Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,138, for Gideon Phillips, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Phillips, Gideon
NUMBER  S. 14,138
carded
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sent let to P Agent & to Geo  C. Woodruff May 26, 1834 
9836 
Connecticut 
Gideon Phillips 
of Litchfield in the State of Connt who was a Sergt in the Compy commanded by Captain Canfield of the Regt command by Col. Whiting in the Connt  line for two years  
Sergt 1 yr 60
Private 1 yr 40   $100 
Inscribed on the Roll of Connt at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of June 1833 and sent to Joseph Adams, Litchfield Connt 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar ‘33   200. 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  50 
$ 250. 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk 
Book  E  Vol. 3 Page 34
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Declaration of Gideon Phillips in order to obtain the benefit act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield ss} Litchfield 29th day of Oct 1832 
On this 29th day of Oct 1832 personally appeared in open before the Hon Frederick Wolcott Judge of Probate for district of Litchfield in County of Litchfield now Sitting Gideon Phillips aged 69 years a resident of the and Town of Litchfield, who being duly sworn according Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress posed the 7th of June 1832- 
Viz I was born in Litchfield the 21st of April in the year 1763, a record of my birth is found on the Records in said Litchfield.  Some time in the month of Oct 1776 I enlisted in the army of the  United States, under Capt Shubael Griswold of Torrington in this State.  The other officers were  the Lieuts Moran and Gathis  both of Litchfield, the Ensigns name was Jon’o Buel of Cornwall in this state, the regiment in which I enlisted was commanded by Col. Whiting.  We were stationed at Stamford,  the saw pit (so called), New Rochelle, Volentine hill, and Delancey’s Mill.   At the said Mills we were attacked by the British troops, horse & foot,  and in a Skirmish with British troops I lost all my Clothing.  I was at the time in service till the first of April 1777, six months, when I was discharged, I think by the Col.   The next service I performed for the U States was in the year 1778 & 1779 was discharged early in the fall of 1778 by Capt Wm Cogswell of Washington in this State, went a Stratford in this state and was then put under the command of Capt Elijah Hinman of Southbury.  The Lieut was Lieut Mills of Kent.  I dont remember who was the
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Ensign.  The said Company and several others was under the Immediate command of Col. Sam Canfield of N Milford in this State.  Our duty was to guard the coast along L. Island sound. I served at that time the full term of two months.   I am certain of the time of service, there being at that time no drought [draft] for a longer term than two months.  The whole company was discharged at one time, and I had no written discharge.  
Sometime in the year 1779 or 1780 I was draughted into the service of the U States by the forementioned Capt Cogswell, and went to the Jerseys, and West Point and was at those places the full term of six months was under the comand Capt Williams. I was discharged the 9th day of Nov at the Highlands.   I was present at the Execution of Mayor Andre. Was discharged by a written discharge but said discharge by accident is lost.  
Some time in the year 1782 I enlisted under Capt James Stoddard for one year. I think it was about the first of April as Canfield commanded the Regt was stationed at Fort Stanwick near Horseneck.  Our chief Business was to keep guard & scout.  Was discharged by parol about the first of April 1783.   
In the year 1777, I went with Capt Reuben Stone of this town the Northward, and was at the taking of Genl Burgoyne.  Was at that time in the service about one month and went as a volunteer, in the whole I have been in the service of the United States between two and three years.   I also state that at the time I was under Sergeant, but the warrant I have lost.  & from the several terms of service as Above, I must rely on the depositions of Abner Everitt, Thos Stone,  - Soloman Hinman, Thaddeus Stooker, & Simeon Taylor (hereto annexed) and on my own declaration.  I am acquainted with Revd Truman Marsh a Clergyman Resident in said Litchfield, Also with Joseph Adams also of said Litchfield, who will certify as to my Character
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I also hereby relinquish all claims whatever a Pension or annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.  
Gideon Phillips 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Frederick Wolcott Judge of Probate Litchfield District, Connt 
We Truman Marsh We, a Clergyman residing in the Town of Litchfield State of Connecticut and Joseph Adams residing in said Litchfield, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gideon Phillips, who has Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him be 69 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.   
Truman Marsh 
Joseph Adams
Sworn to & subscribed day & year aforesaid  before me Frederick Wolcott Judge of Probate District Litchfield Connt. 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War department. that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and this court further certifies, that it appears to them that Truman Marsh who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Litchfield, and that Joseph Adams who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town of Litchfield and is a creditable man, and that their statement is intitled to credit. 
Frederick Wolcott Judge of Probate District of Litchfield Connt
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I Phinehas Minor, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Gideon Phillips for a pension.  
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13th day of November 1832 
Phinehas Minor Clerk
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I Abner Everett of Warren County of Litchfield State of Connecticut testify and say that some time in the month of Oct. 1778 I was draughted into the army of the United States by Capt Enos Howly of Bethlem in said State was stationed at Stratford in said state.  I state that Gideon Phillips, now of Litchfield served with me at the time and place for the full term of six weeks or more in the same company.  The company was commanded by Capt Elijah Hinman of Southbury in said state the Lieutenant was Lieut. Mills of Kent in said State.   I do not Recollect who was the Ensign.  The company in which I served and several others was under the command of Col. Samuel Canfield New Milford in this State.  Our duty was to guard the Coast adjoining Long Island Sound. It is my impression that said Phillips served at that time the term of two months, but I am confident that he served at last six weeks.  And further with not  
Abner Everett
State of Connecticut  Litchfield County SS Warren Oct 26. 1832, then personally appeared. Mr Abner Everett the signer of the foregoing deposition with whom I am personally acquainted, and made oath to the truth of the same before me.  
Joseph Adams Justice of the peace
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I Thomas Stone of Litchfield State of Connecticut, depose & say, that sometime in the Revolutionary War. I think in the year 1779 or 1780, I was in the service of the U States in the Regt commanded by Col Samuel B Webb,  the Company in which I served was under the command of Capt Hopkins in the same Regt. of the same Gideon Phillips of said Litchfield served in a company commanded by Capt. Williams.  Said Phillips, was in the said service pretty much during the Campaign, and I am confident that said Phillips served at that time six months or more.  Said Phillips was stationed part of the time in the Jerseys and part of the time at West Point - and further with not.   
Thomas Stone 
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield  Litchfield Oct. 26. 1832 then personally appeared Thomas Stone the Signer of the above deposition with whom I am personally acquainted, and an whose deposition full credit may be given, and made oath to the truth of the same before me 
Joseph Adams Justice of the peace
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I Solomon Harrison of Litchfield town and County State of Connecticut aged 71 years being duly sworn, depose and say, that in Oct 1776 I enlisted into Capt Shubael Griswold's Compy, Col Whiting's Regt Connecticut State troops, to go to Saw Pitts. Our Compy Officers were Lieut Mason and Catlin and Ensign Buel. Lieut Col Canfield and Major Beardsley were officers in our Regt. I well remember that Gideon Phillips of Litchfield aforesaid was a soldier of the Revolution. He was with me in this tour of service and we were members of the same company. He was engaged in the service of the United States in said Compy till the 1st of April 1777 when according to the terms of our enlistment we were discharged.   
Solomon Harrison 
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield Litchfield Sept 12. 1832 
Then personally appeared Solomon Harrison to me known as a credible person & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed, Before me 
Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace
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I John Woodruff of Torrington, County of Litchfield State of Connecticut aged 71 years being first duly sworn depose and say that in Oct 1776, I enlisted in Capt Shubael Griswold's Compy Col Whitings Regt Connecticut State troops, to serve till the 1st of April following. Our compy officers were Lieuts Mason and Catlin, and Ensign Buel. Our major's name was Beardsley. We were stationed at Saw Pitts, Rye, New Rochelle, Valentine's Hill, and at Delancey's Mills. At the mills we were attached by the British and lost our clothes. I well remember that Gideon Philips of Litchfield was with me in the service in the same company, and that he was there in the service of the United States from the latter part of Oct 1776 till the first of April 1777, when the term of our enlistment expired.   
John Woodruff 
State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield Litchfield  Sept 12. 1832 then personally appeared John Woodruff to me known to be a credible person & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed 
Before me Origen Seymour
Justice of Peace
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I Simeon Taylor of Litchfield town & County State of Connecticut aged 65 years being duly sworn do depose & say - That early in April 1782 I went as a substitute in Capt James Stoddard's Company Col Canfield's Regt Connecticut State troops, on a tour of service for one year. I well remember that Gideon Phillips of Litchfield aforesaid was a member of said Compy & was there in the service of the United states till the first of April 1783 when we were discharged.   Our chief business was keeping guard & scouting occasionally. We were stationed at Fort Stanwick near Horse Neck during the whole time & were discharged by parole. 
Simeon  Taylor x his mark 
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield Litchfield Augt 19, 1832 
Then personally appeared Simeon Taylor & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed, Before me 
Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace
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I Thaddeus Stocker of Litchfield town & County State of Connecticut aged 90 years being duly sworn depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Gideon Philips of Litchfield aforesaid & was acquainted with him for many years previous to the Revolutionary War. In the early part of April 1782 I was engaged in the service of the United States at Fort Stanwick near Horse Neck in Capt James Stoddard's Company Col Canfield's Regt State troops. I well remember that the above named Philips was a member of said Company was there in the service of the United States for one year, viz from April 1782 – [unreadable] 1783 when we were discharged.  
Thaddeus Stocker  x his mark
Sworn to Aug 20th 32 
State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield, Litchfield Aug 20, 1832 
Then personally appeared Thaddeus Stocker to me known as a credible person, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed.   
Before me Seth S. Burs  Justice of peace
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Gideon Phillips
18953
The scty at war will please  direct to Joseph Adams Litchfield. Connecticut
Thaddeus Stocker deposition
 I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Joseph Adams, Origen S. Seymour &  Seth S. Burs, Esquires, now are & for more than one year last past have been, Justices of the Peace for said County & have a right to administer Oaths & that the signatures to the preceding affidavits which purport to be their respectively are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto my hand affix the seal of Court at Litchfield in said County this thirteenth day of November A.D. 1832 
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
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18953
Gideon Phillips
Connecticut
Adm [admitted] for 2 years
12 mo private 40
12 mo Sergt    60
$100
MC
Joseph Adams
Litchfield Connecticut
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
183
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, showing the Service of   Gideon Phillips  Litchfield Co. Connecticut
Period when the service was rendered.  Enlisted 1776    Duration of Claimant’s Service. 6 months  Rank of the claimant.  private    Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Capt Griswold   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Col Whiting  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  At Mills, Burgoyne’s Defeat   Country through which he marched.  Stationed at Stamford, New Rochelle, Voluntines Hill   Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  69 years, State of Connecticut   Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary Evidence & Living Witnesses, Papers not authenticated
Period when the service was rendered.  Draft 1778 or 9    Duration of Claimant’s Service.  2 months  Rank of the claimant. Pri    Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served. Cogswell, Hinman  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Canfield
Period when the service was rendered.  draft 1779 or 80    Duration of Claimant’s Service.  6 mos  Rank of the claimant.  Pri   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Cogswell   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  
Period when the service was rendered.  Enlist 1782   Duration of Claimant’s Service.  1 year  Rank of the claimant. Sergeant   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Stoddard   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Col. Canfield  Country through which he marched.  Stamford Connt.
Period when the service was rendered.  Vol 1777  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  about 1 month  Rank of the claimant.  private   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.    Stone   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.    Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Burgoynes Defeat  Country through which he marched.  Long Island Sound, Jersey, Fort Stanwick 
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, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.             
DECLARATION.                        
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.           
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in 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) 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 that of 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 hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.                 
Sworn and subscribed the day 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 contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 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  alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.            
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.    
1. Where and in what year were you born?                
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?          
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?               
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?              
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.           
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer 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 he 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. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject     
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.        
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.        
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.    
[b]   The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.     
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.    
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.        
Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year - months , and days , I served as a - months and --- days, I served as 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 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 in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.    
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.  
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.               
Mode of authenticating papers.              
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.         
Proof of Service.         
[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
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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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington D. C. , 19 –
S. 14138
In reply to your request of – received – for a statement of the military history of   Gideon Phillips 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his  application for pension on file in this bureau.  
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  Oct. 1776  LENGTH OF SERVICE  6 mos RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Shubael Griswold  Colonel Whitney  STATE. Conn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  1777 LENGTH OF SERVICE   1 mo.  RANK.  Pvt  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Reuben Stone   STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  Fall 1778   LENGTH OF SERVICE  2 mos RANK.  Pvt OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Elijah Hinman  Colonel Samuel Canfield   STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   6 mos ending Dec 9 1780  LENGTH OF SERVICE  RANK.  Pvt   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Williams  Colonel Saml B. Webb  STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  Apr 1 1782   LENGTH OF SERVICE  1 yr.    RANK.  Sgt.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain James Stoddard   Colonel Samuel Canfield   STATE. 
Battles engaged in,  Delancey’s Mills, at Sur [surrender] of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Litchfield, Conn.
Date of application for pension,  Oct 29, 1832, His cl was al [his claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application,  Litchfield, Conn
Age at date of application,  b. Apr. 21 1763 in Litchfield Conn
Remarks  There is no data on file as to his family
Very respectfully
Commissioner
Also see record on p 252 Conn for this service.  Andre executed Oct 2 1780, so 3 Service was in that year not (1779)
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Rev War 
14138
INVALID. 
File No. 14.138 
Gideon Phillips 
Pri & Sergt  Rev. War  
Act: June 7” 1832 
Index:--Vol.  1  Page 296 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
Feb. 18 / 95 Mil. Hist. to Mrs. W.G. Sawyer, 619-103 St. Council Bluffs, Ia 
Feb. 21 / 95 Mil, Hist. to Edson Phillips Room 5 Dept of Interior  EW 
1920 Aug. 14. History to Ruth W. Mannix AW
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Geo Woodruff
May 16 [unreadable]
Conn
Report
Admd [admitted] May 24 ‘34
Respecting
Gideon Phillips of Connt
May 23d 1834
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Litchfield Conn May 16th 1834 
Hon J. L. Edwards 
Sir
Gideon Phillips of this town was allowed a Pension under the law of June 7th 1832, & recd his Certificate which is dated 19th June 1832.   He drew his money formerly at the U.S. Br Bank at Hartford, but when the Prest of the Farmers & Mechanics Bank at Hartford was made Pension Agent, his (Phillips) name was by mistake not transmitted to Mr Dodd as being entitled to a Pension.   Will you have the goodness to direct the mistake to be corrected.   
Respectfully Your Obt Sevt 
Geo. C. Woodruff
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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE C. JAN 30 1895
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Stone [unreadable] no W.
Council Bluffs 
January Twenty second 
Mr. Green B. Raum 
Washington D.C. 
My Dear Sir; 
Stone not found
Can you provide me a statement of military service rendered in Revolutionary war by Sylvester Stone who enlisted from Litchfield, Connecticut, also Gideon Phillips, Lieutenant, whom I think went from the same place; possibly from Boston Massachusetts,
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received pensions.  Any information you can give me will be most gratefully received, very respectfully, 
Calista M. Sawyer 
Mrs. W. G. Sawyer 
619 South Street, 
Council Bluffs, Iowa 
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE  O JAN 30 1895
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[stamp] U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY MAY 31 1895 FILES
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,  
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL, 
WASHINGTON,  May 31, 1895.    
The Honorable 
The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Sir:
In a tabulated statement of the services of Gideon Phillips, a Revolutionary War pensioner from Connecticut (Certificate No. 14,138), furnished me early in March, 1895, it is said that Gideon Phillips was born April 24, 1763. Will you not kindly have his pension declaration re-examined, to see if he did not say he was born April 21, 1763. I would also like to know the date of the said Gideon Phillips' death, and his place of residence at the time; and also if his widow, whose name I think was Rhoda Phillips, drew a pension, and if so, the date of her death and her several places of residence while drawing such pension. 
Very respectfully, 
Edson Phillips 
Room 5, Interior Department.
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Rev ED
R. D. 1, Lewis & Clark Rd., 
Astoria, Ore., July 14, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:  
I would like to obtain certain information regarding a Revolutionary ancestor of mine, Gideon Phillips of Captain Samuel Wm. Williams’ Company, 9th Connecticut Regiment, Revolutionary War, who enlisted as a private Aug. 24, 1780, and was discharged Dec. 9, 1780. 
Can you tell me what his services were, and to whom married, and where? I need this information to become a member of the Daughters of the Revolution. 
Thanking you in advance, 
Respectfully, 
Ruth Wheeler Mannix 
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D JUL 22 1920