Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21819, Stephen Holley, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Holley Stephen or Holly
S. 21819
CONTENTS

N o 11.841 Vermont
Stephen Holby
of Addison Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Stoddard of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Burill in the Conn't. troops time for 2 years Private $80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of July 1833 and sent to E.D. Barber Middlebury Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833. 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book C. Vol. 3
Clerk,
Page 69

9481 Stephen Holly
admitted. 24 mo. Private $80.
Hon. E. D. Barber Middlebury Vermont. E

BRIEF in the case of  Stephen Hoolley  County of Addison  in the State of Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judges of the County court - in Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 75
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. As a Gen.     Jan'y In 1776 1 Private Capt. Luther Hoddard. Col.   For part of 1775 7 do Ch. P. Russell. Capt. Buell   in 1777 6 do Col. Hinman! Capt. Gaylord   in August 1777 1 do  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Canaan, Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The Court has not given an opinion and the seal of the Clerk is wanting to the papers which are attached as evidence.
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sam Potts Examining Clerk

State of Vermont } On this 4 th day of July 1832 Addison County } Personally appeared before the Judges of the County Court, in open Court Stephen Holley of Cornwall in said County aged seventy five years & upwards, who being first duly sworn, on his oath maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
That in Jan y 1776. he enlisted, at Canaan in the State of Connecticut in Capt. Luther Stod- dard's company, & in Col. Charles Burrill's Regiment, for the term of one year , and that he served said term of his enlistment, that from January 1776 to January 1777 and at the last date was honorably discharged at Mount Independence. That this corps was raised to reinforce the Army in Canada, and the services were performed in Canada, and on Lake Champlain, that he had a written discharge, but it is lost,
That in the fore part of the year 1775, in the month of April or May according to his best re- collection, he enlisted at Canaan, in Con- necticut, for the term of seven months in Capt. Buel's company, & Col. Hinman's Regiment, which said term of service he performed, in said corps, at Ticonderoga, and was discharged at the expiration of the term of his said enlistment; but had no written discharge.
That after his discharge in January 1777. he performed a tour of militia service of six months

at two different times of three months each at Danbury and Horse Neck - these two tours of service were done under Capt. Gaylord of the Connecticut Militia -
That he performed a tour of militia service in August 1777 of about four weeks at Benning- ton -
That he relinquishes all claims to any pension except the present - and is not on the roll of any agency of any State -
That he has resided in Cornwall, his present residence forty eight years Stephen Holley Simon and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court. E. D. Barber Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter , as 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 also certify that, from personal acquaint- ance with the said Stephen Holley as well as with Simon Smith, whose af- fidavit is herewith transmitted, although concerning them persons of no city whose statements are entitled to credit
Edward D. Barber Clerk

Revolution
21 819 INVALID.
Case No. 21,819
Stephen Kelly Pro Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Box: — Vol. 2 , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9481
Stephen Holly

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Stephen H. Hasty which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? no IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? Yes
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
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? Yes
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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Testimony of Eliza Eustis add proof Stephen Fuller's card
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July 11 1841
John Green Mund Compt Ent
Slide

I Eben Everts of Lanesford age testify I say that in the month of June in the year 1775 I enlisted into company of Capt. Nathaniel Paul Col. Heidemans Regiment at Pendsbury in the state of New York Stephen Holly then of Canaan Cont now of Cornwall Vt was then a soldier in said company and served until into December after when the company was disbanded I we returned to Connecticut I further say that in the month of January 1776 I enlisted and was discharged in said state of Connecticut into the company of Capt. Luther Stokely Charles Burrill, Regiment. The said Stephen Holly enlisted into said Company about the same time. From thence we marched to Crown Point in the state of point in the state of New York where we arrived in March after when I was taken sick and the said Stephen Holly with said Company left and proceeded their march to Quebec as it was said they returned in the summer after and I saw the said Stephen Holly who was still a member of said Company January 26th 1833
Dear Friends,
State of Vermont } Middlebury January 26th 1833 Addison County } Personally appeared Eben Everts the Defendant } I made oath that the above deposition } is true Before me Nourse Supr Dist. Judge
I hereby certify that Eber Everts the informant is a credible witness Norman Puffin, Dist. Attorney
State of Vermont Addison County } ss
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Norman Saffer, before whom the above affidavit 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 and affixed the Seal of said Court this 28 th day of January 1833 Sam l Swift Clerk

9481
Declaration of Stephen Holley
July 29 1832
Pastor Office

STATE OF VERMONT, Addison County ss.
I, EDWARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Hall for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 13 th day of July A. D.
1832
Edward D. Barber Clerk

I Simon Smith of New Haven in the County of Litchfield State of Vermont, aged Seventy
State of New York
County of Columbia
§ Joseph Holley of Free town in said county being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he, this deponent, enlisted in the month of January in the year, -1776, at Canaan in the county of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, in the company commanded by Captain Luther Stoddard, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Burrill, in the revolutionary War, in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment, for the term of one year; and deponent continued to serve in said company and regiment for and during said term - that is, from January, 1776, to the end of the year, or until January 1777, being one years service - This deponent further says, that Stephen Holley, then of said Canaan, but now of Cornwall in the county of Addison and State of Vermont, enlisted at or near the same time of this deponent, in the same company and regiment, and that the said Stephen Holley served therein, that is, in the said company & regiment for one year, being the said year, 1776, with this deponent - as they both served together, during said year, and were discharged at the same time & place - Said service consisted in going to Canada to re-inforce the Army of General Mont- gomery, joining said army, doing duty therein, ret- reating with it, and being discharged at Mount Inde- pendence in the State of Vermont -
Sworn to, subscribed & declared this 9 th day of December, 1820,
before me - I also certify that I am personally acquainted with said Joseph Holley, and that he is a person of truth and veracity
Oliver Kingsman Judge of Cort. Com. Pleas

State of New York Cortland County Clerk's office
I hereby certify that Oliver Kingman whose name appears to the within affidavit was on the day of the date thereof one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn to act as such. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and justly believe the signature of Oliver Kingman subscribed to the within affidavit to be the proper hand writing of the said Judge.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Cortland Village this 10th day of December 1828
James Tolcknapp Jr. Clerk

I Simon Smith of New Haven in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, aged Seventy one years - do testify & say that I have been acquainted with Stephen Holley of Cornwall in said County, for near sixty years, and I further testify & say that I am knowing that the said Stephen performed two tours of militia service, of three months each in the year 1777 according to my best recollection, as I was with him in the same service, and same company under Capt. Gaylord - I was acquainted with him, and have been acquainted with him ever since
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 4th day of July AD 1832
Simon Smith
E. D. Barber Clerk

State of Vermont Addison County, ) I Jesse Bishop of Panton in the County of Addison aforesaid being duly sworn depose and say that I enlisted the last of January or the first of February A D 1778 at Canaan in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, in the Company Commanded by Captain Luther Stoddard and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Burriel in the Revolutionary war for the term of one year, and I further say that I continued to serve in said Regiment for the said term of one year. And I further say that I know that Stephen Holley then of said Canaan, now as I am informed and verily believe residing in the town of Cornwall, County of Addison State of Vermont enlisted at or nearly the same time with me, in the same Company and Regiment, and that the said Stephen Holley served for the space of one year in the same Company and Regiment with the Deponent, we both served together during said year and were discharged at the same time. — And I further depose that said service was done by going to Canada in order to reinforce the army of General Montgomery, joining said Army, doing duty with it, returning with it, and being discharged at Mount Independence in the state of Vermont. Jesse Bishop

State of Vermont } Vergeines November-5 th Addison County } AD 1828. Then Jesse Bishop of Panton in said Addison County personally appearing and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing disposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Sworn to before me Nathan Hoskins Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont, Addison County } I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Nathan Hoskins before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jesse Bishop was sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace for said County fully authorized & empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 17 th day of February 1829.
Sam d Swift Clerk