Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22647, Noadiah Bissell, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Bissell, Noadiah

NUMBER
S. 22647
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New Hampshire 21 990
[illegible] Bissell
of Grafton [illegible] in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the [illegible] commanded
by Captain [illegible] of the [illegible] commanded
by [illegible] in the [illegible]
and for [illegible]

Inscribed in the Roll of New Hamp.
at the rate of 26 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
a commence in the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension [illegible] the 13 day of [illegible]
1833 and [illegible] How H.
Everett. House of Representatives
[illegible] to the 4th of Sept 1833 65.82
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] 13.16
$78.98
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [illegible]

Lead
Letter to How H Everett 15 Dec 1838
Same person & 3rd auditor 9th Feby
1839
Paid at the Treasury [illegible] the
Act of the 6th [illegible] 1838 from
4 Sept 1835 to 14 Aug 1837 the
day of his death. Agt notified
14 March 1839
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Declaration of Noadiah Bissell

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

State of New Hampshire, Grafton County ss: At a court of Probate holden at Haverhill in said county on the eighteenth day of Nov. A.D.1833 - On this eighteenth day of Nov. in the year of out Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court, before the Judge of the court of Probate within and for the county of Grafton in said state, now sitting, Noadiah Bissell, a resident of Oxford in the county of Grafton and state of New Hampshire, aged seventy one years and upwards, who, being first  duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

That at East Windsor in the state of Connecticut, in the summer of the year 1777, soon after the British General Prescott was captured, on Rhode Island, but whether in July or August the declarant does not remember, he was hired as a substitute to serve for two months in a guard placed over said Prescott at East Windsor aforesaid, which guard was commanded by a Lieutenant Allen and served in said guard for the said term of two months; At the expiration of said two months, said
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General Prescott was removed to Enfield in the state of Connecticut, and there continued under guard. Upon his being so removed, this declarant  again became a substitute for two months more and entered said guard and went to Enfield and there served under the same Lieut. Allen for this additional term of two months. Upon the expiration of said second term of two months, the declarant became a substitute for one month longer and did serve said one month longer under the same lieut. Allen; which three terms constituted five full months of duty which the declarant continuously served under said Allen as one of said guard.;

The said Noadiah Bissell further declares that at East Windsor aforesaid in the summer of the year 1778, a company of militia was detached to convey the artillery captured with Gen. Burgoyne's army from Farmington Conn. to the American army there at White Plains. The declarant entered the company so detached, as a substitute, and marched with said company to the "Plains", at which place they stayed a very few days, and then returned home and were discharged. In this short term, the declarant was in service not far from a month. Of the officers of said company he remembers Lieut. Phelps and Ensign Barnham. 

The said Bissell further declares that at East Windsor aforesaid in the last part of the summer or in the first part of the fall of the year 1780, he became a substitute and as such entered for a service of two
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months in a company of militia under the command of Capt. Marsh who, according to the best recollection of the declarant, was of East Hartford ("Windsor" line drawn through) Coun. The Lieutenant's name was Tucker. The Colonel under whom the company served was Belding or Belden; the Major, as the declarant believes, was Stoughton. Upon entering said company, the declarant was marched to New London Conn; and at that place, and also at Groton opposite New London, the declarant was stationed and continued on duty part of which was that of repairing the work at the places last mentioned until the expiration of this two months service when he was discharged. 

The declarant has no documentary evidence of any of his services.

To the Interrogatories propounded by the Court, the declarant answers that he was born at East Windsor in the state of Connecticut on the fourth day of December A.D. 1761; that he supposes there is in said East Windsor a record of his birth. in the public records, but is unable positively to affirm in this particular; that he was living at East Windsor aforesaid at the different periods of his entering service - there lived until the year 1800 - then removed to Fairlee in Vermont and there resided until the year 1813 - then removed to Oxford in New Hampshire where he resided until June 1815 in which month and year he removed to Windsor Vt. where  he resided until April 1833 when he removed to Oxford N. H. where he now resides. 

As before stated, the declarant entered as a substitute
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in every one of his terms of service; but he is unable to recollect for whom he became a substitute so as to speak confidently except in relation to his term at Groton. In that, he became the substitute of Benoni Thompson of East Windsor aforesaid who was drafted.

The declarant did not serve with,or know any continental regiments or officers except Lieut. Allen under whom he served on the guard of Gen. Prescott and who was a Continental officer and of Col. Webb's regiment.

The declarant never received any written discharge. He cannot state names of or refer to persons in his present neighborhood who can testify to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution having been since April last in Oxford, removed to the distance of one hundred and seventy miles from East Windsor aforesaid where only those reside or did reside to whom he could appeal for traditionary evidence. His poverty precludes his producing such in court. For testimony to his character for veracity, the declarant refers to the Hon. Horace Everett, Member of Congress. Also to the annexed certificate and affidavit.

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. 

Noadiah Bissell

Sworn to the day & year above written
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and the said courts do hereby declare their opinion after this investigation of the matter & after puting the interrogatories prescribed by the  war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states-
I Moses Dow Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applicant of Noadiah Bissel for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand an seal of Office this eighteenth day of November Anno Domini 1833-
Moses Dow
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We the undersigned, of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, hereby certify, that Mr. Noadiah Bissell, late of said Windsor; recently removed to Orford, N. H. has been familiarly know by us for a period of about Twenty years. That we have full confidence in his veracity - - and that, trusting to his character for with, and not to any traditionary grounds of evidence, we believe him to be of the age he represents himself to be, and that he served in the Revolutionary War.
Windsor, VT. Nov. 12th 1833
Isaac Green
Nahum Frank
Nathan Coolidge
I, Thomas Emerson, of Windsor, in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont; President of the Bank of Windsor, depose and say that Isaac Green, Nahum Trask, and Nathan Coolidge, who have subscribed; the foregoing certificate, are of the most respectable chaps of the citizens of Windsor, and have been such for a long course of years. that entire reliance may be place upon the truth of any statement made by them, and that, so far as my own limited acquaintance with the said Bissell enables me to judge of his claims to credibility, I readily concur in the opinion above expressed. [illegible]
Thomas Emerson
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State of Vermont Windsor County ss

Windsor Nov. 12th 1833. Then personally appeared Thomas Emerson and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed.

Before me Carlos Coolidge Justice of the Peace
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Nodiah Bissell
New Hamp

Adm F. Moaths V
27 days 

23.33
 2.00
78
26.33
22

52.66
13.16
65.82

Hos H. Everett
Present 

JAMES L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
28th Nov. 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 show 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, b complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Noadiah Bissell
[column headings]
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present and place of above when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported. |

1777 | 2 months | Priv. | Lieut. Allen | 71 years East Windsor Connt. | Traditionary & Living Witnesses
1777 | 2 months | Priv. | Lieut Allen
1777 | 1 month | Priv. | LIeut Allen
1778 | 27 days | [illegible]
1780 | 2 months | ~~ | Cap. Marsh, Col. Belden

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 instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of }ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years
 of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the 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 it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 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 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 bis 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 mouths 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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 [j] 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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State of Connecticut }
Hartford County, }
Ds. East Windsor
On this 8th day of November A.D. 1833, Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor aforesaid now sitting, Sane Stoughton, a resident of said East Windsor aged Seventy Six years, a person of veracity well known to this court, and made Solemn oath that he is well acquainted with Noadiah Bissell formerly of said East Windsor, and now residing in the town of Orford in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, an applicant for a Pension under the Pension Act of June 7th 1832, That he served with him in the revolutionary War in a Company of Militia which was Commanded by Capt Marsh, of East Hartford, in Connecticut, Lieut Tucker was our Lieut. We were attached to
the Regiment of Col. Belden; and Samuel Stoughton of East Windsor was our Major: we marched from East Hartford, thru Bolton, Nebron, and Colchester to New London in Connecticut; we were part of the time employed in working on the fortifications there & in Groton, on the opposite side of the Thames. The present applicant marched with us; remained thru the tour & returned with us: we entered the Service in the Month of September AD 1780, and continued therein for the Period of two months, and were then Honorably dismissed: a general discharge was read at the head of the Company.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Shane Stoughton
Ebenezer Pinney, Clerk of the court of probate for the district of East Windsor do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the sd Court in the applications of Noadiah Bissell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 8th day of November AD 1833. Ebenezer Pinney, Clerk
BISSELL, NOADIAH
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22647 INVALID
REVOLUTION
File No. 22647
[initials] our
Noadiah Bissell
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 37"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page [illegible]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hezekiah Munsell
Affidavit
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} Ss East Windsor
On this 8th day of November AD 1833, Personally appear'd in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in Hartford County, now Sitting, Aaron Bissell a resident of said East Windsor, aged seventy two years, a person of veracity known to this Court & having bee Town Clerk in said Town for Twenty five years; And being duly sworn according to Law, made Solemn Oath, That he is well acquainted with NoahDiah Bissell (not a relative of the Deponent) That he lived in the same neighborhood with him for Thirty nine years. That he is well knowing to the fact that the said Noahdiah Bissell, now an inhabitant of Orford in the State of New Hampshire, an an applicant for a pension under the Penson Act of June 7th AD 1832, Did duty as  private in a company of Guards, stationed in sd East Windsor near the house of Capt. Grant; & (beginning of word masked by drop of ink in splatter) oing in Charge General Prescott a British General then a Prisoner said Guard was under the Command of a Lieut Allen this was in the Summer, & part of the Autum of 1777; I saw the present applicant doing duty in said Company, very often, as it was within half  Mile of my father's house (where I then lived) and as I then was very intimate with him I cannot be mistaken in the fact of his serving in sd Company at that time: but not having been a member of said company, I cannot be positive as to the length of time he served at this period: btu from his character for Integrity & veracity, I cannot doubt but it was for the period he declares it to have been, viz, two months
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Aaron Bissell
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} Ss East Windsor

On this 8th day of November AD 1833
Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor aforesaid now sitting a Court of Record and having by law a Seal and a Clerk.
Hezekiah Munsell a resident of said East Windsor Aged 80 years a person of Veracity and a Pensioner of the United States who being first duly sworn according to Law made Solemn oath. That he is well acquainted with Noadiah Bissell formerly of said East Windsor, now residing in Orford in the state of New Hampshire.
that he served with him in the Revolutionary War, in a Company of Militia which was detatched to go from Farmington in Connecticut to White Plains where the American Army then lay, we were commanded by Captain Churchill; Lieut. Phelps; & Ensign Ebaser Burnham: we took on from said Farmington the artillery taken from Burgoyne & which had been kept at said Farmington; to our army, at sd White Plains, so called; we were employed in said service for the term of twenty seven days: This was in the Month of August AD 1778
And that the said Noadiah Bissell who is now an applicant for a Pension under the Pension Act of June 7th AD 1832, was with us; and performed his duty in said company for the full time aforesaid
Hezekiah Munsell
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} Ss East Windsor

On this 8th day of November AD 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in Hartford County, now sitting, Elijah Blodget, a resident of said East Windsor aged 71 years a Person of Veracity well known to this Court and being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says.
That he is well acquainted with NoahDiah Bissell formerly of said East Windsor and now a resident of Orford in the State of New Hampshire an applicant for a Pension under the Pension Act of June 7th AD 1832.
That he is well knowing to the fact that the said applicant Noadiah Bissell served as a Private in a Company of Guards stationed at Enfield in Connecticut and employed in Guarding General Prescott, a British officer then a Prisoner and kept at the House of Capt Pease, of said Enfield after he was removed from East Windsor where he was kept some time, while the said Guard was kept at Enfield aforesaid. I often saw the said applicant in said Company doing his duty therein, this was in the fall of the year AD 1777, the exact time of his service her I cannot declare I was In the company myself two months all which time he the said applicant was present & did his duly and I left him doing duty in said Company when my period of service expired which was at the end of two months, as stated above und the said Guard was commanded by Lieut Allen.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Elijah Blodgett
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Washington 13 Dec 1835
Sir
I enclose a power of a attorney from the widow of Noadiah Bissell- authorizing me to receive the arrears of Pension . W Omes Bessock was for many years neighbors- and I can have not doubt of the [illegible] of the papers of her claims- I also under her letter, which I [illegible] return
I am respectfully
your obt. servt
H. Everett

J L Edwards Es
Comm: of Pensions
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptrollers Office
February 12th, 1839.

Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled " An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Noadiah Bissell, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June Sept. 1835, tot he 14th August, 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present