Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7270, Jeremiah Fisher, Conn
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(S-1776)

SERVICE Conn

Fisher, Jeremiah
Sabra

NUMBER W. 7270
B. L. Wt. 11424-160-55

CONTENTS
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No. 18386
Vermont
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Jeremiah Fisher
of Chittenden Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Pr & Wagoner in the company commanded
by Captain Couch of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Willis in the Conn't Troops
for 2 years


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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars ___ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Aug. 
1833 and sent to N. B.
Haswell Burlington Vt
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833   40.00
                                                                $200.00

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book #. Vol. 3 Page 64
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76197 Act Mar'h
Apl 18}'55
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Sabra Fisher widow
Jeremiah Fisher 
Priv:
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Vt. State Troops
Ent.
Lois
}Conn. mil

Rev War
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Rev Pensioner
Vt Feby 53  - 508
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ClJ 160 Acres Dec: 3d/55
Boyton



2nd column
Cir/Ostow & Shane Nov 3 1855
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508
Vermont     B
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Sabra Fisher
widow of Jeremiah Fisher
Con'n
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private & Wagoner
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 3 February 1853
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Certificate of Pension issued
the 26 day of May '53
and sent to Weston & Noyer
Burlington Vt
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under 
Act 3 Feb 1853 Page 27. Vol. A

Reg 3m55-76197
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A

Revolutionary Claims
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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, Jeremiah Fisher a resident of Colchester in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged sixty 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 Staes under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year 1780 (the date not recalled) my father was drafted to serve in Captain Couches Company of Connecticut Toops, the name of the Col. of the Regiment I do not recollect _ my Father being unable to do duly I took his place and served Two months, which in this service we were stationed at Stanford, and on Horseneck.
In 1782 (the precise date not recollected) I engaged as a waggoner under one Skidmore Waggon Master General for one year, and served out my full year. I was discharged from this place between Fishkill and Peekskill _ we wintered at Morristown N. Jersey.
In 1781 I enlisted into Capt. Willis Regt of Connecticut troops for nine months and served out the whole period of my enlistment, I was discharged at Morristown New Jersey. I do not recollect the Captains name under whom I enlisted.
In the latter part of 1782 or beginning of 1783 (the day and month not recollected) I enlisted for nine months with Captain Blackely's Company of Vermont Troops _ Majr Roger Enos commanded. I was discharged at Carollton after having served out my time.
My first services, when I took the place of the father was at Stamford and Horseneck _  second service as a nine month inen was as follows, I joined the army at Fishkill and was there when the Fort was building _ from there we marched to the Jerseys and wintered at Morristown, at which place I was discharged.
In my year service as a Waggoner, I was employed in carrying Baggage and provisions from one place to another during the year and was discharged as soon as we got into winter quarters, believes at Fishkill or Peekskill
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My last nine months service was engagements in scouting parties guarding the Frontier &c.
I think I received a Discharge when I was in Col Wilis Regt, but that discharge was burnt in my Father's house which was destroyed by fire. I do not recollect whether I received discharge for my other services. I am not sixty seven years of age, having been born May 23d 1765. I have no record of my age. When I first entered the service I lived in Guilford Vt. three years in Oxford N. H. about ten years in Charleston N. H. eight years and since that time I have lived principally in Vermont, having lived in Berlington for the last ten years with the exception of the last six months, [unk] I lived at Colchester- my whole service is thirty two months.

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.

Jeremiah Fisher his mark X

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
witness N B Maxwell

Before Nathan B Maxwell

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was  a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states,- And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that William Seymour, Elisha Barstow, Theodore Cutler and Josiah Adams who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of Burlington are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Attest
El Brownson
John Van Sicklen} Judges of Chittenden County

STATE OF VERMONT
Chittenden County, ss.} I Nathan B Maswell 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 Jeremiah Fisher 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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6456
Jermiah Fisher

Adm @ by Conn
2 years
Pri & Waggoner
$80

N B Harwell
Burlington
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
April 27 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Jeremiah Fisher of Colchester Vt

Period when the service was rendered: 1780
Duration of the claimant's service: 2 months
Rank of the claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Captain Couch's Co Conn Troops
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 67 years old, lived in Workington Conn when I first entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is supported:

Period when the service was rendered: 1781
Duration of the claimant's service: 9 months
Rank of the Claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Col Willis Regt Conn Troops
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:
Proof by which the declaration is supported:

Period when the service was rendered: 1781 & 2
Duration of the claimant's service" 1 year
Rank of the claimant: --
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Waggoner under Skidmore. Deputy Waggon Master Gen Cal Flether Regt Vt Troops
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:
Proof by which the declaration is supported:

Period when the service was rendered: 1782 & 3
Duration of the claimant's service: 9 months
Rank of the claimant: -
Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served:
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:
Proof by which the declaration is supported:

2 years 8 months 0 days
making in all thirty two months

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions

Mr Jeremiah Fisher
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service
4. Indian Spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in this first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of
County of} ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before                   A. B. a resident (b) of      in the county of      and State, Territory, or District of    aged (c)     years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the     (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ->This form is to be varied as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of            

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                          A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                     of the Court of                 do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                    for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this      day of     &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of the applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will made and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k)We, A. B. . a Clergyman, residing win the       and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with               , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the              and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,    Clerk of the Court of           do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of           for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this      day of     &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if either of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will aso, whether he produces such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department/ A very full account of the services of each person

Service as waggoner not [unk] [unk]
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court ill propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute ? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons- one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicants, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may made the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State of Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ----- year ----  months, and ----- days, I served as a -----------. For ----- months and ----- days, I served as a --------; and for such services I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to paid according to the grade of the pensioner, and length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c., without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service, This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, whose ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
->The notes [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must be all written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.


when the military service
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Sabra Fisher - State of Vermont
Washington County

761970
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State of Vermont }
Chittenden County Ss }

On this fourth day of April, A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Sabra Fisher, aged seventy seven years iin October last, a resident of Burlington, late of Colchester, in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jeremiah Fisher, deceased, who was a private and wagoner in the Connecticut Continental Line during the Revolutionary war and was also a pensioner at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, inscribed on the Vermont roll under the act of June 7, 1832, and she believes that the said Jeremiah Fisher served in said war two years, and was honorably discharged prior to or at the close of said war.

She further states that she was married to the said Jeremiah Fisher in Northfield Vt on the 29th day of May A.D. 1805, by one Moses Morse a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before said marriage was Sabra Tubbs; that her said husband died at Shelburne Vermont, on the Eleventh day of October A.D. 1846, and that she is now a widow, and that she is now a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of February 3, 1833, at $80.00 pr annum, inscribed on the Vermont Roll, and she refers to her declaration and proofs made to obtain said pension, to prove her marriage and her said husband's death.
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.
Sabra (her X mark) Fisher

We, Rollin Badley and Dorr Bradley residents of Burlington in the State of Vermont upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sabra Fisher in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; nd we know that she is still a widow
Rollin Bradley
Dorr Bradley

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.
William W. Peck Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State,}
Montpelier, April 13th 1855

I Certify that William W. Peck 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 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 13th day of April A.D. 1855.
Geo R. Thompson, Deputy Secretary of State.
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State of Vermont}
Chittenden County} Ss

On this 5th day of November 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the County Court for said Count of Sabria Fisher a resident of Colchester in sd County aged Seventy four years and after being duly sworn according to law doth upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increase and arrearage of Pension due he late husband Jeremiah Fisher deceased under the law of Congress passed June 7th 1843.
That she is the widow of Jeremih Fisher deceased last of Colchester Chittenden County Vermont who was a pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services at the rate of $80 Eighty dollars per annum. That her said husband was engaged in the team service of the United States a portion of which ha she has understood and believes was as Conductor that she believes her husband the sd Jeremiah to be entitled to a larger amount than eighty dollars per annum and that she often so expressed in his lifetime. That he died on the 11th day of October A.D. 1846.
That she was married to the sd Jeremiah Fisher in Northfield Vermont on the ---- day of April A.D. 180?. That the marriage was solemnized by Col McP there a Just. Peace residing there. That her name before marriage was Sabria Tubs and that she is now a widow.
She now asks to be allowed the increase an arrearage due her late husband under the act above named
Sabra (her X mark) Fisher

Sworn to on 11th day above name before me Israel P Richardson Assistant Judge of the Chittenden County Court
Witness bf med
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I hereby certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said Sabra Fisher is unable to appear in open Court and that sd declarant is a person of truth and credibility
Israel P. Richardson assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court

the word "husband" interlined before signing
Israel P. Richardson assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court
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Mrs. Sabra Fisher
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State of Vermont}
Orange County Ss}

Be it remembered that at Northfield in the county of unsaid, on this Twenty sixth day of May in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and five, Jeremiah Fisher of Northfield in the County of orange and State of Verman and Sabra Tubbs of Northfield and County & State aforesaid, were duly joined in marriage by me
Moses Morse, Justice of Peace
Received for Record and recorded
Attest Gibert Hatch, Town Clerk

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows: "29th day of May in the year of our Lord 1805."
Attest Volney H Averill {Town clerk of Northfield

I, Volney H. Averill, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Northfield aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the record of said Northfield, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Volny H. Averill  Town Clerk (crossed out)

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of March A.D 1853
Elijah Smith Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont}
Washington County Ss}

I Shubael Wheeler, clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Washington aforesaid do hereby certify that Elijah Smith, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Volney H. Averill was made and whose signature is there unto subscribed, is and was at the time of (unknown word) a Justice of the Peace, duly qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of the County Court aforesaid this 18th day of March A.D. 1853.
Shubael Wheeler Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSION
Washington, D.C.,                  , 19

In reply to your request of                  , received              for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Fisher a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: 1780
Length of Service: 2 mos
Rank: Pvt
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Couch
State: Conn

Date of enlistment or appointment: 1781
Length of Service: 9 "
Rank: "
Officers under whom service was rendered: Colonel Wilys
State: Conn

Date of enlistment or appointment: 1781
Length of service: 12 "
Rank: Waggoner
Officers under whom service was rendered: under Wagon Master General Skidmore
State:

Date of enlistment or appointment: Late in 1782
Length of service: 9 "
Rank: Pvt
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Blakeslee, Colonel Fletcher
State: Vt

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warhugtow Conn
Date of the application for pension, Aug 17, 1832, His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Colchester Chittenden Co Vt
Age at date of application, B. May 23, 1765, place not stated, D. Oct. 11, 1846 in Shelburer Vt
Remarks: Sol. mar. May 29, 1805 at Northfield, Orange Co. Vt, Sabra Tubbs both res. of said place. She was born in Oct. 1777, She was allowed pension on her application executed Nov 5, 1850 wile living in Colchester, Vt. There is no further data on file as to family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner

His 3" ent. could not have been 82 if he served 12 mos & he enlisted in 82- [unk] 81
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 7270
Sabra Fisher
wid.
Jeremiah Fisher
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: Feby 3d/53
Index:- Vol. A, Page 236

[Arrangement of 1870]

1919 July 9 History to Mrs. Wm. H. Morrill aw
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M424

160 Acres
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Pen. Office 23 May 1853

Sir
Be pleased to say when Jeremiah Fisher pensioner on the Vermont Roll (Burlington Agency) act of 7 June 1832 at $180 pr annum died

R. McRae Clk

F. S. Burt Esq
[unk]

Died 11th October 1846
paid to his death
F. Burt
3d Auditor
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Sabra Fisher.
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I Harry Fisher of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and state of Vermont aged 38 years, on oath testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Jeremiah Fisher, late of Shelburn in the county aforesaid, deceased. He was a revolutionary pensioner, inscribed in the Burlington, Vermont Roll, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. The said Jeremiah Fisher, died at Shelburnaforesaid, on the eleventh day of October in the year eighteen hundred and fifty six. I was with him and took care of him during his last sickness and was present at his death, and attended his burial in said Shelburn.
I am acquainted with Mrs. Sabra Fisher who is now applying for a pension. She has not married since the death of her aforesaid husband, Jeremiah Fisher, and she is still a widow.

Harry Fisher his mark X

attest Carolus Noyes
Henry Chaney

Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 16th day of March in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, and I certify that said affidavit is credible.
William W. Peck
Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss.} I, Daniel B. Buckley Clerk of the County Court within and for the county of Chittenden aforesaid, do hereby certify that William W. Peck Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Harvey Fisher was sworn to and subscribed, and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of so doing and is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid duly qualified, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of Officer as Clerk of the County Court of said County, this sixteenth day of March AD 1853,

David B. Buckley
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No 651
Sabra Fisher

Vermont
Sabra Fisher
wid. of Jeremiah Fisher

$80 per annum
commd 3 Feb. 1853

death alleged 11 Oct. '46
3d Aud.
admit of [unk]- compd
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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss.}

On this twelfth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court within and for the District of Chittenden aforesaid, Mrs. Sabra Fisher, a resident of Colchester in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged seventy five years in October last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, ion her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the second section of the act of Congress, passed on the third day of February, 1853, granting pensions to widow os officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution; That she is the widow of Jeremiah Fisher, who was a private and wagoner in the Connecticut Continental line in the army of the revolution, and was a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832, inscribed on the Vermont Roll at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, that her said husband, the said Jeremiah Fisher died on the eleventh day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty six, in Shelburn, Vermont.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Fisher, at Northfield, in the state of Vermont, on the twenty ninth day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and five, by one Moses Morse, then a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her marriage was Sabra Tubbs; and that she is still a widow, and was a widow, and was a widow at the time of the passage of said act, and that she has never before made an application for a pension, and has never been married since the death of her said husband; that she was not married
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to her said husband prior to January, 1800, but the marriage took place at the time above stated.

Sabra Fisher her mark X

Witness Wm Weston
W L Strong

Sworn to sna subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me, and I certify that the declarant is a woman of truth and credibility. The words "Army of the" interlined on the first page before signing.
Before me, J. S. Adams Register of the Probate Court and in the absence of the Judge of said Court- the Judge thereof ec officer

State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss{

I J. S. Adams register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Chittenden hereof certifies that the Hon. W. H. French is the Judge of said Court, and [unk] G Mc [unk] of Vermont, the Register of the Probate Cout, in the absence of the Judge thereof is empowered to act as Judge ex office.
I also certify that the within declaration of Sabra Fisher was subscribed and sworn to before me as such Register and made my signature thereinto attached is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Burlington in said District this 18th day of March AD 1853

J S Adams Register
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Jere Fisher

11 6456
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State of Vermont}
Chittenden County}
We the undersigned in[illegible word] of Burlington, do hereby certify on oath, that we are acquainted with Jeremiah Fisher who now lives in Colchester and we believe he is sixty seven years of age, and that he is reputed, and believed in his veracity to have been a Revolution Soldier, and we concur in that opinion
William Seymour
Elisha Barstow
Josiah Adams

Sworn and subscribed this 8th day of August AD 1832 and I hereby certify that the above persons are credible witnesses
John Barstow Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont}
Chittenden County}
I Nathan B Maxwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that John Barstow Esqr before whom the foregoing certified is taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace duly qualified [illegible word] under the authority of this state and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington, this 8th day of June AD 1833
Nathan B Maxwell
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State of Vermont}
Chittenden County S.S.}

I Thomas Towsley of Burlington State of Vermont of the age of Sixty nine years being duly sworn do depose and say that in the month of April of the year AD 1780 a call was made by the authority of the State of Vermont for Soldiers for the Revolution navy service & that among others your deponent ((then go arhast) written above the word enlisted) enlisted for the term of nine months under the command o Gen Roger Enos, Col F Flicher, Capt Blakesly, & Lieut Boise and that the Company to which your deponent belonged was stationed at Castleton County of Bennington State aforesd your deponent further saith that Jeremiah Fisher belonged to the corps aforesd and served according to his best Recollection the term of nine months & further your deponent saith not
Thomas Towsley\Sworn and Subscribed before me this 8th day of August AD 1832
John Barstow, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Thomas Towsley the within named deponent & that I consider him a Hmun of veracity ad respectability & that he is so considered in the neighborhood
Attest John Barstow Just Peace
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Thomas Towsley's affidavit

State of Vermont}
Chittenden County}

I Nathan B Maxwell, Clerk o Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that John Bartow Esqr before whom the within deposition was taken, was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this state and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 9th day of August AD 1832
Natha B Maxwell
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State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office, 
Montpelier  November 26th A.D. 1855}

I hereby certify that there is on file in this Office, a "List of (the names and service of) Capt. James Blakeslee's Pay Roll for himself and Company, in the service of the State of Vermont. From the beginning of the campaign, 1781, to the 30th of June in said year inclusive, taken from the original in the Paymaster's Office," on which occurs the name of "Jeremiah Fisher," with an allowance of two pounds and twelve shillings.
Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt. Blakeslee's Company in Col. Fletchers Battalion and Gen Enos Brigade in the service of the State of Vermont," on which Rol occurs the name of "Jeremiah Fisher" with an allowance for one hundred and thirty-seven days service.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of this Office this 26th day of November AD. 1855.

Charles W. Willard, Secretary of State
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Burlington Vt. Nov. 13th 1855

Hon. J. Minot
Commsr of Pensions
Washington D.C.

sir,
Your letter of the 3rd inst. in regard to the claim of Sabra Fisher, widow of Jeremiah, for Bounty Land under the Act of March 3d 1855, No 76197, was duly received.
In order to enable us to procure the necessary Record Evidence, will you please to inform us, in what troops the husband of the applicant, in his declaration for Pension under the Act of 1832, alleged that he served?
The applicant by reason of her great age and infirmity has forgotten the particulars of her husband's service

Yours Respectfully 
Weston & Shaw
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Burlington Vermont Novr 28th 1855

Hon. J. Minot
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir,
We herewith send a certificate from the Secretary of State of Vermont in regard to the Revolutionary services of Jeremiah Fisher, decsd, which please file as "Additional Evidence, in the case of the claim of his widow, Sabra Fisher, for Bounty Land, under the Act of March 3 1853, No, 76197

Yours Respy
Weston & Shaw
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Jeremiah Fisher
Pensn Act 1832
from Vermnt

Mi Cale
April 7 1837

Col Niles had papers

Sylasky
Wade




Colchester Vermont
March 1851

Sir
This is to request that W.G. Wade may be allowed to examine the papers filed by my late husband Jeremiah Fisher under act of 1832.
Very Respectfly
Your Obd Servt
Sabra Fisher X
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Brief in the case of Sabra Fisher
County and State of Vermont
act 3. Feb. 1853

Claim, ("original," or (crossed out) "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original)

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

Husband a pensioner Act 7. June '32
marriage proved by copy of Town record
Widow identified by witness

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?


Name and residence of Agent
Weston A Noyes
McRae Examining Clerk
Burlington, Vt.
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Burlington 1st March 1853

Loren P. Waldo Esq.
Court of Pensions,

Dr Sir:

We enclose here with papers for the grant of a Pension to Mrs. Sabra Fisher, under 20 Sec. of the Act of Feb. 3 1853.
Please to admit it to us the certificate, when granted.

Very Respectfully
Weston Noyes

Papers Sent.---
Declaration, dated Mrch 12/53
Copy of (illegible)-Certif. of marriage
Affidavit of Harry Fisher.
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Washington
12th, Dec. 1851,

Sir,

In the claim of Jeremiah Fisher, who was inscribed onthe Vermont Roll under the act of 7th June 1832, at $80, per annum for 12 months services, as wagoner under wagon mortar---Skidmore, and other services claimed and in which claim, an increase of pension was refused, as stated in a letter from the pension Office of July 24, 1851. Upon the ground of his having been an "Enlisted Wagoner." I (illegible) to submit the enclosed letter from the Dept. of State, showing very conclusively, that "Enlisted Wagoners," were entitled to, and received, increased pay for such services. 

If the claim for an increase of pension is not admitted, it is suggested that the enclosed be returned.
Power of Atty with the papers,

I am Respectfully You Obdt. Srvt.
W. G. Wade

J.E Heath Esq
Comm of Pensions.
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Mrs. Sabra Fisher's, (illegible)
Act June 7th 1832

Please to Communicate to the
Col. H. H. Sylvester
Washington, DC
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County

It has been made to appear by the accusation of testimony satisfactory to me a Judge of the Court in and for said County that Jeremiah Fisher late of Colchester in said County died on the 11th day of October D. 1846 leaving a widow him surviving named Sabra Fisher who now resides in Colchester in said County of Chittenden.

Per testimony where of I have hereunto set my recess at Colchester on the 5th day of November 1850
Israel P. Richardson affidavit Judge of Chittenden County Court
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State Office
Montpelier November 12, 1850

I hereby certify that the Hon. Israel P. Richardson, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates, is an was at the date thereof assistant Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Chittenden in said State, duly appointed and qualified, and that full credit is due to his official acts and attestations as such.

Given under my hand and the seal of this office this 12th day of November A.D. 1850

Ferrand F. Merrill
Secretary of State
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County

I hereby certify that the papers hereto attached and marked in Red Ink A. B. & C. on the same documents which were originally forwarded to the Pension office to substantiate the claim of Jeremiah Fisher of Colchester and that since then returns from the Pension office the documents marked in Red Ink additional No. 1. 2. & 3. have been added

In testimony whereof I have hereunto wit my hand and affirmed the seal of Chittenden County Court at Burlington this 5th day of June AD 1833
Nathan B. Maxwell Clerk
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Additional No. 1
State of Vermont
Chittenden County

Personally appeared before one the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Chittenden County. Jeremiah Fisher of Colchester to me known the same person who made his (illegible) before the Honorable Chittenden County Court on the 17th day of August AD 1832 for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 183 who being duly sworn doth mae the following explanation of and additions to his said declaration on that by (illegible) of old age said the urgent laps of memory he can not swear positively as to the (illegible) duty of entering and leaving the service, but according to the best of his matter this he served and up then the (illegible) mentioned below, and in the following grades
For two months as a private in 1780
For nine months as a private in 1781
For one year as a Waggoner in 1782
For nine months as a private in 1782 and 1783
marching in all thirty two months for which I claim a pension as a private
In 1780, when I first enter the service, I lived in Washington, Conn and was drafted and served in Captain Couches Company of Connecticut Troops, my Colonels name I do not (illegible) I was stationed at Stamford and Horseneck,
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In 1781, the (illegible) time not recalled, I enter and enlisted for nine months in Col Willis Rgt of Conn Troops, my Captains name I do not recollect. I enlisted at Washington, and marched to Donby where we were inspected, from there we marched to Whit Point, and followed the army, in ninten Morristown, when i was dismissed___ often being dismissed a rendezvous was (illegible) for waggoners, and I enlisted as a Waggoner for one year under one Skidmore who was called Deputy Waggoner Martin General, I continued in this service on full year and was employed in carrying baggage provisions and ammunition for the army. I was dismissed at the Highlands between Kirkhill and Peekskill.
In the latter part of 1782 if my armory was (illegible). I enlisted for nine months into Captain Mahelys Company. Roger Enos Major and Col. Fletcher Commanded me were stationed at Carleton(?) Fort, and we were (private?) troops frequently called about on routing (illegible)___ I was dismissed at Carleton(?)___I do not recollect (illegible) I was (illegible) a written discharge, if I did it is lost, I do not know of any
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living witness that I can obtain to substantiate by documentary evidence of my service except Thomas Towsley who is now dead.
Jeremiah (his x mark) Fisher
Witness N.B. Maxwel
Sworn and subscribed this
3d da of June AD 1833
and I hereby certify that the
above named Jeremiah Fisher
is a credible witness
Before me
Nathan Maxwell Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont}
Chittenden County}

I Nathan Maxwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Nathan B Maxwell Esq before whom the foregoing declaration is taken is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this state, and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 5th day of June AD 1833
Natha B Haswell
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additional no 2

I Truman Seymour a Clergyman residing at Plattsburgh New York do hereby certify on oath, that I am called occasionally to preach at Burlington and other towns in the County of Chittenden, that I have been formerly and am now well acquainted with Jeremiah Fisher of Colchester who made his declaration before the Honorable Chittenden County Court on the 17th day of August 1832 for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832, the said Fisher is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. I believe him to be sixty seven years of age and from inquiries I have made he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion
Truman Seymour

Sworn and subscribed this 3d day of June AD 1833 and I hereby certify that the above named Truman Seymour is a Clergyman in good standing
Nathan B Maxwell Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont}
Chittenden County}

I Nathan Maxwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify the Nathan B Harwell Esq before whom the within affidavit or Certificate is given, is a Justice of the Peach duly qualified acting under the authority of the State, and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Burlington this 4th day of June AD 1833
Nathan B Haswell
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round stamp, upper left cut off from image
PENS
K
JUN 
23
1919
U.S.
OFFICE

Rev Sec 
Sandwich Ill
6-24-19.
Commissioner of pensions
Kind Sir.
We are writing you in hopes you can help us to prove our being eligible to join the Daughters of the Revolution. My Grandfather Jeremiah Fisher ^W7270.  We know was in that war.  He drew a pension for the Revolution and for the Mexican War ^no use to search Mex War as soldiers of Rev. were too old to be in it  (he died in 1846).
After his death my Grandmother used to go to Burlinton Vermont to draw his pension: her name if I spell
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it right is or was Sabra. My parents were living near Burlinton Vermont at that time. That must be close to 70 years ago.
If you can help us you will confer a favor on six off us:  as I have five grown children who are anxious to join The Daughters of the Revolution.
Please let us hear from you and tell us what the cost will be.  I am respectfully Mrs. Wm. H. Morrill of Sandwich Ill P. O. Box 597.