Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15124, Aaron Flint, Conn.
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Service
Conn.

Flint, Aaron

S. 15125

Carded
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                      9927
                Connecticut
                 Aaron Flint
..eedham in the State of Connct
[Illegible] a Pvt in the Conn commanded
....ol Ely in the Connct
[Illegible] State Troops 13 mo & 5
days      [Signed initials]  CC

Certified on the Roll of Connct
at the rate of 43 Dollars 88 Cents per annum
Commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the -27- day of June  1803 and Sent Jared ... RIchmond, Westford CT

Captain ____ of the Reg commanded
Subscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 43 Dollars 88 Cents per annum
Commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of June
1833 and Sent Jared D Richmond, Westford CT

[Arrears] to the 4th March 1823       $87.76
Issuant allowance ending Sept. 02     21.94
                                                         _______     
                                                       $109.70
                                                         _______
                                    Revolutionary Claim,
                                   Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by E D. Bullock Clerk
Book E [6?]  Vol 3  Page 13
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State of Connecticut     ss Ashford July 23rd 1832
County of Windham
On this 24th Day of July 1832 personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Windham Aaron Flint a resident of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy three 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 [---ped] June 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States in December 1776 Served as volunteer soldier in company commanded by Capt. Paine Convers  The other company officers I do not recollect - The names of the field officers recollected were Colonel Ely and Lieutenant Colonel McClellan    [---ted] the first of December from Wilmington now in the County of Tolland and in said State to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and served a period of three months and half.  was not engaged in any battles but principally engaged in guarding the Town and shores and returned to Willington aforesaid the place of his then residence about the middle of March 1777.
The second time he entered the service was in the winter of 1777 and 1778 commencing according to the best of his recollection the last of December   he served as volunteer two months under Captain Roswell Grant of East Windsor and Lieutenant Daniel Loomis  The names of the field officers recollected were Colonel
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Johnson and Major Benjamin Clarke
marched from Willington aforesaid to Prov -
idence in Rhode Island and served two
("2 mo" hand written in left margin) months - was engaged in building fortifications and guarding the Town and returned to said Willington in March 1778
The third time he entered the service he states he marched from Willington aforesaid about the 10th May 1778 to New London in Connec-
("1 mo" hand written in left margin) -ticut and then served a period of one month as substitute for his father Asher Flint(?)
Captain Henry Amidown  command the company in which he served. The other company officers he can not recollect - Captain Wales commanded another company - The field Officers he cannot recollect and returned  to Willington aforesaid about the 15th
June 1778 - He served in the militia.
The fourth time he entered the service (word strike through) was (the first part of - is struck through - above it is written) sometime in August ("and ending" is struck through) 1778
Marched from Willington aforesaid under the 
command of Captain Henry Amidown aforesaid to Windham, then joined other troops under
the command of Major Bissell - from thence
marched to Providence in Rhode Island and
from there down to Bristol?. This being the
time of General Sullivans expedition on New-
Port, but when we arrived at Bristol, Sullivan had raised siege and (word struck) the main army even retreating off there at ( insertion of two words illegible) 
We were ordered to stop and were engaged few days [inserted: "in taking care of the wounded guarding the ......  illegible) and then returned to Providence and General Sullivan with his army had got them and we marched out of Town and  encamped
I knew one General Glover then [inserted] who commanded a
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brigade of Continental troops. After few days
an alarm from New London came and
our militia Regiment under the Command
of Colonel Chapman was ordered to New - 
London in Connecticut , but the alarm being
 [written in margin: 70 days]  over we did not arrive then and returned and encamped
 about 10 miles [inserted] below Providence ("from" is struck through) and below it written : at the expiration of twenty days service I returned to Willington)  (new line struck through and written just above it: Aforesaid in company with Capt. Amidown
 The fifth time he entered the service was the latter part of September 1778 or 1779 he cannot tell which, in the militia company under the Command of Solomon [illegible] Marched from Willington aforesaid to Groton in Connecticut and then served a period of one month - engaged in [illegible] on fort Griswold and guarding - the names of the field and other Company officers I do not recollect and returned to Willington the latter part of October following
He again entered the service about the first of July 1779 under the Command of Captain Jedediah Amidown, Lieutenant Loomis and Ensign Root (Boot?), - marched from Willington aforesaid to New London in Connecticut and served there a period of three months    Major Peale of Tamus [?], Connecticut commanded the regiments    Jed[?] Amidown resides in Ashford, the town in which I now live and will testify to this time  of service
[The are two lines after this that have been stricken out]
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The seventh time he entered the service was in
September 1780. Marched from Willington
aforesaid to Horse Neck in in Connecticut.
Served in Captain Israel Converse, Company
and Colonel Levi Wells regiment - which regiment 
of said Will were eight or nine months
men we served as militia in Wells regiment
a period of two months - engaged in guarding
and scouting and returned to Willington
same time in November following.

He has no documentary evidence to the
third, fourth, and fifth times when he
entered the service and served as above
stated. I was born in Windham, County
of Windham and State of Connecticut
January 6th 1759. I have a record of my age at the
Town Clerks office in said Windham. I now live in
Ashford in Windham County aforesaid.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his name
is not on the pension list roll of the agency of any State.
I am known to Jedidiah Amidown and
and Jared A. Richmond Esqr who can testify as to my
Character for veracity. Aaron Flint
[very small writing] Become and use the day aforesaid before the County of Windham and
State of Connecticul
[illegible] Armin Bolles, Clerk

We Jedidah Amidown and Jared D. Richmond residing
in the Town of Ashford in said Windham County
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron
Flint who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, 
that we believe him to be 73 years of age
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion.
Jediah Amidon
Jared D Richmond
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before the County Court of the County of Windham in the
State of Connecticut. Attest Armin Bolles Clerk
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 No. 24656
Aaron Flint Windham
County Connecticut


Admitted
Private 13 mo & 5 day
-

Jared D. Richmond of Ashford
Westford Post Office Connecticut
                             [Signature illegible]
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War Department, 
Pension Office,
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (this: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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 A Statement, showing the Service of Aaron Flint Windham County Connecticut

Headings:
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of claimant's service Years Months  Days.
Rank of the Claimant.
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[Service periods
?ol -   [ineligible]   1776
Served Winter   1777 -&1778
Served  May 1778
Served  Aug 1778
Served Sept.{1778 or 1779)
Entered 1.July 1779
Served 1780

[Duration of Service]
Years| Months| Days|
-, 3, 15
-, 2, -
-, /, -
-, -, 20
-, /, -
-, 3, -
-, 2, -

Rank of the claimant|
private
"
"
"
"
"
"

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|
[ineligible]
Cap. Grant, Col. Johnson
(?) Amidown(?)
Cap. Amidown(?), Major B[ineligible]
Cap [ineligible]
Cap A[ineligible], Major P[ineligible]
[ineligible], Col (Wells or Wills)

Age at present and place of (abode?) when he entered service.|
73 years
Willington
[ineligible]and
County
Connecticut

Proof by which the declaration is supported.|
Traditionary evidence, [ineligible] certified [ineligible] attached(?)
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers" all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general
classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this
day of
personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of aged 
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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with
and served in the
(e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Fiekl and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and 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 it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating  the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, those are simply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The Applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -- one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that his is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and the the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

_______________________
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must be invariably mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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, i.e. A.D., who being duly sworn and saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively 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 ___; and for such services I claim a pension."
It Is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which 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, i.e. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time for during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[I] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official signature and character of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the paper is not written on the same piece of a paper that contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape of narrow ribbon, the ends 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. 

Proof of service.

[j] In 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 affidavit the time of the claimant's 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. 

[...] The notes from [a] to [*] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [k] applies to continental troops only.
[k] The traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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March 4 '96
[] pensioner to Mrs. L[] H. J[]
Providence, R.I.

15124
INVALID.

File. No. 15.124
Aaron Flint
P[]. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 183[]
Index: - Vol 1, Page 127

[[ A[] of 18[]. ]]
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I Armin Bolles clerk of the Country Court for the County of Windhaven in the State of Connecticut do certify that the forcoming annexd here[] to contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the [] of the application of Aaron Flint for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have her[] my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 24th day of July A. D. 1832
Armin Bolles C. Clerk

[in the lower left corner is a smudged view of the above stated seal]
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I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court for the County of Mindham in the State of Connecticut do certify that the foregoing annexed hereunto contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matters of the application of Aaron Flint for a position
In testimony whereof I have hereunto [illegible] my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 24th day of July A.D. 1832
Armin Bolles Clerk
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Aaron Flint


Suspended Old Declaration

Pete Bulkley




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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Aaron Flint which require further proof or explanation.

I. [1] Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. [2] Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. [3] 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. [4] Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. [5] Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the defferent grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? [answered] No

VI. [6] Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [answered] No

VII. [7] Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. [8] Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. [9] 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?
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XI. [11] 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? [answer] No

XII. [12] If the clergyman's affdavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [answer] No

XIII. [13] 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? [answer] Not in terms that there are no survivors of those services which are not proved

XIV. [14] 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?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. [15] Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such and age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. [16] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. [17] Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? [answer] 3 [illegible]

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 and 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 form 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 claimant entering service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belong. 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.
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Aaron Flint
No. 20
No. 2,855
sworn 13(?)
No papers

PO

(sideways)
Timothy (Pearl)?
Deposition
for the Flints

Return to be made to
Ichabod Buckley Esq
Ashford
Connecticut
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Tolland County [illegible] Clerks Office S.S. Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do certify that Daniel Glasier Esq before [illegible] the within deposition of Timothy Pearl on the 20th day of July 1832 was duly authenticated was at the time and still is a Justice of Peace within and for the County of Tolland and legally qualified to administer oaths and that the signature to the certificated appeared to be deposition purporting to be his is his own proper hand writing with which I am well acquainted. In testimony whereof I have henceunto set my hand and affixed the seal of [illegible] Court of Tolland this 24th day of July A. D. 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
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This may certify that I Timothy Pearl of
of Willington, in Tolland County and State of
Connecticut, am well acquainted with
Aaron Flint now of Ashford in Windham
County in said State, his place of residence
was in said Willington where I have always
Resided, until after the loss of the
revolutionary war. I further know the same
Aaron Flint did serve two months in the militia in Providence, State of Rhode Island in Capt Roswell Grants Company, Colonel Johnsons Regiment the winter of 1777 & 1778.  I being with him.

I further know the same above named Aaron Flint did serve two months at Horse neck in Connecticut in Capt. Israel Conors Company in Col. Levi Wells Regiment of nine month Troops, I being in said Regiment the same time in 1780.
[Signature Timothy Pearl]

Tolland County in Wittington July 20
AD 1832  personally appeared Timothy Pearl Signed of the above and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him duly tendered.

Sworn before me

[Signature Daniel Glazier Justice of the Peace]
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State of Connecticut
County of Windham 
SS
District of Ashford January 14th A.D. 1833

On this 14 day of January 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford aforesaid now sitting Aaron Flint a resident of Ashford in
the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy four 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 on the first of December 1776, He entered the service
of the United States as an enlisted solder. Marched from Willington now in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut to Providence
in the State of Rhode Island under the command of Captain Paine Convers, Lieutenant John Frink and Ensign Wilson who were the company officers.  Joined the Regiment at Providence under the
command of Colonel Ely and Lieutenant Colonel McClellan.  Was first stationed at the north end of the Town-- afterwards removed
and took up quarters in the college at said Providence - I knew and was acquainted with General Benedict Arnold who served there
at that time, have stood sentry at his door. Was principally employed in guarding the town shores & and having served there a period of three months and half, was dismissed within the 17th day of March following and returned home to
Willington.

The second time he entered the service was as volunteer soldier in the winter of 1777 and 1778 commencing the last of December or first of January.  Marched from Willington
aforesaid to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and served under Captain Roswell Grant of East Windsor and Lieutenant Daniel Loomis. Joined the regiment under the command
of Colonel Jediah Johnson and Major Benjamin Clark.  From the loss of memory he cannot state the names of any more of the company or field officers.  His employment was that of building fortifications and guarding
the Town and shores. In the month of March following he was dismissed and returned home having served a period of two months after he had joined the regiment at Providence

The third time he entered the service he marched from Willington aforesaid about the 10th May 1778 to New London in Connecticut. There served under Captain Henry Ammidown and Lieutenant Carlton as substitute for his
Father Asher Flint. cannot name the regiment
regimental officers in which he served. He was acquainted with Captain Wales who commanded a militia company there at that time.   About the 12th day of June following he was dismissed and returned home having
served a period of one month.
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The fourth time he entered the service was sometime in August 1778  Marched from Willington to Windhaven under the command of Captain Henry Ammidown, then joined other troops under the command of Major B[ipill] From thence under the af[]aid Officers marched to Providence in Rhode Island and from there down to Bristoll.  This being the time of General Sullivans Expedition an New Past, but when we arrived at Bristoll Sullivan had sai[] sign and the main army were retreating off at Howland Ferry.  We were ordered to stop and did stop a few days for the purpose of keeping guard and taking care of the wounded and then returned back to Providence - General Glover his command and is a brigade of Continental troops.  - General Sullivan with his army had got to Providence having tarried a few days.  Him an I are from new London cam[] and our militia Regiment under the command of Colonel Bhapman (-I cannot recollect the names of the lieutenant Colonel or Major) were ordered to New London in Connecticut, but the alarm being over we did not arrive then and returned and encamped about ten miles below Providence [] of this tour I served a friend of twenty days when I was dismissed and returned home in [] with Captain Ammidown.
The fifth time he entered the service, he says as soon as he returned home from the last mentioned tour above stated Militia was called for to New London and on the first of September 1778 marched down to New London, from thence [] over to Groton and there served in Captain Latham and Lieutenant Solomon []rcutt company of Militia - half of the regiment were at New London and half at Groton - I cannot name the first officers for I have no knowledge that they exercised any command over us while at Groton - Our Colonel Legend had the charge of first G[] - After serving a period of one month I was dismissed and returned home to Willington.
The sixth time he entered the service was the latter part of June or fore half of July 1779  Marched from Willington under the command of Captain Jedadiah Ammidown lieutenant Loomis and Ensign R[] to New London in Connecticut.  There joined the regiment under the command of Major P[] of []ances Connecticut - does not recollect that they had any Colonel at that time.  General Tyler commanded what troops there were there - was employed building a new fort, guarding it and about the first of October following was dismissed and returned home having served a period of three months.
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The seventh time he enters the service was in the month of September 1780 went down to Horse Neck in Connecticut as two months - men were not under the command of any officers untill [sic] we arrived at Horse Neck when we joined the Company Commander by Captain Israel Conners, Lieutenant Felt and Boat and Ensign Sexton, which said officers were nine months men so called  - Served in Colonel Levi Welles Regiment - McDole was the Adjutant of said Regiment - After joining the company and regiment as (afers ?) aid I served a furist of two 2 mo months guarding 46, and was then dismissed and returned home - I knew and was acquainted with our Colonel Beebe who commanded a regiment of State troops - also with Captains Wales, Bissell  and Bottom who severally commanded companies.   
There  (Crossed out)
I have no documentary evidence or,  and know of no person living who can testify to the third  and fourth terms of  Service above States   In  elation to those terms and the other States above I have been as  particular in the description of Officers as I was able.  Some of the terms  were short not affording time or opportunity for a full acquaintance and if I ever knew any other I am unable to recollect them at this time
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is such on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
I was born in Windham County of Windham and State of Connecticut the sixth Day of January 1759
I have a record of my age at the Town Clerks office in S. Windham
My place of residence was at Willington aforesaid from the commencement to the close of the Revolutionary war - Since the Revolutionary war I have lived in Willington aforesaid from which place I removed to Ashford where I now live -
When called into service I went a volunteer private in all the terms of service above states excepting the 3? [as is] term when I was substitute for my father Asher Flint.
In relation to some of the regular officers with
the troops when I served and the general circumstances of my service
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The seventh time he enters the service was in the month of September 1780 went down to Horse Neck in Connecticut as two months - men were not under the command of any officers untill [sic] we arrived at Horse Neck when we joined the Company Commander by Captain Israel Conners, Lieutenant Felt and Boat and Ensign Sexton, which said officers were nine months men so called  - Served in Colonel Levi Welles Regiment - McDole was the Adjutant of said Regiment - After joining the company and regiment as (afers ?) aid I served a furist of two 2 mo months guarding 46, and was then dismissed and returned home - I knew and was acquainted with our Colonel Beebe who commanded a regiment of State troops - also with Captains Wales, Bissell  and Bottom who severally commanded companies.   
There  (Crossed out)
I have no documentary evidence or,  and know of no person living who can testify to the third  and fourth terms of  Service above States   In  elation to those terms and the other States above I have been as  particular in the description of Officers as I was able.  Some of the terms  were short not affording time or opportunity for a full acquaintance and if I ever knew any other I am unable to recollect them at this time
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is such on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
I was born in Windham County of Windham and State of Connecticut the sixth Day of January 1759
I have a record of my age at the Town Clerks office in S. Windham
My place of residence was at Willington aforesaid from the commencement to the close of the Revolutionary war - Since the Revolutionary war I have lived in Willington aforesaid from which place I removed to Ashford where I now live -
When called into service I went a volunteer private in all the terms of service above states excepting the 3? [as is] term when I was substitute for my father Asher Flint.
In relation to some of the regular officers with
the troops when I served and the general circumstances of my service