Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23663, Thomas Griffith, New York Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York
Vt.

Griffith, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 23663

CONTENTS
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(left side) 
Let to E. W Andrews Dec 28 '46

(right side)
4422
New York
Thomas Griffith
of Whitehall in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Waldo of the Regt. commanded by Col. Walbridge in the Vt & New York line for 9 months & 22 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Jany 1833 and sent to J. C. Parker North Granville

Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832   $48.63
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th Ma '33 16.21
$64.84

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk
Book D. Vol. 3. Page 92
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Thomas Griffith
To be sent from War Department 
to John C. Parker North Granville Wash. Co. N York
7844
admitted
9 mo 22 days
private 

Done
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I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that the annexed papers containing the declaration of Thomas Griffith the Joint certificate of John B Shaw the Clergyman & John C. Parker the affidavits of Ebenezer Farnsworth & John Tanner the opinion of the Court and my original certificate are the original papers on the application of Thomas Griffith for a pension. That his explanatory declaration of service has since been attached. And I further certify that John C. Parker before whom the certificate of John B Shaw the clergyman the several affidavits of Ebenezer Farnsworth & John Tanner purport to have been taken & sworn and the explanatory declaration of the said applicant purports to have been sworn was at the several times thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace duly authorised to administer oaths and that the name J. C. Parker thereof is the proper handwriting of the said Justice well known to me

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the head of this my certificate upon the narrow ribbon binding the papers together this 21st day of December 1832.
I. S. Leigh Clk
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State of New York Washington County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Washington and State of New York Thomas Griffith the declarant in the annexed declaration named who being duly 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. In the first period mentioned in his declaration hereto annexed For one week I served as a private soldier. 
In my second period in said declaration For fifteen days I served as a private soldier
In my third period in said declaration, For one month I served as a private soldier
In my fourth period in said declaration, For seven months I served as a private soldier
In my fifth period in said declaration For one month I served as a private soldier making a total period of nine months & twenty two days in which I served as a private soldier and for which service I claim a pension.

(added in column form on left hand side) 7 days + 15 days + 1 mo + 7 mo + 1 mo = 9 mo 22 days
Thomas Griffith

Subscribed & sworn this 15th day of December 1832 before me
J. C. Parker J Peace

and I certify that the above declarant is a man of veracity and esteemed by his neighbors & to my knowledge has held & served in the office of a Captain of Militia with reputation
J. C. Parker J Peace
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State of New York County of Washington ss
On the twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Washington aforesaid now sitting, Thomas Griffith a resident of the Town of Whitehall in the County of Washington & State of New York, aged sixty nine years on the twenty ninth day of July last past, 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he lived in Shaftsbury in the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont, and in July of the year 1779, as he believes, the Militia was called out, and he went in Capt Waldo's Company of which John Sunderland was Ensign, and Samuel Sunderland orderly Sargeant, in Col. Walbridge Regiment. that he marched towards Castleton in Vermont, and while on the way they learned that the enemy had retreated, and they were marched back to Shaftsbury. that he was out at this time about one week.

And he further states that in October of the year 1779 while residing at Granville in the State of New York he volunteered under Capt. Levi Stockwell Commandant at Whitehall then Skeinsborough, for half a month, and served there during that time. No other troops but Stockwells were then there.

And he further states that during the summer of 1780 the militia in Granville aforesaid were some portion of them continually out upon scouts, they held themselves in readiness so that when one scout came in another went out in his place, abut three went out together, the peace being at the frontier. they were under no particular officer when out except a corporal, but were ordered out during the summer by Capt. Childs and under his direction went to Skeinsborough Kingsbury, Fort Ann, Lake George, & East Bay on Lake Champlain. That he 

(written on left hand side "1/4 mo. + 1/2 mo")
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was frequently out as one of these scouts-- And on one occasion some buildings being burnt by the enemy in Kingsbury in Washington County in the State of New York, he and about thirty other men under Capt Childs, marched to that place, and at another time on occasion of an alarm from the enemy he went to Argyle in said County under Capt. Blakely. He is unable to tell the number of times he was out, as above stated, during that summer, but believes not less than eight times, and at each time was employed from three to six days, making at least a full months service- 1 mo [in left margin]

And he further states that in the early part of May in the year 1781 he enlisted at Granville aforesaid for Seven months in Capt. Parmelee Allen's Company, of which Jonathan Wright & Stewart were Lieutenants, in Col. Walbridge's Regiment - Recollects a Capt. Pratt, Lieut Cook, and Lieut. Parker in the same Regiment. That he marched to Skeensborough where he served during the term of his said enlistment, when the company was dismissed in the month of November as he believes -7 mo. [in left margin]

And he further states that in the year 1782 the militia in Granville aforesaid were again frequently called upon, to go upon scouts into the neighboring towns of Skeensborough, Fort Ann & Kingsbury, and about Lake George, & East Bay on
Lake Champlain, and that he as one of the said Militia under the command of Capt. Blakely, was frequently out upon said Scouts, and was so employed during the year last aforesaid at least one month, and he saith that he has no
documentary evidence and he knows of no person who testimony he can procure to testify to his service- 1 mo [in left margin]

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 whatever
Thomas Griffith [signature]

Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J.S. Leigh Clk
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1. That he was born in Hartford in the State of Connecticut on the 29th July 1763
2. That he has no record of his age.
3. That he was living in Shaftsbury aforesaid the first time he was called into service, and at all the other times in Granville aforesaid - That since the Revolutionary War he has
resided in Whitehall and now resides there
4. That he was called into service, at the several times of his service as above stated
5. That he has above stated the names of all the officers and Regiments which he can recollect.
6. That he never received a written discharge from the service
7. That he is known by John Tanner, Samuel Standish, Obadiah Archer, & John C. Parker of Granville and Milancton Wheeler of Whitehall, who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution

That he has no documentary evidence. That John Tanner of Granville and Ebenezer Farnsworth of Fort Ann can testify to his service during seven months at Skeensborough as herein before stated. That he knows of no person who can testify to the residue of his
service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declared that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State or Territory whatever
Thomas Griffith [signature]

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J.S. Leigh Clerk
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We John B. Shaw a Clergyman residing in Granville in the County of Washington & State of New York and John C. Parker of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Griffith of Whitehall who is named in the annexed Declaration that we believe him to be Sixty nine 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
John B. Shaw
John C. Parker 

Subscribed & Sworn the 25th day of August 1832 before me
J. C. Parker J Peace
said J. C. Parker Sworn and subscribed the 29 day of Augt 1832 in open court
J.S. Leigh Clerk

Washington County ss. 
Ben Hainsworth of Fort Ann in the County of Washington & State of New York aged Seventy Six years being duly sworn according to Law saith he is well acquainted with Thomas Griffith named in the annexed Declaration and has been acquainted with him fifty years & upwards, and well remembers he was out with him as Sergeant of the Scout on one occasion a week or ten days in the revolutionary war about Skeensborough & Lake Champlain in about the year 1782. and knows that the Militia were divided into three classes & he knows that the said Thomas Griffith was frequently out on Scouts in the region of Skeensborough Lake Champlain & towns in that region and knows that he served at Skeensborough in Capt. Parmelee Allens Company & Col Walbridge Regt for about seven months and also that said Thomas Griffith was out about half a month in
Capt Childs Company Col Websters Regt in the year 1782
Ebenezer Farnsworth [signature]

Sworn Subscribed this 25th day of August 1832 before me
J.C. Parker J Peace 

and I certify that the above Deponent is a credible person and has been many years known to me and has all that time born the reputation of a man of truth among his 
acquaintance, and is a substantial farmer
J.C. Parker J Peace
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Washington County ss. 
John Tanner of Granville in said County being duly sworn saith that he is aged seventy two years and that he knows Thomas Griffith named in the annexed Declaration & has known him for more than fifty years he has lived in the adjoining, Town of Whitehall and well remembers that he served in Capt Parmalee Allen's Company in Col Walbridge's Regiment for seven months stationed the Fort at Skeensborough in the State of New York this Deponent being a
soldier in the same company & Regiment with him in the year 1781 and that he the said Thomas Griffith frequently was out on scouts at other years before and after 1781 and this deponent has been out with him on several occasions
John X Tanner his mark [signature]

Sworn this 25 day of August 1832
J C Parker J Peace

and I certify that John Tanner above named is a credible person well known to me for thirty years 
J.C. Parker J of Peace

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and
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 John B. Shaw who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Granville as therein Stated and that John C Parker who has also signed the same is a resident of Granville aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit-- and that the applicant cannot without too much expense & inconvenience produce in in Court the said John B. Shaw John Tanner & Ebenezer  Farnsworth

I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that he foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said County in the matter of the application of Thomas Griffith for a pension

And that John C. Parker before whom the affidavits & certificate purport to have been taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace authorized by law to administer oaths and that his signature thereto is his proper hand writing

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
J.S. Leigh Clk
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1st Brief
No. 7844
Thomas Griffith
admitted
Page 75.
5.14.16

20 Sep 32
21 Nov 32
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J.C. Parker
Agent
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No 7844.
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Griffith of Whitehall County of of Washington in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
July in 1779
October 1779
1780
May 1781
1782

Duration of Service. Years,  Months, Days
7 days
14 days
about 1 month
7 months
about 1 month

Rank.
As a  Volunteer

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Waldo Col Walbridge
Capt Levi Stockwell
Capt Childs.-
Capt P. Allen Col Walbridge
Capt Blakely


5.  In what battles was he engaged? _____
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shaftsbury County of Bennington New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary Evidence. & Two living witness.-
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be in due form
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I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
James Ord Examining Clerk.
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23663.
Revolution INVALID.

File No.23663
Thomas Griffith
Pri Rev War

Act June 7 32
Index: - Vol. 2 Page 181
Arrangement of 1870.
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Warsaw Dec 18" 1846

Sir
Mr Thomas Griffith of Pike in this county now a pensioner claims for service in the year 1781 &2 for which he does not draw. The objections of the Department to the admission of that part of the service is dismissed
Respectfully
E. W. Andrews