Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11844, Jonathan Wilcox, Conn.

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Wilcox, Jonathan
S. 11844
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N o 24. 129 New York
Jonathan Wilcox of Oneida Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Smith — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Worthington in the Cont- line for 8 Months — " "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Nov. 1833 and to the of Brown Col. Co. Oneida
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $66.68 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr. '34 13.33 $79.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. C. (Title) Clerk Book E. Vol. 4, Page 125.

18923
Jonathan D. Doolittle New York
C. J.
Admitted Private 8 months
J. Brown At least. Anemia County Work

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 6 th 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 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. 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 Jonathan Myles Redd Co. New York
   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.     Vol 1775 1 6 15 Privt. Capt Smith M c Redfield Lexington Providence 58 years Traditionary   " 1777 about 15 " Bristol Gen Lee Bunker Hill Rhode Island 58 years Evidence   " " about 15 " Bristol Gen Spencer Stillwater London 58 years + 2 Witnesses   " " about 3 4 " Bristol Col. Hartshorne New Haven 58 years   time not stated " Yale Same East Haven 58 years   10 Tunkill 58 years   2 New York 58 years   8 Red Hook 58 years   Long Island 58 years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
As believed the difficulties are obviated by the papers annexed J. C. Baker Post Master White Plains

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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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.

Nathan Milcox Pension Papers
direct to
"Al Baker" "Post Master" "Whitestown" "N. Y."

United States of America
State of Connecticut } ss. Killingworth August 7 th 1832 County of Middlesex }
Stephen Kelsey of Killingworth in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut aged seventy six years being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Wilson of Whitesboro in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York and that this deponent saith that he enlisted with the said Jonathan Wilson in Captain Gales Company in Col. Worthington's Regiment in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the Connecticut line of Militia and was marched to Fishkill in the State of New York and was marched up and down the Hudson River and was with him honorably discharged having served the full period of three months.
Stephen Kelsey

Middlesex County, ss. Killingworth August 17 th 1832
On this 17 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Jeremiah Hull a justice of the Peace of the County of Middlesex Stephen Kelley aged seventy six years to me well known who being by me duly sworn deponeth and saith that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit, are true and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Stephen Kelley and that he is a man of truth and whose statements are entitled to full credit: and also I hereby certify that it is well known and believed in the neighborhood in Killingworth where the said Jonathan Wilson formerly resided that he was a soldier in the army of the Revolution.
Jeremiah Hull Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut, ss. I John Dike Clerk of the Middlesex County County Court of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Jeremiah Hull Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit is sworn was at the time & now is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex & that his name subscribed thereto is his proper Hand Writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 31 st day of Oct. A.D. 1832.
J. Dike Clk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of New York } } On this tenth — — day of Oneida County — } September 1832 personally appear- ed in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida in the State of New York Jonathan now sitting Jonathan Milcore a resident of the Town of Whitestown in the County of Oneida and State of New York aged seventy-eight 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 pas- sed June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he was born in the Town of Killing- worth now in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut on the nineteenth day of September 1753. That he has no record of his age other than having it writ- ten down in his Bible which was taken from his father's family record, the original record is in the Town of Killingworth as he believes although he has not seen it for upwards of twenty five years.
That he lived at all times when he enter- ed & was called into the service as hereinafter stated in the Town of Killing- worth aforesaid & that he resided there until about two years after the close of the revo- lutionary War, when he removed to the

Town of Milnington County of Westminster & State of Vermont, & resided there about three years & then removed to Williamstown in the State of Massachusetts & resided there about one year & then removed to the Town of Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie & State of New York & lived there until about the year 1810 when he removed to Paris, Herk County & State aforesaid & resided there two or six years & then moved into the Town of Langfield in the same County & resided there until April 1826 when he removed to the Town of Whitehall County aforesaid where he since has still resides.
That he volunteered at Killingsworth aforesaid as a private soldier in the fall of the year of 1775 (he believes it was the year 1775) the month he can not tell, in Captain Smith's Company George Nettleton was the Lieutenant - and the number of the regiment or who commanded it he can not recollect, that the first Major's name was Levi Redfield who he expects is now living in the Town of Killingsworth aforesaid, that he does not remember any of the other officers. That they marched to Providence Rhode Island & staid there some time the exact time he can not tell, thinks Gen Lee or Gen Spencer commanded the post, Gen Arnold was there a part of the time. That he marched from there to New London & staid there until his own time of service had expired when he was honorably discharged. That he before had a written discharge but has lost it. That he served at this time six months.

that he then returned to Killingsworth after said he thinks in April 1776
That in the month of April 1777 he again volunteered at Killingsworth in the Militia in the Company commanded by Captain Bristol. Company & Job Seward was either the Lieut. or ensign that they went to New Haven & there marched to Danbury but the company to which he belonged did not reach there until the British had left after burning the stores that Seward discharged after having been in the service about fifteen days at this time returned to Killingsworth.
That in the month of July but he can not be positive as to the year but it was while the British were in New Haven. He volunteered in Captain Bristol's Company & he thinks Job Seward was the ensign & went to East Haven & was there under the command of Colonel Matherston & was in the service at that time about a fortnight that he was in a small skirmish with the British at East Haven & while the British were on Beacon Hill & he received a slight wound in his leg.
That in the year 1777 in the month of September he again volunteered at Killingsworth after said in Captain Gale's company in Colonel Matherston's regiment that we marched to Fort Hill on the Hudson River in the State of New York, that Gen Putnam was there some part of the time but whether he had the command all the time or not he cannot tell, that we were marched up & down the Hudson River while the British fleet were in the river & was at Red Hook.

a part of the time, that they were on the opposite side of the river from Esopus where that place was burnt by the British but was within sight & saw the fire, that he recollects that Gen. Amherst was there that season 10 that he was discharged at Fishkill after raid after having served about three months & a half, he thinks they had a written discharge but is not certain but if he had one it is now lost, that he returned to Killingsworth
That he belonged to a company of minute men in which one Helsey was the Captain that one Hull was the Lieutenant, that he equipped himself & the company used to meet for exercise & discipline in the 11 summer season at least as often as once a week, that they were frequently called out in alarms & sometimes would be out two days at a time as he lived in sight of the sea coast on the Long Island sound
That the whole time he was in the actual service as a soldier besides the times he was called out on alarms was about ten months
That he has no documentary evidence of his services, that he knows of no persons 12 that whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, unless it is one Levi Redfield who knew of his service at the time he went to Providence, who lived in Killingsworth & was living within the last year, & there was a man by the name of Helsey who did live in Killings

worth who was with him at Fort Kill & two men by the name of Griswold one of who resides in Rome Oneida County New York & the other tho' he can not recollect where knows some thing 13 about his services.
That he is known to the following persons in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution viz, Wheat Stevens Esq Justice of the peace Brastus Millard Bailiff, Jonathan Woodward Merchant, Alphons Talcott Grocer, Ichabod C Baker Attorney at Law all residing in the Town of Whitestown aforesaid
That he does not remember who signed his 14 discharges & can not be entirely certain that he ever had any in writing but he thinks he had
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid Joseph D. Read (Deputy Clerk)
Jonathan Wilson
We Samuel Phillips Atty at Law residing in the Town of Whitestown County of Oneida & State of New York and Ichabod C Baker Post Master residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Wilson who has subscribed and

worn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be about seventy-eight years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
worn and subscribed this day & year aforesaid
Joseph B. Shaw (Deputy Clerk)
Samuel Phillips Ichabod C. Baker
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 Samuel Phillips & Ichabod C. Baker who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of Middlesex County and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court
C. Hayward, first justice
I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Wilson for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this tenth
day of tenth September
1832.
Geo. Brown Clerk

State of New York } of John Griswold of the Town of Oneida County } Rome County & state aforesaid being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he is of about the age of seventy years & resides in the Town of Rome aforesaid & receiver a pension under the pension act of 1818. That he has heard the fore- going declaration of Jonathan Milcore read & knows the contents thereof. That during the revolu- tionary war this deponent & the said Milcore both resided in the Town of Tillingworth in the State of Connecticut & were acquainted with each other there, & that this deponent now resides within about eight miles of him, Whitesboro being the adjoining town. That this deponent recollects that the said Milcore, together with this deponent's brother, Edward Griswold who now if living resides in Bryden in the County of Tompkins State of New York, volun- teered at Tillingworth aforesaid as was then said & believed in the neighborhood at the time & as this deponent then understood & believed although he did not see them in actual service himself for the term of six months as was then said that it was in the fall of the year. That they he well remembers that they volunteered under Capt. Smith of Haddam under Lieut. George Detlefsen & Ensign Job Seward. That he was intimately acquaint- ed with said Detlefsen & Seward & well recollects about their going into the service at the time that it was said at the time that said company went to which said Milcore belonged went to Providence & win- tered there & he remembers when said company return- ed & they were absent in the service he believes full six months & from his personal knowledge then & from what he then heard & understood in the neighborhood & then believed, he has no doubt but but what said Milcore was in the service at that time six months. That this deponent knows that the said Milcore was called into the service at other times. although he remembers the first mentioned service with more certainty because his Brother was with him, that this deponent well remembers. That Captain Gale went with a company under Col. Washington down to

The Hudson river in 1779 while the British Fleet were in the river, & although this deponent can not recollect with certainty about said Milcore being in said company because he was not with them but he believes that no doubt but he was in the service at the other times as he states. That the said Jonathan Milcore was always considered a man of truth & he believes his statements in relation to his services is entitled to full credit. That his family was very respectable.
Sworn & subscribed this first day of September 1832 before me & I certify that the said John Griswold is well known to me & is a man of truth.
John Griswold
B. P. Johnson Commissioner &c
State of New York Clerks office Oneida County
George Brown
Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Benjamin P. Johnson before whom the within foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same was a Commissioner of Deeds for said County and duly authorized by law to act as such Commissioner and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verify believe the signature of B. P. Johnson subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing.
Witness my hand & seal of office at the City of Utica this tenth day of Oct 1832 Geo Brown Clerk
Jonathan Milcore
18923
L. Baker

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of New York } County of Oneida } ss:
July
On this twenty fifth day of July 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Primary held by Hon. Nathan Williams Vice Chancellor of the fifth Circuit of the State of New York now sitting. Jonathan Wiles of a resident of the Village of Whitestown in the Town of Whitestown in the County of Oneida and State of New York aged nine seventy eight 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 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated That he enlisted in the Army of the United States as a Volunteer in the fall or the fore part of the Winter (The year he cannot now recollect) with Captain Smith (The number of the regiment he cannot recollect) and served in the Connecticut Line under the following named officers viz: The said Captain Smith commanded the company and George Stillleton was the Lieutenant his department cannot remember who commanded the regiment that the Grand Major's name was Levi Dufield that he enlisted at Milford in the State of Connecticut for the term of six months that they were marched from there to Providence in Rhode Island and were stationed there some time and was then marched to New London & was then honorably discharged, after having

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served six months being the full period of my enlistment & received a written discharge but which I have lost. That at the time of my enlistment I resided at Killingsworth aforesaid that I have no documentary evidence for this or any other time that in the year 1777 in the month of September while residing at Killingsworth I volunteered at Killingsworth aforesaid under Captain Sale & in his company in Colonel Washington's regiment that I was marched from there to Fishkill in the State of New York and there joined the Army & marched up & down the Hudson River while the British Fleet were in the River and was on the opposite side of the River near Esopus when that Village was burned, that we were at Red Hook on the Hudson River that I was honourably discharged at Fishkill
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after having served about two months and a half, that I volunteered again at Killingsworth under Captain Bristol the time I cannot recollect it was in the month of July and while the British were in New Haven and went to East Haven and was in the service at that time about fifteen days that the above times I have been in actual service amounts in the whole to about the period of nine months and a half besides that I have been out on alarms alarms which would frequently be a day or two in each week during some part of the time that I know of no person who can testify to my service in either case except the first service although there may be some in the State of Connecticut.
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That he has made an application & appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Middle County

in September last past this papers were sent to the War Dept and in November last with such proof as this deponent could procure, but this deponent has seen a letter directed to "J. C. Baker" Dep. of Multnomah who was the attorney who made out this deponent's papers that the same did not appear to have been received at the Department which letter was signed by Mr. Edwards Commis- sioner of Pensions. When he entered the service he resided in Phil- adelphia, that he moved to Vermont & then to New York State & has lived in Oregon county upward of twenty years & in Multnomah the last eight years. Many persons in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. His Neighbors Stevens Justice of the peace, Deborah C. Baker Post Master Royal S. Lykes Physician, Joseph Brock way Inn Keeper. But he is not sufficiently acquainted with any Clergymen in his town or neighborhood to be enabled to testify to in his application, he was then acquainted with Rev. Eld. G. G. Lytle West. Clergymen but he has removed, & he knew Rev. John Frost Presbyterian Clergy- but he is abroad from the country & his ac- quaintance with him is slight.
That on account of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than nine months & a half as a private soldier & for such service he claims a pension.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & declares that

his name is not on the pension Roll of any State
Sworn to & subscribed this 27 day of year of our Lord
Jonathan Wilson
W. Williams Min Chas.
We Uriah Stevens Justice of the peace & Ichabod C. Baker Post Master, both residing in the Town of Whitestown, Mendon County here by certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Wilson who has sworn to & described to the above declaration that he him to be about seventy Nine of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have a soldier of the revolution & that we are in that opinion & that he is a man of truth & veracity.
Uriah Stevens Ichabod C. Baker
Sworn to & subscribed this 25 day of July - 1833 in open Court before me
W. Williams Min Chas.
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that who has signed the preceding Certifi- cate is a clergyman a resident in the Town of Whitestown aforesaid & that Ichabod C. Baker who has also signed the same is also a resident of the same place

that they are very credible persons & that their statement is en- titled to credit.
J. W. Williams Vice Chanc.
State of New York } p County of Herk } p
I James Watson Williams, Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York for the Fifth Circuit, of said State do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the ori- ginal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Wilson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 25 th day of July 1833
J. Watson Williams Clerk in Chancery Fifth Circuit N.Y.
State of New York } p County of Herk } p
Ichabod C. Baker - Residing at Whitcomb - County & State aforesaid being duly affirmed de- poses & saith that he as the Attorney for Jonathan Wilson made out the papers for Jonathan Wilson the applicant for a pension named in the foregoing papers, in his first & second ap- plication, that previous to the 25 th of July last past & this deponent believes in June last he rec d

a letter from Mr. Edwards of the Court of Pension stating that the pension papers of Jonathan Mil- -core did not appear to have been received at the department, which letter was in answer to one written by this deponent making an enqui- ry to know what had become of the ap- -plication, that this deponent thereupon advised the said Milcore to have the papers made out anew & caused them to be made out & went with him before the Court of Chancery held by Hon. Nathan Williams Vice Chancellor of the 5 th Circuit District on the 25 th July last & had the annex- ed papers executed & the reason they had not been sent to Washington before was that the testimony which he was expecting to procure from Connecticut, had not been received, that a few days since this deponent rec d from George Brown Esq r the Clerk of Middle County. The original papers with the annexed instructions from the War Department hereto annexed, that this deponent believes, the require d ment in the printed in- -struction as to preciseness of time, & want of a Clergyman are fully answered in the new annexed application & which this deponent sup- -poses can be used for that purpose, as well as to have him make a new affidavit, that at this time the said Milcore is on a visit to one of his sons who resides upwards of 100 miles from this place but is expected to return soon.
Subscribed & affirmed this 19 th day of September 1883 before me & I certify that the said Schabell G. Baker is well known to me & is a man of truth & veracity Geo. D. Lister of the same
J. C. Baker

State of New York Seneca County
I George Brown Clerk of Said County do Certify that George Balis before whom the above affidavit of J.C. Baker purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for Said County Witness my hand and seal of office this 20 th day of September 1838 Geo Brown Clerk

Rev War
11844
INVALID.
File No. 11844
Jonathan Wilcox
Rev War
Act: June 1 th 32
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 412
[Arrangement of 1870.]