Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14094, for Samuel Paine, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Paine, Samuel
S. 14094
New York.
CONTENTS

Died Dec 13/83
18810 18818 18.0 Vermont.
Samuel Paine of Orange Co in the State of Vermont who was a Captain in the Company by Captain _____ of the Regt. by Col. _____ in the N.H. Cont. line for 15 mos 24 ds.
296 20 280
N.H. & N.Y. Line Pensions etc. Sister of _____ Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 316 Dollars 00 Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Oct 1833 and 3 subs M c Intosh East Randolph
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838. $790 Semi-annual allowance ending March 30 - 15 $948.
Revolutionary War Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by W. L. Williams Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 82

1768 Samuel Paine
John - Dear to me of the State Clerk of House Reps. N.Y.
Mr. Hebard
East Randolph
Newmark

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Paine of Randolph County of Orange in the State of Vermont (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does  3. How old is he? 88  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.     Served In 1776 — 3 — Captain Genl. Bailey   same year about 2 — " Col. Jonah Chase   beginning of 1777 about 9. or 10. — " Col. John Wheelock   1778 about 3 — " By direction of the Committee of safety Major Benjamin Whittcomb   1780 about 10 — "  
all his commissions were forwarded to Washington some years ago when he applied
 5. In what battles was he engaged? for a pension & have never been returned to him not sure 
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lebanon or New Hampshire 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses; traditional evidence, by documentary proof. forwarded to Department of War some years ago 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. S. Wilson Examining Clerk. 24. June 1833

State of Vermont } on this 20 th day of July A 1832 personally Orange County } appeared before me Thomas Jones one of the Judges of the County Court for said County of Orange Samuel Paine a resident of Randolph in said County of Orange and State of Vermont aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th A 1832.
That in the year A 1876 he was a Captain in the Militia in New Hampshire, and went to P'keepsie in the State of New York by order of General Pailly and the Committee of Safety to carry an express to General Gates and to take a Scout along the Schoharie at this time he was out three months. In the same year he was ordered out with his Company under Colonel Duna- bark to assist in stopping the progress of General Burgoyne and was out at this time about two months. In the beginning of the year 1777 he en- gaged in enlisting a Company and after having succeeded in getting his Company enlisted he took the command of it and went to Esopus in the State of New York and continued in service at this time about nine or ten months. In the month of Oct r the same year he was at the taking of Burgoyne and continued in the service till the army was disbanded which he thinks was in the month of November following. In 1778 he was engaged by direction of the Committee of Safety on Scouts about three months. In 1780 he was appointed Captain of a Company of Militia and

went to Stratford in the State of New Hampshire the called upper Wood, under the command of Major Benjamin Whitecomb. — and was engaged at that time about three months. —
We further declare that during the aforesaid services he was a Captain. — and that the services were all performed in what was called the war of the Revolution. — That at the time he went to Stratford he was under the command of Col. John Whitlock, and that he received his commission from the Governor of New York. — We further declare that all the commissions which he held as out of his prop- -erty, he having some years ago made application to Congress for a pension at which time he forward- -ed them to Washington and has since received them again. — That during the time above alluded to he lived in Lebanon in the State of New Hampshire. and that he is the same Samuel Pain alluded to in the Affidavits of John Lyman and Thomas S. Pain taken at his request on the 29 th day of Jan 1832. That during the time above alluded to he was engaged in actual service more than two years. We further declare that the accompanying Affidavits furnish all the corroborating evidence that he has at this time been able to obtain. —
We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension of any agency of any State.
Question 1 st Where and in what year were you born? Answer — In Pomfret Connecticut in the year 1744. 2 nd Do you know your age? Answer — My age is recorded in the Town records

officer in Pomeroy when I was born. - and I have it also in a family Bible. -
Question 3 rd When were you living when called into service, when have you lived since the Revolutionary war and when do you live now. - Answer - I lived in Lebanon N.H. during the Revolutionary War when I performed my services. - Since that time I have lived upon Lanesoff Pismont and Coonick in the State of N.H. and in Woodstock Vt. - and now reside in Randolph Vt. where I have lived thirteen years. -
- 4 th When were you called into service? -
Answer - In most the services I was drafted or ordered out. At the time I went to Exeter I voluntarily took the appointment of lieutenant. -
- 5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served. - such as Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general commanders of your service. -
Answer - Genl. Baily - Col. Iona Chase - Major Benjamin Whitcomb - Col. John Wheelock. - I was not in the Continental line. - I was in the Regiment commanded by Col. Chase and the same Regiment exists now in N.H. - It was numbered I do not recollect. I served under the officers above mentioned at the several times. -
- 6 th Did you ever receive a Commission and by whom was it signed and what has become of it? -
Answer - Judge Thornton if recollect right signed my first Commission. - The other Commissions

was signed by the then Governor on Feb. 1. Gov. of New York. Van Klevlandt I think was his name. — Three Commissions as I have been for State I sent to Washington and do not recollect distinctly about the names and dates. —
Question 7 th State the names of some Persons in your present neighborhood to whom you are known and who can testify as to your character for veracity or a true belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. —
Answer — The Honorable Dudley Chase, Rev. Milton Eastman, Mr. Solomon Burenham, Deacon Levi Bruns, William Woodhouse Esq.
Isaac Paire
Orange County ss. — Randolph the day and year foregoing Personally appeared the above named Samuel Paire before me one of the Judges of the Court held in said County and made solemn oath that the above declaration and answers by him made are just and true. —
Shown as for. Assistant Judge Orange County Court.
The Milton Eastman a Clergyman residing in Randolph in the County of Orange and Calvin Blagden of the same Randolph hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Paire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty eight years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we are in that opinion.
Milton Eastman Clergyman

Calvin Hodge
Personally appeared the above named Milton Eastman and Calvin Hodge and made solemn oath that the foregoing certificate by them subscribed is just & true before me - Thomas J. Jones - Assistant Judge of Orange County Court
The above Declaration of Samuel Rain was taken out of Court in consequence of his being unable to attend in Court from bodily infirmary, before me Assistant Judge of Orange County Court - Thomas J. Jones
I hereby certify that in my opinion the foregoing Declaration of Samuel Rain is true. Also that Milton Eastman is a clergyman in the vicinity of the said Samuel Rain, and that he and the said Calvin Hodge are the other signers of the foregoing certificate and respectively men of credibility and entitled to truth. - Thomas J. Jones. Assistant Judge of Orange County Court.

was signed by the then Governor on Sept. 10th. 1882.
James M. Merrill Provisional Sec- retary
No 6768.
Secretary of State Office Montpelier Vt. Aug. 20 th 1882.
I hereby certify that the within William Thomas Jones is one of the assistant Justices of the Orange County Court and that all his acts are within the scope of his duties.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office this 20 th day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Timothy Merrill Sec'y of State

August 2, 1934
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BA-J/RE Samuel Paine- S.14094
Mr. H.F.Payne 1146 McKinley Avenue Oakland, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War pension record of Samuel Payne(variously spelled) who served with the Vermont Troops.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service of a Samuel Payne, or similar spelling, who served with the Vermont Troops. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. However, the record of one Samuel Paine who served in the New Hampshire Troops, War of the Revolution, and who resided in Randolph, Vermont, when he applied for pension, has been found and is furnished herein. It is hoped that this record will be of interest to you.
The data given below are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14094, based upon the military service of Samuel Paine in that war.
Samuel Paine was born in 1744, in Penfret, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Samuel Paine was commissioned September 5, 1775, captain of the 3 d Company, 14 th Regiment, New Hampshire Troops and served at various times under Colonels Bedel and Jonathan Chase: on May 29, 1777, he was commissioned captain of the 1 st Company of Light Infantry under Major John Wheelock in the New York Troops: proceeded with his company to Esopus, New York, where he remained until August or September of that year, then returned to his family in Lebanon, New Hampshire: soon after returning home, at the request of Colonel Jonathan Chase, he resumed the command of his old company under that officer and they went to the assistance of General Gates who was engaged in opposing General Burgoyne's march through New York: Captain Paine was in all the battles with
This record is now too incoherent for me to set out separate items.

General Burgoyne: he returned to New Hampshire and during the years 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1781, he served as captain of Rangers with the New Hampshire Troops, a part of the time under Major Benjamin Whitcomb, and was engaged in scouting over the upper part of New Hampshire, and into Canada, and in protecting the inhabitants from the British and Indians. General Payne stated that he was engaged in actual service during the Revolutionary War for more than four years.
After the Revolution, he resided in Lyne, Landaff, Piermont and Cornish, New Hampshire.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 13, 1832, while residing in Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, where he had resided for thirteen years.
In 1833, a son residing in Randolph, Vermont, was referred to; his name was not shown nor the names of other children nor the name of soldier's wife appear. In 1835, one Thomas S. Payne lived in Brookfield, Orange County, Vermont. No relationship was shown and there are no further family data.
AB The soldier died December 13, 1834, place not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

1913 Nov 30 First 25 Louis & limestone 1928 Apr 10 sent to W. De 1928 Apr 14 to W. De Soto 1934 - Aug 2 - This to L. Payne - 80
14094
No. 194
Small River
Capt. R. W.
Jan 1934
Vol. 1 Page 220
(Arranged at 1934)

6768 Vermont
Samuel Rame
Resuspended
See letter to Wm Po. - board Eng 30 July 1833 with duplicate papers
Resuspended

8870 P. 1000001 Agreeably to the request of Mr. Edwards contained in the note to the Secretary of the Senate of the 13. th of May, the within papers, being all that are to be found on the files of this Office, are respectfully transmitted to the Office of Pensions from the
Office Sec. Senate May 28. th 1833

I Samuel Paine of Randolph in the County of Orange & State of Vermont of lawful Age on Oath, depose & say, that I held the Commission of a Captain in the Revolutionary War, that in the fourth part of the year 1777. — I had the Command of a company, and went to a place called Esopus in the State of New York, now Kingston, and Staid there till the latter part of August according to the best of my recollection, when I joined Gen. Gates Army at Saratoga. — and remained there till the Surrender of Burgoyne, & was in our Battles there. — I then returned to my family & Staid a few weeks, when I went under the Com- -mand of Major Whitecomb to Scana up and down Onion River & River Lamoille, on the Northern frontier, and there remained till December A.D. 1780. — and during the last Cam- -paign I was Captain Commandant of all the forces North of Schenectady on Connecticut River, — and in the Spring of 1781 I was out for the space of five or six weeks during an alarm. — In the year 1776 I was Captain of the Militia at home, and under the direction of the Colonel I was out about two months

on a Scouting Party to the Northern part of the State of Vermont. And in the beginning of the next year I received my commission and went to the State of New York, as before stated. — The most of the time for more than four years I was en- gaged in service in the Revolutionary War. and I never received any compensation except Continental Money — My Commis- -sion I sent to the War Department with the other Papers when I first made application for a Pension, & is one of the Papers that is lost. The Commission by which I acted as least was signed by the Governor of New York. I do not at this time know of any Person living that I can call upon to attest to the above facts excepting Mr Nathan Dain And further the deponent saith not.
Samuel Paine
Randolph Jan. 12. 1831 State of Vermont Personally appeared the above Francis Leavitt to me known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Calvin D. Dows Justice Peace

I Elisha Luce of Bartons in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont depose and say that Capt. Samuel Paine of Cannish Chishire County State of N.H. in the 26 th day of August 1818 before me (I then being an Assistant Judge of Windsor County Court State of Vermont) Made his declaration to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, I made said Capt. Sam l . Paine declaration and sent it to the War department and it was returned to me rejected as his said services were not considered as on the continental establishment. And I further depose and say the Commissions hereunto sealed with wafer were delivered by said Capt. Samuel Paine to me and by me sent to the War department as documentary evidence to support his said claim which was rejected, and that said two Commissions have remained in my possession till this day delivered to his son at his the said Samuel Paine request who now resides as I am informed in the Town of Randolph Orange County State of Vermont -
Elisha Luce

State of Vermont } At Hartford in said County on Windsor County p 3 } the 14 th day of August A.D. 1833 Elihu Luce personally ap- peared and made solemn oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. before me John S. Marcy Justice Peace
State of Vermont, Orange County Supreme Court, Clerks Office, Chelsea Aug. 23 d . 1833.
I Harry Hale, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that John S. Marcy is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor, and State of Vermont, duly qualified to administer oaths, and that the above writing, purporting to be his signature is in my opinion, genu- ine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and affix my seal of Office, the day and year above written.
H on . Harry Hale, Clerk.

Hanover New Hampshire 15. August 18. 1833.
I Laban Gates M.D. of Hanover N.H. of lawful age depose and says that I have been acquainted with Capt. Samuel Ayer, formerly of Lebanon N.H. afterward of Canaan N.H. & now of Randolph N.H. about sixty years - he took an active part in obtaining the independence of the United States - I was knowing to his initiating a company of men in the latter part of the year 1777 with their under Majr. John Wheelock and going to N. York, he was afterwards at the Capture of Burgoyne - after which he returned into this State
and further saith not Laban Gates
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss. Hanover 15. August 1833.
Then the above named Laban Gates personally appeared before me and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is just and true Ebenezer Hinds Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above deponent and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity Ebenezer Hinds Justice of the Peace

Dept. of State Secretary
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss.
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County do hereby certify that Justin Flinders Esq. before whom the within deposition was taken is an acting Justice of the peace in said County & has been such for several years past and that his signature within is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Hanover in said County this 16 th day of August Anno Domini 1833.
S. P. Webster Clerk

I Salmon Dow of Hanover, County of Grafton, and state of New-Hampshire, depose and say, that in the year of our Lord 1780 I enlisted for six months under Capt. Samuel Paine, in Col. Jonathan Chase's Reg t in the line of New-Hampshire Militia. We marched up Connecticut River about ninety miles, and were stationed at Stratford as a scouting party, and a guard to the inhabitants, it then being a frontier town. I cannot state the exact time when we went, but some time in the spring and were discharged in the winter following. The S d Samuel Paine served as Capt. six months faithfully, and was honorably discharged, (as a company by) Benjamin Whittcomb Salmon Dow
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss } Hanover August 13 th 1833—
Then the above named Salmon Dow personally appeared and made oath that the a- bove declaration by him subscribed is just and true—before me
John Durbree Justice Peace Quorum Iste
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent and consider him to be a man of truth and veracity
John Durbree Justice Peace Quorum Iste

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss.
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within & for said County do hereby certify that John Durkee Esq. before whom the within Deposition was taken is now & for a long time has been an acting Justice of the peace within & for said County, and that his signature within is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Hanover in said County this 16 th day of August Anno Domini 1833.
S. P. Webster Clerk
Salmon Davis Deposition

I Elkhanan Sprague of Lebanon in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire testify and say that in the Fall of the year 1776 I should think in the Month of October or November of that year I marched from Lebanon aforesaid with Capt. Samuel Paine (who was then the Captain of the Company to which I belonged and with which I marched, and commanded said company,) to Licondaraga in the State of New York. Said Company belonged to Colonel Jonathan Shaeffer's Regiment of Militia , who then com- manded said Regiment - said Paine was with me as a soldier Captain of the United at the time aforesaid five weeks at least and I should think some- thing more than that, during which time I served in his company - I also say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I was with said Paine at said Regiment in the service at the taking of Burgoyne under General Gates and served with him at that time. I believe as much as six weeks including the time of going and returning.
I further say that I have been for many years personally acquainted with said Paine and that said Paine has always according to the best of my knowledge and belief sustained a good moral charac- ter and is as now entitled to credit as a man of truth and veracity.

I further say that I am eighty three years of age and shall be eighty four the seventeenth day of November next and I am a United States Pensioner. I know that some time in the year 1777, previous to the taking of Burgoyne, said Payne was engaged in enlisting troops for the United States Service to serve in the revolutionary army under Major John Wheelock - Elkanah Sprague
State of New Hampshire, On the fourteenth Grafton - 18 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appearing Elkanah Sprague whose name is above subscribed made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is in his belief true he having subscribed the same in his own hand writing in my presence Before me Nathan O'Gellen Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire, I hereby certify that Grafton - 18 th I have been for at least six years personally acquainted Elkanah Sprague above named and that said Sprague sustains a good moral character and is a credible witness. Aug. 14 1833 Nathan O'Gellen Justice of the Peace

I Walter Pick of Lebanon in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and say that in the Fall of the year of our Lord one thousand eight seven hundred and seventy six Capt. Samuel Paine then of Lebanon aforesaid was Captain of a company of Militia to which com- pany I belonged, said company belonged to a Regi- ment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Chase - said company marched under the command of said Paine , with said Regiment to Liconderoge in the State of New York in the month of October or November of said year and was served in the revolutionary army of the United States under the command of said Paine from that time I should think six weeks at least during all of which time said Paine commanded said company and I served with him as his writer - I was seventy six years of age last April and am a United States Pensioner.
Walter Pick
State of New Hampshire, on the 14 - day of Grafton - In August A.D. 1883 person- ally appearing Walter Pick. made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true he having subscribed the same in his hand writing in my presence Before me Nathan B. Folsom Justice of the Peace -
I Nathan B. Folsom the justice of the Peace above named certify that said Walter Pick is a man of good character and a credible witness. Nathan B. Folsom Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. I Stephen C. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within & for said County do hereby certify that Nathan B. Filton Esq. before whom the Depositions of Elkanah Sprague & Walter Peck were taken is now & for a long time has been an acting Justice of the in & for said County - And that his signature within under each of said Depositions is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Manchester in said County this 16 th day of August Anno Domini 1853.
S. C. Webster Clerk

I John Durkee of Hanover County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire.
Depose and say that some time in the months of March or April in the year of 1780 I enlisted under Capt Samuel Daine for the term of six months in the line of the Militia of New Hampshire in the Regiment of Col Jonathan Chase. The company marched from Hanover early in the spring we went up Connecticut River through Haverhill Littleton Lancaster and other Towns to Stratford in the County of Coos - where we were stationed in order to guard the then frontiers of New Hampshire and part of Vermont we continued there until the the snow came on and till the ice was frozen so thick that we crossed the Memphremagog river on it as we returned then we was turned at Haverhill a number of days until Major Benjamin Whitcomb came and discharged us. I do not recollect the day we enlisted or when we were discharged. Capt Daine kept out scouting parties in the upper part of New Hampshire Vermont and in Lower Canada in the vicinity of St Francis river and was a good and faithful officer as we were discharged as a company not as individuals John Durkee

State of New Hampshire. Grafton ss 3 Hanover August the 16 th 1833 Then John Durkee personally appeared and made oath that the within deposition by him subscribed is Just and True before me
Elizah Miller Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Durkee the deponent and consider him to be a man of truth and veracity
Elizah Miller Justice of the Peace
John Durkee Esq. Deposition
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within & for said County do hereby certify that Elizah Miller Esq. before whom the within Deposition was taken is now & for a long time has been an ordinary Justice of the peace within & for said County and that his sig- nature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Hanoverhill in said County this 16 th day of August A.D. 1833.
S.P. Webster Clerk

I Dudley Chase of Randolph, Orange County, State of Vermont, do hereby certify one year, before I say, that I have been well acquainted with Colonel Samuel Paine of this Town of Randolph, for many years. That about as far back as my mem- -ory reaches I recollect the P o Samuel Paine as an Active Officer engaged in the service of his Country in the Revolutionary War. My place of residence, till I was about 20 years of age, was Barnick, New Hampshire, in which town the P o Paine resided for some time, and always, since I knew him, in P o Barnick or in some town in the vicinity of Barnick, till his removal into this Town some fourteen or fifteen years ago. I took up my residence in this Town of Randolph in Jan y 1796 and have resided here ever since, at a distance from P o Barnick about 38 miles. I have often heard the story of the P o Paine's services with his services in the Revolutionary War. I have seen his Declarations as he has made them at several times since 1810 for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the general pension Laws passed by Congress in that year and since, or by special grant of Congress in conformity with his peti- -tion which he has at sundry times presented to that body. I have also this day read the Declaration of the P o Paine before the County of Select for the District of Randolph, made the 20 th day of August Instant, and have no doubt that P o Declaration is essentially correct & true. I remember well to have seen his commission, under the State of New York, and until now, had supposed that it was from Geo r Clinton, but from a view of P o Commission this day, I find that I was under a mistake, and that it was issued by Pierre Van Cortlandt Pres t of the Council of Safety of the State of New York. I further say that I was well acquainted with Nathan Davis late of Bethel Windsor Co ty Vermont, and was known to him making his affidavit in support of P o Samuel Paine's claim for a pension; that P o Davis in his life time always sustained the character of an honest reputable citizen. Said for the truth not
Dudley Chase

State of Vermont Rutland County ss. District of Randolph ss.
Randolph Aug. 22. personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Probate of said District. Duly sworn within name, and under solemn oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth.
In testimony of which I have hereunto subscribed name, and affixed the seal of my office this 22 nd day of August 1833.
William Tolman Prob. Regt.
Andrew Colwell Affidavit Aug 24 th 1833

I Amariah Hildreth of Bennington in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont, a just Security two years deposit and Say. — That during the Revolutionary War I lived at Glens Falls in the State of New Hampshire. — I was then a acquaintance with Capt. Samuel Paine who then lived Lebanon N.H. Now in Randolph Vt. — that in the year 1777 I was known to the said Capt. Samuel Paine, being the Capt. of a Company under Major John Wheelock and it was then said that he went to Edoes N.Y. — I suppose that he set out to go to Edoes and was gone there, or some where else in that vicinity most or all of the year. — I was at the taking of Bennington and understand that Capt. Paine was there but did not see him I was in that part of the American Army that killed the British when they began to re- treat. — I afterwards saw Capt. Paine at Stillwater with his Company. — I further say that I drew a Pension under the late act. —
Amariah Hildreth

State of Vermont District of Randolph
At Randolph July 22. 1833. Personally before me the within Amosick Linsworth and
made solemn oath that this Affidavit by him sub- scribed contained the truth and nothing but the truth. In testimony of which I hereunto set my hand and seal of the Probate Court at this Place this 22 nd day of
July 1833 - Wm. Richardson Probate Judge
I certify that Amosick Linsworth is a person credible witness.
Wm. Richardson Probate Judge
Affidavit of Amosick Linsworth

State of Vermont Orange County ss District of Randolph ss
On this 20 th day of August A.D. 1833
personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon ble Probate Court within and for said
District, being also out of record, Samuel Paine a resident of Randolph in the County of Orange, District of Randolph, and State of Vermont, aged about ninety years, being first duly sworn, according to Law, and 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 th 1832. That in the month of Sept. 1776 he received the Commission of a Captain from the Congress of the Colony of New Hampshire. (the same that is hereto annexed) That he performed no actual service till the month of July in the year 1776. when he was sent on an express by Committee of Safety to General Gates at Ticonderoga. That at this time he was living in Lebanon N.H. That he started the last of July or first of August and passed through Windsor, Lebanon, Ludlow, Rutland, Bristol Vt. to Ticonderoga and delivered his message to Gen. Gates and then returned to Lebanon. That he took a boat down the lake to the Burlington Neck in Situate, and from there through the woods to Albany N.Y. the length of this service he did not recollect and knows of no living proof. That he was compelled to take this route through the woods without being able to make a fire, and had to eat his provisions raw. - and suffered other severe hardships. - That this service lasted one month , at least, and how much more he can not now state with certainty.
That soon after his return, from the express, an alarm came, that Burgoyne was approaching Ticonderoga. Gen. Gates sent to N.H. for assistance, and amongst others travels out sending which were Col. Chase, Col. Walcutt and Col. Bellout. That he belonged to Col. Chase's Reg. and went with him in his flight to Ticonderoga. That when they had arrived there, Burgoyne had turned back. - That they started from Lebanon N.H. in the month of October as he thinks. That they soon returned back to Lebanon N.H. having been gone in a closed service not less than six weeks . - [See the Affidavits of Elkanah Sprague and Walter Peck hereto annexed]

That in the year 1777 he started in June the Council of Safety for the State of N.Y. granted to Major John Whelock a Commission to raise three Companies in the north Easterly part of the N.Y. State then so called. claimed by N.Y. - that after the said Whelock had returned with his Commission and orders to raise the said Companies, with directions to appoint his Officers. In the said Whelock appointed him, the said Samuel Paine, to the command of the first Company, Samuel Webb to the second, and Abel Curtis to the third - and when raised to go to Esopus in the State of N.Y. to duty under the direction of the Council of Safety. - That he began enlisting his men as early in the year as March, and continued enlisting till he had his company raised, when he received his Commission, and started the first of June and started to go to Esopus - that he went from Lebanon N.Y. down Leon River to Hartford Conn. and through Litchfield Vt. and Canaan Conn. down to Hudson River. - That they then remained at Esopus till the early part of August the first of Sept. when he and his Company were ordered home on account of the alarm created by the invasion of Burgoyne. - having been engaged in actual service from the time he commenced enlisting his men to the time they were discharged not less than six months. [See the Affidavits of Nathan Gats, Elkhanah Sprague, Lot Clancey, and Amariah Hinkworth]
That immediately after his return from Esopus he was met by Col. Jonathan Cokle and requested by him to take the command of his old Company, which he did, and returned immediately to Saratoga to meet Burgoyne and arrived there in season to be engaged in the Battle - this was on the 18 th day of Oct r 1777. Soon after which, and before returning home, he received his discharge. - and being from the time of starting from Lebanon till the time he arrived home, being six weeks but his discharge was received before starting to return home.
That after the returning home from the taking of Burgoyne in the same year he returned to N.Y. to the town of Haverly to get his accounts audited, being for Bounty Money, and his services during the time he and his Company were at Esopus that he was detained at Haverly before accomplishing his business, six weeks, and a man by the name of Gants

was the Auditor who settled his accounts - at which time he received his discharge from the Campaign at Elopus from John M c Neilson.
That in the Month of March 1780 Col. Isaac Chase had orders to send a Company out of his Regiment to guard the frontier - the Men were raised, and the Col. gave me the command of the Company. That they started in the Month of March as he is confident - they were ordered to Col. Chas t Johnson in Haverhill N.H. - and were then put in Maj r Benjamin Whitcomb's Corps, who sent them to guard the inhabitants of the upper Coos, and were stationed at Stratford - that they remained there doing duty through the Summer & Autumn and building a block house, till Nov r - that Maj r Whitcomb then ordered them down to Haverhill, where they remained on duty till some time in Dec r . as he thinks, when they were discharged. - He further states that the Men were enlisted for Six Months , but on account of the fears which were entertained of the Indians and Tories by the inhabitants, they were detained longer.
[In the Affidavits of Salomon Dorr and John Durkin]
He further states that soon after he returned from this tour of duty, he repaired to Exeter N.H. to have his accounts audited. -
He further states that during all the aforesaid time he was a Captain and did duty as such under the Commission he was assigned. - and that no part of the time was he engaged in any civil pursuit. -
He further states that the affidavits hereto annexed furnish all the proof within his knowledge of his services in the State of N.H. -
He further states that he has once taken the affidavits of John Lyman and forwarded it to the Department, but has learned that the said Lyman testifies to the facts of his services at Elopus. - and also to the fact of his going on an expedition to General Gates. -
Ans r to Question 1 st Born in Pomfret Ct. in the year 1744. -
" " " 2 nd Age recorded in said Pomfret. -
" " " 3 rd Living at the time of Service in Lebanon N.H.
has lived in Lyman, Canaan & Cornish N.H. since, and now lives in Randolph H. for about 14 years.

Ans. to Question 4 th  Historical Capt. - under the head of his services.
" " " 5 th - his services attached to the period when he was engaged, there is no record that he was collected, except Gen. Brattle. and there commences with the army after the taking of Bennington.
" " " 6 th - Re: one Commission from the Governor of the Colony of N.H. - the other from the Council of Safety of N.H. - are an unrecorded. 7 th - Refer to Hon. Dudley Chase, Hon. James Parlor, Nath. Kellogg Esq., Benjamin Bangs Esq., John Giddings Esq., P.M.C. Randolph Esq.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Samuel Daine
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
William Warland Register
We Diller Eastman a clergyman residing in Randolph in the County of Rang and State of Vermont and Benjamin Bangs residing in the same Randolph hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Capt. Samuel Daine, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, - that we believe him to be eighty nine years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
William Eastman Esq.
Benjamin Bangs
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
William Warland Register
And the Court for said do hereby declare their opinion after the investi- gation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by law to the deponent that the above named Daine is a Revolutionary soldier & heard as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Daine Eastman has been the preceding certificate is a true
copy. He has signed the preceding certificate is a true

Benjamin Brough
Sworn & subscribed to copy & open for sale -
William Norcross Register
And the Court for sale do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Master and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the claim against the Government is a meritorious claim & should be paid as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the person who has signed the foregoing certificate is a lawyer of the bar of the District of Columbia and that Benjamin Brough who has also signed the same is a resident in the same District and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William H. Dodge Judge of the Court of Probate
I William Norcross Clerk in Register of the Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Paine for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of August A.D. 1833 -
William Norcross Clk. in Reg.

I Robert Hoag of Stafford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of lawful age do hereby on a swear that I was a Soldier in the Company of Hon. Hampshire Militia commanded by Captain Samuel Paine of Randolph in said County in the Revolutionary War Stationed at what was then called Upper Goose in said State of New Hampshire. — and that said Samuel Paine was then in the service of the United States in the command of said Company about ten or eleven months. — and further saith not — Robert Hoag
Orange County ss — Randolph Aug. 7. 1832
The above affidavit sworn to before me Catherine Bloodgett Justice of the Peace

Colt's Waps Office
Secretary of State's Office Montpelier Vermont.
I hereby certify that the within Nomine Calvin Blaggett is a Justice of the Peace, and believe the signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the State this 20 th day of August One thousand eight-hundred and thirty two. Pierce Butler Secretary of State

I John Lyman of Brookfield Orange County State of Vermont Being of Lawful age do testify and say That I was knowing to Samuel Thune of Lebanon New- Hampshire living in the service of New York as one of the State Troops as a Captain under Col. John Whellock about 9 months also in the New Hampshire Militia under Col. Gene- -Thane Chase at the taking of Burgoyne and at other places a period of 9 months More in the years of 1776 and 1777
Also I was knowing to his entering the service in the New Hampshire Militia under the command of Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb in March 1780 and to his returning from said Service at Stratford in New Hampshire in December following Brookfield June 29 1832 John Lyman
State of Vermont } Brookfield June 29 1832 Orange County ss.
Then John Lyman personally appeared and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth Before me
Daniel Kingsbury Justice of Peace

Secretary of State for Montpelier Vermont I hereby certify that the within named Daniel Kingbury is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Orange in said State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Office this 20 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Timothy Merrill Secretary of State
John Johnson

I Thomas S. Peine of Brookfield Orange County State of Vermont being of lawful age do testify and say that I was knowing to Samuel Peine of Leba- non New Hampshire being Captain of a company of Militia under the command of Major Benjamin Whitcomb that he entered the Service in March 1780 and returned from said service in about ten months I further state that I was acquainted with a mem- ber of his soldiers who served under his command Brookfield June 29 th 1832 Thos S Peine
State of Vermont } Brookfield June 29 th 1832 Orange County ss }
Then Thomas S. Peine personally appeared and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Before me
Horner Hatch Justice of Peace

Secretary of State Office Montpelier Vermont.
I hereby certify that the within named Warren
Watkis is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Orange in said state and that to his acts and attributions as such full faith and credit ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office this 20 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Timothy Merrill Secretary of State
Rev. J. S. Paine

Statement of D. Chase, Jan 7 31 st 1831. relative to the circumstances surroun- ding Sam l Purdie a Rebellious Offcer.

I have been well acquainted with Col. Samuel Paine from my earliest recollection to the present time. I have lived in the vicinity and in the same neighborhood with himself and family all my life. I have now before me his affidavit and that of Nathan Davis with whom I am also well acquainted; and from the reputation and character of the said Samuel Paine, which have ever stood fair & unblemished, and also from my early recollection of him - in regard to his services in the War of the Revolution, I have no doubt of the truth of his statement in his P. affidavit, and that he served in the War of the Revolution as he has therein set forth.
I have seen his Commission & papers, alluded to in his affidavit as having been sent to the War Department; and know that they were among the papers accompanying his petition for a pension heretofore presented to Congress, and which are now supposed to be lost or mislaid.
The said Samuel Paine is very poor & wholly destitute of property, is much advanced in years, being according to his own account upwards of eighty years of age. - - - -
Washington Jan'y 31. 1891.
D. Chase

21 Cong/3 2 Sep 3
V
Documents
relating to the case of Samuel Paine , a revolu- tionary soldier &c —
1821. Jan 4. referred to Com: Pensions —

The Honorable
Mr. Foot,
Chairman of the Committee on
Pensions.
Resolution to inquire into the claim of James H. S. H. for a pension

In Senate U. States,
January 4. 1834.
Resolved,
That the Committee on Pensions be directed to inquire into the expediency of placing the name of Samuel Paine, a soldier of the Revolution, on the pension list. —
Attest,
Walter Lowry Secretary. —

I Samuel Paine of Randolph Orange County, State of Vermont, now eighty one years of age - Do testify & say that I served as a Captain of Rangers, under Gen Bailey, of the New Hampshire Troops, Col. Bredle & Major Whitcomb for the term of about eight months. My station, during said period were on the the frontiers of the Hampshire Grants now the State of Vermont. - In the month of January 1777 I received a Captain's commission in John Wheelock's corps under the State of New York - I enlisted men & proceeded with sixty men or more to Esopus or Kingston where I remained, during the summer until the following September, when by direction of my superior officers I joined with my company Gen. Gates Army at Saratoga. I was in all the actions which preceded the capture of Gen. Burgoyne. - In November I was honorably discharged. During the years 1778 & 1779 I was frequently called upon as a Captain of Rangers to protect the frontiers from the incursions of the British & Indians.
In the beginning of 1780 I was commissioned by the Government of the State of New Hampshire & proceeded with a company of more than sixty men under the direction of Gen Bailey to Upper Coos. In this arduous service we were on the frontiers, sometimes scouting into Canada during the spring summer & fall - That I have never received any thing for my aforesaid services excepting Continental money. That I am entirely destitute of property & am dependant upon my friends for the necessaries of life. - That my commissions as Captain as aforesaid were transmitted to the War Office in 1818 by Judge Sine of Windsor Co. Vt when it is supposed they now remain -
Samuel Paine
State of Vermont Orange County ss 3 At Randolph in said county on this 8th day of September 1825 personally appeared Sam l Paine & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth before me. Roger William Chester Clerk

COLONY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
The CONGRESS of the Colony of New-Hampshire
to Sam l Paine — — — Gentleman Greeting
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, Do by these Presents constitute and appoint you the said Sam l Paine to be Captain of the Third Company in the Fourteenth Regiment of Militia within the said Colony of New Hampshire
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms both Inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; hereby commanding them to obey you as their Captain and Yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Congress of said Colony for the Time being, or (in recess of Congress) from the Committee of Safety, or any your Superior Officers for the Service of said Colony, according to Military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in You.
By Order of the Congress,
Matthew Thornton, President
Exeter the fifth Day of September A D. 1775 E. Thompson Secretary
S. File 14,094.

The Council of Safety for the State of New York.
To Samuel Paine Esquire Greeting
KNOW YOU, that we reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, conduct and fidelity do by these presents constitute and Appoint you to be Captain of the first of the three Companies of Troops or Light Infantry to be raised in the Northeastern parts of this State and commanded by Major John Wheelock. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain by doing & performing all manner of things therein unto belonging. We do strictly charge and require all Officers & Soldiers under your command, to be Obedient to your Orders as Captain and you are to Observe and follow such Orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this Council or the Governor of the State of New York for the time being or any your superior Officers according to the Rules & discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force for three years unless sooner revoked by this Council or the Governor of the State of New York. —
By Order of the Council. — Kingston May 29 th 1777
at John M c Key Secretary
Pierre Van Cortlandt Pres t

I Wm Verelst Verelst of Randolph in the County of Orange in a State of Vermont, of lawful age, deposes and says, that one or two years ago last winter, and am not certain which, Capt. Samuel Paine of said Randolph, who has made his declaration before the Hon. the Supreme Court for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, made application to Congress which was then in session for a Pension, and made an affidavit which he sworn to, substantially to the effect as he has now declared for the same purpose, - and that one Nathan Davis then of Royalton in the County of Windsor, and then of Mr. Linn deceased, made his affidavit at the request of said Capt. Paine, which affidavit of the said Davis was as follows, that is to say:
"I Nathan Davis of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age do hereby depose and say, that the foregoing dep- osition of Samuel Paine is substantially cor- rect, that I was in the service a part of the same time myself and was well acquainted with the principal transactions then occurring. And I further say that Capt. Samuel Paine was one of our most efficient and active Patriots in acquiring and defending our country. - I was well ac- quainted with him at home, and say that he was active night and day, and up and on his feet on property in furthering the cause in which he was engaged. - and further the dep- osition is true to the best of my knowledge."
And further the said William Verelst says not.
William Verelst
State of the County of Orange ss. Randolph August 1832 Personally appeared the above named William Verelst and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. before me
Calvin D. Dodge
Justice of the Peace

John H. Clarke Official 2
Secretary of State Office Montpelier Vermont—
I hereby certify that the within record Colvin Blagden is a true copy of the Record and believe the signature to be genuine.—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Office this 20 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Timothy Merrill Secy of State

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Catt. Randolph Vermont August 26. 1838.-
To the Hon. J. S. Edwards, Comr. of Pensions.
Sir Sir I again send you the Papers of Capt. David Paine for a Pension. - Capt. Paine and Very much better - but I believe I have got nothing in his statement but what is substantially proved by other witnesses. - He has been so fortunate as to find his Commission, which as annexed to his papers. - It was supposed that these Commissions were at the War Department. In 1818 he made application under the act for Pensions through Judge Lucas. He left Paine then living in N. H. - His claim was rejected, and the Papers, with the Commissions returned to Judge Lucas, where they have remained to this day. I suppose there can be no doubt but he will come on to the Pension List with that evidence. - the question is for how long a time. - I suppose there is no doubt but what he performed much more service than

he had set forth in his Declaration. — But he is so old and broken, that I chose to omit only what was corroborated by others testimony. — In his former statement he inadvertently made a wrong statement which you pointed out in your line addressed to me, when his Papers were returned. — He stated that when he was at the taking of Baggypoor he was under Major Watcoitch — he never knew since Major Whelocks.
Capt Paine is highly esteemed and beloved by all who knew him, — especially by his old associates for the part he took in the Revolution- ary War. — At the time of entering the Service of the Revolution, he was in easy circumstances but he ruined his fortune and has since been persecuted poor.
I hope Substantial Justice can be done him now at his advanced age, when he is giving his last longing longing look to his country for Relief.
I have the honor Sir to be Most Respectfully Yours Wm. H. Burleigh Hon. J. S. Edwards

Affidavits of Capt. Sam! Rain & Arthur Davis

Nathan Davis of Royalton in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont, of lawful age do hereby depose & say that the foregoing Deposition of Samuel Paine is substan- tially correct. — That I was in the Service a part the same time, myself, and was well acquainted with principal trans- actions then related. — And I further State that Capt. Saml. Paine was one of our most active & efficient Patriots in acquiring our Independence — I was well acquainted with him at home and say that he was a time night- & day, and spared no pains or prop- erty in furthering the cause in which he was engaged — And further the De- ponent saith that.
Nathan Davis
State of Vermont } Randolph January 12th 1831 — Orange County } Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Davis & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. before me Calvin Hodget Justice Peace

The Petitioner, Samuel Pierce of Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, states in his petition, that he faithfully served the United States during the Revolutionary War as a Capt of Rangers, and that during that perilous and arduous & laborious service, he endured incredible hardships & risked his life at various times in the battles which preceded the capture of Burgoyne. That he is needy & dependent on the charity of his friends for the necessaries of life, and prays that he may be placed on the pension list.
The affd. Sam. Pierce on 8 th Sept. 1825 made his affidavit stating, that he served as Capt of Rangers under Genl. Bailey of the New Hampshire Troops. Col. Steele & Maj. Whitcomb for the term of 8 months. That his stations during 2 years were on the frontiers of the New Hampshire Grants, now Vermont. In 1777 rec d a Capt commission in John Wheelock's corps, under the State of New York, enlisted men and with upwards of 60 men, made him to N. Hoosick, or Hoosick when he remained till Sept r when he found the Army of Genl. Gates at Saratoga, was in all the actions which preceded the capture of Burgoyne, in Nov r was honorably discharged. 1778 & 1779 was often call'd on as Capt of Rangers to protect the frontiers from the incursions of the British & Indians. In beginning of 1780 he was call'd by the Government of the State of New Hampshire & proceeded with more than 60 men, under the direction of Genl. Bailey to Upper Coos that he continued in the last a short time thro' the Spring, Summer & Fall, suffering often in various incursions in voluntary patrols into Canada. That his commissions of Capt as aforesaid have been transmitted to the War Department by the Judge before whom he made his declaration in 1818. That he never rec d any pay for said services except Continental Money, of little or no value, and that he is now poor & dependent on his friends for maintenance.

It also appears from the testimony and showing of the S d Samuel Paine that the facts stated in his S d petition & affidavit are true and that his services were performed in the Presbyterian church and in in the Conti- nental Service — and that he is very poor and indigent. The Committee were unanimous that the name of S d Samuel Paine should be inserted in the bill from the House.

19. Cong. 1 p . 1 Sept. 3 d .
Petition of Samuel Paine, pray- ing a pension on acct. of extraordinary services rendered in the Revolution
1826. Jan'y. 12. referred to Committee on Pensions. — March 29 discharged
reserved —
29 th March 1826
There is no evidence in the case — the law making provision for pensions in his situation
Com. ought to be discharged

To the Hon ble the Senate & House of Representatives of the U. States in Congress Assembled.
The Petition of Samuel Daine of Randolph Orange County & State of Vermont - Humbly represents -
That your Petitioner has faithfully served the United States of America for about four years during the Revolutionary war, as a Captain of Rangers - That during that peculiarly arduous & laborious service, he endured incredible hardships, & risked his life at various times in the battles which preceded the capture of Burgoyne. That he humbly prays your Honorable body to place him on the Pension List Roll of the Vermont Agency at such rate per month as to your Honorable body may seem fit. That your Petitioner is in very reduced circumstances & dependent upon the charity of friends for the necessaries of life & would therefore pray your Honorable body to grant him such relief as may have been granted to those who have served an equal period in the Continental Army
And as in duty bound will ever pray Samuel Daine

Petition of Sam l Baine
pensions

Benja B. Smith Affidavit

Racineville March 14 th 1820
This may certify that I Benj a P. Smith was a soldier under Capt. Samuel Pierce in the year 1780 in the service of the United States under the command of Major Benj a Whitcomb (guarding the northern frontiers) about ten months
Benj a P. Smith
State of Vermont } Racineville March 14 th 1820 Orange County ss } Personally appeared Benj a P. Smith and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me Jeremiah Cummins Justice Peace

Write to Sec of the Senate or Clerk of the House of Representatives for declared Com. papers

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Paine which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. * Has he mentioned 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? No Vide Quer. 5
done by applying to the clerk Must produce his commission which may be
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

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Moberly, Mo., 505 So. W mo . St.
Nov. 17 th - '13.
The Commissioner of Pensions. War Department. Washington, D. C.
Sir: - Please send me the Pension grant of my ancestor Captain Samuel Paine, who served in the Rev. War, and drew a pension for some time from the U.S.

He served as Captain at the Surrender of Gen. Burgoyne at Saratoga.
He was the son of Noah Paine, and was born in 1744, married Lucy Hall, daughter of Reverend David Hall, in the year 1773; & if died Dec. 13 th 1834 at the age of 90 years.
I need this Pension Grant to fill out the necessary papers to

join a patriotic society - namely - the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Please send as early as possible.
Very truly -
Miss Elizabeth Lewis.

NR-1

Lexington, Missouri. 1401, South Street.
Nov. 12 th . 1913.
The Commissioner of Pensions. War Department. Washington, D. C.
Sir: - Will you please send me a copy of the Pension Grant of my ancestor Captain Samuel Paine, who served in the Rev. war as a Captain. He

was Captain at the Surrender of General Burgayne at Saratoga, & drew a pension for some time from the U. S.
He was the son of Noah Paine, was born in the year of 1744, married Lucy Hall, daughter of Reverend David Hall, in the year 1773, & he died Dec. 13 th . 1834 at the age of 90 years.

I need this Pension Grant to fill out my papers correctly to join a patriotic society, namely, the Daughters of the Amer. Reb.
Please let me hear as soon as possible.
Very truly (Mrs. Master B.) Christine Leavie Thulden.

Oakland, California,
July 16, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
BA-J/111
Gentlemen:
I wish the Pension record of the following Revolutionary War service:
Samuel Payne (spelled maybe Payen, Payne or Paine) in Col. Daniel Comstock's Company, Fletcher's Regiment. Provincial Troops in Vermont.
This information is desired purely for family historical and genealogical purposes, the above Samuel being my gr. gr. gr. grandfather.
Yours very truly,
L. W. Payne,
1146 Mc Kinley Ave.,
Oakland, California
P.S. The above Samuel is the father of Jared and Zerah as mentioned in my previous letter of June 27.
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
Apr. 11 1928
Chief, Rev. 1812 New Section Division.
I have this day received from A. H. De Goosh cash in the amount of $ 75/100, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
4-14-28 Photos sent to Finance Division
Q. J. RANDALL Chief, Finance Division.
26.B.L.

April 10, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Please send me photostatic copies (not certified) of five pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Samuel Paine, S. 14094.
A. W. D'Arcah
US Shipping Board
Washington J. C.
Received payment $0.75
April 10, 1928
M. C. Stokes
Rev. & 1812 War Section

TO BE MET IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
22601
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. CR
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
.....April 11, 1928..... 192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pensions ..... Deliver to Room No. 5033 .....
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of five pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Samuel Paine, S. 14094. .....
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? ..... days
For further information see M.M.H. Finch ..... 5033 ..... 541 ..... Room No. Phone No.
Approved:
A. D. Wilkinson Actg. Chief Clerk of Bureau. g  Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch or Division.  NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering .....  CHECK WORK DESIRED  Duplicate  Multigraph single or double space? ..... Facsimile signature? .....  Mimeograph one side or both sides? ..... Facsimile signature? .....  Folding once or twice? .....  Assembling Once? Twice? Side? End? .....  Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End? .....  Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? ..... Dated? .....     Addressograph from lists .....    Cards, size .....      Envelopes, size .....    Pay rolls .....      Proof list .....    Corrections .....      Labels (submit sample) .....    Tabulation sheets .....      Fill in letters .....             Photostat Size actual .....  Official use? .....  Repay? yes  $ 0.75    Blue Print Size .....  Official use? .....  Repay? .....  $ .....     Remarks .....  (OVER)

NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
.....192
(Date)
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate
} On list.....
as follows:
Now reads
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Should read
 1 .....  2 .....  3 .....  4 .....  5 ..... 
FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made ..... 192
Operator .....
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3-2233
15822
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
..... Apr. 6 ..... 1928
Chief Rev. 4/18/28 Mars Section Division.
I have this day received from ..... A. M. De Gooch ..... ... cash ..... in the amount of $ 30 / 100 ..... , requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Copy sent to Finance Dept. 4/19/28
O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
26.6.2

April 5, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Please send me photostatic copies (not certified) of two pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Samuel Paine, S. 14094.
A. W. DeLoach
U.S. Shipping Board Washington D.C.
Received payment Thirty cents April 5, 1928
W. C. Stokes
Rev. & 1812 War Section

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. _____
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
..... April 5, 1928 ..... 192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering  Pensions .....
Deliver to Room No.  5033 .....
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job  photostatic copies of two pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Samuel Paine, S. 14094. .....
No. of copies  1 of each page  Shall form be kept standing? ..... days
For further information see  M.M.H. Finch ..... 5033  541 ..... Room No. ..... Phone No.
Approved: W. Wilkinson ..... City  Chief Clerk of Bureau.  Reed
Margaret M. V. Finch ..... Chief of Branch or Division.
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering .....
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate Multigraph ..... single or double space? ..... Facsimile signature? ..... Mimeograph ..... one side or both sides? ..... Facsimile signature? ..... Folding ..... once or twice? Assembling ..... Once? Twice? Side? End? Stapling Electric typewriter ..... Fill in addresses? ..... Dated? .....
Addressograph from lists ..... Envelopes, size ..... Cards, size ..... Proof list ..... Pay rolls ..... Labels (submit sample) ..... Corrections ..... Fill in letters ..... Tabulation sheets .....
Photostat x ..... Size  actual ..... Official use? ..... Repay? yes ..... $0.30 ..... Blue Print ..... Size ..... Official use? ..... Repay? ..... $ .....
Remarks ..... (OVER)

NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
.....192 (Date)
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
 Make new addressograph plate  Change present addressograph plate } On list.....  Destroy present addressograph plate 
as follows:
Now reads        1 ..... 2 ..... 3 ..... 4 ..... 5 .....
Should read      1 ..... 2 ..... 3 ..... 4 ..... 5 .....
FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made ..... 192
Operator .....
MULTIGRAPH
Operator ..... Date ..... Type set by ..... Date .....
Remarks: .....
MIMEOGRAPH
Operator ..... Date ..... Cut by .....
Remarks: .....

Rev. War Section.
November 19, 1913.
Miss Elizabeth Lewis, 505 So. Williams Street, Moberly, Missouri.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the 17 th and received the 18 th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the claim S. F. 14294 Rev. 14294 War, it appears that Samuel Paine was born at Pomfret, Conn. in 1744, and while a resident of Lebanon New Hampshire was commissioned on September 5, 1775, Captain of the 3 rd company under Col. Bedel 14 th regiment of New Hampshire militia, and served under Colonel Bedel, and Jonathan Chase at various times until May 29, 1777, when he was commissioned Captain of the 1 st company of Light Infantry in Major Wheelock's New York Corps, in which he served until August or September of that year, when he returned to his home in Lebanon, N. H. and resumed the command of his New Hampshire company upon the request of Colonel Jonathan Chase; he was in the battles preceding the surrender of General Burgoyne. During the years 1778, 1779, 1780, and 1781 1782, he served as Captain of New Hampshire Rangers, sometimes in Major Benjamin Whitcomb's Corps.
He was allowed pension on an application executed September 1825, while a resident of Randolph, Orange County, Vermont.

B. F. # 14, 094, Rev. War.
There is no data as to family on file.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.