Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19128, Edmund Town, Mass.

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Town Edmund
S. 19128
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4547 Vermont
Edmund Towne
in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Morrison of the Regt commanded by Col Porter in the Massachusetts line for Pensions - 13 mo - $43.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of January 1833 and signed H. T. Seymour U.S. Senate
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $64.99 Pension allowance ending 4th in 1833 - 21.66 $86.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Virial Luce Clerk Book 9 Vol. 4 Page 8
Pen. Act corrects sent to Rivers Camp, Nov. 8 th May 9 1833
Date of death not on AB

State of Vermont, On this 8 th day of August 1832 Washington County ss. Personally appeared in open court before the Judges or Justices of the county court of the county of Washington Now sitting Edmund Power of Waterville in the county of Washington State of Vermont aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he entered the service of the united States under the following named officers & served as here in stated. That at the time of his first service he resided in Warwick in the state of Massachusetts & entered the service about the first of July 1779. under Capt. Elihu Lyman, who was at time a continental officer, & was at home on a furlough or leave of absence. That he belonged to the Reg t & Commanded by Col. Shepard. That he was Marched from Warwick assigned to New London in Connecticut. That he there served the united States one month, & that the remainder of his service was guard & fatigue duty. That after his return from the Connecticut service in the following Sept. that is 1779. he again entered the service as a Volunteer from the aforesaid place of residence for the term of three months under Capt. Merriam of Northfield Vt. in Col. Patten's Reg t & was Marched from the Warwick to Claverick in the state of New York & there staid 3 Weeks doing guard & fatigue duty & was from thence Marched to Albany in Ohio State & there performed the same duty as aforesaid until he had served out the full time of three Months. That he was then about one hundred & sixty miles from his residence which occupied about one Week in reaching. That in following June during the year 1780. he entered the Continental

Service under an Enlistment of six Months from the aforesaid place of residence in Warwick N.H. in Capt. Niksons Company & Colo. E. Nicksons Regt. & immediately joined the army at West Point N.Y. That on the 2 nd or 3 rd day after arriving at West Point he was marched to a place called at that time Galloway Hill. That while stationed at the aforesaid place he was drafted into Maj. Genl. La Fayette's division of Light Infantry, in Capt. Holden's & incorporated into the aforesaid Colo. Shephard's Regt. who had previous to this time become a Continental Officer, & was from thence marched into the State of N. Jersey & was marched to various places in S. State until Nov. following when the troops to which I belonged were marched to New Jersey in the aforesaid State of New Jersey. & then performed the ordinary camp duty until the 2 nd day of Sept 1781. when my time expired & on the fourth day of the same month I received my discharge from the hand of Colo. Parker which discharge is lost & has been for a great many years. & this declarant cannot recollect by whom it was signed. That in the following Sept. to wit 1781. he again entered the service of the United States from Warwick aforesaid under an enlistment for the term of three Months in Capt. Shattuck's Company & in Colo. Sears Regt. & was marched to Saratoga in the State of N.Y. & then staid the term of his enlistment out. after which he received a regular discharge from his Commanding officer. but said discharge was not a written one. That in which he has served the United States beside the time spent in going to & from the place of his residence & the place of rendezvous, the full term of thirteen Months. That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State agency. And in answer to the questions submitted under the direction of the Secretary of War before the States that he was born at Warwick in the State of Mass. C.C. of Hampshire on the 6 th day of August. A.D. 1763

Cambridge 85
No 1571.

And that he has no record of his age. And that he was living at Warwick at the time that he entered the Service. That since the revolution he has lived in Conway Mass. I know him to be a Waterbury State V. which he now resigns. I further states that he entered the Service as a Volunteer. That he does not remember the name of any of the Officers in Command under whom he served as a regiment other than what is contained in his declaration heretofore. That he never had any discharge except for a six months tour which is lost. That he has no documentary evidence. I know of no person who can testify to his Service except what is contained in Affidavit of Ephraim Town Kenneth transmitted
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Ebenezer Town M c Neil Clerk
55 Ebenezer Town No 1576

We Nathan Robinson & Rivington Camp residing in the town of Stur- C. of Washington State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Emma Tourn who has subscribed to our own to the following declaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age that his father & I believe in the neighborhood where he resides; to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that Opinion.
Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Nathan Robinson Rivington Camp att W ail Clerk
And the S. C. do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after perusing the interrogatories furnished by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & I found as he states. I the C. further certify that it appears to them that Nathan Robinson & Rivington Camp who have signed the fore- going Certificate are residents in S. Town of Stur & are entitled persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest. Joshua W. Vail Clerk
I Joshua W. Vail Clerk of C. C. for S. C. of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of S. C. in the matter of the Application of Emma Tourn for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 9 th day of August A.D. 1832 att Joshua W. Vail Clerk

Affidavit of Ephraim Town

I certify this affidavit was read in Court in case of the application of Edmund Fournier - Attt W. Pail Clerk

I Ephraim Town of the Town of Stowe in the County of Washington State of Vermont aged 79 Years, do depose & say that I am a Brother of Edmund who has made a declaration of his services in the United States Service, in the time of the revolution any War, that the times referred to in his declaration having heard the same read, I, this deponent lived at my Father's in Warwick Vt. that the s d Edmund according to the best of my recollection has made a true & just statement of his services, that to this deponent's personal knowledge the s d Edmund was gone from home the times & times mentioned in his declaration, & as to the nature of the services this deponent saith Not  Ephraim Town
State of Vermont Washington Co. ss. Stowe August 8 th 1832 Personally appeared before me Ephraim Town & made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him made & subscribed was true  D. G. Camp Just. of the Peace
I hereby certify that the aforesaid affidavit is a true & complete copy Witness Attest D. G. Camp Just. Peace State of Vermont Washington County ss. I Joshua W. Neil
Clerk of the County Court within & for the Co. of Washington do hereby certify that D. G. Camp Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace duly appointed & qualified in the authority of this State & that his name to the same as such is his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office the 8 th day of August 1832
Attest. Joshua W. Neil Clerk

No 1571 Vermont
Admitted Private
13 mo's
$43.33.
Non H. Seymour U. S. Senate

BRIEF in the case of  Edmund Towner  of Washington County in the State of Vermont  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 Years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July In 1779 1 Private Gen. Ephraim Lyman. Com d Officer   Sept. In 3 Volunteer Capt. Mersereau, Col. Porter Regt.   June 1780 6 Continental Private Capt. Nickson, Col. Nickson Regt. Capt. Holden, Gen. Lafayette division of Light Infantry.   Sep. 1781 3 Capt. Shattuck, Col. Sears Regt.    Massachusetts Troops
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warwick Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. F. Grafton Examining Clerk.

September 23, 1938
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Honorable Bertrand H. Snell House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
EDMUND TOWN S. 19128 BA-J/MLB
My dear Mr. Snell:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request, in behalf of your constituent, the Revolutionary War record of Edmund Town or Towne, who was born August 6, 1763, in Warwick, Massachusetts, served in the Massachusetts troops and received a pension in 1832 while a resident of Waterbury, Vermont.
You are furnished herein the record of Edmund Town as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 19128, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Edmund Town was born August 6, 1763, in Warwick, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing with his father at Warwick, Massachusetts, Edmund Town volunteered and served as a private with the Massachusetts troops, as follow: from July 1, 1779, one month in Captain Elihu Lyman's company, Colonel Shepard's regiment; from sometime in September, 1779, three months in Captain Merriman's company, Colonel Porter's regiment; from in June, 1780, six months in Captain Nixon's company, Colonel Nixon's regiment, and in Captain Holden's company, Colonel Shepard's regiment, and from sometime in September, 1781, three months in Captain Shattuck's company, Colonel Sears' regiment.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1832, while a resident of Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont. He signed Edmund Town.
It is not stated whether Edmund Town ever married.
In 1832, Edmund Town's brother, Ephraim Town, then aged seventy-nine years was living in Stowe, Washington County, Vermont.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of the soldier, Edmund Town, your constituent should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Edmund Town, certificate #4547, issued January 22, 1833, rate $43.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Vermont Agency.
The descriptive memorandum enclosed by you is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

awg Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
January 14, 1938
Mrs. Elmer E. Fender 1759 W. 95th St Chicago, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 19128, it appears that Edmund Town was born August 6, 1763 at Warwick, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Warwick, he enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts Troops, as follows-
From July 1, 1779, one month in Captain Elihu Lyman's Company, Colonel Shepard's Regiment; from in September 1779, six months in Captain Merriman's Company, Colonel Porter's Regiment; from in June 1780, six months in Captain Nixon's and Holden's Companies, Colonel Nixon's Regiment; and from in September 1781, three months in Captain Shattuck's Company, Colonel Sears' Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1832, while a resident of Water-

bury, Washington County, Vermont. He at E. Town
It is not stated that soldier was married.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any soldier named William Belden Skeels.
Your letter has been forwarded to the proper division for reply relative to a soldier of the Civil War.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

BERTRAND H. SNELL 31ST DISTRICT NEW YORK
Offices of Minority Leader House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
September 21, 1938.
Veterans Administration, Revolutionary and 1812 War Section, Washington, D. C.
Attention of Mrs. Finch
Dear Mrs. Finch:
A constituent of mine would like to prove her eligibility for the Daughters of the American Revolution and has asked me to secure a letter from the Pension Bureau showing her ancestor's war record and the fact that he drew a pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.
The name of her ancestor was evidently spelled both Town and Towne. I am enclosing information furnished me, which please return with your reply.
Very truly yours,
B. H. Snell
wrong

P 19128
INVALID.
File No. 19128
Edmund Foss
Pr. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 89
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928 Jan. 14 H-28 to Mrs. E. Foss & Fender Letter from L. Rec. Div. for reply to Civil War est. 1938 Apr. 23 Shot to Hon. B. H. Anell - M.L.B.

Payments to be made at Burlington Vermont by the First Br. Bank W.C. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Vermont
Cancelled
Recorded by Virial Luce Clerk, in Book D Vol. 4 page 87

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Edmund Town of the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Forty three dollars and 33 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 22 d day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lewis Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
for Lewis