Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5564, for Cyrus Potter, Rhode Island
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Service
R.J. 
Potter, Cyrus
Rebecca
Number
W. 5564
B.L.Wt.26648-160-55[Illegible][7]
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14431
In the matter of the
application of
Cyrus Potter for
a pension under the
Act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832
Declaration of proof
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State of New York
County of Herkimer: On this Eleventh day of
October 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the said County of Herkimer the 
same being a Court of record having by Law
a seal and Clerk Cyrus Potter a resident of
the Town of Fairfield in said County of
Herkimer aged sixty Eight years and
upwards 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 [and served under] marked out under the
following named officers and served
as herein stated
About the beginning of having as
he believes in June 1780 he the said Cyrus
Potter enlisted as a volunteer in the Town 
of Cranston in the County of Providence
in the State of Rhode Island with Capt. Snow's
Company in the State Troops for six months
and under ? at Providence in the State of
Rhode Island in Capt. Snows Company and
was joined with the said Company to Col. Greene's
Regiment and from thence he was marched and he
[camped] with Col. Greene's Regiment over to Rhode
Island at Howland Ferry and was marched
to Butts Hill and stationed there with the Company
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in Col. Greene's Regiment for nearly two
months as he believes and from thence he then
said Cyrus Potter was marched and crossed
with Capt Snow's Company over to East
Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island
and stationed there a short time and from
thence he was marched with his company and
the whole of Col Greene's Regiment and he
crossed back to Rhode Island and he thinks
he was stationed with the said Regiment
at Butts Hill but he is not quite certain if
Hill he was stationed, and contin-
was at Butt's
ued to serve in Capt. Snow's Company at said
station on Rhode Island until he was disch-
-arged. Capt. Snow Commanded said
Company about half of the time he the said
Cyrus Potter served and then he left the company
but be the said Cyrus Potter never knew the
reason of his leaving said Company; another
Captain succeeded said Capt. Snow in the
command of said Company, and he was 
a stranger to him said Cyrus Potter and he
does not recollect his name but he commanded
said Company until the time he the said
Cyrus Potter enlisted, had expired, and he
herein have said said Captain afterwards and does
not know where he went to. And in the said
Cyrus Potter served six months as above stated
and was discharged from the service shortly
after snow began to fall and he believes in the
report of December 1780 but he is not certain
of the month. He received no discharge
in writing. The officers under whom
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whom he served were Capt Snow until he left the
Company. Col. Christopher Greene. He does
not recollect the name of the Lieut. was Ensign-
Major Lieut Col. Flagg. The Company of
the Regiment was W Rice.
1 And the said Cyrus Potter further states
that he was born at Scituate in the State of
Rhode Island on
the 30th September in the
year 1764.
2 He has a record of his age in a Book at
his home 
3 HE was living at Coventry in the County
of Kent in the State of Rhode Island
when he was called into the service of the
United States in the war of the Revolution
and in the Revolutionary war he first
lived on the Island of Providence ones season and
then he went to live at Cranston in Providence
County in the State of Rhode Island and
lived there until he moved into the Town 
of Fairfield in the County of Herkimer 
in the State of New York and that he
has lived in Fairfield aforesaid where
now lives for man than thirty years
last part
4 He entered the service of the United States
a volunteer for six months as above
stated
5 There were no regular officers who were
with the troops where he served
He explained here and [flagg] which is for  hearsay 
He never received any discharge in
writing.
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7 And he the said Cyrus Potter further
states that he knows of no person
living whose testimony he can
procure to prove and testify to his
Revolutionary service 
And he further states that he is known
to the following named persons in his
present neighborhood Viz: Col. John
Greene Job Arnold and that they can
testify to his [Scratched out] character for truth
and veracity and their belief of his
services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that
his name is not on the pension all
of the agency of any State-
Sworn to and subscribed
this Eleventh day of October
1832 in open Court
Julius C Nelson Clerk
Cyrus Potter
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Mr. John Greene residing in the Town of [blocked out]
Fairfield in the County of Herkimer and
State of New York and Job Arnold residing
in the said Town of Fairfield in said
County hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Cyrus Potter who has subscribed [Ineligible} 
and sworn to the above declaration and that
we believe him to be sixty eight 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 to and subscribed
John Greene
this Eleventh day of October
1832 in open Court
Job Arnold
Julius C Nelson Clark [Smudged]
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
Cyrus Potter applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states. And the said
Court further certify that it appears to them
that John Greene who has signed the preceding
certificate resides in the Town of Fairfield in
the County of Herkimer in the State of New York
and that Job Arnold who has also signed the same is a resident of the said Town of Fairfield
in said County and that they are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to full credit
and belief-
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Clerks office
County of Herkimer. I Julius C Nelson Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Herkimer aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Cyrus Potter for a pension - In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office of Clerk
of said Court this eleventh day
of October 1832
Julius C Nelson Clerk
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840 
New York 
Rebecca Potter
widow of Cyrus Potter
who served in the Revolutionary 
war as a private
R. I. Mil
Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 20 dollars 00
Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March. 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 
17 day of September 1857
and sent to 
TJ Slingerland  
Barnesville 
N York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[Cut off] y 29, 1848 page 81 vol. H
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1848
Rebecca Potter
widow of Cyrus,
N.Y
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1796
He died 1840
Admission for
$20 per annum. [Corily]
4 March 1848,
Albany
T.S. Slingerland
Barnesville
N.Y.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the Act of Congress passed 29th July,
1848, xe.
State of New York
Herkimer County
On this twenty sixth
day of October
One thousand Eight
hundred and forty eight, personally appeared
before me Ezra Grunz
County
Judge in and for the aforesaid County of
Herkimer, Rebecca Potter a resident of the
Town of Fairfield in said County of Herkimer,
aged Seventy nine years, who being first duly
Sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by
the Act of Congress passed 29th July, 1848,
and also the Joint Resolution of 1st, July,
1848, The Act of July 29th 1848, being entitled
An act for the relief of certain surviving
widows of Officers and soldiers of the Revolu
tionary Army
That she this Declarant is
now the widow of Cyrus Potter, who was a
soldier during a part of the War of the Amer-
-ican Revolution and served in the Rhode
Island Line of Troops, being then a resident
of the State of Rhode Island. That her said
husband died a Revolutionary Pensioner of
the United States, at the rate of Twenty
dollars per annum, in the aforesaid Town of
Fairfield County of Herkimer and State of
New York, on the eleventh day of
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September Eighteen hundred and forty.
She further
declares that she was married to her husband
the aforesaid Cyrus Potter, on the Twenty Seventh
day of November, in the year Seventeen hundred
and Ninety six, in the Town of Cranston in
said State of Rhode Island by John Anthony
Burton, who was a Justice of the Peace and
there lived in in said Town of Cranston
That the following persons were present at her marriage
as aforesaid, to wit, her father & Mother Robert
& Elizabeth Knight, Nicholas Sheldon & his wife
Phebe, Robert Sheldon and his wife Mary, Amelia
Burlingame, Thomas Knight, Stephen Knight
Robert Knight, Celah Fifield, and others.
That previous to
her marriage as aforesaid Declarant resided
in the aforesaid Town of Cranston
and State of Rhode Island and bore the
maiden name of Rebecca Knight.
{Subscribed and Sworn
to before me the day
and year first aforessaid
Ezra Grunz Judge of
Herkimer  County
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I County Judge in and for the aforesaid
County of Herkimer do hereby certify that
Rebecca Potter the foregoing Declarant is
now unable to attend Court owing to the
infirmity of age.
Ezra Grunz Judge of
Herkimer County
State of New York
Herkimer County
Clerks Office &, E. Standish Barry
Clerk of said County
hereby certify that Ezra Graves Esquire, where
name is subscribed to the genet of affidavit
of Rebecca Potter and the above Certificate
hereto certify was at the date of the same
County Judge in and for said County of Herkimer
of duly elected and qualified and
authorized to said as such Judge, and that
I am well acquainted with his hand writing
and verily believe his signature to the said
Jurat of affidavit and certificate are his
genuine Signatures
In Witness whereof I have here unto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the said County at Herkimer this
31st day of October AD 1848.
Standish Barry Clerk
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State of New York
Herkimer County
Ms. Ora Harvey a resi
dent of the Town of Fairfield in said County of
Herkimer, aged Eighty years being duly sworn
according to law do depose and say that in the
spring of the year 1794. I came from the State of
Rhode Island to live in the said Town of
Fairfield where I have resided ever since. That
I was well acquainted with Cyrus Potter and
his wife Rebecca, and have lived near them in
said Town of Fairfield since the said year of 1794
That the said Cyrus and Rebecca Potter moved
also from the said State of Rhode Island,
where they were reputed to have been married to
each other in the year seventeen hundred and
ninety six, That while living in said Fairfield
as I hoped you informed and verify believing
the said Cyrus other applied for and obtained
a Pension from the United States on account
of his Revolutionary services, and died such a
Pensioner in said Town of Fairfield in the fall
of the year 1840, and left his wife the said
Rebecca his widow him surviving and now still
living near me in the said Town of Fairfield,
and is now about Eighty years of age being
about my own age. Previous to her said marriage
to the said Cyrus Potter the said Rebecca resided
in said State of Rhode Island and bore the maid
en name of Rebecca Knight. I well know the
said Rebecca Patter to be the widow of the
identical Cyrus Potter who was a Revolutionary
Pensioner of the United States and died in the
said Town of Fairfield in the your 1840
as aforesaid leaving the said Rebecca his wife
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a widow now still living near me in Fairfield
aforesaid,
Subscribed and sworn to before
one this 17th day of May A.D.
1849.
Ora Harvey
Sidonius Teall
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Ora Harvey the
within deponent is a credible witness whose
testimony upon any subject is entitled
to full faith and credit Dated at
Fairfield aforesaid this 17th day of May 1849
Sidonius Teall
Justice
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
I Joseph G. Johnson
of the Town of Cranston in the County of Providence in
the State of Rhode Island, of lawful age, being duly
Sworn according to law do depose and say that I am
the Town Clerk of the said Town of Cranston and
have the charge and custody of the records thereof
That I have diligently examined the Records of
the said Town in order to find evidence of the mar-
riage of Cyrus Potter to Rebecca Knight which
marriage is reputed to have occurred in said Town
of Cranston on the Twenty Seventh day of November
in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety six, &
the ceremony to have been performed by John
Anthony Burton Esq. then a Justice of the Peace in
said The
said town of Cranston, but that I have not been
able to find any entry of the said marriage upon
any of the Records of the said Town.
And I do further depose and say that
from examinations often made by myself
and others the Records of marriages at the
early date and period at which the said
marriage is reputed to have occurred, were
very imperfectly kept as appears from exam inations often made on said Records
Joseph G. Johnson. 

Town Clerk of the Town of Cranston
R. I.
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 25th
day of August,  A.D. 1857. And I do
hereby certify that Joseph G. Johnson, the above
Deponent is the acting Town Clerk of the said
Town of Cranston in said State of Rhode Island,
and sworn of truth and veracity.
Robert Knight, Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island
City & County of Providence
Clerks Office
Court of Common Pleas,
I Lew Salisbury
Clerk of the aforesaid County of Providence
in said State of Rhode Island, do hereby
certify that Robert Knight Esq. of the City
and County of Providence aforesaid, before
whom the annexed affidavit of Joseph G. Johnson
as town Clerk of the Town of Cranston in said
County, and also the annexed affidavits of Amelia
Burlingame, Celia Fifield and Thomas Knight
purports to have been sworn and executed was
at the respective dates of the said affidavits
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the
said County of Providence, duly commissioned
and sworn, and duly authorized by law to act
as such Justice and to take the same.
And I do further certify that Israel G.
Manchester Esq. before whom the affidavit of
Robert Knight hereto annexed, purports to
have been executed and sworn, was at the
date of the said affidavit an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for the said County of
Providence duly commissioned and sworn
and duly authorized by law to act as such
Justice of the Peace and to take the same.
And that the respective signatures of the said
Robert Knight and the said Israel G. Man--
-chester to the Jurats of the said affidavits are
each & all of them genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the said County of the said City of
Providence on this twenty fifth day
of August A.D. 1851-
Levi Salisbury, Clerk.
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Mrs. Rebecca Potter
Widow of Cyrus Potter 
deceased
Fairfield New York.
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I think I was about ten years old at the time
they were marred.
Subscribed and sworn to
before me, this 16th day
of July, AD. 1857.
Robert Knight Justice of the Peace 
Celia Fifield
I, Thomas Knight of Cranston, in the County
of Providence and State of Rhode Island
Testify and say that Rebecca Potter, of Fair
-field, County of Herkimer, and State of New
York, widow of Cyrus Potter, late of said
Fairfield deceased is my sister. She was
married to said Cyrus Potter, more than fifty
years ago. they were married by John A.
Burton Esq. I recollect the circumstances
perfectly well. I cannot remember
the year. they were married, but I know 
that I was there a small boy. I and now in
the Sixtieth year of my age.
Subscribed, and Leger 
Thomas Knight
to this 16 day of July AD. 1857.
Before me
Robert Knight Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that the aforementioned deponents
Amelia Burlingame, Celia Fifield, and Thomas Knight are
each and all of them personally known to me and credit-
-ible witnesses whose testimony upon any subject is entitled
to full faith and credit.
Robert Knight Justice of the Peace
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I Robert Knight of the City and County of
Providence and State of Rhode Island, on
oath testify and say, that Rebecca Potter
of Fairfield, County of Herkimer and State of
New York, widow of Cyrus Potter late
of said Fairfield deceased, is my sister
she was married to said Cyrus Potter, in the
Town of Cranston, in said State, by John A
Barton Esqi. in the year 1795 or 1796 I was
present when they were marred; myself
and my said Sister Rebecca, then lived
with our father, Robert Knight, in said
Cranston: I am now in the 70th year of
my age, and when I was fifteen, I was
put out to learn a trade and she
was married to said Cyrus Potter previ
ous to my leaving home: the aforenamed
Amelia Burlingame and Celia Fifield, are
my sisters, and the aforenamed Thomas
Knight, is my brother, they all were pres
ent at the wedding with me
State of Rhode Island & C. Robert Knight
Providence County & City of Providence July 18th 1857
then appeared the afore named Robert Knight, and
after being sworn to testify the truth, gave the
aforegoing deposition, which was by him
reduced to writing, and by him subscribed
in my presence, taken Israel G. Manchester
at the request of said Rebecca Potter
Justice of the Peace
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Mrs. Rebecca Potter
Widow of Cyrus Potter
deceased
Fairfield, New York

I hereby certify that the within mentioned depo-
-nent Robert Knight is a man of truth and verac
-ity and is credible witness whose testimony upon
any subject is entitled to full faith and
credit and that he is personally known to me.
Israel P. Manchester Justice of the Peace
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59.563
Act Mar 3/55
to April/55
Rebecca Potter widow
Cyrus Potter frm.
No 26648b May
Revolutionary pensioner
War July 1848
W 16 day May 16/86
Solomon Petrie
Little Falls
N.Y
S. Pete Sept 27

Cir. S. Petrie Sep 27/55
Vol P. page 115
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Rebecca Potter
59.563
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State of New York}
Herkimer County Clerk's Office} SS.
E.T. CLELAND Clerk of the County Herkimer do certify that
Cepha Johnson Esquire, 
whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed
instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said
county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well
acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the name subscribed to the
said certificate and jurat of affidavit to be his genuine signature. 
An Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county at Herkimer, this
day of March A.D. 1855
Wm H Barry esq. Clerk. 
JE
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State of New York
County of Herkimer 
On this nineteenth day of March
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally
appeared before me a Justice of the peace within 
and for the County and state aforesaid Rebecca
Potter aged Eighty four years, a resident of the  town of
Fairfield County and state aforesaid, who being duly
sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical 
Rebecca Potter widow of Cyrus Potter deceased who
was a private in the war of the Revolution,
that she
does not now recollect the names of the officers under
whom her said husband Cyrus Potter served.
For further proof to establish this claim, she would
most respectfully refer you to her declaration and other
evidence now on file in the Pension Department in
Washington D.C. Also the declaration made by
her said
husband on which a pension was granted to him
under the act of 1818; that on her above named
declaration and other evidence a pension certificate
was granted to her, and that she is now a widow.
The amount this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under
the act approved March 3rd 1855. She also declares that
she has not received a warrant for Bounty land
under this or any other act of Congress, nor made
any other application therefore
Samuel Greene
In witness: Parker J Thurston
Her
Rebecca Potter
mark
We Samuel Green and Parker J. Thurston residents of
the town of Fairfield in the State of New York upon
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our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was
signed and acknowledged by Rebecca Potter in our
presence, and that we believe from the appearance and
statements of the applicant that she is the identical
person she represents herself to be.
Samuel Greene
Parker J Thurston
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn
to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written, and I certify that I know the affiants
to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be, and that I have
no interest in this claim.
Cepha Johnson, Justice of the peace

Rebecca Potter
59563
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14.431
Cyrus Potter
Herkimer New York
admitted,
6 mo. Private.
Hiram Nolton
Hiram Nolton [Scratched out]
Fairfield
Herkimer
NY
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BRIEF in the case of Cyrus Potter
Co of Herkimer in the State of N York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 68 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
June In 1780

Duration of Service.
Years, 
Months,
6
Days.
Rank 
As a 
Names of General and Field Officer
under whom he served.
Capt. Snow Col. Green 

5. In what battles was he engaged? None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cranston Rho . Island

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Papers Meet  req

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above  mentioned, 
Richard Cutter
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Rebecca Potter Widow of Cyrus, 
Herkimer County and State of New York
act 29 July 1848

Claim, (orginal," or "for increase") [scratched out]

Proof exhibited, (if original.) 

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Husband was a pensioner at $20 per annum
Marriage found by living witnesses

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 

Name and residence of Agent. 
T.S. Slingerland
Barnesville NY 

S. Cole
Examining Clerk
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Barnesville N.Y.
August 30, 1857.
Dear Sir: 
Enclosed herewith I send
your papers and proof in the application
of Rebecca Potter for Pension under the
act of July 29th 1848, as the widow of
Cyrus Potter deceased, & late a Pensioner
under the Act of June 7th 1832
Please examine & report to me the
result of such examination in this case
as soon as convenient.
I am So Very Respectfully
Your [Court] Servant
T.S. Slingerland
Barnesville
Schoharie Co.
N.Y.

[Vow], 
Jas E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington 
D.C.
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26,648


Neo [Carr]
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Cyrus Potter
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2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-
tionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recol-
lection 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.
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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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; 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 shewn 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 the garrison ; and for the time during which service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to sent forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the 
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, o other paper 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. 
[symbol] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, 
Information is desired, concern-
ing the Revolutionary pensioner, Cyrus
Potter, of Fairfield Herkimer Co. N. Y.
Please tell me what your records
show, particularly of his family
Respectfully,
Mrs. H. H. Grimm
Antioch
Lake Co.
Illinois
Nov 23 1925 

Stamp:
Pension
U.S. 
Nov 
25
1925
Office