Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,551, for Thomas Loomis, Connecticut
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[left] (3-1776) [/left] [right] NUMBER [/right]
[left] SERVICE [/left]
[left column] Conn. [/left column] [middle column] Loomis, Thomas [/middle column] [right column] S.17.551 [/right column]
[left column] Continental [/left column]
[right column] carded [/right column]
CONTENTS
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[left side] Paid at the Treasurey under
thee act of thee to 6 April 1838
from 4 March to 4 Sept 1837
agent notified to July 1838 [/left side]
[right side] New York N. 24, 935
Thomas Loomis
of Otsego Co. in the Stat of N. York
who was a Pr. Corp. Sergt. in the [line] commande
by Captain [line] of the Right commande
by Col. Putnam in the Comm. Troops + Continental
line for Private 6 months [line] 20.00
Corp. 2 " % 33
Sergt. 6 30.00
[line under numbers]
[total] $57.33 [/total]
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Enscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 57 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the sixth day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21, day of March
1834 and sent to John Rufsell
Coopers Town N. York
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1834  171.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. "  28.66
[line under numbers]
[total] $200.65 [/total]
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[left of two lines] { [/left of two lines] Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832 [right of two lines] } [/right of two lines]
Recorded by D. Broier Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 105
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State of New York
Otsego County on this 7th day [object covering word] 1832 personally ap-
peared [appeared ] in open Court before James O. [object covering word] and
human stage judges of the court of common please being a 
court of record, now sitting.
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[crossed out] State of New York
County of Otsego On tihs day of September 1832 personally appeared in this court before Robert Monill Joseph A. Morse and Elisha Foote judges of the court of [illegible] and [illegible] now setting [/crossed out]
Thomas Loomis a resident of Otsego in the county of Otsego and state of New York aged seventy six years who bring fish 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 follow. ing [following] named officers and served as herin stated. He resided in the Town of Lebanon and State of Connecticut when the news arrived that hostilities had commenced and he immediately joined his company commanded by one Captain Clark and started the same day (bring the 19th of Apl. 1775) for Boston sometime after his arrival in Cambridge, he thinks a few days before the battle of Bunkerhill, he enlisted for six months in Capt. Clarks Company Col. Listmans' regiment. Nothing of importance took place until the evening of the 14th of June when he was drafted for an expedition, with orders to take two days provisions and was put under the command of Gnl Warren. He started from Cambridge about 9 o'clock in the evening and arrived at Bunkerhill about 12 O'Clock when they commenced building a Fort. such was their stillness in their work by order of the Genl Warren that they were not discovered until the approach of day light when a brisk Cannonade and Bombardment commenced. They completed the Fort about 12 O'Clock M. It was a poor one when finished but better than none. In the battle which was fought in the afternoon of the 15th he discharged his musket fifteen times before the enemy succeeded in driving the Americans from the fort. When the British arrived the Fort and the men that they had lost, they must have found that it was dearly fought. At the close of the Campaign when his enlistment had expired. General Washington requested that Putnam's regiment would continue another month and he complied with the Genl. request. After his return home orders came out for an enlistment of two months with the run of driving the enemy out of Boston. He again enlisted as a Corporal in Capt Mason's company Col Wadsworths regiment in the month of January 1776 for a service of two months.
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The company marched to Roxbury and from thence to Dorchester where they build a Fort in order to command the Town of Boston and the Shipping--the British commenced a furious fire upon them to dislodge them, but failing in this attempt, they soon embarked for Halifax--He returned home some time in the Spring of 1776 and Orders came out for enlisting men for another six months--he immediately enlisted as a Seargent in Captain Clark's company Col. Sage's regiment and marched to New York--soon after his arrival in New York Wallis sailed down the Hudson river in the Roebuck of 50 Guns--He (this deponent) repaired to the American alarm post in the Fort next above the Grand battery, and as soon as the Ship appeared they opened their cannon upon her--not being on his guard at the time of discharging a thirty two pounder, and the muzzle of the Gun being within four feet of his head, he received such a Shock as deafened the ear next to the Cannon and greatly affected the other which deafness has continued untill this time-- Sage's regiment, to which he belonged, was ordered to Governors Island, expecting that the British would soon attack the City--The enemy landed on Long Island where Washington in attempting to dislodge them met with a defeat and returned to the City--a British officer came to Governors Island and demanded of the American officer that he surrender his men as prisoners of war--having no means of defending nor leaving the Island, the demand was granted--while the British Officer was gone for his boats to take off his prisoners, Washington sent the American boats and relieved them from
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captivity. On returning to the City Washington's army was ready for a retreat which was effected with little loss notwithstanding the passing through the Cannonading at Turtle by and the landing of British army on the Island at the same time. The American army continued their retreat to White Plains where they entrenched themselves with intention of giving the enemy battle--The morning they arrived--the Brigade to which he, this deponent, belonged was ordered to proceed about a mile below to give them battle and they placed themselves in as advantageous a spot as could be found where they waited the arrival of the enemy. The firing was sharp but not of long duration, he discharged his piece five times besides attending to his other duties which were to see that every soldier did his duty and if any one attempted to leave his post to dispatch him which was the positive orders of the commander
The frequent disasters of [caret] the American army during the remaining part of this Campaign is too painful to dwell upon. He was discharged by Col. Sage the last of December 1776 and returned home. Congress then resolved to raise an army during the war. The state of Connecticut for helping the enlistments passed a resolution that every four men who would procure an able bodied man and deliver him to an officer should be exempt from military duty, unless the State was invaded. He, this deponent, joined with three others and obtained an able bodied man, delivered him to an officer and took his receipt--he thinks that they gave to this Recruit about two hundred dollars in addition to the bounty which he received from government--About the beginning of the summer of 1777 he served under the direction of the Commissary Gen. of the army Gen'l Wadsworth to see to the transportation of provisions and other articles from Providence, Boston and other places to the American Army--he continued in this business untill the arrival of the French army--he then received a Captains Commission from Gen'l Wadsworth agent of the French army, to raise teams to enter said service--he raised his quota of teams and repaired to the Army in Providence, he thinks
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about the month of June 1781 and was stationed with the Hospital department. The French army marched from Providence to join the American army at White Plains, and the Hospital department marched to North Castle--soon after he arrived at North Castle he received instructions from Gen'l Wadsworth dated Aug't 24 1781, which instructions accompany this application--When the armies took up their march to the Southward for the ---ging of Cornwallis, he, this deponent, started with the hospital, one or two days in rear of the armies--The whole burden of providing for the teams and the department devolved on him during the whole of the march--He arrived with the hospital at Williamsburgh Va. the morning that Washington opened his first batteries in Yorktown. The hospital was established at Williamsburgh and it was made the duty of this deponent to see to the transportation of French sick and wounded from the field of battle to the hospital, a distance of about 14 miles. Four or five of the last days, in the taking of 3 redoubts, there were many of the French wounded, and the labor of this deponent was very great and fatiguing by day and by night, but was highly compensated in witnessing the surrender of Cornwallis.
He continued in the hospital department a few weeks and returned home by the Consent of Gen'l Wadsworth to return to the service whenever called for
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In answer to the interrogatories propounded by the Court, this deponent says that he was born in the town of Lebanon--State of Connecticut on the 19th day of April 1756. That he has no record of his age That he was living in the town of Lebanon when he volunteered into service--that he has resided in the County of Otsego and State of New York since the year 1798 and that he came to this place from Lebanon aforesaid. He recollects as officers in the first Campaign Gen'ls Washington Warren & Putman
And was discharged at Cambridge--by Gen'l Washington when the regiment received his thanks for their services being one month longer than their enlistments a the particular request of the General. Discharged at Roxbury in the Spring of 1776 by Col. Wadsworth [crossed out: from his [illegible] service]. His discharge was at White Plains in the month of Dec. 1776 by Col. Sage--when at White Plains there were Gen'ls Washington Lee & Spencer
This deponent received an appointment and commission (as before stated) under Gen. Wadsworth which he always considered as a commission of Cap't in the Hospital staff--This commission was preserved for many years after the war and was unfortunately destroyed with many old papers, then in his possession, by some one of his family, not thinking it to be of any value.
Doctor Thomas Fuller, James Averill and Major Joseph Griffin of Otsego can testify to his character and veracity and their belief of his services 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--
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
Thos Loomis
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We, John Smith a clergyman, residing in the Town and County of Otsego, and [crossed out: Samuel Nelson] Tho's Fuller residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Loomis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six 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--
John Smith
Thomas Fuller
Horace Lathrop, 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 solider and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that [crossed out: Thomas Loomis] John Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town and County of Otsego and that [crossed out: Samuel Nelson] Thomas Fuller who also signed the same is a resident in the same place [crossed out: and one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York] and is a credible person and that these statement is entitled to credit. 
J.O. Morse
E. Foot
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Judges
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of [caret] Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Loomis for a pension
[SEAL]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 19th day of [crossed out: September AD 1832] October 1832
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
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County of Otsego
Jerome Clark of Cherry Valley and County aforesaid being sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Thomas Loomis of Otsego who is applying for a pension under an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832--that he the said Jerome was in the same Company with said Thomas at the Battle of Bunker hill--at which time his hearing was good--and that he was also knowing to his enlisting as a Seargent in the Company of Capt. Clark in Col. Sage's regiment which went to New York and after that Compaign he saw him [crossed out: after] when he returned, at which time his hearing was injured, and learned from those who accompanied him that his hearing was injured at New York by the firing of a Cannon on one of the Batteries when Commodore Wallis came down the Hudson river in the Roebuck.
He further saith that he is acquainted with the services of the said Thomas at the time he was engaged in transportation of Stores for the Army after the Campaign of 1776, untill the arrival of the French Army in America--and that after the arrival of the French Army the said Thomas received a Commission under the Agent of the French army Gen'l Wadsworth for procuring teams for the transportation of the hospital for the French army--and that the said Tho.s joined the French army with his teams and continued with them in the snow untill the surrender of CornWallis at Yorktown Virginia--further this deponent saith not
Jerome Clark
Sworn & subscribed this 4th day of September 1832 before me James O [illegible] Flint Judge of Otsego County N.Y.
I certify that I am & have been for many years well acquainted with the above named Jerome Clark & that he is a man of truth & a credible witness & to be in my opinion believed under oath. June 13,1833.
J.O. Morse First Judge of Otsego Co.
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State of New York
Otsego County
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James O Morse before whom the within Affidavit of Samuel Clark purports to have been sworn was, at the date of the same first Judge of the said County, duly appointed & authorised by law to take such Affidavit; and that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit & to the above Certificate to be his proper handwriting & signature. Hereto my hand and Seal of Office this 4th day of July 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
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State of New York
Otsego County
Mary Loomis of the Town & County of Otsego being sworn saith, that she has been personally acquainted with Thomas Loomis who is applying for a pension under an Act of Congress Passed June 4th 1831 for sixty years--that she was knowing to the said T. Loomis going from Lebanon in Connecticut to Boston as a soldier in the month of April 1775--and that he continued absent until into the month of January following--and as this deponent always understood, & verily believes to be true, in military service in Col. Putnam's Regiment, Capt. Clarks Company and further, that a short time after his return home, he [caret] the said Thomas enlisted again as a Corporal for Col. Wadsworths Regiment Capt. Mason's Company for two months to go to Boston--went, and was absent till the April following and this deponent understood, and believes to be true, continued the whole tiem in the service of the army--and further this deponent saith that in month of May following the said Thomas enlisted as a seargent in Col. Sages Regiment Capt. Clarks Company--left immediately for New York, and was absent untill January 1777, and as this Deponent understood and believes to be true continued the whole time while absent in the service of the United States.

Mary Loomis
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of November 1833
Elisha Foote Judge
of Otsego County Courts
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I certify that I am well acquainted with Mary Loomis who has subscribed and sworn to the [illegible] set forth in the within Affidavit and that she is entitled to full Credit
November 11th, 1833
Elisha Foote Judge
of Otsego County Courts
State of New York
Otsego County ss.
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do hereby Certify that Elisha Foote before whom the within affidavit of Mary Loomis purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of Otsego County Courts duly appointed and authorised by law to take such affidavit; and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to the above Certificate to be his proper handwriting & signatures Witness my hand and seal of Office this twelfth day of November
H. Lathrop Clerk
per S.W. Richardson Dep'y.
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Thomas Loomis
15.938

Admitted
Private 6 mo
Corporal 2 "
Sergeant "

John Raphael Esq.
Cooperstown
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Oct 8 33

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 tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which mush be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facility the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Loomis:

Period when the service was rendered.
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Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
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Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
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Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
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Proof by which the declaration is support.

1775 to Apr 19--
--6--
Private
Col. Putnam
Capt. Clark
76 years.

1776 January
--2--
"" Col. Sage

"Spring--till Dec.
time not stated

1781--
----x
Captain
appointed by Gen. Wadsworth

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
X This service not provided for by the act of January 1832


Corporal
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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 firs instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of 
}ss.
On this __________ day of __________ personally appeared (a) before __________________ A. B. a resident (b) of _______________ in the county of ______________ and State, Territory or District of _________________ aged (c) _____________ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _______, with __________ and served in the ______________ (e) regiment of the _____________ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or country and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of different officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of __________________
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I ______________ of the Court of ________________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this __________ day of ______________ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ________________ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _______________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____________ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident int he ________________ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _______________ Clerk of the Court of __________________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _______________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of _________ &c.
{(Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.) This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal 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 produces such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court or 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 service.
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 to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration required herein 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.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age, and 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 for two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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 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 indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In reply to your request of _____________, received _________________ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Loomis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as it is contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. file 17441
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
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LENGTH OF SERVICE.
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RANK.
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OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. || COLONEL.
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STATE.

Apl 19, 75 } Pri. [check mark] Clark Putnam Conn.
June 75 7 mos. } 
Jany 76 2 mos. Copl. Mason Wadsworth
Spring to Dec. 76 6 mos. Sgt. [check mark] Clark Sage
[illigible] 77 entered the Commissary Dept. under Gen. Jeremiah Wadsworth 
June 81 not stated Capt. proceeded to Williamsburg in charge of transportation of French sick and wounded during the siege of Yorktown until after surrender of Corn
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill, Wh. Pl., 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 17, 1832
Residence at date of application, Otsego, Otsego Co., NY.
Age at date of application, Born Apl. 19, 1756 Lebanon, Conn.
Remarks: Died Sept. 5, 1842 (Ag. book)
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 3, 1835

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Thomas Loomis a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of fifty-seven Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from teh 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
Washington
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Cooperstown Nov. 12, 1833

J. L. Edwards Esq.

Sir

You will perceive that Thomas Loomis served in the Connecticut line and that applying to the Secy of Massachusetts his services could not be ascertained--
He has provided the aff't of Mary Loomis which you will find annexed to his papers--I am in hopes that it will be found sufficient to establish his claim for six months service (from May 1776 (the time he left home) to Jany (the time he returned)--
Loomis says he enlisted for six Months and claims no more for that Campaign
I am respectfully
your obt. Serv
John Rap[illegible]
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17.551
INVALID
7.551
File No. [crossed out: 16,933]
Thomas Loomis
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 228

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1908 Oct. 20--Hist to Miss Elsie M. Loomis [cents sign]
1908 Dec 18 """Carolyn M. Loomis [cents sign]
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3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by L.D.L.
Claim No. _______________
Certificate No. ______________
Claimant__________________
Soldier Thomas Loomis
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev. War
No____ claim, State records_______, 190__
No claim, combination records, ____________, 190__

REMARKS:
No claim except Invd # 17551


3-8 Chief Division
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[stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE DEC 11 1908]

403 Virginia St. 
Buffalo, N.Y.
Dec. 9, 1908

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
It is my intention to join the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution if I am able to furnish the required proof that I am entitled to do so.
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the geneology of the Loomis family gives the following information regarding one Thomas Loomis:
Born Apr. 18, 1756
Married Mary Williams March 19, 1777, who died June 28, 1841 aged 84. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Removed to Hartwick, N.Y. 1797, & died Sept. 5, 1842 at New Berlin, Chenango Co., N.Y.
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I would be very grateful for any further information regarding Thomas Loomis which you will send me.
Very respectfully,
Carolyn M. Loomis

[stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE A DEC 11 1908]
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[Stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. A OCT 12 1908]

Buffalo New York
October 10, 1908.

The  Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington DC.
Dear Sir, 
I am desirous to belong to the Society of the Daughter’s of the American Revolution and write you to ask if you will kindly write me, if you have any records of the following men, whether they fought in the revolution and in-fact served  like all you have there. 
Thomas Loomis who was ___
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April 18, 1756, at Lebanon Connecticut married [illegible] Williams March 19,1777, who died June 28,1841, aged 84 years. He was a Revolutionary Soldier, removed to Hartrick New York 1797 and died September 5, 1842 New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. All of that was taken from [illegible] genealogy. The next war I would ask for is [illegible] I am not at all sure fought in the Revolution. He was living there and was the father of the man I just [illegible], so this genealogy says. He was Lieut. Thomas [illegible] low 174 at Lebanon Connecticut Married Susanna Clark November 7, 1734, who died September 28, 1788. He died February 27,1792 at Lebanon Connecticut. The [illegible] was is [illegible]
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Fairchild, [illegible] January 8,1752, married June 4, 1779, Elizabeth [illegible]. He died January 27, 1837, aged 85 years at Clarence, New York and was buried there. He bought in the Revolution. The "Daughters of the American Revolution", have, I understand, pat a tablet over his grave. The last year I would ask you to look up. I know very little of. He was a Colonel John Burrow, fought in the revolution and was in the battle of . He was the father of Elizabeth [illegible], who married Nathaniel Fairchild, the man I just [illegible]. Having you can give e, the desired [illegible], and thanking you in advance, Believe me, Sincerely
Elis W. Loonies, 77 Linwood Ave, Buffalo, New York.