Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 960, Zadok Bloss, Continental Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Conn.
Bloss, Zadok
R. 960
CONTENTS

Ladock Blofs Declaration
224 P1

State of Vermont } At a Probate Court held in Orleans District ss at Irasburgh within and for the County of Orleans on this 13 th day of September 1832 Present the Hon. John Kimball Judge appears in Open Court now sitting Zadock Bliss a resident of Irasburgh in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 which is as follows —
I Zadock Bliss of Irasburgh, County of Orleans & State of Vermont depose & say that I was born Oct. 24 th 1758 in Killingly County of Windham & State of Connecticut, in which town I think there is a record of my age in the town clerk's office - I lived in that town when I enlisted, which was in January A.D. 1776. I volunteered for two months in a company commanded by Capt. Taine (converse) of Killingly. The company marched out of town soon after I enlisted, were ordered to Cambridge Mass. where they were quartered in a chapel. At the same quarters there was a company from Woodstock a town adjoining Killingly. My company were alternately on patrol cutting fascines &c in expectation of building a Fort on Dorchester Point. Cambridge at this time was the Head Quarters of the American Army. Gen. Washington, Gen. Lee, Gen. Sullivan & Burke were there to my knowledge - I do not recollect that our company was attached to any Regt. Do not remember the names of any Col's or inferior officers. Our company remained at this encampment until some time in March following following when it was ordered to Roxbury, where it remained a few days & then went down to Dorchester Point & commenced building a Fort. Our company was the first that broke ground on the Point which was the night before the British Troops evacuated Boston. The ground was then frozen & the noise of our labor being heard by the British they im- mediately commenced firing from their batteries upon us. Our party suffered no loss. our officers communicated the signal of firing; the men prostrated themselves in their trenches & then resumed their labor. The next morning the British evacuated Boston. Gen. Sullivan commanded the troops that were stationed on the Point & Heights. The day the British evacuated I was in the fort on the Heights. Three flags were hoisted from the Fort by order of Gen. Sullivan which I understood was the signal for three regts. to advance to the Fort from Roxbury which was the fact. I remained a few days after this event when my term of enlistment having ex- pired I returned home - In the summer of 1776 in June I think I volunteered in the militia again. This was the time the British Army under Gen. Howe landed upon Long Island -

The fort on the Heights. Three flags were hoisted from the Fort by order of Gen Sullivan which I understood was the signal for three regts. to advance to the Fort from Roxbury which was the fact. I remained a few days after this event when my term of enlistment having expired I returned home - In the summer of 1776 in June I think I volunteered in the militia again. This was the time the British Army under Gen Howe landed upon Long Island -

returned home in the said parties. I think it was about the first of Novr that I was dismissed & went home. I have no recollection of enlisting or engaging for any set or specified term of time but there was any time it was three months. I was in service at this time as I now recollect near four months. not less than three & one half I am very sure -
In 1777 orders came to Plainfield to furnish a certain number of men either by voluntary enlistment or drafting to beat off Burgoyne's retreat. I volunteered as one from Plainfield and was immediately ordered to cross the State of Vermont from Windsor to Synagogue N.Y. When we arrived at Synagogue we were embodied under command of Col. Seth Warner & attached to his Regt after a short stay at Synagogue our company were ordered to cross the River. We passed over North River by ordering  on the Spring piece of a Bridge when we went there the Bottom Mile  we crossed in the  on the Spring piece of a Bridge. I was in full view & saw Burgoyne surrender & saw the Soldiers stack their arms after the Surrender & capitulations were made our company were no longer wanted we were dismissed & the men from Plainfield went home. I was out in service at this time not for from three weeks - if anything more than that & I should think a month - I lived in Plainfield until I removed to Grasmere where I now live, about twenty one years ago - I had resided at Plainfield about one or two years when I went out on the last expedition.
I never had any documentary evidence of my services, and do not know of any living witness of my services the same.
I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll agency of any State - I was one & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Zadok Blois

at Mansfield about one o'clock out on the toll expedition
I never had any documentary evidence of my services, and do not know of any living witness of my services the same. I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll agency of any State - I was & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Zadok Bloss
We Joseph Wiggins Deacon of the Congregational Church & Representative elect to the general assembly of the state of Vermont residing in Irasburgh in Orleans District & Ira H. Allen Clerk of the Supreme & County Court of said Irasburgh hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zadok Bloss who has subscribed and sworn to the above declar- ation that we believe him to be seventy three years of age. That he is a man of strict integrity and entitled to full credit and that he is a Deacon of the Congregational church of Irasburgh in regular standing that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Joseph Wiggins Ira H. Allen

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And the court further certifies that Joseph Wiggins and Isaac Allen who have signed the within certificate are Residents in the town of Trumbull within named and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I John H. Trimbale Register of the Probate for the District of Orleans within named do hereby certify that the foregoing and the within containing the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Zadock Blosz for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of September 1882
John H. Trimbale Register

Jadis Rob
6380.
W A
In Note 1 chole of Authenticating Papers
Jesse Cooper Strasburgh N.Y.
J. Bridgeman Sydney N.S.W.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Jan'y 76 2 Pri Capt not recoll d Lt Converse - no col d   Summer 76 3 15 John Green Capt d William Col d   79 three 6 4 weeks under Col Seth Warner  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
The applicant will confirm to the sub. here forward

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Ex'r.
INVALID.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
RECORDED
Patrick Mols P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18__
Discharged: _____, 18__
Application filed: _____, 18__
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Sussex Vermont Gadock Bluff
Am. J. S. Cooper May 8 th 1837 - do do Hon H Allen Feb 16 '38
960

I Jason Phipps of Thompson in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, being in the 78 th year of my age, and duly sworn according to law do testify and say, that in the 1776, I was a soldier in Col William Regt of Connecticut Troops, in & about New York, and in the State of New Jersey = in Capt Chandlers Company - I was well acquainted with many of the Soldiers in said Regiment, not of my Company: and perfectly remember of hearing the name of Zadore Blof, at roll call, as he was a soldier in Capt Green Company both of whom, belonged to Thompson aforesaid, my native town. My tour of duty was three months and said Blof was there during that time. I was acquainted with him & cannot be mistaken. & for this saith not. Jason Phipps -

State of Connecticut Windham County ss. } Thompson in said county on this 20 th Day of February 1836. Then personally appeared Jason. Phipps signed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same & I further certify that said deponent I have been well acquainted with for more than Twenty years, and full faith & credit is due to his attestation.
Before me Simon Davis Justice of the Peace
Simon Prolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Simon Davis Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County That the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in County this 22 nd day of February A D 1836 - Simon Prolles Clerk

Mr Lepse Cooper Swasburgh Vermont

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut November 21st 1836
On application of Mr Sedoc Blos I have examined the books and papers in this Office relating to Revolutionary services and find and certify that the name of Capt Rain Gourse appears on Haskell's receipts under the following head to wit, "The United States Dr To the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for the service and subsistence of Troops stationed at New London for the defence of said state" and he is credited Feb y 19th 1779 for his company $736 14-3, He is also named on Pay-table Books as belonging to Col Ely's Regt and credited March 26th 1777 $172- also March 19th 1779 By his account rendered for his company $1719 15-9,
Capt John Green is also charged on the same Books June 19th 1776, "To Order on Treasurer in account for his company for Stephen Crosby's Rec d $580" and is named as belonging to Lacey's Regt, On the opposite page is the following "After all enquiry no such man to be found, no order has been paid by the Treasurer, it is supposed that this account must be a mistake, O'Wolcott" The name of Capt J Green is also on Haskell's Receipts under the head of "Militia ordered to co-operate with Count De Estaign" in 1779, and he is credited for wages $592 17-2, he further appears on the same book under the following head to wit

11 The United States Dr To the State of Connecticut for disbursements for the pay of three regiments under the command of Col Hezekiah Willis for three months raised in consequence of a requisition of Gen Washington in June 1780 and he is credited for wages $657.36. I further certify that the name of Leadock Blops has not been found
Wm Field Comptroller

Brooklyn Ct. 21. Apr. 1837
Sir I herewith at the Request of Zado K Blop forward his papers consisting of a new declaration his former declaration Shipps off: W. Field Comptroller's letter & your printed instructions I am not sure from an examination of the papers that there is any mistake The one H. Allen of Highgate etc is referred to by the declaration out as a person who will perhaps give some further information respecting the credit character & standing of Deacon Blops
you will please address me if anything further is required or a certificate of route I am Sir with high Respect Yours Ole P. Jens Hon. G. L. Edwards Jesse Cooper

State of Vermont. At a Probate Court held at Irasburgh within Orleans County ss & and for the district of Orleans Present the Hon. d Joseph Wiggins Judge On this 20 th day of April A.D. 1837 Personally appeared Gadock Bloss of Irasburgh in the County of Orleans of said in the County of Orleans Before said Joseph Wiggins Judge aged seventy eight years the 24 th day of October A.D. 1836 now last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress Passed June 7 th A.D. 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the month of January A.D. 1776 into a Company in which I was a private (of what was then called Killingsly Connecticut now called Thompson in my former declaration however was by a mistake called Capt. but the Captain who commanded said Company I do not recollect. his name is gone from me entirely) I do not recollect that our Company was attached to any Regt. at this time I served two months the Company was quartered at Cambridge Mass From the time we marched from my native Town until some time in March following when we were ordered to Roxbury & stayed a few days and then went to Dorchester point where we remained until the two months expired and I was discharged In the summer of 1776 in June I think I enlisted into a Company commanded by John Green Capt. Fair however said our Company was attached and was a part of a Regt. commanded by Col. Williams whose Christian name I think was Asa. who belonged in Pomfret Conn we marched from Killingsly to Bergen in New Jersey where we remained some time I think near two months From Bergen we marched to a place called the English neighborhood where we remained until the time of the enlistment expired & I was discharged I was in actual service at this last time not less than three and one half months & I think near four months. I have no recollection of their being any definite time set at the time of the enlistment. In 1777 I volunteered & served under Col. S t John Warner we then crossed from Plainfield N.H. across the State of Vermont to Tyrone New York for the purpose of cutting off Burgoyne's retreat. I served at this time under Col. Warner for three to four weeks. I was born at Killingsly now Thompson in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut on the 24 th day of October 1758 I think there is a record of my birth in the Town Clerk's office in said Killingsly also Thompson I resided in Killingsly of said when I was called into service in the year 1776 In 1777 or 1778 my father removed with his family & my

Self among the rest to Plainfield in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire where I resided until I removed to Grasmere aforesaid where I now reside and have resided for twenty seven years the first and second times I went out was what was called enlistments I enlisted the first time I know but the second time I don't recollect having enlisted. At Cambridge I saw Genl Washington Lie Sullivan & Dea. Key. I am well acquainted with Hon. Warren Allen late Minister to Chili who now resides in Highgate Vermont also Hon. Saml C. Crafts to the H. C. & Gov. of Vt. Hon. Asa H. Allen. Roger Ennis Esq. late Collector of the District of Humphreys Hon. Joseph Wiggins Judge of Probate for Orleans District George Nye Esq. P. Master Grasmere I never had any discharge from the Service or any other Documentary evidence of my Service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pensions Roll of any agency in any State. His Service from January 1776 two months and from June 1776 three and one half or four months & in 1777 three or four weeks as a private soldier.
Sworn and Subscribed } The day and Year aforesaid }
Zadok Blops
We, Samuel C. Crafts, late Member of Congress, and Jesse Leeper an attorney at law, residing at Grasmere in the County of Orleans do hereby certify that we are well acquainted Zadok Blops, who has subscrib- ed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy seven years of age, that he is believed and reputed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Saml C Crafts Jesse Leeper
State of Vermont }
Greens District }
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier.

and served as he states. And the board further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Crafts, who has signed the preceding certificate was late a Member of Congress from this District, and that Jesse Cooper is an Attorney at Law, and that they both reside in Washington and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Joseph Wiggins Judge
State of Vermont Orleans District } I Geo Nye Register of Probate within and for the district of Orleans aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had in the matter of the of the application of Deborah Dole for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Washington this - 20 th day of April AD 1837
Geo Nye Register