Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,635, for Peter Pearson, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE Conn
CONTENTS
Pearson, Peter
NUMBER S.17635
carded
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171826
Connection
Peter Pearson
of Lyme in the State of Con [Connecticut]
who was a Pri - in the Com [company] commanded
by Captain-
of the Regt commanded
by Col Latimer in the Con. [Connecticut] Troops
for 9 mo 7 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Con [Connecticut]
at the rate of 30 Dollars 77 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sept
1833 and sent H. M. Waite Lyme let
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 34  $-76.92
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4 - 15.38
$86.30
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. ⎬
E D Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 35
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3816
Peter Pierson
1 - 9 months
2 -1 "
3 - 1 1/4 "
Whole 11 1/4 
Proof
1 
Abner Beckwith defer
Gurdon Ely defer 
George Tillotson  do
Silas Robbins  do
2
Abner Beckwith "
Elisha May "
3
George Tillotson defer
Richard Chadwick  "
James Granfield "
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State of Connecticut
New London County
Probate district of Lyme ss. Lyme
On this 7th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court
of Probate for the District of Lyme in said County of New London now sitting Peter Pierson a resident of the Town of Lyme in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged 75 years.
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order of the act of Congress
passed June 7 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated-
1, that in February 1776 in the Town of Lyme aforesaid he enlisted in Captain John Ely's Company in Colonel Erastus Wolcott Regiment,
for the Term of nine months and served in said company until the latter part of November in the same year when he was honorably discharged by Colonel Ely formerly the captain of deponent's company at North Castle in the State of New York, having served in said Company between nine & ten months soon
after the deponent enlisted the company was
marched to New London and stationed at
Fort Trumbull and continued there until
the month of August following, when
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orders came for a part of the militia to march to New York and  join General Washington's army. The Company to which deponent belonged and another company
commanded by Captain Crist volunteered to go. They were then marched to West Chester and joined General Washington army and continued with him and under his command until the company was dismissed the deponent [illegible] on the last day of November 1776. The deponent was at the battle at White Plains and in several skirmishes.  When deponent enlisted John Ely was Captain Martin Kirtland was first Lieutenant, Lieutenant Platts second
Lieutenant, and Adriel Ely was Ensign
of the Company- Erastus Wolcott was
Colonel of the Regiment-
In August Capt Ely was appointed Major and shortly afterward Colonel of the Regiment - Lieutenant Kirtland was appointed captain of the Company. Abner Beckwith enlisted at the same time with deponent and continued to serve with him during the whole and can testify his service they were mens mates-
The deponent knows of no other person whose testimony he can now obtain.-
He knew Generals Putnam, McDougal, Green
and many other officers of the Continental army
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The deponent in March 1777 at
Lyme aforesaid enlisted into Captain Abel
Halls Company in Colonel Latimer's Regiment
for the term of one month and served the
time out-
The company was marched to Groton and was employed upon Groton Fort.
Colonel Ledyard who was afterwards killed in the Fort, was a Major of the Regiment and had the more immediate command of the Company which deponent belonged

Abner Beckwith of said Lyme enlisted at the same time with deponent and served
the same term and can testify to the service
of the deponent the deponent does not know of any other living witness where testimony can be obtained or was discharged by Colonel
Latimer at Groton Fort-
-
The deponent was drafted at two several times to serve in the companies stationed as a
Girard near Long Island Sound - and served one month at one time
One ^time^ he served
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time under Lee Lay and [the other- crossed out] ^time^ he served under John Griswold a son of Governor Matthew Griswold - The deponent thinks there officers were not the
captains, but ^other^ officers commanded the
particular portions of the company in
which he served   He is unable to State the precise times when he entered or left, but he well recollects serving [one month - crossed out] at each time. 
[He knows of no human who can testify at Muiz service - crossed out]
He served at one of these times one month at the other time he served one week and then hired George Tillotson to serve as his
substitute the remainder of the time. He knows of no Witness of this service except said Tillotson.
The deponent has no recollection
of ever receiving a written discharge
and has no documentary evidence his
service - there were no officers in the
United States army that served with
deponent except when Capt Kirtland
company was in the State of New York
The whole time of deponents service was 11 1/4 monthly  He entered and served as a private-
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the deponent was born in said Town of Lyme on the 14th day of October 1756 has resided there ever since - resided there.
When he entered the service as aforesaid and
still resides there.  [Illegible] he was
drafted, and when he entered as a volunteer
and he never served as a substitute.
Knows of no record of his age except in
the family Bible - He is known to most
of the inhabitants of Lynn who can testify
as to the deponents character for
truth and their belief of his services as a
soldier of the revolution. He was in
no battle except those he has stated and was
never on the pension cert. 

The deponent hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension on
annuity except the present and did [illegible]
that his name is not on the pension roll of any
State
Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Peter Pearson

We Josiah Hawes a clergyman residing
in the Town of Lyme aforesaid and Lodowick Bell residing in the same Town hereby
certify, that we are well acquainted with
Peter Pearson, who has subscribed