Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15127, Andrew Garner, New York
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3-1776
SERVICE                                       NUMBER
New York      Garner, Andrew.    S. 15127
                                                       Carded
CONTENTS.
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14983
New York
Andrew Garner
of Schoharie in the State of N. York
who was a Private In the Camp commanded
by Captain Dublin of the Reg. commanded
by Col. Weisenfelt in the N. York
line for 20 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York 
at the rate of 66 dollars 66 cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July 
1833 and Smith E Holliday
Schoharie

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 23              $133.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep.' 23   33.33
                                                              $166.66
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Go. C Stiles Clerk,
Book 6. Vol 3. page 57

Date of death not on AB.
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Andrew Garner
Declaration for Pension 
19770

Aomt
20mo. pri
$166.66
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State of New York
Schoharie County} ss 

Abraham Cates of the town and county of Schoharie, aged seventy five years, who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Andrew Garner who had subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War, and he knows that the said Andrew Garner was in the nine months service in the year 1782, in Colonel Weisenfelts regiment in the County of Ulster, in the State of New York, and he thinks he was in Henry Paulings Company, that this deponent enlisted for nine month in Captain Dubois' Company in the same regiment, and  served the nine months out, that they both enlisted about the same time, and that they were both discharged about the same time, according to the best of his recollection; that he saw the said Andrew Garner in the service during the nine months frequently and has no doubt from what he recollects of the facts that the said Garner served the nine months in said company and regiment. And further that the said Andrew Garner is reputed to be a man of truth, and he believes him to be of the age he states and that he served as he has stated in his declaration.

his
Abraham + Cates
Mark

Sworn and subscribed
this the twelfth day of November
1832.
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
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State of New York}
Schoharie County} ss
Henry Plugh of the town and county of Schoharie and State of New York being duly sworn saith that he is sixty eight years of age and that he is well acquainted with Andrew Garner who had subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and was well acquainted with him during the revolutionary war and he knows that the said Andrew Garner served in the revolution that he enlisted for nine months at Esopus in Ulster County in the state aforesaid in the year 1781 or 1782 into a company in Colonel Weisenfelts regiment but the Captains name he cannot recollect. That this deponent enlisted at the same time in Captain Dubois' company in the same regiment for nine months and that this deponent served six months in the company and regiment and then enlisted into another company and regiment  that he knows the said Andrew Garner was in the service in the regiment during the six months this deponent stayed in it and he understood and verily believed the said Garner served his nine months for which he enlisted as he has stated in his declaration. 
And this deponent further saith that the said Andrew Garner is reputed to be a man of truth and this deponent believes him to be of the age he states and that he served as he has stated in his declaration 
   his
Henry X Plugh
       mark
Sworn and subscribed this 12th day of November 1832 in open court 
John Gebhard Jr.  Clk.
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State of New York
Schohaire County ss.

Charles Keyser of the town of Middleburgh in the county of Schoharie and State aforesaid aged Sixty Six year, being duly sworn, saith that he is well acquainted with Andrew Garner and was acquainted  with him in the revolutionary war and knows that he was in the revolutionary service   That he entered the service at three different times, once for three months, once for four months, and once for nine months; that this deponent then lived at Marbletown in the county of Ulster and State aforesaid that the said Garner also lived there at the different times he entered the service that this deponent does not know that the said Garner was in the service more than three different times, nor does he know that he served his time out each time but verily believes  he did.  This deponent further saith that the said Andrew Garner is reputed to be a man of truth and that he believes him to be of the age and that he served as he has stated in his declaration.
Sworn and subscribed this 12th day of November 1832
John Gebhard Jr. Clk.

his
Charles X Keyser
Mark
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the
matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Judges of Oyer + Terminer
N. Williams Circuit Judge
William Beckman
Henry Shafer
Wm. Mann

We certify that Andrew Garner, the applicant, and  Abraham Cates, Henry Plugh, and Charles Keyser, who have subscribed and sworn to the
annexed affidavits, are reputed to be men of truth.
Judges of
Oyer & Terminer
N. Williams Circuit Judge 
William Beckman
Henry Shafer
Wm. Mann

I, John Gebhard, Junior, Clerk of the court of Oyer and Terminer, do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court
in the matter [of] the application of Andrew Garner for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this twelfth day of November
1832.
John Gebhard Jr Clk of
Schoharie County Court
and
Court of Oyer & Terminer
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State of New York
Schoharie County
    On this twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Oyer and Termine holden in and for the county of Schoharie and state aforesaid now sitting, Andrew Garner, a resident of the town and county of Schoharie aforesaid and State of New York aged rising of seventy years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress,  passed June 7, 1832.
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  He entered the service once for one month, twice for three months, once for four months, and once for nine months; and according to his recollection now, he thinks it was in the following order to wit, the first time he entered the service was in the month of August in the year 1778, in the town of Marbletown in the county of Ulster and State of New York, for one month in  colonel John Cantines regiment, but the captains name he has forgotten.  He went as a substitute for what was called the classes  or a certain number of men who had to furnish a man.  He joined the company at a place called Stone ridge, in said county and went to a place called Larraneack and helped build a fort there, where he stayed till his time was out, when he was discharged at the place last aforesaid, sometime in September of the same year.  
    He again entered the service in the month of June in the year 1779 as a substitute for one Jeremiah [illegible - Clearwater?] for three months, in Captain John Dubois's company in Colonel Malcoms regiment, in the town of Marbletown in the county of Ulster and State aforesaid.  He marched from there to Hudson river and crossed over to Poughkeepsie and went from there down the river by land to Fishkill, and stayed there till some time in September when he was discharged at Fishkill aforesaid after the expiration of the three months service.
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In the summer of 1780, he again entered service as a substitute for a class called the exempts who had to furnish a mant.  He entered the service for three months at Marbletown aforesaid in Ulster county + state aforesaid, in Moses Cantine's company, in Colonel Malcom's regiment. He went from there to Hudson River, and thence by water to Albany, and from there by land to Schenectady, and thence up the Mohawk by land to Fort Plain (then) in the county of Tryon in said state; while stationed there he and a number of others were detached to go with cattle to Fort Stanwix. They had proceeded but about 15 miles when intelligence reached them that the Indians had burnt the Dutch Settlement, they marched to the plain, but came too late to save the place.  It was in ashes and the Indians gone with their plunder.  They then returned to Fort Herkimer where they had left their cattle and went on with them to Fort Stanwix.  On their way there and near old Fort Schuyler they came across the Indians supposed to have burnt the Dutch Settlement.  They fired upon them, killed one, and took from them their plunder.  After delivering their cattle at Fort Stanwix, they returned to Fort Plain where he remained until his term of service had expired. When he was discharged, 
sometime in the month of November of the same year, which discharge wasnot in writing. While he was there, he recollects he hear'd that Schoharie was burned. At the time he was discharged one William Connor a sergeant, and one Garrett Constable were discharged and returned with him to Kingston.  
     Again in the summer of 1781, he entered the service again at Marbletown aforesaid, as a substitute for one Jacobus Rosencrantz, for four months in a company commanded by Captain Harry Doge, in Colonel Weisenfelt's regiment;  That he marched with the company to New Windsor, and crossed the Hudson River to Fish Kill and from there went to West Point in a sloop, stayed there a short time but does not remember the number of days.  Then they went down the river to Haverstraw, stayed there a few days, then they went to Tappan Bay and stayed there a few weeks but can't rember the exact number.  While there he helped build a fort.  Then went from there to West Point by water and
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stayed there a few days, then went from there in a sloop to Albany and from there by land to Schenectady, and from there they marched up the Mohawk River to Fort Plain, and stayed there but a few days before they had ordered to march to Saratoga, they accordingly marched from there to Saratoga by way of Schenectady.  They were stationed about nine or ten miles from Fort Edward and while he was at Saratoga he helped build a fort.  That he and others to the number of about one hundred were sent to Skenesborough, (now called Whitehall) between thirty and forty miles through the woods, they crossed the Hudson River at Fort Edwards and struck for Woodcreek, which they followed to Skenesborough, they made no discovery of the enemy and returned, in doing of which they got lost and went without provisions nearly three days.  After returning to Saratoga, he stayed there till his term of service had fully expired.  While he was there, he recollects he heard of the taking of Lord Cornwallis.  That he was discharged at Saratoga the latter part of November but his discharge was not in writing. 
     That again in the spring of the year 1782  at Esopus in the county of Ulster + state aforesaid he enlisted for nine months in Captain Henry Paulings company in colonel Weisenfelts regiment, and marched from there to a place called Church land, ten or twelve miles from where he enlisted.  They stayed there about two months and then marched to a place called Shocan in Marbletown. That he served while there as one of the rangers and continued to serve till within about two or three weeks of he expiration of his nine months enlistment when he was taken sick and remained so till he was discharged at Marbletown aforesaid sometime in the latter part of December after the expiration of the nine months.  
And to the particular interrogatoriess of the court he answers that he was born in the town of
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Marbletown in the county of Ulster and State of New York the 8th day of March 1759.

That his age is recorded in the Church Book, of the Lutheran congregation, at Kingston in the county of Ulster aforesaid.

That he was living at Marbletown in the county of Ulster and state after aforesaid when called into the service, and continued to reside there till after the close of the  war. That about thirty eight years a go he moved to Schoharie where he has resided ever since and where he now resides or lives.

That, the first time, he entered the service as a substitute for the classes as they were called, and each subsequent time he went as a substitute for others as he had in his declaration satforth, excepting the last term of service which was by enlistment for nine months as before stated.

He does not recollect the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served. That the general circumstances of his service are as he has already Stated in his declaration - He further says that he never had a written discharge. He further says that it would be difficult for him to state how many of his neighbours would Swear as to his character for veracity, but he thinks that all who are acquainted with him would, if questioned under oath, say they never heard his character for truth and veracity questioned; and as to what their belief, as to his service as a soldier of the revolution, would be, he cannot say.

He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

his

Andrew Garner
Mark

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.

John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
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No 19776

Andrew Garner

Schoharie Co NY

aomd.
Elias Holliday Agt
Schoharie Co N York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 23 1883

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These prints to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Andrew Garner Schoharie 6th New York

[Table of nine columns, headed:]
Period when the service was rendered [sub-columns: Years || Months || Days ||] || Duration of the
claimant's service || Rank of the claimant || Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served || Names and Rank of the General and Field officers || Battles in which the applicant was engaged || Country through which he marched || Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present || Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Sub for Class 1778 || 1 month || private || ___ || Col Cantines || __ || Stone Ridge || age 70 || Abraham Cates as to 9 mo. 

Sub for Jer Clawater 1779 || 3 months ||  _ ||Cap Dubois || Col Malcom [illegible] || __ || [illegible], Hudson River || Marbletown in the Co. of Ulster  N. York || __.

Sub for a class 1780 || 3 months || _ || __ || Moses Cantines Cap || __ || Fishkill, Albany || __ || __.

Sub for Jacobus Roscrantz 1781 || 4 months || _ || Cap Doge || Col Weisenfetls || Schenectady, Ft Plain, Ft Stanwix || __ || __.

Enlisted 1782 || 9 months || _ || Cap Paulings || __ ||  [illegible], Fishkill, Ft Point, Haverstown, Tappan Bay, Albany, up the Mohawk, Sarratoga, Skenesborough || __ || __.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Garner can furnish no more proof and submits his case as it stands. He lives in extreme poverty and would feel  greatly rejoiced  to receive whatever he is entitled to, as soon as it can be done consistently.
E. Holliday
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claim in
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
ss
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before 
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District of    aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under and
her oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts state,I will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The court will propound the following (in) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To and Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belied of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court or Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, stat precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -For_______year_____months, and _____days, I served as a ____ _____. For ____ ____ months and ____ ____ days, I served as a ____ ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italicized] about thee or four months,[end of italics) is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &e. 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
(k) The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the Interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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June 10, 1940
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ANDREW GARNER
S. 15127
BA-J/MLB [something handwritten but smudged possibly accompanied by a check mark]
Miss E.F. King
78 - 12 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale, Queens
New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Andrew Garner who, you state, may have served in the Revolutionary War, instead of as a colonel in the War of 1812 as previously stated by you.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and only one claim for pension found based upon military service in that war of a soldier with the name Andrew Garner. His record follows as shown in the papers of pension claim, S. 15127, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Andrew Garner was born March 8, 1759, in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York; his age was recorded in the church records of the Lutheran Congregation at Kingston in Ulster County. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Marbletown, New York, he enlisted in August, 1778, and served one month in Colonel John Cantine's New York regiment. He enlisted in June, 1779, served three months as private in Captain John DuBois' company, Colonel Malcolm's New York regiment, and was discharged at Fishkill. He enlisted in the summer of 1780, served three months as private in Captain Moses Cantine's company, Colonel Malcolm's New York regiment, engaged in driving cattle to Fort Stanwix and on his way there was in an engagement with the Indians near Fort Schuyler. He enlisted in the summer of 1781, served four months as private in Captain Henry Dodge's company, Colonel Weisenfels' New York regiment and assisted in building the fort at Saratoga, where he was discharged. He enlisted in the spring of 1782 at Esopus, Ulster Couny, New York, and served between eight and nine months as a private in Captain Henry Pawling's company, Colonel Weisenfels' New York regiment.
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The soldier continued to reside in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, until he was aged about thirty-eight years then moved to Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832.
There are no family data, whatever, shown in this claim for pension.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Andrew Garner, the soldier, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Andrew Garner
Certificate #14983
Issued July 27, 1833
Rate $66.66 per annum
Commenced March 4,1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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April 11, 1940.
Miss E.F. King                 BA-J/ILL
78-12 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale, Queens
New York.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Andrew Garner, a colonel in the United States Army who dies in the War of 1812.
War of 1812 data furnished by the Veterans Administration are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service.
A search of the War of 1812 records has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension found based upon service of an Andrew Garner, no application for bounty land found based upon his service or death in that war.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Searched Register 1855. ILL
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78-12 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale, Queens
New York
June 17, 1940
                                             Refer to:
A.D. Hiller,                            ANDREW GARNER
Veterans Administration,      S. 15127
Washington, D.C.                  BA-J/MLB

My dear Mr. Hiller:
I should like to thank you for the information contained in your letter of June 10, 1940 in which you supplied me with information about Andrew Garner, a soldier who fought in the Revolution. The information is useful as a means of settling a controversy and I am deeply grateful for it.
Yours truly
[handwrittten] E.F. King
(Miss) E. F. King

[Circular stamp with numbers 1 through 12 around the edges on lower right side of page. An arrow points to the line between the 2 & the 3. Under the arrow it says: RECEIVED JUN 18 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS SUB. 28 READER.]
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78-12 Cypress Hills Strees
Glendale, Queens
New York
[circular stamp on upper left side with numbers 1-12 going around the outside. An arrow points to the number 2 at the top. Under the arrow it says: Received May 1 1940 Mail Sub - Div. Vets Adm Reader 16.]
April 30, 1940
A. D. Hiller,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Hiller: [handwritten across page: only one (illegible)] Refer to: BA-J/ILL
I should like to acknowledge your letter of April 11 and thank you for the information it contained.
My statement that Andrew Garner was a colonel in the United States Army is based on family tradition. The claim that he died in the War of 1812 is put forth by a relative who disputes the statement of a deceased relative that Andrew Garner died in the Revolutionary War.
I have consulted a list of Revolutionary War officers at the New York Public Library but cannot find mention of anyone named Garner. Unfortunately, the Library does not have a list of officers of the War of 1812 so I am unable to ascertain whether or not Andrew Garner really served in that war.
May I ask that you search the Revolutionary War records to determine whether or not a pension was ever paid to Andrew Garner or this survivors based upon his service in the Revolution?
I shall be grateful for any information you can give me.
Yours truly
[handwritten] E.F. King
(Miss) E.F. King
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[Left side:]1940, June 10 - History to Miss EF [illegible]

[Right side:]
15.127
INVALID.
File No. [handwritten] 15.127
[handwritten] Andrew Garner
[handwritten] Priv.  Rev. War
Act: [handwritten] June 7" 1832
Index: - Volume [handwritten] 1, Page [handwritten] 138
(Arrangement of 1870.)