Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4986, Isaac Hinman, Conn.
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Service
Conn

Hinman, Isaac
or Hinman, Martha

Number
W4986
BLWt. 5452-160-55.
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Vermont 18.813

Isaac Hinman. 
of Orleans in the State of Vermont. 
who was a private in the Comp 4 commanded 
by Captain Tuttle of the Reg 4 commanded by 
Col. Webb in the Conn [crossed out] ecticut
line for 12 ano. 23 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 42 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct
1833 and sent to Timothy 
Hinman Derby II
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '83 $106.33
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. '36 21.26
$127.59
(Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832)

Recorded by Ele Brown, Clerk, 
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 70
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1861 Oct 22 Letter
to LH Bisbee
[illegible]
Claim 
May 1/72 Referring [illegible]
to 2 camp
Van Aernam 

3.5 14
Increase
Vermont 
Martha Hinman
widow of Isaac Hinman 
Conn 
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853 [crossed out] 27th July 1868
Certificate of Pension issued 3d day of September 1868 and sent to L.H. Bisbee Newport-Orleans
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42.142 Act Mch 3 '55
Rc'd April 5

Martha Hinman widow of Isaac Hinman deceased 

Claimant states that she is more a pensioner under the act of 1853 and refers to her pension papers on file in the desk. 
Pension $42.50 pr annum

Private Col Hinman's regiment County Militia

Adnid 160 ac.o Sept 4/55
Dodge

S. D. Kimball
Barton
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Sworn to and subscribed before me at Morgan Vt this 8 Sept 1868 and I certify that the affiant is personally known to me as a credible person and entitled to full faith and credit and that I have no interest in his claim. 
S. W. Dane
Notary public
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I Martha Hinman of Derby in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont on oath depose and say that I am widow of Isaac Hinman who was a Private in the Revolutionary war. That I am ninety two years of age being born on the 26th day of March 1775. That I was married to said Isaac Hinman by one Esquire Boardman in the month of October 1799 being then in my twenty fourth year. That I was married in the town of Derby aforesaid on the place where I now love and that I have never removed from said farm neither have I remarried since the death of my husband. 

Martha her mark [marked with an X] Hinman
William B. Scott

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Derby Vermont on this the 8th day of September 1868 and I certify that I carefully read the thereforegoing affidavit to the affiant, who is in sound mind and health and in my opinion a competent witness, before signing the same and that I have no interest in this claim.

SW Dane
Notary Public
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Martha Hinman
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State of Vermont
County of Orleans

At Derby in the County of Orleans aforesaid, on this 11th day of May. AC 1853, personally appeared before the Hon. William Moon Jr. Judge of Orleans County Court, Martha Hinman a resident of said Derby aged 77  who first being duly sworn accepted to law doth on her oath  make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pensioner made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the War of the Revolution; that she is the widow of Isaac Hinman who was a Revolutionary soldier from the state of Connecticut she cannot give the particulars in regards to his service, but he drew a pension at the note of 42$ per anum, for proof the non-commissioned is respectfully referred to his declaration on file in the pension office, also to his pension certificate that was payable to one of the Vermont agencies and has been returned  to said pension office. 

She further declares that she was married to said Isaac Hinman at Derby aforesaid on the  day of April 1801 and that her husband said Isaac Hinman died at Derby aforesaid on the 29th day of May AD 1843. that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January AD 1800, but at the time above stated.,  
She further declared that she is now a widow. 

Attente S.D. Kimball 
William Moon Jr. 
Martha her X mark Hinman

Isaac Hinman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before William Moon Jr. Judge
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State of Vermont, Isaac Cushman 
Deputy Clerk of the Orleans County 
Const. within and for said County do hereby certify that William Moon Jr. the signer of the certificate was on the date of the same a judge of said county derby and [...] and qualified to administer oath and signature appeared to said certificate is genuine. 
On testimony on therefore so here unto substantiate my name and office the seal of said court at [...] in said County this 29th day of September  AD 1853
I.N. Cushman deputy clerk
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42.142
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Widows that has not drawn

Howard & Morris, Prs. Irasburgh, VT. 

State of Vermont
County of Orleans
On this 29 day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Martha Hinman, aged 78 years, a resident of Derby in the State of Vermont, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of Isaac Hinman, deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the US. - She also declares that as the widow of the said Hinman she is now drawing a pension at the note of $42.50 per anum under act 3 March 1838; for proof said Hinman death her marriage the Hon. Con.l of  pensions is respectfully refered to her pension papers now on file in the pension office. 

She further states that she was married to the said Isaac Hinman on the [blank] day of April A.D. 1800 and that she is now a widow. 

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855.

Attest
Hazen Kimball

Martha her X  mark Hinman

We William Hinman and Robert Dutton residents of Derby in the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledge by the said Martha Hinman in our presence that we believe from the appearances and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
William Hinman
Robert Dutton

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 affidavits to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. 
John Tinker
S.D. Kimball Justice Peace

State of Vermont
County of Orleans
I, Leo W. Hawthorne, Clerk of Orleans County Court in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that John Tinker, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate was at the date therefore such officer as he there subscribes himself namely, a Justice of the Peach within and for said County, and as such officer he is duly authorized by the Laws of this State to take acknowledgements and administer oaths. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed and affixed the seal of said court this 31 day of March A.D. 1855
Leo W. Hawthorne clerk
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3736
Isaac Hinman
Derby
Orleans Co

Claimant

Return to Pen.o Hinman
Derby Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
24 April 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.

Statement, showing the Service of
[top columns left to right]
Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service - Years, Months, Days
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

[handwritten entries on the form left to right]
1775 Months 5 days 10 Rank private
Names & rank of field officers Cole Webb
Age at present 19 Woodbury Connecticut

1776 months 2 days 11 rank private
Names & rank of field officers Col Waterbury
months 4 days 11 rank private [illegible]
Col B. Hinman
1777 [illegible] not allowed
1778-1779 6 months Justus Johnson [illegible] not allowed
1779 days 21 Col. James Moseley

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

[signed] Mr. Isaac Hinman

Information in the hand of [illegible] Kimball
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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, 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 which 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

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, 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 the 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 so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged tot he 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 declar 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 the 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 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 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 proceeding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ________ and that C.D., who has also signed the named 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, of 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 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
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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?
3. 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 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 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.

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(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 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 curation of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the services 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, 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 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 from (a) to (*) 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 all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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No 37 36
Vermont
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BRIEF in the case of Isaac Hinman of Derby County of Orleans in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77
4. State his Service as directed in the form annexed.
[Columns read left from right]
Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Augt In 1775 5 months as a Private. Gen. Capt Tuttle, Col Webb
May In 1776 2 months as a private. Gen. Bapt Benedict, Col Waterbury
June 1776 3 months, 10 days as a private. Gen. Capt Sanford, Col Hinman
About, at other times } 29
5. In what battles was he engaged? 10 - 19
Skirmish when Gen Worcester was [illegible]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woodbury, Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James C Wilson, Examining Clerk
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State of Vermont
Orleans county
On this 16th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Probate Court Holding at Derby in the district of Orleans, Isaac Hinman of Derby in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont aged 77 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 dated June 7 1832. That he enlisted for the term of five months in August 1775 into Capt. Tuttles Company and Col. Webbs Regiment of the Connecticut troops, that he marched to New London and remained there about three week watching the british shipping then marched directly to Boston and was stationed at Winter hill and remained there until the five months expired and about ten days after the time had expired. In January 1776 he enlisted for the term of two months in Capt. Benedicts company in Col Waterbury regiment of Connecticut troops and went to New York City and served out the term of enlistment there and about twelve days longer. In June 1776 the militia was called out and he marched to New York in Capt Sanfords Company and Col Hinnmans regiment and served from the middle of June to the 26th of Oct. When he was dismissed and went home he left New York when the British landed on the Island and about 9oclock that night arrived at Harlem Heights where he was stationed about three weeks. Went then to Kings bridge stayed a short time then went to hoseveck (sp?) and Stamford and remained there in service until dismissed. At the time above mentioned. That he served as a volunteer several times in the whole about 29 days at Danbury and other places, once at Ridgefield he was in a skirmish when Gen Worcester was wounded. He resided in the town of Woodbury in the state of Connecticut when he entered the service and has no documentary evidence of his service. He was born in Woodbury Conn. Dec 20, 1755 has no record of his age except one kept by himself in a bible - never received any written discharge. He hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension except the present and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. He lived in the town of Woodbury in the state of Connecticut until he removed to the place of his present residence, where he has lived at least 35 years. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Isaac Hinman
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I Timothy Hinman of Derby in the County of Orleans do certify that my brother Isaac Hinman (who is now 77 years of age being 7 years older than myself) did enlist to go into the enemy of the United States at Boston in the summer of 1775 and that he returned home the fore part of the winter following and I further state that he enlisted again after he had been at home a few weeks to go to New York and went returned home in the spring - and that in summer following being the summer of 1776 the Militia was called for and he went with the militia to go to New York and was gone several months and returned the latter part of October - and I recollect his being gone at several other short terms one of which was at Danby when it was burnt by the enemy to which I was personally [illegible] My Father and myself being there at that time - Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Timothy Hinman

We Japath Benham and Nehemiah Colby P.M. residing in the town of Derby do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Hinman who has subscribed and sworn tot he above declaration that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that this stated and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we are now in that opinion we also state that the said applicant is a man whose statements are entitled to full credit.
Japath Benham
N. Colby Post Master 
Derby, VT
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[illegible] said court do hereby elective [illegible] opinion - after the investigation of the matter and after positing the [illegible], the War Department that the named applicant was a Revolutionary War soldier in service as The States. And the court further certifies that it appears that Timothy Hinman [illegible] Japheth Benham and Nehemiah Colby also have signed the preceding certificates are residents in said town of Derby and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I John H. Kimball register of probate court do hereby certify the preceding criteria. The register proceeding at the said court in the matter of the application of Isaac Hinman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of office this 16th day of August 1832

State of Vermont
Orleans District
I, John H Kimball Register. On this 5th day of Sept 1833 personally appeared before the Cou. Probate Court holder at Derby within and fore said District of Orleans Isaac Hinman who made the foregoing declaration and after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says 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 that the periods mentioned below and in the following grades, first tour for five months and ten days as a private. He remained the ten days at the request of the officers until the militia could be embodied to supply their places. The 2nd to be for 2 months and eleven days at least. He was requested to stay two weeks longer as the town of [illegible] for other troops to supply  the vacancies to be created by his going home and actually stayed eleven days and was said therefore - as a private [page cut off here]
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3rd tour for four months and eleven days as a private. Next three weeks as a sergeant the rest being sick. He volunteered nine days under Capt David Hinman the spring of 1777 and he thinks in the summer of 1779 he volunteered under Capt David Hinman and Col. Mosely three weeks at New Haven and Norwalk and served out that time as a private. In  Sept 1778 he enlisted as a teamster for the tour of seven months and signed [illegible] contract binding himself to such service. He had paid his portion to hire some person to [illegible] the service and consequently was free from military duty. Justice Johnson was the commander of the teams and the leaving was done from Fiskill to Hartford and Springfield and was dismissed at Danbury. He knows of no living or documentary evidence by which to [illegible] his invoices other than what has been furnished and the reason why the teaming was not mentioned in the previous declaration is that he thought that such service was not embraced in the law but now understands that it is expected therein. No clergyman resides in this town except a Scotchman who has not been here long enough to learn the reputation of the applicant and for the foregoing service he claims a pension.

Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Hinman

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my official signature and affixed the seal of aid Court this fifth day of September A.D. 1833.
John H. Kimball Register of said court

[on the side is written}
3736
Declaration of Isaac Hinman
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3572 
Vermont Burlington
Martha Hinman widow of Isaac who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 42 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 30th day of Jany 54
and went to S. D. Kimball
Barton, VT

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 29 Vol. A

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5452
Rev Pension
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No. 42142
Act of March 3, 1855.
Received April 5, 1855
Issac Hinman
Revolutionary War
Warrant No. 5452-160-55
S.D Kimball
Barton
Vt-
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Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 4986
Martha Hinman Wid.
Isaac Hinman
Pvt. Rev. War
Act Feby 3 1853, July 2, 1868
Index: - Vol. A, Page 333

(Arrangement of 1870)
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Martha Hinman
widow of 
Isaac Hinman
42142

Add 5452 160 days
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We Horace Steward of Stanstead Canada East & Elisha Jenne of Derby in the County or Orlean Vermont of lawful age depose and say that for a long time of years we have been personally acquainted with Martha Hinman, a resident of Derby aforesaid. She is the widow of Isaac Hinman, deceased, & is still living & is and has been ever since the death of said Hinman his widow.
Horace Stewart
E. Jenne

State of Vermont
Orleans County
At Grasburgh in said County of Orleans on this 3rd day of July 1855, personally came Horace Steward & Elisha Jenne, well known to me as men of truth & signed & made oath tot he truth of the above affidavit before me.
S. D. Kimball
Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Orleans County
I Geo W Hortshone, being Orleans County court, hereby certify that S. D. Kimball, whos genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgement was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within aforesaid county of Orleans, and that as such, he is duly authorized by the laws of Vermont to take acknowledgements & administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court this 3rd day of July AD 1855.
Geo W. Hortshone, Clerk
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[illegible] July 4 1855

Sir,
Enclosed please find an affidavit to prove the identify of Martha Hinman as the wid of Isaac H.
Her declaration asking for [illegible] is filed in your office & numbered 42142.
Truly yours,
S.D. Kimball

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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I Chester Carpenter of Derby in the County of Orleans and state of Vermont, of lawful age depose and say.
That for a long time of years I have resided in Derby aforesaid and for more than twenty five years I lived neighbor to Isaac Hinman, who dies some ten years since. He left a widow who is still living and who ever lived with said Hinman as his lawful wife during the term of years above stated. Mrs. Hinman name before her marriage to said Isaac was Martha hill.
C. Carpenter

State of Vermont
County of Orleans
At [illegible] in said County of Orleans on this 6th day of October AD 1853 personally came Chester Carpenter and signed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me. I certify that deponent is a man of truth.
Samuel Blake Justice Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT
Office of the Secretary of State
Montpelier, October 15 1853.
I certify that Samuel Blake Esquire, 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 Orleans, 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 15th day of October A.D. 1853.
Ferrand F Merrill
Secretary of State
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Act 27 July 1868
WIDOW'S CLAIM
For
Increase ["Pension for Children" is crossed out]
Reason for Revolutionary Soldier Widow
Claim of
Martha Hinman
Widow of Isaac Hinman, a Revolutionary War Soldier

L. H. Bisbee, Atty
Newport Vermont

____________________________________________
Printed and sold by W. H. Moore, 484 11st st, Washington D.C.
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Widow's Claim for Increase of Pension
Act 30 Sept 1868 & 
Act July 27, 1868

State of Vermont
County of Orleans
On this 24th day of August A.D. 1868, before me, a Judge of the Probate Court in and fore the County and State above-named, personally appeared Martha Hinman a resident of Derby County of Orleans State of Vermont, aged 93 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the 13th act of Congress is passed 30th Sept 1865 granting 100$ additional pension to Revolutionary soldiers and their widows approved July 27, 1866; that she is the widow of Isaac Hinman who was a Private in the REvolutionary war and that by reason of his death she has been granted a pension of forty-two dollars & fifty three cents per annum in accordance with the certificate, numbered ... bearing the date on the 13th day of January 1854, and that she is a Pensioner of the United States, duly enrolled at the Pension Agency at St. Johnsbury in the State of Vermont. 
That she surrenders the aforesaid Pension Certificate, No......She further declares that she has not remarried since the death of her said husband. That she hereby constitutes and appoints L. H. Bisbee of Newport Orleans County Vermont, her true and lawful attorney, and authorizes him to present and prosecute this claim, and to receive and receipt for all orders and certificates that may be issued in consequence thereof hereby revoking all Powers of Attorney, if any, heretofore given by her for a like purpose. My Post Office address is Derby Centre Orleans Co Vermont.
Martha Hinman X her mark (Signature of Claimant)

If either the claimant or identifying witnesses sign by mark, have two witnesses who write their name.
E. A. Stewart
S. W. Dane

Also personally appeared before me, at the time and place aforesaid, W. H. Newcomb of Derby Vermont and Amory Parker of Derby Vermont in the County of Orleans State of Vermont, whom I certify to be credible persons, who being duly sworn according to law, declare, each for himself, that they well know Martha Hinman, widow of Isaac Hinman.
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deceased, who signed the foregoing declaration in their presence, and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; they have been acquainted with the said applicant and the said deceased for twenty years, and believe the foregoing statement to be true and correct, and that the said statement is believed to be true and correct by the community in which they resided. That she is still remaining the widow of the said Isaac Hinman.
They further swear that they, or either of them, have no interest in this claim, either present or prospective, and that they are not concerned, directly or indirectly, in its prosecution. 
W. H. Newcomb
Amory Parker
(signatures of witnesses)

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 24th day of August 1868; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. And that the contents of the above was made known and explained to applicant and witnesses before signing.
E. A. Stewart Judge

NOTE - Must be sworn to before a Judge or Clerk of a Court of Record. If before a Judge, the Clerk must certify that he is a Judge, and that his signature is genuine. The signature must be authenticated by Clerk and sealed.
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Declaration of Martha Hinman in order to obtain the benefit of the section of the Act of 3 of February A.D. 1853.

State of Vermont
Orleans County
On this day of January A.D. 1867 [or 57]
personally appears before the Probate Court of the District aforesaid Martha Hinman a resident of Derby in the County of Orleans and State aforesaid age 77 years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed on the 3rd of Feb 1853 Granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the War of the Revolution. That she is the widow of Isaac Hinman who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and drew a pension under act of Congress passed June 7 1832 at the rate of $42.50 per annum, for proof the Hon - Comm of Pensions is respectfully referred to his pension certificate which has been returned to the Pension office.
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Hinman at Derby aforesaid on the 3rd (she thinks but knows it to have been on the first days of April 1801) day of April A.D. 1801, by Boardman. That her said husband died on the 29th day of May A.D. 1843. That she was not married to him prior to the day of January A.D. 1800 but at the time above stated. 
She further declares that she is now a widow.
Martha Hinman X her mark

Witnesses William Hinman
Geo Nye
"Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me. 
Geo Nye, Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont
Probate Office

Orleans S. D. Kimball
register of Probate within and for said District the same being a Court of Records and having a seal as hereto attached, do certify that George Nye Esq, was at the date of the writings to which this is attached, and now is the Judge of the Probate Court, for said Dist. duly commissioned & qualified as and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine. And that the said paper [illegible] and the original proceedings in the matter of Martha Hinman declaration to obtain a pension. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate office at Granburgh in said Dist. this 20th day of January A.D. 1854.
S. D. Kimball, Register
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I, William Claggett of [illegible] County of Windsor and State of Vermont, do depose testify and say that I am a clergyman, and officiating in my profession in Hartford (West) aforesaid. In the year 1843 I lived in Derby Orleans County State aforesaid. I was acquainted with Isaac Hinman an aged man and in said year I preached his funeral sermon at what dated on the year I cannot now say.
William Claggett Cler.


State of Vermont
Windsor County
At Hartford on the 19th day of September AD 1853 personally appeared Rev William Claggett and made solemn oath that the above deposition is the truth.
Before me Harper T Savage
Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT
Office of the Secretary of State
Montpelier September 28th 1853.

I certify that Harper T. Savage Esquire, 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 Windsor 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 acknowledgements 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 28th day of September A.D. 1853.
Ferrand F. Merrill Secretary of State
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Office of L. H. Bisbee
Attorney, Counselor and Solicitor
Newport, VT Sept 8th 1868

Hon Chris C Cox
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
I herewith return Pension Certificate No 3514 "Martha Hinman" widow of Isaac Hinman for correction. Mrs. Hinman is entitled under the act of Congress of Sept 30th 1865 to an increase of one hundred dollars per year as she was married to Isaac Hinman on or about the first of October 1799. As will appear, by her affidavit herewith enclosed of there is not sufficient proof of marriage on file in your office please notify me and I will furnish sufficient. Hoping you will give this your consideration.
Very Respectfully Yours
L. H. Bisbee
P.D.
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Pension Office
Oct 26 53
Sir
Please report time of last payment to, or death of, written named pensioner. 
Respectfully 
F. Burt Esq
S. Cole for Commis.
3 and Present

Isaac Hinman, Act 1832. $42.53 p. an. Died 29th May 1843, paid to his death.
F. Burt
Auditor
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Brief in the case of Martha Hinman widow of Isaac 
Orleans County and State of Vermont
Act of February 3 1854

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

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7 1832 at $42.53/100 per annum & paid to his death May 29, 1843

Allowed $42.53/100 per annum to commence Feb 3/53
(if for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by Chester Carpenter & N. Colby residents of said county & certified to be credible.
Death of pensioner proved by auditor report.
Identify & widowhood proved by credible witnesses.
Name and residence of Agent
S. D. Kimball Barton VT
Examining Clerk
J. L. Gray
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No 3447
Martha Hinman
widow of Isaac
Let to S. D. Kimball
Oct 28 1853
Gray

Allowed $42.53/100 p anum to com. Feb 3 1853

Act Feb 3 1853
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I, Nehemiah Colby of Derby, in the county of Orleans and State of Vermont, of lawful age, due testify[illegible] personal acquaintance and reputations, that Isaac Hinman and Martha Hill of this town have lived together as husband and wife from about A.D. 1800 until the death of the said Isaac Hinman, which took place in May or June A.D. 1843, and further your documents [illegible}
N. Colby

Derby 19 Aug 1853
Forgoing officiate, sworn to this 20 day of Aug 1853
Before Mr. Wm Verback Just Peace
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I Orem Newcomb, Town Clerk of Derby in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records of said town of Derby and do not find the marriage of Isaac Hinman and Martha Hill recorded therein.
Orem Newcomb Town Clerk

Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of August A.D. 1853
Before me C. Carpenter
Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
Orleans County
of Isaac N. Cushman Deputy Clerk of the county found within and for said county of Orleans do hereby certify that Wm Verback & Chester Carpenter whos signatures are appended to the foregoing certificates were at the respective dates thereof Justices of the Peace duly authorized and qualified to administer oaths, and that I believe their said signatures to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Frasburgh this 29th day of September A.D. 1853.
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S.D. Kimball
Agent
Barton, VT
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Barton, VT October 19th 1853
Sir,
Herewith I send you the papers in the case of Martha Hinman, widow of Isaac Hinman, deceased, who was a U.S. Pensioner.
I am Sir with Respect your
Obt. Servt.
S. D. Kimball

Hon L. P. Waldo
commiss of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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I S. D. Kimball, Clerk of Orleans County Court in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Cyrus Eaton is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Orleans, duly commissioned and qualified, that his comm was date by the 30th day of November A.D. 1853 & will expire on "the 30th" day of November 1854, and that his signature to the within certificate is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court, this 30th day of December A.D. 1853.
S.D. Kimball - Clerk of aforesaid
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I, Elisha Jenne of Derby, in the County of Orleans, & State of Vermont, of lawful age depose and say that for a long time of years prior to the death of Isaac Hinman late of said Derby, deceased, I was personally acquainted with said Hinman and resided near him. When he died he left a widow Martha Hinman with whom the said Isaac Hinman had ever lived as his lawful wife during my acquaintance with them and raised a family of children, one of them a son the said Martha Hinman now lives with. The said Isaac Hinman has been dead over ten years, and I know that the said Martha Hinman who is an aged person and living with her son as above stated, is the widow of the said Isaac.
E. Jenne

State of Vermont
Orleans County
At Grasburgh in said county of Orleans, on this 30 day of Dec 1853, personally came Elisha Jenne and [illegible] such made as to the truth of the above affidavit before me. I certify that I am personally acquainted with deponant that he is a Deputy Sherriff in and for the County of Orleans and a man whose statements are entitled to full credit.
Cyrus Eatan Justice Peace
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Barton, Jan 20th, 1854
Vermont

Sir,
Enclosed please find the Declaration of Martha Hinman, widow of Isaac. Also the affidavit of Mr. Jenne identifying her as his Isaac Hinman's widow.
All of her other papers are on file in the Pension Office I forwarded you last summer, also a declaration taken before a County Judge which you informed me was insufficient, & you have one affidavit of Chester Carpenter identifying Mrs. Hinman - and the one I now send you is in place of Judge Colby's which you rejected in consequence of the Justice Certificate not coming within your rules.
Please examine her case at your earliest convenience.
I am Sir, With Respect,
Your Obt. Servt.
S.D. Kimball


Hon. L. P. Waldo
com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Department of the Interior
Pension Office

Washington D.C. Oct 22, 1868

Sir,
Mrs Martha Hinman in her first application for a pension as the widow of Isaac Hinman who was a revolutionary pensioner makes the following statement: "That Isaac Hinman died at Derby May 29, 1843. That she was married to him on the day of April 1801. That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January 1800 but as the time above stated".
[signature is illegible]

L. H. Bisbee
Newfork
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S. Johnsbury
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Increase Brief in the Case of Martha Hinman Widow of Isaac Hinman Derby Center Orleans County and State of Vermont
The Act Feb 3 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE
Proof Exhibited,
A pension roll of Vermont at $42.53 per annum. Certificate returned & cancelled
Identity of widow 
She claims the benefit of the act of July 27 1868 increasing her pension to $96 per anum

Admitted Sept 1868 to an increased pension at the note of $96.00 per anum to commence July 27, 1868

W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent
L. H. Bisbee
Newport
Orleans Co
Vt
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Payment to be made at Burlinton, by Wm. J. Odel Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Vermont

Payable on the 4th Setpember and 4th March

Cancelled

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, page 29 Vol. A

Clerk,
H R Weightman

Martha Hinman
M Hinman
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Martha Hinman widow of Isaac Hinman who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty-two dollars and fifty-three cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this thirtieth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four

R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

Sept 1854 - 57 years in Derby
previous in Barrington N.H.

42.53
21.26
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Revolutionary claim}
Derby, VT
19 Sept

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Derby Sept 18th 1833
Hon J. L. Edwards,
I have return the application of Isaac Hinman with the accompanying brief as amended, the [illegible] of him and the applicant now residing more than three hundred miles from his place of residence when he performed the service makes it very doubtful whether he can give his certificate that he knew him in the whole of the services that he states to serve, but know that he within other man in the Month of May 1777 man to enlist into the Continental Army for those years there being a regulation in the state of Connecticut at that time that if two would have on e or the think Jenson to enlist for those years or during the war they should be exempt from [illegible] and who that the replacement was in the serve, in June 7, 1779 as out that time home and was informed that the opponent had attacked for from North with Justice Johnson who ever, the commander with the title of Capt was not at home but in the service. You will excuse one for making observations but there is no doubt of this applicant having done the service whether he is able to make satisfactory himself or not. Please to examining his case and make report and oblige your obedient.....
Servt. 
Tim Hinman