Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17293, Gilead Bradley, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Bradley, Gilead
S. 17293
continental
CONTENTS
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17.860
Connecticut
William Bradley adison in the State of Conn was a Pte in the Conn comman Captain of the Pte comman of Word in the Conn for 21 mo
Continued Continental
scribed on the Roll of Conn the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Sept 1833 and Dnt Genl his wld New Haven Ct
years to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 175 — ser-ant. allowance ending Mar - 4 85 —
+ Guilford $ 210 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
recorded by E D Buelock Clerk, ok C Vol. 3 Page 32

State of Connecticut } ss. Probate Court County of New Haven } Guilford District —
On this 2 nd Day of August 1832 Personally Appeared in Open Court, before the Court of Probate for Guilford District now sitting Gilead Bradley of Madison (former Guilford) in New Haven County and State of Connecticut Who being 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 th 1832 —
I Gilead Bradley of Madison (formerly Guilford) in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut (Declare & Say that I was born in Guilford (now Madison) which now is and ever has been the place of my residence, that I was placed on the pension roll under the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818 That I was struck off on account of having some property, I was a private in Capt Ichiel Meigs Company in Col Andrew Ward Regiment, That I still reside in Madison (formerly Guilford) where I did when I first made application for a pension —
Gilead Bradley Sworn and Subscribed before me Reuben Eavitt Judge I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for Guilford District, Do hereby Certify that the forgoing declaration was made in Court this second day of August 1832 and sworn to by the said Gilead Bradley
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 2 nd day of August 1832 —
George Griswold Clerk —

...report me the  the  above  above  to  to Judge D. Clerk of the Court of
I George Griswold - Clerk of the Court of Probate for Guilford District - Do hereby Certify that I am Well acquainted with Reynold Webb of Madison and know him to be a Justice of Peace for New Haven County & that the preceding signatures are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of Office - This second day of August A.D. 1832 -
George Griswold Clerk -
State of Connecticut } ss. Probate Court County of New Haven } Guilford District - On this 24 th Day of August 1832 Person

State of Connecticut } p. Madison July 11 th 1832 New Haven County }
32 Personally came before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said New Haven County - Mr. Gilead Bradley to me well known to be a man of truth and veracity, and made solemn oath that for the last 60 years he has known and been well acquainted with the above named Gilead Bradley - that he the said Gilead is now seventy five years of age - and that he the said Gilead did serve during the campaigns as set forth in the foregoing declaration of the said Gilead Bradley - That the said Gilead Bradley is a man of truth and veracity, and that his declaration and statement above made are true & entitled to full faith and credit -
Sworn before me Richard Webb - Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Gilead Bradley of Madison, that he is a member of the Church of which I am Pastor - that I believe him to be seventy five 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 I fully concur in that opinion - and that the said Gilead Bradley is a man of truth and veracity, and that the foregoing declaration by him made is entitled to full faith and credit -
Samuel N. Shepard,
Pastor of the first congregational church in Madison
July 12 th 1832

The Application of 18912 Gilead Bradley of Madison for a pension under the Law of 1832 taken before Reuben Elliott Judge of the Court of probate for Fairfield district New Haven County State of Connecticut
Joseph G. Gurnee - Clerk of the Court

State of Connecticut } Is Probate Court New Haven County } Guilford District
On this first day of August 1833
Personally appeared in Open Court, before the Probate Court for Guilford District, now sitting Gilead Bradley a resident of Madison in the Guilford District and being first sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his former declaration (viz) That in his first campaign in the year 1776 he served but one month (instead of two as stated in his first declaration by mistake) In his campaign in 1781 he does not recollect the names of any General or Field Officers but believes his Col name was Webb and the said Gilead Bradley hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name has been on the pension roll of the agency of the State of Connecticut) but has been stricken off and is not now on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Gilead Bradley
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Ruben Elliott Judge

George Griswold Clerk of the Probate Court for Guilford District hereby certify that the within & foregoing contain the original & additional proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of Gilead Bradley for a Pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 1 st day of August A.D. 1833 —
George Griswold Clerk of Probate Court Guilford District —

State of Connecticut } Off Probate Court Guilford District New Haven County } On this first day of Augt 1883 personally appeared in open court Gilead Bradley & being duly sworn testifies & says
Gilead Bradley of the Town of Madison County of New Haven and State of Connecticut hereby on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an act of the act of Congress of June Ap. 1832 in favor of the surviving officers and soldiers engaged in the Revolutionary War - That I the said Gilead Bradley am now seventy five years of age - That on the 1 st of March 1770 I enlisted for two months into Capt Daniel Hards Company in Col. Saltonstall Regiment - That I served in said corps during those two months at New York, and at the expiration of said term I was discharged at Brooklyn near New York - That on the 14 th day of May 1776 I again enlisted for the term of one year into Capt. Daniel Mergh Company in Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment in the service of the State of Connecticut in the Continental establishment - That I continued to serve in said corps until the 14 th day of May 1777 - when I was discharged from the service at Branford in the State of New- Jersey - That on the 15 th of May 1777 I enlisted for the term of eight months into Capt. Augustus Collins Company in Col. John Ely's Regiment - That I served in said corps until January 1778 when I was discharged at New London in the State of Connecticut - That on the 1 st of May 1781 I belonged to the Militia in Guilford commanded by Capt. Elias Grace - That I was detached by said Capt. Grace on said 1 st day of May 1781 to serve six months in the army of the Revolution which service I performed - but when I arrived in camp I was put by my officers into the line service - and at the expiration of the six months for which I was detached I was discharged at White Plains in the State of New York November 1 st 1781 (That during (The last six months service was performed by a Substitute)

The Revolutionary War I served my country Two years and four months, and was in the Battles of White Plains, Princeton and Trenton and in several severe skirmishes, and that according to the act of Congress above alluded to I am entitled to receive a pension from the Government of my country equal in amount to the full pay of a Revolutionary soldier - to commence on the  on the 4 th March A.D. 1831
Gilead Bradley Sworn and Subscribed on the first day of August 1833 before me Reuben Elliott Judge
State of Connecticut - County of New Haven ss. Guilford July 18. Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Esq. Judge of Probate for Guilford District and being duly qualified I acknowledged that Gilead Bradley to me personally known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing declaration and being first duly sworn on his oath declares and says that in the year 1776 he was in the service of the United States in Capt. James Hand's Company of Mileta we were march to New York and that he well remembers that Gilead Bradley was a soldier in the Company and that Gilead Bradley continued in the service till the Company was discharged
Sworn & Subscribed before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate & Justice of Peace for said County.
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss. Madison July 11 A.D. 1832 - Personally came before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace for said New Haven County Gilbert Crane to me well known to be a man of truth of veracity, and made solemn oath that for the last 60 years he has been well acquainted with the abovenamed Gilead Bradley - That the said Bradley is now seventy five years of age and that he the said Gilbert Crane did some with the said Gilead Bradley during the two first campaigns as set forth in the foregoing declaration of the said Bradley, viz - The campaign of two months in Capt. Hand's Company - and the twelve months months campaign in Capt. Richard Meigs Company - and that the said Gilead Bradley is a man of truth of veracity, and his declaration above is entitled to full faith and credit -
Sworn before me Raymond Webb - Justice of the Peace

Isaac Bradley Copy 12.933
100 365 17 1/2
Sept. 10/19
[Faint, illegible handwriting or scribbles]

At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 5th day of July 1828, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Gilead Bradley a resident in the town of Guilford in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz:
  One old Bible  $ 0. 50    A small story house out of repair  170 " 00    1 Small barn  40 " 00    3 acres of land adjoining them  135 " 00    46 acres of land in the field  120 " 00    5 1/2 acres of do. do.  82 " 50    3 do do  45 " 00    1 do  30 " 00    2 acres salt meadow  70 " 00    11 1/2 acres at Long Hill  92 " 00    84 acres at Short Rocks  42 " 00    2 1/2 acres of unimproved land  8. 50.    1 yoke of Oxen  40. 00    Two cows  22. -    2 two year old Cattle  10 " 00    1 Mare  10 " 00    4 Small Swine  15 " 00    1 old ox cart  7 " 00    1 Plow  5 " 00    1 Harrow  0. 50    3 laths  0. 50    1 old axe, 1 hoe, 1 fork & 1 knife  2. 25    2 old chains  1. 50.    1 old case of draw  3. 00    1 old Desk  1. 25.    3 old tables  1. 50    7 old chairs  2. 50.    2 old pots  0. 50    1 tea kettle & gridiron  0. 75.    1 old kettle & 2 pails with lids  1. 50.    1 old loom & 4 old spinning wheels  7. 00.    10 old empty carts  5. 00.    1 old Newton Platform & etc.  1. 00    4 Reams of paper & 3 pens  1. 50.    4 books & 1 old pair  1. 32     $986.07  
  Bal. of a/c  $986.07    One old saddle & bridle  1. 50    1/5 part of an old fishing net  15. 00     $1002.57    Debts  100. 00     $902.57  
And claim in debt boundary persons principally by reason of sickness in my family - One hundred dollars.  Gilead Bradley

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State aforesaid, on this 5th day of July A.D. 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Gilead Bradley aged 63 years, resident in the Town of Guilford in the County of New Haven in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: Enlisted on the 1st day of July 1776 in the Comp'ty Com'd by Col. Schill Meigs, in Col. Andrew's Reg't & was discharged on the 14th May 1777. On the 1st day of June 1777 enlisted in the Comp'ty Com'd by Col. Jonathan Collins in Col. M'Clay's Reg't for 9 months & was discharged 2nd May 1778. & in May 1778 was drafted to serve 6 months in Col. Sam'l B. Webb's Reg't & was discharged in Oct. 1778. I was in the battles of White Plains, Brandywine & Red Bank at Red Bank, Red Bank & in the lines -
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 8th day of May 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 12,933 . And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a farmer. that I am now in feeble health and have in my right hand, a left arm and afflicted with the palsy my health being now destroyed in the manner above named, & am unable to earn any farthing on behalf the year. and that I have a family residing with me consisting of 6 persons. my wife and 5 children. a daughter Sarah aged 27 & a daughter Maria aged 25. who are unable to support themselves. a daughter Amanda aged 18 and a grandson aged 9 years -
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Gilead Bradley
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is
100 Dollars and 57 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest Henry C. Phelps Scribe

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry C Hagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is 1002 Dollars and 52 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
fifth day of July 182 0 . Henry C Hagg Clk
I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C Hagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in
this fifth day of July 182 0
Isaac Mills Chief Judge of said Court

1892
Gilead Bradley
Connecticut
= Old Case
Return this as i
21 st private $76
1136
George Mansfield Esq. New Haven Ct

Get Papers out of 1818

No 18912
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 13 1838
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Gilead Bradley
   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.     1 March 1776 2 Private Capt. Hardy Col. Falcot New York 45 - { Witnesses for the claim   14 May " " 1. " Major Meigs Major Ward New Jersey one witness for the term   15 " 1777 8 " Collins Ely N. London one witness for the term of service.   1 May 1781 6 Gran White Plains N York Clergyman's affidavit   Substitute 3  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Formerly on the Roll under the act of March 18-1818. Declaratio made before a Justice of the Peace also before the Court

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1136 REJECTED
P.O. Gilman Bradley Consolidated Jan'y 27 1882
Service: with admitted Soldier File no 17.293
Enlisted: _____ Ingrist , 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18

17293 INVALID.
No. 17293
Ebenezer Bradley
De Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]

See letter May 26 1829 to J. Beach
12.933
Connecticut.
Gilead Bradley
of Guilford in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel A. Ward of the Connecticut and continental line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of July 1819 - and sent to Simeon Baldwin Esq.
New Haven, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 9 20 / 31 79. 22
Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. 48. 00
$127.22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
not submitted
Vertical bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page: See letter May 26 1829 to J. Beach Gilead Bradley of Guilford in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel A. Ward of the Connecticut and continental line, for the term of one year. Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818 Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of July 1819 - and sent to Simeon Baldwin Esq. New Haven, Conn. Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 9 20 / 31 79. 22 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. 48. 00 $127.22 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Hon Loren P. Hudson
Sept 16 1853
Dear Sir
Bradley
I am the Daughter of Gilead
Hon Loren P. Waldo
Dear Sir I am the Daughter of Gilead Bradley of Madison Conn or Fran- -clinton my Pensioner My Father often said that he did not get his full service allowed in his Pension if there is any more I am Poor and need it very much will you let Mr W. H. Buel look at my Fathers Papers I shall be much obliged to you Julian Bradley
Act of 1832
Advocates

Gilead Bradley of Guilford
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Middletown, at the Br: Bk: U. States,
Connecticut.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, " "
Gilead Bradley late a Private " " in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty fourth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

I Gilead Bradley of the Town of Madison County of New Haven and State of Connecticut hereby on oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Provisions made by the Acts of Congress of March 18 th 1818. and the 1 st of May 1820 - That I the said Gilead Bradley am now seventy one years of Age - that on the 11 th day of May A.D. 1776 I enlisted for the term of One year in the State of Connecticut into a Company commanded by Capt. Nicholas Meigs in the Regiment commanded by Col. Andrew Ward in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Conti- nental Establishment - That I continued to serve in said Corps until the 11 th day of May A.D. 1777. when I was dis- charged from the service in Borden Town in the State of New Jersey - That in June 1777 I enlisted into Capt Augustus Collins Comp y in the Regiment Commanded by Col. John Ely for the term of Eight Months that I served in said Corps until February 1778. when I was discharged at New London in the State of Connecticut That I was in the Battles of White Plains, Princeton and Trenton and in several severe Skirmishes - That my name has been placed on the Pension List and dropped therefrom on account of my property. Gilead Bradley
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift - sale - or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions

of an Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not - nor has any other person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me - nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - That I have no trade and am by occupation a Farmer or Labourer - but in consequence of Age and infirmity I am unable to do much towards the support of myself and family which consists of two daughters and one Grandson my oldest daughter is thirty three years of age and is constitutionally feeble and is unable to do any thing towards her support - My Youngest daughter is Twenty seven years of age and is also quite feeble - My Grandson is seven years old and is wholly dependent on me for support - he being an orphan and having no resources for support but myself That I am indebted to sundry persons to the amount of about Sixty dollars -
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule there have been no changes in my Real Estate excepting a very great decay in my buildings - and a very considerable depreciation in the value of my lands - That my personal Estate is also much less valuable than it was at the exhibition of my first Schedule.
That the following is a Schedule of the property which I now possess.
Visi -
   1 dwelling House (old) 90 00   1 Barn (small and old) 30 00   3 Acres Land (House Lot) 90 00   4 do - do (Hunting Field) 160 00   5 do - do (Pine Swamp lot) 115 00  

   1 Acre Lands (Little plain) 3 01 00   3 do - do (Low lot) 4 5 00   13/4 do do (Salt Marsh) 5 0 00   11 do do (Long Hill) 8 8 00   14 do - do (Short Rocks) 2 8 00   2 do - do (Flag Marsh) 4 0 00   1 Yoke small oxen 4 5 00   2 Cows 2 8 00   1 two Year old 1 1 00   3 Swine 0 7 00   1 Old Ox Cart 1 0 00   1 Old Plough 75   1 Ox Yoke and two Chains 1 7 5   1 old Shovel and old Fork 75   1 Old Table 75   1 Cherry do. 3 0 00   1 Old Desk 2 0 00   1 Old Chest and Drawers 3 0 00   4 Old Chairs 1 2 0   1 Old Looking Glass 25   1 Small How Pot 30   1 Iron Kettle 1 0 00   1 Small Dish Kettle 25   1 Small Iron Tea Kettle 25   1 Iron Griddle 40   1 do Spiders 25   $ 8 52,90  
Gilead Bradley Sworn to and declared in Court on the 18 th day of March 1829 before the County Court for Nuttall County
I, the undersigned Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Gilead Bradley did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy for the term of one year in the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court & that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing foregoing schedule is Eight hundred fifty two dollars & ninety cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 18 th day of March A.D. 1829
Attest J. W. Beach Clerk

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss.
ON this Eighth day of May — 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the said State, personally appears Gilead Bradley aged 60 years, resident in Guilford in the said State, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following DECLARATION, in order to obtain the provision made by 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 revolutionary war:" That he the said Gilead Bradley on the 15 th July 1776 enlisted in Guilford in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Jehiel Mags in the Regiment commanded by Col. Andrew Ward Junr. to serve one year from the 14 th May 1776 . — said Regiment being raised by the State of Connecticut in pursuance of a resolve of Congress of the 14 th & 16 th of May 1776 & paid by them as by the resolve of the 14 th & 16 th of May 1776 & continued by resolve of the 7 th June & 1 st July & advanced by resolve of same date. — That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the 14 th May 1777 when he was discharged from service, in Bergen state of New Jersey . That he was in the battles of White Plains — Trenton — Princeton & several skirmishes
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Simeon Baldwin
I, Simeon Baldwin Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do Certify , that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Gilead Bradley did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding DECLARATION, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
NEW-HAVEN, May 8 th
1818.
Simeon Baldwin
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } NEW-HAVEN COUNTY, ss. }
NEW-HAVEN, May 8 th 1818.
I, DYER WHITE , Clerk of the Superior Court of said State, for said County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do CERTIFY that the name SIMEON BALDWIN , subscribed to the foregoing Certificates, is known to me to be the proper hand writing and signature of SIMEON BALDWIN , who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court.
In testimony whereof, I affix the Seal of said Court.
Dyer White

Connecticut ss
On this 8 th of May 1818 before me Simon Baldwin Judge also fore said personally appear Nathan Wilson & Thomas Coe both of Guilford in State & being first duly sworn depose & say that in July 1776 they each enlisted into Capt. Meigs Co. in Col. Dyer's Regiment to serve one year from the 14 th May 1776 & faithfully served during that period. That on the same day Gilead Bradley also enlisted to serve for the same period in the same company & Regiment & served with us during that period & we were with him all discharged on the 14 th May 1777 in New Jersey
Simon Baldwin
I further certify that Nathan Wilson & Thomas Coe are both respectable men & credible witnesses
Baldwin
I certify that it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the said Gilead Bradley by reason of his reduced circumstances in life now needs the assistance of his country for support.
Simon Baldwin
Baldwin

Papers case of Gilliam Bradley act 1832 An In State from Connecticut files Mr Cole June 30 1837 filed 30 June 1837 Ex by P. E. Hassler Attorney July 3 rd 1837
I, W. S. 1837 H. B. Brown, Clerk, of the Patent Office within and for New Haven County and known as

State of Connecticut } S.S. Madison County of New Haven
On this 17th day of June A one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid Gillead Bradley aged ninety three years, a resident of Madison (formerly a part of Guilford) County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical person who was a private in the army of the Revolution, in the companies and regiments herein after named. — My first service was in the year 1776 I enlisted early in March served two months in New York Capt Daniel Hand commanded the company Col Saltonstall the Regiment was discharged at Brooklyn On or about the 14th of May 1776 I enlisted for one years service and performed it, in the company commanded by Capt Jehiel Briggs (at White Plains in the State of New York Dec r 1776) The Regiment was commanded by Col Andrew Ward; In June 1777 I enlisted for eight months, under Capt Agustus Collins; John Ely of Say Brook was Col.; was discharged at New London January 1778;
In the year 1781 I was detached by Capt Elias Graves to serve six months; and served six months in the army and was discharged at White Plains; State of New York the first of November; I was honorably discharged from all my services but my discharges are lost;
I further say that I was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of ninety six Dollars per annum; the exact date of my certificate I cannot tell; I think it was in 1818 under Mr Monroes Administration I received it one year only and my certificate was surrendered for having more property than allowed pensioners Under the act of 7th June 1832 I was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Seventy Dollars per annum my certificate is dated the 20th day of September 1833
He now makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining an increase and arrears of pension to which he may be entitled to under the act of 7th of June 1832 and all Acts of Congress relative to and benefit of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War

my certificate I cannot tell; I think it was under Mr Monroe's Administration I received it one year only and my certificate was surrendered for having more property than allowed pensioners Under the act of 7th June 1832 I was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Seventy dollars per annum my certificate is dated the 20th day of September 1833
He now makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining an increase and arrears of pension to which he may be entitled to under the act of 7th of June 1832 and all Acts of Congress relative to and benefit of Soldiers of the revolutionary army
Gilead Bradley Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written And I hereby certify that I believe the said Gilead Bradley to be the identical man who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated
Jesse Crampton Justice of the peace
Know all men by these presence that I Gilead Bradley of the Town of Madison County of New Haven and State of Connecticut a revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint H C Hassler of the City Washington District of Columbia my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to exhibit my claim to the pension Department of the United States and to receive from said Department a certificate in my name for such an amount of pension as I may be entitled by the act of 7th of June 1832 or any acts of Congress prior or subsequent thereto with power of substitution Witness my hand and seal Gilead Bradley this 17th day of June A D 1851 in presence of
Jesse Crampton } State of Connecticut Elizabeth M White } New Haven County } ss Madison
Be it known That on the 17th day of June A D 1851 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Gilead Bradley above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned Jesse Crampton Justice of the peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
I, Robert H. Osborn Clerk,
of the County Court, within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—THAT,
Jesse Crampton
Esquire
was on the 17 th day of June 1851 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts, and attestations; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signatures to the instrument hereto annexed purporting to be his, are his genuine official signatures; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 24 th day of June A. D. 1851
Robert H. Osborn Clerk.

Gilhead Bradley
U.S. Pensioner
Connecticut
June 30 June 1837
F. E. Hassler
Attorney
Washington City D.C. June. 30th 1837
Honorable D. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed please find my authority for requesting that the papers in the case of Gilhead Bradley, a Pensioner of the Revolutionary War on the Rolls of the state of Connecticut may be taken from the files for the inspection of yours respectfully
F. E. Hassler Attorney.
hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned Isaac Crampton Justice of the Peace