Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25589, Martin Foot, Vt.

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SERVICE
Vt

Foot, Martin
Anna

NUMBER
W.25589
B.L. No 31420-160-58

CONTENTS

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No 6903
Vermont

Martin Foot
of Addison Co. is in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Parnelis of the Regt commanded by Col. Allen in the Vermont troops line for 10 months
Private $33.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont. 
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. S. Haight Present

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

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 4 Page 57

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Rate 96 Dollars
cents per annum.
Commencing 27th July 1868
Deduct payments made since
Certificate dated May 25, 1869
and sent to
Thos H. McLord
Middlebury Vt
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 178 Vol. 26
July 27, 1868

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[verso]
[illegible]  - writ of Martin Foot
Martin Foot Pri.
Rev. War.
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Rev. Pen. Feby 53 - 54 25
To: 160 Act July. 7/56
Boynton
[overwritten annotation: No 31420 per(?) July [illegible]]
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Osias Seymour
Middleburg Vt.
[annotated Rev.]

[certo]
Vol. F. 102.

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Declaration of Martin Foot

no papers

16521

Admitted 
10 mos
$38.33
Hon. L. Haight

ED: Barber
Middlebury
Vt.

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State of Vermont
Addison County Ss.

On the 5th day of July 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of Addison County Court in open Court Martin Foot residing in Middlebury in said County of Addison aged about 70 years who being first duly sworn according to Law on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832. That the said Martin Foot enlisted at Castleton in said State into the service of the State of Vermont in the revolutionary war as a soldier February first 1780 into the Company commanded by Capt Parmalie Allen whose company was attached to a regiment commanded by Ebenezer Allen for the term of ten months and served out said term of enlistment in different places in said state and was discharged the first day of December 1780 from service That he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension or annuity except the present and that he is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state 
[signed] Martin Foot

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] E.D. Barber Clerk

I certify that Freeman Foot is a man of truth and veracity
[signed] Stephen Haight

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states; and the Court does certify that from personal acquaintance with said Martin Foot as well as with Freeman Foot and Daniel Foot whos affidavits are herewith transmitted they consider them persons of veracity and entitled to credit.
[signed] Edward D. Barber Clerk

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Anna Foot
Widow Pension

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State of Vermont
District of Addison Ss.

At a Probate Court holden at Middlebury in said District on this 6th day of May AD 1854 personally appeared Anna Foot of Said Middlebury aged sixty six years and on oath make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February 3d AD 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the war of the Revolution That she is the widow of Martin Foot late of said Middlebury deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution and received a pension during his life after the 4th day of March AD 1831 on account of his service in the Revolutionary war his pension certificate bears date the 8th day of March AD 1833 - and is certified to have been recorded by D. Brown clerk in Book D. Vol 4 Page 57
She further declares that she was married to said said Martin Foot at said Middlebury by the Rev Thomas A Merrill on the 13th day of March AD 1838 and her said husband the said Martin Foot died at said Middlebury on 13th day of January AD 1854 That she was not married to the said Martin Foot prior to the second day of January AD 1800 but said marriage took place on the day & year above written
She further declares that from the time of the decease of her said husband she has remained and still is a widow
[signed] Anna Foot

Subscribed and sworn to this 6th day of May 1854 by the said Anna Foot before me and I further certify that she is a credible witness and is the widow of the said Martin Foot deceased
[signed] Horatio Seymour Judge of Probate within & for the District of Addison

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State of Vermont 
District of Addison ss.} I Jedidiah S. Bushnell Register of the Probate Court for the District of Addison, do hereby certify that the within + foregoing is the original declaration of Anna Foot before said court for the purpose of obtaining a pension, and the proceedings of said Court thereon, And I further certify that Horatio Seymour who signed the certificate annexed to said declaration is sole Judge of said Court.
[court seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this 6th day of May A.D. 1854.
/s/Jed. S. Bushnell Register

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State of Vermont
Addison County Ss

Be it remembered that at Middlebury in the County aforesaid on this thirteenth day of March AD 1838 Martin Foot & Anna Branch both of Middlebury aforesaid - were duly joined in Marriage by me T.A. Merrill Minister 
A true copy of the original record
Attest [signed] T.A. Merrill, Minister

I Thomas A Merrill Senior pastor of Congregational Church of Christ in Middlebury Vermont on oath say that I have been pastor of said church more than forty years and I have carefully kept a record of all marriages solemnized by me. The foregoing copy of the record of the marriage above mentioned is correct
I have been well acquainted with the family of said Martin Foot for more than forty years I know that said Martin Foot is not living, his widow the said Anna Foot lives & I have no reason to believe & do not believe that she has married again since the decease of the said Martin.
[signed] Thomas A. Merrill Senior of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, Vt. 

Subscribed & Sworn to Before me
[signed] Ozias Seymore Just. of the Peace

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State of Vermont
Addison County Ss

I George S. Swift clerk of the county court for the county of Addison in the state of Vermont hereby certify that Ozias Seymour whose signature is attached to the foregoing and within certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for said county duly commissioned and qualified by law authorized to administer oaths and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe said signature to be genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Middlebury in said county this 20th day of February A.D. 1853
[signed] Geo. S. Swift Clerk.

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State of Vermont
Addison County Ss

At Middlebury in said County on this 5th day of May AD 1855 before me a justice of the peace in & for said County of Addison personally appeared Anna Foot of said Middlebury aged sixty seven years and on oath says that she is the widow of Martin Foot late of said Middlebury deceased That her said husband the said Martin Foot was a soldier in the war of the revolution and drew a pension for his services as such Revolutionary Soldier That she was married to the said Martin Foot by Rev. Thomas A. Merrill on the 13th day of March AD 1838 That her said husband the said Martin Foot died at said Middlebury on the 13th day of January AD 1854 That since the decease of the said Martin she has continued and now is his widow She refers to the evidence as she supposed now on file in the pension office upon which her said husband obtained his pension to show that he the said Martin was a revolutionary soldier and to the proof declared by her to substantiate her claims to a pension as the widow of the said Martin also so on file as she supposes for the evidence to support her present claim
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty to which she may be intitled under the act approved March 30 AD 1855
[signed] Anna Foot

We Sarah M Farr and Olive B. Clark both of Middlebury aforesaid on oath say that we are well acquainted with said Anna Foot who has signed and acknowledged the foregoing declarations in our presence and know that she is the identical woman she represents herself to be and that she is the widow of the said Martin Foot, deceased
[signed] Sarah M Farr
[signed] Olive B Clark

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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affidavits to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim
[signed] Ozias Seymour Just. of the peace

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State of Vermont
Addison County ss} I John W. Stewart Clerk of the County Court in and for the County + State aforesaid hereby certify that Ozias Seymour whose signature in attached to the within certificate was at the date aforesaid now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that said signature is genuine, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said  Court at Middlebury in said County this 4th day August 1835
[court seal affixed]
/s/John W Stewart
Clerk

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[annotated: Revy] WIDOW, &c. [annotated initials: ow]
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No. 25.589
Anna Foot wid of Martin Foot
Pri Rev. War
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Act Feb 3d 53
Index: Vol. A, Page 250
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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[illegible writing] [ illegible number]
Vermont Burlington
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Anna Foot, widow of Martin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the ['3d, February, 1853' crossed out] 13th jan'y 1854.
Certificate of Pension issued 10th day of August 1855. and sent to O. Seymour Middlebury Vt.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of February 3, 1853, Page 27. Vol. A

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6235
Anna Foot wid. of Martin Foot Vt.
Let. to O. Seymour, Mrch. 1"/55
Act/53

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Feby: 28" 1855.
Anna Foot, wid. of Martin, 
Act/53
Revy: Ozias Seymout, Middlebury, Vt.
[typewritten: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business]

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[addressed envelope]
FREE [postmark: MIDDLEBURY VT. AUG 4]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
[annotated: 199838]
[initials: OS}

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[addressed envelope]
FREE [postmark: MIDDLEBURY VT. AUG 4]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
[annotated: 199838]
[initials: OS}

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31420
Rev War

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[handwritten letter]
Middlebury Vt. May 13/69

Hon Chris C. Cox
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir
Please find herewith An Application of Mrs Anna Foot Revolutionary Pensioner for an increase of Pension. her Certificate accompanys this
Respectfully Yours,
/s/Thos H McLeod

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STATE OF VERMONT,
Addison County ss.}
I, EDWARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application Martin Foot for a pension.
[court seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 10 day of July A. D. 1832
/s/Edward D. Barber, Clerk

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Truman Foot and Daniel Foot Affidavit 
Martin Foot's Case

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We Daniel Foot of Cornwall in the County of Addison and State of Vermont and Freeman Foot of Middlebury in said County of lawful age depose and say that we are well acquainted with Martin Foot of said Middlebury who has applied for a pensin and have been for more than forty years and are knowing to his serving as a soldier in the Vermont troops in the revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term of ten months and that we served with him the same term of time and further say he is a man of good moral character, and would be considered a credible witness in a Court of Justice
/s/Freeman Foot
/s/Daniel Foot
Sworn and subsccribed this 5th Day of Muly AD 1832
/s/E. D. Barber Clerk

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The enclosed papers have been mislaid & on that [illegible] not [illegible] earlier The two widows are advanced in life + anxious to get their pensions if they are entitled to theirs
/s/OS -

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State of Vermont
County of Addison ss.} On this 12 day of May A.D. 1869 personally appeared before me [illegible] Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Addison, which is a court of Record and its Clerk has the Custody of its seal and is duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes Anna Foot aged 82d years a resident of Middlebury County of Addison State of Vermont who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Anna Foot to whom was granted Pension Certificate bearing date the 10th day of August A.D. 1855 payable at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum commencing on the 13th day of January A.D. 1840. issued under the 2d section of the Act of February 3d, 1853. that she makes this declaration for the purpose of receiving the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the 13th Section of the Act of July 27, 1868, And I hereby appoint and Constitute Thos. J. McLeod of Middlebury County of Addison State of Vermont my atty for me and in my name to prosecute this my claim to effect -

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to receive the pension certificate when granted and to do all the other necessary business in the [illeg]
My Post Office Address is Middlebury Addison County Vermont
/s/Anne foot

Also personally appeared Polly Nichols and Martha J. Phinney residents of said County of Addison persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit - And who being by me duly sworn say that they were present - And saw Anna Foot sign her name to the foregoing declaration and power of atty and they further swore that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
/s/Martha J. Phinney.
/s/Polly Nichols

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application of Anna Foot for pension additional proof 
Ozias Seymour of Middlebury Addison co. Vermont
Agent for applicant 
{court seal: ADDISON COUNTY COURT VERMONT affixed]

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I Allen Foot of Middlebury in the County of Addison & State of Vermont on oath say, that Martin Foot late of said Middlebury deceased, was my uncle, I have for more than 30 years ['I have' crossed out] lived within a mile of the residence of my said Uncle. I know that he is deceased, I was at this home soon after his death, & attended his funeral. He was a revolutionary pensioner; his widow Anne Foot, who is as I understand applying for a pension, resided in the town of my said Uncle, where he died. I was not present at the marriage of the said Anna with my said Uncle, but know that she lived with him as his wife, up to the time of his death and that the said Anna is the widow of the identical Martin Foot who was a revolutionary pensioner of Addison County Vermont
/s/Allen Foot
Subscribed & Sworn to Before me on this 5th day of March AD 1855
/s/Ozias Seymour Just. of the peace

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I Thomas A. Merrill have been senior pastor of the Congregational Church of Middlebury more than forty years. Martin Foot whom I married to  An Branch was a member of my church till his death. I attended his funeral + saw his corpse. He was reputed a pensioner and his widow Anna Foot I understand is applying to the government for the benefit of his pension.
Middlebury Vt. March 12, 1855. /s/Thomas A. Merrill
Subscribed and Sworn to before me on this 12th day of March AD 1855
/s/Ozias Seymour Just. of the peace

State of Vermont
Addison County ss.} I George S. Swift clerk of the county court for the county of Addison in the state of Vermont he ve'ly certify that Ozias Seymour whose signature is attached to the certificates annexed to the foregoing affidavits of Allen Foot and Thomas A Merrill, revs at the respective dates thereof, a Justice of the peace within + for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe said signature to be genuine.
[court seal: ADDISON COUNTY COURT VERMONT affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Middlebury in said county this 13th day of March A.D. 1855.
/s/George S. Swift Clerk.

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Anna Foot wid of Martin - Vt sus 1853
[illegible] 13 Jany 1854

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Anna Foot wid of Martin - Vt sus 1853
[illegible] 13 Jany 1854

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[handwritten letter]
Pension Office, March 1st 1855.

Sir, 
The claim of Mrs. Anna Foot, for a pension as the widow of Martin, has been examined and suspended.
Proof should be filed of Martin Foot's death, & that the applicant is the widow of the identical Martin Foot, who was a revolutionary pensioner of Addison Co. Vermont.
I am, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt.
/s/L P Waldo Commissioner.

Ozias Seymour, Esq.
Middlebury, Vt.

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5.425
Increase Brief in the Case of Anna Foot. Widow of Martin Foot. Private Revy War. Middlebury Addison County and State of Vermont.
Act 2d Sec. Feb. 1868.
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CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioner at $33.33 per annum. Certificate returned. Claim for Inc under 13th Sec Act July 27, 1868.
82 [illegible] rcd.
Personal identity shown. proof of continued not required.
Admitted May 19. 1869 to pension at $96.00 per annum to commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay. Since.
/s/W. E. Trask Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
Thomas H. McLeod
Middlebury Vermont
[initials: S.E.]

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Anna Fort
Payment to be made at Burlington by C. F. Staniford Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Vermont. Payable on the 4th September and 4th March 
E Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 27. Vol. A
/s/G. T. Getty Clerk.
2d Sec Feb 3 1858
[receipt stamp: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE. MAY 17 1869]

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[annotated LP]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853. Anna Foot, widow of Martin Foot, who was a private, in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of thirty three, dollars and thirty three - cents per annum, commencing on the 13th January 1854 ['2d of February, 1853,' crossed out] and continuing for life, unless  she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this tenth, day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, 
/s/R McClelland Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned J Minot Commissioner of Pensions.

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Anna Foot widow of Martin, Addison County Vermont adm'd Feby 3 1853
10 mos pri $33. 33 per annum from 13 Jany 1854 when her husband died.

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Brief in the case of Anna Fort widow of Martin Addison County of State of Vermont act 3 Feby 1853
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Claim, ("original," ['or "if for increase"' crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 7 1835 at $33.33 a year.
Marriage proved by the Clergyman who performed the ceremony.
['(if for increase.)' crossed out]['Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? if so, what?' crossed out]
Identity. Death + wid when proved by credible witnesses agreeably to our Regulations
/s/Thornton Triplett Examining clerk
Name and residence of Agent Ozias Seymour Esq Middlebury Vert.