Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,741, for Samuel Pettibone, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass
Pettibone, Samuel Rhoda
NUMBER _____
U. 18. 741
CONTENTS

3647.
Vermont.
Rhoda Pettibone dec d . late, widow of
Samuel Pettibone, dec d , who died on the 11 th August 1828. of Manchester in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Hoane of the regt t commanded by Col. Patterson in the Mass. time for Militia for 9 mo s 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 31. Dollars 55. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831. ending 24 June 1841 the day of her death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Dec r . 1841. and sent to S. Swift Manchester, Vermont.
Arrears to the 4 th of March '41. 315. 50
Rem d annual allowance ending 24 June 1841 } 9. 64
$325 14
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by Nico D. Moody Clerk. Book 6. Vol. 3. Page 114
The Amount of the within pension is payable to Lucy Barney, Celina Meade, Mabelle Pettibone, Anna Pettibone, and John G. Pettibone, children of said Rhoda Pettibone deceased.
Agent. Notified Dec. 7. 1841

I certify that the marriage of Samuel Pettibone and Rhoda Bridgman is recorded in the Church Records of Northampton, Massachusetts, in the handwriting of the late Rev. John Hooker as having taken place on the tenth day of February Seventeen hundred & sixty eight.
Alpheus Williams stated clerk of the (now) First Church in Northampton
Northampton March 6 th 1837

State of Vermont, Bennington County ss. Manchester Probate District ss. I, Asahel P. Allen Register of the Probate Court within & for the said Probate District of Manchester, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to the said Court, that Rhoda Pettibone, widow of Samuel Pettibone late of Manchester in said Probate District deceased, died at said Manchester on the 23 rd day of June A.D. one thousand, eight hundred & forty one. And I do further certify, that like satisfactory proof has been exhibited to the said Court, that the only surviving children of the said Rhoda, are Lucy Barney, the wife of William Barney Esq., now residing in the Town of Johnson, in the County of Danville, in said State of Vermont. Electa Mear, the wife of Simon Mear Esq., now residing in the Town of Farmington, in the County of Oakland, & State of Michigan. Mehitable Pettibone, Anna Pettibone, & John S. Pettibone, all now residing in the said Town of Manchester.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official Signature & the seal of the said Probate Court, at Manchester, this 29 th day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & forty one, & of the Independence of the United States, the sixty sixth.
A. L. Mear Register

Died At Manchester, in the county of Bennington, on the 11 th of August, Samuel Pettibone Esq r aged 72 years. Another Patriot of our country gone. This gentleman at the commencement of the revolutionary war took an active part in favour of his country - he was a brave soldier in the worst of times - he never failed to send a helping hand where his country called - On the 16 th of August 1777, he was one of those brave men that faced the enemy on the hills of Walloompack commonly called Bennington Battle. About this time he became an inhabitant of Manchester, where he has resided and until his death His occupation was that of a farmer, by which means he brought up and decently maintained a numerous family; his children are respectable and are left to mourn the loss of a kind parent - and his friends and acquaintance have to lament the loss of a usefull man to the world. - This man always professed and practiced the true and genuine principles taught him by the fathers of the revolution a government of equal rights, and privileges. (communicated)
A true copy of the publication of the death of Sam l Pettibone Esq r as published in the Vermont Gazette Published at Bennington county of Bennington State of Vermont September 3 rd 1822, Attest
Anthony J. Haswell
State of Vermont Bennington (County) March 30 th 1835. Then personally appeared the above named Anthony J. Haswell, I made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed. I further certify that his character to me well known, for probity & truth, is fair & unimpeached. Attest N. C. Waldo Justice of the peace

I Lucy Parry of Underhill in Chittenden County and State of Vermont aged 89 years do desire to say that I am the Reputed daughter of the Late Samuel Whitehead Esq. of Manchester now deceased that at the commencement of the revolutionary war with Great Britain my Father Samuel Whitehead then lived in Lansborough in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts that on the 19th of April in the Spring of 1775 at the time of the Battle of Lexington my Father turned out as a volunteer with a company of Men under command of Capt. Parry in which company he was a Sergeant he went to Boston in vicinity there joined the Continental troops and was there until November and I believe he returned the latter part of December that Fall and again in the Spring of the last of April or first of May in the year 1776 he again turned out went to or near New York and again joined the Continental Army and remained there until some of the last days in November as first of December he was absent from home from six to seven months and in the year 1777 he again went to the northward I believe to Tiadagoge or Mount Independence and other place from there with the Continental Army and remained with the Army the whole Summer and was in the Battle of Brandytown and I believe that he went from there to Stillwater or Saratoga and returned home after the capture of Burgoyne was out from six to seven months

that he was as I well knowled under the command of Major Garmsey of Wymott volunteers at Castleton in Vermont at Rutland etc. Pittsford several months in each of the years 1774 1779 and 1780 I believe at least in the year 1779 More than 6 months I know that he did nothing  was from June to May until October and that my Mother and I supplied the team that he was out under Capt Barney in a boat and helped to take Samuel Pope a British recruiting officer and I believe he was one of the guard that took him and several others to North Hampton Gaol in Massachusetts and was absent about three weeks and at another time he turned out in pursuit of a party of British forces under Capt Boussey who had taken several prisoners Jonathan Armsby Blackard & others pursued them through the woods across the Maumee River through Manchester Dorset Buxton and Paulton and in three or four days routed the party and retaken the prisoners I know that he was every year from 1774 to 1783 during the whole war and I believe more than one half the time from the commencement to the end and the Disposition further with not
Lucy Barney at Underhill on the 2nd day of March 1835 I generally came Lucy Barney the signor of the gangway declaration being duly sworn and carefully examined Make solemnly that the gangway declaration contains the truth and nothing but truth Peter Martin Just of Pease

and I do hereby certify the Deponent Lucy Barney is a person of truth and veracity Before me Peter Martin Just peace
11.2

V1702
Rhoda Pettibone widow of Samuel Mt dead
married in 1769-
S. Swift Esq Manchester Mt

State of Vermont } On this 28th day of March, in the year 1837. person County of Bennington } Sally appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court in for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, Rhoda Pettibone a Resident of the Town of Manchester in the said County of Bennington, aged eighty nine years, who being duly sworn, avow- ing to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4. 1836.
That she is the Widow of Samuel Pettibone late of said Manchester deceased, who was sometime a Sergeant in the Army of the United States during the War of the Revolution, & served at various different periods & terms of service during that war, as near as she (from the length of time which has since elapsed, & the strength of her memorial faculties) is now able to recollect. That some time in the Spring or fore part of the Summer, & as she now believes, in the month of April 1775. her said husband, was draughted, agreeably to her understanding & belief, for a three months' tour of duty, at Sandborough in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts, where he then resided. That he had been previously, or was appointed a Sergeant, & as such he then turned out & served in the militia service of the said State, but the Company & the names of the Company Officers, she is not now able to recollect, but well remembers that it was attached to the Regi- ment commanded by Col: Powell of said Sandborough. That they marched from said Sandborough to Boston, or its neighbourhood, in said State, as she then understood. That as she was informed, the said Col. Powell, for some reason, soon afterwards returned home, but that her said husband remained & served thro' the whole of the said term of three months, if not longer, before his discharge & re- turn home. That as she understood, he was at, or in the vicinity of Charles- town near Boston, at the time it was burnt by the British - but whether he was in any particular engagement with the enemy during that term of service she is not now able to state. That soon after his return home he was again dra- fted or volunteered on another expedition to the eastward from said Sand- borough, but under what other Officers, or for what length of time of service, or to what particular place or places he marched, or was stationed, she is not now able fully to state, but she well recollects that she was informed at that time that he with her husband marched through, or was stationed for a time at North Hampton in said State of Massachusetts. From the best of her present recollection, she fully believes that he was absent on the said last mentioned tour of duty at least three months.
That afterwards in the year 1776. as she well recollects from the circumstances that one of her children was born in his absence, that he was again called out in some way, into the service & was gone nearly or quite through the whole of the season, but to what place he marched, or where he was stationed, or who were his Officers, she is not now able particularly to remember, if she then knew, but according to the best of her present recollection & belief, he was absent from home on military duty during that year at least six months. That in the Spring of 1777. he was again draughted or volunteered at said Sandborough to go on a tour of duty to Vermont, & some place or places at the north, & as she under- stood, was stationed for a part of the time, in said Town of Manchester. That after their arrival to said place, which was in the month of March 1779. he point- ed out & showed to her, the place where he lay or was encamped - that she does not know, or does not remember under what particular Officers he served at that time.

best believed that for a part of the time he was under the principal command of Col: Seth Warner. That agreeably to her best present recollection she fully believed that he was about on that tour of duty at least three months. That immediately or soon after his return home he was again called out in an alarm to again be on the north during which expedition he was, as she was informed 90 killed in the Battle of Bennington, so called, for as in both of the Battles on that day that he was attached to the Regiment, or under the command for that day, of Col: Herick, who comman- ced the action. She cannot now say how long time he was absent on that expedition. That as to his service in the year 1778. She has reason of particular recollection, but from the circumstance that he was almost constantly from home during the revolutionary war, she fully believes, that he was absent on military duty thro' the whole or nearly the whole of said season, & at least to the amount of six months. That in the month of March 1779 when she had very dim recollection. he removed from said Saratoga to said town of Manchester. That soon after their said removal, as she now believes, in the fore part of said season, he was drafted or voluntarily turned out, to go on a tour of duty to the north. That he was stationed a part or the whole of the time, as she understood & believes, with Col: Castleton or Pittsford in said State, under the command of Maj: Gideon Brinsley of said Manchester. That he was then absent until very late in the fall season, which she well recollects from the circumstance that she has little daughters, the eldest but two years of age, that fall, were from necessity compelled, & did harvest, get in & secure three acres of corn. That he was but once at home during said season, & then tarried but a few hours & from the best of her present recollection, she fully believes that he was absent on said service at least six months. That as to the subsequent years of the war, there are no circumstances brought to her recollection, by which she is now enabled to particularize dates or events to compare them with - That from the great lapse of time which has since intervened, not having at the time taxed her mind with the remembrance thereof, not supposing that she would have future occasion particularly to resort to those facts, she can now only generally state that from the strong impressions now fixed upon her mind, & from the fact that her said husband was a warm friend to the Revolution, & evidently engaged in the war, that he was absent almost constantly from home, & able to pay but very little attention to his domestic business, she fully believes, that he was more or less in the service during every year of the war, & that he served more than one half of the time from the commencement to the termination of the war. She is very confi- dent that he served in the whole at least two years, & she fully believes, that for that length of time, he did duty, or served in the station or capacity of a Sergeant. That after his removal to Vermont, there were frequent alarms & that in such cases he almost invariably turned out. Once, she believes, that he went to Tienderoga. Once, she thinks, that he went to Pittsford. Some or more to Castleton, & other places. The incursions of Parties of the Tories were also frequent, seizing upon & taking away the inhabitants & their cattle. She well remembers, that one Capt: Samuel Rose, formerly of said Manchester, who had joined the British, once came with his Party on a plundering expedition into said town, & her said husband with others turned out & captured the whole Party, & conveyed them, as she believes, to Northampton in the State of Massachusetts where as she understood, they were afterwards exchanged. At another time a Party of Tories came into this neighbourhood, & took as prisoners one Bland & one Nathansbury, sons of Maj: Gideon Brinsley, & went with them as off the east mountain to West Rupert & designed, as she understood, to go from thence to Canals - A Party from this place turned out in pursuit of them, but her said husband being then

in a feeble state of health, was unable to follow on foot, but took a horse & rode around through Bristol to said Rupert, where he joined the said Party, which took the whole of the said Forces, & released the said Prisoners.
She further declared that she was married to the said Samuel Pettibone, at Northampton in the State of Massachusetts, where she then resided, by the Rev. John Hooker of said town on the 10th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight. That she removed with him during the same month, to said Lanesborough. That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Pettibone died on the 11th day of August 1823. That she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will appear more fully by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further declared & says that she knows of no documentary evidence to prove the services of her said husband, or to support her said claim therefor.
Sworn to & subscribed on this day & year above written before me
Marlin C. Deming
Judge of Probate Court
We the undersigned, Rhoda Pettibone aged 80 years, & John S. Pettibone aged 50 years, both Residents of Manchester aforesaid, & the children of Samuel Pettibone late of said Manchester deceased, & the above named Rhoda Pettibone, do testify & depose & say, that our said Hon. Father, agreeably to our best present recollection, died on the 11th day of August 1823. That ever since that time, our said Hon. Mother Rhoda Pettibone has remained single & unmarried, & still remains his surviving Widow. Her age as uniformly understood by us, is 89 years since last December. That in the life time of our late Hon. Father, we have frequently heard him relate & recount his services & trials during the revolutionary war. Upon what he has told us, we confidently believe, that the whole of his said services amounted in the aggregate to more than 100 years, & that he served at such at that time at least in the character, grade & station of a sergeant.
Rhoda Pettibone John S. Pettibone
Bernington County Manchester Probate District ss. March 20 th 1837. Then personally appeared in open Court, the above named Rhoda Pettibone & John S. Pettibone, & made known to me that the facts by them stated in the Affidavit by them above submitted are true according to their best knowledge information & belief. And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Rhoda Pettibone & John S. Pettibone are both Residents of the town of Manchester in said County of Bernington, & that they are both credible & respectable Witnesses. That the in statement is entitled to full credit. Certified by Marlin C. Deming Judge of the Probate Court
I, Harrison Garfield Register of the Probate Court within & for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bernington & State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rhoda Pettibone for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, & affixed the Seal of the said Probate Court at Manchester this 20 th day of March A.D. 1837. & of the independence of the United States, the sixty first.
W. Garfield Register

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18741
Abata Pettibone
Widow of
Samuel Pettibone
Dec. 18th 1843
Act: July 1 st 86
Index:—Vol. M , Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Suspended
See let. to S. Swift
June 12 th 1837. do to
Da Hall, July 18. 1837
let. to S. Swift, July 28, 1838.
do - do - 23 rd Nov. '38
do do 2 nd Nov. 1841
Act 4 July 1836
Rhoda Pettibone 1702 Vt.
Let to S. Swift Nov. 20. 1841
Act 4 July 1836

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 13 th 1841.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Samuel Pettibone is borne on a Return of Captain Samuel Sloan's Company as a Private from Amesboro. The Return is not dated, but supposed to be one of the "October Returns" of the eight Months Service in 1775, as it was found filed with them. The Name also appears on an order to the Committee of Clothing for Money due to Capt. Sloan's Company, in Colonel Patterson's Regiment which was paid Dec r 22 d , 1775.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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Rhoda Pittbone Pittbone
Mid of Samuel
Ad July 11 1836.
M. 1769 d. 1873 indus t
Allan 9 m 14 days. fr
Coop Store, Co. Col
Patterson Ref. Mass Militia
$31.55 per from March 11
1839. to 24 June 1841.
Confined to
Lucy Barney
Elseda Mead
Mehitabel Pittbone
Anna Pittbone
M c S. Pittbone
Children of said du o .
J. Swift Esq Manchester V c .

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Rhoda Pittibone  Pittibone Mid of Samuel As At July 11 1836. M. 1769 d. 1823 indut Allaw 9 m 14 days. fr Capt Sloane, 6 o . Col Patterson, Ref. Mass Militia $31.55 per from Mar 4 1839. to 24 June 1841. Culfeat to Lucy Parrey Eleda Mead Mehulab Pittibone Anna Pittibone Miss Pittibone children of said du o 
S. S. S. Esq Manchester V o 

1 Swift
John S. Pettibone Esq. Manchester N.H.

Treasury's Office Aug. 11. 1838 — Windsor
Dear Sir
I have inspected all the Rolls for Revolutionary services which are known to exist in this Office & find Saml. Pittibone allowed for four terms of service as follows —
  In  Cap n  Tho. Bulls C o  Mar.  1780  22  days     "  "  "  Oct r  "  11  "     "  "  "  "  1781  9  "     "  "  Silas Goodrich  May  1782  2  "  44  
It is possible that I may have overlooked Mr. Pittibone's name I just noticed it in every case where it is recorded — I shall probably before long be under the necessity of again inspecting the Rolls & should I discover any further evidence of Mr. P's services I will inform you of it
Very Respectfully Yrs. Ob t Serv t
A. Wardour Treas r
Jn. S. Pittibone Esq. Manchester

ledge of the family, by a Gentleman of great respectability, (Judge David Fay) who is now since deceased, & who was himself in Bennington Battle, was well acquainted with Mr. Pettibone, & also (the reputation at least, of) his services, during the revolutionary war.
I send you also two Affidavits of Mrs. Barmy a daughter of Mr. P. both lately taken, & are not materially different, as I believe, - The first was sent for by the mail, but as it was not authenticated by the certificate & seal of the Clerk of that County, the other was also sent for, & taken -
I perceive by the reply to the first application, that it is requisite in all cases that in all cases the Company & Regt. in which the service has been performed, should be stated - This in many instances of militia service, especially when performed as was usual in Vermont, will be found to be very difficult for the Widows to ascertain with accuracy; but in this case (if not sufficiently proved in every instance, as the lives it is,) the names of the Officers are shown by both the witnesses in the first campaign in 1775. - & in the year 1777. if I rightly recollect, the testimony of Eli Pettibone heretofore forwarded with the Deat h , he proved a 3 M o . term of duty, with the names of the Officers & the Company, at least, in which he served after his removal to Vermont, is also proved.
I ought to have mentioned above, that in the obituary notice as published, agreeably to my information, there was a mistake of ten years in the age of Mr. P. as there stated. That it ought to have been 82 instead of 72. as there stated.
Trusting & believing that such a construction will be given to the Pension law, & to the Rules & Regulations established to carry it into effect that base , as will do justice to the claimants under it, I submit this case without further suggestions - I have the honor to be, Hon ble Sir,
Very respectfully, Yours & S. Swift

Manchester March 29 th 1838.
Hon. S. D. Edwards,
Hon. Sir, I herewith enclose to you some additional testimony to support the claim of Mrs. Rhoda Pettibone for a Pension, the application for which, was some time since presented. - It will be perceived that one of the enclosed Affidavits was taken several months since - The reason why that was not before this time forwarded, & the whole business delayed until now, is, that there was strong hope & expectation of finding a man alive, who was more intimately acquainted with the services of Mr. Pettibone during the revolution: any war - but it is now ascertained that he, as well as the most of that generation, have passed away - It is very probable that other testimony of nearly similar character of that which is herewith transmitted might be obtained, but I presume that this, so far as it goes, will be sufficiently satisfactory, & that although it does not show the precise time of his services, it does show enough to satisfy conclusively, that he served in the whole, & in the capacity of Sargeant, less make out at least two years during the war - It will doubtless be borne in mind that these services were militia services, & many of them in the Vermont line, & that in most if not all instances in which he returned out, it was for indefinite & uncertain periods of service. & that in such service frequently companies were organized & officers appointed after receiving the pay of a portion of the service. That if in any of these instances it were required to prove the precise & definite period of service, the officers under whom serving it would be impossible after this lapse of time, to make out a claim, or obtain any compensation therefor - To confirm the statements in the Affidavits, & to give further satisfaction that they were not fabricated at this time for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, I forward a certified copy of an obituary notice of him, which was published soon after his death, & I am told & believe, that it was neither inserted entirely without the solicitation or know-

ledge of the family, by a Gentleman of great respectability, (Judge David Pay) who is now since deceased, & who was himself in Bennington Battl. was well acquainted with Mr. Pettibone, & also (the reputation at least, of) his services, during the revolutionary war.
I send you also two Affidavits of Mrs. Denny a daughter of Mr. P. both lately taken, & are not materially different, as I believe, - The first was sent for by the mail, but as it was not authenticated by the certificate & seal of the Clerk of that County, the other was also sent for, & taken -
I perceive by the reply to the first application, that it is requisite in all cases that in all cases the Company & Regt. in which the service has been performed, should be stated - This in many instances of militia service, especially when performed as was usual in Vermont, will be found to be very difficult for the Widows to ascertain with accuracy; but in this case (if not sufficiently proved in every instance, as I be- lieve it is,) the names of the Officers are shown by both the witnesses in the first campaign in 1775. - & in the year 1777. if I rightly recollect, the testimony of Col. Pettibone heretofore forwarded with the Deat h to prove a 3 M o . term of duty, with the names of the Officers & the Company, at least, in which he served after his removal to Vermont, is also proved -
I ought to have mentioned above, that in the obituary notice as published, agreeably to my information, there was a mistake of ten years in the age of Mr. P. as then stated - That it ought to have been 82 instead of 72. as there stated.
Trusting & believing that such a construction will be given to the Widows Pension law, & to the Rules & regulations established to carry it into effect that law , as will do justice to the claimants under it, I submit this case without further suggestions - I have the honor to be, Hon d Sir,
Very respectfully, Yours &c S. Swift.

I Eli' Pettibone a Resident of Manchester in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont aged Eightyone years do testify depose and say that in the Spring of 1777 I was in the service of the United States stationed in Manchester County of Bennington State of Vermont and was under the Command of Colonel Seth Warner and was well knowing that Samuel Pettibone late of Manchester now deceased was out at the same time belonging to the Company Commanded by Capt. Buel or Brown under the same principal command we were on a three months tour of duty which was a Militia tour
Eli Pettibone
State of Vermont } Manchester March 18 th 1837 Then Bennington County } personally appeared the above named Eli Pettibone and made solemn oath that the facts stated and set forth in the above Affidavit by himself subscribed are true according to his best knowledge and belief. And I do hereby further testify that the said Eli Pettibone is to me well known and that he is a man of respectability and a credible Witness and of unimpeachable veracity. Certified by me David Dyer Justice of the Peace.
State of Vermont - I Henry Robinson Clerk of Bennington County Court, hereby certify that David Dyer Esq whose signature appears above is a Justice of the Peace in for the County of Bennington duly qualified by Law & that his above signature I believe to be genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of Our said Court, at Bennington this 29 th day of March A.D. 1837. & Of the Independence of the U.S. the sixty first - Henry Robinson

Lury Barney of Underhill in Chittenden County and State of Vermont aged 69 years do desire and say that I am the daughter of Samuel Pettibone late of Manchester Vermont in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont now deceased
That in the Spring of the year A.D. 1775 My Father Samuel Pettibone Immediately after the Battle between the British troops and Mili- tia of Massachusetts at Lexington turned out as a volunteer with the Militia went to or near Boston and joined the Conti- nental Troops in that vicinity as Policemen under the command of Capt Barnes and Remained there with the troops untill the Beginning of winter some months or a few days more
In the Spring of the year 1776 he again turned out as before and went in the Conti- nental Troops again joined the Continent- al Troops and Remained there in Service about seven months
In the Spring of the year 1777 he again turned out as before joined the Continent- al Troops at Mount Independence and Lincusburg on Lake Champlain where the place was designated and went to Bennington where the Continental troops was there in the Battle commonly called Bennington Battle Remained in Service till after the Surren- der of Burgoyne returned home again then he was all this time was all this time with the Massachusetts Troops, to what Company or Regiment I do not now recollect except as I have stated in the first instance that he served as a Sergeant Major all the time

after he removed to Vermont he served under Capt Barney and I recollect that My Father turned out every year during the war with Great Britain and was absent in the Continent Service from one to three Months every year cannot say which year he was Rutland, Windsor or Castleton, but know he was at all those places at different times I well remember he one time out with Major Ormsby and Capt Barney in Manchester Vermont engaged one I hope a mounted officer from base who they took him with his party from 10 to 20 and I heard my Father spent about two weeks in  the and taking them to Northampton Gael and are other time he was remembered out with Capt Barney after a party of British and Tories who had taken some prisoners from they had them near Manchester they of woods through Manchester and Mil- ford and Capt and which he was there and where the prisoners and some of the party was gone from 8 to 10 days cannot say exactly In the fall of the year 1814 My Father was in service to the north at one of the places I have mentioned he had been in

all most all the summer and did not return until late in the fall then in that place where generally and I and my sister held our Mother to hand up the box while our Father was in the land towards Service
Lucy Barney
State of Vermont } at Underhill on the 14 th Chittenden ss } March A.D. 1838 the above named Lucy Barney personally came and and and being duly cautioned Made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed contains the truth and no thing but the truth according to her best knowledge and belief
William Barney Just his place and I further certify the above named Lucy Barney is a person with whom I am well acquainted and she is considered a person of Truth and veracity
William Barney Just his place
State of Vermont Chittenden County ss }
I William Noble Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that William Barney before whom at the time when the foregoing deposition of Lucy Barney was taken was a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Chittenden duly qualified acting under the Authority of this State, that his name then to subscribed is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Burlington in said County this 16 th day of March A.D. 1838. William Noble.
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I Amos Pettibone a Resident of the Town of Sansborough in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts, aged seventy six years, do testify de- fore say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Pettibone late of Man- chester in the State of Vermont deceased (the husband of Rhoda Pettibone now living at said Manchester as I understand) during the revolutionary War, that at that time he resided during the three or four first years of said War at said Sansborough & within about one mile from where I then lived - & altho' at that time I was not with him, nor had any personal knowledge of his service except from his absence from home, the general information had thereof, being then young, & when engaged in service, in a different Corps & on different tours of duty, yet I did then understand & fully believe from the information I possessed that the said Samuel Pettibone was engaged in the military service of the United States, during the season of such service, at least six months in every year from the commence- ment of said war until the time of his removal from said Sansborough to said Manchester, which I believe was in the Spring of the year 1779. & that during said period of service, he held the rank of a Sargeant, & that for a part if not the whole of said time, he served in the Company of Capt. Joseph Barnes, & I also think in the Regiment commanded by S t Col. Miles Powell. Amos Pettibone
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State of Massachusetts, Sansborough August 10 th 1837. Then personally appeared the above named Amos Pettibone & made solemn Oath before me that the facts stated by him in the foregoing Affida- vit by him subscribed are true according to his best knowledge & belief - And I do further certify that the said Amos Pettibone is a respectable & credible Person. Attest Richard Whitney Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County do certify that Richard Whitney Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is a justice of the peace within & for said County & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August 1837 Charles Sedgwick Clerk