Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,163, for David Lamson, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
         SERVICE                                                                                                            NUMBER
  Conn                      Lamson, David                                                                       W. 7.163
                            or Lampson                                                                    B.L.Wt. 18390-160-55    
                                               Polly
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CONTENTS
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9166
Vermont
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David Lamson
of Hilton in the State of Ver
who was a Pri     in the Conn       commanded
by Captain Rellibone of the Reg  commanded
by Tocrait  --- in the Conn
line for  State Troops 1 yrs
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of April
                   1833 and sent David
Russell, Burlington Vt
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Arrears to the 4th of March 33                       $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept: 4, 33            20.00
                                                                     ---------
                                                                        $100.00
                                                             
                                               Revolutionary Claim,
                                               Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by E. D. Bullock                   Clerk,
Book  E    Vol.   3     Page   94
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5226
Vermont       B
Polly Sampson
widow of
Conn   David Lampson
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
In lieu of a certificate dated
June 2 1855.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 40 dollars   ----
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
13th day of June 1855
and sent to
Weston & Shaw
Burlington
                 Vt

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 30 Vol. A
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144.099.     { Act Mar 31
                   { May 23d    55
Polly Lampson (wid of
David Lampsom  Priv
the name is "Lamson"
Capt
Col

Revolutionary Pensioner
Count Troops
Private Connt Troops

5226
W. 160 ac's Mar 12 /56
Do Fge

Weston & Shaw
Burlington
             Vt

Vol L. Page 7

No 18390 ifs Mar 18/56
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N0 2.965
David Lawson's
Declaration
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                                                          Revolutionary Claims
                                             ----------------------------------------
STATE OF VERMONT  }
Chittenden County, ss.}
 On this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the
Honorable County Court for the County of Chittenden, now sitting, David
Lamson a resident of Hilton in the County of Chittenden
and State of Vermont, aged seventy seven 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. That he enlisted in the spring of
the year 1776 into the Company of Capt Ozias Pettebone in Col.
Andrew Ward's Regiment and Genl John Sullivan's Brigade
that he resided in Simsbury in the County of Hartford and
State of Connecticut, marched from thence into the State of New York
was at the battle of White Plains, after which he marched
through Newjersey to Morristown, and was discharged on the
14th day of May 1779 having served one full year.

And the said David Lawson further declares and
testifies that the discharge hereunto annexed is the
original discharge received by him at the date therein
specified, and has ever since been in his possession
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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.
Sworn to and subscribed   }                           David Lamson
the day and year aforesaid,}
                                         Before
                                   Nathan Boswell Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter
that the above named applicant was 
a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states,--

(who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of
are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.)
Attest
                                         Eli Brownson           Judges of
                                          John Van Suklah     Chittenden County 
                                                                          ourt
STATE OF VERMONT  }
Chittenden County, ss.}
                                                I Nathan Bodwell Clerk of
Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of David
Lampson for a Pension,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office, this 17th day of August
                A. D. 1832
                         Nathan B Maswell
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State of Vermont           }
District of Chittenden Ss.}
                                             On this 5th day of
May A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the
Honorable the Probate Court within and for the
District of Chittenden and State of Vermont
Polly Lampson, a resident of Milton
in the County of Chittenden and State of
Vermont, aged seventy two 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 2d section of the Act of
Congress passed February 1853 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is
the widow of David Lamson who was a private
in the Connecticut State Troops, in the Revolutionary War,
and was a pensioner of the United States under the
act of 7 June 1832, and was inscribed on
the Burlington Vermont Roll at the rate of
Forty Dollars per annum. For further proof of
her said husbands service she refers to his declaration
for Pension under the Act of Congress
last above mentioned, and proofs sent therewith,
now on file in the Pension Office at Washington 
D.C.
    She further declares that she was married to the
said David Lamson on the 29th day of July A.D
1838: that her said husband, the aforesaid David
Lamson, died on the 8th day of May A.D. 1839, and
that she was not married to him prior to
the second of January, Eighteen hundred, but at the time
above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow
Witness  Hiram Downing of Milton Vt                her
      "        David French of                           Polly   X   Lawson
             Burlington Vermont                               mark
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
first above written and I certify that I have no
interest in this case and am not concerned in
its prosecution-   Before me    W. H. French
                                                Judge of Probate for
                                                the District of Chittenden
                                                State of Vermont

   I Hiram Downing of Milton in the County of
Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged twenty nine
years, being duly sworn depose and say that
I am well acquainted with Mrs. Polly Lamson
who signed the foregoing declaration in my presence
and that I know her to be the widow of the
identical David Lamson who was a Revolutionary
Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Forty
Dollars per annum- That I was well acquainted with
the said David Lamson in his lifetime
and know that the said Polly and the said David
lived together as husband and wife from the
29th day of July 1838, or thereabouts until the date of
said Davids death, which occurred on the 8th
day of May 1839. I further state that I know
that the said Polly Lawson is now a widow
                                       Hiram Downing

Subscribed and sworn to at the date of the declaration
aforesaid, & I certify that I know
the affiant to be a credible person-
                                 W. H. French Judge of Probate
                                 for the District of Chittenden
                                  and State of Vermont
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I David French of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and
State of Vermont, being duly sworn, on oath say that the
foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by
Polly Samson in my presence on the day and year
in said declaration first above written
                                                            David French

Subscribed and sworn at the date of the declaration
aforesaid before me, and I certify that I know
the affiant to be a credible person
                                               W. H. French Judge of
                                               Probate for the District of
                                               Chittenden State of Vermont

State of Vermont            }          
District of Chittenden Ss.}
                                  I David French Probate Register
hereby certify that William H. French
is Judge of the Court of Probate for the
District of Chittenden and that the
foregoing three signatures of his are
give and that he is duly
authorized by law to administer oaths
          In testimony whereof
I have hereunto affixed the
seal of said Probate Court
and subscribed my name
at Burlington in the
District of Chittenden this
5th day of May A.D. 1855
     D. French Register
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"State of Vermont        }       Be it remembered that at
Chittenden County Ss.}      Milton in the County of Chittenden
aforesaid, on this twenty ninth day of July in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty
Eight, Mr David Lampson of Milton in the County of
Chittenden and State of Vermont, and Mrs Polly Thomas of
Milton aforesaid were duly joined in marriage
     By me John Hyde Justice of the Peace "

I, John Hyde of Swanton in the County of Franklin and
State of Vermont, being duly sworn, depose and say, that,
on the 29th day of July A.D. 1838 I held the office of Justice of
the Peace in and for the Town of Milton in the County of Chittenden
and State of Vermont; and that the foregoing is a true Copy
of the record in my possession, with the exception of the
date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible
figures, as follows, "on this 29th day of July in the year
of our Lord 1838"-
     I further say that I now have in my possession the
records of marriages solemnized by me while a Justice of
the Peace as aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract
from my said records with the exception above named
as sworn to by me. - In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of May AD 1853
                        John Hyde

State of Vermont Franklin County Ss --
  Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year last
aforesaid, and I certify that the above is a true extract, with the exception
above named from the records of Marriages solemnized by said John
Hyde as Justice of the Peace in and for said Town of Milton, which said
records are now in the possession of said John Hyde-
                         Shadrack Hathaway Justice of the Peace
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                               STATE OF VERMONT.
                                   --------
             Office of the Secretary of State,
                          Montpelier May 8th 1855
I certify that Shadrach Hathaway Esq., whose name is subscribed in his
own proper hand-writing to the foregoing Certificate, is and was at the date thereof a
Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Franklin
duly elected and qualified, with full power and authority under and by virtue of the laws
of said State to administer Oaths and take depositions, and Acknowledgments of Deeds,
and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to
be given.
            Given under my hand and the Seal of this office this 18th day of
                         May A. D. 1853
                     Geo. R.  Thompson, Deputy Secretary of State
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State of Vermont       }
Chittenden County ss}
  On this fifth day of May A.D. 1855, personally
appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County and State aforesaid, Polly
Lamson, aged seventy two years, a resident of
Milton in the County and State aforesaid, who
being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the widow of David Lampson, deceased,
who was a private in the Connecticut State 
troops in the Revolutionary War, and was also
a pensioner of the United States, inscribed on the
Burlington, Vermont, roll, under the act of June
7th 1832, at the rate of Forty dollars per annum
  that she cannot state the names of the officers
under whom he served, that he continued in
actual service in said war for the term of one
year, and was honorably discharged. and she
refers to her said late husbands declaration, and
proofs on file in the Pension office, for proof of
his service

She further states that she was married to the said David Lawson in
Milton Vt on the 29th day of July 1838
by one John Hyde a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her
said marriage was Polly Thomas; and that her said husband died at Milton
aforesaid on the Eighth day of May A.D. 1839 and
that she is now a widow.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be
entitled under the act approved March 3d 1858
                                                                                           her
                                                                                  Polly   X   Sampson
                                                                                          mark
We Hiram Downing of Milton Vt and Saml H Reed a
resident of Burlington in the State of Vermont upon our oaths,
declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Polly Lampson
in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant, that she
is the identical person she represents herself to be and we know that she is still a widow.
                                                               Hiram Downing
                                                                Samuel H. Reed
   The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and
year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the claimant
is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
                                        D. French Justice of the Peace
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I Hiram Downing, of Milton, Vermont, aged twenty nine years,
testify and say that I was acquainted with David Lawson
late of said Milton, deceased, prior to his marriage to
Polly Thomas, now Polly Lawson, that the said David
Lawson was a pensioner of the United States, inscribed on
the Burlington Vt roll under the act of June 7, 1832, at
the rate of forty dollars per annum; that I was not
present at the marriage of the said Polly Thomas to the
said David Lawson, but I know that, from the time of
their reputed marriage, viz, about the last of July, 1838,
to the time of his death, which occurred on the 8th day
of May, 1839 as I heard immediately afterwards, (that) they
lived together as husband and wife, and they
lived in the same house with them the greater
has this date with them the greater part of
the time while they lived together as husband and
wife. and the said Polly Lawson
who has made and signed the within declaration
in my presence, is the identical person who was the
wife of the said David Lawson, and is now his
widow; and I further certify that I have no interest
in her claim for bounty land, nor am I concerned
in its prosecution.
                                     Hiram Downing

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this fifth day
of May, A.D. 1855 and I certify that the said
affiant is known to me to be a man of truth
and credibility, and that I have no interest in said
claim for bounty land.    I further certify that 
the word "that" in the above affidavit was erased
and the words "lived together as husband and wife, and that"
were interlined above before signing
                                  D. French   Justice Peace

                           STATE OF VERMONT.
                                  -----
                    Office of the Secretary of State,
                      Montpelier May 18th 1855
I certify that David French Esq. whose name is subscribed in his
own proper handwriting to the foregoing Certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a
Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Chittenden
duly elected and qualified, with full power and authority under and by virtue of the laws
of said State to administer Oaths and take depositions, and Acknowledgments of Deeds,
and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to
                      be given
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office, this 18th day of
                   May A.D. 1855
                                            Geo R.. Thompson, Deputy Secretary of State
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Chatham May the 14th 1777
the to setefi that David Lawson in Capt
oyios Pettibone Company in Collisand's
regiment is honorably discharged
Capt           
                             Isaac Cook Major
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Eyne Adams
to five pounds of and a quarter
of live brethies

David Lamson
W.7163
Conn.
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5226
Vermont                                 B
Polly Sampson
widow of   David
who served in the Revolutionary 
 war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 40 dollars   00
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
    2d day of June 1855.
and sent to
Weston & Shaw
           Burlington
                        Vt

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 33 Vol. A
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18.390





No Ans
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Revy                           WIDOW, &c. 

File No.    7163
Polly Lampson 
Widow
David Lampson 
Privt Rev War ┃
---
Act: Feb 3d 1848
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 187

[Arrangement of 1870.}
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may ma the part: this was:
died 8 May 39.
Wid & ident: & 4 int:
                          Boynton
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                             Pension Office
                               May 31st 1855
Sir:
      Pleas Certify the time of
last payment of it with named
pensioner or the dateof his death
              Very Respectfully

                            L P Waldo
                                   Commissioner
8 Feby '39


R J Atkinson Esq.
Third Auditor, Treasury
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David Lamson died 8 May 1839 paid
in full
                                  Rob J. Atkinson
                                         Auditor
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Polly Lampson


Cancil certificate issued
to Polly Sampson &
issue another in name
of Polly Lampson
notify Pension Agt


Weston & Shaw
Burlington
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                                       Burlington Vt. June 7th 1855
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
                    Sir,
                          Web recd the enclosed cer-
tificate this morning - The declaration we forwarded
to you was signed by Polly Lampson. The certificate
issued to Polly Sampson. This is undoubtedly
a mere clerical error, but still it should be
corrected before the Pensr can draw the amount
due to her- Mr Staniford the Pension Agent
informs us that the name is written Sampson
upon his letter of instructions to inscribe the case
upon the Roll - Will you please return the
certificate corrected
                               Yours Respectfully
                                        Weston & Shaw
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Returned as requested in communication from Comr
of Pensions dated June 13th 1853
                C F Staniford Pension Agt.
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NAMES.                 RANK.          Act               ANNUAL        COMMENCEMENT          CONTINUATION
Widow of                               Relvt yr            AMOUNT         OF PENSIONS.                 OF PENSIONS.
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Polly Lampson
widow of David   Private   Feby 3d/53         $40.00              February 3d            widowhood
                                                                                                      1853


The name has been corrected to
Polly Lampson

PENSION OFFICE   June 2d  1855
SIR: Be pleased to inscribe on your roll under the act below mentioned the following
names, and pay the pensions as directed opposite the names.
                                                                   Respectfully,
To: C. F. Staniford Esq                                       L. P. Waldo                   
         Pension Agent                                Commissioner of Pensions
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Payment to be made at Burlington
by C. F. Stamford Esq
Agent for paying Pensions, in the
Agency of
Vermont
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March


Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3, 1853, Page 33 Vol. A
              G. T. Getty  Clerk.
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                              DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                                         WIDOW' S PENSION
                       -------------------------------------------------

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 1850.
                Polly Sampson
widow of David Sampson
who was a private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the Pension List of the rate of forty
dollars and ---- cents per annum, commencing on the
3d day of February 1858 and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable at the time
of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this Second day of June
one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
                                                     Geo C. Whiting
                                             Acting Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned.
                           L. P. Waldo
                 Commissioner of Pensions

Cancelled
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Brief in the case of Polly Sampson Widow of David
Chittenden County and State of Vermont
                  act  3 July, 1853.
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Claim, ( original)

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If other, state the substance
Husband was pensioned under the Act of 7 June 1832 at the rate
of $40 per ann. Marriage prvd by the Magistrate in his ????
parties & his record thereof.  Relative died 8" May 1839 per the
affidavits of two witnesses & report of the third Auditor
                                                         Widowhood &
identity is established by the affidavits of four credible affiants
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

       Weston & Shaw
                            Burlington
Name and residence of Agent Vt.
                                                                     S. C. Blyth
                                                               Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Polly Lampson
County and State of Vermont
2d Sect., act 3d February 1853
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Claim, original, or for increase.)

Proof exhibited, (if original

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If other, state the substance

Duplicate

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
This certificate was issued, by mistake in
the name of Polly Sampson   now
issued by the Correct name Polly
Lampson. Erroneous Certificate surrendered

Name and residence of Agent
Weston & Shaw
    Burlington Vt                                                    R .McCrae Examining Clerk
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                                  Burlington Vt. May 21st 1855
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
                           Sir
                              We send herewith Polly
Lawsons declaration for Pension under the
2d section of Act of 3 Feb 1853, together with
proof of service, marriage, death & present
Widowhood-
Please send us certificate when
granted-
                                 Yours Respectfully
                                                Weston & Shaw
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We William Mars and Cynthia Mars of Milton
the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, being
duly sworn, on oath say, that we were well acquain-
ted with David Lamson of said Milton and
know that the said David died on or about the
8th day of May AD 1839 and that we attended his
funeral-- We further state state that we are
well acquainted with Polly Lamson also of
said Milton and know that the said David
and Polly lived together as husband and wife
from about the 29th day of July 1838 to the time
of the said David's death -
   We further state that we know that the said
David was a Pensioner of the United States at
the rate of Forty Dollars per annum, and that the
said Polly is the identical person who
signed the accompanying declaration for Pension
and we further state that we know that the
said Polly is now a widow-
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this
7th day of May 1853 -
                                                      William Marrs
                                                          Cynthia Marrs
State of Vermont            Milton May 7th 1855
Chittenden County  Ss⎬ Personally appeared William Mars & Cynthia
Mars and made oath before me to the foregoing affidavit by them
Subscribed - and I certify that I know the said affiants to
be credible persons and that I have no interest in any claim by
the said Polly Lawson for pension or Bounty Land or in the prosecution
thereof.
                                                    L. J. Dixon Justice of the Peace
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I, Benjamin Fairchild of Milton in the County of
Chittenden and State of Vermont, being duly sworn
on oath say, that I was well acquainted with David
Lamson and Polly Lamson his wife of said Milton
that the said Polly is the identical person who
signed the accompanying declaration for Pension
under the act of Congress passed 3d February 1853, and
that the said David Lamson was a Pensioner
of the United States at the rate of Forty Dollars per
annum. I further say that the said Polly
and David lived together as husband and
wife from about the 29th day of July 1838 until
the 8th day of May 1839 when the said David
died, and that I know that the said Polly
is now a widow.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
this 7th day of May AD 1853
                                                               Benjamin Fairchild
State of Vermont         }
Chittenden County  Ss }    Milton May 7th 1853
             Personally appeared Benjamin Fairchild
and made oath to the foregoing affidavit by him subscri-
bed and I certify that the affiant is a credible person
and that I have no interest in any claim of the said Polly
Lamson for Pension or Bounty Land
                        L. J. Dixon Justice of the Peace
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                       STATE OF VERMONT,
                       -------------------------
                   Office of the Secretary of State,
                       Montpelier, May 18th 1855
I certify that L. J. Dixon
Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper
hand writing to the two foregoing certificates is and was at the
date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County
of Chittenden duly elected and qualified, and that to
his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit
are, and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the Seal of this Office, this the 18th
day of May in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five

                                     Geo. R. Thompson
                                  Deputy Secretary of State
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1 year private
40

David Russel Esq
    Burlington
          Vt
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
     answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
David Lawson    which require
     further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
     assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
    served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
    he is entitled?

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
      June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
      from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
     their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-
     tionary service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
      ing it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
       living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no: must
       comply with this rule, or give his reason. His discharge proves that
       he was in service; but does not show what time he served or for what period

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
       administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
   Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
      as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
        if not, which of them is not so answered?
                          ______________________________________________

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


If he can obtain any proof as to the
duration of service he will comply with the 
rule in Quere 16. above
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I David Russell of Burlington, in the County
of Chittenden and State of Vermont depose and say
that I served one full year (as will be seen by my own
declaration in the War Office) in the same Col. Warrel's Regt 
in which David Lamson declares he served I know
that there was a Capt Pettibone and a Maj. Cook in
said Regiment. I also know that the Regiment was
raised for a year. I have no recollection of knowing
David Lawson while in service, but he has stated
to me, many facts that related to the trying scenes
of that service, that are within my recollection, which
leaves no doubt on my mind; that said Lamson served
in said Regiment one full year as he has stated. He further
stated at the time I make out his declaration, that he could
produce no other proof of his service than his discharge thereunto
annexed which I forgot to add.
                                          David Russell
Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of December 1832
Before me
                               John N. Pomeroy
                                      Justice of the peace
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STATE OF VERMONT   }
Chittenden County, ss.}   I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of
                                 Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify
                                 that John H. Pomeroy Esqr.
before whom the annexed deposition is
taken, was at the time thereof, a Justice of
the Peace, duly qualified, acting under
authority of this State, and that I believe
his name thereto subscribed, to be his own
proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court, at Burlington, this 12th day of December A. D. 1832
                                     Nathan B Haswell
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State of Vermont       }      Be it remembered that
Chittenden County Ss}    at Milton in the County
aforesaid, on this twenty ninth day of July
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Thirty Eight, Mr. David Lamp-
son of Milton in the County of Chittenden
and State of Vermont and Mrs Polly
Thomas of Milton aforesaid were duly
joined in Marriage
           By me John Hyde Justice of the Peace

I John Hyde of Swanton in the County of Frank-
lin and State of Vermont being duly sworn
depose and say that on the 29th day of July
A.D. 1838 I held the office of Justice of the Peace
in and for the Town of Milton in the County of
Chittenden and State of Vermont and that the foregoing is a true copy
of the record, in my possession, with the exception
of the date which is expressed on the record
in fair legible figures as follows " on this 29th day
of July in the year of our Lord 1838" -
I further say that I now have in my possession
the records of marriages solemnized by me
while a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid
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and that the above is a true extract from
my said records with the exception above named
as sworn to by me
     In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
this fourteenth day of May A.D. 1853
                                   John Hyde
State of Vermont  }
Franklin County Ss}
             Sworn to before me on the day and
year last aforesaid and I certify that the
above is a true extract, with the exception
above named, from the records of Marriages
solemnized by said John Hyde as Justice of the
Peace in and for said Town of Milton which
said records are now in the possession of
said John Hyde, and I certify that the words
"and that the foregoing", in the foregoing affidavit were
interlined before signing -
                  Shadrach Hatheway Justice of the Peace-
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                               STATE OF VERMONT.
                       Office of the Secretary of State,
                          Montpelier May 18th 1835
I Certify that Shadrach Hatheway Esq., whose name is subscribed in his
own proper handwriting to the foregoing Certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a
Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Franklin
duly elected and qualified, with full power and authority under and by virtue of the laws
of said State to administer Oaths and take depositions, and Acknowledgments of Deeds,
and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to
                      be given.
                Given under my hand and the Seal of this office, this 18th day of
                              May A.D. 1835
                                Geo. R. Thompson, Deputy Secretary of State.