Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,796, Gabriel Tzor, Canadian
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(3-1776)
Service
Canadian
Tzor, Gabriel
Marie Margarite
Number R10796
Contents
Name also appears as Giard, Ior, & Shor.
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No 7054
Margaret Tzor [aw]
NY
Lit. E Wm. S. Lawrence
and also to W. G. Snethen

 than [illegible] 48

10796
act 4 July 1831
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House of Reps us.
March 25. 1848.

Sir
The Committee on Rev Pensions to whom was referred
the Petition of Marie Angelique Richard Daughter of Marie Margerite Giardalini[?] for [?] [?], will thank you to furnish
them the declarations of the Widow Giardalini[?] to obtain
a pension, and of Mary A Richard a Child of said widow,
also any affidavits filed in support of such applications, or
copies of such declarations and affidavits, and a copy of any
correspondence on the subject, between the pension office
and Geo Standish Esq of Clinton County York. We will
also thank you to inform us whether your records prove
Gabriel Giard to have been an officer in the army of the
Revolution
Very Respectfully yours
S. Lawrence
Jas L Edwards Esq
Court of Pensions
P.S. The above claim may have been presented by Mary
Loran Wicker, Lorette Richard & Francis Richard
Gabriel Giard is said to have belonged to the
Canadian Refugees
S.L.
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3 1873

Rejected

10796

P.P 
Margaret Tzor

Service: 
Enlisted: ,18
Dischared: ,18

Application filed: ,18

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P.O.:

Recognized
Contra
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for ,18
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Washington Mar 4 '47[?]


Sir
Enclosed is the declaration
of the children of Gabriel Tzor
(or as he is called in the French
affidavits accompanying Giard,
setting forth that their father
was a Major in the Revolution,
that their mother died on the
1st of March 1846, that she was
married to their father before
he entered the service [?] and
claiming for themselves the payment
of the pension which the
law shall adjudge their mother
in virtue of the fathers service.
calling your early attention
to this claim, I shall be pleased
to hear from you respecting it
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Yours very respectfully

W. G. Snethen

Hon J. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
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Declaration of Ambrose Simonds in favor of Gabriel Giard
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Province of
Lower Canada
District Montreal



In presence of M Lemond Guier, one of the
Judges of Peace for the district of Montreal
Has appeared Ambroise Semonde cultivator
of Jean Baptist de Rouncille[?] formerly soldiers in the American Revolution which took place in Seventeen hundred and seventy five Between America and Canada who after having been sworn on the Bible into our
hands, says, declares and affirms that he has served
in the American Revolution in Seventeen hundred
and seventy five fighting against the English
Government to which he belonged and that he has
seen and known Gabriel Giard when Captain Charon
presented him to General Bruchien who was in the
American army the said Giard was from the Parish
of saint Claire where I resided at the same time
the said deponent says nothing more and made
his cross mark not knowing how to sign after the reading of it
certified before me at st Jean Baptiste this October 10th 1846
M Lemonde Justice of the Peace

Ambros Semonds

Mark
M Lemonde
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No 13396
No 1034
Margaret Tzor decd
wid. of Gabriel
NY
act 4 May 1836
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Declaration
The Declarants make the following Declaration
as the Children of Margaret Tzor deceased who was the widow of Major Gabriel Tzor a Revolutionary officer to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 1836
in reference to widowers of Revolutionary officers and soldiers. That their mother the said Margaret Tzor died on the 1st day of March 1846 in the Town of [?] in the State of New York - that according to the account kept of her age by the Declarant she
was one hundred years old. That the said Major Gabriel Tzor their father died about fifty eight years ago and their mother the said Margaret Tzor remained
his widow until her death as aforesaid. That their father and mother aforesaid according to the information received by Declarants from them were
married at [?] in Canada before he entered the service of the United States. that the said Gabriel Tzor and the
declarant have been informed by their said mother
& as they verily believe was a Major in the Revolutionary
service on the American side, and was at Chimney
Point on lake Champlain with the army ten months
& took sick there and came home & was confined
to his bed seven months. That the said Gabel
as they have also been informed was in the Battle of
Teconderoga. The Declarant cannot state the
time of his entering the service nor the time of his
leaving the service but suppose that the said
Gabriel Tzor belonged to the Regular Army as
Canadian Refugee & served for a considerable
length of time longer than the period above stated
Declarants have also been informed by their said
mother that the said Gabriel was never well after
he came home sick as aforesaid & they believe that
they were thus in early life deprived of the the fostering
case of a parent in consequence of his connection with 
the American army. That the Declarants are all
the children of the said Gabriel and Margaret Tzor
with the exception of oneby the name of [?]
Tzor who has left this part of the County to part unknown to Declarants that Declarant make this
declaration on his behalf as well as their own and
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that they all (except [illegible]) reside in the town of Chary in the County of Canton & the State of New York 
Declarant further states that from information disaid from there to believe that he has a commission which was probably with the family paper which have long since been lost.  He and to my there were papers of consequence among them & requested they should be preserved 

Witness G.A. Standish}     | her Mary[x] Minckler
 to signature of Mary Minckler} | Mark 
Sworn & Subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace this 28th day of December A.D. 1846.
David R. Parsons
Justice of the Peace

   I do hereby certify that the said Mary Minckler whose oath was above taken by me is lame and confined to her house, and unable to go abroad, in consequence of having been seal [illegible], Dec 28 A.D. 1846. David R. Parsons, Justice of the Peace

[illegible] D B McNeil 
Mary Richards mark [with ''x]
Josetta Richee mark [with 'x']

Sworn before me this 31st day of Dec 1846 -
D B McNeil Sup
County Court [illegible] Plattsburgh N. York -

State of New York
Clinton County I, Charles H Jones Clerk of the County of Clinton do hereby certify that David R Parsons whose name is subscribed to the above [illegible] and
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before whom the affidavit was taken was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Clinton and that Daniel B. McNeil whose name is above Subscribed is a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for Said County, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Parsons & McNeil and verily believe that the Signatures above written are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Said County the 31 day of Decemb 1846
Charles H. Jones Clerk

In consequence of having committed an error in the annexed affidavit in the time of the death of my mother Margaret Tzor having stated that it took place in 1845 when in fact it took place in 1846 & as the same was corrected when my sister swore to the same affidavit.  It becomes necessary that I should swear to the same as it now reads which I here do & subscribe my name.
          her
Mary   x   Minckler
         mark
Witness
David R. Parsons

Sworn and subscribed before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace this 19th day of February A.D. 1847.
David R. Parsons

Miss Mary Minckler whose affidavit I have Justice of the Peace taken above Still continues lame at this time and in consequence thereof I have taken her affidavit at her house this 19th day of February A.D. 1847
David R. Parsons Justice of Peace
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State of New York
Clinton County ss  I Charles H. Jones Clerk of the County of Clinton do hereby Certify that Daniel R. Parsons Esquire whose name is Subscribed to the within Questionnaire before whom said Affidavit ^of Mary Minkler taken on the 19th Feby inst^ was taken was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County Commissioned and Sworn and duly  authorized to act as Such and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of Said Justice and verily believe that the Signature within is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed My Name and affixed the seal of Sd County the 20th day of February 1847.
Charles H. Jones Clerk