Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13350, Joseph Harriman, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass. N.H.
NUMBER Harriman, Joseph S 13350 or Herriman
CONTENTS
bearded

Vermont - 18.735-
Joseph Herriman.
Resides in the State of Vermont. who was a private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Brown, of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Nixon — in the Mass. m a ★ line for 18 months
Mass. and N.H. ★
Records completed: May 1866
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept r 1833. and sent to W. Bridges St. Albans. VT
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33.  $ 150 —    Rem d ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34  30 —         $ 180 —  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 3 — Page 49

Joseph Herriman
Declaration
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V. D. 1838

DECLARATION.
Revolutionary claim, under an Act of Congress, Passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, ss.
Franklin County, Probate Court,
July 7 th
A. D. 1832.
Personally appeared in open Court, being the Probate Court, for the County of Franklin, and a Court of Record, for said County, and State of Vermont, as will appear by the first section of a Statute Law of said State, entitled an act, constituting Probate Courts, Courts of Record, passed November 15th, A. D. 1821, [see 1st section of said act.]
Joseph Herriman — aged 78 years, resident in Richford in said County, 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 7th, A. D. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he entered the service of the United States, in the month of May 1775, under the command of Capt Brown, the Regt was commanded by Col Nixon, he enlisted in Cambridge, State of Massachusetts, in the state line. That he continued to serve in said company till the following Spring, having served three months over his term of enlistment, which was nine months, serving at the special request of his officers as a volunteer, the last three months making in the whole twelve months time, and on or about the last of May, or first of June 1776, was discharged, at which time he was stationed at Winter Hill, near, or in the town of Charlestown Massachusetts.
The applicant further states, that some time in the year 1776, in the month of May, June, or July, that is, in a few days after he returned

and on or about the last of May, or first of June 1776, was discharged, at which time he was stationed at Winter Hill, near, or in the town of Charlestown Massachusetts.
The applicant further states, that some time in the year 1776, in the month of May, June, or July, that is, in a few days after he returned from Charlestown aforesaid, he again enlisted at Hampstead, in the state of New Hampshire, where he was then resident, for six months, under capt Quimby, his Lieut's name was Ezekiel Gile, the commander of the Regt. He does not recollect; he marched from Hampstead, soon after his enlistment, to Ticonderoga, in the state of N. York, & continued in service at Ticonderoga and Mount Independence until the last of Nov., or first of December, 1776, at which time he was discharged from service at Mount Independence, but did not, according to his best recollection, receive any written discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Herriman
Are their opinion that, the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, service
William Bridges Judge
John Gates, jr. Register of the Court of Probate, for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matters of the application of Joseph Herriman for a pension.
have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this
July 27th
John Gates Jr. Register
A. D. 1844

224 67 Joseph Harriman N, t
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Admitted 18 months
W. Bridges Esq St Albans

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 st 1883
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 Herriman Vt
   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.     State Line May 1775 enlist, 1 Private Cpt Brown Col Nixon 78 entered in Mass now lives in Vt   June 1776 6 " Capt Quimby Col forgotten Service proved by two living witnesses  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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 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 , 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 force, 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.

Book
13350 INVALID.
File No. 13 3 50
Joseph Harriman Paul R. War
Act: June 19th 1832
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Isaac Heath's afft in support of Joseph Harriman's claim
I Isaac Heath of Cornith in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged about Ninety six Years, do hereby testify that in the month of June 1774 the above mentioned into Capt. Linn's Company of New Hampshire troops & marched to Tiendvoga in the State of New York at the time of my enlistment I resided in Plaistow and one Joseph Harriman then of Hampstead now of Richford in Franklin County State of Vermont enlisted in the same company with me, we marched together & served together and were both discharged at the same time at the end of six months this term full term of enlistment. we were both honorably dis- charged. the said Harriman & myself both lived in the United States since the war? six months and were discharged in the month of Decr. 1776. I did duty as a corporal I very well recollect that P. Harriman was a private in P. Company and further the above mentioned with met. Isaac Heath Attest Phinehas P. Hemen

State of Vermont.
Probate District of Bradford in the County of Orange, Leavitt Decr. 24. A.D. 1832 Personally
appeared the within named Isaac Nathan & made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed before me Wm Spencer Judge of Probate
I certify that the said Isaac Nathan is a person of truth & veracity.
Wm Spencer Judge of Probate.
State of Vermont } S. Simson Short Register Probate District of Bradford } of the Court of Probate in the County of Orange } within for the said District of Bradford do hereby certify that the Hon. William Spencer is judge of the Court of Probate within for said District of Bradford & that his signature to the foregoing Certificate is genu- ine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said Court this first day of January A.D. 1833 Simson Short Reg.

State of Vermont. Probate District of Bradford in the County of Orange, at Cornish in said district this 24 th day of Dec r A D 1832 Personally appeared the within named Caleb Sturtevant and made solemn oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts and I further certify th that I have been acquainted with the said Caleb Sturtevant for more than twenty years and that he is a person of truth and veracity Mr Spencer Judge of Probate.
State of Vermont } I, Simon Root Register Probate District of Bradford } of the Probate Court within in the County of Orange } for the said District of Bradford do hereby certify that the Hon ble William Spencer is Judge of Probate within for the said District of Bradford that his signature to the within foregoing certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of the said Probate Court this 1 st day of January A D 1833.
Simon Root Reg t .

I Caleb Stevens of Lennett in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 66 years do testify & say that I was formerly well acquainted with Joseph Harriman now of Richford in Franklin County & State of Vermont, and that I first became acquainted with the said Harriman when both resided in the town of Hampstead in Rockingham County & State of New Hampshire and some time during the Revolutionary war, the said Harriman enlisted as a private in the service of the United States and first marched to Bunker Hill and after wards was at Ticonderoga, but whether the said Harriman was at the two places under the same enlistment am unable to say I further depose and say that to the best of my recollection the said Harriman was employed as a soldier in the service of the United States during the war as much as eighteen months in the whole, and was out nine months at one particular time and further the deponent saith not.
Caleb Stevens
Caleb Stevens afft in support of Joseph Harriman's claim.

Joseph Herriman Declaration
when he was dismissed at which time he was stolen at Winter Hill near as in the town of Charleston.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 27th, 1832.
STATE OF VERMONT, } ON this 23 day of July 1833, personally appeared in open FRANKLIN COUNTY, ss. } Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting, Joseph Herriman a resident of Richford in the county of Franklin, and State of Vermont, age 78 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 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
The applicant states that he was born in Hampstead county of Nottingham, New Hampshire May 7th 1754. Was a record of his age. Was a resident of said Hampstead when he entered the service & there lived till after the close of the war. From thence to Newbury Vt, where he resided twenty years, removed from thence to Jericho & from thence to Underhill Vt, from thence to Canada & from thence to Richford, where he now resides.
He left home the last of April 1775 a few days after Lexington Battle (so called) arrived at Cambridge near Boston some of the last days of April, and shortly after, about the first of May at Cambridge as he enlisted for (he thinks) nine months (but is not positive that it was more than 8 months) under Capt Brown Col Vixons Regt. Soon after marched from Cambridge to Mystic River North of Charlestown Mp. where they lay till the night previous to the engagement on Bunker's Hill when he marched, and arrived on the hill about day light, was immediately fired upon by a ship lying in the harbor of Charlestown, was in the engagement that day under the command of Gen Putnam & Starks, retreated to Prospect Hill in Cambridge and in passing Charlestown met the troops who were fired upon by an armed ship and a floating battery lying in the river, stationed at Cambridge in Gen Lee's division. When his time was out which (he thinks) was in December or January 1776 at the special request of the general officers he volunteered and stayed till the last of May or first of June following.

when he was dismis d at which time he was station d at Winter Hill near or in the town of Charlestown. The applicant undersood that the reasons why the troops were solicited to stay after their times expired was, that it was expected an attack was to be made during the winter on the Town of Boston, then occupied, or in the pos- session of the British, who left the town previous to his leaving the service (he thinks in March) 1776, is positive that he served one full year in the aforesaid campaing.
The applicant further states that in a few days after he returned home from Charlestown, according to his best recollection in June he again enlisted for six months under Capt Quimby, Lieut Col. Michael Gnile, march d from Hampstead, to Charlestown & C. & H. and from thence to Sheresborough & York & from thence by water to Ticonderoga, and did duty as a sixth soldier at old Ft Fort & Mount Independence till the last of November or first of December 1776, does not rec d who commanded the Regt to which he belonged, having been station d most of the time at Mount- Independence, recollects that the engagement took place between the fleets on the Lake, the Americans defeated, and only three or four Vessels escaped which return d to the old Fort, recollects while at Ticonderoga of seeing Gen l Arnold & Sullivan, Col s Warner and Livingston, that the troops returning to John about the time he arrived at Ticonderoga,

Witnesses Mrs. M c Rogers, Samuel Heath Esq. Jonathan Carpenter Esq. John Huse, Erskine Carlton Post Master
He has no documentary evidence whatever. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any State agency
Sworn to & subscribed { Joseph Harriman the day & year aforesaid }
And the court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states
Stephen S. Brown Judge
I Aaron S. Beeman, Clerk of the court of Pro- bate, for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origin- al proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Harriman for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 day of July AD 1833
Aaron S. Beeman Clerk

We W m Rogers and Samuel Heath residing in Rehoboth hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Herriman who has subscribed and sworn to the above and foregoing Declaration; we believe him to be Seventy Eight years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn & Subscribed } W m Rogers Clergyman the 15 th Day of } Samuel Heath Justice of the Peace July 1833
Before me
Jonathan Eastman Justice of (the Peace)
I further certify that the above named W m Rogers is a Clergyman and that Samuel Heath is a Justice of the Peace, and that they are both gentle- men of high Respectability
Jonathan Eastman Justice of (the Peace)
whose solicited to stay after their arrival it was expected an attack was to be made during the winter on the Town of Boston, then occupied, as in the pas-

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interro- gatories 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 William Rogers, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, and Samuel Heath, is a Justice Peace, both residents in the Town of Richford, and their statement is entitled to credit being personally acquainted with the within named Stephen S. Brown Judge
State of Vermont } I Aaron S Beeman Clerk Georgia District } of the Probate Court do here by certify that the foregoing is the original proceeding of said Court
In testimony whereof I have set my name and seal of court July 23 d 1833
Aaron S. Beeman Clerk

I James Vayes of Richford in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that Joseph Herriman of Richford County once State of Vt was a revolutionary soldier, And the said Vayes formerly lived with the said Herriman & his family, & in the course of that time & since I have often heard the said Herriman & my Father who was in the service at the same time converse about the war I have been acquainted with him the said Herriman for about forty years & in that time have had frequent & repeated conversation with him about his services as a soldier - he is now seventy eight years old according to the best of information I have of his age - And he has been unable to labour for several years last past and is not possessed of any estate -  James Vayes
State of Vermont } Richford July 13 th 1833 Franklin County } Personally appeared James Vayes before me Jonathan Carpenter one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Franklin & State of Vt and subscribed & sworn to the above deposition I further certify that the Deposition is a Creditable Witness - Before me  Jonathan Carpenter Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } St Albans July 18th 1833 Franklin county ss }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned authority, a Justice of the Peace Joseph Harriman, of Richford, who being duly sworn, deponeth 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 one year I served as a private, For six months I served as a private, and for such service I claim a pension
Joseph Harriman
Sworn & subscribed the day { and year above }
Before me William Bridges Justice Peace
State of Vermont } St. Albans July 24 th A 1833 Franklin county ss }
I Horace Jones Clerk of Franklin county court do hereby certify that William Bridges and Jonathan Carpenter who have affix d their names to the within are now being duly qualified, and I know the same to be their genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affix d the Seal of said court at St. Albans the day and year above
Horace Jones Clerk