Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15869, Chauncey Graves, Vt.

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3-1776
Service        

Graves Chauncey or
Chancy

Number
S15869

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17-274
Vermont
Chauncey Graves

Chittenden Co in the State of Vermont
He was a Private in the company commanded
Captain __________ of the rest commanded
Col Warner in the Vt [illegible] for 10 mo

Inscribed on the roll of Vermont the rate of 33 dollars 33 cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 14th day of Augt. 1833 and [illegible]
N. B. Haswell Burlington

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $66.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept  16.66
$83.32

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

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol. 3 Page 66

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A
Revolutionary Claims

State of Vermont
Chittenden County  ??

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 Chauncey Graves a resident of Underhill in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged Seventy 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 in April 1778 into Captain Thomas Sawyers Company in Col. Seth Warners Regiment of Vermont Troops for seven months, and served out the full time for which I enlisted.  I was discharged at Rutland Vermont    In June 1779 troops were called for to fill Warners Regiment and I again enlisted into Captain Allens Company in Col Warners 
Regiment for three months served the full period of three months and was discharged at Pittsford Fort, - I do not recollect whether I received written discharges or whether [illegible] men only dismissed. - Col. Warner  was wounded and in 1778 the regiment was commanded by Major Whitcomb, and in that year I assisted in building a fort at Rutland and in 1779 I assisted in building the fort at Pittsford

I was born in Waterbury now called Watertown Connecticut in the year 1762 - I have no record of my age

At the time I entered the service I lived in Rutland, Vermont - Since the Revolution I have lived in Salisbury VT sixteen years and for the last thirty years I have lived in Underhill*

Chany Graves
Sworn and subscribed  the day and year aforesaid Before
Nathan B. Maswell Clerk

[left margin] * He hereby relinquishes every claim to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any state. [/left margin]

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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.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Chancy Graves 
signed May 27 1833 in ?
Nathan B Maswell 
Clerk of Chittenden Co

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, - And the court further certify, that it appears to the that Wm Barny  John H Tower  Henry Oaks   who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of Underhill are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.

Attest Eli Brownson   John Van Sicklen Judges of Chittenden County Court

State of Vermont
Chittenden County, ss

I Nathan B Maxwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Chauncy Graves for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of August A.D. 1832
Nathan B Maswell

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6457 
Chauncey Graves

10 mo's
33.33

N B Haswell
Burlington

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War Department
Pension Office
April 27 1833

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7,1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with braces (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 Chauncey Graves of Underhill, Vt

Period when service was rendered  
1778  - 7 months
1779  - 3 months
 total    10     

Making in all 10 months       

Private, Col Warners Regt Vt ?. 
Age at present  70 years old -  when I enlisted the service I lived in Rutland, Vt  
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Nathan Sprague
Benajah G. Roots
Dispositions

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

? Chauncey Graves

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: The Regular Troops. 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, muscicians 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.
See Certify
County of
On this A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before of
and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with and served in the
(e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which 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    Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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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. of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and  subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C.D. residing in (the same) who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier  of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of   for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
en, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 sub-
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 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.
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
┃ 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.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for nat
conform to the rule The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language as definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the on 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 the case of meat swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
better than the periods mentioned here, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and served as 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 in the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the mutin, without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of  engagement
the part he place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent and
thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the same during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always rendered.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has not 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 conwins the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certficate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which men 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.
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
ting the manner of his leaving the same, as well
(
as the regiment, company and the to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
tionary eviispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the decision.

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Heirs of Chauncy Graves
Vermont Power
Probably act of June 7, 1832
Admitted [illegible]

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State of Vermont   County of Chittenden
On this 20th day of 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Ira Graves a resident of the town of Underhill in said County aged Sixty
years and made oath according to law that he is directly interested in a claim against the United States for certain arrears of
or increase of pension, supposed to be due to Chauncey Graves and he hereby appoints J. DOUGLAS WOODWARD, Counsellor at Law, of Plattsburg, N. Y., his Attorney to prosecute
said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, to the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for any arrears for increase of pension to which Deponent may be united, and all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears or increase of pension and half pay for life  Deponent might or could do, were the personally present at the doing thereof; and he hereby revoke all former powers if any inconsistent with the above, and
authorize his said Attorney to appoint Attorneys, one or more, under him, for any or all the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney or those appointed under him shall law fully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set his hand
and seal the day and year first above written in
the presence of
A. J. by Samson    }  Ira Graves  [L.S.]
William Hamphrey

Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
D. C. Henley, Justice Peace

State of Vermont County of Chittenden SS. I, the subscriber, Clerk of said County, certify that D. C. Humphry before whom the above affidavit and Power was sworn and        acknowledged on the 20th day of December 1853 was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified, and that I verily believe his signature above written to be genuine; and I have no interest in the result of the claim to which the foregoing paper relates
, and am not concerned in its prosecution. Witness my hand and official seal at Burlington
in said County this Twenty second day of December 1853
213, Adams Clerk

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.__________19___
S.F.15869
In reply to your request of  ------, received
for a statement of the military history of Chauncey Graves 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr 1778
June  1779

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
7 mos
3 mos
RANK.
Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Thomas Sawyer
Allen
COLONEL. Seth Warner
1850
STATE.
VT
Battles engaged in,_______
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rutland, Vermont
Date of application for pension, Aug 17 1832 (illegible) was (illegible)
Residence at date of application, Underhill Chittenden Co. Vt
Age at date of application, born in 1762 at Walathary, Conn
Remarks: there is no data in the file as to his family 
No relation states of Ira Graves so I have  omitted
Respectfully,              
                 Commissioner
This man has mixed  service up see his references in VT archives 
 he was in Warner's continental Regt but in the provisioncial troops of VT which Warner often commanded instead of a general

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[left side of page] 
15. 869
INVALID.
No. 15869
Chauncey Graves
Pri  Rev  War
---
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:--Vol. 1 Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side of page]
1919 Jany 27 Hist. to Audley C. Cobe
Letter in S.2814 Israel Mead

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I, Bennajah G Root ofUnderhill in the County
of Chilton and State of Vermont do testify and say
that he and Chancy Graves of the aforesaid [illegible] Served together as soldiers in the service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain
that he knows Chancy Graves to have been a Soldier under
Captain Sawyer in Collonell [sic] Warners Regiment and in Colonel
and Herricks regiment of Rangers both in Pelford
And Rutland in Vermont that Nathaniell Blanchard
was Lieutenant of the same lcore [corps] and I know him
to have so served for at least a term of Nine month
and was present and assisted in building Both forts
One in Pitford and Rutland and I believe the
said Graves to be about Seventy one years of
age and I am Seventy five
Bennajah Spinney X his mark
Sworn and subscribed May 25th 1833
I hereby Certify that on this day the above named
Bennajah G Roots Personally appeared before
the subscribing authority and being duly
Cautioned made Solemn Oath that the above ┃
Statement preceding his name is true
and I hereby certify that the above named
Bennajah G. Bout is a credible witness and in
Good Standing in society.
before me William Barney Justice of the peace

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I, Nathan B. Maswell
Chittenden County Court
hereby certify that William Berney 
Esquire before whom the within deposition 
was taken at the time thereof
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. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my name and affixed the seal
of
said Court
at Burlington this 5th day of June AD
1833
Nathan B. Maswell

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Additional No 2
I Phinehas Kingsley Kingsley a Clergymen residing in Underhill in the County of Chittenden do hereby certify on oath that I am well acquainted with with Chauncy Graves of Underhill, who made his declaration before the Honorable Court for Chittenden County on the 17th day of August for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the act of Congress
June 7, 1832 and I believe him be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion
Phinehas Kingsley
Sworn and subscribed this 25 day of May AD 1833 and I hereby certify that the above
named Phinehas Kingsley is a credible
witness and that he is a Clergyman in regular standing
Before me
William Barney  Justice of the Peace

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State of Vermont    }
Chittenden County }

I Nathan B. Maswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that William Barney Esqr before whom the within certificate is given 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.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 5th day of June A.D. 1833
Nathan B. Maswell

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ⎬ Personally appeared before
me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for
Chittenden County, Chauncy Graves to me Known as the person who made his declaration
before the Honorable Chittenden County Court
on the 17th day of August 1832 for the
purpose of obtaining a Pension under the
act of Congress of June 7, 1832, who him
duly sworn
doth depose and say that
by reason of old age and the consequent loss of
memory he cannot swear positively as to the
time he entered and the precise time he was dismissed from service but according to the best of his
recollection he served not less then the periods mentioned below and in the following grade
for seven months in the year 1778 as a private
For three months in the year 1779 as a private
and for such service I claim a pension, it is not
in my power to procure any other documentery proof
than what accompanies this Declaration
Chauncy Graves
Sworn and returned this 27th day of May AD 1833
And I hereby certify that the
above deponent is a credible person.
Before me
Nathan B. Haswell Justice of the peace

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan B. Maswell
Clerk of Chittenden County
Court do hereby certify that
Nathan B Maswell esquire
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
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 5th 
day of June AD 1833
Nathan B. Maxwell

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I hereby certify that the papers
hereto attached and marked
A B. C and D. are
the
original documents heretofore
forwarded to the Pension Office
to substantiate the claim of
Chauncy Graves to a pension
and that since their return from
the Pension office the Documents marked Number
1. 2. And 3. have been added, and that said
Graves also signed his name relinquished his claim
to all pensions, etc. except the one claimed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Burlington this 5th day of
June AD 1833
Nathan B Maswell Clerk

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Number 647
Chauncy Graves Revolutionary War
10 months

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Underhill July 19th 1832
To whom it may Concern we the  the subscribers Certify
that the bearer hereof Chancy Graves has been an Inhabitant of this Town(where we likewise reside) for many years
More than twenty and with him we have constant
Intercourse and dealings.
That he has her maintained the Reputation (and as
we believe Justly) of an honest industrious, Sober
peaceable inhabitant
and that his reputation is without blemish.
William Barney Justice of the peace
John H. Tower Town Clerk
Henry Oakes P.M.
In addition to the above certificate be further
state that we believe the said Chauncey Groves is seventy
years of age and that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier.
William Barney
John H. Tower
Henry Oakes
The above sworn and subscribed to this [illegible] day of ___AD 1832 before me
J. Barney Justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT
Chittenden County, SS.
Nathan B Haswell Clerk of
Chittenden, County Court, do hereby certify
That J. Barney Esquire
before whom the annexed Affidavit 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 Burlington, this 18th day of August A. D. 1831
Nathan B. Maxwell

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Nathan Sprague
affidavit
Chauncy Graves 
Underhill
Declaration

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I, Nathan Sprague of Lawfull [sic] age deposed
say that in the month of aprill [sic] in the year of our
Lord 1778 I entered the Continental service with
Chauncy Graves now resident in the Town of Underhill in the County of Chittenden and State of
Vermont that he the said Chauncy [illegible]
with me in the Continental Service as
Soldier and did do the duty of Soldier in Colonel 
Warms Regiment of continentals and in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Sawyer
and I am knowing that he the lsaid Chauncy
Graves did then and thereof the duty of a soldier 
as aforesaid for the Term of nine 
months and the deponent further Saith not
Nathan Sprague X his mark
Edward Parker X his mark
State of Vermont Wm Banns
Chittenden County
at Underhill on the 8th day of
July AD 1832 Nathan Sprague the subscriber
to the forgoing affidavit personally appeared
before me the subscribing authority and being
duly Cautioned made Solemn oath that the above
and forgoing deposition by him [illegible]
was the truth the whole truth and nothing
but the truth
Attest William Barney Justice of the peace
Mr. Sprague is on the Pension Roll

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County Ss
I, Nathan B. Maswell  Clerk of Chittenden County Court
Do hereby certify
that William Barney
Esquire before whom the within deposition 
was taken was at the time thereof
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
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of aforesaid Court at Burlington this 3d day of August
AD 1832 
Nathan B Maswell