Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,710, Roswell Grant, Conn.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of Connecticut Probate Dist Ct.}
Ss. Hartford July 24. 1832

On this 24th day of July 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford in the County of Hartford being a Court of Record, having by Law a Seal & Clerk, Colo. Roswell Grant of East Windsor in said County aged eighty six years the 20th day of March AD 1832 
.. who being 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 Jun 7 1832.

That in the year 1777 he was a Captain of a Company of Militia in the Regiment Commended by Colo. Nathaniel Terry, that he was ordered into the service by Colo. Terry 
*no1 30th December 1777* made immediate preparation, & marched
*no2 for Providence about the 10th Jany 1778*
arrived soon afterward & remained there, in the regiment commanded by Colo. Obadiah Johnson.. the term of this Tour of duty, which was two months.. Joseph Spencer of East Haddam was his Brigadier General, & he was not discharged until about the 12th of sd March 
*no3 as near as he can recollect.. On the 3rd of said March* he acted as Judge Advocate at a Court Martial held in Providence to try some of the Soldiers.. by order of Colo Obadiah Johnson that Stephen Elmer of East Windsor was a drummer in his Company, & will be able to testify to the principal & probably all the facts above stated.
That immediately after or a little before he was discharged from his tour to Providence, he recd. a Commission from Governor Trumbull dated March 12 1778 appointing him Captn. of a company in the 1st battalion of troops in Connecticut, which he accepted & immediately entered on the duties of said appointment enlisted men &c &c and on the 16th June 1778 he recd from Colo. Roger Enos, an order to march to the Sawpitts in
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in the State of New York, & that soon after, in June, (the precise day he does not remember) he marched his troops into the State of New York; but whether he went to the Sawpitts, or White plains first, he does not distinctly recollect.-
He joined the troops he thinks at the White plains or perhaps at West Point first- that during this tour of military service he was at Horse Neck & several other places, of which he has but an imperfect recollection,- but that he knows he was always in the line of his duty, & ordered to various points at different times & was honorably discharged the fore part of March 1779 after a tour of service of about twelve months, which was the term of his engagement.
That Gustavus Grant of East Windsor in said Hartford County, (not related to the deponant) was a soldier in the company of the deponant during this tour of service, & may probably recollect more distinctly the facts herein before stated.-
That in 1781July 23d he was ordered into the service of the United States & specially commissioned by Governor Trumbull of Connecticut to take the charge & custody of a considerable number (how many he dont recollect but thinks about four hundred) of the Enemy who were prisoners of War..  that he continued in this service as a Captain untill the forepart (say the 5th or 6th) of October 1781, which is two months & twelve days. 
That Gustavus Grant of East Windsor the person named above who is an old inhabitant of that town, knows & can testify to the general facts in relation to the prisoners, & to the [supertendance] of them, by the deponant according to the remaining impressions on his mind.
The deponent on his oath further declares according [this impression] that he also acted as paymaster to the 1st Brigade of Militia, commanded by General Erastus Wolcott of sd East Windsor, during the years 1778-1779-1780-1781-1782. & for proof of which he refers to documents marked C. and in relation to his