Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5692, for Braddyll Livermore, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Livermore, Braddyll
55692
CONTENTS
Carded

✓ 1692 171 March
15-732  William Smith  Brandyll Silvermore of Master in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sturdivant of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Mass line for Emerson 20.00 " Fifer 11.00  31.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 31 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of July  1833 and sent Worcester  Folsom Worcester Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $62.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept 15.57  $77.57
Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by William D. Drown Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 20 Page 50

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Braddyll Silvermore Mase
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Geo. Tolson Wrester Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 Bradhall Livermore  Payton County of Worcester State Mass
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field-officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. 1779 ~ 3 " " Wagoner fifer Capt Livermore Capt Hartwell 69 Years Payton Worcester County State of Mass Documentary Evidence of Living Witnesses   Enlist. 1779 " 6 " " serjeant  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 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 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.

DECLARATION , in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester now sitting Braddyll Livermore a resident of Paxton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He was born in said Paxton on the fourth day of October 1763, and is sixty nine years old this day, and has always resided in said Paxton as his home. There is no record that he knows of, of his birth; - the date above given he received of his parents, both of whom are now deceased.
He entered the service of the United States, as a volunteer, the fore part of July 1779, in the Company of Guards, stationed at Rutland in said County, to guard the prisoners & stores in the Barracks there, under the Command of Capt Joseph Livermore - Lieut. Asahel Billings. He passed muster before Wm. Brown, General Muster Master of the troops in this neighbourhood. He served as a fifer in said company also as Captain's waiter, and was discharged at said Rutland the fore part of October then next.
He again enlisted as a private soldier, in October 1779, into the Company of Guards, under the Command of Capt Ephraim Hartwell, - Lieut Tim: Ruggles, being the company which succeeded the one above mentioned in guarding the Prisoners & Stores at said Rutland. He was discharged in April 1780, at said Rutland. During the last mentioned term, some prisoners escaped over the pickets, & this declarant, with one Jonathan Clayton, was detached to go in pursuit of them. He travelled on snow shoes to Springfield & thence to Long Meadow, where the said prisoners were apprehended. The Committee of Safety of said last mentioned town became responsible for the appearance of said prisoners whenever they should be called for exchange. He returned back to said Rutland & made report of his doings to the Capt. & to Major Wm. Brown  Morgan commanding of prisoners at that place.
He annexes hereto a Certificate from the office of the Secretary of State of Mass of the evidence then found of his services. He observes, that his Christian name is not correctly spelled in the first instance. He is however the same person, who served in both instances mentioned, which will appear by the depositions hereto annexed.
He further remarks, that it appears by said Certificate, that he enlisted on the eleventh July 1779 - but it appears also that his pay was made up for 3 mos. & 14 days - and it is according to his recollection, that he entered the service on the first of July 1779.
His recollection always has been, & he now firmly believes, that the whole term of his service under both enlistments was just nine months. - - - - -
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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Braddyll Livermore

We Gaius Conant a Clergyman residing in the Town of Paxton and  Oliver Wilson residing in Paxton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bradyll Livermore Egan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  By me Nathl. James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester — Gaius Conant  Oliver Wilson
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Gaius Conant who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Paxton and that Oliver  Wilson who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Paxton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  Nathl. James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
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 _____ this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty
I Theophilus Wheeler Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate for the  County of Worcester in Massachusetts, do hereby certify  that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the  said Court, in the matter of the application of Bradyll  Livermore for a pension; and that Samuel Swan, Emory  Washburn, Frederick Hove and Joel Davis, before whom  the annexed affidavits were made, are Justices of the  Peace in & for the County of Worcester aforesaid, and all  in good credit. And that the signatures purporting to  be theirs, are genuine —  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and  affixed the seal of said Probate Court this fourth Day  of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred  and thirty two —
I further certify that Edward D. Bangs  Esq. Secretary of the Commonwealth  of Massachusetts has signed the  certificates annexed. I being well acquainted  with the man & his hand writing —  Theophilus Wheeler Reg. of  Probate for  Worcester County  Oct 4th 1832

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Braddylt Livermore a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 5692
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1, 1779 Oct. 11, 1779 Fifer Joseph Livermore ✓ Mass.   Oct. 24, 1779 Apr. 20, 1780 Private Ephraim Hartwell ✓          
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Parton, Worcester Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 4, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Parton, Mass.
Age at date of application, born Oct. 4, 1763 at Parton, Mass.
Remarks: there is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. way
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1919 Jan. 10. Hist. to Mass. Carl Bailey. P
INVALID.
File No. 5692
Bladdyll Livermore
Prior Mass. Nols
Act: June 1 th 1882
Index: — Vol. M , Page 223
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Supplementary Declaration.
I, Braddyll Livermore, of Paxton, County of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath declare, that in my former declaration for receiving the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832, for the relief of Revolutionary soldiers  soldiers , I stated, that to the best of my recollection I served two terms, the first of three months, the second of six months, in the Army of the Revolution. And I now positively state that I actually served nine months, although I am unable to declare the precise day on which I enlisted & on which I was discharged. I received pay for nine months, there never supposed that I served a less term.
Braddyll Livermore
Worcester, ss. Dec. 20, 1832. Personally appeared the above named Braddyll Livermore, & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, subscribed by him. George Folsom, Justice Peace.

Worcester ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate being a Court of Record in the County of Worcester do hereby certify that George Folsom Esq r before whom the within Affidavit was made, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Worcester - and that I believe his name therunto subscribed, to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 24 th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Theoph l : Wheeler Reg d of said Court.

I Gideon Beman of Sturbridge in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of sixty nine years of age do depose and say that I became acquainted with Braddyll Livermore of Rutland in said County Esqr, now present, when he was a soldier in Capt. Ephraim Northwick's Company of guards at Rutland in said County to guard the stores and the prisoners that was stationed as prisoners of war, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine some time in the Month of October or in the Month of November of the same year and that I was a soldier in the same Company with him the said Livermore the term of our enlistment was for six months and that he the said Livermore continued and did duty in said Company until we were discharged from said service by our Capt. at expiration of said term furthermore the deponent saith not
Gideon Beman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester ss. September 29 th 1832 - Personally appeared the above named Gideon Beman and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition. Before Me Frederick Howe Justice

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Braddyll Livermore
Three months as fife Six months as private. —
[Faint, illegible handwriting, possibly "State of..." or "State of..."]

I Isaac Clark of Hubbardston, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, gentleman, of the age of seventy, do hereby testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Braddyll Livermore of Paxton in said County, Esquire, that on or about the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, I was called for as a soldier from Hubbardston aforesaid to go to Bunker to guard the prisoners and stores there in the Battle that I marched immediately there and found said Braddyll Livermore with others there who formed a Company under Capt. Joseph Livermore then of Spencer, that said Braddyll Livermore passed muster before William Brown the General muster master at Said Bunker, and joined said Company as a Superior Theron, that I was appointed an orderly Sergeant of said Company and kept the Roll thereof, and said Braddyll Livermore served the term of three months as a Superior in said Com- pany, when we were dismissed by said Captain, being in the fore part of October then next following - I met Braddyll of which belonged to said Company, and there was another Company there at that time - I saw Livermore in the Department since then - Isaac Clark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester.
On the twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, the aforesaid Deponent was examined, cautioned and sworn as usual to testify to the Deponent, by him subscribed, taken the oath of Braddyll Livermore aforesaid, and to be used in an Application by him for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the United States passed June 7, 1832, before the Honorable Nathaniel Paine Esq. Judge of Probate of Middlesex, with William Ford said County, at the Probate Court by adjournment on the Thursday next after the first Tuesday of September next for the purpose of hearing Pensioner's claims, or in any other Court of Record within and for said County of Middlesex - The in consequence and in pursuance of the Deponent's attending said Court in any other part of Record in said County, as the cause of taking the Deponent's and I further testify, that the charge of said Deponent for perjury is good, and full credit should be given to his testimony aforesaid.
Samuel Green, Justice of the Peace.

I William Johnson of Worcester in the County of Worcester of the age of seventy one years being cautioned and sworn do depose and say that I became acquainted with Braddyl Livermore, Esquire now of Paxton in said County who is now present in the year 1779 while he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was then a sergeant in a company commanded by Cap- tain Joseph Livermore then of Spencer. The company was raised to guard the British & Hessian Troops at Rutland in said County and the term of our enlistment was three months. The said Braddyl Livermore did duty in that company in guarding said British & Hessian Prisoners of war for the full term of three months and was then honably discharged. Our term of enlist- ment commenced on the last of June or the first of July 1779 and expired on or about the first day of October. The Lieutenant of the company was Israel or Asa Billings of Hard- wick in said County. Said Braddyl Livermore was mustered by Col William Brown who acted as general muster master of the American troops in this neighborhood.
W. Johnson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss July 31 1832 Then the above named William Johnson appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposi- tion by him subscribed in my presence. And I further certify that in my opinion the de- ponent is entitled to credit as a witness
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept 17 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Bradwell Livermore is borne on a roll of "Capt. Joseph Livermore's Company in the service of the United States served in at the Barracks in Rutland as guards" — and he is therein stated to have served as a Fifer — to have enlisted July 11. 1779 and to be discharged Oct 4. 1779 — but his account is made up on said roll for three months and four days service —
Also that the name of Brad c Livermore is borne on a roll of "Captain Ephraim Hartwell's Company of guards doing duty at Rutland" — and he is therein stated to have enlisted Oct. 24 1779, and to have been discharged April 20. 1780.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

I Abiather Child of Rutland in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of seventy nine years of age do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Braddyll Livermore of Paxton in said County Esq r now present and that he was a Soldier in Captain Ephraim Hartwells Company of guards at said Rutland for to guard the stores and the British prisoners that were there in the year A D 1779 and 1780 and that I myself was a Soldier in the same company with the said Livermore for the term of six Months and he entered said service some time in the later part of October A D 1779 and continued in the company and did his duty untill we were dismissed by the Captain when the said Months was out which was some time in the Month of April A D 1780 furthermore the deponent saith not
At C. ... Et al
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss October 3 d 1832 - - - } Then personally appeared the above named Abiather Child before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester and was sworn to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence Joel Davis Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss } (October 3 d 1832) I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent and that he is a Townsman of mine and that I think that full full credit ought to be given to his testimony Joel Davis Justice of the Peace

128 Oak St.
✓ One 3 rd Stamp rec. JAH
Hillsdale Mich.
Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Records
Dear Sir
Will you kindly tell me if you have on file a Braddyf Livermore b Oct 4. 1763 d Sept 24-1845 in Leicester (now Paxton) Mass. He is reported in the family history as having gained Prisoner of War. His wife was Mary Flint.
Also have you a Rev Daniel Grosvenor b Apr. 20 1750 d. July 22 1835 and lived in Petersham. Grafton and Paxton

and is reported in the family history to have done short service his wife was Deborah Hall.
Also Daniel's father Ebenezer Grosvenor b Dec 24 1713 d. Aug 2 1793 lived in Pomfret might have done service
If there is any expense curtailed with this kindly let me know.
Sincerely yours Mrs Earl Bailey