Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15659, for John Strong, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Strong, John.

S.15659

carded

CONTENTS
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11559
Connecticut
--
John Strong
of Norfolk in the State of Connecticut
who was a private in the com
commanded by Captain Burbee of the regt command by Col [illegible] in the [illegible]
line for 2 years                         Conn.
--
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
--
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Oct
1833 and Michael [illegible]
Norfolk
--
Arrears to the 4th of Sept                    200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March     40.00
                                                           $240.00

{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 42
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State of Connecticut { Declaration in order to obtain
Litchfield County { the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7 1832
S. Norfolk Probate District

on this 25th day of August AD 1832 personally
appeared in Open Court now sitting before Michael
F. Mills Esquire Judge [illegible] said Court
John Strong a Resident of the Town of Norfolk in
said Litchfield County aged Seventy Two years
last May who being first duly sworn according
of Law doth in his oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
the to Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States in the
year 1776 by enlistment In the company of
Capt Bulee [Bule] Jesse Cook Lieutenant was in Col. Bradley
Reg't. Served nine months, marched to New York
Stayed there until the British [illegible] Straton Island were then
ordered into the State of New Jersey to Bergen [illegible] in that
vicinity until next full moon at Fort working part of the time
left Fort Washington the day before it was taken by the British
[illegible] Fort Lee was there until the army [illegible] across the
state of New Jersey until they crossed the Delaware where they made us
stand and then [illegible]

And he further declares that in the year 1777 he
again entered the Service the fore part of the month
of April in a company of Volunteers commanded
by Capt Foot of Harrington in said State Matthew
Grant Lieutenant was marched to Peekskill and then
the Company was put under the command Gen'l
McDougal, that while the Company was there
Danbury in Connecticut was burned by
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the British army, that the section of the army to
which he belonged marched under the Command of Gen
McDougal marched as far as Bedford when they received
the News that the British had retreated, that the army
under Gen McDougal Returned to Peekskill where
he served out his term of three months. While there two men
was shot for desertion and one hanged

that in the same year he was again called out and
was in the Company commanded by Capt John
Strong of said Torrington in said State was marched
& in place then called Company twenty or thinks
Mills Southwesterly of Danbury where they
were Stationed and serve one month

That in the year 1778 he was again in the Service of the
United States as a solder by enlistment was in the
Company Commanded by Capt. Jacob Gillet of
Harwinton & John Burn of Torrington Lieutenant
near in Col Reger Ena., Regt. near accit two lowers
of three month Each, it being under the act of
the State of Connecticut & Inlist for the term of
one year & he did one half of the time and one
half of the time at home, the first part of the time
the Company and he with them near Station
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at White Plains and part of the time at West
Point in the State of New York where he served
three months the served [illegible] of three months
the Company was stationed at Greenwich in the
State of Connecticut where he served three months

and for this in the year 1780 he again entered the
service as a substitute for a Mr Rectins & file uh the
Continental army was in the Regt of Col. Bradley in
Hurlington. Brigade was stationed in New Jersey
where he served Six months was there when
orders come as was stated from Gen Washington to
march to West Point at the time Gen Arnold turned
trator that part of the army started for West Point
but that the Regt to which he belonged did not
start though thus busy with their tents & such
all night that he was there at the time
Major Andre was hanged

And he hereby relinquishes every claim
to a pension or annuity except the present and he
declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of
the agency of any State
And that he was born as he was told in the Town of
Windsor in said State of Connecticut Come D Risede
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Torrington in said State when about four years
ago where he resided at the time he performed the
Terms of Service mentioned that thus he has
no Record of his age only from what has been
told to him, from Torrington he moved to Norfolk
where he has resided the last seventeen years,
that is aquainted with the Rev. Joseph Eldridge
Clergyman of said Town of Norfolk also with
the Hon Augustus Pettibone Esquire and Joseph
Battell Esquire of said Town and that he is
known to them that they can testify as
to his character
[signed] John Stone

Subscribed on the day and year aforesaid
before me
[signed] Michael F Mills Judge of Probate for
Norfolk District

And Mr Joseph Eldridge Clergyman Augustus
Pettibone Esquire & Joseph Battell Esquire of Norfolk
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John
Strong who has subscribed and sworn to the above
Declaration and believe him to be Seventy two years
of age and that he is reputed and believed in the
Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier
of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
in that he is a credible person and that his
statement is entitled to Credit
[signed] Joseph Battell
[signed] Joseph Eldridge Jr.
[signed] Augustus Pettibone

Sworn and Subscribed the day and
year aforesaid before me
[signed] Michael F Mills Judge of Probate
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the [illegible]
of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the
war department that the above named John Strong applicant
was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states & the said
Court further certifies that Joseph Eldridge is a Clergyman residing in
the Town of Norfolk and that Joseph Battell and Augustus Pettibone
Esquires are also residents of said Norfolk and credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to Credit
[signed] Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate
for Norfolk District

[seal of office]
I Jon'a H Pettibone Clerk of the Court of
Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
Proceedings of the said Court, in the matter
of the Application of John Strong for a
Pension under the act of Congress passed
June 7th A.D 1832
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and Seal of Office this 25th day of August
A.D. 1832
[signed] Jon'a H Pettibone -- Clerk
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State of Connecticut } ss. Norfolk Probate District
Litchfield County } on the 18th day of August 1832

Personally appeared in open
Court now sitting John Elsworth of Torrington
who being first duly sworn according
to Law testified and said that in the year 1780
in the month of May he by Inlistment enlisted with the
Continental line in the Regt of Col [Capt] Horn of
Danbury served something over six months
were stationed the principal part of the time
in the State of New Jersey, but part of the
time in the State of New York that for more
than sixty years he has been well acquainted
with John Strong now or Norfolk that he
was well acquainted with him in the
service of the united states in said year 1780
and knows that he was in Col Bradleys
Regt their both being in Huntingtons
Brigade that the said John Strong
served about six month, that
he the said John Elsworth is sixty nine years
of age that he and the said Strong were both
privates during said service
[signed] John Ellsworth

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year
aforesaid before me
[signed] Michael F Mills Judge of Probate

and I certify that the said John Elsworth is a
Credible person and that his statement is entitled to
Credit
[signed] Michael F. Mills Judge
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8909
John Strong
Connecticut

fro 1776 private
2 yrs $80.

Return i

Michael F Mills
Norfolk Connecticut
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
13. June 1833

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. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of John Strong
Litchfield Co Connecticut

Period when the service was rendered | ( Duration of the claimaint's service ) Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Enlist 1776 | --- | 9 | " | Privt | Capt Barbee | Col Bradley | --- | N York | 72 Years |
1777 | " | 2 | " | --- | " Fook | Genl M Dengald | --- | N Jersey | State of | Traditionary
--- | " | 1 | " | " | " Strong | --- | --- | Peekskill | Connecticut | Evidence and
1778 | " | 6 | " | " | " Geller | Col Enos | } | Crumpon |  | 4 Living
Sub 1780 | 1 | 8 | " | " |  | " Bradley | } | White Plains |  | Witnesses
| | | | | | Genl Washington | } | West Point N York |  | Papers not
| | | | | | | | Greenwich Connecticut | Authenticated
| | | | | | | | New Jersey |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 State 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
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, of 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 enered [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.
[signed] 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 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 ___ 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
{ { 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 [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
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 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 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 in 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 ___ . 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 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.
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[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 nature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
[BRACES END]

[BRACES START]
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.
[BRACES END]

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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15.659
INVALID.

File No. 15.659
John Strong
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. 1 , Page 362

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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I Ezekiel Bessell of Torrington, Litchfield
County and state of Connecticut being
86 years of age do hereby certify that I
served in the army of the revolution
nine months with Mr John Strong, now
residing in Norfork, in s'd County & State
he being a private soldier we served
together in Col Bradleys regiment, in
Capt Beebe's company Jesse Cook, Lieut,
We were stationed at Barguin opposite
New York. we served together in the
year 1776, under Genl Green
[signed] Ezekiel Bissell

I hereby certify that I have resided for
more than 40 years within 3/4 of a mile of
Mr Ezekiel Bissell and am well acquainted with
his moral caracter [character] which for truth and
verasity [veracity] stands as fair as any other man.
[signed] Griswold Woodward

Litchfield County ss. Torrington Augt 21st 1832
Personally appeared the above named
Ezekiel Bissell signer of the foregoing
instrument and made oath to the truth of the
same according to law before me
[signed] Griswold Woodward Justice of Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court
within and for the County of Litchfield in the
State of Connecticut certify that Griswold
Woodward Esq. was on the 21st day of instant
August & that he now is a Justice of the Peace within
& for said County of Litchfield, & that the signature
to the within instrument which purports to be his
is genuine & his proper hand writing. ---

Witness my hand & the seal of s'd
Court this 31st day of August AD
1832. [signed] Frederick Wolcott, Clerk --
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I, Return Bessell [Bissell] of Torington [Torrington]
County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut,
Being 76 years of age Depose & say that
I served in the army of the Revolution
in A Company of volunteers Commanded by
Capt Foot of Harwinton in s'd County &
Lieut Mathew Grant of Torington was the
Second officer of s'd Company & I furthermore
say that John Strong now of Norfolk Served
Withe me A private soldier in said Company
one month & a half after we arived [arrived] on the
Ground at Peekskill & was discharged
At the same time that I was which was in
the year AD 1777. During s'd term of service
Danbury in the State of Connecticut Was Burnt
by the British troops & Capt Foot's Comp.
Marched as far as Bedford in pursuit, & then
Returned to Peekskill, (That Section of
the American Army to which I then Belonged
Was Commanded by Gen'l McDeegal)
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I furthermore say that I served
With s'd Strong one month at Crum
Pond in A Company Commanded by
Capt John Strong of s'd Torington [Torrington]
& furthermore say not
[signed] Return Bissell

Litchfield County ss. Norfolk August 18th
AD 1832 Personally appeared the above named
Return Bessell signed of the foregoing
Deposition & made oath [illegible] as the Law
Directs Before me
[signed] Joseph Riggs Justice of Peace

Litchfield County Torrington ss }
State of Connecticut -- }

This certifies that I am well aquainted with Return
Bissell of Torrington who signed the above affidavit and know him
to be a creditable witness
[signed] William Battell Just of the peace
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I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County
Court within & for the County of Litchfield in
the State of Connecticut certify that Joseph
Riggs he before whom the within affidavit of
Return Bissell appears to have been taken
was on the 18th day of instant August & that
he now is a Justice of the Peace within & for said
County of Litchfield, & that the within signature
which purports to be the signature of the said
Joseph Riggs is genuine. --
[court seal]
Witness my hand & the Seal of said
Court at Litchfield in said County
this 31st day of August AD. 1832.
[signed] Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.
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I Seth Coe of Torrington Litchfield County State of
Connecticut -- Seventy four years of age depose and say
that I am well aquanted [acquainted] with John Strong formerly
of the Town of Torrington now of the Town of Norfolk
in said County that I was with him and knew
him and served with him as a soldier in the States
Service in the war of the revolution in the year
1778 in a company commanded by Capt Joel
Gillett of Harwinton & John Burn [Brown?] of Torrington
Lieut in a Regiment commanded by Col Roger
Eno we were stationed the first tour at White Plains
State of New York & Westpoint making a tour of
three months. the next tour we were stationed
in the town of Greenwich in the State of Connecticut
three months for the purpose of guarding the coast
our Enlistment at this time was by an act of
General assembly of the State of Connett was
for one year to be at home one half the time
and to be Entitled to half pay while at home
I performed six months service during the year
I and John
Strong was in the service the same time with
me -- and further saith not --
[signed] Seth Coe

Litchfield County ss Torrington } August 22nd 1832
State of Connecticut. }

Personally appeared Seth Coe well known to me as a
creditable witness and made solemn oath to the truth
of the above affidavit by him subscribed
before me --
[signed] William Battell Just of Peace
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I, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court
within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut,
certify that William Battell Esq. was on the 22nd day
of instant August & now is a Justice of the Peace within &
for said County of Litchfield & that the within
signature which purports to be his is genuine.
[court seal]
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court
at Litchfield in said County this 31st day of
August AD. 1832.
[signed] Frederick Wolcott, Clerk --
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Hon Secretary of War
Pension Office
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Connecticut Norfolk July 6. 1833
Hon J L Edwards Esq.

Sir I herewith forward
the application of John Strong which was
Returned to me which papers I believe
are according to the Regulations of your
office I also forward the application
of Ephram Cay with his additional
declaration Explaining some part of his
former Declaration also the Certificate
of Joseph Eldridge Clergyman If their
application should be allowed then I ask
you to forward their Certificates to me
Yours Sr
[signed] Michael F. Mills

P.S. I had to open the
paper of [illegible]
M. F. Mills