Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18066, Samuel Holmes, New York Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York
Vt.

Holmes, Samuel
Sallena
or
Salina

NUMBER
W 18066
B.L.Nr.31279-160-55

CONTENTS
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[damaged]-19 M.
[damaged, likely Ver]mont.

Salina Holmes
widow of Samuel Holmes
V
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
35 Dollars 75
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the
17' day of Sep. 1850
and sent to
Hon. Jas Meacham
Home of Reps

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 56, Vol. 3

[added by hand, vertically] Reg. Mar 3. '55, 191.078
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191078.  Mar 3 July 21 /[unclear but 53?]
    Salina Holmes
   wid of 
Samuel Holmes
Samuel.   Prv,
Rev. Pensioner
Act. Feb 2. 1848
Revolutionary War
Pen Cert 5319
Sept 17, 1850
[illeg] : 16 [illeg] from 30/56
B O Ytu [this is a signature?]
Wm. Bridges
St. Albans
VT
Vol H2 page 64
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State of Vermont,
Lamoille County, ss. On this 18th day of September A.D. 1844, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Lamoille, in said Country of Lamoille, now sitting Sallena Homes, a resident of Cambridge in the County of Lamoille and State of Vermont aged Seventy Seven Years and over, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836, granting pensions to widows.
     That she is the widow of Samuel Homes, who served as a private in the War of the Revolution for more than three years as she verily believes.   That the said Samuel Holmes, enlisted as she thinks in the spring of 1776, at Stillwater New York for two years but she cannot positively state the time or place of reenlistment, as it was previous to her marriage with the said Samuel.  She has often seen a discharge from service in favour of said Samuel, which is lost, or has been destroyed, being considered of no value,; she does not recollect any f the officers’ names under whom the said Samuel served, except Col. Ebenezer Walbridge and Capt. Joseph Safford, this last mentioned being the brother of declamants mother.  She frequently heard her husband tell of being in the battle at the taking of Burgoyne.  
     She further declares that she married to the said Samuel Holmes on the eleventh day of September, one thousand
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seven hundred and eighty two, by Moses Robinson, a Justice of the Peace at Bennington, Vermont.
     That her husband the said Samuel Holmes stood as a Minute man at the time of her marriage to him and remained so to the close of the War, and she knows that he went out several times after marriage, in alarms, for a short time, but she cannot identify the particular times, except in a single instance.  The night after their marriage there was an alarm, and her husband was called out, and went in pursuit of some tories who had been discovered making their way to the Green Mountain through the woods in the south easterly part of Bennington; the party were only gone a day or two and returned with several tories who were making their way to Canada through Windham County with three of our people whom they the tories had taken as prisoners.  I think that some of the tories belonged to Pownal, the town south of, and adjoining Bennington.
    She had no record of her marriage nor does she know of any person living who was present at her wedding, except her sister Milatiah Noble, whose testimony accompanies this declaration.  She also herewith forwards a certified copy of the Record of Births of her children, from the Records of the Town of Cambridge.  She further declares that her husband, the said Samuel Holmes died at Cam
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[cont word from prev page 5 starting "Cam"]bridge, Vermont, on the 19th day of March one thousand eight hundred thirteen and that she still remains the widow of the said Samuel Holmes
In presence of Sallena Holmes
Augustus Young
Salmon Wires
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Salmon Wires. Judge of Probate

Lamoille District, Johnson, Sept. 18, 1844.
I certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings of the Probate Court in the matter of the application of Sallena Holmes for a pension, _ And I further certify that the said Sallena Holmes is personally known to me, and is a person of truth and veracity.

Salmon Wires, Judge of Probate
State of Vermont,            }
Lamoille District,} Ss  I, Cornelius Lynde, jun.
Register of the Court of Probate
for the District of Lamoille,
certify that Salmon Wires
is the Judge of the said Court.
and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.-For testimony whereas,
I have hereunto subscribed my
name, and affixed my seal
of office, at Johnson, this 18th
day of September, A.D. 1844.
Cornelius Lynde, Jr. Register
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Recorded January sixth}
one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven
  Salina, daughter of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born January twelfth one thousand seven hundred and eighty four at Bennington
 Abigail daughter of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born January eighteenth one thousand seven hundred  and eighty six at [underline] Pownal [/underline]
 Anna daughter of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born December twenty third one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven at Bennington
 Theron son of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born March fourteenth one thousand seven hundred and ninety at Cambridge
 Levi son of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born February fifteenth one thousand seven hundred and ninety two at Cambridge
 Billy son of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born May eighth one thousand seven hundred and ninety six at Cambridge
  I Willard Griswold above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Cambridge, County of Lamoille and State of Vermont, and have held the same for six years past, and that the above is a true extract  from the first Book of Records of said Town
 [on side]
A true copy of the first Book of Records of the Town of Cambridge, Vermont page 48 with the exception of the spelling of the name of the Town Pownal and the date which was expressed on the record in fair legible figures
  Attest  Willard Griswold} Town Clerk of Cambridge
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with the exception of the spelling of the word Pownal, and the dates, which are expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows.
Recorded}
January 6th 1797
Salina, daughter of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born January 12th 1784 at Bennington
 Abigail daughter of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born January 18th 1786 at Poundwell [sic]
 Anna daughter of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born December 23rd 1787 at Bennington
 Theron son of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born March 14th 1790 at Cambridge
 Levi son of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born February 15th 1792 at Cambridge
 Billy son of Samuel Holmes and Salina his wife was born May 8th 1796 at Cambridge
  Attest   Willard Griswold} ? Clerk of Cambridge
 Sworn before me,  Earl Smilie  Justice of Peace

State of  Vermont
Lamoille County}
 I P.G. Camp of Hyde Park Clerk of Lamoille County Court hereby certify that Earl Smilie is a Justice of the peace within & for the county of LaMoille duly commissioned & certified that his commission is [illegible] Oct. 31st 1843 & will expire on the 1st day of Decr 1844 & that his Signature believe is true & genuine.  In witness whereof I hereto affix the seal of sd [said?] Court & Subscribe my name this 2d day of April AD 1864
      P. G. Camp, Clerk.
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Mrs Holmes requests that the answer made to this application may be returned to me the subscriber
Wm Bridges
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State of Vermont,
[crossed out] ss.
Lamoille County [spacing] On this 14th day of July 18[3]5
before me, undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administrate oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Holmes and Mary Thompson residents of Cambridge County of Lamoille in the State of Vermont - - known to me as credible persons, who made oath in due form of law, that Salina Holmes who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of Feby 2d 1848 - a pension of $35 75/100 dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Samuel Holmes deceased, a Private of the Revolutionary War.
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said Salina Holmes has not intermarried, but remains and now is, a widow : That they have known her for Twenty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit : [,] have lived in the immediate neighborhood of the said Salina and will acquainted with her and her late husband Samuel Holmes deceased 
  Samuel Holmes
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses,
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
Amasa Thompson  Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont,
County of Lamoille] ss.
[Indent] I HEREBY CERTIFY , That Amas Thompson Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Lamoille Court for the County aforesaid, this 14th day of July 1855  E B Sawyer Clerk of 
Lamoille Co Ct
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State of Vermont,
County of Franklin [crossed out] Lamoille} SS.
On this 14th day of July 1855

before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Salina Holmes aged 88 years, a resident of Cambridge County of Lamoille in the State of Vermont who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Salina Holmes to whom, under the provisions of the Act of Feby 22, 1848, a pension of $35 15/100 - dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Samuel Holmes - a Soldier , , of the Revolutionary war, and late of Cambridge County, State aforesaid
She further states that her pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of February 2 1848 , , is numbered 5519 , , , bears date the Seventeenth day of Septem 1850 and is made payable at the Montpelier Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 31 March, 1855 never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity aforesaid was granted.
That, since being place on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Samuel Holmes
Samuel Holmes
Attest [illegible] Thompson Salina Holmes
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I knew the aforesaid Silena Holmes to be the identical person she alleges herself to be--a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interest-ed in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or other otherwise.
Amos Thompson--Justice of the Peace
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C O P I E D
from letter of Miss Wilson
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

October 16, 1929

Miss J. Augusta Holmes
Box 125
Holden,Massachusetts

Dear Madam:
        I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.18066, it appears that Samuel Holmes enlisted at Stillwater, New York, in the spring of 1776, and served as a private for a year or more, in Captain Hezekiah Dunham's Company, Colonel  Van Veghten's New York Regiment.
        While living at Bennington, Vermont, he served as a private in Captain Joseph Safford's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Walbridge's Regiment of Vermont Militia on alarms from August 2, to August 8, 1781; from October 14, to October 31, 1781 and from September 7, to September 13, 1782.
        He married September 11, 1782, at Bennington, Vermont, Salina or Sallena, the daughter of Captain Jonathan Scott and his wife, whose given name is not stated, she was the sister of Captain Joseph Safford.
        Sallena or Salina (she signed both ways) stated that her husband was called out on the alarm the night after
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they were married.
        He died at Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont,March 19, 1813.
        She was allowed pension at the rate of $35.75 per annum on her application executed September 18, 1844, while living at Cambridge, Vermont, aged seventy-seven years.
        They had the following children: Salina or Sally; Abigail, Anna, Theron, Levi, William or Billy; Emela,John and two named Samuel, one of which whom died in infancy and the other was born after his father's death.   A daughter, name not stated, was the wife of Augustus Young, a member of Congress from Vermont.
        The date and place of soldier's birth, the names of his parents and the members of their family are not given.

Very truly yours,

EARL D.  CHURCH
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For
Widow, &c.
File No. 18066
Salina Holmes
Widow of
Samuel Holmes
Pri  Rev War
Act: Feb 2d. 48
index:---Vol. A Page 348

1907 Feby. 11-History to A.L. Holmes
1924-June 2 - Hist. to Mrs. W. A. Dutch [initials]
1925 - July 25 - Mrs. W. A. Dutch advised (date & place or birth of soldier & his son Samuel not in [?]
1926. Feb. 12. [Heist?] to Hon W. H. Sproul. M.S.
1929 - May 2 - N.E. Sadler add cost of photos  [initials]
1929 May 18. Photos to H.E. Sadler & Fin Div. ntld. [initials]
___________________________________
1929 - Oct 16 - Hist. to Miss J. Augusta Holmes [initials]
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8890 M.
Vermont.
Salina Holmes widow of Samuel Holmes who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35 Dollars 75 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept. 49. and sent to Hon. Jas Meacham  House of Rep
(Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.)
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 69
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10980    M.
Vermont.
Salina Holmes
Widow of Samuel Holmes
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died in the year 1813
of  in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain of the
commanded by in
the line for 10 m & 22 days
Inscribed in the Roll of Montpelier
at the rate of 35 Dollars 75
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of
Sep 1850 and Sent to
Hon. J. Meacham HR
Total amount, $
Act July 7, 1838. 
Recorded by J.T. Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 145
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4419
Salena Holmes
Vt
Letter to William Haswell
May 14th 1845
Let. to I.C. Haswell Oct. 16 '45 
" Hon J. Meacham 13th Jun 1850
Act 4 July 1836
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House of Representatives
Sept 12/50
Sir
I enclose the declaration of Sallina Holmes widow of Samuel Holmes for a pension under the act of July 7.''.38 and subsequent acts  -
It is thought that the case should be allowed under the declaration already filed under the act of 1836.
 You  will decide the case as you deem right and issue your certificate accordingly -
  Truly Yours
  J. Meacham
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Salena, Widow of Sam Holmes -
additional testimony 
Statement of Case, [insert arrow]
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Statement of Case
Salena Holmes widow of Samuel Holmes
Service in N. York ... & Vermont troops.
Married Sept 11, 1782, proved by testimony of Millatiah Noble and Darius Branch, both of Bennington where the ... lived at the time, heretofore filed.
Mr. Branch gives the names of several individuals who went with ... Holmes after ... immediately after the the marriage, it appears that they went and ...
I file additional certificate of ... of State, showing that Branches recollection of the ... who went in ... was mainly correct.
Also, affidavit of Solena Holmes, with family record showing that the first child, Sally Holmes was born January 12,1783 and the affidavit of Mercy Butler showing that the first child was born "some few months after the marriage".
The affidavit of Mercy Butler also shows the identity of the ... and Holmes in Safford company with the husband of the applicant.
I learned from some mentions of the family that the first child of the Holmes was born the winter after the marriage and this explains why the record in the town clerks office should be made to 1784 instead of 1783, according to the facts.
In relation to the improbability of
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Saml Homes not being married while in this last service. I remark that the service appears to have such that he was not taken from home [caret] but a few miles and that the inducement for staying at home could not have been very strong at that particular time.

Jon. Scott of Saffords company the father of Salina Holmes, it appears was in the last service connected to Holmes - The Certificate of Secy of State, now filed and affidavit of Branch, heretofore filed.

In relation to Mrs. Holmes and her family, I have known them for many years, and notwithstanding the stain in early life, disclosed by the testimony, she and her family have been and are, highly respectable. One of her daughters married the Hon. Mr. Young - formerly member of Congress -
Wm Welton,
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State of Vermont
 Secretary of State's Office
 Montpelier  February 6th 1850

  I hereby certify that there is on file in this office A Pay Roll of Capt Joseph Safford's Company of Militia  Col. Ebeat [Ebezr] Walbridge's Regiment, who served in Windham County, commencing September 7th 1782, ending the 13th both days included; on which roll is the name of "Lt. Jona. Scott", with an allowance for six days service, also the names of "Masa Branch", "Samuel Safford Jr", Solomon Walbridge." "Leonard Robinson", "Samuel Holmes," and "Lemuel Scott." with an allowance for each for five says service as privates.
  Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt. Samuel Robinson's "Company of Militia in Col. Samuel Herrick's Regiment "for service done the State of Vermont one alarm "which commenced the 11th day of October 1780;" on which Roll is the name of "Samuel Holmes" with an allowance for  fifteen days service as a private.
  In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of this office this sixth day of
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February A.D. 1850.
Ferrand F. Merrill
Secretary of State
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Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier March 21. 1844
  I hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper purporting to be a "Pay Roll" of Capt Parmelee Allen's Company of Rangers Maj. Ebezr Allen's Detachment raised for the defence of the State of Vermont commencing Feby 1st and ending the 1st of December AD 1780 both days included;"  on which Roll is the name of "Samuel Holmes" with an allowance for ten months service as a private.
  Also "A Pay Roll of Capt Joseph Safford's Company of Militia in Col. Ebezr Walbridge's Regiment, on an alarm, commencing 2d August 1781 and ending the 8th, both days included;" on which Roll is the name of "Saml. Holmes" with an allowance for two 2 days service as a private.
 Also a "Pay Roll of Capt Joseph Safford's Company of Militia in Col. Ebezr Walbridge's Regiment in an alarm to Castleton commencing the 14th October 1781 and ending the 31st both days included;" on which Roll is the name of "Samuel
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10-2
15   Holmes", with an allowance for fifteen days service as a private.
  Also a "Pay Roll of Capt Joseph Safford's Company of Militia Col. Ebezr Walbridge's Regiment who served in Windham County, commencing 7th September 1782, ending the 13th both days included;" on which Roll is the name of "Samuel Holmes" with an allowance for five days service as a private.
  Given under my hand and the seal of this office this 21st day, or March Ad 1844
  Ferrand F. Merrill
  Deputy Sec [?] of State

5
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1022
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Hon. James L. Edwards,
Washington City.
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Bennington, Vt. March 20, 1845.
Sir,
I herewith forward the application of Sallena Holmes for a pension. 
I have withheld the papers for some months, in hopes of being able to make proof of the services of Mr. Holmes in the early part of the War. The widow thinks that her husband first enlisted under an officer of the name of Ball, but I have not been able to obtain testimony to that effect, and therefore forward the papers as they are. 
I am Sir,
Very respectfully, 
Your obt servant,
Wm Haswell.

Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Com. of Pensions.
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M.
No 14199
Salina Holmes
wd of Samuel
  v
Act 7 July 1838
Mamed before 1794
husband died 1813

Admo 10 mo 22 days/?
  $35.75 p an
[per?] 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
Ano Acts 3 March 43              
              17 Mar 44}
               2 July 48   $135 78
P an [?] 4 March? 1843

Hon Jas Mecham
 House
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State of Vermont
District of Lamoille

On this second day of September A.D. 1850, personally appeared before the Honorable, the Probate Count within and for said District, Salina Holmes, a resident of Cambridge, in the County of Lamoille in the State aforesaid, aged eighty three 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 July 7 1838, entitled, " award granting half pay and pensions to certain widows " and the act of March 3, 1843, and the act of June 17. 1844,  [insert caret] and the act of Feb 12. 1848, continuing such pensions,— that she is the widow of Samuel Holmes, who was a private, as she has heard her said husband after state, in his lifetime, prior to the year 1780, in the New York troops, and served in Col Van Vechten's regiment, a a part, or all of the time while he served in the New York troops, and she believes that he served a year, or more, in said troops;— that afterwards, her served in the Vermont troops in Capt Allens Company and in Capt Safford's at different periods from the year 1780,  to the close of the revolutionary war, and that he served as she believes more that two years, during the war of the revolution, as a private, but from lapse of time, she unable to state the particu-
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[particu]lars of his services. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Holmes on the eleventh day of September, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two; that the said Samuel Holmes died on the nineteenth day of March A.D. 1813 and that she has ever since remained a widow; that she is confident that the marriage took place prior to the last period of her said husband's services, but because the Commissioner of pensions declines granting her a pension under the act of July 4 1836, and is willing to allow the pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, She makes this further declaration, having some years since made a declaration under the act of July 4 1836.
   Sallena Holmes

 Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I am acquainted with the declarant, and that she is a woman of truth and intelligence.
  Andrew Dow   Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont}
Lamoille District } Ss
  I Cornelius Lynde, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Lamoille, do certify that Andrew Dow, before me whom the foregoing declaration was dame and sworn to, was, at the date thereof, and still is Judge of the Probate Court within and for said District, and that the foregoing  signature, purporting to be his is genuine.

  In testimony whereof i do hereunto offer the seal of said court and subscribe my name at Johnson in said district this second day of September, A.D. 1850.
   Cornelius Lynde, Register
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State of Vermont
Lamoille County }Ss

I John Holmes of Cambridge in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont aged forty nine years in October last [illegible], testify and say that I am the son of Samuel Holmes, late of said Cambridge, and of Salena Holmes, the widow of said Samuel Holmes; that my father died in March 1813, and that my mother has ever since remained a widow and has resided in said Cambridge: That not long after my fathers death, and think most confidently that it was in the year AD 1813, at the request of my mother, I [illegible] on [illegible] on the blank side of the leaf containing the little page of the new testament of the family Bible which had belonged to my father, the time of the death of my father, and the time of the birth of my brothers and sisters as then given to me by my mother; the [illegible] was made with no other view than as a remembrance of the events then recorded, which wants? the whole family have always supposed to be recorded truly
  I have two brothers born who were named Samuel Holmes, the first of which died in his infancy, and the other who is now living was born in the year AD 1813 and some length of time after my fathers death; and from examining the said record of births, I am the more confident that I made the record before the birth of my brother Samuel Holmes who is now living, as his name appears to be made with a different ink from the other, and is not in my handwriting, which all the other names and dates are in my handwriting.
  I herewith [?] and make a part of this affidavit, the leaf of the said Bible above named containing the original record of births by me made as above named, the said Bible being very much worn and dilapidated; and further this deponent saith not.       John Holmes
  Sworn to before me this 11th day of May AD 1849
  Giles H Barber  Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont. Lamoille County. I Giles A. Barber of Cambridge in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Lamoile, hereby certify that John Holmes of said Cambridge who made and signed the within affidavit, and made oath to the _ of the same before me, is a person both intelligent and _ and ever has been reported to be a person of strict truth and veracity and wholly worthy to be believed and is _ to have full faith given to his statement. I also certify that I saw him take from the _ to bible, the leaf _ _ and made part of his affidavit.  Giles H. Barber. Justice of the Peace. I Augustus Young, late Member of Congress from the State of Vermont, certify that I am well acquainted with John Holmes, who has signed and made oath to the foregoing affidavit, and have aquaintance generally a person of strict truth and veracity, and one to whose evidence, full faith and _ may be given. Augustus Young
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[back of a page from the bible]
Samuel Holmes  Died march the 19 1813
Sally Holmes born January the [12?]1783
Abigail Holmes born January the 18 1785
Anna Holmes born December 23 1786
Theron? Holmes born March the 14 [1789?]
Levi Holmes born February 15 1791
Emela Holmes born December 23 1793
William Holmes born May the 8 1796
John Holmes born [settah??] 28 1799
Samuel Holmes 18 [page torn]

[right side]
this is a page from the bible
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[page of the bible]
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6419        6419
Sallena Holmes
  Sallena  Holmes
 widow of Samuel
  v
 Act 4 July 1836
  Rejected March 1836
 Adm under 1838
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I, Millatiah Noble, of Bennington, in the County of Bennington, and the State of Vermont, aged Seventy One Years and Ten Months, testify and say, that I was present at the house of my deceased father, Jonathan Scott, in Bennington, on the 11th day of September A. D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, and on the afternoon of that day saw my sister Sallena united in marriage to Samuel Holmes, by Moses Robinson, Esq. —Directly after the marriage I went with a girl about my age, to my uncle, Henry Walbridge's, about a mile distant, and on our return home, about sunset, we saw some men lurking about the woods, and apparently making their way to the Green Mountain a little east of our house; we thought they were Indians, were very much frightened, ran home as fast as possible, and told what we had seen; our people laughed at us, but in the course of the night there was an alarm, and before day light in the morning a number of men started out, and before night returned with some tory prisoners I think seven in number and three of our people, who had been taken by the tories, who were on their way to Canada, with their captives.—I distinctly remember that my new brother, Samuel Holmes was one of the member who went out and brought in the tories, and I think that he went out
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in the service several times after, but cannot positively say that he did. Sworn and subscribed this 22d day of August, A.D. 1844, before me. Lemuel Morgan Justice Peace.   Melitiah Noble. I certify that the above named deponent is a credible person. Lemuel Morgan Justice of Peace. State of Vermont, Bennington County. I, Samuel H. Blackmer, Clerk of the Court for the County of Bennington, do certify that Lemuel Morgan, was at the date of the foregoing certificate, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that I verily believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office, at Bennington, this 20th day of March, AD 1845. Saml. H. Blackmer Clerk
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I Darius Branch, of Castleton in the County of Rutland, and State of Vermont, testify and say, that I was living with my Father in the south east part of Bennington in the fall of the year 1782, near the residence of Capt. Jonathan Scott, and was present at his house in the early part of September, (as I think,) and say Samuel Holmes and Sallena Scott united in marriage by Moses Robinson, Esq. I cannot recollect the precise day of the month, but distinctly remember that there was a party of tories discovered going through a pasture in the easterly part of Bennington, which caused the inhabitants to suspect that all was not right;—the alarm was immediately given to my Father and others, and a Company of men raised who went in pursuit, and after pursuing them about eight miles, captured them on the Green Mountain, I think twelve in number, with a Capt. Blakeslee and a negro man whom the tories had taken and were carrying off or leading off to Canada; I was too young to be one of the pursuers, being now in my twenty eight year, but am confident that Samuel Holmes was one of the party;—I was present at the house of Gen. Samuel Safford and saw the Tories when they were brought in by our Troops; I was intimately acquaint-
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ed with Mr. Holmes in childhood and to the day of his death, and also with the Scott family;—Lemuel Scott, brother of Sallena , married a sister of mine. I think that my father, Rufus Branch, my uncle Masa Branch, Leonard Robinson, Jonathan Scott, Samuel Safford, jun. Soloman Wallbridge & Samuel Scott were of the party.—And further saith not.

Sworn to and subscribed, Darius Branch
This 16th day of November,1844,
before me
O R Harris   Justice Peace.
I certify that the above named deponent is a credible person.
O R Harris   Justice of Peace.

STATE OF VERMONT
RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S
[Rutland county seal]
I Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that Oliver R. Harris Esquire, was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified to take Depositions and that I verily believe his signature to the same is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the. Seal of Court, at Rutland in said County, this twenty third day of January Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty five [handwritten signature]
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
24th Sept 1779|Samuel Holmes|priv|$1|10|2 1/2
22nd Nov    "   |            "            |  "   | 1 | 6 | 8
___________________________________________________
                  STATE OF NEW YORK
 Comptroller's Office, Albany, March 18th, 1845

I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 7. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First - under Capt. Hezekiah Dunham in Col. Conn Van Veghten Regt.
Second Lt. Benjamin Guile  "  "  Du  "
Third     "              "               "    "       "
Fourth   "              "               "    "       "
Fifth       "              "               "    "       "
Sixth      "              "               "    "       "
Seventh "              "               "    "       "
Eighth    "              "               "    "       "
Ninth     "              "               "    "       "
Tenth     "              "               "    "       "

/s/Philip Phelps
Dip Corps
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[envelope front]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner Pensions
Washington.
14 Oct45 fm. att
Recd Salena Holmes
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Washington, Oct 13. 1843'

Hon. J. L Edwards,
Dear Sir, I would respectfully request that the application for a pension for Mrs. Salena Holmes, widow of Samuel Holmes, of Cambridge, VT may be [underline] re-exam-ined-[/underline] especially the affidavits of Col. Branch and Mrs. Noble that the Samuel Holmes whose name appears on the pay rolls is the same Samuel Holmes whose widow makes application for a pension, there is no question, altho it may not appear in the papers in your office. 
I am Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Yor Obt Servt [Your Obedient Servant]
J C Haswell.
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State of Vermont
Franklin County

I Mercy Butler of Sheldon in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, aged eighty one years in January last, testify and say that I am the daughter of Capt. Joseph Safford of Bennington Vermont, who was a Captain in the Revolutionary war in the Regiment I think commanded by Col. Seth Warner, but am not certain but it was Col. Ebenezer Walbridge; for I was also acquainted with both Col. Warner and Col. Walbridge. I was also acquainted with Samuel Holmes, who then resided in said Bennington, and know that he was a soldier in my father's Capt. Joseph Safford company during the latter front of the Revolutionary war, and have often heard my father speak in terms of commendation of the said Samuel Holmes as a man and a soldier. I was also well acquainted with the fact that said Samuel Holmes was married to Salena Holmes, who was a cousin of mine by the name of Salena Scott before her marriage - with whom I had always been well acquainted before, as well as since her marriage. Before and at the time of the marriage of said Salena to Samuel Holmes she resided some time as four miles from my fathers house, and although I did not see his married, I was knowing to the fact in the same manner that events of that kind are known in neighborhoods; and I will recollect that his oldest child Sally was born some few months after the marriage of said Salena
/s/Mercy Butler

State of Vermont }
Franklin County   }  Sheldon February 4, 1850
Then personally appeared before me, Mercy Butler, the signer of the foregoing affidavit, and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit
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affidavit by her subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me Augustus Young Justice of Peace
I aslo certify that the said Mercy Butler who subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a person both credible and intelligent; and is so generally reputed.
/s/Augustus Young Justice of the Peace

[county seal affixed]
State of Vermont} I Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk of 
Franklin County  }  the County Court in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify that Augustus Young is one of the Justices of the Peace in + for the said County of Franklin for the year ending with the 30th of November A. D. 1850. that he is qualified to act as such magistrate + that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of County Court aforesaid and subscribed my name officially at St. Albans in the County of Franklin this eleventh day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty
/s/Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk
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Holden, Mass. Aug. 13, 1929

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

I want very much to know the exact date of birth of Samuel Holmes, which was at Bennington, Vt. about 1759 or '60. I also want to find out for certain the name of his father. He served in the War of the Revolution at different times; in 1781 & '82 he was in Col. Ebenezer Wallbridges regiment, Capt. Joseph Saffords company. He was afterward one of the early settlers in Cambridge, Vt. and from that place his widow, Salena Scott Homes, applied for a pension in 1844 as I understand. In your record of that application, is the date of his birth or the name of his father given?
I have written to the War Department and the reply stated that his record there does not contain the desired information, but the suggestion is made that something
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might be learned from the records of your department. If you will kindly look it up and let me know I will be very grateful for such help. And will you please tell me if the old lady (my great grandmother) got the pension, and the amount granted?
Am enclosing a self addressed envelope. Thanking you in advance, I am

Very sincerely, 
J. Augusta Holmes.

[seal saying "PENSION OFFICE" "O AUG 15 1920" and "U. S."]
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[postmark Apr 28, 1924 U.S. Pension Office]

727 S. Sapodilla St., West Palm Beach, Fla
April 22, 1924
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear sir:

Samuel Holmes of Vermont served during the Revolutionary time. Does the record show that he or his family ever re-
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[seal saying "PENSION OFFICE" "H JUN 1 1925" and "U. S."]

727 S. Sapodilla St.
West Palm Beach, Fla.
May 25, 1925
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
On June 2, 1924 you were so kind as to give me information concerning the pension record of Samuel Holmes of Bennington.
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[seal saying "PENSION OFFICE" "L APR 28 1924" and "U. S."]

727 S. Sapodilla St.,
West Palm Beach, Fla.
April 22, 1924.
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Samuel Holmes of Vermont served during the Revolution. Does the record show that he or his family ever re-
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received a pension? Is there a record in Washington that will give the place of residence, town or county, of this Samuel Holmes? Thanking you for any information which you can give me, I am Yours very truly, Mrs. W.A. Dutch
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[seal saying "PENSION OFFICE" "H JUN 1 1925" and "U. S."]

727 S. Sapodilla St.
West Palm Beach, Fla.
May 25, 1925
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
On June 2, 1924 you were so kind as to give me information concerning the pension record of Samuel Holmes of Bennington.
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County, also Lamoille County, Vermont, Revolutionary War Pension claim W. 18066. From the papers could you please give me the date of birth, also place of birth of Samuel Holmes? 
You named the children of this Samuel Holmes, among them being "a second Samuel." Could you please give me the date of birth, also place of birth of this "second Samuel"? 
Thanking you for your favor, I am 
Very truly yours,
Mrs. W. A. Dutch.
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OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
Francis Hodgman, C. E., Climax, Mich.
VICE PRESIDENT
W. W. Bridgers, C. E., Battle Creek, Mich.
SECRETARY
Alba L. Holmes, H. E., Grand Rapids, Mich.
TREASURER
Dorr Skeels, C. E., Grand Rapids, Mich.
DIRECTORS
Alfred C. Lane, State Geologist, Lansing, Mich.
Byron E. Parks, M. E., Detroit, Mich.
M. C. Taft, C. E., Kalamazoo, Mich.

Michigan Engineering Society
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
574 Wealthy Avenue

Grand Rapids, Mich., 27 January 1907

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Sir
I wish to get a certificate of the records of the military service in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783 of Samuel Holmes whose widow was pensioned - He died at Cambridge at 1813
Courteously yours
A L Holmes
574 Wealthy ave
Grand Rapids mich

[stamp] PENSION
A 
JAN 29 1907 
U. S. 
OFFICES
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W. H. SPR
COMMITTEES:
 INDIAN AFFAIRS
MINES AND MINING
INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND
EXPOSITIONS

 Congress of the United States    SaJ
 house of Representatives
   Washington, D.C.
  February 11, 1926.

Honorable Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Commissioner:-
  I am, indeed, indebted to you for your prompt response to my inquiry regarding members of the Holmes family.
  In pursuance of your last paragraph in the letter, may I request that you furnish me with a detailed report regarding Samuel Holmes of Bennington, Vermont.
  I have information that Stephen Holmes, mentioned in your letter, served under his brother Lieut, Nathaniel Holmes.  Is there no record of Nathaniel Holmes, Jr.?
  Assuring you of my appreciation of your courtesy,
 I am
  Very truly yours,
  W. H. Sproul

S:C
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 32197
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph Photostat, and Blue Print Work. [handwritten initials]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, 
Room G 137.  May 11, 1929.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension  Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job Photostatic copies of 29 pages from Revolution-ary War claim for pension of Samuel Holmes, N.Y. Troops, W. 18066.
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing [2 blanks] days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch
5033 Room No.      541 Phone No.
Approved: [handwritten signature of A D Wilkinson] Chief Clerk of Bureau 
[handwritten signature of Margaret M H Finch] Chief of Branch ["or Division" redacted with repeated X]

NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering [blank]

CHECK WORK DESIRED
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Electric typewriter.  Fill in addresses? [blank] Dated? [blank]

Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size    Cards, size
Proof list   Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample).  Corrections
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Photostat X  Size actual Official use? Repay? yes. $4.35
Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $

Remarks [blank]
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1053 FAXON AVE.
MEMPHIS, TENN.
May 7th, 1929.

Commissioner of Pension,
Washington,
D.C.

[handwritten]
M.O.# 118467 - $4 60
[end handwritten]
[rectangular ink stamp with
"FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK
MAY 9 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS"]

Sir;-
Enclosed find money order for $4.60, for which please send me certified photostatic copy of Revolutionary War claim W. 18066, Samuel Holmes, widow Sallena (Salina), as per your advce of May 2, marked "Rev & 1812 Wars Section." "MMHF"

Respectfully,
[handwritten signature]H E Sadler[end handwritten]
H.E.Sadler.

[round ink stamp with "MAY 9 1929" in middle, "PENSION" and "OFFICE" at top and bottom, and "U." and "S." to left and right]
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Rev.&1812 Wars
Section.

February 10, 1926.

Honorable W. H. Sproul,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Sproul:

In response to your letter of the ninth instant, requesting to be informed so as to"whether any of the people on [begin handwritten underline]the enclosed list[end handwritten underline] applied for pen- sion, together with the number of the claim," I have the honor to advise you, that a careful search of the re- cords fails to show claims for Revolutionary War pension on file on account of the services of Nathaniel Holmes, Nathaniel Holmes, Jr. Solomon Walbridge, Edward Giffin, Zephaniah, Benjamin, Jehosephat, Jephosephat, and John Holmes described by you.

Stephen Holmes born at Dedham, Mass. in July 1759, who served in the Vermont Troops, and his widow Lydia, were pensioned for his service in the Revolution. W.7771.

One Samuel Holmes, of Bennington, Vermont during the Revolution, (the date and place of birth are not on record) and his widow Sallena, or Salina, were pen- sioned for his service in the RevolutionW. 18066,
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[top left corner folded]

If you desire a fuller report in regard to either,
r both of said soldiers, please so state and the same
will be furnished you.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner

[handwritten note]
wanted Rev. soldiers of Holmes family in
Bennington Vt. companies -

list returned
[end handwritten]
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COMMITTEES:
INDIAN AFFAIRS
MINES AND MINING
INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND
EXPOSITIONS

[top left corner folded]
ongress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
February 9, 1926.

Honorable Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Commissioner:-

I wish to gather some information regarding Nathaniel Holmes, a leader of the "Bennington Mob" who were founders of the State of Vermont.

There are very few vital records to be found in this connection and I am of the opinion that the pension records might prove a fertile field in this regard.

If it is possible, I will ask you to be good enough to advise me whether any of the people on the en- closed listed [begin handwritten underline]applied for a pension, together with the number[end handwritten underline] of the claim.

Thanking you for your courtesy in this connect- ion, I am

Very truly yours,

[handwritten signature]W.H.Sproul[end handwritten]

S:C

[ink stamped "FEB 10 1926"]
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ton, Vermont, Sallena or Salina ["Scott" crossed out] the daughter of Captain Jonathan Scott of ["said" crossed out] Bennington ["and his wife who was the sister of Captain Joseph Safford, her name not given." crossed out]^[handwritten above previous crossed out typing](whose wife, name not stated, was Capt Joseph Safford's sister)[end handwritten]

Samuel Holmes died March 19, 1813 in Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont and his widow Sallena ^[handwritten]or Salina[end handwritten] was allowed a pension on her applicatoin executed September 18, 1844 while a resident of said Cambridge aged sev- enty-seven years. ["The children of Samuel Holmes and his wife Sallena" crossed out]^[handwritten]Their children[end handwritten] were: Sally ^[handwritten] or (only one[end handwritten] Salina, Abigail, Anna, Theron, Levi, Em["i" crossed out]^[handwritten]e[end handwritten]la, William, John, Samuel who died in infancy, and ["then" crossed out] a second Samuel.

A son-in-law Mr. Augustus Young was a member of Congress from Vermont,the name of his wife not given.
[handwritten]The date + place of soldier's birth are not on record[end handwritten]
Respectfully,


Acting Commissioner.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section

July 25, 1925

Mrs. W. A. Dutch
737 South Sapodilla St.,
West Palm Beach, Fla.

Madam:
I have to advise you relative to the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 18066, that the date and place of birth of the soldier Samuel Holmes are not given in said papers.
His son Samuel (another son named Samuel having died in infancy) was born in 1813, the day and place not stated, after his father's death and was living in 1849, but the name of the place is not given.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars                                                                                                                                                                 aw
Section. 



                                                                                                                                                                     February 10, 1926.

Honorable W.H. Sproul,
House of Representatives. 



My dear Mr Sproul:

                                 In response to your letter of the eleventh instant, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, V. 18066, it appears that Samuel Holmes enlisted at Stillwater, New York, in the spring of 1776 and served as a private, for a year, or more, in Captain Hezekiah Dunham's Company, Colonel Van Veghten's- New York Regiment.


While living at Bennington, Vermont, he served as a private in Captain Joseph Safford's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Walbridge's Regiment of Vermont Militia on alarms from August 2, to 8, 1781; from October 14, to 31, 1781 and from September 7, to 13, 1782.

He married September 11, 1782, at Bennington, Vermont, Salina, or Sallena, the daughter of Captain Jonathan Scott and his wife, whose given name is not stated, she was the sister of Captain Joseph Safford.

[handwritten note along left edge of page]
The widow did not claim the service
in the Vermont reports in Capt Parmelee Allens Co.
& in Col Samuel Herricks Regt. & therefore I omitted them, (they cross each other.
[end handwritten]
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[folded top left corner]
lena or Salina, (she signed both ways) stated that her husband was called out on the alarm the night after they were married. He died at Cambridge, Lamoille Co., Vermont, March 19, 1813.
She was allowed pension, on her application execu- ted September 18, 1844, while living at Cambridge, Ver- mont, aged seventy-seven years.
They had the following children: Salina, or Sally; Abigail, Anna, Theron, Levi, William, or Billy; Emela, John and two named Samuel, one of whom died in infancy and the other was born after his father's death. A daugh- ter, name not [illegible] was the wife of Augustus Young, a member of Congress from Vermont.
The date [illegible] place of soldier's birth, the names of his parents and the members of their family are not on record in this claim.
In the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7771, of Stephen Holmes, it is stated that he enlisted in Au- gust 1777, under Captain John Warner and Lieutenant Nathaniel Holmes, his brother, in Colonel [illegible] Reg- iment of Vermont Rangers and that they captured the garrison at Lake George Landing, after which he conducted his brother who was wounded, to Pawlet, Vermont.

[handwritten note along left edge of page]
dates of birth omitted
two reports disagree by a year
see about Sally or Salinia
[end handwritten]
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The names of the soldiers' parents and the other members of thatfamily are not on record and there is no further data on file as to Lieutenant Nathaniel Holmes in this claim.
A careful search of the records fails to show a a claim for pension on file on account of the services of said Nathaniel Holmes.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section:
MMHF

May 2, 1929.

H. E. Sadler,
1053 Faxon Avenue,
Memphis, Tennessee.

Sir:
I advise you that photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim, W. 18066, Samuel Holmes, widow Sallena (Salina) will be furnished you at the rate of fiften cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is twenty-nine.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.

[handwritten calculation]
29
15
___
145
29
___
4.35
25
___
4.60
[end handwritten calculation]
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1053 FAXON AVE.
MEMPHIS, TENN.
25 Ap 29
[top left corner folded]
ommissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.


Sir;
I want a photostat copy of Rev.War Claim [handwritten]W-[end handwritten]18066 Sallena (Salina) Holmes [handwritten],[end handwritten] widow of Samuel [handwritten underlined]Holmes[end handwritten underlined] of Bennington and Cambridge Vermont.
Please advise me as to the cost and I will remit.
Yours respectfully,
[handwritten signature]H E Sadler[end handwritten signature]
H.E.Sadler.

[round ink stamp reading "APR 27 1929" in middle, "PENSION" and "OFFICE" at top and bottom, and "U." and "S." at left and right