Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2560, Oliver Churchill, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Churchill, Oliver
Lydia

NUMBER
W. 2560
B. L. Wt 9433-160-55
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16996
Act March 8/55
April 18/55
Lydia Churchill widow of Oliver Churchill priv.
Pensioner
Ct. Connt line

Ad 160 acres nov 6 1855
Boynton


Boynton
Rev.
Stephen Howard
Clarendon Orleans Co N.Y.
Vol 61 - 8
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No 0809433
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Albany
28,907
Oliver Churchill
of Rutland in the State of N.Y.
who was a pri in the ____ commanded by Captain ~~ of the Rgt commanded by Col. Adams in the Mass line for 8 mo 18 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 28 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of July '34 and sent pensioner Pawlett Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March '34   85.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  14.33
_____
$100.31
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 58

Lett to pensioner July 7 '37
Lett - do - do - do

To Albany N.Y. from 4 Sep 1836 - 13th Sept 1837

Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 183[cut off]
from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 Mar 1840. Agt notified 11 Dec 1840.

Letr Hon. H. Putnam Apl 16/55
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2757
New York
A
Lydia Churchill widow of Oliver Churchill who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private
Connecticut Mil

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension, issued the 2d day of November 1853 and sent to Wm. Churchill
East Bergen N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 70 Vol. A

(32)

Date of death not on A.B. - I.L.L.
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State of Vermont
County of Rutland
District of Fairhaven}Ss.
Declaration:
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
On this fourteenth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Fairhaven now sitting Oliver Churchill a resident of Pawlet in said county of Rutland and state of Vermont, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on is oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated.
No – 1-
About the 1st of July in the year 1778 or 1779 (he cannot remember which) the applicant resided at Litchfield in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut with his brother & that hi brother Jonathan Churchill was drafted for 2 months to serve in the Connecticut Militia as he supposes, and applicant Oliver Churchill went as his substitute into Capt. Waugh to Stanford where it was expected the British would land. That when he arrived a their post the British ships were in sight but soon withdrew. Then the troops were ordered to Horse Neck in New York where he was told there was about 5000 troops. Of the field officers he only recollect Col. Adams. While at Horse neck then claim of the Guard, and a few nights after a sentinel was [illegible] by a bayonet under the collar bone, who ran in and [illegible] the river. And the British immediately attend. He was dismissed at the end of the month.

No. - 2-
About the 1st August in the next summer, John Jackson of Bethlehem (the place where applicant was born) was drafted for 3 months service in Connecticut Militia, as he believes, and applicant Churchill went as his substitute, under Capt. Couch and marched through Worthington and he thinks new [illegible] and Fishkill to West Point, when he was engaged [illegible] by conveying supplies, [illegible] and ammunition from the North River up to the Fort. He served his 3 months and was dismissed without a discharge, and cannot recollect any officers.
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No 2. About the first of May of next year, applicant was drafted from Captain Hawley's company of militia in Bethlehem where he then resided, to serve for 6 months in the Army of the United States, and was a band of soldiers at Col. Canfield's house in New Milford and went in company with them to Peekskill in the state of New York where he joined the Continental Army and served in Col. Sherman's regiment in he thinks Gen. Huntington's brigade. The Army immediately crossed the river and he served out the campaign in New York and New Jersey. Does not recollect any towns except a Dutch Settlement called Potowa. He recollects of the officers Baron Stuben, Col. Grosvenor and Adjutant Benjamin. Saw Major Andre executed in the fall and obtained a discharge when the army went into winter quarters in the Highlands. His discharge is lost and he cant recollect by whom it was given. He knows of no surviving witness who can testify as to his service and he has no documentary evidence of his service. 
He was born at Bethlehem in the state of Connecticut on April 15, 1764, and moved to Pawlet about thirty years ago where he has since resided. Has no record of his age, and [illegible] John Griswold, Phineas Strong and Ozias Clark who can testify to his veracity.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Oliver Churchill

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. The word "Militia" written [illegible] on and sworn before subscribing.
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We John Griswold a Clergyman - residing in the town of Pawlet in the county of Rutland and state of Vermont, and Phineas Strong, residing in Pawlet in the county and state aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Churchill who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration. That we believe him to be sixty eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the fourteenth day of August 1832.
John Griswold
P. Strong

On this fourteenth day of August in the year 1832, personally appeared Ozias Clark a resident of Pawlet in the county of Rutland and state of Vermont, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is 67 years of age, that he is well acquainted with Oliver Churchill the above named applicant. That he was born and raised in the town of Bethlehem in the state of Connecticut, when this deponent was also born, and [illegible] that this deponent removed to Pawlet Vermont in the year 1779 when he has since resided. That said Churchill was a soldier in the service of the United States and he learned the fact from his neighbors who visited him from Bethlehem. He does not recollect of hearing how long Churchill served, but has frequently conversed with said Churchill on the subject and has no doubt he served as he states in said Declaration and has been acquainted with said Churchill and believes him to be a man of veracity and good character, [illegible] came to Vermont the said
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Churchill is poor and a cripple and stands much in need of a pension, which he cannot prove if positive evidence is required of him, as he understands.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Ozias Clark

And the said Court hereby declares that in the opinion of said Court, Oliver Churchill the before named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states in his foregoing declaration; that having propounded to him the several interrogatories required by the Department of War, his answers thereto, which are embodied in his said Declaration, are entirely satisfactory and all his statements are entitled to full credit in the opinion of said Court.
And the said Court further certify that John Griswold who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman and that Phineas Strong who has subscribed and sworn to the same is a man of good and respectable character, and that they testify as to the reputation of said applicant as a Revolutionary Soldier, that the benefit of the [illegible] general and that no doubts have ever existed on the subject to their knowledge.
And further that Col. Ozias Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above deposition is a man of respectability & high standing in community.
Given under my hand this 14th day of August AD 1832.

Selah H. Merrill Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairhaven do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Churchill for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
S. H. Merrill

Oliver Churchill
No 4,553
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Claim of Lydia Churchill
In order to obtain a reward of pension "Act of Feb 3d AD 1853.

War of the Revolution

William Churchill of East Bergen Genesee County State of New York
Attorney
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Declaration
In order to obtain a reward of pension under the Act of February 3d 1853.
State of New York
County of Monroe}Ss. on this 12 day of March AD 1853 personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the county & state aforesaid Lydia Churchill aged 67 years a resident of Sweden in the County of Monroe & State of New York 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 on the third day of February AD 1853, that she is the widow of Oliver Churchill who was a private in the War of the Revolution in a Regiment of the Connecticut line, that Oliver Churchill aforesaid was entitled to a pension of $28.66 cents on account of service rendered, the United States, during the War, that she was married to the said Oliver Churchill aforesaid in the town of Pawlet county of Rutland and state of Vermont on the fifteenth day of April AD 1810. That her husband the said Oliver Churchill aforesaid died in the town of Bergen Genesee County state aforesaid January 27th AD 1847 in consequence of old age. That she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof on file in pension office, on pension heretofore allowed. And that I Lydia Churchill aforesaid do constitute & appoint William Churchill of East Bergen County of Genesee & state aforesaid her true & lawful attorney, irrevocably with substitute ask & receive of & from the United States any Bounty Land Warrant, Pension certificate & to execute any & all receipts or discharges or any other act which I could do if present & any act by him to be done shall be the same as if done by me is proper person.
Lydia Churchill

Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year written above.
Henry Root, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
MONROE CO. CLERK'S OFFICE.
ROCHESTER} 
I Certify that Henry Root Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. And that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 23d day of Mch A. D. 1853.
W. B. Williams Clerk
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Bounty Land Claim of Lydia, widow of Oliver Churchill a Revolutionary Soldier
76971
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State of New York
County of Monroe}
On this third day of APril AD 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Lydia Churchill aged 69 years a resident of the town of Sivelden in the county of Monroe and State of New York; who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical "Lydia Churchill widow of Oliver Churchill who was a private in the Revolutionary War and who is inscribed on the Pension lost at the rate of seventy eight dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853 and given at the department of the Interior the 2d day of November 1853." Signed C M Clelland Secretary of the interior examined and countersigned "L P Waldo" commissioner of pensions; and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855 and she hereby authorizes Stephen Howard of the town of Clarindon county of Orleans and State aforesaid to receive said warrant as her attorney.
Lydia Churchill her mark X
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We John Mitchell and Lanson C Randall residents of Soveedan county of Monroe and State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lydia Churchill in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
John Mitchell
Lanson C Randall

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year within written and I certify that I know the affidavits to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Eastman Colby Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
ROCHESTER}

I, W. Barron Williams, Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record having a common Seal, do certify that Eastman Colby Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat to such affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Rochester, this 12th day of April A.D. 1855.

W Barron Williams Clerk
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Claim of Lydia Churchill
In order to obtain a recourd
of Pension act of Feb 3th AD1853


War of the Revolution


William Churchill of
East Berger Genesse County
State of New York
attorney
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State of New York
County of Genesee} ss. On this 14 day of March AD 1853 personally came before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the State & County aforesaid, William Churchill a resident of Bergen in the County of Genesee & State of New York who being  first duly sworn according to law, declares that he is personally acquainted with Oliver Churchill & his wife Lydia Churchill and that the following is a true copy of the Family record in the Family Bible which formerly belonged to the said Oliver Churchill & now kept by his wife Lydia Churchill as a Family record, copied from Family bible March 18th AD 1853.
"Copy-
Oliver Churchill was born in Bethlehem Litchfield Co N.- April 15 AD 1764
Lydia Churchill was born in Pittsfield Berkshire Co Mass- April 27 AD 1785
Oliver Churchill was married in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont- April 15 AD 1810
Lydia Churchill was married in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont- April 15 AD 1810 
William Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont- March 6 AD 1812
Almina Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont Nov 15 AD 1815
Luru Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont Aug 21 AD 1818
Hiram Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont June 10 AD 1827
Charles Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont June 21 AD 1829
Deaths
Oliver Churchill died in Bergen January 27 AD 1847
Charles Churchill died in Bergen December 9 AD 1849"
This deponent further says that he has known the said Family record to be  in the Family bible for thirty years, & that Oliver Churchill & his wife Lydia Churchill have lived together as husband & wife & to be so reputed and he further says that Oliver Churchill aforesaid died at Bergen Genesee County State of New York January 27 AD 1847 & that Lydia Churchill is still a widow & he swears that he is a disinterested witness.
William Church

Sworn to & subscribed before me, the say & year first above written & I hereby certify that I believe the said William Churchill to be a competent witness.

Wm P Munger Justice of the Peace
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Affidavit of witnesses
State of New York
County of Genesee} On this 18 day of March AD 1853 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County & State aforesaid Samuel Church & Nathan B Griffin residents of Bergen in the County of Genesee & state of New York, who being first duly sworn according law, doth their oaths say that they were well acquainted with Oliver Churchill & his wife Lydia Churchill & their Family, that Oliver Churchill aforesaid died in Bergen Genesee County state of New York on the 27th day of January AD 1847 & that his wife Lydia Churchill aforesaid is still a widow, that she now resides in Swiden Monroe County in the state of New York & has resided there for the space of five months past, & that previous thereto she resided in Bergen County & State aforesaid & they swear that they are disinterested witnesses.
Samuel Church
Nathan B Griffen

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 18th day of March AD 1853 and I hereby certify that Samuel Church & Nathan B Griffith are credible witnesses.
Wm P Munger Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
GENESEE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICER}SS.
I Certify, that W P Munger before whom the annexed instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine, and that the annexed Deed is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, at Batavia, in said County, this 19 day of March 1853.


M G Soper Clerk
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State of New York
County of Genesee} ss. On this 14 day of March AD 1853 personally came before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the State & County aforesaid William Churchill a resident of Bergen in the county of Genesee & state of New York who being first duly sworn according to law, declares that he is personally acquainted with Oliver Churchill & his wife Lydia Churchill and that the following is a true copy of the Family record in the Family bible which formerly belonged to the said Oliver Churchill & now kept by his wife Lydia Churchill as a Family record, copied from Family bible March 18th AD 1853.
Copy-
Oliver Churchill was born in Bethlehem Litchfield Co N. April 15 AD 1764
Lydia Churchill was born in Pittsfield Berkshire Co Mass April 27 AD 1785
Oliver Churchill was married in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont April 15 AD 1810
Lydia Churchill was married in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont April 15 AD 1810
William Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont March 6 AD 1812
Ahmina Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont Nov 15 AD 1815
Luru Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont Aug 21 AD 1818
Hiram Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont June 10 AD 1827
Charles Churchill was born in Pawlet Rutland Co Vermont June 21 AD 1829
Deaths
Oliver Churchill died in Bergen January 27 AD 1847
Charles Churchill died in Bergen December 9 AD 1849
This deponent further says that he has known the said Family records to be in the Family bible for thirty years, & that Oliver Churchill & his wife Lydia Churchill have lived together as husband & wife & to be so reputed and he further says that Oliver Churchill aforesaid died at Bergen Genesee County State of New York January 27 AD 1847 & that Lydia Churchill is still a widow & he swears that he is a disinterested witness.
William Church

Sworn to & subscribed before me, the day & year first above written & I hereby certify that I believe the said William Churchill to be a competent witness.
Wm P Munger Justice of the Peace
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4553
Oliver Churchill
Pawlett
Pawlett Vt
recd 15 Jany 34
admt as a private
8 mos 18 days
$28.66
claimant
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
1 May 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Oliver Churchill Pawlett Vt:

Period when the service was rendered: 1779
Duration of the claimant's service: 1 month
Rank of the claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Col Adams
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 69 yrs, Litchfield
Proof by which the declaration is supported: E. Phelps certificate

Period when service was rendered: 17??
Duration of the claimant's service: 3 months
Rank of the claimant: do
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Col Canfield
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service: Bethlehem
Proof by which the declaration is supported: do

Period when service was rendered: 1780
Duration of the claimant's service: 4 months 18 days
Rank of the claimant: do
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom her served: Col Sherman
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service: do
Proof by which the declaration is supported: do


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

Mr Oliver Churchill
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulation have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. persons employed in the Naval Service
4. Indian Spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record in the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of                       } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before     A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of     aged (c)    years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, pass June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with     and     served in the     (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ->This form is to varied as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of                 
Sworn to and subscribed the say and year aforesaid.                       A. B.
[And then follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declares their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                              of the Court of                     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                 for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this        day of      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k)We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the               and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                  , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be         years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Solider, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
I,               Clerk of the Court of                do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office , this     day of     &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of each person 

The early age of claimant requires full proof and [unk] [unk] reg in which he states he served stated were military services within the act
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service of the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia if New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of person to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and heir belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion if the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons- one of whom should e the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ----- year ------ months, and ----- days, I served as a -------------. For ------ months and ------ days, I served as a ----------; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written in the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. *
Proof of Service
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
->The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must be all written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.


tion of his first service. His name is not found on the Rolls of 
It appears to be very doubtful whether some of the service

* This objection is not well founded. The paper has never been separated.
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August 3, 1933

BA-J/ILL
Oliver Churchill
W. 2560

Grace VanZandt Morrow
364 Burchett Street
Glendale, California

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Oliver Churchill, whose wife, Lydia, was a pensioner until her death.

The record of Oliver Churchill is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2560, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Oliver Churchill, next time or Churchel (he signed both ways) was born April 15, 1764 in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Litchfield, Connecticut, with his brother, Jonathan Churchill, he enlisted about July 1, 1779 and served one months as private in Captain Alexander Waugh's company, Colonel Andrew Adams' regiment of Connecticut troops, this service as substitute for his brother, Jonathan. About June 1, 1790, while residing in Bethlehem, Connecticut, he enlisted, served as a private in Captain Hawley's company, Colonel Andrew, and was discharged early in December, 1780. He enlisted in July or August, 1781 and served three months as private in Captain Couch's company, Colonel Canfield's Connecticut regiment. The soldier stated that his brother, Moses Churchill, served as drum major at the time he (Oliver) served in 1790.

After the war, Oliver Churchill resided in Bethlehem, Connecticut, until 1790 or 1792, then moved to Litchfield, that state, where he remained until about 1803. at which time he moved to Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont.

Oliver Churchill was allowed pension in his application executed
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August 14, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Pawlet, Vermont, where he had continued to live since 1803. In the summer of 1837, Oliver Churchill resided in Ogden, Monroe County, New York, to which place he moved from Pawlet, Vermont, as his children, except two, were residents of New York state.

The soldier died January 27, 1847 in Bergen, Genesee County, New York.

Oliver Churchill married April 15, 1810, in Pawlet, Vermont, Lydia: she was born April 27, 1785, in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Lydia Churchill, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension in her application executed March 12, 1853. She resided then in Sweden, Monroe County, New York, having moved there about five months previously from Bergen, New York.

The following family data are shown in this claim:
Oliver Churchill born in Bethlehem, Litchfield Co., Ct. April 15, 1764
Lydia "  "   "  Pittsfield, Berkshire Co. Mass. April 27, 1785
Oliver "  "  married in Pawlet, Rutland Co Vermont April 15, 1810
Lydia "  "   "  "   "   "   "   "   15, 1810
William " born in Pawlet, Rutland Co Vermont March 6, 1812
Ahmina " "  "   "   "   "   "   " Nov. 15, 1815
Luru "  "  "   "   "   "   "   "  Aug. 21. 1818
Hiram "  "  "   "  "  "  "  " June 10, 1827
Churls "  "  "   "   "   "   "   " June 21, 1829
                Deaths
Oliver Churchill died in Bergen, January 27, 1847.
Charles "  "  "  " December 9, 1849.

(On a page from which the family data are copied, the letter a cannot be distinguished from the letter u)

In 1853, Laura Ann Churchill made affidavit in behalf of her mother, Lydia Churchill, in Monroe County, New York; it is not stated whether this Laura Ann is identical with the Inra, named on the family list above. William
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Churchill was a resident of East Bergen, Genesee County, New York, in 1853, no relationship to the family designated.
Very truly yours.
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

3.
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Pension Office
31" Oct:/53
Sir:
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death,
Very Respectfully,
S. Cole
Fourth Commissioners

Oliver Churchill, Act 1832, $28.66. p. an.-Died 27th January 1847, Paid to his death.
Saml. S. Rind
Actg. Auditor, 
Francis Burt, Esqr
Third Auditor Treasury
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364 Burchett St.
Glendale California
July 24th, 1933.

Bureau of Pensions
Revolution Sections
Gentlemen- I have recvd. from the adjutant General's office the following information-
That one Oliver Churchill served in the Rev. War as a private in Captain Samuel Sanford's Co. 8th Conn. Reg. commanded by Lieut. Col. J. Sherman.
He enlisted June 26, 1780 and was discharged Dec. 9, 1790.
His wife recd a pension (Lydia C.) until her death in or near 1861. What was her family name?
Would like to learn all facts you have of both of these people as, dates of birth marriage, number of children, names and dates of birth.
Thanking you I am
Grace Van Zandt Morrow
[stamp} RECEIVED JUL 2901933
MAIL-SUB-Div.
VETS. ADM
READER #65
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Rec. Ev" & Pa" Pri 27" Jany: 47
"Boynton"
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Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2560
Lydia Churchill.
Widow
Oliver Churchill.
Pri. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 5 1853.
Index"-Vol. A, Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Application
of
Mrs Lydia Churchill
for
Pension
under at 1823
widow of 
Oliver Churchill
Pensioner
1853
Revo

Filed Aug 31/53
By. Ro. H. Galladen
Atty

Rev tean Co.-Vt. 28.1.1.
March 1831 recd of 
died 1846 to 1841
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or Heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.
STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Monroe
Be it known that before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Lydia Churchill aged sixty-six years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the widow of Oliver Churchill who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Connecticut and that he died on the twenty-eighth day of January 1846 and that [crossed out "no other named ____ died on the ____ day of _____ 18 ___"] and that they were married on the ____ day of April in the year 1801 and that they were residents of Pawlet in the State of Vermont and that they resided there some twenty years, and that she resides in the state and county above first written and that her husband the said soldier drew a pension of sum $29.60 twenty nine dollars and sixty cents and lived in Bergen at the time of his death, and was a Pensioner until he died drawing as above per annum. And that there is a town or church record in Pawlet of her marriage.
And that furthermore BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorizes irrevocably and with powers of substitution Robert H. Gallaher of Washington City, D. C. her true and lawful Attorney for her and in her name and stead, to examine into, prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the United States Government Officers her rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due her as the widow of Oliver Churchill who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity she is or may be entitled, and for good and sufficient reasons do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other Powers of Attorney or other authority that may have been heretofore given.
IN WHITNESS WHEREOF She has on this tenth day of March 1853 hereunto signed her name and affixed her seal.
Lydia Churchill X her mark

Witness A. D. Burdick
Witness Laura Churchill

Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged, before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Lydia Churchill to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged. And I further certify that I am in no way, manner or shape interested in the above claim.
Eastman Colby
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Monroe}
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the County Court of said county that Lydia Churchill the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the widow of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify that, Eastman Colby Esq., before whom the preceeding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this eleventh day of March 1853.
W. Barron Williams Clerk
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Lydia Churchill
Act 3 Feby 1853
Half pay
not on our files
McCook
not my case McCook
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Pension Office
September 21st 1853 .

sir
The Judge before whom the declaration of Mrs Lydia Churchill, (Claimant of a pension under the Act of February 3d 1853.) was made, Must Certify that the same was made in open Court or that from bodily infirmity she was unable to appear before the court.
She must also identify herself as the widow of the pensioner, Oliver Churchill. Her claim is again suspended.
Very Respectfully
LP Waldo
Commissioner
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I Harvey Humphrey Monroe County Judge do certify, that of the declaration within named was made before me, which I do not now recollect distinctly, it was made in open court - in the sense that the County Court of which I am the Judge, is by the law of the land always open for all business not requiring notice to an opposing party.
H. Humphrey
Monroe County Judge

State of New York
Monroe County Ss Laura Ann Churchill being duly sworn says the within named Lydia Churchill is the mother of this deponent & to her this deponent's knowledge is the widow of Oliver Churchill the pensioner within named.
Laura A. Churchill

Sworn to before me this 20th day of October 1853
H. Humphrey
County Judge
P. S. if the above is not sufficient please inform Lydia Churchill address Sweden Monroe Co. N.Y.
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No 657
Lydia Churchill
widow of Oliver 

Let to N. Churchill
May 26/53
Sept 21/"
Act Feby 3/53
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Wait to hear from the Pensioner in answer to letter of July 7.1837
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Lydia Churchill
wid
Oliver
Geddes
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
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pri. 3d Feb. 15  3 NY
Boynton
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Aug. 8, 1853
Appl. of Lydia
Churchill, widow
of Oliver Churchill;
Leveden, Monroe Co.
N. York
Act 3d Feby 1853
Rev
DEAPRTMENT OF INTERIOR
PENSION OFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Commissioner
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Jany 3/17
Enquiries [illegible] & u

no case [crossed out]
O Churchill
nm a&3c

Admitt Pubnam

Pension Office
Washington
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Free
FREE
Hon James E. Heath, Esq
Commissioner pension office
Washington DC.
1853
[stamp] 
ROCESTER N.Y. M[illegible] 23
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Paid 3
LP Waldo Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Levendin NY
Oct 22"

McCook
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PAID
. P. Waldo Esqr
Pension Commissioner
Washington D.C.
1853
Revo
[stamp] ROCKPORT N.Y. AUG 4
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Aug. 31, 1853
Appl of Lydia
Churchill
widow of Oliver
Monroe Co.
N.Y.
Act 1853
Rev
Ro H Gallaher
Present

DEPARTMENTOF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
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March 25, 1853
Appl of Lydia
Churchill widow of Oliver
Monroe [illegible]
NY 32
28909
Act 3d Feby: 1853
$28.66 Per An-
Com-Feb. 3. 1853
Revy
Wm Churchill
East Bergen
Gennessee Co
N.Y,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
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Brief in the case of Lydia Churchill widow of Oliver 
Monroe County and State of New York
Act 3d February 1853
Claim ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832.
Record evidence [illegible] proof of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Wm Churchill Esqtr
East Bergen
Name and residence of Agent
S.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
Genessee Co. N.Y,
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76976
2
FREE
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
[stamp] ROCKPORT N.Y. APR 13
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No. 76976
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 18th 1855
Oliver Churchill. Dec. Pri
Ct. Line
Rev. War.
9400-160-55
Stephen Howard
Claudon
Orleans Co
N.Y.
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9433
Neo Ams
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25
Mr. G.W. Harman
Pawlet
Rutland County
Vermont

Oliver Churchill
E. Phelps Certificate
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Comptrollers Office
December 20th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of the public accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that the pay rolls of Capt. Alexander Haugh's company are charged to the United States, on the books of the Pay Table, under date 14th Sept 1779, one for the alarm at New Haven L458.17.7, & the other for services at Horseneck L 2692.1.6.
No roll of this company has been found, or proof how long they served at either place.
Also, the pay obstract of Col. Andrew Adam's field & staff officers at Horseneck is charged to the United States under date August 28th 1779.
The books of the Pay Table show that Captains John Couch & Capt. Ebenezer Couch served in the war of the revolution.
The pay roll of Capt. John Couchs company is charged under sate 14th January 1778, & has was appointed a Captain in Mead or Wells regiments
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in May 1779.
The pay roll of Capt. Ebenezer Couch's Co., Col. Increase Mosely's regt is charged to the United States under date May 21st 1779; also the pay roll of his Co. in the 13th regt militia, as charged under date Sept 1779, & the pay roll of his Co. in Canfield's Regt is charged Jan. 10th 1782.
No roll of the companies commanded by Capt. John, or Capt. Ebenezer Couch has been found, or evidence of the duration of their service.
I further certify, that I find upon a "pay roll of the short levies of Capt. Sanfords company 8th Regt Connecticut Regt commanded by J. Sherman Lt. Col. Comdt; the names Oliver Churchill of Woodbury." He commenced service in that company as a private July 26th & his service expired therein on the 9th day of December being four months & fourteen days. This roll is signed Samuel Hait Esq, & countersigned J. Sherman Lt. Col. Comdt. It is verified J. Huntington B. Gen; & filed "Pay Roll of Capt. Sanfords company Dec 1780.
E Phelps
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Sir,
I send you all the proof I can find regarding the application for pensions of Halett & Churchill.
Recourse to the records of State, jurnal of the Council of Safety, & the books & files, has rendered the examination very laborious. And Churchill, from the [unk] of given names of officers &c &c has been a protracted one. I think both will obtain pensions. Both ought to pay at least $4.
I am very respectfully &c &c
E Phelps
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I Abner Everitt of Bethlehem in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut, being in the seventy second year of my age, depose and say, that during the Revolutionary war, I was well acquainted with Oliver Churchill who then lived in said Bethlehem, and within about half a mile of where I lived. I was knowing to his having been, several times, called into service as a Revolutionary soldier, but as I did not at any time serve in the same company with the said Churchill as a Revolutionary soldier, am not able to state the particular places at which he did duty, or the length of time which he served. And said Churchill, several years since moved to the state of Vermont.
And further the deponent saith not.
Abner Everitt

County of Litchfield ss. Bethlehem Nov. 13th 1833
Be it remembered that on the day aforesaid personally appeared Abner Everitt, who hath subscribed the aforesaid deposition, and who is well known to me to be a man of good character for truth and veracity, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Nathan Trawley Justice of Peace
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Oliver Churchill
Albion Everett
Affidavit
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I send this affidavit as it was received from Connecticut- without the certificate of the County Clerk- considering the facts stated in it, not of sufficient importance to warrant the expense and trouble of sending for the certificate.
G. W. Harman
agent
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O. Churchill
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Pawlet Jan. 10, 1834
Comr of Pensions
Sir,
The papers in support of the claim of Oliver Churchill are herewith forwarded.
It will be seen, that he has in his supplemental declaration, placed his three months service after his service in Col. Sherman's regt. whereas in his former declaration he placed it between his other tours. Before sending to Conn, for Phelps' certificate, Churchill stated to me, that he served, as he believed in Canfield's regiment, and as the certificate shows that Canfield served in 1781. Churchill has made his declaration to comport with it, being certain that he served the period alledged, though, though infirmity, not positive as to the exact time when it was rendered.
Very respectfully yr obt servt,
G. W. Harman
agent
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July 17.
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq
Coms of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[stamp] BURLINGTON VT. JUL 12
[ILLEGIBLE]
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Bank of Burlington Vermont
July 11th, 1837
Sir
In answer to your enquiry of the 7th inst I now inform you that Oliver Churchill a pensioner on the roll of this agency under the act of June 7 1832 at the rate of $28.66 per annum was last paid to the 4th of September 1836.
I am very respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
Ebenz T Englesby
Prest & pens agent
pr. Wm Weston

James L. Edwards Esq
Coms of Pensions
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
December 10th, 1840

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Oliver Churchill, a Pension on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of twenty eight Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839 to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Ogden NY
Sept 8

Sept 13
Mr-at.
W. Evans
free
Hon. J L Edwards
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Ogden Monroe Co St N York
To Honl. J K Edwards
Sir
I enclosed my application for a transfer which I hope is correct.
Yours Respy
Oliver Churchill
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Hon J. E. Heath,
Sir, Mr John desires information as will he [unk] in his note above annexed. please examine at your earliest convenience and inform me.
I am with respect yours respy
H. Putnam
M.C.

Wash. Jany 2d 1850
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Oliver Churchill
3rd
Mch 5





Ex by Abner Gage
March 51
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East Bergen Genesee County NY
Feb the 25 AD 1851

Sir
This is to request that Alden L. Gage only be permited to examine the papers filed by my date Oliver Churchill, Pensioner under act of 1832 Genesee Co NY
Lyda Churchill

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER

County of Monroe ss.
On this 4th day of September 1837, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Monroe personally appeared Oliver Churchill who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain first Waugh and Capt Couch in the Regiment command by Colonel Sherman in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District or Territory) of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to there payable, in the future. (The following are his reasons from removing from the State of Vermont to the State of New York) That he being old and infirm and all his children except two residing in the State of New York, he chose to come into the same vicinity.
Oliver Churchill

Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Austin Spencer JP

->The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
->The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must sweat that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
->In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
->Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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State of New York
County of Monroe} ss. On the 4th day of September 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Monroe, personally came Ansel Chapman who on oath says that he is personally acquainted with Oliver Churchill and knows him personally & that he is the same person described in and who executed the annexed application for a transfer.
Ansel Chapman

Sworn & subscribed before me this 4th day of September 1837
Austin Spencer JP

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Ansel Chapman who signed the above affidavit & that he is a person of veracity.
Austin Spencer JP

State of New York
Monroe County ss.} I certify that Austin Spencer Esq was at the time of taking the above & within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavits purporting to his are genuine. Witness my hand and official seal this seventh day of September 1837.
Samuel G. Andrews Clerk
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss.} O. Churchill's Supl. Declaration

Be it remembered that at Pawlet in said county, on the 7th day of January AD 1834, personally appeared before me, Nathl Harman, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county of Rutland, Oliver Churchill, a resident of Pawlet afsd aged sixty nine years, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in addition to, and amendment of a certain declaration, sworn to and subscribed by him the said Oliver Churchill, on the fourteenth day of August AD 1832, before the Judge of the Probate Court, for the District of Fairhaven, in the county afsd, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress , passed June 7th 1832.
That about the first of July 1779, he resided at Litchfield, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, with his brother- that his brother, Jonathan Churchill, was drafted to serve one month in the Connecticut Militia, and the declarant marched as his substitute under Capt. Waugh from Litchfield, through New Milford, Danbury, and Richfield, top Stanford, where the British were expected to land; and when he arrived at Stanford, the British ships were in sight, but soon withdrew: and the troops having remained at Stanford, a few days were then marched to Horse Neck, at which place he was told there were about five thousand. While at Horse Neck, there was al alarm of the guard and a few nights after, a sentinel was wounded by a bayonet, under the collar bone, who ran in, and alarmed the main guard, and the British immediately retired. The declarant remained at Horse Neck until about the first of August, when he was dismissed, having served one month, as a private soldier in Col. Adams regiment, who is the
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only field officer, whom he recollects. The declarant was in the field the whole of the month and during that time was not engaged in any civil pursuit, and his service was rendered under the authority of the State of Conn. He refers to the certificate of Elisha Phelps Comptr of Pub. accounts, and to the affidavit of Abner Everitt, which is all the evidence he can procure.

About the first of June 1780, the declarant was drafted from Capt. Hawleys company of Militia, in Bethlehem, where he then resided, to serve for six months in the army of the United States, and met a band of soldiers at Col Canfields house in New Milford, and went in company with them to Peckskill, where he joined the Continental Army, and served in Col. Shermans regiment, of the Connecticut line, in Genl Huntingtons brigade. He can recollect none other of the officers, except the orderly sargent who was named Dickerson. He also recollects, that his brother, Moses Churchill was drum major. Stephen Ranner was a corporal, and two men named Hitchcock, bakers. The Army immediately crossed the river and he served out the campaign in New York and New Jersey, does not recollect any towns except a Dutch settlement called Totawa. The regiment and brigade were continually marching from place to place, but were not engaged in any battles. Of the officers he remembers Baron Steuben, Col. Grosvenor and Adjutant Benjamins. He saw Maj Andre executed in the fall; and obtained a discharge when the army went into winter quarters, in the Highlands, about the fore part or middle of December. He was drafted to perform this service by the State of Connecticut
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and served under the authority of that State and of the United States: was in the field the whole time, and was not engaged in any civil pursuit, and served as a private soldier. He refers to the affidavit of Elisha Phelps, by which the declarants service for four months and fourteen days from July 26th to Dec 9th is proven: and which is all the evidence he can procure.

Although in his former declaration, he stated his service which he is now to relate, to have been performed between the two periods before mentioned, yet he is now quite confident, that it was done in the year 1781.
About the first of August 1781, residing at Bethlehem, in the county of Litchfield Ct., the declarant entered the Connecticut Militia, as a substitute for John Jackson, of Bethlehem, who had been drafted to serve for three months. He marched in the company commanded by Capt. Couch, through Washington to West Point, where he was engaged principally in carrying supplies, ordinance and ammunition from the North River up to the fort. He can remember none of the officers except Col. Canfield, who he is confident, was the commander of the regiment. After having served three months as a private soldier, during which time he considered himself in all respects as such, he was dismissed. This service was performed under the authority of Connecticut, and during the afsd three months, he was engaged in no civil pursuit. He refers to the aforsd affidavit, and certificate; which are all the evidence he can procure.

And being interrogated, the declarant saith, that he was born in Bethlehem afsd
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on the 15th Apl 1764 and has no record of his age. He has stated where he lived, when called into service: after the war, he continued to reside at Bethlehem, until 1790 or 1792, when he removed to Litchfield, where he lived until 1803, at which time he removed to Pawlet, where he has since resided. Has stated how called into service; and also the officers and regiments which he remembers. His discharge is lost, and he cannot recollect by whom it was given. He names Phinehas Strong and Ozias Clark to whom he is known, and who can testify to his character, and their belief of his services as a revolutionary soldier.
He hereby relinquishes &c.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first afsd.
O Churchill

And the said Justice does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department ; and served as he states, and that the sd Churchill is very infirm, but his statements are entitled to credit.
Witness my official hand at Pawlet afsd this 7th day of January 1834.
N, Harman Just. Peace

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss.} I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of Rutland County Court, do certify that Nathl Harman was on the 7th day of January 1834, a Justice of the Peace for sd county, duly commissioned and that his signature above written, is genuine.
In testimony where of I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court of Rutland this 9th day of January 1834.
R Pierpoint


Oliver Churchill
Supl Declaration
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Free
To the Hon. Secretary of War of the United State
or to the Secretary of the War Department
Bergen NY
July 1st


C.1071
7 July 1837
Pension Office
W. Burdine
Oliver Churchill
Burlington
to 
Alby
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Ogden 30 June 1837
To the Hon. Secretary of War of the United State,
Dear Sir,
As I have removed my family from the town of Pawlet, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont, to the State of New York, and now reside in Ogden Monroe Co. NY, it is very inconvenient for me to draw my pension at Burlington in the Vermont Agency, and wish you to have the goodness to remove or transfer my pension, for the future, from the Vermont Agency to the New York State Agency at Albany; so that next Sept. if I live, I may draw my pension at Albany.
My Pension Certificate is filed "Recorded in Pension Office, in Book E Vol 3 Page 58 by N. Rice Clerk."
Yours respectfully,
Oliver Churchill
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Declaration of Lydia Churchill in order to obtain reward of a pension under Act of Feby 3d 1853

War of the Revolution
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Declaration
In order to obtain a reward of pension under "Act of February 3th 1853.
State of New York
County of Monroe} ss. On this 27th day of July AD 1853, personally appeared before me, the undersigned Judge of the County Court within & for the County & State aforesaid Lydia Churchill aged 67 years a resident of Sweden in the county of Monroe & State aforesaid 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 Law of the United States passed on the third day of February AD 1853, that she is the widow of Oliver Churchill who was a private in the war of the Revolution in a Regiment of the Connecticut Line. That said Oliver Churchill aforesaid was entitled to a pension of $28.66 cents on account of services rendered the United States in the war of the Revolution, that she was married to the said Oliver Churchill aforesaid, in the town of Pawlet County of Rutland State of Vermont in the 15th day of April AD 1810, that her husband the said Oliver Churchill aforesaid died at Bergen County of Genesee State of new York January 27th AD 1847 in consequence of old age, that she has remained at widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs in file in Pension Office on pension heretofore allowed me only knowledge of the identity of the said Lydia Churchill was the oath of the young woman always was her daughter and whose name is Sara M Churchill, who testified to her own [unk] mothers identity.
H Humphrey
Monroe County Judge

State of New York
MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
Rochester} I certify, that H. Humphrey Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgement First Judge of the County Court in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. And that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 27 day of July AD 1833.
W B Williams Clerk