Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1860, Levi Hanks, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hanks, Levi
W 1860
Chloe
CONTENTS

Vermont 4.700
Levi Hanks
of Addison Co. in the State of Vermont . . . who was a . . . in the Company commanded by Captain Pierce of the Regt commanded by Col Stafford in the Mass. . . . Brave Troops . . . . .
7 Mo 1 day Private, 23. 43
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 23 - Dollars 43 - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June and sent to 1833 Sam Swift, Middlebury, Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 46.86 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 11.71 1/2
$ 58.57 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 68

1959 Dec 3 Special Order to pay
477 Vermont Burlington Chloe Hawks widow of Levi Hawks who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pirate
Massachusetts Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 43
Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848, 31 January 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of May 1853 and sent to 1853
H. Willmuth Addison p 1
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 28, 1848, Page 28 Vol. 9
Act Feb. 3, 1853
1852

State of Vermont, On this 8 th day of February 1833, personally appeared Levi Hanks, resident in Addison in the County of Addison aged seventy one years, on the 28 th day of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. —
I was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, on the 28 th day of May 1761 - when I was about nine years old my father removed to a place called Windson, County of Berkshire, Massachusetts. At this place & at Cheshire in the same County, I resided during the war. In the year 1777, when I was sixteen years of age, news arrived, that the British Army, under General Burgoyne, were moving out of Canada into the United States, and in the month of June, - when farmers were haying corn the first time, - I volunteered in a company of militia commanded by Captain Peirce, and was marched towards the north for the purpose of opposing the enemy, - we were employed on our way in guarding the stores, - after we had marched several days , we were met by news that Secondaraga had surrendered, - and we were ordered back to a place called Walloomskait, near Bennington, - when we remained a few days, and then were marched to Manchester, - where there were several thousand troops collected, - with a view of opposing the British army - While there, about two hundred of our troops, and I among them, were ordered up one night to take some of the British, and took four of five prisoners; I was in the service this time one month & a half . Levi Thompson was orderly sergeant of our company. I have forgotten the name of the Lieutenant, but I recollect that he went home before we were dismissed. —
In the month of August following, an alarm came

that the Britishe were coming out to Bennington, and I volunteered again in the militia, and marched to Bennington - We went on without much organization, - and I do not recollect any captain, that I was under: While there I recollect, that I was under the command of Colonel Stafford, of Cheshire, who was wounded in Bennington Battle. - I arrived there the day after the battle, and was employed in guarding the British prisoners taken in the battle - who were kept a few days in the meeting house, and then I was ordered as a guard to conduct them to Pittsfield Massachusetts. I was in the service at this time not less than ten days .
Not long after this I enlisted for one month to go to Whitehall landing, at the South end of Lake Champlain; - at that place I served the month out. I am not able to recollect the exact time of the year; but think it was before the capture of Burgoyne, - as I recollect while there, that we heard firing at a distance, which we supposed to be the enemy. - Our object was to intercept the communication of the British army, with Canada. - I think there were about three hundred militia at that place. - We started under the command of a sergeant, - and were put under other officers when we arrived there; but I am not able to recollect their names.
Some year or two after this, at Cheshire aforesaid, sometime in the summer, I enlisted for three months & a half , in a company of Massachusetts State troops, commanded by Captain White, - of Hoosick, New York, - who was hired as a substitute by Captain Brown of Cheshire, who had been engaged for this service: - the Lieutenants name was Sprague, - the orderly sergeant's name was Fay. - We were marched to Stony Creek, on the Mohawk River, opposite Fort Plain. Here we were employed, in a picket fort, called, I think, Fort Paris, in guarding the frontier from the British, Tories & Indians. The day before my time expired, a man rode up, in the

character of a friend, who we afterwards supposed belonged to the enemy, and informed the garrison, that Colonel Van Rensselaer, was close by with troops to relieve us; - which excited so much joy to the troops, that they all rushed out of the fort, to the number of about three hundred men, for the purpose of meeting them. - When we had marched about a mile & a half, - the enemy consisting of four hundred British, four hundred Tories & Indians, about one hundred, - who were lying in ambush, rose & fired upon us, and killed a considerable number - nine out of our company, - and the rest fled, - forty of us reached the fort, and shut ourselves up, with the women & children, who also fled to the fort. - About one third of our troops were killed, - and among them Colonel Brown, who had the command. - The enemy set fire to the town, and to all the stacks of hay & grain in the neighborhood, - which produced a very great conflagration. - They fired for some time with muskets into the fort, and wounded one man in the head, by the name of James Slater, but did not make any serious attack upon the fort. - Afterwards some of our struggling troops returned to the fort, - several of whom had been scalped by the Indians. - I was detained about a week after my time expired, to assist in burying the dead. - A part of the time, while at this fort, I was employed in driving & guarding cattle to Fort St. Lawrence.
At another time, I volunteered, and was in the service with a small number of troops for three weeks , - but I have very little recollection about it. I however recollect that I went to Bennington, Shaftsbury & Manchester, Vermont and to the North River.
Through age, and particularly in consequence of a shock of numb palsy , my memory has greatly failed within a

few years; So that I am now unable to recollect my circum- stances & events, connected with my service, with which my mind before was familiar. - But I am quite certain that I served the length of time above stated, - and that in the whole, I served ten days over six months, besides the above mentioned period of three weeks. -
I never had any written discharge; and I have now no documentary evidence; and I have been unable to obtain any evidence of my said service except such as is hereto annexed. - After the war I resided about one year in Paw- -let, Vermont, and then moved to Addison, where I have ever since resided. - I have a record of my age in my family bible, made by my mother. -
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 the agency of any State. - Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Levi Harris
Saml. Swift, Judge
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after their 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 certify, that it appears to them, that Barton Carpenter, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Addison, and that Henry Smith, who has also signed the same is a resident in said Addison, (to whose affidavit is also annexed) and is a man of very respectable standing, & a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. - And that Daniel Smith, whose affidavit is annexed is a credible person, & of respectable standing.
Saml. Swift, Judge

No 22 Chloe Hawks, widow of Levi H
Act 3 Feb 1853
p 23:43 per annum, Issued 3 Feb 1853
Burlington
H Wellinworth Addison Vt

State of Vermont District of Addison B 3
On this 21 day of March A D 1853 personally appeared before the court of Probate for said district Chloe Hanks a resident of Addison in said district and state aged Seventy four years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress approved February 3 d A D 1853.
That she is the widow of Levi Hanks late of Addison in said County and State who was a Revolutionary soldier of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia and a pensioner of the United States for his service as such under the law of the United States passed June 7 th 1832 at the rate of twenty three dollars & forty three cents, and his name inscribed on the Vermont Roll for Addison County.
She further declares that she was married to the said Levi Hanks in Addison in said County & State on the 11 th day of June A D 1804, by Henry Smith Esq a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before marriage was Chloe Teyins, and that her husband the said Levi Hanks died at Addison on the 19 th day of December A D 1835 and that she has remained his widow ever since that period
Henry Willmarth
Chloe her Hanks mark
Jonas Webster
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year before written before me Harvey Munn's Judge

I hereby certify that Chloe Hanks who has signed the foregoing declaration is a person of truth and credibility
H. Merrill Judge
State of Vermont
Probate Court District of Newbern
I hereby certify that Holman Merrill Esq. is the Judge of the Probate Court for the district aforesaid. and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Danville in said District. this 21 st day of March. A.D. 1853.
J. P. Benpoint Register

I hereby depose and say that I am Town Clerk of Addison in the County of Addison and State of Vermont and that I have the Care of the records of said Town and that I have the Records Now before me and the following appears on Record - State of Vermont
Addison County } Be it remem- bered that at Addison in the County aforesaid on this Eleventh day of June One thousand Eight hundred and four Levi Hanks of Addison in the County aforesaid and State of Vermont and Chloe Squire of the town County and State aforesaid were duly joined in Marriage by me
Henry Smith - Justice Peace
which is a true Copy except the figures (1804.)
Addison March 25 th 1805
Then I Received this Certificate for record
Attest Gideon Seeger Register
I further depose and say that the above is true Copy of Record of said Town of Addison with the exception above named as Certified by me
Henry Willmarth Town Clerk
Subscribed and Sworn to Before me this 22 nd day of March A D 1853
Ozias Seymour Just. of the peace State of Vermont } I George S. Swift Clerk of the County Addison County } Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont hereby certify that Ozias Seymour, whose signature is attached to the foregoing Certificate, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the peace within said County duly commissioned and qualified and that I am well acquainted with his

Handwriting and sincerely believe said signature to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Middlebury in said county this 22 d . day of March A.D. 1833.
George S. Swift Clerk of Ad. Ex. Court

23. 824 Levi Nanks
admission 6 1 / 4 Vinn
23 824
Admitted
7 mo 1 day
23.43
Samuel Swift Middlebury 1847

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 Levi Wankes
   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.     June 1777 1 15 Private of Pierce 71 year Traditionary   Augt 1777 10 " Colt's Staff Berkshire & Clergyman Misses & 2 living witnesses   1 " Officers names not recollected   3 15 " Capt White   21 "  
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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Levi Hanks -
23824

State of Vermont
District of Addison
3. Harvey Bell, Register of the Probate Court for the said District of Addison, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Hanks for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 13th. day of February 1833.
Harvey Bell Register

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
186 Chloe Banks Widow Levi Banks Pre-Rev-War
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Addison N.Y. March 26 th 1853
To the Commissioners of Pensions
Sir Enclosed I send you the declaration - Proof of Marriage &c of the Widow Chloe Hanks for the purposes therin named - You will please notice & much ob. Respectfully H. Willmarth

Adelphi St May 17th
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington
District of Columbia
John N. Washington

March 31. 1853
App't of Chloe Hanks widow of Levi — Vt.
Act 3rd July: 1853
Rev.
H. Herrimann Addison Addison Co. Vt.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Addison W March 28 th
Paid 3
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
C. D. C.

Levi Hankey
23824
(For the Pension office.)
FREE
Hon. Secretary of War
City of Washington
Sam & Snapp

Direct to care of Saml. Swift Middlebury, Vermont.

I Henry Smith of Addison in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that I am in the sixty fourth year of my age, and am well acquainted with Levi Hanks who has made Application for a for pension, and have lived in the Immediate Neighborhood with him for more than forty years in the town of Addison, and likewise before, while living in Cheshire Mass, and in the time of the Revolutionary war I have known of his going into the Service, I understood he had Enlisted - but for how long I can not say; but from an Early period he has told me he was in the Battle at Stone Roby, and have often heard him relate a number of Circumstances - as follows; that he supposed they were so led by a traitor; into the mouth of the Enemy; where they, the Enemy lay in Ambush, that Col n Brown was Shot Dead the first fire, and our troops Retreated to the fort, and the Enemy pursued and killed a number, and when they got into the fort they placed themselves on the fort in Order to Make as much show as possible, and the Enemy came in sight and set fire to Hay, and Wheat Stacks, and Buildings, and then march off; I have heard him say he was out in the Service several other times, but where, and how long I can't Recollect he ever told me, I have often heard him say that the Battle at Stone Roby , commenced one day before his time was out; I further certify, that I verily believe him the said Levi Hanks to be a person of truth and veracity, and that he is so considered in the Neighborhood where he resides
Henry Smith
Subscribed and sworn to this 9th Day of February 1833
Before me Henry Brevoort Just. Peace.
I Daniel Smith of Addison in the County of Addison and State of Vermont of lawful age, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Levi Hanks of the town of Addison - and I have often heard him say he was at the Battle at Stone Roby, that the Enemy lay in Ambush behind an old Bush fence, and were fired upon by the Enemy, before having any notice of the Enemy being so nigh, that the Commandant of the our troops in that action was killed the first fire from the Enemy, and our troops Retreated to the fort, and the Enemy pursued and came in sight of the fort, and set fire to Buildings, Stacks of Hay, wheat etc - I have heard him relate the above Circumstances - when I was quite young and I am now this day of fifty eight years of age, and I further
Certify that I verily Believe the said Levi Hanks to be a person of truth, and is so considered in the Neighborhood where he resides
Daniel Smith
Subscribed and sworn to this 9th Day of February 1833
Before me Henry Smith Justice Peace

State of Vermont } Addison ss }
Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that Henry Brewster, before whom the within affidavit of Henry Smith was made was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County His name thereto subscribed is his own signature. And certify that Henry Smith before whom the within affidavit of Daniel Smith was made was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name thereto subscribed is his own signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 13 th day of February 1832. Sam l Swift Clerk

We Burton Carpenter a clergyman residing in Addison in the County of Addison, and Henry Smith residing in said Addison hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Levi Hanks of said Addison, who has made application for a pension; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. — Henry Smith Sworn & submitted this 29 day of December 1832 Before me — Burton Carpenter Henry Brewster Dist. Clerk
State of Vermont, Addison County ss. I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Henry Brewster, before whom the above certificate of Burton Carpenter & Henry Smith was sworn to, was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name thereto subscribed is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 13 th day of February 1833.
Sam. Swift.

May 28/53
Rel. case
Also Frank
3. Feb '53
By Willmarth Addison J.H.

Addison - Vermont May 10 th 1853
To The Commissioner of Pensions
Sir - Some time since I sent to your Office the Declaration made by the Widow Chloe Hanks for the purpose of obtaining a pension (or in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress Approved February 3 rd A D 1853 together with such other Certificates and proof of Marriage &c as I supposed would be sufficient Evidence - Not hearing any thing from you - I write this to know the reason - If the proof is not sufficient I would like to know wherein it fails
Will you please write to me or the Widow Chloe Hanks - of the Addison - County of Addison & State of Vermont - { Please Answered soon as convenient
Yours Respectfully
Chloe Hanks wid of Service pension Henry Willmarth filed March 31 st 1853

Hanks

Brief in the case of Phoebe Knapp Alderson County and State of Vermont act 3 Feb. 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a farmer at $23.43 per annum. Proof of marriage — Record
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
W. Pillsbury Alderson VT
J. Cole Examining Clerk.