Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12324, Eber Bradley, Vt

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Service
Vt.

Bradley, Eber

Number
S. 12324

carded

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T M Bradley  Aug 6/53
18997
Vermont N. 18,
Eber Bradley
of Chittenden Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Pr. & Fifer in the company by Captain Hutchins of the Regt. by Col. Pearle in the Cont. Fr. line for 7 months Fifer - 25.667
2 months & 5 days Pr.  7.217
Vt Line  $32.88
Records corrected Nov. 29/05
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 32 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to T.M. Bradley, Williston Vt.
Arrears to the 4th Sep. 1833   82.20
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March 34  16.44

$98.64
Revolutionar Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 3 Page 54

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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden
On this 15th day of July A.D. 1833 personally in open Court before William P Briggs Justice of the Court of Probate for the District of Chittenden now sitting Eber Bradley a resident of Williston in sd 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  the 7th June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated-

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In the summer of 1777 I was called out in a classification of the militia of Vermont.  I served twenty days under the command of Capt. Thomas Sawyer in the fort at Rutland Vermont - after said time of 20 days had expired Capt. Sawyer refused to dismiss us but kept us some days after that how long I cannot recollect.
In the autumn of the year 1779 there was a acquisition of the whole Militia of Vermont when I was called out again and seved three weeks at Castleton Vermont under the command of Capt. Eli Brownson during this time we were fourteen or us sent with a flag under the command of Maj. Isaac Clarke to the British Ship Moriah near Crown point on Lake Champlain the object of our excursion was the exchange of prisoners 
I was afterward called out again & placed under the command of Colonel Stephen Pearle and served this time at Castleton Vermont three weeks but cannot distinctly remember what year it was in or what season of the year but I remember it was the time Cornwallis was taken as I heard the ??
After those years ? services I was called out a great number of times during the war for two or three days at a time, but i cannot state the dates of the officers who had command with sufficient certainty.  I resided in Sunderland during the years of being called into service as above and since the war have always resided in Williston

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my present place of residence.  I further state I am acquainted with most of the persons now residing in Williston and am confident that many of the aged people of this place can testify as to my character and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Subscribed and sworn to this 15th day of july A.D. 1833 -
I further state that I wsnt given a written discharge during all my services in the revolution - but was dismissed after having served out my time -
Eber Bradley
State of Vermont
District of Chittenden
There personally appeared Eben Bradley this 15 day of July 1833 and after having subscribed the above declaration upon solemn oath to the truth of the same.  Before Me.
Wm P Briggs Judge 
We Josiah F Goodhue a clergyman residing in the town of Williston County of Chittenden and State of Vermont & Solomon Miller residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eber Bradley, who has subscribed and sworn to

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the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy two years of age and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to this 15 day of July A.D. 1833 -
Josiah F. Goodhue
Solomon Miller
And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the ? applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Josiah F. Goodhue who has signed the preceding is a clergyman resident in Williston and that Solomon Miller who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm P Briggs Judge
I David French Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Chittenden do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eber Bradley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of July A.D. 1833
David French Register

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State of Vermont 
Chittenden district } ss
On The 3rd day of September 1832 Eber Bradley personally - appeared before Truman Chittenden Judge of Probate for The district of Chittenden. The said Eber Bradley being a resident of the town of Williston County of Chittenden and State of Vermont aged seventy one years last March and having first made solemn affirmation before said Court according to Law doth on his affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
And the said Eber Bradley doth testify and say as followeth: I was born in East Guilford now Madison, in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut on the 4th day of March 1761 I have no doubt that there is a record of my birth in the said town of Madison in Connecticut My father and family moved when I was about thirteen years of age from Connecticut to Sunderland in the now, County of Bennington and State of Vermont - In the spring of the year 1778 three men were called for from the tow of Sunderland three of us turned out - myself Elon Lee Zerah Paine we Enlisted for seven months and were ordered to Rutland I enlisted [margin note: 7] as a musician a fifer and always served in that capacity whenever I was called into the Army I served out my seven months at Rutland and received my pay, if pay it could be called in depreciated continental money. Rutland fort was built and finished this summer 1778 and was considered the frontier or lines to the North my Captain was a Mr. Hutchins Nathan Hutchins I think, my Lieut was a man by the name of Hathaway my ensign was Jacob Farman, Major Whitcomb I believe was the commander at the fort Capt. Thomas Sawyer commanded a company at the fort this summer

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Mr Allens Testimony applies to the 7 months service

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2d The next summer 1779 I served twenty days at Rutland fort under Capt Thomas Sawyer and returned. 20
In the fall of this year the militia was called out en masse I went went with others they collected at Castleton Vermont I staid I believe two or three weeks I find it impossible 3d to recollect exactly the time I staid. Eli Brownson was my Superior and he commanded the company I went a flag I think it was in this term of service to the British ship Moriah on lake Champlain near Crown Point we were fourteen in number Major Isaac Clark commanded us this was said to be for the purpose of effecting an exchange of prisoners I was called out once afterwards to Castleton I cannot remember the year Stephen Pearl was 4th our Colonel I served two or three weeks this time
The militia was frequently called out as often I believe as two or three times a year during the war or until Cornwallis was taken some were false alarms I seldom failed to go after the year 1778 which was the first of my being in the service except one before that year I never received any pay except for the seven months at Rutland I have been called out many other times ['for' crossed out] besides the four Detailed above for a few days and which might altogether amount to nine months or more but I find it impossible to recollect the exact times except the four terms as mentioned above, I always served it.

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[handwritten letter]

Williston Sept 1833

To the Hon. the Secretary of War,
Sir I very lateley received your letter Aug 15th covering the report of  ['the' crossed out] Mr Edward the Commissioner of Pensions concerning the application of Eber Bradley + John Forbes Eber Bradleys papers had been returned as I took no time in my letter to which the name Nathan Allens testimony appeared to the first Declaration of which this is a part
/s/Tim'y M Bradley

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in the State troops or militia of the State of Vermont + I hereby declare that I never had a pension and that my name is not on the  pension roll of the agency of any State - I never had a written [obscured] formally even dismissed after serving out our full time
/s/Eber Bradley
Affirmed & Subscribed as above written before me} and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
/s/ Truman Chittenden Judge Probate

State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss}
I George B. Manser Register of Probate within and for the district of Chittenden aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eber Bradley for a pension - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 3d of September A. D. 1832 - 
/s/Geo B. Manser, Register of Probate
I hereby certify that I have put to the above named applicant the several interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, and the several answers thereto are contained in the foregoing declaration
/s/Truman Chittenden Judge of Probate

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[handwritten letter]

Williston May 21't 1853

To the Commissioner of pensions Washington D.C.
Sir, I desire you to send me the late pension acts, & directions or all that will be necessary and some blanks. My father had a small pension under the act of `832 $32.88 or 31.88 I believe I am not certain which, he had long lived in Williston, he died the 31't day of Aug't 1841 and was 80 years of age the 4th day of March previous, his name was Eber Bradley he has four children living Phebe who is the wife of Col. John L Corning of Williston aged 67 years Timothy M Bradley the one who now addresses you aged 65 years have scarcely walked, or very badly for more than 40 years, Eben living in the state of Ohio aged 59 - and Eli Judson living in Jerico in this County, will be 50 years of age the 27 of next June two have died Stephen next younger than myself 2 years younger than myself died in Genesee Co, N.Y. I think 1839 of ,40 left 8 children 2 died within 2 years in Peoria (Illinois) near which place they now reside and their mother likewise Stephen served about 1813 three months or about at Swanton V.T. as a drummer, Nathan Sterns of Burlington V.T. was also a drummer & served with him is now a bank directer & worth 50 or 60 thousand - Polly died about the 1't of Sept, 1842 she was a wife of Major - Ezbon Sanford of Williston - please let me know if there is any law to hinder the grand children of any Pensioner drawing the share of the deceased parent of course they would not have to apply in any case I think - - your compliance will oblige your most obedient & very humble servant /s/Timothy M Bradley
My fathers pension certificate which I meant to keep was sent (by Charles F Warner Esqr cashier of The Fathers & Mechanics Bank in Burlington) to your office in 1841
/s/T. M Bradley
Stephens widow is living nears & with her children}

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[typewritten letter]

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel

November 23, 1928
[initials: own]

Bearle Bye
Beaver Crossing
Nebraska

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12324, it appears that Eber Bradley was born March 4, 1761, in East Guilford, New Haven County Connecticut, moved when about thirteen years of age with his father and family, no names stated, to Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont.
While residing at said Sunderland, he enlisted and served as a fifer with the Vermont Troops as follows:
From the spring of 1778, seven months of Captain Nathan Hutchins' Company; in the summer of 1779, twenty days in Captain Thomas Sawyer's Company; in the fall of 1779, three weeks in Captain Eli Brownson's Company and three weeks, no date stated, in Colonel Stephen Pearl's Regiment. He also had other short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

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[typewritten letter]

September 3, 1832, while residing at Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont. 
A letter written by the soldier's son, Timothy M. Bradley, dated May 21, 1853, Williston, reads as follows:
"he died the 31st day of August 1841 and was 80 years of age the 4th day of March previous, his name of Eber Bradley he has four children living Phebe who is the wife of Col. John L Corning of Williston aged 67 years Timothy M. Bradley the one who now addressed you aged 65 years have scarcely walked, or very badly for more than 40 years, Eben living in the State of Ohio aged 59 - and Eli Judson living in Jerico in this county, will be 50 years of age the 27th of next June two have died Stephen next younger than myself 2 years younger than myself died in Genesee Co. N . Y. I think 1839 or 40 left 8 children 2 diee within 2 years in Peoria (Illinois) near which place they now reside and their mother likewise Stephen served about 1813 three months or about at Swanton V.T. as a drummer, Nathan Sterns of Burlington, V.T. was also a drummer & served with him and is now a bank director & worth 50 or 60 thousand - Polly died about the 1st of Sept. 1842 she was the wife of Major Ezbon Sanford of Williston -"

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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State of Vermont
Chittenden district} On the 31st day of October 1833 Personally appeared Eber Bradley an applicant for a pension before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Chittenden who being duly sworn doth depose and make this affidavit or amendment to his declaration as follows - That he the said applicant always served as a musician a fifer as he has before stated and sworn in his declaration - And as to the many of the officers in reference to the sixth question in the printed directions he has already stated then to the best of his knowledge and recollection and liked in as to the directions under the 5th query he was uniformly called into service - by the commanding officers of the company to which he belonged, or, it was so in the two militia tours at Castleton - the great number of times mentioned in the last or latter part of his declaration, that is, the short times he went on alarms he cannot so well recollect the manner but feels sure that he was always called into service by competent authority and that for the whole time he was in service he was not employed in any civil pursuit, and further this deponent saith not
/s/Eber Bradley
Subscribed and sworn the day and year above written
Before me, 
/s/Chauncey Brownell, Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that the above named Eber Bradley is a credible witness - 
/s/Chauncey Brownell Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss} Register of Probate Office the 13 Nov. 1833
[court seal affixed] I David French Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Chittenden hereby certify that Chauncey Brownell is a Justice of the Peace

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for the County of Chittenden and duly empowered to administer oaths in said County & that I am well acquainted with said Brownell and that the signatures are his genuine signatures in witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of this Court the day and year above written.
Attest /s/David French Register

Eber Bradley's additional Declaration

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[verso]

Rev War 
12324
INVALID.
______
File No. 12,324
Eber Bradley Priv'te Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]

1910 Jan. 14. Hist. to Fred C. Bradley from card catalogue &c.
1911 Sept. 20.   "  "  "  to C. H. Bradley 
1928 - Nov. 23 - Hist to Pearle Bye awf.

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[addressed envelope]

Geo Wm Crump Esquire
Acting Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D. C.

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[handwritten letter]

Williston Nov. 14th 1833
Geo Wm Crump Esq - Acting Comm'r of Pensions

Sir I again send the papers of Eber Bradley, hafe delayed on account of the absence of the Certifying officers, Mr. Haswell had gone to Washington and Mr French to Montpelier to the Legislature Eber Bradley has made an additional Declaration which comprehends I think every thing necessary that had been before omitted Nathan Allen's testimony is taken over again and is meant to apply as the first did, to the first declaration Joel Brownson of Richmond is not in this Country as you will see by the testimony of Truman Chittenden on the back of Joel Brownson's affidavit the said Chittenden proves that Brownson's testimony and the then Register's certificate were fastened together as they now are, at the time stated in said certificate this is all I could do without great expence, difficult,y, and delay and I hope + believe it will be sufficient - Joel Brownson's testimony is perhaps as disinterested as any ever given he did not serve so as to entitle him to, even the smallest grade of pay he is in easy circumstances as to property and says he was never im service except with the applicant - 
he insists that the applicant served - with him longer each term of service than the

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[handwritten letter]

applicant has sworn - Mr Brownson has not been very particular as to the times he thinks the applicant served over and above ['his' crossed out] the terms stated in the declaration but thinks each term was longer than stated by the applicant. In this Country wherever known Allen Brownson, and the applicant were never I am sure doubted as to truth and veracity I have known them from my childhood more than thirty  five years - 
The applicant always served as a musician thro' all the terms of his service as you will perceive in the first past of his original Declaration
1't his first Service enlisted for 7 months
2d term a sort of classing or classification of militia (at Rutland) - - 20 days 
The two next terms of three weeks each he was called out - 42 days making thus far, 9 months
Then, the addition of 4/per month for musician service 
Thus far is proved by the applicants own testimony & by others

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[handwritten letter]

Joel Brownson testifies that he served still longer the applicant mentions being called out any great number of times ['after' crossed out], short times, he is not particular that the Department Should allow him anything for the short times About which his own recollection is not very distinct as to the officers & exact times of service he made the statements at first thinking it his duty to tell all he could recollect he does not wish the "Short times" or "great number times" stated (altho they might amount to two weeks or more) to stand in the way of a Decision - The applicant - Thinks the testimony of Judge Joel Brownson entitled to consideration as to the length of the applicants service with him but would not wish even that, (if it would, with the "short times" mentioned make ten months) to stand in the way of a decision at this time.
The applicant is a poor weak old man and feels an anxiety which it is very difficult if not impossible to repress - to know what he is to have small as the sum will be he feels that it will be of use
Yours with respect
/s/Timothy M Bradley

[margin note: 7-20  1. 15/9. 35  7  8]

Geo Wm Commr Esqr
I enclose all the Papers from the first

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County } ss
Nathan Allen of the town of Williston County of Chittenden and State of Vermont being duly sworn doth depose and say that during, or, in the time of the Revolutionary war he was well acquainted with Eber Bradley the person who has subscribed and sworn the above declaration that the said deponent served seven months with the said Bradley in Rutland at the said Bradley states in the State troops or militia of the State of Vermont in the year 1778 that this deponent served in the company of Capt. Thomas sawyer and that the applicant served under Capt. Hutchins as a musician a fifer that Rutland fort was built and finished this year (1778) that the applicant Then lived in Sunderland as he states that a fewly years after the war about the year 1788 They, both settled in Williston County of Chittenden and states aforesaid where they have both - resided were since, that the said Eber Bradley is, and have ever been considered a man of

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Truth and veracity and that he the deponent has no doubt of the truth of his statements in the Declaration and further this Deponent saith not
/s/Nathan Allen

Sworn and subscribed this 30th day of October in the year 1833 Before me /s/Sol'o Miller Jus Peace

And I hereby certify that the above named Nathan Allen Esquire is a credible person 
/s/Sol'o Miller Jus Peace

State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss} Register of Probate Office the 13 Nov. 1833
I David French Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Chittenden hereby certify that Solo. Miller is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County Chittenden duly empowered to administer oaths and that the above is his genuine signature 
[court seal affixed] in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court the day and year above written
Attest /s/David French Register

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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

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[handwritten letter]

Williston Sept. 23d 1833

To J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions D. C.
Sir, I rec'd your letter of date 13th Sept. stating a material alteration had been made in the papers of Eber Bradley I suppose that the alteration must have had reference to the separation of the papers - Enclosed is a note from David French the Register of Probate explaining the Proceeding - I herewith enclose the Remainder of the original Declaration which makes the whole List at first by me & the whole subsequently sent by Mr. French - When the papers were first sent back I understood that there was a call for the applicant to be more explicit as to the amount of Pension - 
The first part of the Declaration, to wit, the seven months service at Rutland was perfectly explicit that part was retained & the remainder is written over - 
I hope and believe that the papers on inspection and comparison will be found Satisfactory and that a certificate will soon be sent - the applicant is a person very weak in body he has suffered these ten years from asthma the disorder is now obstinate - 
I consider him a mand of sound mind tho, perhaps somewhat impaired by age & disease - 
I thank you on his behalf for the promptness of your reply to my last
The applicant supposes he will be entitled to 40 lawful shillings a month in the way the Department reckons (not Continental Troops) and 4/ a month in addition he being a musician 
I am Sir with much Respect your most ob'dt & very humble Servt
/s/Tim'o M. Bradley

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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden } ss. Registers Office 24th Sept. 1833 - 

Sir - In the pension papers of Eber Bradley you say "material changes have been made im the declaration since it was originaly sent to your officer" If any blame attaches anywhere if in this business if must be [illegible] to me. I will  therefore explain it - on the papers being returned the first time with your printed direction notes with out ink, which is herewith forwarded you again the applicant to specify explicitly the length of his service & [illegible] of each term, in this I found necessary to know his declaration in part of course I [illegible] off that part which he had [illegible] uncertain & made the time certain as for as he could certify it entirely left out such terms as was wholly uncertain - I often found it necessary to set apart the affidavits of the witnesses to follow your 16 Instructions in attaching the certificates & it was necessary to send the s'd affidavits as the witnesses could not then be had to certify again - I provided the certificate of the judge who had [illegible] peace officer & a certificate substantiating the whole - to make it entirely certain you will herewith [illegible] the old declaration so out off also your printed instructions above mentioned which I humbly believe will make out the whole case which I hope will prove perfectly satisfactory to your department - I have the Hon. to be Your humble Servt. /s/David French Registry

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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss}
I, George B. Manser Register of the Court of Probate for the district of Chittenden, do hereby certify that Truman Chittenden, the person who signed the above affidavits of Nathan Allen + Joel Brownson, and the certificate above written, is Judge of Probate for the District of Chittenden acting under the laws of Vermont, that he is duly empowered to administer oaths and that the signatures above are his own proper signature - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Probate Court, in Probate, Office of Williston in said district, this Seventeenth day of September A. D. 1832 - 
/s/George B. Manser.
Register of Probate, for the District of Chittenden

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7385

State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss} Williston November [] in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont
That the within affidavit attached to the certificate of Geo. B. Manser [] of Richmond) is the affidavit of the said Joel Brownson and was [] of Sept. 1832 I was Judge of Probate for this county at that time and [] -idence (he being old and decrepid and took the testimony I further test [] from this State to the western part of the State of New York St Lawrence County [] attached to Mr. Brownson's affidavit as it is now on the 17th day of September, 1 [] at that time and affixed the seal on the other side by order of Court []

this paper was torn from the Seal I believe accidentally or by [illegible]
/s/T. M. B.

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[margin note: State of Vermont Chittenden County }] 
3 affidavit of Nathan Allen sent with the papers first sent & certified with the affidavit of Joel Brownson

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Admitted

7 Mo Fifer - 
2 - Mo 5 DA Pr

T. M. Bradley Esqr.
Williston Vt

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County} Nathan Allen of the town of Williston County of Chittenden and State of Vermont being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the time of the Revolutionary was he was well acquainted with Eber Bradley the person who had subscribed and sworn the above declaration that he the said deponent served seven months with the said Bradley in Rutland as the said Bradley states in the state troops or militia of the State of Vermont in the year 1778 that this deponent served in the Company of Capt. Thomas Sawyer & that ['that' crossed out] the applicant served under Capt. Hutchins as a musician a fifer that Rutland fort was built, or finished, that year that the applicant then lived in Sunderland as he states that a few years after the war about the year 1788 they both settled in Williston County and State aforesaid when they have both resided ever since, that the said Eber Bradley is, and has ever been considered a man of truth and veracity and that he has no doubt of the truth of his statements in the declaration and further this deponent saith not
/s/Nathan Allen
Sworn and subscribed this 20th day of August 1832} 
Before me /s/Truman Chittenden Judge of Probate

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Sta. of Vermont
Chittenden County } ss Joel Brownson of Richmond in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont doth depose and say that he the deponent was well acquainted with Eber Bradley  the signer of the above declaration in the time of the Revolutionary war that he the deponent served with the said Eber Bradley the second term of service stated in the declaration at Rutland under Capt. Thomas Sawyer in the year 1779 im the State troops or militia of the State of Vermont 
That they the troops or militia were classed, that twenty days were their term of service that at the end of twenty days the Capt. (Sawyer) would not let them depart but kept them the deponent thinks one week or more - over the twenty days this last circumstance the said Bradley seems to have forgotten and the said deponent further states that he served with the applicant the two next terms of service stated in the declaration at Castleton & that he the deponent thinks and believes they served longer than three weeks each time, that in one of the terms of service, the first at Castleton as the applicant states we went a flag to the British ship Moriah near Crown Point we were thirteen or fourteen as militia Commanded by Major Isaac Clark the applicant was fifer & Elon Lee was drummer. 
That we then both heard in Sunderland County of Bennington and State of Vermont that the deponent has no doubt the applicant served the even months as he states at Rutland, yet that he know it only by common report, that they the deponent and applicant soon after the Revolution settled in Williston county & State af'd (the boundaries of said town have since been altered) when they have ever since resided, That the said Eber Bradley has always been considered a man of truth & that it is the deponents belief that the applicants declaration is substantially true 
/s/Joel Brownson - 
Sworn & Subscribed the 15th day of September 1832} Before me
/s/Truman Chittenden Judge of Probate

State of Vermont
District of Chittenden} I hereby certify that the above named Joel Brownson & Nathan Allen the signers of the two above affidavits in favour of Eber Bradley are men with whom I have been acquainted for more than forty years that they are, and always have been considered men of truth & veracity
/s/Thomas Chittenden Judge of Probate

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Joel Brownson affidavit

[]4th 1833 I Truman Chittenden of Williston []mont being of lawful age do depose and say []purporting to be the affidavit of Joel Brownson []signed by him and sworn to by him on the 15th []called on him the said Brownson at this rec []tify that the said Brownson had removed []& that the within certificate of George B. Manser was []832 that the said Manser was the Register of Probate
[]and further saith not
/s/Truman Chittenden

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written /s/Sol'o Miller Jus Peace
And I the said Justice do hereby certify that the above named Truman Chittenden is a credible person /s/Sol'o Miller Jus Peace

State of Vermont 
District of Chittenden ss} Office of the Register of Probate the 13th November 1833 - 
[court seal affixed] I David French Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Chittenden hereby certify that I am personally acquainted Sol'o Miller whose name is above written is a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths and that the signature above is his genuine signature in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of this Court the day and year above written.
Attest. /s/David French Register

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The within is the Testimony of Nathan Allen Esqr in favour of Eber Bradley and applies to the first Declaration sent which is all enclosed 
/s/T. M. Bradley

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[addressed envelope]

May 25/33 free
[postmark: WILLISTON VT MAY 21]

To the Hon, the Pension Commissioner
Washington D.C. 

[overwritten notes: B Rel. case of Eber Bradley Rev'y May 0 c/o M Bradley Williston Vt]

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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss} Register Office 
15th July AD. 1833 - 
I David French Register of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Chittenden do hereby certify that William P. Briggs the person who signed the annexed certificates is Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Chittenden acting upon the laws of the State of Vermont and as such is duly empowered to administer oaths and that the annexed signatures are his own proper signatures  
And also that Truman Chittenden who signed the certificate of oath of Nathan Allen and Joel Brownson hereto ['annexed' crossed out] was on the 20 day of August & 15th day of September 1832. Judge of the Probate Court and that the signature are his own proper signatures - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have  hereunto affixed the seal of said Court this 15th Day of July A.D. 1833 - 
/s/David French Register

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Rev

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[typewritten letter]

Beaver Crossing, Nebraska.
Oct.27, 1928.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Do you have a record of Eber [written: only] Bradley of Vermont having drawn a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War? If so, what year was his pension granted and what age was he then? What year did his pension cease, and how long did his wife recieve his pension after his death? If her age is shown on your records, may I have that also?
Yours respectfully, 
/s/Pearle Bye 

[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE O NOV 15 1928]
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE A OCT 31 1928]

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[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE O NOV 15 1928]

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3-049
Ex. MMHF Div. Rev. & 1812
______
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10, 1928

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained. 
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit and return to this Bureau. 
['No. of claim' crossed out] Given name of widow Diantha
Name of soldier Eber Bradley
A ['P. O.' crossed out] Address of ['claimant' crossed out] soldier at enlistment
B. and after service [blank]
['Company' crossed out] [blank]
['Regiment' crossed out] [blank]
State where enlisted Vermont
Date of ['enlistment' crossed out] birth about 1755.
Date of ['discharge' crossed out] death after 1803.
C. If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.

Return attached letter with reply.
/s/E. W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN
['Acting' crossed out] Commissioner.

6-2469
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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A Address of Soldier at enlistment. 
1. In militia that marched to Castleton, Vt.
2 - With a guard that went to Birmington Vt.

B. Address after service - Lived in Johnson Vt. 1803.

C. Names of Commanding officers.
1. Capt. Wm. Hutchens of Provincial Troops.
2. Capt Dan Comstock in 6th Regiment of Vt
3. Capt. Eli Brownson in Col. Ira Allen's regiment
Payrolls dated at Arlington and Sunderland, Vt.

[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE O NOV 15 1928]

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[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE 0 SEP 18 1911]
Ack. Sept.18.1911¢

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[typewritten letter]

CHARLES H. BRADLEY SUPERINTENDENT
The Farm and Trades School
A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR WORTHY BOYS
ESTABLISHED 1814
Thompson's Island
P. O. BOX 1486
BOSTON, MASS.
[annotated initials: BA. 1]

Sept.16,1911.

Comm. of Pensions,
Record Division, 
Washington, D.C. 

My dear Sir:

Will you kindly send me a statement of the military history S.12.324 of Eber Bradley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War from Vermont.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours very respectfully, 
/s/C.H. Bradley
['Supt.' crossed out]

CHB/SEI

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3-871
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by Geo M. Moore
['Claim no.' crossed out] Jan 12 1910.
Certificate no. [blank]
Claimant [blank]
Soldier Eber Bradley
Service Vt Rev.
Additional Service [blank]
No [blank] claim, State records [blank], 190[blank]
No claim, combination records [blank], 190[blank]
REMARKS:
No O W I. War R as above except J. F. 12324

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[handwritten letter]

Maumee Ohio
Jan - 4th 1910

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington - D.C.

Dear Sir - 
Have been referred by the War Department to you for information concerning one Eber Bradley who served as a fifer in the Vermont Militia Revolutionary War and whom we beleive was pensioned according to act of Congress passed June 7th - 1832.
In a declaration of services, which is in my possession, filed before Judge Wm P. Briggs - District of Chittenden - Chittenden Co - Vt, the said Eber Bradley states that he enlisted in the spring of 1778 from Sunderland, Vt., for a seven months service as a fifer.
Served the seven months at Fort Rutland under Major Whitcomb - Capt. Nathan Hutchins.
Again in the summer of 1779 served

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[handwritten letter]

20 days at Fort Rutland under Capt. Thomas Sawyer.
In the autumn of 1779 served not less than three weeks under Capt. Eli Brownson, 
Was called out once afterward to Castleton  Vt., and served under Col. Stephen Pearl - Capt. Eli Brownson, and further mentions that he "was called out a great many times during the war for one, two and three days at a time"
If you will send me all available information on this subject I shall be very grateful - 
Yours very respectfully
/s/Fred C Bradley
Maumee Ohio
c/o L.C.C.H.

[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE A JAN 10 1910]