Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5290, Arad Holton, Vt.
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Service Number
W.5290
B.L.W : 13186-160-55

Vt. 
Holton, Arad
Eunice



CONTENTS [EMPTY]

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No.18360
Vermont

Arad Holton
of Windham Co, in the state of Vermont 
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Knight of the Righ commanded
by Col.Williams in the Vermont Troops
for 6 months

Insured n the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 20 Dollars _ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15.day of August
1833 and sent to J.Elliott
New Fane  Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833          40.00
Femi-ant. allowance ending []1833                     10.00
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                                                               $50.00

                                     { Revolutionary Claim, }
                                     { Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by D. Brown.           Clerk,
Book E    Vol 3.   Page 69
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3321
Vermont Montpelier
Eunice Holton
widow of Arad Holton
who served in the Revolutionary
was, as a private
----------------------------------
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3rd February, 1853
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Certificate of Pension issued the
23rd day of Dec 1853
and sent to

Joseph Steene
Brattleborough
Vermont

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

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[Side label] Reg m55-100q68
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[written diagonally across left page] No. 13186 iss Dec 28/55
[written horizontally left page]
100,968 Mar 3, 1855
               Apr. 26 1855
Eunice Holton, widow of Arad Holton, Priv.
Capt. Vt. Mili
Col
Ent.
Dis.
Revolutionary War 
Pensioner 
AD [illegible] Acres. Dec. 22d / 55
Boynton
[illegible]
L. G. Mead
Brattleborough, Vt
[right page]
Civ. L. G. Mead. Dec. 12/55
Vol: [illegible] 53.
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Record of Marriage of Eunice Holton
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State of Vermont  } - Be it remembered that at Windham County }    Dummerston in the aforesaid County on the sixteenth day of March Anno Domini One Thousand eight hundred & three Arad Holton + Eunice Spalding both of said Dummerston were duly joined in marriage by me 
                   Abel Duncan Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date + figures which are expressioned in the Record in fair + legible figures as follows - on the 16th day of March Anno Domini 1803

                  Joseph Miller Clerk of Dummerston

I Joseph Miller above named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk in the County town and state aforesaid and that the above if a true extract from the Record of said town with the exception above named, as certified by me
                   Joseph Miller Town Clerk
                   sworn before me

S. G. Mead      J. W. Reece
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State of Vermont
Windham, S.S.
[illegible seal]

I, Royall Tyler, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that Laithic Gilliad was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to his [illegible] therein written is genuine; that the said paper writings according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Brattleborough, this 15th day of december Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
                         [illegible signature] Clerk.
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Mr, Holton 100,968. [The number is underlined]
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State of Vermont            
County of Windham } ss

     On this sixth day of [March crossed out] April A.D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the Count and State aforesaid, Eunice Holton, aged eighty four years, a resident of Dummerston in the State of Vermont who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Arad Holton, late of said Dummerston deceased, who was a private [in the Company commanded by Captain in the Regiment of commanded by crossed out] in the was [with crossed out] of the Revolution + afterwards a Revolutionary Pensioner - + that she now draws a Pension as the widow [illegible] Arad Holton [that her said husband crossed out] served in said War, as in his Declaration [on or about the day of A.D. for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of crossed out] and was honorably discharged [on the day of A.D. crossed out] She further states that she was married to the said Arad Holton, as appears by  proof filed in the Pension Office [on the day of A.D. by one a crossed out] and that her name before her said marriage was Eunice Wimmer; that her said husband died [at crossed out] as stated without proof 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 3, 1855," and prays that the warrant therefor may be sent to S. G. Mead, Brattleboro
 Eunice Holton     X her mark

We, Wranslor Holton and Elizabeth E. Holton residents of Dummerston, in the State of Vermont, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Eunice Holton - in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we know her to the widow of said Arad Holton -
Wranslor Holton
Elizabeth E. Holton

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and hear above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph Miller Justice of the Peace.
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State of Vermont
Windham, S. S. }

[Seal]  I, Royall Tyler, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that Joseph Miller was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to the certificate therein written is genuine; that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Brattleborough, this 23d day of April Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 
[illegible signature] Clerk.
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State of Vermont
County of Windham

On this 14th day of December A.D. 1850 personally appeared Mr. Royall Tyler, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Marlboro in said County Eunice Holton a Resident of Dummerston in said District aged 83 years who being first duly sworn according to laws, oaths, or her oaths make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d day of February 1853 granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War: that she is widow of Arad Holton late of said Dummerston, deceased, who was a Soldier in the Army of the [illegible] - She does not know under what Officers he served, but that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1852. + received $20, per annum + that he was pensioned in said County of Windham and resided in said County at the time he was pensioned - And she further declares that she was married to the said Arad Holton at said Dummerston on the sixteenth day of March, A.D. 1803. that her said Husband died on the 8th day of October A.D.1841. - that she was not married to him prior to the 2d day of January 1800. but at the time above states and she further declares that she is now a widow - 
Witness                              Eunice Horton                          
R. Myers                              her mark X
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State of Vermont
County of Windham - 

Be it known that on the 14th day of December A.D. 1858 at Dummerston in said County personally appears before me Royall Tyler, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Marlboro in said county, (which District embraces the town of Dummerston aforesaid) Eunice Holton + subscribed [illegible] made oath to the foregoing Declaration - the said Eunice being unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity I administer the oath + she made the foregoing Declaration before me at her usual place place of abode in said Dummerston
[illegible signature] Judge of Probate for the District of Marlboro

I Frederick Holbrook, Registrar of the Probate Court for the District of Marlboro in said County of Windham hereby certify that Royall Tyler, who has signed the above certificate in Judge [illegible] Court
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name + office the seal of said Court of Marlboro said District this 14th day of December A.D. 1853
Frederick Holbrook, Register of Probate for District of Marlboro
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We Samuel Knight late of Dummerston & [illegible] Holton of said Dummerston [illegible] were well acquainted with Arad Holton late of said Dummerston, the Revolutionary Pensioner named in the foregoing declaration and are also well acquainted with Eunice Holton his widow who makes said Declaration.  And that they lived together as man & wife & that she is the identical person she declares herself to be in the said Declaration.  That we have no interest in said pension.
Samuel Knight
J. W. Holton
Subscribed & sworn to before me and I certify that the above named deponents are well known to me and that they are credible witnesses.
L. G. Mead Just. Peace
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State of Vermont
Windham, S.S.    }

[Seal]          I, Royall Tyler, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that Larkin G. Mead was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature when certificate therein written is genuine; that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Brattleborough, this 15th day of december Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three

[illegible signature] Clerk.
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Case of Arad Holton
Admit 6 mos
[illegible]

James Elliot Esq.
New Haven VT
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, April 19 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 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 Arad Holton
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. Durations of the claimant's service (Years/Months/Days). Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof of which the declaration is supported.]

1777. ([blank]/3/-). [blank]. [blank]. 80 years 3 day of November 1832 Dummerston. his own declaration.
1777. - /3/ - . private. Wm. Williams Colo. [blank]. [blank].

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

[cursive] Mr. Arad Houlton
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases were embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County 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 [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the count of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] age (c) [blank] 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, passes June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)[blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank](e) regiment of the [blank] 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 that 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 be varied so 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 [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day of year aforesaid. [blank] :A. B.

[and then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: [blank] (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 the opinion.)
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &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 applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he 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 the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following(m)interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
     {To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of ant 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, att[t]the Court.
Whenever ant 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 opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides, If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the /colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c., A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less that 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 [in italics] 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 n any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishments 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. 

[title in italics] Mode of authenticating papers.
 In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other  papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

[title in italics] 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 the seal of his office.
The noted from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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No.78 Winshaw Co. Vermont
Arad Holton. Dec 10 for
Pension. August 1832
No.2,874 -
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STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss.
Probate District of Marlborough at the Probate Court, for said District, being a Court of Record-

On this seventh day of August A.D. 1832 Personally appeared in open Court, At Dummerston in said District - 
Present - Marshall Miller, Esquire, Judge - 
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District now sitting Arad Holton a resident of Dummerston in the count of Windham and state of Vermont, age seventy-nine 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 entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
He was drafter he thinks in April 1777 at said Dummerston, entered the service in Capt. Jonathan Knight's company Vermont troops, for three months Col. William Williams then of Wilmington in said County - marched from said Dummerston to Rutland, was stationed out of Rutland the rest of the time of said three months was frequently on guard and in scouting parties during said time served three months and was dismissed. In July 1777 immediately after he returned home from his first enlistment his his father Thomas Holton was drafted for three months to serve in Capt. Josiah Boyden's company, of said Dummerston. His father he thinks was the nearly sixty years old, and requested him to take his place. He went as a substitute for his said father in Capt. Josiah Boyden's company in Col. Williams Regiment Vermont troops, marched from said Dummerston to Bennington on to Stillwater then to Saratoga and there joined the continental army under Gen. Gates served in making a breastworks which was made, he thinks seven miles in length. he took his father's place for three months and served that time as a substitute for him. His time was out a few days before Burgoyne surrendered to the American forces - knows of no person now living by whom he can prove his service - never received any written discharge

He hereby relinquishes every 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. To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
1. Was born in Farmington Connecticutt 3 day of November 1752
2. Has no record of his age - a record of his age was in the town records of Farmington
3. Lived in said Dummerston when called into service - has lived there ever since and still resides therein
4. Was drafted the first three months - went as a substitute for his father Thomas Holton the other three months he served -
5. Recollects Capt. Knight, Col. Williams, Gen. Gates - does not now recollect the names of other officers - his memory has failed him much - While at Rutland was employed in scouting parties on guard [illegible] -  while at Saratoga was directed not to go beyond certain bounds, was employed as guard and making breastwork. The breastwork was made by felling trees and placing them about six feet apart and filling in between with earth
6. Received no written discharge - 
7. He names John Laughton, Joel Knight, Asa Boyden, John Miller, Asa Dutton to whom reference may be had. He names Joel Knight and Benjamin Pierce as witnesses under this interrogatory.

Arad Holton
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7. He names John Laughton, Joel Knight, Asa Boyden, John Miller, Asa Dutton to whom reference may be had. He names Joel Knight and Benjamin Pierce as witnesses under this Interrogatory

Arad Holton

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Marshall Miller Judge of Probate 

We Joel Knight residing in the town of Dummerston in said county and Benjamin Pierce of Dummerston in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Arad Holton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy-nine 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. We also certify that said Holton is and ever has been reputed in the town of where he resides to be a man of undoubted integrity - 
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid  /s/Joel Knight
                /s/ Benjamin Pierce

Marshall Miller Judge of Probate And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Joel Knight, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said town of Dummerston and that Benjamin Pierce who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Dummerston in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, James Elliot, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Arad Holton for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of August, A.D. 1832
/s/James Elliot, Prob. Regr.
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In reply to your request of ____________, received______for a statement of the military history of Arad Holton, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.                         W. File 5290

[column headings: Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Length of Service. Rank. Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: Captain. Colonel. State.
     Apr. 1777. 3 mos. Pri. Jonathan Knight. 
     William Williams. Vt.
      July 1777. 3 mos. [blank]. Josiah Boyden. 
      Williams. [blank]
       discharge Saratoga Oct. 10, 1777 one 
       week prior to Burgoyne's surrender.
Battles engaged in, ________________________
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dummerston, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 7, 1832 Alld.
Residence at date of application, Dummerston, Windham Co., Vt.
Age at date of application, born Nov. 3, 1752, at Farmington, Conn. 
Remarks: Sol. married at Dummerston, Vt. Mch. 16, 1803, Eunice Skinner
he died Oct. 8, 1841
+ she was alld. pens. on her appln. executed Dec. 14, 1853, while 83 yrs. of age and a res. of Dummerston.
Very respectfully, 
___________________________
           ____________________  Commissioner.
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Rwy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5290
Eunice Holton
Widow
Arad Holton
Priest Rev Wier
Act. Feb 3rd 1853

Index :- Vol. A, Page 304
[Arrangment pf 1870.]
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Jan. 8, 1896
Mil. history to Mrs. Annie S. Talbot
Whitneyville, Conn.

1912 June 12. Mrs. Agnes Holton Banks.
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13,186

New Army
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Address 
Joseph Steene
Brattleboro Vt.
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By act/53 Vt.
Boynton
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Please state time of death of pensioner, and to when paid - 
F. Bart, Esq.             [illegible]
Co. Auditor               S. Cole
Dec. 21 53               For Comm.

Arad Holton, Act 1832 
$20 per annum
Paid to 4 Sept. 1841. No date of death.

F. Bart
Auditor
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[Envelope front]
[postmark Brattleborough VT. April 24]
FREE
100,968.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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[Envelope front}
[Postmark Brattleborough VT. Dec. 19]
FREE
100968
Eunice Holton via Arad Boynton
Commissioners of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Brattleboro
Dec. 18 1855

Dear sir:
Herewith I send you the Certificate of Service of Arad Holton - 

V. Sc
L. G. Mead
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Arad Holton of Dummerston County of Windham and State of Vermont aged eighty years the 3d day of Nov. 1832 - makes the following in addition to his former declaration for a pension - that he was drafted and as a private served as stated in his declaration three months in 1777 in Capt. Jonathan Knight's company of Col. William Williams Regiment - he went in July 1777 as a substitute for his Father Thomas Holton and served as a private soldier three months in Capt. Josiah Boyden's company in said Col. Williams Regiment as stated in his declaration, that he was discharged at Saratoga State of New York about the 10th of Oct. 1777does not recollect the day or the month, but it was about a week before the surrender of Burgoine's Army - that he was not employed during his said six months service in any civil pursuit - that he never received any written discharge at any time - that he knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services - he has related his services in hid declaration as well as he can now recollect - that by reason of age and infirmities and a long and continued weakness and disease, for many years, and the consequent loss of memory, as well as corporeal faculties, he is totally unable to recollect or relate, particularly his services in the Revolutionary War, or even the names of many of the officers with whom he was acquainted while he served as before stated in his declaration.
/s/ Arad Holton
Dummerston June 12, 1833

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Marshall Miller, Justice of the Peace
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I Jonathan Huntley a clergyman residing in the town of Dummerston in said Windham county, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Arad Holton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be eighty 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 I concur in that opinion. Jonathan Huntley
Subscribed and sworn to this 13th day of June A.D. 1833. Before me Marshall Miller Justice of the Peace. State of Vermont. Windham County Court Clerk's office, New [illegible]. June 13th A.D. 1833-I hereby certify that Marshall Miller is a justice of the peace within and for the county of Windham aforesaid, and that the above is his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court the day and year above written. James Elliot, Clerk.
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We the subscribers, all of Dummerston in the county of Windham and state of Vermont, of lawful age, each of us severally, depose and say, that we are well acquainted with Arad Holton of said Dummerston, that we believe him to be eightly 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 he always has, since our acquaintance with him, and now does sustain the character of a man of truth which cannot be impleached--We also believe that he would not state any thing under oath which was not strictly true
Dummerston June 12, 1833. Joseph Dix, Justice peace Tho. Miller Joel Knight Asa Knight Justice peace
Subscribed and sword to this 12th day of June A.D. 1833--Marshall Miller Justice of the peace I hereby certify that the above named Joseph Dix, Tho. Miller, Joel Knight and Asa Knight are credible Witnesses--attest Marshall Miller Justice of the peace.
State of Vermont Windham County Count [illegible] office
New [Hampshire?] 12 A.D. 1833
I hereby certify that Marshall Miller is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the above is his signature. In testimony whereof I have [illegible] to set my hand [illegible] seal of the said County Court, the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.
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State of Vermont. Secretary of State's office, Montpelier Dec. 17 A. D. 1858

I certify that there is in this Officer Cay[?] Roll of Capt. Josiah Boyden's Company in Col. William Williams regiment of Militia in the services of the United States on an [illegible] at Bennington +c in 1777, which be and the house of Arad Holton, as receiving pay for service as a private in said Company, from August 29 September 23'd 26 days of that year. Given under my hand and the seal of this Office this 14th day of December A.D, 1853
Chas W. Willard Secretary of State,
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Brief in the case of Eunice Holton, and of Arad Windham County and State of Vermont. act Act. 3. 53.
Claim, ("original," [crossed out words])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Man + identity, bu one [illegible] + record proof of marriage
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? Allower at $20 for [illegible] Act. 3. 1853
Name and residence of Agent Jos. Steene, Brattleborough, Vt J.V. Adams Examining Clerk.
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE, Dec: 12'' 1855.
Sir:
The claim of Eunice Holton for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 100.968 has been examined and suspended. 
The revolutionary service of Arad Holton, the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE." +
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered. Very respectfully, J. Minot, Commissioner. 
+ You are referred to the dect: of State of Vt: [illegible] an the soldier alleged he [illegible] of 3 [mos?]: Each in 1777, in the Vt: Militia on State [illegible].
S. G. Mead. Esq'r
Brattleborough, Vt.
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1808 WATCHUN AV .,
PLAINFIELD, N. J.
...Avenue
Netherwood, Plainfield
New Jersey

Pension Bureau Washington
Dear Sir:--
I was born in Detroit Michigan, lived in Canada most of my life. [illegible] came to New Jersey to live. As I now wish to sped the remainder of my life in The United
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States, I would like to be enrolled as a Daughter of the American Revolution. My great grandfather was Arad Holton who was pensioned Aug 15th 1833 under Act passed June 7th 1832 and died Oct 8, 1841. He served with the Vermont Militia from Dummerston.
Further reference The History of Dummerston, Vermont Historical Gazette, Windham
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County Volume 5. which is in the Library of Washington D.C. [Hoping?] for the [illegible-peo...er?] certificate, I am.
Most sincerely, Agnes Holton Banks. John Holton Agnes Patter Wranslor Holton Polly Spaulding Arad Holton Ann
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Arad Holton, 5290W Arad Holton--Not-I
Saml Laughton--not-I

Whitneyville Dec 18th. 1895--
Mr Lochner
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a statement concerning the services of Arad Holton of Dummerston, Vermont, who served in the Revolutionary War, and drew a pension under the act of 1832. Also is there any record of Samuel Laughton. Senior of Dummerston. Vermont--who was with [illegible[ Ethan Allen at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, and if so please send a statement of that as well.
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Direct to Mrs. Annie S. Talbot - 
Whitneyville
New Haven Conn.
P.O. Box 7
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H 255739 Nov 9

Whitneyville Nov 19th 1895

To the Clerk of Pension Bureau
Sir,
Will you please send me a paper concerning the pension of Arad Holton. of Dummerston. Vermont. He was in the Revolutionary War. And drew his pension under the law of 1882 and from that time until his death, which occurred somewhere in the 40. I wish to join the Daughters of the American Revolution and have to put my claim.
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through his services, I being a great grand daughter of his. 
And [illegible]

Mrs. Annie J. Talbot
Whitneyville
New Haven 
Conn
Box 7.
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O.  W.  & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C., January 8, 1896.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of ---Arad Holton---           a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERRD. | CAPTAIN. | COLONOL.. | STATE.

In April, 1777, he was drafted and served three months as a private in Capt. Jonathan Knight's company, in the regiment of Vermont t troops commanded by Col. Wm. Williams; in July, 1777, he went out as a substitute for his father, Thomas Holton, who had been drafted, and served three months as a private in Capt. Josiah Boyden's company, Col. WIlliams' regiment.
Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,Durmerston, Vt.
Date of application for pension. August 7, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Durmerston, Vt.
Age at date of application, Born, Farmington, Conn., Nov. 3, 1752.
Remarks: Soldier married Eunice Spaulding. March 16, 1803, and died Oct. 8, 1841.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Annie S. Talbot, Whitneyville, Box 7 New Haven Co, Conn. Commissioner.