Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5418, for Amos T Huntoon, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 16
Huntson, Amos T
R 5418
CONTENTS

Badami P. O. Box 117 September 1 st 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, enclosed is an additional declaration of Elias H. Huntress for a pension and the testimony of Sarah D. Huntress and Anna Huntress (Brother and Sister to the applicant). Elias H. Huntress is a man with whom I have been acquainted many years. He is an intelligent man and a man of good moral character (as is also his brother and Sister who have testified in his behalf). He has several children of those who have been service in the late war (those who have been stationed with him at Fort Washington you will see by examining the list of you have the number he has dated the amount annually as well as Respectfully & yours John P. Huntress Esq. of Badami County Court
Please send your return to me as soon as convenient John P. Huntress

Amos T. Huntson
Second declaration
For a Pension —

State of Vermont } At a Court held at Barton Orleans County } within and for said County of Orleans on the 14 th day of August A.D. 1838 Present the Hon. John Kimball Judge - Personally appeared Amos T. Huntson a resident of Brattleboro in said Orleans County aged seventy one years who on his Oath doth make the following additional declaration (to the one made 14 th August 1832) in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 In addition to his former statement (states as follows) That he served seven months as waiter to his Father who was Lieut. in Capt. Sleezer's Bearing Company He states that said Company were stationed at Portsmouth to guard three Forts - viz Fort Washington Fort Sullivan and Fort William Henry - That a part of said company were stationed at each Fort, that he was among those who were stationed at Fort Washington where was a larger number of men than at either of the other Forts - and among those stationed at Fort Washington was the following named persons - Joseph Huntson Lieut. - Robert Bediome Drummer - (No fifer at that Fort) - Thomas Quint Serjeant Jonathan Hargreys Serjeant - William Porter Serjeant - William Bleisdell Corporal - Israel Brown, Michael Annis, Isaac Walker Private Broadstreet Chase - Sleezer's Guep; Jeremiah Rollins, Solomon Abbott, Richard Sherman, W m M c Kinney, Benjamin Smart, Samuel Rogers, William Putney, Benjamin Pease, Joseph Pease, William Hastings, Isaac Kelley (Runaway)

James Prandall, (Run away brought back made to ride a wooden horse hired Joseph Fellows to take his place), Abraham Huntston William Brathelder all privates — Ensign Bell was stationed at Fort Sullivan — Capt Dearing was occasionally at all of said Forts — He further states that he has not as yet obtained a pension and is not on the the pension roll of any agency there in any State —
sworn and subscribed to on the day above written Before me — John Kimball Judge of Orleans County Court
Amos T Huntston
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, Samuel Crafts, Clerk of the said Court do hereby express my  opinion the foregoing certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos T Huntston for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of August A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Sam l C Crafts Clerk

19.106
Ames T Newton one Dist Nunt
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Timothy Haiman Ledy Nunt

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
12 June
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 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 Amos Newton
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1781 7 Pioneer infantry Capt Loering Holland Ireland N.H. 64 years Brighton W Hanyh a living Witness  
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) 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 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 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.
[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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

5418
P. O.
Amos T. Huntman
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.

Bartow, Va. Nov. 23 d 1853.
Sir,
I am requested by Amos T. Huntton to call your attention to his claim for a Pension which he says was forwarded to the Pension office by Mr. Nathan John Kimball, as his Agent, under the Act of 1832.
He says he was water for his father who name was Jos n Huntton a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution, and served 7 months.
It will be a relief to the old gentleman if you will have the goodness to inform me the situation of his case, and if there can be any thing done for his benefit it will be bestowed where it is much needed.
I presume that there cannot be any new proof of service furnished.
Respectfully
Yours Obediently S. W. Kimball
Hon. S. P. Waldo Com d of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Derby Dec r 28 th 1833
Hon ble J. L. Edwards,
Sir I here return the application of Anson F. Huntington for a Pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832 with some additional evidence of his services which it is hoped will be satisfactory, and that he obtain his certificate for his seven months service please to examine his case and make report as soon as convenient and oblige you obedient
Yours
Simon C. Himmann

Vermont
Amos T. Hemenway
Reptd J 418
in bl. J. Hemenway May 15. 1854.
Hon. Lewis Calk
June 10 - 1884
Lt Gov B. Swift 14 March 1836
de J. Kimball, Oct 21 '38
S. D. Kimball Nov 30 1853
Hon. S. Wentworth H.R. Nov 13. 1854

Amos Kenyon
pl
H. A. Lynde July 18 1857
Mr Cole
Feb 18 1857
E. G. H. 1857
L. L. 57

St. Johnsbury April 20 th 1846
Rev Sir yours of third April is before me and to make a long story short I would say that I have no letter from the pension - or Alphin the man I employed to do my business stated to me that he had letters to this effect that they did not doubt but that I was there as I stated and that I was a water for my Father but as my name was not found on the Role I could not be intitled to a pension unless I could prove that my Father drew pay for my service which I did not at that time but I am able from an older sister to prove that he did draw pay & Rations and that the pay was of the new commission money as for my Father & Mother they have been dead 30 years so that there is nothing coming in that way. NB Should you after examining the papers want proof that my Father drew my pay write but if on examination you think there is no prospect you will please write and let me and then this correspondence will close
Yours with Esteem Amos Huntington

I Enock P. Huntson of Palserna in the county of Waldo and State of Maine aged sixty two years (last January) depose and say that I am a Brother to Jonas Huntson of Pennington in the State of Vermont that I well recollect that at the time Cornwall and his Army was taken my Father was stationed (as was said) at Portsmouth and was in a tent, and that my said Brother Brother was absent as waiter to my Father at that time and I recollect that previous to that year my Father was out in the War, and that in the spring of year of the year in which Cornwall was taken my Father removed his family from Unity N. H. to Kingston and soon after which he with my Brothers went to Portsmouth as above stated we lived at Kingston several months but at the time Cornwall was taken we had removed to Poplin (a distance of a few miles) and at the time the news came to Portsmouth of the capture of Cornwall my Mother was at that place where she had gone to see my Father and during the night following she came home to Poplin and my said Brother then came home with her and they brought the first news to Poplin that Cornwall was taken my Brother was at home several times while he was stationed with my Father at Portsmouth but how long he served I cannot for certainly state but know it must have been a number of months I know nothing of my Father being in the War after before the year that he was in the War at my birth which was on the 21 st Jan'y. 1776 and also was absent at the birth of a sister born about two years after myself — and I further state that after living in Kingston and Poplin a year or two we removed back to Unity aforesaid.
Enock P. Huntson
State of Vermont I personally appeared Enock P. Huntson who being to the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same and I further state that the said Enock P. Huntson is a credible witness, dated at Brattleboro this 28 th day of May 1838 J. S. Hemenway Justice Peace.

State of Vermont Orleans County Clerk's office.
I Samuel C Grafts, Clerk of Orleans County Court, do certify that Sydney S. Hemenway is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orleans, duly commissioned and sworn, his Commission is dated the first day of November 1837, and will expire on the last day of November, 1838. And his signature to the within certificate is his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, this fifth day September 1838.
Sam l C Grafts Clerk

19106 Declaration of Anna T. Houghton
W. H. Houghton of Ames T. Houghton has been in in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15 th day of this 15 th day of March A.D. 1882 - John H. Houghton

State of Vermont, On this 15 th day of August 1832 personally Orleans County ss. } appeared in open court before the Hon. Probate Court held at Derby within and for the district of Orleans Amos J. Huntston of Brownington in the County of Orleans aged 64 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 7 1832. That he enlisted in the service of the United States in May 1781 for seven months and served at Fort Washington on Pedicet Island at Portsmouth N.H. under Capt. Ebenezer Dearing Lieut. Joseph Huntston in a company of artillery until December of the same year when he was discharged. he was born in Kingston N.H. on the 15 th day of March 1768 and used there when called into the service - never received a written discharge and has no documentary evidence of his service left Kingston soon after leaving leaving the army lived in Unity N.H. until I was about 34 years old since that time have lived in Brownington where I now reside — He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State — Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Amos J. Huntston
Aug 1832.
64
1768

I William Putney of Watley in the Province of Lower Canada aged 72 years do certify that I was knowing that Amos Hinton the within applicant joined a company of Artillery at Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire about the last of April or first of May 1741 commanded by Capt Ebenezer Dearing that he continued at Portsmouth in said Company with me until late in the fall or first of Winter
William Putney
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as the States, and the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Putney who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Resident in Watley aforesaid and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
I John B. Dinsmore President of the Probate Court for the District of Columbia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Hinton for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of August A.D. 1882
John B. Dinsmore President
Declaration of Amos Hinton

State of New York Clinton County ss:
Reuben Manton of Champlaine in the County of Clinton aforesaid being duly sworn. maketh oath and saith. That in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one the Defendant was a continental Soldier in Captain Ebenezer Dearns company of Artillery belonging to Colonel Wentworths Regiment New Hampshire troops in the State of New Hampshire and was stationed at Fort Washington near Port mouth in said State of New Hampshire And that Amos Manton brother of Defendant was listed as a water to Joseph Manton Lieutenant in said Captain Dearns com- pany That said Amos joined said Company on the first of May in the year one thousand seven hundred & Eighty one and served as a water as aforesaid in said Company seven months until the first part of December the same year - when most of the troops were disbanded & further saith not.
Reuben Manton
Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of November 1833 before me Elias Mabbell Commission of Deeds & to take affidavits in the County of Clinton personally appeared Reuben Manton known to me to be my person subscribed to the above affidavit & swore to the same before me & I do certify that the said Reuben is a man of veracity & of good character & standing & is entitled to credit

And I do hereby certify to the same Silas H. Hubbell Commissioner of Deeds
State of New York Clinton County
I Nathan Taylor Clerk of the County of Clinton do certify that Silas Hubbell Esq. before whom the above and foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn and also by whom the certificate of Credibility was subscri- bed — was at the date of the same a commis- sioner of Deeds in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writ- ing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be in his proper hand writing and signature —
Witness my hand and Seal of Office.
This 25 th day of November A.D. 1833
Nathan Taylor Clerk

I Anna Stone of Caledon in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont aged sixty nine years depose and say that before Marriage my name was Anna Huntson and I am a sister to Anna T. Huntson of Brannington - At the commencement of the War of the Revolution my Father with his Family were living at Kingston N.H. and were expecting to remove to Unity where my Father had begun to make a new farm. When the War commenced my Father joined the Army some time afterwards and while Father was in the Army (some persons who he had procured to assist came and) we removed to Unity - my Father did not return home (unless for a few days) until after the Surrender of Burgoyne and his Army - some time after which he returned home wounded having been shot through the arm (or wrist) by a ball - Some time in the spring of the year of 1777 being destitute of a house (as our house had been burned but a short time previous) we removed back to Kingston where we lived several Months and then removed to Pownal about the 1 st of May after we removed back to Kingston My Father went to Portsmouth as a Lieut. in the Army and my Brother Amos also went as a Lieut. to my Father and my Brother Reuben also went at the same time and I know they did not return home until the 1 st of December being gone seven months except being occasionally at home on furlough - during said time my Mother went several times to Portsmouth and when the news of the Surrender of Cornwallis came to Portsmouth my Mother was there and came directly home to Pownal and brought the first intelligence of the surrender which was received at that place.
Anna her X Stone meek

State of Vermont ( Personally appeared Anna Stone Caledonia County & a person well known to me as a respectable witness and made oath that the above deposition by her subscribed is true before me John Damon Justice Peace Cabot August 10th 1838
State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office, Montpelier, Aug. 11, 1838.
I certify that John Damon Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is, and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Cal- edonia in said State, duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit ought to be given.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Montpelier, this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chauncy L. Knapp, Secretary of State.