Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23245, Francis Griswold, Conn.

SERVICE
Born.
Griswold, Francis
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S. 23245
CONTENTS

Ltr J Fleming 26 ap 1834. Certificate corrected 13 May 1834 and sent to H. Bolton. Fairfield v.
24817
New York
Francis Griswold of Herkimer in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Baldwin of the Reg t commanded by Col Swift in the Connecticut line for 13 months 18 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 45. Dollars 31 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Mar 1834 and sent to Hon A Mann. No. Rep d
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 34: $135.93 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 34 22.65 $158.58
{ Revolutionary Act June 7, 1831
Recorded by
Geo. Cromwell
Book
E
Vol. 4
Page 10

State of New York
County of Herkimer ss; On this ninth day of October in the Year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer aforesaid the same being a Court of record having by Law a seal and clerk now sitting Francis Griswold a resident of the town of Fairfield in the said County of Herkimer aged seventy years and upwards 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 Francis Griswold resided in Killingworth before and during the war of the Revolution and in the Spring and he believes in March 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer at Killingworth aforesaid in the State of Connecticut into Capt. Job Wright's Company in the State nine months service and was stationed at Killingworth aforesaid in the State guards under the Command of Capt. Wright and he served in said State guards at said station nine months and was discharged from said service sometime in December 1776 as he believes but received no certificate of discharge - The officers under whom he served was Capt. Job Wright, Lieut. Graves as he thinks - He does not recollect that the said guards were attached to a Regiment -
In the Spring and he thinks in March 1777 he enlisted as a volunteer at Killingworth aforesaid into Capt. Job Wright's Company in the State service for nine months and was stationed at Killingworth aforesaid in the State guards and served in said State guards nine months under the Command of Capt. Wright and was discharged as he believes in December 1777 but took no discharge in writing -

The officers under whom he served were Capt. Wright Lieut. Crane -
In the Spring and he believes in March 1778 he enlisted as a volunteer at Killington aforesaid into Capt. Job Wright's Company nine months in the State Service and was stationed in the State guards at Killington aforesaid and served in said State guards under the Command of Capt. Wright nine months and was discharged as he believes in December 1778 but took no written discharge. The officers under whom he served were Capt. Wright Lieut. Griswold as he thinks
In the Spring and he thinks in March 1779 he enlisted as a volunteer at Killington aforesaid into Capt. Job Wright's Company in the State Service nine months and was stationed at Killington aforesaid in the State guards and served in said guards at said station under the Command of Capt. Wright nine months and was discharged as he thinks in December 1779 but received no discharge in writing. The officers under whom he served were Capt. Wright; Lieut. Griswold
In the Spring and he believes in March 1780 he enlisted as a volunteer at Killington aforesaid into Capt. Wright's Company in the State Service nine months and was stationed at Killington aforesaid in the State guards and he believes in March or April 1780 he enlisted as a volunteer at Killington aforesaid into the Continental Service for nine months and immediately went and entered the Service at Poughkeepsie

in the State of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Capt. Caleb Baldwin in Col. Heman Swift's Regiment in the Connecticut line and was marched under the command of Capt. Baldwin near the City of New York and from thence back to Orange town aforesaid and from thence to a place called the English Neighborhood and from thence to Haverkill Falls and from thence across Kings Ferry and passed through Continental Village to the Highlands and the American Army put up in winter quarters and he the said Francis Griswold was discharged from the service on account of ill health and want of clothing sometime in November 1780 and he took a written discharge from Adjutant Joseph Wilcox which has been lost or destroyed and he served under the command of Capt. Baldwin as above stated about Eight months - The officers under whom he served were Capt. Baldwin, Lieut. not remembered Col. Swift -
About the first of March 1781 he the said Francis Griswold enlisted as a volunteer at Killingsworth aforesaid into Capt. Job Wright's Company in the State service for nine months and was stationed at Killingsworth aforesaid in the State guards under the command of Capt. Wright and he served at said station under Capt. Wright in said guards nine months and he was then discharged as he believes sometime in December 1781 but took no discharge in writing - The officers under whom he served were Capt. Wright, Lieut. not recalled nor does he remember the Colonel of the Regiment

 1. He further said Francis Griswold further states that he was born at Killingworth in the State of Connecticut on the 13 th day of August 1762  2 He has no record of his age -  3 He was living at Killingworth in the State of Connecticut when he was called into the service during the war of the Revolution -  4 He enlisted as a volunteer into the State service as herein before stated and he also enlisted as a volunteer into the Continental service in 1780  5 There were no regular officers who served with him in his service in the State Troops  6 He never received any discharge in writing from the State service but he received a discharge in writing from Adjutant Joseph Willov in the Continental service in November 1780 but the same has been lost or destroyed  7 He further states that herewith is exhibited the affidavit of Edward Griswold of the Town of Gryden in Tompkins County in the State of New York proving his services in the war of the Revolution - 

14429 In the matter of the application of Francis Griswold for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
Declaration Proofs
not in x and

Since the war of the Revolution in the said Francis Griswold resided at Killingworth in the State of Connecticut for several years and from there he removed to the Town of Fairfield in the County of Herkimer and State of New York and has resided where he now resides in said Town of Fairfield in Herkimer County of said forty years last past -
He 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 to and subscribed Francis Griswold this ninth day of October 1832 before in open Court 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 said Court are of opinion that it would be too and expensive to said applicant inconvenient for Edward Griswold by whom the said applicant has proved his service in the affidavit herein to annexed to attend said Court -

Clatskanie County of Clatskanie Co.:
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clatskanie in the State of New York the same being a Court of record having by Law a seal and Clerk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Francis Griswold for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office of Clerk of said Court this ninth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty two — Julius C Nelson Clerk

State of New York County of Herkimer ss: I John Griswold of the Town of Rome in the County of Oneida in said State being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oaths depose and say that he is well acquainted with Francis Griswold of the Town of Fairfield in said County of Herkimer, who is a brother of this deponent and this deponent saith that he and the said Francis were born in the Town of Killingworth in the State of Connecticut and that they lived there through the Revolutionary war, and this deponent further saith that he dis- tinctly recollects that as early as the Year 1776 in pursuance of the order of Governor Trumbull then being Governor of Connecticut, State Guards were stationed at various places along on the sea shore in Connecticut in order to guard the inhabitants & their property against the invasions of the enemy & that one of said guards was stationed at Killingworth aforesaid called the "Killingworth Station", which kept up pursuant to public authority during the war - and this deponent further saith that Capt. Job Wright had Command of the Company, which was raised agreeably to the order of Gov. Trumbull, of which a part was stationed at Killingworth Station aforesaid under the immediate Command of Lieut. Cram & the residue of said Company was stationed as this deponent believes at Say- brook Station & Col. Worthington according to the best recollection & belief of this deponent com- manded the Regiment to which Capt. Wright's Company belonged - and this deponent further saith that he knows of the said Francis Griswold serving in the war of the Revolution as follows viz: & according to the best recollection & belief of this deponent

The said Francis Griswold in the Year 1776 served in the State guards at Killingworth afore- said under the Command of Lieut. Crane but this deponent does not recollect how long a time the said Francis served except that he continued in said service during several months. And this deponent further saith that he knows that the said Francis Griswold enlisted in April 1777 into the State guards at Killingworth Station aforesaid under the Command of Lieut. Crane aforesaid and that he served in said guards until in the fall of said Year and this deponent saith that the said Francis Griswold was constantly engaged in a drill service at said station at least six months and was not during his said period of service employed in any other business.
And this deponent further saith that in April 1778 the said Francis Griswold again enlisted at Killingworth Station aforesaid into Capt. Job Wright's Company aforesaid under the Command of Lieut. Crane and that he served in said guards at said station until sometime in the fall of the same year & this deponent saith that that he the said Francis Griswold was continually engaged in actual service at said station at least six months & was not during his said period of service employed in any other business.
And this deponent further saith that in April 1779 the said Francis Griswold again enlisted at Killingworth Station aforesaid into Capt. Job Wright's Company then commanded by Lieut. Crane at said station & that he served at said station under Lieut. Crane until in the fall of the same year & this deponent saith that the said Francis

This wold was during six months in the Year last aforesaid continually engaged in actual service at said station under Lieut. Crane & was not during said period of service employed in any other business —
And this deponent saith that in the Spring of 1780 the said Francis Griswold again enlisted at Killingworth station aforesaid & after serving there for some time he enlisted into the Continental service & was gone into the regular service until sometime in the fall of the winter when he returned home — And this deponent further saith that in February 1781 this deponent enlisted & went into the Continental service so that he does not of his own knowledge know that the said Francis Griswold subsequently entered into the service but he this deponent was informed & believes that he the said Francis served at Killingworth station several months in the Year 1781 —
And this deponent further saith that the enemy took possession of Long Island in 1776 and kept it for several years and that the state guards at Killingworth station were vigilantly employed during the periods of service of the said Francis Griswold as above mentioned for the purpose of guarding & protecting the inhabitants & their property against the attacks of the enemy & also to prevent illicit trade which was during those years carried on with the enemy on Long Island — And this deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with Capt. Job Wright and also with Lieut. John Crane above named and this deponent has a distinct recollection that the said Lieut. Crane commanded the guards at Killingworth station as above stated —
Sworn & subscribed
this 2 d day of October
1833 before me Hiram Norton Justice of the Peace
John Griswold

I certify that I have been acquainted with John Griswold who has subscribed & sworn to the within affidavit for many years & that he sustains a fair character for truth & veracity & that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Myron Holton Justin Pease
State of New York
Herkimer County ss: I, Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Herkimer do certify that Myron Holton before whom the within affidavit was taken was on the day of taking the same a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified & that I am acquainted with his handwriting & believe his signature to said affidavit is genuine - See testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this Twenty days of February 1834 - Julius C. Nelson Clerk
Hon. C. Sherman Jr
The applicant Francis Griswold resides in the same town with me I had noticed there are 30 years since we were acquainted. He is a man of respectability and has a character for truth & veracity. Full credit may be given to him so far as good intention is concerned.
J. Mann Jr M.C. 17 Feb. 1834

14. 429
Frances Gussick Autumn 6 th 1942
Rejected patrol service at home — 14 H
R 393 Military service too short
May 14 33
Hon A. Mann -
Hiram Norton Hiram Norton Fairfield Herkimer N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Francis Griswold 6 th of New Jersey in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? By me  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     March In 1776 9 Private Gen. Col. Wright   March 1777 9 " Col. Wright   March 1778 9 " Col. Wright   March 1779 9 " Col. Wright   March 1780 9 " Col. Baldwin Col. L. Wright   March 1781 9 " Col. Wright  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hillingruth Co. F.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None not attached 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nathaniel Coombs Examining Clerk.

Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions
Sir Herewith I transmit upon the paper, in the application of Francis Griswold for a pension - I have caused the requisite amendments to be made as prescribed by the regulations of the Dept. of War -
Please forward the certificate to me - Yours &c A. C. Norton
June 5 th 1833

New York Revol Francis Grinnold
24. Feb. Col. Hon. J. Cham
Rejected Suspended
See letter to of Adm d Miram Bolton
5. August 1833.
Act 7. June 1832

17 Feb
Sir
Permit me to ask your attention to the enclosed supplemental paper of Fr. Griswold who is my neighbor & your favorable consideration
Very Resp y
J. Munroe
J. Calvert Esq.

Resolution
23245
INVALID.
See
File No. 23,245
Francis Brins
Pris Rev 1820
Act: June 7 th 22
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Service before '81 not military & disallowed.
Abn D
13 mo. 1880s per
In the matter of the application of Francis Grisswold for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1833
Declaration & proofs with Amendments -
on Notes - Swift -
15 July 80 to 3 Dec 80
By Phelps certificate it would appear that Capt. Wright & company were under the authority of the select men until '81 when the State must have him Ensign commandant of the guard therefore kept up by the civil authority -
Francis Norton Fairfield Duke County
N.Y.

Feb 27 '34
I hereby accept a certificate for Francis Griswold for 12mo. 18 days and hereby relinquish all other claim under the act of 7 June 32.
A. Mann Jr. N.C.

State of New York Clerks office County of Herkimer ss:
I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer in the State of New York the same being a Court of Record having by Law a Seal and Clerk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Francis Grinsold for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office of Clerk of said Court this fourth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
Julius C. Nelson Clerk

Payments to be made at New York by the Presd. Meech & B. C. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4
Page 102 by M c Cromwell Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Francis Griswold of the State— of New York _____ who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army.
is entitled to receive — Forty-five — dollars and thirty five 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 8th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four .
Decatur Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
45 years

Rev. May 12 th
Francis Grubbs & Co Cent. Recd. May 8 th
Revolutionary claim J. S. Edwards Owner of pension City of Washington

Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Sir Sir
Herewith I Enclose M r Francis Minnold's Pension Certificate for correction in the amount of the pension - The certificate is for $45.35 but it appears on the Books of N. Y. Genl. Hosp g pensions it is $45.31 - On behalf of M r G. I desire to request the correction of any Error that has occurred & to forward him a new Certificate for the just amount ashiped in - Yours respectfully
J. Norton
Fairfield N. H. May 5 th 1834

State of New York
Herkimer County ss: Edward Griswold of Dryden in Tompkins County aged seventy five years and upwards being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Francis Griswold of Fairfield in said County of Herkimer he being a brother of this deponent: And this deponent further saith that he knows that the said Francis Griswold served in the war of the Revolution as follows viz; That in the Spring of 1776 he enlisted at Killingworth in Connecticut into the Company Commanded by Capt. Job Wright for nine months in the States Service and served about nine months in the State service as this deponent recollects. In the Spring of 1777 he again enlisted at Killingworth aforesaid in Capt. Job Wright's Company in the State service and served there about nine months. In the Spring of 1778 he again enlisted nine months in Capt. Job Wright's Company and served in the State guard stationed at Killingworth about nine months as this deponent recollects. In 1779 he again enlisted into said Capt. Job Wright's Company and served in the State guard at Killingworth afore- said about nine months. In the Spring of 1780 he enlisted in Capt. Caleb Baldwin's Company in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Heman Swift in the Continental Service for nine months at Kill- -ingworth aforesaid and went into the State of New Jersey and was gone as this deponent believes about Eight months. In the Spring of 1781 he enlisted in Capt. Job Wright's Company at Killingworth afore- -said and served at that place Eight or nine months as this deponent recollects in the State service. And this deponent further saith not. — Edward Griswold Subscribed and sworn to this 16 th July 1832 before me Hiram Norton Justice of Herkimer County

Hickman County ss: On this 10 th day of July 1832 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace of said County personally appeared Edward Griswold to me known as a man of credibility, truth & veracity and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit —
Hiram C. Walton Justice of the Peace of Hickman County —
Clerk's office County of Hickman ss: I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Hickman do hereby certify that Hiram C. Walton before whom the preceding affidavit was taken was on the fourteenth day of July 1832 and now is a Justice of the Peace of said County of Hickman duly appointed and qualified according to Law and I further certify that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature of "Hiram C. Walton" to the foregoing affidavit is his proper handwriting — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at office this 9 th day of October 1832
Julius C. Nelson Clerk
Edward Griswold's Affidavit