Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23762, John Camp, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
conn
camp, John Annis
W. 23762
B.L. Mt. 31,457-160-55
CONTENTS

17.2257 17.225.
Connecticut
John Camp
of N. Milford in the State of Conn
who was a Pri - in the Conn commanded
by Captain _____ of the Res commanded
by _____ in the Conn
line for Militia - 12 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn
at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Augt. 1873 and sent on
Perry - New Milford Ct
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $ 80
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 4 " 20
$ 218 8
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Buell Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 8

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield &
Probate District of New Milford p:
On this 17 th day of August A.D.
1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford in said Dist- -rict & County John Camp a resident of said town of New Milford aged Twenty Years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declar- -ation in order to obtain the benefit of this provision of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated -
In the Spring of the Year 1781 he enlisted at Milford in New Haven County in said State in a Company of Connecticut State Troops or Guards for the term of one Year which Com- -pany was commanded by Capt. Joseph Davidson and served in said Company in the Fort at said Milford, and in guarding the Coast on Long Island round at said Milford and in that vicinity during the whole term of his said enlistment as aforesaid.

and in the Spring of the Year 1782 at the expiration of his term of enlistment, he was honorably discharged or discharged at said Milford. He believes he had no written discharge, if he had he has lost it. This Sergeant's name was Phineas Baldwin & Stone He was born at said Milford December 23 d 1761 at which place he resided till he was about twenty five years old & then removed to said New Milford at which place he has ever since resided. He had a record of his age on a book which belonged to his father but which is destroyed. He has no documentary evidence of his services. He annexes hereto as proof of his services the depositions of John McAllat and Isaac Clarke -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
John Camp Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid
We Nathan Campfield & Cyrus Northrop residing in the said town of New Milford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Camp who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be of age  seventy years; that he is reputed

and behind in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revo- lution, and that we concur in that opinion We also certify that there is no clergyman residing in the immediate vicinity of the residence of the John Camp Given to & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
Thomas Canfield Cyrus Northrop
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 appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Thomas Canfield and Cyrus Northrop who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the said town of New Milford and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District
State of Connecticut
District of New Milford ss: I William J. Hare Clerk of the Court of Probate for said district do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Camp for a Pension In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 17 th day of August 1832 William J. Hare

State of Connecticut,
County of Litchfield,
Probate District of New Milford:
On this 30 th day of May 1846, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for said District, now sitting at New Milford in said District and County Annis Camp a resident of New Milford in said District and County aged twenty four years; who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838
That she is the Widow of John Camp who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of forty dollars per Annum
She further declares that she was married to the said John Camp (then John Camp Junr) on the fifteenth day of November in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one, that her husband, the aforesaid John Camp died at said New Milford on the Eighth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred & forty six five and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed

She further declares that her maiden name was Annis Clark, that she was married to the said John Camp by Daniel Everett Esq then a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Litchfield as proof of which she annexes hereto the Certificate of the said Justice given at the time of proof by the Bath David S. Boordman Esq to be in his genuine hand writing
her
Annis X Camp mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Annis Camp the day & year first above written Before me Nathaniel Perry Judge of In presence of said Court of Probate Nathan H. Camp
I George W. Whittelsey Clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Annis Camp for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 2 d day of June D. 1846.
Geo W Whittelsey Clerk

Litchfield County J. New- -Milford Nov. 15 th 1791
Then & there John Gump Jun. & Annie Clark, both of New Milford, were lawfully Join d in marriage
By Dan l S er evill J u Peace
A true copy of the record
Just Dan l S er evill J u Peace

Reported
25 Connecticut Annis Camp widow of John Camp Conn. served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1848 and sent to
Julius B. Harrison New Milford Conn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848. Page 274, Vol. 1

State of Connecticut,
County of Litchfield,
Probate District of Newmilford:
On this 24 th day of March 1846 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at Newmilford in said District and County, Elijah J. Camp a resident of said Newmilford aged 53 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the son of John Camp and Annis Camp, that his father the said John Camp died at said Newmilford on the 8 th day of February 1846 and that his mother the said Annis Camp has continued a Widow ever since that period and still unmarried.
Elijah J. Camp
Sworn to, and subscribed by the said Elijah J. Camp the day & year first above written before me - & I certify that the said Camp is a credible witness
Nathaniel Perry Judge of said Court

12902
I George W. Whittelsey Clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in taking the affidavits of David S. Boardman and Elijah P. Camp -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 2 d day of June A.D. 1846
Geo W Whittelsey Clerk

185. 585 Ael Mar 3/5 55
Aug. 8/88
Annis Camp and J John Camp Pai
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Conn Holy 48-225
W. H. H. H.
John S. Turrill New Milford 66
Letter of J's Terms offered to G. L. W. Aug 18/77-
Vol. VI. — 18. —

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. COUNTY OF Sitcheild }
On this Twentieth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace  Notary Public , within and for the County and State aforesaid, Annis Camp aged Eighty three years, a resident of New Milford in the State of Connecticut, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Camp deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by some person to d Camp unknown in the regiment of commanded by some person to d Camp unknown in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th  4th day of June 1812 , July 1776  commonly called the revolutionary war that her said husband at on, or about the day of A. D. for the term of and was honorably discharged at on the day of A. D. as will appear by the muster rolls of said She further states that she was married to the said John Camp in New Milford on the 15th day of November A. D. 1791 by one Daniel Everitt a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Annis Clark that her said husband died at New Milford on the 8th day of February A. D. 1846 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. that she is now a pensioner of the United States and that she has forgotten the company and regiment in which the said John Camp served when he commenced service or when he was discharged but she thinks he was enlisted or drafted for the purpose of the marriage to said John Camp and the death of said John Camp and all other proof necessary reference may be here to other application to the department. For a pension, and also to the application of her husband John Camp, she says the said John Camp served in the fort at Milford Camp she thinks
We, Jehabod R Cole  of Roxbury  and Nathan H Camp  both residents of New Milford in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Annis Camp in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. and that she is a widow and the widow of John Camp deceased whom we knew and who was reputed to be the husband of said Annis Camp and they cohabited together as husband and wife all the premises and interlineations alterations above in the application of Annis Camp and of the witness were made before signing
Jehabod R Cole Nathan H Camp
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John S Turrill  Notary Public Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut, } ss. LITCHFIELD. County of Litchfield, }
I, Frederick D. Beeman, Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut within and for the County of Litchfield aforesaid, do hereby certify that John D. Tutill Esq
whose genuine signature appears to the accompanying instrument,
is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly elected and sworn, and by law authorized to administer Oaths, and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds; and that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Superior Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Litchfield, this
4 th day of August A. D. 1855.
Frederick D. Beeman CLERK.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23762
Annis Camp Wid of John Camp Brn Keerhar
Act Feb 2nd 1828
Index: Vol. A , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V No 12902 Amies Camp can -
Rejected Lt to N. Perry August 19th 1846 to N. Perry Sept 13:46
act July 1838

3. 457
Rev. Amos

John Camp Com. act 7 June 1832 $40 00 pr am
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office July 9 th 1847
66 A
Died 8 th Feb. 1846. paid to his death. B. B.

401
Connecticut
Anne Camp widow of John Camp who was a Private
in the Revolution
husband died 8th Feb. 1846
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 8th Feb. 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of July, 1847. and sent to
Anne P. Harrison New Milford, Conn.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 57.
Reported

Sept 8 '46
Deer Sir
10
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com d of Pensions Washington D. C.
P.

New Milford (ct) Sep. 4 th 1846
Sir
Your letter in regard to the claim of Mrs. Annis Camp Widow of John Camp has been duly received - I did not suppose she was entitled to a pension for the time that her husband drew one but supposed that the proper course to obtain it under the act of June 17, 1844 was to make a declaration under the act of 1838 - It is the course I have uniformly practised - (2) as the case requires a new declaration under the act of 17 th June 1844 ? -
With regard to the service of the husband I have never been required to prove it when the husband was himself a pensioner as in this case - And certainly, it would be strange indeed, that a widow who was married several years after the service expired, should be required to produce more proof to satisfy the Department of the service of the husband than the husband was required to produce in

his life time - The Department was then satisfied of his service and granted him a pension upon such proof as was then furnished - Shall not the widow be entitled upon the same proof?
The Department in one instance before wrote in receiving similar proof where the husband had been a pensioner, but on a reconsideration stricken from their position & granted the pension without such additional proof being furnished
I trust that on a reconsideration such will be the decision in this case
Very Respectfully
Yours
N. Perry
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

Pension Office, August 19 th 1846.
Sir,
The claim of Annie Camp, widow of John Camp under the Act of 7 th July 1838, and March 3 rd 1843, is barred by the Act of 30 th April, 1844, her husband having been a prisoner during the continuance of both those Acts.
The date of their marriage is established and if satisfactory evidence of her husband's service at the Post at Milford, under Capt. Davidson in 1781, from the records in the Office of the Comptroller of Connecticut, be produced, she may, probably, obtain a pension under the Act of 17 th June 1844, commencing from the day of her husband's death.
The records in the Archives of that State should show the period for which Capt. Davidson was commissioned to serve and the Regiment to which he was attached and also the amount paid to him and his Company for services at Fort Milford in 1781 and 1782.
N. Perry, Esq. New Milford, Connecticut.
I am, very respectfully, Your Obt. Servt. J. L. Edwards

New Milford Ct Sep. 4 th 1846
Sir Your letter in regard to the claim of Mrs. Annis Camp (widow of John Camp deceased) was duly received. I did not suppose she was entitled to a pension for the time that her husband served on but supposed that the proper course to obtain it under the Act of June 17, 1844 was to make a declara- tion under the Act of 1835. It is the course I have uniformly practiced. (2) as the case requires a new declaration under the Act of  1844 - With regard to the service of the husband I have never been re- quired to prove it when the husband was himself a pensioner as in this case and certainly, it would be strange indeed that a widow, who was married several years after the service expired, should be required to produce more proof to satisfy the Department of the service.

of the husband, than the husband was required to produce in his lifetime the Department was then satisfied of his service & granted him a pension upon such proof as he then furnished - shall not the wife be entitled upon the same proof?
The Department in one instance before wrote me requiring similar proof when the husband had been a Pensioner, but on a reconsideration retracted from their position & granted the Pension to the widow without such proof being furnished - I trust that on a reconsideration such will be the decision in this case
Very Respectfully
Yours W. P. Dyer
Hon. J. L. Edmund Com. of Pensions

Concord June 16 1867
Mr Garrison
In Sir
I have searched the documents in this office for evidence in favor of the widow Camp & the accompanying paper is all that can be found from a most thorough examination. Packet Proof that Camp belonged to Dandridge Co of guards will probably be sufficient. The genl Govt have or had the pay rolls themselves — the term Harkins's notes indicates and is an acknowledgment of a W.S. officer that the original pay rolls even no. of & specify the amt merely without giving individual names. The Com d of Privates well knows what they are. The original pay rolls are said to have been burnt in the Treasury dept about 1799 or 1800 —
I hope the enclosed will be found sufficient. I cannot learn or find that the Coast guards were attached to any particular regiment.
Yrs truly
A. Scitton

adm d admitted
Julius B. Harrison New Milford Ct

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848. entitled an act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution.
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss. New Milford, May 19 th 1848
On this 19 th day of May 1848. personally appeared before the subscriber Julius - B. Harrison a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Annie Camp - a resident of New Milford in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged 76 years; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd of February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of John Camp who was a private during the war of the Revolution: That she was a pensioner under the act of 17 th June 1844. at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow: her Sworn and subscribed to on the 19 th day of May 1848. Annie Camp
Before Me - Julius - B. Harrison
Justice of Peace
I further certify that the declarant above named is personally known to me, and is the identical person who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration.
Julius - B. Harrison
Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Julius B. Harrison is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed and commissioned,==having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Julius B. Harrison to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at NewHaven this 23 d day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
John B. Robertson Secretary of State.

No. 12902
Act 44 489.
Annis Camp widow of John Camp
act 7 July 1838
Rejected, husband died 8 February 1846
Married 1791
Adm act 17 June '44 12 mo pni $40 00 per ann from 8 th July 1846
Julius B. Harrison New Milford Conn.

New Milford Ct June 29 th 1846
Sir
I send herewith the pension declaration of Mrs Annie Camp under the Act of July 7 th 1838 together with all the proof which I deem necessary for obtaining the pension —
Please make returns to me
Very Respectfully Yours &c sent N. Perry
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield,
Probate District of New Milford ss:
On this 17 th day of March 1846 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford in said District & County David S. Boardman Esq a resident of said New Milford aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose & say that he is well acquainted with the handwriting of Daniel Evitt Esq late of said New Milford deceased and has frequently and many times seen him write; and that the writing herunto annexed purporting to be a certificate of the marriage of John Camp Jr and Annis Clark and certified by him to be a true copy of record is, (he verily believes) in the handwriting of the said Daniel Evitt and that the signatures thereto, purporting to be his, are genuine and further the deponent saith not
David S. Boardman
Sworn to and subscribed by the said David S. Boardman Esq the day & year first above written before me and I certify that the said David S. Boardman is a credible witness -
Nathaniel Perry Judge of said Court

John Langston
John Lamson
Handwritten signature or name in vertical orientation.

John Loop
He enlisted in the Connecticut State troops in the company com d by Capt. Joseph Davidson in Spring of '81 for one year at Milford in said State and served in said company at in the fort at said Milford and in guarding the Coast on Long Island Sound in said Milford and its vicinity during his whole term of enlistment as aforesaid and in the Spring of the year '82 he was honorably disch d & dismissed at Milford - He thinks he had no written discharge if he had he has lost it - He was born at Milford Dec r 23 d 1861 - he resided there till he was about 25 years old & has never resided in or near Milford - He had no record of his age in a book which belonged to his father but which is now destroyed -
No documentary evidence -
Sgt. Thos. Baldwin, Store

July 3/47 Addnl in Case of Annis Camp, wid of John.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
PAID
90 3/4

State of Connecticut Comptroller Office
Hartford 16 June 1817
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of John Camp, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the books & documents remaining in this office relating to that war. I do not find the name of John Camp; no Pay Roll of Lt. Joseph Davidson Company, with whom he is supposed to have served, having been found. But from the Journal of the "Governor & Council of Safety", it appears there was a guard at Milford, Dec. 1776. And from "Pay Table" Books, there is evidence that there was a Fort & Cannon at that place in Feb. 1777. And it is believed that the service at Milford was continuous until the 8 Feb. 1781, under which date, in the "Journal of the Governor & Council of Safety" is this entry:—
"Upon the recommendation of and request of the Civil Authority & Select Men of Milford Joseph Davidson is appointed Lieutenant of the Guards there, in the room of Peter Hepburn resigned—and his Excellency the Governor requested to Commission him accordingly."
I also find in "Haskells Receipts" under the head of "Expense of Coast Guards" sundry Pay Rolls mentioned, which are more fully stated in the corresponding entries in the "Pay Table" accounts—viz:—
"June 16. 1781, War Dr. To order on Treasurer p: Lt. Joseph Davidson, Pay Roll of Guards Milford £53.18.3"
"Feb. 9. 1782, War Dr. To order on Treasurer p: Lt. Joseph Davidson, for Pay Roll Milford Guards, Specie, 2/6 Tax £1035.7.4" And d: d: as above for Rations £52.2.8" Specie.
"March 6. 1782, War Dr. To order on Treasurer p: Lt. Joseph Davidson for Pay Roll Coast Guards (at Milford according to Haskells Receipts) £72.14.9" Specie.
"June 5. 1783, War Dr. To order on Treasurer p: Joseph Davidson, Pay Roll Coast Guards at Milford £151.12.2" (In "Haskells Receipts", he is called Lieut. Joseph Davidson, and the amount entered as Specie.)
Abijah Galt Comptroller

New Bedford June 28 th 1842
Dear Sir - Enclosed are certain documents relating to the pension claim of Widow Annis Camp - of this Town and I wish you to examine them & see if they prove enough to entitle the widow to a Pension - Her former Attorney, Mr Perry Esq is dead & what evidence he furnished you with is a fact known to you & not to me =
From the enclosed letter of his written shortly after the receipt of Jours (also enclosed) it will be seen that he has furnished as much proof in this case, as in others he has successfully managed -
The widow had no opportunity to consult him after the date of Sept 4 th ? and is wholly ignorant of the progress he made in the business except what these papers teach her - and if you will be so good as to inform me how the matter stands, & what or if anything must be done in the premises, in order to entitle the good old lady to a Pension - you will confer a favor upon both of us =
If any more proof must be furnished you will please state particularly what - so as that I may have a suitable Guide Board in sifting the ashes of Revolutionary documents -
Truly Yours - Julius - B. Harrison
J. L. Edmonds Esq Comr of Pensions

No 7029 John Camp —
admit 1 year 40
Watt Perry
Dear William
CE

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Camp further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes  no see query 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? supplied XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Department of the Interior.
Received August 11 th " 1875.
Dated August 9 th " 1875.
From John S. Tull New Milford, Conn.
SUBJECT.
Wants certain information in regard to transfer of bounty land warrant issued to Anne Camp.
ACTION.
August 11 th " 1875.
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions
C. Hummer , Chief Clerk.
Registered, Pms 449.
526

John Camp

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield,
Probate District of New Milford ss:
On this 13 th day of June 1833
personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the s d District now sitting at New Milford in said District & County John Camp a resident of s d New Milford aged seventy one years the 23 d day of December last who is personally known to the Judge of this Court and is the same person who made a declaration before this court on the 17 th day of August 1832 for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 and now for the same purpose, being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration as supplementary to & explanatory of his former declaration
He now declares that he entered the service of the United States in the Spring of the year 1781 as stated in his former declaration; the precise day on which he entered the service he is not able to state. Yet he says that his enlistment was for the term of one year and although he is not able to state the precise day on which he was discharged or dismissed but he de-

claims that he served the full term of one year & was dismissed in the Spring of 1782 as stated in his former declaration - Joseph David- son had the command of the Fort at Milford in which your declarant served the principal part of the time he was either in the fort or keeping guard on the coast in that neigh- borhood during the whole term of his enlist- ment - Your declarant is not able to state whether the commanding officer of said Fort was regu- larly commissioned a Captain or not, but while he had the command of said Fort & the troops to which the declarant belonged he was always called by the title of Captain - There was no Lieu- tenant or Ensign attached to the company at said Fort, as your declarant vividly believes The company in which the declarant served was not attached to any Regiment and of course there were no Field Officers - His Sergeants names as stated in his former declaration were Phile Baldwin and Stowe He does not recollect the name of any other officer of the company except as above stated - Your declarant is informed that it appears from the records at Hartford in this State that said company was not attached to any Regt. - Your declarant is also informed that a certificate or copy of Record from the Comptroller of this

State relation to said Fort is attached to the Pension papers of Samuel Peck of Milford which is now in the Department at Washington and Numbered 3477 as your declerent is also informed. To which certif- the declarant would respectfully refer refer the Department for information respecting said Fort - He has annexed to his former declaration the deposition of John Mallett & Isaac Clark as proof of his service John Camp
sworn to, & subscribe the day & year aforesaid And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named appli- -cant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District
State of Connecticut,
District of New Milford ss:
I William J. Starr Clerk of the Court of Pro- -bate for said District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the supplemen- -tary application of John Camp for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 13 th day of June A.D. 1833
William J. Starr Clerk

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven Portage District of Milford ss—
At a court of Portage held at Milford within and for the Portage District of Milford on the 11 th day of August 1832
Present William Strong Judge
Personally appeared in open court John Mallet and Isaac Clark both of the aforesaid New Haven County and State, and being duly sworn do depose and say, that, in the Spring of the year 1780 they enlisted for one year in a Com- pany of State Troops commanded by Capt. Joseph Davidson and served said year in said Company in the Fort at S c Milford, and was imployed in said Fort and in guarding the sea Coast on Long Island sound in and about S c Milford — and the Deponents further say that John Camp now of New Milford in Litchfield County in S c State, served in said Company during said term of one year aga- inst the common enemy as above stated, during the War of the Revolution, and further the deponents say not
John Mallet Isaac Clark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 11 th day of Aug t 1832
Attest David L. Baldwin clk

State of Connecticut Probate District of Milford Aug. 11. 1892 I William Strong Judge of the Court of Probate for said District, do Certify that David D. Baldwin whose signature is to the above Deposition is Clerk of said Court of Probate and has the keeping of the Records of said court, and that the foregoing is the seal of said court
William Strong Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut
District of Milford Probate Office June 11 th A.D. 1833.
I William Strong Judge of the Court of Probate for said District do certify that I am acquainted with John Mallett & Isaac Clarke who subscribed & made Oaths to the within deposition that they possess good character for truth and are credible Witnesses
William Strong Judge of Probate
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