Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,317, Gardner Howe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Howe, Gardner
S 22,317
CONTENTS

N o 3047
Vermont
Gardner Howe
of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Martin of the Reg t commanded by Col. Wood in the Mass. Militia line for 12 months & 6 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 33 Dollars 98 Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r 1832 and sent to J. Elliot Marlboro' Vt.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 50.97 Pemi=ant. allowance ending 1 st March } 16.99 1833 $ 67.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 4 Page 62

No. 2631
Wormout
Admitted
Private 10 mo. & 6 d.
$ 33.33 .60 5-
$ 33.98
J. Elliot
Marlborough
Vt
Roles

BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Howe of Dover  County of Windham in the State of Vermont  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     May In 1777 2 Private Capt Martin Col Wood   June 1780 8 Dec. 80 14 Dec. 80 6 Rolls 5 mo. 46 d do Capt Roberts, Col Bigelow   July 1781 3 do Capt Bowlers.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shrewsbury. Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Correct
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James M. Nelson Examining Clerk.

No 9. Windham County, Vermont. Gardner Howe - Dec r for Pension.
July 30. 1832.
No 2637

STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss.
Probate District of Marlborough. At the Probate Court, within and for said District, being a Court of Record, so declared by the Statutes of this State, and having a Seal and Register.
On this thirtieth day of July A. D. 1832—Personally appeared in open Court, — At New Fane — in said District.
Present. The Hon. Marshall Miller , Esquire, Judge of said Court.
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District , — now sitting — Gardner Howe — a resident of Dover in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Seventy two 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 7, 1832—That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted the forepart of May 1777 and entered the service immediately after his enlistment, for two months in the Massachusetts line in the militia. Served under Col. Wood, Capt. Martin's company, then lived Shrewsbury Worcester county Massachusetts, enlisted voluntarily — was stationed at Upland, Vermont to guard the point in Rhode Island — was at Providence Rhode Island, Sept. 1777. Afterwards enlisted for six months some time in June 1780 — was discharged in December 1780 does not recollect the day of the month — Capt. Roberts company, who was deceased, Lieut. Marble commanded, at the time, First My Bigelow Regiment — Served at West Point where he joined the regiment, from there to Kings Ferry — from there to Orange Town New Jersey, was present at the execution of Maj. Andre the British spy. Has no written discharge — Knows of no person Marshall Newton who was with him in service. That he enlisted in July 1781 for three months was discharged at the expiration of the three months in Dec. 1781 Served in Capt. Bowdoin's company in Col. Webb's Regiment joined the regiment at Baker's Hill and was on Battenkill the most part of the time —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Gardner Howe
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
 1. That he was born in Shrewsbury Worcester County Massachusetts 20 th November 1760 —  2. That he has a record of his age, in his Bible, which he made himself, and no other —  3. When called into service, he lived Shrewsbury aforesaid, lived there till about forty two years ago, when he removed to Dover in Windham county Vermont where he now resides —  4. He enlisted voluntarily —  5. He recollects his officers for the six months which he served were continental officers, the remainder of the time his officers, he thinks were militia officers —  6. Does not remember ever having received any discharge in writing — 
He is the person described in the foregoing application and is entitled to a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

5. On receiving such orders, the remainder of the time his officers, he thinks were militia officers -
6. Does not remember ever having received any discharge in writing -
7. He names the Rev. Wm. H. Hodges and Asa Wheelock - of Wardsboro as witnesses under this interrogatory - Gardner is now
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We William H. Hodges - a clergyman, residing in the town of Dover in said county - and Asa Wheelock of Wardsboro - in said county - hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gardner Howe - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William H. Hodges Asa Wheelock
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
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 William H. Hodges, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said town of Dover, and that Asa Wheelock, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Wardsborough in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James T Elliot, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gardner Howe for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
30th day of July -
A. D. 1832.
James T Elliot, Probate Register.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Gardner Howe a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
8. File 22.317
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 77 2 mos. Martin Wood Mass.   June 80 6 mos. { Lieut. Marble "          "          " Timothy Bigelow   July 1781 3 mos. Bowker Nabb  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 30, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Dover, Windham Co., Vt.
Age at date of application, B. Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Mass. Nov. 20, 1759.
Remarks: Bureau record endorsed "Died July 4, 1854."
Very respectfully,

Revolution
22.317 INVALID.
1907 May 9. Heat to Mrs. Ina T. Myers
File No. 22.317
Gardner Howe
Did Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Onion Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
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Kindly give me the service of one Gardner Howe, who was pensioned as a Revolutionary soldier. Born in Shrewsbury, Vt., Nov. 20, 1759, and died in Dover, Vt., July 4, 1854. If above facts are not correct in date or place,

Kindly correct, and greatly oblige,
Yours Very Truly, (Mrs.) Ina T. Ayers, 20 Mullin St., Watertown, N. Y.
April 23, 1907.

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I Marshall Newton of Newfane in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged seventy five years, depose and say, that I was in the Revolutionary War in 1777 that Gerdner Howe was with me in the army of the Revolution in Capt. Martin's company in Colo. Wood's regiment two months in Rhode Island
That said Howe was in Colo. Timothy Bigelow's Regiment with me in 1780 six months - we were stationed at West Point, went to a number other places, said Howe was with me at Orange town New Jersey when Maj. Andre the British Spy was hung, and further saith not
Newfane July 30-1832 Marshall Newton
State of Vermont Windham County ss. I Newfane July 30 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named Marshall Newton and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed Before me Marshall Miller Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office,
New Haven July 30. A.D. 1832.
I certify that Marshall Miller Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the above is his signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.