Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11185, Theodore Waters, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Waters, Theodore
R 11185
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut, TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.
On this 7 th day of September A. D. 183 3 , personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Theodore Waters a resident of Hebron in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 69 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, 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 September 1779 he volunteered as a substitute for one Higgins for a tour of duty of six months at New London in a company commanded by Capt Daniel Gilchri & Lieut Orlando Mack & we were marched to New London where we remained about two months & from thence we were marched to New Haven & from thence to Stratford where we remained guarding the shore until our term of six months had expired when we were discharged having served six months as a private of Infantry
In the month of August 1780 I volunteered as a substitute for Roger Bulkly in a company commanded by Capt Solomon Phelps for a tour of duty of four months & we were marched to Totonay in New Jersey & there remained about three months & then marched up to the Highlands on the North River where we remained until the last of December when we were discharged having served four months as a private

In 1781 the last of April or first of May I enlisted for a tour of duty of eight months, in a company commanded by Benjamin Taylor Capt we were marched to Peekskill & from thence to White Plains & when Gen l Washingtons army marched to Yorktown we were placed in Col. Tiffers Regt & marched to Peekskill again where we remained until our term of eight months had expired when we were discharged having served eight months as a private

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? He was born in Colchester the 2 nd Sept r 1764
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? He has no record of his age
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? He lived in Colchester when called into service & lived there most of the time since & now resides in Helder
4. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom? in his two first tours, he volunteered as substitute first for Ben Thiggin & second for Roger Bulkley & in his third he enlisted
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
In his service at Peekskill & White Plains Genl Washington commanded & at New London Levi Wells was Col.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it? He never had a written discharge if he had he has lost it He has none now
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? He is known to the Rev d Leonard B. Griffing & Jonathan Daniels of Hebron who have certified as to his veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Theodore Waters
We, Leonard B. Griffing a clergyman residing in the town of Hebron in the County of Tolland, and Jonathan Daniels residing in Hebron hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Theodore Waters , 69 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.
Leonard B. Griffing Jonathan Daniels
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 the Rev. Leonard B. Griffing who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hebron and that Jonathan Daniels who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Hebron and is a creditable 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 Theodore Waters for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 9 th day of September A. D. 1833.
Cyrus Mann
Clerk.
Theodore Waters

27.473
Theodore Waters Apprentice
Not recorded Index Reg of Snap line
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Return to Abner Merrill Liberty Co

I Jonathan Daniels of Hebron in Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 73 years do testify & say that in the month of August 1780 I enlisted for a term of duty of four months, in a company commanded by Capt Samuel Northam & we were marched to Totonway in New Jersey & there remained about three months & then we were marched up to the Highlands on the N. River where we remained until the last of December when we were discharged having served four months as a private and I will remember that Theodore Water was a private in the same Regt with me & that he served all the time that I did & was discharged at the same time with me having served four months as a private
Jonathan Daniels
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District. Personally appeared in Open Court before Abner Hemenbee Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron Jonathan Daniels signer of the foregoing affidavit & made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & this Court certifies that the s d Daniels is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of s d Court this 9 th day of Sept r A D 1833
Cyrus Mann Clerk

I John Taylor of Hebron in Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 76 years do testify & say that in the year 1781 on the first of June I volunteered for a tour of duty in a Company commanded by Capt Benjamin Taylor & we were marched to Peshkill where we remained a few weeks, when I obtained a substitute to take my place & I returned home died. I well remember that Theodore Water was a private in the same company with me while I remained in the Company & that when I returned home I left him in the service of the Company & further with as to John Taylor
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District. Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hemenway Judge of the Court of Probate for said District John Taylor signer of the foregoing affidavit & made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & this Court certifies that the said Taylor is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9 th day of September A D 1833
Cyrus Mann Clerk

I Robert Holdridge of Glastenbury in Hartford County, State of Connecticut aged 72 years to testify & say that in the month of September 1779 I enlisted to perform a tour of duty of six months at New London in a company commanded by Capt Daniel Tilden, Lieut Orlando Mack and we were marched to New London where we remained about two months & from thence we were marched to New Haven & from thence to Stratford where we remained guarding the shore until our term of six months had expired when we were discharged in the month of March having served six months. And I well remember that Theodore Waters was a private in the same company with me during the whole term of six months & that he was discharged at the same time with me & that he served six months as a private with me
Ever live Willer
his Robert + Holdridge Mark
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District, Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hemenway Judge of the Court of Probate for s d District Robert Holdridge signer of the foregoing affidavit & made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth, & this Court certifies that the s d Holdridge is a man of truth & his statement entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of s d Court This 9 th Day of Sept r 1833
Cyrus Mann Clerk

State of Connecticut, TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.
On this 23 rd day of November A. D. 1833, personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Theodore Waters a resident of Hebron in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Supplementary 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 his service in 1779 he served in a Regiment commanded by Col. Levi Wells in Capt Daniel Tilden's Company so as stated in his former declaration
In his service in 1780 he does Not remember the Col's name but the service he will remember to have done as a substitute for Roger Bulkly as he has heretofore stated
In his service in 1781 he states about the first of March he enlisted for the term of eight months but did not join his company until the last of April or first of May when he was marched to Danbury from thence to Peekskill & from thence to White Plains where he was detached from the Company commanded by Capt Taylor and placed under the command of the Quarter Master of Col. Tiffey's Regt. and drove the baggage & wagons of the Quarter Master & Paymaster of the 1 st Regt. whenever the Regt marched until Genl. Washington's Army marched to Yorktown where he was placed under the command of Lieut. Frost who commanded a detachment to guard the horses belonging to the officers of the Regt. which were taken down to Crump Pond & Croton River to feed & my employment was to take care of said horses under the said escort until they were recruited when we were again marched up the river and I again had charge of the Quarter Master's baggage & was employed by him as his servant or waiter until the month of December when the Regiment was ordered to winter quarters,

when he was discharged at Fishkill, in the Month of December Having served out the term of his enlistment for this service he produces the testimony of John Taylor but does not know any other person living who served with him he can recollect several but they are all dead or gone to parts unknown to him
Theodore Watson

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:
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 Regiment as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, 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?
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
We, _____ a clergyman residing in the town of _____ in the County of Tolland, and _____ residing in 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 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 the Rev. _____ who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of _____ and that _____ who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of _____ and is a creditable 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 supplemental proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Theodore Waters for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 23 rd day of November A. D. 1833.
Cyrus Mann Clerk.

Application of Theodore Watrous
20, 386 - G.
27, 473 -
Declaration, suppressed rejected
Return Abner Hende Hebron Ga

It appears by the records of this State that the General Assembly at their session in May 1779 ordered two regiments to be raised, & to serve until the first of March 1780 unless sooner discharged & appointed Matthew Mead & Levi Wells Lt Col s , Abraham Tyler & Elias Bull Majors, & Daniel Tilden one of the Captains, & Griswold Marks a Lieut. E. Phelps Dec r . 6-1833.
Comptroller Office December 6 th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of the Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that there is charged to the United States on the books of the Pay Table under date June 26 th 1780, viz, "To order on Treasurer & Capt. Daniel "Tilden for wages &c. omitted Coast Guard Wells "regiment, S 358, 1, 4." No roll of this regiment or of Capt. Tildens has been found, or evidence how long they were in service. That I find no roll of Capt. Solomon Phelps, company at this time. E. Phelps

Theodon Watson of Connecticut Act Jan 7 1852 Sussex
Wally Garm

POWER OF ATTORNEY — Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Patty Carrier of Colchester in the county of New London and State of Connecticut hereby constitute and appoint Eli Hainton of Lee in the State of Massachusetts my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Theodore Watrous for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to the surviving children of the said Theodore Watrous
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 5 th day January
A. D. 1852.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Erving Hainton Asa Day
Patty Carrier
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. Colchester — COUNTY OF New London }
On this fifth day of January A. D. 1852 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid  Notary Public , personally appeared Patty Watrous and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
Asa Day Notary Public Justice of the Peace

CLAIM OF Theodore Watrous ACT OF June 7, 1832.
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. Colchester COUNTY New London }
Be it known, That on this fifth day of January A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty two , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace  Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Patty Carrier a resident of Colchester in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the one of the children of Theodore Watrous
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner soldier and Seaman and a claimant of a pension for his services
at the rate of allowed Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Isaac Day  J. Peace Notary Public
Patty Carrier
I, Isaac Day  Justice of the Peace, in and for said County  Notary Public  Patty Carrier who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.
I, Clerk of the Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 5th day of January A. D. 185 2.
Isaac Day Notary Public
Clerk.

STATE OF Connecticut COUNTY OF Hartford
} ss. Marlborough
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Asa Day Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the district of Marlborough in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut
that Theodon Watrous
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United per annum and  soldier that he died on the
States at the rate of $ twenty fifth
day of December
eighteen hundred and forty four
leaving surviving no widow, but he left the following named children As wit, Sally Wadsworth, Mary Kellogg, Betsey Sylvester, Harriet Hutchins, George Watrous, and that Patty Canier, Charles Watrous, Theodon Watrous and Henry Watrous and that these are
the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Theodon Watrous
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 5 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty Two,
Asa Day judge

Syracuse 16 th March, 55
J. D. Waldo Esq. Dr Sir
Will you please inform me whether a claim has been presented at your office within a few years (say ten) for a Pension in favor of Theodore Walbridge of Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. If so, by whom & when - & if paid to whom & what amount
By giving the desired information you will much oblige
Yours &c
A. C. Younglove
Syracuse
Onondaga Co
New York
Box 223 Post Office
P.S. - Services were rendered in the Revolutionary war - about the year 1783 I think

Theodore Waters
Original Supplement
Principles
1824
revised
A. H. Under
ans. Sept 21- 1834
Hebron
Q

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
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 } 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 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. 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
Must state regiment or brigade had that companies were in actual service from records at Concord, New Hampshire

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 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 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 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 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.
not on Tapsen rolls in this office which are complete for the year stated

Connecticut
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Theodore Waters
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Reputed
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ms d A. Burdus
ap d 21- 1834
a. c. Younglove Mar 23/1855
11185—
act y 7 th June 1852

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
11185
P. O. Theodore Waters
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____
Conti
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18