Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,926, for Samuel Larrabee, Massachusetts

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Larrabee, Samuel
S. 18926
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18226
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1913 May 26 Hist. Soc Mrs. Lawrence C. Jefferson Letter in P. F. 636 Joshua Church. V.L.M.
File No. 18226
Samuel Larabee
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]

255-6
Vermont
Samuel Larabee
of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the Reg t commanded by Col. Whitney in the Vt. troops here for 6 months
Death not shown on AB
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. day of Nov r 1832 and sent to J. Elliot Brattleborough Vt
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  30.00    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4. Mch 1833  10.00     40.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J McQuillie Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 70

No. 2,785
Admitted
Private 6 mo $20:
James Elliot Dunstable Yrs

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Larabee  of Windham Co., in the State of Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Probate Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 Spring " 6 " As a  Gen.  Capt. Smith Col. Whitney  Massachusetts Line.  Suppose Militia   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? (None mentioned)  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Guilford, Vt.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses, documentary proof  traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Brown  Examining Clerk.

I Ephraim Nichols of Guilford county of Windham Co. State of Vermont, of lawfull age do testify & say that I have been acquainted with Saml. Larabee of Guilford County & State aforesaid for more than fifty years & that the said Larabee enlisted into the united States Service in the spring of the year 1846 I think. I heard from him frequently during the campaign at Nantasket - after the six months expired he returned to Guilford the Town where he now resides, and that the said Larabee had the reputation of faithfully serving his country as a soldier.
Ephraim Nichols
State of Vermont Windham County ss Brattleboro Aug 1 st P. 1882 Personally appeared Ephraim Nichols & after being carefully examined & duly cautioned made solemn Oath that the above statement by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth before me
B. Berg. W. Stevens Just. Peace

State of Vermont. Windham County Court Clerk's Office New Fane, August 3. A.D. 1832.
I certify that Benjamin W. Stevens Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the within is his signa- ture - In testimony whereof I have hereunto to set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court on the day and year above written.
James Collier, Clerk.
Credibly, attested in Declaration

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Larabee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1776 6 mos. Pvt. Smith Whitney Mass.          
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Guilford Vt. Date of application for pension, Aug. 1 1832 His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Guilford Windham Co. Vt. Age at date of application, at Rutland Mass. in 1760.
Remarks: No data as to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

No 37. Windham Co. Vermont.
Samuel Larrabee Dec 12 for Pension - August 1832.
No 2,785

STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss.
Probate District of Marlborough.
At the Probate Court, within and for said District, being a Court of Records.
On this first day of August A. D. 1832—Personally appeared in open Court, At Brattleborough, in said District.
Present—Hon. Marshall Miller Esquire, Judge.
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District now sitting— Samuel Larrabee a resident of Guilford in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged seventy two 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 7, 1832—That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Enlisted at Guilford in Vermont in the Spring of 1776, for six months, and served that time under Capt. Smith, and in Colonel Whitney's Regiment in the Massachusetts line, supposed those troops to have been militia. Served the whole time at Nantasket near Boston, and was there discharged, in September or October 1776, to the best of his recollection—had no written discharge, which is lost—has no evidence, except the accompanying affidavit of Ephraim Nichols, to prove his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
 1. He was born at Rutland, Mass. in the year 1760  2. Has no record of his age.  3. Lived in Guilford, Vt when he entered the service. And has resided there ever since.  4. Enlisted voluntarily.  5. Col. Whitney's Regiment, so far as he now recollects, was the only one stationed at Nantasket when he was in service.  6. Had a written discharge, but it is lost. 

5. Col. W. H. Martin when he was in service - Nantasket
6. Had a written discharge, but it is lost -
7. He refers to Willard Martin, Esq. and Capt. Ephraim Nichols under this interrogatory, there being at this time no clergyman in his vicinity who can give the evidence required -
Samuel Larrabee
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We Willard Martin  a clergyman  citizen , residing in the town of Guilford in said county, and Ephraim Nichols of Guilford in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Larrabee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Willard Martin Ephraim Nichols
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
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 Willard Martin , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Guilford and that Ephraim Nichols , who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Guilford in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Lillie , Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Larrabee for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first
day of August , -
A. D. 1832.
James Lillie Prob. Registrar.