Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17195, for Henry Myers, New York
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE  New York
Myers, Henry
Mayer Hanhendrick Anna
NUMBER W 17195
CONTENTS
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4421
New York.

Anna Myers decd 
widow of Henry Myers 
who died on the 19th January 1830 
of Oswego Co in the State of New York 
who was a Lieut & En. in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Panling of the Regt commanded by Col. Weisenfelt in the New York line for N.Y. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
at the rate of 256 Dollars 33 Cents 
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.  & end Augt 14. 1847 when she died. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Novr 1849 and sent to Hon. W. T. Jackson, Havanna NY

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semiannual allowance ending 
Increased from $76.33 

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3}

Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk,
Book C. Vol. 1 Page 122 

Reported 
Payable to only surviving children 
Jacob Myers, 
Rachel Rice, 
Solomon Myers,
Henry Myers,
Elizabeth Dewitt,
Delia Millard,
& 
Hannah Bess 


H. Whitney 19th Decr 1849 in W Deer 20 1 6 of Whitney 19 feet 1850 1
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Oct 20, 1906
[initials?]
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Mayer, Hanhendrick 

His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 144.

Rank: Lieutenant 
Regt: Capt. Henry Dieffendorph’s Militia 
Disability: Taken sick while on guard and continued ill for some years. 
When and where disabled: 1776, Stone Arabia Residence: Connajoharrie 
Remarks; Militia 

Evidence totally incomplete. The claimant not having been wounded, his case is not comprehended by the laws.
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5035 

Anna Myers 

Act July 4, 1836 

Married 15 May 1770
Husband died 19 Jun 1830 

Hon. T. C. Chittenden
H.R. [House of Representatives]
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State of New York
Oswego County
On this 26th day of
March 1840 personally appeared before me
Elias Brewster a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Oswego being a Court of Record Anna Myers a resident of the Town of Mexico in said County of Oswego & State aforesaid  who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836. Says she is now by near as she can recollect about 93 years old that she has no record of her age & therefore cannot state the precise time when she was born. that her maiden name was Anna Osterhout that she was born at Canajoharie in the present County of Montgomery in the State of New York that during the french war & when she was about 3 years old as nearly she now recollects she was taken prisoner by the french & Indians & carried to Canada that the
well recollects the transaction, that the house
in which her father & his family resided was
attacked & surrounded by the Indians & that
her father & mother four sisters & one brother were killed by them &  she ^ & a brother by the name of John then about 15 years of age were taken prisoner that she understood & believes that the reason why she & her brother were not killed was that one of the Indians belonging to the party has lost children of about the same age & he wanted them to adopt that one other brother escaped whose name was Frederick - that at the time he was sick with the hooping [whooping] cough & that when the Indians saw him cough they were frightend [frightened] & let him alone-- that the Indians took her & her brother to their camp but where or which way or how far they  travelled she cannot state but suffered & believes they went to Canada & she recollects they called the place Canada
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that she was with the Indians about three years when she learned to speak the Indian language & when she returned to the Mohawk she had almost entirely forgotten her native language the Dutch. - that after years she was sent to Albany where she was met by an Uncle of hers who had come there to see if any of his brothers Children were alive that. That she was taken by her uncle to his residence at Canajoharry [Canajoharie].  -that she then went to live with her grandmother Mrs Katharine Hess with whom she resided until she was about fifteen years old. - that she was married to Henry Mayer or Myers about the 15th day of May 1770. [that after she was married - crossed out] that she ^ was ^ married at the House of her father-in-law in Canajohary [Canajoharie] where she had been residing for several weeks previous, that she was married by the Rev Mr Ehle a clergyman of the low Dutch Church. that David Hess was present at the time of said Marriage as she well recollects he being a fidler [fiddler] & played for the company to dance the evening of the marriage -that she believes the said David is now living & she knows of no other person who was present at said Marriage. that she knows of no record of said Marriage, that a record was made said marriage in the family bible but the same was destroyed afterwards& will appear from what appear afterwards - That she has had by the said Henry Mayer twelve children the oldest of whom is about 68 years & the youngest about 38 years. that there are 8 only of her said children now living.
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that the said Henry Meyer was several years older than this deponent & died on the 19th Jan. 1830. that soon after the revolutionary war commenced the valley of the Mohawk became the scene of many important operations & bloody transactions - that he was frequently called out for the purpose of defending the frontier from the incursions of the Tories & Indians & was on guard at the fort nearly the whole time-- that for about year before the battle of Oriskany the said Henry held the office of Ensign or Lieutenant in the militia in a company commanded by Capt Diefendorf. that as soon as it was announced in the Spring & summer of 1777 that Col. St Leger was raising an Army of Tories & Indians at Oswego for the purpose of invading the valley of the Mohawk the whole country was in a state of excitement. Gen. Herkimer issued a proclamation for every able bodied man to turn out leaving the old men & those who were not able to bear arms to guard the Fort & other places where the women & children were assembled. that the company commanded by the said Diefendorf turned out under Gen. Herkimer & proceeded with him towards Oriskany- that the said Henry was at that time an ensign ^ or lieutenant ^ in the company of said Diefendorf & went with the said Diefendorf as far as German [flats where - crossed out] Town then called about 8 miles below Utica. that the said Henry was there taken lame in consequence of having cut his foot which had previously healed
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but in consequences of traveling it had broken out & his foot had swollen to such a degree that it had cracked open when he returned. That said Diefendorf was killed in the battle of Oriskany & was a brother in law of said Henry having married his sister that ^ [illegible] ^was said at the time that said Diefendorf killed by an Indian who was in a tree. That during the [[the time - crossed out] Summer of 1777 the said Henry was absent most of the time in the service  - that after the Torries & Indians had left Fort Schuyler thru [through] Aug or Sept the said Henry returned to his home that after the after [sic] the return of said Henry as aforesaid he was engaged for the greater part of that time ^ until ^l the 17th day of April following in assisting about the erection of Fort in the present Town of Minden in the County of Montgomery & State of New York about six miles east of Little falls which was called Fort [illegible] [Fort Plain ?] - That said Fort was nearly completed said 17th of April - That it was intended for the people living near said Fort to remove therein on the next Monday  That on Sunday, which was on the 17th day of April aforesaid about sunrise in the morning & while some of the children of this deponent were sent a few rods from the House to feed some calves this deponent discovered the Horses then owned by the said Henry
[Handwritten vertically partially cut off - Myers Papers]
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ran past the door of the House greatly frighten & at the same time she heard her children scream-- that she went to the door to see what was the matter & there saw several Indians who had taken the two children who had been sent out as aforesaid - that one of the Indians was near the door where she went out & he yelled & whooped & seized her by the arm that the Indians took her & her four children about fifty rods from the House & stoped stopped]-- that soon after they stoped [stopped] they were met by another party of Indians who had been up to be neighbors by the name of Christian Burt who had taken the said Aunt his wife & one child & the said Henry Mayer - That a few minutes before she had been taken by the Indians as aforesaid her husband Henry Mayer [Myer] had left the House & gone to the said Burt's to see about moving into the fort they had been building as aforesaid & while there was taken prisoner with the said Burt & his family - that she was discharged by the Indians soon after the parties met as aforesaid with a sucking child there about two years old. that her husband the said Henry & three of her children were then taken away by the Indians & where they went she do not know except from information - that after the very discharge as aforesaid she returned to her house which she
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found rifled of such articles as the Indian could carry & set on fire [this house - crossed out] - That the Indians had put brands of fire between one or two beds and which were on fire when she returned. that she succeeded in getting the beds out of the House & extinguished the fire & prevented the building from being entirely consumed.  That about two hours after the Indians left two of her children returned who were daughters leaving the said Henry her husband and one of her children a boy named Henry then about three years old prisoners with the Indians. that when her daughters returned they informed this deponent that the Indians discharged them & that their father also wanted the Indians to discharge the boy Henry but they refused to do so & told the said Henry her husband that if he attempted to run away they would kill his boy. That the wife of said Burt was also discharged by the said Indians & her husband & child boy about seven years old were carried off by the Indians. That alarm was soon made & she on the same day went to a house called Fort House where the people had assembled & where she remained about a week when she went into Fort Willet where she remained for two or three years until it was
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understood that it would be safe for the people to go on to their farms. That the said Henry her husband returned in the fall of 1779 having been absent more than a year & half. that when he returned she said Henry informed this deponent which she believes him that the Indians took him to Niagara where he was forced to run the gauntlet. that while there he was Struck by an Indian with a tomahawk over the left eye which produced a scar of considerable size & which remained there until his death. that he also at the same place received a cut on the right side of the head which left a scar about three inches long. that from Niagara they went to Oswego - that while there [they - crossed out] he was set to chopping wood in company with a man by the name of Stimet near the lake shore.  That while a party of the British were endeavoring to get a boat a shore for the purpose of receiving the wood the same was capsized when he & the said Stimet escaped & went up the Oswego River which was then a wilderness. that they went to three rivers point about 25 miles South of Oswego where they discovered that they were pursued, the party pursuing encamped over night & then he
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& the said Stimet crossed the river from the west to the east side & escaped. that they were five weeks in the woods & finally found by a party of friendly Indians about six miles from Schoharry [Schoharie] in the present County of the same name. that he remain there several days until he got recruited then recovered his strength & then returned to Fort Willet where this deponent was. that this deponent's son remained a prisoner with the Indians until peace was declared when he returned home. That during Harvest the year the before the said Henry was taken prisoner the people in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where she resided [illegible] in a house called Fort Walrath. That the Fort was leveled by the Torys & Indians after the people had escaped. that this Fort was situated about 2 miles from the Mohawk River & an alarm had been made that the enemy were in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] when the people left Fort Walrath & went to the river for greater safety, that all the furniture clothing & all the household stuff of the said Henry was then destroyed & also the Bible in which her marriage with the said Henry was recorded.
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And this deponent further says that the  now the widow of the said Henry Myers never having been married to any other person. that he & the said Henry resided together in the Town of Minden aforesaid until about forty two years since when they removed to the Town of Sullivan in the County of Madison in said State where they resided until about ten years ago when they removed to the Town of Hastings in said County of Oswego where they resided until the death of the said Henry as before stated. And this deponent further says that she has no record or evidence of the services of her said husband in the war of the Revolution & she does not know that any exists.

Sworn to & subscribed 
Before me the day & 
year above written}

Anna her X mark Myers

 Elias Brewster 
Judge of Oswego 
County Court

State of New York
Oswego Oswego County}

I certify that the above named Anna Myer is so aged & feeble that she cannot attend Court for the purpose of making 5he above deposition & that her statement is entitled to full credit. 

Elias Brewster
Judge Oswego Co Court
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State of New York 
Oswego County}

 Jacob Myers of the Town of Mexico in said County being duly sworn says that he is a son of the above named Anna Myers & of Henry Myers within named. That he is fifty two years old & that he has heard the above affidavit of the said Anna Myers read & that he believes  the same to be true. that he has often heard his father in his lifetime relate the transactions set forth in the said affidavit when living. that he performed the services as stated 

Witten further than that his said father never are a pension for his person in the Revolutionary Weras  worn & Subscribed before me this 26th day of March 1840 Bringter Jacob Mayer Judge of Otsego County County
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State of New York 
Oswego County ⎬ ss 

I Daniel H Marsh Clerk of the County Courts of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elias Brewster is a Judge of Oswego County Courts, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission is dated on the Eighth day of May 1839 and will expire on the Seventh day of May 1844. and further that I am well acquinted with the hand writing of the said Elias Brewster, and verily believe that his signatures to the above and preceding Jurat of affidavits are genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 4th day of April A.D. 1840 

D.H. March Clerk
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State of New York 
Oswego County 
Surrogates Court}

On this 13th day of July 1841, personally appeared before me Joseph Torrey Surrogate of said County in a Surrogate Court held at the Town de Mexico in said County Anna Myer a resident of said Town & County who being duly sworn by me deposeth & saith in addition to her former statement now on file in the war department in the City of Washington as she is informed & believes & which was made on the 26th day of March 1840. her said husband the time he was taken prisoner was in actual military service & had been for a greater part of the time from the commencement of the Revolutionary war up to that time. that she ? recollects that he was so in the service particularly in the summer season from the fact that she done the ploughing hoeing & gathering of the crops which were raised by them without the assistance of her husband. That for a considerable time previous the her husband being taken prisoner he with many others were engaged in building a Fort. that at this time rumors were in circulation that the Tories & Indians were approaching from Canada towards the Mohawk valley & all the able bodied men were on duty & engaged in constructing places for the protection
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of themselves & families. that her husband & those who were engaged with him were in the habit of working on the Fort in the day time & be the night they were stationed in different places he give alarm & protect the people from an invasion. that all the militia & able bodied men had been called out by these commanding officers & had been on duty at different places. that on the night before her husband was taken prisoner he had been out on duty with several others under his command & that on their return early the next morning they stopped at the house of her husband where he gave orders to the men under his command to go in different directions & make preparation to collect the people to the fort the next day. that her husband in & those with him left immediately & went in different direction for the purpose aforesaid with directions from him to meet at the Fort as soon they could do so. that her husband & those with him and not remain at his house but a few minutes when they separated & her husband went to the place stated in her application where he was surprised & taken prisoner as therein stated
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that her oldest child was born about two years after she was married, that there was more than two years difference between the ages of all her children. that she well recollects when the battle of Oriskany took place she had only three children the youngest of whom & who was afterwards taken prisoner by the Indians was then about one year old. that her fourth child was born about two years after the third & at the time her said husband was taken prisoner was about two years old. that she has no men or women from which to determine the time when her husband was taken prisoner & she knows of none in existence. that she has no record of the age of her children or the time when they were born of she knows of none in existence. that from these circumstances she has come to the conclusion that her former statement in relation to the year when her husband was taken prisoner was in correct & that she now believes he was taken prisoner in the spring of 1781 & in relation to that being the correct time she has now no doubt.

Anna her X mark Myers

Anna I the Surrogate aforesaid do further certify that the said Anna Myers ? to the above affidavit by making her mark she not having learned to write- 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
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of office at ? in said county of Oswego this thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty one.

Gordy Scerrogoth  

[At bottom of page, written vertically: Anna Myers
Supplemental affidavit
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New York. 44 21.

 Anna Myers 
widow of Henry Myers 
who died on the 19th January 1830 
of Oswego in the State of N. York 
who was a Lieut & En. the Co commanded by Captain Pawling of the Reg commanded by Col Weisenfell in the N. Y. line for 4 mo. 28 days, Lieut. 1 Mo. 2 days as Ensign --- 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 76 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Nov. 1846- and sent to Hon J. D. Mott, Lodi, N. Y. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 46
$1183.11 1/2
 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 May 47
38.16 1/2

$1221.28

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 4, 1836, 
Section the 3. }

Recorded by D. H. Mood Clerk, 
Book /. Vol. 1 Page 122 

Let to Arad Joy 
Dec 22 ‘46 Rept
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10
Hon J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington
DC

Dec 14 1846
Add
Anna Myers
[stamp] OVID NY [illegible] DEC
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Ovid N. Y.  Dec 8_46

Sir

I enclose Declaration of Anna Myers, who is a pensioner under the law of 1836 of N.Y.

I am of opinion that all of your requisitions in your of the 20th March have been fully complied with, if I mistake not the proof of the identity of Lieut Henry Myers has been made, the Government paid him for his captivity Service, I See no good reason why the widow is not entitled to a provision for that Service; if he had been a 100 rods from the Camp when taken a prisoner, it does not, as I suppose show that he was not in the line of his duty, but he may have been in camp - I also in this case as in all my applications only the just dues to the widow

Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
[signature] Arad Joy

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington DC
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March 11/46

Proof of service
of
Henry Myer


Hon. John De Mott
H. R. 

Hon J L Edwards Case[?] of Pension
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State of New York  [symbol]"
To Sundry Persons for Prisoners

%ay Viz:
1782
Oct. 15th

To Henry Myer Ensign in Col CLydes
Reg & Militia from 13th April 1781 to
this day is 18 mo, & 2 days at £8. £ 144..10..8

Comptrollers Office}
Albany 26th Feby. 1846}

I certify the preceding to be a true extract from Bork B. of and [?] now remaining in this office.

[signature] Philip Phelps
Dep Compt

The above certificate will no doubt remove the Rejection, mention in your of 27 Jany/46 & clearly [illegible] the case for a pension
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Wauperville NY
June 1
10
Mr. L J Edwards
Pension Agent Washington
City

June 4 1846
Recd of
Anna Myers
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Dear Sir WampsVille Madison, Ct., June 1846 we made a second attemp [attempt] by Mr. Willis Wade & Arad Joy of Ovid Wayne County they went to Washington las [last] January and they Pased [passed] us on their return and did not Stop to let us know the result of their business till [until] we wrote to know how they made out which Came to to hand 20th of last month they had not Sufficient Evidence of John Myers Services to Get a Pension for his Widow and we doubted whether their Story was honest induced me to write to you The Widow is Old and poor She is 92 years Old and her husband was a verry [very] warm patriot to my knolege [knowledge] he lived in our neighborhood and I knew him well I was then 8 years Old at the Commencement of hostilities and recollect everything taking place at that time I often hears of his being in the Service and have no Doubt of the Correctness of it as for person knoledge [knowledge] I have none of it were I not Satisfied that was the Case I Shout [should] not Support it he Served under So many difenent [different] Colonels Shows he was a man of some note I will give you their names I was acquainted with Several of them Col Marenus [Marinus] Willet Col Powles Clyde Col Malcomb Col Vrooman Col Hanklay Col Van Deberg Col Waggoner Col Van Ransaler [Van Rensselaer] Col Van Wock Col Dubois Col Brinkerhof [ Brinckerhoff] we find John Myers under all of these offices he must have been a man of Some worth to have been transfered [transferred] from one Col to another when Some difficult task was to be performed perhaps his Identity would be of Some Service his Stature was as near as I can attest was about 5 feet ten Inches blue eyes broad in
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Chest and almost the Shoulders I was brought up at Schenestada [Schenectady] within a stones throw of the Fort and had a better opportunity of knowing Something of the movements of the Army than many of my age besides my inquisitiveness led me to See more than any of my neighbors I have Stated nothing more than I can Affirm before my God to be true if it would be necessary Mr Timothy Jenkins in Congress is one of my neighbors and is well acquainted with me he can tell you whether I am a man of truth and veracity or not if it would be of any Service  I am not related to husband I am an Widow but Seeing her rites [rights] withheld when She Stands So much in need of it makes me urge her Claim I Shall Expect an answer as Soon as possible  I remain yours

[signature] John A  McDougall

Hon  L S Edwards Pension agent

if you have not Sufficient Evidence perhaps the Affadavits that Giles Fyates presented if So I will Get them  I have written him last week for there he lives at Albany for them and Expect he will Send Them to me in a few days  I remain yours

[signature] John A  McDougall
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NO 5036

Anna Myers
[?] of Henry
NY
Act 4 July 1836

Admd
   4 mo 28 days   |   Sent $65.77
   1 " 2 "   |  Ensign  10.66 
                |  ___________
                | $76.33

from 4 March 1831

The Offer a Letter
Mrs Myer whatn[?] [illegible]
6mo - which as deponent[?]
The Min Men[?] when [illegible]

Hon John DeMott
Lodi
New York
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State of New York}
County of Oswego} Ss   Anna Myers of Said county personally appeared before me, and being sworn according to law deposes and says: That she is the identical person who made application for a pension and the widow of Ensign and Lieut Henry Myers: that she accepts a pension as offered for six months service of her said husband as Lieut. as proposed by the Com of Pensions in his letter to Anna day of July 24th 1846

[signature] Anna X Myers her mark

Subscribed and sworn before me}
this 23rd day of October 1846}

[signature]Hiram Parker, Justice

I certify that the above named Anna Myers is a respectable person

OSWEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE}
I, John Carpenter Clerk of the County of Oswego, hereby certify that Hiram Parker Esq. who name is subscribed to the jurat of affidavit & certificate hereto annexed, was, at the date of said jurat & certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, and duly elected and qualified to act as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said jurat & certificate is genuine.

Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 24th day of October A. D. 1841

John Carpenter Clerk.
By H D Freeman Dept
[clk absent]
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State of New York}
County of Oswego} Ss  Anna Myers of Said county personally appeared before me, and being sworn according to law deposes and says: That she is the identical person who made application for a pension as the widow of Ensign and Lieut. Henry Myers: that she accepts a pension as offered for six month service of her said husband as Lieut. as proposed by the Com of Pensions in his letter to Anna day of July 24th 1846

[signature] Anna X Myers her mark

Subscribed and sworn before me}
this 23rd day of October 1846}

Hiram Parker, Justice
I certify that the above named Anna Myers is a respectable person

[signature] Hiram Parker
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Sept 23.48'

Mrs Anna Myers
Pension

4421 W of Henry

[illegible] ? July 31 46
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Washington July 29th 1846

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Coms. Pensions

Dear Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor and date of this day communicating your decision in the Case of Mrs Anna Myers for a pension. I cannot now ascertain from any papers in my possession from whom I received paper which I forwarded to you & person I sent the letter making clear to your office with the papers will you be good enough to inform me from whom the papers compiled and his address.

I am Sir with [Esteem?]
Your Obt Servt
{signature] Wm. J. Hough
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Ovid N. Y.  Augt 10, 46

Dear Sir

[?] of the 29th July in the case of Anna Myers, offering her a pension & -- I accept of your offer for her & I suppose her to be now living, I have a letter from her Son Jacob Myers dated 16 April 1846 Saying She was living, I have another letter from him dated June 2nd relating to the case & there is a not a word Said but that the [smudge] was living & So far as I have heard, I suppose her to be now living - her claim is under Cam of 1836

Most Respectfully
Your Obe Servt
[signature] Arad Joy

Hom J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
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Pay Roll of the first New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick in the service of the United States for the year 1781.

Name & Rank:  Henry Myers, private

Commencement of Service:  1 January 1781
Time of Service:  12 months
Amt of Pay:  32
Balance Due: 32
No of Certificates Issued:  148
Subscribers:  James Dunlop for Hugh Rea

*****
Comptrollers Office
Albany Jan 17, 1844

I certify the preceding to be a true extract from a revolutionary document now remaining in this office.

Philip Phelps
****
A complete acct of Capt George Sharp's Company.  He and his men on duty by orders and directions of the State of New York.  Commanded by Col Stephen Jn Schuyler the Sixth Regiment, the First Company commencing the 17th day of April and ended the 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th both days inclusive.

Names:  Henry Myers, private
Time of Entry:  Apr 17th
On Duty & Left Duty:  26th
No of Days:  9
At What per day:  1/9
Total amount of wages:  016 1/2

Albany 8th Aug 1777
Received from Gerrit Lansing Treasurer to the Committee of Albany the within contents.

George Tharp, Capt

Comptrollers Office
Albany Jan 17, 1844

I certify the preceding to be a true extract from a revolutionary document now remaining in this office.

Philip Phelps
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Lodi  October 29th 46

Dear Sir

I enclose acceptance for a pension of Anna Myers, please to Answer the Same to me -
Respectfully Your
Most Obt Servant

[signature] John De Mott
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I Know nothing of the [illegible] except from the written Statement of [illegible] who is a Stranger[?] to me

[signature] Wm J Hough
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Ovid N. Y.  July 13. '46

Dear Sir

Anna Myers & her family interested in the enclosed papers, being of your constituents please allow me respectfully to ask you to enclose the Said enclosed papers to the Commis. of Pensions, not with this letter, but with one line from you, & taking the parties to be of your constituents & asking in your own name a report in the case made to you, which when recd please mail to me

Most Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
[signature] Arad Joy

Hom Wm J Hough
M.C
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Ovid N. Y.  Dec 9th, 45

Sir

I do not consider yours of the 1st in the case of Anna Myers, as touching the case at issue, certain it is, that the Anna Myers that I allude to, made her application from Oswego Co. before Judge Elias Brewster, under the law of 1836 having been married long before the war at Canajoharie Say[?] in 1770, George Bort was a witness, papers executed on the 26th day of March 1840 - this Mrs Myers alledged that She resided along the Mohawk during the whole was && - please read her declaration - I with the Comptrollers certificate to be examined, with reference to the above case, & See how it agrees--

Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
{signature] Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
ComS. of Pension
Washington
D. C

Please direct your answer to me Washington D. C
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Hon J. L. Edwards
ComS. of Pensions
Washington D. C
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Ovid  Oct 30th 1845

Dear Sir

Yours of the 23rd relating to the [/] certificate of Hendricks Myers, I may be sllowed to say, I Supposed it to refer to the late husband of Anna Myers as I with you in mine of the 24th Sept, & and not Mary Myers as you Seem to think, and if I can correct Anna Myers alledges that her husband Served along the Mohawk river, & not Red Hook in the North service & that she was married long before the war at Canajoharie, if you will put the Com/ss Certf, with Anna Myers case, if may jibe much better - please notice my letter of the 24th Sept

Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
[signature] Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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Ovid  Sept 24th, 45

Sir

I enclose Comptrollers Certf & One affidavit, Supposed to refer to the case of Anna Myers, named in your letter of the 5th March 1844 - I am not acquainted with this case, I know nothing of its merit nor whether the Comt Certf refers to her late husband Service or not, one thing I am sure of, if it does not refer to her husband Service, I dont ask if to apply all I ask is justice to the widow, & equal justice to the Government -

Respectfully
Your Obt Serv
[signature] Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Coms of Pensions
Washington
D C
Page 44

Hon Byran Green ==
M. C
Washington
D. C.

[miscellaneous notes]

feb 6. 1844

Myers

B. Green
H R
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Ovid  Jany. 29th  1844

Hon B. Green

My Dear Sir

The case of widow Myers, widow of Henry Myers, came to me by letter from your Court, I Know nothing of the particulars, I inclose the Comptrollers Certificate of revolutionary Services of Henry Myers, whether all or any part of it refers positively to her husband, I Know not, but Col Edwards will Know, & so far as the services [?] with her history of his Service, I presume wil be, allowed -  with a hope of a Speedy decision in the case, I beg you will allow me to request you, to present the papers in your own name, with the above explanation.

I am[?] Your Obt. Servt
[signature] Arad Joy

N. B.  Not present my letter - nor name me in the case}
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Anna Myers

Report of Comptroller

R
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th day of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:

1 | 1781 Nov 15 | 2471 | Henry Myers | pri | 8 | 3 | 6

2 | 1780 Nov 30 | 5595 | Henry Myers | " [pri} | 7 | 15 | 6

3 | 1779 Dec 4 | 10755 | Henry Myer | " [pri] | 3 | 7 | 6

4 | 1780 Nov 1 | 10826 | Henry Myer | " [pri] | 8 | 8 | 10

5 | 1782 Nov 21 | 11070 | Henry Meyer | " [pri] | 5 | 13 | 9

6 | 1782 Nov 21 | 11174 | Henry Moyer | Ens | 9 | 11 | 2

7 | 1782 Nov 21 | 11202 | Henry Mayer | pri | 2 | 13 | 4

8 | 1779 Sept 1 | 20662 | Henry Mayer | Corpl | 3 | 18 | 2 2/3

9 | 1780 Augt 1 | 20755 | Henry Mayer " [Corpl] | 3 | 12 | 4 1/3

10 | 1781 Augst 30 | 22983 | Henry Meyer | pri | 1 | 7 | 1 1/3

11 | 1781 Octo 24 | 23166 | Henry Mayer | " [pri] | 1 | 8 | 11

12 | 1781 Nov 5 | 23224 | Henry Meyer | " [pri] | 1 | 3 | 7

13 | 1779 Nov 6 | 23460 | Henry Meyer | " [pri] | 0 | 18 | 3

1781 Sept 11 | 31119 | Henry Mawer | " [pri] | 0 | 6 | 11

1780 Octo 24 | 31148 | Henry Mower | " [pri] | 0 | 8 | 10

1781 July 12 | 31179 | Henry Mower | " [pri] | 0 | 5 | 4

1784 Augst 28 | 31410 | Henry Mower | " [pri] | 0 | 3 | 5 1/2

1780 Octo 28 | 46089 | Hendricks Myer | " [pri] | 0 | 5 | 6

1779 June 11 | 46321 | Henry Myer | " [pri] | 0 | 5 | 6

1781 July 25 | 46530 | Hendrick Myer | " [pri] | 0 | 8 | 4

1779 Nov 22 | 47310 | Hendrick Myer | " [pri] | 2 | 15 | 1

1782 Oct 15 | 47499 | Henry Myer | Ens | 144 | 10 | 8

STATE OF NEW-YORK
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, April 3 - 1841.}
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books No. 1.2.3.5.7 & 10 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:

[BOTTOM OF PAGE CUT OFF]
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, April 3 - 1841

I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books No. 1.2.3.5.7 &c now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, we performed under the following officers, viz:

First-under Capt. Henry Brewster   |   Lt Col Comd Fredk Wiessenfels Regiment

Second,   "  " Henry Pawling   "  " "  |   Albert Pawling's  "

Third,   "  " Jacob Diffendorf |  Lt " Saml Clyde's  "
Fourth,   "  " Jacob Diffendorf  |  " Saml Clyde's  "

Fifth,   "  " Joseph House   |   " " Saml Clyde's  "

Sixth,  "  "  Jost Deygert   |  "  " Saml Clyde's   "

Seventh,  "  "  Jost Deygert   |  "  " Saml Clyde's "
Eighth,  "  "  Hendrick Herder   |  "  " Peter Bellenger's   "

9th,  "  "  Henry Herder   |  "  " Peter Bellenger's   "

10th,  "  "  Henry Deucker   |  Lt Col Henry K Van Renssalaer   "

11th   "   "   George Sharp   |   "   "  Henry K VanRenssalaer   "

12th   "   Lt =  John J Fonda   |   "   "  Henry K VanRenssalaer   "

13th   "  Capt George Sharp   |   "   "  Henry K VanRenssalaer   "

14th   "   " Wm Snook   |   "   "  Fredk Fisher's   "

15th   "   "   Wm Snook   |   "   "  Fredk Fisher's   "

16th   "   "   Wm Snook   |   "   "  Fredk Fisher's   "
17th   "   "   Wm Snook   |   "   "  Fredk Fisher's   "

18th   "   "   John L Dewitt=   |    Major  Adrian Wynkoop    "

19th   "   Lt   Peter Baker  |    "  Adrian Wynkoop    "

20th   "   "   Tobias Myer  |    "  Adrian Wynkoop    "

21st   "   Capt   Silas Husted  |    Col  Morris Graham    "

22nd   Does not appear  |    Does not appear

[signature] W W Tredway
Dep Comptroller

Jus[?] 8/--
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State of New York to Sundry persons for Pensioners pay [?]

1782 Oct 15  To Henry Myer Ensign in Col Clydes}
Reg & Militia from 13 April 1781 to this}
day is 18 mo & 2 days at £ per mo}  £144.10.8
_______________________________________

State of New York}
Comptrollers Office}
April 22, 1841} S

I hereby certify the above to be true Extracts from Book B of Audited Accounts (page 83) now remaining in this office

[signature] W. W. Tredway
Dep Comptroller
Page 50

Letters
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House of Representatives
Sept 11. 1841

Sir

In the case of Anna Myers an applicant for a pension I enclose a supplementary affidavit and a certificate from the Comptrollers office of the State of New York_  These papers I have received from Orville Robinson Esq of Mexico Oswego Co. N. &. and in his letter to me says in reference to the application and in explanation of the additional evidence herewith furnished.  that the applicant is an illiterate person of the very advanced age of 93 years and that her statement as to the time her husband was taken prisoner was made without any writing of any kind from which to refresh her recollection - that her recollection as to the season of the year agrees with the comptrollers certificate herewith furnished and that the evidence as to the ages of her children furnishes an explanation of her mistake as to the year in which her husband was taken prisoner - reference is also made to the fact that the certificate of the Comptroller states that Myers was taken prisoner on 13th April 1781.  while your letter
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20th March but states that he was taken on the 4.October 1780.  In relation to the objective that he was not in actual service at the time he was taken prisoner the supplemental affidavit states the fact distinctly and Comptrollers certificate is as Mr Robinson continues entirely conclusive

Mr Robinson urges and as it seems to me with great justice that the natural facts having been established so trifling an error is that of a date in the memory of this very old lady should not stand between her and that government bounty to which by the main facts of the case she appears to be entitled -

I am very respectfully
Yr Obt Svt
Jno G Floyd

J. L. Edwards
[illegible] of Peace[?]
Page 53

[addressed to]
Hon J. L. Edwards
Coms of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[notes]

Jany 6. 1841

NY
Anna Myers

Hon. J G Floyd
H.R
Page 54

House of Representatives
Jnry 25 - 1841 -

Sir.

Orville Robinson Esq of Mexico Oswego Co. N. Y. has requested me to inquire whether any decision has been made in the case of the application of Anna Myers for a pension

Very respectfully
Yr Obt Svnt
[signature] Jno. G. Floyd
Page 55

State of New York}
Onondaga County SS }  George Bort of Cicaro in the County and State aforesaid being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he is now seventy five years old and during the revolutionary war with Great Britton he resided near the Mohawk river near Johnstown and that Said deponent occasionaly [occasionally] Stud[stood] gard [guard] & did other servases [services] under Colonel Willett and at the time and place above Stated this deponent was well acquainted with Henry Myers, a distant connection of this deponent, that he Served in the army of the revolution as a Lieutenant in a Company commanded by Captain Deafendorf [Diefendorf] and that frequently the Said Myers was Stationed in the Same fort where this deponent and others of his age together with Women & Children who resorted thither for Safety and this deponent also further knows that the Said Henry Myers was taken prisoner by the Indians and Torys and was gone from home about one year & a half. and that the Said Myers had all his Personal property destroyed by fire and plundered together with his house burned and was set on fire and distroyed [destroyed] by the Torys & Indians as this deponent has been informed and verily believe to be true this deponent further says that when all the above circumstances hapened [happened] he was about fourteen years old and distinctly recollect all the above circumstances as they were impressed on his mind when yong [young] and the said Myers also being a relative of this deponent as above Stated & further this deponent Saith Not.

[signature] Gorge Bort

Subscribed & Sworn before me}
this 21. day of January A D 1840}
{Ezra Rosbrook Justice of the Peace}

I Certify that I am well acquainted with George Bort the above named deponent & I believe him to be a man of truth and Verasity [Veracity]

[signature] Ezra Rosbrook Justice
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State of New York}
Onondaga County}
Clerks Office} SS.  I, William M. Clarke Deputy Clerk of Said county do certify that Ezra Rosbrook, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Said County, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of Said Justice, and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavit and also the within certificate, to be his genuine hand writing and signature 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 26th day of March 1840.

[signature] W. M. Clarke Dep. Clerk
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State of New York to Sundry persons for Pensioner's pay [symbol?]

1782 Oct 15   |   To Henry Myer Ensign in Col Clydes[?] Regt}   |
      |   Militia from 4 Oct 1780 to this day is 18 Mo}   |
      |   42 Days at £8 per Month   |   144.10.8


State of New York}
Comptrollers Office}
Albany June 13. 1840}

I certify that I have carefully compared the forgoing with an original Entry on book "B" page 83 of Audited accounting in this office and that it is a true transcript therefrom

[signature] W. W. Tredway
Dep. Comptroller
Page 58

The number and amount of certificates allowed by the Treasurer of the State of New York for Levies and allocation 
Services &c Continued from Books Nos. 2 & 4

To whom Given

1779 Dec 4. = 10.755   |   Henry Myer   |   private   |   3.7.6

1780 Nov 1. = 10.826   |   Henry Myer   |   do   |   8.8.10

1782 Nov 21. = 11.174   }   Henry Moyer   |   Ensign   |   X9.11.2

1779 Sept 1 = 20.662   |   Henry Mayer   |   Corpl   |   3.18.2 2/3

1780 August 1 = 20.755   |   Henry Mayer   |   Corpl   |   3.12.4 1/3


State of new York}
Comptrollers Office}
Albany   August 28.184-}

I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books Nos 3 & 5 now remaining in this office and that the Service for which the Just[?] and Deserved certificates above named were found were performed under Capt Jacob Diffendorf the third under Capt Jost Deygert in a regiment Commanded by Lt Col. Samuel Clyde, and the fourth and fifth under Capt Henry Herder in a regiment Commanded by Col. Peter Bellenger  All of which service was performed in the County of Tryon

[signature] W W Tredway
Dep Comptroller

92[?]
________
18
4.50
1.50
__________
23- -


30.203[?]
_________
60
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2  

1.27
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records
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State of New York}
Secretary's Office}

I certify that it appears by the minutes of the provincial Congress and committee of Safety of New York in this office, that on the 6th day of September 1775, the following persons were appointed officers of a company in the Regiment of Militia in the county of Tryon whereof Nicholas Herkheimer was Colonel viz:

      |   Henry Diefendorf  Captain   |
      |   Jacob Diefendorf  1. Lieut..   |
      |   Henry Mayer  2.  Lieut.   |

{signature] Arch_d. Campbell
Dep. Secretary

Albany May 12. 1840.
Page 61

State of New York}
Secretary's Office}

I certify that on the     day of September 1775 the following persons were duly appointed officers of a company in the Regiment of Militia in the County of Tryon whereof Nicholas Herkheimer was Colonel and Ebezener Cos Lieut. Colonel via:

      |   Henry Diefendorf  Captain   |
      |   Jacob Diefendorf  1st Lieutenant   |
      |   Henry Mayer   | 2nd Lieutenant   |

All which appears by the records of the Provincial  - Congress of New York in this office.

And I further Certify that on the 25th of June 1778 Samuel Campbell was appointed Colonel of the Said Regiment and that on the 4th day of March 1780 the following persons were duly appointed officers of a Company in the Said Regiment of Militia viz:

     |   Jost Deygert  Captain   |
     |  John Wendecker  1st Lieutenant   |
     |   Henry Moyer   Ensign   |

All which appears by the minutes of the council of Appointment of this State in this office.

[signature] Arch_d Campbell
Dep. Secretary

Albany August 24. 1840.
Page 62

Anna Myers
Appdt of George Bort


Mary Pitcher
Mr. Scott
Page 63

State of New York}
Onondaga County} SS

George Bort. a resident of the County and State aforesaid being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he was well acquainted with Henry Myers when a Soldier in the army of the revolution and when he was Stationed on the Mowhawk [Mohawk] river and also Knows that Said Myers Served in a company Commanded by Captain Deafendorf [Diefendorf].  This deponent at the time he Knew the Said Myers was about fourteen years old and was occaissonally [occasionally] engaged  in the Servass [services] himself under Colonel Willet and this deponent further Knows and recollects that the Said Myers - was taken prisoner by the British and Indians and was gone from that place near one year and a half and this deponent further Knows and recollects that the Said Myers had his house and all his effects burnt up and that Said fire was set to his buildings by the British & Indians  This deponet [deponent] is now nearly seventy five years old, and has a full and distink [distinct] recollection of all the above facts and further this deponet  [deponent]  Saith not

[signature] George Bort

Subscribed & Sworn this 16 day of Janury A D 1840 before me

[signature] Ezra Rosbrook Justice of the Peace

I certifiy that I am well acquainted with the above Named George Bort and belive him to be a man of truth and verasity

[signature] Ezra Rosbrook Justice
Page 64

State of New York}
Onondaga County}
Clerk Office.} Ss:

I certify that at the date of the written Deposition and certificate the said Ezra Rosebrook was a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County commissioned & Sworn, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that the signature writtin [written] purporting to be his, are genuine, - 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Syracuse this first day of August A.D. 1845

[signature] Chas. T. Hicks Clerk


Anna Myers
Affit of George Bort


Mary Pitcher
Mr. Scott
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Pension Office
May 5, 1840

Sir,

The papers of Mrs. Anna Myers, widow of Henry Myers, enclosed in your letter of the 1st inst. I have the honor to inform you, have been examined and filed. It is alleged that the claimant's husband was a Lieutenant in Capt Defendorf's [Diefendorf's]; company in 1777, and that he was taken prisoner and detained in Canada about 18 months.  To establish the claim, it is necessary to show that the claimant's husband was duly appointed a Lieutenant, and that he was in actual military service at the time he was made a prisoner. Evidence of his appointment as a Lieutenant may be had by application to the Secretary of State of New York, and of his service under that appointment, from the Comptroller, Bates Cook, Esqr.

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
[signature] J L Edwards

Hon. T. C. Chittenden
House of Representatives
Page 67

House of Reps.
May 1st 1840

Sir:

I inclose [enclose] you these papers of Anna Myers, who is an applicant for a Pension From an examination of her papers. I believe her claim a meritorious one - Be [illegible] to give the case your attention, at your convenience & communicate the result to me

I am Sir:

Very Respectfully
Your obt Sevt

[signature]
T. C. Chittenden
Page 68

Anna Myers
Pension Office

Elisha Maybee
Hartsville
Page 69

[very faint]

Peter Bellenger
[illegible]
[?] lAurhw Van Camp
Solomon Derendorf[?]
Jacob Minden
[illegible]
[illegible]
Mindin
Henry Frank
[illegible]
[illegible]
Frankfort

Palatine

[illegible]
John Nellis &
Wife
Whites Town
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Pension Office,
July 13, 1840

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that the certificate of the Secretary of New York dhows that one Henry Mayer [Myer] was appointed a Second Lieutenant in Captain Defendorf's [Diefendorf's] company in 1775 - and that of the Comptroller furnishes a very strong presumption that the Lieutenant thus appointed was not in actual service during the war. This presumption is not inconsistent with the declaration of Anna Myers who claims to be the widow of the individual appointed as above.  It is a narrative of the domestic and personal relations which her late husband and family sustained in the neighborhood and ordinary events of a new settlement in time of war and affords no account of the period, length, and grade of any term of service in an organized corps in field or garrison.  No term of service is set forth as the regulations require, and the certificate of the comptroller shows that he is not credited with service on the rolls of any office named in the application to him for proof

J
Page 71

I have the honor to be,
very respectfully, Your obt Svt.

[signature] J L Edwards



Hon. T. C. Chittenden
House of Representatives
Page 72

Comptrollers Office
Albany   June 6, 1840

Hon. Thomas C. Chittenden
Member of Congress

Sir

Your letter of the 9' May was duly received, and has received that earliest attention practicable.  On Searching the records of this office for evidence of the revolutionary Service of Henry Myers a Lieutenant in Capt Dufendorfs [Diefendorf's] Company, none can be found.

The name of Henry Myer and Henry Meyer a private occur under Captain Dufendorf [Diefendorf]. House, Dygut, Drucker, Sharpe & Fonda but in no case does Henry Mayer or or Myer appear as an officer. 

I enclose a certificate of the Secretary of State showing the appointment of said Mayer to the office of 2nd Lieutenant in 1775.

I am Very Respectfully
Your Ob. Servant
[signature] W. W. Tredway
Dep Comptroller
Page 73

[page has printed form placed over the text of Court record]

State of New York
Montgomery Coun[ty]
[Dief]endorf of said County aged Seventy Eigh[t] [gap] rds being duly sworn deposes and says, [gap] [person]ally acquainted with Henry Myers dur[ing] [gap] revolution, and he has[?] been acquainted [gap] deponents earliest [illegible] -ction to the time [gap] [?]h, and who was the late husband [gap] who applied for a pension from [gap] [N]ew York k- recollects that Col Clyde [gap] along the section of the Mohawk Val[ley] [gap] here said Myers resid[ed] that the said Hen[ry] [gap]prisoner and carried to Canada and w [gap] [?]ty a long time, and that during his ca[ptivity] [gap] [A]nna his wife resided in Fort Willet - an[d?] [He]nry Myers above named was the i[dentical?]  [gap] who was taken prison{er] and held in capti[vity] [gap] [?]d

Subscribed & sworn be[fore] [gap]

[printed insert]

STATE OF NEW YORK
Montgomery County Clerk's Office. |  CHESTER BRUMLEY, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that James W. Hamilton, Esquire whose name is subscribed to the annexed I wrote to Ann affidavit - was at the time Said [illegible]Dated a Justice of the peace of [s]aid county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Said [Journal?]  [illegible] to affidavit is genuine:
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the 10th day of July 1846

[signature] C S Brumley CLERK
Page 74

State of New York}
Montgomery County} SS.  

Jacob H Diefendorf of said County aged Seventy Eight Years and upwards being duly Sworn deposes and says, that he was personally acquainted w[ith] Henry Myers during the was of the revolution, and as been acquainted with him from deponents earliest action to the time of said Myers death and who was the late husband of Anna Myers who applied for a pension from Oswego County, New York -- recollects that Col Clyde had the command along this section of the Mohawk Valley in the section where said Myers resid[ed] that the said Henry Myers was taken prisoner and carried to Canada and was there in captivity a long time, and that during his Captivity the said Anna his wife resided in Fort Willet - and that the said Henry Myers above named was the identical person who was taken prison[er] and held in captivity as above Stated

[signature] Jacob H Diefendorf

Subscribed & sworn before
me this 30th day of June 1846

[signature] Jas W Hamilton
Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named Jacob H Diefendorf is a respectable person, and entitled to full credit

[signature]Jas W Hamilton
Page 75

State of New York]
Montgomery County] SS.

Joseph Waggoner of Said County aged Eighty Seven years and upwards being duly sworn depose[s] and says, that before and during the war of the revolution he was personally acquainted with Henry Myers, that this deponent saw the said Henry Myers in service in the war of the revolution, that he saw him at Fort Stanwix and conversed with him, recollects that Col Cos and Col Clyde both were in command during the revolution. but that Col Clyde commanded to troops in the Section where Henry Myers was located. that he well recollects of hearing at the time, of the said Henry Myers having been taken a prisoner and held a long time in Captivity, and that he was the identical person who served that name, both in service and in captivity, and that he knows of no other Henry Myers in that part of the county, who was in service in the war of the revolution

[signature] Joseph Waggoner

Subscribed and sworn before
me this 7th day of July 1846

[signature] Jas W Hamilton
Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above names Joseph Waggoner is a respectable person

[signature] Jas W Hamilton J.P.
Page 76

State of New York}
County of Montgomery} SS.  Henry Murphy of Said county aged eighty Three years & upwards being duly Sworn depose & says that he was personally acquainted with Henry Myers during the war of the revolution, & who was the late husband of Anna Myers who applied for a pension from Oswego County New York, that the said Henry Myers was a Soldier in the army in the war of the revolution, that he was under Col Clyde who had the command after Col Cox along the Mohawk including the Section where the Said Henry Myers resided, that the Said Henry Myers was promoted to an officer, Ensign that he was taken prisoner as an Ensign and held a long time one & half to two years as Such prisoner in Captivity, that his deponent Knew of no other Henry Myers in the Military beat[?] of Col Clyde, & that the Said Henry Myer Ensign above named was the identical person & officer who was taken prisoner & held in Captivity one and a half or two years

[signature] Henry Murphy

Subscribed & Sworn before me}
this 2nd day of June 1846}

[signature] Jas W Hamilton
Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named Henry Murphy is a respectable person

[signature] Jas W Hamilton
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Declaration

State of New York
County of Oswego Ss  Anna Myer of said County appeared before me and after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is Ninety nine years of age: that she is the identical person to whome [whom] was granted a pension as the widow of the late Lieut & Ensign Henry Myer for Revolutionary services performed by him that In the making this her amended Declaration under the Law of the [sixth?] of July 1836 for the purpose of obtaining a Pension for services of her said late husband during his captivity of one and a half year that her late husband the said Lieut & Ensign Henry Myer was in the line of his duty when he was taken a prisoner. that he was in the Government employ and that this deponent believes that the Government so accepted it; & that her said husband was paid by the Government for his captivity services in the same as if he had been serving in the same army in the war of the Revolution; which fact is also evident that her late husband was in the time of his duty when taken prisoner, & that at that time it was not disputed but admitted. this deponent therefore demands pay for the captivity service

[signature] Anna X Myer

Subscribed & sworn before me}
this 5th[?] day of December 1846}

[signature] Hiram Parker J P

I Certify that the above named Anna Myer is A respectable person and that she is the identical person that she represents herself to be in the above declaration and affidavit

[signature] Hiram Parker  J P
Page 78

[handwritten statement partially covered by printed item]

I, John Carpenter Clerk of the County of Oswego, hereby certify that Hiram Parker, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat of affidavit & certificate, hereto annexed, was, as the date of said jurat/& certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, swelling in said county, and duly elected and qualified to act as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and very believe his signature to said jurat/& certificates are genuine.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 5th day of Dec, A. D. 1846

[signature] John Carpenter Clerk.
By H D Freeman Dess[?]
(CUE Absent)

[handwritten statement, partially missing]

according to law deposes and Myer declares by the within
[illegible] asking for an increase of
the widow of the late Lieut on
Myer is the individual per
was granted a pension of
[par?] she is still remanes his widow

[signature] Solomon Terpena

[Came?] before}
of December}
49[?] 

[signature] Hiram Parker
Justice

Washington Myer and Abram
both respectable persons

[signature] Hiram Parker J P
Page 79

State of New York
Oswego County Ss

Washington Myer appeared before the subscribed and after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that Anna Myer who is by the annexed application asking for an increas [increase] of pension as the widow of the late Lieut & Ensign Henry Myer is the individual person to Whome [whom] was granted a pension as his widow & that she still remines his widow.

[signature] Washington Myer

Subscribed and sworn before}
me this 4th[?] day of December}
in the year 1846}

[signature] Hiram Parker J P

State of New York
Oswego County Ss  Abram Terpena appeared before me the subscriber[?] and after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that Anna Myer who is by the written annexed application asking for an increase of pension - as the widow of the late Lieut & Ensign Henry Myer is the individual person to whom was granted a pension as his widow & that she still remanes [remains] his widow

[signature] Abram Terpena

Subscribed and Sworn before}
me this sixth[?] day of december}
in the year 1846}

[signature] Hiram Parker
Justice

I certify that Washington Myer and Abram Terpena are both respectable persons

[signature] Hiram Parker J P
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State of New York}
Onondaga County} Ss   George Bort whom I Certify to be a respectable person, after being duly Sworn deposes and Says that he is eighty one years & upwards of age, that he resided during the Revolution in old Montgomery County on the Mohawk that he intimately acquainted during the War of the Revolution with Ensign or Lieutenant Henry Myers [Myer] the then Husband of the present widow Anna Myres as present - a pensioner of the United States of the County of Oswego and State above that this Deponent [Saw/} the Said Henry Myres in the Service in Minden in the County of Montgomery, where this deponent then resided, that the Said Henry Myres was in the Government employ in erecting a fort & taking charge of the Same as an officer,  that this deponent, well & distinctly recollects when the Said Henry Myres was taken Prisoner, that he was at the time acting under his orders & acting in the line of his duty, that the Said Henry Myers was taken Prisoner on Sunday, Day of rest when out of the fort, but when preforming his duty as an officer & acting under authority & as directed & in the line of his duty, that the Said Henry Myers was held as a prisoner from One year to One & a half Year, that this deponent well recollects when he returned from his Captivity.

[signature] George Bort

Subscribed & Sworn before me}
this 27th day of August 1847]

[signature] William Eastwood, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York,}
Onondaga County,}
Clerk's Office.}   SS:

I certify that at the date of the within affidavit, the said William Eastwood was one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County residing in the Said County, duly Elected and qualified, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that the written signature purporting to be his, is genuine, Given under my hand & the Seal of Said County, at Syracuse, this 2nd day of November, 1847.

[signature] V. W. Smith
Clerk of Onon. Co.
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State of New York,}
Onondaga County,}
Clerk's Office.}   SS:

I certify that at the date of the within affidavit, the said William Eastwood was one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County residing in the Said County, duly Elected and qualified, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that the written signature purporting to be his, is genuine, Given under my hand & the Seal of Said County, at Syracuse, this 2nd day of November, 1847.

[signature] V. W. Smith
Clerk of Onon. Co.
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Ovid  Nov 5th  '47

Sir

You intimate in yours of Dec 21.1846 that more proof in the case of Anna Myer may be introduced -- I beg leave therefore to inclose an affidavit of George Bort, I think one of his affidavits is now on file, of the affidavit inclosed I suppose all is correct, that is, that it is genuine, So far and I Know, it is So -- I should not have dared to procure It & forward it, only for your permit -- I may suggest, that if the State of New York, at a very early period, & when there must have been an abundance of proof to establish, or discredit, the captivity Service of Ensign Henry Myer, consented to pay him for that Service, would it not be a confession that he was in the line of his duty when taken prisoner, of the fact, I Know nothing, & I have all to you, not asking only what justice & honesty will warrant -- you mention of his having been a Lieut from 1775 to 1780 in Clyde's Regiment & [?] = the widow I am informed is dead, but has left a child, or children, as I am also informed -- I have been unable to get other proof as in Some half doc[ument?] name of witnesses, they are dead

[signature] Your Obt Serv
Arad Joy

 Hon J L Edwards
Coms of Pensions
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State of New York}
County of Oswego} SS.  I  Orla H Whitney the County Judge and Surrogate of Said County of Oswego do hereby Certify that as a Surragate Court holden before me on the 7th day of July[?] 1849 in open court Satisfactory evidence was [?] Before the Said County Judge and Surrogate that Anna Myer deceased was a pensioner of the United States, died a Widow in Said County of Oswego on the 14th day of August 1848, leaveing at her death the following named children who Still Receive her $ that they are her only children now Surviving her (Dec'd) Jacob Myer and Rachel Rice of Said County and State. Solomon Myers & Henry Myer of Madison County & State of New York., Elisabeth Dewitt and Delia Millard of Onondaga County and State of New York, and Hannah Boss of the County of Racine and State of Wisconsin.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand, and affixed my official Seal the date and date above mentioned.

[signature] O H Whitney
Co Judge & Surrogate
of Oswego Co ---
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increased from $76.33 to $256.33 pension com[mencing?] March 1831 to 14 Augt 18447 when she dies payable to children

Anna Myer
Pensioner of N. York
for Invoice, per Coms
letter of May 10th 1849

Hon W. T. Jackson
Havana
N Y
Page 86

Will Hon J L Edwards
Coms Pensions   Pleas reply to the within

July 30. 1849    W. T Jackson
Havana NY  

Anna Myer
Pensioner of N. York
for Increase, per Coms.
letter of May 10th 1849

Increased from $76.33 to $256.33
pension Coms March 1831
to 14 Augst 1847, when she died payable to children

Hon. W. T. Jackson
Havana
N Y
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D9.  Decr  1848
Add evidence case
Anna Myers

[illegible]

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner
of Pensions.

[illegible]  P. H. Sylvester
H [Hoess ?]
Page 88

J. L Edward Esqr.

Dear Sir - 

I am requested to hand to you the enclosed papers & to desire you, when you have made up your mind upon the matter, to write me the same[?]

Yours respy

[signature] P H Silvester

Monday Morning
Willards' Hotel
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H of R Decr. 19   1849

Sir,

Will you have the kindness to furnish to me the conformation requested in the enclosed letter & to return to me the Letter with your answer

I am, respectfully,
Your obt. Sevt.
William Duer
Page 90

Lrt to [?] Hon P. H. Silvester
March 10 '45

let. to same August
18th '48

Let Arad Jay
May 10. '49
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State of New York}
St Lawrence County}Ss.

David Hess being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is now Eighty Six - years of age that During the Revolutionary Was he was a Resident of the present County of Montgomery in the State of New York - that he was well acquainted with Henry Myer During the Said War & that they Resided in the Same neighbourhood [neighborhood]- that he was also well acquainted with with [sic] Anna Osterhout afterward the wife of Said Henry - that Said Anna was a cousin of this deponent & that this deponent has always understood & believe that the Father & Mother & all of her brothers except herself & two other, were murdered  by the Indians in the French war & that She was taken prisoner & carried into Canada where She was Retained about three years - that this deponent was present at the marriage of the Said Henry & the Said Anna at Canajohary [Canajoharie] in Said County of Montgomery, that they were married as near as this Deponent now recollects in the Month of May in the year 1770 - that the marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Ehle - that after the marriage ceremony was performed this deponent played on the violin for the company to dance who were present on that Occasion that this Deponent was well acquainted with Capt Diefendorf who was a brother-in-law of Said Henry & who
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Constructed A company of Malitia in the Revolutionary War - that Said Henry was An Ensign in the Company commanded by Said Diefendorf & officiated as Such Ensign for one or more years - that Said Henry was frequently called into Servise During the year 1776-7i & 8 According to the best of this deponents Recollection & that in the Summer of 1777 he started to go to Oriskany with Said Diefendorf but were taken lame before he arrived there which was the reason why this Deponant believes why they were not engaged in the battle of Oriskany - that the Said Diefendorf was killed at the battle of February - 



that in the spring of the year 1778 or 9 he saw Henry was taken prisoner together One of his children a boy about three years old by the Torys & Indians & carried by way said & which this deponent believes then in Canada where he was Detained nearly two years - that on his return he had larg [large] Scar on his head [illegible]
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then into Canada where he was detained nearly two years - that on his his [sic] return he had a large Scar on his head inflicted by An Indian with a Tomahawk The large won [one] between one of his eyes & nose [illegible] by Another blow was Said & when this deponent believes got while with the Indians aforesaid - that the boy, who was twelve [illegible] did not return under about [two years -crossed out] nine years from the time he was taken prisoner - that this deponent [illegible] With the Inhabitants of the Valley of the Mohawk were in A Constant State of Alarm During the greater part of the Revolutionary War Struggle  fearing incursions from the Tories & Indians & that many people were murdered by the Indians - that he also testified that Said Henry was engaged in the Revolutionary war from time to time as An Ensign more official two yearly besides, on Duty from time to time guarding forts & on Scouting parties -

[signature] Dewet Hes

Subscribed & Sworn before me}
this 20th day of Nov. 1839 

[signature] A C Brown J P

St Lawrence County} Ss

I Certify that I am acquainted with the above named David Hess & that he is a credible witness & this Statement entitled to full credit.

[signature] A C Brown J P
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State of New York}
St Lawrence County} Ss   I Alvin C Low Clerk of the Said County do hereby certify that Anthony C Brown Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Lt Lawrence duly elected and qualified  And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the Said Justice of the Peace and verliy believe that the signature to the Said affidavit and Certificate purporting to be his are genuine.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said County this 6th day of March 1840

[signature] A C LOW Clk
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Jacob Myers, Rachel Rice, Solomon Myers, Henry Myers, Elizabeth De Witt, Delia Millard, Hannah Boss

14 Augt 1847
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Payment to be made 
at Albany
by T W Olcott
Agent for paying pension=
ers, in the Agency of 
New York



Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book     Vol=
ume       Page      by

[signature] J P Chase  Clerk.
Page 98

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4th July 1836, the pension of Anna Myers decd late of New York, widow of Henry Myers who was a Lieutenant and Ensign in the Revolution and died 19th January 1830, has been increased from $76.33/100 to $256.33/100 per annum, commencing, March 4th 1847 When she died.

The amount is due & Payable to her only surviving children Named, Jacob Myers, Rachel Rice, Soloman Myers, Henry Myers, Elizabeth De Witt, Delia Millard & Hannah Boss, after deducting what has been paid, at the rate of $76.33/100 per annum.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this 2nd day of November
one thousand eight hundred and forty=nine

Examined and}
Countersigned.}          Secretary of the Interior.

Commissioner of Pensions.
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Decem 12, 49

Resa.t in. inform
reply
Anna Mayer
wid. Henry S

4421-36  N Y

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comis of Pensions
Washington, 
D. C.
Page 100

Hon J. L. Edwards
Coms of pensions

Dr Sir

Will you inform me whether a pension has been allowed at your department to the heirs of Anna Meyers late the wife of Henry S. Meyers deceased and one of the heirs called on me this morning and informs me that he has been informed that a pension was allowed, but he cannot learn how much - The memo who and the business now admits time to give a power &c to get the money, and they cannot.  Also month[?]  amount [?] wrongly returned knowing how much was allowed - The heirs are all very poor and really need all they are justly entitled to - The [?] claims a third or half after amount for his services as he has informed me, now in [illegible] justice be done  they will want to know the amount allowed - Has a certificate been issued if so to whom has it been delivered - old Mrs Meyers resided in this town at her death  Also send me your pamphlet containing the pension laws form &c

I am Sir  Yours &c

[signature] O H Whitney
Co Judge of
Oswego Co N.Y

PS  I have written Mr Duer[?] M. C.
on this Subject but supposing he may not have time to attend to it I write above
O.H.W.
Mexico Dec 8. 1849
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Let. to Arad Jay
  Jany 27. '46
Let to J. D. Mott
March 20 '46


5025
NY

Let.   |   O.  Robinson Nov 19. '40
   "   |  Hon J C Chittend July 13. - [?]
  "    |  J G Floyd - July 2 41
  "    |  J C Chittenden March 20 [?]
  "    |   E A Brown  march 20, 1842
   "   |   B Green March 5 '44
   "   |   " H Wynkoop Augst 22 44

Act July 4, 1836
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 17195
Anna Myers
Widow of
Henry Myers
Lieut Rev War


Act:  July 4th  36
[I]ndex: -- Vol. M, page 46

[Arrangement of 187.]]
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Hon J L Edwards
Conn &c
Dr Sir
You will recollect
I wrote you some time since in relation
to the pension allowed to the heirs of
Anna Myers deceased. The certificate
is in the hands of Arad Joy who claims
one half of the pension for his services expenses &c in procuring the pension the one half as you see would amount to about
$15.00. now the heirs think that a large
compensation they are all poor and really
need all that is their due the one in this section (Jacob Myers) is now blind and old and totally unable to do any think for a support. He has again called on me and wants to obtain his part of the person after allowing mr Joy
a reasonable compensation for his services mr Jacob Myers now has a power from all or nearly all the heirs to draw the pension but mr joy has the certificate which I suppose they must have to draw the pension- Now will the
department pay the pension to the
heirs in case they file with the pension
agent or your department or receipt
or discharge signed by each heir and
duly proved &c - unless that could be
done I do not see how the pension could ever be drawn except by paying Joy what he asks to give up the certificate-- The heirs are all willing he (Joy) should be amply paid
Over
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But they think $1500 too much - now will you inform me whatever the department will pay the pension on voucher from the [?] returned the certificate  Also send new copy of the certificate and I will send you any fees on receiving your answer that you [mangr?] states - Let me hear from you at your earliest convenience

I am Sir Yours DC

[signature] O. H. Whitney
Co-Judge of Oswego Co N.Y.
Mexico Feby 9. 1850