Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,649, Joseph Waldo, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Waldo, Joseph
S. 11,649
continental
CONTENTS
carduel

New York 20517
Joseph Waldo of Tioga in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Huntington of the Regt commanded by Col. M'Clellan in the State Troops line for
12 1/2 months
Conn. and Continental Records completed June 19/65. p.
scribed on the Roll of N.Y. the rate of $4. Dollars 66. Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of Sept. 7. 1833. and sent to Wm H. Moore. Berkshire. Tioga Co
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833. 104. 15 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34. 20 83 $ 124 98.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 39.

No 31846 Joseph Waldo N York
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Wm A Moore Berkshire Gloucester Hampshire Fruin County M 21

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
May 27 1833
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 Joseph Waldo Trinity County N.Y.
   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.     Enlisted May 1776 1 1 1 Private Capt. Huntington Col. McClellan None Conn. N.Y. Aged 74 Traditionary   1777 Oct 1 " Robinson McClellan None Conn. Country Swing to camp   1780 Spring 7 " Clefts Darke None Conn. N.Y. Conn.   1781 1 " Guelph Conn.   1783 12 Surgeon Hunt. Savage Mass.   4 15  
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 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 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 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 [j] 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.
G. T. Custis Exm Clerk

Joseph Waldo's Papers relating to a Pension
21846

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New York } County of Tioga } ss.
On this first day of January 1833. personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, at the Court House in Owego, in the said county of Tioga; now sitting Joseph Waldo a resident of Berkshires in the County of Tioga and State of New York aged seventy four 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 he enlisted in the Continental Army in the last part of the month of May, or the fore part of June in the year 1776 for six months, under Capt. Joshua Huntington of Norwich, and he thinks Lieut. Deming, and Ensign Fanning, was then sailed to New York, and continued in the City until the American Army were driven out of that place by the enemy, he had been extremely sick for three weeks before that time, and still growing worse, was carried in a litter by four soldiers to the North River, and put on board of a Sloop, which sailed up the River, to Tarry Town, and from thence conveyed in a carriage to White Plains, and there continued until the enemy pursued our Army to that place, he was then removed to Stamford, where he continued, till towards the close of the month of November, he believes, is not certain as to the day or weeks, when his Father took him in a carriage and removed him to Windham, in Connecticut, the place where he enlisted.

Notwithstanding he was convalescent the whole time after he left White Plains, it was three months before he was able to attend to any business, that required much bodily strength.
In the year 1777 as he now believes, there was an expedition set on foot under the command of Major General Spencer to capture the British Army on Rhode Island by surprise in the night. General Douglass raised a Brigade for one month, he then enlisted for that term in the month of October, in Capt. Abner Robinson's company, Col. Muhlhai Regiment all of Connecticut. We were then marched to the shore after dark two evenings in succession, the Artillery brought to the place of embarkation, and every man was ordered to load his gun, but the wind rose each night to such a degree, that it was thought not safe to attempt crossing with the Artillery, and troops on the Island, getting knowledge of the expedition, it was given up. He was kept for one month and then dismissed.
That in the Spring of the year 1780 in the town of Coventry, county of Windham & State of Connecticut (he was studying medicine) there was a call for six months men, levies to replenish the Continental Army, and to save the officers of the company to which he belonged the unpleasant task of drafting, he volunteered and the quota from the company followed. We were then marched to Hartford, Farmington, Southington, Danbury, and joined the Army in the Highlands before they left winter quarters.
He was then placed in Capt William Cleft's company, Col. Durkee's Regiment, of which Doctor Adams was Surgeon.
Part of the time he was taken from that line and placed in Capt John Buel's company in the Light Infantry, and before the campaign was out, was remanded back to Capt. Cleft's company, and continued in it, until the Army left the field and returned to the same Huts for winter quarters, which they left in the Spring, and the next day

or soon after he was dismissed, verbally, by Ensign Glenny, who had been promoted in that campaign. The campaign was spent in New Jersey, and nothing worthy of notice fell under his observation, except privation from want of rations, which was sometimes severe, and a number of times repeated; and the execution of Major Andre, which though not very near, yet was near enough to discern him when he mounted the scaffold. He cannot be particular as to the time when he entered or left the service, but from Mr Kingsbury's statement of the date of a letter from me, he now believes it must have been a month after that time before he was dismissed, and that he thinks he served in this campaign seven months, that although it was stated in the call for six months.
That in the year 1781 in the said town of Coventry, as soon as an express could bring tidings of the destruction made at New London and Groton the 6th of September, Capt. Elphaog Hunt's company of militia to which he belonged, was called for, the distance from forty to fifty miles, the enemy had departed before our arrival, but as it was generally believed that Arnold had said he would visit Norwich his native place, we were detained, and he fully believes one month.
That in the year 1783 he received an appointment by the Secretary of War Gen. Knox as Surgeon of a Corps of one hundred men under the command of Capt. Joseph Savage, stationed at Springfield, Massachusetts at the pay of fifteen dollars per month, the time of this last service was twelve months.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, except Andrew Kingsbury hereto annexed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.

That he was born in the town of Windham in the state of Connecticut on the 5 th day of October 1758 had a record of his age in his family bible, which was copied from his father's Bible. He removed from Windham his notice place to the town of Richmond in the state of Massachusetts, and from thence to his present place of residence in the town of Berkshire county of Tioga and State of New York, where he had resided for the last thirty two years.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Green M Tuthill Clk Joseph Waldo
We Marcus Ford a Clergyman, residing in the town of Newark and Deodatus Royce residing in Berkshire hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Waldo, who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Green M Tuthill Clk Marcus Ford Deodatus Royce
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 stated. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Marcus Ford who had signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Newark and that Deodatus Royce who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Berkshire and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. B. Baldwin First Judge.

I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Waldo, for a Pardon. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of January 1833.
Green M. Tuthill Clerk

I Andrew Kingsbury of the City & County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged Twenty three years the 24 th day of April last testify & say that many years before June 1776 I lived in the Town of Coosetown in the then County of Windham in said State Connecticut & was there well acquainted with Joseph Waldo who there lived with his brother John Waldo as a Student at Physic that in the Spring of the year 1780 said Joseph with sundry others of my acquaintance came to Danbury in Fairfield County in said State of Connecticut (where I then lived) on their way to join the Connecticut line in Continental Army as Six Months Services so called, that said Joseph lodged in the same house with me during his stay in Danbury, that during the Campaign I wrote him three letters which were directed to him as of Col o John Durkee's Regiment (the 4 th of the Conn t line) & rec d two from him which are now before me, one dated Camp at Orangetown Sept r 30 th 1780 the other dated Camp at Sotowa November 18 th 1780 which Towns I believe are west of & near the North River, said Joseph with other Services came to Danbury again on their way home in the Winter of 1780-81 he again lodged with me one or two days, I cannot tell the day of his entering or leaving the service - After the close of the Revolutionary War he settled in Springfield in Massachusetts & twenty or more years ago he with his family removed from thence to Tioga County in the State of New York - I have not seen or heard from him for several years, till by a letter dated P'keepsie, Tioga County, New York November 21 st 1832 - requesting my evidence respecting his Military Service
City of Hartford December 4 th 1832
A. Kingsbury
Hartford County ss December 4 th 1832 personally appeared Andrew Kingsbury signed of the foregoing affidavit & made oath to the truth of the same Elisha Phelps justice of peace

I certify that the within deponent is a credible person & that his statements are intitled to full credit
Asahel Phelps justice of peace
State of Connecticut Hartford County } ss
I Jared Griswold Clerk of the Court for said Hartford County do hereby certify that Asahel Phelps Esq before whom the within affidavit of Andrew Kingsbury was taken was on the fourth day of December 1832 a Justice of the peace for said County of Hartford & I believe that the signature purporting to his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & subscribed my name this 21 st day December AD 1832
Jared Griswold, Clerk

We do severally certify, that we reside in the same town and vicinity with Joseph Waldo who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that for the last thirty years we have had an acquaintance with him, during which time, we have had no reason to doubt his integrity or veracity; and that we believe, that the services as set forth in his declaration above, were rendered to his country. Given under our hands at Berkshire, in the County of Tioga, and State of New York, this 4th day of January 1833!
Josiah Ball
Stephen Ball
Daniel Gleaner
Ransom Williams
Isaac Brown
David Williams
Solomon Leonard
Asa Leonard
Henry Ball
Elijah Bicknell
Nathaniel Ford
We the undersigned, severally certify that we have had an intimate acquaintance with Joseph Waldo for the last twenty years, and that we fully concur in the opinion above expressed, by Solomon Leonard, Asa Leonard & others. Berkshire January 4th 1832
Bill Gonneys
Wm H. Gonneys
John Torrey
Deleg Randal
Isaac Hitchcock

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Waldo 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. F. 11,649.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May & June 1776 6 mos. Priv. Joshua Huntington Selden Conn.   1777 1 " Storer Robinson McClellan   Spring, 1780. 7 " Clift John Durkee   John Buell ✓   Sept. 1781 1 " Eliphalet Hunt. ✓   1783 {after cessation of hostilities 12 " Surgeon Joseph Savage, stationed at Springfield, Mass.  
Battles engaged in, General Spencer's expedition to R. I. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windham, Conn. Date of application for pension, Jan. 1, 1833. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Berkshire, Tioga Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, { 3 Oct. 5, 1758, at Windham, Conn. Remarks: { He died Feb. 13, 1840  There is no data relative to wife or children
Respectfully,
(Date of death Taken from Agency Book.)
Commissioner.

Rehman
11649 INVALID.
1915, Nov. 8. History To Cornelia Waldo Eldredge. Br.
File No. 11649 Waldo
Joseph Waldo Rev. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 393
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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War Department Pension Office 14 September 1833.
Sir,
The papers in support of the claim of Joseph Waldo, have again been examined. By his supplemental Declaration, it appears that the alleged service as Surgeon, was rendered in a corps too small to justify the appointment; and, it likewise appears by the amount of his pay, that the declarant was not acting in that grade, and that he was evidently engaged under a civil contract.
The tour under Colonel Durgin's Regiment, appears to have been for 4 months and fifteen days, instead of 7 months as alleged.
The

The applicant is allowed a pension for twelve months and fifteen days.
I am, respectfully Your ob lt Serv t J L Edwards
William H. Moore, Esq r Berkshire Tioga County N.Y.

Joseph Waldo
N.Y. Oct 32
Ms. A. 1. 10 p. 27

Perkshire Co. Pa. New York
Sir,
I waive my claim for Pension as Surgeon, and should not have troubled the Department further, but for the mystery in which the four months and fifteen days, stated in your communication is involved. One fact respecting that Campaign, which I believe was omitted in my former declaration, not thinking it of importance, if the whole term of service was clearly specified; and which I now declare with the same solemnity, with which I have made the former (Ver) That before we crossed the North River, myself, and one other from Col. Duryee Regiment, were ordered to join Captain John Paul, Company in the Light Infantry, which had already taken the field in the state of New Jersey. I recollect no other Officers name except General La Fayette, who commanded the Light Infantry that Campaign. I was re-manded, and again joined Captain Clift's Company, in Col. Duryee Regiment, and continued in it, until the Army went into Winter quarters - How long I was absent from it, I do not recollect; but long enough to make the whole term meet the statement in Mr. Kingsbury's Affidavit - to which I again request your attention.
Respectfully yours,
Hon J. L. Edwards
Joseph Waldo
N.B. This Mr. Kingsbury was the late Treasurer of the state of Connecticut 22. Oct. 1833

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State of New York } County of Tioga } J s .
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Tioga Joseph Waldo, 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 fifteen months I served as a 15 Mo Militia man; I served twelve months as a 12 Mo Surgeon; and for such service I claim a Pension, and for the time during which the service was performed I was not employed in any civil pursuit. That I now remember that in the campaign of 1776 in addition to my former declaration, that I was under the command of Col. Seldon. After the cessation of hostilities Capt. Joseph Savage with his two Lieutenants Messrs. Foulle & Porter with one hundred men were ordered by the Secretary of War, General Henry Knox to Springfield Massachusetts, with direction to apply for medical aid and as he might have occasion. But this method being less agreeable to Capt. Savage, than to have a Surgeon daily attend upon his men and at a stated monthly pay, he applied to Gen. Knox, who complied with his suggestion, and although I received no com- mission from the Secretary's hand, yet I was put upon the establishment by his direction at fifteen dollars per month, and was continued so until the corps was removed, and I received my pay accordingly.
Sworn and subscribed } this 8th day of June 1833 }
Joseph Waldo
before me
David Williams Just. Peace

State of New York
Tioga County Clerk's Office
I Green M Tuttle of the said County do certify that David Williams Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County, And that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting & signature.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 8th day of June A D 1833
Green M Tuttle

Rev. Sec.
Elmira N.Y.
Nov. 3 rd 1915-
Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Please tell me, Was Joseph Waldo M.D. born in Windham Conn. Oct. 5 th 1755, died in Pukchire N.Y. Feb. 13. 1840 a pensioner? Yours Sincerely
Cornelia Waldo Eldredge 206 Eron St. Elmira N.Y.