Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39732, Isaac Holden, Continental R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Holden, Isaac
S. 39732
R.I.
CONTENTS

11. 334
Vermont
Isaac Holden
of St Albans in the state of Vermont who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Varnum of the Rhode Island line, for the term of 1 year 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of June 1811, and sent to Frederick Bliss Esq. St Albans Franklin County
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 10 mo 21/30/31 = 216.32 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sep 1819 120.
$ 336.32
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Debt S. S. Holden. 28 July 1834 Same Aug 29 1854.
Died June 29. 1827 Agency book.
Notification sent October 26 1820 to Isaac H. Holden, Vermont.

Cleveland Ohio Aug 21 st 1854
Sir
I Received your letter of the 26 th inst in Reply to Mine of the 24 th July Making Inquiry With Regard to the Pension of Isaac Holden formerly of Vermont. Allow Me to inquire again with Regard to Legal Points in the Case. I Suppose Said Holden Received Pension up to the time of his Death. I Wish to Know if the Surviving Widow is intitled To half pay if so in Case of hir Death Without Receiving Said Pension. if the Heirs of Said Holden are intitled to hir perdue By Making Legal application
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant I S Holden
J P Waldo Esq Washington D C

Revolutionary claim under act of congress. May 1 st . 1820 State of Vermont. Franklin county Supreme court of Judica Franklin county ss I here July Adjourned Term. 1820.
On this Eleventh day of July A D 1820 Personally appeared in in open court being the Supreme court of said State for the Franklin and a Court of Record for said State and county having the power of fine and Imprisonment Isaac Hobden aged Seventy Seven years resident in St Albans in said county who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows (to wit) from December 1775 to February 1777. as a Lieutenant in Capt. Thomas Coles Comp y . in Col n . James Mitchell Vermont Regiment in the Rhode Island line My first declaration is dated April 10 th 1818. and My Pension certif- icate is No. 11,337. And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof within ten thereby so diminish it as to bring myself within the prov- isions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in Trust for me any property or Securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
I am by Occupation a Mill right but by reason age and the asthma or Sick I have no property of any kind. Except my clothing and am entirely dependant on

the Charity of my Friends for subsistence. Isaac Holden
Sworn to and declared on the 14th day of July 1820 } Before the Court
Attest Horace Jones Clerk
State of Vermont Franklin County ss
I Horace Jones Clerk of the Supreme Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that there is no property to value In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 15th day of July A D 1820 Horace Jones Clerk

State of Vermont } On this 10 th day of April A.D. 1818 Franklin County ss. } before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court within & for the said County, personally appears Isaac Holden aged seventy five years, resident in St. Albans in the said County, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said Isaac Holden on the the first day of December A.D. 1775 on Prospect Hill in Charlestown in the state of Massachusetts entered into the service of the United States as a first lieu- tenant in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Cole of the 9 th Regiment commanded by Colonel James M. Varnum of the Brigade com- -manded by General Nathaniel Green of the Rhode Island line of the United States Army on the conti- -nental establishment, and has afterwards received from the then Continental Congress a commission as first lieutenant bearing date of the time he entered the service as aforesaid; that he continued to serve in said Corps, or in the service of the United States until sometime in the month of February A.D. 1777, when he was honorably discharged from service in Quibbletown near Morristown in the state of New Jersey that he was in the battle on Long Island at the time General Sullivan and Lord Sterling were taken prison- -ers, also that he was in the battles of Harlem Heights Trenton and Princeton, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance

of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in power of his said serving. His commission and all papers which would have been evidence of his said serving were with his dwelling house about six years ago consumed by fire. —
Isaac Holden
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. —
Frederick Bliss one of the assistant judges of Franklin County Court —

Isaac Holden Evidence
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Salmon Hadden of Pattsburgh in the county of Clinton State of New-York of lawful age do hereby say that in the winter of the year 1811 about the month of January I think I lived at my father's house in St. Albans in the State of Vermont and at which time his house was burned.
And I was knowing that previous to this he had a Commission of Lieutenant which Commission purported to have been made to him as a Lieutenant in the revolutionary war between this country & Great Britain and at the time his house was burned this Commission together with many other papers were also burned
And for this my Deposition with oath. Salmon Hadden
State of New-York Clinton County ss Pattsburgh May 26. 1818.
This person did come before me Salmon Hadden the above named Deposition to me well known to be Salmon Hadden that the above affidavit by him submitted contained the truth & nothing but the truth.
Caleb Nichols
Judge of Clinton Co. N.Y.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Holden , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( his ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
8.39732
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1, 1775 to July 1777 1 st Lt. Thomas Cole James M. Varnum 9 Cont. Inf.   disch. at Littleton, N.H.        
Battles engaged in, Long Is., Harlem Heights, Trenton & Princeton Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Enl. Prospect Hill, Charlestown Mass. Date of application for pension, Apl. 10, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, St Albans, Franklin Co., Vt. Age at date of application, 75 yrs.
Remarks: He died June 29, 1827. Leaving a widow who survived him in 1854 - her name is not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Pen Salmon Holden of Plattsburgh in 1818.

39732
Rev INVALID.
1916 July 15. History to Mrs. H. L. Hossack. & 1916 Dec. 18. Auditor requested to fur. name of widow if of record. &
File No. 39,782
Isaac Holden Lieut. Col. M.A.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 232
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

Mrs. Hosack advised 14/26/13 - J. P. Law Div.
ad.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Nov. 25, 1913.
Respectfully referred to the Chief of the Law Division, inviting attention to the attached slip re- questing copies of papers in the Rev. War pension claim Sur File, 39732 of Isaac Holden. said papers contain 2145 words
Please notify Mrs. H. L. Hosack 521 Pearl St Ottawa Ills. of cost of same -
A. C. Wilson Chief Rev. War Section

WDC
Nov. 26, 1913.
Mrs. H. L. Hossack, 521 Pearl Street, Ottawa, Ill.
Madam:
In response to your request of the 25th instant for certified copies of all papers in the pension claim of Isaac Holden, Surv. File No. 39,732, Revolutionary War, you are advised that the act of Aug. 24, 1912, provides that 15 cents per folio shall be charged for copying any portion of the records of the Bureau, with 25 cents additional for the certification to such copies.
Copies of papers in said claim will cost $3.55. Upon the receipt of that amount in cash or by postoffice money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, your request will receive further consideration.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Cleveland July 24 th 1854
Mr Waldo
Dear Sir I wish to know if the Widow of Isaac Holden has Received Her Pay Since the Death Of said Holden. - Who was a Pensioner And Resided & Received his Pay in St Albans Vermont & died Between 20 & 30 years ago
Any information you may Give with regard to it will be Gratefully Received by your Humble servant
S. S. Holden
P.S. If she has not Received Her Pay Please give Directions how to proceed To obtain it S. S. H.

I Frederic Bliss Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac Holden did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in his preceding declaration against the common enemy for the full term of nine months (and more), at one period of service, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War. Pursuant to the act of Congress in said declaration mentioned, In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 27 th day July A.D. 1818.
Frederic Bliss J ge Judge of Franklin County Court
State of Vermont Franklin County B.
I Horace Jones, Clerk of said County Court within & for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the Honorable Frederic Bliss before whom the foregoing declaration of Isaac Holden was made was at the time of making said declaration and still is one of the Judges of the Court aforesaid duly appointed and qualified by the authority of this State, and his name before written is his own proper signature, and also that said Court is a Court of record.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th day July A.D. 1818.
Horace Jones Clerk

I Frederick Bliss late an assistant Judge of the county Court, in & for the county of Franklin & State of Vermont & before whom this declaration was made, do certify that the said Isaac Holden was on the 18 th day of March 1818, at the time of making this declaration & still continues to be a resident citizen of the United States, an Inhabitant & resident of St. Albans in the county of Franklin & State of Vermont. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at St. Albans this 28 th day of May 1819
Frederick Bliss late of Judge of C.C. Thereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Isaac Holden, & know that he is an Inhabitant of St. Albans county of Franklin, & State of Vermont, & was on the 18 th day of March 1818, and still continues to be a resident citizen of the United States. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office at St. Albans, this 28 th day of May 1819
Seth Warner Judge of Probate
Probate for the district of Georgia & State of Vermont
Isaac Holden Lieutenant of Rhode Island
admitted

I Sarah Willard of Swanton in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont aged sixty seven years the wife of Thomas Willard of said Swanton being duly sworn depose and say that at the commencement of the revolutionary war I resided in the same Town and neighborhood with Isaac Holden and was knowing that said Holden sometime during the war was a lieutenant in the american army and that he enlisted my brother John Farewell who went into the service and was gone a year how long said Holden served I do not know of myself but have heard that he served a year, and I further say that I know the said Isaac Holden to be the same Isaac Holden who now resides in St. Albans in the County aforesaid of which the saith not. —
Sarah her + Willard mark
State of Vermont } Franklin County } Sworn to and subscribed before me this third day of July A.D. 1818 and I further certify that the said Sarah Willard is in my opinion a credible witness. — J. B. Medley Mrs. Pease
State of Vermont } Franklin County } I Horace Jones Clerk of the County Court within & for said County do certify that I hereby before whom the said affidavits of Thomas Willard & Sarah Willard were taken was at the time of the taking thereof and still is a justice of the Peace within said County duly appointed and qualified by the authority of this State, and his name before subscribed is his own proper signature. —
Isaac Holden
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & have affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th day of July 1818 Horace Jones Clerk

I Thomas Willard of Swanton in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont aged sixty nine years being duly sworn depose and say that at the commencement of the revolutionary war I was in the same Town and neighborhood with Isaac Holden and was knowing that said Holden in the forepart of the war entered service as a lieutenant in the american army the exact time when he so entered the service I cannot recollect but think it was the latter part of the year 1775 or the first part of the year 1776 I understood however that it was in the year's service, and I have the impression that he served out the full year, I was knowing to his being at home at different times during his period of service, and on in particular after a soldier whom he the said Holden had enlisted from the neighborhood, and who had deserted, and I further say that I always understood that the said Holden bore the reputation of a good and faithful officer; and I further say that I know said Isaac Holden to be the same Isaac Holden who now resides in St. Albans in the County aforesaid & further saith not
THOMAS WILLARD
State of Vermont Franklin County } Sworn to and Subscribed before me this third day of July A.D. 1818 and I further certify that in my opinion the said Thomas Willard is a credible witness. J. H. Pierce J. P. Pease

A personal request
Nov. 25, 1913.
Mrs. H. L. Hoseack, 521 Pearl Street, Ottawa, Illinois,
Desires certified copies of all of the papers in the pension claim of Isaac Holden, Sur. File 39,732 Rev. War.

Mrs. H. L. Horack, 521 Pearl Street Ottawa, Ill.
Would like certified  copies of all papers in the pens. claim of
Isaac Holden S. File 39,732.
NOV 25 1913
She never paid for same.
↓ Law Div notf. Nov 25. No Answer to Law Div letter of Nov. 26, 1913 -
2145 words all papers except packet.

On 5th July 1916

One 2 3/4 stamped envelope received J.N.M. 11 Stamped env. recd CCW & OT PWB Rev. Sec. just send regular circular. She did not reply to Law Div. Letter in regard to the Commissioners of Pensions to certified copies S.A.W. Dear Sir:-
Please send me the pension record of Isaac Holden of St. Albans Vermont a Revolutionary Soldier and any data you may have concerning who he married and date of his marriage and death and oblige Mrs. H. L. Hosseck 408 East Main St. Ottawa, Illinois

Rev. War Section.
December 18, 1916.
To the Auditor for The Interior Department.
Sir:
An examination of the papers in the claim of Isaac Holden, 1st Lieutenant of the 9th Continental Infantry, shows that a statement of the officer's service, and the date of his death, was furnished Mrs. Hossack under date of July 15, 1916.
If the name of his widow is found on the records of your office, please inform Mrs. Hossack.
"Isaac Holden, Certificate No.11,339, issued June 4, 1819, for $20. per month from April 10, 1818, under the Act of March 18, 1818, at the Vermont Agency".
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.