Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3719, for Zacheus Raymond, Connecticut
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Conn. Raymond, Zacheus   W. 3719
                            Sarah
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Saml Hutchins, 8 y: Waterford Pa

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N. Th 743
Pennsylvania
Zacheus Raymond 
of Warren Co. in the State of Penn
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Coush of the Regt commanded
by Col Waterburg in the Connick Turfs
time for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 20 dollars ---- 
to commence of 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension informed on the 15th day of July
1833 and sent to John Galbraith
Franklin Ventong Co. Pa

-- to the 4th of March, 1833  40.00
Semi-ant allowance ending 4th Sept 1833 10.00
-------
50.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk Book, E
Vol. 5
Page 48
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2721 Phil
Pennsylvania

Sarah Raymond,
widow of Zacheus Raymond
who (Conn) served in the Revolutionary
war as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
--Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Dec '48 and sent to 
Hon E. Blackman
House of Reps

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners und-
February 2, 1848, Page 263 P-



Reported
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Sarah Raymond
Wid of Zacheus
Pa
Act 2 Feb 48

Annu $20 Pa an
from 4 March 1848

Hon. E. Blackman
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Declaration

In order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress of 17th June 1844 
State of Pennsylvania }
County of Warren } ss

On this 19th day of May 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a judge of the court of said county Sarah Raymond of said county who being first duly sword according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the 17th June 1844

That she is the widow of Zaccheus Raymond late a pensioner of said County - she further declares that she is eighty one years of age, and was married to the late Zaccheus Raymond  in November Seventeen Hundred and eighty Seven in Dutches County New York, that her name before marriage was Sarah Sears, that she has been married more than Sixty years, that she said her husband, Zacheus Raymond, died on the 9th of December 1844, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, to wit at the time above stated.

Subscribed and Sworn before me this 19th day of May 1848

Sarah Raymond X her mark
John Hamilton [signature]

I certify that the above named Sarah Raymond in a respectable person, that she cannot attend the court from bodily infirmity.

John Hamilton [signature]

Pennsylvania }
Warren County } ss

I Thomas Clemons Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in aforesaid County of Warren, State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that John Hamilton Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please  in aforesaid County duly commissioned and qualified & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Borough of Warren this 20th day of May AD1828.

Ths. Clemons, Prothonotary
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Zaccheus Raymond
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State of Pennsylvania, Sixth Judicial District
Warren County ] ss

On this fourth day of December A.D. 1832 formally appeared in open Court before Henry Shippen, President, and his associate judge of the Court of Common Please of said County of Warren now sitting, Zacheus Raymond, a resident of Columbus township in said County of Warren and state aforesaid 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 States and under the following named officers and served as herein after stated - That he first enlisted in the militia at Horse Neck in the State of Connecticut in Stamford County in the year 1780 or 1781, he is not precisely certain which, in the month of May of that year under Captain Ebenezer Couch, in Col. Waterbury's Regiment attached to Genl. Canfields Brigade for a three months tour. He remained at Horse Neck during the whole tour of three months, for the purpose of protecting the garrison at that fort.   I occasionally went out on a scouting party for the purpose of watching the line. On one occasion a scouting party of which I was one,  had a light skirmish with a few that were believed to be tories that lay in ambush on our south, who fired two or three rounds upon us, and we returned fire on them and drove them off.  We could not see them to ascertain who they were, as it was in the night and
dark. At the end of this tour, I received a written discharge signed by Caption Couch, 
Col. Watterbury and Genl. Canfield which I put in my pocket book and preserved for some time, but have long since lost or mislaid it soon after my return home to Danbury, where my father then resided, there was a draft of militia and my father sent me again and I entered for another tour of three months time under the same officers, and
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was again stationed at Horse Neck during this whole tour of three months at the end of which I was received nothing but what was called a pass, which I did not preserve longer
that I reached home. In May following I was employed by Thaddeus Hoit, in Danbury, to drive a last with two yoke of oxen and a horse,  in assisting to convey the baggage of the French Army from White Plains in Connecticut to Annapolis in Chesapeake Bay. 
 Our conductor or captain was Ithamar Weed of Danbury.  We left the baggage at Annapolis to be conveyed from that by water to York  town [Yorktown] shortly before the capture of
Cornwallis. When I returned home I received a discharge from Ithamar Weed.  Which I did not preserve.  We first removed the baggage from White Plains to Newtown and remained there about a month - thence to Philadelphia, when we remained two or three weeks, and thence to Annapolis. These were about twenty line trams in Ithamar Weeds company. I well recollect seeing Genl Washington and Genl La Fayette at Kings ferry and of our paying our respects to them as they passed us, bowing to them and they to us.  The applicant states that he has no documentary evidence - that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.  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.

In answer to Interogs.- says says he was born in January 1766 at Norwalk in Connecticut - Has no record of his age.  Since the war he lived at Fairfield Connt & that upwards
of thirty years ago he moved from that to Dutchess County N York - thence he moved to Litchfield in Herkimer Co - thence he
and to Chenango County N York. That February or March 1826 he moved to Columbus in Warren County Pennsylvania his present residence - That John Dewey & Porter K. Webber his present neighbors can testify to his good character here & in Chenango.

Zacheus Raymond [signature]

Sworn & subscribed in open Court Dec 5
[illegible] Robert Miles Proth. [signature]
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We Porter K. Webber and John Dewey residing in this township of Columbus Warren County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zaceus [Zacheus] Raymond who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations; that we believe him to be about sixty seven years of age as he presents; that he is a man of good character and standing for truth and veracity and entitled to credit; 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.
John Dewey [signature]
Porter K. Webber [signature]

Sworn and subscribed the fifth 
day of December A.D. 1832.
in open Court .
Robert Miles Proth. [signature]

Warren County ss
John Dewey being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Zaceus Raymond the above applicant for Pension - That he knew him and lived in his immediate neighborhood in Chenango county New York, twenty five
years since, and has been well acquainted with him ever since - That he is a man of fair and unimpeachable character for truth, and that he was always reported and understood in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution.
John Dewey [signature]

Sworn and subscribed in open
Court this 5th day of December 1832
Robert Miles Proth. [signature]

And the Court declare their opinion after investigation & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Dept. that Zacheus Raymond the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
And that Porter K Webber, & John Dewey above named and known to the Court as respectable citizens of this County in whose
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Warren County ss

I Robert Miles Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of record for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office of the said Court this fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Robert Miles Proth. [signature]





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22114
Zacheus Reynolds
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State of Pennsylvania
Sixth Judicial District
Warren County
On this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of
sd County Zacheus Raymond on applicant for
a pension in the foregoing declaration made the 4th
December A.D. 1832, who being duly sworn according to
Law, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age
and consequent loss of memory and the length of time that
has elapsed since his service was performed that he
cannot swear positively as to the pension
length of his service with greater precision than in his
former declaration but according to the best of his
recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned
below and in the following grades. For three months
I served as a private under Captain Chandyer Couch as
stated in my former declaration. For three more then I
served as a private under the same officers Captain
Couch at Horwich which is the nearest town mentioned
for which service I claim a pension. I served as a teamster for one month and twenty days, and while driving the team with the baggage of the army was often on parade and performed duty as a soldier although I was employed by Thaddeus Hoit who was not an officer of the Army. If the service as teamster is admissible
claim it in addition to the above-- the
deponent further saith that the name he does not
the evidence of a Clergyman was that there is no
one in his immediate neighbor and that has any
length of acquaintance will him-- Divine service is
performed by circuit preachers who do not remain any considerable time in one neighborhood
Sworn and subscribed this 5th day of May A.D. 1833.
W. W. Hodges. Pa Cty                             Zaccheus, Raymond
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Warren
I Seth Raymond
being duly sworn according to
law, deposeth and saith that Sarah Raymond
an applicant for a pension and widow of the late
Zacheaus Raymond is this deponents mother,
and that the said Zacheus Raymond late a pens
sioner was this deponants father. That the said
widow Sarah Raymond resides with this deponant
and has resided with him or a close neighbour to
him all of his life long-that his said parents
never kept a family record, that he never saw one of
any description in their possession and being
familiar in their house and with their papers and
books he can say that no family record was ever
seen or heard of by this deponant of their said
marriage or of their family that this deponent is
fifty years of age, that he is the fourth child of
his said parents, that the eldest child of his said
parents an own brother to this deponent is ten
years older than this deponant.
Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 25th day of ⎬                  Seth S Raymond
September 1848
Solomon Dutton
Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above named Seth S. Raymond, that he is a
highly respectable person a man of truth, and his
affidavit above is fully to be relied upon
Solomon Dutton
Justice of the peace
"
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Pennsylvania
Warren County
I Thomas Clemens, Potentiary of the
Court of Common Pleas in & for the County
of Warren & Commonwealth Pennsylvania
Do hereby certify that Solomon Dutton by
in whom the within affidavit was made
or later was at the date thereof & now is an
acting Justice of the Peace in for said
County duly commissioned and sworn and that
due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his
official acts as such and further that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice
and my believe the signature suborned thereto
perporting to be his is geniune
I testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand &
affixed the Seal of said Court at the Borough of Warren
this 27th day of September AD 1848
Thos Clemons, Povtly
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22114
Zacheus Raymond
(Reynolds)
X
The name is
Zacheus Raymond
John Galbraith
e
40m
6 mos
$20.
John Galbraith Esq.
Franklin Venango Co
P.d
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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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 shew what is necessary to be done. These 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 Zacheus Raymond of Warren
County, Pennsylvania

1780
or                  3mos        Private   Captain     Col                                   from Conn-     Stamford
1781                                         Couch      Waterbury                              ecticut            County
                                                             Genl Canfield    None             to Annapo-     Connec       Traditionary
                                                                                                              lis  Md             ticut             Evidence
Soon after    3 mos          "           "              "
in May following
         line of ser    * Teamster          Weed                                                                        aged 67
         vice as a                               waggon Mas                                                               years
        teamster not
        specified     


* employed by one Thaddeus
Hent


I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
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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 he
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, musicians or privates, will in the 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 the 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so 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 in 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 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 make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in 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 day 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 a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.                     who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
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 neither 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 also, whether he produce 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
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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 will 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?
1. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
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 services.
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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinion 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,
???? persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of the applicant, 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, 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 make 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 or 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 war where 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:
Previously 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 service 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 be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite
and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 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 a declaration is highly objectionable.
It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement he particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; and 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 relinquishment indispensible
(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, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In the 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 forthin 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.
(k) the rules from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable in the case of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule (j) applies to continental troops only.
(l) This traditionary evidence is indipensable in militia cases
(m) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(n) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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sion on file in this Bureau  Zacheus Raymond  W3719
DATE OF ENLITMENT	LENGTH OF	RANK	OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVISE WAS RENDERE		STATE
 OR APPOINTMENT	SERVICE		                CAPT		          COL		
							
1780        	               3 mos	Pvt	            Ebenezer Couch		 Canfield		                                     Conn
1782                                3 mos	Pvt	            Ebenezer Couch		 Canfield		
1778		                                ?	            Edward Moore		
	

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danbury, Conn
Date of application for pension, Dec 4 1833
Residence at date of application, Columbus Twp Warren Co Pa
Age at date of application, B at Norwalk Conn 1786
Remarks Dec 9 1844
M
of
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Warren (SS   Stephen Sears, whom
I certify is a respectable person, after being
duly sworn according to law, deposes & says
that he is fifty three years of age, that he
has for thirty to forty years been acquainted with
the late Zaccheus Raymond late a
Pensioner & with his present widow Sarah
Raymond, and their family, that the
said Zacheus Raymond Died on the
day of December 1844 leaving his widow
Sarah Raymond who still remains his
widow, and who is by these presents app-
lying for a pension, that this deponent
(knows) believes from his own age, & from having been
a young man with the children
of the said parties, that the eldest child
of the said parties is sixty years of age
Sworn & Subscribed before me
this 18th day of May  1848                          Stephen Sears 
Solomon Dutton
J. Peace
Warren County SS
I certify that the erasure of the word (Knows) that appears
in the above affidavit and the interlineation of the and
(believes) was done before signing Soloman Dutton
J. Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Warren County
I Thomas Clams Puthentary of the
Court of Common Pleas of Warren County in
the said Commonwealth do hereby certify
that Solomon Dutten Esq before whom the
foregoing proceedings were heard is a Justice of
the Peace in & for said County duly com-
missioned and qualified and that the forgoing sign-
ture purporting to be his is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of said Court at the Borough of Warren this 20
day of May AD 1848
M. Cline Puthentary
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State of New York
County of Madison ⎬ SS. Eleazer H Sears aged upwards
of Seventy seven, and Betsey Sears aged seventy one
years, both of whom I certify are respectable persons, after
being duly sworn according to law, depose and say that
they were personally acquainted with Zacheus Raymond
late a pensioner of Pennsylvania, and with his widow Sarah
Raymond before the date of these deponent marriage, that
these deponents were themselves married in seventeen hundred and ninety seven (Sept 3d 1797,) that the said Zacheus Raymond, and his present widow Sarah Raymond who is now applying for a pension had at that time been married as these deponents believe ten years, that they had as the fruits of their marriage three or four children at the time
these deponents were married, these deponent well recollect that the said Zacheus Raymond and his then wife, the said present widow Sarah Raymond had three if not four children at the date of the marriage of these deponents, and that these deponents were married on the 3d day of September 1797 as per an old record of the same.
Subscribed and Sworn before me            Eleazer H Sears
this 14th day of July 1848                          Betsey Sears                
Stephen G Sears Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Clerk's Office, Madison County,
I A. SCOTT SLOAN, Clerk of said County, do
hereby certify, that Stephen G Sears Esqr
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits
and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such affidavit a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified; and authorized
by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to the said affidavits is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the
26th day of July - 1848
A. Scott Sloan Clerk
for Wm A Holmes Dep Clk
(clk absent)
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Mar 14 1910  Hier to
Mrs. Addie Raymond Day
Mar. 23, 1910
Mrs Nellie G. Olds
Recy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3719
Sarah Raymond
Widow
Zacheus Raymond
Pvt Rev. War
Act: Feb 2, 1848
Index -- Vol. M, Page 148
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Phil 546
Pennsylvania
Sarah Raymond
widow of Zacheus Raymond
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 9 Dec 1844
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars
--- Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of (March), December 1844.
1
Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of Novr 1848
and sent to
Hon H. S. Conger Esq
Cortland Village
New York
Act of JUNE 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2. Page 115

Reported
Let to Hon. E. Blackmore
Dcd  9. '48
Page 25

No 613
Sarah Raymond
Pn
Let. Arad Joy
August 12th '48
Act 17 June 44
Page 26

From
James Harper
Col J L Edwards
Pension
Office

11 March 1848
thanks copy papers
Zacheus Raymond
Evans
Hon J. Thompson
HR
Page 27

H
If Mrs Sarah Raymond, widow of Zacheus
Raymond, is now living and will file a de-
claration under the Act of 2nd February last
her stipend will be continued under that law
Hon. E. Blackmore
I have the honor to
be
very respectfully
Your Ob. Svt
J J Berret
for Comm of Pens
Hon. E. Blackmore,
House of Repy
See Dec 9th 1848


Zacheus Raymond Pn. Act 7 June 1832 $20.00
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office
Paid to 4th Sept. 1844
Nov 1st 1848
B.B.
Nov 6th 1848
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Zacheus Raymond
Penna roll act
1832, at $20 pr an
Be pleased to say Up to what
time he was paid?
Pen off
Aug 10 1837
Pdy to the 4 Mar
1836
JH
Page 29

Amt for
Sarah Raymond
for Pension
Send certificate of
Pension to Arad Joy
Ovid New York
James Thompson

Hon Jas Thompson
Page 30


Ovid N.Y. July 27 '48
Sir
The inclosed papers relate to the intrest
& belong to your constituents they are the same
papers once before sent you, which you retur-
ned for correction, please inclose them to the Com
of Pensions in your own name, please send the answer
to me-- the case is "Sarah Raymond"
Most Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Arad Joy
Hon James Thompson
M. C
Page 31

my
in
June
of said Court at the
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly
confirmed and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine In his whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at the County of Warren this 20th day of May AD 1848
Thos Clemens  Putantiary


No 613
Sarah Raymond
Wid of Zacheus
Pn
act 17 Mar 44
married before 1794
husband died Dec 24
$20.00 per ann
from of 9 Decm 1844
---
Hon. H. S. Conger
(A M) Cortlandville
NY
NY
Page 32

State of Pennsylvania

Court of Warren: Isaac Howard, whom I certify in a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, depose and say that he has been for thirty or forty years personally acquainted with the late Zaccheus Raymond and his former widow Sarah Raymond, who is by their presence making application for a pension that the said Zaccheus Raymond won a Pension and died on the 9th day of December 1844 leaving his widow, the said Sarah Raymond who will remains his widow that this dependent won & in equally will acquainted with the family of said party and from this dependents own age which in fifty-two he believes that the eldest child of said party is Sixty years of age

I won, subscribed before me on this 18th day of May 1848

Grace Howard

Solomon Dutron
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State of Pennsylvania
Warren County
I Thomas Clemon Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for said
County of Warren and State of Pennsylvania
Do hereby certify that Solomon Dutton Esq
before whom the foregoing procedings were heard
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly com-
missioned and qualifed and that the forgoing
signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court of the Court of the Borough of Warren this 20th day of May AD 1848

H . T, Clemens Prothonotary

No 613
Sarah Raymond
wid of Zacheus
Pn
Act 17 June 44
married before 1794
husband and of Dece 44
$29 pension
from 4 December 1844

Hon H. L. Clemens
( Arad Joy) CortlandVille
NY
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Washington March 15 48

JL Edwards

Will you do me the favor to provide me with a copy of the declaration of Zacheus Raymond of Pa Warren Co, on which he procured a pension [erased - as an uncle ] Temporary soldier _ deuct to me at the Edwards Commissions

Respe-fully

James Thompson

C.I. J. L. Edwards
Page 35

Aug 10

Zacheus Raymond

Penns for Dar
Cert

Issue For Cert And Send
it to Saml Hutchins
Waterford PA

[Sideways Transcription]

Pension Claims
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.
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Waterford 4 Aug 1837

J.L. Edwards Esqr, Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Enclosed I forms Zacheus Raymond's application for a new certificate of Pension his for having been lost

Very Respectfully,

Saml Hutchins
Page 37

Zacheus Raymond

Free

Mr. Burdine

J.L. Edwards, Esqr

Commissioner of Pensions

War Department

Washington City, DC
Page 38

Waterford 12 Jany 1837
J.L. Edwards Esq
Sir
the object of this
note is to apply to the War Department
for Zacheus Raymond, of Warren County
Penna a Pensioner of the United States, who
has lost his Certificate, Issued to him
by the Goverment, which secured to him
a pension of twenty dollars pr annum
he wishes to learn what means to adopt,
in order to obtain another, presuming that
a certain form of paper, were necessary. Please
to address any answer that you may make to my
Case,
Very Respectfully
Saml Hutchins
Page 39

Mayamensing Bank
J L Edwards Esq
Phil Sep. 6 1838
Com of Pensions
Washington
Dear Sir
On the 28 Dec 1837 Mr Schott late
Pension Agent said the pension of Lack
Raymond from 4 March 1836 to 4 Sep
1837. & the enclosed voucher has been
returned to him with others, & the pay
ment Suspended for the reasons endorsed on
it in new Ink. As it is impracticable
for me to see whether he has ever
recd any order from your Dept, authoring
the payment it having a Semi Annual
Stepends due when it was paid such Order
was necessary before payment.
Will you please, after examination
of the Voucher, please return it to
me with such an order directed to
Jas Schott Pension Agent" as will with
this payment
Please enclose this voucher & No
Schetts order in One envelike to me
I am very respectfully
Wood as
One Cash
Page 40

Hon Lewis Cass

Secretary of War
Page 41

Franklin June 8. 1833
Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
I enclose the application of
Eugene Phillips Jonathan Phelps and Zacheus Ray-
mond with regard to Raymonds statement his name
is marked "Reynolds" on the back which I have noted
the name will be discovered to be Raymond in looking
at the signature. Perhaps in the declaration it was
not written sufficiently plainly
Very Respectfully
your Obt Svt
John Galbraith
name also that the time of Phillips as noted
in the Circular has him overlooked. It will be seen on
examining the declaration that he states a year and
not three months as would seem to be marked by the reached by the commanding officer
Page 42

House of Representatives
December 5th 1848

Sir

I am informed that in the case of Hannah Seaburg of New York, widow of John Seaburg, that you in yours of the 10th July 1839 seen to admit 1 month I ask therefor if she is not entitled under the law of 1838 a pension for 1 month service if no show.

Sarah Raymond of Pa, widow of Zacheus Raymond having been permitted as I am informed under the law of 17th June 1844. I ask if she is not entitled to a pension certificate under Act of 2nd February 1848, without making a further declaration

Esbon Blackmer Mc
27 Dec
New York
Page 43

Application for a new Certificate 
County of Warren Js

On this Eighteenth day of July 1837, before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said county of Warren, personally appeared Zacheus Raymond who on his oat declares that his the same person who formally belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Couch in the regiment commanded by Colonel Waterbury in the service of the United States his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania that he received a certificate of the face under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War which certifies on or about the fourth day of March 1836 at or near the office of Elijah Smith Esqr of the township of Columbus in said county was mislaid or lost and the he has made every available search and cannot find it

Sworn and subscribed to before on the day and year affirmed - Solomon Dutton

J Peace

Zacheus Raymond
Page 44

A.I.T

Feb 25, 1910

PENSION E OFFICE

FEB 23 1910

U.S.
Page 45

Columbus Warren Co. Penns 2/22/10

To the Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions. Washington
 
The descendants of Zacheus Raymond - soldier of the Revolution would like a copy of his pension paper if you send any additional data it will gratefully received by the D.A.R's who are erecting a monument to the soldiers of the Revolution in this county.

Respy yours,

Addie Raymond Day
Page 46

J. L. Edwards
Dept. of War Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please 
military history of Zacheus Raymond a soldier if the Revolutionary War
to go on and at a
to enter a barrel was to take his
try and bar and of beaten several wives
cellent also as often act as office
the usual area."
suit of all alien has
were sent on to the date and talk to
Y
logue
, the son of
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March 18th, 1910

J. L. Davenport

Dept of the Interior,

Washington D.C.

Will you kindly furnish me statement of the military history of Zacheus Raymond's, soldier of the Revolutionary War, as contained in his and his widow's application for pension en file in the Department.

Mr. Zacheus Raymond was my great, great, grandfather and I desire this information for the purpose of uniting with the Daughters of the American Revolutionary.

Respectfully, yours,

Mrs. Nellie G. Olds

Post Office address #36 Smith St. Corry, Pa