Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1931, for Walter Pollard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pollard, Walter Sophia
1931
B.L. Wt. 515-160-55
CONTENTS

Vermont 28.464 Walter Ballard of Westminster in the State of N.H. who was a Pvt in the by Captain _____ of the P.M. commanded by Col: Haws. in the Mass. line for 11 mo: 27 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of $9- Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of June 3 rd 1844. H. P. and Supt. H. on O. H.
    Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 34  119 01    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 34  19 83     138 84    
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 85
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10.110 Declaration of Walter Pollard

State of Vermont Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Windham
SS.
On this fifth day of September Wootton personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at Hotchkiss within and for the County of Windham in the Commonwealth  State aforesaid
Walter Pollard — aged 70 years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1. after Benjamine Army was removed from Winter Hill in Cambridge to Rutland Co. Worcester I enlisted for three months in Capt. Pratt's Company in which I served at Rutland and he was the commanding Officer there during his service a Hessian Soldier was killed while he was taking board from the Continental stores and going off with them when one Gibson an American Soldier shot him, and he was there received attended by a great funeral, I served out my three months and was dismissed by Capt. Pratt. Afterwards he enlisted the latter part of 1778 or 1779 for 6 months & performed similar services at Rutland in Capt. Ephraim Hartwell's Company and Lt. Reuben Reugles of Rutland, Hartwell was commanding Officer, he did the duty of Steward under Hartwell served out his term & was dismissed by Capt. Hartwell — In the summer of 1778. he enlisted for three months in Capt. David Mous Company Lt. Tom Bailey who did the duty, & went to Rhead Island in Col. Cyprian Haws Regt. served his 3 months & was dismissed —
he knows of no Clergymen who can testify to his service he has only the affidavit of Elias Keyes who knows him well —

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and
Lamark, Register We Elias Keyes
Walter Pollard
a Clergyman residing in the town of Woodstock in the county of Windsor hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Walter Pollard who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 70 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Elias Keyes
Lamark, Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Lyman H. Marsh  Register of Probate for Hartford District Vermont 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 Walter Pollard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Two
Lamark, Register

State of Vermont
Windsor Middlesex , to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Woodstock within and for the County of Windsor on the Fifth day of September A. D. 1832 On the application of Walter Pollard claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer,
Bolton I was born in Bolton in that part which has since been made into the Town of Boston Vt. on the 21 st day of Sept. A.D. 1768
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer,
I have no family record, but there is one on Bolton Town records —
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
I was living in Bolton Vt. I lived one year in Boston Vt. from whence I went to Stockbridge in Vermont where I 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? Answer,
I always went of my accord by enlisting
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 service?
Answer,
6. 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?
Answer,
Daniel Gaylord, Morgan Esq. Mr. Merrick Gay Town Clerk, Dist. T. M. Tracy, Mr. Eliphalet Baker, and Mr. James Whitcomb all of Stockbridge in Vermont. Walter Pollard Jr.

2311 Vermont Sophia Pollard widow of Walter Pollard
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a man
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 39 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Oct 1853 and sent to R. M. Young Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act February 3, 1853, Page 32 Vol. A
Aff.

State of Vermont Windsor County
Declaration
In Order to obtain Pension under an act Granted by Congress July 29 th 1848 and all other Acts Connected here with provisions made for the benefit of Certain Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers who Died as Pensioners of the United States &c.
On the 19 th day of January A. D. 1850 personally appeared before me J. B. D. Smith in Open Court held by and before me an Acting Judge of Probate which is a Court of Record. Sophia Pollard aged 75 years and upwards a Resident of the Town of Stockbridge in said County of Windsor, who being first duly sworn According to Law - doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in Order to Obtain Pension from the United States under the above named Act and such act as may become necessary to Obtain said Claim & Pension Act passed by Congress on the 29 th of July 1848
That she is now the widow of Walter Pollard of said Town of Stockbridge and aforesaid County of Windsor who died in said Town of Stockbridge on or about 21 st day of February 1846 who was a Pensioner of the United States at and before the time of his death at the rate of between $39 and $40 per Annum for Services he rendered as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and that she this Declar- -ant was duly and Lawfully married to said Walter Pollard aforesaid before Benjamin Coleman in said Town of Stockbridge aforesaid and that Samuel Pray and Isaac Jones Deborah Jones Bred F. Bennett Moses Raney his wife and others were present and witnessed said Marriage all which will be shown by the said Witnesses who were present and witnessed said Marriage which was Lawfully Solemnized by & before Benjamin Coleman who was then an Acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Windsor on the 27 th day of July 1782

And said Declarant has no family Record and bore the name of Sophia Campbell previous to her said Marriage to said Walter Pollard aforesaid and said Declarant is now single and unmarried and is now the widow of said Walter Pollard who was a Pensioner when he died as aforesaid for which said Declarant now applies and said Declarant would respectfully refer to the Papers on file at the Pension office in the City of Washington for a more full description of the Claim & Services of her said Deceased Husband Walter Pollard aforesaid
Subscribed and sworn to before me This 19 th th day of January. A. D. 1850 and I Certify that I was acquainted with Walter Pollard above named he was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and the above named Declarant Sophia is now the widow of said Walter Pollard as above in the foregoing Declaration
Sophia Pollard
J. B. D. M. Judge of the Court of Probate
State of Vermont, Wardfield District
I, Lyndon A. Marsh, Register of the Probate Court of the District of Wardfield do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true record signed by the Judge in due form of law, and contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Sophia Pollard for a pension, as therein specified.
I also certify, that said Probate Court is constituted a Court of record, by the statute laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I do hereby affix the seal of said Court, this twenty sixth day of January, A. D. 1850.
L. A. Marsh, Register

State of Vermont } Windsor County } ss
I Belcher a Justice of the Peace and in Said County Merrick Gay Esqr a Resident and is now Town Clerk of said Town of Stockbridge & in Said County of Windsor - being lawfully Sworn also testify and say - I am now Acting Clerk of the afore named Town of Stockbridge I hold the Books and the Records of Said Town in my possession I have searched for the Records of Marriages to find the Marriage of Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell - I find said marriage on Said Town Book and written plain and legable and the dates stand in fair & legable figures as follows
Walter Pollard's Marriage
State of Vermont } ss Windsor County }
be it remembered that at Stockbridge on the 27 th day of July in the year of our Lord 1795 in Said County Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell both of Stockbridge in Said County were duly joined in Marriage - by me Benj m Coleman Justice Peace
I Certify that the above is a true Copy of Said Marriage & Record of said Walter Pollard & Sophia Campbell and that they were duly and lawfully married according to said Records on the 27 day of July 1795 One Thousand seven hundred and ninetyfive all stands on Said Records plain and legable the records of Marriages of & by Benj m Coleman Esqr are kept very correct as it appears others are very defective in our Town Books of those early dates -
Subscribed and Sworn to before me This 19 th day of January A. D., 1850 and I Certify that the above named Merrick Gay Esqr is now Acting Town Clerk of Said Town of Stockbridge and is a Credable witness
Merrick Gay
Isaac S. Belcher Justice of Peace

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
Personally appeared before me John M c Bennett a Justice of the Peace for and in Said County of Windsor Deborah Jones a Residant of the Town of Stockbridge in Said County of Windsor aforesaid being first duly sworn accord- ing to Law do hereby testify & say that I was well acquainted with Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell before and after their marriage they was Lawfully married in my presence by Benjamin Coleman he was then an acting Justice of the Peace in Said Town of Stockbridge in Said County of Windsor where the Nuptialty of this marriage Occured Said Sophia was in Debt as small sum as was then Said and she had to prepare a dress an under dress which I assisted in making which she put on and was married in the public high way to Said Walter the report of this nuptialty Called out a Number to see this marriage it was Lawfully Solemnized as aforesaid in the public high way before many witnesses (as well as myself) - they lived together in the neighborhood until the death of Said Walter he died in the winter of 1846 - Said Sophia is still living she is single and unmarried and is now the widow of Said Walter Pollard and Said Walter was reputed here as a soldier of the Revolution and a Prisoner of the United States at the time and before his death they were Lawfully married in my presence in the month of July 1795 in the Public High way the nuptialty of this marriage has always borne the time and year of this marriage on my mind I am old but remember the year of said marriage as though it happened last year Subscribed and sworn to before me This 18 th day of January A.D. 1850 and I Certify that the above named Deborah Jones is a Credable witness
Deborah Jones
John M c Bennett - Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Windsor County
Personally appeared before me John M. Bennett a Justice of the Peace for and in Said County of Windsor aforesaid Isaac Jones a Resident of the Town of Stockbridge in Said County of Windsor being first duly sworn according to Law does testify and say that I am well and was well acquainted with Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell before and after their marriage I was present and witnessed their Marriage they were Lawfully married in my presence by Benjamin Coleman a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Stockbridge above named the novelty of this marriage was such from Public Report at the time of their marriage that Sophia Campbell was owing a very small sum and Walter Pollard request was to marry her in the street in her under clothes - a dress was prepared and the Report became current - and there was many attendants & visitors to see the novel of this marriage I went & saw the novelty myself they were Lawfully married as above stated in the public high way in a dress prepared on purpose I recollect the case very distinctly and it called out quite a number to witness and see the novelty of this marriage said marriage was on the 27th day of July 1795 - I made a minute myself of said marriage which I now have which is correct - And they lived together as husband and wife up to the death of said Walter he Died in the winter of the year 1846 he was a Pensioner of the United States when he died (his wife now his widow is still living said Sophia is single and unmarried and is now the widow of Walter Pollard aforesaid Deborah Jones is now my wife she has also referred to the record I made of the date of said marriage
Subscribed and sworn to before me This 18th day of January A.D. 1850 and I Certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Jones the above Deponent he is a Credable witness
Isaac Jones
John M Bennett - Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Windsor County } ss
Personally appeared before me John M. Bennett a Justice of the peace for and in Said County of Windsor Ora F. Bennett a Resident of the Town of Stockbridge in Said County of Windsor being first duly sworn does testify and say I was well acquainted with Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell before their marriage and I was present and saw them Lawfully joined in marriage before Benjamin Coleman who was a Justice of the peace in Said Town of Stockbridge in & for Said County of Windsor aforesaid in the summer of the year of 1795 - I was then 15 years old — and Said Walter Pollard Died in Said Town of Stockbridge aforesaid on or about the month of February 1846 and he was a Pensioner of the United States at and before the time of his death and Said Sophia his wife now his widow is still living and is now single and unmarried and is now the widow of said Walter Pollard they had no family of children together but lived together in all the relations of husband and wife up to the death of Said Walter the novelty of this marriage has always been spoken of and the year it took place from my own age and the General reports & records I have seen I know it was in the summer of 1795 —
Subscribed and sworn to before me This 27 th day of January A.D., 1858 and I Certify That the above named Ora F. Bennett is a Credable witness Full Confidence can be placed in her Testimony as above.
Ora F. Bennett
John M. Bennett
Justice of the peace

State of Vermont Windsor County } ss
Personally appeared before me John M. Bennett a Justice of the Peace for and in Said County of Windsor Predicated Ranney a resident of the Town of Stockbridge in Said County of Windsor being first duly sworn according to Law do hereby certify and say I was well acquainted with Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell before and after their marriage they were duly and Lawfully married in my presence before Benjamin Coleman an acting Justice of the Peace in Said Town of Stockbridge and County of Windsor aforesaid who was a Lawful Justice of the Peace and solemnized marriages as I make out the date of this marriage it was in the summer of 1795 - I calculate from my own marriage and my age I witnessed said marriage.
And Said Walter Pollard Died in Said Town of Stockbridge in the winter of 1845 and he left Said Sophia his wife a widow she is now living and is now the widow of Said Walter Pollard who was a Pensioner of the United States when he died as aforesaid in the winter season of the year 1846 in the month of February - They was Lawfully married in the Public high way by Benjamin Coleman a Justice of the Peace in Said Town of Stockbridge
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18 th day of January A.D. 1830 and I certify that the above named Deponent is a very Credible person & witness
Predectia Ranney
John M. Bennett - Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
Personally appeared before me
a Justice of The Peace for and in
Said County of Windsor a Resident of the Town of Stockbridge & said County of Windsor being first duly & Lawfully Sworn according to Law do hereby certify and say I was well acquainted with Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell before their marriage and lived near them up to the death of said Walter they were duly and Lawfully married before me and in my presence I witnessed said marriage which was solemnized before Benjamin Coleman a Justice of The Peace in said Town of Stockbridge aforesaid in the Public Highway near my house in the month of July 1795
Said Walter Pollard died in the Winter of the year 1846 he was a Pensioner of The United States when he died and said Sophia his wife now his widow is single and unmarried and she is now the widow of said Walter Pollard I have lived in the neighborhood not far from said Walter & Sophia ever since their marriage they lived together in all the relations of husband & wife up to the time of the death of said Walter they had no family of children together I saw & witnessed said marriage it was solemnized Lawfully in my presence
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 th day of January A.D. 1850 and I Certify that the above named Moses Ranney is a Credable Witness and the above facts are well known to me from reports to be true full Confidence can be place in the above
Moses Ranney
John M. Bennett - Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } So personally appeared before me John Windsor County } M. Bennett a Justice of the Peace for and in Said County of Windsor Sally Bennett aged 63 years and upwards being first duly sworn according to Law does testify and say I was well acquainted with Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell before their marriage they were lawfully married to each other as was reported by and before Benjamin Coleman a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Stockbridge in Said County of Windsor I lived near them at this time they were married to each other and I have lived a neighbour to them up to the time of the death of Said Walter which occurred in the Winter season of 1846 and Said Sophia is now a widow single and unmarried She is now the Widow of Walter Pollard aforesaid and Said Walter was reputed as having been a soldier of the Revolution and he was a Quaker when he died which was the General report - that this marriage occurred previous to 1800 -
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 th day of January A.D. 1850 and I certify that Sally Bennett above named is a Credible witness
Sally Bennett
John M. Bennett } Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } Windsor County }
Personally appeared before me John M Bennett a Justice of
the Peace for and in said County of Windsor aforesaid Asaph Bennett aged 69 years and upwards first duly sworn according to Law does Depose and say I have been acquainted with Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell many years before they were married to each other I was not present at their marriage I resided near them at the time of their marriage they were lawfully married before Benjamin Colman a Justice of the Peace in said Town of Stockbridge which was the General report of their marriage has never been disputed to my knowledge said Justice of the Peace died several years ago and said Walter Pollard died in the Winter of the year 1836 and left his wife Sophia a widow she is living now and is single and unmarried & is now the Widow of said Walter Pollard he was a Citizen of the United States and has always been reputed as a Revolutionary Soldier as long as I have been acquainted with him I atten- ded his Funeral
Subscribed and sworn to before me this                      day of January A. D. 1850 and I certify that the above named Asaph Bennett is a Credable Witness }
Asaph Bennett.
John M. Bennett - Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Windsor County
I certify that I have subscribed my name to the Annexed Depositions as Justice of the Peace. I further certify that the witnesses are all of high respectability of good morals & Credit and full confidence can be placed on their Testimony and I am acquainted with all the circumstances of the marriage of Walter Rollard and his wife Sophia & know the foregoing to be facts as stated by the annexed Testimony
John M. Bennett } Member of the Legislature of Vermont
State of Vermont } ss I Norman Williams Clerk of the Court Windsor County } and Courts of Windsor County aforesaid do certify that John M. Bennett and Isaac D. Belcher are now both of them Justices of the Peace for and in said County of Windsor aforesaid duly Authorized and qualified by Law to administer Oaths and they were such Justices of the Peace at the date of the Annexed Depositions purporting to have been executed before them and their signatures is Genuine in their proper hand writing
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County this 1 st day of January A.D. 1850
Norman Williams, Clerk
Sophia Rollard

1177
Act March 3/55
March 19/55
Sophia Pollard. Widow of Walter Pollard,, private
Br: Ephraim Hartwell; comp;
Revolutionary War
Pensioner
B. ofpton Wom 160 acs. May 2/55 Beptm.
Warrant No 575 Iss d May 2/55
Rich d M. Young Present
Vol P- page 109.

Declaration of Sophia Pollard of Vermont, for bounty land, under act of March 3. 1855, as widow of Walter Pollard deceased for services rendered in the revolu- tionary war.
Richard M Young Atty

Declaration of Sophia Pollard a Revolutionary Pensioner and Widow of Walter Pollard a Revolutionary Soldier for Bounty Land under the act of March 1855 State of Vermont Windsor County } ss
On this ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Sophia Pollard a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States aged Eighty — years a resident of Stockbridge in the aforesaid County who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Walter Pollard deceased who was a soldier of the war of the Revolution as will appear and has appeared in evidence in her application for Pension filed in the Pension Office by Richard M. Young Esq. of Washington City; on which issued her Pension Certificate for thirty nine dollars & sixty seven cents per annum, Oct. 6 1853 under the act of Feb 2 d 1853
She makes this declaration for the purpose of ob- taining the Bounty Land to which she may be enti- tled under the act of Congress passed at the late session granting Bounty Land to those who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States and to Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers.
She declares that she is now a Widow That Katherine Johnson Niram Crandall
Sophia Pollard

Know all men by these presents That I Sophia Pollard of Stockbridge in the County of & State of Vermont, do hereby constitute and appoint Michae- l Young of Washington City my true and lawful Attorney to receive my Land Warrant should I be entitled one from the United States by the late act of Congress Witness my hand and seal this ninth day of March A D eighteen hundred and fiftyfive Sophia Pollard Attest Influence of Catherine Johnson Miriam Brandall
State of Vermont Windsor County On this 9 th day March A D, 1855 at Stockbridge in the County aforesaid personally appeared Sophia Pollard above named to me well known and subscribed and made Oath to foregoing declaration by her subscribe in my presence and also acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. And I hereby certify that the said Sophia Pollard is the identical person she represents herself to be and is now the Widow of Walter Pollard & now receives a pension I have no interest in this claim & am not concerned in its prosecution. Miriam Brandall J. Pease

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
At Stockbridge on this ninth day of March A.D. 1855 personally came before me a Justice of the Peace Rufus L. Tracy and Daniel E. Gay two respectable persons residing in Stockbridge well known to me to be entitled to credit and belief, who being sworn according to law do severally testify that they have well known Sophia Pelland, who has subscribed the declaration on this sheet, for many years last past - They knew her while she was the wife of Walter Pelland & knew that he was a Pensioner of the United States and knew that the above named Sophia Pelland is now a widow and a Revolutionary Pensioner.
They state that they have no interest in the matter or claim which may be affected by their evidence other than good wishes for her success.
R. L. Tracy
Daniel E. Gay
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first before written.
An I certify that Rufus L. Tracy and Daniel E. Gay the foregoing deponents are credible witnesses.
Hiram Crandall Justice Peace
STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State,
Montpelier, March 14. 1855.
I certify that Hiram Crandall Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand-writing to the foregoing certificates, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Windsor, duly elected and qualified, with full power and authority under and by virtue of the laws of said State to administer oaths and take depositions, and acknowledgments of deeds, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office, this 14th day of March
A. D., 1855-
Geo. R. Thompson
Deputy Secretary of State.

No. 4177
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 19 55 , 1855
Sophia Pollard m rs of Walter Pollard
Daft Hartwell Company Revolutionary War
Warrant No 515
all 160 acres May 2/55
Rich M. Young Present P

515.
160 acres.

4177. Act March 3, 1855. March 19, 1855.
Sophia Pollard, widow of Walter Pollard, private.
Capt. Hartwell's company. Revolutionary War.
Original brief enclosed.
Richard M. Young, Present.

4177
Hon. Loren P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Wadsworth Pen, Feb. 2, 1853
St. roll
Boyetts

483
Wiment Montpelier Sophia Pollard widow of Wallis Pollard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 39 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of February 1848 and sent to
Hon H. Meden House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 , Page 137 Vol. 1. July 29, Book 2
Swiss
Thad P. K.
July 8/51

Pension Office,
Sir,
Aug! 8/53
Please certify the time to which within name pensioner was last paid; or (if in your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully Your Ob't Serv't.
J. M. W. W.
Commission
Wm F. Burt Present
Walter Pollard, Act 1832, $39.67 p. an. Died 21 st Feb. 1846, Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.

#2984 May 31. 1853
App d . of Sophia Pollard widow of several. Windsor Co.
Warrant. P. $ 39.67
Act 3 d Febry 1853
Rev:
Warrant $ 39.67/100 per ann. commencing 3 d Febry 1853
Richd. M. Young
Present
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Supply

# Same Roll and Act Walter Pollard per p 39:17 per annum. To what time last paid? Ans: to his death - Feby 21, 1881

Case of Sophia Pollard widow of Walter Pollard under the Act of July 29 th 1848
Hon. H. Walder Member of Congress City Washington

Affidavit of John Larkin in the cause of Walter Pollard
no evidence as to lack of service

I John Larkin of Berlin Co. of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do depose and say that I served in the war of the revolution, as by my declaration on file in the Pension Office will appear.
And I further testify that I well remember one Walter Pollard when a boy he lived near me in Berlin and is now in ... street ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester
ss. August 1 st
1832
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth
John Larkin
who subscribed the
annexed Deposition
and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief
Sam. Dana

I John Larkin of Berlin Co. of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do depose and say that I served in the war of the revolution, as by my declaration on file in the Pension Office will appear.
And I further testify that I well remember one Walter Pollard when a boy he lived near me in Berlin and is now said to be of Stockbridge in Vermont, and remember that he was absent from Berlin in A.D. 1778 for as much as six months, and I understood was in the public service guarding the Prisoners of Burgoyne's Army at Rutland Vt. I have this day seen him & know him to be the same person I have above referred to. John Larkin

Recd WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1931
Sophia Ballard Widow Mrs. Ballard Br. Rev. Mrs.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. 9m. , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4177
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

Washington City March 19. 1855.
Hon Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Sophia Pollard of Vermont for Bounty Land , under the act of Congress of March 3 rd 1855, as widow of Walter Pollard deceased for services rendered in the revolutionary war . She is now a United States Pensioner of Vermont, under the act of February 3. 1853. I therefore respectfully refer to her Pension papers on file for evidence to support her present Application for Bounty Land .
Very Respectfully &c
Richard M Young, atty for Sophia Pollard of Vermont.

No 612.
Sophia Pollard, widow of Walter, Vt
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1795 Husband died 1846,
Adm o 11 mo s 27 day s /pri, $39:67 per annum Comm g 4 March 1848
Mountpelier Roll
2
Wm. H. Walden, W. of R.

Washington City May 30. 1853.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Sophia Pollard, a resident of Stockbridge, Windsor County Vermont, for a pension under the acts of July 29 th 1848, and February 3. 1853 - as widow of Walter Pollard dec d . for services rendered by him in the revolutionary war, and who was a United States Pensioner at the time of his death at the rate of $39 \frac{67}{100} per annum - She was pensioned under the act of June 7. 1832, and paid at the Montpelier Vermont Agency.
You will see by the papers that a fraud was committed upon the government of the United States by one Jacob Shingyland about the year 1850 for this widow, in procuring her a pension before she was entitled to it; and that she protests her innocence, and ignorance of that fraud, until after the arrest and examination of Shingyland. She returns (attached to her declaration) the fraudulent Pension Certificate issued to her at the instance of Shingyland, dated Feby. 12. 1850.
The case is submitted, with the request, that you will make it a special case for examination, on account of the extreme poverty of the applicant.
Very Respectfully &c.
Richard M. Young atty for Sophia Pollard.

10.119
Walter Pollard
81-
Adm l a puvale 11 mo 27 days $39.67
Hon. H. Everett. H.R.
G. S. Wales Esq. Barnard Stearns
H. Everett

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Walter Pollard which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
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see affidavits of witnesses
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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 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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 authenticates 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 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Brief in the case of Sophia Pollard, widow of Walter Pollard Windsor County and State of Vermont, act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832, at $39 62 / 100 per annum
Marriage proved by duly verified copy of Town Records - Took place in 1825.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Richard M. Young Esqr Present
Name and residence of Agent
R. G. D. M.
Examining Clerk.

[Large stylized signature or initials]
George D Wales Esq r
Barnard
Vt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 1 st 1834.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Walter Pollard, as a private, is borne on a Pay Roll for Capt. Ephriam Hartwell's Company of Guards at Rutland, where he is allowed from Novem r 1 st 1779. to April 27 th 1780. five Months and twenty seven days. ————— m. d 5=27 Walter Pollard claims for further services under Capt. Hartwell in 1779; but the roll he describes is not found except the one mentioned above.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Brig. Buss Official O
not attached ac- =cording to the right = lation

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Sewall Moore of Bolton Moore of Bolton in the County of Worcester Testify and depose that Walter Pollard now resides in Stockbridge in the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont (as he saith) was a Soldier in the Revolution- ary war and served three months in the year 1780 7 com- mencing in the Month of August (at Rhode Island) in Captain David Moore's Company and John Knowlton and Timothy Bailey were the Lieutenants and that I served in the same Company during said term and to the best of my recollection Col Cyprian Howe was com- mander of the Regiment
+ does not agree with applicant Affid t - S
Sewall Moore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss August 2 d 1832 Then Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Worcester aforesaid Sewall Moore who subscribed the above Deposition, and made Solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief
Nath l Longley

Sewall Moore's Affidavit
Sewall Moore's Deposition

I Gideon Brannen of Sterling in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say, that in September , or October 1779. I enlisted as a soldier for six months in the Revolutionary War, in the Company com- manded by Cap t  Ephraim Hartwell, of Princeton the Lieut. colonel was Samuel or Timothy Ruggles the , I think, of Rutland, both in said County: that upon my enlistment I went to raid Rutland to guard a part of Mergoine's Army then stationed there: that Walter Pollard, then either of Bolton or Leominster in said County, and now, as it seems, in Stock- bridge in the State of Vermont, was a soldier in said Com- pany; that during said term of six months he before was Steward of said Company, and at the close of said term we were all dismissed. Gideon Brannen Sterling August 4. 1832.
Worcester ss. Personally appeared the above named Gideon Brannen subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me; I also certify that said Brannen's character for truth is good. Wm. Justin Justin of the Peace.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Nathaniel Sanley Esqr. of Bolton & Alexander Dyer Esqr. of Sterling in the County of Worcester & have no doubt that said Sanley administered the oath and made the certificate on the annexed deposition of Small Moore as the signature appears to me to be genuine & that said Dyer made like certificate on the deposition of Gideon Brannen & Benja Dyer as the signature appears to me to be genuine & I have been long acquainted with the hand writing of both those gentlemen. I further certify that they are both reputed to be magistrates authorized to take testimony and to my knowledge act as such & I have no doubt are fully authorized so to do. John Davis

Gideon Beaman Affiant
I Benjamin Buff, of Shelburne in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth, testify and say. That When part of Burgoin's Army was at Rutland in said County of Worcester the year I cannot recollect, in the month of April I was drafted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and immediately marched to said Rutland and there did swear as a servant in the Company commanded by Capt. Pratt, whose Serjt's name was Jacob Fairbanks, for the term of three months I well recollect one Walter Pollard, a soldier at that time in said Company, who did swear during that time. - He then was an inhabitant of Bolton in said County of Worcester and now lives, as I understand in the town of Stockbridge in the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont; that while we were at said Rutland a Hessian Soldier was  killed there by one of our soldiers while he was taking the boards off the barracks, was killed by one Gibson, an American Soldier.
Shelburne August 4. 1832.
261874. 1832
Wp Worcester ss. August 4. 1832. Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Buff, subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me; I also certify that said Buff's character for truth is good.
Rev. Justin Justin of the Pusey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial County held within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Longley, Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Sewall Moore, and that Alexander Dustin Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Gideon Beaman and Benjamin Buff were made and sworn to, are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that their signatures thereto appear to me to be in their own proper handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this seventh day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

State of Vermont,
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
WINDSOR, S. S.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windsor, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Gardner Winslow Esq.
was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a
Judge of the County Court
within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to the foregoing following are jurats and certificates is genuine; that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and
that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds and Depositions, and to administer oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court, at Woodstock, this 13 th day of
May fifty-three
Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and
Norman Williams, CLERK.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 2 nd section of the act of 3 Feb. 1853 State of Vermont County of Windsor ss
On this sixth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me, the undersigned, Judge of Windsor County Court, which is a court of record, within and for the county & State aforesaid
Sophia Pollard, a resident of Stockbridge in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Seventy eight years and upwards, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd February, 1853 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the Widow of Walter Pollard who was a soldier of the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at and before his death at the rate of thirty nine dollars and sixty seven cents (39.67) per annum, (and thinks he was pensioned under the act of 1832 and paid at the Montpelier Vt. agency) or at least received his last pension from Montpelier Vt. and she respectfully refers to the evidence on file in the Pension Office in her said husbands application for his Pension for proof of his services in the war of the Revolution
She further declares that she was married to the said Walter Pollard on the twenty seventh day of June eighteen hundred and twenty five at Stockbridge in the State of Vermont by Benjamin Colman a justice of the Peace; that her said husband died at Stockbridge Vt. on the twenty first day of February eighteen hundred and forty six (Feb. 21, 1846)
That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a Widow

She also still further states that about the month of January A.D. 1850 one Jacob Slingerland came and told her he would procure her a Pension and would get a special act passed by which she would be placed on the list of Pensioners and receive her Pension in the same manner that her deceased husband received his; that she then told the said Slingerland that she was married to Walter Pollard in the year 1825; that she did not know or suspect that any fraud was practiced in any way until after the arrest & examination of said Slingerland. that she was then told by her neighbors that her Pension would probably cease; - that all she ever received of said Pension was the semiannual payment of six months pension due on the 4 th September 1850 amounting to nineteen dollars and eighty three cents which sum ( \$19 \frac{83}{100} ) is all she ever received or controlled of said pension.
That since she heard of the fraud of said Slingerland she has kept her Pension Certificate which she herewith returns.
She protests her innocence and declares she was in no way accessory to the fraud in procuring the same.
She hereby appoints John M Bennett her Attorney to prosecute her claim for Pension and to receive her certificate for the pension to which she may be entitled under the act aforesaid.
S. Pollard
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first above written before me. And I certify that Sophia Pollard the foregoing Declarant is a respectable Widow residing in Stockbridge in said County & I believe her to be the same person she represents herself to be. I also certify that the foregoing applicant from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court.
Gardner W. Winstow Judge of Windsor County Court

I Merrick Gay of the town of Stockbridge in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age depose testify and say: I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Stockbridge County of Windsor and State of Vermont and keep the Books of records of said town. Upon the Book of marriage records of said town is the following record
State of Vermont } County of Windsor } Be it remembered that on the twenty seventh day of June eighteen hundred and twenty five at Stockbridge in said County Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell both of Stockbridge in said County were duly joined in marriage by me Benj a Colman Justice Peace
I certify the above to be a true extract from said records with the exception of dates which are written in fair legible figures as follows
State of Vermont } County of Windsor } Be it remembered that on the 27 th day of June 1825 at Stockbridge in said County Walter Pollard and Sophia Campbell both of Stockbridge in said County were duly joined in Marriage by me Benj a Colman Justice Peace
I certify the above to be a true extract from the records of said town now in my office
Merrick Gay - - Town Clerk
State of Vermont } County of Windsor } On this sixth day of May A.D. 1853 Merrick Gay personally appeared before me and subscribed and made oath in due form of law to the foregoing affidavit.
Isaac S. Belcher Justice of Peace

State of Vermont County of Windsor } ss
On this sixth day of May A D eighteen hundred and fifty three Leonard Jones personally appeared before me and made oath according to law. That he well knew Walter Pollard and Sophia his wife in the lifetime of said Walter Pollard, that said Walter Pollard was reputed to have been a Soldier of the War of the Revolu- tion and was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death.
The said Walter Pollard Died at Stockbridge in the fore part of the year 1846; that he made the Coffin in which the remains of said Walter Pollard were buried in the fore part of the year eighteen hundred and forty six; that Sophia Pollard also was the wife of said Walter Pollard in his lifetime still lives in this town of Stockbridge and is now a Widow
Sworn to and Subscribed } Leonard Jones before me the day and year first above written and I certify that the foregoing deponent is a credible witness
Isaac S. Belcher Justice of Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, } I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, ss. } ty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Isaac S. Belcher
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature on the ten foregoing pages is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 13 day of May A. D. 1853.
Norman Williams Clerk.

State of Vermont County of Windsor
On this eleventh day of May AD eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for the county and State aforesaid David Everett a resident of Stockbridge in said County who being duly sworn according to law does testify & say: That in the year 1850 he held the office of a select man or was one of the board of select men of said town of Stockbridge and was the overseer of the poor persons of said town supported by said town and it was made his duty by his office to take the charge of such persons as were chargeable to said town and provide for their board and clothing and to pay the same or cause the same to be paid from the funds of said town.
That in the year 1850 among other poor persons so supported by said town was Sophia Pollard Widow of Walter Pollard a reputed Soldier of the War of the revolution and who was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death; That about the month of January 1850 it was reported that one Jacob Slingerland was making efforts to obtain said Sophia Pollard a Pension; That during the latter part of the year the said Sophia Pollard resided in the family of Asaph Bennett; That he understood that Sophia Pollard received the six months pension due by her Cer- tificate on the 4th September 1850; That said Sophia Pollard paid her board for the term of six months during that year and that since that time the said Sophia Pollard has been a charge of said town of Stockbridge and her board has ever since the year 1850 and for several

years before that date been paid by said town of Stockbridge That he does not know or believe that said Sophia Pollard ever received or controlled any money drawn by said Slingerlands reports alleged forgery or fraud except the six months Pension due on the 4 th September 1850 amounting to less than twenty dollars.
He also states that said Walter Pollard died in Stockbridge in the Winter of 1846 and that he was a reputed Soldier of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death; that Sophia Pollard who now applies for a Pension was the wife of said Walter Pollard in his life time and is now a Widow residing in this town of Stockbridge
Sworn to and subscribed } David Evertt before me the day and year } first before written
and I hereby certify that I well know said Deponent and that he is a respectable and credible witness
Benj s Cossens Justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, } I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the Coun- Windsor County, ss. } ty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Benjamin Cossens
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature for signing is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said Coun- ty of Windsor, this 13 day of May A. D. 1853.
Norman Williams, Clerk.

Sophia Pollard
Payment to be made at Montpelier by Thomas Reed Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February  July 29th , 2d, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1 .
(Book I.)
J. R. Wightman Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
July 29 th February 2 nd , 1848, I certify that in conformity with the act of Sophia Pollard widow of Walter Pollard who was a Pirate in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty-nine dollars and Sixty Seven cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this Twenty day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By J. J. Gault Chief Clerk