Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,190, Moses Granger, Conn. Vt.
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Conn. Vt.
Granger, Moses
R. 4,190
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4866
Moses Granger of
Greenwich, Wash. Cty
New York

10 months

sworn
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State of New York, Washington County ss:  Personally appeared before me John Willard Surrogate of the said County of Washington & State of New York, Moses Grainger, a person known to me as the identical Moses Grainger, who made subscribed and swore to the delegation to which this affidavent is affixed, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that the reason he he did not obtain the evidence of a Clergyman and another respectable Citizen as to their beleif (sic) respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood, relative to his revolutionary services, was that he knows of no clergyman who could testify to the above facts.  And as to the fifth objection he testifies, 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 the year 1776.  he served four months; For the year 1777, he served four months and a half That in the year 1778 he served one month.  That in the year 1779, he served half a month.  That all the above services where performed by him as a private soldier.
Moses Granger

Sworn in open court 
December 20, 1832
John Willard, Surrogate

(over)
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State of New York
Washington County
Surrogate Office       }  ss  I John Willard Surrogate of this County of Washington do testify that the written named Moses Granger was sworn before me this day to the foregoing affidavit & that I annexed the same to the original declaration & affixed my seal of office at the knot of the tape by which the papers are bound together.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 20th December 1832

John Willard  Surrogate
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832.

State of New York, Washington County ss:  On this 27th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before John Willard first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County in the State of New York now sitting and Charles F. Ingalls, Benjamin F. Skinner & John Morse, Judges of said Court.  Moses Granger a resident of the Town of Greenwich in said County and State aged 82 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 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.  That he was born in the Town of Suffield in the State of Connecticut in October 1750 - has a record of his age in his Family Bible - never received any discharge from services to his recollection, nor has he [illegible] documentary evidence to prove the same - nor does he know of any person being by whom he can prove his services as a soldier in the Militia of the war of the revolution.

That on or about the 1st of July 1776, he was ordered out in the Militia from said Town of Suffield, and marched in Capt. Zadock Grangers company, Col. Willis' Regiment, to New York, where h remained doing military duty; that he was stationed about Hinesbridge.  That he served at that time in the Militia of the said State of Connecticut and in the war of the Revolution four months.

That about the first of July 1777 he was drafted in said Town of Suffield in Capt Wadsworth's company, Col Cask's Regiment, the Major's name was Guy, and marched to Stillwater in the State of New York, where he served the United States in the war of the Revolution as a Militia Soldier, untill (sic) the last of October 1777.
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when he was discharged in Livingstons Manner in said state of New York, that he was in both the battles at the taking of Burgoyne - that Gen'l Gates, Genl Arnold, Col. Brooks and other officers were there who belonged to the Continental Army.  That he served at that time four months & he thinks more.  That in the fall of 1778, he volunteered into Capt. Dimocks company of Vermont Militia, in the Town of New Marlboro in the said state and marched to White River in  said state.  That he was in service at that time about two weeks.  That in April 1779, he volunteered in the Militia of said State of Vermont in the said Town of New Marlboro,  in Lt. Jonathan Waverns Company and marched to White River in said State; that he served at that time about two weeks.  That he moved from Suffield in the State of Connecticut in the year 1778, to New Marlboro in the State of Vermont; where he resided about nine years- from thence he moved to Cambridge in the County of Washington and State of New York where he resided six or seven years - from thence he moved to Salem in said County when he was twelve or fifteen years.  From thence to Cambridge where he lived four years from thence to Greenwich where he has resided over twenty years and where he now resides.  That he is known in the neighborhood by Alexander Livingston, James Cherry and others.  That he did serve the United States in the War of the Revolution, as Militia man, nine months as above stated.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Moses Granger

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
J. S. Leigh, Clk                                                              }
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We Alexander Livingston and James Cherry, residing in the Town of Greenswich, County of Washington & State of New York, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Granger, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty two years of age; that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Alexander Livingston
James Chirrey

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court }
J.S. Leigh, Clk

And the said Court do hereby certify declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & 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 Alexander Livingston and James Cherry who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents of the aforesaid Town of Greenswich in said County of Washington, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credits. 

I Jesse S Leigh, Clerk of the Curt of Common Pleas in the County of Washington & State of New York do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Granger for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this 29th day of August 1832.
J. S Leigh Clk
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Brieft No 4866
Moses Granger

increases his service
from 3 mo 14 days to 10 mos
Suspended
Sep 3 1832
Nov 5 1832 p.28
J. S. Billings
agt
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No 4866

BRIEF in the case of Moses Granger of the County of Washington in the State of New York (Act 7th June,, 1832.)

1.   Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
      In Open Court

2.   If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
      (blank)

3.    How old is he?
       82 years

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
On or about July 1st full of April

Period:
In 1776 1st of July

Duration of Service,
4 months

Rank
As a Militia Man

Names of General and field Officers under whom he served
Col. Willis

Period 1777
Duration of Service   4 months
Rank:  Militia Man
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.  Col. Cook

Period: 1778  
Duration of Service  14 days
Rank
Volunteer
Names of General and field officers under whom he served:  Capt Dimmick

Period:   1779
Duration of Service:  about 14 days
Rank
Names of General and field officers under whom he served.  Lt. Warren

5.   In what battles was he engaged?  Taking of Burgoyne

6.   Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Suffield, Connect.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   By traditionary evidence..

8.   Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Certificate of Clergyman wanting.

*Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk.
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Brief 2nd No. 4866
Moses Granger
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No 4806 

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Moses Granger 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
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?
No Annexed
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?
Yes
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.
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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.  Answered
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
No. Answered
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?
---
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?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
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."
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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 not
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 be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly 
authenticated, as above directed.
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.
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Moses Granger
application under
act June 7, 1832.
Claim unsupported by
any evidence but his own 
declaration

susp files of N.Y.
papers [illegible]
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Know all men by these presents, That I, Moses Granger
of the county of Washington, and State of New York, do
hereby constitute and appoint THOMAS S. DONOHO & JOHN W. MAGILL, of Washington, D. C.
, jointly or severally my true and lawful attorneys for me and in my behalf to prosecute my
claim for arrearages of pension due to me as
son and heir of Moses Granger, deceased,
a soldier of the Revolution
and to receive such certificate as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of attorney which may
have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my attorneys, the said DONOHO &
MAGILL, or either of them, may lawfully do in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this fifteenth
day of September A. D. 1853.
Moses Granger
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written.
J A McNeil J.P.


WASHINGTON COUNTY.
STATE OF NEW YORK,
I, NB Milliman Clerk of said county do hereby
certify that JA McNeil Esquire whose name is
subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing, was on the
date of the said certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected and sworn and
Qualified by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds, &c. and that I am well acquainted with hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature to said certificate to be genuine. And it
the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said 
county this 17th day of September in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three

WB Millman   Clerk.
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Know all men by these presents, That I, Moses Granger
of the county of Washington, and State of New York, do
hereby constitute and appoint THOMAS S. DONOHO & JOHN W. MAGILL, of Washington, D. C.
, jointly or severally my true and lawful attorneys for me and in my behalf to prosecute my
claim for arrearages of pension due to me as
son and heir of Moses Granger, deceased,
a soldier of the Revolution
and to receive such certificate as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of attorney which may
have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my attorneys, the said DONOHO &
MAGILL, or either of them, may lawfully do in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this fifteenth
day of September A. D. 1853.
Moses Granger
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written.
J A McNeil J.P.

COUNTY OF -----88:
------ clerk of the court of
------- within and for the county and State aforesaid,
certify that -------- ,before whom the foregoing
acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof and acting justice of the peace, duly commissioned
and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, this
----- day of ---- A.D. 185

Clerk.
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Moses Granger
New York
Act 7 Jun 1832
Suspended See letter
to LL Billings Esq
January 7, 1833
4190
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4190
P.O. -----
Moses Granger
Service: _____
Enlisted REJECTED, 18 --
Discharged: -----, 18 --
Application Filed: _____, 18
Alleges: -----
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney : -----
P.O. -----

_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
----- Cert. of Dis.   Searched for _____,18