Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6855, for Ansel Patterson, Connecticut
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SERVICE  Conn.
Patterson, Ansel
Polly
NUMBER  W. 6855
B.L. Wt. 10015-160-55
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10.793 
R.
Vermont 
Ansel Patterson of Washington Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Connecticut line, for the term of 2 years 1781 
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 of July 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of May 1819 and sent to W Ellis, Barre Vermont 
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 7 mo 13/31   59.35 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819   48 
$107.35 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
Continued 
Notification sent October 1820 to H Janes St Albans, Vermont
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Vol. P.C. 
81716 Act Mar 3 
Polly Patterson widow Ansel Patterson Priv. 
Wt No. 10015 issued Apr 14 / 55
A. Contl Line
Enl
Dis. 
Revy War 
Rev by pensioner
Ad: 160 acres Nov 9 1855
[unreadable] Boynton 
 Ford Patterson, 
Claimant Castleton Vert.
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4.827 
Vermont Burlington 
Polly Patterson widow of Ansel Patterson Conn who served in the Revolutionary war as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 
Certificate of Pension issued 18th day of Jany 1855 and sent to Hon. S. Foot U S. Senate
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 32 Vol. A
Cerfd
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Ansel Patterson
81 to 83
Butler’s Connect. Regt
On Rolls
Correct
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State of Vermont 
Washington County ss} On this 23d Day of July 1818 before me the Subscriber one of one of the Judges of Washington County Court personally appears Ansel Patterson aged fifty four years resident in County of Washington who being by me first duly sworn according to Law Doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,   that he the said Patterson enlisted first of January 1781 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Reed Sixth Company & fourth Regiment of the Connecticut line said  Regiment commanded by Col Butler that he continued to serve in the said Corps until he was wounded on ferry gard at West Point in the Spring of 1783 and was discharged in October Same year at West Point on account of the wound he had received by General Knox which Discharge he has [unreadable] lost and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his County for support. 
Ansel Patterson
Sworn to before me this 23d July 1818  
Warren Ellis Judge of W C. Court 
I Warren Ellis Judge of W. C. Court do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ansel Patterson 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 afore mentioned act of  Congress
Barre July 23d 1818 
Warren Ellis Judge of W C Court
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I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ansel Patterson, is in reduced circumstances, & does stand in need of the assistance of his country for support. 
Warren Ellis Judge of County Court 
State of Vermont, 
Washington County ss } I George Rich Clerk of the County of Washington aforesaid do certify that Warren Ellis Esquire, before whom the annexed Declaration of Ansel Patterson was taken is a Judge of the County) Court within & for the County aforesaid duly qualified as such, and that his name subscribed to the same is his own proper Signature, 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Montpelier in this 24th day of July Anno Domini 1818 
George Rich, Clerk.
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81716
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State of Vermont 
County of Rutland ss } 
On this 17th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Polly Patterson aged seventy three years a resident of Castleton in the State of Vermont who being sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Ansel Patterson deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and at the time of of his decease a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1818. That she is now a pensioner of the United States as the Widow of the said Ansel at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum under the act of Congress passed February 3, 1853 as appears by her Pension Certificate bearing date January 1855 she refers to her Declaration & accompanying proof to sustain this declaration. That she still remains the Widow of the said Ansel Patterson, and that her name before her said marriage was Polly Hamlin, she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.  
Polly Patterson 
We Smith Sherman & James H. Patterson residents of Castleton in the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Polly
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Patterson in our presence and that we believe from appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
James H. Patterson 
Smith Sherman 
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year before 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. 
Almon Warner Justice of the Peace 
State of Vermont 
County of Rutland ss} I F. W. Hopkins Clerk of the County Court in & for the County & State above mentioned do hereby certify that Almon Warner whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration & affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general Jurisdiction 
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Rutland this 20th day of April A. D. 1855
F. W. Hopkins Clerk
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Ansel Pattersons Declaration 
Copy of Record
10.493 Sept 1819 
Con
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Revolutionary Claim, under Act of Congress, May 1, 1820. 
STATE OF VERMONT 
Franklin County ss} Supreme Court July Term 1820 
On this Thirteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being the Supreme of said State Court, for the County of Franklin and a Court of Record for said County, having the Power of fine & Imprisonment  Ansell Patterson  aged 55 years, resident in Georgia in said County, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: enlisted in Jany 1781 in the 6th Company commanded by Capt. Reed in the 4th Connecticut Reg in the Connecticut line and Served about two years and 5 months and was discharged, my Original declaration is dated July 23 1818 and my Pension Certificate is numbered 10793. 
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, nor 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me: nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
one chest with two drawers, one chest, one Barrell, one Wash Tub, one Table & Stand, one pail fulpot, one small bake kettle, one tea kettle, one skillet, 4 [unreadable] chairs, twelve earthen plates, three glass Bottles,  4 Bowls, two glasses, one looking glass, one tea pot ,1 Set teacups, 6 knives  & forks, 4 Spoons and Six tea Spoons, 4 milk pans, Shovel & tongs, one shout not paid for, 4 dollars
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one skillet, 4 [unreadable] chairs, twelve earthen plates, three glass Bottles,  4 Bowls, two glasses, one looking glass, one tea pot ,1 Set teacups, 6 knives  & forks, 4 Spoons and Six tea Spoons, 4 milk pans, Shovel & tongs, one shout not paid for, 4 dollars, one horse & Bridle - 50 dollars the horse purchased with my pension money, one old ax, one hoe, a due Bill against Naughn in Canada about two dollars amounting about one hundred dollars.   I am by occupation a farmer, have been a cripple since I left the service and not able to labour much.  My wife Polly aged 40 is of a feeble constitution, one son aged ten years a healthy Boy is all the family I have under my care.   Ansel Patterson 
Sworn to and declared on the 13 day of July 1820 
Before the Court Attest Horace Janes Clerk 
STATE OF VERMONT
Franklin County ss}  I Horace Janes - Clerk of the Supreme Court , do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do 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 one hundred dollars, free from debt nothing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 19th day of July 1820 
Horace Janes Clerk.
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss} On this 20th day of November 1854 personally appeareth before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in for said County Polly Patterson a resident of Castleton in the County of Rutland aforesaid (but formerly of Barre County of Washington & State of Vermont), aged seventy three  years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February 3 1853 
That she is the widow of Ansel Patterson who was a private in the Army of the Revolution as set forth in the declaration of the said Ansel and the proofs of the same under the act of 1818 now on file in the war office of the United States. That she lived with the said Ansel in the Town of Barre, Washington County & State of Vermont Twenty one years to wit from 1822 untill Nov 1844 the time of the said Ansels decease, that she faithfully and fully discharged all the duties of the marriage estate. That the last sickness of the said Ansel was protracted and severe, and that by her carefull attention & watching the greatly impaired her health and has ever since been infirm and is now poor & dependant upon the Charity of her friends. That previous to their residence in Barre she resided in Georgia Vermont to wit from 1820 to 1822. That at the time of the settlement of the said Ansel Estate, as will appear from the record of the Probate office for Washington County & State of Vermont, she received her assignment from the estate. That she drew from the Pension department 
#1843
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the balance due the said Ansel at the time of his decease as will appear by the records of the department. 
I further more declare that I have not intermarried since his decease but still remains the widow of the said Ansel Patterson.  
Polly Patterson
In Presence of Ann S Orvis  
Sworn & subscribed on the day and year above written before 
Smith Sherman Justice Peace 
Castleton Nov 20th 1854 I certify that I was a resident of Barre and in the same neighborhood in which the said Ansel & Polly Settled as set forth in the above declaration and for several years afterward according to the best of my knowledge & belief the above declaration is true
Smith Sherman Justice Peace
State of Vermont 
Rutland County 
District of Fairhaven ss}
I Almon Warner Judge Rutland County of the Probate Court for the district aforesaid in said County which is a Court of Record hereby certify that Smith Sherman Esqr on this 20th day of November 1854 is an acting Justice of the Peace  within & for said County duly commissioned and qualified by the laws of this State to administer oaths for general purpose, to take Depositions and the acknowledgement of Deeds & other written instruments that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe his signature to the foregoing Certificate to be genuine 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Castleton in
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said district this 20th day of November A.D. 1854
Almon Warner Judge
Polly Patterson application for a pension
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Brief in the case of Polly Patterson widow of  Ansell Rutland County and State of Vermont 
act 3d Feby:1853 
Claim, ("original,") 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioner under the Act of 18 March, 1818, & Contd at the rate of $96 per annum Marriage proven by the affidavits of three Witnesses who testify to general reputation of Marriage & cohabitation of over 20 years. Pension issd Nov. 23, 1843, as per the Affidavits of three credible witnesses & report of the Auditor 
[unreadable] & identity is established by the affidavits of three credible witnesses 
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 
Att. S. Foot U. S. S. Name and residence of Agent
S. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
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on file in this Bureau.   Ansel Patterson  Wid File 6855
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   Jan 1 1781    LENGTH OF SERVICE. Oct 17 1783   RANK.   Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN. Reed COLONEL. Butler STATE. Conn 
Wounded while on ferry guard at West Point in Spring of 1783.  
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl in Conn.  
Date of application for pension,  July 23, 1818. Claim was Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Barre, Washington Co. Vt.  
Age at date of application, 54 years Died Nov 23 1843 
Remarks: Soldier Married Polly Hamlin Spring of 1820.  She was allowed pension on an application sent Nov. 20, 1854 while a resident of Castleton, Rutland Co. Vt.  and  72 or 73 years old.  A son, no name stated was ten years old in 1820.  No further family data.
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Petersburg Sept 9 Vt.  
To the Hon Commissioner of Pensions Dist Collumbia Will you be kind Anough to send me a statement the Record of Patterson, I believe his given name was Ansel, Who Drew pension in Barry Vermont from 18 to 1840 or longer - I want it for evidence to join the Daughters of the Revilution Enclosed find envelope and stamp for Reply.  By sending Reply you will very much aid in my getting up A True and authentic History of my Ancestors and will confer a lasting faivor  
Res yours 
Mary E. Patterson  
PS I have sent to Have Reply in my fathers Name O.K. Patterson Petersburg; Encl
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Let to Hon. S. Foot
U.S.S. Jany 8” / 55 
4827 
Vermont. Burlington 
Polly Patterson widow of Ansel  who served in the Revolutionary war , as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 23rd November  1853. 
Certificate of Pension issued 3d day January 1853 and sent to S. Foot U.S.  Senate 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 32 Vol. A
(18)
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1842
O.W. & N.
CHARLES E. PATTERSON. 
ALPHEUS T. BULKELEY, 
CHARLES C. VAN KIRK.  
LAW OFFICES OF PATTERSON, BULKELEY & VAN KIRK. 
25 NORTH PEARL STREET, 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
October 23, 1901  
[stamp] O.W.&N. DIV OCT 26 1901
To the Honorable, 
The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir 
Ansel Patterson was a private soldier in the war of 1812. His widow Polly (or Mary) Patterson received a pension as his survivor which was issued, I think in 1854 or 1855. 
In preparing some family records I desire to have the date of Ansel Patters enlistment and service I shall be much obliged if you can furnish these dates to me. 
It has come as a tradition to me that
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Ansel Patterson was also a private in the revolutionary war. If so his enlistment must have been from either Connecticut of Massachusetts. Can you inform me where I shall apply for information with respect to this?   
If my enquiries involve the detail of a clerk to procure me this information I will remit any proper fees upon being notified of their amount. 
Very Truly Yours
C. E. Patterson
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE C OCT 25 1901
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B. BROOKS SHAKE 
METHODIST MINISTER 
NEW HARMONY, IND. 
New Harmony, Ind Dec. 11, 1922 
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C. Sir: I am returning blank with all the information I possess in regard to "Ansil Patterson" Trusting that it will be sufficient to enable you to send me the record I desire. 
I am yours very truly 
Mrs. Florence R. Shake
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE  DEC 13 1922
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Schaghticoke Rensselaer Co NY September 15th 1840 
To the Commissioner of Pensions U.S.}
Dear Sir 
Mrs Polly Patterson Widow of Ansel Patterson Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 1853, has removed from the State of Vermont into the State of New York and within the bounds of the Albany Agency.  Mrs Patterson has always received her pension of the agent at Burlington &  she now desires to draw the same at Albany N.Y.  If this can be done, will you oblige her by instructing her what steps are necessary to be taken to accomplish it. 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obedient Servant
Chas J. Willer
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Dec 9 1854 
Polly Patterson widow of Ansel, Rutland Co Vt.  
Act of 53
$96.00 per annum 
Comm  Feby 3 1853 
Revy 
Hon S. Foot
U.S.S. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Pension Office, Official Business
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3 [unreadable] upwards of 2 years.
3 to Death Ma 23d  1853
[unreadable]
Boynton
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Ansel Patterson died 23 Nov 1843, issued 
Robt J. Atkinson Auditor 
[unreadable] Office  
Dec. 27" 1854. 
Sir Id 23 Nov 43
Please certify the  time to which the within named pensioner was paid, on the date of death. 
Very Respectfully 
L P Waldo 
Commissioner
Boynton
Mr Randall
R. J. Atkinson 
[unreadable]
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Senate Chamber January 5-1855 
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Pension Certificate issued to Mrs. Polly Patterson &  have forward the same to her agent & step son, the Rev J. H. Patterson at Castleton Vt.   
I notice that the pension Commences on the 23d of November 1853 - instead of the 3d of Feb. ‘53 the date of the passage of the act under which it is allowed.  
You will permit me to inquire what circumstance on the case has  fixed the date as the time for which the pension takes effect?
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As I shall be called upon for the explanation I desire 1 to have it officially- 
I am very Respectfully 
Solomon Foot 
Hon. L.P. Waldo Com of Pensions
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Payment to be made at Burlington by  C. F. Staniford Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, 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 3d, 1853, Page 32. Vol. A
G. F. 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 Feb May 3, 1853. 
Polly Patterson of  Ansel Patterson who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Six dollars and  per annum, commencing on the 23 of November 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
Given at the Department of the Interior, this third day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty five 
R. McCelland 
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned.
Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.
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Senate Chamber June 15 1855 
Sir,
Herewith I return the Certificate of Mrs. Patterson in connection with your suggestion with a view to issue a Corrected one, which will grant the pension from the 3d of Feby 1853
Very Respectfully
Yr Obet Svt
Solomon Foot
Hon Mr. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
RUTLAND S. S. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
I Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, being a court of record and having a seal as hereto attached do certify that Almon Warner Esq. was, at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached and now is a 
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE  within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to foregoing jurat and certificate is genuine; and that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer. he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgements of Deeds and Depositions, and to administer oaths, &c. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court at Rutland, this twenty first day of December - Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four 
F. W. Hopkins CLERK
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Burlington Vt. Jan. 26th 1855 
L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions Washington 
Sir as requested in your notification of Jan. 18th 1855, return the enclosed notification and am Yours Respectfully  
C. F Staniford 
Pension Agent
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Brief in the case of Polly Patterson widow of  Ansell Rutland County and State of Vermont 
act 3d Feby:1853 
Claim, ("original,") 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioner under the Act of 18 March, 1818, & Contd at the rate of $96 per annum Marriage proven by the affidavits of three Witnesses who testify to general reputation of Marriage & cohabitation of over 20 years. Pension issd Nov. 23, 1843, as per the Affidavits of three credible witnesses & report of the Auditor 
[unreadable] & identity is established by the affidavits of three credible witnesses 
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 
Att. S. Foot U. S. S. Name and residence of Agent
S. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
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Pen Act / 53 VT
Boynton
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Senate Chamber Dec. 9. 1854 
Sir
I herewith send to your office the application of Mrs. Polly Patterson widow of  the late Ansel Patterson for a pension.   Her husband Ansel was a revolution pensioner whose papers will be found on file in your office  
You will please advise me whether or not the accompanying papers are sufficient to establish  her claim- 
I am very Respectfully 
Yr Obt Svt 
Solomon Foot
Hon. Mr. Waldo Com of Pensions
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Senate Chamber Dec 20 1854 
Sir,
Enclosed please find additional documents in support of the of application of Polly Patterson, widow of Ansel Patterson to a pension under the Act of Feby 3 ‘53- 
I beg to be advised of the  decision of the department. as practicably 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Svt
Solomon Foot 
Hon. L.P. Waldo Com. of Pensions
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L. P. Waldo Jan. 8th 1855 
Polly Patterson widow of Ansel. Act Feb 3, 1853 to be returned to Mr. Waldo
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PENSION OFFICE, January 3d 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
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
To C.J. Staniford  Esq. 
NAMES  Polly Patterson widow of Ansel   RANK   private   ACT  [unreadable]  Feby 3d / 53  ANNUAL AMOUNT  $96.00   COMMENCEMENT OF PENSIONS   November 23d 1853  CONTINUATION OF PENSIONS  widowhood
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PENSION OFFICE, January 3d 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
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
To C.J. Staniford  Esq. 
NAMES  Polly Patterson widow of Ansel   RANK   private   ACT  [unreadable]  Feby 3d / 53  ANNUAL AMOUNT  $96.00   COMMENCEMENT OF PENSIONS   November 23d 1853  CONTINUATION OF PENSIONS  widowhood
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3-049 
Ex  EW  Div.  Rev War 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 7, 1922 
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained. Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.   
1” name of widow Luciana Coulton  Polly Hamlin 
Name of soldier, Ansil Patterson 
Address of Soldier at enlistment Connecticut & after Service  Castleton, Vermont 
Company 
Regiment. 
State where enlisted Connecticut 
Date of Birth  July 8 17 [1764] 
Date of Death Nov. 23, 1843 
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers. 
Colonel Butler 
Captain Reed 
Return attached letter with reply.  
Washington Gardner Commissioner.
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Oct 30 1904  C. E. Patterson, Albany N.Y 
Hist to Mary E. Patterson Petersburg, Ind. D.L.M. 
1923 Jan. 6 Hist to Mrs. Florence R. Shake  AW
Revy WIDOW, &c.   
File No. 6855 
Polly Patterson Widow Ansel Patterson 
Pri Rev War  
Act: July 3d 1848, 
Index:--Vol. 10, Page 110 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1907 Oct. 1.
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[stamp] CASTLETON VT APR 23
FREE
81716
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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No 5287 
Polly Patterson widow of Ansel 
Let to Hon S. Foot Dec 11 1854 
Act / 53
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10015
160 acres
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I Robert Paddock of Barre in Washington County and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Ansel Patterson of said Barre and have been well acquainted with him about twenty years, and know him to be a lame man and has been long ever since has been acquainted with him and have always understood that he was wounded in the Revolutionary service , I all so believe him to be in want of assistance from his county for support, and know him to be very poor.  
Barre July 25th 1818 R. Paddock 
Sworn to before me this 23d July 1818 
Warren Ellis Judge of said Court 
I Jotham Carpenter of Boone in Washington County and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say that I am well acquainted with Ansel Patterson of said Barre and have been acquainted with him for more than twenty years and know that he has been lame ever since I have been acquainted with him and have uniformly understood him that he was wounded in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary service, I also testify I have seen a discharge in said Pattersons possession, perporting to be signed by General Knox & I also believe said Patterson to be very poor and in want of assistance from his County for support.  
Jotham Carpenter  
Sworn to before me this 23 July 1818 Warren Ellis Judge of W. C. Court 
I Warren Ellis of Barre Washington County and State of Vermont certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Jotham Carpenter and Robert Paddock and consider them men of truth and veracity 
Warren Ellis Judge of W C Court
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No. 81716 
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. 
Received Apr 26th 1855. 
Ansel Patterson Priv. Dec. 
Ct. Cont. Line Rev. War 
10015-160-55 
Claimant Castleton Vt
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Leonard Keith
deposition
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State of Vermont 
Washington County ss}  On this 28 day of November 1854 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County Leonard Keith a resident of Barre in said County of Washington aged 59 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration.   
That I was acquainted with Ansel Patterson a Revolutionary pensioner formerly a citizen of this town and his wife Polly now the widow of the said Ansel now a resident of Castleton Vermont that they lived near neighbours to me in the town of Barre and State of Vermont for about twenty years last past before his death which occurred in 1843.   And that said Patterson drew a pension from the U.S. Government for services in the war of the revolution up to the time of his decease (I believe under the act of 1818.)  That for some time previous to his death the said Ansel was insane and I was his guardian.   He left but a very small Estate out of which his wife Polly had a dower assigned her.   
And I furthermore say that such was the aggravated character of the said Ansels malady and the case and assiduous attention of his wife the above named Polly that her constitution and health became much impaired, and she is now according to the best of my knowledge and belief feeble and infirm and depending for her sustenance upon the charity of her friends.   
Leonard Keith 
Sworn and subscribed to on this  23d day of Nov. 1854 before me 
Jackson A. Vail Justice of the peace
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according to the best of my knowledge and belief feeble and infirm and depending for her sustenance upon the charity of her friends. 
Leonard Keith
Sworn and subscribed to on this 23d day of Nov. 1854 before me Jackson A. Vail 
Justice of the peace 
STATE OF VERMONT,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, SS.}  I Shubael Wheeler Clerk of the County Court for the County of Washington, in the State of Vermont, which is a Court of Record, hereby certify that Jackson A. Vail  Esq. on this 23d day of November A.D. 1854 is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified by the laws of this State to administer Oaths for general purposes, to take Depositions and the acknowledgment of Deeds and other written instrument; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and believe his signature to the foregoing Certificate to be genuine.  
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said County Court, at Montpelier, in said County, this 23 day of November, A.D. 1854 
Shubael Wheeler Clerk
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State of Vermont  
Rutland County ss} 
On this 18th day of December  AD 1854 personally appeared before the Probate Court for the district of Fairhaven in said County in open Court Polly Patterson a resident of Castleton in said district aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following [unreadable] declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed Feby 3. 1853. 
That she is the widow of Ansel Patterson late of Barre in the County of Washington and State of Vermont deceased, who was a private in the American Army of the Revolution in set forth in the declaration and proofs of the said Ansel Patterson under the Act of 1818 now on file in the Pension Office, and who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum.  She further declares that there is no record evidence, or living witnesses of her marriage with the said Ansel Patterson to her knowledge. That her name before her said marriage was Polly Hamlin, That she lived with the said Ansel as his lawful wife from the spring of the year 1820 to the 23d day of November 1843 the day of his death and that she received from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Vermont the balance of Pension due the said Ansel at the time of his death, from the 4th of Sept to the 23d day of November 1843 as will appear by the voucher on file in the pension Office. She further declares that the exact day of her said marriage she
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cannot remember in consequence of her advanced age and consequent laps of memory. she further declared she was not married prior to the second of January 1800 
Polly Patterson 
Subscribed and sworn before me at the day & date first mentioned 
Almon Warner Judge 
State of Vermont 
Rutland County 
District of Fairhaven } The Court before whom the within proceedings were had hereby certify that said proceedings were had in open Court on the day & date within mentioned and that said court is a Court of record and that the said Polly Patterson is a person of credibility.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Official hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Castleton in said district on the day & your first before written 
A Warner Judge
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I Smith Sherman an inhabitant of Castleton Rutland County & State of Vermont aged 60 years, being first duly sworn, do depose testify & say, I am well acquainted with Mrs Polly Patterson the applicant for a Pension in the preceeding declaration & have been since 1822 I was acquainted with previous her husband Ansel Patterson for more than 20 years to Nov 23 1843 the time of his death. In the spring of 1822 the said Ansel Patterson and his wife Polly the now widow, as set forth in the above declaration moved into the neighborhood in which I then resided in Barre, Washington State of Vermont, in which neighborhood the said Ansel resided until his decease.   I understood they came from Georgia in this State. The said Ansel Patterson & Polly Patterson lived together as husband & wife, were reputed so to be, and I never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. The said Polly has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow which I believe to be the fact, and that she has not married since he husband the said Ansel died, & is still his widow and that the said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in her declaration.   
Smith Sherman 
State of Vermont, 
Rutland County ss} At Castleton in said County  this 20th day of December AD 1854 personally appeared the said Smith Sherman and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me, and I hereby certify that he is personally known to me and is a person of credibility. 
Almon Warner Justice of the Peace
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I J. H. Patterson a resident of Castleton Rutland County & State of Vermont aged 44 years being first duly sworn, do depose testify & say I lived with Ansel Patterson & his wife Polly Patterson from the Spring of 1820 to the Spring of 1822 in the town of Georgia in this State. In the spring of 1822 I moved with them to Barre in Washington County & State of Vermont. They settled in the neighborhood in which Smith Sherman resided, and were citizens of that neighborhood at the time of the said Ansels death which event occurred Nov 23d 1843. I made it my home with them untill that event, and ever since the said Polly has resided with me the said Ansel Patterson & Polly Patterson during all that period lived together as husband & wife were reputed so to be, and I never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. She has not married since her husbands the said Ansels decease to my knowledge, but is still reputed to be, and according to the best of my knowledge & belief is still his widow, Her husband, the said Ansel Patterson a pensioner under the act of Congress of 1818, is the identical man mentioned in her declaration.
James H Patterson 
State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss}  At Castleton in said County  this 20th day of December AD 1854 personally appeared the said James H Patterson and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me, and I hereby certify that he is personally known to me and is a person of credibility. 
Almon Warner Justice Peace
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I am personally acquainted with Smith Sherman Esq & the Rev. J. H. Patterson, the witnesses within named, know them to be persons of the highest respectability & their statements are entitled to the fullest credit.   Judge Warner for whom the declaration is made in the Probate Judge for the District of Fairhaven 
Solomon Foot