Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,483, Benjamin Clark, N.H.
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Service
N.H.

Clark, Benjamin

Number 
S.12483

Carded
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Vermont
22990
Benjamin Clark of Harford in the state of Ver who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain blank of the reg commanded by Col Wyman in the N.H. Troop for 6 mos.

Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 dollars and blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Jan 1834 and sent Hon H Everett H of R

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $50
Semi-anl allowance ending Mar 4, 34 $10
$60

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by E S Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol 3 Page 58
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In reply to your request of blank received blank for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Clark a soldier of the revolutionary war you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this bureau. S.12483

Dates or Enlistment or Appointment
1. Spring 1775
2. June 10, 1776

Length of Service
1. 6 mos.
2. 6 mos.

Rank
Blank

Officers under whom service was rendered
1. Capt. Hugh McKean
2. Capt. William Barron and Col Wyman

State
N.H.

Battles engaged in - None
Residence of soldier at enlistment - Amherst, Hillsborough Co NH
Date of application for pension - Aug 15, 1832m his claim was allowed
Residence at date of application - Harford Windsor Co Vt
Age at date of application - Seventy years
Remarks - There is no family data on file.

Respectfully

Commissioner
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345 5th Ave NY City
Nov. 14, 1914

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Kindly give me the military history of the following:

Benjamin Clark (S.12483) Private New Hampshire State troops, resident of Windsor Co Vermont. Drew pension.

Elisah & Ruth Cady - soldier
W.16205
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widow, lived with Henry Cady at Glen, Montgomery Co NY in 1840 and drew pension.

Samuel Guild (S.25666) lived at Bridgewater, Oneida Co NY in 1840 and drew pension.

John Clark (W.26348) resident of Onondaga Co New
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York, 1840, drew pension.

Respectfully

(Miss) Maud Miskimmin

US Pension Office Stamp - Nov 16, 1914
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Left Side Page

Jany 30 - 1900
Mil Hist to Edwin C Clark
Buffalo, NY

1914 Nov 20 His to Miss Maud Miskimmin

Right Side Page

12483
INVALID
Rev War
File No 12483
Benjamin Clark
Priv Rev War

Act June 7, 1832
Index Vol A Page 70
[Arrangement of 1870]
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6 mo. Private
$20

Hon H Everett
H of R
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STATE OF VERMONT,}
COUNTY OF Windsor} ss.
On this 15th day of August personally appeared before the Hon. Probate Court of the District of Hartford
Benjamin Clark a resident of Hartford in the
county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 with William Baron and served in the Wyman regiment of the New Hampshire line, under the 
following named officers:
He enlisted about the tenth of June 1776 under Capt William Baron of Merrimack N.H. (first by Lt
______Burton, (2d Lt & Sgt he does not recollect,) The regimental officers were Col ___Wyman,
Maj William Peabody, the Lt. Col. he does not recollect. He first marched to Hene, thence to Charlestown, N.H. where he joined the Regiment and marched to Rutland, Vermont where they drew provisions and proceeded to Skeensborough N.Y. (now Whitehall) where the regiment halted about one week, and then proceeded to Mount Independence near Lake
George, where he was stationed untill the expiration of the term of six months for which he enlisted and was dismissed in the month of December the same year. He was not in any battle; nor did he receive any written discharge.
He resided when he entered the service in the Town of Am (not legible) & State of New Hampshire.
He knows of no person living by whom he can prove his service nor has he any documentary evidence of his service. He also enlisted in the spring of 1775 at Amherst NH for six months
as a minute-man under Capt Hugh McKean, (the other officers he does not recollect) was mustered & drilled once & sometimes twice
every week and so continued for the full term of six months and dismissed. He lived at the time he entered the service at Amherst NH where he resided untill (?) about 25 years, since which time he has lived in Hartford Vermont where he now resides.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Vermont.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, Benjamin Clark
L A Marsh, Register
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, Lyndon A. Marsh Register of the court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
L. A. Marsh, Register
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RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
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Custom House, Collector's Office,
BUFFALO, N. Y.,
Dec. 12, 1899.
Benjamin Clark
Rev. War
RES
SUBJECT:
Edwin C. Clark request
ward of service
Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December 16, 1899.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. Edwin C. Clark,
Inspector of Customs,
Buffalo, New York.
Applications of this character
should be addressed to the Commissioner
of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
who is the custodian of the pension
records of the war of the Revolution.
U. S. Pension Office Dec 21 1899
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
F.(?)
Chief of Office
Per
( 300a )
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No. 18. TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Commissioner of Pensions,
℗ U.S. Pension Office Dec 21 1899
Washington,
D. C.
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Office of the Collector of Customs
Port of Buffalo, N. Y.
Dec 17th 1899
Chief of Record and Pension Division,
War Department,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with the
war record and grounds on which Benjamin Clark's claim for pension was based.
He enlisted from Clarmont, New Hampshire
and served in the Revolutionary War under
Gen. Stark.
The above named Benjamin Clark was
my Great Grandfather and if you will furnish
me with the above records you will greatly oblige
Yours truly
Edwin C. Clark,
Inspector of Customs