Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 24302, David Grannis, Conn.

SERVICE
bonn.
Grannis, David Clarissa
NUMBER
W 24302
CONTENTS

Abraham ... ... ... who served in the Revolutionary war, as a ...
Inscribed on the Roll of the rate of 50 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July 1845 and sent to Mrs. M. ... Hoff...
Recorded in Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1845, Page ... Vol. ...

scitute to J. Fleming Jan. 2. 1834 Read Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838, from 4 Sept 1833 to the 7 January 1834 the day of his death.
New York 18873
David Grannis
as ballast in the State of New York who was a Private in the Com y . commanded by Captain Trumbull of the Reg t commanded by Col Doughty in the Connecticut time for 45 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 th day of May 1833 and sent to Amasa I Chafe West Soer. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $100-00 Semi-ant. allowances ending 4 Sep 1833 — 25
$125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk. Book E, Vol 4 Page 20.

To His Hon The Secretary of War Washington D.C
The Revolutionary papers of David Grannis here with presented containing his Declaration &c was certified by Judge Allen of Cattaraugus Co. & out of the County in which the applicant lives & contrary to the instructions of your Department. The reasons are as follows - (Owing to the prevailing sickness in Buffalo (at which Place the Courts of Erie Co. sit) said Court was adjourned on the first mon. in Augt. last, to Dec. next. Soon after the adjournment as aforesaid application was made to the Judges of said County by the applicant (David Grannis an (en) aunt of his in ability to attend Court) for some one of the Judges to attend on him the distance to the nearest Judge of Erie Co. is 34 Miles - from what we learn that business; or sickness have hindered them from coming That Mr Grannis lives in the Village of Lodi Town of Collins Erie Co. at the extreme South part of said town & Co. & distant from Judge Allen only one Mile who is well acquainted with the applicant & the persons testifying for him These reasons have induced the applicant by advice of his friends to go before Judge Allen Should you think that the Certificate of Judge Allen sufficient it would confer a singular favor on the applicant. as said applicant is unable to attend his own Court by reason of bodily infirmities & owing to sickness & consequent derangement of business it is very uncertain when the Judges can come; or (one of them) to him add to this the great expense to Mr Grannis if they must & can come We confidently hope your countenance in the course taken by the applicant. to present his claim Lodi 21 st Sept. 1832.
Yours Respectfully
S. H. Pitcher - A. L. Chaffee
Cattaraugus Co. ss
on the 21 Day of Sept. 1832 came before me the undersigned the above named S. H. Pitcher & A. L. Chaffee and on oath say that in their opinion the statements above made are correct In which I likewise concur Dan Allen a judge of Cattaraugus Com Pleas

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss
700
On this 21 st day of September 1882. Personally appeared before me Dean Allen one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County (David Grannis to me personally known a resident of the town of Collins in the County of Erie & State of Ohio) Aged seventy seven 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 the 7 th 1832
That he was born in New Haven in the State of Connecticut in the year of our Lord 1755 on the 9 th of April That he lived in the said town of New Haven from the time of his birth till about the 1 st of July or August 1776 at which time he enlisted into a Company belonging to a Regiment commanded by Col. (Douglas) Lieut. Col. Bryant first Lieutenant. Isaac Deckerman 2 d Lieutenant. Timothy White Ensign for the term of six months . from New Haven We went by Water to New York from N York City to Turtle bay at which Place we staid and there about till the day before the british took N. York We then retreated to Harlem heights. at which Place I staid some time & was taken sick after which I was sent with Lieutenant Deckerman who was likewise sick to Horse Neck at which Place I remained sick till my time of Enlistment was nearly out Just before my time was out I was discharged & sent home how long before my time expired I don't pretend to say but think my time had most expired In this Campaign I saw all of our Generals Washington & I think Putnam and other General officers whose names I do not now remember

In the latter part of the winter of 1768/9 I Volunteered in a Regiment under the Command of General Parsons - The Company in which I Volunteered was Commanded by Captain Trenbull - John Gilbert first Lieutenant Joel Bradly 2 d Lieutenant or Ensign The Com- -pany was raised in and near New Haven - from which Place we marched in the winter to near Kingsbridge near Fort Independence near New York The Postpon of said Fort was then with the British a Camp was formed at a place called Williams's from this place we went to a place called the Sawpits in this Campa- -gn not much was done except visiting the places above named and some others the names of which I do not distinctly recollect. at the close of the winter I think I was discharged but whether in Feb. or March I cannot recollect my best belief is that I was out in this Cam- paign about 3 months
In the Summer of 1777 I again Volunteered
in to a Company Commanded by Lieutenant Ives he thinks in July, or August. We marched from New Haven to Ridgefield, from thence to Danbury, from thence to the North River, at Patskill from thence up the river to Poughkeepsie, & still further up watching the movements of the Enemys Vipers. We were engaged in this service till we heard the glorious news of Burgoin's Surrender soon soon after which the British went down the river & we followed on Land as far down as Fish Kill at which Place we quartered some time & then was discharged I think in Nov- ember - - - - -

I was engaged in this Campaign as near as can recollect 3 months
In the Summer of 1778 or 9 I was drafted as a soldier to guard the shore on the Sound & bay of New Haven. I was in a Company commanded by Lieutenant Ives our General officer was General Mads worth In this Service I continued as near as I now can recollect 3 months after this time I frequently volunteered for the protection (against the British) who threatened an attack just on New Haven 2 d on Fairfield 3 rd on Norwalk but in their last alarms no great amount of time was spent. - I am of the opinion according to the best of my recollection as I have stated above in detail , that in all the services I rendered I must have spent at least 15 months -
He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his Service & that person he knows of no person who can testify to his services And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to any pension, or annuity (Except the present) and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn & subscribed before me David Grannis on this 20 th Sept. 1832 Dan Allen a quary of Cattaraugus county
And the said David Grannis further declares that since the Revolutionary War he lived in New Haven till within 8 years since which time he lived in Geneva N.Y. one year since that in Collins Co. of Erie N.Y. at which place he now lives -
Sworn & subscribed before me this 20 th Day of Sept. 1832 Dan Allen David Grannis

Certificate
We Thompson S Harris a Clergyman residing in the town of Collins in the County of Erie & State of New York and Lemuel A Pitcheer of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Grannis who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be of the age of Twenty Seven years that he is Reputed, & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Thompson S Harris
Sworn & subscribed before me on the day & year aforesaid. Dan Allen a judge of Cattaraugus Com Pleas
Lemuel A Pitcheer
And the said Dan Allen (Judge as aforesaid) doth hereby certify & declare his opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department. That the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution & served as a de Status & further that he is well acquainted with said applicant & is of the opinion that from bodily infirmities he the said applicant cannot attend the Court of Common Pleas in & for his said County
And the said Dan Allen further certifies that Thompson S. Harris who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman & that Lemuel A Pitcheer is a resident of the Town of Collins as aforesaid is a creditable person & that their statement is entitled to Credit
Dan Allen a judge of Cattaraugus Com Pleas
Sworn & subscribed before me on the day & year aforesaid
State of New York
Cattaraugus County
I John W. Stanton Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Dan Allen Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who signed the the foregoing certificate and annexed affidavits was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of September A.D. 1832 John W. Stanton, Clerk
12.337

State of New York County of Seneca } ss On this Eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine person- -ally appeared before Charles Danforth a judge of Seneca County Court in and for said county Clarissa Brannis a resident of LeRoy in the said County of Seneca and state of New York aged seventy five years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836: That she is the widow of David Brannis late of Lodi in the county of Erie & state of New York deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, That he resided in the town of Haverden, County of New Haven and state of Connecticut, at the commencement of the Revolutionary war  war continued to reside there during the Revolutionary war and for several years afterwards, That she cannot recollect the names of the officers under whom he served nor the period of service, and for proof thereof she refers to the affidavits and papers on file in the pension office of the United States, prepared in his case on his application for a pension, That he served as a volunteer at Home Neck or Reading for several months after the marriage of the said David Brannis and the said Clarissa, She further declares that she was married to the said David Brannis in the month of October 1779 by Basil Munson Esquire a justice of the peace of the said town of Haverden. That she has no documentary or record evidence of the said marriage, and has caused diligent search to be made of marriage records of the said town of Haverden but no record can be found, she therefore refers to the statements and affidavit herewith for proof of the said marriage, that her husband the aforesaid David obtained a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary war under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 and she refers to the papers on file as aforesaid in his case for proof of service, That her said husband the aforesaid David died on the 7 th day of January 1834; And that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, And that by reason of bodily infirmity she is unable to appear before the court, sworn to and subscribed on the day } Clarissa Brannis and year above written, before Charles Danforth - a judge of Seneca County Court - }

State of New York County of Genesee
Samuel Grannis of the town of LeRoy in the said county being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Clarissa Grannis who has made and signed the foregoing statement, that she has lived in his family a considerable part of the time since the death of her said husband David Grannis, and now resides in his family, that she has not been married since the death of the said David, and that she is now the widow of the said David Grannis, and that the said David Grannis died on the 7 th day of January 1834 at Lodi in the said County of Erie.
Subscribed and sworn to this 11 th day of February A.D. 1839 before me Charles Densforth - a Judge of Genesee County Courts
Saw J. Grannis 1834 Husband (not J. Grannis)
Genesee County ss. I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Clarissa Grannis and Samuel Grannis who have subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that they are credible persons and their statements entitled to credit, and that the said Clarissa Grannis is unable to appear before the court by reason of bodily infirmity -
Charles Densforth - a Judge of Genesee County Courts
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Genesee County, } ss.
I do hereby certify, that before me, the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, was known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed. I do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 11 th day of February, 1839, by Samuel Grannis, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, at Batavia, in said County, this 11 th day of February 1839.
N. D. Densforth Clerk of Genesee County.

V 4386
Claripa Lyraunis
Act 4. July 1836
Married Oct. 1779 Husband died 7. Jan 1834

Hamden Ct Double 50. Jan 20/
Mr Samuel Grannis
Lee Roy
Genesee Co
New York State

Dear Sir I Received your letter dated the January 9 th 1839 Stating that you are legit for the petitioner I hereby make the following Statement Concerning the marriage of David Grannis & Clarissa Martin by Bazel Munson Esq About 60 years ago I was personally acquainted with Bazel Munson he was a justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven at that time & before and after - Bazel Munson has been dead I think between 30 & 40 years his Sons have long been dead or gone to parts unknown to me I have made Diligent Enquiry but no trace of his Records is to be found - Also I have Examined the Town and Church Records can find no certificate of the marriage of David Grannis - I wrote more particularly in my letter to Samuel Grannis dated December 29 th 1838 which I hereby Confirm (according to my own personal knowledge and according to the best Information I could Obtain I have no doubt but that David Grannis & Clarissa Martin was Lawfully joined in Marriage by Bazel Munson Esquire full Confidence may be place - on What I wrote in my first Letter to Samuel Grannis dated as above the same as if I was under Oath
Russel Pierpont Town Clerk Hamden
on the 24 th day of January 1839 Personally appeared Russel Pierpont Town Clerk of Hamden and made Oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him Subscribed before me Reverend Hitchcock Justice of the Peace
on the day of January 1839 Personally appeared We Elam Dues - Joel Cooper and Mary his wife Depose and say that we was personally acquainted with David Grannis and Clarissa Martin then of Hamden was Intimate with them In Company it was Publicly known or told that they was married by Esquire Munson who was to our knowledge a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven at that time & before & after that he has been dead between 30 or 40 years his Sons have been long dead or gone to parts unknown to us we believe that there is none of his Records to be found as where knowing that the said David & Clarissa lived together as man & wife and we think they had one or two Children born while living in Hamden - we also think there is no doubt that they were Lawfully joined in Marriage by Bazel Munson Esq we have no Remembrance of David Grannis entering the United States Service - Since the said Grannis left Hamden we know nothing
Elam Dues } Joel Cooper Mary Cooper
on the 24 th day of January 1839 - Personally appeared Elam Dues Esquire - Lieut Joel Cooper & his wife Mary and made Oath to the truth of the above Certificate by them Subscribed before me
Leverett Hitchcock Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss Hamden January 24 th A.D. 1839 I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Russel Pierpont Esq Elam Dues Esq Lieut Joel Cooper and his wife Mary Cooper of said Hamden that they are all Credible Persons and their statements entitled to credit Leverett Hitchcock Justice of the Peace
H-B - we think said marriage was about sixty years ago the particular day we do not know

I further certify that Rufus Pierpont Esq. Successor is Town Clerk of said Town of Hamden. Leverett Hitchcock Justice of the Peace

NY.
Hm Setthuliatas H2

State of New York
David & Clarissa Graham Children's City Born Feb 24 th 1780 John Born Oct 5 th 1781 Polly Born January 11 th 1784 Chauncy Born Oct 30 1785 Clarissa Born March 5 th 1788 David Born Oct 13 1790 Samuel Born April 5 th 1793 Morton Born May 21 1795 Marina Born July 16 th 1797 Abigail Born April 11 th 1800 Julia Born August 25 th 1804

See a New York NEW TESTAMENT
OF
OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK:
AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
BOSTON:
PRINTED FOR LINCOLN AND EDMONDS.
Sold at their Bible Warehouse, No. 53, Cornhill.
..... W. Greenough, Printer.
1815.

State of New York Genesee County ss.
Julia Kenny of the Town of LeRoy in the said County of Genesee aged thirty seven years being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that she is the daughter of David & Clarissa Grannis, that she well recollects the family Bible which her father David Grannis owned and in which he kept the family record, that she has now in her possession a part of that Bible but that the record with a part of the Bible is destroyed. That the record in said Bible was made by her father and in his own proper hand writing. That twenty years ago or upwards and before the loss of any part of said Record or of said Bible, her father gave her a Bible which she now has in a good state of preservation, that on receiving the last mentioned Bible from her father she copied verbatim as near as she could the said Record on to a leaf of the Bible which her father gave her as before mentioned, and which leaf she has cut from her said Bible, and the same is hereto attached, and the record thereon is the same which she copied from her father's said family Bible. That she this deponent has often heard her father speak of his services in the Revolution and that she has heard both her father and mother speak about their marriage, and that Ez Munsun married them, and that they were married at Hampton New Haven County, state of Connecticut. And she further deposes and says that she copied said Record on to said leaf immediately after receiving her said Bible from her father and that it was twenty years ago or thereabouts. That her said father and Mother cohabited together and lived together as husband and wife until his death which occurred seven years ago last January. And she further deposes that the small part of a leaf attached to the above mentioned

leaf is a part of the Original record and all that remains of it, and further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed & sworn to this
Julia Hearn
27 th day of July 1841
before me Augustus P. Hascall
a Judge of Seneca County
County, and Counsellor at Law
in the Supreme Court &c -
State of New York
Seneca County ss Samuel Brannin of LeRoy in said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he is forty eight years of age, that he is a son of David Brannin & Clarissa Brannin, that he has heard his said father speak often of his services in the war of the Revolution, & that he served as a private soldier; he further deposes and that his father received a pension from the United States for such services until the time of his death, that he died at Lodi in the state of New York seven years ago last January to the best of his recollection, that until the time of the decease of his father, his said father & mother cohabited and lived together as husband & wife, that he has heard the circumstances of the marriage of his said parents mentioned & talked over in the family, that they were married by Eugene Munson at Hambley, and about Eugene Munson's death - Samuel Brannin
Sworn and subscribed this
27 th day of July 1841
before me
A P Hascall a
Judge of Seneca County
County, Counsellor &c -

State of New York
Genesee County ss I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Julia Henry and Samuel Brown who have subscribed the foregoing affidavit, that they are credible persons, and their statements entitled to credit.
Augustus P. Hascal a Judge of Genesee County Court, of the degree of Counsel at Law of our Supreme Court in

N o 12,337 David Grannis
A. L. Schoff West Sode N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of David Grannis  County of Cattaraugus in the State of NY  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? bodily infirmity  3. How old is he? 77  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. As a Gen.     In 1776 Summer — 6 — Private Col. Douglas, Lt. Bryant   "76-77 Winter — 3 — Volunr. Capt. Trumbull   "77 Summer — 3 — cl. Lt. Ives.   "78-79 Summer — 3 — drafted Same  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Haven Ct.  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? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

in reply to your request of _____, received _____
for a statement of the military history of David Grannis 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.
W. file 24,302
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July or Aug. 76 6 mos. Col. Israel Putnam Lt. Col. Richard Bryant Douglas Conn.   Winter 1776-7 3 mos. Capt. Trumbull ✓   July or Aug. 1777 3 mos. Lt. Ives ✓   Summer 1778-9 8 mos. " " ✓  
Retreated to Harlem Heights & vol. in alarm at New Haven, Fairfield & Norwalk.
Battles engaged in, not stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Haven, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 21, 1832.
Residence at date of application, village of Lodi, town of Collins, Erie Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. Apr. 9, 1755 at New Haven d. Jan. 7, 1834 at Lodi.
Remarks: Ad. mar. in Oct. 1779 Clarissa Martin
+ she was all d. pens. on her application. July 11, 1839, while 75 yrs of age & a res. of Tarry, Genesee Co., N.Y. with son Samuel Ch from record.

8491.
New York Albany Clarissa Granis widow of David. who was a Private in the New York Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Febry 1849 and sent to
Hon H. Putnam Hof R
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2
Page 76.

Pension Office
August 2 d . 1841
Sir,
The additional proof in support of the alleged date of the marriage of Mrs Clarissa Grannis has been received and is satisfactory. Mrs Grannis is not entitled to a pension under the Act of July 4. 1836 if she was married in October 1779. In his declaration, her late husband David Grannis alleged among other terms of service one of 3 months in the summer of 1778 or 1779 being the last of his regular term. But he also stated that after that he served for short periods in the attack upon New Haven, Fairfield and Norwalk. These attacks were made on the 5 th , 7 th and 12 th July 1779. So that all his service was performed prior to his marriage if it took place in October of that year. A pension may be granted under the Act of July 7. 1838 if a new declaration be filed. The fact of the first child having been born as it appears by the record in February 1780, requires

some explanation, should the claim be still promoted under the act of July 24. 1830.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obedt Servt
J L Edwards
Rev J. M. Gates House of Representatives

15502_00505 State of New York } Cattaraugus County ss }
James Meloy being duly sworn deposes and says that Clarissa Grannis is the widow of David Grannis a soldier of the Revolution deceased - that her maiden name was Clarissa Martin - that they were married in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six or seven which of these years this deponent does not distinctly recollect but it was quite the fore part of the war.
This deponent says that he was well acquainted with the said David Grannis and Clarissa his wife both before and after their marriage that they were brought up and married in the parish of Mount Carmel now the town of Hamden in the State of Connecticut
Subscribed & sworn before me this 4th day of March 1839
James Meloy
Amasa L. Chapin
State of New York County of Cattaraugus ss.
I, Francis E. Baillet Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Amasa L. Chapin Esq. is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 15th day of March 1839.
Francis E. Baillet clerk

Simon Patten
Mar. 5. 1839
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Free
W to row James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City par

Dear Sir,
Le Roy N.Y. February 23 d 1839
Herewith I send Pension Papers of Mrs Clarina Grannis and Mrs Ruth Kellogg applicants for pensions.
I forwarded to your office months ago the pension papers of Mrs Hannah Austin, Chloe Thwing Mrs Smith, and some additional papers in the case of Mrs Austin & Thwing - Permit me to call your attention to them, and you will oblige me by communicating your decision thereon as soon as convenient. You know these good ladies descending to a state of second childhood, and some in want, do not bear delay with all the patience which is desirable -
Mrs Deborah Smith who applied for a pension through the agency of Judge Mitchell of Bethany in this county, is very desirous of knowing the situation of her papers and the result of her application for a pension. If you can inform me without inconvenience you will confer a favour on her. She resides near me and some distance from Judge Mitchell, therefore she requested me to communicate her wishes to you -
I remain dear Sir, Very Respectfully yours &c. Augustus P. Hascale
James L Edwards Esq

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY: COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
J. M. Beach
I, ROBINSON S. HEMAN , Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Levi H. Dilliecock
Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE within and for the said County, duly appointed Commissioner and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds: that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A.D. 1838, and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1839. That I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 29 th day of Jany A.D. 1839
J. M. Beach
Clerk.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 11 — 1835.
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 widow of David Grannis is deceased a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. Y. Agency, at the rate of fifty — Dollars and — — — — — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1833 to the 7 th of January 1834, the day of his death — Respectfully, yours,
Widow N. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

N. York
Clarissa Grannis
let. to A.P. Marshall 9. July '39
to same 12. Sep. 1839 ✓
" How f. 10. Gates July 20. 1841
same same Aug. 2. 1841
Act July 1836

David Grannis No 12337.
Amarad. Schott

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Grannis 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? yes 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? 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? yes
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? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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.

July 20
A. J. add proof Clarissa Harris
Pension Papers
FREE
J. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions Washington City

Le Ray N.Y. July 15 th 1839
Dear Sir
I send additional affidavits on the application of Mrs. Clarissa Grannis for a pension — This was received soon after the other papers were submitted —
If the proof as to the Marriage of Mrs. Grannis is not satisfactory please inform me soon, for if that more particular proof can be had it will take some time to ascertain the fact.
Yours Respectfully A. P. Hascall
J. L. Edwards Esq Clerk of Assembly

Clarissa Grannis Wid of David N York
Act July 7 1838
Manned 1779
And Jun 7 1834
Allen H Hoopman 50
AB Hascall Esq Le Roy NY

Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City

LeRay N.Y. Oct. 31 1848
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I enclose papers on application of Mrs Clarissa Evans for a pension. In a former application for a pension under the Act of 1838 I took no notes or memorandum of the facts in the case and I am not able to recollect and the old lady is not very clear in her recollection whether the provision made for one year after the expiration of the 5 yrs. was applied for by her. I think it could not have been or it would have been recollected by her or her friends. Be this as it may, the papers on file in your office will show how this is. The old lady went to live with another relative after receiving her pension and I had lost sight of her and it did not occur to me to inform her or her friends of a further act for the benefit of such persons. I state this in addition to her statement that no unfavorable impression may be made by the delay in applying for the benefit of said acts.
Yours Respectfully A. P. Hascall

Paid
ch A.T. 76 Box
6956 Hon J. L. Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington City
Nov 4 1881 J. P. Plunkett App. N. P. Harkness

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
JAN 19 1737159 5
WAR DEPARTMENT.

Jamestown, N. Y.
January 17, 1911.
General F. C. Ainsworth, Record and Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
I wish to ascertain whether David Grannis , originally of Connecticut and who is stated on page 408 of Connecticut Men in the American Revolution , to have been a private in Capt. Pecks' Company, 5th Battallion, Wadsworths' Brigade, Col. Wm. Douglas, 1776, raised in June that year to reinforce Washingtons Army at N.Y. and served in that city and on the Brooklyn front in the battle of Long Island Aug.29-30, 1776 and to have been at battle of White Plains Oct.28 and whose term expired Dec.25, 1776, was granted a pension and whether after his decease in 1834 his widow Clairissa Martin Grannis was granted a pension.
I wish further to know the date of their marriage. I take for granted that it is stated in some of the papers on which one of the said pensions was garanted. David and Clairissa Grannis were my ancestors.
Respectfully,
Belle E. Lake
120 Fulton Street, Jamestown, N. Y.
JAN 24 1911

Rev
1911 Jan. 28. Hist. to Mrs. Belle E. Lake d.
WIDOW, &c.
No. 24302
Clarissa Francis
wid of
David Francis
Dis. Nov. 1882
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Revolutionary, Power of Attorney from the late of David Grannis
admitted N.Y. 1832
Filed 6 July 1833 J. E. Haskell Washington D.C.

STATE OF New York } COUNTY OF Genesee }
BE IT KNOWN, That on this first day of March A. D. 185 3 before me
the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Julia Keeny resident of 2 in said County, and made oath according to law that 3  she is the daughter of David Grannis who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4  1831  and that he drew 50 dollars and was in service nine months That 5  she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint irrevocably J. E. Klapelen of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of David Grannis for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate payish made payable to the War Department Agency ; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. And that my said attorney shall have one half of said claim for his services In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal on this twelfth first day of March 185 3 Witness Allen Keeny  Julia Keeny Witness Mary A. Keeny
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED, AND ACKNOWLEDGED, before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said 6  Julia Keeny to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the iden- tical party therein alleged.
David P. Kneeland Justice of the Peace
STATE OF New York } COUNTY OF Genesee }
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Genesee lennys that 7  Julia Keeny the party who has sworn to, and ac- knowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the 10  Child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that 11  David P. Kneeland Esq., before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of
attorney was made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the his, I believe to be genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 12 day of March 185 3
M. G. Lupton
1. Claimant's name or names in full. 2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank. 5. "He is," "she is," or "they are." 6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. 7. Claimant's signature. 8. Claimant's name. 9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or "child of." 11. Magistrate's name. 12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

No
Elizabeth Crannis Widow of David M
Ad act 43 & 44 at $50 per an
Ad act 48 at $50 per an
How to Subano N of R.

State of New York Genesee County ss
Samuel Grannis of the town of Le Ray in the county and state aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the son of Clarissa Grannis who now makes application for a pension as the widow of David Grannis deceased. That in the year 1839 she resided with him this deponent when she made application for a pension as the widow of said David Grannis on account of his Revolutionary services, that such application was made through a pension agent residing in the same town with this deponent A. W. Hascall Esq. That the said Clarissa Grannis did receive a pension some time subsequent to such application and to the best of his recollection the whole sum received by her was two hundred and fifty dollars, and that such pension was received for a certain limited number of years, and that this deponent did not know nor had he been informed of any subsequent act having been passed by Congress extending the pensions of such persons, until within a few days past That the said Clarissa Grannis now resides at another place, but in the said town of Le Ray.
Subscribed and sworn to this 26 th day of October 1848 before me A. W. Hascall Justice of the peace of said County
Sam l Grannis
Genesee County ss. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named affiant Samuel Grannis and that he is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit. Witness my hand this 26 th day of October 1848 A. W. Hascall Justice of the peace of said County

State of New York ss
Greene County ss
On the 27 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the town of Leroy in and for said county of Greene. Clarissa Grannis a resident of the town of Leroy in the county and state aforesaid aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of March 1833 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War and of the act passed on the 17 th of June 1844 entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain widows" ! That she is the widow of David Grannis who was a private in the Revolutionary War and resided at that time in Hamden in the county of New Haven in the state of Connecticut and served in the militia to the best of her recollection and belief. That she received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of fifty dollars per year according to the best of her recollection and belief and she refers to papers on file in the office of the Secretary of War for proof in this her application. That the cause of her not applying for the benefits of said acts before was that she was not informed that there were any such acts passed by Congress until a few days since. She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the 27 th day of October before me
Clarissa Grannis
H. H. Hoveall
Justice of the peace of said County
Greene County ss. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named affiant Clarissa Grannis and that she is a credible person and her

statement entitled to credit. this 27 th day of October 1848
Witness my hand R. H. Hasell Justice of the peace of Said County
State of New York Genesee County Clerk's office { ss.
I hereby certify that H. W. Hasell is a Justice of the peace as above written and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office and subscribed my name this 30 day of October 1848
M. G. Loper Sp. Clk of Said County

6356
Albany New York
Clarissa Grannis widow of David Grannis, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 7th Jan'y 1834 of Albany in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Turnbull of the Reg't commanded by Col Douglas in the New York line for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Sept 1841 and sent to A.B. Herschel De Ray New York Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $250.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept
$250.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. Addison Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 200 Page 80

17. Aug 1844
Add evidence
Clarissa Brown
Mr Sylvester
FREE
to James L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City
From

State of New York Seneca County ss
On this 12 th day of August 1841, personally appeared before Augustus P. Hascale a Judge of Seneca County courts Mrs. Clarissa Brannis a resident of Seneca in the county & state aforesaid aged Seventy Seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." That she is the widow of David Brannis late a pensioner of the United States, and in support of her claim to the benefit of the provisions of said act she refers to the papers on file on the application of her said husband for a pension, and also to the papers and proof which she has furnished on her recent application for a pension under the act of the 4 th July 1836, and that her marriage with the said David Brannis took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four for the proof of which she refers to the said papers & proofs on file in the War office of the United States, and that she still remains the widow of the said David Brannis, and that by reason of bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in open court.
Sworn and subscribed to, on the day & year above written before me
A. P. Hascale
a Judge of Seneca County Courts & Councils in the Supreme Court - of said state
Clarissa Brannis
State of New York Seneca County ss
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Clarissa Brannis above named, that she is a credible person, and her statement entitled to credit and that by reason of bodily infirmity she is unable to appear before the court.
A. P. Hascale a Judge of Seneca County Courts & Councils in the Supreme Court Sen

Le Roy N. Y., Aug 12. 1841
Dear Sir
I enclose additional papers on application of Mrs Clarissa Brown for a pension, also your letter on the subject to Hon S. M. Bates. It is presumed the papers will be satisfactory under Act of 1838. I here enclose but, to me -
Yours Respectfully
A. P. Hascall
Hon. J. S. Edwards Comm. Sec.