Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 998, Seth Bond, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bond, Seth Amy
NUMBER
R. 998.
CONTENTS

1. 21036
Seth Bond
C. V. G.
Act 18 March 1875

Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the act of the 18 th of March 1818 -
State of New York } County of S t Lawrence } ss.
On the 5 th day of November 1829 before me Chauncey Pettibone a Judge of the County Courts of the County of S t Lawrence in the state of New York personally appeared Seth Bond resident in said County aged seventy one years by occupation a farmer who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820
That the said Seth Bond on or about the 18 th day of March 1775 in the state of Vermont, enlisted for the term of nine months in the company commanded by Captain Stanton in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Seth Warner in the line of the state of Vermont on the Continental Establishment. That he continued to serve in said Corps until the expiration of the term for which he had enlisted, when he was regularly discharged from the service in the state of New York - That he afterwards in the year 1776 enlisted for the term of eighteen months he thinks in the company commanded by Captain Ford in the Battalion commanded by Major Rowley of Richmond in Massachusetts, in the Massachusetts Regiment in the service of the United States, commanded by Colonel John Brown, from whom he received the Sergeants Warrant accompanying this declaration.
After the expiration of the said term of eighteen months he received a regular and honorable discharge from Service -
That in the year 1778 he enlisted again for the term of nine months in the service of the United States, he does not recollect in what company or regiment, but was under the immediate command of Lieutenant Hall. Before the said last term of nine months expired he received a discharge, but stood as a minute man until the expiration of the said term - That after the expiration of the last term of nine months, he enlisted again for the term of three years - That he went to Senex in Massachusetts to be mustered - That he does not recollect the company or

Regiment in which he was Mustered, but it was in the line of Massachusetts in the service of the United States, That the Corps to which he was attached did not go into actual service as the War terminated soon after its enlistment, when it was disbanded and he regularly discharged - That his memory is so impaired by age and infirmity that he cannot recollect distinctly all the different Corps in which, nor the names of all the officers under whom he served, nor has he any papers by which he can aid his recollection having lost all his papers except the Sergeant's Warrant herein above mentioned and which accompanies this Declaration - He was in the army under General Gates, but was transferred from Company to Company as occasion and the service required - He was at the Battle of Hubbleton, Fort Ann, Fort Edward, Schoharie, at the Middle Fort in Schoharie, on Bemus' Heights where he was wounded in the head and where he had a brother killed by his side, at Saratoga where he was again wounded - That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present -
That his name is not on the Roll of any state except Vermont and Massachusetts - That the reasons of his not making earlier application for the Pension are that in 1818 he possessed a little property, viz - One pair horses worth one hundred dollars, one Yoke of Oxen worth fifty Dollars three Cows worth forty Dollars, ten Sheep worth ten dollars, and sundry articles of Household Furniture worth one hundred dollars - That he has hoped this little property, inconsiderable as it was, would still be sufficient, with his own exertions and with economy, to provide for the support of himself and his wife during the short remainder of their lives, and that he might therefore be spared the necessity of making this application, which he has been willing to avoid: But his continued feeble health from which he has suffered for the last eighteen years, together with the increasing infirmities of age have prevented his doing much by his labour for the support of himself and his wife and in the meantime in order to provide for that support, he has been compelled to part with article after article of his

little property above mentioned until he now finds himself reduced to a single bed and the wearing apparel of himself and his wife - And having no other property whatever and no means of providing for the support of himself and his wife, he at length finds himself compelled to do what he would most gladly have avoided - Make this application - And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1820 He the said Seth Bond doth solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with the intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress - entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and he has not, nor has any other person in trust for him any property, except the bed and wearing apparel herein above mentioned, or securities, contracts, or debts due to him, nor has he any income whatever, that since the said 18 th day of March 1818, no other changes in his property have taken place than those herein above mentioned, and those for the purposes only herein above stated. That his family at present consists only of himself and his wife Amy Eastman Bond aged sixty three years - that he has had eleven children has lost one of them and has now ten living - that they are all except, except one, married and have families to provide for with moderate means, they are therefore unable to provide for the maintenance and support of him and his wife - He therefore looks to his country for that aid which the Laws have provided for those who served her with zeal and fidelity during the war of her Independence
Seth Bond
Sworn to and declared on the 5 th day of Nov. 1829
before Chj. Pettibone One of the judges of the county courts for the County of St Lawrence
The said Seth Bond being duly sworn doth upon his oath further say that by reason of his feeble health, great age, bodily infirmities and want of pecuniary means he is unable to appear personally in court
Seth Bond
Sworn to and declared this 5 th day of Nov. 1829 before Chj. Pettibone Judge of the county courts of the county of St Lawrence

I Chauncy Pettibone Judge of the County Courts for the County of St Lawrence where Seth Bond the above declarant resides, do hereby certify that the above named Seth Bond (from feeble health with which I am credibly informed and believe he has been afflicted) for the last eighteen years as well as from the infirmities of age and want of pecuniary means, is unable to attend personally the Court of which I am a Judge and I do not think from present appearances that he will be able personally to attend the said Court at its next Session. I have therefore in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1 st of March 1823, at my own usual place of abode, administered to him the said Seth Bond the foregoing oaths, and it hath appeared to my satisfaction, that the facts set forth therein, and in the foregoing declaration and schedule are true and that the whole amount in value of the property exhibited in the said schedule is three hundred Dollars - Cha. Pettibone Judge of the County Courts for the County of St Lawrence.
I James G. Hopkins Clerk of the County Courts for the County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that Chauncy Pettibone before whom the foregoing Declaration & Affidavit of Seth Bond were made is a Judge as aforesaid That the said Declaration Schedule & Oaths have been admitted to the record of said Court and that the same are truly copied therefrom. And that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is three hundred Dollars. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Courts at Oswegatchie this tenth day of November 1829 J. G. Hopkins Clerk.

Orange Bond's affix.
in the case of sting Bond

State of New York
County of Clinton p. Orange Bond of Beckman - town in said County being duly sworn says that he is a son of Seth Bond deceased, who was the husband of Mary Eastman, now the widow of said Seth Bond, and Deponent was born in Rupert Vermont on the seventh day of April seventeen hundred and ninety one, and is now fifty six years of age as he has always been informed and very believes, Deponent has one Brother Jonathan Eastman Bond, & a sister Electa wife of Abraham Delong, older than Deponent. Deponent very believes that his father married with the said Mary, mother of Deponent, was solemnized at Rupert Vermont by Reuben Harrison Deacon, on the 4 th day of October seventeen hundred and eighty four. Deponent also believes that there is no record of said marriage in existence. The father of Deponent once resided in Bristol Vermont, owned a farm there, & conveyed it to Oliver Drake. Whether the mother of Deponent joined said husband in the conveyance he cannot state.
Sworn subscribed to before, S. (Orange "written as an erasure") on this 29 th day of May 1847 and I certify that Deponent is a credible person.
Orange Bond
George Moore
Justin Dean

STATE OF NEW YORK, CLINTON COUNTY. ss. }
I, W. R. Jones Leapt CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF CLINTON, do hereby certify that George Moore Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Parties of the Years in and for the County of Clinton, dwelling in the said County, Commissioned and Sworn, and duly author- ized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, the 11 th day of June 1847
W. R. Jones Leapt Clerk.

State of New York County of Clinton p. On this Twenty ninth day of May 1846. before the Hon William Needing first Judge of the County Court in and for said County personally appeared Amy Bond a resident of Beekmantown in said County aged Seventy Nine & 1/2 years who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and the other acts of Congress. That she is the Widow of Seth Bond who was a Private & Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, entered the army at Stockbridge Massachusetts, and served as she has been informed by him and believes, more than two years at different periods of the war as a private in the Massachusetts, Vermont, & New York Troops. except seven months during which time he served as a Sergeant. She has heard him speak of Lieutenants Hull, & Slocum. Captains Stevens, Ford, Stanton, Sergeant, & Tucker, & Col. Brown Warner and Gerish. and she believes he served under them, or some of them, at different periods of the war, but is unable to state the length of his service under said officers, respectively. He used to say that he was transferred from one Company to another, and was in the Battle of Saratoga, and at the Surrender of Genl Burgoyne. In 1829. and again in 1833. he applied for a pension, but his memory on both occasions did not enable him to give a satisfactory statement of his services, and his claim to a pension was therefore rejected. Deponent is confident from what she has heard him relate previous to the time when his mind became impaired, that he did serve as above stated and she thinks it probable that a part of his services were in the New York militia.

She further declares that her maiden name was Amy Eastman, and she was married to the said Seth Bond at Rupert Vermont by Reuben Harmon Esq. on the 4th day of October seventeen hundred and eighty four and that her husband the aforesaid Seth Bond died on the twentieth day of July eighteen hundred and forty five. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four - viz at the time above stated. - Amy her Bond
I swear and subscribe to the day and year first above written and I certify that Deponent is a credible person and unable by reason of bodily infirmity old age, debility to attend the County Court which sits more than six miles distant from her residence where this declaration was taken. William Heddington. First Judge of Chautauqua County etc.
I certify that deponent made her mark for the reason that she could not write on account of old age and bodily infirmity.
William Heddington Esq. of the State of New York County of Chautauqua do hereby certify that William Heddington before whom the foregoing declaration of Mrs. Amy Bond was taken and sworn on the 28th day of May 1846 was at said time first Judge of the County Courts in and for said County and his signature, above written are genuine. I being acquainted with his handwriting, attests my hand and official seal this twenty eighth day of June eighteen hundred and forty six.
Charles H. Jones Clerk of Chautauqua. Yrs W. R. Jones Dept. Atty.
No 13.390 - July 28/47
Amy Bond act Feb 7. 1835.

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28.150
Seth Bond
Rev Soldier.
Pension decln. & affidavits
States
12 mos. & 17 days as a Private 7 " as a Sgt.
19 months & 17 days in all.
addres: J. Douglas Woodward Plattsburg. N.Y.

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of New York
County of Clinton Co. On this 16 th day of July 1833
Personally appeared before William F. Haile Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County the said Court being a Court of record. Seth Bond a resident of Beekman town in said County aged seventy five 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 Con- gress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated
Dutchess County I was born at Dover, N. Y. March 18. 1758. I have no record of my age, there was one in my Bible which was burnt at my Father's house in 1776. I resided at Stockbridge Mass and enlisted at that place as a volunteer into Capt Hew- ins (I think his name was Hewins) Company Col. Brown's Mass Regt of State Troops in the months of April or May 1776. as a private for nine months. Peter Hull was our Lieut. I marched from Stockbridge through New Canaan to Kinderhook N.Y. from thence to Albany where we joined Genl. Schuyler's Brigade and remained some time & then marched to Saratoga N.Y. & Bemus' Heights. from thence to Fort Edward N.Y. from thence to Fort Ann N.Y. & was stationed there awhile and then re- treated to Fort Edward & then I was ordered with about fifty others to Mount Independence under officers whose names I don't recollect - after serv- ing awhile at Mount Independence I returned to Fort Edward & then our Company marched to Albany N.Y. there I was discharged in the month of February 1777 having served my time fully out - I had a written discharge & an honorable one signed by Col.

2 mo. Private
7 mo. Sgt.
3 mo. Private
Brown which is lost or destroyed. Five others were discharged at the same time with me. I received a Sergeant's Warrant at Bernis Heights, signed by Col. Brown & I served as second Sergeant in said Company & Regiment seven months as a Private two months I then retired to Kinderhook, N.Y. and I again enlisted at that place under Ebenezer Slosson a Lieutenant for three months as a volunteer Private about the first of March 1777. I marched from thence to Albany, thence to Schoharie and there joined Capt. Ford's Company Col. Brown's Regt of Massachusetts State Troops. We remained at Schoharie and scouting about there until my time was out and then I was discharged at that place in the first  month of June I think in 1777 most of our whole Company was discharged with me. I had an honorable discharge signed by Col. Brown. Which discharge is also lost or destroyed. Then I returned to Stockbridge Mass & staid there one night only and an express came calling out the militia and I enlisted at that place in the month of June 1777 as a volunteer private under Lieut. Peter Hull. - He acted as Captain. - Col. Brown's Massachusetts Regt for six months - Marched from thence through New Canaan Kinderhook & Albany to Schenectady N.Y. and remained there about two months & then marched to Schoharie, N.Y. and remained there until we were driven off by the Tories & Indians then we followed them to Bernis Heights & after Col. Brown was killed we pursued them to German Flats, where we quit them & then returned to Bernis Heights & then marched to Saratoga & joined Gen. Schuyler's Brigade & we staid there until after Gen. Burgoyne surrendered. I was in the Battle of Saratoga and at the taking of Burgoyne. - I was wounded in the hand by a British or Tory Bayonet & a ball passed through my hat - I was dismissed at Saratoga in October 1777 having served my time out except two

5 1/2 m. private walks -  2 m. 14  19. m. 17 days.
I had no written discharge - one whole Company was discharged with me, & I returned home to Stockbridge Mf & the six months for which I enlisted Expired two days after my return home - I remained at home about four days when I again enlisted in October  November 1777 as a volunteer private into Capt. Sergeants Company of Massachusetts Militia dont recollect Cols Name. We marched through New Canaan, Fishkill, Albany, Fort Stanwix & after serving in said company two months & four days I was dismissed at Fort Stanwix N.Y. in December  January 1778. but had no written discharge - I then returned home - I actually served during the Revolutionary War in Capt. Hewins Company Col. Browns Regt. of Mass State Troops as a private two months & as a Sergeant in said company seven months as a private in Capt. Ford's Company Col. Browns Mass Regt. of State Troops three months as a private in Capt. Peter Hulls Company Col. Browns Mass Regt. for six months as a private in Capt. Sergeants Company Mass Militia two months & four days - Making in all 19 months & 17 days. After my return to Stockbridge I remained there till the year 1782 when I removed to Manchester, till 1787 & then moved to Rupert Vt. & married there & resided there till 1791, when I moved to Westfield now Hartford N.Y. & resided there till 1793, & then moved to Bristol Vt. & resided there till 1800 when I moved to Durham - town N.Y. where I have ever since resided & where I now reside (except that during six years of the time from 1800, I resided in the town of Lawrence, County of St. Lawrence N.Y. The names of persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood and who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution are Isaac Smith, Allen Smith, Isaac Allen, Isaac Dilony, Jonathan Scribner, Abraham Scribner, Philip B. Roberts, Congdon Douglass, John Howe, Reuben Smith, John Smith, Francis Calver, Ebenezer Allen & others. I have

no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. I have been confined to the house by sickness most of the time since the passage of the act of Congress of June 7. 1832 & unable to attend Court this is the reason why I have not made application before I am now unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend Court being severely afflicted with rheumatism, very weak lungs and short breath. About four years ago in Pennsylvania made out some papers for me and sent them to the War department together with my Discharge Warrant I refer to those papers to correct any errors which may be found in this declaration I do not pretend to accuracy as to dates but I did serve the length of time I have stated besides I performed other services which I am not now able to set forth. I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn and Subscribed to this 16 th day of July 1833 and I Certify that the Deponent is a Credible person & that it satisfactorily appears to me that he has been sick & unable to attend Court for the last year in consequence of his being severely afflicted with Rheumatism, weak lungs & shortness of breath, and that he is still unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend Court and is still afflicted with Rheumatism, shortness of breath & weak lungs, and I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states — W m . F. Haile
Judge of Chancery Common Pleas
And I the said Judge do further Certify that it appears to me that Samuel M c Story who

no documentary evidence and know of no Person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my Service. I have been confined to the house by sickness most of the time since the passage of the act of Congress of June 7. 1832 & unable to attend Court this is the reason why I have not made application before I am now unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend Court being severely afflicted with rheumatism very weak lungs and short breath. About four years ago in December I made out some papers for me and sent them to the War department together with my Sergeants Warrant I refer to those papers to correct any errors which may be found in this declaration I do not pretend to accuracy as to dates but I did serve the length of time I have stated besides I performed other services which I am not now able to set forth. I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn and Subscribed to this 16 th day of July 1833 and I Certify that the Deponent is a Credible person & that it satisfactorily appears to me that he has been sick & unable to attend Court for the last year in consequence of his being severely afflicted with Rheumatism weak lungs & shortness of breath, and that he is still unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend Court and is still afflicted with Rheumatism shortness of breath & weak lungs, and I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states — Wm. F. Haile
Judge of Chilton Common Pleas
And I the said Judge do further Certify that it appears to me that Samuel M. Story who

has signed the preceding certificate (which Certificate and warrant for Benjamin J Simonds Esq. Justice of the Peace on the fifteenth day of July instant is hereto annexed) is a Clergyman resident in the town of Beekmantown in the County of Clinton and that Isaac DeLong who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit - July 16 th 1833 - Wm F. Haile Judge of Clinton Common Pleas.
State of New York County of Clinton ss I Nathan Taylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seth Bond for a Pension and I further certify that William F Haile before whom the foregoing declaration of Seth Bond was taken & sworn on the sixteenth day of July 1833 & before whom the annexed affi- davit of Abraham DeLong was taken and sworn on said day, was at the said time a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and that the signature of the said Judge to the jurat of said affidavit & to the two Certificates which follow said Declaration are the genuine handwriting of said Judge I being well acquainted with it, and I further certify that Benjamin J Simonds Esq before whom the annexed affidavit of Samuel M. Story & Isaac DeLong were taken and sworn on the fifteenth day of July 1833 was at the said time a Jus- tice of the Peace in & for the said County residing in Beekman- town in said County and that the signature of said Justice to the jurat of said affidavit is the genuine handwri- ting of the said Justice, I being well acquainted with it - In Witness whereof I have attached these papers together by piece of red tape sealing under my official Seal which is also hereto affixed this 17 th day of July 1833. Judge William F Haile interlined - Nathan Taylor Clerk of Clinton Common Pleas.

Seth Bond additional evidence

State of New York
County of Franklin. Chloe Allen a resident of Malone in said County aged Sixty four years and upwards being duly sworn says that she is a sister of Seth Bond now a resident of Clinton County New York, and resided at Stockbridge Massachusetts from the commencement to the close of the revolutionary war, and that during that time her said Brother went from home on several tours of service, and Deponent recollects hearing of the names of Capt. Heman Col Brown Lieut. Peter Hull & Capt. Hull Lieut. Shopson & others & that said Seth Bond served under them. During one year that said Bond went into the service, Deponent's sister Ann was sick, & died in June, & Deponent recollects that said Bond left home in the Spring of that year, and returned in the fall or autumn, when he staid a few days and then went again into the service. Deponent recollects hearing at the time that said Bond was at the Battle of Saratoga. Deponent is clear that said Seth Bond served during the revolution more than eighteen months of actual service, & Deponent's knowledge of said Bond's service is derived from her recollection of his absence from home, & his service being the subject of conversation in the family at the time, and since, from Deponent's seeing him in uniform as a Soldier when on visits to his family. — Deponent understood at the time that her said Brother served as a Sergeant, but how long he served in that capacity she does not recollect. She believes he was a Sergeant as much as six months. —
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 24th. day of June 1885 and I certify that Deponent is a credible person &c. & true.
{ Chloe Allen }
Henry Horton
Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Franklin The Subscriber Clerk of the County of Franklin Certify that Henry B Smith before whom the an- nexed affidavit of Nathan Beman was taken & sworn on the third day of June 1835 was at the time a justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signature to the jurat of said affidavit is genuine, that Ezra Stiles before whom the annexed affidavit of Reuben Allen was taken & sworn on the 22 d day of June 1835, was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signature to the jurat of said affidavit is genuine, that Harry Horton before whom the annexed affidavit of Chloe Allen was taken and sworn on the 24 th day of June 1835 was at the time a justice of the peace in & for said County & that his signature to the jurat of said affidavit is genuine. In witness whereof I have fastened these Papers together by a piece of red tape which passes under my official seal which is hereto annexed at Malone in said County this 4 th day of July 1835.
W. L. McRae Clerk

copy Declaration of Mrs Amy Bond wdow of Seth Bond.
2223

Declaration under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York County of Clinton p. On this twenty eighth day of May 1846 before the Hon William Hedding first judge of the County Court in & for said County personally appeared Amy Bond a resident of Beekman in said County aged seventy nine 1/2 years who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to Captain widows" and the other acts of Congress. That she is the widow of Seth Bond who was a private & sergeant in the army of the Revolution, entered the army at Stockbridge Massachusetts and served as she has been informed and by him and believes more than two years at different periods of the war as a private in the Massachusetts Vermont & New York Troops. Except seven months during which time he served as a sergeant. She has heard him speak of Lieutenants Hull & Slosson, Captains Nevins, Ford, Stanton, Sergeant & Tucker Hols. Brown, Warner & Gervish and she believes he served under them or some of them at different periods of the war but is unable to state the length of his service under said officers respectively. He used to say that he was transferred from one company to another and was in the battle of Saratoga and at the surrender of Genl Burgoyne.
In 1829, and again in 1833 he applied for a pension, but his memory on both occasions did not enable him to give a satisfactory statement of his services, and his claim to a pension was therefore rejected.
Deponent is confident from what she has heard him relate previous to the time when his mind became impaired that he did serve as above stated, and she thinks it probable that a part of his services were in the New York militia.
She further declares that her maiden name was Amy Eastman and she was married to the said Seth Bond at Rupert Vermont by Reuben Harmon Esq on the 4th day of October 1784, and that her husband the aforesaid Seth Bond died on the twentieth day of July eighteen hundred forty five. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, as at the time above stated.
Sworn subscribed to the day & year first above written Amy X Bond and I certify that Deponent is a credible person and unable by reason of bodily infirmity, old age and debility to attend the County Court which sits more than six miles distant from her residence where this declaration was taken (Signed) William Hedding first judge of Clinton Co Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
July 24 1846
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 Seth Wood is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Aaron Rowley's Company, in Col John Brown's Reg't, from the County of Berkshire, for Service at Riencideroga, as a private from June 30 to July 26 1777. 27 days. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Andrew Lusk's Company, in Col John Brown's Reg't, as a private from September 22 to October 13 1777. 23 days. Said roll was sworn to in the County of Berkshire April 11 1778. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt William Tucker's Company, in Col Jacob Herrick's Reg't, as a private from July 10 1778 to January 1 1779, including allowance of 1 day to return home, 5 Months and 23 days. Upon a Pay roll of
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For 3. 6

Capt William Ford's Company, in Col John Brown's Reg t , as a private from July 21 st October 2 nd 1850, 3 Months, and 6 days. — The rolls of Officers Haffen and Stanton, and not upon rolls of Officers Varns, Sergeant and Hull. The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name shown by the Military Records in this Office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Bassett, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
BOND, SETH

own Col. of the Massachusetts Regiment in the United States.
Bond.
The Authority vested in me by the United States in council I do by these presents constitute and appoint sergeant in the Regiment under my command to from the 8 th of June 1778. you are to observe and do and directions as you shall from time to time receive from me or other of my superior officers, and diligently execute the duties of a sergeant, for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given under my hand at the head quarters at Saratoga this 21 day of June 1778 Registered in the books of the Regiment John Brown
BOND, SETH

_____ Ex'r.
INVALID.
REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
998
P. O. _____
Mrs. Bond
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

21.036
Seth Bonds Act March 18, 1818
New York
Rejected. See letter to L. Bradish, Moira N.Y. Nov. 30, 1829.
13390 Amy Bond M. D.
let to J. D. Woodward
July 6 47
the Ohio B. Prods 15 th Sept r 1849
B Gilman Jry 26 1853
act 7 July 1838
Town 15 Nov. 33 14 May 34 R Whallon 9 th Dec 34 23 June J. Woodward 24 July 35 " 29 March
998

Sith. Bands

Lawrence 6 th July 1829
On the 18. March In the year 1775 I Enlisted in the United States Service for the term of 9 months under Colonel Seth Warner in Capt. Stanton's company, according to my best knowledge, again in the year 1776 I Enlisted in the United States Service for the term of 18. months When in Capt. Lord's Co., Col. Warner's Regt. Rawley of Rich. & Mass. I was in General Gates army & was shifted from one company to another as occasion called and the officers of the company to which I was attached. I do not recollect their names I was in the actions of the taking of Basington after the 18 months expired I got an honorable discharge. And In the fall of 1778 I Enlisted in - Co. - Col. - for 9 months longer. If I recollect I was under the command of Lieut Hull, but before the 9 months expired I got a discharge, but stood as a minuteman until the the expiration of the 9 months, my papers are all lost except a sergeant warrant Seth Bond

Seth Bond
Plattsmouth Neb.
J. Douglas Woodward Esq. [Signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb y 18 th 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 Seth Bond, as a private, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. William Wood's Company, in Col. John Brown's Regt. where he is allowed from July 21 st to October 27 th 1780. three months and six days. —————
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Seth Bond claims for services under Capt. Hewins, in 1776, under Lt. Commandant Peter Hull in 1777, also under Capt. Sargeant, in 1777. But the rolls which he describes are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs Esq
When was this pay roll

Sir, The Certificate for Seth Bond would have been sent much sooner, but we delayed sending it in hopes of finding more evidence. The rolls are very imperfect and it requires much time and patience to examine them thoroughly. You have not waited so long, as many others have for their Certificates. Our fee is two dollars for each Applicant we search for, which amount please send by return of Mail. Yours Respectfully, E. Leavitt Homer Henry White

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 12 th 1834.
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 Seth Bond, as a private, is borne on a pay-roll of Capt. William Tucker's company, in Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt. where he is allowed from July 10 th 1778, to Jan'y 1 st 1779, for services and travel, five months and twenty three days.
when was this fin- and
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Edward D. Bangs. Secy

To The Honorable
John H. Eaton,
Secretary of War,
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit You, accompanying this, a certified copy of the original Declaration of Seth Bond, a Soldier of the Revolution, made in order to be placed upon the Pension list. The slight departure from strict form in the Declaration has been occasioned by the peculiar circumstances of Mr. Bond, and I trust will be found so immaterial and unimportant as not to vary, in any degree, Your decision upon its subject.
I remain

In addition to the Facts set forth in The Declaration, they leave to State that Mr. Bond is my neighbor that I am personally acquainted with him that I have the utmost confidence in the truth and correctness of the Facts set forth in His Declaration, so far as the loss of his Papers and his impaired memory permit him to State them. I can also bear testimony to the Excellence of his character, and the correctness of his conduct, and do most sincerely hope that the line which the laws provide for that meritorious and rapidly diminishing class of our Fellow Citizens and of the Public Benefactors, may be extended to Mr. Bond, to whom it is as necessary
as

as it has been desired. —
I have the honor to be
Sir,
With great Consideration and Respect
Your Obedient Servt L. Brattle
Moir, Franklin Co. N.Y. 16. Novr 1829
Until the 5 th January next; after which during the Session of the State Legislature,
"Albany N.Y."

War Department Pension Office
Dec 10 1834
Sir
The statement made by Seth Bond in his last affidavit on the subject of his pension when compared with that made in 1829 is calculated to show that his memory is not to be relied upon. Col Warner's regiment was not organized in 1775, his commission bears date the 5 th July 1776 there was likewise no Captain in the regiment of the name of Standish or enlistments therein for nine months - On a more careful review of the evidence afforded by the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts it seems obvious that the claimant is not entitled to the pension in Col Gericke's regiment, the pension therein was of a different character and rendered at a later period than any set forth

by him - The claim is rejected and the additional affidavits filed with the other papers
Respectfully
(Your Obl Servt J L Edwards)
J. D. Woodward Esq., Plattsburgh N.Y.

War Department
Pension Office
November 15. 1833
Sir,
The papers relating to the claim of Seth Bond have been examined. In the Office of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, E. D. Bangs Esq. are rolls of the Militia of that State. By applying to Mr. Bangs, proof of the service of the claimant may be had. #
I am respectfully
Your Obet. Servt.
J. L. Edward
J. Douglass Woodward Esq. Plattsburgh
New York
# I have just recd from Mr. Bangs his Deposition & a Certifi- -cate showing a part of the services - this in connection with the other proof in the case seems to be sufficient to authorize claimant to a Pension - Yours respectfully J. L. Woodward
the Claimant to Papers on file.

Hon Reuben Whallon House of Reps U.S. Washington D.C.

Plattsburg, June 7. 1834.
Judge Whallon,
Dr Sir,
Mr Josiah Terry a very respectable Citizen of Peru in this County, has made application for a Pension under the act of June 7. 1832. & his Papers are at the Pension Office. He wishes you to look into his case, & cause him to be placed on the Roll. The proof now enclosed, together with the traditional evidence heretofore furnished, is probably all he can procure. The details of his service, are distinctly given in his declaration.
Yours very respectfully, J. Douglas Woodward
P.S. I think it very probable that the name of Joseph Terry mentioned in the letter of Mr Phelps, was returned by mistake for Josiah Terry; particularly as the service proved agrees with his statements. J.D.W.

War Department Pension Office May 16. 1834
Sir,
The papers of Seth Bond have again been examined. (Mr. Bond's statement in 1829, and that of 1833, are so materially different, that further proof, except as to the three months and six days made out by the records of the State of Massachusetts, will be necessary, in order to establish his claim to a pension under the act of June 7. 1832.
The papers remain on file.
I am respectfully
Your Obet. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
J. D. Woodward Esq. Plattsburgh N. York

13.390 Act July 1/38 Mrs Amy Bond. widow of Seth Bond N.Y. Act 7 July 38-
J. L. Edwards Esq Counr of Plaintiffs.
J. D. Woodward Res. t.

Washington, June 24. 1847.
Sir,
I hand you papers in the case of Mrs Amy Bond widow of Seth Bond deceased, their marriage may we think be presumed from the Birth of her Children.
Respectfully Yours J. D. Woodward, Atty for Mrs Bond.
James L Edwards Esq Comr. of Pensions.

H. Sheldon Jan 24th Feb 11/47
Rupert, Vt. Feb. 11.
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J. D. Woodward Esq. Plattsburg N.Y.

Rupert, Feb. 11, 1847
Dear Sir,
Agreeably to your request I have made diligent search of Rupert Town Books & find no record of the birth of any children of Seth Bond - neither do I find from the Records any evidence that Seth Bond or his wife ever bought or sold a foot of land in this town.
The dollars you sent me sufficiently compensated me for my trouble.
Sorry I cannot furnish some evidence that will assist you in procuring a pension for Mrs. Bond.
I am yours &c.
Henry Sheldon

21036
Pension Office 30th Road
St. Louis Mo Nov 19 th 1893
To the Honorable
John H. Eaton
Rejected Nov 30
Secretary of War
Washington
Will
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Plattsburg N.Y July 13 1835
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
Inasmuch as Mr Bond's memory is so much impaired that he cannot give a satisfactory account of his services, it is perhaps reasonable to conclude that he is the person who served five months & twenty three days in Gervish's Regt as stated in the Certificate of the Secy of Massachusetts, particularly if that service has not been allowed to any other person by the name of Seth Bond. But if such service is not admissible in this case, it would seem from the additional evidence now enclosed, that Mr Bond is entitled to an allowance for eighteen months service during the revolutionary war.
Yours respectfully J. D. Woodward

Moira, Franklin Co. N.Y.
8. Augt. 1833.
M c Seth Bond,
Dr Sir,
Yours of the 13. ult o is now before me. Its health has prevented an earlier acknowledgment of its receipt, and reply thereto. Upon referring to a copy of my letter of the 16. Nov r 1829 to Hon. John H. Eaton, then Secretary of War inclosing a certified copy of your declaration made in order to be placed upon the Pension list, I find that you forwarded at the same time "The Sergeant's warrant," as the only document you had to accompany and sustain your declaration. That probably, as is usual at the Public Offices now remains on file in the office of the War Department at Washington, where, on reference, I presume it will be found. I have
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not in my possession any other Papers of Yours except a Statement from which, and Your verbal communications I made out Your Declaration. This Paper I enclose herewith.
Hoping that Your present applica- -tion may be crowned with success, and You ultimately receive that justice which has been too long withheld from Yourself and others.
I remain,
Dear Sir,
Respectfully & Truly Your Friend and Servant J. B. Mann

1 st Nov. '29
in Vermont
18 March 75. enlisted for 9 mo under capt. Stanton Col. Warner served on this enlistment & disch d in N.Y.
76. enlisted for 18 mo under capt. Ford Col. Brown - Mass.
78. " " 9 mo " L t Hull. discharged before his 9 mo was out but stood minute man - after this term was out enlisted for 3 years & was mustered in at Lenox Mass. - unable to give the names of the officers - as the "corps" did not go into actual service as the war terminated soon after its enlistment -
2 nd July '33 -
May 76 - Hooiins - Col. Brown of Mass. - served in N.Y. 7 of which was sent for 9 months - resided at Stockbridge
March 77 enlisted at Kinderhook N.Y. under capt. Skapson for 3 mo at Albany & on Mohawk
June 77 under L t Hull Col. Brown for 6 mo on the Hudson & Mohawk rivers -
Nov. 77 under capt. Sergeants for 2 mo. Adr (Mass. mili- tia) in N.Y. discharged at Fort Plank

Plattsburgh September 15 1852
Col James E Heath Commr. &c
Sir, please find enclosed Sophronia Balch's application for bounty land under act of March 22 1852 Also for pension of Mrs. Mary Bond under act of February 7. 1838
Yours respectfully for G Moore B Gilman
+ Taken out Sept 18/52

Beckmantown Clinton County, N.Y.
June 2 nd 1849
To the Honorable, Commissioners of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
You may think strange to receive this letter of enquiry from me at this late hour, but circumstances of a suspicious character has developed some things which led me to suspect that all is not right with certain agents employed by Widows and others in getting Pensions in this region — A gentleman in this county was engaged by the Widow Jane Roberts (whose husband was a Revolutionary Soldier) to get the evidence of the services of said Jane Roberts Husband, which evidence was obtained as the agent said to his satisfaction, and by him presented to the Office of Pensions some six years ago, and since those papers were presented, there has been a pension allowed to the Widow Edna Roberts of same $700. which she says did not all belong to her, and this information led me to think there must be some mistake, and Sir permit me to make some enquiry about those matters, — Has there been any thing allowed as a pension to Mrs Jane Roberts, or to her heirs or Representatives, if so how much and to whom paid, if not an allowance to her or her heirs why not, There are several others in this county under

the same dilemma, I will not intrude on your time or patience to examine only one other, namely Seth Bond, or his Widow — An answer to the above enquiries are to us of great interest, and I beg your attention to them as a favor which if complying with you will be satisfactory to all concerned — & direct to me —
With due respect
your O bt serv t Philip B. Roberts

Seth Bond, Case at the Pension Office.
1833 1776 1833 57 1758 75 57 18
How Reuben Whallon House of Reps Washington D.C.

Plattsburg June 9. 1834
Judge Whallon,
Dr Sir,
Seth Bonds is another case at the Pension office. He is a very respectable citizen of Beekmantown in this county, & that he is entitled to a Pension I have no doubt. His memory however, is gone, & it was with much difficulty he could give the details of his service. He can furnish no more evidence he says, and you & Dr Cummins are requested to reconcile the discrepancies in the old gentleman's statements, & allow him such an amount as his papers will warrant. —
I remain yours with respect respectfully.
J. D. Woodward

Joan Clark of Rupert
March 4 1847

Respect, etc. March 7.
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J. D. Woodward Esq. Plattsburg, N.Y.

Rupert, March 4, 1847
Dear Sir -
Since writing my last letter, I have received a line from you requesting me to call on Bishop Beutner & ascertain if he has in his possession the family Records of Jonathan Beutner &c. This I have done, & find that neither Bishop nor his brother Ezekiel, nor the children of Ezekiel another brother, know any thing of such Records. And I also find, that although all the elderly people in that part of the town know by common report of the marriage of Seth Bond to Anna Beutner, no one was present at their marriage or can testify to the fact.
I am yours &c.
Henry Sheldon

14.786
Sept 18/52
Amy Bond, Widow of Seth, N. Y.
July 7 th 1838.
B. Gilman, for G. Moore, Plattsburg. N. Y.

State of New York Clinton County ss
On this thirty first day of August, A D. 1852. personally appear- ed before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Amy Bond aged eighty five years a resident of Beckmantown in the County of Clinton and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth un- der Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." That she is the Widow of Seth Bond deceased who was a private in the Regiment of Infantry commanded by a Colonel Brown of the Massachusetts line in which said Regiment as near as deponent can state, and according to the best of her knowledge and belief from three to six months, and that her said husband en- tered first at Stockbridge in the State of Massachusetts on or about the day of Year A D. 1777. She further states that according to the best of her knowledge & belief, (and as her said husband fore- ently told her in his life time) her said husband was afterwards either reenlisted or was transferred into other Corps, and served as a Sergeant for three years in the Continental Army, and was hon- orably discharged, which discharge deponent has seen, and which was lost in the pocket book of her said husband while crossing Lake Champlain in or about the year A D 1796, and that her said hus- band received said discharge as near as deponent can recollect in the year A D. 1782. That deponent has been informed and verily believes that her said husband was engaged in the battle at the taking Cornwallis- in the state of New York
and also at the Battle of Bennington Vermont, as she has been told
She further states and declares that she was married to the said Seth Bond on the 6 th day of October A D. 1784. That her said husband the aforesaid Seth Bond died on the 25 th day of July 1845. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but

The Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four, (Viz) at the time above stated. and that she is now and has been since the death of her said husband a Widow. She further declares that no public or private record of her said marriage exists.
That she resided after her said marriage at Rupert Vermont, One year at Pouhon Vermont One year at Bristol ten years - and for the residue at the County of Clinton N.Y. -
She Refers to the muster Roll of said Col. Brown's Regt and to the proof on file in the claim of her husband now on file at the office of the Compt. of Pensions at Washington City D.C. -
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written. She makes her mark not being able from infirmity to write her
Devere J. Roberts Justice Peace
Amy X Bond mark

State of New York } Clinton County ss } Joel Smith of Beckmantown in said County aged sixty Years personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Clinton aforesaid, And he being duly sworn according to law says, that he is the identical Joel Smith who has received a County Pension Warrant Number 68444, for 40 u . Dated August 3 rd 1852. And deponent further says, that he was well acquainted with Seth Bond now deceased for the space of forty years or more and knew that said Seth Bond and Amy Bond his widow lived together as hus- band & wife during forty years and until the death of said Seth Bond which took place on or about the 25 th day of July A.D. 1815. And deponent has no doubt that said Seth Bond was a Revolutionary Soldier - And that said Amy Bond is now a Widow - Joel Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 th day of September 1852 and that I certify deponent is a credible Witness, Owen S Roberts Justice Peace
State of New York } Lewis Allen Clinton County ss } Harvey L. Livingston of Beckmantown aged forty eight years appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in said County and he being duly sworn according to law says that he was well acquainted with Seth Bond and Amy Bond his wife in the lifetime of said Seth Bond, and knew them to live together as husband and wife and was reported as such for forty years & until the death of said Seth Bond which took place on or about the 25 th day of July 1815 and that said Amy Bond is still a Widow, And deponent says, that he has often heard, and verily believes said Seth Bond was a Revolutionary Soldier
Lewis Allen Sworn & subscribed before me this 13 th day of September 1852. And I certify that deponent is a credible Witness, - Owen S Roberts Justice Peace

Oliver T. Roberts Justice Peace
Amey X Bond mark
State of New York, } ss. Clinton County, }
I, DAVID H. PARSONS, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Clinton, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Oliver T. Roberts Justice Peace
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Clinton, dwelling in the said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, the
Twelfth day of September 185 2
D. H. Parsons Clerk.

Aug 13. (46)
Town Clerk of Rupert
Base of Mrs Bond.

Roseburg, W. O. Aug. 13.
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J. D. Woodward, Esq. Plattsburg, N. Y.

Rupert, Aug. 13, 1846
Dear Sir,
Agreeably to your request, I have examined the Records of Marriages in the Town of Rupert for the purpose of finding a Record of the marriage of Seth Bond to Abby Estlin. Having made diligent examination of said Records for said purpose, I cannot find any entry of such marriage.
I have also inquired for the Records of Ruben Henson and have satisfied myself that there are none to be found - he having been dead for a long time & his connections & descendants having long since gone to parts unknown.
Henry Sheldon, Town Clerk. Rupert.
P. S. As I have been to some trouble to ascertain the above facts, I shall charge you fifty cents, which you may remit me by mail.
H. Sheldon

Seth Bonds amended decln. or affidavit -

State of New York
County of Clinton Co. Seth Bond being duly sworn says that in Spring of 1775. he volunteered at Stockbridge Mass under the (think) Capt Rowley to go Lexington & proceeded as far as Glencoe. & hearing that the battle at Lexington was over, we were ordered to return. - There were about fifteen men in our company. I return- ed to Stockbridge & the next day, was ordered to Albany to which place I marched with our company. Served three or four weeks at Albany & went from thence to Saratoga, & then returned to Albany & marched from there to Fort Edward, served at Fort Edward awhile, & then went to Albany & there was discharged, my time being out. - It was in March 1776 that I enlisted into Capt Rowley's Company (don't recollect the other officers) for nine months & I served until the fall of that year. I think in Dec 1775. I was lying upon the ground when I was discharged - I signed an enlistment at Stockbridge. Sergt Lewis requested me to enlist. I believe the period for which I enlisted was nine months. - It may have been six months - Moses Pindle enlisted with me, & served with me & was discharged at the same time & place with me & returned with me as far as New Canaan, - I think Pindle was killed at Schoharie during the year 1776 - but I am not certain - I do not know where he is if living. I was transferred into Capt Stanton's Co Col Warner's Regt from St. Hall, commanding our Co. I joined Capt Stanton's Company at Fort Ann N.Y. & there were only eight including myself trans- ferred into Capt Stanton's Co. - I think it was in March the year when which I was trans- ferred; the year before I joined Capt Stanton at Fort Ann I enlisted into Capt. Stanton's Co at Fort George Col Warner's Regt - for nine months

I served that time out. In my last affidavit I was mistaken in saying I never enlisted in Col. Warner's Regt. I once enlisted into his Regt & was once transferred into it - I am not able to give a correct account of my services but I actually served more than two live months & seventeen days as a private, & seven months as a sergeant - I may be mistaken as to the time I held a sergeant's warrant, but I served more than seven months in that capacity. I think it very probable that I served from July 10 1778 to January 1 1779, five months & 22 days in Capt. Suckers Company - but I cannot state positively that I did - My mind is so affected by old age & infirmity that I cannot give a correct detail of my services - When I made my declaration in 1829, I stated my services according to the best of my ability & again in 1833. I made as correct a statement as I possibly could & great care was taken to have my statement correct. I am satisfied that errors have crept into both declarations - I am positive I served all the time for which I have claimed and longer.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 26 th July 1834 & I certify that deponent is a credible person & virtual
Jethro D. D. D.
Caleb Nichols Supreme Court Commissioner
State of New York County of Clinton ss. The Subscribed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County being duly

State of New York County of Clinton ss I the Subscribed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County being duly
do hereby certify that Caleb Nichols before whom the foregoing affidavit of Seth Bond was ta- ken and sworn on the twenty sixth day of July 1834. was at the time a Supreme Court Commissioner in & for said County of Clinton and that his signature to the jurat of said affidavit is genuine I being well acquainted with his handwriting. In witness whereof I have here to set my hand & official seal & have fastened these two half sheets together with a piece of red tape which passes under my official seal. (the words being duly being erased by me) this fourth day of October 1834 —
Nathan Taylor Clerk.

Reuben Allen, affot

State of New York
County of Franklin. Nathan Beeman of Chateaugay in said County aged Seventy eight years being duly sworn says he became acquainted with Seth Bond now a resident of Clinton County immediately after the revolutionary war. - I had frequent conversation with him at that time relative to the events of that period, & understood at that time that said Bond had served more or less during the war. - Deponent has no doubt that said Bond served as long as he states. That he has always sustained an excellent character for truth & veracity, & depo- nant believes he is justly entitled to a Pension -
Nathan Beeman
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 3 d June 1835. & I certify that Deponent is a credible person. - witness.
Henry B. Smith
Judge of the Peace

State of New York
County of Franklin  Clinton p. Reuben Allen of Chateaugay in said County being duly sworn says that he is sixty six years of age and upwards and is acquainted with Seth Bond now a resident of Clinton County and applicant for a Pension - Said Bond and Deponent are cousins and resided in the same neighborhood during the revolutionary war & Deponent distinctly recollects that said Bond was frequently absent from his home in the town of Stockbridge Mass. and as Deponent understood at the time in the service of the united States. Deponent recollects that said Bond went into the service several times, and served his tours out, and then came home to Stockbridge Mass.
Deponent does not recollect the names of the officers under whom said Bond served; but he verily believes, from his recollection of the time that said Bond was absent from home and as Deponent understood in the service, that said Bond did actually serve more than one year and a half in the army of the Revolution. Deponent was well acquainted with said Bond while he lived in Stockbridge, and understood that after the Revolution he went to Manchester & Rupert Vermont, to reside - Deponent has known him ever since the war more or less, and he has always sustained an irreproachable character for honesty and integrity.
Deponent verily believes that said Seth Bond is justly entitled to a Pension from the united States - and further says not.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 22 nd day of June 1835 I certify that Deponent is a Credible person & witness.
Reuben Allen
Orms Stiles Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Clinton ss Seth Bond of Beckmantown in said County in explanation of his declarations made in 1829, & 1834 in order to obtain a pension being duly sworn says that he did not enlist into Capt. Hutton, Company Col. Seth Warner Regt of Vt. Troops, but was transferred into that Company from Lt. Commandant Peter Hull, Company then at Fort Edward. Deponent with about one hundred & fifty men was sent from Fort Edward to Fort Ann to reinforce Col. Warner at that place. Deponent enlisted for eighteen months into Capt. Ford's Company Col. Brown's (Major Rowley's) Regt. of Mass. Troops at Stockbridge Mass. but don't recollect the year. He thinks in March or April. Deponent went through New Canaan, & there re-joined Maj. Rowley & he went on with us to Fort Ann. Deponent served there a little over four months, & was taken sick & sent to Fort Edward & there received a furlough & went home, & was to return as soon as he was able, but deponent did not recover his health before the eighteen months expired. This service may have been in the year 1780.
Deponent was in service at the time Arnold went over to the British & was at Stillwater serving in Capt. Ford's Co. Deponent's memory is so much impaired & broken that he cannot give a clear account of his services. He is poor in his pecuniary circumstances, in very feeble health.
Deponent knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his service.
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 9 th day of June 1834 I certify that Deponent is a credible person.
M m F. Haile a Judge of Clinton County Courts.
Seth Bond

State of New York County of Clinton I the Subscribed Clerk of said County certify that William P. Kail before whom the within affidavit of Seth Bond was taken and sworn on the ninth day of June 1834 was at the time a Judge of Clinton County Courts, and that his signature to the final of the within affidavit is genuine & being well acquainted with his hand writing Witness my hand & official Seal at Plattsburg this 9 th June 1834.
Nathan Taylor — Clerk

State of New York
County of Clinton ss We Samuel M Story a Clergyman residing in Beekmantown in said County and Isaac Delong residing in the same town hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Seth Bond a resident of said town & applicant for a Pension under the act of June 7 1832 that we believe him to be seventy five years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed to this 15 th day of July 1833 and I Certify that the said Samuel M Story who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Beekmantown aforesaid and that Isaac Delong who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town via a Credible person that their Statement is entitled to credit -
Samuel M Story Isaac Delong
Benjamin J. Simonds Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Clinton ss. Abraham DeLong a resident of Bekantown in said County aged fifty years being duly sworn says that he has read the annexed declaration of Seth Bond made be- fore Judge Haile on this day in presence of Deponent & that the facts therein stated are the same which Deponent has frequently within thirty years past (Depo- -nent has been acquainted with said Seth Bond more than thirty years) heard said Bond relate though Deponent thinks that he has more than fifteen years ago heard said Bond give a more clear and detailed statement of his services in the Revolution than are set forth in the annexed declaration. Deponent from frequent conversation with said Bond on the subject before he made any application for a Pension has no doubt that he did serve as he has stated both as a private & Sergeant. Deponent has frequently heard said Bond say that he was a Sergeant seven months & Depo- -nent has no doubt he was & Deponent very believes that he actually served all the time he has stated —
Abraham DeLong
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 16 th day of July 1833 & I certify that Deponent is a Credible person & witness.
M c F. Haile a Judge of Clinton Co. N.Y.