Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15599, for Frederick Lord, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Lord, Frederick
S. 15599
cardinal
CONTENTS

Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1832, from 4th Sept. 1843 to 13 Nov 1843. Agent notified 14 April, 1845.
28006 Connecticut
Frederick Ford
of Hanford in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company, commanded by Captain Barnard of the regt command. by Col. _____ in the Connecticut line for 10 months 27 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 24 Dollars 10 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Increased from $20.00
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Jan'y 1841, sent to Hon Joseph Sumner, House of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1841 $341.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 17.65
Deduct former payments. $358.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. M. Clancy, Clerk Book C 2. Vol. 3. Page 25.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov r 20 th 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child n of Frederick Lord, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Thirty four Dollars and ten Cents per annum, under the law of the year 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1843, to the 13 th Nov. 1843.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Frederick Lord Hartford - app. for pension p o 6226.
Sent to Gen. Nathan Johnson Hartford Conn

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford }
On this 12 day of August A.D. 1832 Personally appeared in open court before Jonathan W. Goodwin Judge of the Court of Probate with Capt. Ezekiel being a Clerk of said Court at Hartford by for the District of Hartford, now sitting. Frederick born a resident of the town and county of Hart- ford and State of Connecticut aged Seventy two years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the U.S. under the fol- lowing marked officers and served as herein stated
He was drafted at said Hartford in the fall of the year 1777 in the militia service of the State of Connecticut for two months and served that time in a company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Barnard of said Hartford and Aaron Cook of said Hartford was if I recollect right Lieutenant. The name of the Brigade in said company he does not recollect. Said company was marched soon after the draft from Hartford to Danbury and from Danbury to Fishkill in the State of New York and was there attached to a regiment com- manded by Col. Heskiah Wyllis of Hartford born and Col. Samuel Wyllis of said Hartford was an officer in the continental army, and Maj. Genl. Israel Putnam commanded the Brigade or Division to which he belonged and from Fishkill he marched to Redhook

in the state of New York. That he was on the opposite of the river from Kingston Ny when it was burnt by the enemy. That he was in a small skirmish with the enemy when a small party of them attempted to land near Pitskill and that he was discharged at Pitskill in said state. That about the 15 th of February 1778 he enlisted into a company of State Troops commanded by Capt Thomas Sloan of said town of Hartford and at that time there was no Lieutenant or Ensign belonging to said company. That I enlisted for the term of six months and was employed at said Hartford in guarding the prison and military stores in said town. During said term, with the exception of two months when he was gone to Rhode Island as a substitute for Mr Benjamin Bigelow in the company of Capt Pomeroy, during which time he employed a substitute at said Hartford and he was discharged about the 15 th of November 1778. That about the 1 st of August 1778 he entered at said Hartford as a substitute for Benjamin Bigelow the militia of the State of Connecticut for sixty days in a company commanded by Capt Pomeroy of the town of Suffield county of Hartford State of Connecticut that one Williams was Lieutenant and one Stanley Ensign both of the town of Wethersfield county of Hartford and State of Connecticut that he marched from Hartford to Providence in the State of Rhode Island thence to Bristol in said State then crossed over on to Rhode Island. That Col Chapman of the town & county of Tolland and State

of Connecticut commanded the regiment to which he was attached, and Maj Tyler was Major in direct and that Genl Sullivan commanded the forces at that place and Genl Green was also there and Col Livingston and Col Beneser Huntington were colonels in the continental Army at that time and place
That he was in the engagement with the enemy on that island when the American troops retreated and crossed over to Bristol, and that he was discharged at Providence in the State of Rhode Island. That about the first of September 1779 he was drafted for and served two months in a company commanded by Capt Israel Seymour of said Hartford and that the names of the lieutenant and Ensign he does not recollect that he marched from Hartford to New Haven thence to East Haven and afterwards returned to New Haven and was there discharged
That in August 1781 he joined the French Army at Hartford under the command of Count Rochambeau as a volunteer, that he was with Gen De Four Le Paymaster or Intendant Genl of the French Army & that he provided for his table, horses, took care of his baggage &c. That he went from Hartford to Danbury thence to White Plains and then marched from White Plains to York Town that he remained in the army Sixty Days which was the time for which he volunteered and was then discharged so that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service in the French Army. That he was at Nethersfield one week in 1780 when the court of war was held at that

4 place by Genl Washington, La Fayette, & others as he believes in a company of Artillery commanded by Capt Frederick Bull of Hartford and that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove this term of service. 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. Frederick Bull Sworn to and Subscribed
We Joel Hawes a clergyman residing in the town of Hartford and James Hosmer residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Frederick Lee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be upwards of Seventy two 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. Joel Hawes James Hosmer Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me, Nathaniel Goodwin, Judge of Probate.

In answer to several interrogatories proposed by the court. He declares as follows. That he was born on the 12 th day of April 1760. but knows of no record of his birth or age now existing; He lived in said town of Hartford at the time of his enlistment draft and at the time he volunteered, and has ever since resided in the same town. He entered the service as above stated six times by being drafted once by enlistment twice as a volunteer and once as a Substitute.
I do not recollect the names of any other officers commanding at the places where I was stationed except those mentioned above, I never at any time received any written discharge having in every instance served out my time. I am known by the Rev Joel Hawes the nearest clergyman to me and James Hosmer with whom I have been long acquainted, and who can testify to my character for veracity and to their belief of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Frederick Lord

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 Joel Hawes who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Hartford, and that James Homer, who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Hartford and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I William Whitman clerk of the court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of application of Frederick Lord for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 1 th day of August 1833 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 30 th day July A.D. 1833
W. Whitman, Clerk of Court of Probate for district of Hartford

I Norman Butler of Hartford in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, being seventy years of age, depose & say that when young, & during the Revolutionary war, I will rec- -lect that a military guard in this town was for some time in constant, and actual service under the command of Col' Thomas Houn- how long they were in service, I cannot say, nor in what years but to the best of my recollection, in the year 1778 - I was born in Hartford & remember seeing said guard on duty, the place of their rendezvous of post for Contint'ls -
Hartford 21 st Nov. 1833
Butler
Subscribed to this 21 st day of November 1833
before me Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace
I certify that the deponent is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit Nathan Johnson Just. Peace

State of Connecticut (County of Hartford) /
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford named Frederick Lord who being duly sworn deponeth and saith, in addition to his declaration heretofore made in his application for a pension, that his service in Capt. Hoads company in the guard at Hartford in 1778, was constant & actual service, and that he performed his said service therein in the regular rotation of duty
Frederick Lord
Given to and subscribed this 21 st day of November 1833 before me Nathan Johnson Just. Peace

Moses Goodwin of Haver in the County of Haver being nearly Seventy five years of age depose and say, that I well remember that a guard was kept in Haver in constant Vailant Service under Command of Capt Thomas Stear in 1778 for six months and that Frederick Lord was and believe a member of said guard.
Moses Goodwin
State of Vermont County of Haver
Sworn to and subscribed this 13 day of December 1833 — before me Nathan Johnson Just. Peace
I testify that the Defendant is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit — Nathan Johnson Just. Peace

State of Connecticut } to Hartford November 15 th 1833 County of Hartford }
Jonathan Olcott of Hartford in the county of Hartford having been duly cautioned to declare the truth, deposes and says that he is seventy eight before years of age and upwards, & that he is the same person who gave a deposition some time since in the matter of Frederick Lord on his application for a pension; that in addition to what he before stated he would now state, that the service of the company of guerrillas under the command of Capt. Thomas Sloan at Hartford in 1778 was constant and actual service; that he and Frederick Lord were members of said company & that said company was on actually on dead regular duty and further the deponent saith no
Jon a Olcott
Subscribed and sworn to in due form of law this the 15 th day of November AD 1833 before me
Nathaniel Johnson Just. Peace
I certify that the deponent is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit. Nathaniel Johnson Just. Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford ss.
I, Izaac Griswold Clerk of the County Court for the County of Hartford, do hereby certify, That the Hon. Nathan Johnson Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Jonathan Olcott, Norman Butts, Fred- erick Lord, & Moses Goodwin were respectively taken, was, on the 15 th day of Novr. 1833, & ever since has been, & now is, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Hart- ford, duly commissioned & qualified, according to Law, & that the respective signatures, purporting to be his, are gen- uine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said County Court this 13 th day of Decr. A. 1833.
Izaac Griswold Justice of the Peace
(Signature)

Decided for add. evidence for Frederick Lord. of Court.
Hon. J. S. Edwards Com. of Banners Washington D. C.
December 4, 1834

Wartle December 13. 1833
Genl J. L. Edwards
Sir I enclose further evidence, in the matter of Genl R. Lord Lord. There can be no doubt that the central factory system of Genl. Moore's was was, as appears by the evident dispositions. I can multiply such proof, but presume I have sent enough. - The guard was com- posed of the first young men of the place in consequence of a supposed attempt to dis- play by some room of the Military Stores of which a great amount was there at Hartford collected by Col Woodworth
Most respectfully
Nathan Johnson

Add. evidence for Fred. K. Lord.
Jan. 1884.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington D. C.

Hartford Jan. 3. 1834
Rev. Com. of Pres.
Sir. Since enclosing further depositions a few days since in the matter of the application of Frederick Lord for a pension, the Comptroller has forwarded me a certificate containing some facts bearing upon that case, which he wanted for without delay, when I told him after the receipt of your last letter requiring further testimony in that case -
I am most respectfully Nathan Johnson

This may certify, that Mr Frederick Lord, who is an applicant for a pension as I understand, is a resident of the city of Hartford and has been well known to me for many years. He is esteemed a man of worth & veracity, I doubt not, entitled to full credit as a man of truth & veracity. He is old & some- what broken down, but, I presume capa- ble of relating the events of his early life.
Hartford, October 21. 1833
Yrs W. D. Cook

On the 21 st day of October 1833. personally appeared before me Frederick Lord of Hartford in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, who being first duly sworn deponeth and saith that he served in the Militia of the State of Connecticut in the Revolutionary War as follows viz in the fall of 1777 as a private, as in his declaration dated, for two months in a company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Barnard and he knows of no survivors, when testimony he can obtain to that service except Jonathan Elliott whom deposition accompanying his application & that he finished out his term of enlistment. In the year 1778 he enlisted for six months in a company commanded by Capt Thomas Storer and served in said company as a guard to the prison and Military stores in said Hartford and was constantly and daily on duty in said company during said six months except for sixty days when he left said company and hired one Mr Clapp as a substitute to take his place while he went in Capt Pomeroy's

Company as stated in his original declaration as a substitute for Benjamin Beyleau of said Hartford, and he used the whole of said sixty days in said Pomeroy's Com- pany. That he knows of no survivor who can testify to this service, except Jonathan Alcott who can testify as in his deposition herewith sent as to his service in said Guard and Donal Miles whose deposition is herewith sent as to his service as a substitute for said Beyleau in said Capt Pomeroy's Company and that he served as a private in said Pomeroy's Company.
That about the first of September 1779 he was drafted and served two months as a private in Captain Israel Deymans Company of Infantry and went to New Haven and East Haven in the State of Connecticut as he has stated in his declaration. That he knows of no survivor who can testify as to this service except Donal Miles whose deposition is herewith transmitted.
As to his service in the French Army he acknowledges, cheerfully, in the decision of the department and hereby relinquishes any claim thereto.

That he served one week in Captain Frederick Bull's company of Artillery at Wetherfield in the State of Connecticut as a guard to a council of War held there by General Washington in the year 1780 but cannot from lack of memory state the precise time. He was a private in Company. That he knows of no survivors who can testify as to this service.
Nor can he be more particular as to any of his services. He served in the whole, excepting his service in the French Army, Ten Months and Seven days, as a private soldier, and for such services he claims a pension - Frederick Lord
Sworn to and Subscribed This 21 st day of October 1833
before me Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace
I certify that the deponent is a res- ident of Haverfield in Hartford County and State of Connecticut and is well known to me that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford. ss
I, David Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said County, do hereby certify, That the Hon. Nathan Johnson, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Frederick Lord was taken, was, at the time of the taking of the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Hartford, duly commissioned & qualified according to law, & that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this 21 st day of October, 1833.
David Griswold, Clerk

Jonathan Scott of the town and county of Hart- ford in the State of Connecticut aged Seventy four years and upwards do hereby depose and say that I am well acquainted with Frederick Lord of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who was with him in the Service in the Revolutionary War as a member of the same company under the command of Capt Ebenezer Burnham of said Hartford that we marched from Hartford to Danbury from thence to Fishkill in the State of New York and at Fishkill were attached to the regiment commanded by Col Hez- ekiah Wyllys of the town and county of Hartford and State of Connecticut and from Fishkill we were marched to Red Hook & then returned to Fishkill where we were discharged about the Twentyfirst of November 1777. Maj Genl Israel Putnam commanded the division to which we were attached and the said Frederick Lord remained in the service for Sixty days. That about the 15th of May 1778 that I was in a company of State Troops with Mr Frederick Lord and said company was commanded by Capt Thomas Houn- of the town & county of Hartford and State of Connecticut and that we were employed in guarding the prison and military stores in said town of Hart- ford and that we there served for six months and were discharged about the middle of November 1778
Jon a Scott
State of Connecticut } County of Hartford }
Sworn and subscribed 1832
before me this 1 st day of August Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace

I certify that the deponent is a resident of Haverfield in the State of Connecticut and is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit. Nathan Johnson Secy. of the Court.

I Daniel Miles of the town of Glastenbury county of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged eighty one years and upwards do certify depose and say that I am well acquainted with Frederick Lord of the town and county of Hartford and State of Connecticut and was with him in the service of the Revolutionary war that I was in the company commanded by Capt. Edward Dill of Hartford then in the county of Hartford but now in the county of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut that Mr Lord was in the company commanded by Capt. Israel Seymour of said town and county of Hartford and State aforesaid and that our companies marched to New Haven from thence to East Haven and then returned to New Haven and were there discharged and that we were then in the ser militia service for two months in the year 1779. That in the year 1778 about the 1 st of August I was drafted in the militia and served for sixty days in the company commanded by Capt. Pomeroy of the town of Suffield and state of Connecticut and in the regiment commanded by Col. Chapman man of the town and county of Tolland and State aforesaid. Daniel Williams was Lieu- tenant both of the town of Wethersfield State aforesaid and George Stanley Ensign in said company that we marched from Hartford to Prov- idence thence to Bristol and thence on to Rhode Island that I was in the battle on Rhode Island in the latter part of August 1778 that Mr Frederick

Lord was in the same company and regiment with during said term of service
Daniel M.
State of Connecticut } County of Hartford }
Sworn and subscribed this 2 nd day of August A.D. 1832 before me Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace
I hereby certify that the deponent is a man of good standing in a credible person and entitled to belief and that his statements are entitled to credit. Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace
Trask

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut Frederick Lord who being duly sworn deponeth 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 one year and seven days I served as a private at various times and for such service I claim a pension.
Frederick Lord
Sworn to and subscribed
this 25. day of June 1838
Before me Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace
I certify that the deponent is a resident of Hartford in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut and is a credible person & that his statements are entitled to credit.
Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Hartford } ss
I, Izaac Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Hartford, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Nathan Johnson Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits of Jonathan O'Call, Daniel Miles, & Frederick Lord were respectively taken, was on the 2 nd day of August A.D. 1832, & ever since has been, & now is, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law; & that the respective signatures, purporting to be said Nathan Johnson, are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said County Court (this 25 th day of June A.D. 1833.
Izaac Griswold Clerk
The interlineation of the eleventh line made by I. Griswold, Clerk

Comptroller Office December 25 th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that there is charged to the United States, upon the books of the Pay Table, under date May 30 th 1778, viz, To order " on Treasurer D r S t Thomas Sloan pay roll " his company guards Hartford £109, 8, 10. " Also, under date November 10 th 1778, there is charged to the United States the amount of his pay roll Guard the Treasury Office £288, 3, 2.
No roll of this guard has been found; or evidence showing the duration of their service.
E. Phelps

Frederick Lord
Conn,
Increased from $20.77 to $34.10 per ann
Issue new certificate
Attest Joseph Turnbull HR

Jan 27 1841
Inverness
Food Lord Edinburgh
Edinburgh Office
Hon. J. Drummond H. O. S.

Washington City
House of Reps. Jan 27. 1824.
Mr. Edward
Sir,
I now have the honor to transmit Mr. Lord's pension certificate, which was requested in your letter to me a few days since —
Will you please give Mr. Lord's application attention, & oblige him as also
Your obedt. Servant
J. S. Trumbull

Payments to be made at Hartford by Pres: of Farmers and Mechanics Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3
Page 25 by E D Bullock
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Frederick Lord of the State of Connecticut who was a Private during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Seventy dollars and Seventy Seven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 8 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four
Lee Thompson Secretary of War.
Ex. and Cov. signed. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Frederick Lord
Return this
6m o 7 days $ 20.97
The three terms of 2m o each & the 7 days are admitted - The serom on guard is not
N Johnson Esq
Hartford
Explanatory letter to Genl Johnson on admissions

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Frederick Cook which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? No. Did not give the length of service. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? ovo
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No See question 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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.
15 00 5730 00 6 00

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 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
Claimant instead of making a general allegation of the amount of his service, must state each term specifically with all the particulars required & state whether there are survivors of each term.
The service as volunteer with the French Army is indefinable. None of the Pension acts provide for services under a Foreign Power. It is obvious it was not military service.

S Dec 22 d 20 Feb 1836 Hon Jo d Trumbull 11 Jan y 41
Womack
Frederick Lord Hartford in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Conn commanded by Captain Barnard of the Regt commanded by Col _____ in the Conn Hoops time for 90 days 11 10 7 Letter
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 20 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Feby 1834 and sent to Solomon Eng Hartford Ct Arrears to the 4th of Feby 33 pp 51. 92 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 10 38 $62 30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E P Duccock Clerk, Book C Vol. 13 Page 25

Fred k Lord
77 2 mo. E Barnard.
May 78 6 mo. Sloan, guard. Mul. store & prison and but the child time with the exception of 2 mo. he was a sub. for Digla & R. E. Arct o Nov. 78
May 78 2 a sub f B Digla 79
Sep 79 2. Gual Seymour & N. H. Harn
81 2 in French army
May Allan 4 mo. Mac Jan 11 1841

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15599
INVALID.
File No. 15599
Frederick Loud
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb 6 18
Chase
L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office
Wm S. Beardsly
Washington D.C.

Ho: of Rep: July 16. 1836
W, may I ask the present condition of the application of Frederick Lord of Hartford, Conn. for a pension, & what the objections are, to granting it?
I am &c
S. Beardsley