Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32311, William Hewes, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Hewes, William
S 32311
B.L.H. 7052-160-55.
CONTENTS

16707 Rockford Glenelg
William H. Clegg Brid
129 N.H. Gill line
Oct 10 52 Examined Bognor
Oct 10 52 all line 32 - No 36741
Ad: 1600 a.m. Sept 24/53
Bognor
K. Davis
W. Wood Create Will. Co Ills
Vol. No. 133. c

Illinois Vermont 30.741
William Hewes
Chittenden Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Troops commanded by Gen. Lafayette in the N. Hampshire for 6 months
Enrolled on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of July 1836 and sent to Hon. H. Allen, A. Allen
Arrears to the 4th of March '36. 100.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept. '36. 10.00 $110.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 28.1836 Clerk
Recorded by D. Brown Book E. 2 Vol. 3 Page 74
Letter to Thura And 18 Sept 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to Sept. 1838. A/gt notified Oct 1839.
as above from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 Sept 18 notified 10 th June 1840
Letter to Hon John N. Wentrup Oct 1847.
to P. A. G. 8 Nov 1847
To Illinois from 4 March 1847. — 22 Nov 1847. Noti- fication to Hon J. Wentrup Springfield Illinois
Letter to Hon J. Wentrup Oct 19. 1848.
Letter same 2 nd May 54
Pension 28.1836

State of Illinois Will County ss
On this third day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid William Hewes aged Ninety four years a resident of the Town of Crete in the State of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical William Hewes who was a private in the Revolution War with Great Britain that he has received a Pension of Twenty Dollars a year since the fourth of March 1831 that evidence of his service is with the War Department at Washington D.C. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act of congress approved March 3rd 1855 He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of congress nor made any other application therefor — —
William Hewes mark
We and Thomas G. Bond and Comyn C. Bondwell Residents of the Town of Crete in the State of Illinois upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed acknowledged by William Hewes in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written And I certify the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Jonathan Marsh Justice of the Peace

STATE OF ILLINOIS, } ss. COUNTY OF WILL, }
I, OSCAR L. HAWLEY, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Will, do certify that Jonathan Nogash whose name is subscribed to the annexed Affidavits was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, duly commissioned, sworn and authorized to execute the same; full faith and credit, are, therefore due to all his official acts as such; and further the signature purporting to be his I verily believe to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Joliet, this Fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- Five
O L Hawley Clerk.

State of Vermont & on this 1 st day Distrct of Orleans 3 rd of August A.D. 1832. William  William  the  of  the  in  the  the Count before the Honorable Robert Count within and for the District of Orleans of said William Brooks of Milton in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont a resident aged seventy one years, who living first sub- scribed according to law doth on his oath make the following de- claration for the purpose of ob- taining the benefit of the Provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he enlisted in the
Army of the United States in the year 1780 (with Congregational) and there in the Second New Hampshire Regiment Commanded by Colonel Reed in the Continental line made the follow- ing named officer. In the month of June 1780 he resided in New York in the State of New Hampshire and en- tered in said Regiment for the term of six months in the Company Com- manded by Captain Colt Dighton. Robert  Robert  the  the  in  the  the said New York; he remained in New York in said State of New Hampshire under Captain Houghton & formed the Regiment at West Point in

in the month of June 1780, when he removed about two weeks in Dutch essence. He with mother down the river Hudson to Poughkeepsie in the State of New Jersey, where he remained two weeks. Then he moved to the English Neighborhood and made a stand of a few weeks; he then moved to Haverburg  Haverburg in New Jersey where he remained a few weeks. He then returned to the English Neighborhood and stayed a few weeks; he then returned to Poughkeepsie and was there at the time Major Andre was hung; he then returned to Fort Donist and was employed in repairing the breaches made by General Arnold a few days; he was there but one month to Fishkill to guard stores & prisoners after which he returned to winter quarters on the heights where he remained until he was discharged. He received a written discharge signed Colonel George Reed. He had six months a prior to. He was born in the year 1761 in the town of Stillbury in the State of Massachusetts, there is a

Byrd of his own in said Brownsville since the revolutionary war he has lived in said Milton Scotland; in St. Louis for four years; in Galveston in Vermont ten years or more of the remaining part of the time in Fort Sloan Texas. He entered the service as a volunteer to fill vacancies in the line, his Brigade Commander was General Doss. His discharge was deposited at the Post Master's of his in New Hampshire soon after his return from the Army & he has not been to London.
And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Harvey
I hereby Willard residing in Newbury in the District of Three Rivers & Province of Lower Canada do hereby certify that in June 1777 I enlisted at the same time with the above named applicant in Col. Reed's Regt. for the term of six months and that I discharged as he states in his affidavit declaration. Sworn to and subscribed this 15 th day of August 1831
Longley Willard

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the within named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and to the States
I John H. Trimble Register of the Probate Court for the District of Calcasieu aforesaid do hereby certify - That the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the Application of William Hewes for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office
This 15 th day of August 1832
John H. Trimble Register

No 1
Mr. Hemes
Berlin, Tenn.
Dear Mr. Rodfield Atty Enclosed find Duly att.
July 6 1873

September 28, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. B. J. Walter Wabash Post No. 423, American Legion Mount Carmel, Illinois
WILLIAM HOWES S.33311 Ba-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of William Howes who served in the Revolution from New Hampshire and received pension in the State of Vermont.
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named William Howes, under any spelling, who served from New Hampshire, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 33311, based upon his service in that war.
William Howes was born in 1761, in Attleboro, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Swannay, New Hampshire, William Howes volunteered in June, 1780, and served as private under Captain-Lieutenant Robinson and Captain Houghton, and in Colonel George Reid's Second New Hampshire regiment, a part of the time engaged in guarding stores and prisoners, length of service six months.
After the Revolutionary War the soldier resided in Milton seventeen years; in Shaftsbury four years; in Halifax, Vermont, ten years or more, also in Swannay.
William Howes applied for pension August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont. The claim was allowed. In 1834, he was still residing in said Milton, Vermont.
The name of soldier's wife was not given.
In 1867, William Howes was residing with his son, Luman Howes, in Will County, Illinois, and on April 3, 1885, he was residing in

Crete, Will County, Illinois.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid, and possibly the exact date of death of this soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Howes Certificate #30741 Issued July 2, 1836 Rate, $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 28, 1836 Vermont Agency, Transferred to Illinois.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Feby 8 th 99.
Mrs. Mary H. Robinson Chicago, Ills.
1915 Jan 16: information for Tombstone purposes to Mrs. A. M. Stone. Letter in W.S. 22853. John Cook. Mark
1935 Sept. 28 - Hot. to J. J. Walter - m
32 311
Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,311
William Hewes
Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index: -Vol. 2 , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug - 19 - 1900 Mrs. Adeline S. Robinson Chicago Ills.
494!  Heuer P. O. William Heuer
Service: _____ July 18 '06
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____ 18 Printed Dist of 1852. Suspended Discharged: _____ 18 Rejecting claim shows following cause of rejection:
Application filed: _____ 18 " "He did not serve 6 mos."
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

O. W. & R. DIVISION JAN 17 1901 RECEIVED.
PENSION K JAN 11 1901 U S OFFICE

I J. W. H. Hyr N. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C. Dear Sir -
Will you kindly send me what records you have concerning William Hewes  John Elwell ✓ and Joseph Boardman of the Continental Army.
William Hewes was a member of a New Hampshire regiment and served under Captain Robinson and Colonel Reed.
John Elwell served in a Massachusetts regiment under Captain Oliver Smith in Colonel Ebenezer Dyer's Hampshire County regiment at the Battle of Bennington. Later he served in Captain Samuel Locke's company in Colonel Woodbridge regiment of the Northern Continental.

Army
Joseph Boardman was a Captain of the 2nd Company of the 8 th Connecticut Regiment Commissioned May 23 1776.
Any further information will be greatly appreciated
Respectfully yours.
Adeline Louise Robinson
Miss Adeline L Robinson
192 - E. 40 th Street
Chicago Ill
January 9, 1901

OWN Pension Office Washington D.C.
Will you kindly write me all you can find from your records in regard to the soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary war and were pensioners at the time of their death.
William Herves, and John Elwell. We are not positively sure the latter's name was John possibly Thomas. They were both in the battle at Bennington and but it may be they were with a New York regiment. If you have the names of their widows please write me, or anything else of note.
Please write at your earliest convenience an oblige
Mrs Mary Herves Roberson 192 East Fortieth St.
Tues. Jan 17 th 1899, Chicago Illinois

H 904 H 9 H 1 - Reg New Hlevos
Aug 5, 1832. - Milton Vt 71-
June 80 } Swanzey ct. N. Capt Robinson Cal. Geo. Reed Pot 6 mos.
No Bat
Rejected - Not sufficient proof of service

Ph: 100732, Hc,
Boyn

✓ 7052
( New Army

No. 56707
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 10, 1875.5-
Wm Hewes
Rev. War
Warrant 7052-160-55
W. Wood
Creete
Ills.

Vermont Rev
William Hews ~
Rejected -
W. S. F. Redfield
February 12. 1834 such a long list includes so many cases, I did not draw it.
Act. 1832

Priv 123
24th CONGRESS, 1st Session.
H. R. 151.
JANUARY 14, 1836.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. LEA, of Tennessee, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pen- sions, reported the following bill:
An Act
A BILL
For the relief of William Hewes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That 3 there be paid to William Hewes, annually, for the term of his 4 natural life, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise 5 appropriated, the sum of twenty dollars, to commence on the 6 fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
Approved June 28 th 1836
A true copy compared with the Roll in this Office
Dept of State } June 30 th 1836 }
Asbury Bicknell Chief Clerk

State of Vermont District of Chittenden ss. On this 22 nd day of July A.D. 1833 personally appeared before William P. Briggs Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Chittenden William Hovey a resident of Milton in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont aged seventy two who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following supplementary declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he has no documentary evidence of his service and no testimony except that of Leahy Willard as he knows of or can find or hear of William Hovey sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
I William P. Briggs Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Chittenden do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of supplementary declaration of William Hovey for a pension -
State of Vermont (ss) District of Chittenden ss. Approved William P. Briggs Judge Probate Office 22 July 1833. David Rootes Register of Probate for the District of Chittenden hereby certify that William P. Briggs who signed the above certificate is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Chittenden and that he is qualified in due course and that his claim is his respective

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of District 2 at my hand this 22 nd day of July A.D. 1833.
Danica French Register
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

AMERICAN LEGION, Wabash Post No. 423
MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS
B. J. WALTER, DEPT. OF MILITARY RECORDS AND GRAVES REGISTRATION
September 19th, 1935.
The Veterans Administration, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
only one Please furnish pension record and any other information available of William Hower who received pension in 1854, State of Vermont for services in the New Hampshire line.
This soldier died 1855 in Crete, Illinois.
Very truly yours,
B. J. Walter B. J. Walter, Dept. of Military Records and Graves Registration, American Legion, Wabash Post #423.
BJW:rpf

WILLIAM HEWES.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 151.]
Mr. LEA, of Tennessee, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the petition of William Hewes, report:
That the petitioner states, that in the year 1780, he enlisted in the army of the United States in the New Hampshire line of the continental service, for the term of six months, and served until he was regularly discharged, and as he verily believes until his said six months had fully expired, and that in making out his declaration for a pension he did so declare upon oath. But that upon the rolls of his service in the War office, only five months and nineteen days are entered as his term of service. That he is confident that his travel to and from his home, has not been allowed in the estimate, which if done would complete the full term of six months.
The statements of the applicant are satisfactorily proved by the affidavits of Jeremiah Barrus, David Garnsey and Simeon Cook, who all state that they believe he served the whole of said term of six months.
Your committee, after considering the premises, have come to the same conclusion, and therefore report a bill for his relief.
Blair & Rives, printers.

Mr. [unclear] [unclear]
William
Thomas
William Haves served but 5 mo 19 days rejected
49.211

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Hanes which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. * Has he mentioned 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?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? — Not found & vide Quere 14 If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
Dr. Sir,  I send you the objections against your claim for a pension. Your name is not found on the records and it becomes necessary for you to produce the evidence of two witnesses on that account. If you know of any other witness whose testimony you are sure you must send and procure it but for want the same to me is the I am sure it must be with the other papers. If there is any other witness living whose testimony you are sure you will make a "supplementary declaration" before the Probate Court in Chittenden district and then set forth that you "had no documentary evidence of service and no testimony except that of Longley, Miller, and had the papers and this returned to me by the clerk or by mail as soon as may be otherwise your claim will be attended to. Truly Yours S. W. Root  Yours truly J. S. Rootfield agent.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 20 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Hewes, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1836, to the 4 th Sept. 1838, 2 years —
Respectfully, yours,
Almon B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 4 th , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6 th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Hewes, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion P. Perry Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Mr. Allen
✓
Revolutionary pension.
Allen, VT
H Allen 35. Penn

as Simeon Cook of Richmond in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire depose and say that in the sum- mer of one thousand seven hundred and eighty I then lived in the town of Swanzy with my father my brother Zuriel Cook and William Hews then of Swanzy now of Milton County of Chittenden State of Vermont enlisted into the Service in the Revolutionary war and marched to West Point in the State of New York as I understood they was gone & should think all of six months and more & recollect well when they returned to Swanzy I believe and have no doubt but that the said William Hews served six months for his country in the Revolutionary war  Simeon Cook
Cheshire ss ss July 4th 1834
I sworn to before me Joseph Weeks justice of the Peace
Cheshire ss July 4th 1834 I hereby certify that Simeon Cook signor of the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity
Joseph Weeks justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss —
I Henry Goodridge, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judica- ture for said County do hereby certify that Joseph Weeks, who has affixed his name to the within is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this ninth day of July A.D. 1834.
H. Goodridge, Clerk

I David Garnsey of Lisbon in the County of Grafton State of Newhampshire formerly of Winchester Cheshire County & State of Maine. depose and say that about the first of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty the town of Winchester Swansea and several other towns were called on to raise a certain number of men to fill up the Newhampshire Regiment. Then in the continental army I enlisted for one, and William Hewes of Swansea enlisted for another. we were hired by the town's committee But signed articles of agreement we all engaged for six months we passed muster in Winchester and then we all marched to Spring- field and there drew provisions thence to Litchfield and drew provisions thence to Fishkill thence to West Point and there joined the Newhampshire Regiments. and joined Captain Robinson's company in Colonel Keids Regiment Major Merrill and Adjutant Bell in the same Regiment and staid on the point about a fortnight then Marched to Orange town staid there one or two weeks then to the English Neighbourhood so called staid there two or three weeks from there to Hackmesac in the Jersey. staid a week or ten days from there to West Point through a piece of woods eight or ten miles marched in an Indian file then crossed the River to Constitution Island and there we built a Breast work to guard the chain thence to Soldier's Fortune we built huts for winter quarters. and the sd William Hewes was in the same tent and messed with me for the most part of the six months we were out for and further saith not
David Garnsey
Grafton ss September 23 d 1834 Personally appeared
David Garnsey signor of the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me Eleazar Ball Justice of the Peace
State of Newhampshire Grafton ss Sept 23. 1834 I here by certify that the above David Garnsey is a man of truth and veracity
Eleazar Ball Justice Peace

Grafton J.P.
State of North Hampshire
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Indictments within and for said County do hereby certify that Charles Ball Esq. before whom the within Deposition was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that his signature within written is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Haverhill in said County on this 24 th day of September Anno Domini 1834.
S. P. Webster Clerk
David Garnsey

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Will - ss.
On this twenty fifth day of October - 184 7 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Will personally appeared William Hews - who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Lieutenant Robinson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel George Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District, or Territory,) of Illinois where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Vermont to Illinois  To live with his Son Lieutenant Hews  William Hews
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid.
William Wood
¶ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
¶ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
¶ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with 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 which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of Illinois } County of Will } S
I Luman Hewes do Solemnly swear that William Hewes who signed and made oath to the within affidavit is the same person who is therein described
Luman Hewes
Sworn and (Subscribed) to before me this 25th day of October AD 1847 }
Willard Wood (J.P. Seal)
I am a acquaintance with the Prusimen & the Justice of the Prance a horse signed
John Brantworth

Received Aug. 10. 3
ft w.
Union Island
Tree
Hon. Lewis Bay
Relg. (War
Washington City.

Dr. Sir.
Send you the papers of Wm. H. Lewis with a supplementary declaration setting forth that he has documentary evidence and knows of testimony from living witnesses to the of actual services which he could not This as I understand the full letter of the law. of war will be deemed in a code certain attached as this is will be sufficient. And any other construction would seem unreason- able. The mutilation of the records or muster rolls at the war office is a matter of provid- ential occurrence and one over which of course the applicant had no control. The weight of any presumption which might arise in case those records were entire or had been in the custody of the applicant, is now almost quite lost. This claim stands like any other claim "to be proved by legal evidence". The measure of proof in any court of law in the U. S. is the testimony of one credible witness or an equivalent. This proof is found in this case and in addition the declaration of the applicant. And every circumstance being in favor of the claim as the estimate of the Prov. Court will show. I hope the de- mon will not fail of having the small pittance of twenty dollars a year allowed in payment of services rendered fifty years ago; by the accident which occurred at the War Office.
Aug. 8. 1880. Truly Yours
Gen. S. L. Saunders Com. of Pensions. Washington City.
J. Fletcher Richfield Agent & Attorney.

I Jeremiah Barrus of Richmond in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire Twenty Seven years of age depose and say that some time the latter part of June or the fore part of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty the town of Richmond Swaney and several other adjoining towns was called on to raise a certain number of men to fill up the regiments New Hampshire Regiments then in the Continental Army. I enlisted for one, William Hewes of Swaney enlisted for another, we were hired by the towns Committee but signed articles of agreement. we all engaged for six months we passed muster in Winchester I think there was thirty two in number all from Richmond and the towns adjoining I had the charge of the company and we all marched directly to West Point and there joined the New Hampshire Regiments I have been there but a short time say one or two weeks before I and one Gales Whipple from Richmond was detached into a company of Light Infantry and marched into the State of New Jersey and since my time out under general Lafayette I did not return home by the way I went in the Service I cannot say that he served his time out but I believe he did for I never heard to the contrary and have no doubts but that he served out his six months faithfully.
Jeremiah Barrus
Cheshire ss July 4th 1834 Personally appeared Jeremiah Barrus Signor of the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Joseph Weeks Justice of the Peace
Cheshire ss July 4th 1834 I hereby certify that Jeremiah Barrus Signor of the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity
Joseph Weeks Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. —
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County do hereby certify that Joseph Weeks who has affixed his name to the within is a Magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this ninth day of July A.D. 1834 — H. Coolidge Clerk

Mr. Arrows name is on the petition rolls of honor with men for five months and 19 days & petitioned Congress to remit the eleven days but they refused. Should our alteration be made he has only to keep the testimony stand on it he will get a pension. or if he can prove eleven days more in some other campaign he can now draw pay. I write this to the effect last spring after my return from Washington. July 27. 1835 J. H. H. H.
Marshall Parnes

Certificates of the Com. of Pensions in Mass. Howard Bote

War Department
Pension Office
February 14 th 1882
I hereby certify that it appears by a copy of the Pay-roll of the New Levis raised by the State of New Hampshire in the year 1780 to serve in the Continental Army for the term of Six months" lodged in this office that William Herves served five months nine- teen days, for which he appears to have been paid by an order on the Treasurer
J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions.

Chicago, Sept 22. 1847.
Wm Lloyd Edwards: Sir:
Mr Hues, a prisoner on the Vermont list, at Poulney, wishes to be transferred to this state, & so requests me to write you, as witness his signature under my own. Furthermore, I wish to know what the obstacles are in the way of his not getting more than twenty dollars a month month? Why not eight dollars a month?
I have the honor to be Sir Sir Sir J. William Henry G. W. Smith J. W. Smith

Prison Agency West Prutney Nov. 16. 1847
Hon. J. L. Edwards Compt. H.
h.
Your favour 8 th is received in reply I have to inform that William Hewes has been paid under the act of June 7 th 1832 at twenty dollars per annum up to the 4 March 1847
Yr. ob d serv t M c Clanahan Prn. Agent per H. McClanahan

Dear Sir,
Chicago, Oct 10, 1848.
Will you have the goodness to inform me the name of the pension agent for this state, and also whether the name of Wm Hewes , a revolutionary prisoner, formerly on the Vermont list, has been transferred to the Illinois list, and you will much oblige
Your obedient
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Justice of the Peace
Corr. of Penns.
P.S. If the name is not already transferred to the Illinois list, will you please have it transferred, as Mr Hewes now lives in this state.

Ortoll April 5th/52
If the Commissioner of Pensions will inform me if any thing further is necessary in the premises is necessary and what if I can obtain the evidence or whatever else it may be I will do it cheerfully without fee as it probably is about the last act I can do for those veterans to whom we are all so much indebted
Your most Obed Servt W Wood

Oct 19 th 1848.
Stoo J. Northmore.
Stoo J. Northmore Oct 19 th 1848

Pension Office October 19 th 1848.
Sir.
In answer to your letter of the 10 th inst., in the case of William Herres, I have the honor to inform you, that his name was transferred from the Vermont to the Illinois Agency, on the 22 d Nov r . 1847 from the 4 th March 1847.
The name and address of the Pension Agent for Illinois, are Charles R. Hurst Springfield, Illinois.
Hon John Wentworth Chicago Illinois.

5 mo - 19 days
Petition of Wm. Hines for a Pension in case of Revolutionary Services.
Feb y 17 1834
Ref d to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
Feb 28. 1834 - Com tee - dish - to his
Revolutionary Pensions Dec r 29 1835
Ref d to the Committee on Rev d Pensions
Jan. 14. 1836 - Bill N o 157
6 mo - 6 mo
Allen Vt Allen Vt
Hatton 15. Rev. Pensions Bill 1. on which to be

To the Congress of the United States now in session in the city of Washington the petition of William Arrows of Milton in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont
Respectfully Sheweth -
That in the year 1780 he enlisted into the army of the United States in the New Hampshire line of the Continental Ser- -vice for the term of six months , and served as a pri- -vate until he was regularly discharged, and as he sincerely believes until his said term of six months had fully expired, and that in making his declaration for a pen- -sion under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832 he did so declare upon oath. But on the rolls of his service in the War Office, only five months and nineteen days are entered as his term of service. He is confident his travel to and from home has not been allowed in that estimate, which would make out the full term of the enlistment. He therefore begs, as he is in destitute circumstances, he may be allowed a pension for the six months service according to the ratio of allowance under the act of June 7. 1832.
Dated at Washington this 14 th day of Feby
A. D. 1832
William Arrows by his Atty. J. F. Redfield.