Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 810, Silas Betts, Conn.

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Conn,   Betts, Silas   R.810

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5642

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State of Connecticut, ss.
County of Fairfield,
On this 30 day of July personally appeared, in open Court, before
the Court of Probate within and for the
Deduct of Norwalk in said County
now sitting. Silas Betts a resident
of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged
Seventy eight years, who being first 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. That in the month of April 1777 I
inlisted into Capt Stephen Norris Company
Col Bradley Regiment Gen Wadsworth brigade
for one year in the service and went to
Fishkill, State New York and continued with
the Regt until I was discharged at Ridgefield
being the same place when I enlisted having
served out the year as aforesaid
that in the month of April 1778 I again
Inlisted in said Ridgefield into Capt Ebenezer
Olmsted Company Co. Bradleys Regt and
Gen Wadsworth Brigade for one year in the
[illegible] service and served and continued
with the Regt for the term of one year
--- and Recd my discharge in Nowak
After which I was in the service who
called upon by the Capt of the different
Companies in said Norwalk was in the battles
when the Towns of Penfield and Norwalk was
burnt until the year 1782 when I removed
into [illegible] town State New York. That I was
born in said Norwalk on the 27 day Oct. 1753
Recorded on the Town records, and lived in said
Norwalk until November 1782 then went to [illegible town and lived there
five years then moved back to said Norwalk
when I have lived ever since. I will State
the name of Capt Moses Gregory William St

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John Col Buckingham Lockwood - who can testify to my
Character for honesty &c- have no written discharge nor
any documentary evidence of my service

The said Silas Betts, 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.
Silas Beth

We, Absolom Day a clergyman, residing in the town of Norwalk
and Samuel B Warren residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Silas Betts who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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.
Absalom Day
Samuel B Warren

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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Absalom 
Day who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Norwalk and that Samuel B. Warren, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Norwalk and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Benjn Isaacs Judge

I, Charles Isaacs Clerk of the said Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silas Betts for a Pension.
in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate
this 2 day of August 1832.
Chas Isaacs Clerk

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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield  Ss. Probate Court District of Norwalk
April 10 1839 Personally appeared the within named Silas
Betts and being duly sworn in open Court depose and say
in explanation of the declaration herein set forth that in the
month of April can not state the day of the month ) 1777 I
enlisted as is here stated into Capt Stephen Norris Compt
supposed he was a Capt. we always called him so in Co
Bradley Regt under Gen Wadsworth and was in active
and constant service in transporting and carting
Continental Stores and goods from Fishkill Danbury Fairfield
and other places and drove and took on of the teams
belonging to the Army, for one full year
that in the month of April (cannot recollect the day of the month)
1778. I enlisted as herein stated into Capt Ebenezer
Olmsted Company supposed he was Capt we called him so
Col Bradly Regt under Gen Wadsworth and were on constant
and critical service in transporting & carting Continental
Stores and goods at Fishkill Whiteplains. Peekskill and
other places and drove and took care of the teams belonging
to the army for one full year
In April 1779 entered into Capt. John Gregory Company
of [illegible] Col. Stephen St John Gen ? Williams owing to
and loss of memory cannot state the [illegible] length
of my service but according to my best [illegible] I was in
constant and [illegible] on Guard [illegible] three months
Sworn and Subcribed in       Silas Betts
open Court the day and
year aforesaid
Benj Isaacs Judge

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State of Connecticut
Town of Norwalk
Fairfield County  S.S
Personally
appeared before
me the Judge of the Court of Probate
for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut
being a court of record held in said
Town County and State for the district
of Norwalk on this 16th day of December
in the year Eighteen hundred and
fifty one; Mrs Hannah Akin aged
sixty nine years Martha Betts aged
Sixty years and David and Jonathan
Betts each aged fifty seven years
who being duly sworn do each and
Severally declare and say; That
They are the only surviving children
of Silas Betts deceased with the
exception of three sisters whose names
are Mrs. Sally Hoyt aged sixty five
years a resident of Fairfield County
Mrs Ellis A Crissey aged fifty five
years and a resident of the Town of
Greenbush, Warren County State of Illinois
and Mrs Esther C. Hayes Jackson
Township Richland County and
State of Ohio aged fifty Three Years
These declarant further state that 
They are residents of the Town of

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Norwalk in said County and Sale
that their father the said Silas
Betts was a Soldier of the Revolutionary 
War between the United States
and Great Britain: That he served
Two years and upwards in said
War; that about two years of his
service was performed under Captains
Norris and Olmstead and the Regiment
was commanded by Colonel Bradley
and the last. Three months was
performed in a company commanded
by Captain Gregory and the Regiment
was commanded by Colonel St John
These declarants further State that
their other the said Silas Betts
departed this life on the fifth
day of February in the year Eighteen
hundred and forty two that their
mother Mrs Hannah Betts departed
this life on the second day of
October in the year one thousand
eight hundred & forty this declarants
further state that their father the
said Silas Betts made application
for a pension previous to his death
but never received a pension; they
therefore make this application
in order to obtain all arrearages
of Pension due their said father
Silas Betts deceased up to the

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in order to obtain all arrearages
of Pension due their said father
Silas Betts deceased up to the
time of his death, and for the
further proof of the within statements
and facts They exhibit the additional
evidence accompanying this application
Sworn to and subscribed her
before me on the day
and year first
above written

Hannah X Akin her mark
Martha X Betts her mark
David Betts
Jonathan Betts

In witness whereof
I have hereunto
set my hand
and caused
the seal of said
Court to be affixed
George A. Davenport
Judge of the Court
of Probate for the
District of Nowalk
in the State of
Connecticut

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Ex'r. INVALID.
No. 810
Silas Betts
P.O. _____
Service;_____
Enlisted:_____ 18
Discharged: _____ 18
Application filed: _____ 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

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Connecticut
Revo
Silas Betts
Rejected
let B Isaack 27 Augt
1833
Edwards & Smith Nov 7/51
J.L. Edward Mch 24. 1852
810
Act 7 June 32

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Decr 19.57
Decd of Silas
Betts deed

Edward & Smith
Present

Rev Pensions
J E Heath Esq
Comm Pensions


Augt 18, 1857
Rel to Case of
Silas Betts
Edward & Smith
Present
Rev Pensions
J E Heath Esq. 
Comm Pensions

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD,
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE. SS.
I Thomas Robinson Clerk
of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the
Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said
County, hereby certify -- THAT
John A Weed  ESQUIRE.
was on the 12th day of December 1851 and now is a
Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned
and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this
State, to tap the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and
to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions
out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and
credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations:
that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and knew that the signature
to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine
official signature; and that said instrument is executed, 
and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Norwalk
in said County and State, on this 16th day of December A. D. 1851
Thomas Robinson Clerk.
---

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Silas Betts
Evans & Fant
Washington City

The written testimonial is made oh this officers certification
that the [illegible] thereof are not to be liable for any costs or
expenses in the prosecution of said claim or for the [illegible] of said
attorney or his substitute done [illegible]
virtue of the within Power of attorney

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We, the children of Silas Betts (deceased) do appoint
one true & lawful attorney F. S. Evans Esq
to prosecute our claim for arrears of pension
giving and granting unto our said attorney full power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as we might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution, and revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said attorney or his
substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof
Witness our hands this 16th day of
December in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty one
 
Hannah X Akins her mark
Martha X Batts her mark
David Betts
Jonathan Betts

Sealed and delivered in the presence of
George A. Davenport


Acknowledged before me, this sixteenth day of
December Eighteen hundred and
fifty one
George Davenport
-
Justice of the Peace

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David Betts
to J.L. Edwards
Power of Attorney
Mo Cole
Aug 2nd 1857

Ex by Edwards and Smith
Aug 9 1857

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Know all Men by these Presents, THAT
I David Betts a resident of the Town of Norwalk
Fairfield County & State of Connecticut
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint Jas L Edwards of Washington City DC
my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name, place and stead, to
examine all & every paper & to receive all
information in regard to any application for
a pension made by my Father Silas Betts
due him on account of his military services
in the War of the Revolution, said application
was made between the years 1832 & 1836

giving and granting unto my said Attorney full power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as Imight or
do if personally present, with full power of substitution, and revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his
substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Sealed and delivered in presence of
Jas Stevens
Jonathan Betts
Witness my hand this Thirty first day
of July in the year one thousand
eight hundred and fifty one
David Betts

Sworn to & acknowledged before me, this Thirty first
day of July in the year one thousand
eight hundred and fifty one
Jas Stevens
Notary Public

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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County   S.S
Personally
appeared before me on this 4th day
of December in the year AD Eighteen
hundred and fifty one Aaron Abbott
who being first duly Sworn makes oath
& says; That he is a United States
Pensioner and placed on the Pension
rolls of the State of Connecticut, that
he is aged ninety three years and a
Resident of said County & State,
that he was personally acquainted with
Silas Betts (Deceased) the father
of Mrs Hannah Akin Martha, David, and
Jonathan Betts the annexed declarants
That the said Betts is the identical
Silas Betts who was a Private in
the Revolutionary War between
the United States and Great Britain
That on one occasion he recollects of
seeing the said Silas Betts in a
Company, commanded by Captain
Jabez Gregory 
That I saw him in battle &
much exposed during the attack of the English on the inhabitants 
of Norwalk and which battle terminated in the burning of
the said town of Norwalk in the year AD 1779
This deponent makes the foregoing statements
from the fact of his having seen the said
Silas Betts in the State of New York in the
year seventeen hundred and seventy eight

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having conversed with other Revolutionary Soldiers
who served with the said Silas Betts and who stated
that the said Betts served during the years 1777=1778
& from the fact of his being in the same
service with the said Betts of his
own personal knowledge with the said Silas
Betts and the conversation that frequently
took place between them in relation
to each others services and in relating
many incidents relative to said War
This Deponent further states that he
is disinterested in the application of
the children of the said Betts for 
arrearages of pension due their said
Father Silas Betts (Deceased) All erasures
made prior to execution.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me on the day &
first above written
Aaron Abbott
Andrew Benedict Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the
statements of the foregoing
deponent are entitled to credit &
believe him to be of the age stated
in the foregoing Deposition
Andrew Benedict Justice of the Peace

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD.
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Thomas Robinson CLERK
of the County Court, within and for said County, and keeper of the
Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said
County, hereby certify -- That
Andrew Benedict Esquire
was on the 4th day of December 1851 and now is
a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed 
commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this
State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments and
to certify the same; also to administer oaths to take Affidavit and 
Depositions out of Court, and to give certificate thereof that fall with and
credit may, and ought to be given to his [illegible] and attestations
that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and believe that the signature
to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his is his genuine
official signature; and that said instrument is executed
and duly authenticated according to the town of the State
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Norwalk
in said County and State, on this 16th day of December AD 1851
Thomas Robinson Clerk

many that Nature to saw War
This Deponent further states that he
is disinterested in the application of
the children of the said Betts for arrearages
of pension due their said

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Silas Betts

disallowed

56.14.15.17
p 191

Hon G. Tomlinson
Senate US

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answer in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Silas Betts which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
Not the last mentioned service
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
there is either a mistake or want of explanation in the declaration, 
and the testimony of Seth Betts & Ethan Betts; Full rolls of  Col. Bradleys
regiment are in this office. No such Captains appear to have served in it, nor
can the name of Silas Betts be found
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
[illegible]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
witnesses do not state their means of knowledge
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
[illegible]
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For_____ year _____ _____ months and _____ days
I served as a _____.  For _____ months and _____ days I served as a _____ and for such service I claim a pension."

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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
*QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield  Ss  Probate Court District of
Norwalk Aug 2 1832 Personally appeared before
said Court Seth Betts aged 68 years of Norwalk and being
duly sworn according to Law in open Court deposes
and say. That I on Brother to Silas Betts of said
Norwalk and do know that said Silas enlisted
in the month of April 1777 into Capt Stephen
Norris Company Col. Bradly Regt and that he
seved in said Company one year
and that in the month of April 1778 said
Silas Betts again enlisted into Capt Ebenzer
Olmsted Company Col. Bradley Regt and served
them one year and after his return he used
to be occasionally called on guard until the
year 1782 when he removed into the State of
New York
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court     Seth Betts
the day & year aforesaid Benj Isaacs Judge

At the same Court Personally, appeared Esther
Betts of said Norwalk aged 70 years and being duly
Sworn according to law in open Court deposes and say
that she is Sister to Silas Betts of said Norwalk and
knows that said Silas served two years in the
Revolution War in the year 1777 under Capt Stephen
Norris and the year 1778 under Capt. Ebenezer
Olmsted and in Col. Bradley Reg and after he
served time of two years said Silas used to be often
called out on guard until the year 1782 when
he removed into the State of New York in the fall
Sworn & Subscribed in open               Esther Betts
Court, the day & year aforesaid Benj Isaacs Judge
and that aforesaid Seth Betts
& Esther Betts on Credable persons

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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield      Ss Probate Court District of Norwalk
Feby 26 1833 Personally appeared Thomas Akin of said Norwalk
aged Seventy four and being duly sworn according to law in
open Court depose and say that he is well acquainted with
Silas Betts of said Norwalk and knows that said Betts
served in the Continental Army in the year 1777 and
in the year 1778 and according to my best recollection
for two years. I often saw him driving the time belonging
to the continental Army with provisions and Stores
for the army             Thomas Akin
Sworn and Subscribed in open
Court and that said Thomas
Akin is well known to me
as a Credible person
Benj Isaacs Judge

at the same Court personally appeared the within and
Seth Betts and being duly sworn in Court according
to law depose and say that he often saw Silas Betts in the
the year 1778 and 1778 driving the team belonging to the
continental Army with provisions and stores the deponent
was part of the time of same service during said
[illegible] of time and know that Capt Stephen Norris and
Capt Ebenezer Olmsted had the command of the persons
in that service under Col Bradley
Sworn and Subscribed in open                           Seth Betts
Court and that said Seth
Betts is well known to me
as a credible person
Benj Isaacs Judge

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State of Connecticut
Town of Norwalk
Fairfield County       S. S.  Personally
appeared before me
on this 12th day of December in the year
A-D Eighteen hundred and fifty one
Benjamin Bishop who being first
duly sworn makes oath and says: That
he is aged Seventy five years and upwards
and a resident of said Town, County, and
State; that he was personally acquainted with
Silas Betts deceased, who was a
resident of said Town, County, and State
This deponent further states he has
known the said Silas Betts; since he
the deponent was quite a child; that the
said Betts was reputed and always
believed by his neighbourhood to have been a Soldier of
the Revolution and that he concurs
in that opinion, having often conversed
with aged people in relation to
the said Betts Service in said War,
who stated that the said Betts was at
one time in a company commanded by
Capt Jabez Gregory, Deponent recollects at the
time Norwalk was burnt by the British
he also recollects of some aged people
informing him that the said Silas
Betts was in New York State on
the Hudson River and that he
helped to cart the links to form

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chain across the river at a place called
West Point to prevent the 
British Vessels from passing up the
river; that the said Betts often remarked
that three links made a load; This
deponent further states that he is well
acquainted with the children of the
identical Silas Betts who performed
said service and who is now deceased
that their names are Mrs Hannah Akin
Martha Betts David and Jonathan
Betts; Mrs Sally Hoyt Mrs Ellis A.
Crissey and Mrs Esther C. Hayes
That the foregoing named children are
the only surviving children of the said
Silas Betts (deceased); This deponent further
States that he is disinterested in the
application of said children for arrearages
of pension due their said Father Silas
Betts( Deceased )
Sworn to and subscribed
before me on the day and              Benjamin Bishop
year first above written
John A Weed
Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the
person who hath sworn to and subscribed 
the foregoing deposition is a person
of truth & veracity that I believe him
to be of the age therein stated
John A Weed Justice of the Peace

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State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County.      ⎬ Probate Court District of
Norwalk in said County March 6-1834 Personally
appeared before said Court, Samuel Stuart of Wilton
in said District aged Eighty seven years and being
duly sworn in open Court deposes and say that he
is well acquainted with Silas Betts of said Norwalk
and knows that in the year 1779 said Silas Betts
was drafted in said Norwalk as a private Soldier
in Capt Odle Close [illegible] and we
marched to [illegible] on the lines and was then
stationed on Guard. and was in actual service
for the United States under Col John Mead for
more than four months. the deponent was in the same
services of the same time
Sworn and subscribed  in           Samuel C Stuart
open Court the day and
year aforesaid that I am
will acquainted with said
Samuel Stuart and that he
is Credible Person
Benj Isaacs Judge

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Silas Betts
Heirs of Claim
and of Pension due
Father at his death
under act 7 June 1832
Edwards & Smith

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Silas Betts
Heirs of Claim
and of Pension due
Father at his death
under act 7 June 1832
Edwards & Smith

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State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield -
Probate District of Norwalk -
I George A Davenport sole Judge of the
Court of Probate in and for the District of
Norwalk aforesaid, said Court being a
Court of record, do hereby certify that at
a Court of Probate [illegible] at Norwalk in
and for the aforesaid District of Norwalk
on the sixteenth day of December A.D.
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said
Court that Mrs. Hannah Akin, Martha Betts
David Betts, Jonathan Betts Mrs Sally Hoyt
Ellis H. Crissey and Mrs Esther C. Hayes
on the only surviving children of
Silas Betts who was a revolutionary
soldier and who died in the Town of
Norwalk in the County and State aforesaid
on the fifth day of February in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty two, leaving no widow him
urviving
---
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the
seal of said Court to be affixed
at said town of Norwalk this
seventeenth day of December
A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty one-
George A. Davenport, Judge of
the Court of Probate for the
District of Norwalk aforesaid-

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Washington 19 Dec 1851
Sir
Enclosed is the declaration of the
Heirs of Silas Betts, for the amount of
Pension due him at his death with proof of
heirship & of the death of said Silas Betts
leaving no widow
Also addl Evidence of service

the case was reported adversely
on the 7th 
Very Respectfully
Edward Smith

J. E. Heath Esq
Com Pensions

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Washington 13 Aug 1851
Sir, 
upon filed filing a power of
attorney, we examined the papers
on file in the case of Silas Betts
of Connecticut an applicant for
a revolutionary pension, & find
that although there is no record
evidence of the service on file,
and although, it appears by a
letter from the Office that said
Betts name is not found on
the Rolls of the Regt, he claims
to have served in yet the
testimony of the witnesses, some
of whom were in the same service
is so full & positive that we
think it conforms strictly
with the printed rule on page
96 of the Pension Laws, and
we would therefore respectfully
ask a reexamination of the
case--
Very Respectfully
Edwards & Smith
J. E. Heath Esq
Com Pensions