Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16006, for John Tolman, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Holman, John
S. 16006
carded
CONTENTS

John Salmon Adjutant. 1st Pension - Pafus Application
21575

State of Vermont Rutland County Fairhaven District B. 3
In this thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before me Almon Warner Esquire Judge of the Probate court, of the District of Fairhaven in & for the County of Rutland & State of Vermont John Tolman now a resident of the town of Fairhaven in the said County of Rutland & State of Vermont aged seventy nine years & eight months who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. John Tolman was born in the town of Needham in the County of Suffolk (now Norfolk) in the State of Massachusetts in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & fifty three at which place I continually resided until the commencement of the Revolutionary War & afterwards until I arrived to the fiftieth year of my age from which place I removed to the town of Hatfield in the said State of Massachusetts at which last place I resided about three years & from the latter place I removed to the town of Winhall in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, at which latter place I continued to reside until same time in the month of November last past I again removed to the town of Fairhaven in the County of Rutland in the State of Vermont where I at present reside. That before the commencement of the Revolutionary War of the United States with Great Britain the title of the State of Massachusetts was

for some months drilled preparatory for the then approaching contest with Great Britain in which I was drilled in the company of capt. Robert Smith for some months. That on the call of the militia of the State aforesaid on the day of the Lexington battle. I marched under the said Robert Smith captain with his company which company belonged to Col. Heth's Regiment which joined the troops at Lexington in which battle when engaged with the enemy I was severely wounded by a musket shot which passed through my body near the lower extremity of my right shoulder which prostrated me to the earth where I lay until carried off from the field of battle. That afterwards on the nineteenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1775. I entered into the regular service for eight months was marched to Roxbury in the said State of Massachusetts & joined my regiment there which enlistment was made at Needham oversaw under capt. Moses Whiting Col. Graton, Regiment in Genl. Heath's Brigade of the Massachusetts line where I continued in con- spicuous places doing duty in said company until the thirtieth day of December following when I was discharged but not in writing as I remember during this service I was corporal to said company duty appointed & discharged that duty till discharged I again volunteered in my country's service to guard the sea shore south of Boston. Beginning our watch at a place called Squanton near the North east part of Dorchester extending our line southward to Quincy & Milton; as the Regiment extended to such considerable distance that it did not parade by Regiment & the Com- panies were so much subdivided that I do not recollect my capt. or field officers. I performed this tour which was three months under the command
corp l- no. 2 8. 11-

Lieut 5 th 3 rd
5 th actual service
Lieut 5 th 14
of Lieut Oliver Elliott, the company or Regiment was never to my knowledge paraded together, & from this cause I never was fully informed of their names or if I was I have now at this distance of time no recollection of them I was discharged about the last days of April next following my enlistment In this Service I was appointed a Lieut & performed that duty during the said term - I again volunteered & turned out at the call of my Country in the winter of the State of Massachusetts to reinforce the Garrison of Ticonderoga about the first of July 1775. In the company of Capt Timothy Stowe of Dedham Lieut Abijah Bullard of Needham & Lieut Lemuel Richards of Dedham & Ensign Daniel Pitty of Dedham who the command of Col. Ephraim Whelock we marched from Dedham in Mass - to Charlestown & New Hampshire & then the most direct route to Ticon deroga & soon after our arrival at that place Capt Stowe's company with myself were trans- ferred to Col. Cram's Regiment of Artillery - under Genl Gates I was discharged about the first of December following with an allowance of time to return home supposed to be about fourteen days. This service was for five months which was fully served out as I believe during this service I was appointed 2 d Lieut to said company & performed that duty during the term appointed - I again volunteered at the call of my Country in the winter of 1775 to reinforce the State Troops of Mass & marched about to reinforce Genl Washington's Army I marched about the time I returned from Ticonderoga in December 1775. under Capt Ebenezer Dyer of Dedham & Lieut Oliver Elliott of Needham & 2 d Lieut Nathaniel Kingsbury (whose deposition is annexed hereto) of Dedham in Col. Moses Livermore's Regiment to Providence through Pla- field to Hartford from thence to Danbury from thence to Poughkeepsie in the State of New York on the North River

3 m o Sept th mo 0 4.16
After a few days we marched to Morristown in the State of New Jersey in this service I was appointed 2 d Lieut Colonel of that duty in said company. I was discharged about the last of March or first of April 1777. with an allowance of sixteen days to return home as I believe this service was for four months which I served and I was dismissed. I again volunteered in my Country's cause to defeat the incursion of the enemy under Lieut Genl. Burgoyne & marched from Needham about the 15 August 1777. State of Mass t in its State Troops as adjutant of the Regiment under the command of Col o Benjamin Gillis in Genl. Warner Brigade to Northampton upon thence to Bennington in the State of Vermont where we arrived on the night of the day that Col o Baum was killed & the next day we marched to the North for Skaneateles (now Whitehall) to intercept a reinforcement joining Genl. Burgoyne on to the Puuquet River which enters at Whitehall on reaching near the latter place we were ordered to Stillwater where we joined the Army of General Gates & was in the battle of Bemis heights & at the surrender of Burgoyne and marched from thence down the Hudson by Albany to White Plains & was discharged from said service on the twenty ninth day of November following on White Plains issued with twelve days allowance to return home which service was three months & twenty eight days as will more fully appear by the Certificate of Edward D. Bangs Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of the State of Massachusetts of the Commission of the Right for the office of Adjutant but which has become lost from time & accident.
3.14 Adjutant m 0 3.28#
Being interrogated by the Court according to the instructions of the Hon War Department that his age as he has stated that he has no record of the same & knows of none except it be in the town Clerk's office in the town of Needham & that his residence here been as above stated in the places above mentioned & that he resided at

the town of Needham upon which at the said time of service when he enlisted & volunteered into the said Service of the United States as above stated in his declaration above mentioned & specified & that he has since the names of the officers & such corps as he now recollects with whom he was acquainted at that time & at this great distance of time from the period in which those events were transpiring & never received but one writing & any written discharge from the said several officers or any other officers of the Revolution during said service which was the warrant of Adjutant from Col. Benjamin Gill as Adjutant of that Regiment which is lost from time & accident as he believes & that he is acquaint- -ed with & long been known to several respectable Gentlemen of the County of Bournemouth & this County who can testify to & concerning his reputation & char- -acter & to their belief of his Revolutionary services among whom are Reuben Brooks Esquire of Winkley Abram Bronson the Reverend Clugymen of the Episcopal Church of the town of Manchester in said County of Bournemouth Cyrus Graves of Fairhaven upon which & James Drew the Reverend Clugymen of the Congregational Society of Fairhaven & nor is he able to procure the testimony of his former comrades & associates in arms except the dispositions of Lewis Colburn Nathaniel Kingsbury & Nathaniel Chickering whose great age & feeble bodily powers & great distance from the place of the hearing of this matter before the said Court renders it impracticable for them to personally attend which dispositions & the certificate of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereto annexed nor of any other person who personally knew of his military services to his Country as above detailed having removed from the said town of Needham more than twenty five years since which he engaged for the said Military Services to the distance of near two hundred

Miles from my present residence & it being so great a distance of time since those services were rendered has but little in the course of late years with his former Sots. associates in arms part of his services having been performed in the States of Massachusetts, New York & Vermont & quite a considerable number of his companions in arms are since deceased as he is informed he knows or is not informed of any of them by whom he can procure competent evidence of his Military services aforesaid & if any such do remain residing as they probably do (if living) in remote parts of the country from the place of his residence he knows not where to find any of his former associates in arms. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a Pension or annuity-Ex- cept the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State-Ex- cept on the Vermont agency for invalid Pensioners at $8 eight dollars per month as by the certificate hereto annexed dated Oct r 14 th 1823. will more fully appear. John Tolman
Willingborough Vt. We Amos Drury a blacksmith residing in the town of Fairhaven & Cyrus Granger of the same Town have in the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that they are well acquainted with John Tolman who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Amos Drury Cyrus Granger

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after hearing the testimony along prescribed by the war department, that the above applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states & the Court further certifies that it appears to it that Amos Dury who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Fairhaven & that Cyrus Graves who has also signed the same is a resident in said Fairhaven & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I, Seth H. Merrill Register of the Probate Court have hereunto subscribed my hand & have affixed the seal of the Probate Court at Castleton this 31 st day of December A.D. 1832.
S. H. Merrill

17961
Vermont
John Tolman
of Rutland in the State of Ver- who was a Serjt in the Com commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Wheelock in the Ver Troops for 11 mo Mass.
Adjutant 3 mo 11 dys
Enscribed on the Roll of Ver- the rate of 101 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Decr of 33 and sent R- Temple Rutland Ver
Amends to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 253 05 Remnant allowance ending Sept. 1833. 50 61
$ 303.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Bullough Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 3 Page
95
Further claim - ans. R Temple Apr 24 1834
same - 28 May 1834
also on Invalid roll - susp. See letter to P.S. Engleby P.Agt. Or. 1834 - Do. to Hon. W. Slade 7 Jan. 1835 - do informing that payment is resumed 27 Feb 1835.

21. 575 John Tolman Rutland 6° Verm
55 40 6 22 101 22
admitted for all but part Term -
11 mo 20 days 3 mo 14 days Adjutant $101.22
R. Temple Esq. Rutland VT
J. H. Merrill Carleton VT
202 1/4 50 6 1 253 0 5- E. J. B.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12 June 1833 3
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, showing the Service of John Tolman
   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.     19 April 1775 8 Private Capt Smith Col o Heath Lexington 19 years Newton, living Offic rs Declarations, Witness, Clergymen   1775 8 Capt ain Whitney Col o Grafton   July 1776 3 Serg t Officers, not recalled   1 July 1776 5 14 2 d Serg t Capt Stone Col o Whelock Trenton   Dec r 1776 4 16 " Capt Overett Col o Cromie Princeton   15 Aug t 1777 X 3 28 adj t Col o Devill Brandywine   Col o Gage Bemis Oriskany   Col o Warner Heights Stillwater  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
This account paid by Mr. Bangs certificate

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

O. W. & H. Div. P. S. M. E. C.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
April 16, 1895.
Madam:-
Why written before Consolidation
In response to your personal request for information relative to the military services of John Tolman, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that his pension papers have been examined and it appears that he entered the service on the 19th day of April, 1775, and while participating in the battle of Lexington, on that day, was wounded by a musket ball entering his right shoulder. For this wound he was allowed a pension by the State of Massachusetts, which pension was subsequently assumed and paid by the United States. Upon recovering sufficiently he again entered the service some time in the month of May, 1775, and served eight months as a private in Capt. Moses Whiting's company, Col. Greaton's regiment, Connecticut troops. During this service he was engaged in guard duty upon the Massachusetts seacoast.
He was born about the year 1755, and at the time of the Revolutionary war resided in the town of Needham, Massachusetts.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. C. J. Pickford,
31 31 Green St.,
Lynn, Mass.
Commissioner.

John Tolman Declaration

Revolutionary Claim
1769.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved on the 15 th of May 1828- John Tollman of Winhall in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont, Do hereby declare that I was an Officer in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a Captain in Colonel Gratons Regiment in the Massachusetts line, I further declare I was an Adjutant in said Regiment from 1778 (according the best of my memory) to the latter part of the war at which I was a Captain I also state that I was wounded and was among the invalids at the close of the war, and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay which sum was was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 nd of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October 1780- invalid. And I do further declare that I have received of the United States as a pensioner Eight Dollars per month since the 3 rd Day of March 1826 paid to me by the agent for paying Pensions in the State of Vermont. - The reason why I have not made earlier application under the above mentioned act is because I have lost my commissions or mislaid where I cannot find them, I served thro' the whole of the revolution war and did service in other Regiments some as Adjutant, but was for the most of the war in Gratons Regiment
John Tolman
Before me Leonard Bargaint one of the Justices of the peace within & for the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont personally appeared this day Benjamin Whatehow of Winhall & Freeman Purdy of Monkshill both in the County of Bennington aforesaid who did severally make oaths that John Tolmans by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have

been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this first day of July in the year of our Lord 1829.
Leonard Sargent
State of Vermont.
I Henry Robinson Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Bennington do certify that Leonard Sargent Esq m whose signature appears above, is a justice of peace in & for the County aforesaid, duly empowered to administer Oaths, and that the above signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my Official signature, I affixed the Seal of our said County Court, at Manchester, this 2 nd day of July A. D. 1829.
Henry Robinson Clerk.

LEAZER KINGSBURY and X (JOHN TOLMAN) were wounded; the latter of whom was so nearly shot through the body, that the ball was extracted from the opposite side. But through divine goodness both survived.
WHAT was a melancholy circumstance attending the slain, they left five widows, and nearly thirty fatherless children to mourn their loss. It has been supposed that this town suffered more on that day, Lexington excepted, than any other town in the State. *
BUT though this was a distressing event to the people in this town; yet it did not extinguish their patriotism, nor discourage them from still pursuing the sanguinary duties of the field. After this, they sent officers and soldiers into the army, who were justly distinguished for their bravery and heroism. The declaration of INDEPENDENCE was a measure, they much approved; and were ready to hazard their lives in the support and defence of it.
BUT though they wished to be free; yet, to their honor be it spoken, they sought for liberty in connexion with order. For when the federal Constitution was proposed, they voted to adopt it, through the medium of their respected and venerable delegate, who is still living among us; and whom we rejoice to see in the house of God on this occasion. ‡
 * SEE Boston Magazine, for June, 1785.
‡ COL. WILLIAM MC INTOSH, now in the 90th year of his age.

number of books already purchased, and which is still in an increasing and flourishing state. In the West Precinct, another Library has been formed since, consisting of books, exclusively upon religious subjects.
IN mentioning these means of instruction and the improvement, which has been made of them, it may be further related, that ten persons, who were either born in the town or have belonged to it, have received a liberal education, all of whom have been graduated at the University in Cambridge. *
IN the late revolutionary war, the people in this town took an early and active part in the cause of liberty. On the memorable 19th of April, 1775, when hostilities commenced, such was their alertness, that they were upon the scene of action before many others, who lived nearer. They immediately engaged in the warmest part of the battle, and did great service in the cause, which they espoused. But to several of them, it was a fatal day. JOHN BACON, NATHANIEL CHAMBERLAIN, AMOS MILLS, ELISHA MILLS, and JONATHAN PARKER, fell in the action. Besides these five, who were slain, E-
 * JONATHAN TOWNSEND, 1741—JONATHAN NEWELL, 1770—EPHRAIM DRURY, 1776—TIMOTHY FULLER, 1787—DANIEL CLARK SANDERS, 1788—SAMUEL WEST, 1788—CALVIN WHITING, 1791—LUTHER MILLS, 1792—NATHAN PLIMPTON WEST, 1792—ISAAC MORRILL, 1805,

State of Vermont Rutland p - 3
On the 19 th day of November 1833, personally came before the undersigned authority, Ephraim Jackson of said County to me well known to be credible witness, who being duly sworn doth depose & say - That he was acquainted with John Plummer of Fairhaven, an applicant for a pension, during the Revolutionary war - and that in the campaign of 1775 said Plummer was a corporal in Col. Green's Regt. at Roxbury - & in 1776 said Plummer was a sergeant in Col. Wheelock's Regt. & in Col. Crane's Regt. of Artillery - & in 1777, he was a sergeant in Col. Jervell's Regt. - but the deponent cannot state how long he served as such, but believes it could not be less than one year in the whole as sergeant & eight months as corporal.
Given before me this day of year aforesaid R. Brattle Justice
I certify that the above named is a true copy of the preamble of the County of Addison & State of Vermont, & that the above is his signature J. William Slade M.P.
Dec 16. 1833.

Lucasburg Ohio Oct 19 th 1853
Hon Horace Everett M.C. Washington City

John Johnson letter to Col. Temp at Washington

Hon Horace Evarts
At the instance of Robert Temple Esq of Butland, who is now in Washington I enclose some dispositions to enable me to obtain my pension which I wish You to hand to Mr Temple, and oblige
Fair Haven Vt. Dec r 17. 1833
Your obed Servt John Tolman per Amasa D.

Feb. 25. 96
Chas. L. Edwards Esq. Washington
Hon. Mr. Chase

J. L. Edwards Esq.
I send, herewith, the statement of Mr. John Tolman relative to his Revolutionary services, and have the request that the decision upon his case may be communicated to me as soon as made
Very respectfully
William Stude
Feb 23. 1835

John Tolman
Mr. B. B. Horn

Robert Temple Esq. Rutland
By Mr. Tolman
Tolman

Fairhaven Nov 18, 1883
Robert Temple Esq. Rutland Vt
Sir The object of this line is to introduce to you the bearer, Mr John Tolman, an inhabitant of this town. As he is an old man and somewhat infirm I shall be more particular than would otherwise be needful. Mr Tolman has been a pensioner since the revolutionary war on account of a wound he received in said war. A year ago he made application under the pension law of '32, if I mistake not. In his application he stated that he served such an amount of time as a Corp'l, and another period as a serg't, and a third period as an Adjut't. Of his service in the last mentioned grade he was able to make satisfactory proof; but his service in the other grades he cannot prove, but thinks it possible for him to adduce something like circumstantial evidence. His papers have been returned and he now feels that the case is somewhat peculiar. To him it appears strange that after admitting his standing in the highest grade set forth in his declaration and after giving the usual certificates required by the War Department, that he should be rejected on the ground of not presenting evidence, especially inasmuch as he has long been on the list of Pensioners.
Mr Tolman had been advised to go to Mr Slade and employ his aid, and with a view of so doing he calls on me this afternoon to obtain my opinion. I confided with Mr Hittredge, and we were agreed in the opinion that your advice, and aid, if any such aid could avail in his case, were preferable to Mr. Slade's. I therefore write to you, and with the confident belief that you will cheerfully enter into this case and

do all that can consistently be done to smooth the services of an old soldier, who in the last ebb- ings of life, feels the need of something to make his passage comfortable. I am happy to add that Mr. Tolman is in my opinion a man of unblem- ished character.
I am Dear Sir with sentiments of respect Yours Anna Drury Fairham Vt
R. Temple Esq Rutland Vt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 16 th 1834.
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 roll of Capt. Moses Whiting's Company, in Col. John Greaton's Regt. from the 19 th of April, 1775, is found in this Office for five days, for himself, and for twenty-eight days for his Lieutenant, — the name of John Solman is not borne thereon —
John Solman claims for services under the above named Officers, in 1775. the roll of which for 1775, is not found in this Office, except the above mentioned.
Edward D. Dange Ly

Rutland, Vt. 20. May 1884
Sir I have again applied at the Rec'd's Office, at Boston, for evidence in behalf of John Tolman, and have rec'd the enclosed. By this you will see you were mistaken in supposing there was a roll of Capt Whiting's Co. As none appears except for himself & his St. for a few days - none of his men.
I have again to beg of you to reconsider his case. He has made a journey to Mass. but can find no testimony of his services in '45, except what I handed in to you. The reputation of this man stands so high for integrity, & his peculiar of mind are so little impaired, that for myself I do not entertain the slightest doubt of his having served in '45 as he states. The probability too, of the correctness of his statement, is very apparent. From his being engaged & wounded in the battle of Lexington, it is evident he was a zealous Whig. His evident superior intelligence

and his knowledge of the drill exercise, must have made his services very desirable to an illiterate captain, notwithstanding his wound. And it must be obvious to every one that his patriotism, this wound received as they were in the first conflict of the revolution, must have had a salutary effect upon the men of the Regt.; and would create a very natural desire to have him enrolled, notwithstanding his wound rendered him unable, for a time, to do duty in the ranks. The influence of one such example, would be worth a whole company of ordinary men.
I wish you to bear in mind that at least in one instance you have been too sanguine of the correctness of your own opinion. Namely, in the case of David Eaton. Relying upon the correctness of your rolls, you were quite sure he did not know in '81 - but I, relying upon a knowledge of the man, told you I should not be afraid to stake all I was worth, that his statement was substantially true. And so it proved. Altho' his name was not on your rolls, it was found on the rolls,

at Hartford. Now I assure you I have as strong reasons to rely on the fidelity of Mr. Tolman; State-meats, as on those of Eaton; - And as in that case, so in this, Mr. Tolman feels hurt that his veracity should be questioned. I hope therefore you will see the propriety of admitting his services of '75.
Enclosed you have his Russian Cert. to be returned in case you do not see fit to increase it. I am Sir, respectfully
Yours Obedient R. Brinsley
J. L. Solvillard Esq. Comm. the for Mr. E. Lee

John Schuman additional evidence of services in 1775

To whom it may concern, I John Tolman, formerly an inhabitant of Needham, county of Norfolk, and state of Massachusetts, and now an inhabitant of Fairhaven, county of Rutland, and state of Vermont, years before and after the revolt of the colonies from Great Britain, in the year of 1775, resided in said Needham, in Mass. In the autumn of 1774 at a convention of delegates, composed of the first characters of the state (to wit, John Hancock and others) convened at Cambridge, it was resolved to recommend to the people to the people to put themselves in the best order of defence possible, and to enlist minute-men. This recommendation was complied with, and I, John Tolman enlisted into a Minute-company. Some months prior to the 19th of April 1775, our company was formed, and we were drilled one or two days in a week, for some months during which time, we considered ourselves soldiers on furlough, or liable to command, waiting the call of our country. This call was made on the 19th of April 1775, and on this same day I was wounded; of course I could not perform duty with the company, which was kept on duty until men were enlisted for eight months to relieve them. And I John Tolman, before I was recovered of my wound, enlisted into Mose Whiting's company in in Billingsbrook's company & clerk to the captain Colonel Gration's Regiment for eight months, and did serve said term , in the grade of first corporal as stated in my declaration John Tolman subscribed & sworn to the 2.1834 before me W. Brewster Jus. Peace
Needham, County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts March 22 1834 To all whom it may concern I N habilable Fisher of Needham in the County and Commonwealth above named lived in the house with John Tolman In the years of 1774 and 1775 until the 19 th of April And was knowing to his belonging to a minute company that trained for months before the 19 th of April 1775 On that day the company Marched to Lexington and said John Tolman was wounded and was brought to the same house he formerly lived in and I was knowing to his enlisting before he recovered his health within a few days from the 19 th of April in 1775 And the common report was that he John Tolman was a noncommissioned Officer
Continued on the other side

(Continued from the other side)
And did do duty as such in Capt Mops Whiting's Company and Col Grates Regiment for the time of eight months
Signed by me Nehetabel Fisher
Witnesses Israel Whitney Lydia Fisher
Nedham Norfolk County Massachusetts State March 22 1834 Personally appeared the above named Nehetabel Fisher Aged 83 years and made oath that the above deposition by her subscribed according to her best recollection is the truth And I certify that said Nehetabel Fisher is of sound mind and good moral character
Israel Whitney Justice of the Peace
Nedham County of Norfolk State of Massachusetts March 22 d 1834
I Hannah Gay living in Nedham do testify and say that I lived in the same neighborhood in Nedham with John Tolman in the year 1775 I am knowing to his being in Capt Mops Whiting's Company and the common report was that he was a noncommissioned Officer there - and the term of enlistment was eight months he enlisted I think soon after the 19 th of April 1775 that is in week or two after
Witnesses Israel Whitney Sarah Miller
Signed Hannah mark + Gay
Norfolk ss Nedham March 22 1834 Then the above named Hannah Gay Personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition and I certify that said Hannah Gay is of sound mind & good moral character Aged 76 years
Israel Whitney Justice of the Peace

Dedham J. S.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Lucius Ware Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court (being a Court of Record) within and for the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth aforesaid. Hereby certify, that Israel Whitney Esquire before whom the Depositions on this Sheet were taken, is a Justice of peace in and for said County, duly appointed Commissioned and qualified, that his Commission was dated March 9 th 1839 and will expire March 9 th 1840, and that his several signatures thereon are genuine and true. In witness whereof I have herunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court at Dedham this Twenty second day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty four.
Lucius Ware Clerk.

Fairham W May - 9 -
Friend
May
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Dear Sir      Fairham Vt May 9 th 1835
Your letter to the agent for Paying Pensions at Burlington dated 27 th Feby ry was received & sent to the agent with my vouchers. I have received the money due me for services rendered according to the act of 1832 and I also made out papers to draw my Invalid claim as usual which was sent to the agent at the United States Branch Bank at Burlington at which Bank it has always been paid heretofore But the papers were returned and the reason why the money was withheld was that he the agent had received no orders to pay over. Your letter was in the hands of the agent at the deposit Bank Now Sir will you have the goodness to forward me such a writing as will be necessary to procure the money for my Invalid claim
Your Humble Servant
John T. Doolittle
Hon J. L. Edwards

May 27 pm at Mr. Tolman's house
FREE
J. S. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Offen Bank No. 5.
Burlington 21. May 1835.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 15. inst. requesting information, why John Soloman , an Invalid Pensioner, has been refused payment of his pension at this office, I beg to refer you to a copy of your in- struction of the 15. of Nov. last, as below, - and am,
Respectfully,
Your att. servant,
Heman Allen Pres. Agent for paying No. 5. Pensioners.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions
(Copy)
War Department
Pension Office
November 15 th 1834
Sir
You will be pleased to stop the payment of the stipend of the following named revolutionary pensioner until further instructions
Jerathmel Doty over

Frederick Dikeman, Reverius Small, Luke Roberts, Roger Smith, and John Tolman, an Invalid.
I am Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt J S Edwards
Neman Allen, Esqr First Branch Bank U S & C Pension Agent Burlington Vt

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
11 Nov 1829.
John Tolman of in the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont - has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until the end of the war,
at which period he was a Captain in the regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as an invalid pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, eight dollars per month dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Vermont. He states he was in the Invalid regiment.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary F.A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
12 th November 1829
does not It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to John Tolman, Captain in the Massachusetts line, amounting to or in the Invalid Reg t dollars. It further appears that a man by the name of John Tolman invalid is now on the pension list of the Vermont - agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of Eight per month. He is on the Rev. as a private - and has been paid to the 4 th March 1829 - The Revolutionary records in this office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Captain John Tolman, as an officer either of the Massachusetts line, or the Invalid Regiment - J. H. A. And

PAID 18 3/4 March 25 1852
Free
March 30 1852
Com d of Res ts General App d n
Lewis. Cass Sec. War Washington D. C.
See also the enclosure

Fairhaven March 25 th 1833
Hon ble Lewis Cass Sir
Your candor, will forgive the freedom I take, when I state to you, that it is my necessity compels me, to put you in minde of the avales of my pension, you will find by the physician's certificate's, for a number of years past, I have been totally disabled, as I expend it for my support before it becomes due. my hoste, becomes uneasy, and it makes it weary unpleasant for me, I dated my ingageing in my declaration on the 19 th of April 1775, I was dropt in the field that day under the command of Rob t Smith, as soon as I was able to wright my name, I inlisted under Capt. Moses Whiting in Col t Gralens Regt. in Gen l Heath's brigade, for eight months. my time expir'd on the last day of Decem r as did the other troops, of corse the militia was cal'd to man the lines. I vollenteard under Lieut. A. Mills of Needham, as he was of the same town & a neighbour I gave him the preference, we march'd to the North-east part of Dorchester to a point of land cal'd squantum there other troops on troops to guard the sea-shore to cape-cod, as I was then inform'd, the shore was indented, with marsh, cricks brooks and rivers, our bounds were limmited, in proportion'd to the distance, where men could travel their numbers were increast, or deminished. on some points of land, a Sargants guard was all that was wanted.
With sentiments of respect Sir
I am your most obedient
Hum ble Serv t John Tolman
N.B., I have been sick the winter past, my doctor wants to be secured, on his demand — And the days are gon by that I can earn any thing by the use of my pen

1828 papers to be filed with Ad on Draw #16,006
C

John Tolman - Mass. line.
Capt.
Vermont
Ad. Inv. File no 16,006
{ Act 1828 Not allowed letter # 3835 }

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 12 Nov 1829.
THE annexed paper relating to the Claim of John Tolman under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed, whether by any records in the War Department, or by any papers filed therein relative to an application heretofore made by the claimant for a Pension, it appears for what term he enlisted and served in the Army of the Revolution, and in what rank, regiment and line.
D. Lyman
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Hon. the Secretary of War.
See letter from War Department of the 13 Nov 1829

Colbarn, Kingstun and Chuchings Depositions
The whole service being about 25 months.
MS. A. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 44

I Nathl Chickering of Dover in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being Eighty two years of age. Testify and say that I was well acquainted with John Solman of Dedham County and Commonwealth aforesaid in the time of the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, and that said Solman was with me in the same Company, we marched from Dedham in April  July 1776, by the way of Charlestown, New Hampshire to Secondirega and we were both discharged about the first of December following, Timothy Stow of Dedham was our Captain and Moses Bullard of Dedham Lieut. and Leml. Richards of Dedham 2 d Lieut. Daniel Pette of Dedham Ensign. Ephraim Wheelock of Medfield was our Col. under General Gates. Nathaniel Chickering
Norfolk ss. Dover November 9 th 1832
Then Personally appeared the within named Lewis Colburn Nathaniel Pringlebury and Nathaniel Chickering and severally made Oath that the within Certificate by them subscribed was true and correct.
Before me Calvin Richards Just Peace
I certify and say that I have been well acquainted with the within named Lewis Colburn Nathl Pringlebury and Nathl Chickering over thirty years, and I believe them to be as old as they state, and all men of truth and veracity. Calvin Richards
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. I James Ward Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Norfolk hereby certify that Calvin Richards Esquire above named is an Justice of peace in and for said County duly appointed Commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said Office and that his signature above is genuine and true. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. James Ward.

I Lewis Colburn of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being Eighty years old, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with John Solman of Dedham County and Commonwealth aforesaid, in the time of the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, and that said Solman was in the same regiment with me, the whole of the Eight months Campaign in the year 1775 that Moses Whiting of Roxbury was Solman's Captain and Aaron of Roxbury Peirce of Dedham aforesaid Lieutenant - and John Greyton, Col of said Regiment, and Joseph Dyer of Milton Lieut. Colonel -
Lewis Colburn -
I Nathaniel Kingsbury of Medfield in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being Eighty three years of age do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with John Solman of Dedham, County and Commonwealth aforesaid in the time of the Revolutionary war with Great Britain - and that said Solman was with me in the same Company, we started marched from Dedham in the month of December 1776 to Providence through Plainfield to Hartford - from thence to Danbury - from thence to Sandy Hook in the State of New York on the North river - after a few weeks we marched to Morristown in the State of New Jersey - we were both discharged about the last of March or the first of April 1777 with an allowance of sixteen Days to travel home - Ebenezer Everett of Dedham was our Captain - and Oliver Mills of Dedham 1 st Lieut. 1 st Lieut. , and Nath. Kingsbury of Dedham 2 nd Lieut. in Solomon Lovell's Regiment.
Nath. Kingsbury

John Tolman, Cane
As I will probably send further testimony to you at Washington

War Department Pension Office 27 September 1833
Sir,
The papers in support of the claim of John Tolman have been again examined, and are herewith enclosed to you.
In his allegation of service as Corporal and Sergeant he is not borne out by the testimony forwarded. The witness should distinctly set forth the grades of the applicant, as it is all important in the computation of his pension.
By a late resolution of Congress, applicants for the benefit of the act of 7 th June 1832. are not required to relinquish invalid pensions. Tolman may therefore, retain the certificate herewith sent.
I am, respectfully, Your ob t Servant J. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions
J. H. Merrill Esq Castleton Vt

John Tolman
Amended Declaration.

State of Vermont
Rutland County
Fairhaven Probate District } on the 3 rd day of July A.D. 1833.
Personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Almon Warner Judge of the Probate Court for the district of Fairhaven aforesaid, John Tolman, who being duly sworn deposed and said 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 Eight months & eleven days I served as a corporal
For three months I served as a sergeant
For five months & fourteen days I served as 2 d sergeant
For four months & sixteen days I served as sergeant
For three months & twenty eight days I served as adjutant and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid }
John Tolman
I S. H. Merrill Clerk of the Probate Court for the district of Fairhaven aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Tolman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3 rd day of July A.D. 1833, S. H. Merrill

Lucy's Certificate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov-7 th 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 John Tolman is found upon an Abstract of the Field & Staff Officers of Col Benjamin Gills Reg t in Gen. Warner's Brigade & is therein stated to have served in the capacity of an Adjutant from Aug 15 th to Nov. 29 th with 12 days allowance to return home three months & twenty eight days Pay per month £12.0.0 I further certify that I find no Rolls of the following Capt's Officers (By) Moses Whiting Timothy Stow, & that there is no roll of a list by the name of Evans upon the files
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Moses Evans Power Affidavit for John Salmon

I Moses Evans of Lyndon in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of Lawful age do hereby and say that I Enlisted in the United States Service of the army of the Revolution in the first of the war, and served till its termination as a During the war man under the Continental Establishment, and I became acquainted with John Tolman an Officer in the Army of the Revolution in the Massachusetts line and am knowing to serving as an Officer for several years in Colonel Grout's Regiment and am knowing to his serving as a captain at the close of the Revolutionary war at which time I was Discharged and further I say not, and I say I am in no way interest- ed in the event of his application for a pension
State of Vermont Caledonia County ss
Moses Evans
Lyndon Sept 4 th 1829
Personally appeared Moses Evans and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed before me
Josiah C. Willard Justice Peace
State of Vermont Caledonia ss
I Benjamin F. Deming Clerk of the Court of the County of Caledonia do hereby certify that Josiah C. Willard before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time a Justice of the Peace for said County and that his name above subscribed is genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 5 th day of September A. D. 1829
Benj. F. Deming Clerk

Re: 10 Nov 1829.
Woodstock Nov. 4 1829
Hon. Secretary of the Treasury
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will receive the Revolutionary claim of John Tollman.
On examination of the claim you will please to give me the earliest information of the result
Yours respectfully
Eli Dunham

Wilmington Ark Oct 6 Mr. Johnson
Mr. John C. Calhoun Secretary at War. City Washington.
disbursed total

Mr. John, C. Calhoun Secretary at War,
Sir
Inclosed you have my original pension certifi c iat, as evidence that I am really an invol d pensioner, Your candor will forgive an old vet an 's assuming to trouble you with a question why the invol d soldiers, pension is stop d , I made application with others in the same predicament with myself, as I had done heretofore, we did not any of us draw our pensions, (but those under the act of 1818 drew theirs) if the invol d pension is not stop d by Government you will please to inform me how and where to apply. Your complyance to the above will much oblige man
With the highest consideration and esteem
I am yours and my country's devoted
Humb t ser t : John Tolman. of
Winhall Oct r 3 rd 1823.
Winhall, County of Bennington, & State of Vermont —
Mr. John Calhoun

Hon. Secretary of the Treasury Washington City D.C.

Cleveland, O. May 23d. 1903
To the Officer in charge of Old War & Navy Office, Pension Bureau. —
Dear Sir. —
I write to you in quest of some information that I prize very highly & am very anxious to obtain. It is in regard to one of my ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War, but first of all let me assure you that the information I seek is in no way connected

with with any claim on my part against the.
Government in regard to a pension.
I am intensely patriotic & desire to become a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution & I have nothing to prove my claim save family tradition. I must have something official that is why I apply to your office.
The facts as I know them are as follows.
Captain John Polman. Born in Needham, Mass. March 18th. 1753. He responded to the first call for troops. was severely wounded at Battle of Lexington, 19th.

April 1775, he recovered & served throughout the War.
If you can furnish me with an abstract of his entire Military record through your office, pension papers, etc. it will be all that is necessary & if he never applied or never received a pension can you get his record for me or advise me what bureau of the War Dept. to apply to. All I care for is something official that will prove conclusively that such a person as John Tolman served in the American Army during that period, what branch of the service he was in & under who he

served. I am informed by members of the Society that a full & complete abstract of his enlistments terms of service, deeds of valor (if any) etc. is very desirable not alone to prove my claim but for their record which they are under making very complete.
I might add that Captain John Tolman died in 1835 aged 82 yrs. He lived in Needham & Fairhaven Mass. & was my great grand father, on my Mother's side.
Thanking you in advance
Yours Truly Yours
Wm Henry Warren 1066 Woodland Hills Ave. Belov. O.

see letter Nov. 13. 1829 to Sec. of Treasury
Vermont formerly of Massachusetts
John Holman,
Capt. Robt. Smith's Co. Mass a mili- tia reg t com d by Col. W m Heath, dur- ing the Revolution.
Inscribed on roll of Mass a at \$1\frac{66\frac{2}{3}}{100} per month, commencing 17 th March, 1786. — Transferred to Vermont to take effect from 5. th Sept. 1812. Increased by Law 2. nd August, 1813 to $5 per month to commence on 1 Feb y . 1813. In- creased again by Law of 24. th of April, 1816, to $8 per month to commence from passage of the act Prig t out by Commissioners under Resolution of Congress of 17 June, 1785, dated 18 July, 1786, is within.
Formal certificate of pension is- sued 14 Oct r . 1823 & sent to John Hol- man, Arlington, Vermont.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
John Tolman
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Needham, Norfolk Co. Mass.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Wendham & Fair Haven Vt.
Date of death (as near as possible):
After 1800
Christian name of widow:
Elizabeth (Tisher) Tolman
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Do not know. Applied
Remarks:
Your name and address:
Mrs. E. J. Peckford
31 Green St. Lynn, Mass.

Elisha
Elmer
Nathaniel.

Mr. & Mrs. H. S. L. to Mrs. C. J. Pickford, 31 Green St. Lynn, Mass. M. C. L.
May 29, 1903 - to Miss Henry M. Ingersoll Cleveland Ohio
Resolution 19827. INVALID.
Consolidated with Inv. File 16,006
File No. 19,827
John Solman Br Rev War
Act: _____
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 420
[Arrangement of 1870.]

16.006 INVALID.
File No. _____
John Tolman Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. _____, Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jonathan Hunting
to
Mr. John Tolman
Fairhaven Vt.
Rutland Co.
1874
Brattleboro Vt. Aug 13 th

Henderson January 10 th 1834
Mr. John Tolman. Dear Sir. A friend has just handed me an advertisement requesting information to be sent to you with respect to my residence. I therefore hasten to inform you that I reside in Henderson in the County of Jefferson and state of New York 2\frac{1}{2} miles from the Village of Belleville in Collierburgh and 5\frac{1}{2} from the village in the Town of Adams I well recollect John Tolman a sergeant under Capt. Aaron Smith of a Kindham Battery and I should be happy to afford him any assistance in my power. I should be happy to see him or hear from him. Should you think proper to write to me please to direct your letters to be left at Belleville Post Office in Collierburgh County of Jefferson state of N.Y.
Yours as respectfully
Jonathan Huntington

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John Tolman Mass S.F 1606b

THIS certifies that John Tolman Soldier an inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , who belonged to the Militia Regt commanded by William Heath Esq. Col Robt Smith in the service of the United States of America , aged Thirty three ; as appears by Certificates lodged in the Office, having been examined by me, is found to be disabled in by a Musket ball , entering right shoulder
And I do hereby certify that he is entitled to receive Two per Month, commencing 1st March 1786 agreeably to the Resolution of Congress, of the 7th of June, 1785, and to an Act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , of the 17th March, 1786. and that John Tolman is now fit for Guard or Garrison duty
GIVEN under my hand, at BOSTON , this 10th day of July in the year of our Lord, 1786, and in the Eleventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
John Lucas Commissary of Pensions.

Vermont
John Tolman Private in
Captain
company of the
during the Revolution.
Ratio of disability,
Total
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
Inscribed on the Roll of
Vermont
at Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the
Certificate of Pension issued the and
of
Arrears to 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Act of the
In letter to Pensioner Sept. 14. 1873
In letter 15 May 1835 to Puff. 2 P. age - do. to same Mar 28. 1835

J. L. Edwards Esq r City Washington Pension Office

7.961
Fairhaven Feb'y 9 th 1835
Hon J. L. Edwards Sir
Agreeable to a notice in the Vermont Statesman I John Tolman comply with the request. As my papers in your office were made out at different times, they may not read verbatim, as I depend on my memory. But may compare near-enough to satisfy the inquiry. In the month of Nov r in, 1774, a convention of delegates was held at Cambridge Mass. resolved to recommend to the people to put themselves in the best order of defence possible, and to enlist minute-men choose their officers and form companies. And the recommend was complied with. I then was an inhabitant of the town of Needham County of Suffolk Mass. W m Heath of Roxbury was our Col l , W m McIntosh, was our Major., Rob t Smith our Capt., Oliver Mills Lieut. We were drill'd two days in a week in squads inspected by our field officers. I was a soldier in this company. We considered ourselves soldiers on command, And on the 19 th of April 1775 our company was calld for to repel the British troops that were on their way to Concord, I recd a shot in my right shoulder which lade me by for 2 or 3 weeks, In this time I enlisted into Moses Whittings Comp y , Col n Gralens Reg t ., W m Heath's Brigade, for eight months first corporal, and I did perform that duty. For this service, I had Lucs Colburns deposition taken at Dover, County of Norfolk, Mass. before Calver Richards Esq r that I was in the same Reg t with him & in Whittings Comp y 8 months. The clerk of the court in Dedham certifyed under seal that Richards was a legal Justice. Nov r 1832. And in March 1834 I had the deposition of Meritable Fisher, in whose family I then resided, & Hannah Gay a neighbour, who had brothers enlist at the same time, that I did enlist, in a few days or a week or two, from the 19 th of April 1775. Taken before Israel Whitney Esq r . of Needham County Norfolk Mass. The Clerk of the Court at Dedham, testifed under seal that Whitney was a legal Magistrate. About the middle of June 1775 our Reg t was ordered on to Bunker hill, and I was with them, In a short time after I was with a detacht party under the command of Gen t Putnam, on Sickmores point, & our troops had to retreat. with some loss.

For my wound on the 19 th of April 1775 I was plas'd on the pension list by Col. Lucas at 20 dollars a year, in Nov r 1775 I rec d a wound in my privet parts that I didn't mention to Lucas, nor any other person untill about the year 1811, I inform'd some of the members of the senate at the City Washington. my case was attended to a committee was appointed. To examin my case, the Hon ble Jonathan Robenson was one of the three, I made that evidence that they were satisfied with, and they reported my case, and I was plas'd on the books at $60. dollars a year. as my disability hath increas'd my pension has been rais'd. you will find the returns of the docters who have examined me my disability to be total. and I was rais'd to $96. dollars p r year
In the winter & spring of 1776, I volunteard into a militia company a serg t to guard the sea-shore south of Boston, beginning our watch at a place call'd squantum extending our line through Milton & Quincy. as our Reg t extended so long a line, it was not call'd on the parade. the company was divided & subdivided. I was under the command of our first Lieut. Oliver Mills. The other part of the comp y or Reg t I knew but little about, we ware discharg'd the first of April - The time of service three months.
In the summer of 1776 The towns of Dedham & Needham ware requested to raise a comp y for five months for an expedition to Lake Champlain. Tim y Bow Capt - Gay Lieut. Pettis Ensign all of Dedham County of Norfolk Mass - I volunteard a sergeant into this Comp y  & performed that duty For this service, I had Nat l Chickering deposit n taken by Col n Richards Esq r of Dover County of Norfolk Mass - the Clerk of the Court at Dedham, County of Norfolk Mass, Certifi'd under seal, that Col n Richards was a legal Justice - The No o of days allow'd to return home I have forgot but say, 10 days.
In the winter of 1776 & 1777 I volunteard into a company of which Everett of Dedham was Capt. Nath l Kingsbury of Dedham 2 d Lieut & Oliver Mills of Dedham first Lieut, all of the County of Norfolk Mass for five months allowed 16 days to return home & perform'd the duty of Second sergeant. For this service I had Nath l Kingsbury deposition, taken by Col n Richards of Dover. and County Norfolk Mass and, the Clerk of the Court at Dedham under seal certifi'd Col n Richards a legal officer. All my services after the 8 months was with the Militia. This campaign was to the southward.
* Our company started from Dedham for Charlestown in New Hampshire, then to Sullivan's Island, then to Scituate on the west side of the lake, and our company was attached to Col n Greenleaf of Middlesex on present independence.

We marcht through Providence State of Rhodisland, Danby in Connecticut to Serrelawn on the Hutsom, our comp y was quartered out for a week or two in this time, I was with Gen l M c Keth with a detachment, moovd on to Kent-chester to take Kings fort. which he command d , which they refus d , but gave us battle after some loss we had orders to retreat. We crost the Hutsom, and march d to Morrestown New-Jersey where we remain d till discharg d the next spring - we ware allow d sixteen days to return hom.
In the summer & fall of 1777 I was appointed Ajutant of Col o Benjamin Gils Regt., destind to reinforce Gen l Gates at Stillwater. State N. York on the Hutsom. The Regt march d by compan y from the County of Norfolk, through Gloucester, Northampton, Bennington in Vermont. Cambridge N. York, our Regt form d on Bemoses heights. on the west-side of the Hutsom. I was on Gen l Arnal s right wing with part of our Regt when Gen l Burgoine was defeated, by our troops forcing his lines. After the capture of Burgoin, our Regt march d down the Hutsom, as far as Farrantown from thence to the White planes. After three months & twentyeight days service the regt. was discharg d . For this service I had a certificate under the signature of — Bangs Esq r . secretary of the State Mass. my pay was forty dollars per month & two rations,
My papers & declaration ware executed by the Hon d Almond Warner & the seal and signature of S r H. Merrill, Register. of Castleton. And the testimony of the Rev d Amos Drury, and Cyrus Graves as it respected my reputation.
 Gov t - 1 — My first service 8 months in 1775  Serg t - 2 — second D o 3 D o winter of 1775 & 1776  Serg t - 3 — in the summer & fall of 1776. 5 D o — 10 days  Serg t - 4 — in the winter of 1776 & 1777 4 months & 16 days  Adj t - 5 — in the sum r & fall of 1777. 3 D o — 28 D o  and allow d 9 or 10 days to return hom 9
Total service as I now make it — 25 months & 3 days. The above describ d papers ware dld. to Mr r Temple of Fulland. My last payment was sept r 1834 rec d of Mr r Temple. The amount of pension per annum as an invalid 8 96 — As a reward for past services, to sept r 1834 — 100 1, 22 per annum I have the Hon d Sir, of being your Hum l Serv t John Tolman