Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,887, Joseph Hulett, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hulett Joseph
S18887
Carded
CONTENTS

Copy of all papers furnished to Mrs. Sarah Tuttle, Secretary of War, Oct 9 th 1877- Officer's Pension Dept. by order of Chief Clerk.
Vermont 18.644
Joseph Tuttle,
of Windsor co in the State of Vermont, who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Cole of the Reg t commanded by Col. Woodbridge in the Mass. m a line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Sept r 1833. and sent to A. Heald Chester Vt
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 33 $ 66.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar ch 34 13.33
$ 79.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Ele Moun Clerk Book 28 Vol. 3 Page 69

Joseph Glutett Appr.
No 4.507 PO
Aug 29-

State of Vermont } On the 13 th day of August A.D. 1832 Windsor County ss } Personally appeared before the Probate Court within & for the same District of Windsor in the State of Vermont in Open Court.
Joseph Tuttle of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy nine years on the first day of November 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. - That he was called into service of the United States in the Revolutionary War soon after the Battle at Lexington & Concord in the month of April 1775. being then of the Class called Minute men, in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts - Then residing in Town Belcher, in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts marched through Ware, Brookfield, Leicester, Worcester & Watertown to Cambridge Massachusetts. when he enlisted the last of April 1775 for eight months in the Mass. Troops - & there entered into service under the following named Officers - Col o - Woodbridge - Capt. - Coke Lieut. Lane, ensign Warner - Sarg. Smith & Corporal Bridges - That he was stationed at the new College in Cambridge & at Charlestown neck - and afterwards at the Barracks at Cambridge, and was in the Battle at Lechmere's Point where the British sent out a party after Cows - and the American troops attacked the British troops sent over to cover the retreat of the Cow party. was on Guard during the Battle of Bunker's Hill. That he served eight months, and was then discharged at Cambri- dge about the first of December 1775. does not remember That he had any written discharge, and has not any documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can produce who can testify to his service -
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 -
The following questions were then propounded by the court of to the Applicant and the following answers made. 1 st When & in what year were you born?

Answer by the Applicant In Situ in the State of Rhode Island  Massachusetts in the year 1752.
2 d 2 o Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it.
Ans. my age is recorded in Old Swanzey, Massachusetts, as I have understood by my Parents.
2 d 3 o Where were you living, when called into service 3 were you drafted, were you a volunteer — Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & Where do you now live?
Ans. Lived in town Pelham, when called into service, returned to Pelham and during the continuance of the war removed from Pelham to Chester Vermont, where I have ever since Resided.
2 d 4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you Volunteer, or were you a substitute.
Answer — Belonged to the minute company, and voluntarily enlisted into the Mass. State troops.
2 d 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops where you served, such continental & militia Regiments as you can recollect. and the General circumstances of your service.
Ans. Gen l Washington, Gen l Putnam, Warren & Arnold, do not now recollect the names of other Regiments or the members — or other circumstances except those herein before mentioned.
2 d 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
Ans. Had no discharge in writing.
2 d 7 th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood; and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. — Daniel Fletcher Zephaniah Jenkins, & Amos Hield Esq. who live near, & in the same neighbourhood with me.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first before mentioned } Joseph H. Hulett Jabez Proctor Judge
We Daniel Fletcher & Amos Hield residing in Chester ( & in the same neighbourhood with Joseph Hulett the above named Applicant) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Hulett who has subscribed the above declaration — that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age having known him Rising of forty years — That he is reputed & believed

in the neighbourhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day and year herein first- written. }
Daniel Fletcher Amos Hoad
Jabez Proctor Judge
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, - and the Court further certify, that it appears to them, - that the said Daniel Fletcher, & Amos Hoad, who have signed the above certificate, are Residents in Chester in the same vicinity with the above named Applicant, and are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit. -
Jabez Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court

4507 —
Joseph Houllett
Admit 8 mos 26.66
A. Harold Chester. vt.
Mr Joseph Houllett
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 27 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 subjjoined 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 Joseph Hulett.
   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.     1775. 8 - Private Col Woodbridge Capt. John Cole Lieut. Worster Ensign Lam- 40 years Pittsfield Traditionary & Affidavit of Calvin Chapin  
* The Applicant upon further recollection thinks that he served under Lieut. Worster & Ensign Lam- instead of Lieut. Lam & Ensign Worster as stated in his original application.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Joseph Hulett
vt

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) _____, 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 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 _____; 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.
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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
LJ

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Hulett or Hullett 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 8 mos. Pvt. John Clegg Woodbridge Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Mass. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 13, 1832. Residence at date of application, Conesville, Windham Co., Vermont. Age at date of application, born Nov. 1, 1752 in Scituate, R.I.
Remarks: (He stated that his age was recorded in Old Scituate, Mass. There is no data on file as to his family.)
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
M. E. E.
July 17, 1928
Mrs. E. F. Goss 127 Lynn Avenue Ames, Iowa
Madam:
I advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Job Sherman as described by you, or of any Jonathan Sawin.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of the Revolutionary War soldier Joseph Hulett , S. 18,887, the name of the person paid and possibly the date of his death, you should apply to the General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data.-
"Joseph Hulett, Certificate No. 18,644, issued September 23, 1833, rate $26.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Vermont Agency."
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Sept. 21, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Can you tell me the date of death of (1) Joseph Hilett of Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont who at the age of 79 in 1832 was placed on the pension roll? He fought from Belchertown, Mass. (2) Will you please send me the record any of Job Sherman of Middleboro, Mass., born June 24, 1760, died July 24, 1838. (3) Also of Jonathan Sawin who fought from Westminster, Mass., born 1735, died 1822.
Thanking you, I am
Yours Truly,
(Mrs. E. F.) Amy M. Goss, 127 Lynn Ave., Ames, Iowa.

Ames, Iowa OFFER April 23, 1919
Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary Soldiers, In
gathering data for becoming a member of D. A. R. I have been advised to write you to see if either of these named ancestors, Asa Pollard of Bellerico, who enlisted May 8, 1775 and was one of the first killed, also Joseph Hewlett or Hulet of Belcheetown, (Capt. John Cowle Co. Col. Woodbridge Regt.) are among your records, as they for their family being

eligible for pensions. If so will you kindly inform me.
Yours Truly Gertrude A. Middleton 2610 Lincoln Way
Ankeny, Iowa.
At the Bunker Hill monument is the record of Asa Pollard who was a Revolutionary soldier and one of the first killed in service, after 1 month and 13 days, Solomon Pollard being his legal heir.
(Vol. 12 p. 499 Soldiers and Sailors Revolutionary War)

THE Hartford
INCORPORATED -1810- CHARTER PERPETUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. HARTFORD, CONN.
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GEO. L. CHASE, President P. C. ROYCE, Secretary THOS. TURNBULL, Ass't Secretary CHAS. E. CHASE, Ass't Secretary
RECEIVED FEB 7 1902
Agency at Greenwich N.Y. Feb. 3 1902.
Dear Sir -
Please send me a record of the services of Joseph Hulett who enlisted in New England and served in the Revolution. At one time he lived in Providence R.I. - also in Taunton Mass. He died in Chester Vt. aged 101. Was born about 1745 - and his wife's name was Hannah Larabee.
Respy -
Anna Newberry, Greenwich New York.

P 18884 INVALID!
File No. 18887
Joseph Huber
Phi Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 436
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar 25, 1902 Anna Newberry - Granville N.Y.
1919 May 13 Hist. Soc. to Gertrude R. Middleton
1928 - July 17, Mrs. E. F. Goss advised how to obtain date of death, etc. M.E.G.

Affidavit of Calvin Chapin

I Calvin Chapin of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont - aged twenty eight years - Do here and say, that in the year 1775 - I enlisted in the service of the United States, as and believe that Joseph Hewlett enlisted at the same time near as I can now recollect the 1 st day of May 1775, and served in the Company commanded by Captain John Coker in the Regiment commanded by Col l Woodbridge for the term of eight months - & served in said Comp y to the expiration of said term - That while in said service I was acquainted with Joseph Hewlett then from Belchertown Massachusetts, now of Chester in the county aforesaid - who is now present at the taking of this Affidavit - & whom I now recognize & believe to be the same Joseph Hewlett with whom I was then acquainted - That said Joseph Hewlett served as a private soldier in the same Company commanded by Capt. Coker in which I served, and was discharged as near as I can now recollect on the first day of January 1776. at Cambridge Massachusetts - at the time I was -
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Calvin Chapin
State of Vermont } Be it known that on the 26 th day of Windsor County ss } June 1833. before me
Rufus Root - a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Personally appeared Calvin Chapin above named and made oath in due form of law - that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth - Before me
Rufus Root Justice of Peace
I further certify that the above named Calvin Chapin is well known to me and is a credible witness. -
Rufus Root Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } On the first day of July A.D. 1833. Windsor County ss } Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the district of Windsor & State of Vermont, in open court now sitting Joseph Flutett of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Eighty years on the first day of November Last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Amendment to his former declaration; bearing date the 13 th day of August 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 — Deposition & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the particular day he entered service & number of days he did serve; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following quarters. For eight months I served as a private in 1775. And for such service I claim a pension.
That he served with an embodied Corps, called into service by competent authority, that he was either in the field or garrison, and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. That in his original application, in answer to the 7 th Interrogatory question, he did not state the name of any Clergyman who could testify as to his character for veracity. As there was no one present at Court sufficiently acquainted with him so as to testify — & as none could then be procured without considerable trouble & expense, it was deemed prop- er to take the testimony of two others, who did testify. And now he the said Applicant, further states the names of Rev d Rufus Bruce residing in Chester, & Joshua Cook who can testify in respect to his character for veracity. Sworn & subscribed the day & year. — Joseph Flutett first herein written. Labor Proctor Judge

We Rufus Bruce a Clergyman residing in the Town of Chester in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont, & Joshua Cook residing in the Town of Chester in said County— Herby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Hulet who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution And that we concur in that Opinion. ~ Sworn & Subscribed the day & year } Rufus Bruce first herein before written. — } Joshua Cook Before Jabez Proctor Judge —
And I herby further certify, that it appears to my Satisfaction that Rufus Bruce who has signed the pre- ceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Chester aforesaid and that Joshua Cook who has also signed the same is a Resident in Chester aforesaid and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to full credit. Jabez Proctor Judge —

State of Vermont } I Reuben Washburn Register of the Windsor County } Court of Probate within & for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont; do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the proceedings of the said Court in the Amendment to the declaration of Joseph Huttell for a Pension. ~
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this first day of July in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred & thirty three.
Reuben Washburn.