Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,324, Daniel Havens, Vt.
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Service
Vt.   

Havens, Daniel

Number
S19324
Carded
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Vermont  30.772. Windsor
Daniel Havens
of Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bush of the Reb. A. commanded by Col. Olcutt in the Vt. line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26rh day of July 1836 and sent to Hon. H. Everett, Windsor, Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March '36          200.00
Semi anl, allowance ending 4 Sept '36  20.00
  $220.00
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 28, 1826
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book # 2, Vol. 3 Page 74
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32.656
Daniel Havens
Red 2 Jan 34
Return to Col Billings Royalton Vt
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State of Vermont
Windsor County
On this 15th day of January AD 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now setting Daniel Havens a resident of the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Eighty one 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the year of 1777 the 3d day March one half of the Militia in line Regiment, to wit, that of Col Jas. Marsh and Col. Peter Olcott's were called for from this vicinity.  I was drafted as private as one, repaired to Norwich and was attached to the company commanded by Capt. Timothy Bush, and the Regiment was commanded by Col. Jas. Marsh.
We then marched to Charlestown No 4. then to Manchester then to Pawlet where Genl. Lincoln came and took command, at this place, five hundred volunteers were called for to proceed to Lake George landing under Col. Brown to retake some 170 or 200 of our prisoners which were taken by Genl. Burgonie(sic) at or about the time of Hubbardton Battle, I volunteered for one, a on our arrival at the said landing we retook our prisoners and took a considerable number of the enemy, we stayed about a week at the landing and returned to Pawlet where we met Col Peter Olcutt with the other half of said two Regiments come to relieve us, and we were then dismissed and returned home the first of October having served two months.
In the year 1778 about the first of August while I was patrolling and scouting I came across a man by the name of  Airs an old tory and then a spy of the Brittish from Canada.  I had known him some years before.  My Capt. Ebenezer Parkhurt my father and self took said Airs and marched him to Capt. Benjamin at Loudon and delivered him to said Benjamin.  Said Airs was taken by Capt Benjamin and delivered to Genl. Starks at Albany and on the day of his arrival at Albany, Elias Stevens now of Royalton was officer of the day at the fort and said Airs and put him in chains as Stevens has frequently told me since.  Elias Stevens was Lieut in Col Bedles Regiment.  I have always understood that sd Airs was hung as a spy.  I served this year one month.
In the year 1779. the town of Royalton being the frontier settlement and the State of Vermont, then contending for its  own preservation as a
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a State, and also against the enemy viz. against New York, New Hampshire and the British in Canada.  Something must be done for our safety.
Previous to this time we had been claimed by New York and sd State in 1776 the better part of the year.  Sent three companies to protect us and  they remained with us until the last of 1777 when they were taken from us and left us exposed to internal and external enemies.  We had  ? from New York and disclaimed belonging to New Hampshire and there was no proper head to our civil and military affairs at this time as I said before.  Something must be done and accordingly the towns of Royalton Sharon & Norwich now in Vermont agreed and met to raise one company of Infantry for one year to guard and protect our frontier.  On the first of March 1777 said company was raised and Elias Stevens appointed Captain.  James Smalley of Norwich first Lieut and Joel Marsh 2d Lieut.  I volunteered in said company as private for the term of one year and I was held and continued on duty in the field night and day scounting & patrolling when ever ordered by my said officers in the town of Bethel Stockbridge Rochester Sharon Randolph & Brookfield until the year of my enlistment expired having done actual duty faithfully for one year.
In the year 1780 I volunteered in the company commanded by Capt Jas. Parkhurt.  Lieut Calvin Parkhurt, Ensign John Billings in Col Marsh Regiment for the purpose of scouting and patrolling in Royalton and the towns adjacent and in July 80 the Indians came to Barnard and took and carreid away some of our people.  I was ordered in pursuit and marched to Bethel, then to Stockbridge then to Rochester but finding we could not  overtake them we returned back.  Elias Stevens Adjt of  Col Woollends Regiment took the general command.  I also assisted in building Fort Fortitude at Bethel, and in October when the Indians came and burnt Royalton and destroyed my property I was in service again and I served in all this year two months.  Making in all of the services before stated 17 months.
I was born in Coventry Rhode Island Sept 30th 1752 and in 1771 I removed to Royalton where I now live and did live at the time of the Revolution.  I know of no evidence to substantiate my claim but that which goes with this declaration viz Elias Stevens and Benjn Parkhurt.  I have no documentary evidence that I know of to substantiate my claim if I ever had.  They are lost.  I have no discharge if I had one it is lost.  The record of my age is in the town Clerks office in Coventry aforesaid and I
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have one in my old bible.  The Revd Asahel C Washburn and Oel Billings Esq will certify as to my character for truth and verasity and the general belief in the neighborhood of my service.
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.
Daniel Haven
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Edwin Hutchingson  Register
We Asahel C Washburn a clergyman residing in Royalton and Oel Billings residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Havens who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one 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.
A C Washburn
Oel Billings
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Edwin Hutchingson Register
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 names applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that A.C. Washburn, who has signed  the preceeding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Royalton, Vermont, and that Oel Billings who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Royalton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edwin Hutchingson, Register
I, Edwin Hutchingson, Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Havens for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of January A.D. 1834
Edwin Hutchingson Register
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Daniel Havens

Hon H Everett
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 shew 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 grace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Havens
Period when the service was rendered.
March 1777
March 1778
March 1779
March 1780
Duration of the claimant's service
2 months
1 month
1 year
2 months
1 year 5 months
Rank of the claimant.
Private
Private
Private
Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col. Jos. Marsh
Ebenezer Parkhurt
Elias Hearns
Col. Marsh
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
81 years
Royalton
Royalton
Royalton
Royalton
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Stevens & Parkhurt
Stevens 
Stevens & Parkhurt
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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," 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 et 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 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 county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (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, passed 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 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 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 and 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, 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 [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 that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.: investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. It 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 

The enlistment for a year under Capt Stevens cannot be recognized as actual service.
Each term served by the claimant in the field or garrison must be verified he joined.  A decision will then be formed whether sufficient service claim within the act.  Service as minute man except for such time.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services 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 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 most 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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 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 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 place 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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 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 [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.

Is in detail & established by the evidence of service & they were was actually performed under circumstances which will bring the as actually called out by proper authority, not within act
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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," 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 et 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 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 county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (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, passed 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 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 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 and 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, 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 [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 that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.: investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. It 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

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services 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 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 most 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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 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 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 place 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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 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 [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.

The enlistment for a year under Capt Stevens cannot be recognized as actual service.
Each term served by the claimant in the field or garrison must be specified in detail & established by the evidence of survivors as the may be found - a decision will then be formed whether sufficient service was actually performed under circumstances which will bring the claim within the act.  Service as minute man except for such time as actually called out by proper authority not militia act
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RECORD DIVISION. 3-525.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

S.F. 19324    Washington, D. C., ______, 19 ______

In reply to your request of ______, received ______for a statement of the military history of Daniel Havens 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.
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[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE'|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN,| COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Mch 3 1777| 2 mos| Pvt.|(Timothy Bush|Jos  Marsh)| Vt.|Aug 6, 1778| 1 mo.|[blank]|(Ebenezer Parkhurst|[blank])|[blank]|
Mch 1, 1779|yr.|[blank]|(Elias Stevens|[blank]|[blank]|
1780| 2 mos|[blank]|(Jos. Parkhurst|Marsh)|[blank]|
Battles engaged in, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Royalton Vt
Date of application for pension, [illegible]
Residence at date of application, [illegible]
Age at date of application, b. in Coventry R.I. Sept 30, 1752
Remarks: His brother was killed by Indians October 1781, name not stated. There is no other family data.
The only [illegible] of evidence
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.

6-2856
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['Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.' crossed out]
REJECTED

4756
P. O. ______
Daniel Havens
Service: ______
Claim for pension under act of June 7, 1832 rejected and allowed by special act of Congress approved June 18, 1836
Enlisted: ______, 18.
Discharged: _______, 18.
Application filed: ______, 18.
Alleges: ______
Re-enlisted: ______
Attorney: ______
P. O. ______
______Recognized.  ______Contract.
______Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ______, 18.
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State Center Iowa

June 11 -- 1913

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary War Pension Record of Daniel Havens who died at Royalton Massachusetts, aged 85 yrs.? and was a Pensioner died Jan. 1838.
     Mrs. Nannie Havens Capron
     State Center Iowa
Lock Box 123
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Rev War 
19,324
INVALID.
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File No. 19,324
Daniel Havens
Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1913 June 16 Hist to Nannie H. Capron V. L. M.
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Vermont
['New Hampshire' crossed out]

Daniel Havens
Rejected
See Sett 1st Oct- 1834 to Leon H. Everett
let [illegible] 6 March 1835
[illegible] Hon H. F. Janes 18 Jan'y 1836

4756
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Daniel Warner
Supplemental Declaration

Oel Billings Justice of the Peace -
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I Daniel Havens of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Eight two years testify and say in addition to my former Declaration made January 15, 1834. That I served in the Revolutionary War in the several years, at the several periods, the length of times, and under the several officers as is stated in my said Declaration, I further say I was either in the field or garrison all the time during said periods, and that no part of my service which I have stated, was done under an Enlistment or voluntary as a minute man. That the service I did under the command of Capt. Havens was actual service in 1779 during the whole year either in the field or Garrison and not a part of the said time, and said Company was raised by competent authority, to wit, by the people of their towns a named in my declaration, for the common defense of the Country and in the vicinity of Royalton.
I further say that I endured great hardships during our struggle for Independence, and not only so, the Indians in October 1780 - destroyed my property, killed my brother and came nigh taking and carrying me to Canada, I further say I cannot be more particular in detail of my service and further say not.
/s/Daniel Havens

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} Royalton Sept 18th 1834
Personally appeared Daniel Havens of Royalton aforesaid and made Solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
before me Oel Billings Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that said Havens is of undoubted good character for truth and veracity.
/s/Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
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Benj Parkhurst + Daniel Havens
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Priv 159

24th CONGRESS,
1ST SESSION.
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['H. R. 498.
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MARCH 25, 1836.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow
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Mr. JANES, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A BILL' crossed out]

An Act
Granting pensions to Benjamin Parkhurst and Daniel Havens.
['1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9' crossed out]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, required to place the names of Benjamin Parkhurst and Daniel Havens, both of Royalton, in the county of Windsor, and State of Vermont, upon the roll of revolutionary pensions, and to pay them each at the rate of forty dollars per annum, during their natural lives, to commence on the fourth day of March, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
Approved 28th, ['1836' crossed out] June 1836.
A true copy compared with the Roll in this Office
Dept of State
June 30th 1836} /s/Asbury Dinkins Chief Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Letter
Mar. 25 1836 Bill W. 498

Daniel Havens
Act 20 June 1836
Vt. Revo: roll
$40 per annum from 4 Mar 1831.
Hon H. Everett
Windsor Vt. 
Ent'd.
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Copy

War Department
Pension Office
Oct 1st 1834

Sir,
The claim of Daniel Havens has been again examined and I have the honor to communicate the result.
The principal items of his claim is an alleged service for twelve months continuously under Capt Stevens. The act of 7th June 1832 provides for actual service under military obligation and discipline in a corps authorized, officered, called out, embodied and commanded by competent authority. It does not appear from the papers nor from any information in this Department that the company in which the alleged service was rendered constituted such a corps, but in the contrary it appears to have been a self created and patriotic association under military forms for patroling purposes at a moment of particular exigencies. 
The deposition of Capt Stevens does not show the authority of his commission if indeed he received one and nowhere appears that his company was at any time
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embodied in field or garrison and subjected to the daily discipline and duty of soldiers in actual service. With this view of that item of the claim, it should be remarked that the balance of his alleged service is less than six months the minimum provisions of the Act. The objection is all respects apply to the claim of Benjamin Parkhurst.
I have the honor to be 
Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servant
Signed J. L. Edwards
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Elias Stevens + Benj. Parkhurst's Deposition
in Daniel Havens Case
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I, Elias Stevens of Royalton in the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont aged Seventy Nine Years, testify and say that I am well acquainted with Daniel Havens of Royalton aforesaid who is now present at my making deposition and am personally knowing that said Havens in March 1777 was drafted in the company for two months commanded by Capt. Timothy Bush, Lieut. Chamberlain & Lieut. John Barnes in Col. Jos. Marsh Regiment and served with me in said Company for the said two months. We marched from Royalton to Norwich then to Chestertown, Manchester & Pawlett to Lake George Landing, when we took some prisoners and retook a considerable number of soldiers. We then returned to Pawlett and met Col. Cluetts Regiment who came to our relief, when said Havens was discharged and returned home, while I remained behind. 
I further testify and say that said Daniel Havens in March 1779 volunteered into my company for the term of one year at Royalton aforesaid, I was Captain of the Company and James Smally + Joel Marsh were Lieutenants, Daniel Havens did his duty faithfully in patrolling and scouting by night and by day whenever I ordered him on White River and its Branches in the towns of Royalton, Bethel Stockbridge Rochester Brookhaven Randolph + Tunbridge  and was on actual duty until his time of one year aforesaid expired when I dismissed him and further say not. Jany 11. 12834
/s/Elias Stevens
attn Simon Parkhurst

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Royalton Jany 11, 1834. Then personally appeared Elias Stevens of said Royalton and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. 
Before Oel Billings, Justice of the Peace 
 I further certify that Elias Stevens afs'd is of undoubted good character for truth and veracity and is a good credible witness.
/s/Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
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I Elias Stevens of Royalton in Windsor County and State of Vermont of the Age of Seventy Nine Years, further testify and say in addition to my deposition for Daniel Havens of the 11th Instant which has since come to my recollection. That in the year 1779 I was a Lieutenant in Col Timothy Butler's Regiment and commandant at the fort and the Guard at Albany on the day that Captain Benjamin arrived at s'd Fort with one W. Airs which said Capt Benjamin informed me was taken in Royalton afore'd by Daniel Havens, I recd said prisoner and put him in the dark hole, where Gen Stark ordered me to put him and said Havens has frequently told me how they took him and of his other service this year. 
I further testify and say that in the years 1780 I was personally knowing that said Havens went with me as a volunteer to Stockbridge Bethel & Rochester at the time the Indians came to Barnard and I commanded the [illegible]  being A Lieutenant in Col Woodard's Regiment, and also in October when the Indians burned Royalton and I should say said Havens served also to help build the fort at Bethel and his service in this years must have been two months or more, Jany 14, 1834.
/s/Elias Stevens

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} Royalton Jany. 14, 1834 Then Elias Stevens personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed Before Oel Billings Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that said Elias Stevens is a credible witness. 
/s/Oel Billings Justice of the Peace -
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I Benjamin Parkhurst of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Eighty Eight years testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Dan'l Havens of Royalton aforesaid who is now present at making this deposition and have known him for Sixty years past, and was personally knowing that said Daniel Havens was drafted with me for two months in the company commanded by Capt. Timothy Bush, Lieut. Chamberlin and Barnes and we marched from Royalton to Norwich, Charlestown N.H. Manchester & Pawlett and on to Lake George Landing, where we took some prisoners and retook some of our soldiers. We then returned to Pawlett and met Col. Olcott's Regiment  who came on to our relief and said Havens and myself were dismissed having served two months. 
I further testify and say that s'd Daniel Havens volunteered with me in March 1779 into the Company commanded by Capt. Elias Stevens, Lieut. James Smalley & Joel March for the term of one year, s'd Havens and myself continued on duty in said company and were ordered by the s'd Captain to continually patrol and be scouting on White River and its branches in the towns laying on s'd streams by night and day through said year when we were discharged and further say not. Janu 11th 1834
/s/Benjamin Parkhurst
attn Oel Billings

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Royalton Jany. 11, 1834, then personally appeared Benjamin Parkhurst of Royalton afs'd and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
I further certify that Benj'm Parkhurst is of good character for truth and veracity and a credible witness.
/s/Oel Billings Justice of the Peace -
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Elias Stevens + Benj Parkhurst's Deposition  for Daniel Havens Case

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Oel Billings is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and that his signatures to these foregoing affidavits are genuine - 
In Testimony where of I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name this sixteenth day of January 1834.
/s/Benj Swan Clerk
[court seal affixed]