Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39730, Ephraim Holdridge, R.I.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
R.I.

Holdridge, Ephraim

NUMBER
S. 39730

CONTENTS
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Notification sent to Saml. Swift Etc.  
Middlebury Vermont 27th July 1820
[handwritten along left side of page]

10, 746
R
Vermont.

Ephraim Holdridge,
of Addison Co." in the state of Vermont,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Sherburne, of the R. Island
line, for the term of three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 2. of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15. of May, 19,
and sent to Joel Doolittle, judge
Middlebury, Vermont.

Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. ..|  88.76
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept.  |  48 ''
10 mos. 29/30}             1819.     |$:136.76
     & 4/31...    }

{Revolutionary claim,   }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Discontinued under
law 1 May 1820
Former decision confirmed. see letter to
Hon Mr. Rich 20 March 1822
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I Ephraim Holdridge of Bridport in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, on oath declare and say that I served in the army of the United States in the War of the Revolution, on the continental establishment, against the common enemy, for the term of three years or more -
In the month of March AD 1778 I enlisted into the service of the United States in the Company of Capt. Amos Stanton in the Regiment of Col. Sherburn, the Regiment was composed of Connecticut and Rhode Island troops. I enlisted in Connecticut, & my Captain lived there - Col. Sherburn belonged to Rhode Island - I enlisted for the term of three years, and served my time out faithfully, on the north or Hudson River and in the Jersies and at Rhode Island - and at the expiration of the period of
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my enlistment I was honorably discharged at West Point - and left the service, in the year 1781 -
I am a resident citizen of the United States - and am very feeble and infirm as to health, and very much reduced in my circumstances in life, destitute of property, and really stand in need of assistance from my country for support - Ephraim X Holdridge his mark

Sworn and subscribed at Middlebury in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, this 2d day of April 1818-
Before me Joel Doolittle Judge Supreme Court.

I Richard Shaw, of Bridport in the County of Addison State of Vermont, on oath depose & say that I knew the above named Ephraim Holdridge ^ in the Revolutionary War, and know that he performed services in the continental
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army - some part of the time as he has set forth in his declaration, I was knowing to his being in said service in the years AD. 1778 and 1779 I was in those years in the service myself - and knew him before he entered the said service, and have known him ever since
Richard Shaw

Sworn and subscribed before me
Joel Doolittle Judge Sup. Court Vt.

State of Vermont ss | I Joel Doolittle Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ephraim Holdridge did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the preceding & testimony had & taken before me to the Secretary of the Department of War in order to his the Ephraim Holdridge obtaining the provision made by the [illegible] act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act -
Joel Doolittle
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And I the said Judge, on full satisfactory proof, Do certify that the said Ephraim Holdridge is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. Joel Doolittle

Ephm Holdridge
present
Declaration [illegible]
Colonel Sherburn's Regt
Rhode Island line
1778 - 3 years
April 2d 1818
Adm

State of Vermont}
Addison ss          }  I Darrius Matthews Clerk of this Supreme Court of the State of Vermont within and for the County of Addison Do Certify that the Hon. Joel Doolittle is a Judge of the said Supreme Court and that the foregoing is his Signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Court this 3d day of April A.D. 1818
Darius Matthews [seal on page]
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Ephm Holdridge
10746 Bridport
$226.39
May 19
Not entitled
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STATE OF VERMONT
COUNTY OF ADDISON, ss. -- On this 10th day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record (having the power of fine and imprisonment) for the said County Ephraim Holdridge aged sixty six years, resident in Bridport in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: - he entered in March 1778 for three years & served for that term in Capt. Amos Stanton's company, Col Sherburne's regiment of the Rhode Island: - and was discharged at Westpoint in 1781. 
that the date of his original declaration is the second day of April 1818, the number of his pension certificate is 10.746.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
2 Cows & one calf | 28.
2 two year old steers | 16.
15 Sheep | 10.
2 mares put into my hands for security for a debt of $150, $100 of which I have been obliged already to pay out of my pension money | 25.
1 Plough | 1.00
1 Harness | 1.50
1 Hoe | .50
1 Ax | .50
1 Old pine table | .25
__________
74.75

50 Acres of rocky land in Bridport & small dwelling house | 150.00
3 Common Chairs | .50
1 Large D° | .25
1/2 Doz. Tea cups & saucers | .12
6 Old knives & forks | .32
1/2 Doz. Earthen plates | .10
1 Pine chest | .25
__________
151.64

Ephraim X Holdridge his mark

And the said declarant, on his oath aforesaid further says, that
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he is, by occupation, a farmer: And for thirty years past, he has been afflicted with a constant distressing & debilitating pain in his stomach, contracted by means of the fatigues of his service in the Revolutionary war, which has rendered his incapable, the whole of that period, of labouring to effect & especially the last six or seven years, he has been utterly unable to perform the least labour: that he has living with him, in his family depending upon him, a wife aged 53 years, of feeble constitution; One son, William, aged 18 years, one daughter, Betsey aged 16 years, a widow of deceased son, Lydia Holdridge, aged 29 years & has three children, aged six, four & two years; that the said deceased son, while living, had undertaken to take charge of & support the family of this declarant, in consideration that he was to have what little property belonged to this declarant; that instead of being thus provided for, in his distressed & helpless condition, his son died and left his family on the hands of this declarant for support; that he has been involved by two or three unfortunate sons, in several large debts, of which these remains unpaid about $50. And he owes debts of his own to the amount of about 80. 
Sworn to & declared on the 10th day of June 1820 before the Court aforesaid.
Saml. Swift Clerk

I, SAMUEL SWIFT, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property, exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Two hundred twenty six Dollars and 39 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 11th day of July 1820.
Saml. Swift } Clerk of the County Court of the Court of Addison. [seal on document]
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39730
INVALID
Revy
File No. 39730
Ephraim Holdridge
Prv Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. S, Page 232
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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For reconsideration
William [crossed out] Ephraim Holdridge
1st. Sched: 50 acres rocky land, a small house -
Amt. of Sched: $151.64 [crossed out] $226.39 -
2d. Sched: 5 acres land, & small house -
= stated that he had sold, in 1816, or 17, to his son, 45 acres of the 50 cont'd in 1st schedule, in consideration that his son should build him the said small house.
= Amt of 2d. Sched: $83 - see it, a accompanying affidavit -
= served 3 years -
Hon: Co. Rich, H. Russ
19 March 1822
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[left-top corner torn off] [illegible]
Updated schedule [document torn, part of page missing] 
2d sched: dated July [document torn, part of page missing] 
5 acres of land - [document torn, part of page missing]
1 Plough 1 Hoe & [document torn, part of page missing] other 
[illegible] Total Amt. $83 -
states that the 50 acres of land 
2 cows - 2 steers - calf & 8 sheep
stated in 1st sched: he's ignorantly asserted, which did not belong to him but his son that in 1816 being wholly unable to labor he, in consideration of [illegible] one his sons & that son should build the home he lived in he sold him 45 acres & cattle - that he is fully unable to support the family without assistance -
Set to [illegible] R.H. Gillet March 12th 1847
Hon. C. Rich
[seal on document]
[illegible]
Regs sent 10 Oct 1823 

Vermont 4 Sep 1819
Ephraim Holdridge priv.
served 3 years from 1778
1st Sched: made June 1820 
50 acres of rocky land | $150
2 cows & 1 calf | 28
2 two yr old steers | 16
15 sheep | 10
2 mares put into his hands for security of a Debt $250 of which he has paid out of his Pension money $25
sundry articles of furniture | 22.3
_______
Total $226.3
he owed (to whom [illegible]) $130
66 years ^ old being afflicted for 30 yrs past in a distressing pain in his stomach & for 6 yrs past unable to perform any labor. wife [document torn, part of page missing] 3 yrs feeble - 1 son 18 yrs - 1 daughter [document torn, part of page missing] yr. his son's widow 29 yrs [document torn, part of page missing] 3 children 6 -4 & 2 yrs. his son before his death had taken the farm & was the only support to the family.
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3 affidavits, duly taken, are within - they are dated in December 1823, 2 go to prove the facts as stated by the affiant in his last his sched: They state that affiant & his family have long & expensive needs and that he is really in distressed & necessitous circumstances. 
"Hon. C. Rich
H.R."

Supplement
3d. Sched: (11th Sept. 1823) exhibits personal property -
viz: 1 cow $10 - 1 old plough $1 - [no other article higher than 50 cents.] whole amt. of the sched: is $12.87. -
= states that he sold his 50 acres of land to Reuben Gillett Jr. for $500 on the 3d of May 1822 -
(an authenticated copy of the deed is in there.) The consideration money was paid in various notes against sundry persons
 - he states that the avails of said note have been expended in the support of an expensive & sick family - in the payment of Physician's visits & in payment of other debts - "the particulars of which he cannot now recollect." - 1 cow sold Jesse C. Higley for $13 in the fall of 1821, to pay a debt done him. 1 & 2 yr old steers sold to Lemuel Derby in the fall of 1821 "to pay a debt." - 15 sheep - part of them consumed in the family - the other sold to buy necessaries. 2 mares returned to his son, he, the son having satisfied that debt for which they were given as security - other articles worn out.
= Part of the consideration for land was a lease for the same for 2 yrs to the son of the affiant.  An authenticated copy is within. (over)
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Ephraim Holdridge 1st Act 1818.
when he was restored to the role of pensioners after he had been stricken off by Act of 1st May '20
[illegible signature] 11.March
Restored, to take effect 11th Sept. 1823.
[illegible signature]
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Holdridge
Mar 8 47
D6
R H Gillet
Reg Treasury
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Ephraim Holdridge supposed to be on the Vermont List of Pensions - was at the surrender of Burgoyne, the burning of New London & Battle of Fort Griswold & was 7 years in the service. He received a pension from the time of his application until his death. His heirs are informed that he was entitled to a pension from the time of the passage of the act which was some years before the date of his application & that all that accrued between the passage of the act & their fathers application is yet unpaid & that they are entitled to receive the same. Please communicate the decision of this case to R.H. Gillet Register of the Treasury --
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Home of Rept
Jany 14th 1824
Sir,
you will receive herewith a new edition of the case of Ephraim Holdridge to which your attention is invited by 
your obt servant
Charles Rich 
Mr Edwards
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Returned
Feby 28. 1824
Sent to Honorable
C Rich
[illegible]
House of Rep

Case of
Ephraim Holdridge
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This Indenture made this 3rd day of May A.D. 1822 by and between Reuben Gillet Junr of Cornwall in the County of Addison and State of Vermont on the one part; and Clark Holdridge of Bridport in said County on the other part. Witnesseth that the said Reuben for the consideration hereafter mentioned hath devised, granted and to farm lot, and doth hereby devise, grant and to farm lot unto the said Clark his heirs, executors, and administrators and assigns a certain piece or parcel of Land lying and being in said Bridport, it being the West half of the second Division lot drawn to the original Right of Thomas Stearns, the Division to be as follows - to wit - Beginning near the center of the North line of said lot, and to run Southerly one rod West of a small spring near the North line of said lot from there to the South line of said lot as near a South point as said line can be run to have the one equal half of said lot on the West side of said line - 
To have and to hold the said devised premises with the appurtenances unto the said Clark his heirs, executors, and administrators and assigns for and during the term of two years from the first day of March 1822 fully to be completed and ended - And the said Clark for himself his heirs, executors administrators and assigns, doth covenant and agree to pay or cause to be paid to the said Reuben his heirs and assigns the sum of Thirty Dollars a year, making in the whole Sixty Dollars - And also that he the said Clark his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns shall and will use and improve the said devised premises in a good husband like manner, the said Clark to have the privilege to cut wood for fuel and timber for a barn to be put on the aforesaid premises - And the parties aforesaid for themselves respectively each with the other, and their respective heirs, executors and administrators do further covenant and agree as follows - to wit - that the said Reuben shall quietly permit the said Clark to have immediate possession of said devised premises - And the said Clark shall at the end of said term relinquish all right and title to said premises up to the said Reuben free and clear of all incumbrances - And I the said Clark agree to seed down with grass the hill on said premises where I now have wheat and rye, being about ten or eleven acres -
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
Gardner Converse
William Holdridge

Reuben Gillet Junr. O

Recorded May 3rd 1823 - Attest Gardner Converse Town Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy as recorded in book No. 7. page 248 -
Attest Gardner Converse Town Clerk -
Bridport December 13th 1823-
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know all men by these presents that I Ephraim Holdridge Bridport in the County of Addison and State of Vermont for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand Dollars, covenant money of the United States received in full to my satisfaction of Reuben Gillet Junr of Cornwall in said County the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, convey and confirm unto him the said Reuben his heirs and assigns forever, a certain piece or parcel of Land lying and being in said Bridport it being the West half of the second Division lot drawn to the original Right of Thomas Stearns, the Division to be as follows - to wit - Beginning near the center of the North line of said lot, and to run Southerly one rod West of a small spring near the North line of said lot: from there to the South line of said lot as near a South point as line can be run to have the one equal half of said lot on the West side of said line –
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof and thereto belonging to him the said Reuben his heirs and assigns to his and their own proper use, benefit and behoof forever - And I the said Ephraim do for myself my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant to and with the said Reuben his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns that at and until the insealing of these presents I am well seized of the premises in fee simple; that I have good right and lawful authority to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above within; that they are free and clear of all incumbrances, and that I will warrant and defend the same against all lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whatsoever -- 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3rd day of May A.D. 1822
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
Gardner Converse
Clark Holdridge

Ephraim X Holdridge
          his mark

State of Vermont     } Bridport May 3rd 1822 - Personally appeared Ephraim Holdridge the signer
Addison County ss  } and sealer of the above written instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free voluntary act and Deed
Before me Gardner Converse Justice of the peace
Recorded May 3rd 1822
Attest Gardner Converse Town Clerk -
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I hereby certify that the within is a true copy & record 
book No. 7. page 121 -
Attest Gardner Converse Town Clerk -
Bridport December 13th 1823 -

Ephraim Holdridge
to 
Reuben Gillet Jr
a Deed
Office Copy --
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This may certify to whom it may concern that on or about the first of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty two Clark Holdredge of Bridport in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, son of Ephraim Holdredge of said Bridport, came to my home in Bridport and requested me to come to his father's house and execute some writings in conveying his farm to a Mr. Reuben Gillet Jr of Cornwall in said County - I accordingly went to Mr. Holdredge of the third day of May the year aforesaid but previous to going to his house I filled out a Deed and put the consideration in the deed at one thousand Dollars, but when the deed came to be examined by the parties, as near as I can recollect they said that the consideration the said Gillet was to give for the farm was but five hundred Dollars and if I am not mistaken I told them that it would not make any difference respecting the validity of the deed, and accordingly the deed was executed in the same way it was first filled out - And further I saw said Gillet turn out the property for said land, if I mistake not, it was not but five hundred Dollars --
Bridport December 13th 1823 Garder Converse
State of Vermont   } Bridport December 22nd 1823
Addison County ss} Personally appeared Gardner Converse the signer of the above written instrument and made solemn oath to the same - Before me Calvin Solan Justice peace
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State of Vermont   } I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison, do
Addison County ss} hereby certify that the within named, Calvin Solan is a Justice of the peace for said County and his name within written is his own signature and I further certify that the within named, Gardner Converse is a credible witness.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 25th day of December A.D. 1823.
       Saml Swift Clerk [seal on document]
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State of Vermont  } At Middlebury in said County, on this 11th day of December A.D. 1823 before
Addison County ss} me one of the Justices of the peace for said County, personally appeared Benjamin Miner ^ Senior of Bridport in said County, and being duly sworn according to law, testifies and says, that for twenty years, I have lived a neighbor of Ephraim Holdridge of said Bridport, and have known his circumstances of himself & family - that most of that time his health has been feeble, and especially for nine or ten years he has not been able to perform any labour and for ^ several years has not been able to give attention to any kind of business - and is confined much of the time to his bed, and it is with difficulty that he's got from home at any time: - that his family has also much of the time for several years been sick, & the expenses of sickness or for the support of his family must have been very great - and for several years he could have had no income from any quarter, or any means of support on apt the small property, which he before had, - all of which, I believe has been honestly expended for that purpose: - that although I was not particularly acquainted with the terms of which his land was sold, I know so much of his circumstances, that I have not the least doubt, that he was in absolute need of the avails of it to subsist upon, and that it was honestly sold & the whole avails of the sale expended in the support of his family: - that, in fact, there is no family in my acquaintance
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in more distressed & necessitous circumstances, or more in need of the assistance of this Country - and doubt not that he must soon with his family become chargeable to the town, unless he shall receive assistance from his Country. 
Benjamin Miner Senior
Sworn & subscribed this 10th day of Dec 1823 - before me and I further certify that the Deponent is a credible witness
Joel Doolittle Justice peace
State of Vermont   } On this 11th day of December 1823 personally appeared Benjamin Miner
Addison County ss} Jn. of Bridport in said County and being duly sworn deposes & says that he has for many years lived a neighbor & am acquainted with the circumstances of Ephraim Holdridge of said Bridport, that I have heard read the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Miner Senior - and fully agree with him in the facts stated in said affidavit of Benjamin Miner Senior - and fully agree with him in the facts stated in said affidavit, and fully assent to the opinions therein expressed. -
Benjamin Miner Junior   

Sworn & subscribed this 10th day of Dec 1823 before me, and I certify that the above Deponent is a credible witness. Joel Doolittle Justice peace
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State of Vermont   } I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison
Addison County ss} do hereby certify that the above named Joel Doolittle is a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name there severally written is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 10th day of December 1823
Sam Swift Clerk etc
[seal on document]
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State of Vermont  } On the 11th day of December 1823 personally appeared in open Court,
Addison County ss} being a Court of record (having the power of fine & imprisonment) for the said County Ephraim Holdridge a resident in Bridport in said County aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st of May 1820, that he said Ephraim Holdridge enlisted for the term of three years, in the month of March 1778 in Groton in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt. Amos Stanton the regiment commanded by Colonel Sherburn of Rhode Island, consisting partly of Connecticut & partly of Rhode Island troops, on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps, until the close of said term in 1781, when he was discharged from said service at West Point in the State of New York: That his name has been placed on the pension list & dropt therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts
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or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
  
 1 cow | 10.00
1 old plough | 1.00
1 old Harness | .50
1 old pine table | .25
3 common chairs | .25
1 large d° | .20
_____
12.20

1/2 dozen cups & saucers | .10
6 old knives & forks | .25
1/2 doz Earthen plates | .12
1 old pine chest | .20
_____
.67

Ephraim X Holdridge
           his mark

That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property - 50 acres of Rocky land etc
Sold to Reuben Gillet Jun. on the 3rd day of May 1822, for the sum of five hundred dollars, paid as near as I can recollect as follows - $222.22 in notes against Silas Pond & Silas Pond Jun. of Panton - a cow at $20, cash $15, note against Phineas Randal for $18, three notes against Matthew J. Lewis for $108, or more, and as a part of the consideration I received lease of said land of said Gillet until the 1 March 1824, for $60, - said Gillet's note for $10, and some other notes, of which I cannot now recollect. - The avails of said notes & other property have all been expended in the support of an expensive family, in medicine & physicians' bills, and in the payments of sundry pressing debts - the particulars of which I am not able to recollect.
1 Cow. Sold to Jesse C. Higley for $13 to pay a debt to him in the fall of 1821 
2 two year old steers. Sold to Lemuel Derby in the fall of 1821
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to pay a debt.
15 Sheep. A part killed for mutton - and a part sold to R. Gillet Jun. for which he paid a part cash, which has been expended in support of family & part in a debt for dressing cloth.
2 mares etc. My son; of whom they were received returned after my first schedule, and has indemnified me; and taken the horses to himself.
The other articles mentioned in the first schedule have since been nearly or wholly worn out. And I further state, that since my former schedule, I have become still more feeble & unable to labour, & have not since been able to perform the least labour - that my wife, my son, William, my daughter, Betsey and myself have been sick since that time, so as to require, a great part of the time, the attendance of a physician & great expense of medicine & medical aid: That William & Betsey have since become of age & take care of themselves - that the rest of the family continue to depend on me for support; - that on account of my broken constitution & inability to attend to attend to any kind of business, I have had no means to support my expensive family, and have been constantly becoming more distressed in my circumstances and must soon become chargeable to the town, where I reside, unless I receive the aid of my country.   
Sworn to & subscribed on the 11th day of December 1823
Before the Court aforesaid,
Saml. Swift Clerk
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I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont do certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Ephraim Holdridge did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental Establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twelve dollars & 87 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the 15th day of December 1823
Saml Swift Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison. - [seal on document]
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Case of Epm. Holdridge
Affidavit
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State of Vermont   } At Middlebury in said County, on the 24th day of January A.D. 1822, before
Addison County ss} me, one of the Justices of the peace for said County personally appeared Richard Shaw of Bridport in said County and being duly sworn deposes and says, that in the spring of the 1816 or 1817, I was at the home of Ephraim Holdridge in said Bridport, when a contract was made between the said Ephraim Holdridge and his son Ephraim Holdridge Jun. I was knowing that his said son for some years had by his own labour supported the family of the said Ephraim Holdridge Senior, and that he had then begun to build for him a small house; - the contract I understood to be that, in consideration of the labour & building the home above mentioned, the said Ephraim Holdridge Senior, agreed to give his said son a deed of all of his land, being fifty acres, except five acres; and the said deed was then executed. - I understood, that it was then expected by the parties that the said ^ son would continue to assist his father in the support of his family, and that at the decease of the father, the son would ^ have the remainder of this fathers property; the said deponent further states, that the said land is very poor & rocky, & worth much less than the said labour & building of the said house; and that in the opinion of this deponent, no other person would have given so much: - This deponent has long been acquainted with the said Ephraim Holdridge Senior, and knows that he has for thirty years or more been very infirm and unable to labour much, and particularly for 8 or 9 years he has been wholly unable to perform the least labour: - And this deponent is confident that he has no means, by which he & his family can subsist without the assistance of public charity
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private charity: - This deponent always understood, subsequent to the execution of the said deed, that said land contained in the possession of the said Ephraim Holdridge Jun. and doubt ^ not that the title was bona fide his at the time of his death, which was in June 1818. This deponent also knew that, at that time the said Ephraim Holdridge Junior had no cattle, except a few sheep, and that this said son owned all the cattle on the farm.
Richard Shaw  
Subscribed & sworn to this 24th day of January 1822, before me
Saml Swift, Justice of the peace
I certify that the above mentioned deponent is a credible witness
Saml Swift Just. of the peace

State of Vermont. Secretary of State Office
Middlebury Jany 30 1822
I William Slade Jun. Secretary of the State of Vermont, do certify that Samuel Swift before whom the above affidavit was taken, was on the 24th day of January 1822, a Justice of the peace, acting under the authority of the State; and that the signatures of his name above, are in his own proper handwriting.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of my said office then presents. 
William Slade Jun. [seal on document]
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Case of Ephraim Holdridge
R. Gillet Jun. affidavit
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State of Vermont   } At Middlebury in said County on the 3rd day of January 1824, before
Addison County ss} me, one of the Justices of the peace for said County, personally appeared Reuben Gillett Jun. of Cornwall in said County, and being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath testify and say - that I was present, when Ephraim Holdridge of Bridport in said County made his declaration and schedule before the County Court for said County in December last & have heard the same read - that so far as the same relates to his sale of his farm to me it is strictly true - except, that on further recollection, the lease, which I gave to his son, on his account, I think, was repaid at $30 dollars per year, making about 55 dollars - and the notes against Matthew J. Lewis amounted to 113 dollars, instead of 108 dollars: - that I purchased of him ten sheep for about 11 dollars - $8 in cash & three dollars on an account against him for dressing cloth - that for several years & more particularly for two or three years, I have been acquainted with the circumstances of the said Holdridge, & know that the family have been much of the time sick & expensive - that he could have had no income, to any amount, except what has arisen from the sale of his property, as he has stated, and believe him to be now so destitute of property & so helpless, that he's wholly out of his power to maintain his family, and he must depend on public or private charity for his subsistence
Reuben Gillet Jun
Sworn & subscribed this 3rd day of Jany 1824 before me - and I certify that the above
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deponent is a credible witness -
Joel Doolittle Jus. Peace

State of Vermont   }
Addison County ss} I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Addison, do hereby certify that the above named Joel Doolittle is a Justice of the peace for said County of Addison, and his name above written is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 3rd day of January 1824.
Saml Swift Clerk etc
[seal on document]
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Ephraim Holdridge

off 3d Oct. 1820
no 9-674
Sept 1829
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State of Vermont     } Before the Supreme Court of the state of Vermont now sitting at
Addison County ss  } Middlebury within & for the county of Addison being a court of record (having the power of fine and imprisonment) on the 24 day of January personally appeared in open court Ephraim Holdridge 66 years resident in Bridport in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain provision made by the acts of congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820. that he enlisted in March 1778 for three years and served for that time in Capt. Amos Stantons company Colonel Sherburne's Regiment of the Rhode Island line and was discharged at West Point in 1781. That he was at the Capture of Burgoyne under a former service & in a battle on Rhode Island & another on Staten Island and that he has no other witnesses now in his power of his service except such as are now in the Department of War, furnished on his former application for a pension.
And in pursuance of the act of 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed
5 acres of land & small dwelling house.
7 Sheep
1 Plough
1 Hoe
1 Old Pine Table
3 Common Chairs
1 Large D°
1/2 Doz. Teacups & Saucers
6 old Knives & Forks
1/2 Doz. Earthen Plates
1 Pine Chest

Ephraim X Holdridge
          his mark
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And the said Declarant on his oath aforesaid further states that he is by occupation a farmer; that for thirty years past he has been constantly [crossed out] afflicted with a constant distressing and debilitating pain in his stomach contracted by means of the fatigues of his service in the Revolutionary War which has rendered him incapable the whole of that period of performing much labour & especially the last 7 or 8 years he has been utterly unable to perform the least labour: that he has living with him in his family depending on him a wife aged 55 years of feeble constitution & a widow of of [crossed out] a deceased son, Lydia Holdridge aged 29 years & her 3 children aged 7, 5, & 3 years That since his former schedule was made out his son William has arrived at that age of 21 years and his daughter Betsey at the age of 18 years & both provide for themselves: That the "50 acres of Land, 2 cows & one calf, 2 two year old steers & eight sheep" which this declarant ignorantly or forgetfully inserted in his former schedule did not belong to him at that time: that in that year 1816, this declarant being wholly unable to labour on his land in consideration of a debt due to his son Ephraim Holdridge Jun. & in consideration that his said son built him a small house, sold to him the said 50 acres except the said 5 acres mentioned in the above schedule and the other articles also belonged to his said son: but the said son being dead & ^ his family & all his concerns falling on the hands of this declarant this declarant did not recollect on account of his enfeebled state of mind to make the discrimination and the said declarant further states that all the said cattle which so belonged to his said son have been sold to discharge the debts of his said son [test crossed out: at his decease, being very [final two words too blacked out to read]] That the said 45 acres of Land which so belonged to his said son at his decease being very poor & rocky is wholly inadequate for the support of his said son's widow & children & of course they are a constant charge upon the hands of this declarant. That the debts for which this declarant was holden for another son & on account of which he held 2 mares appraised at 25 Dollars, has been paid by said son & he has also paid what this declarant had advanced on said debt & the same has been appropriated to the subsistence of his family and the said mares given up. And this declarant on his oath aforesaid further states that he has already for some time depended in great measure on the assistance of others for support & he is wholly incapable to subsist without public or private charity
The reason that this declarant did not make this application before the County Court where his former schedule was made out is that said Court will not sit
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until Jun next.
Sworn to in due form before the court aforesaid this 24th day of January A.D. 1822.
William Slade Jun. Clerk

I William Slade Jun. Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont for the County of Addison, do certify that the foregoing oath & schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount, in value, of the property, exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Eighty three Dollars -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court on this 30th day of Jany. 1822
William Slade Junior [seal on document]