Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15087, Elijah Denslow, Conn.

SERVICE
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Denslow, Elijah
NUMBER
S15087
CONTENTS
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W. 9766
Connecticut
Elijah Denslow
of Hartford Co. in the State of Conn. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hooker of the Regt. — commanded by Col. — in the Connecticut line for 24 March —
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of June 1833 — and No. S. Chalton East Windsor
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 33 $160 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Sep r 33 40 $200
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. S. Miles Clerk, Book 6 Vol 3 Page 10

Declaration of Elijah Denslow
Ex
25059

And in reply to certain interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and propounded by the Court, the deponent further declares,
1st. That he was born at Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 1 st day of January A 1764
2d. That the day and year of his birth is recorded in his father's family Bible
3d. and 4th. That when he was called into service, he resided at the places or towns as herein before stated; and served in the manner set forth in the preceding declaration.
5th. That the general circumstances of his service are detailed in the preceding declaration, and also the names of such officers, &c. as he distinctly recollects.
6th. That he never received a written discharge from the service that he recollects if he did it is lost but he was Honorably dismissed
7th. That he is personally known to the Rev Henry A Rowland a clergyman and to Lieut Roswell Miller both residents of said Windsor who are respectable persons in the neighborhood where he now resides, and can testify as to his character for veracity, and also their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
And the said Elijah Denslow hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Colon Bissell Clerk
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 Henry A Rowland who has signed the certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Windsor and that Roswell Miller who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town and whose affidavits are hereto annexed are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I, Edgar Bissell Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of East Windsor do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Denslow for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 27 th day of April A 1832
Edgar Bissell Clerk.

PENSION ACT OF 1832.
Declaration of
Elijah Denslow
in order to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. } ss. East Windsor COUNTY OF Hartford }
On this 27 th day April 1832, before the Probate Court for the District of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut being a Court of Record, having by law a Clerk and Seal, personally appeared Elijah Denslow a resident of Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged Sixty Nine 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a Private in a company commanded by Captain  Enlisted in Windsor  Lieutenant  and Ensign in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on or about the 12 th day of March 1778; that said company belonged to a regiment of was enlisted commanded by Colonel  Captain James Lieutenant Colonel  Hooker of said Major  Windsor as a company of Guards That he the deponent was a Private for Twenty four months, and continued to serve in the said Corps, until on or about the 12 th of March 1780 when he was discharged from the service, at or near a place called Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut ; that when he entered the service, he resided in said Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut  and was married from
That he was Born in said Windsor on the first day of January 1764 That on or about the 12 th day of March 1778 when he was Fourteen years & two months old capt James Hooker who was enlisting the company for the Guard of the Hospital and Army Stores which were then gathered in a very large quantity in S d Windsor He requested his father to let him enlist into it as he was then very large of his age and would be accepted, his Father consented, & his said Father Sergeant Elijah Denslow was first Sergeant of the Guard, he the applicant Enlisted, & immediately entered on his Duty on the 12 th day of March 1778 He enlisted at first for the term of one year, which he served out faithfully & at the close of the first year he immedate- ly enlisted again Sergeant Elisha Houghton of said

Windsor was our first Serjeant the Second year but in the Winter of 1779, More men were needed & Coll Newberry detached a Number from the Militia & placed them under the command of Ensign Daniel Hayden I served my time out the Second year in said company, and performed my Duty faithfully Standing sentry in my turn at the various posts assigned us As there was no building in Windsor sufficiently large to contain the various stores they were divided into various buildings and carefully guarded by this company we had our barracks provided dress our rations, were mustered by our Serjeants bore fire Arms for the defence of our posts. I was dismissed at the end of the second year but do not remember whether I had a written discharge if I had it is lost the term of my service was not less than twenty four months And my witnesses are Roswell Miller and Owen Matchel whose Affidavits will be sent Elijah Denslow

No 25-859 Elijah Denslow Hartford Co Connecticut
Admitted Private 24 months
Lepe Charlton East Windsor Hartford Co Conn -

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.
Connecticut
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elijah Denslow Hartford Co
   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.     Entered March 1778 1 Private Capt Hooker 69 years Living witnesses Docu   until March 1780 1 No field - Windsor Hearty memory proof & Haditi   12 Oct 1778 Officers given Colon oral evidence   12 " 1780 recited but not stated credible  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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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 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 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.
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.
[k] 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.
John Ashton

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elijah Denslow a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S.7-15087
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar. 12, 1778 2 yrs Pvt. Enlisted by Capt James Hooker and served in a company of guards to protect hospital stores. His father Elijah Denslow was 1st Sergt of said company during the first year. Conn                                                   
in other family data
Battles engaged in, not stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsor, Conn. Date of application for pension, Apr. 27, 1833. Cln. allowed Residence at date of application, East Windsor, Hartford Co. Conn. Age at date of application, born Jan. 1, 1764 at Windsor, Conn.

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HEADQUARTERS  HARTFORD CAMP No. 50  CONNECTICUT DIVISION  SONS OF VETERANS U. S. A.
Rev
Chas. R. Hale, Sec'y. & Collector 28 Capitol Ave.,
HARTFORD, CONN.
Oct 23-1911
Cousin Steph. Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me Revolutionary War records of S18787 Elijah Denslow and W20766 Josiah Brooks Both who were on the Pension list from Connecticut 1832. Also send me War record of Asahel Brige War 1812. see negative slip. We wish to get Headstones for these Veterans. Yours very Truly
Chas. R. Hale

15087 INVALID.
File No. 15.087
Elijah Denslow Priv Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1910, Sept. 2. Hist. to Mary F. Martin, letter in case wid. file 1548 John Burnham. A.C.P.
1921. Nov. 21. Tombstone data to Chas. P. Hale. au.
1922. Oct. 12. Hist. to Geo. M. P. Roberts, 120 Broadway, N.Y. City see letter in Berg. Denslow Conn. S. 27671. au.
1926. Oct. 8. L. C. Denslow 306.13 St. Huntington Beach, Calif. info of cost of copies (Recd corr. re Berg. Denslow S. 27671) au.
1928. June 14. Photo to Geo. M. P. Roberts. See case of Elias Bissell S. 37764 Rev. W. E. S.

14 yrs old when he enlisted under Hooker - James & Horace Hooker were military store keepers - & the serg's guard was not enlisted by them - the Col. of the Reg't Newbury was directed to furnish a guard in any manner he approved to the store keepers — See Taylor Chapman's cause ✓ letter to J. Gaulton 27. Jan'y 1838.

E Dunslo Comptrollers Certificate —

At a meeting of the Governor & Council of Safety holden at Hartford on the 28 th day of February A 1778, Present his Excellency the Governor, His Honor the Deputy Governor.
Sube: Huntington William Pitkin Abraham Davenport William Williams Wm Wilhouse Benjamin Rayn Andrew Adams Esqrs
Upon the application of James and Horace Hooker, shewing to this Board that they have been appointed by Isaac Foster Esq Director General &c to receive and store a large quantity of Hospital Stores for the use of the United States, part of which have already arrived at Windsor and the rest daily expected, and that they had orders from said Foster to apply to his Excellency for a Guard, and praying for a proper Guard, &c as per application on file.
Resolved by this Board, That Col Roger Newberry be, and he is hereby directed to fur- nish and supply from the Regiment under his Command, in such manner as he shall judge most convenient to James Hooker, and Horace Hooker, a proper Guard, of One Sergeant and Twelve men, for the present, and in case he shall judge it necessary that he increase said Guard to the number of Eighteen men, to guard said Stores till further orders, and that proper Pay Rolls be made up and presented to the

committee of pay Table for payment, who are hereby directed to liquidate the same, and draw on the Treasurer for payment the sum that shall appear to be due thereon, and charge the same to the account of the United States.
Comptroller's office.
I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Journal of the Governor & Council of Safety for the State of Connecticut now remaining in this office
And I further certify that upon the Journal of the late pay Table office, also remaining in this office under date of the 9 th day of July 1779 there was charged to the United States an order on the Treasurer in the words and figures.
viz United States Dr
To an order on the Treasurer by Serjeant Denslow for guarding Continental Stores at Windsor £1004-16-10 also under date of the 5 th day of April 1780, is another charge to the United States in the words and figures following viz.
United States Dr To an order on Treasurer by Capt Elisha Newman for his company burnt Detachment - £1415-12-6 To Do by Serjeant E. Houghton for amount of his pay Roll guarding Continental Stores at Windsor 4040-12-6
5456-11-5-0

And that the above items of account for guarding continental stores at Windsor were charged upon a list of the claims in favor of this State against the United States and that there remains in this office the receipt of E Haskell Comd for vouchers for the above and other charges.
E. Phelps

Respectfully for Coly Hers alone
Walter Dingee

State of Connecticut } Is East Windsor Hartford County }
On this 27 th day of April A 1833 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for the District of East Windsor now sitting Roswell Miller - a resident of Windsor in Hartford County aged 73 years and a Person of veracity and made solemn oath
That he is well acquainted with Elijah Denslow a resident of Windsor in Hartford County an applicant for a Pension under the Pension Act of June 7 th A 1832. That he served with him in the Revolutionary War, in a company of Guards raised in said Windsor in the Month of March 1778 to guard the Hospital & army Stores then kept in Windsor to a very large amount Said company was enlisted by Capt James Hooker of said Windsor at first for the term of one year & after that time expired a new enlistment took place for the second year, The present applicant Elijah Denslow though young at that time being something over fourteen years but was very large of his age he was received as a Member of said company and for ought I ever heard did his duty faithfully I recollect him well in said company during both years of the service in the guard he is the Son of the first Sergeant of said company The foregoing are facts according to my best recollection
Roswell Miller
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Edgar B. Dill Clerk

State of Connecticut } East Windsor Hartford County }
on this 27 day of April 1833
Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor now sitting Oliver Mitchell a resident of Windsor in Hartford County aged 70 years a person of veracity and made solemn oath, That he is well acquainted with Elijah Denslow a resident of Windsor in Hartford County and applicant for a Pension under the Pension Act of June 7 th A 1832. That he served with him in the Revolutionary War, in a company of Guards called at that time the Continental Guard, enlisted in Windsor in Hartford County in the Spring of the year 1778, to guard the Hospital & Army Stores which were then kept in said Windsor, I entered the Guard myself in the Month of November 1778, and found the for Applicant Denslow then a member of said Company; he was young, but very large of his age, and under the eye of his Father who was first Sergeant of the Company. He, the applicant continued in said Guard according to the best of my recollection until the Spring of 1780, when my time of Service expired I have lived near him many years & he is a person of veracity.
Oliver Mitchell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Edgar Bissell Clerk

State of Connecticut } Is East Windsor Hartford County }
We Henry A Rowland a clergyman of Windsor in sd County & Roswell Miller residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Denson of said Windsor an applicant for a pension under the Pension act of June 7 th A 1832
That we believe him to be Sixty nine years old 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
Henry A Rowland, Clergyman Roswell Miller
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Edgar Bissell Clerk