Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17028, for Thomas Provost, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Provost, Thomas
S. 17028
New York
Provost
Privateer
CONTENTS
carded

in Connecticut. N o 2817
Thomas Provost
of Darien in the State of or Provost Connecticut who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Ross of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Conn t Provost line for
21. Mar 18 th & N.Y. & P'keepsie
Entered on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 70 Dollars . . . Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Mar
1834
and C. Hawley, Stamford
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1834. . 210.00
Pen s -ant. allowance ending 4 th Inst. . . 35.00
$ 245.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Bruns Clerk
Book E. 2. Vol. . . . Page 34.

78/639.
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State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield,
Probate District of Stamford
On this 11 th day of August personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for said District,
now sitting,
Thomas Provoost — a resident of Danien — in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged seventy six — years, who being first 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 herein stated: viz. In the year 1776 (in April as he thinks) he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Rowe — his Christian name he thinks was Daniel one Brink was Lieutenant — one Conklin (thinks his Christian name was Soley) was Ensign — Col. Henry Livingston commanded the Regiment — enlisted on Long Island of the Sup- plies the troops were chiefly State Troops. Rowe belonged to Smith's Ford on Long Island Brink of Conklin & Huntington on the Island — all are dead — don't know where Livingston lived nor what has become of him — returned served under said enlistment for one year as follows: viz. he did duty awhile on Long Island — then went to Saybrook in Connecticut — then was in warm weather that the month is not recalled — did duty at Say- brook awhile — can't say how long — then went to New Haven in Connecticut & did duty there awhile & then went to Fort Montgomery on the Hudson — did duty there till his year was out — it was time to go into winter quarters when they got to Fort Montgomery, but he cannot tell the time — the enlistment was out the following Spring & he had a written discharge which he has lost — it was signed by the General — is not certain as to his name — he can not trace a living person by whom he can prove these services —
The next year he spent five months in privateering in Long Island Sound under Capt. D. and Holly in a sloop.
The next year (1778) he enlisted for nine months (as he thinks) in a com- pany of artillery belonging to the Lower Guard in the Norwalk & Greenwich the whole time in the village of Norwalk in Connecticut — this was before Norwalk was burnt — enlisted in the Spring, but cannot recall the month — Capt. Wm. Sayre of Norwalk now dead commanded the Company — He knows no person by whom he can prove these services —
The next year he was engaged in privateering in the Sound in a sloop commanded by Capt. D. and Jackson of said Norwalk now dead.
In the year 1780 (as he thinks) he enlisted in Stamford in said County of Fairfield in a company of artillery (being as he believes State Troops of Connecticut or a part of the Lower Guard) commanded by a foreigner (a Scotchman he believes) Lieutenant Bane — enlisted in the Spring (the month forgotten) for nine months & served out the whole term — enlisted in March or April. Jacob Loder of Danien can testify to these services — in regard to the cost of the Declarant's services, as he can obtain no positive evidence, he must rely upon his own character for veracity & his solemn affirmation upon his oath that his statements in relation to them are true —
Declarant was born at Oyster Bay on Long Island January 14 th 1756. has no record of his age — had his age from his parents in his young days & has recently confirmed it in his recollection by comparing it with that of his father & mother was a stamped affair who was then Declarant. His father was a soldier of the Revolution is an invalid pensioner, but was absent & knows nothing of Declarant's services —

Testament has already specified the place where he resided when he enlisted - i.e. in Oysterville where he first advised that he enlisted at New Bedford - of the Stamford of New Bedford when he enlisted at that place. Since the War, he has been in New Bedford for several years in what is now Danvers - there in 1832 and 1833 until about four weeks past since which time he has lived in New Bedford - never received but one written discharge which he has lost as stated above - he cannot state the name of any other officer than those he has already named nor state circumstances of the service of any important matter that he has already done - can he give information of other regiments or battalions which he was. In consequence of the charges of desertion, read once during his life, that he has not existed and taken in return to his services as then probably would be the time that he was in New Bedford. The knowledge of any other person whom he can call to testify as to anything in relation to his services - there are many people in New Bedford of Danvers who were in the service during the war, but none of them are now living in the company with him - none have knowledge of his services except said leader. He refers to the breaking of the Stamford of New Bedford as stated above to know his claim 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. Wm. H. Burleigh Judge Thomas Prevost
We, a clergyman, residing in the town of _____ and 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 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 Abraham Bell who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Stamford in Connecticut and that Asaph Weed who also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Danvers in Connecticut and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. That Jacob Loder of Salem Danvers who has signed the preceding deposition hereto attached is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Chas. H. Burleigh Judge I, Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Prevost for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 11 th day of August 1832. Samuel Lockwood Clerk

1839 Connecticut Revol
Thomas Provost Suspended
See letter do do
Charles Hawley do do 18. Oct. 1833.
7. Nov. "
see letter to Hon Mr. Foster March 5. 1834
21 st private $70
C. Hawley 6 Stamford
Act 7. June 3 rd 1834

State of Connecticut ss. Probate District of Stamford August 11 th 1832 County of Fairfield ss.
Thomas O'Connell maker of the foregoing declaration who has subscribed & sworn to the same personally appeared before the Court of Probate in Stamford said that of being first duly sworn & with the oaths before him in addition to his said Declaration that when he left said Stamford he went to New Bedford where he staid about a year - thence went to Salem in New York & staid there about three years - thence went to Little in the County of Essex in New York - staid there a while - thence went to Greene in the County of Chenango & staid there two or three years - then returned to said Little & staid there till he came to said Danbury a short time ago - which is the last place of his life in that place - when residing in said Greene he made an application for a pension - his Declaration was returned to him because it was not accompanied by a valid proof of his being in said Declaration attached to his said Declaration I marked A. In said Declaration he did not attempt to certify any term of service except that under Col. Livingston.
Thomas O'Connell mark
Subscribed to me this day personally appeared this August 11 th 1832
Edward H. Hovey Judge

17.028 INVALID.
File No. 17528
Thomas P. Hunt
Pa. Ave. N.W.
Act: June 11 '82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Clark. 8. 1831
Count.
J. L. Edwards Esq. 10 Commr of Pensions. Washington

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Hampden Mar. 10 th 1834
Sir
Mr. Post of our delegation to Congress has enclosed me a communication made by you to him Mar 5 th inst. in relation to the applications of Messrs. Joseph Drake Lockwood, Nathl. Provost, Stephen Smith & others, in which you say that Provost's claim will be allowed for 9 mos under Beane in '80 in addition to his services under Livingston in '76 - but that his services under Seymour in '78 cannot be allowed unless it be shown that there are no survivors of that Co. & you no more can be shown than is already shown. I have no copy of the declaration but think Provost says that he can find no one by whom he can prove those services. If he does not explicitly state that there are no survivors of that Co. of which he has stated is not sufficient to procure an allowance for those services I am authorized to request you to do regard you to forward a certificate for the claims so far as allowed - viz; for those under Livingston & those under Beane - the rest being waived -
In regard to Drake Lockwood's application it is stated that neither his own declaration nor the evidence of his witnesses sufficiently & explicitly establish more than 9 mos. - that "he must show each term of service in detail & prove it in detail" & I recollect that his original declaration of testimony did not state strong impression that he proved all his services in detail - but my

is that in his additional Declaration he did give his services in detail stating each term of 2 nd service term as stated by the testimony of Enos Lock wood, one who was in the same service with him. I think that his Declaration in this respect corresponded with that of Enos Lockwood to whom a pension has already been allowed, except as to a term of 6 or 9 mo. under Capt. Waring - I cannot but think that his additional Decla- ration has been accidentally omitted from that way overlooked. May I request an additional examination of if it should be found that I am mistaken of that he does not in his additional Declaration state the terms of his service, as explicitly as they are stated by Enos Lockwood in his application I beg that the papers may be forthwith returned to me that the requisite additions may be made -
Your communication informs me that certifi- cates will be forwarded for Misses Lockwood of Eland Smith for 9 mo. each -
Abn Bell of the weeds will make what further effort they can to obtain evidence in ad- dition to that already furnished -
Please forward the certificates for Mrs. Smith, Misses Lockwood, Mrs. Lockwood 17 for Doctor Lockwood if upon examination

of his additional dedication it should be found & the suppliant explicit) as soon as your conscience will permit -
I am very respectfully
Your obedt servt
Chas. H. Stanley

Thomson Record
Amended
E. Harley Eng

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
5 Sept
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, shewing the Service of Thomas Prevoost
   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.              
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 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
not on Capt Scofields Rolls in this Affair. His intue

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 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 no 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.
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1815
Dec. 16
Death of Thomas Brown
Private - New York Line - 1776 - 1 year
Mentioned
has on the continuation of establishment by State of New York
u.
Mr. Collins at Mr. Read's
1815
Jan. 18

State of New York } On the 20th day of April 1818 Chenango County } before me before me the subscriber one of the Judges of Chenango common pleas. Personally appears Thomas Provoost aged sixty two years re- sident in Germ in the said County of Chenango in the State of New York who being by me first duly sworn and being to have debts, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions of the late act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the re- volutionary war. That he the said Thomas Provoost enlisted in 1776 in the month of April to the best of his remembrance in the State of New York in the company commanded by Capt. Roe of the New York line, that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until the expiration of one year from the time of his enlistment, when he was discharged from service at Fort Montgomery in the State of New York that he was engaged during the revolutionary war of services in several tours of duty for six and eight months once taken a prisoner on the Long Island sound and that he is in pecuniary circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other income now in his power of his said services sworn to and subscribe this mark Thomas Provoost 20th day of April 1818 before me
Charles Japheth Judge Chenango common pleas I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Provoost did serve in the revolu- tionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and here before me to the Bureau for the war department pursuant to the provisions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Charles Japheth Judge Chenango common pleas.

State of Connecticut, ss. Probate District of Stamford County of Fairfield
On this 13 th day of September A.D. 1833 before the board of Probate my friend David Fishkill previously appeared Thomas Drown of the town of Fairfield in said District who being first duly sworn a hearing to land with him in open Court before me in addition to his original declaration dated Aug. 4, 11 th 1833 that his first enlistment in the Connecticut State was for one year from the time of enlistment which was as he has stated in April as he believes but he cannot recollect the day of the month. That he faithfully served the whole year out in the place where his original enlistment was in the Spring of 1833 except that he has no recollection that Col. Linsley was with them after they left New Haven. The duty was guard of Garrison City. It is impossible for him to give particularity of the service after this long lapse of time, and he has tried in vain to recollect who was in command at Fort Montgomery while he was there - there were two companies sent with him from New Haven to Fort Montgomery, commanded by Capt. Davis & Capt. Griffin. The troops in which he served were a regular company of the Connecticut State Troops or troops raised & ordered to be raised by the public authorities in the State of New York.
My first enlistment in the service was for five months, beginning in April 1877 & ending in Sept. of that year.
In 1878 in the Spring my enlistment took place in the artillery at New Haven & was for three months - of this I am certain - I cannot think that the enlistment was for a longer period.
In 1880 I again enlisted for some time in the artillery in Stamford under Genl. Bane or as I am told his name was "Bane" -
In all this I have but repeated what I stated in my original declaration; I was then as explicit as I could be in relation to my service in Connecticut with my service of Connecticut State Troops of Officers in the particular of service more particularly than I then did. There was no higher officer in the artillery than Bane at Stamford. Bane and myself had a single individual to prove any of his services except Jacob Hader. He has made enquiries of every body of officers with him in any of his services by whom he has proved them - He has made all the enquiries in his power but in consequence of his services (being now expired and upon the term of Bane for support) he can make no more of service if he could it would be fruitless for he knows no survivor of the troops could apply to me.
On all the occasions that he has been with me as a private of in every instance the troops in which he served was a regularly organized corps raised & ordered out into service by competent authority - the company of artillery at New Haven & that at Stamford being by the public

Authority of the State of Connecticut - In regard to the privations he knows not by what particular authority they acted as such he only knows they were privations.
In every instance of service enlistment States in his orig- inal Declaration his services were continuous & constant - such as took him & kept him away from his home in constant duty in the field or garrison of such that he could not & did not during the periods mentioned nor any of them follow any civil business.
The Declarant can state & has stated precisely how long he served - In regard to his services out of the privations he claims nothing of the department services that services not the privations  the privations without further proof of the authority under which they acted. But he knows he served continuously of those services, for one year under Capt. Rowe - for nine months under Capt. Seymour & for nine months under Lieut. Bean as stated in his original Declaration for this & for such services I claim a pension. My services under Lieut. Bean were entirely in the village of Sturminster.
The reason why there is no particular deposition in relation to my services is stated in my original Declaration -
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Thomas X Provost
The Declarant further states that (mark) the original Declaration made by him which accompanied his original Declaration of account on this application he has returned it in his hands -
I promise to get this entered the day of your adjournment -
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Thomas X Provost mark
Charles H. Hovey Judge
I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Sturminster in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Pro- vost for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my office seal this 13 th day of September A.D. 1833 -
Samuel Lockwood Clerk

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield } ss. Probate District of Stamford
On this 31 st day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in said District Abraham Bell of Stamford in said District of Hopkirk's Wood Darien in said District who being solemnly duly sworn in open Court upon the oaths of the said Court knows Thomas Provost formerly of Long Island now residing in the State of New York - he resided in said Stamford for many years of married there - that they believe he be- longed to the artillery of the Lower Guard of said Stamford during the revolutionary war - that his character in veracity is in their opinion entirely good -
Abraham Bell
Hezekiah See
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court by the said Abraham Bell & Hezekiah See respectively the day & year aforesaid - I certify that they are both well known to me of my credible belief.
Chas. H. Hildreth Judge
State of Connecticut } ss. Probate District of Stamford County of Fairfield }
On this 11 th day of August A.D. 1832 before the Court of Probate in said District personally appeared Jacob Tinker of Darien in said District who being first duly sworn according to law & the oaths of the said Court upon the oaths of the said Court that in the year 1780 he was a soldier in the company of State troops commanded by Capt. Reuben Safford & served for more than nine months from about the middle of March of that year - His service was rendered in said Stamford - said Tinker well knows of men since the Revolu- tionary war has known Thomas Provost who has subscribed to his own to the foregoing declaration - believes him to be about six years of age - his character for truth is good - Tinker well

recalls that David Provoost was a member of an artillery company (State Troops of Connecticut) in which Stamford commanded by Lieut. Brant a prisoner - he was in the artillery service the summer through - Defendant cannot state when David Provoost enlisted nor with certainty how long he served but he thinks he was in service here and at the same time that Defendant was in service here - This was in 1780 of which Defendant was in service in the Capt. R. S. Field as stated above - Defendant is in his seventy first year.
Isaac X Goder mark.
I swear to the contents of the above & I certify that I will know said Isaac if you are absent. I do certify that he is a credible person. John H. Webster Judge.
It is observable that Colm. Brant of Connecticut lived in the Defendant's time spoke of Provoost as now residing in the State of New York - they then described him because he is now recently from that place of the & I did not know of his intention to remain in Danbury - one who signed the Declaration is the one to whom the charge is preferred - Stamford Probate Office Aug. 11 th 1832.
John H. Webster Judge.