Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,803, for Thomas Knowlton, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Knowlton, Thomas
S. 31,803
B.L.H. 3952-160-55
CONTENTS

22.514.  Account.
Thos. H. H. H.
Account in the State of Conn. who was a Capt. of Artillery the 1st by Captain H. H. H. of the 1st by Col. H. H. H. in the 1st time for 18. m. 21 d. 1833.
  4. 10. 1833  21. 67    11. 11. 1833  17. 88    (18. 21)  69. 55  
Entered on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 69 Dollars 55 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Col. H. H. H. (C. S. H. and 1st)
Due to the 14th of Sept. 1833. 173.98 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 31 311.78
$2.08.65
{ Revolutionary Claims, Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by M. J. Palmer Clerk Book 8 Vol. 118 Page 23.
The roll of Capt. Burke's Co. 5 Matrosses referred to in the within papers, handed to Col. W. B. G. over files to be checked to Ct. Miscel. over. 13, 1853. D. D. D. Ct. Miscel. Vol. 1.

Conn AD 1952-01-22514
34,994
April 2 nd 53
Set March 3 "
Thomas Knowlton a priv Corporal & Sergeant in the war of the Revolution
Ent d the service at Ashford under Capt Benj o Durkee & Col Mc Lannan or some such name - that he is now a Pensioner of the United States
Revolutionary war
Matross - in Capt Durkee's comp y Connect t Cont t Troops
Adm d 160 acc Aug 20/55 Do age
Vol. K-121. 90
3952 of Aug 22/55
Ebenezer Dunham Mansfield Conn

State of Connecticut County of Tolland & ss. Willington
On this 18 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Tolland in the County of Tolland aforesaid and State aforesaid now sitting Present Jeremiah Litch Esq. Judge holding said Court Thomas Knowlton a resident of the town of Willington in the District, County & State aforesaid, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated, On the 9 th day of August 1782 I enlisted into a company of State Troops which was raised in pursuance of an order or Proclamation of the Governor of Connecticut dated July 1 st 1782 to serve at the Forts in New London & Groton Connecticut for the term of one year. I enlisted under Lieut. Daniel Knowlton. Our company was commanded by Capt. Benjamin Clarke. The said Daniel Knowlton 1 st Lieut. who was brother to my Father Col. Thomas Knowlton who was killed at Harlem Heights at the time the British took possession of New York. Thomas Knowlton, 2 d Lieut. or Ensign I went to New London & served the whole term of one year at Fort Munkhill in S t . New London and at Fort Griswold in Groton at a battery near S t . Fort Griswold There were but two companies at said Fort, during this year - the other company was commanded by Capt. Latham his Lieutenant name was Perkins. We were attached to a Reg t commanded by Col. Samuel M c Clallen. I have in my possession the original enlistment on the Proclamation of the Governor - which I signed with others,

I obtained it from the son of Lieut. Knowlton who found it among his father's papers after his decease. When my term expired there being no men enlisted to supply our places at the solicitation of Capt. Durkee I agreed to continue in the service a while longer. I was then a Corporal, and I commanded a guard at Fort Griswold about four weeks, no commissioned Officer being there. Lieutenant Hodgkins who had been absent then came to take command of the Fort. About this time another order was issued by the Governor to enlist more Troops to supply the places of those who have been discharged. I again enlisted as a Corporal for two months, I was immediately sent into the country to enlist more men. I enlisted a number returned to the Fort with them and there expired my two months which expired about the 10 th of December 1783. I then enlisted again as a Sergeant for one year unless sooner discharged. Under this enlistment I continued in the service at S. Ports under the same Officers as at first until about the first day of March 1784. The Forts were then dismantled and we were discharged. I was constantly in the service as herein stated from August 9 th 1782 to March 1 st 1784 I received pay for the whole time being eighteen months and 21 days. I have no other evidence of my service than the Disposition of document herewith hand-pitted. The Officers with whom I served are all dead as I suppose.
In answer to the interrogatories sent by the Court, I was born in Ashford, Windham County Connecticut July 13. 1765. I have no record of my age. I was living in Dr. Ashford when I entered the service and since the War of the revolution I have lived in Andover, County of Windsor State of Vermont at Hartford, Connecticut and for the last 24 years in said Wilmington where I now live. I was called into the service as

herein stated. There were no other officers in the service with me except those I have already mentioned - I never had any written discharge - I am known to Daniel Plazin & Hiram Rice Esqrs. both of said Willington who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier in the revolution - I hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present declaration that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State. Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Thomas Knowlton
We Daniel Plazin & Hiram Rice both of said Willington hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Thomas Knowlton who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration - That we believe him to be sixty seven years of age - That he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion, That he is a man of veracity - Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Daniel Plazin
Hiram Rice
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department - That the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Plazin Esq. who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Willington in Tolland County & a Justice of the peace within Hartford County and that Hiram Rice Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in said Willington and High Sheriff within Hartford County. Both are credible persons, That their statement is entitled to credit
And

and they count for the fines that the deponents Frederick Chaffee & Imasa (Robinson whose deposition) have been exhibited here in Court and are to accompany this declaration are also credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit pass. by the Court attest J. Howard Clerk
85-97 I Joseph Howard Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Tolland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Knowlton of Willington in Tolland County for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 18 th day of August AD 1832 Joseph Howard Clerk
A true copy of record Certified by J. Howard Clerk of the Court of Probate for Tolland Dist.
I Jeremiah French Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Tolland do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Knowlton of Willington in Tolland County for a pension & that the seal affixed to the foregoing certificate of Joseph Howard Clerk of sd Court on the 18 th day of August AD 1832 then was the only seal used by sd Court to authenticate the proceedings thereof, but since a new seal has been procured & is now used by sd Court & the only seal used by sd Court in like cases - In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name & affixed the present seal of sd Court at Tol- land this 5 th day of July 1832. Jeremiah French Judge of Probate

8377. 22.519
Thomas Knowlton Connecticut
Recd
Adm 1 yr 6 Mo 21 days for Artillery - 14 Months 11 days Corporals - 4 Months & 10 days Serfs. 4.10 Loyal City - 16.11 Casper. 80-
[Handwritten mark or signature]
Joseph Knowland Clerk Court Tolland Co Connecticut

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
13 th June - 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. 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 Thomas Knowlton Connecticut
   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.     Enlist 1782 1 2 Lieut Knowlton Col See L 67 Years Documentary   Enl. 1783 2 Corporal Capt. Barker Thurber at the Ashford Evidence   " 4 10 Sergt Capt. Barker Same Forster in New London 42 Witnesses   Connecticut Same place  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he 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 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 and down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

34,994
Thomas G. Newton

State of Connecticut } ss. Willington County of Tolland }
On this twenty-ninth day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the county and state aforesaid Thomas Knowlton aged eighty-nine years a resident of Willington in the state of Connecticut who being duly sworn, according to law declares that he is the identical Thomas Knowlton who was a private corporal, and sergeant in the war of the Revolution, that he enlisted into the service at Ashford near the close of the war and served under Captain Benjamin Searle and Colonel Mo. Gannan or some name like it and continued in actual service for the term of one year and more and was honorably discharged at Fort Griswold in Groton as will appear by the mis- ter rolls of Capt. Searle's Company and he further declares that he is a Revolutionary Prisoner of the United States at the rate of Sixty-nine Dollars and some cents per annum granted unto him for Revolutionary service

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Thomas H. Norton
We, Newman S. Harey and Martha H. Harey residents of Willington in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Thomas H. Norton in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Newman S. Harey
Martha H. Harey
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Ebenezer D. Haines
Notary Public.

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency HENEY DUTTON, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That the within was on the 21 st day of May A.D. 1834 for the term of two years from and after said date, appointed a Notary Public in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer; and that I believe the signature of said Henry Dutton thereto to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. this 28 th day of March A. D. 1835, and in the seventy eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
[Signature] Secretary of State.

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I Judick Chaffer of Manchester in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say. That in the month of August 1782 I entered into the service of the Army of the Revolution as a substitute for my Brother, which Chaffer who was then a member of the company of Artillery under the command of Captain Benjamin Dyer 1st Lieutenant Daniel Knowlton and 2 o Lieutenant Thomas Hodgkins and belonged to the Regiment under the command of Colonel M'Lellan and was stationed at Fort Trumbull in the town of New London, New London County Connecticut. I remained at said fort Trumbull Trumbull for about three months when a part of said Company under the command of Lieutenant Daniel Knowlton marched to Glastonbury in said County and were stationed at the Battery on Norton Banks. At this time my brother returned to the Army and I went home for a few two or three months when I returned and took my said brother's place again and staid in the Army which was then stationed at Fort Griswold in the said town of Norton and continued there until about the first of June 1783 when I left the service. That when I first went to Fort Trumbull in August 1782 Thomas Knowlton of Killing ton in Tolland County Connecticut was there a mem- ber of said Company. That he went with me to the Bat- tery on Norton Banks. That I left him there when I went home. That when I returned to Fort Griswold the said Knowlton was there and remained there until I left the service in the month of June 1783. That said Thomas Knowlton was to my knowledge in the service of the Army of the Revolution from age or

about the 12. of August 1782 to on or about the 1. of June 1783. and was a messmate of mine during said time, excepting the two or three months I was absent, - That in the month of September 1783 the said Thomas Knowlton came home and had enlisted orders for the service and spent sometime in obtaining recruits and returned again to the Army; that my brother went with him and in the said Knowlton to the best of my knowledge continued at said fort Griswold until about the 1. of March 1784 when he came home. I was not with him at fort Griswold after June 1783 but I well knew that he was absent and was well satisfied that he was in the service of the United States. - That I do not know exactly where my said brother now is and further the deponent saith not. -
Frederick Chaffee
Tolland County ss. Town of Tolland July 30. 1832 Then personally appeared Frederick Chaffee who signed the above deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. I further certify that said Chaffee is in my presence a credible witness. Loren P. Wolcott Justice of Peace
Tolland County ss. { County Clerk's office } Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do certify that Loren P. Wolcott Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of Frederick Chaffee of Mansfield was this day taken & sworn is a Justice of Peace within & for the County of Tolland legally appointed & sworn & authorized to administer oaths & take depositions & that his signature to the foregoing certificate is in his own proper hand writing with which I am well acquainted. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Tolland this 30th day of July 1832. Jeremiah Parish Clerk

I Amasa Robinson - of Arlishad in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut being sixty seven years of age - do testify and say - that I have been acquainted with Mr Thomas Knowlton of Willington in the County of Tolland and State of said ever since we were boys - He was born in Arlishad - and lived there until after the revolutionary war - - - I further testify that in the month of August 1782 I enlisted into the service of the revolutionary army - for the term of one year - in a com- pany commanded by Capt Benjamin Clarke of Hampton in said Windham County - Daniel Knowlton lieut - Thomas Hoskins Ensign - we were stationed at Fort Trumbull in New London Connecticut being a Company of State Troops - I further testify that said Thomas Knowlton enlisted in said Company about the time I did and for the same term - and served with me the whole of said term - Samuel McLellan was our Col - a part of the time said Knowlton was stationed at Groton opposite to said New London - I further testify that about the last of November 1783 I enlisted again for two months - at Fort Griswold in Groton under the said Capt Benjamin Clarke and said Knowlton served with me said two months as a Sergeant

in said fort —
And further saith not —
Dated at Wilmington the 2 nd day of August A D 1852 —
Amasa Preble
State of Connecticut
Delaware County ss Wilmington Aug. 2 nd 1852
Personally appeared Capt Amasa Robinson and made solemn oath that the matter and foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth — Before me John Tuttle Gen. Pleas
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the character of said Robinson that he is a man of truth & his testimony is entitled to credit
John Tuttle Justice of Peace

Tolland County Court S. S. Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County do hereby certify that John Fitch Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition of Amasa Robertson on the 2nd day of August 1832 was taken & sworn was at that time & still is a Justice of Peace in & for Tolland County legally appointed & authorized to administer oaths & take depositions — and that the signature to the within certificate purporting to be sd Justice Fitcher is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 20th day of September 1832
J. Jeremiah Parish Clerk

No. 34, 994
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 25 th , 1855
Thomas Knowlton Jr., Corps. & Sergt. in the War of the Rev.
Capt. Benj. Durkee & Col. M c . Laman
March 29 th 1855
Ebenezer Dunham Depot Mansfield Conn.

31803
Key INVALID.
File No. 31808
Thomas Knowlton
Leigt Rev War
Act: June 1 st 182 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 226
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 6, 1877. Sold Pencil to E. Miller St. Louis, Mo. at 10 c. per doz.
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