State
of Vermont
Windsor
On the 14th day of April 1818 before
me the subscriber one of the Judges of Windsor County personally appeared
Jesse Bannister of Windsor in the State of Vermont
age sixty-four years
and after being duly sworn regarding the law doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions of a late Act
of Congress-entitled on Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War that
he the said Jesse Bannisterin the month of December 1775 enlisted as soldier
in the Company of
Capt Asa Danforth of the Regiment commanded by Col Ebenezer
Learnard of the Massachusettsline for the term of one year served his time
out faithfully and at the request of the Commander in chief stayed six
weeks longer. That in the month of
January 1781 he again enlisted under
Capt Nathan Goodale in the Regiment Commenaded by Col Rufus Putnam for
the term of three years, that he served about six months then hired a man
by the name of Josiah Handshaw to take his place for the term of six months
to acceptance of the Col as will appear by the furlough herewith transitted
and at the end of the six months he hired said Handshaw to serve the remainder
of his time to the acceptance of the Col of sd Regiment. That he is reduced
in his circumstasnces and stands in need of assistance from his Country
for support. That he has no other evidence in his power? of his sd ? and
further declares that he now is, and has been a citizen of the United States
Signed
Elihu
Luce Adj Judge of Windsor Co State of
Vermont.
29 May 1821
Jesse Bannister of Windsor Co
aged
67 years upon oath states the following: Enlisted into the Company
of Capt Peter Harwood, Col Ebenezer Larnard’s Reg. Massachusetts
line, on the 21st day of April 1775
and was discharged on the 8th day of
January 1776 and on the same day enlisted into the company of Capt Asa
Danforth, of the same Regiment, afterwards commanded by Col William Shepard
for one year, but staid six weeks longer by request of Genl. Washington,
at which time I was duly discharged. Enlisted on the 25th day of January
1781 into
Capt Nathan Goodale’s Company and served one year and was duly
discharged -was in the battle on the 26th Dec 1791 at Trenton in the taking
of the Hessians, also at the battle of
Princeton, also a volunteer in the
engagement at Stillwater under
Genl. Gates with Burgoyne.
Signed 11 April
1818.
He has received Pension Certificate
#112. Swears that he is a citizen and that he has no assets other than
the following: 1/2 of a pew in Windsor West Parish Meeting House, $25.00;
1 axe $1.00 1 hoe .25 1 handsaw $2.00 1 pr scissors and nail ? .25 3.50;
2 pr specacles 1.00 1 nail handsaw .25; 1.25 Debts owing to the amount
of $500 -- That I am a farmer by profession somewhat infirm from old age
and not able to do much labor -- I further say that being resident for
a temporary purpose in the County of Onondaga State of New York on the
2nd day of September 1821.
I then and there made a declaration
and schedule of the property I then possessed, before the Court of Commission
? in said County, which schedule was the same as is above stated, a copy
of which was duly transmitted by the said Court to the War office, but
which was returned without being acted upon, as I am informed I do ? believe
on the ground that my name was not upon the pension roll of said State.
Vermont
Windsor Co
14 Oct 1853
Windsor Co,
VT
Appeared Louis(e) Bannister of West
Windsor aged 86. That she is the widow of
Jesse Banniser who was a Rev
War Pensioner from the State of Vermont late of Pownal, Vermont deceased,
she futher says tht her said husband the aforesaid
Jesse Bannister from
the best of her recollection received at rate of $96 per annum and ws paid
at the Vermont Agency. She further states that she married Jesse Bannister
in the year 1813; that her husband died at Pownal,VT on the 1st day of
April 1833. She further declares that her name before her marriage to the
said Jesse Bannister was Louis (NOTE: although I have
BRUNHILL it does not look like BRUNHILL in the record).
22 March 1855
Appeared Louis(e) Bannister aged 88
resident of West Windor, State of Vermont.
States that she was married
in Woodstock,Vt.
Submitted by
Julie
Bright.
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