Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3161, Zelotes Clark, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER_____
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Clark, J. Lotes
S. 3161
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CONTENTS

Ohio No 7012.
Pittsburg Aug 2
Zeolotes Clarke
of Portage Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ely — of the Reg t commanded by Col Parsons in the Connecticut Ma line for 13. Mo. 7. days from 1775
Zeolotes Clarke. Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Feb y 10 th at the rate of 44 Dollars 10. — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Feb y 1833 and sent to Ethan Alling Farmington Portage Co. Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 $ 88. 20 Penzant. allowance ending 4 th Sept. 33 — 22. 05 $ 110. 25
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. G. Evans Clerk E Vol. 8 — Page 408.

Zelotus Clarke 9823 application for Pension -
Zelotus Clarke's application for a pension
Zelotus

Interrogatories propounded by the Court to Zlotus Clark an Applicant for a Pension
1 st Where & in what year were you born Ans In Haddam Middlesex County Con- nieticut on the 14 th day of June A.D. 1748
2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it
Ans Supposed to be recorded in a Bible owned by my Son Zlotus Clark Jr living in Huntsburg Ohio
3 rd Where were you living when called into Service
Ans At Saybrook Middlesex County Connecticut
4 th How were you called into Service
Ans Volunteered at four different times and was twice Drafted (as embodied in my Declaration)
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served such Continental & military Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your Service
Answers Embodied in the Declaration
6 th did you receive a Discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans Did not receive any as can recollect
7 State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present Neighbourhood and who can testify as to your

Samuel Bissell a clergyman residing in Twinsburg Portage County, Ohio and Ethan Alling residing in the town same. We hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lettus Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the within Declaration that we believe him to be Eightyfour years old the 4 th day of last June that he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before us Samuel Bissell Ethan Alling John K. Skinner Dept. Clk. S. Court.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the in- terrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary sol- dier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Bissell who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Twinsburg in the county of Portage aforesaid and that Ethan Alling who has signed the same is a resident in the Town- ship of Twinsburg aforesaid in said county of Portage is a credible person and that their statement is en- titled to credit.
I George Kirkum clerk of the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio for the county of Portage do hereby certify that the

State of Ohio Portage County Ss On this 27 th day of August 1833 Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Supreme Court now sitting Letotus Clark a resident of Twinsburg in the County of Portage and State of Ohio, aged Eighty four years. Two Men & Twenty three days who being 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 Seventh A.D. 1832
That We first Entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the month of April 1775 and marched from his own dwelling in Saybrook Middlesex County Connecticut, for Boston in Massachusetts at Norwich received counter orders & returned home after an absence of one week Secondly. Enlisted as private soldier into Capt Parsons Regiment for seven months at forty shillings per month, served under Capt. John Ely of Saybrook, 1 st Lieutenant Abraham Waters, 2 nd Lieutenant Martin Catlin, Ensign ____ Platts. Marched for Boston and pitched Tent at Roxbury there stayed on duty until his time was out which was late in the Fall of 1775, was Dismissed but Recd no written discharge
Thirdly. In the year 1777, was Drafted into a Light horse Company, commanded by Capt Oliver Parmelee of North Killingworth Connecticut Marched to Stillwater & was placed under General Gats was on duty at the taking of Burgines Army stayed his

Three Two months was Dismissed but Recd no written Discharge Fourthly (Can not be positive as to time But Thinks in the month of March 1778. was called on Board the Ship Trumbull then commanded by Capt. Cotte Laying in Connecticut River to assist in getting the Ship out of the River & ready for sea there served his Country at hard Labour Two months —
Fifthly Enlisted under Capt. Aaron Stephens of North Killingworth (Thinks same year 1778) Isaac Turner Lt. Lieutenant. To go to Lake Champlain Six months tour. Before Orders were received to march was taken Sick not being able to go Reired as substitute his Brother Joseph Clark who marched to Shrewsbury & served out the balance of time. Six months had a Corporals Birth But Recd no Discharge as he can recollect.
Sixthly on the 17 th day of June 1779 was Drafted into Lighthouse Company and sent to New Haven there stayed on Duty untill the 17 th day of August Two months. I returd Home cannot recollect who Commanded at New Haven But recollects of loosing most of His Hay and Grain that year in consequence of his absence Since actually spent in the service of the United States as above
  First. called out an alarm to Norwich 7. days   Second. at Roxbury under Capt. Parsons — 7. months omg   Third. at Stillwater under Genl. Gates — 2. months   Fourth on Board Ship Trumbull — 2. months   Fifth at Lake Champlain under Capt. Stephens 6. months int   Sixth at New Haven — 2. months 
Total One year Seven Months and Seven days

We hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the Present and declares that his Name is not on any the Pension Roll of the agency of any State Leopoldo Clegg Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me John P. Shinner Dist. Clk. S. Dist. Leopoldo Clegg
Leopoldo Clegg Affidavit & Declaration
Character for unacth and the belief of your services as a filer of the Revolution And Paul B. Hill a physician of Springfield and Elias Moring of the same place Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me John P. Shinner Dist. Clk. S. Dist. Leopoldo Clegg

9823
Zelotes Clark
Ohio
13 mo. 7 days from 1775.
$44 \frac{10}{100}
Ethan Alling Apprentice Portage County

BRIEF in the case of  Jeromes Clark  county of Portage  in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 84  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.     entered In 1775 7 private Gen. Gates   enlisted 7 " Capt. Parsons, Capt Ely Seat   drafted 1777 2 " Waters   1778 thinks 2 on board Capt. Parmelee,   enlisted 1778 thinks - hired substitute, Ship Town Capt. Colker   dropped 1779 2 Guil does not recollect the captain  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Saybrook, Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not authenticated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas W. Forrest Examining Clerk.

myself Employ his papers for infor of that Declaration Brother Alvin Dear
St. Louis Mo. Sept. 10th
Free
To the Clerk of the Pension Office Washington City (D.C.)
9823

Steubenville, Portage County, Ohio Sept. 10 th 1832
Sir, I herewith forward the Declaration of Delatus Clark for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
The applicant being a Poor Pennsylvanian old man did not feel able to employ & pay a Lawyer for preparing his paper, which I trust will account for infor- =mality. Should there be any thing of that kind found to his injury in the Declaration
Your Humble Servt,
Ebenezer Alving
To the Hon.
Clerk of the Pension Office

Dep. 25 m. 7823 Ohio 1822
Clerk of Pension Office Washington City D. C.

War Department
Pension Office J. L. Edwards
Feb 26 PETERBORO CITY
Ethan Alling Esq. Swinsburg. Ohio.

Reskran
3161.
INVALID.
File No. 3161
Jelates Clarke
Miss Ok. N.
Act: June 7/ 632
Index:—Vol. A , Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jelates Clarke. Records corrected Sept 10 62

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Clark 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? yes 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? no 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Att It will do.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.