Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11124, for Calkins Munsell, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Munsel, Watkins
S. 111 24.
CONTENTS
clarded

14605 New York
Galkins Munsell
of Rutland in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt. commanded by Col Wells in the Connecticut line for 14 Months .
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of June 1833 and sent Ino. Clark Watertown NY
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $ 93.32 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 - 23.33
$ 116.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino. Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 67

Calkins Munsell New York N o . 23915.
abnd 14 mo. pri $46.66
John Clark Esq. Watertown Jefferson Co New York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 Galkins Munsell
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     vol. 1 and more Pri. Genl. Bates Genl. Silliman 71 years East Wind = 20 th Conn. Witnesses Revolutionary   sub. over 2 mos. "   August 1778 enlisted 8 " Col. L. Wells   1779 drafted 3 "  
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) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 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 terms, 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 place where the service was performed; and 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.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County, }
ON this second day of March 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting, Calkins Munsell a resident of the Town of Rutland in said County, aged seventyone 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as here-in stated.
About a fortnight before the capture of General Burgoyne the deponent cannot state the day of the month - he volunteered as a private soldier under the command of Hezekiah Bissell who was an ensign of the company in the Militia of the State of Connecticut - deponent cannot state what company or regiment; a part of the company volunteered & turned out under said command - the other commissioned officers of the company did not turn out. Capt Noah Allen was the Captain - the Lieutenants name deponent does not recollect - Deponent then resided in East Windsor in the State of Connecticut - a part of said company including deponent, volunteered to go to the assistance of the army under General Bates - who was then opposing General Burgoyne's army; and having thus entered the said service under said command - marched from East Windsor aforesaid to Fishkill on the Hudson River - then up the River to Red Hook - remained there a few days until news came that Gen. Burgoyne's army had surrendered - we then marched back to Fishkill - there encamped about a fortnight - were then discharged & went home - it being a little more than a month from the time we started - The detachment to which we belonged consisted of a considerable body of men, of whom General Silliman was commander for the time - whose Christian name rank or place of residence deponent does not know - nor does he recollect the names or rank of the other officers of the detachment. It was a hastily organized force, without much order or arrangement - our march was directly from East Windsor aforesaid - through the State of Connecticut into New York to the Hudson River - we were not at this time connected with or attached to the Continental troops -
On this deponent's arrival home to East Windsor - his father Jonathan Munsell was drafted in the Militia of the State of Connecticut - in a detachment composed of a Sergeants guard to proceed to Enfield in said State to guard the British General Prescott who had lately been captured at Rhode Island & had been sent to Enfield to be kept. This deponent volunteered as a substitute for his father in said guard - thereunto proceeded to Enfield - took charge of said General, & kept guard over him there two months until he was exchanged. This deponent & his father belonged to different militia companies - The said Sergeants name was Elias Button - and while at Enfield, we were under the command of Lieut. Timothy Allen of the Continental Army who came with General Prescott from Rhode Island where he was captured - This deponent further saith that in August 1778 - he entered

an private soldier in Capt. Daniel Allen Company of Ashford in the State of Connecticut - of the State troops - He enlisted at East Windsor aforesaid for the term of eight months in a Regiment commanded by Col Levi Wells of Tolland in said State - the majors name was Buell of Coventry in said State - the adjutants name was Root of the same place - the Lieutenants name was Knowlton of Ashford aforesaid - the Ensigns name was Forbes of Somers in said State - which are all the officers names deponent can recollect - we marched to New London in Connecticut immediately after enlistment - encamped & remained there six months. This was a separate detachment under whose or what principal command deponent does not know - or from what source, orders were received - The detachment was then separated into companies - which were marched to and stationed at different places from New London to New Haven along Long Island Sound - and the company to which deponent belonged was stationed at East Haven - where in which deponent served during the remainder of the term of said enlistment - making in the whole eight months at that period - at the expiration of that time we were discharged & went home -
This deponent further saith - that again - in June or July 1779 this deponent was drafted in the company to which he belonged commanded by Capt. Joseph Booth of Enfield aforesaid, to serve three months - the whole company was drafted & we marched from Enfield - to Middle Haddam (then so called) on Connecticut River - went to cutting fascines for the building of a fort at New London - we continued in that service about one month - then were marched to New London and there went to work in the fort which was commenced to be erected a short distance from Fort Trumbull - where we remained & served about a month longer - were then marched to a place then, an Indian village a short distance from Norwich - in said State and were there stationed & remained for the remainder of the term of said draft being in the whole three months - our Lieutenants name was Simeon Drake of East Windsor aforesaid - deponent does not recollect the Ensigns name -
This deponent did not nor did his fellow soldiers to his

Knowledge, receive any written discharge - He has no documentary Evidence of his service - and he does not know of any person (other than Jonathan Button & Jonathan Clark whose affidavits are herunto annexed) now living who can testify to his service - This deponent now resides about three hundred miles distant from the residence of the said Clark & Button who have made said affida- vits - He removed from East Mendon his native place - to the town of Montague in Massachusetts in the year 1806 - resided there about twenty four years - & from thence removed to his present place of residence in the year 1830 where he has since lived - in the family of his son Jonathan Muns- sell - that he has been during that time in feeble health - engaged in no business - and incapable of transacting any - & during his living in his present place of residence has had very little acquaintance with the neighborhood in which he lives - that among those to whom he has without place become any were known out of the family of his said son, is Curtis G Brooks a justice of the peace of the said town of Rutland one or neighbor of his family - & that there is no clergyman in the vicinity of this deponent & that he is not personally acquainted with any in or near that vicinity - and that from his change of residence as aforesaid no general reputation on the subject of his said service has been formed in his present neighborhood -
This deponent further saith that he was born at East Mendon in the State of Connecticut aforesaid in the year 1761 - & that he has no record of his age
And this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year Calkins Munsell aforesaid
P. V. Burchard
State of New York
County of Jefferson ss I Curtis G Brooks a justice of the peace residing in the town of Rutland in the said County of Jefferson hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Calkins Munsell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that I believe him

to be seventy one years of age — but my acquaintance with him has been for so short a period that I know nothing of any reputation of his revolutionary services except such as I have obtained from the family of his son Jonathan Munnell with whom he resides — that he appears to be a man of correct deportment and so far as I know or can ascertain is a man of good character & veracity — Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid P. Burchard Clerk Gerrit G. Brooks
State of New York
Jefferson County ss
I Jonathan Munnell of the town of Rutland in the County of Jefferson on oath do certify that I am the son of Colkins Munnell who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration — that I am forty one years of age — that the said Colkins Munnell removed with me from the town of Montague in the State of Massachusetts to my present place of residence in the fall of 1830 — that he has lived with me for about fourteen years last past — that I have always lived with or near my said father — that he has had no business & therefore very little intercourse with society — at the place where he now resides has formed very few acquaintances there — that in the neigh- borhood where he resided previous to removing from Montague aforesaid he was always respected & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution — that the statement of his services made in the declaration aforesaid — has always according to the family of said Colkins Munnell been understood & believed to be true and is strictly according to the history of the life of said Munnell as has always been understood by his said family — That I have since it has been contemplated to make this application ob- tained the affidavits of Jonathan Clark & Jonathan Button which are hereto annexed & that I am personally acquainted with the said deponents — that they are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Jonathan Munnell P. Burchard Clerk

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present; and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
We , _____ a Clergyman, residing in the Town of _____ in said County, and _____ residing in _____ 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 to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
And the said Court 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 Curtis G. Brooks who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Justice of the peace Clergyman, resident in the town of Rutland in said County and that Jonathan Munsell who has also signed the same certificate annexed the same , is a resident in the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, PELEG BURCHARD , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Balkins Munsell for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court, this Second day of March 1833
P. Burchard Clerk
23415 Balkins Munsell

D. 11, 12 4
Calkins Munsell son of Jonathan
Mar 2, 1833 - Rutland
Jefferson Co. N.Y. 71 with his Jonathan
Res. East Windsor Conn.
about a fortnight before capt. of Rangers Pri.
Conn
Vol. Ens. Stezekiah Bissell Capt. Noah Allen 1m+
Quarters to Lie. Prescott at Snipes Ct. Capt. Silas Hutton Vol. Dist. for his father
2m
aug 78 Pri Capt David Allen
8m Col. Levi Wells
June & July 79
Capt Geo. Booth
3m
b. East Windsor Conn 1761
no claim for Jonathan

O W & H
23 Amity St. 907
Amherst, Mass.
Sept. 17, 1904.
Office of Pension Bureau.
Gentlemen
Will you kindly inform me if you have a record of a pension granted to Jonathan Munsell of Windsor, Ct. or to his son Calkins Munsell of the same place, for services during the Revolutionary War, and if so give me particulars concerning it?
Jonathan, son of Jacob and Phoebe Loomis Munsell, was born

at Windsor, Ct. Oct. 7, 1725 and died in 1787.
His son Calkins, whose mother was Hannah Pasco, was born in Windsor, Ct. in April 1761. and died at Watertown, N. Y. in 1851.
I am told that the latter, (who was my grandfather), had pension papers. But I have been unable to ascertain def- initely about this, as nearly all my relatives of this name are deceased.
Calkins had a brother Jonathan who served a short time during the Revolution. He was born in 1751 and died young.

There were others of the Munsell name who served during this war. but not of our immediate family.
I shall be very grateful for your kindness in giving such information as your records can supply.
Respectfully yours.
(Miss) E. M. Munsell.

Rehman
11.124
INVALID.
Sept. 24, 1904 Hist. to Miss E. M. Munsell Amherst, Mass - C
File No. 11.124
Calvin's Unrecorded
Pri Rev War
Act: June 1 th 32
Index:—Vol. a , Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The Affidavits of Jonathan Clark & Jonathan Benton taken at the request of Calhoun Mance to be used by him with a view to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 1832 - by me A. Willey Justice of Peace

I Jonathan Clark of East Windsor in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut aged 69 years testify and say. that I have been well acquainted with Mr. Calhoun Munnell late of Montague in the State of Massachusetts now residing in Rutland in the County of Jefferson & State of New York. That in the year 1778 said Munnell and myself enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Daniel Allen then of Ashford. for the term of eight months said Munnell then belonged to 1 st Batt. Windsor. our Regiment was commanded by Col. Wells of Scotland and our Major name was Buel. The Adjutant's name was Root. our Lieut. name was Knowlton and Ensign was Forbes we were stationed at New London Con. six months. and did Garrison duty at the Forts, Trumbull, & Griswold - from thence we were marched to East Haven Con. and remained there two months our company being all the troops that were at East Haven at that time and on the first day of March 1779 we were discharged. We had no written discharges. the said Munnell served with me the whole term of eight months & was discharged at the same time that I was. I further say that the said Calhoun Munnell sustains a fair character for truth - and further the Deponent saith not. Dated at Ellington this 17 th day of January A D 1833 -
Jonathan Jonathan Clark -
State of Connecticut ss. Ellington January 17 th 1833 Personally appeared Jonathan Clark who subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - before me Asa Willey Justice of the Peace - I certify that Jonathan Clark the Deponent sustains a fair character for truth Asa Willey Justice of Peace -

Jonathan Button of Ellington in Tolland County State of Connecticut aged 82 years I certify and say that I have been well acquainted with Calvin Munroe late of Montague in the State of Massachusetts now of Rutland in the County of Jefferson in the State of New York - from his youth. I saw said Munroe at Enfield as one of the Guard. Guarding General Prescott. How long he was there I know not yet from information of others who are now dead - he was said to be there two months - I know of his having gone into the service in the Revolutionary war several times - but not being with him and from the lapse of years I have no distinct recollections when or in what year nor length of time - I further say that the said Calvin Munroe sustains a fair character for truth and further the Deposition with not - dated at Ellington the 17 th day of Jany. 1833 -
Jonathan Button
State of Connecticut Ellington Jany. 17 th 1833 Personally appeared Jonathan Button who subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are the truth and nothing but the truth. Before me Asa Willey Justice of Peace -
I hereby certify that Jonathan Button the Deposition contains a fair character for truth Asa Willey Justice of Peace -

Tolland County Conn t s. s. Clerks Office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do hereby certify that Asa Willey Esq r before whom the accompanying Depositions of Jonathan Clark and Jonathan Button on this 17 th day of January 1833 were taken and authenticated is a Justice of Peace in & for the County of Tolland duly & legally appointed and authorized to administer oaths & take dep- ositions out of Court - and that the signatures to the within Certificates purporting to be the signature of said Justice Willey I verily believe are his - being well acquainted with his writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 17 th day of January 1833
Jeremiah Parish Clerk of sd Court