Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25415, D Forest Cloud, Conn

SERVICE
Conn
Cloud, D. Forest Forest or Anna
NUMBER
W 25415
CONTENTS

Recorded by J. J. Bach Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 48- Clerk.
Act July 7, 1838.
$130.00
Widow to the 4th of March, 1841. Semi-annual allowance ending Certificate of Pension opened the 24th day of March, 1841 and sent via Baers, Vestrich, Vermont.
notified on the 26th of March, 1836. at the rate of 30 Dollars to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Bears per annum
who was a Private in the company of Wisconsin in the State of Vermont and who died on the 27th of Dec 1854. who was a pensioner under the Act of June, 1852. Anna Colson, widow of Frank Colson, Dec 2, 1854.
Wentworth Vermont 6116
2

Montpelier Vermont 6116
2
Anna Cloud, widow of Forrest Cloud, deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of June, 1832, and who died on the 27 th of Dec r 1834 of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hewitt of the Reg t commanded by Col. Huntington in the Campaign line for 9 months private-
scribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 30 - Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of March, 1841 and sent Ira Davis, Norwich, Vermont.
Arrears to the 4 th of March, 1841. Semi-annual allowance ending
$150.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk. Book A Vol. 2 Page 48.

Vermont. 9363.
O. Forest Claud
Greenbridge in the State of Verrn. ? who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hewitt of the Reg t  and commanded by Col. Huntington in the Cont l Militia line for
9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 30. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of May 1838. and sent to J.W. Smith, Chelsea, Orange Co., N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $ 60.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " $ 15.00
$ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Marcus T. Francis Clerk, Book C . Vol. 3 d Page 56.

DeForest Clancey Declaration Sunderland 6919. V.D.
DeForest Clancey - (1803)
Please to make me turn to John W Smith Chelsea Or. Co. Vermont

State of Vermont, ORANGE COUNTY ss.
At Chelsea in said County on this 21 st day of August
A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Titus Hutchinson, Daniel Cobb & Thomas Jones Justices of the County of
the Court of said Orange County, now sitting, being a Court of Record. Forest Cloud a resident of Tunkilidge in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, aged 67 years, and 9 months 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, 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was born in Brattleboro Vermont and lived there through the war of the Revolution. That in September 1781. four days after Bennington - was burnt by the British  General  Burgoyne , he volunteered in the Militia of Vermont for the term of one month in the Company commanded by Capt. Warren Hastings in Col. Huntington's Regiment. to go to Gratton Fort in P. State and went forthwith on enlistment to P. Fort and was then stationed during 7 months which expired same time in October & was employed driving cannon back from the water to the fort & repairing the fort as a guard . That while he was so employed at post  apd. and at or just before the expiration of his month's service he again enlisted in the service apd. as he thinks in the State service or State troops of Vermont for the term of eight months in the Company commanded by Capt. Hastings in the Regiment commanded by Col. Huntington and was stationed at P. Gratton Fort during the whole of 8 months - he thinks there was only his Regiment stationed at the fort at that time. That he was sent about one or two miles as a Picket Guard with others around the River - about three miles - that they were employed as above mentioned in repairing the Fort & Barracks & replacing the Cannon - & on duty & as a guard . & patrol duty till same time in the month of June 1782. he cannot recall the day. but was nine months from the time of his first enlistment - he was then and there discharged by Col. Huntington . As he believes, and verbally - that since the Revolution he has resided in Brattleboro , Chelsea and Tunkilidge in Vermont at which last place he now resides that he has no documentary evidence of service , & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the assertions of Jesse Pike & Thomas Jones - that he sometimes signs his name Forest Cloud -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. to his knowledge
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Forest Cloud H. E. G. B. Laughlin Clerk
We John Emerson residing in Tunkilidge in said County of Orange and Charles Cleveland residing in the said Tunkilidge hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Forest Cloud who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 67 years of age; and 9 months 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. and we know of no Claymore in the vicinity who would probably be able to testify about this subject -
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John Emerson Charles Cleveland H. E. G. B. Laughlin Clerk
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 certify that it appears to them that John Emerson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Tunkilidge in said County, and that Charles Cleveland - who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. H. E. G. B. Laughlin Clerk
I H. E. G. B. Laughlin Clerk of the Court of Orange County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Forest Cloud for a pension. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 24 th day of August - A. D. 1832. H. E. G. B. Laughlin CLERK.

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss } On this 4 th day of October A.D. 1888. Personally ap- peared before the Probate Court of the District of Hartford Anna Cloud a resident of Danvers in the county of Windsor & State of Vermont aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Forrest Cloud who was a Private in the War of the Revolution. She cannot tell the Officer under whom he served, but is confident that he was in service at New-London Town, in 1781 when that place was destroyed by Gen. Arnold, and she has no documentary proof of his service.
She further says that her husband was a Pensioner at the time of his decease, that he received a Pension Certificate under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 which was dated the day of 1833 by which he was entitled to receive thirty dollars per annum, that she was married to the said Forrest Cloud on the day of March seven- teen hundred & eighty six, & that her husband the aforesaid Forrest Cloud died on the 27 th day of December 1834, That she was not mar- ried to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four N.V. at the time above stated.
Anna Cloud
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written Before, John S. Noyes Judge

I Col Billings Register of the Probate Court of the District of Hartford, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anna Cloud for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of office this 4 th day of October A D 1838
Col Billings Register
A stylized signature of Col Billings, featuring a long horizontal line with a flourish in the center.

6853
Anna Cloud
Yt
act of July 38
adm?
9 mo pri
30 p
No deduction
Ira Davis Norwich Yt

I Norman Blood of Woodstock, County of Windsor and state of Vermont aged 73 years depose & say that I was present at the Marriage of Forest Clance & Anna Pike & that said Marriage took place in the month of March in the year seven hundred & eighty six, but the day of the month I cannot recollect. And I also further say that the said Forest Clance died on the 27 th day of December AD 1834 and that the said Anna still remains the widow of the said Forest, and further say not,
Norman Blood
State of Vermont } Norman Blood the above deponent Windsor County } personally appeared & subscribed & made oaths to the foregoing affidavit this 22 nd day of Feb, 1840 & I hereby certify that he is a witness of strict veracity
Before me Nathan Just of Peace
State of Vermont } County Clerks of Woodstock Feb 27 Windsor County } AD 1840.
I hereby certify that Ira Davis is a justice of the Peace within & for the said County, duly authorized to administer oaths, & that the above signature of his is genuine. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court the day & year above written
A. Williams. Clerk

I Jesse Pike of Hanover, county of Grafton & State of New Hampshire, aged 67 years depose & say that I was present at the wedding of Forest & Anna Bland & that it took place in March 1787, I was at the time of the wedding about 14 years old & drove the team to carry their furniture home. And I also further say that the said Anna is now the widow of the said Forest & resides in Norwich. I also further say that I am the Brother of said Anna, & I do not know that any family record was ever kept by my Father, & that the said Bland & Anna have never had any children to my knowledge.
And further say not
Jesse Pike
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
At Norwich in said county this 10th day of Aug. 1840 then Jesse Pike the above deponent who is a witness of strict veracity, subscribed & made oath to the foregoing before me.
W. D. H. Justice of Peace
State of Vermont } Windsor County ss }
I Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that Ira Davis is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Windsor duly commissioned and qualified - that his commission was dated on the twenty-fifth day of November last and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next - and that his signature as here written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock in said County this tenth day of August A.D. 1840
N. Williams, Clerk

6919 Forest Glade
Admitted Private Count. Line 9 months
John W Smith Age Chelson Orange boy Vermont

BRIEF in the case of  Forest Cloud of Cambridge  County of Orange  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteer for New-ber In 1787 — 1. — Private.  Gen. Lord Huntington  Capt. Increase Haimo  same officers    Enlisted at or before the expiration of his enlistment 8 — — —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? not any  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brooklyn Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. B. Wilson Examining Clerk.  27. June 1833

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25415
Anna Cloud
Widow of
Forrest Cloud
Phil Rev. man
Act: July 7 th 1888.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 140
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6853.
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Suspended
Let to Ira Davis
Apl 28 th 1840.
do to same Aug 5 th 1840
act 7 July '38

I Mary Washburn of Hanover County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged seventy five years do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Anna Cloud wife of Forest Cloud of Norwich Vermont for more than sixty years, and that I lived near her father's and we went to school together when children, and I further say that I was married when I was twenty years old in the year 1785 and that the said Anna was married to said Forest about the same time, and I further say that my eldest child is 80 years old and the spring after he was six years old the said Forest and Anna Cloud moved into the neighborhood where we lived & resided near us, and I also say that they lived together as husband & wife until the said Forest's death, I was not present at the said Anna's marriage but knew it from report in the neighborhood at the time.
Mary Washburn
State of Vermont } Norwich Feb. 24 th 1841. Personally appeared Windsor County } Mary Washburn who is a witness of strict scrutiny & subscribed & swore to the foregoing affidavit.
Before me W. D. Williams Just. Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, } I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County Windsor County ss. } of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
T r a D a v i s
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 9 th day of March A. D. 1841
N. Williams, Clerk.

The within Depositions of Norman Cloud & Jesse Pike were taken by me
Jacob Morton Justice of the Peace

I Jesse Pike of Norwich in the County of Windson and State of Vermont of the age of 64 years do testify & say that I well recollect that DeForest Clance of Brook- -line in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut now living in Tombridge in the County of Orange & State of Vermont did leave the town of Brookline after to join the troops at Groton Fort so called in the State of Connecticut about the time that NewLondon was burnt in the revolutionary war further than as present South not - - Jesse Pike
State of Vermont } At Norwich August the 20 th 1832 Windson County } personally appeared Jesse Pike the signer of the above deposition and made solemn oath that the above contains the truth and nothing but the truth - Before me Jacob Burrows Justice of the Peace 3

I Norman Clond of Norwich in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont (of the age of 66 years etc testify and say that DeForest Clond of Tumbidge in the County of Orange & State aforesaid did enlist in to the service of the united States, & Marched from Brookline in County of Bennington & State of Connecticut to Grotton in said State & there to my best recollection found the regular troops being absent the time that Newbern was burnt either before or immediately after further the Deponent saith not Norman Clond
State of Vermont } at Norwich in said County on the 20 th Windsor County } day of August 1832 personally appeared personally known to me & a credible witness Norman Clond, and made solemn Oath that the above disposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me Jacob Benton Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 20 th 1832 Windsor County } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby Certify that Jacob Benton is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above, and foregoing are his Signatures - In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court, & subscribe my name, the day & year above Benj: Swan

March 17. 1841 Revolutionary Pensions additional Pensions
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 Anna Cloud
War Department Pension Office Washington City
FREE

(102) Irenawich March 9 th 1841
Dr. Sir. I send you some further evidence in relation to the marriage of Anna Clarke.
I can find none of a more decisive character and that which I send proves the relation of husband & wife from the year 1792 to the death of Clarke. If this affidavit is not satisfactory I can send more of the same description.
Respectfully Yours Ina Davis

General Revolutionary Claims 1840 Aug 17 1840 Norwich Vt Aug 12 th 3 Add proof Anna Cloud
Free
War Department
Pension Office Washington City

Warwick Aug 11 th 1840
Dr. Sir, Enclosed is the affidavit of Jesse Pike in the case of Anna Cloud, in proof of the marriage. I cannot find any other person who was at the wedding, & know of no further proof to be had. I sent you before a certificate before that there was no record on the Town book & I suppose there is no written evidence of the fact in existence.
Respectfully Yours
Ira Davis

War Department Pension Office

Norwich Pa Feb 28/1840
In Sir, enclosed is the application of Anna Cloud for a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838. she is the widow of Forest Cloud, who was a Pensioner under the act of Congress, of 1832.
Respectfully Yours One Davis

Town clerk's of Norwich Windsor County Vermont July 10th 1889.
I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records of marriages in this office and am unable to find any record of the marriage of Forest Cloud & Anna Pike.
attest
W. D. H. Town clerk 3