Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,904, Brooks Howard, Vt.
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SERVICE
Vt.

Howard, Brooks

NUMBER
S. 29,804
BLWt. 28533-160-55

CONTENTS
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Michigan 20079
[striken out] New York [end strike-out]
Brooks Howard
Atr Qumepa in the State of New York who was a Private in the Camp command by Captain Benjamin of the Reg. Commanded by Col. Wait in the Vermont line for C. McD.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 20 Dollars and _ cents per ann to commence the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Aug 1822 and [illegible] Wm Mitchell
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 21 $40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 21 $10
[Total ] $50
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [illegible] Stiles
Book E Vol. 3. Page 62
See letter to P. Agt. Sept. 19, 183[illegible]
See cir. Tr. [illegible] Oct 17, 183[illegible]
To Michigan fr 4th March '3[illegible]
Let to [illegible] agent March 4 1836
Savee 19 July 1838
Savee 13 Nov. 1837.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agent notified 19 Nov. 1839
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162930 Act 3 March 
June 8 1855
Brooks Howard
Pension New York
Capt. Benjamin
Col. Benjamin Waite, Vt.
Revolutionary Army
Mich June 32 20079
[illegible signatures]
B. H. Baldwin Present
No 28533 of May 28 1856
B. H. Baldwin, April 9, 1856
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New York 
to Michigan
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County of Wayne: 
On this fifth day of October 1835 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Wayne personally appeared Brooks Howard who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Benjamin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wait in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the Territory of Michigan where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to Michigan Territory. [Illegible] his children reside in Michigan and he is obliged to depend on them in part for support. 
Brooks Howard
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. [Illegible] Strong Justice of the Peace
WCWT
Territory of Michigan, County of Wayne, on the fifth day of October 1835 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county personally appeared Ellis Doty who on his oath declares that Brooks Howard is the identical person named in an original Certificate of Pension in his possession from the War Department and is also the same  person who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit. 
[signed] Ellis Doty
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. [illegible] Strong Justice of the Peace
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County of Wayne: 
I do hereby certify that Ellis Doty the witness aforesaid is a person of truth and veracity. 
[Illegible] Strong, Justice Peace
WCWT

I Isaac S Rowland Clerk of the Court of the County of Wayne certify that John W. Strong is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this fifth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty five. I. S. Rowland, Clerk. 
I hereby certify that I drew my Pension up to the 4th of Sept. last, Detroit, Dec 5th 1835
[signed] Brooks Howard
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Pension Agency
Detroit Oct. 5th 1835
Sir, 
Enclosed is the application of Brooks Howard to be transferred. Please make known the result to this office. 
Very respectfully 
Your obedient servant
E. Doty, P. S. 
J. L. Edwards, Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Brooks Howard
25.719

William Mitchell
Agent, Bethany New York
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State of New York
Genesee County
On the 12th day of June 1833 personally appeared before the Court of Common Please in and for the said County of Genesee now siting. (the said Court being a Court of Record and having a Seal.) Brooks Howard aged sixty eight years, a resident of the town of Bethany in the said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oat make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. 
That he joined in the Army of the United States in the year 1781 and enlisted into the service in a company of Vermont Militia commanded by a Captain Benjamin (whose Christian name he does not now remember) and Lieutenants Green and Church in the Regiment under Command of Col. Wait. That this declarant lived in the town of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont at the time above mentioned and entered the said service as the substitute of his father John Howard during the latter part of April or forepart of May of the said year 1781 and marched from the said town of Royalton to Bethel Fort in the said State of Vermont, and performed duty at that place upon guard and scouting parties until some time in September following when he with others was sent upon a scouting expedition to Brookfield in the said State of Vermont, where he remained constantly performing active service in scouting parties around that neighborhood until the expedition of he time for which his said father had enlisted when he was orally discharged having served the full term of six months for which his said father had enlisted. 
That after the expedition of the above mentioned term of service he continued under armed either as a Scout of guard for the protection of the inhabitants in the neighborhood of Brookfield for two months; but during this time he was not attached to any regularly organized Corp, nor was he at that time called into service by any competent authority and he therefore claims a pension only for the said six months first above mentioned.
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The declarant further states that he was born in the Province of Nova Scotia on the 14th day of March 1765 as he has been informed by his parents and believes to be true; That at the time he was about six years of age he with his father removed to the town of Brookfield in the State of Massachusetts; from thence, during the war of the Revolution to the said town of Royalton where he resided at the time of performing the service before mentioned. 
That after the close of the said War he removed to the said town of Brookfield in the said State of Vermont where he remained about twelve years; from thence he removed to Tunbridge Vermont where he remained until about eighteen years since, when he removed to the said town of Bethany in the said county of Genesee and state of New York where he now resides. 
That there is a record of his age in his fathers family bible now in the possession of one of his sisters in the town of St. Albans and State of Vermont, but which he has not seen in many years. 
That he never had any written discharge, nor has he any any documentary evidence of his said services: that he knows of no one who can testify to the same excepting Peter Kendal of the said town of Bethany whose affidavit is herewith annexed. 
That he is acquainted with the Reverend Theophilus Crocker a clergyman residing at Bethany and Rodney Taylor residing in the said  town of Bethany who can testify as to his character as to truth and credibility. 
That he hereby every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state
[signed] Brooks Howard
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court 
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We Theophilus Crocker, a Clergyman residing in the town of Bethany in said County & Rodney Taylor of the town of Bethany in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Brooks Howard who
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has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration, - that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age, - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. 
Subscribed & sworn the 12th day of June A. D. 1833 in open court. 
[signed] Theo Crocker
[signed] T. Fitch Clerk
[signed] Rodney Taylor
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Theophilus Crocker who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bethany in said County of Genesee  and that Rodney Taylor, who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Bethany in said County & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Isaac Wilson
Horace I Turner
William Mitchell
State of New York Genesee County
I Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, certify, that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Brooks Howard for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of office at Batavia in said County this twelfth day of June A. D. 1833
Timothy Fitch clerk
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State of New York Genesee County
Peter Kendall of the town of Bethany NY in the said county of Genesee having duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is sixty nine years of age and upwards that in the time of the revolutionary war he lived in the town of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont. That in the year 1781 this deponent enlisted into Captain Benjamin's Company in Colonel Wait's Regiment of Vermont Militia for the period of six months that in the fore part or March 1781. This deponent marched to Bethel Fort in the town of Bethel in Vermont, that he wall remembers that Brooks Howard who now lives in the town of Bethany County of Genesee  and State of New York was soldier in said company. That the said Brooks Howard performed service in the said company at Bethel fort and scouting in the neighborhood of the said fort and also the said Brooks Howard performed service in the said company in Bethel fort and scouting in the neighborhood of the said fort, and also the said Brooks Howard performed service in scouting at Brookfield in the State of Vermont and in the neighborhood of that place as he then understood. And the deponent further saith he has no doubt that the said Brooks Howard performed six months service in the said Company and further this Deponent saith not - 
Sworn and Subscribed before me the fifth day of Jan 1183
[signed] Peter Kendel
William Mitchell one of the judges of the Genesee County Courts
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State of New York County of Genesee
I Timothy Fitch clerk of said county certify that William Mitchell before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Judge of County Courts in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit and to the foregoing certificate to be germaine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this twelfth day of June 1833. 
Timothy Fitch, clerk
By B. Pringh Deputy Clerk
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162930
Bounty Land Claim.
Act of March 3, 1855.
Original Claim For Land Warrant.
Brooks Howard
Pensioner
C
Benj H. Baldwin,
att'y for Claimant, 
Washington, D.C.
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Declaration to be made by a surviving Officer Soldier, Seaman, Marine, Naval Clerk, Landsman, Teamster, or Chaplain, who has never received Bounty Land. 
State of Michigan, Macomb County
On this 25th day of May 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, personally appeared (1) Brooks Howard aged 91 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Brooks Howard who as a (2) a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and at present a Pensioner at Yorke, Agency [illegible] that he (3) was drafted at Royalton Vermont under Captain Benjamin and Colonel Benjamin Waits and that he served for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Bethel Pond Vermont on or about the ___ day of ____ 18___ by reason of ____ and (4) he refers to the paper on file at the Pension office when he applied for his Pension, and that he is now on the Roll of the Detroit Michigan Pension Agency
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land to which he is entitled under the Act of March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land, or knowing that he is entitled except for the above service, and he hereby constitutes and appoints Benjamin H Baldwin, of Washington, D. C., his attorney to prosecute his claim and receive his warrant. Hereby authorizing and empowering his said attorney to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City, or elsewhere, certified copies of any Army or Navy records or documents in which his said service may be recorded, and to procure any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish his claim as fully as he might or could do if personally present; and revoking and countermanding all other authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose. 
His mark X Brooke Howard

Sworn to , subscribed, and acknowledged before me, the day and year above named, and on the same day personally came before me Parley Howard and Benajah Magnard residents of said County to me known as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally acquainted with Brooks Howard who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, that they were present and saw hi (5) make his mark to said declaration, and that from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with him, they believe that he is the identical person he represents himself to be. That they are disinterested in the claim, and reside at the place above named. 
(7) [signed] Parley Howard
[signed] Benajah Maynard
Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution, and I believe that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be. 
(8) [illegible] J. P. 
Instructions 
[not transcribed]
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State of Michigan Macombe County
I, Penin Crawford, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County and State above named, do hereby certify that John Swikton Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as much are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereunto is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal to this 28th day of May 1855
[signed] Penin Crawford, clerk
Forwarded by ___
162930 Bounty Land Claim
Act of March 3, 1855
Original Claim for Land Warrant
Brooks Howard
[illegible]
Benj. H. Baldwin, 
Atty for Claimant, Washington D. C.
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No 25719
Brooks Howard Genesee County New York
William Mitchell Bethany New York
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War Department, Pension Office
183
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 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 Brooks Howard Genesee County New York
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. | Months . | Days.| Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rand of the Field Officers under whom he served. | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported |

Entered May | [blank years] |6 [Months ] | [blank days ] | Private | Captain Benjamin, Colonel Wait | 68 years, Windsor County Vermont | Traditionary evidence + one Witness certified credible |

Served | [blank years] |2 [Months ] | [blank days ] | Private | Captain Benjamin, Colonel Wait |  68 years, Windsor County Vermont | papers correct

I am respectfully your obedient servant, J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
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Regulations Under The Act of June 7, 1852.
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 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, 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 88.
On this  day of  personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident Territory (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, passed 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 lie 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 to 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 day and year aforesaid. 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          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 years 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. who has signed the preceding certificate in a clergyman, resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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 
for a pension.
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 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 also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his clam, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of him.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts state 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 ex-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 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.
[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 continual 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 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." 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 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 form 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 oath must certify 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 a 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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In reply to your request of _________, received ___________ for a statement of the military history of Brooks Howard (handwritten) a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widows) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F.29,904.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
Apr. or May 1781

Length of Service.
[illegible]

Rank.
[illegible]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

Captain.
Benjamin

Colonel Benj. Waite

State.
V.T.

Battles engaged in, V
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Royalton, Windsor Co, VT. 
Date of application for pension, June 12, 1833 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Bethany, Genesee Co, N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. [illegible] 14, 1765 in Nova Scotia
Remarks: When about 6 yrs. of age, he moved with his father to Brookfield Mass., [illegible] to Royalton, V.T. In 1855 he was a resident of Macomb Co. Mich. Children referred to in 1835, no names stated, no data relative to wife. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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29904
Revy INVALID
File No.  29907
Brooke Howard
Sir Rev Mar
Act: June 7 50"
Index: Vol. S, Page 193
1917 Aug. 24. History to
Agnes L. Smover.
Letter with Claim (Joseph Holland,
S.L. 29240  2
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28,533


Mrs. Assy
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Brooks Howard. Act 1832 [underlined]
Admitted [underlined] New [underlined] York Roll
20079 to Mich
June 4/55 [illegible initials]
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Washington  Sept 4th 1855

Hon. J Minot}
Comr. of Pensions} Sir, I beg leave to file herewith Record Evidence of the Service of Brooks Howard (a substitute for John) whose claim for Bounty Land under the act of March 3, 1855 is now pending No 162930. - filed by me
Respectfully  Benj H. Baldwin
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Oct. 17
Mr. Baldwin [return address]

[Postmark from Detroit]
["FREE" stamped]

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
City of Washington
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[Postmark from City of Washington Sep. 9]

JL Edwards
Comr. of Pension [return address]

["FREE" stamped]

E. Doty Deq.
UStates Pension Agents,
Detroit, Michigan
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 16th, 1839. [handwritten]

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," Brooks Howard, - [handwritten] a Pensioner on the Roll of the Michigan [handwritten] Agency, at the rate of Twenty [handwritten] Dollars and [crossed out] Cents [crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, [handwritten] has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837, [handwritten] to the 4th March 1838. [handwritten]

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris [signature]
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissr of Pensions

Bank of Michigan
Detroit July 9, 1838

Sir

I enclose Brooks Howards claim for twenty Dollars which has remained due beyond the period of Eight months. I have also [illegible] from the auditor three papers which have been suspended for the reason that pay-ment was made for more than one year without pre-senting them at your office. These were paid during my absence by a clerk [underlined] who overlooked his instructions.

Be pleased to instruct me in the course proper to be pursued.

I am Sir
respectfully yours
E P Hastings
Pension Agent
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Mr. Stewart
[stamp A.I.R.A.L. FEB 24]
James L. Edward Squire
Commis. of Pensions
War Department
City of Washington.
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Mecht & Farmer's Bank
Albany Pension Agency
Feby. 24. 1836

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commis. of Pensions
Sir
You letter of the 20th with archoring
the semi-annual statements for the current half years is received _ We have compared the statements with our Books and the following differences-
Act of June 7. 1832.
Brooks Howards transferred to Michigan is stated to have been paid to 4 March 1835 - it should be 4 Sept. 1835.
Asher Sascton transferred to the same agency is stated to  have been paid to 4 March 1835.  it should be 4 Sept. 1835.
We believe that the error was corrected in our last session - annual report.
we do not find the names of Samuel Kenrick Sergt. at $82 - or that of Benjamin Brown Secy. and Ensign  at $165 83/100 or one Birks F Snesmani they belong to same then Agency - 
I am, ??, very respectfully Your Obt. Service
Thomas M. Clancy
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Oct 21 Mr. Baldwin. James L. Edwards Esquire Commission of Pensions. War Department. City of Washington. Edwards. Oct. 21, 35. Brooks Howard
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Mercht & Farmer's Bank. Albany Pension Agency. Oct. 21, 1835. James L. Edwards Esquire, Commission of Pensions. Sir, I reply to your letter of the 17th inst.  I have to state that Brooks Howard was last paid 4th March 1835. Very Respy. Your ob Serv. Ezra Ames. Purchase & Pension Agt.
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Brooks Howard. No Record Evidence. Revolutionary
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Act of March 3, 1855. Revolutionary Claims. Pension Office, April 9, 1856. Sir: The claim of Brooks Howard, for bounty land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 162.930, has been examined and suspended. The revolutionary service of Mr. Howard, (the husand of the applicant crossed out) 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. IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole proof, is not considered "record evidence" (of service written above), within the meaning of the act aforesaid.  In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued. Respectfully, J. Minot, Commissioner. Benj. H. Baldwin, Esq., Present. You are referred to the Secty of State of Vt attn soldier Allen and served under Capt. Benjamin_Col. Went.
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Washington DC May 1856. Hon J Minot. Com of Pension. Sir, I beg lean to Call up the Bounty Land Case of Brooks Howard under the act of March 3, 1855 No. 162.930 suspended for Record Evidence and to Call your attention to his pension papers on file under the act June 7 1832 ad matter. Michigan Roll. The late law on the subject makes such evidence now admissible.  Respectfully, Benj. H. Baldwin
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State of Vermont Secretary of State's Office, Montpelier July 10th A.D. 1855 I hearby certify that there is on file in this office "A Pay Roll of Capt. Thomas Barney's Company in Col. Ira Allen's Reg't of Militia for service done the State of Vermont on alarm to the northward which commenced the 11th day of October, AD. 1780" in which Roll occurs the name of "John Howard" with an allowance for seven days service and forty miles travel. Also, "A Pay Roll" of the same company in the same Regiment "for service done this state in the month of May, 1782, in an Alarm to the westward after tories to retake Lieuts. Blanchard and Hine," on which Roll occurs the name of "John Howard" with an allowance for two days service and four miles travel. Also, A "True List of (the names and sums of) Capt. John Benjamin's Pay Roll of himself and company for services in the State of Vermont from the beginning of the campaign, 1781 to the 30th of June in said year, inclusive," in which occurs the name of "John Howard" with an allowance of 1.80.  Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt. George Sexton's Company of Volunteers belonging to Col. Eben Walbridges Reg't, raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State of Vermont, Manchester. Dec. 20, 1781" on which Roll
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occurs the name of John Howard" with an allowance for eighty-five days service and thirty-six miles travel. Also, "A Pay roll of Capt Thomas Barneys Company of Militia, in Col. Ira Allen's Regiment, for assisting the Sheriff for suppressing an insurrection in the East part of the State, Sept. 1782; in which the following persons are allowed for six days service, each," and among which occurs the name of  "John Howard."  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of this office, this 10th day of July AD 1855.  Geo R. Thompson Deputy Sec'y of State.