Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,042, for Constant Redfield, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Redfield, Constant
S. 17042
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CONTENTS

28.113
Connecticut
Constant Redfield
of Wallingford in the State of Conn
who was a Private in the Conn  company by Captain  of the Regt commanded by Col Graves in the Conn Troops time for
8 mo
Entered in the Roll of Conn at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Service of said the 20 day of Feb 1834 and Lieut. Genl. N Barber Hqs. R
Amount of Account of September 66.66
Amount of Account of March 4.34 - 13 50
$79.99
Revolutionary War June 7, 1832
Recorded by C. D. Briscoe Clk Book E Vol. 13 Page 37

Rev. Mr. D. Edwards
Sir -
The within papers have been corrected according to directions -
Please send the autographs to me
Yours ob't Servt
Samuel Hylton Say Brook - Conn't
Dec 12. 1833
Corrected and again returned Feb 10. 1834
Sam. Hylton

To the Hon Mr. Delvenels
Sir - To the annexed application of S. Rootfield the objections are
II. Uncertainty as to time - place - officers &c
This objection is obviated, as far as the applicant is able to do so, by a supplemental declaration accompanying these papers, in which he mentions his whole term of service 11. Months .
III. Not properly authenticated &c -
This objection is now obviated, as will be seen -
From old age - loss of time - and loss of memory, the applicant is unable to be more precise, in his declaration, or to furnish other proof of his services. I hope & trust that his case will be considered as proved -
Please send his certificate to me at Say Brook - Conn - = colin ut -
Your obedient servant -
Samuel Duglass
Sept: 5 th A.D. 1833 -

State of Connecticut } Middlesex County ss } Probate Court of Saybrook in d. County
Jonathan Root
On this nineteenth day of November A.D. 1832. personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate held at Killingworth in and for the Probate District of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex & State of Connecticut; the same being a court of record - now sitting - Constant Root, a resident of Killingworth in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, aged, Seventy nine 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 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated -
That he enlisted at said Killingworth to serve in the Revolutionary War, in the month of February 1776 - and served in a company commanded by Capt. Samuel Gove, and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Scammon and marched from said Killingworth to New York, and from there passed over to Brooklyn on Long-Island - there kept Guard two months, and was then honorably discharged, after serving out said time, and that he has no written discharge - and that he has no documentary evidence of this, or any other service.
That at said Killingworth, in the month of August A.D. 1776. he was drafted to serve in the Revolutionary Army, and immediately joined the company in which he served at said Killingworth, which company was commanded by Capt. Martin Root & belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col. Sylvester Graves, and marched to New Haven, and from there to New York, and was stationed at Fort Washington a member of Webb's Regt. Guard there, and built a Bridge over Harlem River. From there marched to West. Chester, and remained there a number of weeks, and from there marched to White Plains, and was there honorably discharged in November after serving in said company and Regiment three months - That he was one of Genl. Sullivan's greater Guard during the time of the skirmish at said White Plains between the American & British Forces -

That at said Wilmington in Oct 1778. He was accepted, to serve in the Revolutionary War, and served at Fort Guilford in keeping Greene, two months, in a company commanded by Capt. Timothy Munroe and Regiment commanded by Col. Brown. and was honorably discharged at old Guilford, after seeing out said two months -
That at said Wilmington in Oct 1779, he enlisted to serve in the Revolutionary War three months, and served out the full term of said enlistment in a company commanded by Capt. John Collins, and Regiment commanded by Col. Richardson. That they were marched to Fort Bragg, remained there about two weeks, and from there marched to New London, and were there stationed on Winthorp's point a number of weeks, then marched up to Norfolk, and to the new began settlement of Indian and were stationed, and then the applicant was honorably discharged, after seeing out the full term of his said enlistment -
That, during the year in which the British occupied Danbury, the applicant, was ordered off in an expedition to New Haven, where there was an alarm - That the company in which he served was commanded by Capt. Bristol. That they were from New Haven to Anson. and were about on said expedition two weeks -
That at said Wilmington, in Oct 1780. The said applicant was accepted, he belonging at that time to a company of militia in said town. To go to Fort New Haven, where the British were there - That the company in which the applicant served was commanded by Capt. Bristol - and the Regiment by Col. Worthington. That the said applicant remained there until the British left there - That the applicant served there as a prisoner two weeks, and was then honorably discharged - and the applicant further saith, that he never, as he recollects, had a written discharge -

I Jeremiah Stevens of Hillingworth County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut - do hereby depose and say that I am 83 years of age - That in 1770 - I served in a company at the White Plains, in the state of New York, six or seven months which company was commanded by Capt. William Morgan and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Graves - I rec't that that the Regiment was discharged in the month of November - I think, two days after the British Army went in to winter quarters - I well rec't that I did not, owing to the sickness of my wife, join my company and Regiment, when the other soldiers did - and that they marched away and left me some weeks before I joined them - While I was remaining at home as aforesaid, information came to me, from some officer, but who, I am unable to say, that I should be pardoned for my neglect to join my company as aforesaid, if I would go on & join it there - I accordingly did so, and served my whole time at White Plains, said Regiment, and no part thereof having served at any other place during said time, but having served all said time while I served in it at said White Plains -
I further well rec't that, a company was raised, at the same time in the North Parish of said Hillingworth, commanded by Capt. Martin Lord - and that it marched on and joined said Regiment, some weeks, before I did - I cannot say how many weeks, but it was a number - I further depose and say - that at that time, and ever since, I have had a slight knowledge of Constant Nelpfield, of who during all the time aforesaid hath, and now doth reside, in the said North Parish of this Town - I think, I rec't, though I cannot speak with certainty, that he joined, during said time in the said company of said Martin Lord - And I further say, that if he was in said company at the time the same joined said Regiment, which I have no reason to doubt, he served in said Regiment a number of weeks longer than I did -
And further I say Not - Jeremiah Stevens V I now and subscribe in open Court of Probate held at Hillingworth in and for the estate of said Brook on the 8th day of February 1844 - and I certify that I am well acquainted with S d Jeremiah Stevens & that he is a credible witness - Gerrit Ingalls Judge of Probate

The applicant saith that he hath served as a volunteer at different times, not above enumerated, but things in all at least, six months - which particular periods he does not particularly state - and he further, and respectfully asks the Hon. Secretary of War to allow him therefore - The applicant never made application for a pension before now -
The said Constant Rootfield - 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.
Before me Samuel H. Hahn Judge of Probate Constant Rootfield We, Eliza Halsey - residing in the town of Willingworth and Jeremiah Root - residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Constant Rootfield who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 - 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. Before me Samuel H. Hahn Judge of Probate - Eliza Halsey Jeremiah Root
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Eliza Halsey - who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident resident in the town of Deer Brook - and that Jeremiah Root - who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Willingworth - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And that they are both  Justices of the peace - and that there is no clergy-  man in the Parish in which the applicant  resides, - Samuel H. Hahn Judge of Probate
Richard P. Williams Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the State of  Deer Brook county of Indiana and State of Connecticut - do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Constant Rootfield for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of _____ Office, this 19 th - day of November 183 2
Richd P. Williams

United States of America State of Connecticut } ss. Killingworth October 9 th 1832 Middlesex County }
Elias Isbel of Killingworth in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut aged eighty four years being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Constant Bedfield of said Killingworth and that I was drafted in the United States service under Capt. Martin Lord under Colonel Bedfield's Connecticut Light Artillery in the year 1776 in the month of September and was marched to New Haven and from thence to Fort Washington in the State of New York and from thence to West Chester there stationed a number of weeks and from thence marched to White Plains and was there honorably discharged with the said Constant Bedfield having served about three months.
Elias Isbel

United States of America
State of Connecticut County of Middlesex
ss. Killingworth October 9 th 1832
On this 9 th day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Jeremiah Hall a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid Elias Sibel to me well known who being sworn duly and solemnly deponeth and saith that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit are true, and he further saith and certifieth that he is well acquainted with the said Elias Sibel and that he is a man of truth and whose statements are entitled to full credit and that the said constable Sedgwick served as a collector in the Canaanthorpe near in well known and believed in the neighborhood where he resides.
Jeremiah Hall Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of New Haven To Guilford August 9 - 1832.
Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid Personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Esq a Justice of Peace within and for the County of New Haven duly qualified — Nathan Redfield of said Guilford to me well known and who I certify to be a credible witness and being first duly sworn on his Oath declares and says that He enlisted into Capt Dan Collins Company of militia as a musician some time in June in the year 1779 or 1780 for four months and marched to New London and did duty on Winthrop's Point and in the vicinity of New London — and the very well remembers that Constant Redfield was a Soldier in s Company and served therein about three months when we were discharged and returned home and further the deponent saith not
(B) Nathan Redfield
Sworn and subscribed the day and date above before me Reuben Elliott Justice of Peace and Judge of Probate

I George Griswold Clerk of the Probate Court for Guilford District - Do hereby certify that the foregoing Subscribing authority Reuben Elliott Is a Justice of peace for New Haven County & is a Judge of Probate for Guilford District & that His signature annexed is his Genuine Signature -
George Griswold Clerk of Court of Probate

I hereby certify that it appears from the Records of the Town of Hillingworth in the County of Middlesex & State of Connecticut that Constant Redfield was born July 30 th 1753.
Elisha Halsey Town-Clerk

State of Connecticut County of New Haven To Guilford August 6 th 1832
Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Esq r a Justice of the peace within and for New Haven County, duly qualified - - - - - Curtis Murray of Madison in said County to me personally known and who I certify to be a credible witness and being duly sworn on his oath declares & says - that he was detached from the militia for two months service in the time of the Revolutionary war the year he does not remember to join the army was under the command of Capt. Timothy Murray and marched from East Guilford (now Madison) to Old Guilford about five miles was there countermanded and ordered back to East Guilford and was there stationed as a Coast Guard and continued in service till their time expired and he very well recollects that Constant Redfield was a soldier in said Company and that said Redfield continued in the guard and did duty therein till the end of said two months and further the deponent saith not;
(C) Curtis Murray Sworn & Subscribed on the day & date above before me Reuben Elliott Justice of Peace and Judge of Probate

I George Griswold of Guilford in New Haven County & State of Connecticut Do hereby certify that Ruben Elliott who has subscribed the foregoing deposition is a Justice of Peace for New Haven County & Judge of Probate for Guilford District & that The signature annexed is his genuine Signature
George Griswold Clerk of Court of Probate

State of Connecticut Middlesex County & Probate District of Say Brook in said County. On this 1 st day of August A.D. 1833. personally appeared in open court before the County Court of Probate held at Killingworth in and for the Probate District of Say Brook, in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut - the same being a court of record and now sitting. Constant Ralfield - of said Killingworth, who being duly sworn the annexed application for a pension - and who being duly sworn deposeth and saith. That as regards the first Term of service in said application mentioned, to wit - From February 1776 to two months - he saith, that in consequence of old age and the consequ- ent loss of memory, he is unable to swear positively to the day, of enlistment, and the day on which he was discharged, from said service, but from the best of his recollection & belief, he served at that time at least Two Months .
As to the 2 d Term of service in said application mentioned, to wit - from the Month of Aug t 1776 - to the Month of Nov t of the same year - he saith that from old age and the consequent loss of memory he is unable to swear to the precise day on which he joined said company or was discharged, but from the best of his recollection and belief he served at that time at least Three Months .
As to the 3 d Term of service in said application mentioned to wit - from Jan in 1779 - He says that from old age and the consequent loss of memory he is unable to say at what time he enlisted, but thinks it was in March - From the best of his recollection and belief he was served at that time at least Three Months .
As to the service 1778 at Killingworth, he says that from the cause aforesaid, he is unable to swear positively to the day on which he joined the company or the day on which he left it, but from the best of his recollection & belief he served therein at that time at least Two Months .
That as regards the time when he went to New Haven as in said application mentioned is he is unable, from the cause aforesaid, to state when or on what day he went in to the company or left it - but from the best of his

recollection and belief. he was absent on said tour at least Two Weeks -
That as regards the last tour in said application mentioned. The said applicant saith, that from the cause aforesaid, he is unable to say precisely at what time he went to Mendon in said application, but from the best of his recollection and belief he served at that time at least Two Weeks
The applicant further saith, that from old age & the consignment loss of memory, he is unable to swear more positively to the length of his service - the number of officers or other material circumstances, but from the best of his recollection and belief, he served as aforesaid stated, amounting in all to Eleven Months - and for which he claims a pension -
Constant D. D. D.
Richard P. Williams Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the supplemental application of Constant D. D. D. within named for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6 th day of August A. D. 1833 -
Richard P. Williams Clerk

I Richard P Williams clerk of the Court of Probate, now in the District of Saybrook County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Connecticut required for a pension. And also his supplemental application under date of the 1 st day of August A.D. 1833. of testimony of the in D - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office This 6 th day of August A.D. 1833. Clerk -
I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern.
That Reuben Elliot Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Nathan Redfield and Sarah Murray are was taken, is, and at the time of such caption was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signa- ture purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the thirtieth day of August , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
Thomas Day

see my record and seal of office this 6th day of August 1833.
I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Jeremiah Bull Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Elias Ishell was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the city of Hartford, in said State, the thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty- Three .
Thomas Day
whom it doth or may concern.
That Reuben Elliott Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Nathan Redfield and Luke Murray was taken, is, and at the time of such caption was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the thirtieth day of August , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three .
Thomas Day

State of Connecticut Midland County ss
I Samuel Haslam a Public Notary in and for the State of Connecticut, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, do certify that Jeremiah Hull Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of Elias Hunt (A) was sworn as was, at the time, and for more than one year now past hath at all times been a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex, and that his name duly entered therefor in his own proper hand writing and signature - and I further certify that Nathan Root Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of Nathan Root (B) and Curtis Root (C) was taken and sworn, was at that time, and at all times for more than one year now past hath been Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in the County of New Haven - and Justice of the Peace in and for said County.
Witness my hand and seal of office this twentieth day of November 1882 - at Say Brook in said County
Samuel Haslam Judge of Probate.
and Public Notary -

State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss & Probate District of Saybrook ss —
On this 10 th day of December 1853 - personally appeared in open court of Probate held at Saybrook in and for the District of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, the same being a Court of record - non setting - Constant Rootford, who being duly sworn, and made oath to the correctness of the foregoing, and being first duly sworn, by way of a 2 nd Supplemental declaration, as on the former said days —
That, each and all the services detailed and stated by him in his said declaration were in substantial substance, called in to service by the probate court, State  and  the  probate  court  and  the  probate  court and that the service was constant during the periods stated.
That there is no service, of either term of service to his knowledge, except those whose depositions are hereto annexed - i.e. to his said original declaration
That he hath caused to be procured and hereunto annexed, a certificate of the comptroller of public accounts showing the character of his service in the General in 1878 under Capt. Munger —
That his said service in the General was a constant service - at the period the State - claim action from the collected in to service by the State & were State to 1878/79 —
And he further saith that he was born, and hath lived during his whole life in said Millington - and that there is no record of his age that he is now of
In open court of Probate in and for the District of Saybrook this 10 th day of December 1853.
Constant Rootford
Samuel Hylburn Judge of Probate
And I further certify that I believe, the above statement of the said Constant Rootford to be true in all its parts —
Samuel Hylburn Judge of Probate
Dec r 12. 1853

I Richard P Williams, clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Saybrook - County of Middlesex, & State of Connecticut - do hereby certify that the within contains the original proceedings, of said Court in the matter of the supplemental application of Constance Resfield for a pension -
In witness whereof I have hereunto my hand and seal this 10 th day of December A.D - 1833 -
Richard P Williams Clerk -

1937 Constant Redfield 6.5
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Sam. Ingraham

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the 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. 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 Constant Bedfield C.T.
   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.     Feb. 1776. entered 2 Swan Capt Gale Col Sage Pa N. York 19 - entered at Tillingworth C.T. Madam 67 and now living there Three Living witnesses from his service except first and last. Steno Certificate of two Clergymen   Aug. 11 draft. 3 " Capt Lord Col Graves N Haven N. York   1778 2 " Capt Hunger Col Brown guard at Guilford   1779 inter 3 " Capt Collins Col Richards London   " 14 " Capt Bristol N Haven   1780 21 Col Worthington West Haven    also served at different times besides the above  6
two (written)
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 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 time, 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.
[1] 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.
[2] 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 10 note [1] applies to continental troops only.
[3] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[4] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[5] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
It is doubtful whether all the services stated were in embodied corps, called into service by proper authority and were constant during the period stated. The service of some of the coast guards was only every 2 or 3 days. The facts must be stated.

17.042 Alley N.Y. City 17.042 Residence of To same name of files
17.042 INVALID.
Jan'y 14, 1904 Seymour P. Bra May 17, 1904 Wm A. Gilbridge June 20, 1904 note of agreement
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THE MURRAY HILL HOTEL
PARK AVENUE 40 TH TO 41 ST STS.
ONE BLOCK FROM GRAND CENTRAL STATION
NEW YORK

Seymour H. Phelps The Murray Hill Hotel, NEW YORK.
THE MURRAY HILL HOTEL
PARK AVENUE 40 TH TO 41 ST STS. ONE BLOCK FROM GRAND CENTRAL STATION
NEW YORK,
JAN. 7 - 1904.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:—
I would respectfully request from your Bureau an official statement giving the usual statistics relating to pension (including residence re. at time of death), in the case of Private Constant Redfield , Soldier of the Revolution , Second Regiment Connecticut Line . He was a pensioner in 1839, I understand. Very truly yours, Edmund P. Bradley.
(P.S. — Constant Redfield L 59 of the

Redfield genealogy], was my great-great grand father. He was born in North Killingworth, Conn., July 30, 1753; was the son of Ensign Theophilus Redfield, Jr., [*16 of Redfield Gen.] of N. Killingworth, who, both according to tradition and according to Colonial Records, had, prior to 1761, served through two campaigns of the French and Indian War, as a sergeant in the company commanded by his brother Captain Pleg Redfield. [18] Capt. Pleg Redfield died in service in 1760. [Page 743, Gen'l Register, New York Soc. of Colonial Wars:— "Redfield, Capt. Pleg. 1723-60. French and Indian War. 2d Lieut. 10th Co., 2d Conn. Rgt., 1756, 1st Lieut., 1758, Capture of Ticonderoga. Capt., 1759-60. Under Lord Amherst at Crown Point."]
Theophilus Redfield, senior [8] of N. Killingworth was son of James Redfield [4] of Saybrook, he [4], son of William Redfield [1] of Cambridge, Mass.)

111 Eldridge St.
New Haven Conn.
May 28, 1904.
The Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I would respectfully re- quest official statement of the Record of Constant Redfield, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
I have seen two official statements of his record from your office, where the words, Martin, and Timothy are omitted from the one, where they appear in the other.
Additional slight discrepancies are:
"Battles engaged in" —
None (in the one)
None mentioned (in the other)
Date of Application

Nov. 9, 1832, in the one statement Nov. 19 , 1832, in the other
Very respectfully, Your obedient serv't. Geo. A. Oldridge
Ans d June 20 - 04

HOBART B. IVES, Pres. & Mgr. WM. A. ELDRIDGE, Vice Pres. CHAS. G. KEELER, Sec'y & Ass't Mgr.
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Wm. A. Eldridge

War Department Pension Office December 31. 1873
Sir
The claim of Constant Redfield referred to in the letter of Samuel Ingham which is herewith returned cannot be admitted without more satisfactory proof and explanation. He claims to have served two months from February 1776 in Col. Sage's Regiment. It appears by various documents in this Office that Col. Sage commanded one of the Seven battalions ordered to be raised June in 1776 to serve till the 25 of December following - but that he commanded a regiment raised at an earlier period cannot be received as correct without some evidence. The duration of the service in Col. Grimes regiment of militia in which he alleges he was drafted in August 1776 is very doubtful. Several militia regiments were ordered into service the autumn of that year but for very temporary periods. Jeremiah Stevens whose papers in the same bundle alleges he served in that regiment six or seven weeks. The papers are herewith returned for further proof and explanation.
The claim of Ambrose Walrous referred

to in the same letter cannot be admitted without further specification of service, and more satisfactory evidence is produced. The papers are also returned
There being many survivors who claim to have served under Lieutenant Shipman at Saybrook, the allegation of Elisha Bushnell that he served 7 months in 1777 in that guard cannot be recognised as sufficient without clear and explicit proof. His other services should also be established by testimony if possible. The papers are returned.
The other claims referred to accompa- nying the letter of Mr Ingham have been admitted. The pension certificate certificate will be sent to you in a few days
The papers of William B. Grinnell cannot be found in this Office. They have been either lost in transitu or mislaid here. It will probably be most satisfactory to make out a new set stating the facts relative to the transmission of the former
I have the honor to be Your obed. Servant J. Edwards
Hon. N. Barber House of Representatives

Hon. N. Barker Washington City

1 Say Brook Connecticut - February 10 th A.D. - 1834 -
Dear Sir
I received from you some time since the applications of C. Redfield - R. Bushnell - and C. Watrous - I have of Mr. Watrous, I retain, hoping to obtain further proof.
Those of Messrs Redfield and Bushnell, I now return to your care, with additional evidence, - I also send the letter of Mr. Edwards, respecting them, which was addressed to you, under date of the 31. of Dec r . last -
In regard to the application of Constant Redfield - He has probably committed a mistake in giving the precise time of his service at New York in 1776 - under Col. Sage - but as so much strictness is observed, and as he is unable to obtain any other proof of it, it would probably be useless to attempt any explanation - I have no more doubt, however, than he served, substantially as he states, though probably not at that precise time, than I have of any other fact not within my personal knowledge -
Again - It is said that "the duration of the service in Col. Graves Regiment of Militia" - is very doubtful - To this point I have obtained the testimony of Jeremiah Stevens - a very respectable, and intelligent old gentleman, and referred to in the above named letter of Mr. Edwards to you - His deposition is enclosed on the back of Mr. Redfield's application, as you will see, & is full of evidence.
He says that he served in the same Regiment 6 or 7. weeks - and at the White Plains, only - and that Capt. Sage's company in which was Redfield, went on a number of weeks, before the Regiment - Stevens - The applicant, and also Robert the other witness, both say that they spent some time at Fort Washington - Westchester Co and the applicant says that they built a bridge over Harlem River - after all this, Mr. Stevens joined them at White Plains, and served there with them 6 or 7. weeks, when they were all discharged together - Here is then Robert & Stevens , two credible and

disinterested witnesses, & referring to facts which fully sustain the substantiation of the application . That would be evidence sufficient to prove any other fact, and I presume will be held sufficient to prove this. No question is made about any other part of the substantiation . If the first part of two months should be rejected, it will still leave him light months. I have no doubt of the truth of the applicant's substantiation . - I consider it most fully proved - and cannot therefore enter- tain a doubt of the success of the application. The appli- cant is very poor, and has the character of an honest old man. He lives with his wife, alone among the rocks of North Billingsworth. If any man needs a pension, it is "Uncle Constant", as they call him, and I believe his claims are as strong as his wants -
In regard to the Declaration of Elisha Buelwell - It is said in the letter of Mr. Buelwell that "There being many survivors the allegation that he served seven months in 1777 in that Regiment, cannot be recognized as sufficient without clear and explicit proof &c -
The Deposition of Andrew Watson is now added to the proof upon this point, and is direct and positive - The applicant lives in the first Parish of this Town - within half a mile, I should think, of Long Island Sound, and in the House in which he was born, and hath lived during his whole life. It is hardly possible that a young man, thus situated should not have served in the Regiment more or less. No man in the Parish stands higher than he does for integrity - I trust the proof will be deemed sufficient.
Two additional witnesses to wit - David Buel, and Ezra Kelso speak to his service at New York in 1779 - No doubt will be entertained, I presume of their part of his substantiation -
Geo. Carter Esq. before whom the Dep on were taken is a Justice of peace, Judge of County Court. If necessary please affix your certificate -
These two cases, I believe are fully proved - and I cannot entertain any doubt of the result -

The application of Isabella Harris Esq. is now before the Department -
The application of Deborah Hagerbaum in right of her late Husband, Mr. James Hagerbaum late of this Town now deceased, was granted some time since, but the Certificate, (by mistake I presume) was made to James Hagerbaum. In being no notice of his death, when it should have been to Deborah Hagerbaum. The Warden returned it for correction; but have heard nothing from it.
I hope Sir to hear from them - the application of Isabella Harris Esq. will then be sent you - as soon as possible -
You will not forget, that the Certificates, are to be sent to me -
With great respect.
Your ob. t Servant
Samuel Hagerbaum
Thos. V. Burleson.