Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,238, Daniel White, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
White, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 15238
CONTENTS
carded.

Died Apl. 10, 1833 Agency book -
9684 Connecticut
Daniel White
of Hebron in the State of Conn. who was a Private in the Conn. Inf. commanded by Captain Buckley of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wolcott in the Conn. Inf. time for 7 months
Enrolled on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1833 and Sun Mr W. A. Hendee Hebron Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 33 $46 66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th 71 11 66 $58 32
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. C. Stiles, Clerk
Recorded by Book E, Vol. 3, Page 45

Dan e White Declaration
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$26.66
$23.33

(Declaration)
State of Connecticut, County of Tolland And Probate District of Hebron ss
On this 15 th day of Oct r 1832 personally appeared in open Court before me Abner Hende Judge of the Court of Probate for 3 d District now sitting, Daniel White a resident of Hebron in 3 d District & County, aged 83 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and under the following named Officers and served as therein stated - (Viz) In the month of June 1776 where at 3 d Hebron where he then resided & still doth reside, he enlisted under Captain Eliphalet Bulkeley then of Colchester a Town adjoining to 3 d Hebron now deceased to serve as a soldier seven months; to be stationed in New London - John Johnson was the Lieut. of 3 d Comp y ; but the name of the Ensign is forgotten. Ambrose Foot of 3 d Colchester was orderly Sergeant, - a Homes of East Haddam & a Brewster of Lebanon were also Sergeants in 3 d Comp y - John Waters & Nehiah Gilbert then of 3 d Hebron now deceased was Drummer & Fifer in 3 d Company, which was in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Erastus Woolcott then of Windsor, now deceased. The Declarant marched to New London through Colchester where he joined 3 d Comp y , and he with the rest of 3 d Comp y & Regiment served most of the time in building Fort Trumbull in 3 d New London, and in the winter were employed in cutting, hewing & drawing timbers for 3 d Fort and out posts - Also kept a guard the whole time at the Light House two miles below the Fort, and at several other places near the shore - And he with several others were sent under different Officers in the Regm t across the Sound to Long Island to bring off people, and cattle, & Horses, and goods to prevent their falling into the hands of the Enemy - Some times landed below Sagg Harbor, as a place called the Fire Place, and one day he went with others under command in search of a party of British Soldiers, said to be in that part of the Island; but did not find them & returned - The Declarant was in service as aforesaid in 3 d Comp y

and Regiment the whole of the aforesaid term of seven months and at the expiration of the term was at sd New London honorably but verbally dismissed by his sd Captain with the rest of sd Compy by order of sd Col: Woolcott. At the time he was discharged it was cold & there was snow on the ground and according to his best recollection it was the latter part of Jan'y or fore part Feb'y 1777 John Northum of sd Hebron was in the same company and served the same term and returned home with him.
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.
The Declarant has always lived in sd Hebron and is known to most of its inhabitants who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Daniel White
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Abner Hemen Judge
We Peter Griffing a Clergyman residing in the first Parish of Hebron aforesaid and Sylvester Gilbert of the same place & residing therein, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel White who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 83 years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, & served as he has stated, and that we concur in that opinion
Peter Griffing Sylvester Gilbert
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Abner Hemen Judg

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 Peter Griffing who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in H. Hebron and that Sylvester Gilbert Esq. who has also signed is a resident in s d Hebron and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Cyrus Mann Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Hebron do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel White for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15 th day of Oct r 1832
Cyrus Mann Clerk

Daniel White
Tolland 6 th Oct r
asms

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel White
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1776 7- Private Capt Buckly Capt Woolcott Stated it Warrenton 83 years Nelson Cont. Tradition of a Collyman & living Witnesses  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } ss.
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 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 county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or 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 day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the 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 produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 3

December 20, 1933
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Mrs. H.D.Pritchard 231 Eastern Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan
BA-J/REL Daniel White -S.15238 Ebenezer White-W.1964
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the records of Daniel, Ebenezer, Bbadiah and William White, pensioners for Revolutionary War service.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to make a series of investigations and reports for one person or organization, in regard to soldiers of that war. The records of Daniel and Ebenezer White are given herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel White S.15238
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Daniel White are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Hebron, Connecticut, he enlisted in June, 1776, served as a private in Captain Eliphalet Bulkley's Connecticut Company and in Colonel Erastus Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged about the first of February following.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, at which time he was aged eighty-three years and resided in Hebron, Connecticut, where, he stated, he had always resided.
He died April 10, 1833, place not shown.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
*****
Do not find this sol. in the service he gives as Capt. Bulkley was in Col. Wolcott's Regt & does not appear to have served under Col. Wolcott. I wrote service in this way.

Ebenezer White W.1964
Ebenezer White was born in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: the date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Middleborough, Massachusetts, he enlisted in July, 1775, served as a private in Captain John Porter's Company, Colonel Paul D. Sargent's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged the latter part of December, 1775: he immediately re-enlisted, served in Captain Frederick Pope's Company, in the same regiment, was in the battle of Trenton and in several skirmishes on Long Island and served one year. He stated that he afterward was engaged in state service but gave no details.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-one years and resided in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Later, he resided in Wareham, Massachusetts and in 1820, was residing in Stark County, Ohio: At that time he stated that he had been a mariner for twenty-five years, "excepting the last two years". He was referred to as Captain White: no explanation was made for the title.
He died April 27, 1824, place not shown.
The soldier married March 30, 1797, Abigail Nye: both were then of Wareham, Massachusetts, and their marriage was recorded on the records of the town clerk of said Wareham.
Soldier's widow, Abigail, was allowed pension on her application executed February 1, 1849; said application was made in Portage County, Ohio. Abigail was aged forty-five in 1820. She died August 23, 1851, place not shown.
In 1820, the following children are referred to: Albert, aged seventeen: David, aged fifteen: and James aged eleven years, respectively. In 1849, son D.N. White was editor of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: in same year, one Albert G. White stated that Abigail White, widow of Ebenezer White, had resided with him since the death of her husband, but did not give the relationship.

In 1818, one Silas White was a resident of Middleborough, Massachusetts; relationship to the family not shown.
There are no further data as to family.
* * * * *
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel White a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 15, 238
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 7 mos. Private Eliphalet Bulkley Erastus Wolcott Conn.                                     
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hebron, Tolland Co., Conn. Date of application for pension, Oct. 15, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Hebron, Conn. Age at date of application, eighty-three yrs. Date & place of birth not stated. Remarks: He died Apr. 10, 1833. No family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

231 Eastern Ave. S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
December 12, 1933
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
A D. Hiller, Asst.
Dear Sir :
About five weeks ago I wrote your department for some transcripts of pension applications and as I have not received a reply I am writing again for this information which is to be used in a published history now being edited,
✓ DANIEL WHITE, Tolland County, Conn. placed on the rolls June 10, 1833, to date March 4, 1831, aged 85 years, Served in Cont'l Line.
✓ OBADIAH WHITE, Tolland County, Conn. Sergt. placed on the rolls July 10, 1833, to date Mar. 4, 1831 aged 83 years.
✓ EBENEZER WHITE, of Plymouth county Mass., placed on the rolls May 8, 1819, to date May 7, 1818. Transferred to Ohio from March 4, 1820.
✓ WILLIAM WHITE, Otsego county, New York, placed on the rolls April 1, 1786 , at $40, annually. Received $1202,53. His date of death or the final pension payment are greatly desired.
These records are very important to us and your assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely
Mrs H. D. Pritchard

W30 231 Eastern Ave. S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Nov. 2, 1933
Veterans Administration WASHINGTON, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In the records of pensioners in the Revolutionary War, I find in Tolland County Connecticut -
DANIEL WHITE , a pvt. in the Cont. Line, was placed on the rolls June 10, 1833, to date from March 4, 1831, age 85. and OBADIAH WHITE , pvt. and Sergt. Connecticut. placed on the rolls July 10, 1833, to date March 4, 1831, age 83. And also - from Plymouth County, Mass. EBENEZER WHITE , placed on the rolls May 8, 1819, to date May 7, 1818, Transferred to Ohio from March 4, 1820. A transcript of the application for pensions, of these men will furnish much valuable history and copies will be very greatly appreciated.
Very Sincerely
Max. H. D. Pritchard

R
15238
INVALID.
1916 Jany. 19. Hist. to F.C. Bissell, letter in S. 14,040 John Northum. p. 1933 Dec 20 - Hist. to Mrs H. D. Pritchard Etal
File No. 15238
Daniel White
Rev: Peep War
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 405
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Amos Root of Colchester in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut Eighty one years of age being duly sworn on his oath testifies and says that in the time of the Revolutionary War in June A 1776 he enlisted a Corporal in Capt - DeP. Det. Buttrick's Company for the term of seven Months that he served in said Company during the time of seven Months as Corporal and Sergeant, in Col. Draper's Wooster's Regiment at Fort Ticonderoga in Litchfield in said State that he next recollects Mr Daniel White of Hebron in Litchfield County in said State and knows that he the said White was belonged to and was a Soldier in said Company at the time that he was and verily believes he served in said Company for the term of seven months and further the Deponent saith not in Amos Root
Litchfield County ss, Colchester Sept - 6 th A 1832 Personally appeared Mr Amos Root a person well known to me of credibility, truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him
subscribed - Before me Benj. Ticonderoga Justice of the peace in and for Litchfield County and Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Colchester in said State -

I John Northum of Hebron in the County of Tolland seventy four years old, testify that  Testify that in June 1776 I enlisted into Captain Eliphalet Bulkeley's Company in Col Erastus Woolcott's Regiment to perform a tour of duty of Seven Months at New London, and that I joined sd Company and served in it 30 term, and labored in and upon Fort Trumbull, assisted in building the same, and also went with parties on to Long Island and bro't off Stock, People and goods &c and continued in the service of the United States as aforesaid the full term of Seven months & was then at sd New London with sd Company discharged ~ Daniel White of the same Hebron was also a Soldier in the same Company and served the same term of time with myself - He enlisted about the same time & was discharged at the same time & place when & where I was enlisted & discharged ~ Hebron Sept 13 th 1832 ~
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in Open Court before Abner Hemen Esq. Judge of Probate of said District John Northum signer of the foregoing Disposition & made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & This Court hereby certify that the sd Northum is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal office this 13 th Day of October 1832 Cyrus Mann Clerk