Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19101, for Barzillai Spalding, Connecticut

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Vermont, 18704
Bar Brazillai Shalding
of Orleans co. in the State of Vermont who was a Pr. & Drumt. in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Leif of the Reg t commanded by Col. Patnam. in the Conn. Ma line for 11 months Brummer 12 " Private N.H.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont. at the rate of 80 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sep r 1832 and sent to Pensioner Morristown Vt.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep r 33 $200.83 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34 40.16 $240.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ele Brown. Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 92

19 125 Brazillia Sp. elding Brazillia Wheons District Verm.
Admit
11 mos Drummer 12 " Private
Pensione Lansamont Monistown
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 3. 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. These 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 Bragillia Spalding
   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.     1775 1 Pride Col. Patnam Norbury 75 years By a living   May 1775 8 Capt. Cleft. Col. Parsons Sturminster Newton Stampfield W. Knapp   Aug 1776 3 Drummer Capt. Caley Col. Doyly Cambridge Commence   May 1776 8 Drummer Capt. Dixon Col. Sage Shore City of N York   May 1777 3 Pride Waterman Col. Johnson Plains Groton   1780 607 officer Sufford   July 1781 6 "   July 1781 9 or 10 "  
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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The 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 [e] 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.
Did he ever receive a discharge as Sergeant? If so, what has become of it

Brazilia Spending Declaration
19121

State of Vermont } At a Probate Court held, Orleans District ss at Morristown in said district on this 17 th day of July 1832 Present The Hon. John Kimball Judge personally appeared in open Court Barzillai Barzillai Spaulding a resident of Morristown aforesaid and made this Supplementary declaration to the one made on the 18 th day of October 1832 — He states that he served in the capacity of a private & drummer and Sergeant as he stated in his former declarations and at the same places and periods of service as there therein stated —
He states that he never had a Sergeants Warrant and that it was not common for Sergeants in Malitia companies to have Warrants in those times —
He states that when he turned out from Plainfield to go to Poygan at the time that place was burnt in Oct. 1780 he was out and six days (at least)
He states that at the time he turned out in Feb. 1781 and went to Haverhill and Newbury he was from home Nine days (at least)
He further states in addition to what has been stated in his former declarations as to his services that at Plainfield V.H. the Town of Plainfield were required to furnish a certain number of men to join the conti- nental army for three years and that town were divided in classes and one class hired a man by the name of Asa Bartlett who enlisted for three years and took his bounty soon after he took his bounty he deserted and Capt Josiah Russell ordered me to take a man with me and pursue after him and bring him back I took one Samuel Eggleston with me and we pursued him and in the woods between Connecticut River and Merrimac River we found him and brought him to Capt Russell at Plainfield who then ordered me to take him to Goshen and deliver him to the Commander of the Fort at that place which command I obeyed and delivered said Asa Bartlett to Benjamin Wright who was then commander at Goshen of the Fort at Goshen making eight days which I spent in this last expedition bore my own expenses and never received any compensation — Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid Barzillai Spaulding

I John Col of Morristown in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont aged eighty years before and say that I am well acquainted with Brattle Spaulding of said Morristown and I do certify that at the commencement of the revolutionary War I lived in Plainfield in the State of Connecticut and that said Spaulding and myself volunteered immediately after the Battle at Lexington which was in April 1775 and went to Roxbury the said Spaulding and myself served one month there under the Command of Col. Israel Putnam.
In May of the same year I enlisted and joined a Regiment commanded by Col. John Dickey and served eight months at Cambridge and the said Brattle Spaulding served the same time at Roxbury in a Regiment commanded by Col. Israel Parsons as I then understood but I do not recollect seeing him but once during that summer.
In January the 1776 the said Spaulding and myself enlisted at said Plainfield for three months and marched immediately in company of each other and served at Cambridge and vicinity three months in Capt David Badger's Company in Col. Sackett's Regiment.
In the month of May 1777 the said Spaulding & myself volunteered in the Connecticut Militia at Plainfield for the term of three months and served in the same company at Groton in a Company commanded by Capt Abraham Waterman in Col. Jedediah Johnson's Company Regiment.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Col
We Samuel Cook and James Pincher both residents Postmaster in the Town of Morristown in the County of Orleans do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Brattle Spaulding who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 78 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 and we further state that the said Spaulding is a man whose standing is good in society and his statements are entitled to full credit & belief.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Cook
James Pincher

State of Vermont } At a Court of Probate held at Orleans County } on this 19 th day of July 1833 Morristown within and for the County of Orleans personally appeared Bar Barzilla Spaulding who has subscribed and sworn to this supplementary declaration for a pension and made oath to the truth of the same
Before John Kimball Judge of Probate Also at the same time and place personally appeared John Bale, Samuel Cook & James Linker and made oaths that the foregoing certificates by them subscribed are true Before me John Kimball Judge of Probate
I John Kimball Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Orleans do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of this supplementary declaration of Barzilla Spaulding for a pension and the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matters and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the same Barzilla Spaulding was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and it further appears to the Court that John Bale, Samuel Cook & James Linker who have signed the foregoing certificates are residents of Morristown aforesaid and are credible witnesses
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Morristown this 19 th day of July A.D. 1833
John Kimball Judge of Probate
N.B. The reason that the register has not signed the above certificates is that it was necessary to hold the Court at Morristown between 30 and 40 miles from his residence and he could not con- veniently attend - also the reason that a clergyman's certificate has not been obtained is there is not any one settled within the Town that could be obtained
John Kimball Judge of Probate

State of Vermont } At a Probate Court held in Orleans District ss at Barton in said district on this 19 th day of October 1832 Present the Hon. John Kimball Judge, personally appeared Barnillai Spalding a Resident of Morristown in said County of Orleans aged 75 years who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- rations in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he lived at Plainfield in the State Connec- ut at the commencement of the Revolutionary War - That immediately after the battle at Bennington he volunteered with many others marched immed- ately to Roxbury where he served one month under the command of Col. Israel Putnam (but we were not organized into any regular company) In the month of May following which was in the year 1775 as he was on his return home from from his month's service at Providence he enlisted for eight months in the Connecticut line in Capt. Waterman's Left Company in Col. Saml. Parsons Regiment and Gen. Spencer Brigade and was stationed at Roxbury in Massachusetts where (where I served the first month) where I was dis- charged the forepart of Winter after my eight months months enlistment had expired
In January 1776 I enlisted for three months under Capt David Cady in Col. John Douglass Regiment and served at Cambridge Mass. and vicinity during the above three months service the British evacuated Boston I believe about the middle of March I served out my three months enlistment which was also in the Connecticut line
In May 1776 (being the same year of the last men- tioned enlistment) I enlisted at Plainfield before mentioned (where also I enlisted for three months above stated) for eight months in the Connecticut line under Capt John Dixon in Col. Comfort Sage's Regiment in Gen. Wadsworth Brigade and served in the City and vicinity of New York (I was in battle at White Plains in the month of Oct.) and was discharged the forepart of Winter after my eight months service had expired
In May 1777 I entered as a volunteer in the Militia of Connecticut (at said Plainfield) for the term of three months in Capt. Abraham Waterman's Company in Col. Jedediah Johnson's

Regiment served out my three months at Groton in Connecticut
In all my above stated services I served as a private excepting eleven months which I served in 1776 I served as a drummer
In 1779 I removed to Plainfield Newham- shire and in 1780 when news came that Burgoyne was bent I turned out as a volu- nteer and being Orderly Sergeant in the Company of Militia in Plainfield I had the command of nine men who turned out with me we marched to Royallton then to Brattle where was a picket fort Commanded by a Capt Safford or Spafford then by the request of said Commander we went to Brattle where was also a picket fort Commanded by Capt Cox — was from home six or seven days — In January 1781 I turned out as a volunteer when an alarm went as far as Bennington where we tarried two days — was from home six days at that time
Feb. following there was an alarm I turned with others went to Haverhill staid two days then crossed the river over to Newbury staid there two days and returned home after nine or ten days absence
In the two last tours I was also Orderly Sergeant and commanded these that  units with me being from twelve to twenty each time.
I never had any written discharge and have no documentary evidence of service
I was born in Plainfield in the State of Connecticut who in the in the year 1757 where is a Record of my age in the Town Clerks Office, where I lived until 1779 then removed to Plainfield in the State of New Hampshire where I lived until about the year 1806 then re- moved to Norristown in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont where I have since resided
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
Subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
Barzillai Spalding

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 deserved as the States -
I John H. Brimbhall Register 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 Mary Mai Spalding for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this 18 th day of October. A.D. 1832
John H. Brimbhall Register

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Sig 101
Washington, D. C., _____, 192_____
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Bergillai Spalding , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the _____ claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 1 mo. Pvt Israel Putnam Conn.   May 1774 8 " Pvt Waterman Bliss Samuel Parsons "   Jan 1776 3 " Drummer David Cady John Douglas "   May 1776 8 " Drummer John Dison Conrad Gage "   May 1777 3 " Pvt Abraham Waterman Isidiah Johnson "   1780 & 1781 29 days Ordly Sgt in the militia of Plainfield N.H.  
Battles engaged in, White Plains Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plainfield Conn. & Plainfield N.H. Date of application for pension, Oct. 18. 1832 His ch. was al. Residence at date of application, Morristown, Orleans Co. Vt. Age at date of application, c. 1757 in Plainfield Conn. Remarks: There is no data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Phillip Spalding, Affidavit

Philip Spalding of Plainfield in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was formerly a resident of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut, and was there acquainted with Barzillai Spalding now of Morrisstown in the State of Tennessee in the time of the Revolutionary War, when we were actors and soldiers together, as follows - The said Barzillai Spalding volunteered and served one month with me at Roxbury soon after the Lexington fight under the command of Col Putnam of the Connecticut troops but not in an organized company - He afterwards in the month of May 1775 entered and served with me for the term of eight months in Captain Clapp's Company of Col Perrin's Connecticut Regt. at Roxbury aforesaid - He again enlisted and served three months from the first part of January 1776 with me in Captain Badger's Company of Col. Douglass' Connecticut Regt. at Cambridge Massachusetts - He again enlisted for and served eight months with me in Captain Dixon's Company of Col. Sayer's Connecticut Regt. - This enlistment was in the month of May 1777, and the service was performed mainly in the City of New York - I further depose and say that the said Barzillai Spalding was a Drummer for the space of eleven months aforesaid.
Philip Spalding State of New Hampshire } August 20 th 1832 Then Phillip Spalding per Sullivan ss } personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
John Bryant Justice of the Peace I further certify that Philip Spalding the above deponent is a credible witness John Bryant Just Peace
I, Benjamin B. French Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that John Bryant is a Justice of the Peace, and that the above signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 20 th day of August 1832
B. B. French

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1894 Nov. 10 Hist. to
S. R. Lawrence,
New Britain Conn.
P. 23 July 5: Hist. B. b. S. Warner

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New Britain Oct. 20. 1894
To The Hon. Commission of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
I am desirous of securing the record of Bargitta Spaulding a Pensioner of the government for services rendered during the Revolutionary war. He enlisted from N.H. I think - at least  mass. The family settled in Hanford N.H. about 1620. & removed to N.H. where Bargitta was born - If you will kindly give me the information required or give me directions how to procure it you will greatly oblige
Yours respectfully, S. R. Gurnee

OLD WAR & NAVY OCT 24 1894 PENSION
OPPIUM OCT 23 1894 U S

141 Lincoln St. New Britain, Conn.
Hon. Commissioners of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please favor me with the Revolutionary war record of
Barzillia Spalding son of David Spalding of Plainfield Conn.
According to our record he was a pensioned soldier
Please give me the date of his death if you have it.
Truly yours.
Clara Spalding Warner