Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25654, John Griswold, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Griswold, John Lydia
W 25654
B.L.Wt. 10237-160-53-
CONTENTS

3.754
New York - Albany
Cydia Griswold, widow of John Griswold Con who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 - Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feby. 1853. and sent to
Samuel Lake Buffalo NY
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 74 Vol. A
(18)

18.180
New York
John Griswold
of Fairfield in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Cont line, for the term of 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of Apr 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1819 and sent to Webster, Wiltsough by New Port Herkimer Colony New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 85. 3 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819 48 10 15 1/2 30 31 $133. 3
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinue

Adolf Just to Walter Fish by 14 July 1821.
Herkimer New York

84.389 } Act March 3/55 } April 20/55 Lydia Griswold widow of John Griswold private
A: cont. due
Revolutionary War. Pension (No. 3754)
Feb 53-3754
160 Acres Nov 13 1855
Patton
Rate
Ham. Lake, Buffalo, N.Y.
Vol. G. 123. S

of Fairfield John Griswold (private)
Colonel Briggs Regt
1778-9 months
16 Ap. 1878
Newport Herkimer County New York
Admitted
to the peace many circumstances of claimant
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above applicant John Griswold, that he lives near me, and that he is in reduced circumstances, entirely dependent upon his children for his daily support - and they not very able to provide for him Mistress Willoughby

State of New York Herkimer County
On the 16 th day of April 1914 before me Westel Willoughby, one of the Judges of Herkimer court of common Pleas, Personally appears before me John Griswold aged 63 years, resident of the Town of Fairfield in said County - who being by me firstly duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the Provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" - That the said John Griswold enlisted in the Town of Salisbury on the first day of March 1775 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt - Catlins Col. - Mige's Regiment for nine months - That shortly after joining said Regt. he was selected as the Baker for said Regt. and that he continued as such until the expiration of his said enlistment - when he was discharged at a Place called Lunker Hill - now Fredrickstown in the County of Dutchess, State of New York - And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services - Sworn to and dated the day and year above - before me
John Griswold
Westel Willoughby
Herkimer County } Henry Gains being duly sworn deposith and saith that he is } has been well acquainted with the above John Griswold for this 20 years. That he is poor but has always sustained a good moral character & that he has no doubt but that the above statement of the said John Griswold is in all respects true - Henry Gains Sworn to before me the day & year as above Westel Willoughby

Herkimer County ss
I Westel Willoughby, one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Herkimer, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Gris would did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
State of New York Clerks Office Herkimer County
Westel Willoughby
I Walter Fish Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Westel Willoughby Esquire whose signature is affixed to the foregoing proceedings is a Judge of the said Court and that the same Court is a Court of Record in the State of our said In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of My office at Herkimer this 26 th day of February 1819
Walter Fish Clerk

John Griswold Certificate of Exempts
ck      % 36 13.180
10 m. wife 48 3/4
51155
Dixon? Spent to Walter Fish Herkimer, N. York July 14. 1821

Schedule
State of New York } Herkimer County } On this 5 day of July
1820 personally appeared in open court to wit, a court of common pleas, said court being a court of Record in & for the county of - Herkimer thus constituted by the Laws and Statutes of the state of New York, John Grison aged sixty four years, resident in the town of Newport in the county aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, 1778 as follows; That I the said John Grison old enlisted in 1778 for the term of ten months as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Collier in the regiment commanded by Col. Meigs - Connecticut Line, Continental Establishment; That I continued to serve in the said Company until the said Ten months for which I enlisted had expired, when I was discharged and I served six campaigns in Military service in said - War; and I do swear that the date of the - Original Declaration in order to obtain the pensions made by the act of Congress passed - the 18 th day of March 1818, is the 16 th day of - April 1818; and the number of the pension - certificate I now have under the act aforesaid is 13180 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of any - property or any part thereof with intent so to - diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the

Land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed;
Real estate I have none
Personal property estate (except necessary clothing and bedding) 1 Yoke of oxen I bought with my pension money $60.
1 Cow 16.
4 Swine 8.
3 Sheep 3.75
2 Spring calves 6.00
$93.75
And I do solemnly swear that I am by occupation a farmer, but on account of my infirmities and a palpitation of the heart which affects me much and general ill health, I am not able to perform but little labor to support myself and family - That I have a wife of the age of forty-eight years in tolerable health & ability to labour in domestic employment for her life; and to conclude, the pension money I have already received has afforded me a comfortable support; but deprived of this pension, many poverty would deprive me, hunger and cold would affect me and charity only would administer relief. Let, therefore, I pray, my pension my pension be continued, which will ensure comfort & happiness to a revolutionary soldier
John Griswold

Subscribed and sworn this 5 th July 1820 before me David Hott, Judge of Herkimer Com Pleas
It is the Opinion of the court that the value of the property contained in the above schedule is Ninety Three Dollars & Twenty five cents
David Hott George Rosecrants John J. Prendergast
State of New York Clerk's Office Herkimer County
I, Walter Fish Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing Draft and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court. & I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the total amount, in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Ninety Three Dollars & Twenty five cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court On this 14 th day of July 1820
Walter Fish Clerk of the Court for the County of Herkimer
Copies of the foregoing draft and schedule of Herkimer County

453.
mar 11/53
Sydia Griswold Widow of John Griswold dec d Revolutionary pension claim
N. Y.
Act Feb. 3 d 1853.
Samuel Lake Atty Buffalo N.Y.

State of New York
Erie County Sp. Be it known that on this third day of March A.D. 1853. Personally appeared before the Erie County Court held at Buffalo, the Honorable James Sheldon Judge presiding, Lydia Griswold a resident of Concord in said County, 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 passed the third day of February 1853 and of all Acts of Congress passed for the benefit of Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers.
That she is the Widow of John Griswold deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and was a revolutionary pensioner at the rate of Ninety six dollars per Annum previous to his death,
That she was married to the said John Griswold on or about the month of October in the year (1819) eighteen hundred and nineteen, in the Town of Newport in the State of New York, and that her Husband, the said John Griswold died on the 8th day of October in the year Eighteen Hundred and twenty five. —
She further declares that she is seventy eight years of Age, that she is still the Widow of the said John Griswold deceased, and has not been married since his death —
She further declares that she hereby constitutes and appoints Samuel Lake of Buffalo her lawful attorney to obtain her Pension Certificate to whom she requests all communications made relating to her claims —
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above mentioned —
Lydia Griswold
William Lander
Clerk of Erie County

The Court also Certify that the said Lydia Grisdvold is a respectable Wooman residing in this County That She is the person described in the foregoing Declaration, and believe the facts therein stated to be true —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this this third day of March 1853 —
William Andre Clerk

State of New York
Erie County ss. Heib. S. Post and Maryette Pierce being duly sworn according to law on their oaths say that they were present and witnesses to the marriage of John Griswold and Lydia Post, that they were married in the town of Newport Herkimer County in the State of New York, on or about the month of October in the year 1819. that they lived together and sustained the relations of Husband & Wife until the death of the said John Griswold which took place in Newport in this State on or about the 8th of October 1825. - That the said Lydia Griswold is still a widow and resides in the town of Concord in the County of Erie  Sworn and subscribed } Heib. S. Post this 4 th day of March } 1853 Before me and } Maryette Pierce certify deponents an credible
State of New York, } ss. ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof do hereby certify that Charles C. Severner Esq. whose name is subscribed to the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in said County, duly elected, sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and further, that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, at Buffalo, this 8 day of March A. D. 1853
W Andre Clerk.

Application for Bounty Land.—ORIGINAL CLAIM.
State of New York } ss. COUNTY OF Erie }
On this 16 day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Charles C. Surrance a justice of the peace of Concord within and for the County and State aforesaid Lydia Griswold aged 81 years, a resident of Concord in the state of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Griswold deceased, who was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain not known in the Revolution in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812 called the Revolutionary war . She refers to her Application for pension for proof of marriage and death of her husband that her said husband Served in the Revolutionary War, and was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the Rate of $96.00 per annum at his death, that he entitled into the army of the United States and continued in actual service in said war for the term of one or more years and was honorably discharged at the close of his enlistment as she believes from his own statements of his service & she refers to his application for proof thereof . She further states that she was married to the said John Griswold in the town of Newport  Herkimer Co. NY on the 4 th day of October A. D. 1814 by one Darius Safford Esq and that her name before her marriage was Lydia Post that her said husband died at Newport aforesaid on the 8 th day of October A. D. 1825 and that she is now a widow and is a Revolutionary pensioner that her certificate is No. 3,754 and dated the 28 th Feb. 1854
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d, 1855. Samuel Lake of Buffalo NY is hereby appointed my Attorney to prosecute my claim and receive any Warrant which may be issued thereon.
Lydia Griswold
We Heid L. Post and Mayette Pierce residents of Concord in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lydia Griswold 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.
Heid L. Post
Mayette Pierce
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.
Chas C. Surrance Justice of the Peace of said County

State of New York
Erie County ss. Hill S. Post & Maryetta Pierce Being duly sworn according to law on their oaths Say That they were personally acquainted with John Griswold in his lifetime, that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and died in the town of Newport in this state on or about the 8 th day of October 1825 That at the time of his death, he left Lydia Griswold his widow nine survivors. That she is the identical person who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That she is still a widow and unmarried. The deponents further say that they reside in the town of Concord in the county and state aforesaid That they have no interest in the claim of the said Lydia Griswold for Bounty Land Sworn and subscribed this 16 day of April 1855 Before me and I certify The deponents are credible persons.
Hill S. Post Maryetta Pierce
J. C. Serreanne Justice of the Peace Erie County
84.389
State of New York
ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify that Charles C. Serreanne before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof thereof, was at the time of taking the same, Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, duly sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same: and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verify believe the signature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and the Courts thereof, the 18 day of April
A. D. 1855.
W Andre Clerk.

Pass WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25654
Lydia Grismold wid of John Grismold Pris Rev War
Act Feb 3 d 58
Index: Vol A , Page 293
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York  Restored
John Griswold, priv.
Served 10 mo. in 1798
1 st Sch. d. dated 5 July 1820.
1 yoke of oxen, bought with Pension money — $60. —
1 Cow ————— 10. —
4 Swine ————— 8. —
3 Sheep ————— 3.75
2 Calves ————— 6. —
Total $93.75
No debts — Restore
Sch. d. under Act Mar. 1. 1823.
anted 5 May 1823
Nothing
Accounts for the decrease of property by sale of the oxen in 1821 to B. Henson for $55 part in money & part in grain 1 calf sold for $8 to Z Barlow laid out in

clothes - 1 Cow 1 Calf 4 Swine 3 sheep Consumed in family.
States that unless his pension is resumed, his wife has to be supported by charity .
Claimant aged 67 yrs a farmer, unable to work in consequence of a palpitation at the heart & a ruptured - wife 57 yrs not healthy.
Wm B Goff Esq Herkimer N.Y.
Sept. 1819.

Applicant aged 64 yrs. Infirmities, &c. -
Wife, aged 40 yrs. - tolerable health.
Sched: H 93.75 -
Served 10 mo.
service short
not entitled

FREE
J. S. [unclear]
J. E. Heath Esq Com t of Pensions Washington D. C.

May 19/53.
Rev. Joseph P. Pope Lyons New York mid of July
FREE
Rev. J. P. Pope Esq Convent of Pension Washington D.C. James Lake Buffalo N.Y.

Lizika Schwalda and John
Poynton
FREE
L. P. Waldo Esq Com. of Pensions Washington
Rev. City 200 W.H.

2/pms:
8 th Oct: 1825.
"R. B. M."

453. Lydia Griswold, Widow of John, N. Y.
Let to Sam l Lake, may 13/53 " May 27. 1853.
Act Feb. 3 d 1853.

Griswold widow of John Griswold N. York
Act. 3 d Feb y : 1853 Act. 3 d Feb y : 1853 Act. 3 d Feb y : 1853 Rev d : $96. 00 Per An. Com: Feb: 3 d 1853,
Sam Lake Buffalo Mayork
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

✓ 10 237
3 New Am

Nov 10th 1853 N.Y. B. D. [unclear]

Station Office, November 10, 1855,
Sir:
20 4 100. / hundred

24 Feb Pension Office, 23 rd Feb 1854. Sir,
4825 Please certify the term to which the within named pension was paid, on the date of his death. Yours Respectfully,
S. Cole.
For the Commission.
John Griswold, Act 1818 Paid to 4 Sept 1825. No death.
F. Burt Auditor
[Handwritten initials or mark]
Francis Burt Esq. Chief Auditor. Treasury

No. 84389
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 20 th , 1855.
John Gasvold Pi-sec St. Cont. Line Rev. Krau
10287-160-5-8-
Saul Lake Buffalo N.H.

Buffalo Feb 18-1854
L. P. Waldo Esq Comr. of Pensions Sir
I enclose the affidavit of the Widow which removes the objection to the Receipt of the testimony on file, as you will see by the Report upon the claim attached thereto - Enquiry and Search has been made of the relations east and it appears that there is no Record of the Marriage - & you are aware that no records are required to be kept in our State - Magistrates and Ministers do sometimes make an entry of the Marriage but their records are not of long life & at best very imperfect -
Respectfully Yours Samuel Lake
Note -
M rs Griswold is sick and poor and it would be a great favour if the Certificate could be issued without delay - S. L.

Lydia Griswold Report
Informed N.S. Post
27 May 83 —

Pension Office May 21. 1853.
Sir.
In reply to your letter of the 17 th inst in relation to the claim of Mrs Lydia Griswold, who applies for pension as the widow of John Griswold, you are respectfully informed, that our regulations require that " if record evidence of the marriage of the claimant exists, a copy thereof duly authenticated should be filed. If there be no such evidence that fact should be averred in the Declaration or in an affidavit, when secondary evidence will be admitted. " The declaration in this case being in form, in other respects, an affidavit or supplementary Declaration, averring the fact that no record evidence of marriage exists, would suffice to let in the parol proof already filed.
The credibility of the witnesses in this case appears, upon a re-examination to be duly certified.
Samuel Lake Esq Buffalo N. York,
Very Respectfully S. M. M. Commissioner

State of New York
Erie County ss. Lydia Griswold being duly sworn according to law on her oath says, she is the widow of John Griswold deceased, and made application for a pension in the City of Buffalo before the Court in March 1853. That in addition to the facts stated in her declaration the Deponent further says that she has no family Record of her marriage with John Griswold her late husband, that she has no knowledge of there being any Record of said marriage either public or private. —
Sworn and subscribed this Lydia Griswold
16 th day of February 1854
Before me, and I certify that I know the deponent to be the person described in the foregoing affidavit and that I have no interest in her claim for pension and am not concerned in its prosecution. —
C. H. C. Venable
Justice of the Peace County of Erie

State of New York.
ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify that Charles C. Sevrance before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof thereof, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same: and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and the Courts thereof, 18 day of Feby A. D. 185 4 .
W. Andre Clerk.

S. P. Waldo Esq. Comr. of Pensions
Buffalo May 17 th 1853
Sir - At the time I made the Declaration for this Widow I had not received the instructions. The Court was in Session and the Widow was brought down to the City over 30 Miles. I thought I would venture to make the Application, as I cannot, or do not keep exact copies of the proofs I send. I am not able to decide positively what the defects in the testimony are, but infer that the Widow did not state, "that she had no Certificate or family record of her marriage" as I correct. - Is it not certified that Heil S. Post and Marietta Pierce are credible witnesses. If not it is a mistake. No persons are more truthful or reliable. Very respectable worthy members of the Baptist Church - In future I shall endeavor to comply strictly with the instructions -
Respectfully Yours Samuel Lake
P.S. Are not the papers on file in this case duly authenticated. - S. L.

Sir:
Pension Office, May 13 th 1855.
Under the Regulations adopted to carry into effect the 2 d section of the Act of February 2 d 1855. it is necessary that if record evidence of the marriage of the claimant exists, a copy thereof, duly authenticated, should be filed.
If there be no such evidence, that fact should be averred in the Declaration, or in an affidavit, when secondary proof, certified by the acting magistrate to be credible, will be admitted. The official character of the magistrate before whom any papers are verified, should be duly authenticated.
The proof in the case of Mrs. Lydia Griswold, who claims a pension as Widow of John Griswold, a revolutionary soldier, not being in accordance with these rules, the claim is necessarily suspended.
I am, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt., J. M c Ward Commissioner
Samuel Lake, Esq r Buffalo, N.Y.

Brief in the case of Sylvia Griswold, widow of John, Emé County and State of New York act 3 d Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 th March 1818 dropped & restored.
Two Witnesses testify, they were present at the marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Samuel Lake Esq m . Buffalo, Name and residence of Agent
New York
H. B. Smith, Examining Clerk

1 March 1823
NY
John Griswold
3 Sep 19
Recd 21 June 1823
John

Sturminster June 12th 1828
Hon. John C. Calhoun
For the Enclosed papers
wish you would direct their Certificates to the B. Off of Sturminster, or such other Communes as your honor may see fit to make
Yours with respect
Wm B. Goff

John Griswold's Pension papers

State of New York
Herkimer County ss
John Farnold being duly sworn doth depore and say that the property which he exhibited in his former schedule bearing date the 3 rd day of July 1820 — are as follows, (and the same not now owned by the applicant) —
  to wit One Yoke of Cattle — $60 —   1 Cow ————— $16   4 Swine ————— $8   3 Sheep ————— $3.75 —   2 Spring Calves ————— $6 — 00 — 
The cattle this deponent purchased on Credit, partly & partly with his former pension Money. but was still in Debt, and being unwell he was obliged to sell the same, to pay the amount due on the purchase Money — he sold them to —
  Barnum Kenyon  in the year 1821  for $55 — in    of the Town of Newport  Spring of the year  Money, and that      money I paid      when I was during      partly, and      part for Grain      & Meat to      support My      family —  
The Cow I used in My family for beef also the Swine — and Sheep — The Calves I sold One to Jonas Barlow, for three Dollars which Money I laid out to clothe My family — the Other I killed for the use of My family, The Calf sold in the year 1821 — and I do further depore and swear that I have no other way to support myself (being unwell) than to Call upon My Country, or Town for relief as My funds are all exhausted — & I further State that I was

in possession of no property, at the time I made my last inventory except what was noticed in the same, and was absolutely under the necessity of using and disposing of the property in my first Schedule as above stated to save myself from imprisonment & attaintment, and further Saith not
Dated 4th June 1823—
Sworn before me This 4th day of June 1823—
John Griswold
Alfred Putnam Justice of the peace in and for the County of Herkimer
Clerk's Office Herkimer
I certify that Alfred Putnam whose signature appears to the above affidavit was on the 4th day of June 1823 a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Herkimer, and duly qualified to administer an oath &c In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of My Said Office at Herkimer this 12 th day of June 1823—
Sabez Fox Clerk By Edu rd H. Gill D ty
John Griswold Affidavit

Schedule
State of New York
Ulster County ss
On this 6th day of May 1823 personally
appeared in Open Court to wit a Court of Common Pleas, said Court being a Court of Record in and for the County of Ulster thus constituted by the Laws and Statutes of the State of New York
John Griswold aged Sixty Seven years resident in the Town of Newport in the County aforesaid, who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows that I the said John Griswold enlisted in the year 1778 for the Term of ten Months as a private in the company commanded by Capt Catlin in the Regiment Commanded by Col Meigs Connecticut Line on the Continental Establishment that I served the ten Months faithfully until my enlistment expired and was then Honorably discharged
I served Six Campaigns in service Matilda, in said war and I do swear that the date of the Original declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed the 18th day of March 1818 is the 16th day of April 1818 and the Number of the pension Certificate I now have under the Act aforesaid is 13180 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States On the 18th day of March 1818 and I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress Entitled "An act to provide for certain persons -

engaged in the land and naval service of the United States" in the Revolutionary war ended On the 18th day of March 1818; and I have not Nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities or contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contain- -ed in the Schedule herunto Annexed and by me sub- -scribed —
Real Estate I have none either in possession rever- -sion or remainder — personal Estate
Only one suit of clothes for myself and one for my wife —
One poor bed and bedding —
And I do solemnly swear that I am by Occupation a farmer but on account of My Infirmities and a palpitation of the Heart which afflicts me much — besides a very bad rupture which I contracted in the Army prevents me from doing much Labour and am therefore not able to support my family, that I have a wife of the Age of fifty One years not very health but is able to perform a little domestic Labour and when I received My pension I made  made a tolerable good living but since I have been Suspended I have Suffered with Hunger and Cold I pray therefore that my pension be continued which will insure Comfort & happiness to a revolutionary Soldier —
Subscribed & Sworn This 6th day of May 1823
John Griswold
Henry Brown first Judge of the Court on plea —

It is the Opinion of the Court that the Value of the property contained in the above Schedule is Nothing Except the wearing apparel & bed & bedding
Henry Brown Sanders Lansing John Mahon
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster
State of New York Clerk's Office Herkimer County ss Sabaz Fox clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Herkimer do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the proceedings had in open court on the 6th day of May 1823 in the matter of John Griswold late a pensioner of the Revolutionary War and now on file in this Office In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of My said Office the 12th day of June 1823.
Sabaz Fox Clerk By Edw. G. Gill Dpty