Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 353, David Bachelder, N. H.

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(3-1776)

Service: N.H.

Bachelder, David
Susanna

Number: R. 353

Contents:

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11.701 Vermont
David Bachelder of Caledonia Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Pr[ivate] in the Company commanded by Captain Martin of the Regt commanded by Col Peabody in the New hampshire line for Troops
19 Mo[nths] 12 D[ay]s Pr 64.64

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 64 Dollars 64 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June and Sent to Amos Paul, Danville, Vt 1833

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 129.28
Semi-anl. [Semi-annual] ending 4 Sept 32.32
[Total] 161.60
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk.
Book E Vol. 3 Page 53

[right side of page] order to pay April 19, 1837

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I Simeon Batchelder of Bridgewater in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire aged sixty six years depose  & say that I lived in my  mother[']s family in Meredith in said State she was a widow in the time of the revolutionary war that David Batchelder now of Groton in the State of Vermont & my brother lived with my mother also that at [illegible] period of said war I do not remember the year said David went into the United States services for six months & went as I understood at the time to Haverhill in New Hampshire & he was gone six months, I was younger than he & remember that after he had been some time gone & my mother was in trouble on his account I offered to go to Haverhill from said Meredith to see him & learn his welfare, that after some objections on the part of my mother on account of my youth & inexperience I went and [illegible] at the [illegible] from a young man of the name of Smart who said he was my brother[']s messmate that my brother was a Ranger & was gone upon a Scout & I did not see him & returned home. I further say that at another time during said war my said brother was out upon another tour of service I believe before the tour I have mentioned but am not certain of this that he went as I understood to a post on an island near Portsmouth with Lieut Roy but how long he was gone I cannot now state, nor can I say the years he was out, that I have no doubt he was in two tours of Revolutionary Service in behalf of the United States
Simeon Batchelder his mark x

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State of New Hampshire Grafton SS
Sept 5, 1832 Then Simeon Batchelder whose mark is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit whom I know to be a worthy and credible man personally appearing made solemn oath to the truth of said affidavit before me
Stevens Merrill Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Grafton SS
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the Courts of Grafton do certify that Stevens Merrill Esqr is a Justice of the Peace within aforesaid county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits & that I believe the above to be his genuine signature
Witness my hand & seal of said court  this 5th day of September 1832
George Woodward Clerk

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16495
David Bachelder's Declaration

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State of Vermont District & County of Caledonia SS
On this 18th day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Benj F Deming Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid now sitting David Bachelder a resident of Groton in the County and District aforesaid aged seventy one years last May, 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 hereinafter stated. That at Meredith in the State of New Hampshire about the last of June or fore part of July 1778 there was a call for men to go into the service and the militia was called out and a certain number of men were to be drafted unless that number volunteered, he volunteered and marched to Portsmouth and was stationed on what was called Portsmouth Island in Portsmouth harbor in the Company of Cap Sias Lt Roy in the Regt of Col Dam. He served in s[ai]d Company about six weeks when he enlisted for the term of one year in the Company of Cap Thomas Mastain and in the Regt of Col Peabody. He remained for a while on the Island above named and then marched to Rhode Island where he continued to serve until the end of his engagement. He was so young at the time that he cannot now specify particularly the places at which he was stationed in Rhode Island. That at said Meredith in the month of June 1780 he enlisted for the term of six months marched to Haverhill New Hampshire, where he served in the company of Cap. Stone under Major Whitcomb and Col Beedel he served as a ranger and for most of the time was out on scouts to discover whether there were Indians in the vicinity, he served the whole of s[ai]d term and was

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discharged at said Haverhill
Was born at Deerfield N. H. Has a record of his age in a book at his house. He was living at Meredith in New Hampshire when called into service and there continued to reside until about seventeen years ago where he removed to Barton in the State of Vermont lived there about ten years thence removed to Peacham Vt where he resided about two years thence to the adjoining town of Cabot where he resided about five years from which place he removed to Groton his present residence in the month of March last. That when he entered the service he was not drafted and was not a substitute. Had a written discharge at the end of his years service it was handed him by Capt Mastain, by whom signed he does not recollect that he has not seen it for many years
David Bachelder his mark
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first above written.
Before Benjn F. Deming Judge of Probate
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 Anthony Perry and Leonard Orcutt who have subscribed the certificate herewith transmitted are respectable magistrates residing in the town of Cabot in the County of Caledonia whose statement is entitled to credit.
I Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid as hereby

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certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of David Bachelder for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 24th day of September A. D. 1832
Amos Paul Register

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16.495
David Batchelder
Caledonia C. Vermont

Admitted
19 mos 12 days
$64.64

Amos Paul Esq
Danville Vt

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War Department, Pension Office, 183[blank]

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of David Batchelder
Period when the service was rendered
July 1778
June 1780
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
[0] 1 12
1 [0] [0]
[0] 6 [[0]
[Total] 1 7 12
Rank of the claimant. Private[,] ranger
Names and Rank of the Company officers under who he served. Capt Sias Capt Martin Capt Stone
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Col Dam Col Peabody Col Bedel
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. [Blank]
Country through which he marched. Stationed at Portsm[outh] Island -- Rhode Island
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 71 years Meredith New Hampshire
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. By living Witnesses
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff
of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen [emphasis added by KDJ] , &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular 'Troops.
2. The State 'Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all
persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of
County of ss.

On this [——] day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of [——] and State, Territory or District of [——]
aged [c] [——] 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [——], with [——] and served in the [——] (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [——]

Sworn to and subscribed the dad rear aforesaid. A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [—— —— ——] of the Court of [—— ——] do hereby certify (h) that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [—— —— ——] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [——]
day of [—— ——] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration,
cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following
additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [—— —— ——] and C. D. residing in (the
same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [—— —— ——], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [——]
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.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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 A. B. [—— —— ——] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [—— —— ——] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [—— —— ——] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I [—— —— ——] Clerk of the Court of [—— —— ——] do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [sic] of for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [seal embossed onto document] of office, this [—] day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or
commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith,
as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l)
and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with
the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following [m] interrogatories to all applicants for a pension,
on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the
Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a
substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you
served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by
whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it
signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and
who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that [t]he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration,
and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the
Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents,
and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the
declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity,
attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of
Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died
before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the
deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing go by reason of
bodily infirmity ; in which ease the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should
fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier most give the name of the Colonel under whom he
served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. ln 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:

“Personalty 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 his 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.”

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, it too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the
applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be
distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the
papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which, contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.

Proof of Service.

[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in this case applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War
Department, with the declaration.

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9454
Susanna Batchelder widow of David 
Vt
act 7 July 1838
married 1791
Husband died 1839

8 mo served is satisfactory

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State of Vermont Caledonia County SS.
On this 17th of July 1843 at a special court holden at Groton in s[ai]d county Personally appeared before the Hon. Isaac N. Hall Judge of the county court of the county aforesaid Susanna Bachelder a resident of Groton in s[ai]d county aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed July 7, 1838 and also any subsequent act of congress relative to granting pensions to widows applicable to her case.
That she is the widow of David Bachelder who was a pensioner of the United States for service in the revolutionary war, for the proof  of whose services reference may be had to his declaration and the papers now in the war department on which he drew a pension of sixty four dollars and sixty four cents per year.
She further declares that she was married to the said David Bachelder at Meredith, N. H. by the Rev Nicholas Fulsom on the 20th day of March A. D. 1791 that her Husband the aforesaid David Bachelder died on the 24th day of August 1839. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz on the time above stated. and she still remains a widow
Susanna Bachelder her mark x
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written
Before Isaac N. Hall Assistant Judge of Caledonia C[ounty] Court

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State of Vermont Caledonia County SS
At Groton on this 17th day of July AD 1843 I hereby certify that the above Sussanna Bachelder who signed and made oath to the foregoing is known to me as the widow of David Bachelder who was a

State of Vermont, Caledonia County, ...SS.
I Saml B Mattock Clerk of the County Court of the County of Caledonia in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the Hon Isaac N Hall is one of the Assistant Judges of the County Court in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 4th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signatures to the forgoing are genuine,
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this Ninth day of August A. D. 1843
Saml B Mattock Clerk.

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State of Vermont Caledonia County SS
At Groton on this 17th day of July AD 1843 I hereby certify that the above named Sussanna Bachelder who signed and made oath to the foregoing is known to me as the widow of David Bachelder who was a pensioner.
Isaac N Hall Assistant Judge of Caledonia C[ounty] Court

are genuine, Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this Ninth day of August A. D. 1843
Saml B Mattock Clerk.

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No 9454
Susanna Batchelder
Vermont 
Act July 7th [18]38

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I Nicholas Folsom of Meredith in this County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged Sixty two years depose and say that Nicholas Folsom my Father an ordained Minister of said Meredith who is now deceased and that I have in my possession a manuscript records of Marriages performed by him from which I make the extract from Said records (to wit) David Batchelder and Susanah Pitman were married the twenty first March seventeen hundred ninety one
I here by certify that the above is a true copy from the original Manuscript recorded with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legibal [legible] figures following David Bachelder and Susannah Pitman March 21 1791
Nicholas Folsom
State of New Hampshire Strafford County SS
March the 27, 1840 Subscribed and Sworn to on the day and year above writ[t]en before me Ebenr Pitman Justice Peace 
I here by certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness and the Son of the Said Nicholas Folsom deceased
Ebenr Pitman Justice Peace

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Gallipolis Ohio May 15th 1854
Hon Sir
David Bachelor (or Bachelder) was a pensioner in Caledon[i]a County State of the Vermont under act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of 64 dollars 66 cents a year his pension certificate issued on the 6th day of June in the year 1833, said pensioner died on the 25th of August 1839 leaving a widow who applied for a pension under act of July 7th 1838 said Claim was suspended and the Claimant was advised to apply under act of January 23d 1845, but inasmuch as that Susannah Bachelor the widow of David Bachelor aforesaid died on the 17th day of October in the year 1844 her death having occurred before

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the date of the last above named went into operation, the heirs wish me as their attorney to ask you can they have the benefit of the act aforesaid, Notwithstanding the death of their mother prior to the date of said act and be that as it may, will you inform me what now stands in the way of the granting said pension, does not the law of August 1842 obviate the difficulty in this case
Yours Respectfully 
Daniel D T Benedict
Hon L P Waldo Com of pensions

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Revolutionary
Act 7 July 1838.
Susanna Batchedler, Wid. David.
Vermont -- Susp[ende]d

Power of Atty to examine papers
Chs. C. Tucker Atty Present
14 Aug, [18]54

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Know all Men by these presents that I Joshua M Batchelder of Troy in Orleans County and State of Vermont do hereby Constitute and appoint Charles C Tucker of the City of Washington My true and lawful attorney for Me & in my name place & stead to ask for and receive from the pension Department or either the or any of the Departments of Government or Congress anything that may be due me as heir of My late Father David Batchelder or a any other account whatever hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said atty may do in the premises
In testimony whereof I have hereby sett my hand and seal this 10th day of August AD 1854 Joshua M Batchelder
In presence of 
J C Burnett
David Johnson

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Know all men by these Presents That I Betsey Lund of Groton Vermont in the County of Caladonia & State of Vermont a daughter of Sussannah Batchelder deceased who made application for pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 for pension, do hereby constitute and appoint Lyman D. Stevens of Concord N. H. my true & lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my said Mother's claim for pension: and I give to my said attorney full power to examine all records and documents on file in the Departments in Washington or elsewhere pertaining to said claim and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed.
Witness my hand & seal this 26th day of November 1855
betsey lund
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Luther Tracy
Louise Hawes

State of Vermont Caladonia County SS.
Nov twenty sixth 1855 Then personally appeared the above named Betsey Lund and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed. Before me
Horace Hawes Justice of the Peace

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Ex'r. Invalid.
No. 353 Rejected
[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Susanna Batchelder
P. O. Widow of David Bachelder
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18[blank]
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank]
Application filed [blank], 18[blank]
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]

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V. No 9454
Susanna Batcheld[page torn]
Vt
Suspended
Set to John Kimball Oct 7 [18]43
same 9 April 1844
Hon P. Dillingham May 2nd [18]46
Act July 7th [18]38

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[postmark] Gallip O. May 19
Free
Hon L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

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9454
Susanna Batchel[page folded]
widow of Daniel [David]
Vt

John Kimball Oct 7 [18]43
same 9 April 1844
Hon P Dillingham May 2d 1846
DDT Benedict May 22185[?]
L D Stevens Dec 16 1855

353
Act July 7 1838

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I, Thomas Carr of Berlin in the County of Washington and State of Vermont, aged Seventy five years last April, depose and say that I am acquainted with David Batchelder who informs me that he resides in Groton in Caledonia County & State of Vermont. That I have not seen him before today since I served with him in the Revolutionary War, but have heard of him often since that period. I served with him in the year 1779 in the State of Rhode Island. We served together six months. How long he had been there at the time I met him I do not know. We served together in Captain Thomas Marsten's Company. The only [illegible] officer in our Regiment who I recollect was Col Peabody. I have been on the Pension Roll myself for several years. And further this deponent saith not.
Thomas Carr
State of Vermont Washington County SS
Montpelier August 11, 1832 Personally appeared Thomas Carr and made solemn oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me Nathan Jewett Justis Pease
I hereby certify that I consider the above mentioned Thomas Carr a man of truth and that his deposition is entitled to ful credit 
Nathan Jewett Justis Pease

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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's office
Montpelier, Aug 11th 1832.
I hereby certify that Nathan Jewett, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Washington in said state, duly constituted and commissioned and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit ought to be given; and that I believe the within to be his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office this 11th day of Aug A. D. 1832.
Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State.

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Power of Attorney of Joshua Batchelder son of Susanna Batchelder
Isaac N Coffin of Washington D. C. Attorney

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Power Of Attorney.
State Of Vermont County Of Orleans SS:
Be it known that before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Joshua Batchelder resident of Troy in the county of Orl[e]ans in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, states the he is son of Susanna Batchelder deceased, the former applicant, widow of David Batchelder of Groton of the county of Caladonia and State of Vermont who was a revolutionary Soldier & Pentioner [Pensioner] and that he is directly interested as a claimant in the pension, for Monie [Money], due the widow of David Batchelder now deceased, [illegible] Lived several years after the death of her Husband and constitutes and appoints Isaac N. Coffin, of Washington, D. C., his true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all acts necessary thereto. 
In witness whereof, he the said Joshua Batchelder has on this 11th day of Dec[emb]er 1852 hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal. Joshua Batchelder Witness: Harrison Atwood
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this 11th day of Dec[emb]er 1852 & I Certify that the words = which application was heretofore made by said = in the 9th Line were Erased prior to Execution
Harrison Atwood J. P.
State of Vermont County of Orleans to wit: I, Hubbard Hastings clerk of the County court, of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Harrison Atwood before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged and affidavit made, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is ge[nuine]. [seal covers last word]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of December 1852. Hubbard Hastings Clerk
Here, [if] the soldier or officer is living, insert his name; if he is dead, and the widow is living, insert her name; if both dead, insert one of the living children's names; if the children are all dead, and either of them survived the former unsuccessful applicant, insert the name of the administrator of that former applicant.
Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name again; if the widow is living, insert the words, "widow of," and the name of her husband; if both dead, insert the words, "son or daughter of" and the name of the former LAST unsuccessful applicant.
Here insert the word "soldier," or "officer," whichever he was.
Note.-- When a female is the person who executes this paper, please put the letter s before the word he  in every place where it occurs.

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Know all men by these presents that I Betsey Lund a Resident of Groton in Caledonia County in the State of Vermont do hereby constitute and appoint Daniel D T Benedict a Resident of Gallipolis in the state of Ohio My true and Lawful attorney for me and in my name to investigate the Revolutionary widow's pension Claim of my Mother who is now dead. My Mother's name was Susanna Bachelor the widow of David Bachelor which said David Bachelor was sometimes called David Bachelder his name was placed on the pension Roll of the United States on the 6th day of June in the year 1833 at the rate of 64 dollars and 64 cents a year in accordance with act of congress of June 7th 1832. betsey lund
Signed in presence of Elisabeth Hall Isaac N Hall
State of Vermont Caledonia County SS
On this 29th day April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Betsey Lund to me known, she being a Resident of Groton in Caledonia County and State of Vermont and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be

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her act and deed in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Groton in the State of Vermont the day and year last above written
Isaac N Hall Justice of Peace

State of Vermont Caledonia Co. SS I, G. A. Burbank, Clerk of Caledonia County Court in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that Isaac N. Hall Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate of acknowledgement, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County commissioned & qualified. 
[seal] State Of Vermont Caledonia County Court.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 3d day of May 1854.
G. A. Burbank Clerk as aforesaid

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[side ways]Aug 24, [18]43
Vt July 7 1838
Sir, Batcheldor

[right side up] Col James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department Washington

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Barton 16th August 1843
Col James Edwards
Sir enclosed is the papers of Susanna Bachelder for a pension
You will please make returns to John Kimball Barton Orleans County Vermont
Respectfully Yours
John Kimball

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[sideways] Feb 27 1844 Vt Susanna Batchelder
[right side up] Barton Vt 21 July Free
Col J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

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Barton Feb 20, 1844
Col J. L. Edwards
D[ea]r Sir
I have applyed to the Secretary of the state of New hampshire for evidence of the service of David Bachelder and have been informed by him that the rolls of the companies in which he says in his declaration that he served, are in the War office at Washington to which I would wish to refer you for evidence of his service -- s[ai]d rolls were delivered some years since to "E. Haskel" Commissioner for the four eastern states" "to be forwarded to the commissioners of the Board of Treasury or Army account" as appears by his recpt for the same
This  you will perceive is to be applyed in the case of [crossed out] Sussanna Susanna Bachelder whose papers are on file in your office.
Yours Respectfully
John Kimball
[illegible]

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Secy Certificate in the case Mrs Susan Batchelder

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State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office
I do hereby certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relative to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Office, it appears that the name of David Batchelder is borne upon an "Abstract for Capt. Samuel Runnal[']s Pay Roll for his company of State Troops at Coos 6 months 1780" with an allowance of £614.3. And upon a "muster Roll of 184 Men non Commissioned Officers & Privates, Mustered by order of the Honble Committee of Safety, which were detatched from several Regiments of Militia to serve for the defence of Portsmouth two months unless sooner discharged Sept 27th 1779" is borne the name of David Batchelder as a private in Capt Sias's Compy.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this 17th day of March A. D. 1846.
Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State

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Hon J. L. Edwards Comm Pensions
Sir
I herewith inclose you the Certificate of the Sec. of State of the State of N. H. sharing the services of D Batcheldor to be used in aid of the application of Mrs. Susan Batcheldor now pending in your office for a Pension under the act of July 7 1838. You will please send the certificate to me.
Yours Respectfully
P Dillingham Jr
H Reps
27 May 1846

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[sideways] Ap 1.
Jas Batchelder Vt [illegible] 32
11,901

[right side up] Danville Mar 25 Free
James L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

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Bank of Caledonia
Danville Vt March 23, 1837
Sir,
I enclose the certificate of the magistrate, before whom David Bachelder has made proof of identity -, agreeably to Sect. 3 of the Circular of Sept 29 1836, from the office of the 2d Comptroller -- Said Bachelder claims pay from March 4th 1836 to Mar 4, 1837 & it being "more than one year Since he applied for his pension" I enclose the proof of his identity, for the direction, of the Comr of Pensions, -- Payment is Suspended for your answer.
Respectfully Sam B Mattock Cash For Thomas Emerson Agent

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Concord N. H. Dec. 3, 1855
Sir 
Be pleased to forward me a copy of the last letter sent from your office relative to the claim of Susanna Batchelder for Pension under the Act of July 7, 1838.
I am Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
L. D. Stevens

Hon. J Minot
Commr of Pensions
Washington D. C.

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David Batchelder
Pensioner under Act of 7th June 1832 Vt
Power of Atty enclosed
Aug 1852
A M Gangewer Atty
Present

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Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Joshua M Batchelder, son of David Batchelder of Troy in Orleans County Vermont have constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do constitute and appoint, A M Gangewer, of the City of Washington, My true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution, for Me and in My name, place, and stead, to ask, and receive of and from the United States any Bounty Land, Pensions, Money or Moneys that now is or are due to Me on account of services rendered, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by Me while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in My name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such Bounty Land, Pensions, Patents, and Money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever nature I may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts, that I Myself might or could do, were I personally present at the doing thereof: hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever My said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue hereof.
The words "A M Gangewer" interlined before signing
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set My hand and seal this 2d day of August 1852 Joshua M Batchelder
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of Two Witnesses.
J C Buswell
H Atwood

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State of Vermont County of Orleans Ss.
On this 2d day of August 1852 personally appeared Joshua M Batchelder before me, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
H. Atwood J. P. SEAL

of [blank] County of [blank] Ss.
I Hereby Certify, That [blank] Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of [blank] County Court, this [blank] day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and [blank] Clerk.

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Washington City DC Aug 17, 1852
Sir,
Enclosed you will find Power of Atty. from Joshua M. Batchelder, son of David Batchelder, decd a Revolutionary Pensioner under Act of 7th June 1832
I wish to examine the papers upon which a Pension was granted to him
Yours truly A M Gangewer Atty

Hon J E Heath
Com of Pensions

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We Anthony Perry and Leonard Orcutt residing in the town of Cabot in the County of Caledonia & State of Vermont do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Bachelder now of Groton in said County, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, we also believe him to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war, and we further certify that in this neighborhood where he formerly resided he is considered a man of truth.
Anthony Perry Leonard Orcutt

State of Vermont Caledonia County SS
Cabot Sept 21st A. D. 1832
Then personally appeared before me Anthony Perry, Leonard Orcutt Esquires who have subscribed to the foregoing certificate and made oath that the same is true
Before me Ebenr Smith Jus. of Peace.

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State of Vermont Caledonia County SS
I Benjamin F Deming Clerk of the County Court for the County of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that Ebenr Smith who has signed the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Caledonia and that I believe his name thereunto subscribed to be his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 24th day of September A. D. 1832
Benj F. Deming Clerk.

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State Of New Hampshire.
Office Of Secretary Of State.
I Josiah Stevens, Jr. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Ebenezer Pitman is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Strafford duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the Eleventh day of June 1836 and will expire on the Eleventh day of June 1841 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this twenty eighth day of May 1840
Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State.

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Simeon Batchelder aff x