Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15589, Solomon Griswold, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Griswold Solomon
S. 15589
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CONTENTS

19. 5. 01. Ohio Pittsburgh
Solomon Griswold.
Artillery Co. in the State of Ohio. he was a Ser t & 8 th Master the Co. — commanded Captain Phillips, of the Reg t commanded Col o Wood. on the Allegheny for two years.
22 Mos s Q r Master. 293. 33 2 D s Ser t ant. — 10. 00 303. 33.
Inserted on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh, at the rate of 303. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Sept r 1833 and double AR. Pensions. Efferson. A. B. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831. 606.66 Pens ant. allowance ending Sept r 33. 151.67
758. 33.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 8. Page 112.

Solomon Grinswald; 10.010 Application for Patent.
Filed August 16, 3 A. 1832

STATE OF OHIO, Ashtabula COUNTY, } ss.
ON this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the undersigned the court of The State of Ohio now sitting, Solomon Griswold a resident of Windsor in the county of Ashtabula and state of Ohio, aged 75 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 at Windsor in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut he enlisted in a Company for twelve months Commanded by Captain Nash Phelps. That the Regiment to which he belonged was Commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward, that the Lieutenant Colonel's name was Johnson, that Isaac Cook was major of said Regiment, that the Sergeant major's name was Hillyer. That to the best of his recollection he enlisted in the Spring or fore part of the Summer of the year A.D. 1776. That said Company was immediately ordered to march to Boston, that they immediately commenced their march accordingly, and proceeded on their way as far as Middletown in the State of Connecticut, where said Company joined said Regiment. That while said troops were quartered there they received orders to march to the City of New York. That said troops accordingly embarked on board Vessels and sailed directly to said place, where said Regiment for a short time. That while they were at New York, the Quarter Master of said Regiment was taken sick and returned home, that he was appointed Quarter Master in his place and served in that Capacity the remainder of his term which was about ten months. That said Regiment marched to the City of Coeymans to White Plains that he was in an action that took place at the said mentioned place. That after said action the Army retreated to Pikes Kill where they quartered for about one month, when said Regiment was ordered to Newtown in the State of New Jersey. That he was engaged in the battle of Trenton, and in divers skirmishes during the remainder of said term, that said Army were then quartered at Chatham in New Jersey where they remained until the expiration of his enlistment expired, after which said term he being quartered as aforesaid, and there being much business in that department to be performed after the period of their enlistment had expired as aforesaid, he was still retained in said service for the purpose of settling the same, to the best of his recollection he was thus retained for about three months. That in the year A.D. 1777 he again entered the service at

That department to be performed after the period of their enlistment had expired as aforesaid, he was still retained in said service for the purpose of settling the same, to the best of his recollection he was then retained for about three months -
That in the year A.D. 1777 he again entered the service at West Point, under Comfort Sands, who was quartermaster General for the Army that to the best of his recollection he was engaged as quartermaster at this time for about six months that he is unable to state the time precisely when he left said service. That he again volunteered in the Connecticut Militia at Windsor aforesaid, as quartermaster in the regiment commanded by Colonel Andrew Watson. That he is unable to recollect the time of his enlistment as last aforesaid particularly, but to the best of his recollection it was in the summer of the year A.D. 1778. that he immediately after he volunteered as aforesaid entered on the duties of his said office and accompanied said regiment to East-Haven in the State of Connecticut, where said regiment quartered, and remained to the best of his recollection for about three months when they were discharged at the last mentioned place. That he was discharged as aforesaid as near as he can recollect in the fall of the year A.D. 1778 but in what month or day of the month he is unable to recollect.
That immediately after he was discharged as last aforesaid he again enlisted with a Detachment Commission in the state troops of the State of Connecticut at Windsor aforesaid, for the period of three months. That to the best of his recollection this was in the fall of the year A.D. 1778. the Captain of said Company in which he enlisted as last aforesaid was Noah Phelps, that immediately after his enlistment as aforesaid said Company were ordered to proceed to Tiverton in the State of Massachusetts at which said place said Company joined their Regiment under the Command by Colonel Ward. That immediately after said Company arrived at Tiverton as aforesaid, he resigned his office of Lieutenant in said Company, and was thereupon appointed Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General, by the Quartermaster General of said Regiment, and served said Regiment in that capacity until the period of his enlistment expired when he was discharged at Tiverton aforesaid. That to the best of his recollection this was in the fall of the year A.D. 1779. That he was severely wounded at at the last mentioned place by getting between two boats, in an attempt to remove them at the time of their leaving their quarters at the place of their discharge as aforesaid. That he had a written discharge as on the first above mentioned period of his service, that he believes had a written discharge at at one of the other above mentioned periods, that he had Commissions and warrants pertaining to his aforesaid service That the same were lost in a short contest

of one of the above mentioned periods of his service, that he believes he had a written discharge at one of the other above mentioned periods, that he heard Commissions and warrants pertaining to his aforesaid service that the same were sent in a short century thence  more than  one year  ago on his leaving Ohio. That he does not now know of any service within either of the above periods of service.
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, nor is he entitled to any other pension or annuity
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Solomon Griswold Sam Hendry Clerk
WE, John Norris a clergyman, residing in the Town of Windsor and of the  West Windsor residing in Windsor aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Solomon Griswold who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 75 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. John Norris
SWORN, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
West Windsor
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 John Norris  County of Ashtabula aforesaid who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the township of Windsor in the and that West Windsor who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same township of Windsor and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio, Ashtabula County, ss
I, Sam Hendry clerk of the court of Supreme Court of The State of Ohio in the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Solomon Griswold for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17th day of August A. D. 1832
Sam Hendry Clerk

The State of Ohio Ashtabula County p 3
The Affidavit of Levi Gaylord on the application of Solomon Grunwald.
I Levi Gaylord of the township Geneva in the County Ashtabula and State of Ohio, of lawful age on my oath depone and say, that in the year AD 1775 I was a Soldier in the Company Commanded Captain Gabriel Meigs in the Regiment Commanded, Colonel Andrew Ward, in the Connecticut State troops. That I was acquainted with Solomon Grunwald, who served in said Regiment as Quartermaster in the same, that the first time that I became acquainted with him was when said Regiment was quartered at Valentines Hill in the State of New York about one mile East of King'sbridge, that he served in said capacity in said Regiment until the period of my enlistment expired which was twelve months from the time of my enlistment, That to the best of his recollection said Grunwald served said Regiment in the capacity of Quartermaster for eight or ten months, but he is unable to state particularly. That I was present to his service in said Regiment in the Battle of White Plains in which said Battle I was myself engaged, That said Regiment was discharged at Chatham in the State of New Jersey on the 14 th day of May AD 1777.
Levi Gaylord
Sworn to and subscribed before me August 17 th AD. 1832 in Open Court
Sam d Hendry Clerk
The State of Ohio Ashtabula County p 3
I Sam d Hendry Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, in and for said County do hereby certify that Levi Gaylord appeared before the said Court this day in Open Court and subscribed his name to the above affida- vit and being duly sworn deposes and says that the facts stated therein are true In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Jefferson the 17 th day of August AD 1832 Sam d Hendry Clerk

No 10.010, 19.605 Solomon Griswold Ashtabula Ohio -
69 25 94.
 Return Return in Adm D years 22 months there Quarter Master - 2 11.00 per Ord Serf.
24. 320. 22 22 640 640 24 7040 ( 293.33 48 10 224 303.33 216 80 22
J. M. Giddings Jefferson Ashtabula Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
10 april
183 عی
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: \} ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Solomon Gessner Ashtatula 6000.
    Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     enlisted 1776 12 27 Quartermaster Captain Phelps Col Wood Lieut Col Blain White Boston 75 years Evidence Levi Gay   1777 3 Johnson Trenton Middle Windsor land state for life   vol 1778 6 Quartermaster Captain Phelps Major Cook Town Hartford 1778 6.12 months   enlisted 1778 3 Quartermaster Captain Phelps Connecticut Connecticut service of appli   3 Quartermaster Captain Phelps Connecticut Connecticut ent - 60 May 77   Quartermaster Captain Phelps White Connecticut of Lakeview tradit   Quartermaster Captain Phelps Blain honal evidence   Quartermaster Captain Phelps Col Brattle Peekskill   Quartermaster Captain Phelps son Chatham   Quartermaster Captain Phelps Col Wood St. J. West   Point Lookout   Haver   Connecticut   enlist   Town Mass   Massachusetts   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
10 No Dr Master 1 ton 3 — do 6 3

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the time, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
first not answered
John C. Hutton

Deads 16. May 1834.- Order to Pay 9. Sept 1837.

Orwell, O. Aug. 18 Sep 5
Dear Sir,
Dep. 25- additional evidence Solomon Gromwell Ohio
War Department Washington City
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Two or three weeks since I hired a Horse & Wagon & a Person to drive Mr Johnson out of Justice a bout Twenty Miles as I was unwell & on expense many things I forgot in the year since I enlisted for one year after the day and at New York the Quarter Master of the Regiment by the Name of Stone was taken Sick in the City of New York & went home to Guilford & it was appointed Quarter Master & had a Warrant after Mr Stones Death & was the only one Quarter Master the whole year but then on our way I have made a Disposition from Connecticut to the at great expense which I shall enclose a small part of my service sent to Inverness to get the Disposition of one Mr Mayhew then of that Town, lying out in of Red Island in Massachusetts as I went to his House with a company of Men & took some Stacks of Hay likewise some cedar timbers to put into the boats to help the field pieces into the boats & to save the boats from injury but the is dead as the said Mr Mayhew Deputy Quarter Master General I made fifty Dollars p. Month

in Connecticut Bids not better than Salem until Money I was in a company of Minot Miss for six months March 6 Stoneford but Did not stay long remembered by Port Abner Dvisor I sold My country from May 76 to the end of the war in some capacity I was I think Hundred & Sixty five Dollars & I paid one Thousand Dollars for a Yoke of Stegs not worth now eight Dollars all that I was got for Discharge service the best of My life now I must Die Poor & in Debt if I should ever get pay it would not pay My debts & support My family if I fail of getting something soon I must want it I must from Windsor in Connecticut one year 1000 to Windsor in Ohio I have lost two eight thousand two hundred dollars in money Warrants one of which I wrote mother-in-law Warrant some Law books etc I think these lines may be the last that I will have attempt to write if you find them tires you will excuse me on the ground My hand obligations bind me to be true to My country to live or die under the Government I live under & may God bless me I had fast. Sept. 12 1832  Solomon Griswold

Solomon Griswold. Act 7. June 1832. Ohio Pitt
Please state to what time he has been paid.
Pension Office 9 th Sept 1837.
To the 11 th March 1834 at $ 303.33 per Ann.
Third Aud. Office Sept. 9. 1837
W. Hyde

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15589
INVALID.
per
File No. 15,589
Solomon Griswold
De Master Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Pittsburgh Sept 15 th 1837.
Sir
I have the honor to transmit for inspection Voucher in the case of Solomon Grised dec d Pensioner under the Act of June 1831
I submit to Your kind consideration that the children of the dec d Pensioner live very distant from each other in different States, which caused a delay in the required remittance
I am very Respectfully
Your obed Servt. Orde M. Kahl for the Pension Agt.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Cazinifs. of Pensions Washington City

State of Connecticut Hartford County } ss.
Granby August 27 1832
personally appeared Ephraim Gilett and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me. and I certify that the said Ephraim Gilett is a credible witness and disinterested
Joab Griffin Justice of peace
State of Connecticut.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 1. 1832.
I, Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify. That Joab Griffin Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, is, and at the time of taking said affidavit was, a Justice of the Peace within for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, the day and year above written. Thomas Day,

I Ephraim Gillett of Granby Hartford County and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that I well know that Salomon Griswold Esq. of Windsor, in the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio was in the Army of the revolution that in the month of May 1776 he was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Noah Phelps in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward I the deponent was in the same Company we marched from Simsbury to Middletown in Connecticut, then went on board a ship and went to New York and the said Griswold was then appointed quarter master Sergeant and after the death of Quarter Master Stone, he was appointed Quarter Master of said Regiment, we marched from New York to a place called English Neighborhood in New Jersey from there we crossed the river and marched to West Chester, Thence to the White Plains then was engaged in a battle, Thence to Pekskill and crossed the river into New Jersey Thence to Trenton was in the Battle of Trenton, Thence to Princeton Thence to Chatham in New Jersey when we were discharged in May 1777 having served the term of one Year the deponent having been in the same service, same Company and Regiment, at the same time well knows that the said Griswold served as aforesaid. dated at Granby Aug 27. 1832 Ephraim Gillett