Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10887, for Abiram Hurlbut, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Burlbut, Abiram
S. 10887
Continental
Burlbut
carded
CONTENTS

John E Warrenton Jny 17 1835
20.969 New York Hiram Hurlbut* of Laurence in the State of New York who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Chapman of the Regt commanded by Col. Beebe in the 8th Regt time for 1 month " "
Hiram Hurlbut* Continental Conn. Records completed Apr 5/45
Inserted on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct. 1833 and unto H. H. Low Haddington
arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $83.33 Emigrant allowance ending 4th of Mar. 34 16.66 $99.99
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832.
Recorded by John E. Warrenton Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 104

Papers, etc. etc. to be broken up now or by Oct 1st Beckwith

State of New York St Lawrence County ss
On this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before me, Abraham  Abraham  Herbert  Herbert a resident of the town of Madrid in the county of St Lawrence and State of forementioned aged sixty eight years the twelfth day of May 1832 who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he enlisted for one years service in the continental so called in the year 1776 in the month of January at Washington (now called but then India in Wood- bury) in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. does not recollect the number of the Regiment. The Regiment was commanded by Col Saml Webb. Lieutenant Col Abel Hall & Major Brooks does not recollect his given name. The captain of the company in which this deponent served was Isaac Bastwick. Lieu- tenant Samuel Burbeck this deponents father & Lieutenant Elisha Bastwick. The ensigns name was Amos Bastwick. Orderly Serjeant Brown does not recollect his given name. The Regiment or share of them went to Boston & from Boston to New York this deponent in the March following went to New York together with seven or eight of the company who enlisted at the same time with this deponent. & joined with the Regiment from Boston on Long Island. This Reg- iment remained on Long Island some little time & then removed to Long Island & encamped at what was then called the Bowery a little ways north of a fort then called Bunker Hill. During the Regiment during this time was engaged in fortifying the Governor's Island. This deponent remained with the

Regiment till the month of July when according to the best of his recollection he received a discharge & went home. This deponent at this time was something past thirty years old. This deponent served faith- fully during this time.
This deponent resumed his service in the 1779 & was drafted to serve two months in the town of Washington County of Litchfield State of Connecticut. The Regiment was commanded by Col. Barber. does not know his given name but but does not recollect the name of the colonel but other than that there was not any at the time. The Major's name was Chapman. The captain of the company name was Chap- man, but said Chapman was under an arrest & was discharged from command & Lieutenant Beach commanded the com- pany as captain and Abner was the name of the ensign does not recollect his other name. The company during this time was moving from place to place in the county of Westchester State of New York having the duty of patrolling & guarding the frontier. This deponent was drafted to serve this time two months the latter part of September & returned to his father's the first part of December after having served faithfully during the two months as a private soldier.
This deponent in the spring following in the year 1780 and in the month of March served in other town in the Middlesex

months as substitute in the place of Peter Thorp of Washington Litchfield County State of Connecticut, but Samuel Canfield was commander of the Regiment does not recollect of any other Col or Major the captain of the company in which this deponent served was Nathaniel Mitchell of Woodbury in Connecticut does not rec- ollect the names of any of the Subaltern officers of the company. This deponent entered this service at Washington in the County & State aforesaid. The company marched from Washington to Old Fairfield in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut, & remained there during the two months, employed in guarding the passes, patrolling & scouting on the seaboard, & keeping guard, after the expiration of the two months this deponent returned home to his father's he thinks in the month of May. This deponent served this term as substitute faithfully as private soldier
And this deponent further states he has no farther evidence in his knowledge that he can procure except the affidavits attached to this affidavit and this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annu- ity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Hiram Hurlbut
Sworn & subscribed the day of year aforesaid J. C. Smith Clerk

We, John Crawford & Caleb Pierce of the town of Madrid & county of St Lawrence hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Abiron Hurlbut who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be in his fifty ninth year of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John Crawford
Sworn and Subscribed at Madrid Sept 24 1832
before me
Jno Norton JP
Caleb Pierce
And the said board 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 board further certifies that it appears to them that John Crawford a Major General of the Militia & Merchant — is a resident in the town of Madrid & St Lawrence county and that Caleb Pierce a Physician who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Madrid and is a credible person. and that their statement is entitled to credit

We, John Crawford, Caleb Pierce of the town of Madison & hamlet of Attica hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Abiram Burdick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be in his fifty ninth year of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion John Crawford Caleb Pierce
State of New York Seneca County } I, William C. Jewett Clerk of said do hereby certify that John Horton Esq. before whom the the annexed affidavit purport to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected & sworn and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and only believe that his signature "John Horton" to the said affidavit is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 29 th day of September 1832 W. C. Jewett Clerk

I Almon B. Dowe clerk of the court of Common Pleas do hereby certify the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of application of Abiram Hurlbut for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Twenty ninth day of September 1832
A. C. SMITH

I Joseph Titus of Washington in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do hereby depose & say that I am well acquainted with Abiram Hurlbut of Madrid in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York and that I served with him as a soldier in the revolutionary war a period of two months in a regiment commanded by Col. Beebee in the Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Cook at White Plains in the County of Westchester & State of New York in the Year 1779, That in the Spring of 1780 I served another term of two months with said Hurlbut at Old Fairfield in a regiment commanded by Col. Saml. Canfield in a Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Mitchell - and further this deponent says not.
Joseph Titus
State of Connecticut ss. Litchfield County July 25. 1832 Personally appeared Joseph Titus signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated before me
Sub: Henry W. Pease

I William Mitchell of Washington in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age depose & say; that I am well acquainted with Abraham Hurlbut of Waddington in the county of St. Lawrence State of New York and that in the fore part of the month 2 of September A.D. 1781 as I verily believe I went as a substitute, on a Militia tour of two months, for James Burroughs to Norwalk in the State of Connecticut in the revolutionary army & that at the same time the said Hurlbut was drafted from the militia of said Town and went and served with me as a Soldier through the whole of said tour — our Company was commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Mosely & Increase Mosely was our Colonel as I believe or perhaps it was Col. Saml. Canfield — I cannot be positive which — At the expiration of said tour we were discharged & returned home — but had no written or printed discharge — And further the deponent says not. Washington June 14. 1833. W m Mitchell
State of Connecticut Litchfield County June 14. 1833 Personally appeared William Mitchell the signer of the foregoing affidavit to me known as a credible witness and being duly cautioned & sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me.
And: John N. Pease

I Joseph Titus of Washington in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut of lawful age depose & say; That I am well acquainted with Abiram Hurlbut of Waddington in the County of St. Lawrence State of New York and have been acquainted with him from a boy, altho I have not seen him for many Years; That in the fall of the Year 1780 on the month 1 st day of October as I believe, the said Hurlbut & myself were drafted from the militia of said Town of Washington, on a two months tour of duty in the revolutionary war, that I served with said Hurlbut the whole of said Tour at Saugerties & Haverneck & on the line near New York, where discharged at the expiration of said two months, but had no written or printed discharge - The Company in which we performed the duty was commanded commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Couch and the Regiment by Colonel Bezaleel Beebe, - My recollection is so poor that I cannot say with

entire certainty that I have got the dates right altho I have affixed them according to the best of my recollection - at any rate, I do know, that he served two months in the Militia of Connecticut at the place aforesaid -
I further depose & say that near the close of the war, as I believe in the fore part of the month of March 1781 we were again both in the service of the United States at Fairfield in the state of Connecticut; I was drafted, & said Hurlbut went as a substitute for one Peter Thorp of said Washington - We served in the same company as soldiers in the company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Mitchell in Col. Canfield's Regt. - The term of duty was two months - We were then at the expiration of said two months dismissed and returned home - We had no written or printed discharge - I know that he served two months at this time & know that he joined the Regt. in the fore part of March from the fact, that on the day he joined Hurlbut & myself killed near Twenty Snakes, that had

Just then crawled out from their den among the rocks, - and further the deponent says not.
Joseph Titus
State of Connecticut Litchfield County June 13 th 1833 Personally appeared Joseph Titus known to me as a credible witness and being duly cautioned and sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed; before me,
Thos. J. Dorr J. P. Dorr
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Frederick J. Dorr Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits of William Mitchell & Joseph Titus appear to have been taken as at their date & now as a Justice of the Peace for said County legally commissioned & qualified, & that his name subscribed to the certificate attached to each of said affidavits is his genuine signature & for other hand writing. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 14 th day of June A. D. 1833.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

had the foregoing affidavit & that he was in his lifetime a credible person & one whose statements can be safely relied upon Date June 28. 1883
D. C. Anderson Judge of Probate County Court
In the matter of the application of William H. Smith for admission 10/80
and, having, and that I am now acquainted

State of New York } County of St Lawrence } ss.
Elisha Hurlbut being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he resides in the Town of Oswe-gatchie in the County and State aforesaid and is Fifty nine years of age - That in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six this deponent resided in the Town of Washington - (then called India in Woodbury) in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut and that Abiram Hurlbut resided there at the same time - That some time during the Winter of that year the said Abiram Hurlbut enlisted in the service of the United States in the Continental Army under Captain Isaac Bostwick for as this deponent understood for one year - That soon after the enlistment of the said Abiram Hurlbut he left the place of his residence with the Army

and returned, as near as Deponent can recollect in the month of July or August following, during which time he was said to have been in New York in the service of the United States. That the said Abiram Hartwell was in the service of the United States, at two different periods, subsequent to the one above mentioned - one to the best of Deponent's recollection in the year 1779, & the other in 1780, about two months at a time, one term of the said service being under a Draft & the other as a substitute for one Peter Thorp - and this Deponent further saith, during the last period of service of the said Abiram Hartwell, he was said to have been at White Plains in New York & at Fairfield in the State of Connecticut. That this Deponent resided in Washington aforesaid until some time after the close of the

Revolutionary War, and that during the whole of his residence there he was well acquainted with the said Hiram Hurlbut, & that it was the same Hiram Hurlbut who now resides in the Town of Madrid, county of St Lawrence and State of New York aforesaid - and this deponent further saith that the said Hiram Hurlbut his father's name was Samuel Hurlbut & was a Lieutenant under the said Capt. Isaac Postwick - & that it was generally understood and believed that the said Hiram Hurlbut was in the Revolutionary Service as above mentioned - & that that the said Hiram Hurlbut is now in his sixty ninth year of age - Further saith not -
Sworn to & subscribed } This 18 th day of Sept 1832 } Before me } G. O. Gains
Elisha Hurlbut

State of New York St Lawrence County ss I, Henry C. Goss Clerk of said County do hereby certify that George Goss Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been was at the time of taking the said affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe the signature "Geo Goss" to the said affidavits is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 1 st day of October 1833
H C Goss Clerk
I hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Elisha Hunt but who subscribed the foregoing affidavit & that he was in his lifetime a credible person & one whose statements can be de- pendably relied upon. Date June 28. 1883
D. C. Hudson Judge of Probate County Court
In the matter of the application of Hiram Mitchell for admission
1880

Gainsborough June 28. 1833.
St Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions
Sir, George Guest who on the 18th day of Sept 1832 took the affidavit of Elisha Northcutt who subscribed the accompanying affidavit, is not now a magistrate & consequently cannot as a Justice certify officially to the credibility of said Northcutt. Hon. D. C. Hudson who certifies to that fact is a Judge of our county courts & whose certif- icate can be relied upon with perfect confidence. I have often heard of him being in this town a respectable old gentleman by the name of Elisha Northcutt, & I have no doubt of his credibility, though not in a

never personally acquainted with him. Geo. G. Estlin would now be willing to certify to his credibility, but I advise that it would be im- proper as his term of office expired with the end of last year.
Yours ob- servt R. H. G. L. T. Member Congress Dist.

Waddington St. Law. Co. State New York July 2 d 1823.
We the undersigned Inhabitants of the Village of Waddington in the Town of Massie County of St Lawrence and State of New York do certify that we have been well acquainted with Abiram Hurlbut, also resident of the Town County & State aforesaid for Twenty Years past - That we believe him to be sixty nine years of age - That he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion - That he is a man of truth and veracity, & we believe the declaration made by him hereto annexed, relative to his services during the Revolutionary War to be correct - That he is the only person by the name of Abiram Hurlbut, within our knowledge in this part of the country and is the same person who, in the Revolutionary War was said to have resided in Washington in the State of Connecticut.
Gov. Osgood John Crawford Mayor General New York militia Alex. Richards
Jason Fenton
This may certify that I am well acquainted with Abiram Hurlbut & believe him to be a man of truth & veracity & that his statements are entitled to credit.
James Fenton. Minister of the Gospel, Chh. of Massie.

State of New York
At Lawrence County Pa. I certify that I am well acquainted with Gannear Ogden, John Brumbaugh, Alexander Richards and Susan Preston and with the hand writing of each of the said individuals and I am satisfied that each of the signatures to the within certificate are respectively the proper signatures of the respective individuals. All the above named gentlemen are among the most respectable of the citizens of this County and any statement certified by them either of them is, in my judgment, entitled to full credit - Dated Lawrence 9 July 1833
John Wright Jr. Ransom H. Gillet

16180
Abiram Thurber St. Lawrence co New York.
e. j. A chortled Pirate 10 months
A. C. Law Bldg Waddington St. Lawrence N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
May 15 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Abiram Hurlbut, St. Lawrence co. N. York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1776 about 6 private Captl Bestwick Lieut Hurlbut Col Webb Lieut Col J. Hall To Boston then to New York Litchfield 68 Litchfield Connecticut Tradition & living witnesses   Drafted 1778 2 Capt Chapman Lieut Cook commanded Col Beebe Westchester do   substituted for Pte Thorne 1780 2 Capt Mitchell Col Fairfield To Fairfield do  
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 opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] 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.

Richfield Summit County Ohio
Dear Sir
I take the liberty of writing the Pension office
My Father Abiram Shurbut was a Pensioner Was in the Revolution Was In Service at the time he drew his pension in Maduel St Lawrence County N York he Died in March 1846 and by the late acts of Congress whether his Wife was entitled to his pension from his death and if so whether her children are entitled to it She Died in December 1852 Father Was Married to his Wife in the year 1801 Fathers Pension Certificate has been lost or mislaid
The question to which I wish an answer is whether their Heirs are entitled to the back pay and if so what proof is necessary to procure it
By Answering this favor And I remain Yours Respectfully John Estlin Your Niece Cousin a favor And Pension Office } Washington } May 8 1855 }

Miss. H. d - Ohio!
Rev. H.
10887 INVALID.
Jan. 4/98. Hist. to Hurlbut, Cleveland
No. 10,887
Abiram Hurlbut*
Dis. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 32
Sex: — Vol. 2 , Page 185-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Abiram Hurlbut* Records corrected. Apr. 3/95. R.

Seacland Stud - Dec - 8/12 1897.
My dear Sir -
I wish to make some in- quiries as to the revolutionary record of my grand-father Abiram Hurlbut -
He drew a pension cer- tificates up to 1840 - he lived - died in Machiel St Lawrence Co. New York - His name his on

The N. Y. Pension rolls but I find no mention of his services in list of the Conn. Soldiers.
I have always heard that he went with his father Capt. Samuel Hurlbut - who was in Col. Webb's Reg - 7th Conn - who was at the battle of White Plains - & Ironton - I mention this as it might be of assistance in finding his the record of Abner Hurlbut -
Please acknowledge - (Miss) H. Hurlbut - 831. Prospect St - Cleveland - Ohio -

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 4th, 1890.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Ahiram Hurlburt, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 21, 1832, at which time he was 88 years of age and residing at Madrid, New York, and his pension was allowed for ten months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Chapman and Col. Beebe. He enlisted in Litchfield County, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss H. Hurlbut,
831 Prospect St.,
Cleveland, Ohio.