Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24127, Amos Cogswell, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Logswell, Amas
NUMBER S. 24127
CONTENTS

11713
Connecticut
Amos Cogswell of Tolland in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company command by Captain _____ of the Reg t command by Col Bedyard in the Connecticut line for 7 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 24 Dollars 99 Cents per ann m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of June 1833 and del d to A Hendee of Hebron Con. Present
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33  $49.98    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33  12.49     $62.47  
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Mo Brownwell Cle. Book E Vol. 3 Page 8

State of Connecticut County of Lolland ss Hebron Probate District August 20 th 1832
On this 20 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court of Probate for the District of Hebron in P. County now sitting being a Court of record Amos Cogswell of Coventry in the County of Lolland and State of Connecticut aged 78 years who being first sworn according to law cloth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - That in the month of January 1776 I enlisted in Captain Clarks Company of Ashford the Towns of Ashford & Coventry mustered one Company under P. Capt Clark. The Lieutenant name was Joseph Falcott of Coventry. & Major Tho Brown of Coventry was a Major in the Regiment to which I was attached & were called State Continental troops we were marched to Roxbury & Cambridge in Massachusetts. was near Boston during the Cannonade of the British before they evacuated the Town. which Cannonade was kept up several days & nights successively. was in no regular battle at this campaign - saw Col. - Knowlton who was there & frequently came to our tents to see us The Col. of our Regiment being absent the command devolved on Major Brown - I served out my full time for which I enlisted in this campaign which was three months - was dismissed in the spring and went home - and Mr Joseph Kingsbury who lives in P. Coventry served in the same company with me with whom I am personally acquainted & show deposition accompanies this declaration - Major Brown & Lieut Falcott are both dead - and so also is Capt Clark - In the month of August following or quite the fore part of September 1776 the militia of Coventry were ordered out to keep the lines between the British who then were in New York and the Americans - were stationed a part of the time at Stanford near the New York line to protect the inhabitants against the Tories & Refugees I was with the none of the Coventry

Companies during this period served the term of two months - we were marched to the Saw Pitts near New York and then back - was in no action during this period but frequently were laid in ambush to cut off small parties of the British light horse which were often out marauding - & after forage - Capt William Wilson of Coventry then commanded the company to which I belonged - and Joseph Talcott was Lieutenant - does not recollect the names of the other officers. I then after serving out my full time went home and there is not now living but one man who belonged to this company and he is sick & blind and his deposition accompanies this declaration - I then went on a Militia tour to New London in the company of Capt Amariah Root Lieutenant Samuel Robertson & Ensign John Hall all of S d Coventry. we were ordered there previous to the town being burnt by order of Gen l Arnold - I believe it was in 1778. Majr. Ledyard - (afterward, Colonel Ledyard) commanded the detachment to which I belonged I served in this tour the space of two full months as a substitute for Timothy Collins was occupied this tour principally in repairing the fort on the Groton side of the River. called fort Griswold - was in no battle during this period - and only one alarm was given by a small party of the enemy making a temporary landing for plunder down below the fort on the point - at which time all hands were called out. This was in the night - Our company having served out their term of service (two months) were dismissed and all went home - we were ordered there as a relief guard to to protect the place & help repair the forts - I can prove this service by the depositions of Solomon Ladd & Elijah Wright which will herewith accompany this declaration
I further state that immediately after the battle of Lexington I volunteered my service and went to Cambridge was there a fortnight during the first alarms of the Country, & was accompanied by a great many of my neighbors & acquaintances - but as the war was not begun  in official quarters many of us went home again without enlisting at that time - I staid only for a month of which I have no

and in answer to the interrogatories put by the Court as prescribed by the War Department I declare and say that I was born in Coventry in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut in the year 1754 the 19 th day of February and the record of my age is in the Coventry Town Records kept by Nathan Howard Esqr Town Clerk - That I have lived in S d Coventry ever since I was born excepting the time I was in the service of the United States - That I entered the service at all times as herein stated in this my declaration - I never had a written discharge and I do not remember any more of the officers or circumstances of my service other than what I have stated in this my declaration - I am known to the Rev d Chauncy Booth and Marvin Curtis who can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution & I further declare that I have no documentary evidence - & that I know of no person whose testimony I can procure except those whose depositions accompany this declaration and I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & that my my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state or territory
I sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Amos Cogswell
We Chauncy Booth a clergyman residing in the town of Coventry and Marvin Curtis of S d Coventry hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Cogswell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 78 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
I sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Chauncy Booth Marvin Curtis

Amos Cogswell Declaration & Certificate
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 Chauncy Booth who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the city town of Coventry and that Marvin Curtis who has also signed the same is a resident in the 5 th town of Coventry and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Ms. A. 9. 2. 29
I Cyrus Mann clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Amos Cogswell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20 th Day of August 1832
Cyrus Mann Clerk

State of Connecticut, TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.
On this Twelfth day of January A. D. 1833, personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Amos Gaylord a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 78 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 under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in April 1775 immediately after the battle of Lexington I left my home as a Volunteer & marched to Cambridge in Massachusetts & staid according to my best recollection two weeks when I returned home we were in a battalion commanded by Maj Thomas Brown Joseph Talcott was Lieut. I served two weeks as a private according to my best recollection
In the Month of January 1776 I entered into a Company of Hule Troops commanded by Capt Clark of Litchfield Joseph Talcott was our Lieut The Regt was commanded by Maj Thomas Brown of Coventry & we entered for three Months & were marched to Roxbury in Massachusetts & employed in watching the enemy until our three months were out & in the Month of April we were discharged having served three months as a private
In August 1776 the Company to which I belong was drafted for a tour of duty near New York & on or about the first of September we marched to Stamford under the command of Capt William Willson here we served two months watching the Tories & Refugees who came over from Long Island & plundered the inhabitants & when our term was out we were discharged having served two months as a private

In the year 1777 in the Month of May he was Volunteered to do a tour of two Months duty at Groton near New London as a substitute for Timothy Collins in a Company commanded by Commandant Rust Samuel Robinson was Lieut. John Hale Ensign Maj Ledyard afterwards Col Ledyard commanded we were employed in repairing the Fort & various other duty untill our two months were out when we were discharged in this Tour he served two Months as a private

He has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any other testimony he can procure but what accompanies this his declaration viz the depositions of Solomon Judah Joseph Kingsbury & Elijah Wright who are all the survivors that were with him during the time he served in the war of the revolution that he can find or procure
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
He was born in Coventry on the 19th day February 1754
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
He has no record of his age
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
He lived in Coventry when called into service; has lived there ever since the revolutionary war
4. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
His first term he was a volunteer in his second he enlisted in his third he was drafted & in his fourth he was a substitute for Timothy Collins
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
He has stated all the particulars he can recollect in his declaration. He is old & his memory much impaired with sickness & misfortune & supported in the Poor House in Coventry & is dependent on the charity of his neighbours to procure this declaration & the papers accompanying it

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
He believes he had discharges but knows not what has become of them
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?
He is known to the Rev. Chauncy Booth of Coventry & Solomon Bicknell of said Coventry who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Revolutionary soldier
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Amos Cogswell
Amos Cogswell 21680
We, Chauncy Booth a clergyman residing in the town of Coventry in the County of Tolland, and Solomon Bicknell residing in Coventry hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Amos Cogswell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Chauncy Booth Solomon Bicknell
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 the Rev. Chauncy Booth who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Coventry and that Solomon Bicknell who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Coventry and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Cyrus Mann, clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Amos Cogswell for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 12 th day of January A. D. 1833.
Cyrus Mann
Clerk.

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Amos Cogswell Connecticut
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Honor Wendell Hebron Connecticut
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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 Amos Cogswell  Tolland County  State of 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.     Vol 1775 15 priv M j Brown Capt Clarke 78 years Connecticut Revolutionary Evidence   Enli 1776 3 M j Brown Living Witness   Enli 1776 2 Capt Wilson for 5 mo service   Sub 1777 2 Capt Rust Col Sedgwick No Co. given for 3 months  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[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.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Amos Cogswell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
L. 34,127
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April, 1775 2 wks. Pvt. Lt. Joseph Talcott Maj. Thomas Brown Conn.   Jan., 1776 3 mos. " Clark Maj. Thomas Brown "   Aug., 1776 2 mos. " William Wilson ✓ "   May, 1777 2 mos. " Amaziah Root Maj. Ledyard "  
Battles engaged in, None. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cornwall, Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug. 20, 1832. Cl. al. Residence at date of application, Cornwall, Tolland Co., Conn. Age at date of application, b. Cornwall, Conn. Feb. 19, 1754.
Remarks: No family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Provisions
24127 INVALID.
1912, Mar. 26. Hist. 15 Mrs. Clara Matteson Cooper
File No. 24127
Amos Cogswell Rev. Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 77
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Solomon Judd of Coventry in Tolland County Conn t aged 73 years do testify & say that in May 1777 I volunteered for a tour of duty of two months in the militia at Fort Griswold in Groton in a company commanded by Capt Amariah Root, Lieut Samuel Robertson & Ensign John Hale we were marched from Coventry to Groton where we were stationed on the nights & were employed in building fort Griswold & keeping guard on the nights until the s d term of two months had expired when we were discharged in the month of July having served two months as a private And I will remember that Amos Coggesville was of Coventry was private in the same company with me and that he served the whole term of two months with me at s d Fort and was discharged at the same time
Solomon Judd
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open court before Alner Hoodie Esq Judge of the court of Probate for s d District Solomon Judd of Coventry signer of the foregoing affidavit & made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth and this court certifies that the s d Solomon Judd is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 15 th Day of January 1833
Cyrus Mann Clerk

I Elijah Wright of Coventry Tolland County Ct aged 73 years do testify & say that in the month of May 1797 I was drafted to do a tour of duty at Griston of two months in a company commanded by Capt Amariah Root Lieut Samuel Robertson & Ensign John Hale & we were marched from Coventry to Griston where we were stationed on the nights & were employed in building fort Grinold & keeping guard on the nights under the command of Major Ledyard until one and a half months had expired when I was discharged by the Governor & returned home having served as a private one and a half months And I well remember that Amos Coggesville now of Coventry was a private in the company with me & that he served the whole time that I served, and that when I was discharged & returned home he remained in the service & further saith not Elijah Wright
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Holton Probate District
Personally appeared in open Court before me Almon Hendee Esq. Judge of the court of Probate for the District Elijah Wright signer of the foregoing affidavit & made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & this court certifies that the s d Elijah Wright is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 12 th Day of January 1833
Cyrus Mann Clerk

I Joseph Kingsbury of Coventry in the County of Tolland of 77 years of age do testify & say that in the month of January 1746 I enlisted into a Company of State Troops commanded by Capt. Clark, Lieut. Joseph Salcott, for a tour of duty of three months & Thomas Brown of Coventry was Major of the Regt. and we were marched to Cambridge & Roxbury in Mass. where we were stationed & remained until the end term of three months had expired when we were dismissed having served three months as a private & I well remember that Amos Coggeswell now of the Coventry was a private in the same company with me & that he served the whole of the term of three months & was dismissed at the same time with me Joseph Kingsbury
State of Connecticut County of Tolland ss. Hebron
Personally appeared before me Leonard Hendee Esq. a Notary Public for the County of Tolland Joseph Kingsbury signer of the foregoing Affidavit and made solemn Oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & I further certify that the said Joseph Kingsbury is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & subscribed my name this 14 th day of January in the year 1833.
Leonard Hendee Notary Public

Box 36 Calceum, N. Y.
Mar. 20, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir:—
Could you give me information, as regards what office or service Amos Cogswell of Coventry, Conn. , held during the Revolution War.
He was born at

Coventry, Conn., February 19 th 1754, died January 4 th 1845, according to family records which I have.
And oblige
Yours truly,
Mrs. Clara Watterson Cooper