Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16813, Titus Francis, Conn.
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(8-1776)

Service                                            Number
Conn.                  Francis, Titus       S. 16813
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28212
Connecticut .. [illegible]
Titus Francis
[illegible] in the State of Connecticut 
Who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Brown, of the [illegible]. Commander by [illegible] in the Connecticut 
Line for 13. Mar 9 day 
Ctr 28212
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut 
At the rate of 44 dollars 32 Cents per annum,
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
 Certificate of Pension ifsued the 11th day of AprilAct June 7, 1832}
1834 and Hon. S. A. Fort
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 183[illegible].. 132.96
[illegible]oms-an[illegible]. allowance ending 4th Sept. “ … 22.16
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# 155..12
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk,
Book E 2. . Vol….. Page 14……
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Duplicate Certificate finds
[18] April 1837 - and sent to Henry
Seymour, Hartford Connt
[sideways] Dies Dec 22-1837 AB
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Died Dec 22-1837 AB
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State of Connecticut County of New Haven_ Probate District of Wallingford & Town of Wallingford_ 
On this first day of August 1832 has personally appeared in a court of Probate such court being a court of record & having by the laws of this state a clerk [?] & seal [?] in open court said court now being in session_ Titus Francis a resident in the town of Wallingford on said county of New Haven _ aged seventy two years the [illegible] day of August 1832 who first 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 June 1st 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following officers & served as here stated_ that in the year 1777 applicant was a soldier in the militia of this state in the town of Wallingford_ that he was drafted from the militia into the service of the United States_that he was under the command of Capt. Miles Johnson_that he joined the company at [illegible] & marched from there to Peekskill where they arrived about the first of April soon after the [illegible] & [illegible] was [illegible]_ that they remained about a month and were verbally discharged_ Cap. Brown of Middleton commanded our Company while at Peekskill applicant further says that early in the fall season of 1777 he became. a substitute for one Stephen Peck who had enlisted for three months_ that he joined the company commanded by Capt James Peck at a place called Crompond that he went to North Street_that he afterwards went to Marron [?] [illegible] & from there to [illegible] [illegible]_ that he was verbally discharged_ that he thinks he was discharged a short time before his time Expired applicant further says that sometime in the [crossed out] spring of 1778 he enlisted for a year as a minute man to guard the coast_ that one Hitchcock was the commanding officer but whether Capt or Lieutenant applicant is unable to say
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that he thinks he was on duty as much as three quarters of the year_ but he is unable to fix the time with any absolute degree of certainty _ that during the year the applicant went to Providence as a substitute for Jonathan Bartholemew who was himself a substitute for Willowby Williams who was drafted to go to that place _ that Charles Norton was Capt_ a [illegible] Bebee one Lieutenant & James peck another_ that the [illegible] by the time as near as he can recollect was about two months that he went upon [illegible] that he said Bartholemew showed to him his plan if called upon as minute man before his return_ that sd [?] Bartholemew was called for before his return_ applicant thinks that he was out during this year without any doubt in action served as much as eight months _ excepting out of it the month in which he went to Providence _ applicant says in relation to this too [?] as much as to those in 1777 _ that there [illegible] to his knowledge any man living who has any knowledge of the facts_ _ applicant further says that in the year 1779 as applicant thinks in July he was drafted from the Militia in Wallingford to go to the coast _ that he went to New Haven & from there to Branford [?] _ that he returned in September after having been on duty two months [illegible] [illegible] of time for which he was drafted _that Benajah Moss of Wallingford was in the same company commanded by Capt. Hough of Wallingford _that his discharge was only verbal_ applicant further says that in the year 1780 he enlisted into the Continental army for the term of six months_ that he went through [illegible] _that they had begun to [illegible] and he thinks it was about the first of July that he went in company with several others to Nelsons Point where they joined the continental Army _ that next
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point was allmost[sic] opposite to the plan when they joined the army Chamberlain was Capt of Herman [illegible] [illegible] went the [illegible] & [illegible] at Kings Ferry & took up their [illegible] in the [illegible] where we remained during the summer_ that while they were at this place Major Andre was taken & hung _ that he was under arms when Andre was hung but was so situated as not to be able to see him carry off_ that some time in the fall they left the Ferry & crossed back over the river & went up the river [?] to the highlands to take up winter quarters_ that soon after this [illegible] at winter quarters snow fell several inches deep_ that he thinks he was discharged in writing but is not able to say_ but if he had a written discharge he is now wholly unable to say what has become of it_ applicant further says that in the year 1781 he was drafted _ for a  [illegible] the of time _ to the best of his knowledge & belief for the span of two months _ that he went [to] West Haven _ that Benajah Moss was in the same company _ that after they remained at West Haven where they spent the remaining portion of time for which they were drafted _ that the time when he was drafted he thinks was in September _ that he returned in November_ applicant thinks he is entitled to 4 months service in 1777— to 9 months in 1778— to 2 months in 1789— to 6 months in 1780— to 2 months in 1781— making in all 23 months __
Applicant relinquishes all claim to any pension or annuity whatever except this and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency _ 
In answer to the queries [?] of the department applicant says to the 1st that he was born in Durham in 1760 __ [illegible] A D that he does not know whether there is any record of his age or not if there is it is in Durham_
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To the F that he lived in Wallingford when called into the service _that for the most part he has lived in Wallingford since _ though he has lived a number of years in Durham_ To the 4th that he has answered in his declaration to the best of his knowledge _ To the 5th that he has answered it to the best of his knowledge To the 6th that he has answered it to the best of his knowledge_ To the 7th he refers to Capt. Benajah Moss _ Samuell Francis _  Elkanah Hall & John Andreus all of Wallingford—
Subscribed & sworn this day & year aforesaid}
In person of__ Titus Francis
J [?] A. Foot
A.B. Chapin
Mr [?] Sedgewick Rice a clergyman residing in the town of Wallingford & John Andreus a physician residing in the same. that we are all well acquainted with Titus Francis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration _ that we believe him to be seventy two years of age _ that he is respected & believed [?] in the neighborhood where he resides & has been a [illegible] of the congregation [?]  _ & that [illegible] [illegible] in that opinion_
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Sedgewick Rice
John Andreus
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion of this investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories 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 Dr. John Andreus who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Wallingford, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit — And the said Court [illegible] their [illegible] that the applicant
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was supported in his declaration in citation [?] to his Statement of service in the year 1779 by the deposition of Benajah Moss _ in that of 1780 by the testimony given orally under oath in open Court of Edward Fenn _ and in that of 1781 by the deposition of Benajah Moss
Ino D. Reynolds Judge of Probate
for the District of Wallingford

I Randall Cook Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Wallingford do hereby certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Titus Francis for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of sd. Office this 4th day of August AD. 1832—
Randall Cook Clk.
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven
Wallingford Nov. 26. 1832
Personally appeared before the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace for the County of
New Haven - Titus Francis who being
duly sworn deposeth & saith - that by
reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he
cannot sum positively as to the precise
length of time he served but according to
the best of his recollection he served [under?]
than the following periods mentioned below
& in the following grades-- in the year
1777 not less than one month as a private
in Capt Miles Johnsons company & in the same
year not less than three months in Capt
James Pecks company, both in the Connecticut line - in 1778 a private in a
company of minute men commanded by
Hitchcock not less than nine months,
that in the same year he served not less the
one month in Capt Nortons Company -
as a private - Connecticut line -
1779 - not less then two months in the
company commanded by Capt Hough
in the Connecticut line - in the 
year 1780 not all six six months as a private in
Capt. Chamberlains Company -
Col. Swifts Regiment- Connecticut
line - in the year 1781 not less then
two months, Capt. name forgotten -
no field officers stationed there, Connecticut
line - making in all not less them
twenty three months-- for which I claim
a pension-
In person of
A. B. Chapin
Titus Frances his mark X

Subscribed & sworn to this day & year
aforesaid before me
A. B. Chapin Just. Peace

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Titus Frances
2247
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven} Ss Wallingford
Personally appeared on this 15th day of April 1833 before the Subscriber A. B. Chapin a Notary Public and Justice of the Peace in the County of New Haven_ Titus Francis late of Durham  _now a resident in Wallingford in the County of New Haven aforesaid_ and being duly sworn _ doth on his oath make the following deposition _ in citation to his term of service as a minute man in the year 1778 in the army of the Revolution _ The commanding officer in said Company was one [illegible] _ that the time of their enlistment was early in the spring _ and deponent thinks about the first of April _ that very soon after his enlistment _ according to the best of his recollection _ within a week from the time of his enlistment he was called upon to go to New Haven_  to which place he proceeded to East Haven in company with seven others who were stationed at a fort since called Fort Hale _ that the only duty which they performed was to keep guard at the fort —that they remained there until sometime in the Summer when he returned to Wallingford in which town his father lived at that _ that he staid [sic] there according to the best of his recollection about a week when he went as a substitute for Jonathan Bartholomew_ Mr Bartholomew was a substitute for Wallowby Williams who was drafted into Rhode Island _ but Bartholomew had so much work [?] [illegible] that he was unable to go _ & he hired deponent to go for him _ deponent agreed to go _ provided that Bartholomew would go to East Haven if deponent was called upon as a minute man for which he enlisted _ Chas Norton was Captain _ they proceeded to Norwich & from there to Warwick [illegible] _ where they arrived about the first of September _ a few days after the American forces under General Sullivan had returned from the Island_ that after they remained there a short time they went to Providence _ & staid [sic] a while when they were verbally discharged _ & returned home _ deponent came directly home _ & found that he had been called for as a minute man _ & Mr. Bartholomew had gone for him as a substitute _ that he staid [sic] at home but one night & went immediately to East Haven & took his place as a minute man _ & Mr. Bartholomew returned home_
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That deponent [crossed out] [crossed out] remained at Fort Haven as long as their services were needed —the precise time they were posted [?] to go home — deponent is unable to state _ though it was late in [illegible] & according to the best of his recollection must have been as [?] late as the middle of November_ that during this [illegible] [illegible] was not out of the service more than a week & must have been in service constantly as much as seven months besides which he went out several short periods but he knows of no date which will enable him to fix the amount of time with absolute certainty— & further the deponent saith [?] not_
his
Titus X Francis
mark
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 15th day of April 1833— In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand together with the Seal of my said office this fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand and Eight Hundred & Thirty Three
A.B. Chapin Notary Public
 and Justice of the Peace
for New Haven Connecticut _

State of Connecticut
New Haven County} Ss Wallingford Probate District
I Randall Cook Clerk of the Court for sd District hereby certify that AB Chapin whose name is above within is a Justice of the Peace & Notary Public _ for sd County [illegible] — [illegible] [qu]alified to administer oaths — & that the [illegible] purporting [illegible] him is [illegible] [illegible] testimony wherefore I have hereunto set my hand — with the Seal of sd Court this twenty fourth day of December One thousand Eight hundred & thirty three
Randall Cook Clerk
Titus Francis 2247


Entered [illegible] Chamberlain 30 June 1780 [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [inverted note at page bottom]
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C??di?l (ineligible) Chamberlain, 30 June 1780 (ineligible)
(ineligible)
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War Department,
Pension Office
July 2, 1833.

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 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 necefsary [necessary] to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). 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.


A Statement, shewing the Services of Titus Francis:

Period when the                  Duration of the                   Rank of the        Name and rank of the Field
service was rendered          claimant's service                    Claimant        officers under whom he served
1777                                          1 month                              Private              Capt. Miles Johnson
   "                                              3 months                                "                     Capt. James Pick
1778                                           9 months                                "                     ------------------
   "                                               1 month                                 "                      Capt. Norton
1779                                            2 months                               "                      Capt. Hough
1780                                            6 months                               "                       Capt. Chamberlain
1781                                            2 months                               "                     -------------------- 


The official character and signature of the Magistrate before whom the witness made their affidavit, are not certified by the Clerk of the Court, ____ are the witnesses in every instance are certified to be credible. See note j.
Sep 28, 1833
I am respectfully,
your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1852.
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 claiming
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 (c) 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:
and
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the application of
before Jon Reynolds Jus of Pear and
of
ction
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That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field 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 of whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
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.
S
son
was more
commence on the 7th fol of the declaration and papers
made on the 26 day of November
depo
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
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
&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:
We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C.D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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.
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commisvices
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
The deposition of Barugah Moss. a witness referred to
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
I,
Clerk of the Court of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
sion; 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 serdepartment
accompling the sum
should in order to substantiate this claim be produced
didaration
Mass
Francis
her
of
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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, these are amply 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 he 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 the 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 that 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 the 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 invariably be 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 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.
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for when an 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. 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 during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the 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 character and signature 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 papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or 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 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'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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rules in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This 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.
+ Notary Public not proper officer By an act
[illegible writing between lines]
the State of Connecticut Notaries Public and Justice
of the Peace to administer oaths. A. B. Chapin

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Comments on the 4th for [fol.] of the declaration and papers accompanying. A.B. Chapin.
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Mrs. Clarence W. Geer
30 Livingston Place
Bridgeport, Connecticut
December 12, 1938
Titus Francis S. 16813
BA-J/AFW
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Titus Francis
of Connecticut
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16813, based upon the service of Titus Francis in the War of the Revolution. 
Titus Francis was born August 12 or 22, 1760
in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut; the names
of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Wallingford, New Haven County,
County, Titus Francis enlisted and served as a private
with the Connecticut troops, as follows:
Early in 1777, one month in Captain Miles Johnson's
company, under Colonel Brown, in the fall of 1777, three
months in Captain James Peck's company, in 1778, eight
months in Captain Hitchcock's company, guarding the
coast, and one month in Captain Charles Norton's company;
from sometime in July, 1779, two months in Captain
Hough's company; from sometime in July, 1780, six months
in Captain Ephraim Chamberlain's company, Colonel Heman
Swift's regiment; from sometime in September, 1781,
two months in Captain Charles Norton's company,
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 1, 1832, then a resident of Wallingford, Connecticut
Page 19

The soldier, Titus Francis, stated that his father
resided during the Revolution in Wallingford, Connecticut. One Samuel Francis was living in 1832 in
Wallingford, Connecticut, it is not shown that he was
related to the soldier.
On March 30, 1837, Hiram Porter of West Parish,
Hartford, Connecticut, stated that the soldier, was
then residing in his family, there is no relation
ship shown between Miram Porter and the soldier.
The soldier died December 22, 1837.
It is not stated that he ever married
Very truly yours
1
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Page 20

16.813
INVALID.
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File No. 16.813


Titus Francis
Pri Rev War
-
Act: June 7 "32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 21

Titus Francis, P? - June (ineligible)
 #44.32 (ineligible) - Connecticut (ineligible) - 
To what time was he last paid?

3? Auditor? 

To 4 (?) 1836? 
(ineligible))

Pen Office
Ab?. 4?37
R.B.
Page 22

(sideways)
20 Feb
Titus Francis 
Aff. for Transfer
Buo dive?

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions
Washington 
Mail           D.C.
Page 23

Esm & Cor
Titus Francis

Ca?t
fr
(ineligible)
Page 24

J.L. Edwards Esq
Hartford C. Feby 7th 1837
Sir,
Should there be in your opinion
a want of formality in the enclosed, that can be
remedied by a certificate of a member of Congress. I
would thank you to lay it before Mr Niles of the Senate, or Mr Tracey
of the H.R. Yours respectfully
Henry Seymour
Washington, D.C.
Page 25

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Page 26

Application for a new certificate.
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss:
On this 30th day of March 1837. Before the Subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in for said County, Personally appeared
Titus Francis who on his Oath declares, that he is the same person
who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Ephraim
Chamberlain in the Regiment commanded by Col. Heman Swift,
in the service of the United States; and that he is the same person
to whom a certificate was granted dated April 11th 1834 for $44.32
per annum, and that he recieved a certificate of that fact under the
signature Seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate was by him
lost, between the office of the pension Agency in said County this
residence, on or about the 4th day of September 1836, & that he has
never found the same. He therefore requests another certificate in lieu
thereof and he further says, that in the attempt to sign his name
in a former application, was at the special request of Henry Seymour
who informed me it would be more satisfactory to the Department of
the pension Agency
Sworn to & subscribed the day
his mark Titus
Francis
& year aforesaid, before me Thos. H. Seymour Justice of peace
State of
Connecticut Hartford County SS: Hartford
On this 30th day of March 1837. personally appeared
Hiram Porter of Hartford in said County, a credible witness, and
made Oath, that Titus Francis, the person named in an application
of this date for a duplicate pension certificate in lieu of one lost is
the identical person therein described, and that I am knowing that
search has been made for the same without effect. That said
Titus Frances now resides in my family in the West Parish of
said Hartford
Hiram Porter
Sworn
& Subscribed to the
day & year aforesaidbefore
me Thos. H. Seymour justice of the peace
Page 27

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford
I, Philo A Goodwin Clerk of the County Court
within & for the County of Hartford do herby certify
that Thomas H Seymour Esqr his name appears
to the within certificates is an acting [sitting] Justice
within & for said County of Hartford [illegible ink spot]
commissioned & qualified as appears to me of Record
in my office, that I am acquainted with
his hand writing, & that the within or forgoing are
his genuine official signatures, & that full faith
& credit are due to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand affixed the seal of
said County Court this thirtieth
day of March AD 1837
Philo A Goodwin Clerk
Page 28

I Benajah Moss of Wallingford in the County of New Haven, of lawful age, depose and say tha? I am well acquainted with Titus Francis of Durhan residents in Wallingford, that I have known him ever since I was a boy, that sometime in the summer of 1778, (ineligible) think in the month of July, I was drafted to go (ineligible) coast that of (ineligible) Branford that I was in the (?) two months (ineligible) company and commanded by Capt. Hough that Titus Francis was in the same (ineligible) for (ineligible) that in September 1780 I was again drafted to go on the coast in a company (ineligible) by Capt. Charles Norton of (ineligible) that I went to New Haven and (ineligible) Titus Francis was in New (?) company at New Haven, but for what length of time I am (ineligible) __ Benajah Moss

New Haven County of Wallingford, August ?, 1832
Personally (?) Benajah Moss ^a (ineligible) to the Foregoing Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same according to his best knowledge.
(ineligible) before me 
(?) D????olds Jus Peace
Page 29

State of Connecticut
Middlesex County ss Durham July 27th
1832
I James Parmelee of 
Durham in the State and
County aforesaid being of Lawfull age
to
depose and say that I am well
acquainted with
Titus Francis of Wallingford
in Newhaven County & have known him from
the time he was a boy and both were born in
the town of Durham
and that during the American Revolution
in the year 1780 this deponent believes that
that the said Titus Francis Enlisted into the
Continental Army for the term of 14
Months
and that he the deponent was
with the
said Francis in the service of the
United States during said term of 14 months
the army at that time and through
the aforesaid term were stationed in
the State of Newjersey we were both near
the place when Major Andner was hung
and the deponent further saith that
himself and the said Titus Francis
both belonged to Col Swift's Regment and
further the deponent saith not
James Parmelee

Middlesex
County of Durham July 27th 1832
Personally appeared James Parmelee and
made oath that the aforesaid Deposition by
him subscribed is the truth
Before me
John White Justice of the Peace
Page 30

I Edward Fenn of Wallingford in the County of New Haven
aged sixty nine years the 1st day of September 1832-
depose and say that I am well acquainted with
Titus Francis formerly of Durham in the County of
Middlesex, now residing in said town of Wallingford
and have been well acquainted with him ever
since I was a boy - That in the month of June 1786 I joined the continental Army at Hackensack
in the State of New Jersey as a private in Capt Bucklen
Company. Col. S.B Webly Regiment, Starks Brigade
that I continued a member of Bucklen Company of
Continentals during the summer & fall of the
the year 1780 & was most of the time in the State of
New Jersey - part of the time at West point
and was present at the execution of Major Ander
that I was discharged by Major Wyllys on the 16th day
December - That Titus Francis was with the Army
in New Jersey & I believe a member of Capt Chamberlain's company in Swifts Regiment.
I saw him
frequently
during this campaign and after his discharge he
returned with me to Wallingford
have served
at least six months and furthermore the Deponent saith not . 
Edward Fenn
New Haven County Js- Wallingford November 28th 1832
Personally appeared Edward Farm signer of the
foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to
the truth of the same before me . & I hereby certify
that the deponent is well known to me and is a
credible person
Jn OD Reynolds Justice of the Peace
Page 31


Titus Francis
2247
I Randall Cook Clerk of the Probate District
of Wallingford hereby certify that A. B. Chapin
whose name is within written to the depositions of Titus
Frances, & John D Reynolds whose
name is written to the depositions of Benajah
Moofs & Edward Fenn are justices of the
Peace duly qualified to administer oaths
& that the same is their hand writing. -
& that the within John White is a justice of
the Peace-
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal
of said Office this 3d day of
December AD 1832
---
Randall Cook Clk
Page 32

30 Livingston Place
Bridgeport Coun
Nov 20, 1935.
Veteran's Administration Facility,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:- Have you any record of one
Titus Francis who was a veteran of
the Revolutionary War and drew a pension
in New Haven. I would like as complete a
record as you have in regard to his marriage
and children.
The State records are very
incomplete. Any help you may give me
will be very greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours
Mildred Frances Geer
Mrs Clarence W. Geer
30 Lington Place
Bridgeport
Conn.


Received
NOV 22 1935