Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20257, for Jesse Mix, Connecticut
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SERVICE    Conn.
Mix, Jesse
Polly
NUMBER    W. 20257
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Rep’d  
Mary Mix Dec 4 1852 
7687. 
Albany, N. York 
Polly Mix widow of Jesse Mix Con who was a Private in the Revolution 
Husband died 8th May 1842 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of April 1846 and sent to J. P. Butler Moriah, Essex County, N. York 
[Acts of March 3, 1843. & June 17, 1844] 
Recorded in Book A.  Vol 2 Page 80
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3686. 
Vermont Roll 
Jesse Mix 
Swift’s Rt [regiment]
private Connecticut Line 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 
Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 27th of March 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of Oct. 1818 and sent to Geo. Rich Esqr Clk Co. Court Montpelier Vermont 
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818   42.35 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819   48.00 
Arrears 5 5/31 4/30      $90.35 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
3 years 1781  
CoC Swift
Continued
Westfield, Washington Co Vt.
Notification sent January 15th 1821 to hon S. C. Crafts H. of Reps U States
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3686. 
Vermont Roll 
Jesse Mix 
Swift’s Rt [regiment]
private Connecticut Line 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 
Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 27th of March 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of Oct. 1818 and sent to Geo. Rich Esqr Clk Co. Court Montpelier Vermont 
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818   42.35 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819   48.00 
Arrears 5 5/31 4/30      $90.35 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
3 years 1781  
CoC Swift
Continued
Westfield, Washington Co Vt.
Notification sent January 15th 1821 to hon S. C. Crafts H. of Reps U States
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Polly Mix
(affidavits)
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Page 156. 
Marriages 
Jan 7th 1790 Mr. Asahel Flint Married to Miss Betsey King. 
April 14th 1791, Peter Dolbe Married to  Elizabeth Nichols 
June 23d 1991 Esias Butts Married to  Betsey Lamb 
Aug. 3d 1791 Ichabod Dyer Jr Married to Pheba Nichols 
Sept. 13th 1792 Rufus Kinney Married to  Lidia Convers 
April 18th 1792 Ens. Samuel Waite Married to  Luseny Partridge 
May 31st 1792 Joseph Storrey Married to  Annies Parmelie 
July 26th 1792 Enoch Cleveland Married to Lidia Kinney 
Decr 6th 1792 Asahel Wakefield Married to Sally Byam 
May 1st 1793 Soloman Holman Married to Sally Mann 
January 4th 1796 Thomas Huntington Married to Mitte Huntington 
July 6th 1792 Zion Copeland Married to Polly Harwood 
Decr 19th 1793. Isaac Nichols Jr. Married to Hannah White 
Jany 23d 1793 Ebnr White Married to Lucretia Partridge 
Jany 19th 1796 Daniel Waite Married to Sally Kidder 
Novr 23d 1793 Asa Mix Married to Polly Burk 
Sept 4th 1794 Jonathan Ford to Eunice Harde 
the above person were married by Elijah French Esqr deceased as appeared by his records as Justice peace and were take from his minutes and Recorded on this page by 
John French Town Clerk 
Braintree May 1. 1798 
Town Clerks Office Braintree Feb. 12 1846 
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy as appears from the records in my office 
Attest Ammi Nichols Town Clerk 
I Ammi Nichols of Braintree in the County of Orange and State of Vermont depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk within and for said Braintree and that the above is a true Copy of record in the same order it stands on the town book. 
And furthermore say that the date refered to Asa Mix Do to Polly Burk was written in fair legible letters and figures Nov twenty three one thousand seventeen hundred and ninety three.   And further say that I was an inhabitant of the town of said Braintree at the time the aforesaid Asa Mix came here, into said town; that I knew him soon after he came into town heard much said of the marriage of said Mix to the said Polly Burk - that I have kept up a partial acquaintance with both the said Miss & his wife Polly, till a few years before the death of the said Mix - that I was called on to attend and did attend the funeral of John Burk the
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father of the said Polly at Waterfield same two years ago and I am sure that the same Mr Mix was at that time living with the same person that he was said to have been married to in this town of Braintree, Being the same person who before her marriage was called Polly Burk.  I further say that I have no distinct recollection what the given name of the said Mix was as he lived in this town but a short time after his marriage and since then, till his death lived some twenty miles distance from me. And further say that I have no recollection that any other man of the name of his but the man who married the said Polly Burk ever lived in this vicinity and that there has never lived in this town any person by the name of Burk but the family to which the said Polly belonged. And fur that there is no record in this office of the marriage of any other man by the name of Mix to Polly Burk, except as above 
Ammi Nichols 
State of Vermont
Orange County ss } Braintree Feby 14 1846 then personally apeared Ammi Nichols Signer of the above certifficate and affadavit and made oath that the same contains the truth and Nothing but the truth before me 
Avannah Spear Justice Peace 
I Avannah Spear Justice of the peace within and for the County of Orange hereby certify that Ammi Nichols whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit has been the settled minister in the town for about 38 years and town clerk about 30 years and sustains a good moral character for truth and veracity. 
On the ninth line from the bottom of the first page the [unreadable] between the words seven and hundred was erased and the words on the first line (and did attend) was interlined and the word “no”, was on the 8 line of this page before signed
Avannah Spear Just Peace 
I Jacob Spear of Braintree in Orange County and State of Vermont aged 59 years you last depose and say that from early life I recalled Jesse Mix lived at my fathers in this town on the farm whome my Brother Avannah now lives and I think about three years before he married Polly Burke I am verry shure that Jesse Mix was married to Polly Burke the fall of the year before I was Eight years old.  I well recollect the time of their marriage was in the
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Jacob Spear full of the year after than had ben a Snow and it had most gone of and it was muddy.   I was not at the wedding but well remember of seeing Esqr Elizah French pass by our house to attend the wedding and several others also went and some of my fathers folks went. It took placed in a log house on my fathers farm not far from our house.  He lived at my fathers and worked there several times and my father and Mother and others used to call him Jesse or Jess Mix,  Polly Burks fathers name was John Burke and moved into the town but one in two years before his said Marriage and I never know of any other person by the name of Mix in town or Burke but that family and have seen him occasionally up untill within ten or fifteen years.  I well remember of John Burke Speaking of his son Jess, said John Burke had two other children whose name was John & Abner and were twins as I alway understood
Jacob Spear
I Ichabod Dyer of Braintree in Orange County and State of Vermont aged 77 years depose and say about two years after I was married to Phebe Nichols by Elijah French Esqr and I think in the month of November I was present at the wedding of a Mr Mix who maried to Polly Burke daughter of John Burke Esqr Elijah French Married them at a lay house but a little distance from Nathaniel Spears house on the farm where Avannah Spear now lives in Said Braintree.   I dont recollect Mix given name.  I came to live in this town there or four years before I was Married in 1791 and have no recollection of any other person moving in this town by the name of Mix or being any other family by the Name of Burke and said Mix moved and lived in Waiterfield for many years and by report John Burke the said Pollys father died at Mix house that I know of no other person now living that was a witness present at the time now living but my self.   I have seen the said Mix ocasionally since that marriage 
Ichabod Dyer x his mark
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State of Vermont 
Orange County } Braintree Feb 14 the 1846 then personally Jacob Spear and Ichabod Dyer Signers of the within affadavits and Salomy [solemnly] affirmed under the pains and penalties of perjury that the same by them severly [severally] Subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me. 
Avannah Spear Justice Peace 
I Avannah Spear Justice Peace within and for the County of any hereby certify that the said Jacob Spear and Ichabod Dyer one persons of good report for truth and verasity and full credit should be given to their testimony 
Avannah Spear Justice Peace 
I Isaac Nichols of Braintree in Orange County and State of Vermont aged Seventy nine years depose and say that that not a grate ways from the time that I was Married to Hannah White by Elijah French Esqr in December 1793 a man by the name of Mix was married to Polly Burke and I never heard of any other person by the name of Mix marring to Polley Burk but him and 1 never heard of any other Polly Burk in town but her.  Her fathers name was John Burk and I never knew of my family by the name of Burk living in this town but that family and at the time of said marring her father lived in this town I think on Mr Nathaniel Spears farm I believe Mix and wife Polly moved to Waitsfield soon often their Marriage 
Isaac Nichols 
State of Vermont 
Orange County ss}  Braintree Feb 17th 1846 then personally apeared Isaac Nichols Signer of the above affadavit and made oath that the same was the truth and Nothing but the truth before me and I further certify that he is a credible witness and a man of good habits and full credit should be given to his testimony 
Avannah Spear Justice Peace
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I Nathaniel Spear of Braintree in the County and State of Vermont aged 61 years August past depose and say that I lived in Braintree aforesaid from the time & was about 4 or 5 years old untill the present time and when my father moved in to this town we moved into the house with Esqr Elijah French and stayed there until my father built a log house near where my brother Avannah Spear now lives about half a mile from Esqr Frenches & in about 2 or 3 years after this Mr Mix worked for my father occasionally for a year or two.  I dont know that I ever knew his given name but they used to call him Jess.  And John Burk moved into my fathers and soon my father built a house for Burk to live in a little distance from fathers house and I think moved in to it in the Spring.  He had a daughter they called her name Polly and the said Mix and Polly Burke wore married in the same day house where Burks then lived when I was about 8 or 9 years old by Esqr Elijah French I think it was in the full after I was nine years old and the said Mix and wife soon moved to Waitsfield as I understood at the time. I never see her afterward only when she came back on a visit and I have always supposed that Mix was ten or eleven years older than she was I never heard of any other Mix but him about here or any other persons by the name of Burke Except that family to which Polly belonged. 
Nathaniel Spear 
State of Vermont 
Orange County SS. Braintree Feb 14th 1846 
then personally appeared Nathaniel Spear Signer of the above affidavit and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me 
Avannah Spear Justice Peace 
I Avannah Spear Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange hereby certify that he is a man of good report for truth and verasity and full credit should be given to his testimony 
Avannah Spear Justice Peace
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I Joel Nutting of Braintree in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 57 years depose and say that I have been acquainted with Jesse Mix of Waitsfield for upwards of forty years and well remember of having his names called Jesse Mix at the first training that was ever had in Waitsfield (as I then understood) to be the first training and never heard him called otherwise.  I saw him frequently for many years, and have always understood and have no doubt but that he married John Banker daughter I think Polly and I was at his house several times in Waitsfield, said Burke boarded some with me I think about one and a half years which I think the last time was within a few months before his death and he went from my house to live with his daughter Miss Mix and a few days before his death I was at Mix house and the old man was sick and I assisted in taking care of said Burke for a day or two at Jesse Mix house.  Miss Mix assisted in taking care of him and called him father.  I carried one other daughter that he had by second wife then about 20 years of age to see him in his last sickness at the said Mix house.  I think Burke died in a few hours after I left there which we think was in 1832.  Said Burke was a pensioner and I understood at the time that said Jesse Mix was also a pensioner and he to told me he was one.  I have since learnt that he that he be moved to Fayston and died there.  The said Mix & wife had a son Lyman & Jesse and one more and a Daughter Polly and I think one more daughter said John Burke married my wifes sister for his second wife.
Joel Nutting 
State of Vermont  
Orange County ss} Braintree Feb 18th 1846 
then personally apeared the above named Joel Nutting signer of the above affidavit and and made oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me and I hereby certify that the above said Joel Nutting is a credible witness and full credit should be given to his testimony Avannah Spear Justice peace
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Secretary of State's Office 
Montpelier February 20. 1846 
I hereby certify that Avannah Spear Esq. whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificates in his proper handwriting, is, & was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Orange in said State, duly constituted & commissioned, & that to his acts and attestations as such full credence is due. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal office this 20th day of February A.D. 1846. 
Ferrand F. Merrill Justice of the Peace
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F. F. Merrill, Esq.  Paid D
Montpelier
Polly Mix
(Affidavits)
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Jesse Mix 
Con 
27 March 
No date of enlistment 
Elisted [enlisted]  May 1781  
Found on the Rolls 
Admitted
Table Corrected
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
COUNTY OF Washington ss} Jesse Mix of Waitsfield in the County of Washington and State of Vermont being duly sworn, doth declare, depose and say, that, on or about the first day of May A.D. 1781 he was duly enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of three years that he belonged to Captain Sills & Reads Company and Colonel Scofield’s Regiment of the Connecticut line and served therein, against the common enemy, until honorably discharged at West Point about the 24th day of December 1783 l think by Henry Knox - which discharge has been many years lost or destroyed.  
He further deposes and says, that he is now, and ever since has been a citizen of the United States & by reason of the reduced circumstances in life of this deponent he is in need of assistance from his country for support.   He further says that he knows of no proof in his power to adduce in support of this declaration 
Jesse Mix
Declared, sworn, and subscribed by the above named  Jesse Mix before me at Montpelier in the County aforesaid this 27th day of  March  A. D. 1818. 
Stephen Pitkin Judge of County Court
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Jesse Mix
March 1818, entitled, “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
Washington County, to wit }  I Stephen Pitkin One of the Judges of the County Court, within and for the County aforesaid, do certify, That it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jesse Mix did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration , against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress, passed the 18th March, 1818, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." 
Given under my hand, at Montpelier this 27th day of March A.D. 1818 
Stephen Pitkin
STATE OF VERMONT, 
Washington ss}  I, GEORGE RICH, Clerk of the County of Washington aforesaid, do certify, That the Honorable STEPHEN PITKIN, who made the above Certificate, and before whom the annexed Declaration was taken, was a Judge of the County Court within and for the County aforesaid , at the respective dates thereof, acting under the authority of this State, and duly qualified for that purpose; and that his name subscribed thereto, is his own proper signature. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Montpelier in said County, this 27th day of March in the Year One Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen. 
George Rich Clerk
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Jesse Mix
Schedule
217.25
31 d:6
March 1819
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State of Vermont 
Washington County ss}  On this 30th day of June A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open Court to wit the honorable Supreme Court of Judicature holden within & for the County of Washington & State of Vermont being court established by law as a court of record.  Jesse Mix aged fifty five years resident in Waitsfield in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows.    I enlisted in May or June 1781 for the Term of three years in Capt Reeds company, but was soon transferred to Capt Sills company in Col Swifts Regiment of the Connecticut line & served in said company untill the 24th day of December A.D. 1783 when I was honorably discharged.  That the date of my original declaration was on the - day of March 1818 & the number of pension certificate issued thereon is 3686 & dated the 16 day of Octr 1818.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March AD 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war” passed on the 18 day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any other person in trust for me any property or securities tracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.   
One hundred acres of land with an old house & barn much decayed,  one yoke of oxen, one cow, one 2 year old one yearling,  mare & colt, 7 sheep,  2 hogs,  1 broken fire pail Kettle,  one pot,  2 dish Kettles,  tea kettle , 1 iron basin,  one bake pan,  one skillet,  5 chairs,  1 old chest,  two cranes,  shovel & tongs,  Crockery ware,  knives forks & spoons, 1 pail,  1 Wooden clock,  7 harrow teeth,  one plow, one chain, one old cart, 4 axes
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tea kettle,  one iron basin, one bake pan, one skillet, 5 chairs, 1 old chest, two cranes,  shovel & tongs, Crockery ware, knives forks & spoons, 1 pail, 1 wooden clock, 7 Harrow teeth, one plow one chain, one old Cart, 4 axes, 2 hoes, 3 Scythe & tackling, an old Cutter,  2 Augers, 3 pitch forks.   That I am by occupation a farmer & by means of sickness & a sickly constitution I am unable to perform but little manual labor, that I have a wife named Polly aged forty five years of a sickly weakly constitution & unable to do but very little labor.  One daughter named Polly aged 17 years, who has always been so that she has been never been able to do any work of consequence & is altogether dependent on me for support. One son named Jesse aged 15 years, who is a well boy & able to work. One son named Luther thirteen years old who has a fever sore on his leg & unable to do any work & altogether dependent on me for support, one son named Lyman aged ten years of a good constitution.  I am now indebted and to Elias Taylor Jr. $ 115; to James Sellock $20; to Ralph Turner $22; to Edmund Rice $12; to E. Woodward $7; to Lovina Wilder $14;  to Elihu Lyman $10; to Enoch Bean $2;  to Edward Fales $5; to Wm. Newcomb $1;  Bissel Phelps $2; Alexander Phelps $2;  Jesse Mix 
Sworn to & declared in open Court on this 30th day of June 1820 Before the Court. 
Geo. Rich, Clerk 
State of Vermont 
Washington County ss}  I George Rich Clerk of the Supreme Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court & I do 1 further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that "the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred & seventeen dollars & twenty five cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court on this 19th day of July 1820. 
George Rich Clerk of Sup court
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8513
Polly Mix
(Declaration)
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State of New York 
County of Essex } ss   On this 12th day of February 1846 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the County Courts. Polly Mix a resident of Moriah in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to Law on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed March 3d 1843 & June 17. 1844.   That she is the widow of Jesse Mix who was a private in the war of the Revolution.  That he enlisted into the service from the Town of Wallingford State of Connecticut. That he served for three years or untill the close of the war. That owing to her age and infirmity she cannot relate the particulars of his Revolutionary services Except as aforesaid. That her husband the said Jesse Mix was before and at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 18th March 1818 receiving the sum of 96$ per annum under said Act.   
She further declairs that she was married to the said Jesse Mix on the twenty  third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three. That her husband the aforesaid Jesse Mix died on the Eight day of May Eighteen hundred and forty two.   That she was not married to
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him prior to his leaving the service But the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated.   
She further declares that she was married to said Jesse Mix by Elijah French a Justice of the peace at the Town of Braintree County of Orange and State of Vermont.   That previous to her said marriage she resided as also did her said Husband at Braintree in the County and State aforesaid and that she has the under name of Polly Burk.  That her fathers name was John Burk and died at Waitsfield in the State of Vermont in the year 1834. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me  
N. Storres Judge of Essex Courts 
Polly Mix x her mark
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I Nathaniel S. Stores a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex and State of New York where the declarant aforesaid resides, do render & certify that she is unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge and I do not think from present appearances that she will be able to attend the Court above named at its next session by reason of age and bodily infirmity. I have therefore in pursuance of the Law in said case made & provided attended at her place of residence and administered to her the foregoing Oath 
N. Storres Judge of Essex &c courts
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John Burke, His BIBLE. Dublin, 
Feb. 27 1803. 
John Kerr, Matthias Joyce. 
Jesse Mix Married Polly Burke in Braintree by 
Esquire French November 23 1793 
Abraham Burke [unreadable] 1803 
Rachel Burk died [unreadable] August 1801
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THE HOLY BIBLE 
CONTAINING THE OLD & NEW TESTAMENTS. 
[unreadable] OUT OF 
THE ORIGINAL TONGUES AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. 
By his Majesty's Special Command. 
APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES. 
[seal]
DUBLIN  
Printed by George [unreadable]] 
PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT [unreadable] 
1801.
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State of New York 
Essex County } ss I Betsey Hastings of  Moriah in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith. that she is the oldest daughter of Jesse and Sally Mix and is now aged forty seven years.
And this deponent further saith that she has been informed by her said Parents that they were married in the Town of Braintree in the State of Vermont on the 23d day of November 1793. and which information this deponent verily believes true and that they were at that time residents of said Town and this deponent further saith that said Polly Mix was the daughter of John Burk who died at Waitsfield in the State of Vermont in the year 1832, as near as this deponent can recolect And that the attacked Bible frontis page upon which is a memorandum of the marriage of Jesse Mix To Polly Burk by "Esque Frank" was taken by this deponent from a Bible that belonged to said John Burk and that the same came to the possession of this deponent soon after his death as aforesaid and that the same has since remand in the possession of this deponent And this deponent further saith that she has been informed by her father that the Bible was sent to John Burk by a minister from Dublin Ireland
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and that the Entire proceeding the Mariage memorandum was in the hand writing of said Minister.  
And this deponent further saith that she never saw said Memorandum till after the death of said John Burk as aforesaid But the she believes it to in his handwriting as she was well acquainted with his handwriting a number of years previous to his death and that Abraham Burk & Rachel Burk whose deaths are recorded were the brother and mother respectively of said Polly Mix & son & wife of said John Burk. 
And this deponent further faith that her said father was a revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death which took place on the 8th day of May 1842. at Fayston in the State of Vermont.  And further this deponent saith not.   
Sworn & subscribed before me this 17th day of February 1846. 
N Storrs Judge of Essex courts
Betsey Hastings
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State of New York 
County of Essex } I Edmund F. Williams Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that Hon Nathaniel S. Storrs was on the day and at the date of the annexed affidavit and Certificate one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Essex duly appointed and qualified, residing within the said County and fully authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the official signatures thereto affixed to be the proper hand writing of the said Judge,  
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at the office of the Clerk of said County at Elizabeth Town in said County this 13th day of February A.D. 1846.
E. F. Williams Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 20257 
Polly Mix Widow of Jesse Mix 
Pri Rev War 
Act March 3d 43 & June 17th 44 
Index: Vol  Page 52 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
July 26, 1904 Hist. to W. E. Waitsfield, Vt
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WALTER E. JONES. 
MERCHANT. 
Waitsfield, Vermont June 29 1904 
U. S. Pension Commissioner 
Dear Sir: 
Will you kindly send me abstract of service in Revolutionary War of one Jesse Mix.   I do not Know from what state he served but have understood he did enlist during that war.   
Yours truly
W. E. Jones
[stamp] U.S.P.B.  OLD WAR & NAVY FILES JUL 12 1904
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Augt 18 / 52
Letter from Mar Mix rel to the claim in right of her father Jesse to Bounty Land
To the Secretary of the Interior
Washington D.C.
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Polly Mix widow of Jesse Mix 
Private W.S. Army 
Act 3 March 1843 & 17 June 1844 472 
$80 per annum to commence 4 March 1843  
Roll of the Agency of Albany, N. York 
married Nov. 1793 
husband died 1842 
Cert: to J. P. Butler, Moriah Essex County N. York
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J.P. Butter letter
26th February 1846
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Mariah 26th February 1846. 
J. L. Edwards Com of Pension 
Dear Sir I herewith send the declaration of Polly Mix for a pension together with the dockuments and other Evidence in support of the claim. 
It will be perceived that the Record of Marriage from the Town Clerks office of Branton shows the Marriage of Mr Mix, by the Christen name of "Asa" in stead of "Jesse"-- which is contended to be a mistake that under the circumstances might well occur. 
1st It has nearly the same sound and to one not in the strict habits of intimacy and long acquaintance might be mistaken for "Jesse" or entered by a kind of Lassons Lingua, or slip of the pen.
2d  It appears that "Esquire French” died between the year 1796 & 1798 leaving this Record together with others on his minutes or amoung his official papers and which after his death were taken by his brother to then Town Clerk and transcribed on to the Town Record 1st May 1798.
Now a mistake might very well occur in copying from the minutes of Esquire French by the Town Clerk, as there seems to have been no natural order observed in the Record as entered on the Town Book on page 1 to 6 of Records. 
The Record of marriage following that of Mr Mix
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took place in 1794. The next above in to order is Jany 23d 1793. The next above that Dec 19th 1793, both occurring after the marriage of Mr Mix  allthough entered on the Record in order before and on the 7th lines from the bottom of the list of persons married stands the Record of Marriage of Thomas Huntington January 11th 1796.  
It is probable that nothing but entry was made by Esquire French on his own papers for the purpose of having them all property entered in the Town Book as was then required by law at some convenient time under his own observation and which was prevented by his death. 
For the purpose of showing this mistake and that the name was in fact "Jesse" instead of "Asa" We have forwarded the following proof in its order 
1st The affidavit of the [unreadable] 
2d The Record of marriage as made by John Burk in his Bible 
3d The affidavit of the present Town Clerk 
4th The affidavit of Jacob Spear 
5th The affidavid of Ichabod Dyer who was present at the marriage and who was also married previous as appears by the Record
6th The affidavit of Isaac Nichols also married by Esquire French 19 Dec 1793 just after 
7th  The affidavit of Nathaniel Spear Jr
8th The affidavit of Joel Nutting 
The testimony above it is believed will Established beyond a doubt the mistake and that the claimants husband Jesse Mix is the identical person who was married to
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Polly Burk the claimant. With out going into any remarks on the main features of the proof, it might be well to say that it is very improbable that any other man by the name of his could have been married in that Town to a family so well known as the Burk family was (and as it appears that this was their only daughter) & without the fact being remembered.  Especially as the county was new and but a few people and those of a permanent character.   
There was no family of Mix in that Town only one man & he was married to Polly Burk,  and only daughter…   
Jesse Mix worked for the father of Nathaniel Spear & Jacob Spear and they were intimately acquainted with him and they testify conclusively that his name was "Jesse” & that he was married at or near that time to Polly Burk.
If it should be necessary we can provide other testimony of the same character. 
Yours with respect 
J.P. Butler 
Address Moriah Essex Co NY
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Augt 18. 1852 
Mary Mix wants to know if she is entitled to Bounty Land on account of service of her father Jesse Mix. 
address writer Mariah N York 
Respy referred to the Comm of Pensions 
Dept of War
Aug 18/52.
GCW
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Moriah 13 Aug 1852 
To the department of the Interior
My Father Jesse Mix drew a pension for revolutionary services up to the time of his death I believe under the act of 1818.  After his death my mother Polly  due a pension as the widow of said Jesse.   
I wish the Secretary of the Interior would examine the proof of service on file in his office and inform me whether the children of said Jesse Mix under the same is entitled on proof to bounty land. 
I make this inquiry of the department as I here been variously advised in relation to the [unreadable]  in the subject.  Hoping an Early [unreadable] 
I am most faithfully yours &c 
Mary Mix N. Y.
P. O. Moriah Essex Co NY
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W. 20,257 
Jesse Mix 
Waitsfield, Washington Co Vt. 
Mch. 27, 1818, ac 53. 
Conn
Enl May or June 1781 
Capt C Reid 
Capt Sill 
Col. Swift 
Conn line
Disch Dec. 24, 1783 at West Pt.  
1846 Moriah Essex Co NY
Mar Polly dau John & Rachel Burk  Nov 23 1793 Braintree Orange Vt. 
He died May 8 1842 at Fayston Vt.
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Warren March 31th 1855 
Mr. Hassler 
Dear Sir Having received of Several communications from various persons, in regard to my Fathers claim upon government And your circular or form of Declaration coming to hand to day has induced me to write you.  
I suppose my father was entitled to a lot of land from Government as a revolutionary soldier.   I think he did not dispose of it as many did.  And as for the pension he drew that while he lived, and then it came to mother during her life, so I supposed there was no more of that any way.  But I did suppose that he was entitled to a lot of land but the claim being so ancient it was a matter of too much doubt for me to undertake in my indigent circumstances, But as providence seemingly has informed me of your
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Address, I have ventured through you to investigate the matter and if there can any thing be obtained I shall be glad and would well compensate the undertaker, and as you have access to all the records & papers of government you can probably ascertain how it is and if you find there can be any thing obtained any way prosecute it without delay.   My Father enlisted in Connecticut when he was some 16 or 18 years of age for three years served his time and rec’d an honorable discharge.   He died May 8th 1842 aged Seventy Seven yea the June following, which is all that I know now would be of use to you untill I hear from you.  Please write me what prospect Yours truly 
Luther Mix 
Son of Jesse Mix
Warren Washington County Vermont
1855 
Luther Mix 
Warren Vt. 
March 30th 
R 4th April 
Son of Jesse Mix 
attention