Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9050, Levi Arnold, Conn Privateer
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SERVICE
Conn.
Privateer.

Arnold, Levi
Harris, Fanny P.
(Former widow)

NUMBER
W. 9050
B.L. Wt. 67536-160-55
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32.954
New York, Albany
Levi Arnold decd
of Essex in the State of N. Y.
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded
by Col [blank] in the Revolution
6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. &c Audg[?]
15 October 1838 
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of
Dec
1851 and sent to
Hon G. R. Andrews
Present
Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending  [blank]
(Revolutionary Claim)
(Act June 7, 1832.)
H R Weightman Clerk,
Book E.2 Vol. 4, Page 2

D. Trumball July 15, 1857
[barely legible] Bruitz Saw Cld;
To Fanny P. Harris
vol: vis:
No. appl. 176.700
June 17/57
adho 67536 - 160 acres
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Levi Arnold
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State of New York
County of Essex ss.
Levi Arnold of the Town of 
Jay County of Essex and
State of New York 
being duly sworn deposeth and
Saith that the within declaration as it now
appears contains the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth and that he served during the
term of his first engagement six months and
that he cannot procure proof to show his service
in Col Smits Regiment and further saith not
Levi Arnold
Subscribed and sworn
this 29th day of June 1833
Alexander Morse Justice Peace

I do hereby certify that the words "as a Private" was
interlined in the foregoing declaration before the Execution
of the same before me and the words "and that he
was employed in no civil pursuit during his term of service
mentioned in his declartion," also was inserted before the
Execution of the same Dated June 27. 1833
Alexander Morse Justice Peace

State of New York
County of Essex ss.
I, Percival Morse, Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex
and acting Clerk thereof hereby certify that Alexander Morse before
whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn and by
whom the above certificate of interlineations purports to have
been given was on the day of the date of such affidavit &
certificate respectively a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Essex, and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of
the said Justice and verily believe the erasure of Alexander Morse subscribed to
the certificate of proff or grant of said affidavit and the certificate of 
interlineation &c respectively is the proper hand writing of said Justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and the seal of said County this 28th
day of June, 1833. P. Morse, Dep. Clerk
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State of New York 
County of Essex
On this 3rd day of October 1832
Personally appeared in Open Court before
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now
sitting Levi Arnold a resident of the Town of
Jay County of Essex and State of New York aged Seventy
One 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under 
the following named Officers and served as herein stated
That he entered the service of the United States by enlisting 
as a Private with what was then called the States Service
at the Town of Haddam County of Harford and State of
Connecticut in the Spring of the year 1776 and 
enlisted for the space of Six months into the Company
Commanded by James Smith of the Town County and
State aforesaid Lieutenant Smith Ensign Gates of East
Haddam County and State aforesaid Colonel John Ely of
Saybrook [inserted: Pauchaug] commanded the Regiment to which his
Company was attached says he done duty for five
months and three weeks and then was taken sick
[marginal note: 6 mot]
and returned home after the expiration of six months &
says the Company to which he belonged marched away
to Saybrook and from there to New London State of Connecticut 
and was employed drilling and stayed there
about [illegible] days and there went to Seybrook Pouchaug in
the State of Connecticut and was kept a guard there
until the month of September and went from there to New London
and from there to Rhode Island to a place called
little Compton where the American Army lay stages
and manouvred there about Three Weeks and 
returned back to New London and there had orders
to march from there to Norwalk in Connecticut and
stayed at Norwalk about a week and there
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he went home to Haddam aforesaid after he got
well he being left sick by his comrades at Gilford
and after he had been in the said Company
Six months the term for which he enlisted dont
remember the Major of the Regiment but the Lieutenant
Colnels name was Arnold of the Town Treham County
of Harford State of Connecticut says General Spencer
was the commanding Officer in the vicinity of Rhode
Island and that it was said there was about Eight
Thousand men present and that he understood at
the time that the intention of this body of men being
collected together was for the purpose of storming a
fort. was not in any engagement during his
term of service says he marched through the
following places to wit Saybrook New London
and from there to Seybrook and from there to New
London and from there to Providence and from there
to a place called Little Compton and that in
the fall he returned to his home as aforesaid.
says in the spring or fore part of the summer 
of 1778 he enlisted for six months in the Continental
Service in Captain Baldwins Company says Colnel
Swift Commanded the Regiment says he enlisted at
Haddam under a recruiting officer and first joined
his Company at Nelsons Point in the State of New York
that he was employed drilling in the said Company a few days
and then was employed with the Forage Master and
did not do [crossed out: much] duty in the ranks after the few
days first mentioned through the whole campaign
which lasted Six months from the time he was
Enrolled in the said Company says the Troops went
from Nelsons Point to Kings Ferry in the State of
New York after being there about a week or ten days
says General Washington Commanded in person
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having frequently seen him on Parade while
at Kings Ferry particularly on Review days says
they mooved about the Country in to the Jerseys
and says he was at Tapon Bay or Orangetown
at that time Major Andre was taken with his
Regiment and that he was present at the
execution of Major Andre at [crossed out: Tapon Bay or] Orangetown 
aforesaid says they stayed there at (Orangetown 
or Tapon Bay) some little time and then returned
to Kings Ferry crossed the River and went
to the Highlands for the purpose of going into Winter
Quarters somewhere between Peekskill and Fishkill in
the North River says that he was in no engagement 
in this Tour of Service says he stayed
with his Company a few days at the Highlands and
that Colnel Swift told them (a few days before his time
was out say two or three days), if he would go and get
out timber with him one day he would give him his
discharge at night that he did so and that Colnel
Swift made out and delivered to him a discharge
from the service and that he then returned home to
Haddam Harford County and State of Connecticut
says he has lost his discharge says that in the summer
of 1778 or 1779 he went with others from the Town 
of Haddam Harford County and State of Connecticut
on a Privateering voyage in a Whale Boat says there
was then Boats Priv Company about nine men in
each boat says the Boat he sailed in was Commanded 
by Captain Shem one by Captain Simon
Tyler of Haddam the third by Samuel Shaler
of Haddam says they was gone out about three
weeks and brought in to parts Two frises a sloop
and a schooner, says they lay at anchor and that
they took them both about brake of day. says about
three weeks after this the same Crew agreed to go 
out again and says they did go with the same boats
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and same crews and went along the coast and
bays of Long Island on the South side until they
reached an Island called Hog Island at which
place they was surprised and taken prisioners they
having been outnumbered did not resist, says that
Captain Shayle and one Sylvenus Smith swam
ashore and got away being the only ones that Escaped
says they marched them off towards the City of New
York. says they rested in a barn in Jamacia Long
Island the first night and was guarded all night but that one
of the men effected his escape say they got to
New York the next day or the day after and says that
they was put into the Sugar House and kept shut
up in New York, and was kept there for the space
of Six Weeks, as prisoners of War, says he was sick
towards the close of his confinement, says he was
Exchaged with others taken at the same time excepting 
Captain Shein[?] and Captain Tyler for British
prisoners that those two captains remained and
was kept two years or over after that as he was 
informed at the time. says that he then returned
him to Haddam Harford County State of Connecticut
says from the same he left home to the time he returned
back was ten weeks as nigh as he can recollect
says he never had any written discharge except the one
mentioned as being given by Colnel Swift and has
no documentary Evidence of his service and
knows of no person by whom he can make 
positive proof by off his Service but refers to Joseph
Stores of Jay County of Essex and State of New York
and Elder Conant Sawyer a Baptist
Minister of the Gospel residing in Jay County and
State aforesaid says that he mooved with his father
from Haddam to Arlington and that he volunteered
with the Militia Company commanded by Captain Bradley
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and at another time into a company but dont recollect the
Captains name says out in the whole at both times about
Sixty days and that he was employed in no
civil pursuit during his term of service mentioned
in his declaration
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
Levi Arnold

Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Leonard Stow Clerk

The following interrogatories were put to the 
applicant by the Court
1st Where and in what year was you born
Was born in the Town of Haddam County of Harford
and State of Connecticut on the 4th day of January
17[illegible] as he was informed by his parents, and the
Record in the family Bible

2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Has a record in the family Bible but dont
know where it is at the present time

3d Where were you living when called into service
Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War
and where do you now live
When first called into the service he lived in
Haddam County of Harford and State of Connecticut
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moved from there to Arlington State of
Vermont dont remember on the County and from there
to Richmond Chittenden County and
State of Vermont and from there to Peru County
of Clinton and State of New York and from
that to the Town of Jay County of Essex and
State of New York and has lived there for the
space of Thirty years and upward and lives
there now
4th. How were you called into service were you
drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute 
and if a substitute for whom
Enlisted Twice. Once in Captain Smiths Company
Secondly in Captain Baldwins Company and then
volunteered at two different times privateering
and then went as a volunteer in the Militia
from Arlington Vermont
5th 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
General George Washington, General Spencer
Colnels. Ely. & Swift Captain Smith & Baldwin and in a ship don't
recollect the other Continental and Militia Regiments
says he was out Twice with his Company and
Regiment at New London Little Compton New
Jersey went out in the Whale Boats and was
taken prisoner and sent to New York and
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confined there in the Sugar House about six weeks
and was sick as heretofore stated in his
declaration.
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the
Service and if so by whom was it given
Says he received a written discharge from Colnel
Smith and no written discharge at any other
time was merely verbally dismissed by his Captain
7th State the names of persons to whom you are
known in your present neighbourhood and who
can testify as to your character for veracity and
their beliefs of your Services as a Soldier
of the Revolution
Joseph Stones   Reverend Conant Sawyer
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[marginal note] Levi, Arnold 22241
Conant Sawyer a Clergyman residing in
the Town of Jay County of Essex and State of New York
and Joseph Stones residing in the same place
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Levi Arnold who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration and that we
believe him to be about Seventy One Years of age
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood
were he resides to have been a Soldier of
the Revolution and that we concur in that
Opinion
Conant Sawyer
Joseph Stones
Sworn & Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Leonard Stow Clerk

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 afore named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and
served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that Conant Sawyer who has signed the Proceeding
Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Jay and
that Joseph Stones who has also signed the same is
a Resident in the Town of Jay and is a credible Person and
that their Statement is entitled to Credit.

I Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original
Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Levi Arnold for a Pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Seal of Office this 3rd day of October 1832
Leonard Stow clerk
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22241
Levi Arnold
Letr Hon G. R. Andrews
Apl 11/51

25 June to 13 Dec '80
C.V.
Suspd
Edmund T. Williams
Elizabeth Town Essex County
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Levi Arnold, Jay, Essex County, New York.
[table]
Period when the service was rendered |
Enlisted  1776 |
1778 Enlisted |

Duration of the claimant's service. |
Years. | Months. | Days. |
" | 5 | 21 |
" | 6 | " |

Rank of the claimant |
[blank] |

 Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. |
Capts Smith, A Smith |
Capts Baldwin |

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. |
Cols Ely |
Swift |
G Washington |

Battles in which the applicant was engaged. |
-- |
none |
-- |

Country through which he marched.
Seybrook |
Newhaven Connecticut |
Little Compton |
Rhode Island |
Nelsons point |
aged 71 years |

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. |
Hadda, Harford County Connecticut |

Evidence by which the declaration is supported |
Traditionary |

[handwritten note]
That in 1778 or 1779 he went
with others on a privateering voyage in
a whale boat Capt Shen, out about 3 weeks
took two pusrs[?] a sloop and schooner
out again about two weeks in afd[aforementioned]
boat that he again volunteered with
Capt Bradly and was out about six days from
Arlington Vermont

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

[handwritten note]
allegation of service in Swifts Regt not supported [checkmark]
by the rolls as to period & company. proof required [x mark]
privateering not provided for by the Act [x mark]
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance,
make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
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 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 the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I    of the Court of    
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of    for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
    day of     &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (s) 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 applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this    day of    &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission;
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be 
attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services,
6. To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given 
and what has become of it?
To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he 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 be
fore 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 rise of any person who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For--- year  months, and ----
days, I served as a ----. For --- months and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;
that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, 
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible 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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No 22.241
Levi Arnold, decd
NY
Act of June 1832
Adm[itted] 6 mos pen
$20 per annum, com'g
4 March 1831 & end'g
15th October 1838,
Payable to
Phebe Arnold
only surviving child
Albany
Hon G. R. Andrews
Present
Page 18

State of New York
Essex County SS 
On this Twenty Eight
day of January AD One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Fifty One, personally appeared
before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County and State
aforesaid, Phebe Arnold, the only surviving
heir of Levi Arnold late of Jay in the
County aforesaid deceased, who was a Soldier
in the War of the revolution, who being by
me duly sworn according to law declares
That she is the only surviving heir of
Levi Arnold late of Jay deceased.
That the said Levi
Arnold made application in his life time,
for a Pension for his services as a Soldier
in the War of the revolution, That
said Arnold died on the Fifteenth
day of October AD one Thousand Eight
Hundred and Thirty Eight at Jay in
the County of Essex and State of New York
that no pension was granted to said Arnold
for said services previous to his death. Deponent
asks for such pension, or arrears of Pension
as may be found due said Levi Arnold
under the act of Seventh of June AD 1832
Phebe Arnold
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this 28th day of
January 1851
Austin Hickok Justice of the Peace
in & for the County of Essex
Page 19

State of New York, 
ESSEX COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. SS

I, GEORGE S. NICHOLSON, Clerk of the
County of Essex, do hereby certify, that Austin Hickok Esq
whose name is subscribed to the first certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was, at the time of
taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Essex dwelling in said County;
duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgement. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the
said Austin Hickok Esq and verily
believe that his signature to the said first certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that the said instrument is
executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed
the seal of said County this third
day of Feby A.D. 1851
G. S. Nicholson Clerk.
Page 20

176700 Act Mar 3
June 23/55
Fanny P, Harris formerly
wid of
Levi Arnold pri

67.536 Issued
June 18th / 57

Ad: 160 acres issued 17/57
B [illegible]
Rev War
Pension
N.Y. June 32 - 32954
Special
B [illegible]
J D Turnbull
Au Sable Forks
N Y 

Set T. D. Turnbull Jun 13/56
Apl 10/57
E Butts

Phebe Arnold alleges she is surviving child
of Levi & he died leaving no widow
why does she now claim arrears & apply for
same
Vol. A. 128.
Page 21

Application of
Fanny P Harris
for a Pension
For proof of marriage
& Identity
See B. Land papers

T D Trumbull 
Agent for Applicant
Ausable Forks
N.Y.
Page 22

Warrant
Jun 18/37 No 69536
Page 23

State of New York
County of Essex ss.
Thomas D Trumbull 
and Samuel West being each duly
sworn deposeth and say and each
for himself says that he resides
in the town of Jay in the County
of Essex and State of New York
that he is & for several years last
past has been acquainted with
Mrs. Fanny P Harris who signed
and swore to the annexed declaration
in their and each of their presence
that they know her to be the same
individual who was the wife of
Levi Arnold in his life time
and that said Levi Arnold
at his death left her the said
Fanny P Harris his widow
that deponents have for last twelve
years resided in Jay & that they
never heard of said Fanny P.
Harris marrying since the
death of William H Harris
her husband and they verily
believe that she is now a widow
and further they say not
T. D. Trumbull
Samuel West
Sworn to before me
Sept 15, 1857
E A Adams clerk Essex Co
Page 24

State of New York
County of Essex ss.
On this 15 day
of September in the year of our Lord
One thousand Eight hundred & fifty
Seven, personally appeared before the
Circuit Court of the State of New York
held in & for the County of Essex Fanny
P. Harris a resident of Jay in said
County & State aforesaid, aged sixty
five years, who first being duly sworn
according to law doth upon her
oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the provisions made by
the act of Congress passed on the
third day of February AD, 1833
granting pensions to widows
of persons, who served during
the revolutionary war; That she
is the widow of Levi Arnold who
was a private, as she believes in
the war of the revolution, in the
service of the United States, That
she is unable to state the name
of the oficers under whom said
Levi Arnold performed said service
or the length of time he served, but
for proof of such service she begs
to refer to the evidence filed in
the Pension office, by said Levi
Arnold in his life time, on his
Application for a Pension. she
further declares that she was
(over)
Page 25

married to said Levi Arnold
on the 26 day of March AD
1834 (one thousand and Eight hundred
and thirty four, that her said
husband, Levi Arnold died on
the 15" day of October 1838, that 
she was again married to William
H --- Harris on the 28 day 
of June AD 1841 & that said William
H. Harris died at Oberlin
in the State of Ohio on the 31 day
of May AD 1830 and for proof
of her said marriages to said Levi
Arnold deceased, & to said Harris
and of their and each of their death
she begs leave to rreefer to her late
Application for Bounty lands
on account of the service of her
said husband Levi Arnold
deceased. She further states that
she was not married to said
Levi Arnold prior to the year
1800 but at the date herein -
before stated she further declares
that she is now a widow
Fanny P Harris
attest T D Trumbull
Samuel West
Sworn to and subscribed to
in Open Court this 15th day
of September AD 1837
M P Nicholson Dep Clk
Page 26

State of New York County
of Essex ss.
I Elisha
A Adams Clerk of said County
and Clerk of the Supreme & Circuit
Courts in & for said County & State do
certify that the foregoing declaration
was subscribed and sworn to by Fanny
P. Harris in Open Court on the
[blank] day of September AD 1837
In witness whereof I have hereto
affixed the Seal of said
County this day & year
above written
E. A. Adams Clerk
for M P Nicholson Dep Clk
Page 27

176700
Presented by
T D Trumbull
Ausable Forks
N.Y.
Page 28

State of New York
County of Essex SS.
On this nineteenth day of
April in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and fifty five personally
came before me George G. Tobey a Justice
of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid
duly authorized to administer oaths
within and for said County, Fanny P.
Harris aged Sixty three years a
resident of Jay Essex County and State
aforesaid, who being duly sworn according
to law declares, That she is
the widow of Levi Arnold who
was a private soldier in the war
with Great Britain decared by the
United States in 1775 or 1776, but
in what company or regiment
she cannot state, nor can she state the
length of time which her said former
husband served, but for further evidence
of his said service & the time of service
she refers to the evidence now on file
on the application of her said husband
in his life time & the application 
of Phebe Arnold since her death
for a Pension for said services
She further states and declares
that a pension certificate was 
granted for the service of her said
Page 29

husband in said war, either to Phebe Arnold
the daughter of said Levi Arnold
or to her this claimant and
she is unable now to state which
She further declares that she was
married to said Levi Arnold at the
town of Jay in the County of Essex
and State of New York on the twenty-sixth
day of March AD 1834 by
Rev Isaac Sawyer who was at
that time a minister of the Gospel
That her said Husband died at
Jay in the County and State aforesaid
on or about the fifteenth day
of October AD 1838.
She further states and declares that she
was afterwards married to one William
H Harris at Jay aforesaid, on or about
the second day of July AD 1841
That said William H. Harris died
on or about the twenty ninth day of 
May AD 1850 and
that she is now a widow at the
time of executing this declaration
She further declares that her name
before her marriage to said Levi Arnold
was Fanny P. Buttrick. She makes
this declaration for the purpose of
Page 30

obtaining the bounty land to which
she may be entitled under the
act approved March 3, 1835 She
never having made any previous 
application therefor & she further
states that there is no public
Record of her marriage to said
Levi Arnold & that she has no
certificate of such marriage.
Fanny P Harris

State of New York
County of Essex ss.
Nathaniel Boynton
& James M Buttrick being duly sworn
according to law declare that they
are personally & well acquainted
with Mrs. Fanny P Harris that they
were present and saw her sign her
name to the foregoing declaration
that they know her to be the identical
person she therein represents herself
to be, and they further state that
they know her to be at the time
of making said declaration a
widow & that they have no
interest in the claim (over)
Page 31

witnesses sign here
Nathaniel Boynton
Jas M Butrick

State of New York
County of Essex ss.
I certify that the 
foregoing affidavit & declaration
were subscribed and sworn to before
me on the day & year above written
& that I am well acquainted with
said James M Buttrick and
Nathaniel Boynton & that they
are credible & respectable witnesses
& that I have no interest in said claim.
George G Tobey Justice Peace

County of Essex ss. James M Buttrick &
Nathaniel Boynton being duly sworn 
according to Law depose & say that
they are personally & well acquainted
with Mrs Fanny P Harris who
signed the foregoing declaration
in their presence, that they
were personally present at the
marriage of said Fanny P Harris
at the time stated in said declaration
& saw & heard the marriage ceremony
& know that she was then & there
Page 32

married as sated in said declaration
to Levi Arnold with whom they
were also well acquainted and
that she lived with said Arnold
till the time of his dath
& that said Arnold died at
Jay aforesaid about the time
stated in said declaration, that
they are citizens of said
town County & State aforesaid
Nathaniel Boynton
Jas M Butrick
Sworn to & subscribed
before me April
the nineteenth AD 1855
George G Tobey Justice of the Peace
Page 33

State of New York,
ESSEX COUNTY, SS.
I, E. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, do certify that
George G Tobey
subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Declaration Affidavits
& Certificates was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof and acknowledgment, a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof
and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Justice and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of Proof
or acknowledgment to be genuine and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws
of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of said County, this nineteenth 
day of May in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty five
E A Adams Clerk,
Page 34

Amended declaration
& further proof on
application of
Fanny P. Harris
No 176.700
T. D Trumbull
Ausable Forks
N.Y.
Agent for Applicant
Page 35

Amended & further Declaration
State of New York
County of Essex ss. On this 9 day of July 1856
personally appeared before me, Samule West a Justice
of the Peace within & for the County of Essex & State
aforesaid Fanny P. Harris a resident of Jay
in said County and State who being duly sworn
according to law, declares, deposeth and says
that she is the identical Fanny P. Harris who
lately made Application to the Pension Office
for Bounty land for the services of the late
Levi Arnold deceased, which is numbered as she
believes No 176.700, she also declares that she was
the wife of said Levi Arnold as stated in her
said application at his said Arnolds decease
that she subsequently married one William
H. Harris, who died as she has been informed
& believes in the year 1850, at or near Oblin
Ohio. That at the time of making her said
Application she was and still is the widow of
the said Levi Arnold deceased, and she further
states that she was not personally present
at the death of said William H Harris
but that she saw a published statement of his death
in a news paper, & was so informed by letter
at the time. She further states that she never
applied for a pension in right of his services for the
the reason she did not know that by any
act of Congress, or law of the land she was
entitled thereto, But if entitled to such arrearage
& Pension she intends to make application therefor
Fanny P Harris
Witness
T D Trumbull
Jas M Butrick
Page 36

Mr Thos D Trumbull and James M Buttrick
residents of the town of Jay in Essex County
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration
was signed and acknowledged by
Fanny P. Harris in our presence and that
we believe from the appearance and statements 
of the said Fanny P Harris that she is
the identical person she represents herself
to be
Jas M Butrick
T D Trumbull

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 said
claim.
Samuel West Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Essex ss.
James M. Bullnik &
Thos D Trumbull being dully sworn deposeth and
say and each for himself says, that he was present
and saw the foregoing declaration signed & sworn to
by Mrs Fanny P. Harris, that they have
been acquainted with her & knew her for
twenty year and upwards, that they were well
acquainted with Levi Arnold deceased in
his lifetime, who died in Jay Essex
County New York about the year 1838
and that they knew the said Fanny P. Harris who
signed said declaration, and that she is
the widow of Levi Arnold, whom they
have always understood was a soldier
Page 37

his life time, who died in Jay Essex
County New York about the year 1838
and that they knew the said Fanny P. Harris who
signed said declaration, and that she is 
the widow of Levi Arnold, whom they
have always understood was a soldier
in the Revolution, and claimed a pension
under the pension laws, that they are
well acquainted with Miss Phebe Arnold
of Jay Essex County, that at the time of
the decease of said Levi Arnold, the
said Phebe was the only surviving child
of said Levi Arnold, that the said Fanny
P. Harris after her marriage to said Arnold
lived with him as his wife till he died in
the same house with said Phebe Arnold
and that she is now the widow of said
Levi Arnold and further say not
T. D Trumbull
Jas M Butrick

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 9 day
of July AD 1856
Samuel West Justice of
the peace

State of New York
County of Essex ss.
Phebe Arnold of Jay in said
County and State being duly sworn deposeth and
says that she is sixty nine years old, and is
the daughter and only surviving child of Levi
Arnold deceased, who died at Jay in
said County in the year AD 1838 that
she is well acquainted with Mrs Fanny P.
Harris, who now resides in said town & County
that at the time of the deceased of her said
Page 38

Father the said Levi Arnold the said Fanny
P. Harris was his wife, and that he died leaving
her the said Fanny his widow, that she
was present at their marriage, & lived in
the same house with her said father &
the said Fanny P. until his death --
that after the death of said Levi Arnold
this deponent applied for and obtained
the certain pension moneys belonging to said
Levi Arnold at his decease, the papers
constituting such application she supposes
are now on file in the Pension office
and further says not.  Phebe Arnold
Sworn to before me
July the 9th 1856
Samuel West Justice of the Peace
Page 39

STATE OF NEW YORK.
ESSEX COUNTY, SS:
I, E. A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of
the County Courts in and for said County, (the same being Courts of Record,) Do Certify that
Samuel West Esquire, whose name is
subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Declaration Officiants
& Certificates was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or
acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qalified and authorized
by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe the signature to said certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the
said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and
affixed the seal of said County, this twelfth
day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty six
E A Adams
Clerk.
Page 40

Increased   No. 6273
New York
Fanny P. Harris formerly
widow of Levi Arnold
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private
Albany agency.
Rate 96 Dollars 00
dents per annum.
Commencing July 27. 1868
Deduct payments made
Certificate dated June 15, 1869
and sent to Chas A. Kimberly
Albany, N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 18  Vol H
& July 27.68
J. N. Smith
Page 41

WIDOW, &c.
Revy
File No. 9050
Fanny P Harris
formerly Wid
Levi Arnold
Privt Rev War
Act: Febry 3d 1863
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 806
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 42

67.536
160 acres
Page 43

6273
New York A.
Fanny P. Harris, formerly
widow of Levi Arnold
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 20. dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
28th day of Oct5. 1857
and sent to
T. D. Trumbull
Ausable Forks
N. York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 18. Vol. H.
Page 44

No 176 700
Wm H. Harris
Oct 28th. 56
Fanny P. Harris
wid
Levi
Addl Evl
No 8
Hord
Boynton
Mar 11 / 59
T. D. Trumbull
Larin County
Ohio
Page 45

No 6885
Fanny P. Harris,
formerly widow of
Levi Arnold,
Essex Co New York.
Admitted Act Feb 3 / 53
at rate of $20 per annum
commencing at date of Said
Act.
Service 6 mos pri. Infantry
Pay widow
State amount the 4th
Sept 1837 on Margin
of Certificate
Certificate to
T. D. Trumbull Esq
Ausable Forks
New York
Page 46

Levi Arnold
Papers
Page 47

State of New York
Essex County SS.
I hereby certify that
sattisfactory evidence has been adduced before
me John E. McVine County Judge and
Surrogate of the County aforesaid, to show
that Levi Arnold late of Jay in the County
and State aforesaid, an applicant for a
Pension, for revolutionary Services under the
act of Seventh of June 1832, died on the
Fifteenth day of October
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty
Eight (1838) at the Town of Jay in the County
and State aforesaid, and that Phebe Arnold
of Jay aforesaid is the only heir surviving
him & that no widow survives him & he left none
In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Surrogate Seal
of said County at Elizabethtown
in said County this Thirtieth
day of January
AD One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty One
J E McVine
Essex Co Justice
Page 48

Payment to be made at Albany by
Isaac Vanderport, Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 18. Vol. H.
G. T. Getty Clerk
Page 49

Erd
CWR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1853,
Fanny P. Harris, formerly
widow of Levi Arnold,
who was a private, in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Twenty,
dollars and -- cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry, in which cas the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this twenty eighth day of October
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
seven
J Thompson
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned.
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.

[handwritten over certificate]
Amount due in this Certificate from 3d February 1853 to 3d September 1857, inclusive, per
Pension Office calculation, $91.66
Page 50

July 21. 1846
Recd   W
Levi Arnold
Hon. J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Rose
July 17.
Page 51

Rose July 17th 1846
Sir,
I beg leave to be informed
of the objections made to the claim
of Levi Arnold, an applicant for
a pension under act of Congress of
7th June 1832. at the time of making
application was a resident of Jay
Essex Co N.Y.
If the objection was
on accounting the proof of service
very deficient, please inform us
where he claimed to have done
service under what officers &c., that
we may know where to look for
proof as he died years after his
Declaration was filed. his children
are unable to give the facts, relating 
to the service.
I am respectfully
Your Obt Srvt
W G Wade

Hon J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 52

N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE
OF PENSION
Under section 13, act July 27, 1868.

[section below is crossed out]
No. OLD CERTIFICATE [blank]
APPLICANT
Fanny P. Harris
FILED BY
Charles A Kimberly
Albany N. Y.

Printed and sold by W. H. Moore, 484, 11th st., Washington D.C.

[postmark]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
May 31 1869
PENSION OFFICE.
Page 53

N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
(Under section 13, Act July 27, 1868.)
[initials in margin] B.P.
State of New York
County of Essex SS.
On this 22d day of May, A. D. 1869, personally appeared before me,
County Judge within and for the county and State aforesaid, Fanny
P. Harris, aged 76 years, a resident of Jay
in the State of New York, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the identical Fanny P. Harris to whom was granted Pension
certificate No. 6273, payable at Albany, New York State, at the rate of Twenty
dollars per annum and issued under the act of February 3, 1853; that makes this 
declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section
of the act of July 27, 1868. That she still remains a Widow, and has not again married since the 28th
day of October, 1853, the date of her said certificate.
My Post Office address is as follows: Jay, Essex County, New York,
And she hereby constitutes and appoints Charles A. Kimberly of
Albany N.Y., Attorney, to present and prosecute this claim, and authorizes him
to receive and receipt for any certificate that may be issued for the same, and to do any other act or thing 
necessary or that she might do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby 
countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
Signature of Claimant: Fanny P. Harris
Also personally appeared. Austin Hickok and Henry
Steelman, residents of Jay & Elizabethtown Essex County, persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were
present and saw Fanny P. Harris sign with name (make [blank] mark)
to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance
of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be; and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. That she is
still a Widow, not having remarried since the 28th day of October, 1853.
Signatures of Witnesses.
Austin Hickok
H. Steelman

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 22 day of May 1869


State of New York, 
COUNTY OF ESSEX. SS:
I, WILLIAM E. CALKINS, Clerk of the County of Essex, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court and County
Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Byron Ponce
whose name is subscribed to the certifice of the proof or jurat of the annexed affidavit and thereon written, was
at the time of taking such proof or jurat, County Judge in and for said County, dwelling therein, elected and
sworn, and duly authorized by law to take the same. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of the said Judge, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or jurat is genuine, and
that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the
22nd day of May, 1869
Wm E. Calkins Clerk.
Page 54

N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE
OF PENSION
Under section 13, act July 27, 1868.

[section below is crossed out]
No. OLD CERTIFICATE [blank]
APPLICANT
Fanny P. Harris
FILED BY
Charles A. Kimberly
Albany N. Y.

Printed and sold by W. H. Moore, 484, 11th st., Washington D.C.

[postmark]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
May 31 1869
PENSION OFFICE.
Page 55

N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
(Under section 13, Act July 27, 1868.)
[initials in margin] B.P.
State of New York
County of Essex SS.
On this 22d day of May, A. D. 1869, personally appeared before me,
County Judge within and for the county and State aforesaid, Fanny
P. Harris, aged 76 years, a resident of Jay
in the State of New York, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the identical Fanny P. Harris to whom was granted Pension
certificate No. 6273, payable at Albany, New York State, at the rate of Twenty
dollars per annum and issued under the act of February 3, 1853; that makes this
declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section
of the act of July 27, 1868. That she still remains a Widow, and has not again married since the 28th
day of October, 1853, the date of her said certificate.
My Post Office address is as follows: Jay, Essex County, New York,
And she hereby constitutes and appoints Charles A. Kimberly of
Albany N.Y., Attorney, to present and prosecute this claim, and authorizes him
to receive and receipt for any certificate that may be issued for the same, and to do any other act or thing
necessary or that she might do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby
countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
Signature of Claimant: Fanny P. Harris
Also personally appeared. Austin Hickok and Henry
Steelman, residents of Jay & Elizabethtown Essex County, persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were
present and saw Fanny P. Harris sign with name (make [blank] mark)
to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance
of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be; and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. That she is
still a Widow, not having remarried since the 28th day of October, 1853.*
Signatures of Witnesses.
Austin Hickok
H. Steelman

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 22 day of May, 1869; and I hereby
certify that the contents of the foregoing declaration and affidavit were carefully read by me to the applicant and
witnesses before subscribing their names thereto, and I know the affiants to be credible persons.
[handwritten note] Note "Month" erased & "Annum" interlined &c.
Signature of Judge or other Officer. Byron Ponce
County Judge of the County of Essex
* Date of Certificate
Page 56

Signatures of Witnesses.
Austen Hickok
H. Steelman
Subscribed to and sworn before me, this 22nd day of May, 1869

State of New York,
COUNTY OF ESSEX. SS:
I, WILLIAM E. CALKINS, Clerk of the County of Essex, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court and County
Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Byron Ponce
whose name is subscribed to the certifice of the proof or jurat of the annexed affidavit and thereon written, was
at the time of taking such proof or jurat, County Judge in and for said County, dwelling therein, elected and
sworn, and duly authorized by law to take the same. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of the said Judge, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or jurat is genuine, and
that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the
22nd day of May, 1869
Wm E. Calkins Clerk.
Page 57

Ausable Forks N Y May 3d 1867
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir herewith I send you additional proof
of the claim of Mrs F P Harris to bounty
Land & which I hope will prove to be
satisfactory.
We prove by the original papers on
file the services of Levi Arnold.
By James Buttrick & Miss Phebe Arnold
& others the marriage to Arnold & his death
& the identity of Applicant
We also prove marriage of the
Applicant to W H Harris & his death
& that she is now a widow
This it seems to me entitles her
to the Claim
We prove by Miss Phebe Arnold
the daughter of said Levi Arnold that
at death of her father he left the
Applicant surviving him & his widow &
that she applied for and drew the Pension
due her father at his decease
This shows that her application
was improperly made, and this fact
is also proved by other witnesses and can
or by any number
Yours &c
T D Trumbull
Atty for Applicant
Page 58

I Nehemiah Tyler of Haddam in the County
of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut aged seventy
seven years depose and say that in the year 1777
I enlisted into a company of State Troops of the
State of Connecticut commanded by Capt James Smith
for the period of six months. That Levi Arnold
enlisted into the same company and continued in the
service of the United States in sd Company for the full
period of six months. That sd company was attached
to a Regiment of Connecticut State Troops 
Commanded by Col John Ely. I further depose and say
that I was well acquainted with the sd Levi Arnold
previous to the commencement of the War of the
Revolution & recollect very distinctly his being in
the service with myself & others in the company afsd
for the period of six months aforesaid
Nehemiah Tyler

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex, ss
Haddam September 18th 1837
On this 18th day of September 1837
Personally appeared Nehemiah Tyler and
made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing
deposition by him subscribed. And I do
certify that the sd Nehemiah Tyler is a person
of credibility
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of
office the day and year last above mentioned
Linus Parmelee, Notary
Public
Page 59

Levi Arnold in that battel was what I exspected
to ground her claims upon, as I had heard him say
that he was there, At that time I learned of Mr Trumbull
that the said Phebe Arnold had drawn a pension that
was due her Father the said Levi Arnold at his decease
on learning that fact I readily imbibed the idea
that it would be the least terrible to establish her
claim to bounty land on the services of her deceased
husband the said Levi Arnold that he done in the
revolutionary war, and she made application
accordingly, and after further consultation
with Mr Trumbull I learned that she the said Fanny
P. Harris was further entitled to a pension, and
I accordingly informed her of the fact, when
she told me that it was all new to her & that she never
has been spoken to on the subject before, and that
I fully believe to be the reason that she never had
applied for a pension, as she did not know that
she was entitled to one. I will further state that
if it was stated in the application of Phebe Arnold
for the pension due her Father the said Levi Arnold
that he the said Levi Arnold died leaving no Widow
it was a mistake, and I believe that if the said
Phebe Arnold made any such statements in her
afidavit that she did not know it, but that it
was done through deception by her council or the
man that done the business for her, I was present
on the 23 day of May 1857 and saw the said Phebe Arnold
sign her anext deposition and make oath to the same
John W Butrick

Signed and sworn to before me
this 26 day of May 1857
Walter Child Justice of the Peace
Page 60

State of New York
County of Essex SS.
I John W Butrick of
the town of Wilmington County of Essex and State
of New York, am thirty seven years of age
and am the Son of Widow Fanny P Harris who
in my presents signed and sworn to the annexed
Deposition taken the 23 day of May 1857, I was
present and witnessed her marriage to Levi Arnold
the same person mentioned in her annext deposition,
and I know him to be the same Levi Arnold
mentioned in the annexed deposition of Phebe Arnold
and that he is now deceased, And now whereas
the said Fanny P Harris did some time in the
spring of 1855 make application for Bounty
land on the services of the late Levi Arnold
that he done in the war of the revolution, and
the questions arising at the pension office, if
she is the widow of Levi Arnold, why has she
not applied for a pension, In answer to that
I will state that, soon after the passage of the
Act granting one hundred and sixty acres of
land to the Soldiers of the wars of the United States
I asked her the said Fanny if she had not better
apply for bounty land. She said she did not
know that she was entitled to any, but if such
was the case she would have it looked after, and
at the same time requested me to see if there
could be anything done for her, I promised to do
so, and accordingly called on Mr T D Trumbull,
an attorney at law, to ascertain the whereabouts
of some of the officers that were engaged in the battel
at Plattsburgh (as he was at that time doing some
business for soldiers) for on the services of the said
Page 61

State of New York
County of Essex SS.
Fanny P Harris
of Jay in said County being duly sworn
deposeth and says that she is the identical
person who made & caused to be filed
in the office of the Department of Interior
or Pension office an application for
bounty land as the widow of the
late Levi Arnold deceased whom
she understands to have been a
Pensioner under the Act of 1832
granting Pensions to Revolutionary soldiers
That she never applied for the Arrears
of Pension due said Levi Arnold
deceased, for the reason that she was
never advised or understood, that
she was entitled thereto until after
her application for bounty land
had been filed. That she never
applied for a pension as the
Widow or wife of late Levi Arnold
for the same reason, that she has
never to her knowledge released
or assigned her right to bounty
land or to a pension, if he
was ever entitled thereto as
she is advised & believes she
is and further says not
Fanny P Harris

Sworn to before me
May 23d 1857
Samuel West Justice
of the peace
Page 62

STATE OF NEW YORK,
ESSEX COUNTY, SS.
I, E. A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the
County Courts in and for said County, (the same being Courts of Record, Do Certify that Walter Child
and Samuel West Esquire, whose name is
subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Declaration affidavit
and certificate was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or
acknowledgment, two of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and 
authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Child and West
and verily believe the signature to said certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the
said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and
affixed the seal of said County, this twenty eighth
day of May in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
E A Adams Clerk.
Page 63

Fanny P. Harris
Claim for
Bounty Land
No 176.700
Additional proof
T D Trumbull
Ausable Forks N.Y.
Agent for Claimant
Page 64

State of New York
County of Essex SS.
Phebe Arnold
of Jay in the County of Essex being duly
sworn deposeth and says that she
is daughter of Levi Arnold late of Jay
in the said County, who in his life time
made application for a Pension
as a Revolutionary soldier. That
this deponent since the death of
her said Father Levi Arnold made
application for & drew the Pension due her
said Father at the time of his
deceased. That she was present to day
and saw Mrs. Fanny P Harris
sign the annexed deposition
and she knows her to be the same
person who was married to
her Father, & who after such marriage
lived with him, until his decease
which was on the 15th day of October
1838. That she said Fanny subsequently married
as deponent always understood
& believes to William H Harris, whom
deponent believes from information to
be dead. that deponent never heard
of any marriage by said Fanny P.
Harris since the death of said
William H Harris - that she is now
seventy years of age, and resides at
the residence of her father deceased.
That she never had any meeting with
Fanny P. Harris relative to bounty
land or Pension, either at the time
of her Application for Pension or
since that time; & further applicant
Page 65

says not
Phebe Arnold

Sworn to before me
May 23. 1857
Samuel West Justice
of the peace
Page 66

State of New York
County of Essex ss.
Thomas D Trumbull
of Jay in Essex County being duly sworn
deposeth and says that he knew Levi
Arnold in his life time, who was reported
to be a Revolutionary Soldier, that
deponents Uncle Simeon Trumbull was
employed by Levi Arnold in his life time
to secure for said Arnold a pension
on account of services rendered in the
Revolution; that deponent knew about
the time of said Arnolds marriage
with Fanny P. Harris, that deponent
knows the said Fanny P Harris
to be the identicle person who was
wife of said Levi Arnold at time
of his decease; that deponent was
present and saw her said Fanny P
Harris sign the annexed affidavit
sworn to by her. And deponent further
says that she is the person through whom
the Application of Mrs. Harris is made
for bounty land, that from conversations
with her at the time of making and
filing said Application he is very
confident she has not been aware
that she was entitled to bounty
land. That deponent after
consultation with her & her sons advised
her & them that she was entitled both
to bounty land & a pension. That
deponent was also present when Mrs
Phebe Arnold signed the annexed affidavit
& sworn to the same, that deponent knows
she is the identical Phebe Arnold
Page 67

who formerly lived in family with
said Levi Arnold and who said
deponent always understood to
be his daughter, & whom deponent
knows to be in posession of the
Estate of said Levi Arnold claiming
same as his heir, and her right was
never questioned to knowledge of
deponent
T. D. Trumbull

Sworn to & Subscribed before
me May 27, 1857
Samuel West Justice
of the peace
Page 68

Brief in the case of Fammy P. Harris, formerly widow of Levi Arnold.
Essex County and State of New York
act February 3. 1853
Claim, (original," [crossed out: or " for increase"])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
A Certificate for arrears of pension was issued,
under act of June 7, 1832, (in 1837) in virtue of the services
of Claimant's husband in the revolutionary war, at rate
of $25 per annum, from 4th March 1831 to October 15,
1838, when he died. The amount found to be due was
erroneously paid to Phebe Arnold, his only surviving
child by a former wife. his widow, the present claimant, being then (and
still) alive. She now claims pension in her own right,
under act of February 3, 1853, and proves her
marriage to Arnold (in 1834) death of her second husband, (in 1830
identity, and present widowhood, by several witnesses,
among whom is the party who erroneously received
said arrears
Allowance accordingly

J. D. Trumbull Esq
Ausable Forks
New York
Name and residence of Agent

R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
Page 69

Widow Ex.
Recorded
Page 70

Increase
Brief in the Case of Fanny P. Harris, formerly Widow of Levi
Arnold, Private Revy War. Jay
Essex County and State of New York. Albany
Act 2d Sec Feb 3. 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioner at $20. pr. ann. Certificate same.
Claim for increase. 13th Sec Act July 27. 1868.
Identity and Widowhood shown.
Admitted June 9. 1869 to pension at $96. pr ann
to commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay since.

W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent.
Charles A. Kimberly
Albany
New York

L.E.
Page 71

Brief in the case of Levi Arnold, decd, late of
Essex County and State of New York
act 7 June 1832
Claim, ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase."])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence & living witnesses

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]

Name and residence of Agent.
Hon G. R. Andrews
Present

S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
Page 72

To The Pension Commissioner
Sir 
I herewith enclose to you
the application of Mrs. Fanny
P. Harris for a pension
Should the proof not
be deemed sufficient, with the
proofs refered to please advise
me & oblige. Yours &c
T D Trumbull
Ausable Forks
October 15/57
Page 73

Ausable Forks N.Y. August [illegible] 1854
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I enclose an amended declaration
& further proof on the Application
of Mrs. Fanny P Harris of Jay Essex
Co N.Y. for bounty land for
& on account of the services of late
Levi Arnold deceased her husband
It seems she was married 
to Arnold in 1834 & that he died in 1838
that she afterwards married Wm H Harris -
who died in 1850 I am expecting to 
be able in a few days to forward the proof
of Harris death more positively You
will find attached to the applicants
deposition a deposition of Miss Phebe
Arnold which shows that if in her
[crossed out: former] application for a pension on
account of the services of her father
she stated that "he left no widow" she
was mistaken It may be & probably
is true that at the date of her application
Mrs Harris was living with her then husband
the said Wm H Harris who is since deceased
But even that could not justify her
statement
Yours &c
T D Trumbull
Agent for Applicant
Page 74

Oct 22
N.Y.
Add proof
Levi Arnold
7 June 1832
for Oct
Elizabethtown NY    Free
Oct 16
Col. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington
DC
Page 75

Elizabethtown Essex County
N.Y. October 15. 1838
Col. J. L. Edwards
D' Sir
Your favor of 28th Augt is
before me in which you inform me that the
Affdts [affidavits] in Support of the Claim of Levi Arnold for
a Pension have not been Recd. at the war
office on referring to my memorandum I find
they come not such as I supposed with the
papers but only the Certificate under Seal of
the Secretary of State of Conn. Authenticating its
official character of Linux Parmalee Esq as Notary
Public which was obtained some time afterward
which I suppose is on file in the
office. I now forward the affidavits
& although not attached to the certificate yet
I hope & trust it will be satisfactory.
If so you will please forward the
Certificate. If otherwise, please give
me the earliest Information & we will
endeavor to have it righted.
I Am With Respect
Your Obt Srv
Edwd Huyler
Page 76

In matter of
the application
of Fanny P Harris
for Bounty land
Additional proof
T D Trumbull
Ausable Forks
NY
agent
Page 77

The State of Ohio
County of Lorain ss.
We Nathaniel Gerrish and Mary Gerrish
residents of Oberlin Lorain County Ohio upon
our oaths declare that we were well acquainted with the late
William H Harris now deceased. That he formerly resided in
Jay Essex County and State of New York. that he deceased
in Oberlin aforesaid on the 29th day of May AD 1850
and that we were present and witnessed his decease
Nathaniel Gerrish
Mary Gerrish

Sworn to and subscribed by said Nathaniel Gerrish and Mary
Gerrish before me and I certify that I know the affiants
and that they are credible persons
Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of October
AD 1856
William P Harris
Notary Public in
and for said county

THE STATE OF OHIO,
Lorain County, SS.
I, LANDON ROO, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
a Court of Record, in and for said county, do hereby certify that
William P Harris Esq., before whom the foregoing
Affidavits
were taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name officially, in his own proper hand-writing,
the date of said Affidavits
and now is a NOTARY PUBLIC, duly commissioned and qualified, under the laws of the State
of Ohio, passed April 2d, 1852, and May 1st, 1852, and he is thereby authorized to administer
any oath required by law to be taken or administered, and to certify all acknowledgments of
Deeds, Mortgages, Liens, Powers of Attorney, and other instruments of writing; and to all whose
official acts full faith and credit are legally due and ought to be given throughout the United
States and elsewhere, and that his signature and seal thereunto are genuine; [crossed out: and that said instrument [blank] is executed and acknowledged, according to the laws of the State of Ohio.]
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my
name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Elyria, in said
County and State, this 28th day of October
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty six
Landon Road Clerk.
Ray Martin F Rand Deputy Clerk.
Page 78

Answd.
July 18, 1838
Certif. of Sec. of St. refd to
within, returned
Free
NY. Mar 26
Paper Case
Levi Arnold
Col. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington
D.C.
Page 79

Elizabethtown N.Y.
March 15th 1838
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose the Certificate under Seal
of the Secretary of State of Connecticut to the Authority
of Linus Parmalee to take Depositions as a
Notia Publick, "The Depositions forwarded to prove
the service of Levi Arnold in the War of the
revolution were taken before him & were not
duly attested for want of the enclosed certificate
I suppose this is all that will be necessary to
place him on the Rolls. You will please
forward the Certificate to me If the same
Issue & oblige
Repectfully
Your Obt Srvt
Edwd Huyler
Page 80

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I recently applied for and obtained
a land warrant for Mrs Fanny P. Harris
No 67.536 on account of service of her
late husband Levi Arnold to whom she
was married after 1830. Said Arnold
was a Revolutionary Soldier & entitled
to a pension. Will you please inform
me what further proofs will be necessary
for Mrs Harris to make to entitle her
to a pension under the recent acts
of Congress on those subjects
I suppose from what has passed
in the correspondence in reference to claim
for bounty land that Mrs H was entitled
to a pension & to arrears of pension
due said Arnold at his decease
Will not the proof made and
on file, on application for bounty 
land be sufficient for application 
for a pension. If not can it be
referred to as proof of service of her
marriage, death of husband, & present
widowhood. A reply to the above
will confer a favor upon a
Page 81

poor yet deservedly & worthy woman
and your humble servant
Yours &c
T. D. Trumbull
Page 82

6273
Fanny P Harris
former wid of
Levi Arnold.
Dropped
File
[crossed out: Wrong]
file

90 50 wid
Page 83

(PENSIONER DROPPED.)
U.S. Pension Agency,
[blank] 18

[stamp]
U. S. PENSION AGENCY
May 6 1879
Canandaigua N.Y.

Hon J A Bentley
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
I hereby report that the name of Fanny P Harris
Former Widow of Levi Arnold, who was a pensioner on the rolls
of this Agency, under Certificate No. 6273, and who was
last paid at $96 Pr Annum, to 4 December, 1875, has
been dropped, because of statute of limitation
Very respectfully,
L M Drury
Pension Agent
Every name dropped to be thus reported at once.
Page 84

I Eliakim Bailey of Haddam in the County of
Middlesex in the State of Connecticut aged seventy
eight years depose and say that in the year 1777
I served for the period of six months in a company
of Connecticut State troops during the war of the
Revolution commanded by Capt. James Smith &
attached to a Regiment commanded by Col John
Eli. I very well recollect that that Levi Arnold
served in the same company with myself for the
full period of six months. Mr Arnold and myself
previous to the war of the revolution both lived in
Haddam aforesaid and I was acquainted with
him before he enlisted. I do not recollect the day
that I enlisted or the day when Mr Arnold
enlisted; but I am confident that he served in
the company aforesaid during the war of the revolution 
for the period of six months
his
Eliakim x Bailey
mark

State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex
ss Haddam September 18th 1837
On this 18th day of September 1837
Personally appeared Eliakim Bailey and
made solemn oath to the truth of the
forgoing deposition by him subscribed. And I
do certify that the sd Eliakim Bailey is a
person of credibility.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of
office the day & year last above mentioned.
Linus Parmelie, Notary
Public