Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,286, Waldo Brown, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Brown, Waldo Abigail.
W 25.286
CONTENTS
b Apr. 25, 1739 at Canterbury Conn. + res there at end and in 1833 + d there July 21, 1835-

9947 Connecticut
Waldo Brown
of Windham in the State of Conn. who was a Sifer — in the Comp y commanded by Captain — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Douglass — in the Conn t line for 8 months
[Handwritten signature]
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 29 Dollars 28 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June 1833 and to Mrs. A. T. Judson Canterbury,
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: '33 $ 59.56 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st p er '33 14.64 $ 74.20
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. B. Page 4
A. T. Judson Canterbury
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }

2086.
Connecticut
Abigail Brown widow of Waldo Brown
Con who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Life
Rept
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
29 Dollars 28
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Sept 1848 and sent to
A. F. Hudson Canterbury Ct
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 259 Vol. 1,

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832 State of Connecticut } ss. Plainfield County of Windham }
On this 2 o day of April A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Plainfield, a Court of Record, Waldo Brown a resident of the town of Canterbury within said District, in the State of Connecticut, aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st Term of service. On the last day of August 1776, I was drafted from the Connecticut militia for the term of three months, and on that day I entered the service of the United States as a musician (fifer), and as such, I served from that day to the last day of November 1776, being three months, in Capt Benjamin Baur's Company, in Col John Douglass' Regiment, of the Connecticut militia , in the Army of the revolution, and on the day last mentioned I was discharged. My service was thus performed at Westchester, State of New York. The officers of the Company were as follows - viz - Capt Benjamin Baur, Lieut John Adams. Ensign Daniel Foster -

2 d Term of service. On the 2 d day of June 1777, I was drafted from the Connecticut Militia, for the term of two months, and on that day I entered the service of the United States, as a musician (fifer) and served from that day until the 2 d day of August 1777, when I was discharged. The aforesaid service was performed as musician in Capt. John Johnson's Company in Col. John Tyler's Regiment of the Connecticut Militia, in the army of the Revolution which service was performed at Green in the State of Connecticut. The officers of said company were as follows - viz - Capt. John Johnson, Lieut. Joseph Berge Ensign (Forster) Sergeants Caleb Southwick, John Dyer, Shemuel Goodale, Jeremiah Blackwell, and Nathaniel Clark, Corporals Joseph Dinwiddie, S er nt Dean Nathan Dean and Nathan Dyer.
In support of this Term of service, I do now annex to this declaration an ancient document, supposed to be in the hand writing of Capt. John Johnson, now deceased, found among his papers, upon which my name stands entered in two places, and on the 1 st page thereof marked A my name is entered as the 9 th name from the top, with these words annexed ("June 2 d 1777") which shews the time of my entering the service. My name also appears on the 2 d page of the same paper, annexed thereto is the term of service viz " 2 months ". I also add another paper, which is an original paper, kept by said Capt. Johnson, and found among his papers as aforesaid and shews the mileage or the distance traveled by each member of said Company. Said last mentioned paper is also annexed marked B .
3 d Term of service. On the 1 st day of July 1779, I was drafted from the Connecticut Militia, and on that day I entered the service of the United States, and served as a musician (fifer) until the 1 st day of October 1779, in Capt. Joseph Rainford's Company in the Connecticut Militia, in the army of the Revolution. The officers of the Company were as follows - Capt. Joseph Rainford

Sergt. John Ensworth and Ensign Ephraim Wheeler. Genl. John Tyler then commanded the Brigade.
This service was performed at New London in the State of Connecticut. And at the expiration of the full term of three months I was discharged and returned home.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
The following interrogatories were propounded by said Board to said applicant - viz - 1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Canterbury in the Connecticut, on the 25 th day of April 1759
2 o Have you any record of your age; and if so, when is it?
Answer. — Amended.
3 o Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer: In Canterbury Connecticut.
4. How were you called into service: were you drafted; did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer: I was drafted from the militia.
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 service. — Answer. I have answered this in the body of my declaration.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I never received any written discharge.
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 in your services as a soldier of the revolution. Answer.
Asahel Buel and Ebenezer Dyer two of the selectmen of Canterbury.
Walter Brown

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the Court of Probate, within and for the district of Plaquemine
John S. Gordon Clerk of Probate
We the subscribers being two of the Select Men of the town of Amite City in the County of Iberville and State of Louisiana, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Waldo Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the nei- ghborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion, and that we concur in that opinion.
Ebenezer Langen Asahel Bacon } Select Men.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before me
Andrew S. Judson Justice of the Peace
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after hearing 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 there is no clergymen residing in the parish where the said Waldo Brown resides - And said Court do also find that Asahel Bacon and Ebenezer Langen, who have signed and sworn to the foregoing certificate are Select Men of the said town of Amite City, that they reside therein, that they are both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John S. Gordon Clerk of the Court of Probate, within and for the District of Plaquemine, in Louisiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Waldo Brown for a pension. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. This 2 nd day of April 1833
John S. Gordon Clerk of Probate

I Nathaniel Lee of Canterbury in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, aged seventy five years, testify and say that I am well acquainted with Walter Brown now of said Canterbury, here present, and do say that said Brown served as a Musician (Piper) in the army of the revolu- tion, to wit, In the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Bacon, in Col. John Douglass' Regiment, in the Connecticut Militia, from the last day of August 1776, to the last day of November 1776, at White Plains in the State of New York. I served in the same company, and met him while there so. And further say not. December 24. 1832. Nathaniel Lee
Windham County ss. December 24 th 1832. Personally appeared Nathaniel Lee, (signer) of the foregoing Affidavit, to me well known, to be a credible witness, and before me made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true. Attest. Andrew T. Pearson Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Bacon of Canterbury, in the County of Windham State of Connecticut, aged 79 years, testify and say that I am well acquainted with Waldo Brown of said Canterbury now here present and do say that said Brown served as fifer in the Army of the Revolution, from the last day of August 1776, to the last day of Nov. 1776, at Westchester New York, which service was performed in the company commanded by Capt. Benj a Bacon (my father,) in Col. John Douglass Regt of the Connecticut Militia. I served during the same period, in the same company. Dated at Canterbury March 23 d 1832 Jacob Bacon
Windham County ss. Canterbury March 23 d 1832. Personally appeared Jacob Bacon, signer of the foregoing affidavit, and before me made solemn oath to the same. I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Jacob Bacon, and that he is a credible witness. Attest Andrew T. Johnson Justice of the Peace
Town Clerk's Office, ss. Canterbury, March 23 d 1832 This may certify, that Waldo Brown, the above named applicant was born in Canterbury on the 25 th day of April 1759, as appears of Record. Attest. Andrew T. Johnson Town Clerk

I Ebenezer Park of Canterbury in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, aged 73 years testify and say that about the 1 st day of July 1779 Waldo Brown of said Canterbury now here present, was drafted from the Connecticut militia to serve as a musician (fifer) a term of three months in the Army of the revolution and in pursuance of said draft he entered into said service immediately, and joined the army at New London, and served the full term or term of three months in Capt. Joseph Ramsfords Company Jobb Ensworth Lieut., and Eph m Wheeler Ensign - Genl. John Tyler was in command, but I do not remember the name of the Col. of the Regt. I served as a private in the same Company, during the same period with Mr. Brown. and we were both dismissed together and returned home to Canterbury about the 1 st day of Oct. 1779, having served three full months. March 14. 1833.
Ebenezer Park

Windham County p. Canterbury March 14 th . 1833. Personally appeared Ebenezer Park, signer of the within Affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me. I also certify that I well know the said Park to be a credible witness.
Attest Andrew T. Judson Justice of the Peace
I Jedediah Johnson of Canterbury in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, being seventy years of age depose and say that I am well acquainted with Waldo Brown, of said Canterbury, who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, and I do say that the former Capt John Johnson, who commanded a company in the Revolution was my father, and at his death which took place in the year 1804 his papers came into my hands and have since remained in my possession; and on examination of the same last week I found among them the two papers preceding marked with the initials of my name (J. J.) on each of which the said Waldo Brown's name was entered, as the same now appears; my own name is also there entered, all of which is in my said father's hand writing. I was then young and served a short time as waiter to my father in the same terms and at the same place.
Canterbury March 28 th . 1833. Jedediah Johnson
Windham County p. Canterbury March 28. 1833. Personally appeared Jedediah Johnson signer of the foregoing Affidavit, well known to me to be a credible witness. And made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in said Affidavit.
Attest Andrew T. Judson Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut.
Windham County ss. Plainfield April 2 nd 1833.
I John F. Gordon Clerk of the Court of Probate, within and for the District of Plainfield, in said State of Connecticut, certify and make known that Andrew S. Judson, who has subscribed all the preceding certificates being five in number, as a Justice of the Peace, is and was, at the time the same were subscribed, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham duly appointed and sworn, and that his signature as such, to said certificates, is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, the day above mentioned
Attest John F. Gordon Clerk of Probate

69 av Abigail Brown widow of Waldo
Con:
act 7. July '38
5 years.
married in May 1790
adm. Smurfitt
29: 28/100
no deduction
Hon. A. T. Judson Canterbury Con:

State of Connecticut, District of Connecticut, Windham County ss. Canterbury.
In this 26 th day of July A. D. 1838, personally appeared before the subscriber, Andrew S. Judson Judge of the United States, for the District of Connecticut, Abigail Brown a resident of the town of Canterbury in the County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged, 70 years last December, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, and the act of Congress, extending the provi- sions of said act to this Applicant, passed on the 7 th day of July 1838. That she is the widow of Wallas Brown, formerly of said Canterbury, but now deceased, who was a Musician in the Army of the Revolution, and who served as such in Capt. Benjamin Paxon's Company in Colonel Doushaf's Regiment of the Connecticut Militia; and also in Colonel McClellan's Regiment of Connecticut Militia.
This Declarant is unable to state the precise

length of time her said husband served, or the number of tours he did perform. She does not have it in her power to prove the services rendered because she knows not with whom he did serve. She can only say, that until his death her said husband drew a Pension for his services, from the government the sum of $29.78 per Annum. His certificate therefor has been returned to the Pension Office, through the Agent at Hartford, who pays Pensions. Reference may be had to his declaration & proof on file in the Pension Office.
She further declares and says that she was married to the said Waldo Brown on the 6th day of May 1790, and that her husband the aforesaid Waldo Brown died at said Canterbury on the 24th day of July 1835 and that she has remained his widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear from the proof hereto annexed.
Abigail Brown Sworn to, and subscribed, this day and year above mentioned By me Andrew J. Judson Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut.

District of Connecticut p. Town of Canterbury
Town Clerk's Office, July 26. 1838.
"Waldo Brown and Abigail Fish were married the "Sixth day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety"
The foregoing is a true copy of Record
Examined & Certified By
Jedediah Johnson Town Clerk
I Jedediah Johnson of Canterbury in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, certify and say that I am Town Clerk of the aforesaid town of Canterbury, and as such I have in my custody and keeping the records of Marriages in said town; and on examination and comparison, the foregoing copy, attested by me as "Town Clerk," is a true copy of said Town Records. Canterbury July 26. 1838.
Jedediah Johnson
District of Connecticut p. Canterbury July 26. 1838. Personally appeared Jedediah Johnson Esq. who has subscribed the foregoing Affidavit, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and I further certify that that the said Jedediah Johnson is a Credible witness.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned
Andrew Judson Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut.

I Andrew Harris of Canterbury in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age depone and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Abigail Brown who has signed the foregoing Declaration, and do say that she is the widow of Waldo Brown late of Canterbury. Her said husband died on the 24th day of July 1835. I was his attending Physician, and was at his funeral. The said Mrs. Brown has continued ever since to be his widow. July 26. 1838. Andrew Harris
State of Connecticut ) District of Connecticut Canterbury July 26. 1838; Personally appeared Dr. Andrew Harris signer of the foregoing Affidavit, and made oath to the truth of the same; and I also certify that the said Dr. Harris is well known to me as a credible Witness. Andrew S. Jewett Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut.

I Nathaniel Luce of Connecticut County of Windham and State of Connecticut, aged 81 years, before me say that I served in the Army of the Revolution and as such I now draw a pension under the law of 1832, and I further say that Waldo Brown, now deceased served as Musician [fifer] from the 1 st day of September 1776, in Capt. Benjamin  H Queen's Company, in Col. Douglass, Regiment of the Connecticut Militia, the full period of three months.
I belonged to, and served in, the same Company with the said Brown & took care of him while sick and came home with him at the end of the term about the 1 st of December 1776.
July 23 rd 1838
Nathaniel Luce
District of Connecticut ss. Connecticut Personally appeared before me, Nathaniel Luce, who had subscribed the foregoing Affidavit, and made oath to the truth of the same: and I also certify that I know the Luce to be a credible witness.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand this 23 rd day of July Anno Domini 1839.
Andrew S. Jackson Judge of the U. S. for the District of Connecticut.

no 24156
Waldo Brown Connec- ticut
Admitted Fifer 366 - 8 months 29 7-8 5 4
J. Hudson agt Canterbury Connecticut
State without separation

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nuldo Brown, of Windham Co. Connecticut
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted 1776 3 Fifer Colo. Bn. Douglass Aged 73 Canterbury, Connecticut Testimonies. Documentary Living Witneses   Drafted 1777 2 " Colo. Bn. Tyler   Drafted 1779 3 " Genl. Bn. Tyler  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Note without signature

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 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 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

mmstf W. 25286  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
July 19, 1923
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of  Waldo Brown , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the his  and his  widow's claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 31, 1776 to Nov. 30, 1776 Fifer Benjamin Bacon John Douglas Conn.   June 2, 1777 to Aug. 2, 1777 " John Johnson John Tyler   July 4, 1779 to Oct. 1, 1779 " Joseph Mansford  
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Canterbury, Windham Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 2, 1833. His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Canterbury, Conn.
Age at date of application, Born Apr. 25, 1759 in Canterbury, Conn.
Remarks: He died July 24, 1835 in said Canterbury. Soldier mar. May 6, 1790 Abigail Fish, born in Dec. 1767 who was  allowed pen. on her ap. 24. July 26, 1838 while  a resident of Canterbury, Conn.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Waldo Brown - bon: all 7. June when last paid? G.M.C. aug 23. 68
Dec 24 # July 1835. Paid to that day in 3 yrs of 35.

Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Canterbury Ct. Sept. 8 1843
Sir
A few days since, I received your note, with the several applications for pensions, under the law of the last session, which are herewith returned. In your letter, you say, that the applications are sent me, "in order that the Judge of Probate, before whom the Affidavits were made, may certify, that the Applicants are personally known to him, and that each drew a pension under the act of July 7. 1838."
I will now inform you that Judge Lyon is on a journey to the State of Illinois and may not be back until November. Beside, Judge Lyon's term of Office expired on the 20 th of June last, and another Judge has been appointed to succeed him.

It is therefore impossible to comply literally with what is required by your note.
But as I know the applicants, and as I obtained their former pensions, & have generally drawn their money, I have made a certificate of the facts you need, in the District Court , which I presume you will find ample
Yours & Andrew T. Johnson

Abigail Brown 1952
Certificate to be sent to A. S. Mason

United States of America District of Connecticut
At a Special District Court of the U. S. within and for the District of Connecticut held on the 10 th day of August A D 1848 Present
Andrew J. Judson District Judge
Personally appeared before said Court Abigail Brown a resident of the town of Canterbury in the County of Windham and District of Connecticut aged 80 years who first being sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declar- ation in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the Widow of Waldo Brown who was fifer, or a a private in the army of the Revolution and served as such: And your declarant is unable to state from age and infirmity in what Regiment or corps said Waldo served but for all these particulars she respe- ctfully refers to her former declaration and the evidence in support of the same on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions. And the said Abigail further states on oath as aforesaid that she has heretofore drawn a Pension as the Widow of said Waldo under the several acts of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 March 3 rd 1838 and June 17 th 1844 amounting to twenty nine dollars and

twenty eight cents per annum. And she further declares that she has not intermarried but continues to be a Widow as aforesaid
Sworn to and subscribed this 10 th day of August A D 1848
Samuel P. Robbins
Abigail Brown
Andrew T. Spencer
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 10 th day of August
1848
John J. Cleveland Clerk

1987
Abigail Brown
$29 : 28 per ann
Hon. A. T. Judson Hartford, Con.
Send certificates to A. T. Judson
Halifax 6

(District of Canterbury } p Probate Office County of Windham }
On this 21 st day of May 1843, personally appeared before this Court of Probate, within and for the District of Canterbury Abigail Brown, a resident of said town of Canterbury aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to law - doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war -
That she is the widow of Waldo Brown, formerly of said Canterbury, now deceased, who was a private  first sergeant in the Army of the revolution, and served as stated in my former declaration for a pension under the law of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 on file in the Office of the Commissioners of Pensions - reference being had thereto, as well as to the proof accompanying the same - This applicant having having received a pension for five years under said last mentioned law of the sum of $29.28 per annum - she doth now further declare that she is still a widow Abigail Brown
Sworn to and subscribed before the Court of Probate aforesaid the day and year above written
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court this 21 st day of May 1843
G. Pristoll Lyon Clerk

United States of America District of Connecticut
I certify that Abigail Brown of the town of Canterbury in said District who is named and described in the foregoing proceedings of the Court of Probate for the District of Canterbury is well known to me; and I further certify that she is the identical person of that name who drew a pension under the Act of Congress of July 7 th A.D. 1838
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the U. S. for Connecticut District to be hereunto affixed this 6 th day of September A.D. 1843.
Andrew J. Hudson Judge of the U. S. for the District of Connecticut
Per Order of the District Judge Edward S. Harkness Clerk.

let. A. T. Judson Sept. 2 d 1843.
Connecticut - 55.
Abigail Brown,
widow of Waldo Brown, deceased, (late pensioner)
who died on the 24 th of July 1835, of Windham Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a fifer in the company commanded by Captain Bacon, of the regt. commanded by Col. Douglass in the Connecticut line for Militia.
8 months, fifer.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 29 Dollars 28 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of August, 1838, and sent to Hon. A. T. Judson, Canterbury, Cont.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1838 $58.56 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " - 14.64
$73.20
5 years pension { Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7 th , 1838, Section the 1 st }
Recorded by G. T. Rhodes Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1, Page 166.

Sept 13 1843
1952.
Connecticut
Abigail Brown
widow of Waldo Brown who was a Hiker
in the Conn line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars & 28. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to Hon. A. T. Judson Hartford Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 62

17/183.
Marquette Mich
May 28, 1923
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Kindly send me the pension record of Waldo Brown, Windham Co., Conn. Pensioner of the Revolution. Placed on Roll, June 28, 1833. And oblige
Mrs. H. A. Clark.

Nowalk Conn Feb 18/95
Sir. Will you please send me a copy of the application for a pension granted to my Grand Mother "Abigail Brown aged 70 years in Connecticut born in 1840" She was the wife of Nathl Brown a pensioner in 1832.
I find the above in the records of Conn men in the war of the Revolution" - Please direct Miss E. W. Brown. 148 Main St Nowalk. Ct

Last Will & Testament of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown 148 Main St., Norwich, Conn. 1923-July 19-Heir: to Mrs. H.A. Brown
Ref
WIDOW, &c.
Apr. 1/92 H. Brown
File No. 23,286
Abigail Brown wife of Waldo Brown Life. Rev. name
Act Feb 20 1848.
Index: Vol: a , Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]