Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17964, Ebenezer Grover, Conn. New York

SERVICE
Conn. New York
NUMBER
Grover Ebenezer Mary
N. 17964
CONTENTS
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33.33 1.66
33.33 1.66 34.99
22-795 Connecticut
Ebenezer Grover
of Tolland in the State of Conn who was a PW in the Conn commands by Captain _____ of the Regt commands by Col Hinman in the Conn Troops for 10 1/2 mo on 1778. d. 27 Mar 1841.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 35 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Nov 33 and sent G. P. Waldo Tolland Conn
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 33 $ 87.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 4 - 17.50
$105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk,
Book e Vol. 3 Page 36
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3607x
Connecticut
Mary Grover
widow of Ebenezer Grover , deceased, who died on the 27 th January 1841 of Holland in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt - commanded by Col. Hunsdow in the Connecticut line for troops for 10 th months.
See letter to E. Stearns Sep 20. 41
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut . at the rate of 35 Dollars 27 th  January Books per annum, to commence on the 1 th day of March , 1841. the day of his death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Sept. 1841 & sent to Mrs Elisha Stearns Holland. Connecticut.
Arrears to the 4 th of October '41 } 40.83 1 month 5 days Semi-annual allowance ending } 17.50 $ 57.33
2) 35.00 17.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by Theodore S. Moody Clerk, Book Co Vol. 3 Page 74

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7. of June 1832. - State of Connecticut } Tolland County } ss. County Court Special Session August 1832. -
On this 7. day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the County Court for Tolland County now sitting Eben Grouse a resident of the town of Tol- land in the County of Tolland, and State of Connecticut aged seventy Eight 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. -
That in the month of April 1775 I enlisted into the ser- vice of the Army of the Revolution under Captain Elihu Curtis, Lieutenant Isaac Swift, Nobbs and Ensign Rockwell. We were attached to Col. Haiman's Regiment. - Our Major General was Montgomery our Brigade General Schuyler. We started from Kent in Connecticut & marched towards Boston one days march when we received orders to go to Ticonderoga, upon which we marched immediately to the latter place. -
In our march we passed thro. the towns of Colebrook Sharon, Kinderhook, Albany, Still Water by Fort Edward thro. the wood to Lake George, we landed at what was called Islanding where we were stationed during the summer. The term of time I served during this campaign was seven months at the expiration of which I was discharged & returned home. I know of no man living who knows of this term of service. -
I further state that in the year 1776 in the month of June or upon an alarm I turned out as a volunteer under Capt Barker, Lieutenant Barlow and Ensign Boyd, and Major Freeman. - We marched from in the State of New York Dover to Poughkeepsie, from thence down the River about six miles

when we were stationed three months or more . I know of no person now living who knows of this service. —
I further state that when New London was burned I was residing in Colchester Connecticut and that the Regiment under the command of Colonel Chapman of said Colchester volunteered and was marched to New London where we remained about two weeks when we were disbanded & I returned home. —
In answer to the questions proposed by the Court in pursuance of the instructions of the War Department I would state that I was born in Coventry in the County of Tolland in the year 1754 aforesaid. I have a record of my life in my family Bible. When I was first called into service I was living in America precinct in the town of Dover in the State of New York, and since the War I have lived in the town of Tolland aforesaid where I now reside. I enlisted once into the service some and twice volunteered. — I cannot state the names of the Officers or the circumstances of my service more particularly than in my previous declaration. I received a written discharge from Gen. Schuyler, which I have lost. I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person who can testify directly to my service. Rowland Lathrop and General Casmell are persons known to me and can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relays wishes 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, the day and year aforesaid.
Ebenezer Grover

Ebenezer Groves Declaration for assumpsit Apr. 6. 6. 1822
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Court find the facts — Rescinded & confirmed original declaration

We Rowland Lathrop a Clergyman, residing in the town of Tolland in Tolland County and Lemuel Casmell residing in said Tolland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eben Grover who has subscribed and sworn to the above declara- tion that we believe him to be Seventy Eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opin- ion. Sworn (and subscribed) the day & year aforesaid. — Rowland Lathrop Lemuel Casmell
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations 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 Rowland Lathrop who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Tolland aforesaid and is a credible person and that he and that Lemuel Casmell who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Tolland aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. Signed by the Court J. Parish Clerk
I, Jermiah Parish Clerk of the Court in Tolland County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Eben Grover for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Tolland this 8th day of August AD 1832
Jermiah Parish Clerk

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7 1838 State of Connecticut
On this 1 day of July 1841 personally appeared before me Judge of Probate for the District of Hartford in said State Mary Grover a resident of the town of Glastonbury in said district in the county of Tolland & State aforesaid aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7 1838 That she is the widow of Eben Grover who was a private in the militia in the revolutionary war and performed the service as such particularly specified in the declaration of the said Eben Grover now on file in the Pension Office on which a pension was granted to him but she can not now particularly state without reference to said declaration She further declares that she was married to the said Eben Grover on the 15 th day of April in the year seven hundred and seventy eight That her husband the aforesaid Eben Grover died the 27 day of March 1841 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written

The within declaration was subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year above written
Eliza Stearns Judge of Probate for Tolland District
I Daniel Grover of Tolland in the County Limnly of Tolland & State of Connecticut aged 62 years testify that Eliza Grover within named died the 27 th day of March 1841, and that the within named Mary Grover his widow has remained a widow ever since
Daniel Grover
Subscribed & sworn to by the said Daniel Grover this 10 day of July 1841
before me Eliza Stearns Judge Probate as above

Ebenezer Grover of Soham and Mary Palmer of Witbraham were married April the fifteenth day seventeen hundred seventy eight
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record except the date is in words. The date on record is in plain legible figures as follows (April the 15 th day 1878)
Mrs C. K. Isham Record Clerk
Record Clerk's Office Salem Connecticut May 4 th 1841
Ebenezer Grover above named died March Twenty seventh Eighteen hundred forty one
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record
Mrs C. K. Isham Record Clerk
Record Clerk's Office Salem Connecticut May 4 th 1841
Subscribed and sworn to the 3 rd day of July 1841 before me
Elisha Stearns Judge of Probate for the district of Soham

6010.
875-0 2514 1000
Return this
state in so far as returned
L.P. Waldo Es Tolland Co
Dear Grover Friend Wm.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Groves which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No See query 5 last Clause which declarant should attend to to make out his amending declaration VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Seal of Court not affixed

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
If the claimant served as he states in 1775 he may prove it by the Rolls in the office of Comptroller of Public Accounts at Hartford.
These papers are certified to the originals. They are evidently copies and not originals. The original declaration must be sent with the present papers when returned.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Mary Grover of Connecticut, widow of Ebenezer Grover, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty five dollars and cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the twenty seventh day of January 1841 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Seventeenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty  forty one.

2612 Benvenue Ave., Berkeley, Calif.
Sept. 12 - 1902.
SEP 22 1902
FILES.
B.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. -
Will you kindly give me any information regard- ing the military service of Eben Grover during the Revolutionary War. The name may be Ebenzer. I believe his enlistment would be from Connecticut. If his name does not appear on your lists, would it be of any use to write to Connecti- cut?
Very respectfully,
Harriet M. Grover.

Mary Grover Wid of Genl. Conn
Act July 4. 1836
Allowed $35 per ann March from 27 Feb 1841. the day of his death. Married 1778. Service terminated 1781
M c Elisha Stearns Volland Conn.

Vallejo, Cal., July 3 1841
Sir
Inclosed is the widow Mary Grover's Declaration for a pension
May Respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pensions
Yours Resp'tly Edw. H. Starnes

Chas Grover Loan. at Jersey $35. when paid. d 1841.
JH
p d 4 th March 1841
JH
Mr Hany

Dutton Conn, Sept 23 1841
W. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
In accordance to your request of the 20 th inst I now return the Certificate of Mr. Mary Groom for correction to have inserted the 27 th March instead of 27 th Jan y
Very Respectfully Your Obed t Serv t
Elizabeth Starnes

Rev 17,964 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17964 Mary Grover Wid. of Ebenezer Grover Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 290
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan. 9-1902 Henrietta M. Grover Berkeley, Calif.

7 Tolland Ct. October 29 th 1833
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I have recd. from the Pension Office the papers upon the application of Eben Drown of this town for a pension, with certain objections pointed out in a brief accompanying the same. — The first objection is that he has not mentioned with precision the length of his service (Objection 5) To meet this objection he has made an amendatory declaration dated June 27 th 1833 in which he states explicitly, and nearly in the words of the form given on the brief that he has served in the Army of the Revolution according to the best of his recollection knowledge seven months in the year 1775 as a private in the year 1776 he served three months as a private and when or soon after New London was burned he served two weeks, as a private — in all ten and one half months. — I have thought it possible that he was not quite explicit enough in this declaration if so please inform me. — It is noted on the Brief "If the claimant served as he states in 1775 he may prove it by the Rolls in the office of Comptroller of Public Accounts in Hartford." — I have sent to Mr. Phelps and obtained his certificate that Capt. Curtis was Captain of a Company in 1775 in Col. Hinman's Regt. but that there is no pay roll or copy of one found in his office and no evidence by which to ascertain whether Eben Drown was a member of said Company. — If anything more is wanted on this head please inform me. — It is also noted, "The papers are certified to be originals. They are evidently copies and not originals. The original declaration must be sent with the papers when returned." I procured from the office of the County Clerk the original papers or declaration and sent it to your department about four weeks since. Still the papers are again returned. — In all cases heretofore you have noted the objections so plain that I have been able to ascertain what was wanted, this time there are no new objections noted and I have supposed that the old ones are not properly met. — and yet I do not see in what particular. —

I dislike to trouble you or try your patience further on this application, still I must ask you to be so good as to inform me what particular thing is wrong now in these papers, and I will try to have it put right.
Mr. Grover is the more solicitous upon this point because he is the last of about twenty of his acquaintances who have applied for a pension and not obtained. —
To gratify this aged inform and honest man I now write you and return all the papers relating to his application and beg your early attention to this subject, and that you would give me the information desired as soon as possible. — I am Sir
10 1/2 m. o private L. P. Waldo
Edw. D. [initials]
Yours Respectfully Loren P. Waldo —
P.S. From the fact that no new objections are noted since the papers were returned to you, Gentlemen in this town who have some agency in procuring Pensions here that they were now sent back through mistake and have advised me to write you as above. —
Yours &c L. P. Waldo
Hon J. L. Edwards or Hon Geo. Wm. Crump
Washington, City

Amendatory declaration made June 27, 1833 before me Loren P. Waldo Justice of Peace
Please direct to L. P. Waldo Wadsworth Centre

Tolland County ss. town of Tolland June 27. 1833
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said Tolland County Eben Grover of said town of Tolland 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 in the year 1776 and also in the campaign when New London was burned, as stated in his declaration filed before the County Court on the 7 th day of August 1832 but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For three months in the year 1776, I served as a private under Capt Barker Lieut Barlow and Ensign Boyd and Major Freeman For Two weeks soon after New London was burned in said New London I served as a private under the command of Col. Chapman of Colchester: For seven months, in the year 1775, I served as a private under Captain Curtis, Col. Hinman and General Schuyler; in all Ten and one half months, and for such service I claim a pension
Sworn and subscribed this 27. day of June 1833
Before me
Eben Grover
Loren P. Waldo Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut, County of Tolland ss. Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do certify that Loren P. Waldo Esq. before whom the above affidavit of Eben Grover was taken & sworn is a Justice of Peace in and for said County & legally authorized & empowered to administer oaths and take depositions out of Court, and that the above signature purporting to be the signature of said Justice Waldo is genuine & was written in my presence In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 27 th day of June 1833 Jeremiah Parish Clerk

3607.
Connecticut.
Mary Grover.
widow of Ebenezer Grover, deceas d , who died on the 27 th March 1841. of Holland in the State of Connecticut. who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Dorr, of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hildreth in the Connecticut line for troops for 10 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 3 5 27 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1841, the day when he died. . . . . 5
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept: 1841 & sent to and Elisha Stearns Esqr. Holland, Connecticut
Arrears to the 4th of Sept: 1841. $ 15. 28 Semi-annual allowance ending u.t.w. '42 17 50
$ 32. 78
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by Theodore S. Moody Clerk, Book C Vol. 3. Page 74.
36 Insh 27 Mary Sarah G Jackson had not title to a pension - sent circular Prior
See letter to E. Stearns Sep 20: 1841 " " same " " 28: " respect ing the correction of certificate sent to her return }

1812
Elon Grover
Lo
Carder
Arthur Stone
Handwritten mark resembling a stylized 'E' or a signature.

17 964 Mary Grover
HILLSDALE COLLEGE.
Hillsdale, Mich., March 17 th 1886.
Commissioner of Pensions, Sir;
I wish to ask a question in regard to the Records of Enrollment of one Eben. Grover of Holland, Conn. "Revolutionary Soldier" His Pension was never paid to himself or his widow and justly belongs to his children, and grand-children of whom I am one-- also one soldier (Gardner Stone) of the war of 1812. of Milford Otsego. N. Y. Why does not the Pension belonging to him justly belong to his children. -- Will you

please to reply in regard to the matter and oblige,
378 Box 5 P.O.
Mrs. Sarah G. Jackson Hillsdale
Hillsdale Co., Mich.

Elisha Phelps Ely Certificate for Eben Grown
for Mr. Wells

for Mr. Waldo
Eliza D. Hall Cuthbert New Haven

Comptroller Office Sept r 30 th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut do certify, that it appears by the books of the Pay Table, that Eleazer Curtis was a Captain in Col. Heman Reg t raised in 1775, & was in service the account of his company being charged to the United States under date Dec r  26 th 1775. That no pay roll, or copy of one, has been found in this office, & no evidence, by which to determine, whether Eben Grover served in Capt. Curtis Co. or not has been discovered. E. Phelps
It is believed, that no copies of the payrolls of those companies which served in the Southern Department were taken & preserved in this office. There is a list filed, "Discharges of Connecticut Troops in 1775, sent from Gen. Schuyler but after the troops were mostly paid. But upon this list I do not find the name of Eben Grover. E. Phelps

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Connecticut
Tolland County
S. S. County Court Special Session Aug t 1832
On this 7th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court for Tolland County now sitting Eben Graves a resident of the town of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the foregoing declaration, in order to obtain the bene- fit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated That In the month of April 1775 I enlisted into the service of the army of the revolution under Captain Elizer Carlis Lieut. Isaiah Swift Nobles and Ensign Rockwell, we were attached to Col. Hinmans Regiment, Our major general was Montgomery, our Brigadier General Schuyler. — We started from Kent in Connecticut and march d towards Boston one days march, where we rec d orders to go to Ticonderoga, upon which we marched imme- diately to the latter place. — In our march we passed through the towns of Colbrook, Sharon, Kinderhook — Albany, Still water by Fort Edwards through the woods then to Lake George; we landed at a place called The Landing where we were stationed thro' the summer; I know of no man living who knows of this term of service. —
The term I served during this campaign was for the enlistment of which I was discharged & returned home.
I further state that in the year 1776 in the month of June

upon an alarm I turned out as a volunteer under Capt Barker Lieut Barlow and Ensign Boyd, & Major Surnam. — We marched from Dover in the state of New York to Poughkeepsie, from thence down the river about six miles, where we were stationed three months or more I know of no person now living who knows of this service
I further state that when New London was burned I was residing in Colchester Connecticut and that the Regiment under the command of Colonel Champion of said Colchester Volunteers and marched to New London where we remained about two weeks when we were disbanded and I returned home
In answer to the questions proposed by the Court in pursuance of the instructions of the war department I would state that I was born in Coventry in the County of Tolland aforesaid in the year 1754 — I have as record of my age in so town of Coventry & in my family Bible —
When I was first called into service I was living in Amenia precinct in the town of Dover in the state of New York and since the war I have lived in the town of Tolland aforesaid where I now reside — I enlisted once into the service and twice I volunteered — I cannot state the names of the officers or the circumstances of my service

more particularly than in my previous declaration. — I received a written discharge from Gen Schuyler which I have lost — I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person who can testify directly to my service; Rowland Lathrop and Lemuel Caswell are persons known to me and can testify as to to my character for veracity and their belief of my service as a soldier of the revolution —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state —
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Eben Grover
We Rowland Lathrop a clergyman residing in the town of Tolland in Tolland County & Lemuel Caswell residing in said Tolland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eben Grover who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed 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 Rowland Lathrop the day and year aforesaid Lemuel Caswell

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 Rowland Lathrop who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Tolland a- foresaid — and that Lemuel Gasswell who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Tolland aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit —
Signed by the Court
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Court in Tolland County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the matter of 0109 the application of Eben Grover for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Tolland this 18th day of August A D 1837
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Certified from record
Jeremiah Parish Clerk