Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12792, Richard Dorand, Vt.

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Vt.|Dorand, Richard|S. 12792
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334-219
['Vermont' crossed out] N. York
Richard Dorand of [blank] ['in' crossed out] the State of Vermont who was a Pri. Crpl + Ser't in the Company commanded by Captain Whitney of the Regt commanded by Col. Waite in the Vermont line for 1 mo + 12 days Private - $4.64
                                         7    " Corporal        .84
                            8 mo.   21   "  Sergeant     43.45
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$48.93
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 48 Dollars 93 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of June 1833 and sent to Hon J. Hall House Reps
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $73.3[illegible]
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 - 234.4[illegible]
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$97.8[illegible]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Vinal Luce, Clerk
Book D Vol. 4 Page 53

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Transf'd to NY. Aug 19, 1833
Notif'n sent to Pensioner
Care of E. Williams
Knox Albany Co. NY.

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of Vermont
Windham County ss. On the 26th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Probate court for the District of Westminster in said County + State now sitting Richard Dorand a resident of Rockingham in the County of Windham and State of Vermont said Rockingham being in the said Westminster District aged Eighty three 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 in the Revolutionary War in the year 1781. or 1782 as he declares, he marched from Westminster Vermont through Charlestown and Haverhill NH to Royalton Vt. and was there when Royalton was burnt by the Indians, and in four or five days after it was burnt he returned home as the troops were at discharged, in this company he served two weeks or more and Captain Benjamin Whitney was his Captain, he was captain in the Vermont  troops, he the s'd Dorand served in this campaign as a private soldier + served as a volunteer.
he also volunteered in the Vermont Troops in the same or year following and served as a private and marched from s'd Westminster through Charlestown + Haverhill to Newbury Vt. and was in the service this time more than two weeks, does not know who commanded, but was release at s'd Newbury.
he also volunteered in the Vermont troops and marched from said Westminster to Athens in Vermont under Capt Whitney and in this campaign he served two weeks and returned home

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he also enlisted in the service of the United States, during the war but does not know what year, he marched from Westminster Vt. about the last of Feby or first of march through Hanover and Newbury to Corinth Vt. and was stationed at Corinth fort he was discharged at s'd Corinth he believes in December as he remembers that there had been a good deal of snow before he was discharged, he served in the campaign as he believes nine months, he served in the Vermont troops in Colonel Wait's Regiment in Capt. Seelys company, he served during said nine months as a Sergeant except about one week of that time when he first entered the service he served as a corporal. - he was a minute man for more than three years during the war and held himself in readiness to service his adopted county whenever he should be called in, and during that time he was called out on alarms in the Vermont troops as he verily believes as many as twenty times and was in the service each time from four or five to twelve days and altho it would not appear that he served two years in the whole from the foregoing statement yet he confidently states and declares that he was in the actual service of the United States during the Revolutionary war as a soldier more than two years and a half in the whole. - 
he never had any written discharge at any time & has no documents to prove his service and does not know of any witness by whom he can prove any fact of his service except John Richardson and Benjamin Stone he was born  in Kildare County in Ireland in March 1, 1749 he has no record of his age he lived in Westminster Vermont when he entered the service has lived since the war in Westminster about sixteen years eight or ten years in various other places in Vt + Mass, in Knox NY 21 years + in s'd Rockingham 2 or 3 years

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and he now lives in the town of Rockingham in Vermont 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 
/s/Richard Dorand
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. - 
/s/Peter R Taft - Judge

We Seth Gould. - residing in the town of Westminster and Alexander S Campbell residing in Rockingham Vt. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Dorand who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty three years of age that he is reputed and believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
/s/Seth Young
/s/Alexander S Campbell
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid - 
/s/Peter M Taft Judge

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

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as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Seth Gould. - who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in Westminster Vt. + that Alex S Campbell who has also signed the same is a resident in Rockingham Vt. and that both of them are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that no clergyman lives in the immediate vicinity of the said Richard Dorand - 
/s/Peter M Taft - Judge
[court seal affixed] I Ara Keyes 2nd Clerk + Register of the Probate court for the district of Westminster aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter fo the application of ['Stephen Dorand' crossed out] Richard Dorand for a Pension - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 26th day of September AD 1832
/s/Asa Keyes 2nd
The word "Richard Dorand" was outerlined before signing
Asa Keyes 2nd Clk

Richard Dorand
Declaration - 12.919

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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New York
County of Albany} ss. 
On this thirty first day of July 1833, before me, a subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Albany personally appeared Richard Dorand who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Seely in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wate in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately  removed; that he now resides in the State ['(District, or Territory,)' crossed out] of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Vermont to the State of New York viz for the purpose of Obtaining a better likelihood and living near ['me' overwritten] his + children
/s/Richard Dorand
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.}
/s/Daniel Gallup Justice 

⇒The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, the Secretary of State. or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
⇒The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

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State of New York
Albany County} ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in the county of Albany aforesaid Prentice Williams Junr who being duly sworn saith upon Oath that he is personally acquainted with Richard Dorand now a pensioner of the United States and that he is the identical Richard Dorand who has subscribed to the foregoing affidavit on the opposite page
/s/Prentice Williams jr
Sworn + Subscribed to before me this 31st day of July 1833
/s/Daniel Gallup Justice

State of New York
Albany County ss
I Daniel Gallup a Justice of the peace in the County of Albany aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Prentice Williams Junr who has subscribed to the above affidavit and that he is a person of veracity
Subscribed to this 31st day of July 1833
/s/Daniel Gallup Justice

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I Conrad A Ten Eyck Clerk of the County of Albany do certify that Daniel Gallup before whom the foregoing affidavits of Richard Dorand and Prentice Williams Jun'r were taken and who has subscribed to the foregoing certificate was a Justice of the peace at time of the date thereof and that his signature appears in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand + seal of Office at the city of Albany this 5th day of August 1833 - 
/s/C A Ten Eyck Clerk.

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No 12.919
Suspended 5th Nov'r 1832.
to Judge Haight Present.
Obj 16. & 5.
P - 50.
Admitted
1 mo. 12 d's Private  4.64
            7  " Corporal    .84
8  "     21 ' Sergeant-43.45
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10 "    10                $ 48.93
Hon. H. Hubbard
Ho. of Rep's

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BRIEF in the case of Richard Dorand of Rockingham in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In the Probate court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the  applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 83 years
4. State his service, as directed by the form annexed.
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In 1781 or 82|([blank]|[blank]|14)|private|Vt. troops Capt. Whitney|
not definite|([blank]|[blank]|14)| " |not recollected|
not stated '81 a witness swears it to have been|([blank]|9|[blank])|Sergeant|Capt'n Seely Col Wait|
[blank]|([blank|10|12)|[blank]|[blank]|
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5. In what battles was he engaged? not mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westminster Vt.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one witness swears that he served over 8 months
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
/s/JM Cuffield
Examining Clerk.

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Rev War 12.792
INVALID
File No. 12.792
Richard Dorand
Sergt&c: Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. [blank], Page [blank]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Transfer.
J L Edwards Esqr
Com'sr of Pensions
City Washington

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Knox Aug 3d. 1833
Enclosed is the paper requesting the transfer of Mr Durand name from the State of Vermont that year please give us notice previous to the time of the next draft 
Honorably
Your Obt Servt
/s/E Williams

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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Windham in the state of Vermont Richard Dorand 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, he served as a private in the Revolutionary war in the campaign when he went to Royalton and served two weeks, and in the second campaign he served as a private when he went to Newbury two weeks and in third campaign when he went to Athens he served as a private two weeks and he also served in the fourth campaign when he went to Corinth fort Vermont and served nine months, one week of which he served as a corporal and Eight months an ['about' crossed out] three weeks of the time he served as a Sargeant, and he further says that he cannot state more particularly than is stated in his declaration heretofore made before the Probate Court as to his service when he was called out on alarms. - 
the word "about" erased before signing
/s/Richard Dorand.

State of Vermont
Windham County ss. January 1. 1833 Then personally appeared Richard Dorand above named, who is a credible person and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before me /s/Alexander A Campbell Justice Peace

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I John Richardson of Westminster in the State of Vermont testify and say that I was well acquainted with Richard Dorand now of Rockingham in the State of Vermont at the time of the Revolutionary War and lived a near neighbor to him at that time, and I know that I understood at that time that s'd Dorand had enlisted in the Vermont troops to go to the northward and I think to Corinth and that he soon after went away to the north as I understood and he afterwards returned from the service at the northward at the time Lieutenant Phippen returned, I understood at that time that he the s'd Dorand enlisted under said Phippen, and should think s'd Dorand was absent nine months. I also recollect that the s'd Dorand went on an alarm with the Vermont troops to Athens in Vermont but do not know how long he was  absent - I cannot remember the year s'd Dorand was in the service at either time above mentioned
/s/John Richardson

State of Vermont
Windham County ss Westminster September 26th 1832
When personally appeared John Richardson above named and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth 
Before me /s/Alexander S Campbell Justice Peace
I certify that the above named John Richardson is a credible and disinterested witness
/s/Alexander S Campbell Justice Peace

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I Benjamin Stone of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont ['[illegible]' crossed out] do testify + say that I am well acquainted with Richard Dorand of said Rockingham and I further testify that I entered the United States Service in the Revolutionary War in the year 1781 and went from Norwich Vermont to Corinth in Vermont in Capt. Seely's Company in Colonel Waits Regiment of Vermont troops and I further testify that while in said service I frequently saw the said Richard Dorand and know that the said Richard Dorand served as Sergeant in said Seelys company  for the term of eight months at least, and I think one or two weeks more than eight months, but cannot say as to the exact time over eight months, we were both discharged at the same time. - 
/s/X his mark Benjamin Stone

State of Vermont
Windham County ss Westminster September 24th 1832
When personally appeared the above named Benjamin Stone who is a credible  + disinterested witness and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me /s/Alexander S Campbell Justice Peace.

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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New Fane, October 1. A.D. 1832.
I certify that Alexander S. Campbell, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the within and annexed are his signatures - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Court on the day and year above written - 
/s/James Elliot, Clerk.
[court seal affixed]
State of Vermont - 
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New Fane, January 4th. 1833.
I certify that Alexander S. Campbell, Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the within and annexed are his signatures - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on the day and year last above written - 
/s/James Elliot Clerk