Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16158, for Thaddeus Husted, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. New York
Husted, Thaddeus
S. 16158
CONTENTS
Carded

9970 Connecticut
Thadeus Husted
as Nowalk in the State of Conn t who was a Private in the Corp n commanded by Captain Benedict of the Inf y commanded by Col. Bradley in the Conn t line for 3 Years ————— 944
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn t the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June 1831 and from the State of Nowalk Newfield
Arrears to the 4th of Nov r 33 $ 160 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep r 33 40 $ 200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Net June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. C. Hales Clerk, Book C, Vol. B, Page 18.

Jul 29 1852
Pension Office
Revolutionary Claim Hon: Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City

I. The undersigned of Newalk in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut do make the following statement under oath. That I was placed on the Pension Roll of the Connecticut Agency on the thirteenth day of November 1818 as per Certificate No. 12.822 now in my possession given at the War Office twelfth day of July 1819 signed by J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War in which a clerical mistake was made by writing my name "Theodorus Husted" and by that name drew my pension until the act of Congress of the 1 st of May 1820 when I was dropped or struck from the pension list on account of property.
That I now reside in said town of Newalk and resided in said town when my first application was made and I do hereby declare that in the year 1775 in the latter part of the Month of November or the first of December I enlisted in Capt. Daniel Benedict Company in Col. David Waterbury Regiment under Genl. Lee and served three months in New York and at the expiration of said term I enlisted immediately in Capt. Samuel Reed Company in Col. Philip B. Bradley's Regiment and served therein Nine Months. After which in the year 1777 I entered the service in Capt. Abijah Gilbert Company and went with and in said Company to endeavor to storm Fort Independence near Kings bridge and was in service about two weeks after which I served in said Company at the time Danbury was burnt and was in the battle under Genl. Wooster at the time he was killed and served about one week. And in the same year, as I believe, served under Capt. Daniel Bouton was with him in a skirmish with the enemy in which Capt. Bouton was wounded and received a pension on account of said wound. That in September I enlisted into Capt. Noah Bouton Company Col. Henry Ledyton Regiment was stationed at Danbury town as it was then called in State of New York and joined the Continental Army under Col. M'Clurg and had a day of skirmishing on the river at Bennington being taken and served three months. That in the year 1778 went as a substitute for Simeon Dabney.

and Jonathan Schrage who was drafted and served under Capt. Reuben Sedgwick for two Months and in the same year served in said Capt. Reuben Sedgwick Company for the term of one Month and five Days at Horn Neck and went along said term as one of the guard to Major Harnick a Prisoner a British officer to the lines at Kings bridge in the State of New York. That on the 16 day of April 1779 enlisted in said Capt. Reuben Sedgwick Company and served six Months and fourteen days and after which served at different times and under different officers in guarding the line coast until near the close of the War and served the whole of the above mentioned terms of time as a private soldier and taking them all together make about. Two years and six Months. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in Norwalk July 24 th A.D. 1832.
Thaddeus Hasty
At a Court of Probate held at Norwalk in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut within and for the District of Norwalk. Thaddeus Hasty of said Norwalk appeared before said Court and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is true and that I am well acquainted with said Hasty and know him to be a credible and respectable person and that I believe his statement respecting his service in the Revolutionary War to be correct. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said Court to be affixed this 24 day July 1832
Benj. Isaac Judge of Probate for Norwalk District
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court attest Chas. Loomis Clerk

Nowell July 25. 1832
Sir I am requested by Mr. Thaddeus Hunted to inform you that if you should hear any communication to make to him in answer to his claim for a Pension you will please to direct to me as he lives between three and four miles from the post office
I am with great respect Yours &c. Benj: Isaac
Hon! Lewis Cass
Probate Court District of Nowell Jan. 9. 1833
This may certify that satisfactory proof has been adduced before said Court that Thaddeus Hunted the person applying for a pension within normal time in said Nowell on the 30 day of August 1832 that he has left a Widow that owing to the death of her husband is not able to make any further proof of his services than what is herein stated and she is willing to take whatever the Department may judge proper to bestow to her
Benj: Isaac Judge

Thaddeus Hart
Old Case
Admitted Private 2 years

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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. 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 Matthew Hutton
   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.     1775. 3 enlisted Capt. Diment Col. Halibury. N York   1776. 9 " Capt. Hulne Col. Bradley Plungs Bridge   1777 about 14 " Capt. Gilbert Storming Ft. Independence Port. Snapp Supported in part by the deposition of one surviving Witness   " about 7 " Battle under G. Wooster N. York   " Capt. Denton Stormwick   Sep. 11 3 enlisted " " Col. Livingston   1778. 2 institute Capt. Bishop Grasse Neck   " 1 5 " "   April 1779 6 enlisted "  
and besides often called out to guard the coast.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
It is an old case he was a pensioner under the act of 1818.

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 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 (i) 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
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 (7) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the corps, 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 other pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration,

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Frederick Husted a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. file 16,158
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Decr 1775 3 yrs. Priv. David Brainerd David Waterbury Vermont   3 yrs. Samuel Harker David R. Brainerd "   June 1777 3 yrs. William Brainerd N.Y.   Feb 1777 3 yrs. William Brainerd Samuel Harker N.Y.   Mar 1777 3 yrs. William Brainerd John M'Leod Conn.   Apl 1777 3 yrs. William Brainerd John M'Leod "  
Battles engaged in, Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Bennington
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Mar 13, 1818
Residence at date of application, Norfolk, Conn.
Age at date of application, ✓
Remarks: The above is a true copy of the original application on file in this Bureau.

16.158 INVALID.
1911 June 28. History to Mr. Glenn E. Sturtevant
File No. 16.158
Charles Huston
Pa. Ave. W.
Act: June 7" 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 436
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12,822, 4
Connecticut
Thaddeus Husled
of Newark in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley of the Connecticut line, for the term of Nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of November 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of July 1819 and sent to H. Clinton Esq. Stamford Connecticut.
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  29.83    Semi-anl. all'ce ending  Sep 1819  48.00    3 Mo. 12 4      30 31        $77.83  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
27 Dec 1822 - In bill to B. Isaac

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by AW June 27, 1911
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Shaddens Husted
Service _____
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
No Rec. Adm. or ref. except. S. 16158

Send record to
Mr Glenn E. Husted Dept of Justice 15" + Ke Wash, D.C.
April 27. 1911 -
{ Thaddeus Husted S. Ill 16, 158 Jonathan Husted R. 5, 438

State of Conn t Fairfield County ss. Norwalk June 20 1819
Personally appeared William Saymour of said Norwalk and being duly sworn declares and says that Thos. Hewsted & Eben Hurd just served under him in the Revolutionary Army in the winter in the winter of seventeen hundred & seventy five & seventy six, he then being a Lieut n in Capt n Dan l Benedict's company & Col o David Waterbury's Reg t and now the only surviving officer of said company
William Saymour
Sworn to before me
W. M. Bates Judge of Probate

This may certify that Captain Samuel Ruler of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut Com- -manded a Company in the Regt. of this Command which was in the year 1776 & that Capt. Ruler is now dead & all the Subal- -terns belonging to a Company Ridgefield, in the State of Con- -necticut June 27 th AD 1819
Philip B. Madley their Col d
said Regiment
To the Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary at War

State of Connecticut } for Stamford July 1 st 1819 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared before me Simon H. Minor Esq te Judge of the Court of Probate for Stamford District Thaddeus Husted Signer of the Declaration here to annexed who being by me sworn doth on his oath declare That Capt. Thelus, Lieutenants Mead & Hoyt, & Ensign Bells, The Officers of the Company in which he served, as mentioned in his said Declaration, are each of them dead - That he knows of no Officer, now living, who belonged to said Regt. except Col. Bradley, who signed the within Certificate - That it is therefore wholly out of his Power to obtain the Testimony of an Officer
Certified by Thaddeus Husted S. H. Minor Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut } for Stamford Probate Office Fairfield County }
I Simon H. Minor Esq te Judge of the Court of Probate for Stamford District in said State do hereby that I am fully satisfied that neither Capt. Thelus or either of his Subalterns named in the foregoing Declaration (of Thad s Husted) are now living - I was knowing to the death of Capt. Thelus about six years since & to the death of Lieut. Hoyt about seventeen years since - I also certify that I am satisfied that the foregoing Certificate was signed by Col. P. B. Bradley In Testimony of all which I have subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court this 1 st day of July 1819
S. H. Minor

Thad r Husted
Thaddeus Husted
Private
9 Months
Brailey Connecticut
Rec d
Discharged by officer assigned in this case.
Admitted

State of Connecticut } } Stamford the 13 th day of Nov r Fairfield County } D 1818
I James Stevens Esq r Judge of the Court of Probate for Stamford District in said State do certify - That the Testimony & proceedings had before me on the application of Thaddus Husted of Norwalk in said County for a Pension under an act of Congress approved the 18 th day of March D 1818 appears at large on this & the following pages of this Sheet. James Stevens
State of Connecticut } } Stamford Fairfield County }
On this 13 th of Nov r D 1818 Thaddus Husted of Norwalk in said County, under oath doth declare before James Stevens Esq r Judge of the Court of Probate for Stamford District in said State - That in the Month of Dec r D 1775 he enlisted into the Continental Service as a private Soldier into a Company commanded by Capt d Benedict in a Reg t commanded by Col l Watibury in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment - That he served in said Company until the expiration of the term of his enlistment engaged against the common enemy & immediately re-enlisted into the same Service in a Company commanded by Capt d Sam l Huler in a Reg t commanded by Col l P. B. Bradley in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment, as a private Soldier for the term of Nine months - That he served out his time faithfully engaged against the common enemy when he was Honorably discharged, by word of mouth, from his Office & never had a written discharge He was discharged in

Bucks County, Pennsylvania, That from his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for Support
Thaddeus Husted
At the day & date above written personally appeared Thaddeus Husted above named & having been duly sworn made oath that the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed is true Before me
James Stevens Judge of the Court of Probate for Stamford District
State of Connecticut } Stamford Nov. 13 th A.D. 1818 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared Rev d . Handford Jr. of Newbern & James Quintard of Norwalk in said County before James Stevens Esq d Judge of the Court of Probate for Stam- ford district in said State who being duly sworn depose & say that they are well acquainted with Thaddeus Husted signers of the foregoing Declaration & that he now is & for thirty years last past has been a resident citizen of the United States in said Norwalk — That they were Soldiers with him for the same term of time in said Benedict's Company in said Thelus Company & knew that he performed the Service in the revolutionary war as set forth in his said Declaration & as they ever understood & verily believe was Honorably discharged
Certified by —
James Quintard Ebenezer Hanford Jr. James Stevens

State of Connecticut ss Stamford Fairfield County
I James Stevens Esq r Judge of the Court of Probate for Stamford District in said State do certify That it appears to my satisfaction that Thaddeus Husted signer of the foregoing Declaration served in the Revolu- tionary War, against the common enemy as stated in his said Declaration. That James Linnell & Ebene- zer Handford Jrs. signers of the foregoing Disposition are Cred- ible Witnesses & that the said Thad s Husted from his reduced circumstances in life is in need of Assistance from his Country for Support - In Testimony where- of I have subscribed the same & affixed the Seal of said Court This 13 th day of March 1818 18 th day of Feb y 1819
James Stevens

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } Personally appeared Reuben Sibley of Stamford in said County, aged Ninety One Years and being duly sworn according to Law depose and say that he was well acquainted with Nathan Hunted of Norwalk in said County and finds on examining the pay roll of the Company under my command that said Hunted served in said Company One Month and five days at one time at New York on the lines in the year 1778 and also on examining said pay roll I find that on the 16 day of April 1779 I enlisted said Nathan Hunted into my Company and that he served Six Months and  Twenty days and was on the lines and in camp during the whole time Col. John Mather was Brig Col. said Hunted served as a Common Soldier of State Troops and was honorably discharged and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me Isaac Judson of the County of Trumbull within and for the district of Norwalk this 9 day of Jan y 1833 That said Reuben Sibley is a credible Witness In testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal of said Court the day and year above said.
Reuben Sibley Brig s Isaac Judson
Tomlinson (Scribe)
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Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington

Stamford July 3 rd 1819 Hon. J. C. Calhoun Sir
The accompanying Papers were returned to the applicants, for them to obtain the testimony of an Officer, It will be seen by the supplements to their Declarations, as well as from the Certificate of Col. Bradley, that no such testimony can be had, as the Officers of their Company are, all of them, dead, & although Col. Bradley is yet living it is not to be presumed that a Field Officer would form so particular an acquaintance with the soldiers of his Regt. that he could testify for them, after a lapse of Forty three years, & espe- cially, if he had not been acquainted with them in that time — I have no doubt these men performed the Services stated in their Declarat: Should it still, be thought necessary for them to ob- -tain further proof; they can get others who served as privates in the same Company who are also men of Credibility
With much Respect Your Obedt Servt S. H. Minon