Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,504, for Isaac Tarbell, Vermont

SERVICE
NUMBER
Vt.
Farbell, Isaac
S 11504
carded
CONTENTS

20988 New York.
Isaac Tarbell
of Jeffersonville , in the State of New York who was a Private in the Co. H , commanded by Captain Benjamin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hart in the Vermont line for 7 months and 6 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 22 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct. 1833 and Seth M. Nathan Brownsville
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 72 Pension, allowance ending 4th:34 12
$ 84
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
G. C. Tuttle Clerk
Recorded by Book E
Vol. 4
Page 11

State of New York } Essex County ss. }
On this fifth day of December 1832 Personally appeared in New Can't, before the Judge thereof, of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Isaac Farlitt, a resident of Mountain in the County of Essex and State of New York, aged 70. Years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, after an oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 60 years, passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, & served as herein stated.
First regiment the Commanding Genl. My Colonel name was Wait who resided in Windsor Vermont. Capt's name was Benjamin. Joshua Church was my Supt. under whom I enlisted, who resided in the town of Chester, Vermont. My Ensign's name was Hall. Orderly Sergeant's name was Burchard or Burchy. Corporal Tilden. I enlisted as a volunteer under Joshua Church in the town of Chester, County of Windsor, Vermont, about the last of April or first of May 1779. When I was 17 years of age. I went about sixty miles to Fort Bethel about seven miles from Royalton. When I was first called to do duty. I went from Fort Bethel as a Scout, with my Corporal Tilden & our Supt. to Dog River, then to Green River, then to Head River, & then we returned to Bethel after an absence of about seven days. Don't recollect how long I remained at Fort Bethel when I went on another Scout; but during the time, I went down to Royalton after it was burnt. (Royalton had been

built the house before) There was a Block house at Ryegate, remained at Ryegate about two weeks. Then returned to Fort Battle. I remained at Fort Battle as I was not well, some months later in some days. When I got a furlough to go home, I went home about the time of Dec. 1779. & I then had a substitute of the name of Philip Bacon, whom I paid to come out the time of my service, he which time I enlisted, who went down out my time, & brought me back a discharge. Under the hand, I think of Capt. Benjamin. This discharge is lost. I have no documentary evidence in my possession, & I know of no person now living, whose testimony I can procure, who can testify positively to my service. I was born according to the record in my name, Oct. 9. 1762.
There is a record of my age, I spent in the town of West. Minster, County of Windham Vermont, but of this I have only been informed. I never saw it, & do not know it.
When I enlisted I resided in the town of Chester, County of Windham State of Vermont. I cannot say positively whether it was then called Vermont or New Hampshire. I always resided in Vermont, until nine years ago, when I removed into the State of New York, Brownville, Lycoming County where I now reside. There is no clergyman in my neighborhood by whom I could apply for a certificate. - There is a certificate the day
Upon application. -
P. Burroughs clerk
1779

We, Artemas Earl, residing in the town of Pownal in the County of Franklin State of New York, & William J. Kimball of the town of Housatonic County State aforesaid, hereby certify, Artemas Earl for himself, that he is well acquainted with Isaac Tarbell, who has subscribed oath to the above declaration: that he has known him upwards of Sixty Years, & William J. Kimball for himself, that he is well acquainted with said Isaac Tarbell that he has known him upwards of Twenty Six Years, & that We believe him to be Seventy Years of age; that he is resided & has lived in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a revolutionary Soldier, & that we concur in that opinion. Wm J. Kimball & C. Artemas Earl Isaac Tarbell the day before affirmed. P. Burroughs Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the inves- -tigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, & as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Artemas Earl & William J. Kimball, who has signed the above certificate, are residents of the County of Franklin State of New York, are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Peter Burroughs, clerk of the County of Franklin of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaac Tarbell for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal & affixed this fifth day of Dec. 1832. P. Burroughs Clerk

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Isaac Tarbell's Revolutionary claims.
end.

Hennepin County ss. { Isaac Tarbell, in addition to what he has already stated in his Declaration under date of 5 th December, 1832. Which declaration is hereto annexed, further declares, That he enlisted as a volunteer in the town of Chester, County of Windsor State of Vermont about the last of April or the first of May (to an inference he is quite positive it was on the first of May 1779. when he was Seventeen years of age), under Joshua Church who was a Lieutenant, _____ Benjamin was Capt. of the Company, & _____ Wait was Colo. He is very positive that he was in the service as a volunteer Militiaman Seven Months & six or seven days. From the best of his recollection. Is positive that he enlisted for the term of Nine Months. That during the 7. Months & 6. or 7. days he was in the service, he was not in any civil employment, but was wholly in the military service. That he returned home on a furlough from Fort Bethel in December, & he thinks about the tenth, 1779. That he did not serve out the remainder of his term of Nine Months himself; but hired a substitute of the name of Philip Bacon, who was 19. or 20. years of age & was an able bodied man, that he paid him for the time he served as such substitute, that the said Bacon went, was accepted as such substitute, served out the term of the nine months for which he had enlisted, & after the said Bacon had served out the said term, he rec d ? through to him this deponent a regular full & honorable discharge in the name of "Isaac Tarbell", under the hand of, (as he thinks) Capt. Benjamin; which discharge is now lost. That Philip Bacon died as many as 15. years ago. The said Isaac Tarbell hereby

which gives him all right to claim what he may be entitled to a grant or Pension, for services as a soldier of the Revolutionary War, to which he may be entitled by virtue of any law of the United States of America. Witness my hand. He can say nothing in addition to what he has already stated in his first declaration in relation to his services. That Artemas Earle, whose testimony has been promised, was a near neighbor of this deponent, & knew him both before & after he was in the services, but not being present when this deponent enlisted, & not having seen this deponent while in the services he cannot testify positively to said services. That the said Earle is the only man now living, who can, to this deponent's knowledge, testify to said services. So all shall
Sworn & subscribed This 27 Day of May 1833
before me
G Brown Judge Jefferson County

1000-6000 Ulster County, N. Y. I, Artemas Earle of the town of Normsville Ulster County State of New York, being first duly sworn, depose & say; that I was, on the 23 d day of January, 1833. Twenty one years of age. That I was born in the town of Lester, County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts; That when I was 5 years old my Father removed to the town of Chester, County of Windsor State of Vermont; That I have been intimately acquainted with Isaac Tarbell, the within applicant for a Pension, for a period of more than sixty years. That we were boys together, have been to school together, & I have always understood that I was about one year older than he was. That in 1779. when the said Tarbell was said to have been a soldier or a seaman Maithamman, during the Revolutionary War, I resided within a half a mile of his Fathers house. That in the year 1779. it was said, & I have always understood, & I have no doubt of the fact, that the said Isaac Tarbell went as a volunteer into the service at what period of time he entered the service, or left it, I am unable to say, but I have always understood that he enlisted for nine months. That I have understood, & this information I got about the period of 1779. that before the nine months had expired Tarbell returned home & I then heard that he hired a man to go & take his place to run out his time. That said Tarbell, during the period he states in his declaration as having been in the service, was about here home & did not return until sometime in the month of December 1779. or I think & I have no doubt he was in the service or a soldier, during that time. That

I knew Philip Baion mentioned in Tahai's declaration, in the year 1779. He was then a Young man, but has since died as many as 15 years as I have understood by him. That I removed from the State of Vermont to Brownville, Otsego County State of N.Y. nine years ago, where I now reside. Then
I further say on my oath aforesaid, that I have stated in this affidavit all my knowledge of said Tumble's crimes or a robbery with as much particulars as I am able to do. William G. Gable
From your son John 25. day of May 1833.
Gloucester Superior Court
Yours sincerely & truly G. Brown Judge Jeff Co. Ky.
6 Brown Judge Jeff can't
State of New York
Jefferson County, Ohio.
State of New York Suffolk County ss. I, Philip Lurchard Clerk of the said County do certify that Geo. Brown Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this 28 th day of May 1833.
Y. Purchased whole

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Grace Farland
New York
b. f.
Admitted Private of no things
(Large faint 'M' mark) 248  40
60 233 2399
A. K. St Rathbun Brownsville W.R.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17. 1883
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 Isaac Merrill Jefferson County State of New York
   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.   Yrs. Mths. Dys.     It Enlisted 1779 2 6 10 Col. Wash Capt. Benjamin 70 yrs Vermont Traditional Evidence Certificate of 2 Chaps Can get no other evidence He has not relinquished  
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 _____ A. B.
Sworn to 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 (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 declarations; 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 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 place 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.
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.
(k) This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases. (l) 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.

Rev. Henry
11504. INVALID.
File No. 11504
Isaac Tarbell
Pris Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 869
[Arrangement of 1870.]