Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,449, Elle Grannis, Conn.

SERVICE
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Grannis, Elle
S 17449.
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17.77 Connecticut
Ellis Grannis
of Et Hazen in the State of Conn who was a Pvt in the Conn command by Captain Thompson of the Regt command by _____ in the Conn Troops time for 5 mo 4 days Infantry 18 mo 26 days of artillery
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 95 Dollars 73 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Sept 1833 and Ant - Enn Beach New Haven
Arrears to the 14th of Septm 33 $ 139 33 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34, 47 86
$187 19
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk Book 60 Vol. 3 Page 16

State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss.
Be it remembered that at a County Court held at New Haven within the New Haven County on the 11 th day of June 1833. The said Court in addition to their Certificate to the pension papers of Elie Gannis of the 7 th of August 1832 finds as follows hereby further Certifying that in their opinion the said Elie Gannis was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states in his supp-lemental declaration that the several deponents or witnesses whose affidavits or depositions were here taken & sworn before said Court & which are thereto thereto annexed to wit, Jesse Sudenton, Isaac Gannis & William Storer are respectively persons of credibility & declare that in our opinion their statements are entitled to full faith & credit.
By order of Court
attest J. W. Beecher Clerk
I J. W. Beecher Clerk of the County Court for New Haven County do hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Elie Gannis for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & date above written.
J. W. Beecher Clerk

I Elie Grannis of the Town of East Haven County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged 74 Years That in order to obtain a Pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - do make the following Declaration in addition and explanation of the one heretofore made -
1 That on the first of December 1775 I enlisted as a Soldier in the State service in the war of the revolution under the command of Capt. Reuben Rose of Branford. Joined the company in New Haven in Col. - Russell's Regiment marched by land to New York. from thence to Brooklyn on Long Island. and was employed in erecting a Fort and in throwing up embankments. and continued in service in said company to the last of February 1776 - a term of three months when I with others were discharged - (for proof see Jabez Ludington and Jared Grannis Deposition who were with me. and who are now living in this Town - 2 In the month of April 1776 I enlisted as a Soldier in the State Service under Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven - a Company raised by the State of Connecticut to guard the shore in this Town in New Haven and Milford. I was employed a part of the time in erecting a Fort on the east side of New Haven harbour and a part of the time keeping guard at the guard house at Southend about two miles South of the Fort in this Town. and continued in service untill some time in December following - a term of seven months 3 In the month of March or April in 1779 (I cannot remember the exact time) I enlisted as a Soldier under the aforesaid Capt. Joseph Thompson - and was employed in keeping guard in East Haven and in New Haven under Capt. Thompson and Lieut. Samuel Willmot and some of the time under the command of a Sergeant at the guard house about two miles South of the Fort in this Town and continued in service until December following a term of seven months when I with others were discharged

1. That on the 5 th day of February 1779 I enlisted as a Private in a Matross or Artillery Company under the command of Capt. Phinehas Bradley of New Haven A Company raised by the State of Connecticut and placed at different Stations in New Haven - East Haven and Milford to guard the Shores - I was Stationed a part of the time in New Haven and a part of the time in East Haven and continued in service and was discharged February 4 th 1780 a term of one year.
2. - On the 8 th day of June 1780 I enlisted again as a Soldier under the foresaid Capt. Phinehas Bradley and was Stationed to keep guard as in the previous enlistment and was discharged the last of December 1780 a term of six months and twenty six days - for proof of the two last enlistments and time of service refer to the copy of the Pay Roll of Capt. Phinehas Bradley, which is supposed to be left at the Pension Office, by Mr. Fergusall a representative from this State also to the Deposition of William Storer.
I cannot recollect the exact time that I served but according to my best recollection - I served as follows -
1. from the first of Decr. 1775 to the first of Feby 1776 a term of three months See Jeps Ludington & Jane Grannis Deposition 2. from April to Decr. 1776 - Seven months See Jeps Ludington & 3. from April to Decr. 1777 - Seven months Jane Grannis Deposition 4. from the 5. Feby 1779 to 4 Feby 1780 - one year 5. from 8. June 1780 - to the last of Decr. Six months 26 days - for which Services I claim a Pension -
I was born in East Haven Sep r . 1 st 1748 have a Family record I lived in this Town when I entered the service where I now reside entered the Service at all times by enlistment
I never received any written Discharge and have no documentary evidence of my service except the Pay Rolls of Capt. Bradley I recollect of no higher grade of Officers than those mentioned
I am well known to Enos Hemenway John Russell Elisha Andrews, Philamon Holt and others in this Town who are acquainted with my character for veracity and of their belief of my Services as a Soldier in the War of the revolution -
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 11 th day of June 1833
Attest J. H. Beach Clerk
Ellen Grannis

We Jesse Ludington aged 76 years and Jared Grannis, aged 76 years both of East Haven in New Haven County and State of Connecticut. Depose and say that each of us entered the service as Soldiers in the State service in the war of the rebellion about the first of December 1875 in a Company under Capt. Ruben Root of Branford joined the company in New Haven and marched by land to New York and Brooklyn and was employed in building a Fort on Brooklyn heights and continued in service to the first of March 1876 a term of three months - and we are well knowing that Ella Grannis of said East Haven did enter said company and served the time that we did and was discharged the same time that we were - And we would further depose and say that in the month of April 1876 we each of us entered as Soldiers in a Company under Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven a Company raised by the State to guard the shore in this Town in New Haven and Milford. said Company being divided into different parties, we were employed a part of the time in building a Fort in Milford. and a part of the time in erecting a Fort in this Town and in keeping guard at the guard house in the South part of this Town - And was continued in service to about the first of December following - And about the first of April 1877 we each of us enlisted as Soldiers again under the aforesaid Capt. Thompson and were employed in said Company under Capt. Thompson and Lieut. Samuel Willment and some of the time under a Sergeant of said Company and was employed in keeping guard in New Haven and in East Haven and continued in service until December following And we are well knowing that Ella Grannis of this Town was a Soldier in said Company both of the above said years and served at the different Stations with us. and according to our belief a term of not less than six or seven months in each year we would further say that at the time we entered the service and even since the said Ella Grannis has lived a Neighbor to each of us - As companions we entered and served together and have frequently conversed together on the transaction of that day. And according to our belief the said Ella Grannis served the full time as stated above -
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 11 th day of June 1880
Attest J. H. Beach Clerk
Jesse Ludington Jared Grannis

Ellie Grannis
No 5334

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Connecticut, } ss. County of New-Haven, }
On this 18 th day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the County Court of New Haven County now sitting, Elle Grannis a resident of East Haven in the County of New-Haven, and State of Connecticut, aged 74 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:—
I hereby declare that I entered the State service in the war of the United States about the first of December 1775 under the command of Capt. Reuben Rowes of Branford - went to New York and was employed in building a Fort in Brooklyn and continued in service to the last of February or the first of March following when I was discharged - Jeps Ludington and Jane Grannis now living in this Town served with me -
In the month of April 1776 enlisted for seven months under the command of Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven and was employed in building a Fort on the east side of New Haven and in keeping guard in East Haven and New Haven until December following - and in the early part of the Spring of the year 1777 enlisted again under the command of Capt. Joseph Thompson and was employed in keeping guard at the Fort and in the adjoining Towns under the command of Capt. Thompson and Lieut. Wilmot until the commence of the following Winter when I was discharged - Jane Grannis John Thompson and others now living in this Town were with me -
I enlisted in the state service under the command of Capt. Phinehas Bradley of New Haven on the 5 th day of February 1779 and was discharged Feb y 4 th 1780 - and enlisted again under Capt. Phinehas Bradley June 5 th 1780 and continued in service six months and twenty six day when I was discharged was employed during the whole of the above enlistments under Capt. Phinehas Bradley in keeping guard in East Haven and New Haven - Stephen Bradley, Jeps Ludington and several others now living in this Town belonged in said company - The two last enlistments are copied from the pay rolls of Capt. Phinehas Bradley, now in the hands of William Storer of New Haven
19 1.46 4 7.97 10 1.33

I never received any written Discharge -
I was born in East Haven the first day of September - 1770 do not know that my age is on any Town record, -
I entered the service by voluntary enlistment, -
I lived in East Haven when I entered the service and have ever since lived there - where I now reside -
We Jesse Ledington and Jared Greenis of East Haven in New Haven County State of Connecticut do each of us hereby depose and say that Ole Greenis of East Haven was an enlisted soldier in the company of Capt. Ruben Rose of Branford in December 1778 went to New York and continued in service about three months and that in the month of April 1778 he enlisted under Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven and served until Decr. following and in the Spring of the year 1777 he enlisted again under Capt. Joseph Thompson and served until the winter was stopped at New Haven following & he is a neighbor to us and is believed to be 76 years old and we believe his Declaration is true Jesse Ledington Jared Greenis Attest M c Beck Clerk
I William Storer, of the City & County of New Haven, & State of Connecticut, Depose and say, that I have now in my possession, Copies of two pay rolls, of a company of Matrosses & Artillery Guards, in the state of Connecticut, raised by Voluntary enlistment, in the years, 1779 & 1780. Stationed at New Haven, in the State, each of those years, under command of Capt. Rhineas Broadly of the New Haven. - The above mentioned pay rolls, with the commissions of Capt. Broadly, for those two years, and several other papers relating to the military services of those years, I received of a surviving daughter of the the Capt. Broadly now residing in this city, by whom they have been preserved since the decease of her father, for more than thirty years. - I did myself live in the family of the Capt. Broadly, for six years, about that period, commencing, in the Spring of 1780, when I enlisted into his company at the age of 15 years, and served as his waiter, until the 1 st of Jan y 1786. When the time for which the company was enlisted expired, and we were all discharged. - this was the last term of service, for which, Capt. Broadly engaged, during the war of the Revolution. - I was well acquainted with the hand writing of Capt. Broadly, while I was a member of his family, in the time of, & after, the close of the war, of the Revolution, and by comparing other papers of the same period, in the hand writing of Capt. Broadly, with the pay rolls, in my possession, I have no doubt of their being made out by him, and am certain of the authenticity of the originals, which were returned by him, to the proper office in Hartford, at the close of his

Military Services. — I have enquired I have enquired, at the Secretary of State & Controller's office at Hartford, for Capt Broadly's Original returns, and for those of other officers, who had commanded, at New Haven, or other Posts, in this State, in the Connecticut Service at any time, during the war of the Revolution. But was informed by those officers that there was not any papers of the kind, or any other document, that would substantiate the claims of any soldier of the Revolution, for a pension, nor to be found in that office, that all returns for services, and other documents for service, or expenses of the war of the Revolution, were many years since, sent to the that of the General Government, and were supposed to have been destroyed by fire, when the Secretary's Office was burned. — they both said, that the copies which I showed to them, was the best evidence that the nature of the are would admit of, to prove service. — I find by Capt. William Broadly's returns that he served for the service of 1779, (and that he was discharged in 1780) that Elle Ebe Grannis did enlist Feb'y 5 th 1779, and served until Feb'y 4 th 1780. that on Capt Broadly's return for the service of 1780 — Ebe Grannis, did enlist June 5 th 1780, and served until Jan'y 1 st 1781. making his whole term of service under Capt Broadly, by his two enlistments, one year, six months, and twenty six days. — William Storer's sworn to subscribe the
day & year aforesaid
The Declarant
Attest J. W. Beach Clerk
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, except that of the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest J. W. Beach Clerk
Ebe Grannis
We, Stephen Dodd a Clergyman, residing in S t John's East Haven and Bela Farnham residing in said East Haven hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebe Grannis who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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.
Attest J. W. Beach Clerk
Stephen Dodd Bela Farnham
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 Stephen Dodd who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in East Haven and that Bela Farnham who has also signed the same, is a resident in said East Haven and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of Court Attest J. W. Beach Clerk I, J. W. Beach Clerk of the County Court of New Haven County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Ebe Grannis for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office,
this 7 th
day of August
1832
J. W. Beach Clerk

17449 INVALID.
File No. 17449
Ellen Grannis
Pri New York
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 443
[Arrangement of 1870.]

533 1/2 -
Elle Grannis
67 6 in 26 days prima Artillerie
1.13 15 in 40 per day
75 361 17.12  95.73
95.73
Ino Beach W Haven

5334
B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elle Grannis 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 — 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?

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? clo XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.
The Rolls spoken of by claimants must either be sent to the Department, or a copy of his service, duly authenticated before a Court of Justice.