Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11086, Daniel Griswold, Conn. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Griswold, Daniel
W 11086
Mass.
Nancy
BLt 40.938-160-55-
CONTENTS

14594 73274
New York
Daniel Griswold
of Herkshire in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Gales of the Regt. commanded by Col. Teller - in the St. line for 12 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of June 1833 and sent to H. Norton  Fairfield
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 80.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. - 20.00 $ 100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, book C Vol. 4 Page 57

250.263 Act Mch 5/53-
June 30th/56
Nancy Griswold (wid)
Daniel Griswold
Nancy Griswold. Pa
Daniel Griswold. wid of Pa.
10/4/93
29
Rev War Rev Pensioner
Feb 53-5773 Ad: 160 ac, Sept: 10/56 B. D. [unclear]
Solomon Petrie Little Falls NY
Vol G = 138

5.773 New York Nancy Griswold widow of Darius Griswold who served in the Revolutionary Conn. war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 15 th day of May 1853 and sent to
Hon. H. E. Spurr Post R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 16. Vol. 36

In the matter of the application of Daniel Griswold for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1833 -
23274
Make returns to H. Walton Fairfield Clerk. Co. N. Y.

U I State of New York County of Herkimer ss: On this twelfth day of February in the Year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer the same being a Court of record having by Law a Clerk and seal now sitting Daniel Griswold a resident of the Town of Fairfield in the said County of Herkimer in said State aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated;
He the said Daniel Griswold saith that in the Year 1775 he was a resident of the Town of Killingworth in the State of Connecticut and that sometime in May in the Year 1775 he the said Daniel Griswold enlisted as a volunteer at Killingworth in the State of Connecticut into Capt. Samuel Gale's Company in Col. Parsons's Regiment in the State Service for six months and he was marched with the Company under the command of Capt. Gale to New London and staying there a few days in pursuance of orders he was then marched with Capt. Gale's Company to Roxbury in Massachusetts near Boston. The battle of Bunker Hill was fought & Charlestown was burnt the week before he arrived at Roxbury and the British forces were still in possession of Boston and continued there through the following winter. He the said Daniel Griswold was stationed at Roxbury with the Company under the command of Capt. Gale and he the said Daniel Griswold continued to serve at said station in Roxbury until his term of six months for which he had enlisted, expired and he was discharged from

He served sometime in the forefront of November 1775 but received no discharge in writing - He served six months according to the time he enlisted - The officers under whom he served were Capt. Samuel Gale Lieut. Caleb Baldwin who was first Lieut. - He does not remember the second Lieut. Col. Parsons - He saw Gen: Thomas Gen: Wooster - Gen. Putnam Col. Prescott and several other officers, whose names he does now remember -
In the winter of 1776 he the said Daniel Griswold went to live in Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts and in the Month of May sometime and in the Year 1776 he the said Daniel Griswold enlisted as a volunteer at Sheffield aforesaid into Capt. Stephen Dewey's Company in Col. Fellows Regiment in Gen: Fellows Brigade in the State service for six months and he was marched with the Company under the Command of Capt. Dewey to New York and Gen: Fellows Brigade arrived there near the same time and lay near the City of New York for a short time and Gen: Fellows Brigade retreated back a few miles from the City on the same day that the British forces came in and took possession of New York - Gen: Fellows Brigade was stationed on the Island a few miles from the City of New York and continued at said station until in the fall of 1776 and he the said Daniel Griswold was stationed with the Company under the Command of Capt. Dewey at the same place with Gen: Fellows Brigade - About the time that Capt. Dewey's Company arrived at the place where they took a stand on their retreat the British vessels passed up East river and fired upon our men and Joseph Church who was a soldier in Capt. Dewey's Company was killed by a bomb which was shot from the vessels of the British - He the said Daniel Griswold continued to serve at said station under the Command of

Capt. Dewey through the summer & in the fall of 1776 until his time expired for which he enlisted - He frequently served on sentry & was employed in watching and guarding against the Enemy - The British passed up the North river with a number of vessels of war soon after they took New York and lay in the East river and in the North river near New York most of the summer - He the said Daniel Griswold saith that he served six months at said station near New York under the command of Capt. Dewey and he was then discharged sometime in the first part of November 1776 but he received no discharge in writing - The officers under whom he served were Capt. Dewey - First Lieut. Simon Adams - He does not remember the second Lieut. Col. Fellows - Gen: Sillows - He saw Gen: Washington there a number of times - Gen: Putnam very often - and he saw several other officers but cannot now recall their names -
And the said Daniel Griswold further saith that he has no documentary evidence proving his Revolutionary services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service in the war of the Revolution; that he has endeavored to procure proof of his service by some one who was in the service with him but he has not been able to find any one that was with him in the service who is now living -
And he the said Daniel Griswold further saith that he was born in the Town of Old Haddam in the State of Connecticut on the 20 th day of August 1757 - He has no record of his age -
He was living in Killingworth in the State of Connecticut when he was called into the service in the Year 1775 as herein before stated and he was living at Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts when he was called

into the service in 1776 as here in before stated - He lived since the Revolutionary war at Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts a number of years and from thence he moved to Ballston in the State of New York and lived there seven years and from thence he moved to Fairfield in the County of Herkimer and State of New York and has lived in Fairfield aforesaid thirty seven years now last past and that he now resides in said Town of Fairfield in the State of New York - He enlisted as a volunteer in both towns of service in the war after Revolution here in before mentioned - He saw Gen: Thomas, Gen: Wooster Col Prescott and several other officers whose names he cannot remember when he was in the service at Roxbury in 1775 and in the Year 1776 at New York he saw Gen: Washington Gen Putnam frequently and other officers of the regular Army but he has now forgotten their names - He does not now remember that there were any Continental Regiments stationed with him at New York in 1776 - Gen: Fellows Brigade was stationed with the Company under the Command of Capt. Diney at New York in 1776 and Capt Diney's Company belonged to Gen: Fellows Brigade - He never received any discharge from the service -
And the said Daniel Griswold further saith that Simon Carlton & Miles Pease are persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and truthfulness of his services as a soldier of the Revolution and he the said Daniel Griswold further saith that no Clergyman has ever lived in his neighborhood and that he knows of no Clergyman who has

any knowledge of his being reputed & believed to have been a revolutionary soldier but that he the said Daniel Griswold is reputed and believed among his neighbors in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that the above named, Miriam Chatton & Miles Beach can testify that he is reputed & believed to have been a revolutionary soldier & that they concur in that opinion - He the said Daniel Griswold hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State - Sworn in Open Court July 12. 1873 Julius C. Nelson Clerk Daniel Griswold
We Miriam Chatton residing in the Town of Fairfield in the County of Herkimer State of New York and Miles Beach residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Griswold, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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 - Subscribed and sworn Miriam Chatton To this 12 th day of February 1873 in open Court - Miles Beach Julius C. Nelson Clerk
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 Hiram Norton who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident of the Town of Fairfield in the County of Herkimer & State of New York and that Miles Beach who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and that they are both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit & belief—
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Griswold for a pension — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twelfth day of February in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three — Julius C Nelson Clerk

State of New York County of Herkimer } ss
On this fourth day of May A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me a Judge of Herkimer County Courts and Surrogate of aforesaid County and State Nancy Griswold aged seventy one Years a resident of the Town of Salisbury in aforesaid County and State, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of the United States passed on the 3 d day of February A D 1853. That she is the widow of Daniel Griswold who was a private in the war of the Revolution. That said Daniel Griswold was a pensioner under the act of the United States passed on the 7 th June 1832 as will appear by the certificate issued to him granting him said Pension which Certificate is herewith sent.
To ascertain the performance of the military service by said Daniel Griswold during said Revolution reference may be had to the evidence contained in his application for a pension on file in the pension department upon which said pension was granted to him, and to the evidence in said application reference may also be had to establish this claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Griswold in the town of Herkimer Fairfield in the aforesaid County and State by Daniel C. Henderson a Justice of the Peace on the 18 th day of March A D 1825 of which marriage she knows of no public or private record. That her said husband the aforesaid Daniel Griswold died on the twenty second day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. That she was the widow of said Daniel

Griswold at the passage of said act of the 3 d day of February 1853 and that she has never married since his death. That she had by the said David Griswold one child only Vir Melinda Standly wife of Jasper Standly who is over twenty one years of age
She further states that she has never before this made application for a pension
Sworn. Examined and Subscribed before me in open court this Fourth day of May A.D. 1854 Esopus County Judge of Herkimer County —
Lucy Griswold Widow
State of New York, HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, E. T. CLELAND, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Ozra Graves Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this day of May A. D. 1854
Wm H Pany Dep Clerk.

State Of New York County of Herkimer } ss
On this twenty fifth day of June A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a Sister of the Peace brother and for the County and State aforesaid Nancy Griswold aged twenty three Years a resident of the town of Salisbury - in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declare that she is the widow of Daniel Griswold deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war that said Daniel Griswold was a pensioner of the United States that his said pension was granted to him under the act of Congress of the 7 th day of June 1832 - for proof of the services performed by said Daniel Griswold during the Revolutionary war reference may be had by the Department to the evidence contained in his application together with such other evidence as may be connected therewith now on file in the pension Department upon which said pension was granted. Further reference for proof may also be had to the application for a pension made by this declarant together with the evidence that may be connected with said application for the evidence contained in both of said applications and the evidence connected therewith this declarant would respect-fully refer the department to establish her claim.
She further states that she was married to the said Daniel Griswold in the town of Fairfield County State aforesaid on the 18 th day of March 1825 by one Daniel C Henderson a justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Nancy Morrison that her said husband died at Salisbury on the 22 nd day of

December AD 1839, and that she is now a widow and that she knows of no public or private records of her said marriage.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor.
Her Nancy X Friswold mark
We Alvin Spencer and Belinda Stanley residents of Salisbury in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy Friswold in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Alvin Spencer
Mrs Belinda Stanley
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written. And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Robert Gasker
Justice of the peace

State of New York County of Herkimer } ss
Jasper Stanley and Belinda Stanley residents of the town of Salisbury who being duly sworn say each for himself thereby that they have been for many years well acquainted with Nancy Griswold that that these deponents and said Nancy Griswold have lived in the same family for nine years upwards next previous to this date that from the intimacy existing between these deponents & said Nancy Griswold that these deponents are well satisfied and fully believe her to be now a widow and that she has been so ever since the death of her husband Daniel Griswold Further Saith not
Sworn & subscribed before me this 25 June 1856 }
Robert Caster
justice of the peace }
Belinda Stanley
Jasper Stanley

State of New York, } ss.
HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, C. T. E. VAN HORNE, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Robert Leaster Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this 26th day of June A. D. 185 6
D. L. Knackebush Dept Clerk.
250 263

Daniel Griswold New York No. 23274 -
admitted. 12 mo. Probat..
A. H. Norton esq. Fairfield, Fukien Prov.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined 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, (buss: { ). 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 Daniel Griswold
   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.     1775 vol. 6 Pri. Capt. S. Gales Col. Par-sons From Killingsworth to New Rochelle 75 years   May 1776 vol. 6 " Capt. S. Dewey Col. Fel-low From Sheffield to New York Traditional  
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) _____, who has 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 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Nancy Griswold, widow of Daniel Rochester Co. New York
Adm't. Act. Feb'y 3. 1853 as rate of $40 per annum, commencing as date of act.
Husband was private of Inf. 12 months.
Pay widow
Certificate to Spinnner Wm. Francis C. Spinnner House of Reps

No. 938
S New Orleans

Pension Office, May 8, 1856.
The Third Auditor will please certify the date to which within named pensioner was paid Very respectfully,
J. Cole
Chief Clerk
4 Sept 1859
Yobay

3 d Auditor's Office May 1/50
Sir,
Daniel Grunwold, Act 1832, at $400 per ann, has been paid to 4 Sept, 1839.
Very Resp'y Your ob't Serv't
Edw. G. Brins Acting Auditor
J. Minot Esq. Commt y of Pensions

Pension Office, July 5, 1855.
Sir;
The claim of Mrs. Nancy Griswold, for a pension as the widow of Daniel, has been examined & suspended.
Proof should be filed that she, (the applicant,) is a widow of the widow of the identical Daniel Griswold, who was a revolutionary pensioner of Herkimer Co. N. Y. & the witnesses Mary Whitford Benjamin D. Brockell & Mary Ann Thompson, should be certified to be credible by the justice.
I am respectfully Your Att. Servt. J. P. Waldo Commissioner
Hon. Bishop Perkins, No. of Reps.

State of New York County of Herkimer } ss
On this 23 day of August A.D. one thousand Eighty hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Benjamin D. Root aged 50 Years a resident of the Town of Salisbury in the aforesaid - said County and State who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was for many Years well acquainted with Daniel Griswold and his wife Nancy Griswold that said Daniel Griswold died in the Town of Salisbury about the Year 1839 and was buried there that this deponent well recollects of having seen him after after he died and that he attended his funeral { Benjamin D. Root Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written
Hiram Ayres Justice of the peace

State of New York County of Herkimer ss
On this 30 day of July A.D. One thousand Eighty hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Mariann Tompkins aged thirty nine Years a resident of the Town of Norway in the aforesaid County and State who being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is a daughter of John P. Woodhull and Nancy Woodhull now Nancy Griswold & widow of Daniel Griswold who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. That said Daniel Griswold and said Nancy Wood- hull as she has been credibly informed hereby believes it to be true were married in the Town of Fairfield in aforesaid County and State on the 18 th day of March 1825 by Daniel C Henderson that they from said time lived together as man and wife and until the death of said Daniel Griswold that they had together but one child V iz Melinda Standly wife of Jasper Standly and she is over twenty one Years of age that she this deponent on the 22 nd day of December A.D. 1839 in the Town of Salisbury was present when said Daniel Griswold died and that she attended his funeral in said Town of Salisbury County & State aforesaid. That she knows of no public or private record of said marriage or of the death of said Daniel Griswold but will rememb r the date of each as they were frequently mentioned in conversation passed between herself and her mother the said Nancy Griswold
Sworn and subscribed
before me this twenty eighth day Maryann Tompkins
of July 1854
Hiram Ayres justice of the peace

State of New York. HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, E. T. CLELAND, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Warren Upham Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this 19 day of Septm A. D. 185
E T Cleland Clerk.

State of New York County of Dutchess } ss
On this Thirtieth day of July One thousand Eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me Whitford a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Here Whitford aged 72 Years a resident of the Town of Fairfield in aforesaid County & State being duly sworn doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with Daniel Griswold previous to his death and was so acquainted with him for many Years, that she has been for many Years and is still well acquainted with Nancy Griswold of the Town of Norway in aforesaid County & State That on or about the Year AD 1825 she this deponent in said Town of Fairfield was present at the marriage of said Daniel Griswold to the said Nancy Griswold then and before said marriage was Nancy Woolborn. Said marriage ceremony was performed or solemnized by Daniel C Henderson a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Norway of said County & State
Her Alice Whitford mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this Thirtieth day of July 1854
Hiram Ayres justice of the peace

State of New York
County of Herkshire } ss
On this 12 day of August A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Daniel C Henderson aged 70 Years a resident of the Town of Norway in the aforesaid County & State who being duly Sworn doth depose and say that he was in the Year 1825 a Justice of the Peace for within the aforesaid County duly qualified as such, that he on or about the said Year of 1825 and while he was such Justice of the Peace did marry Daniel Griswold of the town of Fairfield in said County to Nancy Woodhull of the aforesaid Town of Norway that the record of Marriages kept by him during his being such Justice of the Peace is lost but that he well recollects said marriage and about the time it took place
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and Year first above written.
Daniel C. Henderson
And I hereby certify that the above Daniel C Henderson is a Credible witness
Hiram Ayres Justice of the Peace.

State of New York, HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I, E. T. CLELAND, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Simon Apres Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this day of Sept A. D. 185 4
E. T. Cleland Clerk.

State of New York County of Herkimer } ss
Be it known that before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths person-ally appeared Nancy Griswold a resident of the town of Salisbury in the County of Herkimer and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law States that she is the widow of Daniel Griswold late of the County of Herkimer State aforesaid who was a Revolutionary soldier and that she believes the United States are still indebted under existing laws for the pension that is now due under the application heretofore made and that she is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid, and constitutes and appoints George C Ames of Washington D.C. her true & lawful attorney with irrevocable Power to examine into, investigate and establish the claim for said pension and do all acts necessary thereto
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal this 25 th day of June 1856
Witnesses: Belinda Stanley Solomon Peter
Nancy Griswold mark
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me on this 25 th day of June 1856
Robert Casler
Justice of the Peace

State of New York, } ss.
HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, C. T. E. VAN HORNE, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that
Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this 26th day of June A. D. 185 6
C. T. Van Horne Clerk.
Walter G. Guelph Wm J. Darsul NY
M. C. [unclear] Present

Little Falls 27 June 1856
Dear Sir
I herewith send an application for County land made by Nancy Griswold which if found correct and a warrant issued by the Department for the same You will please direct said warrant to me
Oblige Yours &c
J. Wilson Petrie
Hon. J. Minot Washington D.C.

Brief in the case of Nancy Griswold, widow of Daniel Griswold, Herkimer County and State of New York act February 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, testimonial, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832 at rate of $60 per annum, and paid to 4 th September 1839 and as shown by Certificate of 3 rd Auditor, and died 22 nd December 1839, as shown by paid - Claimant now surrenders his pension Certificate.
Marriage proved by the Justice of the Peace who married the parties, and by Alice Whitford, who was present. To wit: place March 18, 1825.
(If increase.)
Has application been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Identity of the claimant as the present widow of the pensioner - and his death, as proved by Alden J. Gage and Mary Ann Tompkins - credible witnesses Allowance accordingly.
Hon Francis E. Spinner,
Name and residence of Agent
House of Representatives
R Geddes Examining Clerk.

250.763
FREE
Commissioners of Pensions Washington D.C.

N o 5455
Nancy Griswold, Widow of Daniel.
St. to Hon. Bishop Perkins. Feb. 5/5.
Ad/53.

State of New York } ss
Sherman Co } Alden S Gage being duly sworn says, that Mrs Nancy Griswold is a widow & the widow of the late Danne Griswold, who was a revolutionary pensioner of Herkimer County New York
Sworn & subscribed before me
Alden, S. Gage
This first day of February 1856.
Wm B Porter Justice of the Peace
I Hiram Ayres, a justice of the Peace in Herk Co NY took the affidavits of Alice Whitford & Benjamin D Bracket & Mary Ann Tompkins in the application of Widow Nancy Griswold for a Pension I know each & every one of them & certify that they are each one good & Creditable Witness Hainfield July 8 th 1856 Hiram Ayres Justice of the Peace

State of New York, } ss. HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
M m B. Potter Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn: and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this 25 th day of March A. D. 185 6
E. C. T. E. VAN HORNE Clerk.

State of New York, } ss.
HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
E. C. T. E. VAN HORNE, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that William Ayres Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate just of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verify believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and just of affidavit to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this
25 th
day of
March
A. D. 1856
E. C. T. E. Van Horne Clerk.
for Justice of the Peace

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Griswold of the State of New York who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 3 day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Lee
Secretary of War.
Exam. ad and Countersigned. §
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

Conn.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11086
Nancy Griswold Wid of Daniel Griswold Print Rev War
Act: Feby 3 d  1858.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]