Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,645, Caleb Blanchard, R. I.

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R.I. Blanchard, Caleb. S21,645

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8564
Caleb  Blanchard
of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont who was a Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Gibby of the reg commanded by [ineligible] Stanton in the RI [ineligible] line for 24 mo s

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 88 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Apl 1833 and sent to R Temple

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $176.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept ---44.00
$220.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act Jun 7, 1832

recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 52

Le BFLangdon 21 [illegible] 1835
olo Jame and B Cowell, March 18 1835

Order to [ineligible] payment and notice BF Langdon
 28 [illegible]1835

d Jun 2, 1836

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Caleb Blanchard
24 months corporal
1 1/2 mo private
N 6/10
Aom d
24 mo Corpl
__________
$88

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STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY, SS. On this 14th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appear ed in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland is now sitting, Caleb Blaunched a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the year 1777, in the lived in Coventry Rhode island and belonged to the Militia, he was drafted and went in to the service for one months at Greenwich Newtown so called, In March 1777 he enlisted with Col. Stanton's Regiments, Capt Ebbs Company of Rhode Island troops for one year, and served in said Regiment on the lines at Tivertown. as a corporal, and when his time was out in 1778 he enlisted again in the same Regiment & Company, for one year and served as a corporal until the expiration of the year when he was discharged 16th March 1779. the latter part of the first year said Regiment as commanded by Col. Barton and the second year by Col John Sappen, Col Barton was a Major of said Regiment when he first enlisted, his company the second year was commanded by Capt Phillip Laffeis who was Leunt the first year. In the fall of 1778 he was with his Regiment on Rhode Island and was in several skirmishes with the British troops there on the Island his Regiment was attached to Genl Connells brigade he knew E Sullivan and Green, does not recollect the names of other Continental officers In April 1779 he removed to Shaftesbury Vermont [inelligible called in service or alarms several times [inelligble] recent to [inelligible]  was out two weeks he removed from Shaftsbury to Clarendon in this County and has resided there ever since the Revolutionary war-


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he was born in Coventry Rhode island the 8th day of April 1759 his birth are recorded in Clarendon under the direction of his father after he removed to Clarendon - he never received any written discharge he has no documentary evidence of his know but thinks he can prove a part of it by W. Eates of [inelligible] in this County, and a part by W Philip [inelligeble] of Clarendon - he is known to Elder Peck the Clergyman of West Clarendon, and to most of the old people in that part of the town he says there are a battle on Rhode Island while he was then but he was not engaged his regiment retreated with the army cross Howland Ferry
 He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, declares that his name is not on the Pen. Mage Reg Coulthurssion Roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the ┃ day and year aforesaid
We John Peck a Clergyman residing in Clarendon and George Round to residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Blanchard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
George Round John Peck
And the 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 Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Peck who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Clarendon and that Geo. Round who has also signed the same, is a resident in Clarendon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I Rodney C. Royce Reg  of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Caleb Blanchard In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 day of July A. D. 183 M. Clare Reg

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I Cyrus Gates of Ausltiton in the County of Rutland of lawful age testify and say that I was in the service in Col Stevensons Regt Rhode Island troops said Regt commanded by Maj [illegible] and Col. Barton for the term of fifteen months in the year 1777 & 1778, and
know the Caleb Blanchard now present
was a Corporal in Capt Gibbs Company in sd Regt all the time I was with said Regiment
Subscribed & Sworn
before me 14 July 1832
Cyrus Gates
R Pierpooint Judge Probate Court
I Pely Given of Clarendon in the County of Rutland of lawful age testify and say that I am
acquainted with Caleb Blanchard before the
revolutionary war that during the war I 
understood said Caleb enlisted with the army
and I was drafted in the Militia and went
on to Rhode Island twenty days
I there saw the said Caleb there in service and laty in his tent one night I do not recollect the
time I was there but there was a battle
soon after I left there -
Subscribed + Sworn
before me 14 July 1832
his
Peley Green
Mark
R Pierpoint Judge Probate Court
I certify that I am acquainted with the
above named Cyrus Gates & Peley Green &
that they are credible witnesses
R Bresser Jus. Peace

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I Caleb Blanchard of Clarendon in County of Rutland & State of Vermont and of the
Age of Seventy five do certify that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary war that in the month of February AD 1777 that I lived in the Town of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island and was drafted for one month and served my time in East Greenwich I then enlisted as a
Corporal in the Rhode Island State service for one year in Capt Gibbs Company Colonel Barton Ridgement and served my time out in
Overtown at Howlands Ferry I then enlisted as a corporal in the same Service in Capt Franklin Company and Colonel Taping ridgment and
then discharged on the 16th day of March 1779 on the the 6th day of April 1779 I arrived in the town of Chaftsbury in the State of Vermont where I was out on [illegible] two work I then went to blannden in Hubbard County where I have lived on the same farm fifty two years I lived in clarinden where I now live when I made appintion for a
pention my testimony was taken at Rutland before Robert pierpoint Judge the amount per anum of my pention was Eighty dollars I was last paid in March 1834
writen and subscribed to this 13th day of July
AD 1835
Attest
Joshua Harrington
Caleb Barchard
To J L Edwards Commisioner of pentions

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21645
INVALID       (on the side ) Restitution

File No.  21,645
Caleb Blanchard
Cor Rev War
Act:  June 7, 32"
Index:-Vol 2, Page 41
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Caleb Blanchard

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Caleb Blanchard which require further proof of explanation.
I Does the declaration show where the applicant resides: Yes
II Did the declarant make declaration in the county where he resides: 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? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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? Yes
VI. Has he given names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certifcate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? 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? 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 hs declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant has produced or witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under hi seal of office? No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or as of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 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, &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 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."

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
QUERE XIV 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 in 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 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 therein by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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Rhode Island District Le.
Clerks office U S District Court
Providence March 7th 1835
I certify there is in this office a roll of a regiment raised by the State of Rhode Isand during the Revolutionary war & first commanded by Col Joseph Stanton in 1777 & subsequently in the years1778 & 1779 by Col John Topham on which is borne the name of Caleb Blanchard as a private does not appear have long he served. Said Roll appears to have been made up to ascertain the amount of depreciation of wages due the officer &
privates & the sum of $32, 15 + 3 was due
the said Caleb as appears by a Report of a
Committee in October 1783
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my
hand & affixed the seal of said Court on this
Seventh day of March 1835 Benja Cowell Clk

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

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Castleton Feby 13 1835
Sir I enclose Celeb Harrington letter or
Certificate addressed to you on additional
showing on his part of the justice of his claim
for the Pension obtained for him by the late
Robt Timple Esq the payment of his pension
due last Sept. was refused
for the character & standing in society of Joshua Harrington who drew up the letter I refer you to Mr John J Langdon a Clerk in the Treasury department and I think Mr Hude of the House of Rep. may know
his reputation I do not doubt of the witness
of the statement
Will W Sutton's pension be refused till
he makes his further statement? It was obtained by the Hon. Ch. K Williams
and the additional pension by myself the last summer
I am very respectfully [illegible]
B F Langdon
To J L Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions of

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Castleton Ver
tenh 11 File
vo. Mar 17
J L Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
see other file 
certificate of the Clerk of the D.C. R.I. cannot be received as evidence unless he will show why the roll was deported in the Clerk's office

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Paper given to Wm Edergis
17 March [illegible]
Castleton March 10 1835
Sir I [illegible] you him the [illegible] of the Clk.  of the N.Y. District for Rhode Island in the case of Caleb Blanchard [illegible] it there is no evidence of the time of his service & this was not required in [illegible] of the 23d ult
I hope this to be sufficient in Mr B case
Capt Wesly inform me he now awaits your 
reply to his last letter & to be addressed
to be indebted to me In the mean time he denies he seen [illegible] Deposition or
affidavit in the case of one Samuel Gates
which he [illegible] has been found among Mr Temples papers
I am very respectfully
your Obt Sert
B Franklin Langdon
To J L Edwards Esq Coms. of Pensions