Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,863, Perley Howe, Green Mt. Boys Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Green Mt. Boys, Mass.
Howe, Perley
S. 10,863.
CONTENTS

Death not shown on agency book.
Perley Howe
Being a private in the State of Vermont was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sloan of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wood in the Mass. for 20 1/2 mo.
Enscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 68 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Octr 1855 and Sept J. K. Parish  Randolph
arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1833. $170.83 semi-ann. allowance ending Sept  March 34. 34. 16 $ 205. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book Vol. 3. Page 70

Perley Howe
N o 6541.

When the People at D r Williamstown heard that Col Baume's force was marching into Vermont the Militia immediately turned out and he marched with them under Col Simons, and Capt Williams to Bennington at which place Capt Jonathan Danforth took the command of the Company by request of Capt Williams who preferred serving under Danforth as the more experienced Man. on the third day after our arrival being the sixteenth day of August 1777. Col Warner arrived with a reinforcement and joined Gen. Stark and immediately attacked the British force. Col Warner's reinforcement did not arrive until the commencement of the second engagement, but Warner was there at the commencement of the Battle. Col Simons Regiment in which D r Howe was serving was in both Battles, and D r Howe fought through the day. After serving one week he returned home. About the first of October 1777 he marched as a volunteer from D r Williamstown where he yet lived under Capt Sloan to Cambridge in the state of New York with a view to join Gen. Gates Army. The Company was directed by Gen. Gates to remain at Cambridge till further Orders, here D r Howe was accidentally wounded and was allowed by his Captain to take his horse and return home where he arrived after being absent two weeks. About the first of June 1778 or 1779 he does not recollect which he volunteered in the Militia to enter the service of the United States for eight months and marched from D r Williamstown where he yet lived under Capt Noble to Poughkeepsie in the state of New York till the regiment under Col Wood had united when they marched to the White Plains where they joined the Army under Gen. Gates and was attached to Gen. Driyon's Brigade to supply the place of a regiment detached from his Brigade to fight the Indians. D r Howe continued there until his Regiment was detached from the Brigade and marched to Poughkeepsie for winter quarters and D r Howe remained there until his time expired and he was discharged or dismissed. He has no documentary evidence & knows of no other testimony he can produce except the affidavits of Henry Johnson & James Kilborn herewith forwarded to the Department. He was born in Middletown Conn. day of birth recorded in his family bible, taken from his father, lived in Williamstown Mass. when called into service & since leaving there had lived in Williamstown Mass. volunteered every term of service. The officers in his recollection are named above - does not remember that he ever rec d a written discharge. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of any State. I would subscribe the day before aforesaid.  Perley Howe
Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate
We Joel Davis a burgessman & Daniel Pride both residing in Williamstown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Perley Howe who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 77 years of age and that he is respected & believed in the

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
State of Vermont
Orange County and District of Randolph
On this 17 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Probate Court within and for the District of Randolph County of Orange and State of Vermont now sitting a Perley Hoove as President of Williamstown in the County of Orange District of Randolph and State of Vermont aged Seventy Seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - He entered as a volunteer under Col Seth Warner, Captain Sabin, Sicut Davis and Clark. He volunteered immediately after news was received of the defeat of General Montgomery at Quebec about the fifteenth of January 1776 at Williamstown in the State of Massachusetts where he then lived. he does not remember that any other Field Officers were appointed except Col Seth Warner. He marched to Quebec and joined the Troops under Gen. Arnold and continued there under him and Gen. Worcester until the arrival of British reinforcements when the Army retreated. he then proceeded up the river to Montreal and from there returned home and arrived the Twenty eighth day of May 1776.
When the news of the defeat of Gen. Arnold's Fleet was received at said Williamstown where he still resided he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer and marched to Ticonderoga under Capt Smedly and continued at that place and Mt Independence about two months until the British retired to winter quarters when he returned home -
On the first of January 1777 he again entered the service of the United States in a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col Benjamin Simons, Sicut Col Hyde, Adjt Daniel Hosford, Capt Douglas, Sicut Burbank and marched from said Williamstown where he still resided to Ticonderoga where the Regiment joined the Continental Regiment under Col. Wayne. Comd - and continued and served three months when he was discharged, and returned home. After the retreat of the American Army from Ticonderoga, he volunteered to defend Castleton from the refugees and Indians and continued there three weeks during which time the Party collected there served without any regular command, and at the expiration of that time returned to said Williamstown - About a month after he volunteered to go from said Williamstown to Manchester, in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont to defend that place the establishment at Castleton having been deserted and continued there three weeks.

When the People at D r Williamstown heard that Col Bannan's force was marching into Vermont the Militia immediately turned out and he marched with them under Col Simons, and Capt Williams to Bennington at which place Capt Jonathan Danforth took the command of the Company by request of Capt Williams who preferred serving under Danforth as the more experienced man. on the third day after our arrival being the sixteenth day of August 1777 Col Warner arrived with a reinforcement and joined Gen. Stark and immediately attacked the British force Col Warner's reinforcement did not arrive until the commencement of the second engagement, but Warner was there at the commencement of the Battle - Col Simons Regiment in which D r Howe was serving was in both Battles, and D r Howe fought through the day - After serving one week he returned home - About the first of October 1777 he marched as a volunteer from D r Williamstown where he yet lived under Capt Sloan to Cambridge in the state of New York with a view to join Gen. Gates Army, the Company was directed by Gen. Gates to remain at Cambridge till further Orders, here D r Howe was accidentally wounded and was allowed by his Captain to take his horse and return home where he arrived after being absent two weeks - About the first of June 1778 or 1779 he does not recollect which he volunteered in the Militia to enter the service of the United States for eight months and marched from D r Williamstown where he yet lived under Capt. Noble to Poughkeepsie in the state of New York till the regiment under Col Wood had united when they marched to the White Plains where they joined the Army under Gen. Gates and was attached to Gen. Dixon's Brigade to supply the place of a regiment detached from his Brigade to fight the Indians D r Howe continued there in December when his Regiment was detached from the Brigade and marched to Poughkeepsie for winter quarters and D r Howe remained there until his time expired and he was discharged or dismissed he has no documentary evidence & knows of no other testimony he can produce except the affidavits of Henry Johnson & James Ribborn herewith forwarded to the Department he was born in Middletown Conn - day of birth recorded in his family bible, taken from his father, lived in Williamstown Mass. when called into service & since leaving there had lived in Williamstown Vt. volunteered every tour of service. The officers in his recollection are named above - does not remember that he ever rec d a written discharge He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of any state -  Perley Howe I would subscribe this day & year aforesaid
Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate
We Joel Davis a clergyman & James Pride both residing in Williamstown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Perley Howe who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 77 years of age and that he is respected & believed in the  D r Williamstown Vt. Nov 19 th 1858

the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Joel Davis Clergyman Darius Pridon Town Clerk
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Frederick Gairwold Judge of Probate
And the said 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 said board further certify that Joel Davis is a Clergyman and that Darius Pridon of Williamstown both to the board well known and who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
J. H. Parish Clerk of said Probate Court hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Perley Howe for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 17th day of August A.D. 1832.
J. H. Parish Clerk of said Probate Court
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Hon. Joel Davis, a soldier of the Revolution (discharged) for meritorious services & that he is a person of truth & integrity - Williamstown, Vermont August 14. 1832 Eliab Farn

I take it that this foregoing contains no error
I Henry Johnson of the Town of Clarence County of Erie and State of New York, do hereby depose and say that Perley Howe formerly of Williamstown Massachusetts now of Williamstown Vermont, was called out in the year 1776. and marched to Quebec, where he served as a soldier the term of four months, and I have always understood that he served three months in the year 1777. at Ticonderoga, and I furthermore say that in the year 1778. in the month of June, he enlisted with myself for Eight months, and served the same with me, in a Company commanded by Capt. Enoch Noble, in Col. Wood's Regiment, - all which I believe to be substantially correct. Henry Johnson
Sworn and subscribed { Clarence, Erie County, New York this 31 st day of July 1832. } July 31 st 1832.
Before me John Brown Justice of the Peace
Dear Sir
18th Nov 1

I hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Henry Johnson, sign of the within deposition for more than twenty years & that he is a person of truth & veracity -

Perley Hane
Admit. Loans
11.66 1.66
68.33
136.00
34.16
170.83 Claim
Randolph VT

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
4 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. 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 Perley Hare
   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.     1776 4 13 Private Col. Seth Warner 78 yrs Affidavit of Johnson & Hibbard   1776 - 2 Capt. Soudley Williamstown   1777 3 Col. Benj a Simonds Mess- See E. D. Bangs certificate   - - - 21 no field officer at Castleton   - - - 23 no field officer at Manchester   - - - 7 under Genl. Stark & Col. Warner   - - - 14 Capt. Slocum   1778 or 1779 8 00 Col. Wood - Gen. M'Namara See E. D. Bangs certificate & Johnson's affidavit   19 16  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.  Bangs Certificate shows for the two tours of service 29 days more than applicant dared to attest in his original declaration which added will make his claim 1 yr. 8 mo. & nearly a half say 13 or 14 days -

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
If the claimant served as he states, the recd Massachusetts will probably show the la

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 a 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 affix his seal to every certificate or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Also in the office of the Secretary of the State

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
If the claimant served as he states, the rolls in the office of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts will probably show the fact
and the seal of the Court of 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, deposes 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, in the militia, &c. without specifying the time, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [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.
[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.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Perley Howe a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 10,863
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jany 15, 1776 May 28, 76 Sabin Seth Warner Green Mt. Bays.   1776 2 mos. Smedly ✓ Mass   Jany 1, 1777 3 mos. Douglas Benjamin Simonds " Mass.   3 weeks In defence of Castleton ✓   3 " " Bennington ✓   Aug. 1777 1 " Capt. Williams Simonds   Oct. 1, 1777 2 " Sloan ✓   June 1, 1778 8 mos. Brady Noble Ezra Wood  
Battles engaged in, both parts of the battle of Bennington.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Williamstown. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17, 1832 - His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Williamstown, Orange Co., Vermont.
Age at date of application, seventy-seven yrs. born at Middletown Conn.
Remarks: _____
(Zebadiah Sabin Lt. Mass. 1775) (Arnold's fleet destroyed in Oct. 1776)
Respectfully,
(Nehemiah Smedly - Capt. Mass.)
Commissioner.

Reahan
10863 INVALID.
1906 Aug 3. History to Winifred A. Spooner - C 1918 Jan. 29. Hist. to Francis A. Gillett. f
File No. 10,863
Perley Howe Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: Vol. a , Page 179
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. S. J. Wan Pardon Office Washington City

Randolph Sept. 28. 1833-
Hon. Secy of War
Sir, I again return the papers of Perley Howe after having obtained the statement of E. D. Bangs the Secy of State of Mass. and by which it will be seen the Declarant actually served 29 days more during the two periods than he declared in his original declaration, the applicant is of the opinion & doubtless such is the fact that in his other tours of 8 1/2 months there never was a pay roll as the services were volunteer except the Quebec which was enlisted, and he did obtain an affidavit from one Stephen Dunning of Malone in the State of N.Y. & rec'd it but a few days after his original declaration was sent to the Department, & which is mislaid or lost and he has learned the S r . Dunning has left his residence and he does not now know where to find him. which affidavit shows the fact of the first service, Dunning was with him the foregoing contains the facts in the case, and as he has already been at much expense in time and money to obtain what proof he has, he now forwards his claim to the Department & relies on its justice knowing he claims no more than is his due and submits it to the decision of the Department.
I am Sir Your Obedt Servt
J. H. Parish
The Declarant says he has understood the S r . Stephen Dunning is a Pensioner & desires for the services in the Quebec tour / over

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 21 st 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Perley Hove is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. William Douglas' Company. Col. Benjamin Simonds' Detachment of Militia from the County of Berkshire, where he is allowed from December 16 th 1776. to March 22 nd 1777. three months and six days. — — — — —
m d 3= 6
Perley Hove's name is found on a Pay Roll of Capt. Enoch Nobles' Company. in Col. Ezra Woods' Regt. where he is allowed from May 20, 1778. to Feb y 7 th 1779. both days included, eight months and twenty three days. — — — — —
8= 25 11= 29
Ex. 2. Ms.
Perley Hove claims for services under Capt. Fabin, and Capt. Smedley, in 1776, also under Captains Williams, Jon s Danforth, and Sloan, in 1777, the rolls of which are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Dins Ly

I James Kilborn of Williamstown in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged sixty eight years, testify, and say, that in the year 1776 when the news arrived at Williamstown in the State of Massachusetts, where I then lived lived that Genl Montgomery was defeated at Quebec, a considerable company volunteered from the town to go on to Quebec. I was but a boy at that time, but I well recollect that Birkly Howe, with whom I was well acquainted, was one who volunteered and marched for Quebec but I am not able to say how far he marched or how long he served from my own knowledge but I always understood that he went to Quebec and served there till the Army retreated. I also recollect that he volunteered a number of other times and was out for short periods at the times when we had alarms. —
James Kilborn
State of Vermont Orange County ss } At Williamstown in said County this seventh day of August 1832, James Kilborn, a man well known to me, and considered a man of veracity, personally appeared, and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and made oath that the said affidavit contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me
James Lynde Justin of Peace
State of Vermont Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier Aug r 20 th 1832
I hereby certify that James Lynde is a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Orange and that to his acts & attestations as such due credit ought to be given & I believe the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of Office at Montpelier this 20 th day of Aug r 1832
Timothy Merrill
Secretary of State

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Apprentice for Paley House

very small canad 1839 State of New York } Stephen Dunning of Malone in the Franklin County } County of Franklin and State of New York aged seventy eight years, being duly sworn deposeth and says, that he is well acquainted with Perley Howe, now of East Williamstown in the State of Vermont, - that the said Perley Howe resided, during the revolutionary war, in the Town of Williamstown in the State of Massachusetts, - that the said Perley Howe in the month of January 1776. enlisted into Captain Sabin's company, which belonged to the regiment commanded by Colo. Warner, for the term of three months, and went to Quebec, under the command of Colo. Warner, and served in said Regiment against the common enemy four months before he obtained a discharge - that this deponent entered at the same time into the same company, went to Quebec with the said Perley Howe and was discharged from the service at the same time, that the said Howe was discharged. And this deponent further says that in the winter of 1777 - the said Perley Howe enlisted for the term of three months into the service of his country, and served that period of time, according to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief, in a regiment commanded by Colo. Simonds, which regim- ent was stationed at Ticonderoga in the State of New York - And further this deponent says, that he well remembers, that the said Perley Howe, in the 1778. enlisted into a company of troops, for the term of eight months, to serve against the com- mon enemy, which company this deponent believes was commanded by Captain Harris, but to what Regiment the said company belonged this deponent does not recollect - and this deponent has no doubt, but the said Perley Howe served out his said term of enlistment, in said company, and has always so understood, and never has heard suggestion to the contrary - And this deponent further states that he resided during the revolutionary war, in the same Town with the said Perley Howe, and that during that period, he well remembers, that the said Perley Howe, beside the above men- tioned terms of enlistment, turned out, as a Soldier, against the common enemy, in case of alarms, several times, but how

many times, or how long, at any one time, he served the defendant cannot now recollect - (The words "the said Parley Howe" interlined before signing takes the words "it" & "a" -
Subscribed & sworn before me me August 13th 1832.
Stephen Dunning
Benjn Clark Justice Peace
State of New York } I, John H. Russell Deputy Clerk of the Franklin County ss } County of Franklin aforesaid. Do hereby certify, That Benjamin Clark Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Stephen Dunning purports to have been made, and who signed above certificate of the making thereof, was on the day of the date of the said certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Franklin duly appointed and sworn - And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the name subscribed to the said certificate is the proper hand writing & signature of the said Justice and genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County the 13th day of August A D 1832.
John H. Russell Dep. Clerk
6561
Affidavit for Parley Howe

141 Amygdaloid St.
Laurium, Mich.
Jan. 17. 1918.
To The Bureau of Pensions. Washington - D.C. -
Commissioner of Pensions -
Can you furnish me with copy of the pension of Perley Howe, Major & Revolutio- Capt of 4 th Regiment Ebenezer Backus commanding Light Horse -
Earlier service. As cornet in Capt Sam'l Mc Leland Co. driving Lexington Alarm.
He lived at Williams Town

Maso. or Vermont.
Can you also furnish me with statement of time Ref. to sub. and Place of his death?
If there is clerical fee in connection with this, I will gladly furnish it.
Sincerely,
Frances R. Gillette Registrar Copper Country Chapter. D. A. R.

Directors.
REV. C. H. BARBER, Danielson MR. T. L. NORTON, Lakeville HON. D. STONG, Winsted DR. W. H. SHARPE, Putnam REV. J. R. STUBBENT, Putnam MR. S. P. THRASHER, New Haven PROF. W. P. BRADLEY, Middletown MR. H. H. SPOONER, Kensington MR. E. D. BEACH, Bridgeport MR. J. Y. McDERMOTT, New Haven MR. G. G. WILLIAMS, Hartford REV. W. S. MACINTIRE, Rockville MR. F. G. PLATT, New Britain MR. F. W. MARSH, Bridgeport MR. W. G. GREEN, New Milford
Honorary Life Directors.
REV. J. H. JAMES, Rockville PROF. D. N. CAMP, New Britain MR. L. P. TREADWELL, Branford
The Connecticut Temperance Union
REV. C. H. BARBER, PRESIDENT, . . . . . DANIELSON H. H. SPOONER, SECRETARY AND TREASURER, KENSINGTON W. A. GORDON, FINANCIAL AGENT, . . . . . DANBURY
Publishers
The Connecticut Citizen
TELEPHONE
"NEW BRITAIN DIVISION"
Kensington, Conn., 7/14/06
Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
I am applying for membership in the Daughters of the Am. Revolution and base my claim as a descendant of Perley Howe whose record is given below. The Registrar General wishes me to obtain a copy of his pension certificate and directs me to your Bureau as the proper place. Will you prepare same and forward to me at your convenience
Very truly Winifred Arnold Spooner Kensington Conn.
Perley Howe
June 16 th 1755
Born in Old Williamstown Mass Citizen of Woodstock Conn.
Died in Williamstown Vt. Nov 7 th 1839
Was injured during service and received a pension until his death. He enlisted from Woodstock Conn.
Served ten days in Lexington Alarm April 1775 as Cornet in Capt Saml Mcellelands Co
In June 1776 was made Capt. in 4 th Regt Light Horse (Major Ebenezer Backus command)
Reference - Lexington Alarm list
Record of Conn. men in war of Rev Page 27
Mustered out Nov 1 st 1776 " " " " " 478
Send only one, which corresponds in some respects - Writer may have claimed service without knowing it by tradition in family -