Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,549, Samuel Bristol, Vt.

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A lined card with the following information:

(3-1776).                                      
SERVICE.                                  NUMBER
VT.              Bristol, Samuel.     S,23,549
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CONTENTS

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28844
New York
Samuel Bristol Depeyster in the State of New York who was a private in the Compy commanded b Captain Wallace of the regt commanded by Col. Brush in the Vermont [obscured] troops for 18 mo. + 15 days 
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1834 and sent to Hon R. H Gillett - 
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 34     184.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 3 Sept 34  30.83
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$215.81
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. Wm. Grump Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 117.

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[obscured] letter to Hon. R. H. Gillett June 29. 1836 - Dead - Letter to Pen Ag't. 13. April 1838
    "      "  3d Aud. Aug 27. 1839. 

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4th March 1831. to 2d August 1834 the day of  his death - Agt notified 20 Sept 1839.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, 
September 14th, 1839 - 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, " The child'n of Samuel Bristol a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. Y. Agency, at the rate of Sixty one Dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1831, to the 2d August, 1834, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours, 
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

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[handwritten letter]

Mech's + Farmers Bank
Albany Pension Agency
April 9. 1838.

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions, 

Sir, 
The children of Samuel Bristol, late a Pensioner, under the act of June 7. 1832, (being ten in number) claim the balance due at the time of his death, Viz from 4th March 1831 to the 2d of August, 1834 upon the [illegible] - I do not discern any ['the' crossed out] objections to the Voucher, except - that the power of Attorney being out more than 90 days ago, and that there is but one witnesses to all signatures. 
Be pleased to furn me with your special instructions in this case - 

I am, Sir, very respectfully 
Your obt. Serv't
/s/Tho W. Olcott
Pres [illegible]

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15.960
Samuel Bristol
Lawrence Co N York

e.i.j.

e. Specification req'd
Oct 12 33

adm'd

R H. Gillet
Ogdensburg N. Y.

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Bristol
[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 Company officers under whom he served.|Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.|Battles in which the applicant was engaged.|Country through which he marched.|Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.|Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|]
1st May 1775|(as'l|6| - )|Private|Capt Wallace|Col. Brush|[blank]|[blank]|75 years|Traditionary accompanying|
Forepart of May 1776 to the middle of June abt|([blank]|2|15)|[blank]|Capt Heard|Col Allen|[blank]|Marched from |Bennington Co Vermont|a living Witness|
10th Augt to "before part of Octob'r"|([blank]|3| - )|Capt Heard|Col'o Atten|[blank]|Sandgate to Manchester marched from there|[blank]|[blank]|
May 1777 til in or abt "the month of October"|([blank]|5|[blank])|Col Hurd|[blank]|to Castleton & continued there +|[blank]|[blank]|
15 Augt 1778|( - -|3| - )|Capt Bradley|Col'o Williams|[blank]|scouting parties until disch'd|[blank]|[blank]|
discharged in October|([blank]|18|.15)|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
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I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

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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 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, musicians 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 said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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. 
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.{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: *No service without being specified in the manner pointed out under note e. can be allowed

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State of New York
St. Lawrence County} ss:
On this 25th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas ['in' crossed out] held at Canton in & for the county & State aforesaid now sitting Samuel Bristol a resident of the town of Depeyster in said County & state, aged seventy five years in January last past, 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 under the following anmed officers + served as therein stated. Declarant enlisted as a volunteer in the month of April ['1774' crossed out] seventeen hundred + seventy five for one year, at the town of Arlington, Bennington County in the state of Vermont, into the Company commanded by Capt. Eben Wallace + in a regiment commanded by Col Brush whose given name, declarant has forgotten Declarant ['was' crossed out] the time of this enlistment resided in the town of Sandgate in the County of ['orleans' crossed out] Bennington aforesaid.

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At the time of this enlistment it was a part of the terms thereof that declarent was to remain at home until called for & ['that' crossed out] on the first day of May 177['4' crossed out]5 this declarent was called out + mustered at Arlington in the State of Vermont + entered the service of the United States under the said Capt. Wallace, in Col. Brush's Regiment, ['until about' crossed out] That Declarent went to Castleton Vt. + was out on scouting parties very frequently - that after staying at Castleton about a month, he went with a part of the Company to Hubborton [Hubbardtown] + staid there about five weeks + then returned to Castleton + joined the rest of the Company - Declarent was taken sick soon after he arrived at Castleton from Hubbardton + went home + remained about six weeks after, which was at as early a period as this declarent was sufficiently recovered to enable him to do so.
From thence declarent was transfered to Capt Jonathan Allen's company + went to Rutland Vt + staid there + in its vicinity about a month + then returned back to Castleton + joined his old company under Capt. Wallace - At this time one Lemuel Hurd was Lieut of said

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company - Declarent remained at ['Castll' crossed out] Castleton, except while out on scouts, until he was discharged in about the month of November ['1774' crossed out] 1775 - That declarent remained during the winter at his own residence at Sandgate aforesaid + in the forepart of May 1776 he again volunteered his services in the ['Uni' crossed out] army in a Company commanded by Capt Richard Hurd in Col Ira Allen's regiment + was mustered by the Capt in Sandgate + went from thence to Manchester where he joined the Regiment + marched from thence to Castleton + continued there, + scouting parties near there, until about the  middle of June 1776 + was then discharged, but no written discharge was given him. Declarent returned home + continued there until about the tenth of August when he  again volunteered + joined Capt Hurd's company again at Castleton + continued thru until some time in the fore[art of October 1776, where he was again discharged verbally by Col. Ira Allen. Declarant further says that during the forepart of May 1777 he again volunteered in Capt. Hurd's company ['at' crossed out] + was mustered by him at Pollet [Pawlet] Vt. + joined the

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Regiment at Castleton aforesaid, + remained there a few days + then marched with his company to Rutland + remained there about six weeks scouting about the Country & repairing a fortification at that place From thence he returned back with the company to Castleton + remained there about two weeks + then the whole company went to a place where there were mills toward White Hall - he thinks they were called the Castleton Mills at which place there was a fortification + he continued there until he was discharged in or about the month of October 1777 - This discharge was in writing but has long since been lost Declarent again enlisted at Arlington Vt. in a company commanded by Capt Samuel Bradley + joined the regiment at Salem N.Y. which was commanded by John Williams This enlistment was about the middle of August 1778 - from thence declarent went to Fort Ann + remained a few days when the regiment removed to Fort George + staid there some fifteen days + then went to Fort Edward + remained there until he was

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discharged in October 1778.
No written discharge was given at this time - at Fort Edward declarent believes a Continental officer had command - Declarent has no written evidence of his ['discharge or' crossed out] services, nor any other proof than his own oath except the affidavit of Reuben Turner + of Smith Stilwell + others hereto annexed - he cannot procure the testimony of any witnesses to his actual service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, + declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or agency. 
['Subscribed + sworn before me this 25th day of Sept. 1832}' crossed out]

Declarent further saith that he was born in new Town Connecticut in the year 1757 + he has not record of his age + that he resided in Sandgate Vt about sixteen years after he left the army + he then removed to Granville

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in the state of New York + then removed into what is now the town of Depeyster where he now resides.
/s/Samuel Bristol
Sworn + subscribed the day and year aforesaid
/s/A C Low Clk

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 the Rev'd Luther Lee Smith Stilwell Lewis Harbrouck Joseph Shaw - and John Scott who have signed the annexed certificates are credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I Allen C Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Bristol for a Pension - [court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of October 1832 
/s/A C Low Clk

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[typewritten letter]

Rev. & 1812 Wars 
[initials: MMHF own]

January 11, 1926

Inez S. Wallace
14 Caroline St., 
Governeur, New York

Madam:
I have to advie you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 23549 it appears that Samuel Bristol was born in January 1757 in New Town, Connecticut.
While a resident of Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont he enlisted in April ['1776' crossed out] 1775 and served six months as a private in Captain Ebenezer Wallace's Company, Colonel Brush's Vermont Regiment and also in Captain Jonathan Allen's Vermont Company. 
He enlisted in May 1776  and served one and one half months as a private in Captain Richard Hurd's Company, Colonel Ira Allen's Vermont Regiment. 
He enlisted August 10, 1776 and served three months as private in Captain Richard Hurd's Company, Colonel Ira Allen's Vermont Regiment.
He enlisted in May 1777 and served five months as a private in Captain Richard Hurd's Vermont Company.
He enlisted in August 1778 and served three months

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[typewritten letter]

as a private in Captain Leonard Bradley's Company Colonel John Williams' Vermont Regiment.
About sixteen years after the Revolution he moved to Granville, New York and from there to Depeyster, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he was allowed pension om his application executed September 25, 1832. He died August 2, 1834 leaving ten children, their names and the name of his wife not given. 
Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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23549
INVALID.
Revolution

File No. 23,549
Samuel Bristol Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Apr - 15 - 1901
Arthur R. Lewis - Marshall Mich
1924-Oct.25-Hist to Roger F. Williams - MMHF - 
1926 - Jan 11 - Hist. to Inez S. Wallace - MMHF -

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I Luther Lee a Clergyman of the town of Depeyster County of St. Lawrence and state of New York being acquainted with Samuel Bristol of said town. Do Certify that he is generally reported in this town to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in the opinion. I believe him to be above seventy years of age - Depeyster Sept. 13. 1882
/s/Luther Lee 
Sworn before me

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State of New York
St. Lawrence County } ss
I Allen C Low Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John Fine Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of Reuben Turner [illegible] have been made was at the time of taking the said Affidavit First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County duly authorized by Same to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge's and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 15th day of October 1832 
/s/A. C. Low Clk

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[handwritten letter]

Ogdensburgh NY
July 18. 1834

Dear Sir, 
I now send you the papers of Samuel Bristol, an applicant for a pension under the law of 1832, duly authenticated + certified, with a supplemental afft. stating the time of service as distinctly as Mr. B. can do it. I hope the present papers will be found sufficient to entitle Mr. Bristol to a pension. 
Your obt. sevt
/s/R.H. Gillet

J. L. Edwards Esq

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State of New York
St. Lawrence County} ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in + for the County of St Lawrence aforesaid, Samuel Briston who being duly sworn, deposeth + saith that by reason of old age, + consequent loss of memory, be cannot swear positively to the length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned  below + in the following grades. First for six months second for one month + a half, Thirdly for three months, Fourthly for five months + fifthly for three months, making in the whole, one year, six months + a half which he served as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution; + for such service I claim a pension.
/s/Samuel Bristol
Subscribed + sworn June 20th 1833 }
/s/Baron S. Doty
Sup Court Com'r

Supreme Court Commissioners, are high officers to perform certain duties of Judges of the Supreme Court + receive their appointment im the same way

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+ Clerks cannot certify to their appointment. Their attestation is good uncertified by any other officer, all over the state.
July 17. 1833. 
/s/R H. Gillet
Member of Congress
elect 14th Dec'r - 
N.Y.

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We Smith Stillwell Louis Hasbrook Joseph Shaw Baron L. Doty Anthony C Brown & John Scott Esquires hereby certify that we are well acquainted with - Samuel Bristol who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy five 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
/s/Smith Stilwell
/s/Louis Hasbrouck
/s/Joseph Shaw
/s/ J. Scott
sworn to before me Sept 25. - 1832 the above named Smith Stilwell & Louis Harbrouck}
/s/A C Low

And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to any pension + annuity except the present + declares his name is not othen the Pension Roll at any agency office in any state - 
/s/Samuel Bristol

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State of New York
St. Lawrence County} ss. John Scott being duly sworn saith that he heretofore prepared certain papers for Samuel Bristol the pensioner within named for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of 1818 but the papers were returned alleging that the affidavit of John Armstrong who swore to what I supposed was sufficient but the Secretary of War considered him not to come within that act + this deponent further saith that according to his best recollection that the said Armstrong stated in his affidavit, that the said Samuel Bristol had served according to his recollection about thirteen months as a volunteer + further this deponent saith not
/s/John Scott
Sworn + subscribed the 25d day of September 1832, 
/s/A C Low Clk

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15960
Samuel Bristol  
✓

admd
18 mo. 15 da pri

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State of New York
St Lawrence County}ss. Reuben Turner now and for thirty years past a Resident of the Town of Lisbon in the said County of St Lawrence being duly sworn doth depose and say. That he was acquainted with Samuel Bristol in the year 1778, then a resident of the Town of Sandgate in Vermont and well remembers that the said Samuel Bristol did service in Captain Bradleys Company in Colonel Williams Regiment from about the middle of August 1778 until the beginning of October of that year according to the best of this deponents recollection + belief and that the said Samuel Bristol did duty at Fort Ann, Fort Edward and Fort George in the County of Washington and this Deponent was in service at the same time in the same places - 
/s/Reuben Turner
Sworn and subscribed before me at Odgenburgh in St Lawrence County this 13th day of August 1832.}
/s/John Fine First  Judge of [illegible]
[margin note: certificate of cw. Acting on  [illegible]]

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I certify that on the 13 August 1832 I was well acquainted with Reuben Turner character [illegible] knew him to be a credible witness
/s/John Fine
First Judge of St Lawrence N.Y.
Aug 15. 1832

I certify that the above named John Fine now first Judge &c
Dated July 17. 1834
/s/R. H. Gillet
M.C.

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Pension papers

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I Luther Lee a Resident Clergyman im the town of Depeyster County of St Lawrence and State New York hereby Certify that I am aquainted with Samuel Bristol Esqr of the tow and county aforesaid and believe him to be Seventy five years of age and I believe him to have been a Soldier of the revolution he is esteem'd a man of truth and veracity and I have no doubt but he is entitled to a pension from his Country
/s/Luther Lee
Sworn and subscribed September 28th 1832 before me
/s/Geo W Barber Justice of the Peace

State of New York
St Lawrence County } ss
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that George W Barber before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & sworn and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that his Signature to the said affidavit is genuine 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 13d day of July 1833
/s/A C Low clk.

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[handwritten letter]

Nov. 27-1925

Comm. Pensions,

Dear Sir, 
Many thanks for the record sent.
Now I am going to ask for the Revolution War Record of Samuel Bristol, I think in the New York list.
Thanking you
/s/Inez S. Wallace
14 Caroline St
Gouverneur N. Y.

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[handwritten letter]

504 University Ave
Syracuse, N.Y.
October 4, 1924

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen; -
Of the following I should like all the information about himself and family that is contained in his application for Pension.
Samuel Bristol
Born about 1756
Resided in Mass. Sandgate, Vermont DeKalb, NY. and Depeyster N. Y. 
He drew a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War

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[handwritten letter]

Samuel Bristol had a least three children Mansfield Bristol, Truman Bristol and Mercy (Bristol) Wilson
Very Truly Yours, 
/s/Roger F Williams

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[typewritten letter]

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section 
[initials: MMHF]

October 25, 1924

Roger F. Williams
504 University Ave.,
Syracuse, New York

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 23549 it appears that Samuel Bristol was born in 1757 in New Town, Connecticut.
While a resident of Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont he enlisted in April 1775 and served as a private six months in Captain Ebenezer Wallace's Company, Colonel Brush's Vermont Regiment and also in Captain Jonathan Allen's Vermont Company. 
He enlisted in May 1776 and served one and one half month as a private in Captain Richard Hurd's Company, Colonel Ira Allen's Vermont Regiment. 
He enlisted in May 1777 and served five months and a private in Captain Richard Hurd's Vermont Company.
He enlisted in August 1776 and served three months

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[typewritten letter]

as a private in Captain Lemuel Bradley's Company, Colonel John Williams' Vermont Regiment.
About sixteen years after the Revolution he
moved to Granville, New York and from there to DePeyster, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832. He died August 2, 1834 leaving ten children, their names and the name of his wife not given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension and the name of person paid, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E Street, N. W. Washington, D. C citing all of the following data: "Samuel Bristol, Certificate No. 28844, issued July 26, 1834, rate $ 61.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of
June 7, 1832, New York Agency".
Respectfully,

Commissioner.