Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42916, for Ashbel Mason, Connecticut

SERVICE
bound-
Mason, Askel
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 8 42916
B.L. Wt. 225-1-100
CONTENTS

17,408 R Vermont
Ashbel Mason
of Halifax in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley of the Connecticut line, for the term of 5 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of June 1822 and sent to Gilbert Dennison in Judge & Brattleborough, Vt.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 - 22 mo 17 1/2 30.31. 181.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820. 48.
$ 229.56
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.
Not entitled
Not entitled, Halifax Vermont 14 Sep 1820 to Gilbert Dennison Esq. Brattleborough Vt.

Special Act for the relief of Ashbel Mason

An Act for the relief of Ashbel Mason (N o 142)
Be it enacted &c &c, That the Secretary of War, is hereby authorized and required to cause to be issued to Ashbel Mason, or his legal representatives, a bounty land Warrant for 100. Acres of land, to which he is entitled for his services during the Revolutionary War.
Approved March 3 d 1839.

Ashbel Mason N. 2251.
R o Mar XXXX 1839

Morrisville March 19 th 1839
Dear Sir
Please forward to Bennett Picknell late M.C. from the 23 rd Con. Dis. New York my bounty land warrant for one hundred acres of Land, agreeable to the "Bill for the relief of Asaphel Mason" passed 3 rd March 1839 -
Mr Gordon Com.                      Asaphel Mason of the Bounty Land Office.
Asaphel Mason the above named is the identical person for whose benefit the above mentioned act was passed -
Bennett Picknell M.C. 23. Dis - New York.
Mr Mason wishes his Land warrant to give him the privilege to locate on any Lands below giving to the government -
You gave me a blank form for Mr Mason to apply for his bounty land but I have lost it, and if this will not answer please send me a form that I may proceed correctly -
— Gordon Orr
Yours respectfully B. Picknell

Ashby Mason.
Application for Pension.
Windham Co. Vermont.
14 Ap! 1818.
Admitted
Proof that he did not desert enclosed
June 5 1820

State of Vermont
Windham County ss
Brattleboro within said county April 14-1818 Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Be it Remembered that on the day of the date of these presents came personally before me Gilbert Denison one of the assistant Judges of said Windham County Court Asheville Mason of Halifax in said county and made the following declaration under oath by me administered to him in presence of the act of the congress of the United States entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed March 18 th 1818 and it appearing to me the said Judge to my satisfaction that the said Asheville Mason served in the Revolutionary war agreeably to the provisions of said act I do hereby certify and transmit to the Honorable the Secretary of the department of war the following testimony in the case and proceedings had thereon under my official signature and the Seal of said County Court Gilbert Denison Asst. Judge of the County Court
I Asheville Mason of Halifax in the County of Windham State of Vermont do testify declare & say that I served in the war of the Revolution for more than the term of Nine Months as a private Soldier on the continental establishment that is

To declare and say that I enlisted in headfield in the Connecticut or New York under Capt Eli Cushing Col Bradly Genl Huntington I think some time in the Month of May or June 1777 for it during the War that I served through the Army & was discharged and do hereby declare that from my reduced circumstances I need assistance of my Country for support
Alpheus Mason
Sworn to on the day and date first above mentioned Before me
Gilbert Denison, Asst. Judges of the County Court
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, Brattleborough, May 8 th A.D. 1818.
I certify that the Honorable Gilbert Denison, Esquire, is one of the Assistant Judges of the County Court aforesaid, and that the signatures of the foregoing certificates are in the hand writing of the said Judge.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court the day and year above written.
Attest
James Elliot, Clerk.

Pension Office
Ms. A. 9. 2. 33
recd March 28. 1820.

I Joseph Mason of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged Sixty four years being first duly cautioned & sworn Depose & say, That Abel Mason of Houlton in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut Vermont was a private Soldier in Capt Chapman's Comp y Col Heeman Swift's Regiment in the war of the Revolution That in the year 1782 he left the Reg t on furlough & came to Litchfield, & that he was detained from said Regiment on account of ill health untill a short time previous to the Discharge of the Troops in 1783. That as soon as his health would permit he returned to the Regiment to which he belonged & arrived about the time that the Troops were Discharged & I am very confident that his absence from the Regiment was in consequence of ill health & that he was not considered as a deserter & further the deponent saith not — Dated at Litchfield 9 th March 1820 Joseph Mason
I Elisha Mason of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged sixty years being first duly cautioned & sworn Depose & say that having read the foregoing Deposition signed by Joseph Mason, That I am acquainted with all the facts by him stated in said Deposition & I concur fully with the statement by him made & further the deponent saith not — Dated at Litchfield 19 th March 1820 — Elisha Mason
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } ss
On the 9 th Day of March 1820 at Litchfield personally appeared before Morris Woodruff (one of the Justices of the peace for Litchfield County) Joseph Mason & Elisha Mason the signers of the foregoing Depositions & took solemn oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Depositions are true and nothing
Morris Woodruff Justice of Peace

I Samuel Waugh of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged Sixtytwo years having been first Duly cautioned & sworn before & say
That I was a Sergeant in Capt Chapman's Company in Col. Herman Swift's Regiment from some time in the year 1780 untill some time in the year 1783 that I was acquainted with the fact that Asahel Mason was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution that he in the first place belonged to a Company in Col. Bradleys Regt & was afterwards transferred to Capt Chapman's Company in Col H Swifts Regt to which I belonged & that it appears from the orderly Book of said Company which I now have in my possession that the said Asahel Mason received a furlough or pass to go to Litchfield on or about the 2 nd Feby 1782 which furlough or pass permitted him to be absent from the Regt twenty four Days, but on account of ill health the sd Asahel Mason did not return at the time specified & he is returned for several weeks after "Sick at Litchfield" that there is no mention made upon the Books of the said Asahel Mason having deserted & I have always understood that the sd Mason remained sick until about the time the Troops were dismissed & I am very confident that the said Asahel Mason was not at the close of the war considered as a deserter for it is a fact that I obtained for him final settlement Notes for arrears due him which I could not have done had he been a deserter & further the deponent saith not — Given at Litchfield 9 th March 1820 Samuel Waugh
State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield County }
On the 9 th Day of March A D 1820 at Litchfield personally appeared before Morris Woodruff (one of the Justices of the peace for Litchfield County) Samuel Waugh of the County of Litchfield the signer of the foregoing Deposition & took solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated
Morris Woodruff Justice of Peace

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up and sworn to by the claimant :
State of New York County of Madison }
I, Ashbel Mason aged Eighty two years, do upon oath testify and declare, that I entered the service of the United States on the _____ day of _____ in the year 1776, for the term of during the war and that I served in the company commanded by Capt Eli  latter in the Regiment No _____, commanded by Col Bradley of the Connecticut line, and was honorably discharged on the close of the war in the year 17 _____, from the Regiment commanded by Col Herman Swift
I Further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States ; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever : therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Ashbel Mason aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint William Gordon to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid ; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed,
Attest, Chas P. Granger Remond Bicknell
Ashbel Mason
I, _____ aged _____ years, do upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with _____ who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be, and further, I do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
Before me, Chas P. Granger a Commissioner of Deeds personally appeared the above named Ashbel Mason subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed ; and likewise, personally appeared  who hath subscribed the above  certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by him  them respectively subscribed, this 3 rd day of April 1839
Chas P. Granger Justice of the Peace Com. of Deeds
In testimony that the above-written Chas P. Granger was a Commissioner of Deeds  was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name subscribed this 3 rd day of April 1839
Remond Bicknell C. Clerk, Secy

N o 105.
Ashbel Mason.
Application for Pension.
Windham County, Vt.
1 Copy.
Halifax.
Not entitled
790 875
100 20

STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New-Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the second Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.....
PRESENT—Hon. PHINEHAS WHITE, Esq. Chief Judge. Hon. JOHN ROBERTS, Hon. GILBERT DENISON, Esqrs. } Assistant Judges.
ON this 20 th day of June, A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power of fine and imprisonment, Ashbel Mason aged 63 - years, resident in Halifax in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: he enlisted in Connecticut in the month of June 1777 - during the war in the Connecticut line, was in several Companies & Regiments - was in the 8 th Regiment Col. Sherman Swift, Capt. Chapman's Company - was in Col. Bradley's Regiment was in the Light Infantry company & put under the command of French Officers - that he was the taking of Cornwallis after that was returned back to Col. H. & with the Regiment that he remained there until the close of the war was honorably discharged & recd. his full settlement. Notes
That he has received a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States of the 18th March, 1818, that the number of his pension certificate is 17408 and the date of his original declaration is April 14 th 1818
AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, That I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, "to prevent frauds against the United States" passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted. one old small Grist Mill and one half acre of Land - $300 one horse - 60 - 2 Cows 30 - a few articles of old furniture not worth more than 15 I am indebted to sundry persons $261.77
AND I do also swear that my occupation is that of a Miller or laborer, that I can do but little at either and my Mill has but little custom, I am very much out of health & it has been for several years, & I have no expectation that I shall ever be any better, my life is 64 years old as healthy as common, have not a child to help me, and but a small matter at best Ashbel Mason
SWORN to and DECLARED in open court on the 20 th day of June, A. D. 1820, Before Phinehas White JUDGE.
I James Elliot Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records of the said Court: And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is four hundred & five dollars, and 37 1/2 cents - Annual income $18.50 - Personal property $105. IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, in open Court, on this twenty fifth day of July 1820. James Elliot CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM

Abel Mason a Soldier in the 2 d Connec t Reg t has liberty to pass to Litchfield & Return in twenty four days Camp Connec t Huts } expires 25 th Feb y } Feb y 2 d 1782 — D r Swift Col l Com d Conneticut Line

These certify that Abiel Mason has been in such ill health that he has been advised to use the waters of the warm Pool whereby he has very lately obtained his present degree of health
Litchfield 29 May 1783 Samuel Hopkins (Phy.) Abraham Bradley J. Woodworth Select Jesse Kilborn Ellen

52-10.
~ F o Mrs my my & Paul Practed the

This may certify that Mr. Abiel Mason an Invalid be- longing to the Army who is permitted to reside in the Country in order to repair his health is advised by me to visit the Pool at New Lebanon for that Purpose. J. Smith Bird Physician Litchfield 11 th of March 1783. Samuel Hopkins

This may certify that the  Abel Mason John belonging to the Second Regt of the Connecticut Line at Home on furlough hath been ever since necessarily detained by a Rheumatism on his Breast which hath rendered him unfit for military Duty Witnesseth 29th Feb. Seth Bird Physician of May 1783.
Abaldwin Mrs. Bradley { Select Jesse Gilborn { Men

This Certifyeth that I saw Philip Mason in the Months of May & June 1782 in Litchfield in the state of Connecticut and at that time he was unable to joine his Regiment on Account of sickness & the Physician who attended him told me his Illness would be of a long Duration
June 3 d 1783
James Bennet Lieut. 2 d C y Reg t

Asheboro Mason N.Y. act 1818 - adm d
No 105 & 12
copy
Cop d by Court's direction
W. B. Bicknell
5 June 20

Morris Villaz N.Y. 9 Dec - 1833
Dec 15 1833
P.O.
Transfer this man
Free
Hon. L. D. Camp
Secretary of War Washington

Morrisville (New York) Dec. 9. 1831
Dear Sir
Please forward to me B. Dickinson Morrisville Madison Co. N.Y. the answer to the enclosed
yours &c
Hon. L. Clegg
Secy of War
B. Dickinson

Old case Asbel Mason 16,709.2 Halifax, Vt.
Gilbert Denison Judge. Brattleborough. recd. 28 March. 1820.
Admitted
921

On Roll - Enlisted 1777
"Deserted 1782" but there papers prove that he did not desert -
June 5. 1820

Statement of Attorney prior served 5 years
1 st Sched: dated June 1820 file Sept 20 Real Estate — $300 Personal — 105. Total $405. Indebted to sundry persons $261.77
Sched: under act Mar. 1823 dated 30 May 1823
Personal property — $35 — account for the decrease of property &
By sale of Real Estate on 23 rd Mar 1821, to D. D. Town for $132.92. 1 house to So. Henry & 6 o for 40 dols, 2 cows to W m Park for $21. — loss on the above sales $196.08 the whole of the above applied to the payment of his debts sent to each
an authenticated copy of Dec d given. —
Claim aged 60 y s a Labourer, ill health, no family.
Restored under act 1 st March 1823 comg 30 th May 1823, notification sent July 18 th 1823.
Samuel Whitney Esq Brattleboro
Transf ts to Albany 15 Dec 1830 from 16 Sept 1831 sent to B. Bicknell Morrisville, Madison Co. N.Y. Schedule copy for Hon B. Bicknell, Dec 30. 1837 $25, \frac{57}{100}
Oct 1830

42916
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42.916
Ashbel Mason
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 807
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Morris Hill (Mad. Co. N.Y.) April 3 rd 1839
Dear Sir
Mr Mason has given his power of attorney to you - He wishes the Warrant sent to me - The Bill "for the relief of Abner Mason " passed the last day of the Session 3 rd March 1839 - Mr Mason wishes to sell his Land warrant, and it would sell better not to be confined to any state or territory - but for any unlocated Land -
Wm Jordan Esq
Yours respectfully Barnet Brinknell

Morrisville April 16 th 1839
Dear Sir
Yours of the 8 th Instant was duly recd - enclosing a Land Warrant for Asahel Mason a Soldier of the Revolution issued in pursuance of a Special Act of Congress approved March 3 rd 1839
Yours &c
Benjamin Butkell
W. Gordon Esqr

N o 12
Ashbel Mason
Schedule
May Term 1823-

State of Vermont.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM, SS. AT the Supreme Court of Judicature, begun and held at New Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the fourth Tuesday of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three.—Present—
HON. CORNELIUS P. VAN NESS, Esq. Chief Judge, HON. JOEL DOOLITTLE, HON. CHARLES K. WILLIAMS, } Esq's, Assistant Judges.
On this thirtieth day of May, A. D. 1823, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for the County of Windham, and State of Vermont—proceeding according to the course of the common law:—with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings; and having the power of fine and imprisonment:—  Ashbel Mason resident in Halifax in said County of Windham--Aged 66 years—Who, being first duly sworn according to law—doth, on his Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820,—That he, the said Ashbel Mason enlisted for the term of during the War on the month of June in the year 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Eli Cattle in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the close of the Revolutionary War when he was discharged from service absent on furlough in the State of  for his health — that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property. That during said term, he was in several Companies & Regiments, was in the 5 th Regiment Col. Heman Swift's Company, was in Col. Bradley's Regiment - was in the light Infantry Company, & put under the command of the French Officers &c. as his former Commission sheets. And, in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, I do hereby swear—that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818—And that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress—Entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War”—passed on the 18th day of March, 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me: Nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Ashbel Mason
Schedule of real and personal Estate—necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
1 Loe $22.00
a few Articles of furniture such as drawers, Chests & Tables &c. } 15.00 $35.00
loss in Real Estate $167.08 loss in House 20 loss in Cows 9 $196.08 Sales 193.92
Inventory returned below was - vri

1 Cow $22.00 a few Articles of furniture such as drawers Chests & Tables &c 15.00  $35.00
loss in Real Estate $167.08 loss in Horse 20 loss in Cows 9  $196.08 Sales 193.92
Inventory returned before was - viz 1 Mill and Mill lot - $300.00 1 Horse 60.00 2 Cows 30.00 Articles of furniture 15  $405.00
Ashbel Mason
That, since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property:—
   Names of persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of money, or description of property received in return.     The land, being the Mill & Mill lot sold to David D. Town on 23 March 1821. For $132.92 In discharge of a debt which I then owed him the said David D. Town for that amount —   The Horse sold to Jos. Henry &c. on March 1823 — For $40.00 In discharge of a debt which I owed said Henry &c.   The Cows sold to Park Williams on May 1822 — For $21.00 In money since expended. $193.92 Mrs. Difference between the appraisal of Real Estate and the sale $167.08.  
And I do also swear—that my occupation is that of a Miller, or Labourer—that I am unable to do but little, am very much out of health; having lost my Wife—have no family. — Ashbel Mason
SWORN to, and declared, in open Court—on the Thirtieth day of May, A. D. 1823.
before Lemuel Whitney Clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the County of Windham — in the state of Vermont
I Lemuel Whitney Clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature within and for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont—do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Ashbel Mason did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment—I also certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly Copied from the records of the said Court—And I do further certify—that it is the opinion of the said Court—that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirtyfive dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of June A. D. 1823.
Lemuel Whitney Clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the County of Windham — in the state of Vermont.

David D. Farn Recd from Askel Wagon of and in Matison Copy of Record
May 31 st A.D. 1823
Askel Wagon Recd from David D. Farn L

This deed entered Halifax April 4 th AD 1821 I know all men by these presents that I Asheel Mason of Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont in consideration of the sum of one hundred thirty two dollars & ninety two cents received to my full satisfac- tion of David D. Towner of Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont the receipt whereof I do hereby acknow- ledge have given granted bargained and sold and by these presents do give grant bargain sell Alvin whose money and confirm unto the said David D. Towner his heirs and assigns for ever a certain piece or parcel of land Situate lying or being in Halifax aforesaid with a grist mill Standing thereon bounded as follows beginning at northeast corner on the road then running south to the mill dam to said mill so that it shall include the mill pond then down the river far enough so as to run to the road to the north that will include half an acre running on the road to the east mentioned bounds meaning to convey the mill and lot deeded by Benjamin Stearns Esq. as guardian to the heirs of John Richley late of Halifax Decd. reference thereto being had So have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging to the said David D. Towner his heirs and assigns to his and their own proper use benefit and behoof for ever and I the said Asheel Mason for myself my heirs executors and administrators do covenant to and with the said David D. Towner his heirs executors administrators and assigns that I and until the ensueing of these presents I am well seized of the premises in fee simple that I have good right and lawful authority to sell and convey the same to the said David D. Towner in manner and form aforesaid and that they are free of all incumbrances and that I will warrant and defend

the same to the said David D. Town heirs and assigns against all lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whatsoever In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one Ashbel Mason Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Rufus Hovey Samuel Hovey
State of Vermont } Halifax March 23 rd 1821 personally appeared Hindlim County ss) Ashbel Mason the signer and sealor of the above written instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me Rufus Hovey Justice of the Peace Attest Darius Butler Town Clerk Halifax May 31 st 1823 the foregoing is a true copy of the record from the records of deeds in Halifax book No 6 page 327 Attest Darius Butler Town Clerk
Ashbel Mason deed from David D. Town
David D. Town deed from Ashbel Mason of Hindlim County copy of record May 31 st 1823

- County of Madison
- State of New York 3/ On this 5 th day of December 1831 before me the subscriber - a Commissioner - for the said County of Madison personally appeared Ashbel Mason who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Eli Catlin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel - Bradley in the Service of the United States; That his name was placed on the Pension-Roll of the State of Vermont from which he has lately removed; That he now resides in the State of New York in the town of Eaton County of Madison, where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable in future and that his reasons for removing to the State of New York is because he had connections there
Ashbel Mason
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid Otes P. Granger Commissioner of Deeds.
County of Madison
State of New York - 3/ On the 6 th day of December 1831 before me the subscriber - a Commissioner - for the said County of Madison personally appeared Lewis Aldrich who on his oath declares, he well knows the person who has taken the above oath to be the same person described therein, & no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted
Lewis Aldrich
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid Otes P. Granger Commissioner of Deeds.

I hereby Certify, that I am well acquainted with the within named Lewis Aldrich, & know him to be a man of truth & veracity - Dec. 8 th 1831.
Otis P. Granger Commissioner of Deeds in & for Madison County.
State of New York } County of Madison }
ss. I John H. Curtis Clerk of the said County do certify that Otis P. Granger Esq. before whom the two within affidavits purports to have been sworn and also whose name appears to the above certificate was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and the said certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of December A. D. 1831 -
John H. Curtis Clerk -