Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20520, for Dan Loomis, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

Loomis, Dan
Sarah

NUMBER
W.20520.
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CONTENTS
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3700
Connecticut
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Sarah Loomis
widow of Dan Loomis, dec'd
Conn
who died on the 22nd August 1842
of Hebron in the State of Ct
who was a Private in the Compy. commanded
by Captain Wilson of the Regt. commanded
by Col'o Brown in the Connt
line for 4 1/2 months pri of Inf'y & 3 mos private of Cavalry
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 27 Dollars 50 Cents per annum
to commence on the [lined out- "4th day of March, 1831."] 22nd August 1841
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April
1842 & sent to Abner Hendee
Hebron Connecticut
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1842 $14.75
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 13.75
[total] $28.50

{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3d }

Recorded by D. A. Addison Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1st Page 77
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9690
Connecticut
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Dan Loomis
of Tolland in the State of Connecticut
who was a Dragoon &c in the Comp'y commanded
by Captain Wilson of the Regt commanded
by Col Brown in the Con't --
line for 4 1/2 months Priv.
3 " Drg.
[total] 7 1/2
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Inscribed on the Roll of Cont
at the rate of 27 Dollars 46 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June
1833 and sent to A. Hender
Hebron
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Arrears to the 4th of Ma '21 $54.92
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 21 13.73
[total] $68.65

{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 3, Page 24.
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5566
Sarah Loomis
Con: [Connecticut]
Act 4 July 36
m 74.d 41. [married 1774, died 1841?]
admd [admitted]
15.00 - 4.15 pri [private]
12.50 - 3.- Dragoon
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27.50 $27.50 Pr. annum
Died 22 Aug't '41
Pen: Com: 23 Aug't '41 [pension commenced]
Abner Hendee
Hebron
Con't.
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State of Connecticut
Hebron Probate District } dd.

On this 14th day of March A.D. 1842 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron Sarah Loomis a resident of Coventry in said District aged 87 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the Widow of Dan Loomis who was a private in the Revolutionary Army for which service he was inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Connecticut Agency on the 10th day of June 1833 at the rate of twenty seven Dollars and forty six cents per annum as by his application and the doings thereon now on file in the Pension Office will fully show and to which she refers for proof of her claim.

She further declares that she was married to said Dan Loomis on the 22nd day of Novem'r A.D. 1774 and that her husband the aforesaid Dan Loomis died on the 22nd day of August 1841 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the proof hereunto annexed to which she refers.

Sarah Loomis X her mark
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I Lucius J. Hendee Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Loomis for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand [an]d affixed the seal of the said Court this thirty first day of [M]arch in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty two

Lucius J. Hendee Clerk
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State of Connecticut Tolland County
Coventry Town Clerks Office } ss March 30th 1842

Copy
"Dan Loomis & Sarah Field were married November twenty second Seventeen hundred & seventy four."

I certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fine legible figures as follows "November 22nd 1774"
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Attest Richard H. Rose Town Clerk

I Richard H. Rose above named depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Coventry with the exception above named as certified by me.

Richard H. Rose Clerk of the Town of Coventry

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above written before me, and I certify that Richard H Rose Esq is a person well known to me, is the Town Clerk of the Town of Coventry aforesaid & full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirtieth day of March 1842.

Abner Hendee
Notary Public
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State of Connecticut
Tolland County } ss.

Be it known that on the 14th day of March AD 1842 before the subscriber a Notary Public for the State aforesaid personally appeared Calvin Tracy & Sarah Tracy, who being first duly sworn according to Law did on their oath depose and say that they were well acquainted with Dan Loomis late a pensioner of the United States, while in life & that he died at Coventry on the 22nd day of August 1841, leaving the present applicant Sarah Loomis his widow & that she has remained a widow ever since & further say not.

Calvin Tracy
Sarah L. Tracy

Sworn and subscribed the day & year first above written.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 14th day of March AD 1842 & I certify they are persons of truth & their statement is entitled to credit

Abner Hendee Notary Public
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Admd
4 1/2 mo pri
3 mo. Dragoon

[written upward at left]
Cyrus Mann Clerk.
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State of Connecticut,
TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.

On this Nineteenth day of December A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Dan Loomis a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 74 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 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.

In the year 1776 in the month of August he was drafted to do a tour of duty at New York and was mustered on the first of September at Coventry in a Company of Militia Commanded by William Willson as Captain Joseph Talcott as Lieut & Eliphas Hunt Ensign & marched the same day from Coventry, through Hartford, New Haven to the Sawpits near New York where we joined two other Companies & was placed under the command of General Isreal Putnum [Israel Putnam] & were employed until the first of December when we were discharged. In this Tour I served three months as a private Soldier.

In the Month of December 1776 about the 20th of the Month our Company was again drafted for one & a half months to do a Tour of duty at Providence Rhode Island & marched under the same officers. Capt Willson was taken sick on the road and returned [;] our Company under the command of Lieut Talcott then arrived at Providence where we were employed in keeping guard with the Reg't under the command of Col Brown for one and a half months when we were discharged. I served as a Private
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In 1777 in the early part of the year I joined a Company of Militia then called light Horse, being an independent Company of Militia And in August 1777 our Company was drafted to join the Northern Army under the command of General Gates. Our company mustered at Hartford under the command of Joel Loomis as Captain. The Lieuts name I have forgotten Saul Alvord was Cornet. We marched from Hartford through Albany in New York State, joined the Army in the neighbourhood of Stillwater & was chiefly imployed in keeping a lookout for the enemy untill the 19th of Sept when the battle was fought at Stillwater between the American & Brittish Armies served in that battle recollect seeing the American Spy Arnold exchange a red Coat he had on for a Blue one just as the Battle began & saw many killed & wounded men was present when the Brittish army surrendered on the 16th of October 1777, remained in service untill about the middle of November when we were discharged In this Campaign he served a few days over three months as a Light Horseman or Dragoon
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He further says that his first service in 1776 was three months as a Private His second in 1776 & 7 was one & a half Months a Private His Third in 1777, all three months as a Light Horse Private.

He further declares that he has no documentary evidence has the Deposition of all the witnesses he can find who have survived the service which accompany this his declaration & he has stated the names of all the Officers with whom he served & the circumstances of the service as well as he can recollect them & knows of no further evidence he can procure

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.

He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:

1. Where, and in what year were you born?

He was born in Coventry in Tolland County in the year 1758

2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?

He has no record of his age

3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?

He lived in said Coventry when called into service, has lived there ever since the revolutionary war & lives there now

4. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?

He was drafted for each service

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops where you served such Contimental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?

In his service in 1776 He served with Gen Putnam In 1776 & 1777 at Providence he served with Col Brown & in his Regt. In 1777 in the Northern Army he served with Gen Gates Gen Arnold & others whose names he has forgotten has stated all the circumstances of his service in his declaration that he can recollect
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6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?

Does not recollect he ever had a written discharge if he had he does not know what has become of them or any of them

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?

He is known to the Rev Chauncey Booth of Coventry and to Marvin Curtis of Coventry who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid --

Dan Loomis

We, Chauncey Booth a clergyman residing in the town of Coventry in the County of Tolland, and Marvin Curtis residing in Coventry hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Dan Loomis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 74 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.

Chauncey Booth
Marvin Curtis

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 the Rev. Chauncey Booth who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Coventry and that Marvin Curtis who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Coventry and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Cyrus Mann, clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Dan Loomis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this Nineteenth day of December A. D. 1832.

Cyrus Mann Clerk.

[written vertically in right margin]
21104
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21104
Dan Loomis
Con't
adm'd
Abner Hendee
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183 [digit not filled in]

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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Dan Loomis Con't

[Chart, listed by row, rows numbered and columns indicated by letters]
[1a] Period when the service was rendered.
[1b] Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
[1c] Rank of the claimant.
[1d] Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
[1e] Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
[1f] Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[1g] Country through which he marched.
[1h] Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
[1i] Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[2a] Aug. 1776 draf'd
[2b] 3 [months]
[2c] private
[2d] Cp Wilson
[2g] Hartford N London and N York
[2h] 74 entered Coventry C.t and now lives in same place

[3a] Dec " "
[3b] 1 [month] 15 [days]
[3c] "
[3d] "
[3f] Col Brown

[4a] 1777 joined
[4b] 3 [months]
[4d] trooper
[4e] Cap Loomis
[4f] Battle of Stillwater
[4g] Hartford Albany N York
[4i] a Surviving witness proves his Last tour of 3 m a trooper.
one witness proves the 1st and 2d tours
Certificate of Clergyman and Citizen

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 brand 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 were 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 provion [sic] 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 [sic] 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 solider, 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 knowledges 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 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 who 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 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 who 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 solider, 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 a 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 trans-nit such evidenced 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.
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[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 consequent loss of memory, he cannot sweat 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 tot he 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 expression are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &e 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 tern 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 she et 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 end of which must pass un der 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.

[Pointing hand] 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 seat to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

February 20, 1926.

Mrs. R. H. Montgomery
29 Coit St.
Norwich, Conn.

Madam:

I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 20520, it appears that Dan [underlined] Loomis was born in 1758, at Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut and while living there, he enlisted in August 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain William Willson's Connecticut Company. He enlisted December 20, 1776 and served one and a half months in Captain William Willson's Company, Colonel Brown's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in August 1777, served three months as a dragoon in Captain Joel Loomis' Connecticut Company and was at the first battle of Stillwater. He enlisted in 1778 and served three months as a teamster under Captain Israel Skinner.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while living at Coventry, Connecticut, where he died August 22, 1841.
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He married at Coventry, Connecticut, November 22, 1774, Sarah Field and she was allowed pension on her application executed March 14, 1842, while a resident of Coventry, Connecticut, aged eighty-seven years. It is not stated whether they had children.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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Dan Loomis
No. 3503
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State of Connecticut Tolland County
Hebron Probate District } ss

On this 14th Day of August personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee Esq Judge of Court of Probate for s'd District now sitting Dan Loomis a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged 74 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 benefit of [sic] the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated

In the year 1776 about the last of August I was drafted for a tour of duty of three months at New York and its vicinity. I belonged to Capt William Willsons Company Joseph Talcott was our Lieut & Eliphas Hunt Ensign, our company marched from Coventry through Hartford New Haven & Stamford to the Sawpits where we joined two other Companys but was not in our Regt, & was employed in watching the enemy & was under the command of Gen Putnam -- at the end of three months was honourably but verbally discharged

In December the same year & thirteen days after my return to Coventry I was drafted to do a tour of duty for one and a half months at Providence R Island and left home under the same Capt William Willson and the other officers Capt Willson was taken sick on the road & returned home The company was then under Lieut Joseph Talcott we marched to Providence
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Providence & were placed in a Regt Commanded by Col Brown & preformed [performed] the duty of watching the enemy & keeping Guard and worked on a breastwork a little out of Town.

In January 1777 I joined an independent Company of Militia called Light Horse or dragoons, and in August following I was drafted to do a tour of three months duty in the Northern Army Commanded by Gen Gates & was placed in a company commanded by Joel Loomis our Cornet was Saul Alvord of Bolton we marched from Hartford through Albany and Stillwater and joined the army at Saratoga was in the Battle at Saratoga was with Gen Arnold when the Battle was coming saw Gen Arnold exchange a Red Coat he had on for a Blue one we had a hard fought Battle & many were killed was present [?] when Gen Burgoyne Surrendered his army & saw them march out we were detained by the officers a short time after our three months were out & then discharged by an officer but have now no written discharge
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In the year 1778 I inlisted into a company under the command of Capt Isreal [?] Skinner as a Teamster for three months I found my own team I served at Danbury in this state & in the state of New Jersey and was employed in moving the continental Stores & when the three months had expired was verbally discharged in Coventry he has born in the year 1758 & resided in the town of Coventry when entered the service & has resided there ever since & he has no discharge or documentary evidence but is known to Ephraim Harshaw who was with him in the service & can testify for him 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

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Dan Loomis

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

Abner Hendee Judge

I Cyrus Mann Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th Day of August 1832

Cyrus Mann Clerk
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I Ebenezer Sweetland of Coventry Tolland County aged 79 years do testify & say that In August 1777 I enlisted into a company of State Troops for three months commanded by Capt John Skinner & about the last of August marched from Hartford through Albany & joined our Regt. at Saratoga under the command of Col. Lattimer & Joel Jones of Hebron was Lieut Col. The whole army was under the command of Gen'l Gates & was employed in various duties & on the 19th day of Sept. was stationed on Beebes' Heights [Bemis Heights] & fought the enemy for two hours saw many killed & wounded was present on the 16th day of October 1777 when Gen. Burgoyne's Army marched out and surrendered & says he was discharged in Nov'r having served three months as a private and I well remember that Dan Loomis of Coventry Tolland County was a light horseman in s'd Northern Army and belonged to an independent Company of Light Horse commanded by Joel Loomis as Capt & Saul Alvord as Cornet and that he served in s'd tour for the whole term of three months & was discharged at the same time with him

[signed] Eben L Swetland

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
Hebron Probate District }

Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hendee Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for s'd District now sitting Ebenezer L. Sweetland signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & this court certifies that the s'd Ebenezer L. Sweetland is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th Day of Dec'r 1832 Cyrus Mann
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I Ephraim Andrews of Coventry Tolland County Connecticut aged 73 years aged seventy three years do testify & say

That in the year 1776 the last of August I was drafted to do a tour of duty of three months at New York and its vicinity my Capt was William Willson Joseph Talcott Lieut. & Eliphas Hunt Ensign we were marched from Coventry through Hartford New Haven + Stamford to the Sawpits & there joined our Regt.

And was employed in watching the movements of the enemy there remained untill the term of three months had expired when I was discharged and that I well remmember Dan Loomis was a private in the same company and performed the same duty with me the whole term of three months & that we were both discharged at the same time.

And the Deponent further says that in a very few days after I returned home I was drafted to do a tour of duty of one & a half months at Providence R. I. & started under Capt. William Willson who was taken sick on the road & returned home that the Company was then marched under the command of Lieut Joseph Talcott to Providence and that he there did duty regularly untill the term of one & a half months had expired when he was discharged & he well remembers that Dan Loomis aforesaid was also a private in s'd Company with him & performed the same tour of duty with him the whole term of s'd one & half months & was discharged at the same time

And further the Deponent saith not

[signed] Ephraim Andrews
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Sworn

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
Hebron Probate District Dec 19th 1832 --

Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hendee Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for said District Ephraim Andrews Signer of the within Deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth and this Court certifies that the s'd Andrews is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19th Day of December 1832

Cyrus Mann Clerk
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Pension Dept. at Washington, D.C.

Dear sirs;--

Please give me pension record of Daniel Loomis, born in Coventry, Connecticut, Jan. 22, 1758, died Aug. 22, 1841, according to the records found in "Conn. Men of the Revolution" Page 665 at State Library Hartford, Conn. He applied for a pension in 1840 at the age of 82 yes.

Record of Pension service file No. W. 20520. Dragoon in service of Continental Army. Please verify this as he was my great-great grandfather and I wish to join the Daughters of American Revolution. I have all the necessary data.

Yours, Grace E. Montgomery
(Mrs. R. H.)

[written downward in left margin]
29 Coit St. Norwich, Conn.
Jan.
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Hebron (C't) Dec 22d 1832

Sir

Herewith I hand you the Applications of John Ayres, Dan Loomis & Solomon Judd for pension for Revolutionary Services. Should their application be granted you will please forward me the Certificates if their papers be wrong you will please return them for correction.

I am Your Ob't
Sert Abner Hendee

Hon Lewis Cass
Sec'y at War -
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Dan Loomis - lon: $27.46/100. Act 7 - June - last pd?
GWC
5. Ap'l '42
Died 22d August 1841 paid to that period
IH
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Dan Loomis
Wednesday Dec 19th at
Butlers in Anders 39 Add
if Ruiny 1st pen Day
5. 6. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17
A Hendee
Forwarded Dec'r 24th 1832
with John Ayres
P97.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Dan Loomis which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [sic] of pension he is entitled?
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
No

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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2

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No

XIV. [dagger] If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
The statements are neither sworn to nor certified

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
No

XVI. [double dagger] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
4 & subsequent
---
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- year --- months and --- days, I served as a ---. For --- months and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 [4 words in italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

[dagger] QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.

[double dagger] QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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[Round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE H MAR 26 1895

Commissioner of
Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Wanted. Record of
Service of Daniel Loomis
of Tolland County, Conn
who was placed on the
pension roll under act
of 1832. Information
is wanted for
genealogical purposes.

Very Respectfully
Mrs. F. W. Whiton
Manchester
Conn

March. 19. 1895.
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The Pension Department
Washington D.C.

Will you please send me
the Statement of the service
of Daniel Loomis who was
born in Coventry & died in
Coventry. He was 82 yrs.
old in 1841 according to
Men of the Revolution.

Miss Mary D. Loomis
1793 Leariem Ave.
Bridgeport
Ct.
Aug. 25th 1905

[Round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE A AUG 28 1905
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[Round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE D DEC 17 1913

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,

I am looking for an ancestor with no family records, or data except my great grandmother was "Anna Loomis" and she married one Walter Sessions whose Son Daniel Loomis Session was my grandfather. Therefore am asking for all or any data your office can give of Daniel Loomis of Connecticut served as a dragoon and was placed on the Pension roll of Tolland County 1832. And in 1840 was still drawing a pension, his wife Sarah Field.

Vol. 21.

Daniel Loomis - (1858-1841) Enlisted under Capt William Wilson and in 1777 served in the Light horse under Capt Joel Loomis in the Burgoyne Campaign. He received a pension 1831 for service of a dragoon Connecticut
Continental Line born and died in Coventry Conn. Wifes name Sarah Field

Vol. 22.

This data all found D.A.R. Lineage Books Vols -21-22. This may not be the man I am after, but similarity of names looks as
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if I was on right line.

Respectfully
Mrs W. A. Dixon
Alexandria Bay
N. Y.
Walton Terrace"
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[cut-off portion on left side has been transposed to the right where it belongs]

[center page]
Revy 20-520
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20.520
Sarah Loomis
Wid. of
Daniel Loomis
Priv. Rev. War
Index: -- Vol.
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 443
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
Apr. 17/95 Mil. Hist. to Mrs. F.
H. Whiton Manchester, Conn,
---
Mrs. R. M. Rose
Atlanta Ga
---
1905 Sept 28. Military and family
history to M. D. Loomis M.B.H
1913. Dec. 19. hist to Mrs W. A Dixon
M.B.H
---
1926 Feb. 20. Hist to Mrs. R. H
Montgomery,
---
1938. May 4. hist to
Chas. R. Hale. W.C.S.
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"THE OLD RELIABLE."
ESTABLISHED 1867.
R. M. ROSE, PRESIDENT.
RANDOLPH ROSE, SEC'Y & TREAS.

R. M. ROSE COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
DISTILLERS,
WHOLESALE WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANTS
12 MARIETTA STREET.
P. O. BOX 304.

PROPRIETORS
MOUNTAIN SPRING DISTILLERY.
GILMORE, GEORGIA.

ATLANTA, GA. Oct 14 1902
Department, Interior, Bureau Pensions

Please kindly provide [?] me with information of Ancestors of Wm Rose & Irene Loomis & Descendants of Daniel Loomis. the last named was a pensioner in 1840 of Revolutionary War. was Irene Loomis his daughter they were all from Coventry Connecticut

Also kindly furnish me with names of Flemings & O Dudley. also O Dickens that were in any way connected with same war

O David Fleming (my great
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"THE OLD RELIABLE."
ESTABLISHED 1867.
R. M. ROSE, PRESIDENT.
RANDOLPH ROSE, SEC'Y & TREAS.

R. M. ROSE COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
DISTILLERS,
WHOLESALE WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANTS
12 MARIETTA STREET.
P. O. BOX 304.

PROPRIETORS
MOUNTAIN SPRING DISTILLERY.
GILMORE, GEORGIA.

ATLANTA, GA. ___ 190_

Grand-father was from Pitt or Halifax County N. Carolina any information of either names would be thankfully received and cheerfully paid for.

also Descendants of Gen Joseph Dudley of North Carolina

Respect
Mrs R. M. Rose
481 Peachtree st
Atlanta
Ga.
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M.C.S.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
May 4, 1928.

Charles R. Hale,
33 Capitol Avenue,
Hartford, Connecticut.

Sir:

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 20520, it appears that Dan Loomis was born in 1758, at Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut.

While living at Coventry he enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops as follows:

From August, 1776, three months as a private in Captain William Willson's Company.

From December 20, 1776, one and one half months as a private in Captain William Willson's Company in Colonel Brown's Regiment.

From August, 1777, three months as a dragoon in Captain Joel Loomis' Company and was at the first battle of Stillwater.

In 1778, three months as a teamster under Captain Israel Skinner.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while living at Coventry, Connecticut.

He died there August 22, 1841.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN
33 CAPITOL AVENUE
HARTFORD CONN.

Rev. + 1812 Wars

[Oval stamp]
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK BUREAU OF PENSIONS APR 13 1929 H

April 11-1928

Chief Clerk
Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send Revolutionary War Record of Jabez Avery on Pension Roll of 1840 from Connecticut
also of Dan Loomis ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
" " Elijah Wright ~ ~ 1832 ~

We wish to get headstone for these Veterans:

Yours very Truly
Chas. R. Hale

[arrow to "Jabez Avery"]
See letter in negative
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ___, 19__

In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Dan [underlined] Loomis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 20520

[Table with 6 columns:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
  CAPTAIN.
  COLONEL.
STATE.

Aug 1776 | 3 mos. | Pvt | William Willson | | Conn
Dec 1776 | 1 1/2 mos. | " | " " | Brown | "
Aug 1777 | 3 Mos. | Dragoon | Joel Loomis | "
1778 | 3 mos. | Teamster | Israel Skinner | | "

Battles engaged in, [crossed out: "Saratoga 19"] Stillwater 1"

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Coventry, Tolland Co. Conn

Date of application for pension, Aug. 14. 1832. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, Coventry, Conn.

Age at date of application, 74 years. born in 1758 in Coventry, Conn where he died Aug 2 1841.

Remarks: he married Nov. 22 1774 at Coventry Con Sarah Field and she was allowed pension on an Ap. Ex. [application executed] Mch 14. 1842 while a resident of Coventry Conn aged 87 years

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

[Calculations: 1842 - 87 = [17]55; 1774 - 1758 = 16]