Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,517, John Goold, Vt.
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SERVICE
Vt

Goold John
	   Nancy

NUMBER
W.19.517
B.L.Wt.26379-160-55
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No; 18865
Vermont
John Goold
Windhaw Po. in the state of Vermont who was a Private    in the 
company     commander by captain sessions   of the Regl.    commander by col. warner in the Vermont the ops time for 16 months & 12 days

Recieved on the Roll of Vermont 
the rate of 54 dollars and 65 cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.


Certificate of Pension is used the   11. day off
1833 and [ineligible] to Daniel Kellog Saxtons Revir st.


Areas to the 4th of Sept. 1833.                      136.62
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34         27.32
                                                           {Revolutionary Claim, 
                                                             Met June 7, 1832}
Recorded by. D Brown 
Book E.       Vol. 3      Page.67
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1891
June     15 [ineligible].   Prior
Date of medow death nor m a.b
3.9.19
[ineligible]
Nancy Goold
widow of John Goold
Who served in revolutionary 
war, as a private

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 54 dollars and 65 cents per annum, to commence on the 22 of may 1850

Certificate of Pension issues 17 day of july 1857
and sent to [ineligible]

Recorded on roll of pensioners under net 
February 2, 1884, Page 54, Vol 3.
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[verso]
1221.880. Act Mch 3/55-
May. 7/1
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Nancy Goold, wid of John Goold, Priv Rev War.
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Capt.
Col.
N.H. Mil.
Ent 
Dis.
War Rev,
[overwritten] No 26 & May 24/86
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Now a Pensioner of the U. States,
Vt. Feby 48 - 5717
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AV: 160 Apr My.22d/56
/s/BN for DW
R
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Arad Joy, atty
Ovid N.Y.
[recto]
Civ. A. Joy, Jany 26/55
Vol. G. 97. -
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State of Vermont
County of Windham
On this ninth day of July AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Probate Court in and for the District of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont now sitting, John Goold a resident of the town of Windham in said District County and State, aged seventy two 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 7, 1832 – that he entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say -- that he was born in the town of Westminster in the County aforesaid and in what was then called the County of Cumberland in the State of New York on the twenty fifth day of March AD 1760 as appears by a minute in this declarant’s bible long since copied from a record in the family bible of his parents but as there were then no public records of births kept in said County he has no knowledge of any other record thereof that in the summer of 1777 the militia company in said Westminster being the first company was commanded by Capt. John Sessions (the same who had been a Judge of the Court) and by Lieut Jaber Perry. That on the approach of Burgoyne’s army there was a great call for men and Capt. Sessions commonly called Deacon Sessions who was reputed a disaffected person declined to act whereupon the Lieutenant (Perry) called the company together and eighteen or twenty volunteered to go over the mountain with him and did so – that this declarant went with them as a volunteer and remained with the troops until after Bennington battle under Gen Stark and was about six weeks on this tour of service – that in 1779 the company beforementioned was commanded by Jesse Burk Captain and had been divided into two classes each of which had been required to furnish a man and in February this declarant was requested to in behalf of one of said classes to enter into the service for six months which he consented to do and almost immediately after marched from Westminster with Azariah Wright (then Junior) the person engaged by the other class of said company and repaired to Rutland on the other side of the mountain where they joined the company commanded by Capt. William Hutchins and of which Jason Duncan of Dummerston (then Fulham) was Lieutenant. When they arrived at Rutland there were two companies of Colonel Seth Warner’s Regiment of the continental line then there; one of which companies was commanded by Captain Gideon Brownson and the other by Captain Lee – Capt. Brownson as being the senior regular officer commanded the whole troops which were there both regulars and militia – that this declarant remained in the service at Rutland building barracks, on guard and on scouting parties at times which were extended to and even upon Lake Champlain until the expiration of his term of six months when he received a written discharge from Capt. Hutchins which he has since lost. In the latter part of winter in the year 1780 this declarant again enlisted into the
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company of Capt. Jesse Safford in Major Ebenezer Allen’s detachment of State troops rangers or “Green Mountain Boys” as they were then called which were raised for the defence of the frontier. His enlistment was for nine months and he marched from Westminster with several others to Rutland and from thence to Pittsford, an adjoining town, at which place the troops were for some time employed in finishing a fort. When said fort was finished he was marched with Capt. Safford’s Company across the mountain to Royalton but the inhabitants of that place disliking to have the soldiers abide among them the whole detachment was marched to the neighboring town of Bethel where they were occupied in the building and garrisoning of another fort and in scouting for Indians (from whom an attack was then apprehended) when he was discharged but does not know that any written discharges were given to any person. He then returned to Westminster where he resided until the year 1800 when he removed to Windham in the same County where he has lived ever since and 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 any State.
Sworn to
and [crossed out]
and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid –
John Goold [signature]
Peter M Taft – Judge [signature]


Azariah Wright of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age maketh oath and says that he is well knowing to the fact that John Goold then of Westminster but now of Windham in said County did enter Capt Hutchins’ company of State troops near the latter end of the winter of 1779 as a man furnished by a class of the militia company of said Westminster for six months and did rendevous [rendezvous] at Rutland in said State and did serve his whole term of six months until regularly discharged because this deponent marched to said Rutland and returned after his discharge therefrom with said Goold and served with him during the whole of said term as a volunteer furnished by the other class of said company. And further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Azariah Wright [signature]
Peter M Taft – Judge [signature]
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No 3 Seth Goold of Westminster in said County of Windham of lawful age also appearing deposes and say that in March 1780 at the Court house then standing in said Westminster he this deponent with nine others enlisted for nine months into Capt. Jesse Safford's company of State of troops belonging to Maj'r Ebenezer Allen's detachment of Rangers raised for guarding the frontier and of which Company one Waters of Brattleborough was Lieutenant. On the 1st of April i that year they marched to Rutland where the company had its rendevous and remained there about four weeks after which E Company was removed to Pittsford and employed in building and garrisoning a new fort and in scouting for enemies in different directions until the expiration of the nine month when they were discharged - the persons enlisted as above with this deponent were Clifford Chaffee, Charles Rice, Caleb Wright, Eliphaz Shipman, Abraham Shipman, William Negus + John Negus all of whom he believes to be dead and James or Jerom Sawin of whom this deponent has no certain information and John Goold (then Junior) now of Windham who is a cousin of this deponent and is known by him to have served his said term and to have been fairly discharged at the end thereof - this deponent after his return enlisted into the Continental army and now enjoys a pension for his services therein - And further this deponent saith not - 
/s/Seth Gould
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid} /s/Peter R Taft
Peter R Taft - Judge
No. 3 Salimon Wright of said Westminster also appearing deposes and says that at the time the legislature sat at said Westminster in the year 1780 Captain Jesse Safford was a boarder in the family of this deponent's father and then enlisted the persons in the above deposition of Seth Gould for nine months and that they went on said service and his brother Caleb Wright now deceased went as a waiter - From his acquaintance with John Goold ever since he can remember and this deponent's knowledge + the circumstances mentioned in said Goold's declaration above this deponent verily believes that his aforesaid services are truly stated therein. and further this deponent saith not
/s/Salimon Wright
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid} /s/Peter R. Taft - Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after this investigation of the matter after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above, now appeared was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated
/s/Peter R. Taft - Judge
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I Asa Heyes A Clerk and Register of the Probate Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the regular procedures of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Gould for a pension - 
In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and Seal of office this 9th day of August 1832
/s/ Asa Heyas 2nd
[court seal affixed]
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State of Vermont
Windham County + district of Westminster
I Peter R Taft Judge of the Probate Court [illegible] and for the District of Westminster of same hereby certify that John Gould, Azariah Wright + Salimon Wright within named who made their depositions before said Probate Court on the ninth day of July AD. 1832 are men of good reputation as to truth and veracity + to their testimony full faith + credence ought to be given. 
Given under my hand at Rockingham in said district this 25th day of September A.D. 1833 - 
/s/Peter M. Taft
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Nancy Goold wid of John
Vermont

Feb 2d 1848.
[illegible]
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[underlined] Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the  2nd of February 1848.
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State of Vermont.
Windsor County ss.} On this twenty third day of September A.D. 1850 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorised by Said to administer oaths, Nancy Goold, a resident of Chester in the County of Windsor aforesaid, aged eight three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. - That she is the Widow of John Goold who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and was a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, that his Certificate was given on the 11th day of October 1833, (No: 18865.) issued by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, by which he was entitled to receive Fifty four dollars and Sixty five cents per annum during his natural life, that he has drawn a pension by virtue of said Certificate, from the 4th of March 1831 to the 4th of March 1850. - 
She further declares that she was married to the said John Goold on the 26th day of September 1783, which statement is sustained by a Certificate in due form according to the rules of evidence required at Pension Office July 17, 1838, and who by the Family Records now in the possession of the Affiant, which was written by her said Husband, that her Husband died the aforesaid Joh Goold, died on the twenty second day of May 1850.(which is also sustained by the evidence of three competant(sic) witnesses who saw him die,)that she was not married to hm prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four.viz; - on the twenty sixth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eight three, as above stated.
/s/X her mark Nancy Goold
/s/Sarah Goold}
/s/Abigail Twitchel}
Sworn to and subscribed om the day and year above written 
Before me /s/A. E. Prescott Heald
Justice of the Peace.
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I hereby certify that the above named declarant, is personally known to me, and that she is still the widow of the aforesaid John Goold having never married since his decease. And I further certify that by reason of age and bodily infirmity the said declarant is at present unable to attend any Court of Record.
Certified by A. E. Prescott Heald.
Justice of the Peace.
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State of Vermont.
Windsor County ss.} I Norman Williams, Clerk of the Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that A. E. Prescott Heald is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signatures, within written are genuine. 
Given under my hand and the seal of said County  Court, this 28 day of September A.D. 1850.
/s/Norman Williams, Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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REVOLUTIONARY WIDOWS.
STATE of Vermont - 
COUNTY of Windsor} SS.
On this 17 day of April 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County and State, Nancy Goold, aged 87 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Goold - deceased, who was a Soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, and that she is in the receipt of a Revolutionary pension under the Act of 25 February 1848 her pension certificate is No. 5757, and is dated July 17th 1851. She further declares that she was married to the said John Goold - in the county of Cheshire, and State of N. Hampshire on the 26th day of September 1783 by Rev. Thomas [illegible] and that her name before her marriage was Nancy Graves - that her said husband died at Chester in the County of Windsor on the 22 day of May 1850 and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act, approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress, any bounty land warrant.
/s/X her mark Nancy Goold
Sworn + subscribed before me this 17 day of April 1855}
/s/Elijah D. Tarbell Justice of the Peace

We John L. Roberts and Sarah Goold residents of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy Goold in our presence, and that we believe, from what we know of, and from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. These deponents further upon their oaths say, that the above named Nancy Goold is now a widow.
Sworn + subscribed before me this 17 day of April 1855}
/s/John L. Roberts
/s/Sarah Goold
/s/Elijah D. Tarbell Justice of the Peace

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
/s/Elijah D. Tarbell Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.} I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Elijah D Tarbell was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace - in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signatures on the paper hereunto attached are ['is' crossed out] genuine.
[court seal affixed]
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 25 day of April A. D. 1855.
/s/Norman Williams Clerk.
[annotated] 121.880.
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Extract from the Records of the Town of Walpole, in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire,
"John Gould Jun'r + Nancy Graves married Sept twenty six seventeen hundred and eight three by the Rev. Thomas Fessenden."
Cheshire ss. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the state which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows: Sept. 26th 1785"
/s/ William Ruggles Town Clerk
I William Ruggles above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said Town of Walpole with the exception above names as certified by me. 
Walpole June 13th AD. 1851. /s/William Ruggles Clerk of the Town of Walpole

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. June 13th 1851 - William Ruggles then personally appeared + made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just + true - 
Before me, /s/Frederick Vose Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss.
I Leonard Bisco Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, of said state, for said county, do hereby certify that Frederick Vose, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the 13th day of June A.D. 1851, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn as such according to law; and that his signature aforesaid, above written, is in my belief genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this tourteenth day of June A.D. 1851.
/s/Leonard Bisco. Clerk
[court seal affixed]
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BA-J/MLB
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
JOHN GOOLD
W. 19157
[initialed in pencil] ow

Miss Myra J. Tyler
86 Marshall Road
Yonkers, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to John Goold (Gould), a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The date which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19157, based upon the military service of John Goold in the Revolutionary War.
He was born March 25, 1760, in Westminster (in the section then called Cumberland County, New York, and later called Windham County, Vermont).
While living in said Westminster, he volunteered i the summer of 1777 and served six weeks as a private in a company of Vermont troops commanded by Lieutenant Perry. He enlisted in February 1779, served six months as a private in Captain William Hutchins' Vermont company; during a part of this tour he was engaged in building barracks and on scouting parties against the Indians. He enlisted in March 1780, served nine months as private in Captain Jesse Safford's Vermont company which was raised for the defense of the frontier; he also assisted in building another fort. 
After the Revolutionary War he returned to Westminster, where he remained until 1800, when he moved to Windham, Windham County, Vermont.
John Goold was allowed pension on his application executed July 9, 1832, while a resident of Windham, Vermont.
He died May 22, 1850, in Chester, Windsor County, Vermont.
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John Goold married September 26, 1783, in Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Nancy Graves; at that time he was referred to as John Gould, Junior.
Soldier's widow, Nancy, was allowed pension om her application executed September 25, 1850, at which time she was aged eight three years and a resident of Chester, Vermont. [annotated in pencil: Sarah Goold a witness]
[annotated in pencil in margin: no papers found July 8, 1932, in claim containing widow's date of death]
In 1832, Seth Gould, of Westminster, Vermont, a cousin of the soldier, made affidavit that he served nine months from March,1780, with John Goold, in Captain Jesse Safford's Vermont company.
In 1851, one David H. Goold witnessed Nancy Goold's claim for pension at Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont; relationship not stated.
In 1855, one Sarah Goold was living in Chester, Vermont; relationship also not shown.[annotated in pencil: Windsor Co wit aff. Nancy Goold 4/17/1855.]
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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No
Nancy Goold wid of John
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Vermont

Let P. Heald, April 26/51
Feb. 2. 1848.
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Saxtons River 
Vermont.
Sept. 26. 1833

James L. Edwards Esquire,
Sir I returned the papers in the case of John Gould, an applicant for a pension - I believe it will be found on examination that the papers furnish all the evidence required by the Department. 
On the back of the papers will be found the certificate of the Probate Court, certifying to the credibility of the witnesses - I hope the case will receive the favorable consideration of the Department as I entertain no doubts of the merits of the application - 
I am very respectfully your obt. svt.
/s/Daniel Kellogg
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Mr John Goold.
Windham, Vermont

Daniel Kellogg
['D. L. Putnam' crossed out]
Saxton's River P.O
Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
19 April 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined noted, 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. These 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
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[column headings: Period during which the service was rendered.|Duration of the claimant's service (Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
[table is blank]

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

[handwritten] Mr. John Goold
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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. 
(parenthesis added)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: 
[margin note: No 1]
(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.] (parenthesis added)
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 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. 
[margin note: No 2]
(parenthesis added)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. 
[margin note: No 3]
 If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person (parenthesis added)
[handwritten note: These numbers refer to correspondent No's in the declaration answering the requisition, within the brackets (placed by Applicant's atty)
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(parenthesis added) 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. (parenthesis added)
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 (penciled margin note: +)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, atttend the Court.
Whenever an 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. (parenthesis added in pencil) 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. (parenthesis added in pencil)
> 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.
[handwritten note: The credibility of the witnesses must be certified by the authority taking their Depositions
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: OVID N.Y. MAY 4]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business.
FREE

Hon L. P. Waldo
Com'r. of Pen's
Washington DC

[annotated: 3 121,880]
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[checkmark]
26,379

Geo Ames
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: OVID N.Y. MAY 12]
FREE

Hon. J. Minot
Com'r of Pen's
Washington DC

Nancy Gould
NY 1833
121,880
Additional evidence}

[penciled annotations: No for Serv Mary Johnson 26]
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[underlined] Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 2nd of February 1848 - 
______
State of Vermont
District of Windsor ss.}
________
At Springfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont on this eighth day of July A,D, 1851, personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Windsor, in said County, Nancy Goolds, a resident of Chester, in the County and State aforesaid, aged eight three years and eleven months, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed February 2nd 1848, entitled "an act making further provisions for surviving widow's and Soldiers of the Revolution," That she is the Widow of John Goold Sate(sic) of Chester aforesaid, who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army, That her Husband John Goold was a Pensioner of the United States, in his lifetime, under the Act of June 7th 1832, that she relied upon the evidence now in possession of the War Department, for the Proof of his services, according to the Act of July 1st 1848. that John Goold resided in the Town of Windham, in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, at the time he received his Certificate of Pension, that said Certificate was surrendered in September or October 1850, for the purpose of obtaining the arrears which were due to his decease; that said Certificate was numbered 18865, that he drew fifty four dollars and sixty five cents per annum, during his lifetime.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Goold om the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, seventeen hundred and eighty three in the Town of Walpole State of New Hampshire, that her husband the aforesaid John Goold, died on the 22nd day, of May 1850, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: - at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a Widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension, excepting a declaration which was made before a Magistrate on the 23d day of September 1850, upon which a pension was not granted.
/s/X her mark Nancy Goold
Witnesses, /s/Henry Closson}
/s/David H. Goold}
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year above written.
Before me, /s/Salmon F. Dutton, Judge.
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State of Vermont
District of Windsor ss.} I, Henry Closson, Register of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify that Salmon F. Dutton, before whom the within Declaration of Nancy Goold was sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of said Probate Court, which Court is a Court of Record; and that the signature annexed to the within certification of the oath of the said declarant, purporting to be the signature of the said Salmon F. Dutton, is his own proper and genuine hand writing.
[court seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Springfield, in said District, this eighth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
/s/Henry Closson,
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Chester Vt. October 3d 1850.

Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose to you the Application of Mrs. Nancy Goold, a resident of this Town, Widow of John Goold, who deceased last may. She has already executed the proper Vouchers, for obtaining the arrears of Pension due her husband, which have been forwarded to the Pension Agent of Vermont, together with the Certificate issued to him.
I have drawn her Declaration in accordance with the rules under Act of Feb 2nd 1848, in the book sent to me last year.
If you find it deficient please to inform me, and what course to take, at your earliest convenience.
Your Obt. Servant,
A. E. Prescott Heald.

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington City, D.C.
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14 April 1851
April 24th 1837
E Prescott Heald

Chester Vermont

inquiring into the pension declaration of Nancy Goold

Capt Triplett

Hon S. Foote
Senate US
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Chester Vermont April 14th 1851

Hon. Solomon Foot,
Dear Sir, From the short acquaintance which I formed with you, Last October at Montpelier, I am inclined to ask a small favor of you. - 
On the 25th of September last, I took the Declaration of Mrs. Nancy Goold, Widow of Mr. John Goold, later of Chester, who was a U.S. Pensioner, + who died in May last, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension Certificate for her, which Declaration, I soon after forwarded to J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions; not having received an answer to it, I wrote hm upon the subject again I think in Jany - and have never received any information in regards to the business since. I feel somewhat anxious to know about it, if the communication has never been received at that Department. I should like to know, so as to send a new application, The old Lady feels quite uneasy + frequently sends to know if I have heard anything about her pension.
If it would not trouble you too much, I would esteem it a great favour to have you call at the Pension Office + ascertain whether they have received any thing from me and let me know the result of your inquiries. If so you will very much oblige your sincere Friend and Obt. Serv't 
s/A. E. Prescott Heald
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Chester Vermont Jany. 10th 1851.
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Dear Sir,
About the first of October last, I enclosed to you the Declaration of Widow Nancy Goold, widow of John Goold, Deceased, late a Pensioner, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the At of 1848, upon which I have received no information since.
If it never reached you she would like to know of it, in order to renew her application, if it has, and any lack of proof, please to inform me as soon as convenient.
Respectfully Your Obt. Serv't
/s/Prescott Heald.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[underlined] 121.880
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Ovid N. Y. May 4, 1833

Sir
I inclose 3 bounty land applications all revolutionary service. Nancy Goold, Sally Church Lydia Austion, all duly authenticated
Most respectfully
Your Obt Servt
/s/Arad Joy

Hon L P Waldo
Com'r
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Sally Goold
No. 121,880
Boynton
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Washington D.C. Feb 18, 1856

Sir
Sally Goold a Revolutionary Pensioner + an applicant for bounty land under law of 1855 from Vt No 121,880 widow of John.
From her late husbands declaration, it would seem most probably that a record of his service may be found in Col Niles sooner on the Vermont rolls, 
I beg leave respectfully to refer to those rolls
I am most respectfully Your Obt Servt
/s/Arad Joy

Hon J. MInot
Com'r
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Ovid N. Y. ['April' crossed out] May 18 - 1856

Sir
Since the record evidence restriction has been removed, I beg leave to call for a land warrant for Nancy Gould No, 121,880
I am respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/Arad Joy

Hon J. Minot
Com'r
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Nancy Goold, widow of John
Vt
Act 2 Feb 1848.

Married 1789.
Husband died 22 May 1850
Adm 16 mos 12 days c/eri $54:65 per annum, cover'g 22 May 1851

Montpelier

['A. E.' crossed out] Prescott Heald
Chester, Vt,
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26.379
['Warrant Sent' crossed out]
160
May 24/56
160-26379
Pension
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John. Goold (Jr)

Born March 25, 1760 in Westminster Windham Co Vt, then called Cumberland Co NY + in 1800 he removed to Windham, Windham co when since residing up to 1832 + from which latter place he applied for pension in July 1832 - He died May 22 1850 probably at Chester Vt
Mr. John Goold Jr + ['Mary' crossed out] Nancy Graves Sept 26 1783 at Walpole Chester Co NH + when she applied for pension in Sept 1850 was living in Chester Windham Co Vt aged 83 years age stated July 1851 as 83 years & 11 months
[Enclosed in box: She died July 15,1860] No paper now (July 8-1932) in cl. with this date on it. exists 
In the summer of 1777 he belong'd to the militia com'd by Capt John Salford & on the approach of Genl Burgoyne he was called out out but as [illegible] on Capt Salford declined the comm'd  he was marched under Lt Jabez Perry over the mountain + removed with until after the battle of Bennington (Augt 16.1777) + was absent 6 wks In 1779 he [illegible] march to Rutland where he found Capt Wm. Hutchins, employed building barracks, on guard + scouting parties which were extended upon Lake Champlain until his Gen expired. In latter part of winter 1780 he entered For 9 mos under Capt Jesse Safford + in Maj Ebenezer Allen's detachment of Rangers or "Green Mountain boys"  for the defence of the frontier going to Pittsford (+ adjoining towns) at which place employed in finishing the fort When finished he marched across the mountain to Royalton + then to Bethel occupied in building + garrisoning another Fort, scouting for Indians who it was rumored were threatening an attack until check'd
Seth Goold of Westminster Vt served most of 1780 with him was John
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[letterhead]
MYRA J. TYLER
26 MARSHALL ROAD
YONKERS, N. Y. 
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED MAY 25 1932 PENSION FILES [illegible] RECEIPT SECTION MAY 25 1932

Pension Bureau
War Department
Washington, D. C. 
I am seeking information about a soldier in the American Revolution, named, John Goold (Gould) - her was from Milford, Conn.
Can you give me any in-
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formation as to what company he was with, his rank. etc.?
He also lived in Westminster, Vt. so he might have gone from that state. My information is very incomplete concerning him, but am anxious to get more, to find out some D. A. R. papers - 
Thank you - 
Yours truly, 
/s/Myra J. Tyler
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E. R. Campbell.
3-082.
______
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
______
[receipt stamp: FIRST DEPUTY, COMMISSIONER. JAN 23 1911]

Application No. ______
Widow
Certificate No. 19517
NAME OF SOLDIER, 
John Gould, 
Revolutionary, 
Co. ______ Reg't ______
INFORMATION DESIRED.
Chief Record Div.

Please furnish report as requested and let same come to my desk. Prepare Said report for Signature of the Hon Commissioner, 
/s/Stillwell 
First Deputy Comr.
6-1736
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2-603

['ADDRESS ONLY THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C.' crossed out]
['LETTER NO.' crossed out]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 

Jany. 23d 1911.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:
Please furnish me a statement of the Revolutionary War service of John Goold of Westminster , Vt. 
It will probably be found in connection with Widow's File No. 19,517 for pension of Nancy Goold. 
Respectfully yours, 
/s/C. G. Gould
Room 375, U.S. Patent Office

for C. G. Boise, 
Fargo, N. Dak.
[receipt stamp: FIRST DEPUTY, COMMISSIONER. JAN 23 1911]
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[receipt stamp: FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER U. S. PENSION OFFICE. DEC 13 1909]

Col Kniffen 
Chief Record Division
Please reply through desk. 
Marsh
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[receipt stamp: FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DEC 13 1909]

Washington, D. C., December 13, 1909.

The Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me a certificate of service of John Goold who served during the revolutionary war as a private under Lieutenant Jabez Perry. His widow was pensioned under Wid. File No. 19,517.
Very respectfully, 
/s/C.G. Gould
Room 375 U.S. Patent Office
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John Goold
N. H. Troops
Rev. War
Pensioned. - 
widow
Nancy Graves Goold also pensioned
Widow died in 1862.

Major Chas. G. Gould
Patent Office
Address Major Gould and send to Gen Butterfield S. E. Div.
 ['24 289 Mary Malp' crossed out]
19517 Nancy
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W. 19517
______
Record
[receipt stamp: To Chf ______Div. Action______NOV 6 1909 COMMISSIONER.]
[initials: NV]
For advice through desk.
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3Ples-1901.
______
[receipt stamp: To Chf______Div. Action______NOV 6 1903 COMMISSIONER.]
Office of the Commissioner.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington.

Nov. 6, 1908.

Hon Commissioner of Pensions:
Please furnish me a copy of the record of John Goold during the war of the revolution.
He served in a New Hampshire regiment, entering the service from Westminster Vt. and died in Chester Vt. some time about 1850. Was a pensioner.
In order to identify him it may be stated that he married Nancy Graves of Walpole. N.H. who was also a pensioner after her husbands death. 
Vy respy
/s/C. G. Gould
U.S. Patent Office.
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[receipt stamp: OLD [illegible] & NAVY FILES. OCT 14 1904 [upper left corner: U. upper right corner: S. lower left corner: P. lower right corner: B.]]

Ludlow Vermont
Oct 11 1904

The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear sir:
What will be the cost of a copy of the records in your office, regarding the service of John Goold or Gould of Westminster Vt. somewhere from 1779 to 1780 or 1781 - or later?
This man was Great Great Grandfather of my wife. He was a pensioner we understand.
Goold was original spelling of the name but through some error it became Gould.
A reply by early mail will oblige
Yours Very truly 
/s/W. H. Coffyn
Ludlow Vermont
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE A OCT 13 1904]
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WIDOW, &c.
______
File No. 19517
Nancy Goold widow of John Goold
Pri Rev War
______
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 281

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nov. 3, 1904 - Hist'y to W. H. Coffyn, Ludlow Vt.
______
1908 Nov. 6. Hist. to C. G. Gould. V.L.M.
1909 Dec. 14 Hist. to - C. G. Gould (at request of Mr. Marsh.)
1911 Jan'y 24 Hist. to C. G. Boise V.L.M. (thru C.G. Gould Patent office)
1932 - July 6 - Hist to Miss Myra J. Tyler - MLB.
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January 24, 1911.

Mr. C. G. Boise, 
Fargo, N. Dak.

Sir:
In reply to a letter dated and received the 23" instant, you are ad-
[remainder of letter is covered]
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November 6, 1908.

Mr. C. G. Gould,
U. S. Patent Office,
Washington, D. C. 

Sir:
In reply to your letter dated and received the 6" instant, you are advised that in the claim Wid. File No. 19,517, it appears that John ['Gould' crossed out] Goold was born at Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, (then called Cumberland County, New York) March 25, 1760.
[handwritten margin note: Nov 6 '88]
In the summer of 1777, while a member of the militia company in said Westminster, commanded by Captain John Sessions, he volunteered as a Private under Lieutenant Jabez Perry, and served 6 weeks. In February 1779 he entered Captain William Hutchins company, and served 6 months; and in the latter part of the winter of 1780 he enlisted in Captain Jesse Safford's company, Major Ebenezer Allen's detachment of State troops, rangers, or Green Mountain Boys, and served nine months. He was allowed pension on an application executed July 9,1832 while living in Windham, Windham County, Vermont.
He married at Walpole, New Hampshire, September 26, 1783, Nancy Graves, and died May 22, 1850  place not stated.
The widow was allowed a pension on an application executed September 23, 1850 while a resident of Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, aged 83 years.
Very respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner