Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20195, for Zebulon Jones, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Jones, Gebulon Mary
W 20/95
CONTENTS
b. Mar. 19, 1757 in Scituate, Hartford Co. Conn. res at cul. Little Hoosack, N.Y. in 1823 res Cornwall, Addison Co. Vt. & there died Nov. 26, 1830

Vermont 28.258
Zebulon Dimes
of Addison Co. in the State of Vt who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dimes of the Regt commanded by Col Brattle in the Vermont Vols for Haiti
12 Mo 15 D 41 50 5/8
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 41 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of April 1834 and sent to J. H. Covert, Rochester, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 34 125.00 Semimont. allowance ending 4 Sept 20.83 3/4 $145.83 3/4
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Covert Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 13 Page 71
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24 78 Burlington Vermont Mary Jones
widow of Zepton Jones dec. who died on the 25th November 1836 of Addison in the State of Vt who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Jones of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Vt time for 1 year & 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington Vt. at the rate of 41 Dollars 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834 25th November 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Jan y 1839 and sent same Smith Middlebury Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1839 $83.34 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. 39, 20.83
$104.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by A. C. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 o Page 38

State of Vermont } On the day of January 17 th . Addison County } 1837. Before me Calvin S. Dyer one of the Judges of Addison County Court Many I was a Resident of Cornwall in the County of Addison and State of Vermont aged Eighty five years on the 10 th day of March 1836. who being first duly sworn according to Law do hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 2 nd 1836. That she is the widow of Zebulon Farns who was a private Soldier in the militia of the State of New York during the Revolutionary war, that the said Zebulon Farns went into the Service of the United States as a private Soldier on several several terms after her marriage with the said Zebulon Farns, to wit in the years 1776. and 1777. That at the several terms the said Zebulon Farns went into the Service he and the said Mary Farns resided at Little Hoosack in the State of New York and that he marched from Fort Hoosack to the North River in the State of New York and that he was at one time at Fort Edward. The exact length of his several Services as a Soldier the said Mary Farns does not now recollect. The said Zebulon Farns was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Jan y 7 th 1832. The said Zebulon Farns declaration and evidence of his Services given in the War Office at Washington will clearly show his said several Services as a militia Soldier of the Revolution. That his pension Certificate he was dated the 3 rd day of April 1834. and is numbered 28,258, and that he was entitled to receive during his natural life for Services the Sum of forty one Dollars and Sixty Six Cents. She further declares that before her marriage with the said Zebulon Farns her name was Mary Beely. That she was married to the

Sister Z. M. Jones on the 7 th day of October A.D. 1767 at Simsbury in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut by Samuel Reynolds Esq. Justice of the Peace That she moved from Simsbury aforesaid to New Britain in the State of New York from thence to Little Hoosick aforesaid from thence to Old Dutch Hoosick from thence to Conesville aforesaid where she now resides and has resided upwards of forty five years past That her husband the aforesaid Z. M. Jones died on the 20 th day of November 1836 at Conesville aforesaid and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs herunto annexed
Given and subscribed on the 11 th 12 th day of January A.D. 1837 clean written
Mark Calvin Polace
Judge of Addison County Court
State of Vermont } I Calvin Polace one of the Addison County } Judges of Addison County Court do hereby certify that the above named Mary Jones from her advanced age and infirmity is unable to attend Court
Calvin Polace
Judge of Addison County Court

State of Vermont On the 19 th day of January A.D. Christian County p. 3 1897. Before me Sidney H. Everett one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Franklin and State of Vermont Amos Jones the re- of Cornwall in the County of Franklin aged thirty three years past who being first duly sworn reading to Law doth on his oath depose truly and know- eth he was acquainted with John Jones late of Cornwall as an old friend that the said John Jones was a pensioner of the United States under the act of him 7 th 1892. That the said John Jones died at Cornwall on the 25 th day of November 1836, leaving a widow, Mary Jones who I am also ac- quainted with that she is an aged woman and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband John Jones and further the deponent saith not
Amos Jones Jr.
Sworn and subscribed this 19 th day of January 1897 clear written
Before me Sidney H. Everett Justice Peace
State of Vermont I hereby certify that I am personally Christian County p. 3 acquainted with the above named Amos Jones and that he is a credible witness
Sidney H. Everett Justice Peace

State of Vermont } On the 10 th day of January Addison County } Feb. 1837 before me Edwin H. Brewster one of the Justices of the peace within and for the County of Addison and Amos Jones a Resident of Cornwall in the County of Addison joined with fifty nine years of age who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath Upon oath and say that he is the 4 th child of Stephen Jones late of Cornwall deceased and Mary Jones now of Cornwall deceased. That his father Stephen Jones was a Unitarian Minister of the Gospel in the United States under the Act of Congress of Jan. 8. 1832. That the said Stephen Jones died at Cornwall on the 25 th day of November 1836. and that his mother Mary Jones the widow of the said Stephen Jones now resides at Cornwall deceased and that she has survived a widow in line the death of her husband the said Stephen Jones. and that from our family record her age appears to be Eighty Six years on the 10 th day of March 1836. and further say not
Amos Jones
Sworn and Subscribed this 19 th day of January 1837 also written Before me Edwin H. Brewster Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } I hereby certify that I personally Addison County } acquainted with the clerk Amos Jones and that he is a Credible Witness
Edwin H. Brewster Justice of the Peace

"Lebrulon Jones and Mary Cooley both of Somers, were joined in marriage, October 7 th 1767"
I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy from the record of marriages in the town of Somers in the county of Tolland and state of Connecticut. Attest. Oliver Chapin 2 d Clerk of said town Somers Feb y 1 st 1837
State of Connecticut } ss - Somers Feb. 1 st 1837 County of Tolland } Personally appeared Oliver Chapin 2 d Esq. Town Clerk of the Town of Somers, & being duly sworn, made oath, that the above record certified by him, is a true copy of record, as registered in the Town Clerk's Office in the Town of Somers
Sworn before me
Walter R. Kibbe Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } ss. Tolland County of Tolland }
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Court in Tolland County aforesaid do hereby certify that Walter R Kibbe Esq - signer of the foregoing certificate is a Justice of Peace within said Tolland County duly appointed & author- ized to administer oaths. That his commission bears date the 4 th day of June 1836 & will expire on the 20 th day of June 1837. also that the signature to the above certificate purporting to be sd Justice Kibbe is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of sd County at Tolland this Second day of February AD 1837
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

State of Vermont } I Calvin Leland one of the Addison County } Judges of Addison County Court do hereby declare my opinion after the investigating steps of the matter for the application of the said Mary Loomis. That the said Mary Loomis is the widow of the late Zebulon Loomis and that he was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as the State and that the said Mary Loomis who has made the foregoing application and that the said Zebulon Loomis and Anna Loomis L. who have made the affidavits hereto are credible witnesses and that their statements are to be relied on
Calvin Leland Judge of Addison County Court
I Calvin Leland one of the Judges of Addison County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Mary Loomis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of Feby. A.D. 1837.
Calvin Leland Judge of Addison County Court

State of Vermont } I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the Addison County } County Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that to whomsoever before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, and who has certified the same is one of the Judges of said County Court, and that his name subscribed to the several foregoing certificates is his own signature. And I further certify that that Udney H. Evens the person whom the affidavits of Amos Jones and Amos Jones Jun. were made, was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 3 d day of March 1837.
Sam d Swift Clerk
X 509
base of Mary Jones Jun
Jerusalem
Act July 4 1836
Abner Jones for 10 1/2 m d
$44 11 1/4 per ann l
comm g 25 m d
1836
March 17 67 due
1836
Sam d Swift Esq Middlebury Vt

State of Vermont } on the 24 th day of June Hoback County p. 3 } A.D. 1883. Personally appeared Ira D. H. Garrison one of the signers of the following Certificate of Service of a resident of Connecticut in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont aged Eighty five 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 th A.D. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit , That during the Revolutionary war he lived at Little Housac in the State of New York and that in the spring of the year 1776, on the suspicion of being an enemy to the cause of his rebellion he was drafted as a soldier in a company of New York Militia commanded by Capt. Harry Jones in Colo Van Schaick Regiment. It was last after com- plaining that he marched from Little Housac afarad to Fort Edward in the State of New York and that he remained at Fort Edward afarad until the first of November 1776, according to the best of his recollection from the circumstances that it was not until after corn harvest when he returned home to Little Housac and that in the spring of the year 1777, before starting time he is confident in the month of April in the said John D. H. Garrison was again drafted as a soldier in to the Militia of the State of New York, in the company commanded by Capt. Harry Jones in Colo Van Schaick Regiment and marched from Little Housac afarad to Fort Ann through Fort Edward and from there to Fort George and while at Fort George it was ascertained that General

Brigadier was marching from Canaden we were then ordered by General Schuyler to command our army to march to Fort Edward and by him we were directed to sit for a time to the field of Oye What has a grass to prevent the march of the enemy which we did - and that when our troops arrived at Fort Edward in the 2nd I believe Lord in consequence of the situation of his forces had been to go home, and that as soon as he arrived at his home at Little Hoosack where he was again ordered to march to Dutch Hoosack to prevent the march of Col. Barre's detachment then marching to Pownington and that before the 2nd I believe Lord arrived at Dutch Hoosack Col. Barre's detachment had passed on towards Pownington and that in the 2nd I believe Lord there remained with a detachment of militia at Dutch Hoosack until three or four weeks after the surrender of Bragg's army which surrender was in October 1777 and that from Dutch Hoosack he returned home to Little Hoosack, and that in the last campaigns there was a skirmish between our troops and the British at Fort Edward, but the 2nd I believe Lord was not in the 2nd skirmish he was marching on to the ground and before he arrived at the place the skirmish or battle was over - and also that he well recollects that during the last campaigns while he was at Fort Edward in Miss M c Lean was taken by the Indians a few rods north of Fort Edward, that he well recollects of

During Miss M'Crone's short term upon at Fort Edward the General Schuyler was his commanding General that he the said Isham Jones was here as he has been informed and deeply believes in the Town of Ithaca was in the County of Herkford and State of Connecticut on the 19th of March 1747 and which appears by the Record of his age in the family Bible of his Father, that he moved from Ithaca and said to New Lebanon in the State of Connecticut and from thence to Little Hoosac where he continued to reside until after the surrender of General Bragdon and then moved to Dutch Hoosac and there lived about fourteen years, and from there he moved to Canajoharie where he moved within housing there lived forty two years past that he had no documentary evidence that he held a religious very strong attachment to a person or community except the present and evidence that his name is not on the previous Roll of the church of any State - and he further testifies that from his childhood up to the loss of memory he can not ascertain precisely the exact time of his conversion but that according to the best of his recollection he did not like them the period of thirteen or a half months I have and subgate the day and year given My own Elias H. Judson Judge  To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting I, Isham Jones
We Isham Jones a Clergyman residing in the Town of Canajoharie in the County of Herkford and State of New York and District of Columbia residing in said Canajoharie hereby certify that we are all agree- ment with Isham Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty five

years of age that he is up to the believed in the neighborhood where he lived to have been a Soldier of the Revolution
Heard and libated the day Febriar Wright and year of our Lord Amos Jones Before me Silas H. Garrison Judge
I hereby certify that the above was heard and Amos Jones are with witnesses Silas H. Garrison Judge
Then the said Silas H. Garrison Judge as of as he held before his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proposed by the hearer finds that the above was affidavit was a Revolutionary Soldier and found as he stated on the last said Silas H. Garrison Judge as of as he further finds that it appears to him that Silas Wright who has signed the preceding certificate is a claymore resident in the Town of Cornwall in the County of Sullivan and that Amos Jones who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Cornwall and is a credible person that  the  State and  are that many forms who make the accompanying affidavit is a little  affidavit and is entitled to credence  and the said Silas H. Garrison Judge as of as he further certifies that the said Silas and  the affidavit can not from body expressly other the Court for the purpose of making his declaration. Silas H. Garrison Judge
I Silas H. Garrison Judge of Sullivan County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings upon the matter of the application of Silas Jones for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24 th day of June A.D. 1833. Silas H. Garrison Judge

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20175
Mary Jones widow of John Jones Disbursed
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. 29 , Page 380
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ Reported lit. farm Surf June 1 1837
Father John died Nov 1837
✓ Ad. Ashby 1836

Johnson Jones Addison Co. Wt. Ad 7 June 32 when paid ~
Due 25 Nov 1836 p't of that period JH
A. H. S. 27 May 37

December 24 1838
Sir
I send, herewith, the Declaration, & proof of widowhood, of Mary Jones, widow of Zebulon Jones. I understand that the proof of her marriage is now in your office, connected with a former application of hers for a pension
Very respectfully
William Slade
J. L. Edwards Esq

State of Vermont On the 24 th day of November 1838. Addison County ss personally appeared before me Calvin Solace one of the Judges of Addison County Court within said for the County of Addison aforesaid Mary Jones a Resident of Cornwall in the County of Addison and State of Vermont aged Eighty Eight years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Jones' oath on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and the Joint resolution of July 7 th 1838.
That she is the Widow of Solomon Jones late of Cornwall in the County of Addison aforesaid who was a private Soldier in the Militia of the State of Vermont and as a Soldier served as such during the Revolu- tionary War and for which service there was granted him a pension under the act of Congress of the year of 1832. during his natural life. She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Jones at her residence in the County of Hartford in Connecticut on the 7 th day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and sixty Seven by Samuel Reynolds Esquire of the Dean and that previous to her marriage her name was Mary Bedell. That her husband the said Solomon Jones died on the 25 th day of November in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty Six and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
Mary X Jones
By Calvin Solace Judge of Addison County Court
I Calvin Solace Judge of Addison County Court do hereby certify that the claim of Mary Jones is a valid claim and that her settlement is entitled to a pension of the sum of Five Dollars per month from the date of her application for the same and that she is entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and the Joint resolution of July 7 th 1838. Calvin Solace Judge of Addison County Court

State of Vermont } Be it known that before me Rodney H. Addison County } Ernest Austin of the peace within and for the county of Addison upon personally appeared Elizabeth Wright a resident of Cornwell in the county of Addison aged fifty nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law depose and says that she was acquainted with Isham Jones late of Cornwell upon deceased that the said Isham Jones was a Unitarian Minister of the Gospel State that he died at Cornwell on the 25 th day of November 1836. That his widow Mary Jones is now living at Cornwell and that she has not been married since the death of her said husband the said Isham Jones and that she has remained his widow ever since his decease Given and subscribed this _____ 23 rd day of November 1838. Elizabeth Wright mark Before me Moses Pratt Notary Public
I hereby certify that the above named Elizabeth Wright is a Unitarian Minister and her testimony is admissible to wit Rodney H. Austin Notary Public

State of Vermont 3. Be it known that upon me Sidney H. Austin Esq. B.A. Great Master of the Peace within and for the County of Addison upon personally appearing Victor Wright a resident of Cornwall in the County of Addison aged forty five years who being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he was acquainted with Solomon Jones late of Cornwall and knows that the said Solomon Jones was a Quaker by profession of the United States. That the said Solomon Jones died at Cornwall on the 25 th day of November 1836 and that his Widow Mary Jones is now living at Cornwall and that she has not been married since the death of the said Solomon Jones her husband and that she has remained a widow ever since his decease.
Sworn and subscribed this 23 rd day of November 1838
Victor Wright
By me Sidney H. Austin Esq. B.A.
I hereby certify that the above named Victor Wright is a Quaker by profession and his allowance is entitled to credit.
Sidney H. Austin Esq. B.A.

State of Vermont Addison County ss. I Calvin Solon one of the Judges of Addison County Court do hereby declare my opinion that after investigating the effluvia of Mary Jones for a period that she is the widow of the late Julius Jones who was a member of the Revolutionary War and who died at Bennington on the 25 th day of November 1836. as she states and that the late Mary Jones who has made her declaration and the late Abigail Wright and Victor Wright who have made their affidavits and Edith Wright and their statements are entitled to credit Calvin Solon Judge of Addison County Court
I Calvin Solon a Judge of Addison County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original papers in the effluvia of Mary Jones for a period
Bridport November 24 th 1838.
Calvin Solon Judge of Addison County Court

State of Vermont Addison County, ss.
I Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Calvin Solace, before whom the within proceedings were had, and who has attested the same was at the time a Judge of said Court, and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature.
And I further certify that Udney H. Court before whom the within affidavits of Ebenezer Wright & Victor Wright were made was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed thereto is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 26 th day of November 1838
Sam l Swift Clerk
Hon. W. Hale H.R.
4158

27 967 Zebulon S. Lewis Declaration
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

State of Vermont Addison County ss
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that John H. Denison, by whom the foregoing pro- ceedings are certified in attestation of said Court and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 19 th day of July 1833.
Sam. Swift Clerk

State of Vermont } Be it remembered that before me Silas H. Jenison an Addison County } of the Judges of Addison County Court on the 24 th day of June 1833 personally appeared Mary Jones of Cornwall in the County of Addison of State of Vermont who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose testify & say that she has been acquainted with Zebulon Jones of Cornwall in the County of Addison & State of Vermont upwards of seventy years - that she the said Zebulon Jones when she first became acquainted with him lived in the town of Summers in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut that the said Zebulon Jones moved from Summers aforesaid to New Lebanon in the State of New York in the year & from thence to Little Hoosuck in said State - that in the spring of 1776 the said Zebulon Jones was drafted to serve as a soldier in a company commanded by Capt Henry Jones that he marched from Little Hoosuck in the month of May & according to the best of her recollection in the fore part of May as she well recollects it was just after Corn planting that he marched as she then understood & verily believes to Fort Edward - that he did not return from the service untill the fall of the same year & she thinks it must have been on the first of November as the deponent well recollects was not until after Corn harvest - & that in the early part of the next spring this deponent thinks before planting time the said Zebulon was again drafted in the Militia of the State of New York as a soldier - that he marched from Little Hoosuck to the north. It was said to Fort Edward - & that he continued in the service of his country until three or four weeks after the surrender of Burgoyne - that he the said Zebulon Jones now resides in the town of Cornwall aforesaid & had resided there for forty two years past - that she believes him to be upwards of eighty six years of age - that he is the same Zebulon Jones who has this day made his declaration before Silas H. Jenison Judge of Addison County Court for a pension. And further This deponent saith not. Sworn and subscribed the Mary  her Jones day and year above written. X mark Before Me Silas H. Jenison Judge

I have certf that the do may some who has letters and been to the withers and very many affidavits is a credible estate - Wiles H. Johnson Judge
X

State of Vermont Atkinson December 3 rd personally appeared before me Silas H. Emerson one of the Judges of Atkinson County Court. I believe James P. Burdett of Cornersville in the County of Atkinson and State of Vermont aged Eighty Six years and upwards 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 th 1832. in addition to the declaration by him made on the 24 th day of June 1833 before me the S d Silas H. Emerson Judge as aforesaid - That he the S d Silas H. Emerson entered the service of the United States as a private Soldier in Company C and served as such during the periods as stated in his S d declaration made as aforesaid, and that at the expiration of the term of service as stated in S d declaration the S d Silas H. Emerson was discharged and that he did not receive at either of his S d discharges a written discharge as it was not then customary for Military Services to take a written discharge, and that he the S d Silas H. Emerson does not know of any person living who can testify to his services as a Soldier as stated in his aforesaid declaration except Mary Jones whom he believes to be the only person who can testify to S d declaration - and that the Military to which the S d Silas H. Emerson was attached and in which he served as aforesaid was at an authorized Corps called the Green Mountain Battery and that he was not employed in any Civil position - and that the S d Silas H. Emerson further deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the encroachment of memory he can not give particular as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned herein and on the following grades. For six months in the year 1776 he served

as a private soldier - For six and a half months in the year 1777. he served as a private soldier in in the whole time six and a half months for for such service he claimed a pension his Service and liberated the his Zebulon his Jones they were given a good Benson
Silas H. Garrison Judge
I Silas H. Garrison Judge of Franklin County County do hereby certify that the to Zebulon Jones the affidavit cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court for the reason of making his additional declaration
Silas H. Garrison Judge
I Silas H. Garrison Judge of Franklin County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me in the matter of the additional application of Zebulon Jones for a pension - Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4 th day of December A.D. 1833.
Silas H. Garrison Judge

State of Vermont Addison County ss
I, Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Salmon H. Senison, who has certified the foregoing proceedings, is a Judge of said Court, and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 11 th day of December A.D. 1833.
Sam. Swift Clerk.

Zebulon Jones
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S. H. Everest Esq. Shoreham M r

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 15 th 1833.
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 subjjoined 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, (brus: { ). 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 Zebrulon Ames
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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, &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 } ss. County of } 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 provision 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 he 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 entered 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 day and year 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) _____, who has 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 days 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 application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal 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 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 the 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 traditional 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 inquiry 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.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case 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 must 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. 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 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 , is 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 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional 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.

Virginia Rehn 18 Dec. 1852
FREE
Revolutionary Pension Claim
War Department Washington City

Shoeburyness Dec 12 th 1833
Hon Simon Burns Secretary of War
Sir
I humbly request the Appointments of Lieutenant Burns for a pension - under the act of June 22 1832. Mr Burns wishes his benefits purchased to me as soon as his pension shall be granted
Yours Affectionately V. H. Brien