Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,123, Lamech Blandin, Mass.

SERVICE
Moass
Blandin, Lamech or Blanden.
NUMBER
S. 32,123
CONTENTS

Illinois  Statement N o 18,999
Samuel Blanden of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Pr. Corp t & Sergt. in the Company commanded by Captain Hodges of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Francis in the Mass. Troops time for 16 Months & 15 Days Pr. 55.00 3 " Corp t 11.00 4 " 15 Days Sergt. 22.50 $88.50
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 88 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of Nov r 1833 and sent to James Elliot New Farm N t
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 321.25 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34 44.25 $265.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 54
From per letter to Secy of 18 Jan y 1838.
Let. to Hon. R. M. Young March 20 1838 referring to that of 18 Jan 4. 1838
Same person - S Cer to Pension age 18 April 1838.
To Ill is for 4. March 1837 - 3 May 1838
Paid to the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 To the 4 th March 1838. (eg t notified 24 Dec r 1838)
Letter to Dead Hon. R. M. Young 4 Feb 1841

Lamech Blanton
N o 215
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August 7 / 1832
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State of Vermont } On this 14th day of July 1832 Windham County } personally appeared in open court Dist. of Westminster } before the Probate Court of the District of Westminster in the county and state aforesaid (being the Court of Record keeping by me a Clerk) now sitting I asseverate that Larned Blandell a resident of the Town of Westminster in the county of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated. That on the first day of August 1776 he entered the service of the United States and served till the first day of December in the same year. His officers were Colonel Ebenezer Francis Major _____ Daggitt Capt Isaac Hodge Lieut Abel Bliss Ensign _____ Cobb
That at the time of his entering the service of the United States he resided in the Town of Attleboro in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts. That upon his entering into said service he marched to Dorchester in the State of Massachu- setts and was stationed on Dorchester hill now called Dorchester heights, that he has no documentary evidence in his possession to prove his service. That soon after the Revolutionary War he moved to the Town of Bristol in the County of Windham & State of Vermont & lived there till the year 1820 when he moved to the Town of Skaneateles in the State of New York and lived there till the year 1830 when he moved to the aforesaid Town of Westminster Vermont where he has lived ever since. That he was born in said Town of Attleboro in the State of Massachusetts That he was born in the year 1759. That he believes the record of his age is in the office of the Town Clerks of the aforesaid Town of Brookline & Attleboro. That he entered the service of the United States as a Volun- teer for four months. That he did not receive a written discharge from the service. That

That he is personally known to Ebenezer Whitney & John Blanden of Brooklyn in said County who can testify as to his character for truth & accuracy & as to their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution -
2. Since the said Ebenezer Blanden further declares that immediately after his return from his service at Danchester Hill before set forth which was on the first or second day of December 1776, It was understood that the British were in Rhode Island and he volunteered in the service of the United States service & marched Providence in the state of Rhode Island and after staying there a few weeks marched to the Village of Littleton in Warren in said state of Rhode Island and served in this campaign the rest of the time at said Littleton three months and a half beginning about the first of December and ending about the middle of March -
That he served at this time of service under Captain Glycerius Foster
Sir Daniel Richardson
That he does not recollect the names of the other officers - That while he served at said Littleton the British had possession of the Island of Rhode Island - That he has no documentary evidence to prove said service nor does he know of any living witness who can testify to said service - That he did not receive a written discharge -
3. Since the said Ebenezer Blanden further declares that upon the expiration of the aforesaid term of service he again volunteered in the service of the United States where left Israel Snow (which was about the 15th of March 1777) for three months and a half or three months and marched to Providence in the state of Rhode Island from thence to Point Judith about sixty miles from Providence and served there till the first of June 1777 - and was there discharged -
That at this period of service his officers were Capt Israel Snow
Sir Isaac White
That he does not recollect the names of the other officers That the object of this service was to guard Point Judith That he has no documentary evidence to prove said service nor does he know of any living

witness who can testify to the same & further that he did not receive a written discharge -
4. And the said Sarah Blance further declares that upon being discharged from the last aforesaid service which was about the first of June 1777 he immediately again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer and served under Capt Keith and served under him two months we first marched to Providence and then to Quidi- vid Point. The British have a vessel lying at that time off the point and it was made our duty to guard the Point. That during that head of service said British vessel sent a Barge & Row Galley armed with two 18 pounders & snubbers to the five of our boats which had been out for provisions that as skirmish ensued in which he was engaged but the British were driven back. That he recollects the names of none other of the officers - that he has no written discharge of this period of service and has no written documents to prove the same nor does he know of any living witness who can testify thereto -
5. And the said Sarah Blance further declares that about the first of August 1777 he entered the service of the United States again under the following named officer and served as herein stated. That from the said first of August 1777 he served six months till the first of February 1778 and served under Captain Caleb Richardson Lieut Jacob Fuller
That he entered this period of service as a corporal and served after the first of November as a sergeant. That he marched from Providence to Point Judith then back again and on different sides of the Island of Rhode Island to Kingston & Letter Hampton - The British were at this period of service in possession of the Island - During this period of service we were inspected by the inspector general Sherburn - That he was discharged at Warren in said State but had no written discharge and has no documentary evidence to prove said service - that he entered this service as a volunteer - That he knows of no living person who can testify to said service excepting Abiah Fuller of Putney in the County of Windham & State of Vermont - that he does not recollect the names of any other of the officers -

6 and the said Lemuel Blandee further declares that about the middle of February 1778 he again entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer under Col - Daggel & Capt Moses Wilmoth and served as a Sergeant one month and a half till the first of April 1778 that he marched from Ansonboro Camp to Warwick in the State of Rhode Island - That the object of his service at this period was to guard the stores & ammunition at Warwick. The British at this period were on the Island. That he does not recollect any other of the officers - That he has no written discharge & no documentary evidence to prove said service neither does he know of any living witness who can testify to the same -
7 and the said Lemuel Blandee further declares that about sometime in July 1778 he was drafted at Newton in the State of Massachusetts to go to fight the British on Rhode Island - That he went under
Capt - Robertson
That he went on to the Island where General Sullivan, was in some skirmishes but not in any battle that he was with General Sullivan's Army & one of them when he returned from said Island. That he served in this period three months. General Howe was in thinking to move General at that time that he received a discharge from General Howe but has not seen it for many years & thinks it to be lost. That he has no documentary evidence to prove said service & knows of no living witness who can testify to the same -
8 and the said Lemuel Blandee further declares that in July 1780 at Boston in the State of Massachusetts he was again drafted and entered the service of the United States and served under
Capt Alexander Foster - and served from that time two months and a half - That he marched to the Island of Rhode Island and was employed there said two and a half months in building a fort on Burt's Hill - That he does not recollect the names of any other of the officers - The British had left the Island and the French Troops were there before them that

That a French General or French Engineer had the command in occupying the Port - That he has no written discharge and no accompa- nying evidence to prove said service and he knows of no living witness who can testify to said service -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension and allowances that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Leviathan Blandin
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Peter R Taft - Judge
We Eleanor Whitney and John Blandin re- siding in Brookline in the County of Windsor hereby certify that we are well acquaint- ed with Leviathan Blandin formerly of said Brookline now of Westminster adjoining who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides in said Brookline to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion
Eleanor Whitney John Blandin
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Peter R Taft - Judge
and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter since after hearing the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War depart- ment that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states; and the court further state Certifies that it appears to them that that John Blandin & Eleanor Whitney who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said Brookline and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter R Taft - Judge

State of Vermont Windham County District of Westminster
I Asa Keyes & Clerk & Register of the Probate Court of said do here by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the applica- tion of Lemuel Blamey for a Pension, reciting that the said Lemuel Blamey at such a time from the place of holding the court and from the neighborhood of the applicant that the court adjourned to a place where his testimony in testimony as of the court set on this day of July A.D. 1832 Asa Keyes Q d
N.B. make return to me Asa Keyes Q d Putney V.F.

State of Illinois } McDonough County } Set.
On this twentieth day of March 1838 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County of McDonough personally appeared Laureach Blandin who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Hodges Isaac Hodges in the regi-
ment commanded by Colonel Francis _____ in the service of the United States: That his name misplaced on the Pension Roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Illinois when he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be then payable in future, The following are his reasons for removing from the County now herein and State of Vermont to the County of McDonough and State of Illinois. By virtue of Warrant N o 13970. I drew a part for the North West quarter of Section N o 33 in Township N o Seven North of the Base line in Range N o Four West of the fourth Principal Meridian, (in Illinois Military Reserve by Land District) I am desirous and was anxious to live the remainder of my days on the said quarter and on which I am now making my permanent home
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first aforesaid Harrison Hunsaker J.P.
Laureach Blandin

State of Illinois } McDonough County } Set.
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Joseph S. Blandin
who on his solemn oath declares that James Blandin whose signature appears to the within affidavit is the real person described in, (and who subscribed his name — Thunton) that is to the within affidavit { James Blandin } Joseph S. Blandin sworn to and subscribed before me this twentieth day of March A.D. 1838.
Harrison Hargate - JP. State of Illinois } McDonough County } Set.
Hon. R.R. Young H.R.
I Harrison Hargate an acting Justice of the peace of Adams County do hereby certify that James Blandin  James Blandin whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is personally known to me and, is a respectable person & a person of veracity
Given under my hand and seal this 20 day of March 1838 Harrison Hargate JP (Seal)
State of Illinois } McDonough County } Set
I James M. Campbell Clerk of the County Commissioners Court in and for said County and State do hereby certify that Harrison Hargate Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County and that his said signature is genuine,
In testimony whereof I have here-

unto set my hand and affix ed the Seal of the County Com misioners Court of said County at Macomb this Thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and of the independence of the United States the Sixty Second
James M Campbell Clerk

69 I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Lemuel Blencien of said Westmore in applicants for a Pension that I believe him to be a loyal servant three 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 I am well in that opinion Westmore June 3 rd 1833. Timothy Field.
State of Vermont } I have heard & seen this 3 rd day of June 1833 Windham County } Before me Amos Hays 2 nd Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that Timothy Field who made the above affidavit is a reputable & trustworthy man of said town of Westmore and has been a settled minister there for fifteen years past & that full faith & credit ought to be given to his testimony Amos Hays 2 nd Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Windham County Clerk's Office June 8 A.D. 1833 Windham County ss I certify that Asa Maynard is justice of the peace in and for said County of Windham and that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the record in his genuine signature - Witness my hands and the Seal of said County Court on the day and year above written -
James Elliot, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 26 th 1833
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. These 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.     Aug. 1776 4 Col. Peter Francis 73 Belmont Roadway   Dec. 1776 3 15 - - 20 John Blandau   March 1777 2 15 20   June 1777 2 20   Aug. 1777 6 Ensign Sergeant Col. Steubens 20 Heath Falls Department P. D. 1832   Dec. 1779 1 15 Sergeant Col. Dwyer 20   July 1779 2 Julien & Hancock 20 John Huntly Dep.   July 1782 2 15 20 John Blandau B. Whitney J. Huntly J. Johnson   24 2 St. John P. Blandau, Aaron Martin &   Albany Henry Field Genl. Mifflin   Traditional Witnesses  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. Samuel Blandau

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 the and C. D. residing in (the same) 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
1st. regiments in which claimant served

S.32123 Wt.13970-160-12 AWF/eel
June 15, 1929
Mrs. J.P.Thomas 433 E. Wash. Street Washington, Iowa
Madam:
I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Lamech Blandin or Blanden was born in 1759, at Attleboro, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Attleboro, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts Troops, War of the Revolution, as follows:
From August 1, 1776, four months as a private in Captain Isaac Hodges' Company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Regiment; from in December, 1776, three and one-half months as a private in Captain Alexander Foster's Company; from in March, 1777, two and one-half months as a private in Captain Israel Trow's Company; from in June, 1777, two months as a private in Captain Keith's Company; from in August, 1777, six months as corporal and sergeant in Captain Caleb Richardson's Company; from in February, 1778, one and one-half months as a sergeant in Captain Moses

Daggett's
Wilmarth's Company, Colonel Wilmarth's Regiment; from in July, 1778, two months as a private in Captain Robertson's Company and was in Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island; from in July, 1780, two and one-half months as a private in Captain Alexander Foster's Company.
After the Revolution he moved to Brookline, Windham County, Vermont, and in 1820, moved to Chemung, New York; in 1830, to Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed July 14, 1832.
The soldier's son, Daniel Blandin, was born in Brookline, Vermont, and was eighteen years of age when he enlisted January 13, 1813, at said Brookline, and served as a private in Captain Val. R. Goodrich's Company, Eleventh United States Infantry and was killed August 31, 1814, at Port Erie, Canada, while in the discharge of his duty.
In 1838, the soldier was living in McDonough County, Illinois.
In 1838, Joseph L. Blandin testified in McDonough County, Illinois, no relationship stated.
There are no further data as to family,
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
This taken from Wt. M. 13270-160-12 Daniel Blandin case

I Samuel Blodgett of Westminster in Middlesex of Winton and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that I was for a period, hereby make the further declaration supplementing to the declaration I made before the Providence Court for the dis- trict of Westminster on the 14 day of May 1882 that from the first day of August 1776 till the first of April 1778 he was in the service of the United States under different engagements as he has in his declaration set forth; the whole of the time and was not engaged in any other service what so ever - That he was called into the field by competent authority, that is to say there was almost a continual call for soldiers from that part of Massachusetts adjacent to the State of Rhode Island to go to the state of Rhode Island to guard the different points & to fight the British - That in the Town of At- lantic lying about twelve miles from Prov- idence the different companies were called together and mustered for volunteers; if the number of soldiers called for did not volunteer they were drafted to make up the number - That at each of the periods of service set forth in his declaration (except the two last) he volunteered when called upon for that purpose as aforesaid That in the two last periods of service set forth in his declaration he was not called and did not volunteer but was drafted - That when called for soldiers they were called upon for a specified time - That when he served as above they generally were in company guarding the different parts of the state of Rhode Island (except the first company at Dorchester) and he was not recalled whether his company was or was not under the particular care of any higher officer than Captain; if they were he cannot from length of time and defect of memory state the names of such officers further than he has related in his said declaration neither can he state more definitely the commencement and termination of the several periods of his service than he has already set forth in his declaration but he is confident he served in the service in the service

slaves among during the Revolutionary war the period set forth in his declarative and in to the several Interrogations proposed by the war department The said declarant makes the following answers to wit
1 When did what your own born? and in the town of Atkinson Mass in the year 1759
2 Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it Ans. He believes the record of his age is in the town clerk's office in the town of Atkinson and Bristol but has no record of the same in his possession - except that his parents (published 1759) as a memorandum of the year of his birth
3 When were you first called into service - then when you first called into the Revolutionary war & not here all your time and - Ans. - When called into service I lived at the town of Atkinson that soon after the Revolutionary war moved to Bristol Vermont & lived there till the year 1820 - when he moved to Sherrill in the state of New York lived there till the year 1838 when he moved to the town of Westport where he now lives -
4 How were you called into service? were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom? - Ans. The first period I volunteered - the last I was drafted -
5 In answer to the fifth Interrogation he cannot further answer than he has already answered -
6 & 7 To the sixth and seventh Interrogations he cannot make further answer than he has already answered -
The declarant further states that when he volunteered to General Scott a

Blackthorn is set forth in the financial period of his service. The fact fact is that the British had been in the field field to prevent and secured a man by the name of Dillon, and carried him on to the Isle Isle of Rhosa Island where he took the small pay & did all the company in which this account was was found at the house of the widow of the deceased — Westminster May 22, 1883 Laurence Blandin
State of Vermont } Windham County } Subscribed and sworn This 22 nd day of May 1883 — Before me — Asa Phelps

28/98 Chas. A. and in, Blandinsville, Ills.
1920, Apr. 8 Hist to Fred D. Fleming Ionia, Iowa - En 1921, Oct. 20 mrs Theodore Wiermann - En 1929, June 15 - 1 Hist to mrs J. P. Thomas
32123 Key INVALID.
Apr. Bla
File No. 82, 193
Lamech Blanden
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index: - Vol. 9 , Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Henry
Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

Macomb H. Danforth Sec. Sept 8 1837
Hon Secretary of War.
Sir a few days since an old Revolutionary Soldier and ast me to obtain his pension payment due him 4 March last and previous since of Army, by virtue of the (copy) Certificate granted him as follows on the words and figures viz-
"War department "Revolutionary Claims."
"I certify that, in conformity with the law of the united States of the 7th June 1832 Samach Bland of the State of Vermont who was a private, Corporal, and Sergeant in the Revolutionary War is entitled to Pension Eighty Eight dollars and fifty cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the (fourth) alias 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War office of the United States this 27th day of November One thousand eight hundred and thirty three (Signature) Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
"Examined and countersigned J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions"

On the back of which was endorsed "James Blandow: pay notes to be made at Washington by the Post M rs Dr. H. P. agent for paying pensions in the agency of Vermont" also.
"Recorded in the Pension office in Book E Vol 3 Page 54 by D Brown Clerk"
the object now is to obtain an order that the pensioner Mr Blandow may draw his said pension at St Louis Mo or some place in this State and you will under kind affair by sending a form of the papers to be forwarded so as to enable him to draw his pension -
he drew a patent for the N. W. of Section No 33 of Township 7 N. in Range No 4 West of the 4th principal Meridian in Illinois by Warrant No 13970 -
"Patent Record Vol 12 p 357 Ex 2" Your attention will confer a great favor on the Patriot Society and which I will gratefully remember with great Respect your Obed t Servant James M Campbell

Mar 19.
In at W Elliot
Col. J. Edwards Esq
General Office
Washington
Hon R. M. Young Senate US
Answered Mar 20, 1838.

Washington City March 18. 1838.
Hon. Joel R. Poinsett
H. L. Edwards Esq. Secretary of War,
Sir,
I sometime
since addressed you in behalf of a revolutionary Pensioner by the name of Lamack Blandon, who has recently removed to McDonough County, Illinois, from the State of Vermont, and who is desirous of having his name taken from the Pension list of Vermont and added to that of Illinois - He was formerly paid at Burlington, Vt. and says that his papers are recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol 3. Page 54. by D. Brown Clerk.
Will you please inform me whether any arrangement has been made as yet for the payment of his pension in Illinois - He writes to me that he is very much in want of the money, as he has but little else to subsist upon -
I am very Respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
Richard M Young

Feb 3 1840
Mr Evans,
James J. Edward Esq
Commissaire of Pensions
R. M. Young H.R.
Wokington City 5

Washington City Jany 31. 1840.
James L. Edwards Esq
Commission of Pensions,
Sir, will you
please examine the enclosed papers, and Mr. Campbell's letter, and inform me whether any thing can be done by the Department to adjust the difficulty of which complaint is made, among the heirs of Mr. Blandus the late Pensioner -
very Respectfully &c
Richard M Young
P.S.
Please return Mr. Campbell's letter.

Bank of Windsor. April 24 th 1838.
Sir;
Samuel Blunden, a pensioner under the Act of June 7 th 1832, relative to whom you extend enquiry under date of the 18 th Inst. - has been paid to March 4 th 1837.
I am, Sir, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt.
for the Pension Agent W. Emerson Cash
Hon. J. S. Edwards. Comm ee of Pensions.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 14 th , 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Samach Blanden, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Cairo, Illinois Agency, at the rate of Eighty eight Dollars and fifty — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Comptroller of the Present.

N. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington City

Washington City April 16 th 1838
Sir,
I enclose herewith the letter of James Mc Campbell Esq Clerk of the Circuit Court of McDonough County, in the State of Illinois, covering the papers of Mr. Samueh Blandon, who has recently removed from the State of Vermont to McDonough County, Illinois, and who is desirous that his name may be changed from the Pension roll of Vermont to that of Illinois, and that payment may be directed to be made to him of his pension at the most convenient place to his present residence —
Please send the necessary papers to me, making the desired change, in order that I may transmit them to Mr Blandon in Illinois.
I am very Respectfully Sir
Richard M Young

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James Elliot Esqr New Haven Windsham Co. W

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
24 Sept. 1833.
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. These 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 Lamech Blandon
   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.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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.
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 the and C. D. residing in (the same) 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
Warrant as Lieut. if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it —

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 inquiry 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 fix 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 [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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.
The papers are so indistinctly written, that, if it be stated we cannot tell how long he served as corporal & how long as Sergt

Leviathan Blondin
Amended Datum
Oct 26, 1833

State of Vermont
Windham County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace within and for the county of Windham aforesaid I am much obliged of Westminster in said county an officer for a pension who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot discern particularly as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grades
 Aug. 1776 for four months I served as a private  Dec 1776 for three months & fifteen days I served as a private  March 1777 for three months & fifteen days I served as a private  June 1777 for three months - - - I served as a private  July 1777 for three months - - - I served as corporal  Aug 1777 for three months - - - I served as sergeant  1778 for one month fifteen days I served as sergeant  1778 for three months - - - I served as a private  July 1780 for three months fifteen days I served as a private 
3 - 4 1/2
and for such service I claim a pension and the said Laurence Blandee further deposes that he did not to the best of his recollection ever receive a sergeant's warrant but that he does distinctly recollect that in the period of service commencing August 1777 altho he served the first three months as a corporal he was returned by the captain as a sergeant for the whole six months & paid as sergeant
Westminster Oct. 26, 1833
Laurence Blandee
State of Vermont
Windham County ss. Subscribed and sworn to this 26th day of October 1833 Before me
Asa Keyes 2 d justice of the peace
State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New France, October 30. A. D. 1833.
I certify that Asa Keyes 2 d Esquire, is a justice of the peace within and for the county of Windham aforesaid, and that the above is his signature. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court.
James Elliot, Clerk

the affidavit of Peter Dury of Brookline in the County of Windham and State of Vermont - who testifies and says that he was knowing to the affair and Samuel Standish being in the (any) Revolutionary Army in the year 1777 - and in the month of October of that year - was in the Army with Standish ————— Peter Dury
Windham County ss The foregoing affidavit of Peter Dury was submitted & sworn to
Before me J. White } Chief Judge of Windham County Court.  I do hereby certify that the above named Peter Dury is a person of undoubted truth & veracity. J. White C. J. W. G. C.

State of Vermont Windham county ss I certify that the within Defamatory Bill long since occurred (See pages 2 nd & 3 rd of the same) Peter August 1-1832

The appearance of Abiah Fuller of Putney in the County of Windham and State of Ver- mont aged Seventy nine years who testi- fies and says that he is well acquainted with Lemuel Blodgett of Manchester in said County of Windham that he was also acquainted with him at the time he entered the Army of the United States in the year 1777 that this deponent served in the same com- pany with said Blodgett that he en- tered the service the first of August 1777 and served six months - and further and further saith not
Decoy July 24, 1832 A E J 4864
State of Vermont } July 24, 1832 The foregoing Windham ss } affidavit was subscribed sworn to.
Before me Asa Kings 2 d Justice of the Peace
I certify that Abiah Fuller who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a man of truth and integrity to whom testimony full faith & credence ought to be given
Asa Kings 2 d Justice of the Peace
For county Clerk's certificate see Abiah Fuller's case
For county Clerk's certificate see Abiah Fuller's case

John Blandin of Brookline in the County of Middlesex and State of Ver- mont of lawful age do hereby say that I was well acquainted with Leamuch Blandin of Littleborough in the County of Bristol and State of Massa- chusetts in the year 1776 - That I was well knowing at that time that the said Leamuch Blandin sometime in that year and about July or August entered into the service of the United States, whether by volunteer or by enlist- ment I cannot say which, that he was in the army the principal part of the time for two years - that he came home a number of times and stayed a day or two & then went again & I understood that he went on short furloughs, under a number of different en- gagements. That the first year of his service I saw him in the service of the United States on Dorchester Hill - afterwards I saw him in United States service at Providence in State of Rhode Island. Said Leamuch Blandin now resides in West Newton in the County of Middlesex and State of Vermont and was Blandin Leamuch Blandin with whom I was acquainted at Newton in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1776 is the same Leamuch Blandin who has this day made his declarations before the Pro- bate Court. and further I say not
July 14, 1832 -
John Blandin
Newton July 14, 1832
subscribed & sworn this day
Before me Asa Folsom 2 d Justice of the Peace
I certify that the aforesaid John Blandin who has subscribed & sworn to the above affair is a man of truth and veracity to whose testimony full faith & credit ought to be given - Asa Folsom 2 d Justice of the Peace
For further clerical certificate see Abiah Folsom case

I Witness Redway of Putney and the county of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age say testify and say that in the year seven hundred and eighty six the new new appointed north General Ben see then of Littleton in the state of Massa- chusetts born of Westminster Vermont that the said General Blodgett served as a Volunteer in the United States service as on about the first day of August in the year 1776 and served as a private until about the first of December of the same year that I was in the same company with said Blodgett that we formed under Colonel Francis Major Dugge Capt Isaac Hedges Lieut Abner Bliss & Ensign Coble - That we were stationed at Danheston Hill - & further I say not
Witness Redway
Subscribed & sworn this 14th day of July 1882 at Putney in said county of Windham Before me Asa Vose a Justice of the Peace
I certify that Witness Redway who subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a man of truth & veracity & whose testimony full faith & credit ought to be given Asa Vose Justice of the Peace
For county clerk's certificate see Abiah Fuller clerk

State of Vermont Windham County ss. We Sarah Martin & Levi Wilder both of Westminster in the County of Windham do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lemuel Blanden formerly of Brookline now of said Westminster, who on the fourth day of July Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty three subscribed and sworn to his decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, before the District Court for the District of Westminster in said County of Windham, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reported and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides in said Westminster to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sarah Martin Levi Wilder
State of Vermont Windham County ss. Westminster May 22 d 1832 I have been sworn & subscribed before me this day - Am Vose Justice of the Peace and I do certify that the aforesaid Sarah Martin & Levi Wilder are men of truth and veracity and to their testimony full faith and credit ought to be given Am Vose Justice of the Peace
I James Johnson of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont testify and say that I am well acquainted with Lemuel Blanden of said Westminster an applicant for a pension, that I have been acquainted with him for about thirty years that during the last year in the year 1813 I think I often heard said Blanden saying that he spoke of his services in the Revolutionary War told of his being cut in said Revolutionary War and of the suffering he underwent said Blanden then being in Brookline adjoining said Westminster as a near neigh- bor to me, and during the last year I have often spoken of said Blanden being in the Revo- lutionary War, that at times there be posthumous pension

in the neighborhood in Brookline when saw Wandee then deceased, and it is now believed he departed in Westminster in the neighborhood so when saw Wandee Resides that he was a sacred of the Association and that I am well in that opinion -
Westminster Aug 22, 1883
James Johnson
State of Vermont
Windham County } 3 Westminster Aug 22 nd , 1883
Sir: I subscribe this day
before me Are Hugh 2 nd father of the same I certify that James Johnson above named is a man of truth and integrity to whom testimony full faith and credit ought to be given
Hugh 2 nd father of the same

I Aliah Fuller Jr of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont testify and say that I have been acquainted with Samuel Blodgett of said Westminster for more than thirty years, that between twentyfive and thirty years ago I heard said Blodgett frequently speak of himself in the service of the Revolution near as he stated that he was most in a number of different campaigns and that he was in one campaign with my father Aliah Fuller (also an applicant for a pension) and I further testify that for thirty years past (and also at the present time) it has been reported and lectured in Brooklyn where said Blodgett formerly lived that he was a soldier of the Revolution and I am ever in that opinion. It is also reported & lectured in Westminster of which in the neighborhood where said Blodgett now lives that he was a soldier of the Revolution and I am ever in that opinion - Westminster May 22, 1833 Aliah Fuller Jr
State of Vermont
Windham County ss } Westminster May 22 d 1833
Subscribed & sworn this day
Before me Aliah Fuller Jr of Westminster I certify that the above named Aliah Fuller is a man of truth and veracity & in whom testimony full faith & credit ought to be given. Aliah Fuller Jr of said Westminster

I John Wellman of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of the age of thirty two years of age testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Cornelius Blanden now of said Westminster formerly of Brookline agency for more than forty years past that I have been near neighbor to him for about thirty years of that time (that from about 1820 to 1850 said Blanden moved to and resided in Ghent in state of Washington) that about forty years ago and frequently from that time to the present the exception of said ten years) I heard the said Blanden speak of having been in the service of the Revolutionary War at and about Rhode Island State. He often told of the skirmishes in which he was engaged and of the different places to which he moved - that said Blanden now lives in the same Westminster about two miles from the place where he formerly resided in said Brookline - That for more than forty years past it has been reported & believed in said Brookline that said Blanden was a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion -
Westminster May 22, 1833
John Wellman
State of Vermont
Windham County ss I hereon & subscribe this 22 nd day of May A.D. - 1833
Before me Anys Keyes 2 nd Justice of Peace I certify that the above named John Wellman is a man of truth and veracity to whom testimony full faith & credence ought to be given - Anys Keyes 2 nd Justice of Peace

The affiance of Jonathan Huntly of Danvers in the County of Middlesex and State of Vermont Clergyman aged seventy seven years, who upon oath testifies and says that he was a soldier in the service of the Revolutionary war that in the latter part of August in the year 1775 he was in the service at Providence in the State of Rhode Island. That a man by the name of Blandon was there a soldier in the American Service. That the said Blandon in attempting to cross the channel in the bay got into deep water and as he could not swim, sank and was supposed drowned but was finally brought to shore and recovered. About forty five years ago I lived in Putney in the State of Vermont and became acquainted with Lemuel Blandon then of Brookline Vermont, now of Westmore Vermont an applicant for a pension soon after my first acquaintance with him, we related to each other our services in the revo- lutionary war, and said Lemuel Blandon related one of the cir- cumstances of his being nearly drowned at Prov- idence & stated the particulars of it so fully that I had no doubt but he was the same man that I saw in the channel above related and I fully believe that said Lemuel Blandon was in the United States service at said Providence in the month of August 1775 - That soon after my acquaintance with said Blan- don and more than forty years ago a said Blandon told me of his services in the Revolution and my impression is that he talk of being cut at different times and places but the particulars thereof have escaped my memory - I have heard him, however, speak of the exploits of Glover's black brigade. During the aforesaid conversations with said Blandon he was one of the Deacons of the Baptist Church in said Brookline and officiated in that capacity till he moved to the State of New York - and from my personal ac- quaintance with him as also from the gen- eral character he has sustained, I do testify that said Blandon has always maintained

The highest Reputation for truth and veracity, and I fully believe that no person alive have a more scrupulous regard to truth than he - I believe full credence ought to be placed in his testimony. -
State of Vermont Windham County ss. I do hereby certify that Jonathan Huntly Doomed and subscribed this 23 rd day of May Anno Domini 1833. Before me Asa Vryn 2 d Justice of the Peace
And I do hereby certify that Jonathan Huntly who signed the above affidavit is a Gentleman of Discretion in good and true faith - Asa Vryn 2 d Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Windham County ss. I do hereby certify that Ned Lane May 27 th AD 1833 I certify that Asa Vryn 2 d who has subscribed upon the annexed Deposition in the matter concerning the death of Samuel Peterson Aleciah Leduc John Blanchard, Wilmoth Barnes, Aaron & Parise, James Simonds Aleciah Leduc John Blanchard Jonathan Huntly, were on the 14 th & 24 th days of July 1832 and also on the 22 nd & 23 rd days of May 1833 a true copy of the above infor- mation Windham County common pleas & qualified & that the signatures purporting to be his to each of said certificates are his genuine signatures - I also certify that Oliver White who administered the oath to Peter Derry on the accompanying affidavit of said Derry, was on the 11 th day of April 1818 a Judge of Windham County Court & that the signature upon said Derry's affidavit purporting to be the signature of said White is his genuine signature -
James Elliot, Clerk.

Washington Iowa
433 E. Wash. St.
Jan. 30 - 29
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Sir: - Will you please let me know, No. of volume and page, of military rec- ord of Lamech Blandin born 7-28-1759 - First en- listment 8-1-1776. Application for pension - 7-14-1832.
Respt.
Mrs. J. P. Thomas.

Rev War Iama Iowa
March, 2019 20
Commissioner of Pensions
Will you please give me the Rev record of Laureh Blandin who served in Mass Troops, under Capt Hodges and Col of Francis.
Also would like Rev. record of Capt Wm Nutt of Northumberland Co Va
Yours Very Truly
Fred D Fleming.

Rep sent
11 Kraft Avenue, Bronxville, N.Y.
October 7, 1921
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Section.
Dear Sirs:
I shall appreciate any information which you can furnish concerning
Lamech (possibly Lemuel) Blanden or Blandin who is said to have served in the Massachusetts Line and was placed on the pension roll of Vermont in 1832. He is said to have received also a grant of land which his sons "laid" in Mc. Donough County, Illinois.
Yours very truly,
(Mrs. Theodore) May C. H. Westermann
Registrar Anne Hutchinson Chapter, D.A.R.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
N+13970-160-12
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Laonech Blandina Blanden a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S 32123-
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug 1 1776 4 mos Pvt Isaac Hodges Ebenezer Francis Mass.   Dec 1776 3 1/2 mos " Alec. Foster ✓   Mar 1777 2 1/2 mos " Israel Drow ✓   June 1777 2 mos " Heath ✓   Aug 1777 6 mos Corporal Caleb Richardson ✓   Feb 1778 1 1/2 mos Sgt Moses Wilmarth Duggett   July 1778 2 mos Pvt Rebergsen ✓   July 1780 7 mos " Alec Foster ✓  
Battles engaged in, several skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Attleboro, Bristol Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 14 1832
Residence at date of application, Westminster Windham Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 67
Remarks: In 1838 he was living in McDonough Co. Ills. He stated whither he was married in 1838 he left Blandina wife in McDonough Co. Ills. in 1830. After Rev. he Brodman Vt & cleaning N.Y. etc.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.