Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,591, Noah Day, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Day, Noah
L 23,591
CONTENTS
I

4410 New York
Noah Day
of Granville in the State of New York who was a Gr. Co. & Pis. in the Camp, commanded by Captain Ellis — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dummer in the course of the line for 6 Mos a Serg. 10 " " Colp. 8 " " Pis.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 93 Dollars 30 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Jan'y. 1833 — and since No. Ser. Granville
Arrears to 14th of Sep. 1832 $39.95 Pens ant. allowance ending 4th Mo '32 46.65 $186.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 81

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 30 th , 1841.
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," The adm rs of Noah Day, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Ninety three Dollars and 30 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840. to the 10 th January 1841.
Respectfully yours,
William H. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Chas. to Mr Evans 9. Oct. 41

9570 Noah Day
6 30 30 63 26.66 98.29
366 10 36.60 3 63
5.16
12 Dec. 1832
149.
Martin Lee Granville, N. York

BRIEF in the case of Noah Day  of Granville in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years, on the 14 th July last  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     June In 1775 enlisted 6 Private Gen. Col s Durkee & Col s Elliot Connecticut Line   May 1776 enlisted for one year, and appears to have served about 10 mo s Corporal Col s A. Ward & Col s J. Sedgwick do do   1777 about 2 mo s Substitute Colonel of Rhode Island   May 1778. enlisted for State troops of Connecticut one year as a Sergeant in Inf y Haldus Comp y Col s M c Clallans Reg t Six months only, being two Tours of three Months each  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Trenton  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Killingsly Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and the testimony of two living witnesses, who, although not in service with him, were near neighbours to him at the period the services were performed — Also *  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? their only defect, is in their not being attached according to the Regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
* by two living witnesses whose affidavits were taken on the 15 th May 1829. at which period he made his second application to the Dept t , for a pension under the act of 1818 these witnesses served with him during the term of his second enlistment as Corporal
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Noah Day in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832
State of New York County of Washington ss: On this 28 th Day of August in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty two - personally appeared in open court Before the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record held in and for the County of Washington upon and before the Judges of the same Court now sitting, Noah Day a resident of the Town of Greenville in the County of Washington and State of New York aged seventy five years on the fourteenth day of February last 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 was born on the fourteenth day of February one thou- sand seven hundred and fifty seven, in the Town of Adelboro in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts that he has a Record of his age now here in Court which was taken by him from his Father's family Record, and that he has no other Record of his age - That his Father with his family of which he was a member moved from Adelboro, to the Town of Killington in the County of Windham and State of Connec- ticut when he was about fourteen years of age - That he con- tinued to reside in Killington from that time except when in the service of his country till the year one thousand seven hun- dred and ninety three when he removed into the Town of Green- ville where he now resides and has resided from that time
That he entered the service of the United States by volun- tary enlistment under the following named officers and served as is hereinafter stated - that is to say
That in the month of June one thousand seven hundred & seventy five he voluntarily enlisted for the term of six months in the State of Connecticut into a Regiment of foot called But- ler's Regiment which was raised in the preceding May for a term of six months, (but on account of ill health, he did not enlist upon the Regiment till June), in the Company commanded

by Capt. James Bell in the Regiment he believes originally commanded by Colonel afterwards General Putnam - but that he knew no other commander of the Regiment than Major or Colonel Dukes or Dunge - in the line of the State of Connecticut and as he believes Regular Troops on the Continental establishment - That he joined his Company at Prospect Hill near Boston in June 1775 Colonel Putnam then had the command of the Station - that he re- mained with his Company and faithfully served therein until the expira- tion of his term - the Company remained in the vicinity of Boston till sometime in December when he was discharged together with his Company and the Regiment by order of the Commander of the Station Gen. Putnam - That he received no written Discharge That the Troops having served out their time were marched across the Bridge at Cambridge beyond the Guard and Disbanded & Dischar- ged by their Captain - That he was in no action during the course of duty - that he was living at Killings when he enlisted - That on being so discharged he returned to Killings -
II Term That he remained at Killings till about the fifteenth day of May AD 1776 that he then again voluntarily enlisted in the State of Connec- ticut as a Corporal for the term of one year in a Regiment of foot raised for one year commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward and then Col. Johnson in the Company commanded by Captain James Steadman in the line of the State of Connecticut and as he believes Regular Troops of the Continental establishment - That on such enlistment he immediately joined his Company as a Corporal and served as such for the full term of one year and till discharged - That his Company were called together at Hampton in Windham County upon an alarm and the Regiment for some reason that he is unable to state not being ready to move - After a few days the members of the Company by order of their Captain returned to their homes - That in July as he thinks the Regiment or some Companies thereof of which his Compa- ny was one moved to Norwich Landing in the County of New London and there took shipping and sailed to New York - where the Regiment assembled - That in a short time he with the Regiment moved up the Hudson river as he thinks twelve or fifteen miles to near Fort Lee - - - - - That sometime in August his Regiment with

the Troops moved across the river to the County of West Chester, from thence they moved to White Plains and remained in that vicinity till into November - Then moved or retreated into and through the State of New Jersey - crossing the Hudson near Peekskill and the Delaware near Easton, and continued their march to Salisbury in Bucks County in Pennsylvania and there remained a number of days - That on the night following the twenty fifth of December they marched under the orders of Gen: Washington towards Trenton And the next morning made an attack on the Enemy at Trenton And from thence returned to their station in Bucks County in Penns- ylvania where the Army remained a few days - The Army with his Regi- ment then moved again into New Jersey leaving him an Invalid and a few other invalids under his charge, that in about a week they were able to move to join their Company which they rejoined at Morris- town in New Jersey and united with their Regiment at Shattem and remained stationed there and in that vicinity until the expiration of his Term of service in May one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven when he with the rest of his Regiment were discharged the Regi- ment being disbanded, that he had a written discharge for himself and a small party who left the encampment with him, from the Major of his Regiment whose name he has forgotten - And this discharge he has lost not estimating it of any value or importance Before discharged and while lying at Shattem - he was sent out on a scouting party under the command of Major Sprout towards Prince- ton, during this expedition they had a severe skirmish with the Guard of a foraging party of the Enemy - That he was in the Battle at Trenton and in the skirmish aforesaid but in no other action in this time of duty - That on being discharged he returned again to Killingly and remained there for about one year except a little over two months spent in Rhode Island during which time he served against the Common Enemy about two months in the Militia as a substitute for one Henry Jenkins -
3 d Term
That about the fifteenth of May A D 1778 he again voluntarily enlist- ed for the term of one year in a Regiment called State Troops of the State of Connecticut - with the understanding they were to be kept in the State of Connecticut for the defence thereof - that they were not to be kept in service more than three months at one time - were to have full

full pay when in service - half pay when at home - and to be always ready during the year to march at a minutes warning - That he thus enlisted for the term of one year as a Sergeant into a Company commanded by Capt. Gilders in a Regiment of foot Commonweal - led by Col. Samuel McClellan - The other field officers he does not recollect - The Regiment was not when in service kept wholly together - That in June after he thus enlisted the Regiment was called into service - but the companies did not all go together that he with his company assembled at Bridgeport in Connecticut and marched directly to Horse Neck and there met some other companies of the Regiment - and from thence under the command of their Captain and the general direction of their Colonel they proceeded direct to White Plains in the State of New York where the Colonel assumed the direct command - That after about one month they moved on to West Point and remained there in Garrison for the defence of that station till about the twentieth of September when three months having expired Col. McClellan's Regiment was dismissed as he understood by order of the Commander in Chief Gen. Washington. The Captains marched off their companies and dismissed them to their respective homes - The field officers that he recollects and knew in command at West Point - are Col. Malcolm, Col. Burr - Col. McClellan & Col. Brooks - The two last named Colonels had the command as he understood and business of Regiments in the Connecticut line being Connecticut State Troops - That in October then after Col. McClellan's Regiment or a part thereof including Capt. Gilders Company were again called into service and directed to under ways at New London in Connecticut - The Regiment or Company did not organize till they arrived at New London - that he and a number of others assembled and marched under Lieut. Governor Ansel under officers of their Company to New London - The Company then organized and united with the rest of the Regiment there assembled under Col. McClellan - and remained there in Garrison for the protection of the place for the term of three months till sometime into the month of January when Col. McClellan's Regiment was again dismissed - and he with the rest returned to their respective homes - The Regular officers that he remembers to have known to be in service at New London - are Col. McClellan and

and Col: Dreyer who commanded at Fort Griswold on the Groton side of the river, He does remember who commanded at Fort Trumbull — That he was in no action during the term of this year's service. and although in readiness according to the terms of his enlistment for service if called on, he was not again called out after he missed as aforesaid in journey at New London — That he never received any written discharge when dismissed during this last year's service, nor at the expiration of the year — That he served as a Sergeant during this year and had a Sergeant's Warrant from his Colonel — But that this Warrant has long been lost — That he does not know that there is any living Witness who can state in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the Applicant for this last term of service under his enlistment in May 1776 — nor of the first six months service aforesaid — nor any testimony more specific than that which is annexed to this declaration that no certificate of a commissioned officer can to the knowledge of the applicant be obtained by him for either term of his service aforesaid — That he believes his neighbors would generally testify in favor of his character for truth & veracity and their belief that he served as a soldier of the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy — but being called on to name some of them — he names The Rev. Lemuel Haynes The Rev. George Smith — Asa Northam & Resolved Blissworth Esqrs, Messrs Duke Hitchcock Ichabod Hull and Isaac Whitney
And this Declarant further states that in the year 1819 he made an application for a pension under the pension law of 1818 that this application was founded on his Declaration of the term of service for one year ensuing his enlistment of May 15 th AD 1776 being the second specified in this declaration — That his Declaration was forwarded to Washington and was returned with the following Indorsement "The evidence of two witnesses required — The Magistrate to certify to their credibility and his official character to be authenticated by the seal of the Court" — That doubts having arisen whether this declarant's — — — — — circumstances were such as to entitle him to the aid of his bounty for his support he suspended all further proceedings on that application until by

the instructions given by Gen. Peter B. Porter then Secretary of War to James S. Bolevard, Boykin of the pension Office of December 1828 he learned the construction then put by the War Department on the pension Laws of 1818 & 1820 and knowing by that construction he was entitled to a pension - he proceeded to look for the testimony that he had been informed was necessary - and procured the affidavits & Depositions of Solomon Short & William Burns - but when he had obtained them - he learned that a more right construction had again been given to those Laws and therefore he retained & did not forward them to the War Department.
And this Declarant further states that owing to his years and his infirmities and the great length of time that has passed since he was in service he cannot be certain as to the Officers in Command in stations where he served - he knows the officers he has named were in Command as he has stated - but even as to these he may be mistaken as to the places or even as to the term of his service when he was with them - But he is certain and cannot be mistaken that he did serve in the Revolutionary against the Common Enemy for the several terms and in the manner above specified in this declaration. - - -
And this Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court Abah Day J. S. Lee gh C.R.
We Samuel Haynes - - - a clergyman residing in the Town of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York and Nehemiah Hulitt - residing in the same Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Deacon Abah Day who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration: that we believe him to be in the seventy sixth year of his age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Samuel Haynes Sworn to & subscribed and Nehemiah Hulitt

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Noah Day 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 6 mos Pvt J. Elliot Putnam & Durkee Conn   May 12, 1776 12 " Corpl. James Stedman Andrew Ward.   1777 2 " Pvt. in the militia, officers not stated   June 1778 3 " Sgt Tilden Samuel McLellan   Oct. 1778 3 " Sgt. Tilden Samuel McLellan  
Battles engaged in, Trenton & skirmish near Princeton. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Killingly, Windham Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug 28 1832 His cl. was also Residence at date of application, Granville Washington Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, Feb 14 1757 in Attleboro, Bristol Co. Mass.
Remarks: Col. d. Jan 10 1841 place not stated No family data
This soldier made an appl. under act of Mch. 18, 1818 which was evidently returned Respectfully, to him for further proof of res. & not returned to the Dept.; he was indicted for perjury with John Bentley & others. See claim of John Bentley S. 45262. This claimed is an act 1832 - Commissioner.  ↑ enters in this cl. as John Savage Feb. 8, 1820

In the Matter of Ivory Dye & Sol. Re: the Reclamation Depositions of William Burns & Silver Short

William Burrus of Killings in Windham County and State of Connecticut - testifies & says that Noah Day formerly of Killings Now residing in Granville in the State of New York - Was a Revolutionary soldier in the Conn ecticut line said Noah Day enlisted at the same time I enlisted, said Day enlisted as corporal in Capt. James Stedman's Company of foot and Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment for the term of one year that he served his time for which he enlisted and received an honorable discharge said Noah Day enlisted into said Stedman's Company in May 1776 and Was discharged in May 1777 - to my certain knowledge Dated at Killings May 15 th A D 1829
In presence of John Dixon Cyrus Day
his William Burrus mark
State of Connecticut ss. Killings May 15 1829 Windham County
Personally appeared William Burrus signor of the above Affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts to which he subscribed before me
John Dixon justice of the peace
This may certify that the above deponent William Burrus is a person of truth and
Veracity
John Dixon justice of the peace

I David C. Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut do certify that John Dixon Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Siloam Root & Wm Burrows have been sworn, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace within and for said Windham County; that the several signatures of his name annexed thereto, are in his hand writing, & that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the publick seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County, this 18 th day of May Anno Domini 1829
David C. Bolles Clerk

Siloam Short of Killings in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age testifieth and saith, that Noah Day formerly of Killings Aforesaid Now residing in Granville in the State of New York was a revolutionary soldier in the Connecticut line and enlisted as corporal under Capt. James Stedman, Company of foot in Col. Andrew Wards Reg t for the term of one year that he served the time for which he enlisted & received an honorable discharge on the twenty fourth day of May in 2 d year of the War, Corp t Noah Day enlisted into the same Company to which than belonged and received his discharge at the same time that I received my discharge dated at Killings this 15 th day of May A D 1829
Siloam Short
State of Connecticut } ss Killings May 15 th 1829 Windham County }
Personally Appeared Siloam Short Signer
to the above Affidavit and then made solemn Oath to the truth of the facts to
which he subscribed the peace before Me John Dixon Justice of
This may certify that the Above deponent Siloam Short is a Man of truth and verac- ity -
John Dixon Justice of the peace

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sep r 1840 to 10 th Jan y 1841. Agent notified 21 st Nov r 41

State of New York County of Washington ss: Isaac Whitney of the town of Greenville in said County of Washington being duly sworn Depose & saith that he is now in the sixty seventh year of his age that he has long been a resident of Greenville and a neighbor of Deacon Noah Day a Revolutionary soldier, and for many years acquainted with him that he is a man of good & unblemished character for truth and veracity - that he believes he is of the age he represents himself, in his sixty seventh year that it is believed and reported in his neighborhood generally and without any exception to his knowledge or belief that said Noah Day was a revolutionary soldier and that he fully concurs in that opinion - And fur- ther this Deponent saith that he is a native of the town Killingsly County of Windham and State of Connecticut that he removed from Killingsly to Greenville where he now resides and always resided since his left Killingsly except about six years that he resided in Fort Ann in said County of Washington, that he has known the said Noah Day from his earliest boyhood - that dur- ing the Revolutionary War he lived in Killingsly about a mile and a quarter from where the said Noah Day lived - that he perfectly remembers that the said Noah Day enlisted for a number of different terms of service in the Revolutionary War as a soldier as was generally understood in the neighborhood that he was absent from home and said to be in the service according to his said several enlistments and that he returned home when it was said his said terms of service had expired - and that he never heard an intimation that he did not so enlist and further fully sets out his respect for the terms of service - And this Deponent further saith that he has heard and the

Declaration prepared to be made by Noah Day at the approaching Court of Common Pleas, and that from his recollection and knowledge of facts and his full confidence in the integrity of said Noah Day firmly believes that the said Noah Day did swear in the trial of the Revolution as he has stated in his said Declaration against the Common Enemy and that the matters therein stated are truly and correctly stated and further that Defendant saith not
I swear to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. S. Leigh C.R.
Isaac Whitney
State of New York County of Washington ss I hereby certify that Isaac Whitney the Defendant named in and who has signed the above affidavit personally appeared before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in said affidavit this 8th day of August AD 1832 - and I further certify that the above Defendant Isaac Whitney is a man of unblemished fair character for truth & veracity
Isaac W. Bishop Commissioner
a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Granville & the County of Washington
State of New York County of Washington ss I Jesse D. Leigh Clerk of the County of Washington aforesaid do hereby certify that Isaac W. Bishop whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit of Isaac Whitney and before whom the same purports to have been made, on the day of the date of the certificate therein written was one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Washington aforesaid, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Isaac W. Bishop and fairly believe that the name Isaac W. Bishop subscribed to said affidavit is his proper hand writing, and that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as a Justice - In testimony of which I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of the said County of Washington this 29th Day of August AD 1832
J. S. Leigh C.R.

State of New York County of Washington ss I Matthew Whitney of the Town of Fort Ann in the County of Washington being duly sworn deposeth and saith he is now in the seventy sixth year of his age That he is a native of the Town of Killings, County of Mendham and State of Connecticut and has been acquainted with Noah Day of Greenville a soldier of the Revolution from the time he with his father moved into the Town of Killings when this Deponent was about fourteen years of age - That this Depo- nent and the said Noah Day were long together living about one mile and a quarter from each other in the Killings till April 1780 when this Deponent moved from Killings to Hancock in Massachusetts where he resided about twenty two years, and then removed to Fort Ann a Town adjoining the Town of Greenville where he now resides and has resided for the last thirty years - That the said Noah Day is a man of fair and unblemished charac- ter for truth and veracity - That he this Deponent being a neighbor and associate of the said Noah Day dur- ing the War of the Revolution - He this Deponent knows he was in the service as a soldier in the Revolutionary War as well as he can know anything of which he was not an eye witness - That he perfectly remembers that the said Noah Day enlisted for a number of different terms of ser- vice in the Revolutionary War as a soldier as was generally sent and believed in the neighborhood - That he was absent from home and believed and said to be in the service according to his said several enlistments - That he returned home - when it was said his said respective terms of service had ex- pired - and that he never heard an intimation in Killings or elsewhere, that he did not so enlist - and faithfully served out his Respective terms of service - That he believes the said Noah Day is in his seventy sixth year as he refers himself to him - And this Deponent further saith that he hath heard read the Declaration prepared to be made by the said Noah Day at the next Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington - and that from his recollection and knowledge of facts - and his full confidence in the integrity

of said Noah Day in fully believing the said Noah Day did summon the Army of the Revolution against the Common Enemy as he has therein said Declaration and that the matters and facts therein stated are truly & correctly stated - and further this De- ponent saith not In presence of Matthias Whitney J. S. Leigh COTB Matthias X Whitney mark
State of New York County of Washington ss I hereby certify that Matthias Whitney the Deponent who is now dead and who has signed the above Affidavit with his mark personally appeared before me this ninth day of August AD 1832 and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in said Affidavit - and I further certify that the said Deponent Matthias Whitney is a man of unblam- ish'd & fair character for truth & veracity
Joshua Belton one of the justices of the Peace in and for the County of Washington & town of Hartford
State of New York, County of Washington ss: I Jesse J. Leigh clerk of the County of Washington do hereby certify that Joshua Bel- ton whose name is signed to the foregoing Affidavit of Mat- thias Whitney and before whom the same proofs to have been made was on the day of the date of the Certificate then attached, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Washington - and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Joshua Belton, and do hereby certify that the name Joshua Belton subscribed to said Affidavit is in his proper hand writing - and that full faith and credit are due to to his official acts as a Justice of the Peace of said County - In testimony whereof I have hereunto hand and the seal of the said County being my Official seal this 29th day of August AD 1832 J. J. Leigh COTB

State of New York.                      ss. of Washington Co. - Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Washington. Took Day the Declaration in the annexed affidavit Declaration named who being duly sworn Deposits 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 - - In my first tour of duty for six months, I served as a private - In my second tour of duty I served as a corporal for the term of One year - - my next term (not distinctly marked in my declaration with margin as a term) I served two months as a private - In my next tour of duty (marked in my Declaration in the margin as my third term) I served for One year as a Sergeant - This service for this year was as specified in my declaration - I was on actual duty two terms of three months each making six months of actual duty and for the residue of the period of one year I was under my enlistment a soldier in reserve, subject to pay and liable at a minutes warning to be placed on actual duty - And whether therefore in this year I served six months or one year as a Sergeant - I am advised is a question of law - depending on the construction that the Department may give to the term in the act of June 7, 1832 of - and in the contemplation of law - I cannot therefore dispose on this point more definitely than I have done - I did serve as a Sergeant for this term of one year, and I thus served in the manner stated in my declaration - and for such service as above specified I claim a pension - and further the Department's further note
North Day
Sworn this 27 th Day of December A.D. 1832 Before me Isaac W. Bishop one of the justices of the peace in and for the County of Washington

State of New York County of Washington
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the County of Washington do hereby certify that Isaac W. Bishop whose name is signed to the within Affidavit of Noah Day and before whom the same purported to have been made was on the last day of the date of the certificate then to attached one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County of Washington - And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Isaac W. Bishop and do hereby believe that the name Isaac W. Bishop subscribed to said Affidavit is his proper hand writing - And that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as a Justice of the Peace of said County In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County being my official seal this twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1832. J. S. Leigh Clk
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington above mentioned do further certify that I did on this 29 th day of December 1832 connect or fasten the seven half sheets of paper at the top with red tape and placed or impressed the seal of the said Court thereupon J. S. Leigh Clk

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In the Matter of the Declara- tion of Noah Day for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th AD 1832
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6 mo Sargt 30 10 " Corpl 8 mo private
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Any communication of certifi- cate to Mr. Day there may issue from the Department and dis- patched to the address of Martin Lee Greene Washington County NY

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the Day & year aforesaid In open Court J. S. Leigh C.R.
And the said Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Washington before the Judges of the same Court being a Court of Record - Do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after fulfilling the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicants was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Haynes - who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Greenville in the County of Washington and State of New York: And that Abraham Hults - who has also signed the same is a Resident in the Town of Greenville aforesaid and is a Bible-priest - And that their statement is entitled to be believed.
I Jesse S. Leigh clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Noah Day for a pension -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28 th Day of August AD 1832 J. S. Leigh C.R.

Rev Sec
Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City
July 25, 1922.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the Revolutionary Service of Noah Day, who according to the Report of the Secretary of War on Pensions in 1835, Volume 11, page 447, received a pension for his Service in that in the Revolutionary War.
Yours very truly,
Henry Russell Drome Secretary.
HRD/MW
STATE OF NEW YORK

Sons of the American Revolution
Rev. Sec 1, 4B
President: Clifford L. Hilton, New Capitol, St. Paul
Vice Presidents: Dr. Charles A. McCollom, Minneapolis Fred A. Bill, St. Paul
Secretary: Charles H. Bronson, 48 East Fourth Street, St. Paul
Treasurer: Charles W. Eddy, Capital Bank Bldg., St. Paul
Registrar: Charles Stees, 165 East Seventh Street, St. Paul
Historian: Rev. M. D. Edwards, St. Paul
Chaplain: Rev. L. A. Crandall, Minneapolis
Board of Managers: St. Paul Jerome W. Wheeler, John B. Sanborn Kenneth G. Brill, Dean B. Gregg, Edward S. Stringer, Charles R. Boostrom.
Minneapolis Ernest C. Brown, Charles E. Rittenhouse, Dr. Wright B. Page, Lewis P. Chute, Joseph E. Ware, Wallace G. Nye,
State Arthur C. Gooding, Rochester Dr. Warren L. Beebe, St. Cloud Eugene H. Harbison, Duluth Charles W. Clark, So. St. Paul William J. Landon, Winona Edwin H. Canfield, Luverne Edward U. Wade, Moorehead Charles L. Conger, McIntosh
Past Presidents: Hon. Ell Torrance, Minneapolis Hon. Henry A. Boardman, St. Paul Hon. F. G. McMillan, Minneapolis Hon. William B. Dean, St. Paul Hon. John Day Smith, Minneapolis Hon. Jesse A. Gregg, St. Paul Hon. E. J. Westlake, Minneapolis Hon. Edward P. Sanborn, St. Paul Hon. John H. Riheldaffer, Minneapolis Hon. Gideon S. Ives, St. Paul Robert D. Cone, Minneapolis
Honorary Vice Presidents: Hon. Greer M. Orr, St. Paul Byron J. Mosler Stillwater William J. Dean, St. Paul Alonzo T. Stebbins, Rochester
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 24. 1920/
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record of Noah Day a Revolutionary pensioner of Granville Washington County, N.Y. His name is shown in the published list of 1840, also if the record is available the date of his death.
Yours truly,
H. C. Varney
743 Iglehart Ave.
St. Paul, Minn.

10-4-1947 Has left New York

Noah Day of Washington Co. has rec d a pension cer- -tificates under the act of 1832 allowing him $93 30 per ann. he thinks there is some mistake by the Dep t that he ought to be allowed more - says his application on file will show that he served as a private 8 months as a Corporal 12 as a Sgt t 12 32 months
Please examine & correct mistake if any has been committed
Nath l P. Peterson
July 22 o 1833

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

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? The answers to all are embodied in the Declaration
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.