Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15753, John Blake, N.H.

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N.H.    Blake, John     S15753

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NH Blake, John S.15753
Carded
No 18440
Vermont
John Blake
of Chitten Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Clements of the
commanded
by Col. Gillman in the N. Hamp Troops
line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31, day of August
1833 and sent to N.B. Haswell
Burlington
Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 10.00
$50.00
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
D. Brown
Vol. 3
Page 53
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John Blake Milton
8441
John Blake Milton Declaration

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I Abiather Borsorian of Newport in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire of the seventy three years ? do testify today that John Blake a Justice ? and resident Ware (Weare), the County of Hillsborough the State of New Hampshire in 1776, now a resident of Milton in the County of Chittendon and State of Vermont enlisted into Capt Clements Company of Hopkinton in the State of New Hampshire in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Nicholas Gilman of said State for the term of six months and met me at Portsmouth in said State and served ? missed with me his term of time out on Great Island so called in the vicinity of said Portsmouth.

Abiathar Borsorian

State of New Hampshire Sullivan 
July 5 1832
Here Abiatha Borsorian personally appeared and under oath that the above instrument by mine signed is last and true before me
N.B. Cutting Justice of the Peace

This may certify that I have been many years aquainted with the above named Borsorian and do say that he is a man of good character for truth and voracity
N.B. Cutting

I Benjamin B. French, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire, do herby certify that Nathaniel B. Cutting, before whom the above deposition was sworn, was at the time of administering said oath a Justice of the Peace and the above signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.  In testimony where of I were unto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court July 16th 1832
R.B. French

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Evins Chance Col Whirten(?)

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Evins Chance

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We the undersigned inhabitants of Milton
in the County of Chittenden
and state of Vermont do hereby declare on oath that we are personally acquainted with John Blake of said Milton, and from our acquainted with him on below him to be of the age of 73, and that he is reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier in the six months service of 1776.

Sworn and and subscribed
this 8th day of August AD

1832 and I hereby certify that the above Deponents are credible witnesses

Eben Huse
Benjamin Simcar
John Bean
Jonathan Blake
Atty. Whittimen Justice of the Peace


STATE OF VERMONT.
Chittenden County, ss.
I Nathan R Starck, Clerk of
Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify
that H G Whittimer Esqr. before whom the annexed Certificate is taken, was at the time thereof, a Justice of the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that I believe his name thereto subscribed, to be his own proper signature.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Burlinton, this 1th day of August A. D. 1832
Nathan B Maxwell

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Revolutionary Claims.
STATE OF VERMONT.
Chittenden County, SS.
On this seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the
Honorable County Court for the County of Chittenden, now sitting, John Blake a resident of Milton in the County of Chittenden
and State of Vermont, aged Seventy three 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 the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I enlisted to the best of my recollection in May
1776 for six months into Captain Timothy Clements company in Col Nicholas Gillmans Regiment of New Hampshire troops, and served out the full period of six months
while in said service I was stationed on the great Island near the mouth of Piscataqua River, where we built a Fort.
I was born at SeaBrook New Hampshire
in the year 1759. I have no record of my age, except the one in my Bible, which was recorded from my Parents.

when I entered the service I lived in Ware New Hampshire since the Revolution I have
lived in Ware till about ten years since, when I
remove to Milton where I now live.-
I do not matter of receiving a Discharge
if I did it is lost

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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.
/s/X his mark John Blake
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid,} Before /s/Nathan B Haswell Clerk
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, - And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that [blank] who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of [blank] are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest
/s/Eli Brownson
/s/John VanSicklen} Judges of Chittenden County Court
STATE OF VERMONT,
Chittenden County, ss.} I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of the Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Blake for a Pension.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17 day of August A.D. 1832.
/s/Nathan B. Haswell

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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.
/s/X his mark John Blake
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid,} Before /s/Nathan B Haswell Clerk
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, - And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that [blank] who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of [blank] are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Attest
/s/Eli Brownson
/s/John VanSicklen} Judges of Chittenden County Court
STATE OF VERMONT,
Chittenden County, ss.} I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of the Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Blake for a Pension.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17 day of August A.D. 1832. 
/s/Nathan B. Haswell

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County} I hereby certify that the papers hereto attached and marked from A. to D. are the same documents heretofore forwarded the Pension office to substantiate the declaration of John Blake, and that since their return from the Pension Office, the document marked additional No. 1. has been added 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Chittenden County Court this 10th day of July Ad 1833
/s/Nathan B Haswell

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County} Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Chittenden County, John Blake of Milton, to me known as the same John Blake who made his declaration before the Honorable Chittenden County Court on the 17thd day of August AD 1832 who being duly sworn doth make the following additional declaration, - that since his papers have been returned from the Pension Office, he has made diligent inquiry to find some of his brother soldiers who served with him, - but is unable to procure any further testimony - he says the probable reason of his not being found on the Roll of Capt Clements is, - that when he and others engaged, it was for six months, and he thinks no Roll was made up for the six months men - at the end of the six months, - great effort was made to enlist the men whose time out, for six months more, making a year and that the Roll which is returned, does not include the first six months men; - but he does state in the most positive and unequivocal manner, that he enlisted for six months and served out the full time of his enlistment, but by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not state positively as to the precise day he enlisted, ['and' crossed out] or the day he was discharged or dismissed 
/s/John Blake
Sworn and subscribed this 10th day of July AD 1833. and I hereby certify that the above named John Blake is a credible person
Before me /s/Nathan B Haswell Justice of the Peace

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County} I Nathan B Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Nathan B Haswell Esqr before whom the within declaration is taken is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this state, and that his name thereto subscribed is  his own proper signature.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 10th day of July A.D. 1833
/s/Nathan B Haswell

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P 15753
INVALID.  [initials: own]
File No. 15,753
John Blake Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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No 8441
John Blake
Admit 6 mos $20
N B Haswell 
Burlington Vt

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Blake [handwritten signature] which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned 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?

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [handwritten response] not found on the rolls _ [illegible]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [handwritten] No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [handwritten] not any

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; Fo [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
↕QUERE XVI. 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.
⇨ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany papers. 
[margin note: Claimant name not appearing on the rolls of Capt Clements Company he is required to produce proof mentioned in quere 14]