Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28772, for Seth Janes, Connecticut
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(3--1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Janes, Seth
NUMBER
S.28772
CONTENTS
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24.231
New York
Seth Janes
of Monroe in the State of New York
who was a private in the [illegible] commanded
by Captain Putnam of the Rep. commanded
by Col. in the New York [crossed out] Conn
line for 14 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Nov
1833 and Seutte E. [illegible]
Pittsford

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $116.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M. '34 23.33
$139.99
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by G [illegible] Cler [page is cut off]
Book 6. Vol. 4. Page 63.
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28.204
In the matter of the Application
of Seth Janes
for a Pension
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State of New York}
Monroe County}   SS

On this 25th day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally
appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court being
Court of record now sitting in and for the County of Monroe
Seth Janes a resident of the town of Pittsford in the
County of Monroe and State of New York aged seventy
eight years who being
first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named Officers and served as
herein stated
1
Period           (written in left margin)
[illegible] mo. 

That he enlisted as a private soldier in the month
of May 1775 into a company of infantry under the
Command of Captain Israel Putnam Junior the Lieutenants
were Amos Avery and Samuel Robertson & Caleb
Stanley was the Ensign, that when he enlisted he
resided in the town of Coventry, then County of Windham
now the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut, that 
he was a volunteer. This company was raised in
Coventry and the neighboring towns and marched immediately
to Cambridge near Boston, that he with his
Company marched through Pomfret near Brooklin
where his captain resided who was the son of the
Celebrated General Putnam he joined his Regiment
at Cambridge Which was under the command of
Colonel Israel Putnam who was made a General
not long after, he was personally acquainted with
him also with General Washington who came into
the Camp not long after their arrival at Cambridge
and took the Chief Command. The British at this
time occupied Boston he enlisted at this time for a seven
months tour & served out the full term and by the 
2              (written in left margin)
Period     
particular request of his Officers he again volunteered
to stay through the winter a Term of five months longer
and although he has living testimony of the first service of
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seven months which, Testimony accompanies this
declaration
yet as they did not stay any longer than their
first period of enlistment they cannot testify to any
further pince nor is
there any Witnesses living of
which he knows who can testify to the remainder

5mo.  (written in left margin)

of this service which in the whole amounted to the
full term of one year that he served during the last
Period of five months in the Company commanded
by Captain Converse & Lieutenant Mosely and in
Colonel Stowell's Regiment as he believes that he 
was a volunteer at this time that he remained at
Cambridge aforesaid, during four months of the last
period and until the regiment to which he was attached
marched for New York that he went with his
regiment to Providence and the time on the march
and at Providence was one month that he was not
in any battle at this time yet he saw across the
bay the Bunker hill battle and attended in the Hospital
to the dying & wounded soldiers as they were
brought in and he was there when the British forces
evacuated Boston and saw the ships leave the
harbour and the American Army enter the town
and took possession of it that he left the service &
was honourably discharged in the month of May
1776, that he then went home and was employed in
the manufacturing of arms for the United States for
a period of three years at the town of Windham in
Connecticut.

3 
Period     (written in left margin)

That in the month of August 1781 he was drafted
in the Company of Infantry Commanded by Captain Stevens
and performed a tour of two months service and left in
Parod the month
of October 1781. The indians & tories being
troublesome he with his company were marched to
Stillwater in the State of New York and from thence
to Fort Ann & Crown Point that when he was drafted

2 mo.           (written in left margin)

this time he resided in the town of Pittsfield in the State of
Massachusetts during this period he was not attached
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to any regiment his duty was on scouting parties a very fatiguing service,
he was discharged at the end
of this service and returned home and the whole periods of
his services as a soldier of the Revolution for which he claims
a pension is
fourteen months as above stated and that during
seven months of the above time he served as a Sergeant
and there are no persons living of which he knows
other than those whose depositions accompany this declaration
who can testify to his service. He answers to the interrogatones propounded by order of the War Department as
follows: To the first Interrogatory
1 That he was born in the town of Coventry County of Tolland
and State of Connecticut on the 8th day of July 1755.
2 He has a Record of his age in the Coventry Town Records
kept by Nathan Howard Esq. Town Clerk
3 When he entered the service for the first Period he lived in
the town of Coventry & State of Connecticut, when he
was drafted the last time he lived in the town of
Pittsfield & State of Massachusetts & continued to live
there until he removed to Pittsford in the County of
Monroe & State of New York where he now lives
4 He was called into the service as stated in his declaration
5 He saw Genl Washington Genl Lee & Genl Putman
while at Cambridge and the general circumstances
of his service are detailed in his declaration above
6 He never received a discharge
7 The names of those with whom he is acquainted &
who can testify as to his character for truth fe are
Rev. Reuben Tenney Major Eberszer Sutherland
Andrew Huntington John Acer Nathan Tungsley &
many others
He 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 & subscribed}
the day & year aforesaid}          Seth Jans
     J. Cutter  Dep. Clerk
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We Reuben Tenney a Clergyman residing in
the town of Pittsford in County of Monroe & State of New York
and Andrew Huntington residing in Pittsford aforesaid
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seth
Janes who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age
that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed the
day & year aforesaid}
Reuben Tenny
Andrew Huntington
J. Cutter Dep. Clerk

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 Reuben Tenney who
has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman
resident in the town of Pittsford and that Andrew
Huntington who has also signed the same is a
resident of the town of Pittsford, and is a credible
person & that their statement
is entitled to credit.
A [illegible]
Saml Castle
James  Smith

I Leonard Adams Clerk of the said Circuit
Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Seth Janes for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this
twenty fifth day of October one thousand
eight hundred & thirty three.
L. Adams Clerk of
Monroe County Courts
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I Zenas Skinner of Vernon in the County
of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged
77 years depose and say that in the month
of May 1775 I enlisted as a private
in a company of Connecticut
State troops in the United States service in
the Revolutionary war
for the term of
seven months I then lived in the town of Dalton and 
marched with part of sd (said) Company
from the town of Coventry in sd(said) County to Pomfret where our Captain resided and from
there with sd Company through the towns of Douglass and Dedham to Roxbury and then to Cambridge
where and near Boston I with said Company 
served out said term of services as a
private soldier - said Company was commanded by Capt Israel Putnam Jun
Lieut Samuel Robinson, Lieut Amos Avery and
Ensign Caleb Stanley
the Regiment
I believe was
commanded by Col Israel Putnam
I know that Seth Janes then of sd Coventry
was of
Pittsford
County of Monroe State of
New York also inlisted in the same Company
for the same term of seven months & marched
with me from sd Coventry & in sd Company to Roxbury as aforesd & served out sd(said) term in said company as a private soldier as aforesd- After sd term of service sd company was requested to stay by the officers another month- I however then left sd company & sd Janes, but can not certainly say whether he stayed another month but know nothing to the contrary

Zenas Skinner
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Tolland County ss Tolland June 6 1833
Personally appeared Zenas Skinner the
above named deponent & made solemn oath that the
foregoing deposition by him subscribed
is true-
I also certify that the said
Zenas Skinner is a credible witness
by & before me Elisha Stearns Justice of peace

State of Connecticut}
County of Tolland}
S.S. Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court
do certify that Elisha Stearns Esq before whom the
written deposition of Zenas Skinner was taken & executed
on the 6th day of June 1833 was then and still is a
Justice of Peace in and for sd Tolland County legally
appointed & authorized to administer oaths & take deposetions & that the signature to the above certificate supporting
to be sd Justice Stearns, I believe to be
genuine In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of Office
this 8th day of June 1833
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
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I Josiah Hill of Tyringham in the County
of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
aged Seventy nine years, depose & say
that
I am, & ever since the year 1775 I have
been acquainted with Seth Janes of Pittsford
in the County of Monroe &
State of New York.
In the fore part of May 1775 the
said Janes & myself enlisted in a company
of Connecticut troops in the town of
Coventry & State of Connecticut (in
which town
we both of us then resided)
Capt. Israel Putnam Jr.
Lieut Robbinson &
Ensign Avery were
the officers of the
Company-the 
Lt. Col. was one Storrs
of Norwich,- the major's name was Derey
and the Genl. was Genl. Israel Putnam,-
we marched to Brooklin near
Boston, & was then stationed there until
after Bunker Hill fight then went to Temple
house,- then
to Prospect Hill then to
Fort No. 2. in Cambridge-
this period
of our enlistment ,which was for seven
months (according to my recollection)
being expired-
I staid one month as a
volunteer after the expiration of
seven months,-
said Janes also remained
as a volunteer- at the end of 1? month
I was discharged, but the said Janes
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still remained,
but how long he remained
I cannot tell- I have no recollection of
seeing him again within the period
of four months from the time of my
discharge,- While I was in the service
as aforesd the said Janes was also in
the service of the United States as a
private in the company aforesaid.
Further I say not.

Josiah Hill

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire SS. May 16, 1833.
Then the above named Josiah Hill (a
person of credibility)
personally appeared
and made solemn oath to the truth of the
foregoing affidavit by him signed
Before me Juerease Sumner  Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the
Supreme Judicial Court being a Court
Record within & from the County of Berkshire
do certify that Juerease Sumner Esquire
before whom the foregoing affidavit was
executed is a Justice of the Peace within
& for the County of Berkshire & that I
believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true &
proper Signature 
In testimony whereof I have
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hereunto set my hand &
affixed the seal of the said
Supreme
Judicial Court
at Lenox this sixteenth
day of May AD. 1833
Chas  Leogmile Clerk
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28772
INVALID
Rery
No.   28772
Seth Janes
Per  Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:
Vol. 2, Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Ebeneser L Sweetland of Coventry in the County
of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged 77 years depose
and say that in the month of May 1775 I enlisted as a
private in a company of Connecticut State
troops in the United States service in the Revolutionary war
for the term of seven months I then lived in the town of
Coventry and marched with part of sd company from
the town of Coventry in sd County to Pomfret where our
Captain resided and from thence with a company through
the town of Douglass and Dedham to Roxbury and then
to Cambridge where and near Boston I with said company
served out said term of service as a private Soldier said
Company was commanded by Capt Israel Putnam Junr Lieut Samuel Robertson Lieut Amos Avery and
Ensign Caleb Stanley- the Regiment I believe was 
commanded by Col Israel Putham -- I knew that
Seth Janes then of sd Coventry now of Pittsford County
of Monroe State of New York also enlisted in the same
Company for the same term of seven months and
Marched with me from sd Coventry in sd County and
in sd company to Roxbury as aforesaid and served out
sd term in sd Company as a private Soldier as aforesaid
After sd term of service sd company was requested
to stay by the
officers another month and I complied
and stayed another month and was knowing that the
above named Seth Janes also stayed another month
and then I Ieft sd company and know not how how much
longer sd Janes stayed but I do not recollect of seeing him at home for some months afterwards

Ebonr L Swetland
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Tolland County SS  Coventry  June 8th 1833
Personaly appeared Ebeneser L Sweetland the
above named deponent and made solemn oath
that the foregoing Deposition by him
Subscribed is true
I also
Certify that the said Ebereser L Sweetland is
a credible witness by and before 
Joseph Dow  Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut}
County of Tolland} S.S. Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court
hereby certify that Joseph Dow Esq before whom the said
in Deposition of Ebenezer L. Sweetland was executed is a
Justice of Peace in & for said
Tolland County legally appointed &
authorized to administer oaths and take depositions
and that the signature to the above certificate purporting to be sd Justice Dow
signature I believe to be genuine
for testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of office at Tolland this 8th
day of June AD 1833
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
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28 204.
Seth Janes 
New York


Adm 1. year & 2 months
$4h.hh

Ephraim Goss
Pittsford
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A STATEMENT, shewing the Service of
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
Rank of
the
claimant.
Names 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.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 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 } ss.
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:
[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 (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.
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 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
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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
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
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 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 was the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidence.
(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 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 which each 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 militiam &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;
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.
>The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 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.
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N.Y.     Oct 31

[postal stamp-PITTSFORD OCT 26 N.Y.]
fra
Hon. J L Edwards
D
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Pittsford Oct. 25. 1833

De Sir-
Enclosed are the pension papers of Seth
Janes for a pension.
Should the Department be of
opinion that a certificate could not issue for more
time than he has proved I as his agent
consent that a certificate issue
for 8 months.
Respectfully yours &c
Ephraim Goss

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions