Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15771, Asahel Gridley, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Gridley, Asahel Chloe
W. 15771
CONTENTS

Albany 3179
Chloe Gridley widow of Asahel Gridley
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 16. November 1833 of Oneida Co., in the State of N. York who was a Major Capt. & fifth in the company commanded by Captain Stanley - of the regt. commanded by Col. Gay in the Con. Minutemen 3 months ————— 11.00 time for Capt. 2 " ————— 7.33 Priv. 12 " ————— 40.00 $ 58.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 58 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of June 1839 and sent to P. Gridley Utica, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 174.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 29.16 $204.15
{ Act July 7 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2 Page 79
Date of death not in AB

24.084 New York Asahel Gridley
of Madison in the State of New York who was a Lieut. Maj. Genl. in the Corps, commanded by Captain Stanley of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gay in the Genl. line for B. Mob. Lieut. Major
2 u. Capt. $13.50 12 u. Private 47.33 $60.83
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Oct. 1833 and to Asahel P. Gridley Hamilton
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $152.07 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Mo 34 30.41 $182.48
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Oct June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. C. Atiles Clerk, Book E Vol. 1. Page 102.

Declaration
State of New York } Oneida County } Vs.
On this fifth day of September  December 1832 Personally appeared before me Nathan Kimball one of the Judges & Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid, Asahel Gridley a resident in the Town of Vernon, & County aforesaid Asahel  Asahel Aged Seventy five years, 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 7 th 1832 — I Asahel Gridley of the Town of Vernon, County of Oneida, & State of New York, but formerly of the Town of Farmington, County of Hartford, & State of Connecticut, Aged 75 years of the 13th day of October last , according to the Record of my Parents; did sometime in the Month of March in the year 1776, enlist into the service of the United States in a Regiment commanded by Col Fisher Gay, Lieut Col Ichab Grant, & Maj Mott, & in Genl Wadsworth's Brigade, in Col S. S. Hovey's Company for the term of Nine Months, & in the first part of April did March to New Haven, thence by Water to New York, & were Stationed in Dockstreet, untill the British Ships, Asia & Phoenix , went up the North River, was then in the Grand Battery during the Cannonade on that occasion; & about the time that the British landed on Long Island, was ordered up to the Island, with Col Douglas & other Regiments, & were Stationed at Brooklyn heights, Jamaica & was there through the Various conflicts on the Island, untill about the middle of September, when the famous retreat from the Island took place into the City of New York. Was at the Cannonade at South Bay, where Genl Parsons commanded till relieved by Genl Putnam, Was in the Grand Battery when the British entered the upper part of the City, & were pressing down toward the Battery, & was in one of the Port Boats that left the Battery for Jersey shore, at Hoboken from thence were ordered to Hackensack, thence to Franklin, to Scramacuse & under command of Capt Bradley, & thence to Havertown, & crossed the River at Kings Ferry, thence down to Philip Manor where we joined our Regiment & others, & kept with them till discharged the part of December — Col Gay died in New York, Lieut Col Grant was taken prisoner by the Hessians near Harlem, and the Command devolved on Major Mott untill discharged
As the Town of Farmington, has been divided, since the above occurrences & the part in which I resided is now called Bristol

Also I Volunteered in 1777 into a Regiment commanded by Col Noahdiah Hooke, & in Capt Amos Beecher's Company, for the term of 3 Months, cannot recollect the exact time when entering into service. Marched to Peekskill, by way of Danbury, Crumpond, &c, was employed in scouts & excursions & guards, &c, until ordered to Gallow's Hill opposite Fort Montgomery in the Highlands, until that Fort was invested & taken, by the British, next morning joining the Continental Regiment (Viz) Col Mige's called Leather Caps, Col W. B. Col W. G. & others, we marched up through the Highlands to Fishkill, & were joined by Genl Putnam, & others, & as the British were proceeding up the River to the relief of Burgoyne's Army, had several brushes with them whenever we could come in reach of them, but as they could generally sail faster than we could march by land, they burnt some stores & other buildings near the River, they burnt Croton or Kingston, &c until they arrived to Red Hook, where they got intelligence of the capture of Burgoyne's Army; in a few days after, they proceeded down the River, when we followed them with all dispatch, & every instance where it was possible we annoyed them with our field pieces, & succeeded in taking 1 or 2 of their small Vessels, which were a little behind their main body of shipping; then we followed them down through the Highlands; where we kept a day of rejoicing commanded by Genl Putnam, for the defeat & capture of Burgoyne & his army. had some excursions down towards Croton River after Cowboys, & Refugees, & some times even into Bedford & North Castle, until our engagements were expired, when we were discharged — I served this War as Fife Major of the Regiment

Also, In 1779 or 1780 cannot recollect which, I engaged in what was called Coast Guard, for the term of 2 Months, under Captain Commandant Woodford, I engaged as a Substitute for Corporal Timothy Stangerford, & was constituted by the Officers as Corporal, & served the term out in that capacity. We were Stationed at New Haven, & the adjacent parts of the Coast, that is, the Capes & inlets, to guard against the Long Island Mirauders, Tories, & Nyngus &c. Cannot recollect the exact time of entering into service, but believe it the Months of September & October which which we served in this Service; at any rate, it was very near that time if not exactly—
Also, In 1781 I Volunteered in a Regiment commanded by Col t Moreley & in Capt James Stoddards Company for the term of 3 Months, & marched to New Haven, thence along the Coast through Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk to Stamford, where we were Stationed for a few Weeks, thence to Horrenbeck, a few weeks, thence were ordered to White Plains for a few Weeks, thence we were ordered to West Point, in company with Col t Eno's Regiment C. & others, where Col t Malcom a Continental Officer commanded the Garrison at that time, where we continued until our time of engagement expired & we were discharged — cannot recollect the day when we entered service, nor the day when we were discharged — I never had a written discharge, but uniformly, on the morning after our times expired, we were paraded, & received the thanks of our Officers, & then were dismissed, & discharged from their command to go where we pleased — I never was drafted, but always went voluntarily —
I have taken much pains, & incurred considerable expense to get personal proof of my services, have sent 3 times to Connecticut, but as yet have not been able to obtain any, as those who served with me for the most part are dead, or removed out of the State, & unknown whether alive or dead; the above declaration is substantially correct according to my recollection, but possibly, there may be some mistake, respecting the dates of some of the occurrences, as my memory is impaired during so long a term of years —
I do hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or Annuity except the present, & declare, that my name is not on the list or pension roll of the Agency of any State whatever —

The applicant further states & declares in answer to the Interrogatories pro- -pounded by the Judge - first - I was born in Farmington, County of Hartford & State of Connecticut on the 13 th day of October A D 1757 according to my parents record Second - I have, In my Father's Great Bible, it is my own given me by my Father Third - Town of Farmington aforesaid when called into service, I resided there until 1796, when I removed to that part of Oneida County which is now the Town of Mar- -shall, where I resided about four years, then removed to Vernon, where I have since resided - Fourth - I was never drafted, always volunteered, was a substitute for 2 Months for Timothy Hunsford as before stated - Fifth - Col s Meigs, Col s Wyllys, Col s Webb, Col s Eno, Gen l Wadsworth - Gen l Parsons, Gen l Huntington, Gen l Waterbury, Gen l Putnam, Gen l McDougal, Baron Steuben, Gen l Knox, Gen l Washington - Sixth - No written discharge, but uniformly at the expiration of our several terms were paraded, & received the thanks of our Officers & were Verbally discharged from this Command, to go where we pleased - Seventh - John P Sherwood Esq r , David Purvis, W m Root Esq r Nichol Dyer Supervisor, Hiram Ledy Doran Clerk, Herman Smith, Augustus Allen, Lieut Skinner &c - The applicant further states, that this declaration was originally drafted in September last, before he had obtained any proof of personal service, which accounts for the corrections of applicant's Age, & proof of personal service -
X Asahel Gridley
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of December 1832 before me Nathan Kimball, Judge of Oneida common pleas

State of New York Onida County ss:
We the undersigned Ernest M. Nichols a clergyman residing in the Town of Vernon Onida County, and Herman Smith of the same place aged Seventy eight years, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asahel Gidley of Vernon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and the said Herman Smith for himself certifies that he has been so acquainted with the said Asahel Gidley for the period of about thirty years; and we further certify that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; and that he is respected & beloved, and since our acquaintance with him has been respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion,
Ernest M. Nichols
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Herman Smith
Me Nathan Kimball Judge of General Sessions And the said Nathan Kimball Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onida does hereby declare his opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the new department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Ernest M. Nichols who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, residing in Vernon aforesaid the nearest to said applicant; and that Herman Smith who has also signed the same is a resident in Vernon

aforsaid, and that he is a credible person, and further that he is an old inhabitant & highly respectable cit- izen of the said town, and that their statement is entitled to credit; and further certify that the pro- hibitant is from bodily infirmity unable to attend a court of record in this county. And
I do further certify that I am personally ac- quainted with Charles Bartholomew of the town of Fishkill where affiant is thirty years old, Onondaga County, & that he is a respectable man & fully entitled to credit from his character & standing.
Nathan Kimball
Judge of Records of pleas

State of New York 3 County of Oneida ss. Charles Bartholomew of the town of Richland Oneida County aged seventy three Supreass being duly sworn saith that he formerly resided in Pristot in Connecticut & knew Absahel Priddle there during the revolutionary war and after- wards. I have also known him since he has resided in Wernon Oneida County. Deponent says that he knew said Priddle in service in the revolutionary war & served with him a term under Captain James Stoddard, was with him at Westpoint Lothin place mentioned in his declaration during that term. Deponent further says, that though he cannot state that he actually served with said Priddle any other term of service, yet accord- ing to his best recollection his belief he was out in several other terms of service during the war. Deponent was the townsman of said Priddle & was well acquainted with him & has a general recollection that he served several terms though Deponent cannot state dates or other partic- ulars with certainty - and deponent further states that when he served with said Priddle he was a munition & served as such - Charles Priddle to morrow
I certify that on the 5 th day of December 1872 - Charles Priddle the foregoing was duly sworn by me that this affidavit is true & I further certify that I am acquainted with him & that he is a credible witness.
Nathan Kimball 3 d Judge of Oneida common pleas

State of New York Oneida County Clerk's office J. George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origi- -nal proceedings of the Hon. Nathan Kimball Judge of Oneida Common Pleas &c.

State of New York 3 Oneida County ss Benjamin Churchill, of Need- Hartford Oneida County being duly sworn saith that he is seventy three years old & upwards; that during the revolutionary war deponent lived in Bristol Connecticut & well knew Asahel Gidley of that place who now lives in Vernon Oneida County. That the deponent recollects that the said Asahel enlisted & ser- ved according to deponent's best recollection several years of duty as a soldier in the revolutionary army; the deponent was also engaged in several short periods of service in the said army & he recollects being with the said Gidley in the service at one time, but at what particular time the deponent cannot pos- itively state though he believes it was in Captain James Stoddard's Company
of which I am a credible witness
Seth P. Birge, Justice of the Peace

Clerks Office Oneida County ss
I George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Seth Birge Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken & sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized by Law as such Justice and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County. That the City of Utica This eighteenth day of December A.D. 1832
G. Brown Clerk

State of New York
Oneida County ss. Rhoda Ives of the town of Richland Oneida County being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is a sister of Asahel Gridley now of Vernon Oneida County & formerly of Bristol in Connecticut, and that she is sixty two years of age and upwards: that she well recollects that the said Asahel enlisted and left home with the declared purpose of serving and deponent has no doubt did serve as a soldier in the revolutionary army during several different tours. deponent recollects on his return from these several tours of duty of hearing him talk of the events & details the facts in relation to his said service. Deponent cannot now recollect the particular date nor the exact periods of such service; but it is according to her best recollection that she believes that he so served during three or four terms of service & was engaged several months at each time - deponent then resided at Farmington (that part which is now Bristol) in Connecticut at her father's Rebeccah Gridley's & the settlement of service, was a fact well known in the family & neighborhood. I speak that time the said Asahel has always been reputed to be a soldier of the revolutionary army - Spoken saith not Rhoda Ives
I certify that on the 27th day of October 1841 Rhoda Ives was sworn before me & the contents of that she is a true and correct statement of her knowledge & belief. In presence of me, John D. Pond Justice of the Peace

Clerks Office Oneida County N.Y. J. George Brown Clerk I do hereby certify that Julius Pond Esquire before whom the within or foregoing affidavit purports to have taken & sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office at Utica this 18 th day of December 1832 Geo. Brown Clerk

State of New York
Madison County
Samuel Hunsford of Smithfield in the County of Madison being duly sworn saith that he is fifty seven years of age and upwards; that during the revolutionary war this deponent resided in the family of his father Jacob Hunsford in a part of Farmington (now called Bristol) in the State of Connecticut who was a near neighbor of Captain Hezekiah Gidley the father of Asahel Gidley, now of Vernon Oneida County - That deponent resided at Bristol aforesaid until somewhat more than thirty years ago when deponent removed to Vernon Oneida County & soon afterwards removed to Smithfield in Madison County and has resided in the town of Smithfield, Leona and Eaton in said County ever since with the exception of two years at Whiteboro in Oneida County.
Deponent further says that among the earliest facts which he recollects to have heard & been familiar with, was that the said Jacob Hunsford the father of this deponent, and the said Asahel Gidley, had been out on several tours of service in the revolutionary war together; and deponent distinctly recollects that, in his earliest childhood & afterwards, he frequently heard his father & the said Asahel Gidley talk over the scenes & events that occurred when they were so out in service together, many particulars of which this deponent retains fresh in his memory; and this deponent knows that the said Asahel has always been reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution, & further deponent says that his father Jacob Hunsford has been dead for many years - A Certify that on the 24th day of November 1842

November 1832 Samuel Brum- puff was only sworn be- fore me that this affi- davit is true & I further certify that said Brum- puff is a credible witness.
John M. Mepfinger Justice of the Peace.
State of New-York Madison County Clerk's Office
Cont.
ss: I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that John M. Mepfinger before whom the within or foregoing, Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same,
One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his own proper hand writing and signature. - In wit- ness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 14 th day of December 1832 -
A. S. Sloan Ck.

State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office G. J. George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Nathan Kimball Esq. whose name is subscribed to the
Clerk's Office
Onondaga County
G. J. George Brown clerk of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Hon. Nathan Kimball Judge of Onondaga Court Pleas, which proceedings consist of the declaration of the applicant, the certificate of Erastus N. Nichols and Herman Smith, the certificate of the judge and the affidavit of Charles Bartholomew, Benjamin Churchill, Rhoda Ives and Samuel Hungerford and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge and verily believe his name subscribed to be genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Utica this eighteenth day of December 1852
G. J. Brown Clerk
State of New York Onondaga County
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace of the County of Onondaga, the 4th day of July 1852, Daniel Rigby who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that he drafted the foregoing declaration himself & by reading the same found it to be a true and correct statement of the facts of the case, which he is informed has been entered at the justice's office in the City of Utica into the continental army , but that he, deponent, does not know that the said enlistment for nine months was into the State Troops , raised by the government of the State of Connecticut & that deponent enlisted with seven others at the same time, all of whom, as the deponent believes, are dead; that in the other cases of deponent's service, that in the above discharge the Company of Militia to which deponent belonged was called out for the purpose of drafting a certain number of men, & the officers, as such are usually appointed to the company when called together the number of men wanted, & that if there should be enough volunteers, it would prevent drafting, & deponent volunteered, or was apt in the case when he served as a substitute for Timothy Hungerford who was drafted, & deponent took his place.
Deponent further declares that he supposed that there was evidence in the State office of the State of Connecticut at Wallingford to show the fact & time of deponent's several times of service, & wrote to the Comptroller of the State for such evidence & received a letter from him dated the 10th of June 7. 1852, & deponent in the accompanying letter attached the sum of a little from C. Phelps Comptroller, which deponent attached to show that he deemed himself as being in the State Troops , & not to be continental line , & that the application to the Comptroller, & the answer received all the time of the State Troops was not related as a substitute of the continental line .

Asahel Gridley on the 9th day
of July 1833
Aspres
Asahel Gridley
William Page Justice of the Peace
Clerk's Office
Onondaga County N.Y.
I George V Brown Clerk of the
County of Onondaga do hereby certify that
William Page Esq before whom the fore-
going affidavit purports to have been sworn
on the day of the date of the same one
of the Justices of the peace in and for said
County and duly authorized to act as such; that I
am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said
affidavit to be genuine Witness my hand & Seal of office this 9th day of July A.D. 1833
Geo Brown Clerk
Asahel Gridley 21416
44-1a

15 State of New York, On this Fourth day of December Oneida County ss: 3 one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before Philo Bridley, Circuit Judge and Vice Chancellor of the Fifth Judi- cial Circuit of the State of New York, personally appeared Chloe Bridley a resident of the Town of Vernon Oneida County aforesaid, aged Seventy three Years old on the Fifth day of February last past, 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. th 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of Asahel Bridley deceased who was a pensioner at the time of his decease, under the act of June 7. 1832. having received his certificate a day or two before his death which occurred on the 16. th of No- vember 1833. And that her said husband not having received any part of his said pension in his life time, she, appeared in the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida County at the June Term of 1834. & found herself to be the widow of the said Asa- hel Bridley & as such widow received the amount of the pension so due to her deceased husband. And for proof of his service she would refer to his papers on file in the pension office on which his certificate was granted to

the said certificate, if the same be returned to the said office, she having surrendered the same heretofore to the Law. She further declares that she was married to the said Asahel Gridley on or about the first day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty three (though she cannot be certain as to the precise day ) in the Town of Bristol in the State of Connecticut by Zebulon Peck Esquire a justice of the peace; and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the said marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, to wit at the time above stated; that the said Asahel Gridley died on the 16 th day of November 1833, and that she has not again married, but has remained the widow of the said Asahel ever since the period of his death; and that she has no re- Conc. of her said marriage
X Chloe for Gridley Mark
I Certify that on this 4 th day of December 1838 the above named Chloe Gridley subscribed the above declaration by making her mark distinguishing name to her subscribed as above, & was duly sworn to the truth of the same, and further the said Chloe Gridley is unable from bodily infirmity to affirm in open court, or to write her name.
Philo Gridley, Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor of the Superior Court of Connecticut, New York

1 I, Jerimiah Peeks of Bristol, in the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut of lawful age depose & say - That I am in the seventy eighth year of my age, that I am the Widow of Josiah Peeks, late of Bristol aforesaid deceased, and that I well acquainted with Asahel Gridley, formerly of said Bristol deceased & with his Wife Chloe Gridley, whose maiden name was Chloe Hunsford, a daughter of Capt. Thomas Hunsford, late of said Bristol deceased, and this Deponent saith that the aforesaid Asahel Gridley & Chloe Hunsford were joined in marriage at the then dwellinghouse of this Deponent in Bristol aforesaid, by Zebulon Peeks Esq. Justice of the Peace, which marriage was celebrated in the presence of this Deponent, as aforesaid during the latter part of the fall of seventeen hundred & eighty three or during the winter of seventeen hundred & eighty four, of this the Deponent is confident, as she well remembers that it was a few months previous to the birth of her oldest Son, who was born according to the family record of this Deponent, in March seventeen hundred & eighty four -

I will recollect the circumstances of the afor- said marriage, and that the following persons were present at the marriage, to wit, Lib- eral Peck Esq. the Magistrate, John Peck, Subra Hungrford a sister of said Chloe, Francis Peck the husband of the Deponent also this Deponent - -
and further the Deponent saith not -
X Jemima Peck
State of Connecticut,
Hartford County Ss, Bristol, October 29 th in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight, Personally appeared before the subscriber - Widow Jemima Peck, & she being duly sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of all the facts contained in the foregoing Depo- sition by her subscribed, Before me and certify that I am well acquain- ted with the Deponent & know her to be a respectable person & credible Witness - - - - -
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal the day & year last above written - Francis Peck Notary Public

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Asahel Gridley, Madison Co. N. York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1776 9 private Capt Stanley Colonel Gay Long Island New York 75   Volunteer 1777 3 sergeant Capt Beecher Col. Hooker Brooklyn Hartford transition   1779 on 1780 substituted for Timothy Haggard 2 Major Capt Woodford Pittsfield Columbia   Volunteer 1781 3 corporal Capt Stoddart Col. Morely 5 witnesses prove the service of the applicant in the army of the revolution  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? 
And if a substitute, for whom?
 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their services. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[j] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
F. B. Bragg

June 29, 1936
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Norman G. Gridley, M.D. 105 South Main Street Horsesheds, New York
BA-J/EHL Asahel Gridley-W.15771
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Asahel Gridley, who served in the Connecticut Troops and was later a pensioner residing in the state of New York.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 15771, based upon the military service in that war of Asahel Gridley.
Asahel Gridley was the son of Hezekiah and was born October 13, 1757, in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. The name of his mother was not stated. His father was referred to as Captain Hezekiah Gridley. There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the service in the Revolutionary War of Hezekiah Gridley.
While residing in said Farmington (that part which was later Bristol), Connecticut, Asahel Gridley enlisted in March, 1776, served as a private in Captain Ged Stanley's Company, Colonel Fisher Gay's Connecticut Regiment, went to New York City, was stationed on Dock Street, until the British ships went up the river, was in the "Grand Battery" during the cannonade, was then ordered to Long Island, was stationed on Brooklyn Heights and at Jamaica and was there during the numerous conflicts on the island, was in the retreat to New York, was in the "Grand Battery" when the British entered the upper part of the city, and was in one of the last boats that left the Battery for the Jersey shore, marched to several places in the immediate vicinity and was discharged at Philips Manor, the latter part of December. Soldier stated that Colonel Gay died while the regiment was in New York, the lieutenant colonel, Hearn, was taken prisoner and Major Mott commanded the regiment and Captain Bradley his company when the retreat took place. Asahel Gridley again enlisted in 1777, at the time on the
Found col. in Conn book in this volume
This part verified by Conn book

campaign against Burgoyne, served three months as fife major in Captain Amos Beecher's Company, Colonel Houshiah Hooker's Connecticut Regiment and was in a number of skirmishes but was not in the battles when Burgoyne was defeated and captured. He stated that he was with the army under General Putnam when a day of rejoicing was held over said capture. He enlisted in September or October, 1779 or 1780, and served two months as corporal in a coast guard in Captain Woodford's Connecticut Company; he enlisted sometime in 1781, and served three months in Captain James Stoddard's Company, Colonel Moseley's Connecticut Regiment. He stated that all of his service was as a volunteer.
Found sol in Conn food in this service
After the Revolution, Asahel Gridley continued to reside in Farmington, Connecticut, until 1796, when he moved to Oneida County, New York, that part which was later the town of Marshall and lived four years; then moved to Vernon, Oneida County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 5, 1832, while residing in Vernon, New York.
He died November 16, 1833, place not shown.
The soldier married about November 1, 1783, in Bristol, Connecticut, Chloe, the daughter of Captain Thomas Hungerford, of said Bristol. Chloe was born February 5, 1763.
Soldier's widow, Chloe, was allowed pension on her application executed December 4, 1838, while residing in Oneida County, New York, with her son, Leander Gridley, then aged fifty-one years. Other children are referred to, no names are designated.
In 1838, Philo Gridley was circuit judge and vice chancellor of the 5 th New York District; no relationship to the family was shown.
In 1832, Rhoda Ives, a sister of the soldier, Asahel Gridley, was residing in Oneida County, New York, and was then aged sixty-two years. The name of her husband was not stated.
One of the guests at the marriage of Asahel Gridley and Chloe Hungerford, was the sister of Chloe, Sabra Hungerford. In 1832, Samuel Hungerford, then a resident of Smithfield, Madison County, New York, stated that he was aged fifty-seven years and a son of Jacob Hungerford, formerly of Farmington, Connecticut. He did not give his relationship to Chloe Hungerford Gridley. There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the service in the Revolutionary War of Captain Thomas Hungerford, the father of Chloe.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Chloe Gridley, widow of Asahel Gridley (v.15771), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following dates:
Chloe Gridley, widow of Asahel Gridley, Certificate No. 3179, issued June 11, 1839, rate $65.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1838, Albany, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

OFFICE HOURS 4-3 AND 7-8
TELEPHONE M'H5. 208
NORMAN G. GRIDLEY, M. D. 105-107 SOUTH MAIN STREET HORSEHEADS, N. Y.
June 24, 1936.
Mr. A. D. Hiller Veteran's Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear sir,
In reply to your letter of June 19, 1936, in which you state that you can furnish the Revolutionary War record of only one ancestor, I am writing to ask if you would kindly furnish me with the Revolutionary War pension Record of Asahel Gridley who served with Connecticut Troops and was later a pensioner residing in New York State. Any information you can give me will be very greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours, Norman G. Gridley.

June 19, 1936
*****
BA-J/TEL
Mr. Norman G. Gridley 105 South Main Street Horseheads, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Asahel, Elijah and Elisha Gridley, all of whom served in the Connecticut Troops and later lived in New York state and were pensioners.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war, no matter how great the desire to do so. If you will designate the ancestor in whom you are most interested, a search of the records will be made and a report furnished you promptly.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator. See 2/19/36

OFFICE HOURS 1-3 AND 7-8
TELEPHONE H'NS. 206
NORMAN G. GRIDLEY, M. D. 105 407 SOUTH MAIN STREET HORSEHEADS, N. Y.
Veterans Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am writing to ask if you would kindly furnish me with Revolutionary War Record of the following men who served with Connecticut Troops:
1. Asabel Guelley - died 1833 at Vernon, N.Y. 2. ✓ Elijah Guelley - died 1845 at Manlius, N.Y. 3. ✓ Elisha Guelley - died 1842 at Sennett, N.Y.
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Norman G. Guelley 1st. Lieut. Medical Corps Reserve. U.S. Army.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15 771
Chloe Grindell
Wid. of
Asahel Grindell
Corp. Rec. W.
Act July 7 th
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1936 June 29. Neil to Mr. Norman G. Gidley et

Albany N.Y.
Asahel Gridley on note act June 7, 1832 at the rate of $60.83 per Ann. to what time period?
VL
John Fanny Esq.
Said to have been Nov 1833
Dec 16 th Nov 1833 p st . that period JH

Woluce
L. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Pensions Washington City

Utica June 4. 189
Dear Sir,
Yrs,
Your note of May 28.
189, in relation to the claim of Mrs. Chloe Gidley for a pension is received - in which you say that the affidavit of Mrs. Jemima Peck is not among the papers. It is true it was omitted by some inadvertence - but was sent to you with an explanation of the omission some time after the papers were sent out first. I think in Feb or March last - Please let me know if that communication was not received Yours truly J. H. Gidley
P.S. A copy of all letters

N.B.
Allow me to ask that you will inform me without delay whether the letter I mention was ever with the aunt of Mrs. Peck - for she is an aged woman - I live in Connecti- cut & I would fain of her for another if indeed she be now alive - P.S.

Mar 18
Mr. [unclear] ass [unclear] Chloe. Bridley file with haper.
Mr. and [unclear]
Free Edward G. Com te of [unclear] Washington City

Nashua March 11. 1889
J. S. Bond Esq.
Dear Sir,
Yrs
In December last I forwarded to your address, the application of Chloe Gidley, Widow of Asahel Gidley (a pension under the act of 1832) for a pension under the act of 1888. I had supposed that among other evidence of her marriage I had enclosed the enclosure affidavit of the marriage; but as I this day found among my papers, it must have been omitted by some unaccountable oversight. Please to consider it as forming a part of the evidence submitted with the application; I inform me when I may expect a return.
Yours, Philo Gidley

NY
Dec 15
July 1838
FREE
Jas Edwards Esq Comm'r Prisons Washington City

Hamilton, Mad e Co. Dec-10. 1838 Jas L. Edwards Esq Sir,
Enclosed are an application & affidavits in support thereof for a pension for Chloe Siddle widow of Daniel Siddle whose pension certificate was allowed about the 1 st of November 1833. You are requested for
1. To keep papers on file - 2. For the marriage & the affidavits of Jermina Beck - an age witness - & also Isaac Beck who knew the fact in the time of it - 3. The affidavit of the Four Chs of Daughters of no certificate - & aff y of Isaac Beck of no record of the journal & the declaration of the applicant that she has no private record - 4. The declaration of the applicant; death of L. Siddle & witness to prove the death of the husband & her continued widowhood -
Please send me the result of this application as soon as may be connected with your Commission
Yours truly Chloe Siddle

M d Nov. 1783 Ad d " 16. 1833
Admitted
Fife Menger 8 mo Corporal 2 " Private 12 " 17
J. G. G. G. Utica N.Y.

13 State of New York. Leander I, Leander Ridley, being duly Oneida Co. ss: sworn doth depose and say that he is the son of the above mentioned Isa- hie & Chloe Ridley that he is fifty one years of age & upwards; that the said Isable was a pension at the time of his death on the 16. Nov 1883. that the said Chloe received his pension as such his widow; & that the said Chloe now resides with the deponent & has not again married since the death of the said Isable but has remained his widow ever since his said death. & that he saw the said Chloe make her mark and swear to the said above declaration. Leander Ridley Sworn & subscribed Dec 4. 1888 3 before me, & I certify that the said 3 Leander Ridley is a credible witness 3 
Philip Ridely Circuit Judge of Vinn Chancery of the Dept. Co. Ctys
State of New York. Oneida Co. ss: Calvary Wetmore, being duly sworn doth depose that he knew the said Isable Ridely deceased, for many years before his death; that he was one of the Appraisers of his property appointed by the Synod & acted as such; & that his death took place as he recollects & believes about the middle of November 1883. & that he has long known the said Chloe Ridely & that she has remained the widow ever since her said husband's death. Sworn & subscribed Dec 4. 1888 before me: I said Calvary is a credible witness. Philip Ridely. Circuit Judge of V. Chancery

State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office
¶ I, Alexander Donaldson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Philo Bridley Esquire the person before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits purport to have been made was on the day of the date of the said declaration & affidavits Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor of the 5th Circuit of the State of New York and that the County of Oneida is within the 5th Circuit. And I also certify that the said Philo Bridley is a resident of the County of Madison aforesaid and that his commission and oath of office are to be filed in this office and that said commission & oath of office are on file in this office, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Philo Bridley and am well assured that the aforesaid signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County the 10th day of December 1838. A. Donaldson Jr Clerk

3906
3179
Black Grindley
W. N. York
Oct 7 July, 1838.
Mr. Post of Manning
Admiral of Jamaica
Richd. W. Manning

At the Annual Town Meeting held at Bristol, in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, on Monday the first day of October one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, Tracy Peck Esq. was duly chosen and sworn Town Clerk of the said town of Bristol, for the year ensuing — Certified from Record this 29 th day of October A. D. 1838 —
Attest Tracy Peck Town Clerk —
I Tracy Peck above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Bristol County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, and that I have the care, custody, keeping & possession of the public records of the aforesaid town of Bristol, and that I have faithfully examined said records, for the purpose of finding a record of the marriage of Rachel Grilly & Chloe Hungerford, but do not find any such marriage upon the aforesaid Records —
Attest Tracy Peck Town Clerk of Bristol aforesaid
State of Connecticut
Hartford County } ss - Bristol November 1 st 1838 Personally appeared Tracy Peck Esq. who is

will know to the subscribing authority, I made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed Sworn before me -
George Mitchell Notary Public

I, ROYAL B. HUNNAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT
is
George Mitchell Esq.
and for more than four months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Geo Mitchell in Court and Country.
IN testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the thirteenth  thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 38
And I certify that the signature of said George Mitchell hereto annexed is genuine.
Royal B. Hunnan
Secretary.

State of New York
B Oneida County p: Isaac Peck of the Town of Marshall in the said County of Oneida I aged sixty seven years & upwards, being duly sworn do hereby depose and say that he is the son of Zebulon Mr. Peck Esq. who died about 18 years ago. That said Zebulon Peck Esq. was for many years a justice of the Peace in Bristol County. Cut, I was in the habit of performing the Cer- mony of Marriage then I kept a record of such marriages as he solemnized; & this Ac- count has in his possession such a record (that is) all the remains of the same - but this Ac- count has no record of the marriage of Asahel Giddings & Chloe Hovey, nor any record of any other marriage solemnized by the said Zebulon Peck until several years after the year 1784. & whether the said Zebulon ever kept a record of marriages in those early years, or whether the same were originally made

and has been lost, the deponent does not know - But the deponent, was a boy of living with his father the said Zebulon in 1783. 4. & for some years thereafter - I have well recollect knowing, at the time when it took place, of the marriage of the said Asahel Sibley & Chloe Sibley then Chloe Kingsford & that such marriage was solemnized by the said Zebulon, who was then a justice of the peace & that the same was celebrated ac- cording to the deponent's best recollection. Being in the fall of Seventeen hundred & eighty three or the first part of the winter of Seventeen hundred & eighty four - & that deponent knew the said Asahel Sibley & Chloe Kingsford before the said marriage - & lived in the same neighbor- hood in Bristol for a number of years thereafter I have then resided & cohabited together as man & wife - & that they removed about the year 1796 within the family, of several children B. Sibley near the town of Marshall, & within a short

Distance of then this Dependent now lives, & that they lived there for about four years, & in or about the year 1800. or dependent believes, the said Asahel finally & his family removed to Vernon Oneida County about a dozen miles from then dependent lives; & lived in said Vernon till the death of the said Asahel finally, which for dependent knows by reputation & which as he understands & believes occurred 4 or 5 years ago then (depos) Isaac Peck
Call.
Oneida ss } I certify that on the 8 th day of Dec r 1858. Isaac Peck County } personally appeared before me & made oath that the above affidavit was true & further that he is a credible witness - Henry S. Hawley Commissioner of Deeds
1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 1858

Clerk's office, 74 Canada County, ss
I James Dean Clerk of the said County, certify, that Hen- ry L. Hawley Esq. was on the third day of December 1878 a Commis- sioner of Deeds of the said County, due- ly commissioned & sworn: - and that the signature within written purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness my hand & seal of office, this tenth thirteenth day of December, 1878.
James Dean Clerk.
Col. John Williams We believe
Single

N.Y.
Chloe Grady
adn act 1838.
N 3179
In at Aug 22
Alma L. Edwards Esq. Court Station Washington City
1838

N.Y. Chloe Gridley adn act 1838. N 3/79
RR
Jan 10 Aug 22
Alfred L. Edwards Esq. Courthouse Washington City

Hamilton August 17, 1888
J. L. Edwards Esq.
He
In November 1883. (Hoback) Asa the Gidley, Of Barrow Oneida Co. State of New York had a pension allowed him under the act of 1842 - he died before receiving it & in the course of the year on ma- king the required proof his widow Chloe Gidley was allowed to rec d his pension to the time of his death. She is still living & is entitled under the act of the last session.
Will you please to inform me, whether (soon after the war) the pay of his services - & of his manager - a file & on which, the aforesaid pension was allowed to her will be deemed sufficient proof, that facts under the present act to be as to supersede the necessity of any proof of them, & leaving it only need- ing to prove her identity & that she is still living .
Your obed t servant
Philo Gidley

3906.
Col. Geo. Dey, N.Y.
Let. to Phila. Geo. Dey May 28, 1839.
7 July '38

Brief references & ex- planations in support of the claim of Asa- hel Snodgrass -
For J. L. Edwards

Brief in support of the claim of Asahel Dridley.
He appears by a referen to note j. in the notes to the regulations under the act of Jan 7. 1832. accompanying the letter returning the papers of the Applicant, that the claim has been disallowed for the want of proof by two witnesses of the actual Service of the claimant, which specie of proof only applies to the case of Continental or Regular soldiers.
The applicant has used an equivocal expression in his declaration from which the inference was fair that he enlisted into the Continental Service . This however was not the fact , as he fully explains in the affidavit at the end of the papers - he was in advertently led into the forming of a suspicion of drafting the declaration himself from a prescribed form.
The good faith & truth of this explanation appears, 1 st by the letter answered from the Comptroller of Connecticut to whom he wrote for proof of his service. The letter shows that he wrote for information about the State Troops , Militia , etc. The letter says that the name of officer of the Continental at which unit did remain there, but that no records concerning the State Troops etc. remained, so that the Applicant's enquiries are directed to Washington, showing that the applicant never commanded himself, or intentionally represented himself to be a regular soldier of the Continental line .
2 The declaration itself page 2 nd letter

B. Spoken of the troops to which the declarant belonged joining the Continental regiments ; clearly implying that they were not Continental troops , thereby —
3 d page 3 d letter C. also speaks of Col. Mel- Colin a Continental officer commanding a Certain Garrison, clearly alluding to him as be- longing to a different Corps , or kind of Troops .
Point 2 d —
Having refuted the presumption against the applicant's service arising from his supposed char- acter of a Continental soldier , the only question is as to the sufficiency of the proof of service under the act & regulations — We say it is ample —
1. The declaration is minute & circumstantial condemning the Capt. of time — 2. Proof of actual service , by the aff s of Bathol- omew & Churchill — 3. Contemporaneous evidence , higher than mere tradition by the Sister of the applicant who had the best opportunity to know the facts — 4. Traditionary evidence , by Sarah Burgess reaching back almost to the war itself — 5. Traditionary evidence of the Clergyman Nichols & of Herman Smith the near neighbor of the applicant that he has always been reported to have been a soldier &c —

6/5
Mr. Asahel Gridley Vernon Vernon Central County of Oneida Office S. New York

A Hartford Conn. June 29 th 1832 D r Sir Your favor of the 19 th inst t , with the enclosure, was duly received & I have examined all the books & papers, remaining in my Office, regarding the military service, about which you enquired. The names of the Officers & Soldiers, who belonged to the Connecticut line, on the Continental establishment, as they were called, until 1781 appear upon the books; but no roll of, or account with, those Soldiers who belonged to the State Troops, or Militia now remains here. Mr Kingsbury, of whom this Day I made enquiry, informed me, that, he, while filling the Office I now hold, collected & transmitted to the Department of War, the pay rolls & other evidences of disbursements made to the State Troops, Militia & Coast Guards, & all the original papers regarding their service. You will therefore be under the necessity of applying to the War Department for the proof you desire, or, of obtaining it from those, who personally know the facts. I enclose $1.
I am very respectfully Yours E. Phelps Compt