Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17519, for Ebenezer Johnson, Connecticut
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8-1776
Service                                 Number
Conn.    Johnson, Ebenezer  S17519
Carded
Contents
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22.998 duplicate
Connecticut
Ebenezer Johnson
of Monroe in the State of Conn
who was a Pri. in the Conn commanded 
by Captain ________ of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Whiting in the Conn. Troops 
line for 8 mo. --

Inscribed in the Roll of Conn.
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jany
1834 and sent [illegible]
G. Tomlinson, Senate US.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending March, 34 - 13.33
$79.99
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by E.D. Bullock [signature] Clerk
Book E  Vol. 3  Page 21
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Ebenezer Johnson's
Application for a
Pension

5332
1333
______
66.66
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State of Connecticut,
County of Fairfield } ss. Bridgeport

On this 15th day of August AD 1833 personally appeared, in open court, before the Court of Probate in & for the Stratford District in said County now sitting, Ebenezer Johnson, a resident of the Town of Monroe in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged aged Eighty two years, who being first 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 t he entered the service of the United Staes under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated

Firstly, I went to New York in Capt. James Clark's company and Colo. Samuel Whiting's Regt of militia Infantry ^ Connecticut Line called out to [illegible] New York untill the troops could git there from Boston this was in the year AD 1775. I was gone sixteen  days. The particuliar date of day and month I cannot ascertain. Said Company belonged to the parish of [illegible] in the town of Startford: county & state aforesaid.

I enlisted for the year AD 1776 in the month of June a private soldier under Capt Elijah Beach of [illegible], then a part of Stratford in the county of Fairfield & State of Connectcut for the term of six months service in Colo [illegible] Regt of Infantry in the Connecticut line in the Northern deportment of the Revolutionary War, we were first sent out to [illegible] at the head of Lake Champlain now known by the name of Whitehall we stayed in the [crossed out] five or six weeks, from there we marched to Mount Independence which lays opposite to Ticondaroga at that [illegible] untill our time [illegible] nearly out & from [illegible] marched to the [illegible] where we were discharged from said service [illegible] our [illegible] soon verbally discharged from service. I was one week on the road in getting home after my [illegible] of service was out  which time was in the month of December 1776.
3rd
After in the year AD 1777 or 1778 I cannot postively declare which in the month of April I enlisted in Capt Joseph Birdsey then of Tipton Parish in the town of [illegible]ford county of [illegible] , now Huntington for the term of six weeks [illegible] in Colonel Jennings Regt of malitia Infantry Connecticut which time I served out at the [illegible] in meeting gaurd about 3 miles North of the line [illegible] between the American & British Troops
4th
I was after that called on with our with our malitia company to vollunteer to get [illegible] state of N. Y. on [illegible] the British was going up the North River to [illegible] State, N.Y. [illegible] under Elijah [illegible] the down by Hartford County [illegible]
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For to stipulate the estimated dates of all my serves in the Revolutionary war it is wholly out of my power, it is of such a length of time and I never bore it on mind as I never expected to receive any further compensation for them, more than the enjoyment of Liberty with my fellow citizens.

I was born in the Town of Stratford [    ] of Newstratford, County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, in the year [ ] 1750 in the month of December on the 6th day, old style, which makes it the 17th, new style. I have always resided there except when I was an apprentice two years in New Haven & when in service of the Revolutionary War & still remain there. Never recd any written Discharge nor have I any Documentary evidence to prove my service.  I was called into service by Enlistment & By Draft in Regular embodied Troops by Authority of the State of Connecticut.  That he was not employed in any civil pursuit when in said service. Has a Record of his age at home. Some of the Regular officers with whom he served was Col Saml Whiting, Col Swift, Genl Gates & Genl Schyle. The reason that he has not procured the certificate of a clergyman , is that there is no clergyman in his vicinity that knows anything of his Revolutionary Service. James Hawley Esqr of of Huntington & my son Elihiu Johnson of Bridgeport, are persons to whom I am known and can testify to my character & belief of my services.  There is no officer now alive under whom I served. All  my service was as a private soldier. I served in the first Campaign:
                                       Months          Days
First Campaign                                       16
2d Campaign                        6
3d  Campaign                                          45
4         Do                                                 14
5         Do                                                 14
6         Do                                                   4
7         Do                                                    7
8         Do                                                    7
                                                              ---------
                                                  9"             17
Ebenezer Johnson
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The said Ebenezer Johnson hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest.
R S. Nichols, Clerk
Ebenezer [ink blot] Johnson
We, James Hawley 
a clergyman, [crossed out]
residing in the town of Huntington and Ebenezer Johnson of Brigeport
residing in, [illegible] [crossed out]
hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Johnson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 82 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and date aforesaid.
Attest.
James Hawley
R S. Nichols, Clerk
Elihu Johnson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 James Hawley
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, [crossed out]
resident in the town of Huntington and that Elihu Johnson who who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Bridgeport and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled it credit
Attest.
R S. Nichols, Clerk
Mark Moore Judge

I Roswil S Nichols Clerk of the Court afforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Johnson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office
the 15 day of August 3
[round black splotch, may be a seal] 
Attest, R S. Nichols, Clerk
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The following Depositions of Samuel Edwards, Subscribed & Sworn to in open Court & of Samuel French subscribed & Sworn to before Agar Lewis Esqr., are part of the proceedings, in the case of the within named applicant herein certified under my hand & seal of office & I further certify that the Said Samuel Edwards & Samuel French are credible witnesses & persons of fair character for Truth & Veracity.

Attest, R. L. Nichols, Clerk


I, Mark Moore, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Stratford,  Certify that Roswell S. Nichols is Clerk of said Court, that the above is his signature with the Seal of said Court thereto annexed.
Mark Moore, Judge
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Ebenezer Johnson
of Monroe
Declaration for 
a Pension
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State of Connecticut}
Fairfield County ss}

I, Samuel French of the Town of Monroe, County and state aforesaid, being of Lawful age do depose and say to wit: that I was Personally knowing to the service of Ebenezer Johnson of Monroe and a private soldier in Capt E. Beach Company & Col. Siefts Regiment of infantry for the term of six months in the Northern deportment in the Revolutionary War in the year 1776.  I was personally with him
 [      ] service & belonged to the same regiment. And further the deponent  saith not.
Samuel French


State of Connecticut}
Fairfield County ss}
Monroe the 20th of July 1833

Then Samuel French Personally appeared and after being carefully examined & duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
before me   Agur Lewis { Justice of the Peace

NB.   I further  [    ] that the above named deponent is a credible witness.
Ague Lewis { Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
[illegible] Js. I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Agus Lewis Esquire is now and for more than one year last past has been and now is a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned and duly authorised to administer oaths and take Depositions & I further certify that I am acquainted with the law writing of the said Agus Lewis Esquire and that I verily believe that the official signatures to the Certificates on the other side hereof purporting to be his are genuine and in his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have had set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 14th day of August  D 1833.
Thomas B Osborne Clerk
of said County Court
[Dark round splotch, may be a seal]
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Samuel French
deposition in favor 
of Ebenezer Johnson
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Samuel Edwards of Trumbull in Fairfield County
State of Connecticut 75 years of age & now
a pensioner of the United States do
depose &
say that I was personally knowing of the fact
that Ebenezer Johnson of Monroe in said County
was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution
in the year 1776 in Capt Elijah Beachs
company of Connecticut State Troops for
Six months service that the Deponent was
with said Johnson in the same Company
in said six months service which was
performed near Lake Champlain,
I have personal knowledge that said Johnson
performed six months service faithfully
for the United States in said Campaign
in said Capt Beachs Company
Samuel Edwards
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26.580
Ebenezer Johnson
Application for a
Pension
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Nathan Fairchild of Huntington in the County of Fairfield Stat of Connecticut
Deposith and saith that he is well acquainted with Ebinezer Johnson of Monroe who has applyed for a pension, that he has personal knowledge that said Johnson was with him one campaign in the Revolution at a place called the Sawpitts in Capt Joseph Birdseyes Company, that said Johnson is a man of respectability + that his Declaration to obtain a pension is entitled to full credit
Nathan Fairchild
State of Connecticut, Fairfield County of Monroe
On this 11th day of November 1833
personally appeared Nathan Fairchild before me + made oath to the foregoing Deposition & I further [illegible, satify?] that said Nathan Fairchild iz a man of good reputation & a credible Witness Before me 
Agm Lewis Justice of Peace
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Israel Hawley of Monroe in the County of
Hanfield State of Connecticut 82 years of age
Deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with
Ebenezer Johnson of said Monroe who
has applyed for a pension, that he was
with said Johnson in a campaign to
New York in 1776 in Capt James Clarks
Militia company of said Monroe then
Stratford that he has personal knowledge
that said Johnson served the United States
in said company Two Weeks or more
that said Johnson is a man of
Respectability & whose declaration is entitled
to full credit
Israel Hawley

State of Connecticut
Hanford County Monroe November 11th 1833
personally appeared Israel Hawley before
me & subscribed & made oath to the above
Deposition who is a man of good reputation
& a credible Witness
Sworn before me - Agun Lewis Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
Hanford County ⎬ Bridgeport November 12 1833
personally appeared Ebenezer Johnson the within
named applicant for a pension before the
Court of Probate in & for Stratford District
said County & being first sworn makes & his
further declaration (to wit)
That as regards his statement of the first term
of service he would now say it was either in
1775 or the Spring of 1776 that he performed said
16 days service in Capt James Clark Militia
Company in New York when said company
was ordered there by Genl Gold S Sillaman
That Israel Hawley of Monroe was with
me in said company whose Deposition is 
annexed & will prove that I performed
said service
that all the terms of service which he has
Stated was in regular embodied Corps
sent into service by Authonty of the State of
Connection and the Militia company

in which he was in service belonged to Col Samuel
Whitings Regiment in Genl Gold S Sillamans
Brigade that in the Campaign to the
Northward in the Summer of 1776 he went
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as an enlisted Soldier in Capt Elijah Beachs Company
of Connecticut State Troops & when in service belonged
Col Swifts Regiment and in the campaign in 1777 and
1778 at Sawpitts he was an enlisted Soldier in Capt
Joseph Budseys company of Connecticut State Troops
raised in said New Stratford Parish & belonged to Col Arming Rugen
That there is no clergyman living in his vicinity
that knows any thing of his reputation as a
Soldier. That he has proved the first term of service
at New York by Israel Hawley
the 2 terms to the Northward by Samuel Edwards & Samuel
French.
The term at the Sawpitts by Nathan Farnhill
The 4th 5 & 6 terms he cannot prove & must rest that
part of his claim on his own declaration
That he has obtained all the proof that he can
in support of his
Declaration. That he was either
in field or Garrison and not employed in any
civil pursuit during said campaigns no officer
alive under whom he served & no other persons
alive with whom he served except those whose depositions is annexed
Ebenezer Johnson
Subscribed & sworn in Court on said  12th Day
of November 1833 before me
Attest
Mark Moore Judge
R S. Nichols Clerk
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I Roswil S Nichols Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford afforesaid Certify that Agus Lewis Esq. before whom the Depositions of Nathan Fairchild & Ismail Hawley was taken on the 11th of November 1833, is a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Monroe in said Hartford County. That the signatures to said Depositions and his genuine Signatures
Attest.
R S. Nichols, Clerk
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17519
INVALID.
File No.17. 519
Ebenezer Johnson
Pri Rev War
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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26.580
Elecun 2duron
8 mo private
only allowed
26.66
Tomlinson
---Henry
6
Huntington
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
7 Oct. 33

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 shew 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, (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 Service of Eben' Johnson
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Period when the service was rendered.
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Duration of the claimant's service
Years             Months               Days
(BLANK)        (BLANK)              (BLANK)
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Rank of the Claimant.
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Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.
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Age at present, and place of abode when entered the Service.
(BLANK)
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Proof by which the declaration is supported
(BLANK)


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
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 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 Count of 
County of } ss.
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 Jun 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 names officers: 
[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 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. 
[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. 
I     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 the 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. 
I,    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 service in
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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 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 the applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is 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 inquiry 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 the 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 payment 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.
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      (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 in [   ] 4 days for [  ] 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 [        ] to the rule.
         (c)  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
         (d)  The declaration 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 who he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim can not be made. 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 now 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 of loss 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 period  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 [    ], to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the the pension to be paid according to grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about about o four months is to [         ]. 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 a embodied corps called into service by competence authorities; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the 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 Authentication 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, 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 the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal office.
      1 . The notes from (a) to (k) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule is mote. (J) applies in (rest is not readable).
       (k)   (Not readable0) in militia cases.
        (l)  If a witness can not be found the declarant must state the fact.
        (m)  The answers to the interrogation  must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration