo. Wm. Crump
actg Commissioner of Pensions. 
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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16455
INVALID.
File No. 16.455

David Lumbard
Pri.  Rev War

Act:  June 7TH  39
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Index: -- Vol. A, Page 23
[Arrangement of 1870.]