Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,423, Jarad Farrand, Continental Vt.

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Continental  Farrand, Jarad   S15,423
Vt.   B.L.Wt. 26127-160-55

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Farrand, Jarod
(Cont., Vt.)
S-15423

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[verso]
[illegible] 17.272 + ['Vermont' crossed out]
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Jarad Farrand [illegible] in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col. Warner in the Vt ma line for 2 yr. [illegible]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence om the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Augt. 1833 and sent to N. B. Haswell Burlington
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept  40.00
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200.00
[receipt stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} recorded by W. K. Williams Clerk 
Book E Vol. 3. Page 14

[recto]
[illegible] Nov. 22 1834
[illegible] Dudley Baldwin, July 15. 1835 - 
To Ohio Pittsburgh from 4 March 1834 - July 7 '35
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B. P. Ensign Apl 7, 1853
A. G. Hopkins Sr June 2d/59.
[margin note: July [illegible] 58 - no 48891]

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Revolutionary Claims.
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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, Jared Farrand a resident of Essex in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, 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 the service of the United States under the following named officers, as and served as herein stated.
I enlisted in Bennington Vt in February 1777 into Captain Joseph Saffords Company in Col. Seth Warners Regt. for ten months, and served out the full period of my enlistment and was dismissed at Bennington. 
On the 13th day of April 1778 I again enlisted at Bennington for four months, I do not recollect the name of the Captain Stephen Pearl was Lieutenant and commanded at the time, I continued in the service until December following having been determined by my own count over my enlistment on this term I was out about eight months, I was dismissed at Pittsford Fort.
In January 1778 I enlisted into Captain Haynes Company in Col. Walbridge Regt as a minute man and was out on several alarms, I enlisted for nine months and served out the full period of any entitlement, I was in the Battle of Bennington in 1777 and was out on numerous scouting parties, and was frequently at Castleton and Pittsford Forts - In 1778 we had constant alarms and we were engaged in [illegible] Tories and the enemy.
I was born in Norwich Conn November 18, 1764, I knew of no one who can testify to my services. When I first enter the service I lived

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in Bennington Vermont, since the Revolution I have lived the principal part of  my time in Vermont, and for the last Forty years I have lived with the duration of two years in Essex, my present place of residence. I do not recollect ever receiving a written discharge.*
/s/Jarad Farrand

* 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 to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid} Before /s/Nathan B Marwell Clerk
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 them, that Chester Ingraham, Martin Chittenden, Truman Chittenden and Solomon Baker who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of Williston + Essex are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. and that Chester Ingraham is a Clergyman in good standing 
Attest /s/Eli Brownson
/s/ John Van Sickler Jr. } Judges of Chittenden County Court
STATE OF VERMONT,
Chittenden County, ss.} I Nathan B. Marwell 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 Jarad Farrand for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17th day of August A. D. 1832.
/s/Nathan B. Marwell

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6454
Jared Farrand
2 years
$80-
NB Harwell
Burlington

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, April 27th, 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 tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will fin 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 Jared Farrand of Essex
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[column headings: Period when 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.|]
1777|( - |10| - )|private| Col. Warners Regt Vt. troops - |72 years of age|frontier service, can|
1778|( - |8|[blank])|[blank]|Col Walbridge|when I entered the|not obtain any living witness|
1778+9|([blank]|9|[blank])|[blank]|service I lived in Bennington|[blank]|
[blank]|(2|3|0)|blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|

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

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

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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.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties. which the Court is herein requested to perform;
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇨The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[handwritten note: Belonging to militia or minutemen gives us claim service was performed.]

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additional No 1
State of Vermont
Chittenden County} Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Chittenden County, Jared Farrand of Essex in the County of Chittenden to me known as the same person who made his declaration before the Honorable Chittenden County Court on the 17th day of August AD 1832, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 who being duly sworn doth depose and say that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, and the ['periods' crossed out] dates of commencement + Dismission, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades.
For Ten months in the year 1777 as private
For Eight months in the year 1778 as private
For nine months in the years of 1778 & 1779 as private, making in all twenty seven months as a private for which I claim a Pension, - It is not in my power to provide any documentary ['proof' crossed out] of my said services or the testimony of living witnesses.
In 1777, I lived in Bennington Vermont and according to the best of my recollection I enlisted in February into Captain Joseph Saffords Company in Col Seth Warners Regiment of Green Mountain Boys

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as they were then called, from Bennington we marched to Castleton, from thence to Pittsford, at both places Forts were built, I continued in the service, and we were constantly engaged in scouting parties. until August when an alarm came. - and we marched immediately to Bennington and I arrived there and was in that Battle on the 16th of August - after the Battle I went to guard the prisoners, - we ['landed and' crossed out] marched ['thence to' crossed out] and landed there at Bennington resting there, - and from thence I went with others as far as Williamstown (Map) - after which I returned, - and I think the prisoners were ordered to Springfield I recollect that Gen. Stark of New Hampshire commanded,
In 1778 - and 1779 - our employment was in scouting parties, guarding the frontiers and watching the Tories + Indians. Major Gideon Brownson I think was the commander. - My companions of those days are dead, and I do not know that I can produce any documentary evidence of my services or testimony from any living person
I think I received discharges for any  services in 1777 and 1778, but if so the same have been destroyed or lost.
/s/Jarad Farrand
Sworn and subscribed this 25th day of May AD 1833 and I hereby certify that the above named Jared Farrand is a credible witness 
Before me /s/Nathan B. Marwell Justice Peace

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County} 
[court seal affixed] I Nathan B. Marwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Nathan B. Marwell Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration 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 said Court at Burlington this 5th day of June AD 1833
/s/Nathan B. Marwell

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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension's
Washington City D.C.

Vermont
to
Ohio [illegible]

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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension's
Washington City D.C.

Vermont
to
Ohio [illegible]

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County of Cuyahoga S. S. On this 21st day of October 1834, before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the Said County of Cuyahoga, personally appeared ['Jacob' crossed out] Jarad Farrand who on his Oath declares that he is the Same Person. who formerly belonged to the Company, Commanded by Captain Safford, in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Warner in the Service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Vermont, - from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Ohio, where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Vermont to Ohio, (Pittsburg Agency) His Three sons and three daughters having removed from Vermont to Ohio, he followed them, in hopes of bettering his condition. - 
/s/Jarad Farrand
Sworn and Subscribed to, before me the day and year aforesaid} /s/Geo Hoadly Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County} ss. Oct. 21, 1834 - I George Hoadly, a Magistrate in the County above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz - the affidavit of Sheldon Smith and Josiah Chase whose veracity my be depended upon, that Jared Farrand, who has this day appeared before me to take the Oath of Identity is the identical person named in the Pension Certificate, which he has exhibited before me numbered 17.272, and bearing date at the War Office the 14th day of August 1833 - Given under my hand the day and year above written - at Cleveland.
The word "Jacob" was erased, and "Jared" inserted before Signing - 
/s/Geo Hoadly Justice of the Peace

Mr. Farrand has been in this County about five Months, he drew his last money in Vermont, on the 4th of March last Dudley Baldwin

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The State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County ss.} 
[court seal affixed] I Harvey Rice Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that George Hoadley Esq. before whom and by whom the within proceedings were had and certificate made, was on the 21st day of October A.D. 1834, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the township of Cleveland in said County of Cuyahoga, duly commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given - .
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Cleveland, in said County, this 23d day of October A.D. 1834 - 
/s/Harvey Rice Clerk

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Mr. J.L.Edwards
Sir, Enclosed you will receive Mr Nathanl
Andrews' Transfer received sometime Since, by it you will perceive
he is now on the roll of the Ohio Agency.  By some negligence of ours
in making out Mr Andrews' application for a transfer from New York
we did not mention our being within the Ohio Pittsburg Agency, which we supp
to be the reason of his being placed on the Ohio Agency-
He desires his name placed on the Ohio Pittsburg Agency, from
and after the 4th of March 1834

Most Respectfully, I am Sir
Your Obt Servant
Dudley Baldwin
Cleveland Oct 22 1834

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48891 Act Mar 3/55
Apl 7/55
Jarad Farrand
Jarad Farrand Private
Capt. Joseph Stafford
Col. W Warner
Enl 1776 [illegible]
Dis. 1778 [illegible]
revolutionary War
Revolut [illegible] Pensioner
Ohio June [illegible] m 17272
Boynton
av: 160 [illegible] May 17/56
Boynton

Cir. B.P. Ensign Sept 15/55
[illegible]

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State of Ohio
COUNTY OF Cuyahoga }ss.
On this third day of April 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the said County and State aforesaid, Jarad Farrand aged Ninety five years, a resident of Middleburgh in the County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, who, being duly sworn, according to law, declares that he is the identical Jarad Farrand who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Safford Lieutenant [blank] Colonel Warner Warner's Major Brunson in the [blank] Regiment of infantry in the war with Great Britain knows as the War of the Revolution - that he entered service at - Bennington State of Vermont on the [blank] day of [blank] 1876, for the term of Six months, Second Enlistment nine months third Enlistment Eleven months and continued in actual service for the period of about two years and two months During said service he was at the Battle of Benington Stillwater &c + saw Burgoyne surrender his sword
He was honorably discharged at Benington Vermont on or about the [blank] day of as deponent believes 1878. having performed actual service in said Captain Joseph Safford + other capt's Company's of at least two years and and two months
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled, under the act of Congress passed 3d March 1855
He also declared that he has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land, under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor;
For said service I received pay from Paymasters name not now remembered
My discharge was signed by Major Brunson, but was burnt when my shot was 
B. P. ENSIGN, of Cleveland, Ohio, is hereby appointed my Attorney, to receive the Land Warrant due me. Deponent further declares that he only received Eighty dollars per year ['month' crossed out] as his pension money and that when in the army he was paid Eight dollars per month he now declares for the purpose of obtaining the back pension that may be due him as well as the increas'g of his present pention to the full amount that may be due him under the various acts of Congress pertaining thereto.
/s/Jarad Farrand
We, B. P. Ensign and Stephen Jordan Jr. residents of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jarad ['Farrand in our presence' obscured] and that we believe, from the appearance and statements ['of the applicant, that he is the identical person that he represents himself to be. 
/s/B.P. Ensign
/s/Stephen Jordan Jr' obscured] 

The State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County, ss.} I, JOHN BARR, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County do hereby Certify, that Erastus Smith before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, and who has hereunto subscribed his name officially, in his own hand writing, was at the date of the said affidavit + declaration and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said Cuyahoga County, authorized by the laws of the State of Ohio, to take acknowledgments as aforesaid, and duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts, full faith and credit are due, and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Ohio.
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Cleveland, this 3, day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
/s/John Barr Clerk.
By [blank] Deputy Clerk.

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State of Ohio
COUNTY OF Cuyahoga }ss.
On this third day of April 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the said County and State aforesaid, Jarad Farrand aged Ninety five years, a resident of Middleburgh in the County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, who, being duly sworn, according to law, declares that he is the identical Jarad Farrand who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Safford Lieutenant [blank] Colonel Warner Warner's Major Brunson in the [blank] Regiment of infantry in the war with Great Britain knows as the War of the Revolution - that he entered service at - Bennington State of Vermont on the [blank] day of [blank] 1876, for the term of Six months, Second Enlistment nine months third Enlistment Eleven months and continued in actual service for the period of about two years and two months During said service he was at the Battle of Benington Stillwater &c + saw Burgoyne surrender his sword
He was honorably discharged at Benington Vermont on or about the [blank] day of as deponent believes 1878. having performed actual service in said Captain Joseph Safford + other capt's Company's of at least two years and and two months
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled, under the act of Congress passed 3d March 1855
He also declared that he has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land, under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor;
For said service I received pay from Paymasters name not now remembered
My discharge was signed by Major Brunson, but was burnt when my shot was
B. P. ENSIGN, of Cleveland, Ohio, is hereby appointed my Attorney, to receive the Land Warrant due me. Deponent further declares that he only received Eighty dollars per year ['month' crossed out] as his pension money and that when in the army he was paid Eight dollars per month he now declares for the purpose of obtaining the back pension that may be due him as well as the increas'g of his present pention to the full amount that may be due him under the various acts of Congress pertaining thereto.
/s/Jarad Farrand
We, B. P. Ensign and Stephen Jordan Jr. residents of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jarad Farrand in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person that he represents himself to be. 
/s/B.P. Ensign
/s/Stephen Jordan Jr

The foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavit, were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that the affiants are credible persons, and that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
/s/Erastus Smith Justice of the Peace.
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[obscured] did you, [obscured] written discharge say so; if you have , state what became of it. [obscured] Notary Public, or other Officer authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, can swear the applicant [obscured] a certificate from the County Clerk, under his seal of office, certifying that the Officer is an Officer as he rep- [obscured]

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[illegible] Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with law
of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Jarard
Farrand of the State of Vermont who was a
Private in the Revolutionary war, is entitled
to receive Eighty dollars and - cents per
annum during his natural life commencing
on the 4th day of March 1831 and payable semi-annually
on the 4th March and 4th of September sir every
year
Given at the war office of the United
States this Fourteenth day of August
one thousand eight hundred and
thirty three

Signed Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and
countersigned

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
[illegible] to from the Rolls of Vermont to those of Ohio
Pittsburgh July 27th 1833 to take effect the 4th March 1834

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The State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County ss}

I hereby certify that the within is a [illegible]
& true copy of the original Revolution Pension Certificate as Examined by me this 3rd day of April AD 1855-
/s/Erastus Smith Justice of Peace
in & for said County -

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for a statement of the military history of Jarad Farrand a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ['(or his widow's)' crossed out application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 15423
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[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE|
Feb. 1777|10 mos|Pri.|(Joseph Safford|Seth Warner)|Continental|
Apr. 13, 1778.|8 " | " |(Lieut. Stephen Pearl| - )|Vt.|
1778 + 1779|9 " |[blank]|(Haynes|Walbridge)| " |
[end of table]
Battles engaged in, Battle of Bennington; Stillwater.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bennington, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Essex Chittenden Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, B. at Norwich, Conn. Nov. 18, 1764.
Remarks: His claim was allowed, and in 1834 he followed his three sons and three daughters (no names stated) to the state of Ohio. In 1855, he was a resident of Middleburgh, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio (For translation is complete.

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Explanation Claim No 48 891
Hon J Minot
Comm of Pensions
Washington
DC

On Side:
48891
Jared Farrand
Ohio [illegible]
26127
Boynton
Revolutionary
26127
160

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26127
[illegible]

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Hon J Minot
Com Pensions
Washington
DC

On side:
48891
Jarard Farrand
Ohio  [illegible] 32-17272
Boynton

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15423
INVALID.
File No. 15423
Jarad Jarand
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1908 Sep 4, History to
Mrs. Stella M Jacbi, 2201 E 86 St
Cleveland, Ohio. For monument [illegible]
Letter with S.F. 42398 Timothy
Eggleston

1915 Jan 16. History to
Mrs. Mary L. Richards. Banks
1915 Feb. 17 to above
Relative to soldiers age-
To and from date of death.

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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

On Side:  
Burdine
1 July 1835

Upside down:
[illegible] July 10 1833
Jared Farrand

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[handwritten letter]
Cleveland O. June 29, 1835

J. L. Edwards Esqr.

Dear Sir - Last fall, I sent to you for Nathaniel  Andrews, + Jared Farrand, their application, for transfer of Pensions. You wrote me in January that there would be "new orders taken" respecting transfer - that until then none could be granted, under the idea that they would soon be attended to, I have refrained from writing - although supposedly urged by the old fellows - and indeed sir Mr. Farrand very much needs his pension - he had bargained for some land depending on his money to pay and unless he soon gets his money, he must forfeit his land - Mr Andrews draws but little, and that little will hardly reach him unless it comes soon - 
With respect I remain your very Obt. Servant
/s/Dudley Baldwin
[margin note: + has he transf'd?]

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48891
Revs [illegible]
He is in the receipt of
a pension at $80 a year
[illegible] the Act of 1832

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[handwritten letter]

Cleveland 4th April 1833
Honorable L. P. Waldo
Com Pensions
Washington}
Dr sir
Enclosed herein the declaration of Jarad Farrand a Revolutionary soldier for Land Bounty Also for an increase of pension + the arrears of pension.
When he was in the army he drew Eighty dollars per year Is he not entitled to full pension
Very Respectfully
/s/B. P. Ensign

NB A certifyed copy of his pension certificate is also herewith enclosed
BPE

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Hon. JP Waldo
Com Pensions
Washington
D.C.

48891

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[letterhead] Banking and Exchange Office of G. F. LEWIS, No. 5 Superior Street, next door to Commercial Bank.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 23 1856

Hon J. Minot Comm'r of Pensions

Sir
Pleas to cause Jared Farrand Land Warrant to be issued immediately 
The claim is No 48891 was suspended for want of Reccord evidence The old man is very feeble is a Revolutionary Soldier is drawing a pension for Revolutionary Service at this Cleveland agency.
Very Respectfully
/s/G F Lewis
If it ever does the old man any good it should be issued soon -

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County}
[court seal affixed] I hereby certify that the papers hereto attached marked A B + C. are the same documents which were originally forwarded to the Pension office to substantiate the Declaration of Jarad Farrand of Essex, and that since their return there has been added the additional documents marked No 1.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 5th day of June A. D. 1833
/s/Nathan B. Haswell Clerk

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B
The undersigned hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jared Farrand now residing in Essex, that we believe him to be Sixty Eight years old, 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.
/s/M. Chittenden
/s/Truman Chittenden
/s/Solomon Boken

Sworn & subscribed at Willison this 13th day of August 1832} /s/Chester Ingraham Minister of the Gospel
Before me /s/Geo B. Manser Just_Peace

STATE OF VERMONT,
Chittenden County, ss.} I Nathan B Haswell Clerk of Chittenden county Court, do hereby certify that, Geo Bellanser Esqr. 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. 1832.

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Jared Farrand
Mo 6454

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[handwritten letter]

Cleveland 22d Sept 1835

Dear sir
Your letter of the 15th inst informed me that the case of Jarad Farrand No 48,841 for Land Bounty under act 3d March 1835 has be examined + suspended on account of the revolutionary service of said applicant not appering of record in the office of the Vermont Service and that record evidence of said service must be produced before clame can be favourably considered, If you will again look over your files in this case you will find that when I Sent the soldiers declaration I also sent ( in the same envelope) a certified copy of his pension certificate + the legal county voucher of the Genuineness of the officers signature - Should such evidence upon carefull examination be finally rejected pray inform md what is valid. On the 4 of this month I went with the Old Man to the Cleveland agency and drew his Pension then must be an error. pleas correct
Very 
/s/B. P. Ensign

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[handwritten letter]

Cleveland, O, May 14, 1859.

Geo C. Whitney Esq;
Dear Sir, 
I wish to inquire of you as Com. of Pensions, whether the land warrant ['of' crossed out] due Daniel L. Gallup., who served one year in the Mexican War, has ever been taken out?
Also if it has been taken out, & desire to know when & by whom?
Said Gallup enlisted at Newark, O. in Capt. Stoddard's company.
I wish further to inquire relative to Lyman Farrand, who enlisted in

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[handwritten letter]

The American army at Sandy Hill, NY. in 1812. He was in Gen. McCombs army; the captain's name is not known. Is his name on the army roll of the year? And if so, what steps are necessary to secure the land warrant due him?
I wish finally to inquire relative to Jared Farrand, a Revolutionary soldier, whose pension certificate is dated Aug. 14, 1833, & signed by Lewis Cass, entitling said Farrand to $80. per year.
Is $80 all he is entitled to? This man is now 100 yrs old.

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[handwritten letter]
An early answer to the above inquiries will
be gratefully received
Very truly,
Your obt servt,
/s/A.G. Hopkinson

[receipt stamp: PENSION OFFICE MAY 19 1859]

GC Whiting, Esq
Com Pensions,
answ'd May 28th, as to cases of Gallup
& Lyman Ferrand and referred to
for answer as to case of Jared
Farrand,

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Chehalis, Wash. Jan. 10, '15
To the
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-  Will you kindly
send me a full copy of the 
pension record of Jared
Farrand, my fr-frandfather,
who served in Capt. Joe
Safford's Company of
Vermont troops; & who 
died a pensioner, in
Middleburg, Ohio, June 28,
1862, aged 105 (or 107)

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Thanking you in advance
for your courtesy
I am
Very Truly Yours-
Mrs. Mary Louise Richards-Banks
Chehalis-
Wash-
Box 355.

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Rev Ser

P.O. Box 355.
Chehalis, Wash. Feb. 9. 1915

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- Pardon me for
troubling you again with regard
to the pension record of
Jared Farrand
Recently I requested a copy 
of said record; I have rec'd
from your office a record, as 
per request, but I feel 
almost certain that a mis-
take was made by the 
clerk who copied it, as

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the date of birth given is quite
at variance with all other dates
previously known by me.  [illegible]
date given is Nov. 18, 1764 (at
Norwich, Connecticut.)
Other records in my possession
say that he died in 1862 aged
105, his birthdate being given as
1757.  and even that does not
quite tally with family
tradition which says he was
at death 107 years of age.
[illegible] Pension Record previously
mentioned gives no date of
death at all.  Is it too much
to ask that you will kindly
ascertain whether some one has
made a mistake?
Thanking you most [illegible] for
your very great courtesy past present
& future  I am very truly yours
Mrs. Mary Louise Richards-Banks
Member D.A.R. , Nat. no. 107556   (over)

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I am retaining the said "Record" since it gives the various enlistments of the said Jared Farrand.
/s/Mrs. Banks.

[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. O FEB 15 1915]

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[typewritten letter]

[initials: T.W.]
Rev. War Section.

February 17, 1915.

Mrs. M. L. R. Banks, 
P. O. Box No. 355,
Chehalis, Washington.

Madam: - 

In response to your letter of the ninth instant, you are advised that in the claim of Jarad Farrand, S. File No 15,423, Rev. War, the soldier stated in his application for pension, under oath, that he was born November 18, 1764.
For date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing all of the following data: Jared Farrand, Cert. no. 17,272, issued August 14, 1833, at $80 per annum, from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, payable at the Ohio Pittsburgh Agency.
Very respectfully, 
/s/G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.