Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15713, John Willson, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Willson, John
S 15713
buried
CONTENTS
Jan 23 1764 at Fairfield Fairfield Co. Conn and res there at end and in 1832

29. 830 Connecticut
Some Wilson
infield in the State of Connecticut was a private in the company commanded Captain N. Adams of the Regiment commanded Genl G. S. Silliman in the Connecticut for one year.
scribed on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency the rate of $10 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March A. 1835. and rendered to Hon. G. Tomlinson Present.
ears to the 4th of March. 1835 - $ 160. 0 0 ni-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sept r . 1835 20 0 0 $ 180. 0 0
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. M. Kelso Clerk, E. 2. Vol. 3. Page 49.
Date of death not on A B

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield
ss. Fairfield
On this 10 th day of November 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield in said County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut and
now sitting, at said Fairfield, John Wilson a resident of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged in his sixty ninth year, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the month of April 1780 his Brother Nathaniel Wilson enlisted at Fairfield as a private for the term of eight months in the Company or Guard of State Troops commanded by Lieutenant Samuel Silliman stationed at the House of General Gould S. Silliman in Fairfield. In the month of July 1780 Declarant took his Brother's place as a substitute in said Guard & served therein under Lieutenant Silliman at said Station until late in December when the term of enlistment expired & we were discharged. Declarant served for at least five months. Declarant always understood that said Guard was enlisted under authority of the State & was stationed at the House of Gen Silliman, who lived a short distance from the sea board in consequence of his having been before that time surprised by a Party of the Enemy from Long Island & carried away prisoner.
In the Summer of the year 1781 as this Declarant now thinks, he was drafted from the militia for the term of two months and ordered on guard at Black Rock Upper Wharf in Fairfield a station where a guard was kept during the Revolutionary war. He was under the command of David Annibal orderly Sergeant who had the command of the Guard at said Station. Captain Ebenezer Hill commanded the Company which was distributed at different stations along the seaboard of the Town of Fairfield. Declarant did duty in said Guard at said Station under Sergeant Annibal for the term of two months when his time was out and he was discharged. Declarant upon enquiry is unable to find any living witness by whom he can prove this term of service. Sergeant Annibal & all the men who belonged to said Guard are dead.
In the Spring of the year, month not certainly recollected, but thinks it must have been in the Spring of the year 1782, the Declarant, at Fairfield, enlisted as a private for one year in the Company of Connecticut State Troops under the command of Captain Nathan Adams & was ordered to the Blackrock Battery in the Town of Fairfield where he remained & did duty under Captain Adams for one year when his term of enlistment expired & he was discharged at said Battery. David Annibal, Enos Meeker, Benjamin Meeker, Stephen Hays, Abraham Parrott & many others whom this Declarant recollects to have belonged to said Company are all dead. He has made much enquiry and can find no member of said Company now living except Abel Readwell of Somers in the State of New York whose Deposition he has taken. Declarant knows that he served in said Company with said Readwell for one year, but he is now inclined to think from further enquiry & recollection, that said Readwell has put the time too early in the war. Declarant cannot certainly swear as to the time when the two last mentioned terms of service were performed, but his present best recollection is that, he was drafted in the Summer of 1781 & that he enlisted in the Spring of 1782.
Declarant has no documentary evidence & never received any written discharge. He was born at said Fairfield January 23, 1764 according

to the Record kept by his Father in the Family Bible & which is now in the possession of the Declarant. He lived in sd Fairfield during the whole of the Revolutionary war and is well known to David Hill Esquire, Gov. Tomlinson and to most of the older inhabitants of Fairfield.
The said John Wilson 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. by me David Hill Judge of Probate for the District aforesaid
John Wilson
We, Abraham Morehouse  a clergyman , residing in the town of Fairfield aforesaid and John Knapp residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. by me David Hill Judge of Probate for the District aforesaid
Abraham Morehouse John Knapp
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abraham Morehouse who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman , resident in the town of Fairfield aforesaid and that John Knapp who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of said Fairfield and is  are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
David Hill Judge of Probate
I, David Hill Junr Clerk of the Court of Probate for Fairfield District in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Wilson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 10 th day of November 1832.
Office,
David Hill Jr Clerk.

State of New York County of West Chester
§. Abel Bradwell of the Town of Dowes in the County of West
§. Chester and State of New York being duly affirmed doth affirm and say that he is well acquainted with John Wilson now a resident of the Town of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. That during the War of the Revolution he was well acquainted with the said John Wilson that the said John and this Affirmant were attached to a Company of Militia in the Regiment com- manded by General Field & Silliman the Company was commanded by Capt. Nathan Adams that this Af- firmant and the said John Wilson enlisted in the said Company and served as privates for the period of one year at a place called Black Rock in the Town and in the County of Fairfield and State afor- said the year before Fairfield was Burned by the British Troops. And this upon Affirmant further saith that the said John Wilson was in the same attached as he understood to a Company of Militia at a place called Black Rock in the Town of Fairfield aforesaid at the time Fairfield was burned by the British Troops. That during that year he often saw the said John Wilson and knows that he was in service as a private in the Militia but as they he and this Affirmant were not attached to the same Company he does not recollect how long during that year the said John Wilson served as a private as aforesaid. And this Affirmant further saith that he is seventy two years of age.
Affirmed to this 8 th day of August 1832 before me
his Abel Bradwell mark
John G. W. Justice of the peace

State of New York } Westchester County } ss. I John Green a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Westchester residing in the Town of Lewis, in the said County do hereby certify that Abel Inadwell the Affirmant in the above Affirmation in writing named is of fair and reputable character and that full faith and credit is due to his testimony.
Given under my hand this 8 th day of August 1832
John Green
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York, do certify that John Green Esq d whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and affidavit of Abel Inadwell was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly appointed and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the Signature subscribed as his is genuine
John Wetmore
In testimony whereof I have herunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 11 th day of February 1833
N Bayles Clk

I Benjamin Brothwell of Fairfield in Fairfield County Connecticut being duly sworn do testify & say that I belonged to the Guard which was raised by the State of Connecticut & stationed at the house of General Gould S. Silliman of the Connecticut Militia who lived in said Fairfield. This Guard consisted of twenty four men & were enlisted for eight months under Lieutenant Samuel Silliman who commanded said Guard. This Guard was raised in April 1780 & was kept till the December following. I recollect John Wilson now of said Fairfield to have been in said guard for some time & that he did duty in it. I do not recollect said Wilson to have been in said guard till some time in the summer of 1780 and how long he staid I do not know but should say he was not one of the guard that enlisted in April, but that he joined us afterwards some time in the summer. Benjamin Brothwell sworn to & subscribed this 18 th day of July A.D. 1832 before me Thomas B. Osborne Justice of Peace
Fairfield County p. Fairfield July 18. 1832 I certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Brothwell who hath subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Deposition & that he is a credible witness and a respectable man. Thomas B. Osborne Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } p. I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Fairfield County } Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Thomas B Osborne whose own proper signature are annexed to the Certificate of the foregoing Deposition of Benjamin Rootwell is now, & for more than one year last past has been, a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & sworn & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 23 rd day of February 1833.
Thomas B Osborne Clerk of said County Court
Tomlinson Senate
John Wilson's Application for a Pension CE

State of Connecticut
Comptroller's office
Hartford August 4 th 1834
On examination of the books of this office, it appears. That on the 29 th March 1782, Nathan Adams was appointed Lieutenant to command the garrison at Black Rock in Fairfield the season there ensuing. That on the 31 st July 1783, Lieutenant Nathan Adams exhibited the pay roll for services for his company of guards stationed at Black Rock in Fairfield in 1782 amounting to £885, 10. 5. which was paid by the State and charged to the United States. No pay rolls in this office in relation thereto.
Certified by Roger Huntington Comptroller of Public Accounts

State of Connecticut
Comptroller's office
Hartford August 4 th 1834
On examination of the books of this office it appears. That on the 21 st day of February 1781. Ensign Samuel Silliman at Fairfield exhibited the pay roll for services of his company of guards, amounting to £152. 18. 0. which was paid by the State and charged to the United States. no pay roll in this office
certified by Roger Huntington Comptroller of Public Accounts
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Thomas B. Osborne Esq
Sir / Enclosed are the certificates requested by your letter of 30 July - fees $1-
Your most Obedt Roger Huntington

Thomas B. Osborne Esq Fairfield
Single

See this correspondence in regard to Tamar Wilson in case of John Smith, P. 42352 August 5, 1936
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Miss Laura Miller Copake Falls Mount Washington Delivery New York
JOHN WILLSON S. 15713 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Willson, S. 15713; John Wilson, R. 11668; Joseph Wilson, W. 18443; Thomas Wilson, S. 44091, and the record of Ebenezer Wheeler, born in 1770 in New London, Connecticut, married Harriet Foster, died February 28, 1813, both buried in Hancock, New York. You state that you desire their records to aid in the search for information in regard to the family of your great-great-grandmother, Tamar Wilson, who married Captain John Smith, pension claim No. S. 42352.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of the Ebenezer Wheeler described above.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data, and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War or War of 1812 data. The record of John Willson is furnished you herein as found in pension claim, S. 15713, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Willson was born January 23, 1764, in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, where he was reared. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut, where he resided throughout the Revolutionary War, John Willson enlisted in July, 1780, as a substitute for his brother, Nathaniel Willson, who had enlisted in April of that year, and he (John) served as private under Lieutenant Samuel Silliman in the Connecticut troops and was discharged late in December, following. He enlisted in the summer of 1781, served as private in Captain Ebenezer Hill's Connecticut company as a guard at

Black Rock Garrison in Fairfield, and was discharged after having served two months. He again enlisted about the spring of 1782, served as private in Captain Nathan Adams' Connecticut company and was discharged after having served one year.
John Willson was allowed pension on his application executed November 10, 1832, while a resident of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, where he was still living in 1834.
It is not stated whether or not the soldier ever married.
In 1834, one Samuel Wilson, aged seventy-three years, was a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut, and stated that he, also, served in the Revolutionary War, but did not state any relationship to the soldier, John Willson.
In 1834, one John Knap, aged eighty-one years, a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut, stated that his wife was a "connection of the soldier, John Willson", but he did not state the relationship nor give the name of his wife.
It may interest you to know that should you be in this city, you may call and examine the papers on file in all the claims designated in your letter, and collect data therefrom. The records are located at present in Room 1851, Navy Building, 19th and Constitution Avenue, N. W.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of John Willson, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Willson Certificate #29850 Issued March 6, 1835 Rate, $40 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1936. Aug. 5 - Hiet. to Miss Laura Miller, Ill.
157/13
INVALID.
No. 157/13
John Willson
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 4/3
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Thomas B. Osborne Esq.
Fairfield
Count.
single,

Comptroller's office Hartford
25 December 1834
Thomas B. Osborne Esq
Sir Your letter of the 23 rd came to hand this morning. the entry of pay to Esign Samuel Tilliman is all the entry that can be found in relation to him (viz) 1781. 21 st Feby. order on the treasurer pay roll Co. guard £152.18.0- which is charged in the accounts against the united States as paid in state money and considered as specie value-
Lieutenant Nathan Adams was appointed on the 29 th March 1782 to the command of the guard to be stationed at Black Rock in Fairfield. In January 1782 there was a guard ordered to be raised and stationed at Black Rock in Fairfield to serve from the first of April 1782 to the first of April 1783. to consist of 28 men including one subaltern officer. I have the wages of said guard estimated as follows (viz)
   1 Lieutenant 12 months @ 5.8.0 per month . . . . . 64.16.0   2 Sergeants @ 2.8.0 ea " @ 4.16.0 " . . . . . 57.12.0   2 Corporals @ 2.4.0 ea " @ 4.8.0 " . . . . . 52.16.0   23 Privates 2.0.0 ea " @ 46.0.0 " . . . . . 552.0.0   £ 727.4.0  
The above is probably not far from the rate at which they were paid. on the 31 st July 1783. the entry is (viz) order on the treasurer payroll for guard at Black Rock of tax - £885.10.5- which is charged the

United States as Specie; this is all the evidence there is to be found in relation to said payment - from the estimate I have made I should think Lieut Adams' payment was sufficient to cover 28 men including 1 Subaltern for one year, which was the time they were ordered to be raised for
If there had been any other circumstance to be found, that would have placed the subject in any fairer light, I should have furnished it, in the first instance - should any thing further transpire to make it necessary to have recourse to this office please write me and it shall be attended to.
Yours with Respect
Roger Huntington

I Samuel Wilson of Fairfield in Fairfield County Connecticut aged seventy three years being duly sworn do testify and say that about the first of April 1780 I enlisted for eight months under Lieutenant Samuel Silliman in the Guard that was raised by the State and stationed at the house of Gen Gould S. Silliman in sd Fairfield. Said Guard was enlisted for the term of eight months and having served out their term of enlistment were discharged in the month of December 1780.
Samuel Wilson
Fairfield County ss Fairfield December 12. 1834
Then & there personally appeared before me Samuel Wilson to me well known & who is a respectable man & a credible witness & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed. Thomas Bloorne Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } ss. I Thomas Bloorne Clerk of the County Court Fairfield County } within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Thomas Bloorne, whose own proper signature is annexed to the foregoing Certificate, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 12 th day of December A D 1834 Thomas Bloorne Clerk

Me $1875 J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Fairfield August 9 th 1834
J S Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions
Sir -
I enclose the application of John Wilson of Fairfield for a Pension, which was returned some time since with objections. The principal objection made was the want of proof that the services performed were ordered by competent authority . He has now supplied that proof by the Certificates of the Comptroller shewing that Lieut. or as he is called, Capt. Nathan Adams was Duty and that the Garrison at Blackrock were paid by the State.
He has also obtained further Depositions as to the fact of his service at the Black Rock Battery.
Annexed is also the Certificate of the Comptroller shewing that Ensign or he is called, Lieut. Silliman was paid by the State for the services of his Company of Guards at Fairfield conclusive evidence that this Guard performed the State authority - Benjamin Brotherwell, Samuel others have been allowed Pensions for serving
I trust the evidence now furnished in support of these claims of service will be satisfactory.
In regard to the short term of two months stated in the Declaration the applicant cannot produce any direct evidence but his own oath.
Mr Wilson is a very respectable man and entirely above making any wilful misrepresentation in the Case.
Please communicate the decision to me, at Fairfield, Ct.
very respectfully, your Obedt Servt
Thomas B. Brome

(29.830)
28.353
Ann Wilson
$40 per ann
Hon. G. Tomlinson Present
Hon. G. Tomlinson. Fairfield ct

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 subjocined 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,
JAMES 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), who has 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
If the services set forth in the declaration were ordered by competent authority the archives in the office of Comptroller of Public accounts at Hartford will show the fact

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.

Thomas B. Osborne Esq.
Fairfield cont
single

State of Connecticut Comptroller's office Hartford 16 th October 1834
Thomas B. Osborne Esq
Sir, There is no further evidence can be found in relation to Ensign Samuel Lilliman's service, it is the only instance in which his name appears on the books. There are no pay rolls in this office, of a later date than 1775—
The payment of 885.10.5 made to Lieutenant Nathan Adams, on the 31 July 1783 is all the payment that appears to have been made to him. He was appointed to the command of the Fort at Black Rock 29 th March 1782, and probably continued in command until the  the winter or spring of 1783, as the guard were ordered in Jan y . 1783 to be kept up there until the first of Feby. — The payment as above, was entered as being the special value — There are no pay rolls, nor any other evidence, that will show how many men he had, nor how long they served — Suppose he had 28 men officers included, and their pay was 22 men @ $10 each month — 44.0.0 3 Sergeants @ 50/ " — 7.10 2 Corporals @ 45/ " — 4.10 1 Lieutenant @ 80/ " — 4. 60.00 12 months @ 60 — is $360.00
If a certificate of these facts will be of any service

in addition to what you have, I will send the same, if you will it-
Your most aff Roger Huntington

L. M. COPAKE FALLS NEW YORK MT. WASHINGTON DELIVERY
July 24, 1936
Dear Sir
I find in Daaper's Index of Conn. Pensioners of Rev. War the following:- P. 607 Willson , John b. 1764 Fairfield Co. Conn. in 1832 # S 15713
✓ John (also givin Wilson) # R 11 668
Joseph (also Wilson) # W 18443 Widow Eleanor
✓ Thomas (also Wilson) # S 44091
Have you any record of where they settled after the Rev. - names of children & wife - etc
I am searching for the family of my great-great grandmother
Tamar Wilson b. Sept. 16, 1766 m. Oct. 27, 1785 Capt. John Smith who was a rev. soldier

# S 42 352 on pension list from Stamford Conn.
I am a's brother, Daniel Wilson, b. June 20, 1772 settled in Penfield Monroe Co. N.Y.
The Samuel Wilson of Hudson River fame as the original "Uncle Sam" is connected some way -
May I have the records of these Willsons of Stamford?
I would also like the war record of another great, great. grandfather, Ebenezer Wheeler b. New London Conn. North Parish Feb. 6. 1770 d. at Hancock N.Y. Feb. 28, 1813.
His wife was Harriet Foster. Her tombstone in Hancock N.Y. cemetery states that she was "wife of Major Ebenezer Wheeler" His tombstone in Fishes Eddy near Hancock N.Y. says: Ebenezer Wheeler born Feb. 6, 1770 died Feb. 28, 1813. An officer in the army of 1812" - + also "Major Ebenezer Wheeler"

L. M. COPAKE FALLS NEW YORK MT. WASHINGTON DELIVERY
any help or suggestions as to where to write to secure information that will connect Tamar Wilson b. Sept 16, 1766 to her family and the war record of Major Ebenezer Wheeler will be greatly appreciated -
Sincerely (Miss) Laura Miller