Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,686, Roswell Clark, Conn.
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Conn.    Clark, Roswell    W. 6686
                       Dolly       B.L.Wt. 8167-160-55
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Connecticut  9669
Roswell Clark
of Hebron in the State of Connt
who was a drummer in the comp commanded
by Captain Carpenter of the Regt commanded
by Col. Hosford in the State Troops
line for 9 mos drummer.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 33 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June
1833 and delivered Judge Hendee, Present

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833    66.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  16.50
                                                       -----------
                                                      $82.50

[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832]

Recorded by F F Franciosi Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 3d  Page 8
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2556
Connecticut
Dolly Clark
widow of Roswell Clark Conn
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Drummer

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
33 Dollars ----
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the
20th day of Oct. 1853
and sent to S. M. Knight
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3 1853, Page 58  Vol. a


Reg 3d mo 55-54651
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54.651
Apr 11/55
Act 55
Dolly Clark wid
Roswell Clark
A: mil, Drummer
Pensioner
Rev War
Boynton
Conn Feby 53- no 2556
ad: 160 acres Oct 11 1855
Boynton

L. J. Hendee Sept 21/55
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies, that the Rev. Alpheus Geer who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hebron and that John Graves Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Hebron and is a credible 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 Roswell Clark for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 6th day of April AD 1833.
Cyrus Mann Clerk



Roswell Clark
24157

admd
9 mo drummer
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State of Connecticut
TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT

On this sixth day of April AD 1833, personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee Esq, Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Roswell Clark a resident of Hebron in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 70 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, ad served as herein stated.
In 1776 in the last part of August the Militia of Connecticut being ordered to New York to oppose the Brittish, I volunteered as a Drummer and joined a company of Militia commanded by Capt Ephraim Carpenter, Daniel Clerk was Lieut and Israel Williams was Ensign, the Regt was commanded by Col Chadwick Horsford of Hebron and numbered the 12th Regt Connecticut Militia. I was then about fourteen years of age. We left Lebanon where the company belonged on or about the first of September 1776 & marched through East Haddum, New Haven, to the vicinity of New York & joined the army and was placed under the command of Genl Putnam & was employed in scouting parties and watching the enemy untill the 1st of December 1776 when we were discharged having served three months as a drummer in this campaign. In August 1779 I again volunteered as a Drummer in a company commanded by Capt Edgerton Leiut Bull of Marlborough for a tour of three months and marched to New London & was placed under the command of
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of Col Ledyard (the same person who was afterwards killed in Fort Griswold) and was stationed in Groton in said Fort and in New London & employed in guarding the Fort and Harbour untill the three months had expired when we were discharged having served three months as a Drummer.

In 1781 soon after New London was burnt according to my best recollection about the 10th day of September I again volunteered as a Drummer for a tour of three months at New London & joined a company commanded by Capt Lathum and marched to New London & joined Col Gallops Regt & were employed in Groton repairing the Fort & in various duties when we were discharged in this Tour I served three months as a Drummer.
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He further states that he has no documentary evidence or any written discharge. He furnishes the deposition of Capt Ephraim Carpenter who is now ninety one years of age with whom he served in his first campaign and also of his brother William Clark.
He has no evidence of his two last campaigns nor can he find any one living who served with him in either of them.

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 what year were you born?
I was born in Lebanon in the county of Windham on the sixth day of October 1762
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
I have no record of my age
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
I lived in Lebanon in said Windham County when called into service, have lived in various places since but now live in Hebron in Tolland County where I have lived for twenty years last part
4. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
I volunteered in each of the three terms of service
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
I have stated in my declaration all the circumstances of the service and the names of all the Officer with whom I served that I can not remember
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6. Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
I never had a written discharge
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?
I am known to the Rev Alpheus Geer of Hebron an clergyman of said town & to John Graves Esq of said Hebron who can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid-
Roswell Clark

We Alpheus Geer a clergyman residing in the town of Hebron in the County of Tolland, and John Graves residing in sd Hebron hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Roswell Clarke who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he 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.
Alpheus Geer
John Graves

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. Alpheus Geer who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hebron and that John Graves Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident of the town of Hebron and is a credible 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 Roswell Clark for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 6th day of April A.D. 1833.

Cyrus Mann Clerk


Roswell Clark
24157


admd
9 mos Drummer
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Be it known that I Lydia Gillett of the town & county of New London & State of Connecticut being duly cautioned examined & sworn do depose and say that I am personally acquainted with Roswell Clark of Hebron Connecticut, and Dorothy Skinner of the aforesaid Hebron and known from personal knowledge that they were married in the month of May AD 1806 and lived together as husband & wife until the month of March AD 1835 when the said Roswell Clark died at said Hebron where he was married and had lived since which time the said Dorothy Clark has resided and still does reside at Hebron single and unmarried and in the widow of said Roswell Clark and further the deponent says not. Dated at New London this 21st day of July 1853.
Lydia Gillett

New London County ss. New London this 21st day of July 1853
Personally appeared Lydia Gillett a person known to me to be of sound mind
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and deposing mind and memory and of truth and veracity signer of the foregoing deposition after being duly cautioned examined & sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the matters therein contained before me.
Aaron E Stone
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
County of New London ss.
I certify that Aaron E Stone Esquire, before whom the accompanying acknowledgement was made, was, at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for the said county, duly authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgements, & that his signature thereto is genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of the county court of the said State for the said county this 21st day of July AD 1853.
Wm L Brewer
assistant clerk of the said court
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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland} ss. On this third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before the subscriber a Judge of the County Court for said County held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of record, personally appeared Mrs. Dolly Clark widow who is to me known as a resident of the town of Hebron in the county of Tolland aforesaid and State of Connecticut, aged seventy five 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, approved 3d February AD 1853, viz: That she is widow of the Roswell Clark deceased, who was a Drummer in the Connecticut Continental line and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of ($33) thirty three dollars per annum.

She further declare that was married to the said Roswell Clark on the 18th day of July in the year eighteen hundred and seven as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid Roswell Clark died in the 20th day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Dolly Clark

Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent, or otherwise.
Ralph Gilbert Judge County Court

I do hereby constitute and appoint D. M. knight of Washington DC my true & lawful attorney for the purpose of prosecuting this my application for a pension, to attend to the service while pending and receive the certificate when raised and to do all things necessary and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this 3d day of August AD 1853.
Dolly Clark
Witness Ralph Gilbert

State of Connecticut
County of Tolland} It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of the County Court for Tolland County a Court of Record held in and for the said county that Roswell Clark, late husband of Dolly Clark, who has sworn to the above Declaration, died on the 20th day of April eighteen hundred and thirty five and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Dolly Clark, aforesaid, who is yet a widow, and one only child Hannah D Bushnell.
Witness my hand this 3d day of August AD 1853.
Ralph Gilbert Judge &c

State of Connecticut
County of Tolland} ss. I do hereby certify that Honl. Ralph Gilbert whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the County Court for the County of Tolland held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 23d day of August AD 1853.
Joseph Bishop  Clerk
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State of Connecticut, Tolland County
Hebron 1st Ecclesiastical  Society} ss. July 18th AD 1853 (copy)
"Marriages- July one thousand eight hundred and seven- Randal Clark- Hebron to Dolly Skinner Hebron" I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows "July 1807."
Attest, William M. Burchard Pastor of the 1st Congregational Church & Society in Hebron

I, William M. Burchard above named depose and say that I am Pastor of the 1st Congregational Church and Society in said Hebron in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the church record of said Church and Society with the exception above named as certified by me.
William M. Burchard, Pastor of the 1st Congregational Church and Society of Hebron

State of Connecticut, Tolland County, ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public within and for said State and County Rev William M. Burchard who has subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I certify that the deponent is a person well known to me that he is the Pastor of the 1st Congregational Church and Society, and as such has the charge and charge of the running of said Church, in Hebron in said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 18th day of July AD 1853.
Lucius J Hendee Notary Public
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State of Connecticut, Tolland County, ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public within and for said State and County Rev William M Burchard who has subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I certify that the deponent is a person well known to me that he is the Pastor of the 1st Congregational Church and Society, and as such has the charge and charge of the running of said Church, in Hebron in said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 18th day of July AD 1853.
Lucius J Hendee Notary Public

Pension Office
Washington, DC
I do hereby certify that Lucius J Hendee who signed & sealed the above certificate was, on the 18th day of July AD 1853, a Notary Public for the State of Connecticut, duly commissioned, and qualified, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
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54.651
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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland} ss.
On this seventh day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Dolly Clark aged seventy six years, a resident of Hebron in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Roswell Clark, deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the united States for services rendered as a Drummer in the Revolutionary Army. She further declared that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty three dollars per annum.
She further states that she was married to the said Roswell Clark on the 18th day of July Anno Domini 1807. She further states that her said husband died at Hebron aforesaid on the 20th day of April Anno Domini 1835 and that she is now a widow.
For proof of the facts herein set forth she refers to the application of her said husband for a pension and to her own both of which are now on file in the Pension Office.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which
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she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855. She further declares that shehas not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor.
The name and alterations were made before signing.
Polly Clark

We, David A Conant and Gordon W. Stewart residents of Hebron in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Dolly Clark in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
David A Conant
Gordon W Stewart

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Witness my hand seal of office
Lucius J Hendee Notary Public
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I William Clark of Whitingham in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont aged eighty years testify and say that in the year 1776 I resided in Lebanon in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut and that Roswell Clark my youngest brother then being a lad of about fourteen years of age resided with me and was laboring in my service during that service, there was a call for volunteer militia and the said Roswell being a drummer in Capt Ehraim Carpenter's company he the said Roswell volunteered as did the greatest part of said company he went in the capacity of drummer the said Rowell went with the rest of said volunteers to New York, it was immediately after the British evacuated Boston which this deponent believes was in August or September of that year his time of service was three months.
William Clark

Sworn to and subscribed this 19th day of February 1833 before me
John Roberts an Judge of Windham Court

I certify from persona knowledge that William Clark who has subscribed and made oath to the foregoing deposition is a credible witness and for any thing that appears disinterested in the matter of his testimony and entitled to credit.
John Roberts Judge aforesaid
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerks Office
New Fane, February 21, 1833
I certify that John Roberts Esquire is one of the Judges of Windham County Court aforesaid, and that the within are his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot Clerk
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admd
9 mo. Drummer


Abner Hendee agt
Hebron Ct
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War Department
Pension Office
                     183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show 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, showing the Service of Roswell Clark of Hebron Connecticut

Period when the service was rendered: Vol 1776
Duration of the claimant's service: 3 months
Rank of claimant: Drummer
Names and rank of the Field officer under whom he served: Colo Obadiah Horsford, Genl Putnam
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: Lebanon Connecticut aged 70
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary & living witness

Period when the service was rendered: Vol 1777
Duration of the claimant's service: 3 months
Rank of claimant: "
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Colo Ledyard

Period when the service was rendered: Vol 1781
Duration of the claimant's service: 3 months
Rank of the claimant: "
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Colo Gallup

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 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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record in 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
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 first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made the act of Congress, passed June 7, 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 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.
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 the 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 made 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 days 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. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the    
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, of 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 witnesses 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 live 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?
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 service.
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was 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 in 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 claim 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 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 service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some person who apply for a pension 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 ever case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term if 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 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 [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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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

September 13, 1826

Mrs. R. C. Cummings
33 William St.
Cortland, New York

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension W. 6886 it appears that Roswell Clark was born October 6, 1762 in Lebanon, Windham County, Connecticut.
While living in Lebanon, Connecticut with his mother (her name and that of his father, then deceased, not stated) he volunteered and served as a drummer in the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From about September 1, 1776, three months in Captain Ephraim Carpenter's Company, Colonel Obadiah Horsford's Regiment (plate report gives Hosford- Heilman, Hoseford- Conn. Book same as spelled otherwise in claim so I used it); from August 1779, three months in Captain Edgerton's Company, Colonel Ledyard's Regiment, and from September 10, 1781, three months in Captain Latham's Company, Colonel Gallup's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1833 while a resident of Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut. He died April 20, 1835 in Hebron, Connecticut.
Soldier married July 18, 1807 in Hebron, Connecticut,
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Dolly Skinner of said Hebron. Her given name also appears as Dorothy (this for benefit of this enquirer). She was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1853 while a resident of Hebron, Connecticut aged seventy-five years.
Soldier was survived by only one child, Hannah D. Bushnell.
In order to make a proper search of the War of 1812 for any particular soldier names John Helmer (there was one rej claim so I thought best to get more info), as much as possible of the following data is essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and given name of widow.

Respectfully,

WINIFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Pension Office
Oct 14/53
Sir
Please report time of last payment to, or death of, within named pensioner.
Respectfully &c
F Burt Esq 3aud Present
S. Coe for Connt
Roswell Clark, act 1832 $33.00 per an- died 20th April 1835- paid to his death.

F. Burt
Auditor
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[unk] Connecticut
Oct 5th 1853
Sir,
Herewith I hand you the certificate of the Comptroller, to support the claim of Dolly Clark for Bounty Land, which I trust will be satisfactory.

Respectfully yours
Lucius J Hendee


Hon J Minot
Comr of Pensions
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 6686
Dolly Clark
widow
Roswell Clark
Mus Rev War

Act: Feby 3d/53
Index:- Vol. A,  Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870]


1926 Sept 13 Hist to Mrs. R. C. Cummings MMHF
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33 William St.
Cortland, NY
July 14. 1826
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
War of 1812

Please send copy of services of Roswell Clark of Colchester or Hebron Connecticut. His widow Dorothy Clark was a pensioner.
Also please send copy of services of John Helmer whom we are
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sure served in War of 1812. He lived at Tribes Hill what was then Tryon County New York State.
Thanking you in advance.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. R. C. Cummings
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Pen act 53, A:
Boynton
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Oct 9  Connecticut
54651
Dolly Clark
wid 
Roswell
Conn 53-2556

FREE

Hon. J. Minot
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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No. 54651
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855
received Apr. 11 1855

Roswell Clark
Rev. War


Warrant 8/67-160-55

L. J. Hendee
Hebron
Ct.
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8167


Rev war
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Hebron Ct. APril 6th 1833

Hon L Cass

Sir
Herewith I hand you the application of Roswell Clark for a pension. If granted you will please send me the certificate if not please to return me the papers for correction.

Your obt servt
Abner Hendee
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Hebron Connecticut
January 17th 1833

Hon. Lewis Cass

Sir
Enclosed I hand you the application of Amos Cogswell for a pension for his services in the war of the Revolution should his application be granted please to forward the certificate to me should it be infirmed please return the papers to me for correction.

Respectfully your obt servant
Abner Hendee
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Washington
September 3, 1833

Honl. L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions

Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration of Dolly Clark, widow of Roswell decd for the benefit of the 2d section of the act of 3d February 1853, together with certificate of public record of marriage & affidavit as to identity.

Very respectfully your obt servt
S. M. Knight
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Brief in the case of Dolly Clark widow of Roswell Clark
Tolland County and State of Connecticut
act of Feb 3 1853

Claim, ("original" or "for increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary , or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Connecticut State troops 9 mos. and pension under act of June 7, 1832 at $33 per annum paid to his death Apr. 20, 1835

Allowed $33 per annum
Conn. Feb. 3 1833

(if for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by church record
Death " by auditor's report
Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses

Examing Clerk
J L Gray

Name and residence of Agent
S. M. Knight Esq
Present
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford Oct. 3d 1855

I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Roswell Clark as a drummer un the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this Office, and find the name of Roswell Clark in a Roll under the following heading, viz.
"A List of Capt. Ephraim Carpenter's company in Col. Hosford's regiment, who marched by [unk] to East Chester, Feb last, 1776."
The term of service is not stated on this Roll. The name of John Kellogg appears on the roll and opposite sd name is entered "deserted Oct. 18th." From other entries on the Rolls of the Regiment, it appears that the service continued as late as the 10th of November said Clerk is entered on the Roll as a drummer.

Alex Merrell Comptroller
by Geo. Robinson Clerk
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I Ephraim Carpenter of Charlestown in the county of Sullivan , state of New Hampshire, in the ninety sixth year of his age, depose & say that in year 1769 I lived in Lebanon in Connecticut, & them & there commanded a company of Militia, commissioned so to do by Governor Trumble, soon after the Brittish lest Bostten in the month of March in that year Information was received that they had go to New York, orders came to me from his Excellency through Col Hosford that I must collect a portion of my company & proceed to New York by the war of Hew Haven & defend the frontiers on the north side of East river when we arrived at New Haven we were ordered to stop & get provisions & amunition, we were then a day or two & were ordered to march for New York, we did so, when we came  nigh the city, we were ordered to stop, to prevent the Brittish going into the country we were stationed in vicinity of the city untill late in the fall. I think the last of November & were dismissed & sent home. I well remember that Roswell Clark who is now present & in ful life, was a drummer in my company, the latter part of the time, should say three months or more. I further depose and say that the said Roswell lived with his mother a nigh neighbor to me in Lebanon, his father having deceased before that time, & afterwards should say in 1779 the said Roswell inlisted as a volunteer & went to New London & Groton, also when New London was burned, he was absent how long at each time, I can not say but have often heard him say that he served three months at each of those [unk] times, but have no personal knowledge of these services- but verily believe he did serve as he has stated to me as above.
Eph Carpenter

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss.} March 13th 1833
Personally appeared Ephraim Carpenter Esquire the above deponent & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
Before me Frederick A Sumner Jus. Peace
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I hereby certify that Ephraim Carpenter Esquire the within deponent is an inhabitant of Charleston and has been for more than forty years had during which time I has sustained the reputation of a man of truth & veracity.
Frederick A Sumner Justice of the Peace

Cheshire ss. March 15, 1833

I Salma Hale, clerk of the Superior Court of Judication for said county certify that Frederick A Sumner is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Sullivan, late a part of the county of Cheshire , & I believe the two foregoing official signatures to be in his own hand writing, In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Supreme Court of Judication.
S. Hale Clerk