Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,882, Zaccheus Hovey, Conn.

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SERVICE
Conn.

Hovey, Zaccheus

NUMBER
 S 18.882

Carded
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CONTENTS

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INVALID
File No. 18.882
Zacheus Hovey
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 182
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Vermont: 18.652
Zaccheus Hovey
Pownal, in the State of Vermont he was a Private in the Comp'y command, Captain Munson of the Reg & command, Col. Butler in the Conn. cont. for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont , the rate of 20 Dollars-- Cents fer annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sep. Pownal , VT. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 50.00
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar. '34 10.00

__ $60.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Eb Brown. Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 69

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Zacheus Hovey
Admt.
6 mos
S. Danforth Esq
Pownal

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of (in cursive - Zaccheus Hovey) which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides (in cursive - Yes)
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides (in cursive - Yes)
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? (In cursive - Yes)
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, i language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? (In cursive - Yes)
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? (In cursive - Yes)?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? (In cursive - Yes)
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? (In cursive - Yes)
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? (In cursive - Yes)
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has i a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? (In cursive - Yes)

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? (In cursive - Yes)
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? (In cursive - Yes)
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? (In cursive - Mr. Vale - [illegible] 16 [illegible])
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? (In cursive - Yes)
                    EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, (ampersandc.) A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequenet 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 that 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."

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period [note the word period is marked for deletion) for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law direct the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase (in italics [about three or four months]) (note the word about is marked for deletion) is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. (in italics [Proof of Service.])
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
QUERE XVI (italics [Mode of authenticating papers.])
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying office, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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6987
Zacheus Hovey
Declaration
Rolls
Col Bulter Connt Line

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DECLARATION

State of Vermont, 
County of Bennington } SS. 

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832
 On this 27th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. the Court of Probate for the District of Bennington, now sitting, Zaccheus Hovey, a resident of Pownal, in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont aged 68 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. - that he entered the service of the United Stated under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 
That he volunteered at Windham in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut about the first of June A.D.  1781 for of the term of [4] months & marched to a place called Philipsburg in the State of New York was there first under the command of Capt. Munson in Col. [Batlen] Regiment Connecticut line where he stayed with the army (there remained until the army marched from Fishkill) marched from that place to Fishkill to Yorktown at which time he was attached to a company of Rangers under the command of Capt. Asa Lay of Saybrook Connecticut and served until the first day of January A.D. 1782 and received a written discharge at [Post] Point, N.Y. that he complained to his captain that he had been kept longer than the time for which he engaged, but was answered he could not help the circumstances had rendered it necessary to keep him, The rangers were a part of the time under the command of Col. or Major Putnam and part of the time under Major Prescott, that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person living who can testify, as to his actual service. He hereby

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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 

In answer to the interrogatories propounded by the court the applicant declares,
1st. That he was born at Windham in the state of Connecticut, February 4th, 1764
2nd. That he has no record of his age

3rd. That he lived in Windham, Connecticut, when called into service, resided there about one year after he returned from service then went to Smithfield, N.J., lived there about two years returned to Windham, Connecticut, about one year removed to Pownal,
 Vermont, when he has resided ever since.
4th. That he was a volunteer in the Revolution.

5th. That among the regular officers who were with the troops where he served, he recollects none except those above stated.

6th. That he has received a written discharge and left it at his father’s house in Windham thought it of no value and has not seen it since and does not recollect by whom said discharge was given.

7th. That he is known to Edward Green, clergyman residing in Pownal and Benjamin Gardner Esq residing in Pownal who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. 

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

We, Edward Green a clergyman residing in the town of Pownal and Benjamin Gardner Esq residing in Pownal hereby certify that, that we are well acquainted with Zacheus Hovey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 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. 

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Edward Green who has signed the preceding certificate , is a clergyman resident in the town of Pownal and that Benjamin Gardner Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Pownal and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, William Haswell, Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Bennington, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zacheus Hovey for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 14th day of August A.D. 1832