Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21220, Janna Griswold, Continental Conn.
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SERVICE                                       Number
Continental     Griswold, Janna     W. 21220
Conn.                              Lucy
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24791 New York
Janna Griswold
of Herkimer CO in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Foot of the Regim commanded
by Col Wadsworth in the Connecticut
line for 14months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of March 1834 and sent to Hon A Mann
40 Rep.


Arrears to the 4th of March '34           $138.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '34      23.33
                                                              $162.31

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Tho Cromwell Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 102
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New York 2467 Albany
Lucy Griswold
widow of Janna Griswold
Conn.
who was a Private 
in the Conn. line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
18th day of Nov. 1843
and sent to 
John Wilson
St. Johnsville
New York
(Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 106
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(the words illegible) of
the application of 
Jonnah Griswold
for a pension card
the act of Congress
(illegible) Jun 7, 1833

211247
Declaration
Troops

(light written)
Submitted by A Morris
J.H.R. (illegible)
Admitted
Private 14 months
 make returns 
to St Nolton
Fairfiled 
Herk, Co-
NY-
A Morris Jr
H.R.
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Stat of New York
County of Herkimer on this seventh day of 
June in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred
and thirty three personally appeared in open
Court for the Court of Common Pleas 
[Illegible] County of Herkimer now sitting
the same a court of record having by Law
a clerk + seal Janna Griswold a resident of the
Town of Salisbury in the County of Herkimer in said State aged seventy four years + upward 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 this United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He this deponent saith that in the year 1776 he resided in the town of Harrington in the County of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut and this deponent further saith that in the latter [illegible] of January 1776 he this deponent enlisted as a volunteer at Harrington aforementioned in the State of Connecticut in Capt. Mose Foots Company in Col. James Wadsworth's Regiment in the state of service for two months and this deponent was marched with Capt. Foot's Company + Col. Wadsworths Regiment directly to Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts near Boston [illegible] + encamped in Roxbury a while + in the [illegible] of March Capn Foots company was ordered in [illegible] onto Dorchester Heights; the City of Boston being at that time under possession of the enemy and he was employed in constructing two forts and continued
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Roxbury & Dorchester Heights until the 17th day of March 1776 when the Enemy left Boston and orders were given that such soldiers as had had the smallpox should go into Boston in order to cleanse the city & this deponent having had the small pox went into the city & was employed in cleansing the city of Boston from the small pox and this deponent afterwards went to Roxbury and found out the time for which he enlisted and this deponent saith that he was discharged from the service at Roxbury about the first of April 1776 & this deponent received discharge in writing. The officer under whom this deponent served were Capt Foot, Col. Wadsworth. While this deponent was in Dorchester Heights the enemy fired cannon ball from the city of Boston & some men were killed.
And this deponent further saith that in the latter part of March of the first of April 1777, he this deponent volunteered at Harwinton aforesaid in the State of Connecticut with Capt Moses Seymour in the Eight dragoons in Col Sheldons regiment in the state service on an alarm that the enemy had advanced into the county from the sea shore & Capt Seymours company was marched to meet the enemy and went to Danbury and when the troops had arrived at Danbury the enemy had been there & burnt the Continental stores and retreated back to their repels and Capt Seymour soon after returned home and this deponent saith that he served five days in this tour & was then discharged but received no
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discharge in writing. This deponent saith that the American troops pursued the enemy from Danbury & overtook them as he believes at or near Ridgefield & attacked the enemy & this deponent came up alone with Capt Seymours company during the engagement & this deponent saw Gen Wooster after he received his death wound, carried off on his horse from the field. The enemy retreated after the engagement to the sea shore & went board of their vessels.
And this deponent further saith that in the forepart of April 1777 he this deponent enlisted as a volunteer at Harwinton aforesaid in the state of Connecticut into Capt Ashbel Porters company, which said company was raised for three years and this deponent enlisted as aforesaid for three years in the Continental line as it was called in the wagon department and this deponent went with Capt Porters company to Wethersfield in Connecticut and there they received their teams and in the forepart of May Capt Porters company were engaged in carrying loading & this deponent took charge of one continental team & this deponent with Capt Porters company received loading continental dragoons and carried said loading to Fishkill in the state of New York. Several teams took loading which was all carried to Fishkill aforesaid and the said loading was discharged at Fishkill aforesaid & then this deponent was employed through the summer of 1777 in carrying loading consisting of provisions
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forage & some munitions from Fishkill to Peekskill & also went into the country to procure provisions & forage & transported the same to Fishkill & Peekskill for the use of the Army. Gen Putnam's army lay a part of the time at Peekskill & when Fort Montgomery was taken by the enemy this deponent was in presence of and was employed in carrying off the magazine stores and took them to Fishkill. This was sometime in October 1777 and this deponent was afterwards employed in going into the country and fetching in provisions & forage for the use of the army and this deponent through the winter was engaged in bringing provisions hay forage from the country to the American Army in their barracks at Fishkill and this deponent served as aforesaid under Capt Porter twelve months and about the first of April 1778 this deponent hired Eli Catlin as a substitute to take this deponents place in Capt Porters company and said Eli Catlin was accepted as a substitute for the remainder of the three years for which the deponent was enlisted. This deponent saw Gen Putman & several other officers. Capt Porters company was commanded by Col. Hughes at Fishkill during the said year this deponent served as above stated. Col Hughes commanded a regiment of Continental teams
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And this deponent further saith that sometime in the month of June in 1778 he this deponent enlisted as a volunteer at Harwinton aforesaid in the state of Connecticut & with Capt Joel Gilletts company in Col. Roger Era's regiment in the state troops for twelve months and this deponent was marched with Capt Gilletts company to Horse neck & there Capt Gilletts company joined Col. Eras regiment and was stationed at Horseneck sometime and also a part of the time at West Point & a little time at White Plains and at Stanford and at Greenwich but most of the time Capt Gilletts company was stationed at Horseneck. The enemy were at this time in possession of New York & Merriwalk bridge found the lines between the American troops & the enemy & this deponent stood sentry & did soldiers duty. The continental troops lay mostly at White Plains & near the line toward New York. Col. Webb's regiment as this deponent thinks lay at Stanford & this deponent saw Col. Webb. This deponent cannot recollect of seeing any regular officers whom he can now name. And this deponent saith that he served under the command of Capt Gillett in Col. Eras regiment twelve months and was discharged sometime in June 1779 at Greenwich in the state of New York after he had served twelve months and received a written discharge from Capt Gillett. And this deponent kept his discharge a number of years but said discharge was either lost or destroyed a long time since This deponent thinks thirty years ago
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The officers under whom this deponent served said twelve months were Capt Gillett & Lieut Beon, 1st Lieut James Clark, Jonathan Wright Ensign & said regiment commanded by Col. Era belonged to the 1st battallion, Lieut Col SEth Smith, Ebenezer Curtis Major.

And this deponent further saith that in July 1779 he this deponent saith that an alarm was read & Capt Moses Seymour had orders to call out his company at the town of Harwinton aforesaid & this deponent was marched with the company under the command of Capt Seymour to Norwalk and the next morning after the company arrived at Norwalk the enemy landed from the boats & formed in line & Gens Wolcott commanded the militia & he was posted with the brigade under his command between Norwalk & the enemy. There was one company of continental troops as this deponent believes there; and Capt Seymours company was posted on the heights a little back of the town when the enemy commenced landing. The regiments to which this deponent belonged was commanded by Maj Bull. This deponent belonged to the dragoons, the company was commanded by Capt Seymour & the regiment was a regiment of dragoons commanded at that time by Maj Bull. The enemy advanced in gunshot of the dragoons & Gen Wolcott retreated with his militia on the advance of the enemy & considerable firing of small
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arms took place. The artillery men who had charge of some artillery fled before the enemy & the enemy came up & took possession of the field pieces & turned them and spiked them & Maj Bull was left alone with his regiment of dragoons & at length retreated back & passed through a field of woods. The enemy took possession of Norwalk & plundered & fired several houses. After the retreat this deponent & our Goodwin in the same company, went back to the village on the orders of Maj Bull & volunteers to reconnoiter the enemy. This deponent found that the enemy had mostly retreated back to their boats; some of them were still in Norwalk plundering & firing the houses. This deponent was fired upon several times & he fired back in return & this deponent went & put out the fire in four or five houses where it had commenced burning the ceiling or some other part & then this deponent returned back to his company & this deponent was stationed near & about Norwalk. Other soldiers were billeted out in different houses & this deponent was employed upon several expresses and this deponent saith that he served under the command of Capt Seymour as above stated twelve days & then this deponent was discharged but received no discharge in writing. This deponent returned home with Capt Seymour & the officers under whom this deponent served were Capt Seymour, Lieut Frisbie, Maj. Bull
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And this deponent further saith that he was born on the 15th day of August 1758 in the town of Harrington in the county of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut. That he has a record of his age in his Bible at his home.
That he this deponent was living at Harrington in the County of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut when he this deponent was called into the service in the war of the Revolution.
That he this deponent volunteered & enlisted as a volunteer into the service in the war of the Revolution & went out on alarms when called upon by Capt Seymour herein before mentioned.
This deponent saw Gen. Warren who commanded on Dorchester Heights Gen. Thomas also.
George Putnam

This deponent received a discharge from the service as herein before mentioned but the same has been lost or destroyed long since. The discharge was granted by Capt Gillett after this deponent had served one year & this deponent kept it several years but the same was lost as this deponent thinks thirty years ago. And the deponent further saith that he has no documentary evidence of his revolutionary service. And this deponent saith that there is no clergyman living in his neighborhood who can testify that he is reputed & believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier.
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And this deponent further saith that he knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service in the Revolutionary War.
And this deponent further saith that since the Revolutionary war he resided about two years in Harrington aforesaid in the stat3e of Connecticut and this deponent then removed to Sharon in the county of Schoharie in the state of New York and from there this deponent removed to Johnstown in the county of Montgomery in the state of New York and from therein this deponent removed to Addison in the state of Vermont & from thence this deponent removed to Salisbury in the county of Herkimer & in the state of New York and this deponent now resides in Salisbury in said county of Herkimer & has resided there for about ten years now last past
And this deponent further saith that Nathan S. Greene & Moses Witt are persons to whom this deponent is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to this deponents character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution.
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.
Janna Griswold

Subscribed and sworn to this seventh day of June 1833 in open court.
Julius C. Nelson Clerk
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We Nathan Greene residing in the Town of
Salisbury in the County of Herkimer & State of
New York and Moses Witt also residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Janna Griswold who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four 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.
Subscribed & sworn to this Seventh day of
June 1833 in open court.
Nathan S. Greene
Moses Witt

Julius C Nelson 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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states-
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathan S Greene who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident in the Town of Salisbury in the County of Herkimer & State of New York and that Moses Witt who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and that they are credible persons and their statements is entitled to full credit and belief-
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I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Herkimer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jannah Griswold for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office as Clerk of said Court this seventy day of June 1833.
Julius C. Nelson, Clerk
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State of New York
County of Montgomery Ss
On this twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county being a Court of Record by the laws of said state Lucy Griswold a resident of Ethachtan in said county and state aged in the seventy eight years of her age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Janna Griswold who was a private in the army of the Revolutionary War and the Army of the United States as this deponent has been informed and believes it to be true and this deponent further saith that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States found on account of his services in the Revolutionary War for many years previous to his death and up to the time of his death. And that this applicant has drawn the remnant of the pension from the fourth day of September 1834 to the thirty first day of January 1835 as the widow of said Janna. That the said Janna departed this life on the latter day month and year at Johnstown County of Montgomery aforesaid. That this applicant was lawfully married to said Janna on the twenty second day of January 1785 at Chatham County of Middlesex State of Connecticut in East Hampton Congregational Church in open meeting of said church by the then Reverend Lemuel Parsons, pastor of said church and congregation and has ever since up to the death of the said Janna remained his lawful wife. And since his death continued to remain and yet remains his widow and has not since his death been married to any person and is yet a widow. And this applicant further says that she is informed and believes that the said Pastor Lemuel Parsons has departed this life. And this applicant further says that she is ignorant of the Revolutionary services of her said late husband and also of any person or persons by whom she might prove the same. That she had often heard her said husband state his enlistment and services but in consequence of her age her memory fails so much that she is unable to repeat those services times & places by being stated and that she must solely rely upon the evidences on file in the Department of War by him lodged.
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there when he applied for and obtained his certificate of pension and to which she refers for the evidence of her said husbands services and to support her claim and for the establishment of her right. And she further declares that she was not married to her said husband prior to his leaving said service.
Lucy Griswold

State of New York
Montgomery County Ss
I Alexander J. Connie Clerk of the county of Montgomery and also Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lucy Griswold.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twelfth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
A. J. Connie
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I Rufus Smith of Chatham Middlesex County & State of Connecticut hereby certify that I am Pastor of the congregational Church in East Hampton Society in said town & that it appears by the records of the church now in my possession that on the 22nd day of Jany 1786 Janna Griswold of the state of New York & Lucy Clark of Chatham were legally married & the record kept by Lemuel Parsons, Pastor of said church at that time is in the records & figures as follows (viz)
"Married Jany 22nd 1786 Janna Griswold N. York State & Lucy Clark E. Hampton."
Rufus Smith Pastor

State of Connecticut Middlesex County Ss Chatham October 24th 1838. Personally appeared Rufus Smith and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me.
Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
Middlesex County} I John Fisk, Clerk of the County Court of said county of Middlesex do certify that Elijah Clark Esq was on the 24th of Oct last & now is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county of Middlesex as said court on file in my office & that his name subscribed to the preceding certificate is his proper hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 6th day of Nov AD 1838.
John Fisk, Clerk
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I Stephen Clark of Chatham in the County of Middlesex & State of Connecticut aged 84 years depose & say that I was personally acquainted with Janna Griswold from the State of New York & that I was present at the marriage of the said Griswold when married to Lucy Clark of Chatham East Hampton society & saw them lawfully married in the Parish church by the Rev. Lemuel Parsons then Pastor of said Church.
Stephen Clark
Chatham October 27th AD 1838

State of Connecticut Middlesex county Ss Chatham October 27th AD 1838
Personally appeared Stephen Clark and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me,
Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Stephen Clark the deponent & that he is a respectable & credible witness.
Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Montgomery County Ss}
John Griswold and Aaron Haring being severally duly sworn say that they were well acquainted with Janna Griswold now deceased late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That the said John is a son of the said deceased and he the said John says that the said Janna departed this life on the thirty first day of January 1835 in said town and this deponent saw him after his death and attended the funeral of the said Janna and that he this deponent resides within five miles of Lucy Griswold the widow of the said Janna and that this deponent was always informed and never heard it contradicted that the said Lucy and Janna were lawfully married. That the said Lucy since the death of said Janna has a considerable part of the time resided with the deponent, that this deponent does not believe that the said Lucy since the death of the said Janna has married to any one & believes that she since said death has remained a widow & yet is a widow and that he has not heard that she has since his death again married and this deponent is in the fifty third year of his age.
And the said Aaron Haring says that he has witness the said Janna was said Pensioner that this deponent assisted him to obtain said Pension, & frequently to obtain the money therefore that this deponent has been acquainted with said Janna at least thirty eighty years last past. That he always acknowledged said Lucy to be his wife and such was the general reputation and which this deponent never heard doubted. And this deponent has no doubt on that point, that this deponent lives within eight or nine miles from said Lucy since her husbands death almost daily sees & converses with her neighbors, never heard any implication that she had married since her husbands death & is satisfied if she had that he would have heard of it & believes her to have been a widow since her husbands death.
Aaron Haring
John Griswold

Subscribed and sworn to this 19th day of December 1838. Before me and I certify that the deponents are credible witnesses.
Abrm Morrell First Judge of Montgomery County Courts
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State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerk offices. I do hereby certify that the within named Abraham Morrell esquire whose name is subscribed to the front of this foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date thereof first Judge of Montgomery County Courts and duly authorized by the Law of said state to administer oaths and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office the 19th day of December 1838.
A. J. Connie Clerk

[written sideways across the bottom]
4116
Lucy Griswold
Act 1838
2732

Admitted 
Private 2 years


Aaron Haring Esq
Fulton 
N. Y.
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Constance Stoll
2113 2nd Street
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

BAJ/ILL
Janna Griswold
W. 21220

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Janna or Jonah Griswold, of Enfield, Connecticut.

The data given herein are found in the papers on file in pension claim W. 21220, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Janna Griswold.

Janna Griswold was born August 15, 1758, in Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not given. He resided there during the early years of the Revolutionary War.

Janna Griswold enlisted and served as a private in the Connecticut troops, at different times, given as follows: from January 1, 1776, two months in Captain Moses Foot's company, Colonel James Wadsworth's regiment, stationed near Roxbury, Massachusetts; in March or April, 1777, five days in Captain Moses Seymour's company Colonel Sheldon's regiment of Light Dragoons; just after that, twelve months as a teamster under Captain Ashbel Porter and Colonel Hughes, engaged in the vicinity of Peekskill and Fishkill, New York; from about June 1778, at least four months in Captain Joel Gillett's company, Colonel Roger Enos' regiment, near Norwalk, Connecticut. He moved sometime in 1780, to Hartland, Connecticut; he enlisted there in August or September 1781, and served seven months in Captain James Stoddard's company, Colonel Samuel Canfield's regiment. During these years of service, the soldier was in frequent skirmishes with the enemy.

Janna Griswold resided in Harwinton, Connecticut, for about two years after the Revolutionary War, then moved to Sharon, Schoharie
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County, New York, from there to Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York, thence to Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York.

Janna Griswold was allowed pension on his application executed June 7, 1833, at which time he resided in Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York; he had resided there about ten years. He died January 31, 1935, in Johnstown, New York.

The soldier married January 22, 1786, in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Lucy Clark, of said Chatham; they were married by the Congregational Minister of Chatham.

Lucy Griswold, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed December 12, 1838, at which time she resided in Ephratah, Montgomery County, New York. She gave her age then as seventy-eight years, but did not state the date and place of her birth, nor the names of her parents. In 1843, she resided in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.

In 1838, when Lucy Griswold made application for her pension, John Griswold, her son, was aged fifty-two years, and resided within five miles of her. No other names of children of Janna Griswold and his wife, Lucy, were stated.

In 1838, Stephen Clark, a resident of Chatham, Connecticut, aged eighty-four years, state that the was present at the marriage of Lucy Clark and Janna Griswold; no relationship to the family was stated. Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County, Connecticut, in 1838, nor relationship to the soldier's family shown.

In 1834, the soldier, Janna Griswold, was referred to as the uncle of Colonel Griswold of Salisbury, New York, the given name of said officer not stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Lucy Griswold, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following: Lucy Griswold, widow of Janna Griswold, Certificate #2767, issued November 19, 1843, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843. Act of March 3, 1843, New York Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

W. F. 21,220

Washington, D. C., _____, 19__

In reply to your request of _________, received _________ for a statement of the military history of Janna Griswold a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[column titles]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE
RANK
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
STATE.

Jany 1776 - April 1776  Captain Moses Foot, Colonel James Wadworth Conn
Mch or Apr 1777 5 days, Capt. Moses Seymour, Colonel Sheldon's Lt Dragoon
Apr 1777 12 mos. Teamster. Captain Ashbel Parker, Colonel Hughes.
June 1778 4 mos. Captain Joel Gillett, Colonel Roger Enos.
July 1779 12 days, Captain Seymour, Major Bull
August or September 1781 7 months, Captain James Stoddard, Colonel Lemuel Canfield

Battles engaged in None Stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Harwinton Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension June 7, 1833 His cl. al. 
Residence at date of application, Salisbury, Herkimer County, N. Y.
Age at date of application, gorn Aug 15 1758 at Harwinton Conn.; died Jany 31, 1833 at Johnstown N. Y.
Remarks:
He mar. Jany 22, 1786 at Chatham Conn. Lucy Clark. She was al. pens. on an application ex. Dec 12, 1838 while a res. of Ephratah N. Y. aged 78 years. Dec 1838 his son John was 52 years old. There is no other data on file as to his family. After the Rev. Soldier moved to Sharon Schoharie Co. N. Y. & Johnstown N. Y.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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August 8, 1938.
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the military record and any other information or family data that you may have of Janna or Jonah Griswold of Enfield, Conn.
He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Sincerely,
Constance Stoll
2113 Second St. 
Cuyahoga Falls, O

[stamped]
RECEIVED 
AUG 9 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
35
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[stamped]
U. S.
PENSION
OFFICE
D
FEB 10 1920

From: - 
Mrs. Edgar P. Crouse,
1491 Westchester Ave.,
New York City.

New York, Feb 7, 1920.

The BUREAU of PENSIONS
Dept. of the Interior
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS section,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:---- Will you be so kind as to send me data concerning the Pension paper of Lucy Griswold, wife of Jannah Griswold......who, (Janna Griswold), served with the Connecticut Volunteers 5th Regiment, Light Horse with WASHINGTON in the Retreat Thru New Jersey 1776......Jannah Griswold rendering service Oct. 25 - Dec. 26. Jannah Griswold was a private, I believe, in the TRYON INVASION July 1779, with Capt. Seymour's Company, Major Sheldon's Regt., July 8-19, 1779.
I would especially like to know his birth-date, marriage date, and 'native town' (which I believe was Lyme, Conn. but DON'T KNOW.) And, if possible to tell me, did he settle in New York State, somewhere near Johnstown, Fulton County, on a farm? (At close of Revolution.)
For the above information I would be most grateful indeed. I wish to join the D. A. R. and SOME of these items are so hard to trace with absolute accuracy.
Thanking you for any information you would forward me, I am, 
Sincerely yours,
Adeline R. Crouse. (Mrs. Edgar P.)
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21,220
Lucy Griswold
widow of
Janna Griswold
Pri Rev War
Act March 3rd 43
Index Vol. A, Page 291

1920 Feby 21 Hist to Mrs E. P. Cleuse
1938 Sept 19 Hist to Constance Stoll
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Albany 2732
Lucy Griswold
widow of Janna Griswold
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 and who died on the 31 January 1835 of Montgomery Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Foot of the Regt commanded by Col. Wadsworth in the Con. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
at the rate of 80 Dollars ----Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1839 and sent to Aaron Haring Johnstown, Fulton Co. N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March '39   240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 6 Sep.   40.00
________
$280.00

{Act July 7, 1838.}

recorded by D. Brown, Clerk,
Vol. 2 Page 79
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Certificate returned to this office & sent to Aaron Haring, Esq. Johnstown, Fulton Co. N. York
6 June 1839

Death not on A. B.
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[stamped] Free

Aaron Haring, Esq
Fulton
N. York

J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions

Aaron Haring Johnstown, Fulton Co. N. York
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I Barnabas Benton of the town of New Paltz and Ulster County int he state of new York, now of the age of sixty eight years and nine months do certify that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I then lived in the state of Connecticut in Litchfield County. Do certify that I was then personally acquainted with Ashbel Carter and Janna Griswold and that the said Carter was a Captain [illegible] in Saml Francis and Waggons in the service of the United States and the said Janna Griswold was enlisted under the said porter and go with him as I see them go together with a company of teams but how long enlisted I do not know and further more say not. Given under my hand at New Paltz this 15th day of December 1833.
Barnabas Benton

Ulster County Ss
Sworn and subscribed before me this fifteenth day of December 1833 Wells Lake a judge of common and I further certify that the above named Barnabas Benton is a man of reputable Character.
Wells Lake
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State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's office Ss. I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of said county do hereby certify that Wells Lake was on the date of the within affidavit a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county duly authorized to take affidavit to and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily his signature to the certificate of the within affidavit to be genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court and County this 16 day of December 1833.
Jacob Snyder
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Hon. A. Mann
Sir
I herewith enclose the papers in the application of Mr. Janna Griswold uncle to Col Griswold of Salisbury today before the Hon. Sec of War. You are well acquainted with the old gentleman & you will concur with me in the opinion that he is a perfectly conscientious man & his statement supported by additional proof will I think command the belief of the Sec of War to whom I wish you to transmit it for his examination. The case has been over before the Comm of pensions who returned the papers [crossed out "with"] for further proof. Mr. J. Griswold stated in his original application that he served a year in 1778 & 9 but it he it appears was mistaken as to the length of term. For he has been to CT & obtained from the Comptrollers of the state and abstract from the words of the law passed by the Gen Assembly in 1778 for the raising a regiment for one year after regiment were [illegible] under arms & occasionally were called out for martial again but they were not to be called out for a longer time than three months at any one time. Mr. G. enlisted in this regiment & his impression was he served a year as he enlisted a year but his recollection has been refreshed by inquiry in CT so that he finds he served only 7 mos in two tours. The papers & proofs are enclosed & please accompany them with your certificate of the old mans excellent character. He has fully explained the mistake & now brings proof to that I believe as I hope the Sec of War will allow his pension. And I think the old man is truly deserving. Col Griswold also requests your particular attention to it & write me what may be wanting if anything. Also Mr. J. G. wishes you [illegible] whether Cont. money is partially received. I will write you same. 
Feby 8th 1834
H. Nolton
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H. Nolton
Recd 16 Feb 1834
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Lucy Griswold

$80 per ann

John Wilson
Saint Johnsville
New York
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STATE OF NEW-YORK
County of Fulton }ss.
On this 24th day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid
personally appeared Lucy Griswold a resident of the town of Johnstown in said county, aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war:
That she is the widow of Janna Griswold who was a pensioner under Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832 at $80 per annum and she referred for proof of the comps & regiments in which he served to the papers sent on by him when he applied for a pension under said act.
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act was Eighty Dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Lucy Griswold

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written.
John W. Cady a Justice of the Peace of the said county.

I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me.
John W. Cady a Justice of the peace of said county.

STATE OF NEW YORK,
County of Fulton}ss.
I, Stephen Wait clerk of said county, do hereby certify that John W. Cady Esquire was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this 24th day of June 1843.
Stephen Wait, Clerk
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Albany N. Y.
Janna Griswold on roll act 1832 to what time paid?
John Harry Esq
Died 31 Jan 1835 p to that period [illegible]
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[stamped]
Free

[stamped]
JOHNSTOWN MAY 2 N.Y.

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Ansd June 1839

Griswold
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Dear Sir
In December last the pension papers of Lucy Griswold were sent to Commissioner of Pensions & as yet nothing has been received showing the receipt or adjudication of the application.
Respectfully
Aaron Haring
Johnstown Fulton County N. Y.
May 2nd 1839
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[stamped]
FREE

[stamped]
FULTON JUN 1 N. Y.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com Pensions
Washington D. C.
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P. O. Fulton Oswego Co. N. Y.
may 31, 1839

Sir
I herewith enclose to you a package addressed to Aaron Haring, agreeable to your request in letter of 27th inst.
Your Obt Svt
L. Falkey, P. M.

J. L. Edwards Esq
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[stamped]
FREE

[stamped]
JOHNSTON N. Y.
DEC 21

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

NY Dec 26
4116
7 July 1838
Griswold
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Sir
Enclosed is the application of Lucy Griswold widow for a Pension of when passed upon it is desired that the result be communicated to me.
Respectfully
Aaron Haring

Johnstown Fulton County N. Y.
Dec 19th 1838
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I Mindwell Bill of Hartland in the county of Hartford and state of Connecticut being seventy seven years of age depose and say that Janna Griswold resided about a year in said town of Hartland toward the close of the Revolutionary War. That I was well acquainted with him and that after residing in said town as aforesaid he went away and it was said at the time and generally believed that he went into the army and further your deponent saith not.
Mindwell Bill

State of Connecticut Hartford County Ss. Hartland Nov 19th 1833
Personally appeared the above named Mindwell Bill and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed & I certify that she is a credible witness.
Phelps Humphreys Justice of Peace
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I Samuel Benjamin of Hartland in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut being seventy six years of age depose and say that in or about the year 1780 a man by the name of Griswold came to reside in said town of Hartland and after residing in said town a year or two he went away and said he was going into the army and I loaned him a book to carry with him and that after being gone seven or eight months he returned and said Book was stolen from him or lost while in the army and that your deponent has not seen or heard of him since until within a few days a man calling his name Janna Griswold called upon me and I believe from his appearance and circumstances related by him that he is the man but do not recollect his given name. And further your deponent saith not.
Samuel Benjamin

State of Connecticut Hartford County Ss. Hartland Heights 1833
Personally appeared Samuel Benjamin the above named deponent and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I certify that he is a credible witness.
Phelps Humphreys Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut, County of Hartford Ss.
I, Jared Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said county do hereby certify that Phelps Humphreys Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Mindwell Bill & Samuel Benjamin were respectively taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Hartford, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law, with full power to take affidavits administer oaths to and that the several signatures purporting to be said Phelps Humphreys are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this 29th day of Novr AD 1833.
Jared Griswold Clerk
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I Elisha Taylor of the town & county of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut of the age of seventy two years depose and say - 
That I well remember that Janna Griswold nor or formerly of Johnstown in the county of Montgomery & state of New York was in Capt Joel Gilletts company and Col. Roger Eno's regiment in the year 1778. That he was an enlisted soldier under Captain Gillett and that he started with in from Litchfield aforesaid to join the army - and that when we arrived at Bethlam in Connecticut he was [illegible] with a horde and was obliged to be left.
Elisha Taylor

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County Ss Town of Litchfield 23rd nov 1833
Then personally appeared Elisha Taylor the above named deponent who is personally known to me as a man of the most unquestionable veracity & integrity, and made solemn oath to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me,
Elihu Harrison Justice of the Peace
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I, Jonathan Wright of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged eighty eight years, depose and say that on or about the first day of March 1778. I was commissioned an ensign in Col Roger Enos regiment of minute men raised by the state of Connecticut and was annexed to the company commanded by Capt Joel Gillett. This regiment was enlisted for one year and was soon after called in the service and continued in the service until regularly discharged in Greenwich in this state. Which I believe was in the month of February or March 1779.
And the deponent further says that he was unwell at the time the company marched from Litchfield and did not join them until they had arrived at Greenwich in this state.
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Soon after I arrived the company at Greenwich I learned that Janna Griswold was left somewhere upon the road from Litchfield to Greenwich and that he had been [illegible] by a horse and it was a subject of frequent inquiry when said Griswold would probably be well enough to join said company. And this deponent further says that according to his best knowledge & belief said Griswold did join said company as soon as he had sufficiently recovered and that he continued with it until regularly discharged at  Greenwich.
And further the deponent saith not. Dated at Litchfield December 11th 1833. Jonathan Wright
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County Ss} Litchfield December 11 1833
Then personally appeared before me Leonard Goodwin a Justice of the peace for said county Jonathan Wright to me well known and subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, and made oath tot he truth of the same according to law. I further certify that the said Jonathan Wright is a credible witness.
Leonard Goodwin Justice of the Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the county court for the county of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut certify that Elihu Harrison Esq before whom the preceding affidavit of Elisha Taylor appears to have been taken was at the date to wit, on the 23rd day of November AD 33 & that he now is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the signature to the certificate annexed to said affidavit which purports to be the signature of said Elihu Harrison is genuine. I further certify that Leonard Goodwin Esq before whom the preceding affidavit of Jonathan Wright appears to have been taken is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the signature to the certificate annexed to said affidavit is the genuine signature of said Leonard Goodwin. Witness my hand & the seal of said court at Litchfield in said county this eleventh day of December AD 1833.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.
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State of New York
County of Herkimer Ss: On this seventh day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Herkimer now sitting the same being a court of record having by same a clerk and seal Janna Griswold a resident of the [illegible] of Salisbury in the county of Herkimer in said state aged seventy five years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
This deponent saith that the following statement is intended to amend his original declaration hereto annexed and also to set forth other revolutionary services not mentioned in said declaration viz:
This deponent saith that in the latter part of January 1776 he this deponent enlisted as a volunteer at Harrington in the state of Connecticut into Capt Foots company in Col Wadsworths regiment for two months and served as stated and set forth in this deponents original declaration hereunto annexed and this deponent further saith that he served in said tour two months and that he was then discharged at Roxbury in Massachusetts about the first of April 1776 but he received no discharge in writing. And this deponent further saith that by the certificate of Elisha Phelps Comptroller of the state of Connecticut hereunto annexed it appears that upon the Journal of the pay
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State of New York
County of Herkimer Ss: On this seventh day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Herkimer now sitting the same being a court of record having by same a clerk and seal Janna Griswold a resident of the [illegible] of Salisbury in the county of Herkimer in said state aged seventy five years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
This deponent saith that the following statement is intended to amend his original declaration hereto annexed and also to set forth other revolutionary services not mentioned in said declaration, viz: 
This deponent saith that in the latter part of January 1776 he this deponent enlisted as a volunteer at Harrington in the state of Connecticut into Capt Foots company in Col. Wadsworths regiment for two months and served as stated and set forth in this deponents original declaration hereunto annexed and this deponent further saith that he served in said tour two months and that he was then discharged at Roxbury in Massachusetts about the first of April 1776 but he received no discharge in writing. And this deponent further saith that by the certificate of Elisha Phelps Comptroller of the state of Connecticut hereunto annexed it appears that upon the journal of the pay
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table under date June 23rd 1776 Coll James Wadsworths regiment was paid for two months service and this deponent saith that he was in said service particularly detailed in his said declaration and this deponent further saith that he obtained said certificate of the said Comptroller before he this deponent made his said original declaration but did not annex it thereto because his attorney did not believe it to be necessary as he said and this deponent further saith that since his said declaration has been returned back to him by the Hon the Secretary of War, he this deponent made a journey to Connecticut for the purpose of procuring proof of his service and this deponent has obtained the affidavit of Jonathan Wright hereunto annexed, who was ensign in Capt Gilletts company and this deponent saith that he recollects the circumstances mentioned in said Jonathan Wrights affidavit that he this deponent was lamed by the kick of a horse and that in consequence thereof this deponent was [crossed out "laid up"] unable to keep on the march with the company and this deponent saith that according to his best recollection and belief he was detained on the way by his lameness about a fortnight before he joined his company and this deponent further saith that he stated in his said original declaration that he served about one year under Capt Gillett in 1778 & 1779 and the said Jonathan Wright states in his affidavit hereto annexed that Col Enos regiment in which
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this deponent served was enlisted for one year; but this deponent finds that by the records of the state of Connecticut in February 1776 the General Assembly ordered two brigades be raised for defense of the State, the enlistment & service whenever the militia should be called out to be kept up until the first of March 1779 unless [illegible] discharged but the battalions nor any detachment from them should be continued in actual service more than three months at any one time an abstract of which record is hereto annexed signed by E. Phelps. And this deponent further [illegible] on enquiry of said Jonathan Wright he said that he drew full pay for a year from this deponent saith that after getting all the information he can procure he has refreshed his recollection as to the length of his service in 1778 & 1779 & according to his best recollection and belief he was called about in the month of June 1778 [crossed out "as a volunteer"] at Harrington in the state of Connecticut in Capt Joel Gilletts company in Col. Roger Enos regiment as set forth in this deponents original declaration [crossed out "for three months"] and served as stated in his said declaration under Capt Gillett and was marched & stationed at the places mentioned in his said declaration and this deponent served three months and was then discharged and went home but according to the best recollection & belief of this deponent he did not remain at home but a few days before he was called on again in Capt Gilletts company and he this deponent according to his best recollection and belief
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he was marched again under Capt Gillett and stationed at old Greenwich in the state of Connecticut about the first part of October 1778 and that Col. Enos regiment in which this deponent served was stationed at said post and that this deponent was frequently marched with the regiment up and down and along the Lines and reconnoitering the enemy and guarding against them and the regiment was posted along the lines sometimes at Horse Neck sometimes at West Point & at Stanford and this deponent saith that on enquiry and recollection he did not serve til June 1779 as stated in his said original declaration but according to the last information he can obtain and also from his further and present recollection and belief he served under Capt Gillett as above stated until the latter part of February or first of March 1779 and this deponent well recollects that in the winter [crossed out "Col Enos regiment"] Capt Gilletts company was billeted out in houses among the inhabitants at Greenwich & this deponent was put up at a widow Mead's house in Greenwich and this deponent says that in this town he was not discharged but continued in service til the regiment was discharged in the latter part of February or first March 1779 and this deponent saith that he cannot state the precise length of time he served in said tour but he is certain that he served four months and that he was then discharged at Greenwich in the last of February or first of March 1779
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and this deponent received a discharge in writing but has lost the same as stated in his declaration. And this deponent saith that it had been in his mind that he served a year in 1778 & 1779 as stated in his said declaration but his deponent as above stated now thinks he did not serve til June 1779 but no longer than til the last of February or first of March 1779. And this deponent further saith that he got the impression he served one year in 1778 & 1779 from the fact that he enlisted in Capt Gilletts company in Col Enos regiment to serve the year for which said regiment was raised under the Act of the General Assembly of February 1778 an abstract signed by E. Phelps is hereto annexed and the deponent prays refer to the same. And this deponent further saith that the following contains a statement of his Revolutionary service not stated in his original declaration and this deponent further saith that in the year 1780 he this deponent went to live in the town of Hartland in the county of Hartford in the state of Connecticut and this deponent further saith that in 1782 the town of Hartland aforesaid was called upon under the General Assembly to raise two men or soldiers to fill up a [illegible] in the complement of men in a certain regiment commanded by Col Samuel Canfield then in actual service at or near the post of Horse Neck and this deponent saith that he did enlist to supply the place of one of the said men & resided by said town according to the best remembrance of this deponent in the month of August or by the first of September 1782 and this deponent
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joined the regiment commanded by Col Samuel Canfield, Major James Dana and this deponent was annexed to Capt James Stoddards company, who was one of the four Captains of said regiment viz Capt Samuel Granger, Capt Daniel Allen Capt Charles Miles and this deponent joined the regiment at old Greenwich barracks where I was stationed until the first day of April 1783 and then this deponent was regularly discharged and disbanded by the commanding officers but this deponent received no written discharge and this deponent saith that he was frequently marched to Horseneck and employed in guarding on the lines and also guarding the fort or barracks at Old Greenwich and protecting property against "Cowboys" as they were known and called and this deponent saith that he served seven months in said tour under Capt James Stoddard and this deponent would [illegible] refer to the abstract of the records of the state of Connecticut signed by E. Phelps hereunto annexed in which it is stated that in January 1782 the General Assembly ordered corps to be raised to serve one year. Appointed Samuel Canfield Lt. Col & Elijah Humphreys Major thereof & James Dana one of the Captains and this deponent saith that he enlisted as aforesaid in Col. Canfields regiment under the above Act as this deponent believes. And this deponent saith that the last proof of his said service is contained in the affidavits of Mindwell Bill and Samuel Benjamin hereto annexed and this deponent has not been able after the most diligent inquiry to find any persons living who were
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in the service with him in 1782. 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.
This deponent [crossed out "was"] has set forth in his original declaration hereto annexed the answers to the several interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and this now as then resides in the town of Salisbury in the county of Herkimer state of new York.
Janna Griswold
Sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of February 1834 in open court.
Julius C. Nelson 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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Herkimer County Ss
Clerk's office: I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Janna Griswold for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this day of February 1834.
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We Joseph Sabin of the town of Salisbury in the county of Herkimer and Hiram Nolton of the town of Fairfield in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Janna Griswold who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Joseph Sabin
Hiram Nolton

Sworn and subscribed this 7th day of February 1834 in open court.
Julius C. Nelson 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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Sabin who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Salisbury in the county of Herkimer and Hiram Nolton who has also signed the same is a resident of the Town of Fairfield in Herkimer County & that they are both credible witnesses & that their statement is entitled to full credit.
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Herkimer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Janna Griswold for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office of Clerk this 7th day of February 1834.
Julius C. Nelson Clerk