Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16032, Josiah Andrews, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn.
Andrews, Josiah
S. 16032
CONTENTS
carded
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24739 New York
Josiah Andrews
of Onondaga in the State of New York
who was a Priv & Sgt in the Compy command
by Captain Hooker of the Regt. command
by Col Wolcott in the Connecticut
line for 2 month, Private
13 mo. Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 71 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Feb
1834 and sent Hon W. Taylor
& to Reps
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 $179.15
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34
35.83
$214.98
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 42
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act
of Congress, passed June 7th 1832-
State of New York
Onandaga County on this 11th day of September
1832, personally appeared in open Court before Daniel
Manley Esqr Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York
at a Court of Chancery for said State, at the Town and in the County of Onon
daga now sitting, Josiah
Andrews, a resident of the Town of Fabius, in
the County of Onondaga & State of New York,
aged Eighty years next October, who being first
duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath
make the following declaration in order to ob
tain 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 first entered
the service. First February 1776, that he resided then
in the Town of Southington, Hartford County & State
of Connecticut, & was then & there enlisted for the 
term of two months, under Capt. [illegible]
Lieutenants Elisha Root, & Stoddart & was mustered
at the sameplace, & marched to Roxbury in Massachusetts, & joined the Regiment of Col Wolcott, of
East Windsor Connecticut, & served the said term of
two months at Roxbury, Dorchester & Boston and
was discharged first of April at Roxbury - that he recollects Major
Saul Clarke & Col Huntington as officers on that station
& that Col Green, afterwards General Greene, commanded
it - that about the first of August of the same
year, there was a general call for the Militia, and
that he then turned out under Capt Elisha Root
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Lieut John Curtiss, & Ensign John Clarke, marched to
New Haven, Connecticut, & sailed immediately thence to
New York, & joined a Regiment commanded by Major
Strong from Farmington Conn. the Col. Gay, being
then in the years service, & remained there till about
the first of October, & was discharged there, after serving
two months - that Gen Washington was at New York
at that time, & that Col John Chester, of Wethersfield
Conn. served as Brigadier General of the Militia
On or about the first of December of the same
year he enlisted as a volunteer under Capt. Asa
Bray in Southington, where he still resided for
the term of three months, and a half - was mustered
in Southington, & marched to Rye, in Westchester
County, New York, & joined the Regiment of Col
Thaddeus Cook, that the names of the Lieutenants
were Nathaniel Churchill & I.O. Higley - marched thence
to Valentine's Hill where there was some skirmishing
with the enemy, from there to White plains, thence to
Horseneck where he was discharged on the 15th March
1777, having served three months and a half - Afterwards
in the fore part of June 1777, he enlisted in the Connecticut State troops, under Capt Peter Curtiss. Lieutenants
Jonathan Roberts & Nathaniel Churchill, for the term
of seven months, & was mustered at Norwalk in
the same State, where the company joined a Regiment commanded by Col. Roger Enos, which was
marched to Peekskill in the State of New York,
while there, was ordered to relieve Fort Montgomery
& followed the movements of the Enemy in that
region, till the Regiment went into winter
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quarters at Horseneck, where, after some two
or three weeks, he was discharged on the first of
January 1778, having served the full term of seven Months - that afterwards he was called out under
Lieutenant John Clark, and was attached to Col
Hutchings Regiment, in the month of July 1779 to
go to the relief of Westpoint, then that post was
considered in danger, but was discharged at Dover in New York, at the end of about two weeks.
that in the General alarm at the Burning of Danbury in Connecticut, in March 1777, he was called &
went with Capt Bray. & Lieutenant John Clarke
& Ensign Marrion Beckwith to Danbury & was
there discharged after about ten days service-
That he was appointed & served as orderly Sergeant
during all the terms of service aforemention
excepting the first term of two months, that
he has no documentary evidence, & that he knows of
no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can
testify to his service. 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 -
That the regular Clergyman, resident in said Town of Fabius for
a number of years past, having recently removed to Monroe
County, there is no person of that description, with whom he
is acquainted in said Town, who can certify as to his age, and
reputation as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
David Moseley
Josiah Andrews
Circuit Judge
V Chancellor
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We Nathaniel Bacon & George Pettit, residing
in the Town of Fabius County of Onondaga and State of New York,
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Andrews
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that
we believe him to be aged Eighty years next October, 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 to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Nathaniel Bacon
George Pettit
Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge
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
George Pettit and Nathaniel Bacon - who have
signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of
Fabius, in the County of Onondaga, are credible persons, &
that their statement is entitled to credit, both of them being
personally known to this Court.
Daniel Moseley
V Chancellor
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I Daniel I. Moseley, Deputy Clerk of
the Court of Chancery for the Seventh Circuit
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contain
the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
Josiah Andrews for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office, this Eleventh
day of September one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty two -

Daniel I. Moseley
Deputy Clerk
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We Nathaniel Bacon & George Pettit, residing
in the Town of Fabius County of Onondaga and State of New York,
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Andrews
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that
we believe him to be aged Eighty years next October, 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 to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Nathaniel Bacon
George Pettit
Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge
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
George Pettit and Nathaniel Bacon - who have
signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of
Fabius, in the County of Onondaga, are credible persons, &
that their statement is entitled to credit, both of them being
personally known to this Court.
Daniel Moseley
V Chancellor

Josiah Andrews
12.080
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Josiah Andrews Onondaga NYork which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. *Has he mentioned 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? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
No evidence that the justice was such who certifies
to the traditionary evidence
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
1.2.5.6.7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making 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.
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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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
Supplemental Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, made in addition to
an original Declaration, to which this is annexed, to re
more the foregoing printed objections to said Original declaration, which "are answered in the negative in red ink" as requiring further
proof or explanation -
State of New York
County of Onondaga 
On this 27th day of May 1833 personally
appeared in open Court before John Watson George Pettit & David Monroe Judges
of the Courts of Common Pleas & General Sessions of the peace - now sitting
at Salina in said County, Josiah Andrews, a resident of the 
Town of Fabius, County of Onondaga & State of New York, who being
first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the 
following supplemental declaration-- That, after the said original declaration was draughted, in which is assigned a reason for
not obtaining the evidence of a Clergyman as required by the "regulations", the Declarants Agent forwarded a certificate to Reverend Horace
Griswald of Monroe County, (who is referred to in said original declaration
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as having removed, in support of his application, & in the form
given in said regulations, requesting him to execute the same,
procure the seal & certificate of the Clerk of that County, & return
the whole, which was done as follows-On the same sheet
of paper there were four other similar certificates, all signed
and sworn to by said Griswold, but the County Clerk's
certificate and seal happened to be written on the back
of the one intended to support the application of Ezekiel Goff, or Samuel Webster or John Cadwell and it was only to save expense to the poor applicants, that his seal and certificate was not procured and
affixed to each - That when there certificates of said Griswold
were separated and attached to the papers to which they severally
belonged, they were cut apart with a scalloping
stroke, that by placing them together the Department
would be satisfied that the seal & certificate aforesaid
applied to the whole, all which was explained in a
Letter from Judge George Pettit the aforesaid Agent.
That since his said original application has been returned with these objections, the said agent has taken off the
said certificate of said Griswold, and sent it by mail
to the Clerk of Monroe County for his seal & certificate
to be affixed thereon, and the same is returned and is hereto
annexed duly authenticated since the foregoing explanation was
drafted above--
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That the declarant has no other answer, proof or explanation
to objection Number Eleven, "answered in the negative in
red ink". That, to aleviate Objection Number Seventeen,
answered in like manner, the declarant deposes & says,
that he was born in the Town of Southington, County of
Hartford and State of Connecticut, on the twenty eighth day
of October in the year 1752 - that he has a record of his
age in his family Bible now in his possession, and
has been informed by his Parents, that his birth is recorded in the public records of said Town of Southington but has never seen it himself-- That in addition to the regular officers already named in the said
original declaration the declarant recollects seeing Generals Patterson & Putnam at Roxbury, Colonels Meigs and Huntington
at New York, General Parsons, Warcester & Heath at Horseneck,
that in 1777 he again saw General Putnam & Colonel Meigs
at Peekskill who were all acting as "officers who were with the

Josiah Andrews
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troops where he served", that he recollects that Colonel Green's
and Colonel Huntington's Regiments were at Roxbury, & the latter, afterwards, at New York, where were also Colonel Newbury"s
Regiment of Militia - that Colonel Enas's Regiment of State
troops on three months service, was at Horseneck & Peekskill
That in the year 1778 he was called out & marched under Capt
Bray to Newhaven Connecticut, in the month of July, when
the stores at that place were burned by the Enemy, that he
was gone from home one week, which service is not mentioned in his said original declaration, & which, together
with the service therein mentioned at Danbury amounts
to a full half month, making the whole amount of service stated in both declarations to be fifteen months and
a half month - That he never received a written or printed discharge - That in answer to the seventh interrogatory in addition to the names of George Pettit and Nathaniel Bacon, who have certified on oath in support of
his said Original Declaration, he now states the names
of Captain Oliver Williams, Thomas Keeney and John
Crandall, as "persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Soldier
of the Revolution."
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Josiah Andrews
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me R. L. Hess Clerk
of Onondaga County
We Oliver Williams & John Crandall residing in the Town of Fabius
County of Onondaga & State of New York hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Josiah Andrews,
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration,
that we believe him to be Eighty years old last October,
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
Oliver Williams
John Crandall
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
before me R. L. Hess Clerk
of Onondaga County
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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 Oliver Williams & John Crandal
-- who have signed the preceeding certificate are
residents in the the said Town of Fabius, County of
Onondaga, and are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit
John Watson First Judge
George Pettit
David Munro
Judges
I Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the Courts of Onondaga County
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the
supplemental declaration of Josiah Andrews to the
original proceedings hereto annexed, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and Seal of Office the 29th day May 1833
R. S. Hess Clerk

George Pettit Fabius
Onondaga County
N.Y. Agent
Josiah Andrews
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12.080
Josiah Andrews
Onandaga
New York
Phelps Certificate
taken on
17. 1.2.5.6.7.
Admitted
359 360
Sergeant 13 mo & 9 day
Private 2 "
15.9
29 apr. 33
Proof

George Pettit. Fabius
Onondaga County
Agent Oct. 1833
D. T. Moseley DClk
Onondaga
N.Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Josiah Andrews
Co of Onondaga in the State of N York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 80 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
Feby. In 1776
1 Aug 1776
Dec. 1776
June 1777
July 1779
1777
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
2
2
3  15
7
14
10
Rank.
As a
Private
Ordy Sgt
"
"
"
"
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Hooker Colo Wolcott
Capt Root Maj Strong
Capt Bray Colo Cook
Capt Curtis Colo Eno
Lt Clark Col Hatchings
Capt Brey
●
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hartford Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
The papers are not [illegible] as requd- three is no evidence
that Isaiah Blakman is justice of the peace
XCertify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
mentioned.
Richard Cutt
Examining Clerk.
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P
16032
INVALID.
File No. 16.032
Josiah Andrews ┃
Sergt Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Newyork Monroe County
I Horace Griswold a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Whitland
in the County of Monroe, State of New York, do hereby certify that I
removed from the Town of Fabius County of Onondaga & State
aforesaid, in January last, after a residence in that Town of more
than seven years, that during that time I was well acquainted with Josiah Andrews, also a resident in that  town
who is an applicant for a Pension, & has requested this certificate, and that I believe him to be Eighty years old
next October, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revoution & that I concur in that Opinion
Horace Griswold
Sworn to & subscribed this 4th
day of August 1832 before
Isaiah Blackmer Justice of the peace

This certificate ^ after the foregoing declaration was drafted with blank dates
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State of New York
Monroe County ss. I certify that Jirah Blackmer Esq. before whom the
within affidavit was sworn, was at the date thereof
a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that I am
acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his
name subscribed to said affidavit, is his proper hand writing
and signature - Witness my hand and official seal
this seventeenth day of May 1833-
Leonard Adams Clerk
I George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Courts do hereby certify upon
Oath, that I am well acquainted with Rev. Horace Griswald, the within deponent, & have been so acquainted for the space of more than Nine years
last part, that he is a man of good reputation for truth & veracity and
that his statement in the within deposition is entitled to full credit & belief
Sworn & subscribed this 26 Nov. 1833 before me-
R. L. Hess Clerk
George Pettit
of Onondaga County
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To the Honorable J L Edwards Comm of Pensions
Sir-
Your Letter Dated September 10 1833, relating
to Jacob Goodrich, Thomas Keeney & Josiah Andrews's applications for Pensions, together with their papers and
printed briefs accompanying them, was received,
after a second long sleep in the hands of D.T.
Mosely Esqr, of Onondaga, Clerk of Vice Chancellors
Court, and after complaining of the first, in a letter
in which I announced myself as agent in there
cases, & was assured in yours of May 28th that the
like mistake would not again occur.-- I remark
on this part of the subject, that if any feeling is evinced
here or heretofore, it is induced more by sympathy for
the suffering pennyless, and in most instances worthy
applicants, than by any other consideration -
your favor of the 10th Sept. so far as relates to Thomas
Keeney & Jacob Goodrich, is answered in a communication of this date, which, with the Letter, will be attached (as seems necessary) to the papers of Mr
Goodrich, & which, it is hoped will not be overlooked
Wherein the Letter refers to the case of Josiah Andrews, it is herein respectfully noticed-- It simply
refers me to Elisha Phelps Esqr. Comptroller of the
State of Connecticut, "for evidence of his 
services
in the militia of that State". Mr Phelps's certificate
in the premises, is herewith forwarded, and is deemed
by him to be satisfactory in the case. But the
Printed Brief contains
objections which, to me are un
accountable.  - 1st "The papers are not attached as required." - True, on the 11th Sept 1832, only three months after the
Law passed, at the very first Court in the County, where
Pension applications, under it, were first made the
Clerk's Seal was wafered to the papers, & the ribbon
connecting them, was omitted to be severed by it.
I take the liberty to refer to the case of John Swift, as
one that passed favorably, months afterwards (if my memory is true) without either the secured ribbon, without
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witnesses to support his claim, and without a reference to the Comptroller of Connecticut for his certificate to sustain it-- Much delay & consequent grief &
suffering would have been abreviated, had the first
brief af objections embraced those now under consideration, in as much as they could then have been removed with the same, and in some cases, with 
more ease than at present.-- On the first return
of Andrews's, papers, with objections, the Clerk of that
Court, D. T. Moseley had gone out of office, & had removed, and to meet the 16th objection, although its red ink
negative was erased in black, legal advice was taken from Victory Birdseye Esqr, formerly member of
Congress, & late & now an agent for pensioners, how
to procure the papers to be attached as required by
the regulations - who advised the supplemental declaration to be made in open Court of Common Pleas,
and all the papers, original & supplemental to
be connected with one tape or ribbon, & secured
by the seal of the Clerk of that Court. This you
will perceive was done on the 29th May 1833 -Secondly
the 11th objection in the first brief is reiterated as follows,
"There is no evidence that Finch Blackmer is a Justice of
the Peace". -- Reference to the Clerk's certificate on the back
of Rev. Horace Griswold' affidavit, shows this contradicted flat & palpable. The truth is that this objection
is gratuitous, from first to last, as also is the whole
matter of Griswold affidavit; for the applicant
such he can obtain no Clergyman, and assigns
the very reason which dispenses, according to objection No 12, with the necessity of such Witness. - 
Unexpectedly however, Mr Griswold's affidavit was received
by mail, after the original declaration was drafted &
it was attached with the papers, to strengthen the application
-- With similar views, & to obviate the same
objection the affidavit was taken from the file of
Papers, on their first return with objections, forwarded
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to Monroe County, and the seal and certificate of the
Clerk of that County, affixed on the back as abovementioned. - If however, it was intended to object to Mr
Griswold's affidavit because Mr Justice Blackmer
had not certified to the credibility of the Witness,
you will find that I have anticipated that
objection with my own deposition of the
18th October, underneath the Clerk's certificate,
knowing the witness from a much longer
and more intimate acquaintance than that of Justice Blackmer; and to save the delay which has
unexpectedly accrued in procuring other proof.
This proof consists of the accompanying affidavits of Nathaniel Bradley and Ashbel Gridley
whose testimony Mr Andrews was not apprised
of at the time of making his original declaration
and which appears to be duly authenticated.
It is believed that Mr Andrews's, declaration is
now fully sustained, and I hope his anxiety
and necessity will soon be relieved by a certificate in his favor--
I am, with great respect
your Obediant Servant
George Pettit
Fabius Onondaga County
N.Y. Nov 16th 1833--
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County
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⎬
On this 4th day of Novr 1833 personally
appeared before me Francis W Willcox Judge of
Court of Probate for Southington District
Ashbel Gridley of the Town of Southington in said
County & being duly sworn according to Law did depose and
say that he was well acquainted with Josiah Andrews of
the Town of Fabius, County of Onondaga & State of New York
in the Revolutionary War, that the deponent and the said
Andrews, then residing in the said Town of Southington, enlisted into Captain Peter Curtis's Company
of State troops, Lieutenants Jonathan Roberts and
Nathaniel Churchill, for the term of seven Months
which Company joined the Regiment at Nowalk commanded by Col Royer Enos, which marched from
thence to Peekskill, State of New York, & then to fort
Montgomery & took up winter quarters at Hamneck, & in a short time after the deponent & said
Andrews were discharged at the latter place, having both served seven Months, from June 1777 to the
first of January 1778 - that said Andrews served as
Sergeant & was the person who enlisted the deponent as aforesaid, that the deponent recollects
hearing that said Andrews did other tours of
Service as a soldier in the revolutionary War, but
not in the same company with the deponent-
That the deponent is now seventy years old &
has no doubt but said Andrew served as much
as a year or year & a half in various terms of
service - & further says not
Ashbel Gridley
I certify that Ashbel Gridley above
named is well known to me, that he
is a credible man, & his statements above are entitled to full credit & that
he subscribed & swore to the same before
me the day & year first above written
Francis W Willcox,
Judge of Probate
for the District of Southington
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I Royal R Hinman Clerk of the Court of
Probate for the District of Southington
in the County of Hartford, certify that
Frances W Wilcox is Judge of 
as aforesd & that the foregoing signature
annexed to his certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
fixed my seal of Office this 5th day of
November 1833
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Royal R Hinman Clerk
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State of New York
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Oneida County ⎬ On this 30th day of October 1833
personally appeared before me a Commissioner of Deeds
in & for said County, Nathaniel Bradley of Whitestown
in said County, aged Seventy one years, who being duly
sworn did depose & say that he was well acquainted with Josiah Andrews of Fabius, County of Onandaga State aforesaid, in the Revolutionary War,
that deponent & said Andrews then resided in the
Town of Southington, County of Hartford State of
Connecticut, that in February 1776, the first of the
Month, they both enlisted into Capt Naundiah Hookers Company, Lietenants Root & Stadent for two months
& the Company joined Col Wolcott's Regiment at Roxbury Massachusetts, & served out the two months at
that place, at Dorchester & Boston & were discharged
at Roxbury on the first of April 1776 - that the first
of August next afterwards, the deponent as a private
& said Andrews as a Sergeant, volunteered on a general
call for men to go to Newyork, under Capt Elisha
Root Lieut Curtis & Ensign Clarke, & the Company marched to Newhaven, & sailed to Newyork & joined a Regiment
commanded by Major Strong - deponent left New York
before the said Andrews, who remained there as much
as two months before he came home. That at or very
near the first of December 1776 the deponent enlisted
as a private & said Andrews as a Sergeant into a company commanded by Capt Asa Bray, Lieutenants Higby
& Churchill, for the term of three & a half months
and the Company joined Col Thaddeus Cook's Regiment
at Rye, Westchester, State of Newyork, & then marched to
Valentine Hill, thence to White plains
and Horseneck
where both were discharged near the middle of March
1777 having both served the full term of three months
and a half - & further saith not 
Nathaniel Bradley
I certify that Nathaniel Bradley is well
known to me, & is a man of credibility and
his statements above are entitled to full
credit, & that he subscribed & swore to the same before me the day and
year first above written 
Wm. L. Wetmore Com of Deeds
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State of New York
Clerk fice Oneida County

I George Brown, Clerk of the County of
Oneida do hereby certify that William T. Wetmore Esquire whose name is subscribed
to the within affidavit
& endorsed thereon
was at the time of taking such affidavit
a commissioner deeds
&c. in & for the said County Commissioner &
sworn & duly authorized to take the same
And further - that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of such commissioner & verily believe that the signature subscribed
to the said Affidavit
is genuine
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand &
affixed the seal of said County
this 30th day of October A.D.
1883-
Brown Clerk

Supplemental proof
in support of the claim 
of Josiah Andrews

George Pettit
Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Agent
County. N.Y.

Hon. W. Taylor
Hon. W. Taylor H.R