Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17100, for Benjamin Mattison, Vermont
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Green Mt Boys
Vt

Mattison, Benjamin
or Matteson,
Lois

NUMBER
W. 17100

CONTENTS
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New York. 4402
Lois Mattison, Widow of Benjamin Mattison, private in Captain Hutchins company of the ["the" is crossed out] Col. Seth Warner's Regiment.
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Ratio of Disability, [possibly Vt]
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
[above 3 lines are crossed with lines]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N.Y
at Forty Dollars per year, [month is crossed out] to commence on the 15th November 1844.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of August 1846, and sent to Adriel Ely, Watertown, New York.
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Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1846  ~$57.90
Semi=anl. all'ce ending 4th Sep. 46 ~20. ~
$71.90 [total or $57.9 and $20]

Act of the 8th August 1846

Book C. Vol. 1. Page [unreadable]
of 4th July 1836.
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State of New York
Jefferson County 
On this 2d day of October 1843, personally appeared before me George C. Sherman one of the Judges of Jefferson County Courts Lois Matteson, a resident of the town of Hounsfield
in the County of Jefferson and State of
New York, aged ninety years & upward
who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she is the widow of Benjamin Matteson who was a private in the army of the revolution and in the month of March 1776 entered the service of the
United States as she is informed & believes, into
Capt. Hutchins Company Col. Seth Warner's
regiment & again served the period
of about nine months, & in the year
1777 in Captain Jonas Galusha Company
about four months and it was during this campaign that Burgoyne was captured in which the said Benjamin was engaged.  In proof of these services this deponent refers to the affidavit of Samuel Matteson. The husband of this deponent the said Benjamin performed various other tours of service
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in behalf of his Country several of which were after our marriage as will appear by the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Vermont, one of which, was in 1780, & two in 1781.
The said Benjamin was called out many times, but owing to the great age of this declarant and an enfeebled mind she is not able to give the particulars, but remembers well that her husband claimed to have [3 words crossed out] served several times claiming [1 word crossed out] that was in all I should about three years.

She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Matteson on the first day December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in the town of Shaftsbury in the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont;
that her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin
Mattison died in the town of Manchester
in the State of Vermont his true residence,
on the 19th day of January one thousand
eight hundred and thirteen; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof texts
annexed. She further declares that her name before marriage was Lois Randall & that she has no record of
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her marriage & thinks & believes there is none in existence.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before G.C. Human Judge
before 
G.C. Sherman Judge
Jeff County County Court.
her + mark
Lois Matteson

I hereby certify that Lois Matteson, who has this day made the foregoing declaration on oath before me is unable to attend in open
Court in consequence of great age
infirmity of body.
G.C. Sherman
Judge Jeff Co County Court
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STATE OF NEW-YORK
Jefferson County Clerk's Office, [bracket] ss
I, DANIEL LEE, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that George C Sherman Esquire ...
before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Judge of Jefferson County Courts
in and for said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand willing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing and signature.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said County this
3rd day of October in the year 1843.
Daniel Lee      CLERK.
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6
Lois Mattison
widow of Benj Mattison
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Addendom
A. Esq.
dept
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State of Vermont
Bennington County SS. }
Town Clerks office Town of Dorset. Feb. 20. 1845

I Herman Morse do hereby certify that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Dorset, County & State aforesaid & have the custody of the records of said town, & that the following Records of the births of the family of Benjamin Mattison & Louis Mattison are truly & accurately copied from
the Book of Records of said town in the words & figures following to wit:
Peleg Mattison Son of Benja Mattison
& Louis his wife, born on the first day of January - 1778
Elisha was born on the 22nd day of December -
1779
Elnathan was Born on the 8th day of March - 1784
Lydia was Born the 1st of December - 1786
Survia was born on the 3rd of October - 1791
Joel Pratt Mattison born on the 22d November - 1793
Benjamin Mattison Born 25th Feby - 1797
Louis Mattison Born the 3rd day of Feby - 1799

Attests. Heman Morse Town Clerk
Sworn & subscribed this 20th day of Feby. 1845
Before me
E. B. Burton Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Bennington County ss }
I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of
Bennington County Court do hereby
certify that Elias B. Burton whose name
is subscribed to the above certificate
was at the date thereof an acting Justice
of the Peace within & for the County of
Bennington duly authorized to administer
an oath as above, that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of E. B. Burton & verily believe
his signature to the above is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County this 24th day of February A.D. 1845.
Samuel H. Blackmer  Clerk
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss

I Elisha Mattison of the town of Hownsfield in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law doth upon my oath say that I
am the son of Benjamin Mattison deceased and Lois Mattison now his widow
that I was born on the 22d day of December 1779 that I was the second of a family of nine
children of the said Benjamin and Lois
That I recollect well of hearing my father the said Benjamin often relate his military services in the war of the revolution & have no doubt that he served at different times at least two years. My
father the said Benjamin died in Manchester Vermont in 1813 and Lois Mattison his widow has never married since the death of her husband the said Benjamin but is still his widow

Subscribed & sworn to this 2d day of October 1843 before G.C. Sherman Judge Jeff Co County Court
Elisha Matteson

I certify that I am well acquainted with Elisha Matteson the above named affiant & that his is a respectable farmer of the town of Hownsfield & is entitled to full credit & belief.
G.C. Sherman Judge
Court of Law [perhaps]
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State of New York
Genese County ss}

Samuel Matteson being duly sworn deposes & says that he this deponent resides in the Town of Darien in the County of Genese in the State of New York and has resided in said county since the year one thousand Eight hundred & ten. That deponent was born in the Town of West Greenwich in
the State of Rhode Island on the sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and sixty two and deponent will be eighty one years old on the sixteenth day of October Eighteen hundred & forty three, All which deponent is informed & believes.
And deponent further says that Benjamin Matteson late of Manchester in the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont [New York is initially written but crossed out]
was an own Brother of deponent and was about
seven years older than deponent as deponent
allways understood as was informed by the parents
of deponent & the said Benjamin & which deponent
allways believed to be true. That his said Brother
Benjamin Mattison died in the said Town of Manchester
in the said State of Vermont in the winter of Eighteen
hundred & thirteen. deponent is unable to state the day
of the month of the death of his said Brother. That during the war of the Revolution deponent resided with his
Father in the Town of Shaftsbury in the County of
Bennington in the State of Vermont. That his
said Brother Benjamin Mattison also resided with
his said Father at Shaftsbury aforesaid during said
Revolutionary war except when engaged in the service
of the United States as a solder of the revolution as
hereafter mentioned. The first service that the said
Benjamin Mattison rendered as a soldier in the
any of the Revolution was in the spring of the
year seventeen hundred seventy six in the month
of March of that year as deponent believes. That his
said brother served as a soldier at that time about
the period of nine months. Deponent thinks but is not positive
(over)
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that his said Brother served during that campaign in a company commanded by a Capt. Hutchings & was under Col Seth Warner as the colonel of the Regiment to which said Benjamin belonged during this said campaign. That during the year 1777 his said Brother Benjamin was in the United States service as a soldier & belonged to a company commanded by Jonas Galusha as captain That during this campaign deponent's Father & the said Benjamin Matteson together with three other Brothers of deponent were each engaged in the battle known as the Bennington battle - That said Benjamin Matteson served as a soldier during this campaign about the period of four months - That again toward the close of the war of the Revolution his said brother Benjamin was engaged in the public service as a soldier of the Revolution but deponent cannot tell how long he served at this time or during this campaign. 
And deponent further says that his said Brother Benjamin Mattison was married to a Miss Louis (Lois) Randall during the year previous to the surrender of Burgoyne as deponent purports well recollects - That said marriage took place in the said Town of Shaftsburg in the county of Bennington in the State of ['Bennington' crossed out] Vermont as deponent was always informed and believes true. that his said Brother Benjamin after his said marriage moved his wife to within about eighty [illegible] of the place where deponent resided with his said Father. and then lived & cohabited with her the said Louis (Lois) & the said Louis (Lois) & the said Benjamin lived & cohabited together as man & wife from the fall of ['Eighteen hundred & seve' crossed out] seventeen hundred & seventy six untill the decease of his said brother as above stated. That deponent untill about one year previous to the decease of his said Brother Benjamin as before stated resided & continued to reside within a short distance of his said brothers Benjamin residence 
That during all that time deponent was very
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frequently at the residence of the said Louis (Lois) & his said brother & deponent knows of his own knowledge that they lived together & cohabited as man and wife during the time before mentioned - That during the time that the said Louis & the said Benjamin ['cohab' crossed out] cohabited together as said man & wife she became the  mother of nine children whose names are as follows Peleg - Elisha - Lydia -Elnathan - Jesse - Seviah - Joel - Benjamin & Louis - And deponent further says that during the time that the said Louis & the said Benjamin lived & cohabited together as said man & wife as above stated they were reputed & esteemed by their friends neighbours & acquaintances as man & wife - That in the summer of Eighteen hundred & forty the said Louis (Lois) the widow of said Benjamin visited deponent at his residence in the said Town of Darien & remained with deponent at his house about three weeks - That deponent then understood from her the said Louis (Lois) that she resided with her said children in the Towns of Hounsfield & Watertown in the county of Jefferson - 
/s/Samuel Matteson 
Subscribed & sworn before me this 22d Sept. 1843
/s/Thomas Riddle Justice Peace
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State of New York
Genesee County S.S.} I the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace & acting in the Town of Darien in the county aforesaid Do hereby certify That I am well acquainted with Samuel Matteson the Individual who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit. That I have known the said Samuel for the space of twenty years now last past. And I further certify that the said Samuel is a man of truth & veracity and that the statements made by him in the foregoing affidavit is entitled to full credit 
Dated Darien Sept. 22d 1843
/s/Thomas Riddle Justice
Genesee County clerks office} ss.
I Horace M Soper clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Genesee County certify that Thomas Riddle is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official Seal of office and subscribed my name the 23 day of September in the Year 1843
/s/Horace M Soper clerk by M.S. Soper Dep clk
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[verso]
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17100
Lois Mattison widow of Benjamin Mattison Pri Rev War
Act: August 8th 46
Index: - Vol. M., Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
1930 Nov. 28, Photos mailed to Mrs. F. W. Matteson & Fin. Div. ntfd. A.D.Y.
1931 Jan. 26. Photos mailed to Mrs. F. W. Matteson & Fin. Div. ntfd. A.D.Y.
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Please have certified and return to Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section, Room 1143.
Photostatic copies of twenty-eight pages from Revolutionary War claim for pension of Lois Matteson or Mattison, widow of Benjamin Matteson or Mattison, Widow File No. 17100.
✓Please make two certificates as above for each set herewith.
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29th CONGRESS, 1st Session. HO. OF REPS.
LOIS MATTISON, 
[To accompany bill H.R. No. 244.]
FEBRUARY 18, 1846.
Mr. SEAMAN, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following 
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lois Mattison, of Jefferson county, New York, report:
The petitioner states that she is the widow of Benjamin Mattison, who was a soldier of the Revolution; that she was married to him on the 1st December, 1776, and resided in Shaftsbury, Vermont, and that her husband died 19th January, 1813. She has not since married, and is now a widow. The marriage is proved.
She claims a pension for the following service rendered by her said husband during the war of the Revolution: For nine months' service in Captain William Hutchin's company, Colonel Seth Warner's regiment, commencing in the spring of 1776. For four months' service during the spring and summer of 1777, in Captain Galusha's company, during which campaign Burgoyne was captured. He also did other short terms of service in 1780 and 1781.
Samuel Mattison testifies positively to the nine and four months' service. Elisha Mattison, son of the petitioner, swears that his father represented that he was in the service during the war, and he has no doubt of the truth of such representations. These men are certified to be of good character and entitled to belief.
The secretary of State of Vermont says there was a Captain Hutchins in the service of the State, but no pay rolls exist prior to the year 1778.
The short terms of service in 1780 and 1781, in all twenty-three days, are proved by the pay roll in the office of secretary of State of Vermont. 
The committee are of the opinion that the twenty-three days' service strengthens the affidavit of Samuel and Elisha Mattison, and sufficiently connects the husband of petitioner with the service to entitle her to relief; and they report a bill granting her a pension of forty dollars per annum, to commence 15th November, 1844.
Ritchie & Heiss, printers.
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Office, 
June 29, 1944.

Sir, 
I have to state, in answer to your letter of the 22d inst. that the rolls of Seth Warner's regiment for 1776 are in this Office, but there is the name of no such Captain as Hutchins to be found thereon. Warner frequently commanded other corps in connexion with his own regiment, and it is not impossible that the Captain Hutchins mentioned was from Vermont, as there was a Captain of the name in the service of that State. The rolls in the Office of the Secretary of State of Vermont will shew, and application should be made to that Officer. 
I am respectfully, Your Obt. Servt.
/s/J. L. Edwards
See The Certificate of the Secty of Vermont dated Nov. 11, 1844
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Lois Mattison widow of Benjamin Mattison, private in Capt. Wm. Hutchins' company of Col. Seth Warner's reg't.
[Place on roll among widows pensioned by act of July 4. '36.]
Albany Roll
$40 per annum to commence 15 November 1844
⇨special act of August 8. 1846 - 
Cert to 
Adriel Ely
Watertown N. York
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[typewritten letter]
January 19, 1931. 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copies of eleven pages from Revolutionary War claim for pension of Benjamin Mattison, File No. W.17100, uncertified.
Very truly yours, 
[margin note: Cash - $1.65]
[receipt stamp: FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPERS DESK JAN 21 1931 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
Remitter: 
Mrs. F. W. Matteson
Hotel Gordon - 916-16th St. N.W.
Washington D.C. 
Received payment $1.65 January 19, 1931.
/s/Margaret M.H. Finch
Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
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List to Mrs. Matteson:
Wid. decl. Oct. 2-1843 - 3 pages
Elisha Matteson's affid. Oct. 2 1843 - 1  "
Samuel  "  "  Sept. 22+23, 1843 - 3  "
copy of birth records, Feb 20, 1845 - 1  "
Petition of wid., Dec. 8, 1845 - 1  "
Committee on Rev. War pensions report Feb. 18-1846 - 1  "
Copy of "An Act for the relief of Lois Mattison August 8-1846 - 1  "
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[typewritten letter]
January 19, 1931. 
541 [initials" own]
Bureau of Pensions.
Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
xxxxxxxxxx
Rev. War claim for pension of Benjamin Mattison, File No. W.17100. Actual 1 of each page
xxx $1.65...11 pages
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. 
The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
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[handwritten letter]
Nov. 10, 1930
541
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
xxxxxxxxx

Rev. War pension claim, Benjamin Mattison, W.17100. Actual 2 of each page
Remitter Mrs. F. W. Matteson
Hotel Gordon 
916-16th St. N.W.
Wash., D.C.
$8.40 28 pages
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev. &1812 Wars Section.
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[typewritten letter]
Nov. 10, 1930
[margin note: Cash - $8.90]
[receipt stamp: FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPERS DESK NOV 12 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please send me photostatic copies of 28 pages from Rev. War pension claim, Benjamin Mattison, W. 17100, make 2 copies of each page and certify both sets. 
Very truly yours,
Remitter - 
X Mrs. F. W. Matteson
Hotel Garden - 916-16th ST. N.W.
Washington D.C. 
Received payment $8.90 Nov. 10, 1930
/s/M. C. Stokes
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier November 15, 1844
I hereby certify that the Revolutionary Pay Rolls in this Office are not complete; and that William Hutchins was a Captain in the service of the State of Vermont, and that I have made thorough search and find that there are no payrolls of Capt. Wm. Hutchins, or of any Captain by the name of Hutchins, prior to the year 1778; to be found in this office. 
I further certify that there is on file in this Office a paper purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt Jonas Galusha's Company in Col. Herrick's Regiment of Militia for service done in an alarm in April 1780;" on which Roll is the name of "Benj. Matteson" with an allowance for three days service as a private. 
Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt John Gray's Company and Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia for service done in defence of the frontiers of the State of Vermont, by order of Gen. Safford, from Octo. 18th 1781 to Nov. 8th 1781, both days included"; on which roll is the name of "Benj. Matteson" with an allowance for six days service as a private.
Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt Abrahamm Underhill's Company and Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia
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for service done in defence of the Frontiers of the State of Vermont in the alarms which commenced the 12th 1781"; On which Roll is the name of "Benj. Matteson" with an allowance for fourteen days service as a private.
[official seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of this office this 15th day of November A.D. 1844.
/s/Ferrand F. Merrill 
Deputy Secretary of State
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier August 16th 1845
I hereby certify that on the records of the Council of Safety of this State, under date of September 22d A.D. 1777, is an order, recorded at length, directed to Captain Jonas Galusha, in which he is directed to repair, with the fifty men of Col. Moses Robinson's Regiment, under his command, to Major General Gates' Head Quarters.
I further certify that there is not pay Roll of s'd Company of Capt Galusha for s'd year 1777 in this Office.
[official seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of this Office this 16th day of August A.D. 1845. 
/s/Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Sec'y of State
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Petition of Lois Mattison for a Pension 
Dec'r 15, 1845. 
Referred to the Com. on Revy Pensions
Feby 18th 1846. Bill 244
Mr. Hungerford
Papers On file
81
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[handwritten letter]
Dear Sir
The widow of Benjamin Mattison asks for a special Law giving her a pension for one year service. The reason of her appeal to Congress is that her claim cannot be allowed at the Pension Office without Record Proof - 
Mattison served 9 mths in 1776 under Wm. Hutchins
  "  "  about 4  "  "  1777  "  Jonas Galusha
& about a month in 1780 & 1781 of which service there is record proof - Samuel Mattison a brother swears positive by to the 9 months in 1776 under Hutchins and also to the 4 " in 1777 under Capt Jonas Galusha - 
Mattison's affidavit is sustained by the admission of Edwards that Hutchinson (Hutchins) was a Capt in the service of Vermont & that Seth Warner in whose Reg't it is alleged Hutchinson (Hutchins) was a Capt, frequently commanded other Corps in connexion with his own reg't - & by the certificate of the Sec'y of Vermont that Hutchins was a Cap't, but no Pay Rolls exist prior to 1778 - it is also shown by the Sec'y of Vermont that Jonas Galusha was ordered by a Com'ee of Safety to repair in 1777 with his whole Company to Gen'l Gates Head quarters. There can be no doubt that the services were rendered, but the rule requiring Record Proof makes an appeal to Congress absolutely necessary - If she is entitled to a pension at all is under the Law of 1836 as she was married in 1776 - Be so good as to present her petition and give it attention as you may think proper 
Yrs truly
/s/Adriel Ely
Hon O. Hungerford Dec. 8, 1845
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[handwritten letter]
Watertown Jeff. Co. N.Y. 
Sept 3d 1845

Sir
Having just rec'd a certificate (herein inclosed) showing that Jonas Galusha was directed to repair with his Co'y to Gates Headquarter let me request our further attention, to the claim of Lois Mattison now on file in your office - I will briefly state the evidence before you and hope upon a review it will be considered sufficient to authorise you to grant her a small pension 
1st the affidavit of her deceased husband's brother Sam'l Mattison to 9 mths service under Capt. Hutchins in 1776. 7. Col. Warner's Reg't The Certif'e of Secretary of Vermont shows that there was a Capt Wm Hutchins, that the records are incomplete & no pay rolls in that office refer to 1778 - 
2d - same affidavit, this s'd Mattison was out 4 Months under Jonas Galusha in 1777 The certificate above referred to shows that Galusha was Capt at that time & in service - 
These 13 months services I have not yet been able to find any record proof of, but can there be a doubt but what they were rendered - The only record proof to be found is some 23 days - But from all the proof & circumstantiated evidence in the case will you not be authorised to grant a pension, if not more than 6 months I should prefer to accept it than
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[handwritten letter]
than an appeal to Congress for a special Law in her favor - 
Yr Ob ser't
/s/Adriel Ely
Col. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
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Lois Mattison app'n for Pension Certificate
Adriel Ely Atty
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss I Lois Mattison of Watertown Jefferson County New York being duly sworn according to Law, depose and say that I am the identical person named in an Act of Congress passed in the Month of August 1846 entitled "An Act for the relief of Lois Matteson of Jefferson County State of New York" This Act as I am informed and believe grants me a pension Adriel Ely of Watertown New York is my attorney to whom the Commissioner of Pensions is hereby respectfully requested to send my Pension Certificate 
/s/X her mark Lois Mattison
Sworn & subscribed this 15" day of August 1846 before me
/s/E Sabin Justice
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5992
Lois Matteson widow of Benjamin Matteson 
act July 4. 1836
Adriel Ely 
Watertown NY - agent
M. Dec'r 1st 1776 @ 13
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State of Vermont.
Secretary's Office, 
Montpelier, 18th Sept. 1839. 
I, Chauncey L. Knapp, Secretary of said State, o hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Abraham Underhill's Company and Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia, for service done in defence of the frontier of the state of Vermont in the alarm which commenced the 12th 1781."
I further certify that the name of Benjamin Matteson a private, appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of fourteen days' service annexed. 
I further certify that there is on file in this office an other paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. John Gray's company and Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia for service done in defence of the frontiers of the State of Vermont, by order of Gen. Safford, from October 18th, 1781 to Nov. 8th 1781, both days included." I further certify that the name of Benjamin Matteson, a private, appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of six days' service annexed. 
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Jonas Galusha's Company in Col. Herrick's Regiment of Militia for service done in an alarm of 1780." I further certify
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that the name of Benjamin Matteson, a private, appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of three days' service annexed.
I further certify that the said pay rolls appear to have been duly approved, and paid from the Treasury of this State.
I further certify that many of the revolutionary pay rolls of the Vermont Line, formerly deposited in the Treasurers office of this State, as vouchers, are lost and are not now to be found among the public archives of this State.
[official seal affixed] Given under my hand and official Seal, at Montpelier this 18th day of September, A.D. 1839. 
/s/Chauncey L. Knapp, 
Secretary of State.
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Lois Mattison widow of Benjamin Mattison 
Petition for a pension under Law of 1836
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To the Congress of the United States
The undersigned a resident of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York would respectfully represent to your Honorable Body, that your petitioner is the widow of Benjamin Mattison to whom she was married in 1776. Your memorialist further represents that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Mattison resided in Shaftsbury in the State of Vermont during the war of the Revolution and was actively engaged in the service of the United States at different periods of the war and in different tours of service in all to the amount as your petitioner believes of about three years.
He the said Benjamin Mattison served at one period nine months under Capt. William Hutchins Col. Seth Warner's Reg't commencing in the spring of 1776, then in 1777 the next year after your memorialist was married to the said Benjamin Mattison there was a great call for troops and the said Benjamin went into the service and was gone all the summer and a part of the fall in all not less than four months - He then belonged to Capt. Jonas Galusha's Company - He the said Benjamin was out in the service many times thereafter to quell alarms of torys and Indians, but your memorialist does not recollect of any long tours but the above named
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Your memorialist would further represent that she applied to the Com'r of Pensions for a pension under the 3d Section of the Law of July 4" 1836: that the proof of marriage was satisfactory and that her case stands suspended until she can procure Record Proof of her husbands services - This she is unable to do with the exception of two short tours one of which was in 1780 and the other in 1781; and the Secretary of the State of Vermont says in a letter to your memorialist You will understand why we have no documentary evidence in this office except Pay Rolls & papers connected with the Treasurer's office, when you call to mind the fact that Vermont had no constitutional existence as a State before 1778." Your Memorialist has not been able to find Record Proof nor does she expect that she can find it; She therefore comes to Congress and asks for a special Law directing that she may be placed on the pension List under the Law of 1836 for an amount of service at least one year - And she asks it on the ground as she believes that she has proved that her husband did render the services claimed to have been performed as her declaration
Your memorialist logs have briefly
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to present the proof on which she makes her claim. Accompanying her papers now on file in the Pension Office is the affidavit of Samuel Mattison a brother of her husband who testifies clearly to the 9 Months service under Capt Hutchins in 1776. This affidavit is strengthened by the admission of the Commissioner of Pensions that there was a Capt the name of Hutchins in Vermont and that Seth Warner frequently commanded other Corps in connexion with his own Regiment and from the certificate of the Secretary of Vermont which states that the Pay Rolls in that office are not complete and that William Hutchins was a Captain in the ['State' crossed out] service of the State of Vermont and that there are no Pay Rolls of said Capt Hutchins prior to 1778 The said Samuel Mattison also testifies that the Husband of your Memorialist was out in the service in 1777 about four Months under Capt Jonas Galusha & it is shown by the Secretary of State that Jonas Galusha was ordered to Gen'l Gates Head quarters with his full company - Your petitioner can have no relief except at your hands & pray, that her case may be examined in connexion with the proofs on file in the Pension Office & such belief granted as the wisdom of Congress shall determine
Dec. 1845
/s/Lois Matteson
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[handwritten letter]
Bennington, Vt. Feb'y 25, A.D. 1845. 
Sir,
Yours of the 6th inst. is received - the answer has been delayed that I could make satisfactory enquiry in regard to the facts you wish to ascertain as to the services of Benjamin Matteson under Capt. Jonas Galusha. I send no deposition because I have no personal knowledge of the matter except by tradition & hearsay - nor can I find any ['kno' crossed out] person who has knowledge of the facts you seek. - That generation who were eye-witnesses of the events of 1777 sleep with their fathers, or have removed to parts unknown. There is but one person living in this vicinity who participated in the perils & dangers of Bennington battle - him I have not yet been able to see. - I think I shall be able to see him soon, and ascertain what he remembers. There is no doubt of Jonas Galusha's doing service as Captain, during the memorable events of Bennington Battle & the capture of Burgoyne - should it be required, (I have no doubt, testimony might be found by visiting this, & the adjoining towns) I will further seek it when the ways are settled & the weather less inclement.  - 
In the mean time I send you what I have been able to find. - viz. The copy of a deposition made by Jonas Galusha himself, to be used for & in behalf of one Nathan Stone an applicant for pension. The original deposition is probably on file in Pension Bureau at Washington City. - The copy I have has the signature of the late Gov. Jonas Galusha in his own handwriting. And as a copy, it may be authenticated as a true copy if needed, or if the case will justify the use of secondary proof. - 
The Copy follows - 
"I Jonas Galusha of Shaftsbury in the county of Bennington & State of Vermont, testify & say that in the year 1777, I was Captain of a militia company, in Shaftsbury, and under Col. Moses Robinson's orders raised a number of men from ['the' crossed out] my Company, but I cannot recollect his grade - marched to Saratoga, & from there to Fort Edward, from thence to Jessup's Patent under the direction of Col. Warner, & from there under
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the same commander a few miles directly west for the purpose of dislodging an encampment of tories & indians, & from there to Saratoga, where we were dismissed. At the time the battle known by the name of Bennington Battle was fought, on the Walloomsack River, I was ordered with ['my' crossed out] the entire company under my command by Col. Moses Robinson to march to said battleground, & marched in obedience to said order at the  head of my company - I recollect at the time of Bennington battle, a soldier came up to Stone and said, "I have no gun, what shall I do" Stone replied "Stand by me a few minutes & you shall have one" - the man obeyed, and in a short time Stone drew up & fired at a Hessian - as the Hessian fell, Stone said to his comrade, "Run and get your & the man obeyed. 
/s/Jonas Galusha."
I find it traditionarily handed down that Capt. Hutchins did duty in public service in 1776 - but no further particulars as yet. - I shall attend to further requests you may make. It may take a day or two to procure what is the best evidence of the facts required.
Yours, &c. 
/s/O. C. Merrill. 
Adriel Ely, Esq.
Watertown
State of New York
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['29th CONGRESS, 1st SESSION. H. R. 244. 
[Report No. 299.]
FEBRUARY 18, 1846. 
Read, and committed is a Committee of the Whole House to morrow. 
Mr. SEAMAN, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill. A BILL' crossed out]
An act For the relief of Lois Mattison, of the county of Jefferson, State of New York.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
3 the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and re-
4 quired to place the name of Lois Mattison on the pension list, 
5 at the rate of forty dollars per annum, to commence the fifteenth
6 day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
approved august 8, 1846

Department of State
August 28th 1846
I certify that the above is a true copy of "An act for the relief of Lois Mattison, of the County of Jefferson, State of New York", compared with the original roll on file in this Department. 
/s/N. P. Britt Chief Clerk
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HR 244.
Lois Mattison
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State of Vermont
Bennington County ss} Town Clerks Office Shaftsbury 
Sept 25th AD 1839 
I certify that the Marriage Records of said Town appear to have commenced Feby 8th 1783 and that upon diligent search of said records I cannot find a record of the marriage of Benjamin Matteson with Louis Crandal (Lois Randall) in said Town
Attest /s/Hiram Barton Town Clerk 
State of Vermont
Bennington Co ss} Shaftsbury Sept 26th 1839 - 
Personally came Hiram Barton the above subscriber to the above certificate and made solem oath that the same is the truth and whole truth before me 
/s/Nahum Wheelock Justice peace
State of Vermont
Bennington County ss} I Henry Robinson Clerk of Bennington County Court, hereby certify that Nahum Wheelock Esqr is a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Bennington duly authorized by law to administer oaths &c & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his foregoing signature to be genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my the seal of our Said Court & subscribed my name at Bennington this 26th day of Sept. A.D. 1839.
/s/Henry Robinson