Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3280, Joseph De Wolf, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
DeWolf, Joseph
S.3280
carded.
CONTENTS

110 Pittsburgh 22311.
Joseph D. Wolff
of Humboldt in the State of Ohio. who was a corps private in the Co. commanded by Captain Littlebone of the R. A. commanded by Col. Ward. in the Penn. line for two years.
9. Mts. Corp. al. 33.00 15. d. private. 50.00 83
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pitts. 69. at the rate of 83 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Oct. 1833 and sent to R. B. Spalding Warren T. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833. 207.50 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34. 41.50
Died Aug. 15, 1846 $249.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Balmer Clerk, Book G. Vol. Eighth Page 109
Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883 No. G.

17140 Declaration of Joseph De Wolf for a Pension -

The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
On this Second day of October A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Warren within and for said County of Trumbull Joseph De Wolf a resident of Vernon Township in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio, aged Seventy one 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 - I was born August 25 th 1761 in what was then Linsbury but now called Granby and is in Hartford County in the State of Connecticut - I lived at the same place when I entered the Service and continued to reside there until about thirty years ago when I removed to Vernon, Trumbull County, Ohio, where I now live - In the Spring of the year 1776 I enlisted into a Company of Connecticut State Troops raised in Linsbury, Hartland and Windsor and commanded by Captain Oziel Pettibone - Our Lieutenants were Uriel Holmes and George Griswold - Our Ensign was named Gains - We joined a Regiment, which was commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward, near Fort Lee at a place then called the "English Neighborhood" - Our Lieut. Colonel was named Johnson and our Major was named Cook - We were employed at Fort Lee at work in the intrenchments & in fatigue duty - When New York was besieged by the British we were marched to West Chester & encamped at a place called "Valentines Hill" about a mile from "Kings Bridge" where we remained until the evacuation of New York by the American Army when we moved to "White Plains" - I was in the Battle of the White Plains and after the British left there we were marched to Pekskeill on the Hudson River under Genl. Lee - From Pekskeill we marched to Morristown, New Jersey, - I was left at Morristown in charge of six or seven pick men while the army moved on the West side down the Delaware opposite Trenton - I was at Morristown at the time of the Trenton Battle - I joined my Regiment again at Chatham, New Jersey, - marched to Gumptown where we attacked a large foraging party of the Enemy from Amboy - Colonel Wayne Col. Ward & Col. Spratt with parts of their Regiments were present - At the expiration of my year , which was the period for which I had enlisted, I was discharged at a place called Whippany in New Jersey - This was the Spring of '77 - The following Summer I again entered the Service as a Substitute for my brother Peter De Wolf and served two months in a Militia Company commanded by Capt. Fuller in Col. Noahiah Hookers Regiment of Connecticut Militia - We joined the Regiment at "Cranpames" & from thence marched to Pekskeill, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck & Red Hook - Our object was to prevent the landing of the enemy on the East side of the Hudson - While on our march to Red Hook we rec d intelligence of the capture of Burgayne - We then returned to Fishkill barracks and remained there until the two months was out when I was dismissed -

to prevent the landing of the enemy on the East side of the Hudson - While on our march to Red Hook we rec d intelligence of the capture of Burgayne - We then returned to Fishkill barracks and remained there until the two months was out when I was dismissed -
In the Spring of 1778 I entered the army as a Substitute for one Nathan Gillet of Gimsbury, for Eight or Nine months , in a company commanded by Capt n William Judd and in the Regiment of Col. Samuel Willis of the Continental Troops - Butler was our Lieut. Col but soon left the Regt. - Grosvenor was our Major - I joined Col. Willis' Regt. at West Point - Genl. Parsons then commanded that post - We left West Point on the day of the Battle of Monmouth - Marched to the White Plains where I was detached & placed in a Company of Light Infantry under Captain Henry Chapman belonging to Butler's Regiment in Genl. Scott's Brigade - I was in the Infantry about three months during which time we took a Company of Hessian Light Horse near Tarrytown on the North River - I was discharged from the Infantry at Bedford, N.Y. and re-joined Col. Willis' Regt. at Reading (Conn t ) where we remained until my time expired when I rec d a written discharge signed by either Col. Willis or Capt. Judd which I have lost - This was the only written discharge I ever received - In the year 1779 I entered the Service again and served for Nine Months as a Corporal in Capt n Jonathan Pettibone's Company (Conn t  State Troops  Militia ) in Colonel Mathew Meads Regiment - I volunteered and was stationed at Horse Neck on Long Island Sound - remained there the whole time - In all I served during the War Two years & Seven Months -
My name will be found on the Muster Roll of Captain William Judd's Company in Colonel Samuel Willis's Regiment of the Connecticut Line of Continental Troops for the Summer of 1778. Also on the Roll of Captain Henry Chapman's Company in Butler's Regt. of Light Infantry - Scott's Brigade - The Hon ble Richard Hays & the Hon ble Eli Baldwin and James King Esq y can certify with regard to my Character for truth & veracity and can state their belief with respect to my Revolutionary Services - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed the day 7 th and year aforesaid -
Joseph De Wolf
George Parsons Col n
We Richard Hays, Eli Baldwin and James King citizens of the County of Trumbull & State of Ohio do certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph De Wolf who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age and we further believe him to be a man of strict truth & veracity and have no doubt that he served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as he has set forth in his declaration -
Sworn to and subscribed the day 7 th upon aforesaid -
Richard Hays

We Richard Hays, Eli Baldwin and James King citizens of the County of Trumbull & State of Ohio do certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph De Wolf who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age and we further believe him to be a man of strict truth & veracity and have no doubt that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War as he has set forth in his declaration -
Sworn to & subscribed the day aforesaid - George Parsons Clk
Richard Hays Eli Baldwin James King
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 Joseph De Wolf was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certify that Richard Hays, Eli Baldwin & James King who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Trumbull, that they are credible persons & that this certificate is entitled to credit & weight -
The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph De Wolf for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren in said County this 19 th day of October A.D. 1852. George Parsons Clk R
Trumbull County ss
We Wells Andrews a clergyman residing in the Township of Hartford in the County aforesaid and within one mile of the residence of Joseph De Wolf of Warren in the same County, and William C. Jones residing in the same place, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Joseph De Wolf who did on the 2 nd day of October last before the Court of Common Pleas of said County subscribe and swear to a declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832; that we believe him to be seventy one 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 fully concur in that opinion -
Wells Andrews Wm C Jones
Sworn to and subscribed this 23 rd day of April 1833 before me and I certify that the said Wells Andrews

Sworn to and subscribed this 23 rd day of April 1833 before me and I certify that the said Wells Andrews is a highly respectable clergyman of the Presbyterian Church and that William R. Jones is a person of strict truth & veracity and that their statement is entitled to credit -
Libbens Beach justice of the Peace
The state of Ohio Trumbull County ss
I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common- Pleas for the County of Trumbull afore- said do hereby certify that Libbens Beach Esqr whose signature (in his own proper hand writing) is affixed to the above affidavit is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting justice of the peace within and for the County of Trumbull aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of said state of Ohio. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Warren the Seventh day of May 1833. George Parsons Clerk

State Ohio Trumbull Co. ss
Personally appeared before me Richard Hays Associate Judge Peter D. Wolf of Lawful age
and being sworn as the Law directs deponeth and says that he the said deponent lived in Symsbury Connecticut State - that in the Spring of the year 1776 he says he well remembers that Joseph D. Wolf did enlist for one year in the Connecticut State line of Troops and under Capt. Orson Pettibone and from home the full time of one year and he well believes since the time of enlistment he further states that in the latter part of the summer of 1777 he the said Peter was drafted for two months and hired Joseph D. Wolf to serve the said town he did so in the Spring of the year 1778 he says that Joseph D. Wolf did go into service or Army as a substitute for Nathan Gillet for eight months and he well believes served the full time - & in the summer of the year 1779 he says he well knows that the said Joseph enlisted for nine months and as he well believes he served the full time of service and under Capt. Jonathan Pettibone of the said Peter D. Wolf service Fawn Trumbull County State Ohio
August 26. 1832
Peter D. Wolf
Sworn and subscribed day and date above in a room before me
Richard Hays Associate Judge Court Common Pleas for Trumbull County Ohio
The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
I George Purvis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Richard Hays Esquire whose name in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the foregoing proceedings is and was at the time of taking the same an Associate Judge of the said Court duly Commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of this State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren this 19th day of October A.D. 1832 George Purvis Clerk

State Ohio Trumbull County ss
September the 13 day to wit
1833
I hereby certify that the within named deponent Peter D Wolf is a person of truth and veracity and is intitled
Richard Hays Associate Judge Court Common Pleas for Trumbull County, Ohio
The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
I George Parsons Clerk of the court of common pleas for said County do hereby certify that Richard Hays Esq Whose Signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same a qualified Associate Judge of the court of common pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio in such case made and provided In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said court at Warren the 25 th day of September
1833
George Parsons Clerk
Peter De Wolf S.F. 18377 Deposition for Joseph De Wolf.

77.140 20.311
Joseph de Wolf Trumbull County Ohio
Return f.
Adm 2 years 9. Months as. Corp.
33.00 40.00 10.00
$83
186 41.50 187.50 41.50 229.
Rufus P. Spalding Warren Trumbull Co Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
13 th July 1833
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 subj d 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 Joseph De Wolf
   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.     Enlisted 1776 1. priv Capt. Pettibone 71 years   July 1777 2 Col Ward Hartford Living Witness   1778 8 Capt. Fuller Col Hooher Canterbury Canterbury   Nov 1779 9. Corp. Col Wells Capt. Pettibone Col Meade  
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) 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 12 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.

December 7, 1938
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Mrs. D. G. Benedict Franklin Nebraska
JOSEPH DE WOLF S. 3280 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of Joseph De Wolf, of Granby, Connecticut, who served as private and corporal from Connecticut, died August 15, 1846, in Vernon, Trumbull County, Ohio, and was buried there. You desire to know, also, the volume and page of book from which the information furnished you was obtained, and if there are any charges for the report.
The data which follow in regard to Joseph De Wolf were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3280, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War, and not from any printed volume. No charge is made for the following record.
Joseph De Wolf was born August 25, 1761, in that part of Simsbury which later became Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Simsbury, Connecticut, Joseph De Wolf enlisted in the spring of 1776, served one year as a private in Captain Ozias Pettibone's company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut regiment, employed at Fort Lee in the intrenchments and on fatigue duty, and was in the battle of White Plains and in a skirmish with a foraging party near Amboy. He enlisted in the summer of 1777 and served two months as a substitute for his brother, Peter De Wolf, in Captain Fuller's company, Colonel Noadiah Hooker's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in the spring of 1778, served eight or nine months as private in Captain William Judd's company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' regiment, and in Captain Henry Champion's company, Colonel Butler's regiment, both services in the Connecticut troops, and was in a skirmish near Tarrytown on the North River. He volunteered in the summer of 1779 and served nine months as corporal in Captain Jonathan Pettibone's company, Colonel Matthew Mead's Connecticut regiment.

Joseph De Wolf was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while a resident of Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, where he had lived for about thirty years. He died August 15, 1846.
It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.
In 1832, Joseph De Wolf's brother, Peter De Wolf, was living in Fowler, Trumbull County, Ohio, his age not stated.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Joseph De Wolf, certificate #22311, issued October 9, 1833, rate $83 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Ohio (Pittsburgh) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

I Solomon Griswold of Windsor Ashloubula County & State of Ohio Lawfull Age Depose & say that in the year 1776 I was a soldier in Col. Mahon's Ward Regiment for one year & there was a soldier in Com. Dyer's Pittstown Company by the name of Joseph D. Wolf. I have lost his coat of arms look, but I am confident the Artillerist is the same man as he has been the the field & company of soldiers in P. Regt before the rear and bottles that was part of that year in particular am active in the guns in the sawdust of Somptown he says that I killed a Lieutenant Major & many of the day he says that one of our col. men killed behind a Hay Stack which I used I have so known. Com. D. Wolf that he is the same man & I can't be mistaken I think & a col. D. Wolf is a man of truth & veracity & for there was not Solomon Griswold August 18th 1832.
The State of Ohio Franklin County ss I certify that Solomon Griswold the above deponent personally appeared and swore and subscribed the above deposition this 18 day of August A.D. 1832. Before me Anna Lewis Brooks Not Public

The State of Ohio } I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Trumbull County } for said County do hereby certify that Amadus Brooks Esquire whose name in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the foregoing Depo- -sition is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the peace duly elected commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office at Warren the 19th day of October A.D. 1832
George Parsons Clerk
The State of Ohio } Trumbull County } I Amadus Brooks of the county a-fore said and Township of Mesopotamia a Justice of the Peace before whom this foregoing Deposition was sworn and submitted do hereby certify that the deponent Solomon Griswold is a man of truth and veracity, and truth and that his statements are entitled to full credit Mesopotamia September 18 th A.D. 1833 Amadus Brooks Justice Peace
Solomon Griswold Deposition for Joseph De Wolf
The State of Ohio } I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Trumbull County } Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Amadus Brooks Esq whose signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Warren the 25th day of September 1833
George Parsons Clerk

The State of Ohio } July 30th A.D. 1833 I Matthew Gumbell County } Birchard President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the third Judicial Circuit in the State of Ohio, hereby certify that, I am well acquainted with Solomon Gresswell, whose affidavit touching the Revolutionary Services of Joseph Schwoop is herunto attached, that I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity, and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Mr. Birchard
President Judge

If a certificate of pension is granted to Joseph DeWolf The Commissioner of Pensions will forward it directed to him to Vernoy post office Franklin County Ohio.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
May 6. 1854
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which Pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension Agents,
the Adm'r. of Joseph De Wolf, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Agency, at the rate of Eighty three Dollars and Cents per annum under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1845, to the 15 Aug. 1846.
Respectfully, yours.
22311
Ohio
Comptroller..
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

sv. and 1812 Wars Section REL
July 23, 1930
Mrs. Lynn T. Miller Ithaca Michigan
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3280, that Joseph DeWolf was born August 25, 1761, in Simsbury, (later Granby), Hartford County, Connecticut.
While residing in Simsbury, Connecticut, he enlisted in the spring of 1776, served one year as a private in Captain Ozias Pettibone's Company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment and was in the battle of White Plains and in a skirmish with a foraging party near Amboy.
In the summer of 1777, he enlisted and served two months as a substitute for his brother, Peter, in Captain Fuller's Company, Colonel Noadiah Hooker's Regiment.
He enlisted in the spring of 1778, served eight or nine months in Captain William Judd's Company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Regiment and in Captain Henry Champion's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment and was in a skirmish near Tarrytown.
He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served nine months as corporal in Captain Jonathan Pettibone's Company, Colonel Matthew Mead's Regiment.
All of the above service was with the Connecticut Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

October 2, 1832, while a resident of Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, where he had lived for about thirty years.
He died August 15, 1846.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
P. 1137, m. 7 Peter DeWolf, S. L. Fowler Trumbull Co. Ohio
Very truly yours
P. 4110, m. 31 p. 17, J. D. 3-12-46 P. 6-18-46
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

M. E. E.
Washington
August 17, 1929
Honorable E. Hart Penn House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Penn:
In response to your letter dated August 13, 1929, with which you enclosed a request, herewith returned, from Miss Mary Francis of Hartford, I have the honor to advise you that the data given below are found on the records of this bureau.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3280, it appears that Joseph DeWolf was born August 25, 1761 in Simsbury (which was later Granby), Hartford County, Connecticut.
While residing in Simsbury, Connecticut, he enlisted in the spring of 1776, served one year as a private in Captain Osias Pettibone's Company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains and in a skirmish with a foraging party near Amboy.
In the summer of 1777, he enlisted and served two months in Captain Fuller's Company, Colonel Moadiah Hooker's Regiment.
He enlisted in the spring of 1778, served eight or nine months in Captain William Judd's Company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys'
The sol. served as a substitute for his brother, Peter, who was a res of Fowler, Trumbull Co Ohio in 1832, then aged

12 er Regiment, and in Captain Henry Champion's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment, and was in a skirmish near Tarrytown.
He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served nine months as corporal in Captain Jonathan Pettibone's Company, Colonel Matthew Mead's Regiment.
All of the above service was with the Connecticut Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while a resident of Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, where he had lived for about thirty years.
It is not stated that the soldier was ever married. He died August 15, 1846. * * * * *

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., May 31 , 192 1
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jos. Seabolt 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. S. 3280.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1776 1 yr. Pvt. Ozias Pettibone Andrew Ward Conn.   June 1777 2 mos. Fuller Nadiah Hooker   Apr. 1778 8 or 9 mos. Wm Judd Sam L. Willis   Henry Champion Butler   1779 9 mos. Corp. Jon n Pettibone Matthew Mead  
Battles engaged in, W. Plains skirmish Residence of soldier at enlistment, Simsbury (later Granby) Hartford Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1832. Cl. al. Residence at date of application, Vernon Twp. Trumbull Co., Ohio Age at date of application, st. Aug. 25, 1761 in Simsbury, Conn. Remarks: d. Aug. 15, 1846
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Franklin Nebr. Oct. 20 th
U. S. Pension Bureau. Washington D. C., Gentlemen.
Please send me what you have on record as receiving $83 00 per annum Pension in the name of Joseph De Wolf who served in the Revolutionary war as private and Corporal in the State of Connecticut, who lived at Granby Conn. and who lived and died in Vernon, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and is buried there. Also,
Please tell me Vol. and page of book you find information in,
Joseph De Wolf died Aug-15-1846.
Thank you for this courtesy.
Respt Yours
Mrs D.C. Benedict Franklin Nebr.
If there are any charges let me know,

JEAN TORRENCE CHAPTER MRS. LYNN T. MILLER REGISTRAR ITHACA, MICHIGAN
May 26, 1930.
Pension Dept., Washington, D.C.
Dear sirs, Please advise me if Joseph DeWolfe ,
b.1761 Granby, Conn. d.1846 Vernon, Ohio.
m.1780 Sarah Gibbons, was a pensioner. If so, do his papers mention a son, John DeWolfe, b.1782.?
Thanking you, I am Very truly yours,
Alice Turner Miller
Mrs. Lynn T. Miller, Ithaca, Michigan.

SEVENTIETH CONGRESS
E. HART FENN, CONN., CHAIRMAN CLARENCE J. MC LEOD, MICH. JOHN E. RANKIN, MISS. HAYS B. WHITE, KANS. ARTHUR H. GREENWOOD, IND. LLOYD THURSTON, IOWA RALPH F. LOZIER, MO. FREDERICK W. MAGRADY, PA. MEYER JACOBSTEIN, N. Y. HENRY L. BOWLES, MASS. SAMUEL RUTHERFORD, GA. FLORENCE P. KAHN, CALIF. HENRY D. MOORMAN, KY. ALBERT JOHNSON, WASH. JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, N. Y. DANIEL A. REED, N. Y. RENE L. DE ROUEN, LA. HUBERT H. PEAVEY, WIS. ROBERT H. CLANCY, MICH. J. HOWARD SWICK, PA. C. G. SELVIG, MINN.
J. ROBERT CONROY, CLERK
COMMITTEE ON THE CENSUS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C
Aug. 13, 1929.
Hon Earle D. Church,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Colonel Church:
Please furnish me with the Revolutionary Pension records of Joseph DeWolfe, S 3280, and of Elijah Hurlbut, widow Ruth, W 19845, in accordance with the request contained in the enclosed letter from Miss Mary Francis of Hartford.
Thanking you for your attention to this request, and with kindest regards, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
EHF/G.
E. Hart Fenn

Ex. Old Div. Rev. War Section
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 6 , 19 21
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
First name of widow Sarah Gibbons No. of claim, _____
Name of soldier, Joseph De Wolf
P.O. address of claimant, at enlistment Granby, Conn. at time of service  Vernon, Ohio
Company ✓ { Gratiot's }
Regiment ✓ { Pensions in 1832. }
State where enlisted Connecticut
Approximate dates of birth & death Born Aug. 25, 1761 Died Aug. 15, 1846
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Capt. Pittibone
Colonel Meade
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington Gardner Commissioner.

I find Joseph De Wolf was granted a pension in 1832 by the U.S. Government. The commissioner of pensions state that the pension was issued on account of 11 months actual service as a private and 9 months as a corporal in the Connecticut troops Revolutionary War.
Mabelle S. Mearns-

Lamar, Colorado,
April 14 th 1921. Rev mk
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War Record of Joseph De Wolf as I am desirous of becoming a D. A. R.
Thanking you advance.
(Miss) Mabelle A. Mears, Lamar, Colo.

O. M. H.
C
Findlay Ohio Feb. 10: 1907.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions -
Dear Sir -
Will
you please, send me a copy of the pension certificate of Joseph De Wolf of Granby, Conn., afterwards of Vernon, Ohio who served in the Connecticut Troops during Revolutionary War? Also was a pension issued to Peter De Wolf who served in Connecticut Troops during Rev. War, if so, please, send me a copy of it also. If there is any fee in connection with this work notify me and I will remit same.
Respectfully yours,
Metta De Wolf.
Findlay, Ohio.

U. OLD WAR & NAVY JAN 2 1897 FILES P.
OFFICE 1896 30 DEC PENSION S.

Akron O. Dec. 26 th /96
Dear Sir,
My Grandfather Joseph DeWolf was a Private and Corporal in the Revolutionary Army, and was granted a pension Oct-9 th /1833 while living in Vernon Humbull Co. O. I wish to know more about his service, from what State and when he enlisted, length of service &c. I failed to find any thing satisfactory

in the War Department and they referred me to you. If you will kindly give me what- ever information you can gain from the Pension Records concerning him you will greatly oblige
Mrs. M. J. Allen 108 Bowery St. Akron O.

CADLE LUMBER CO.,
LUMBER DEALERS.
Bethany, Mo., Febry 14 1894.
Hon Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
Will you please advise me if Joseph De Wolf was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, He was from Connecticut,
If you find his name please give me a copy of his service,
And oblige
Respectfully Yours Henry Cadle

Ind. 1/24 Chit. Miss. 6- Henry Cobb, Bethany, Mo. C
-1897-Jan. 15-1897 History to Mrs. M. J. Allen 108 Bowery St. Akron, Ohio. L.H.B.
1907 Feb 23. Hist to Mittie De Wolf C
1921 May 31 hist to Miss Mabelle A. Mearns. En
1929-Aug 17, Hist to Hon E. Hart Ferris, M.E.E.
1930-July 23/30-1 Hist. To Mrs. Lynn T. Miller 8 Oct
1938 Dec. 7 - Hist. to Mrs. D.C. Benedict — W.L.R.
Rephan
3280 INVALID.
File No. 3280
Joseph De Wolf Print Rec War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. 4, Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]