Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8088, for Zebulon Pendleton, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                         NUMBER
R I  Pendleton, Zebulon R 8088
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State of New York
Cayuga County SS} Zebulon Pendleton of Sempronius County &  State aforsaid being duly sworn does in his oath dipose and say that he is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832, That he made his declaration to obtain the pension on or about the 14th September 1832 and forwarded the terms to the pensions office, since that time he has recd a request from the commissioner of Pensions to make a supplemental affidavit embracing  more at large the answers to the interrogatories set forth in the regulations of the War Department, and there he intends this affidavit to accompany his said declarations hereunto annexed
1st  To the first interrogatory he answers, that he was born in the Town of Westerly State of Rhode Island 27th May 1760
2nd To the second interrogatory he says, he has no written record in his possession, but has frequently see it in the family Bible of his father and has a always understood by his parents
3rd to this third interrogatory he says that he resided in Westerly aforesaid and remained there untill the year 1781. Then removed to Hopkintown in said state & remained there untill about the year 1789, ^when he removed to Washington County N York^  & remained there untill about the year 1824 when he removed to the town of Sempronius aforsaid & has remained there ever since
4th & 5th J: the fourth and fifty interrogatories he answers, and says that he cannot state any more particulars that he has done in his said declaration hereunto answered
6th To the sixth interrogatory he answers that he never recd any written discharge as he recalls but only verbal ones, from his commanding officers when his time expired
7th To the seventh interrogatory he answers that N L More, Gilbert McCoon And Charles Kellogg, William Slade P M can testify to his character for veracity & their Belief of his services, and he can oath further says that during the time their service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit  Zebulon Pendleton

Sworn & subscribed this
25th day of June 1833 before me
Garshom Morse a Judge
of Cay Coun Pleas
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State of New York
Cayuga County} I Michael S Myers clerk of said county Do certify that Garshom Morse Esq was at the date of the written affidavit in Judge of the Court of Common Please of said county:  and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his signature annexed to said affidavit is genuine.

Witness my hand & seal of office this 27th day of June 1833
M S Myers
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Pendleton
Zebulon Pendleton
22037
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State of New York
Cayuga County} fs.  On this 14th day of September

personally appeared before me Gershom Morse a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Zebulon Pendleton a resident of the town of Sempronius County & State aforesaid aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth under his oath make the following declaration in Order to Obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832  That he Entered in the service of the United States at Westerly, in County of Washington State of Rhode Island where he then resided, that he Elisted for one year in June 1775 in the State troops in Capt Bigelows Company of Artillery of which Sylvester Gravit was Lieutenant, he was retained at a place called Watch Hill in said Town of Westerly, our Business was guard the coast and who as a general to Stonington Harbor to protect our Privateers and craft from the Brittish shiping he continued in those places doing service untill the year expired when he was discharged and returned
That in September 1776 he was drafted in the Militia at Westerly aforsaid for three months, was under Capt Joshua Pendleton and Lieutenant Nathan Pendleton ws stationed to keep guard at Franklins Ferry which connected the main land with Rhode Island, was in Col Josphe Nays Regiment in General Joseph Stunberys Brigade, Ceratnced at Franklins Ferry untill his time Expired when he was discharged and went home 
This in the latter part of December 1776 he Enlisted in the state troops for Fifteen months in Capt Thos Thompsons Company in Col Toppings Regiment of which Maj Boston who afterwards took the Brittish Col Preston was major, soon after he Elisted was marched to Tiverton in said state of Rhode Island to guard the coast from that place to Bristol in said state, remained in the service Eight months where he was discharged & returned home
That in the fall of 1777 he was again drafted in the militia in Capt Gravits Company for three months, was stationed at Watch Hill in said Westerly to guard the coast and remained there untill his
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time expired When he was discharged and returned home
That in August 1778 about the time that Gen Sullivan went on to Rhode Island he was drafted for thirty days in Capt Joshua Pendletons Company company in Col Nayes Regiment, went to Bristol in Rhode Island and continued in the service untill the thirty days expired, when he took his Father Amos Pendletons place and staid untill after Gen Sullivans Battle when the army retreated about 8 miles to the Fort on Butts Hill, where he continued with the army in said last two months when he was discharged and went home
And he further says that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no persons whose testimony he can prove who can testify to his service, and that he hereby relinquishes any claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state
Zebulon Pendleton
Sworn to and Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid 
before me
Garshom Morse
a Judge of Cay Cou Pleas
We Nathaniel L Moore a clergyman residing in the Town of Sempronius and Gilbert McCoon residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zebulon Pendleton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is orfeuted and believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Nathl L Moore
Gilbert McCoon
before me
Garshom Morse a judge of Cay Cour Pleas
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and I the said Judge do hereby further certify and declare that in my 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 stated
And I further certify that Nathaniel L Moore who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Sempronius aforesaid, and that Gilbert McCoun who has also signed the same is also a resident of said town of Sempronius  and is a creditable person and that these statements entitled to credit  And I do hereby further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said applicant and verily Believe that he cannot from Bodily infirmity attend the Court.
Garshom Morse a Judge of
Chy Cour Pleas

State of New York
Cayuga County
Clerks Office

I Michael S Myers, clerk of said county Do certify that Garsham Morse Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been made & by whom the preceding certificate purports to have been given, was on the fourteenth day of September 1832 a Judge of Cayuga County Courts: and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signature annexed to said affidavits & certificate to be genuine.  Witness my hand & seal of office this 8th day of January AD 1833
M S Myers Clerk
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22037
Zebulon Pendleton
Cayuga 6 o
N York

cm

R Day
Sempronius
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 29 1833

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 ease in a 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 shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to shich 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 Zebulon Pendleton
[columns separated by /]

Period when the service was rendered / Duration of the claimant's service Years / Months /  Days / Rank of the claimant / Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served / Names and Rank of the General and field officers / Battles in which the applicant was engaged / Country through which he marched / Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period / Evidence by which the declaration is supported
June 1775 / 1 Year / (artillery) / / Private / Capt Bigelow / / / Guarding the coast / 72 years Westerly Rhode Island / Testimony Clergyman

Sept 1776 / / 3 mos / / Private / Capt Pendleton / Col Nays / / Guarding the coast / 

Dec 1776 / / 8 mos / / Private / Capt Thompson / Col Topping / Tivaton /

Fall 1777 / / 3 mos / / Private / Capt Gravit / / / Watch Hill / 

Agt 1778 / / 1 mo / / Private / Capt Pendleton / Col Nays / / Watch Hill / 

substitute / / 1 mo / /Private / same / officers / ///I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J L EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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.[etc.] Teamsters, Boatmen, [etc.]&c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of 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) ____, with ____ and
served in the ____ (e) regiment of the ____ line, under the following named officers:
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [pointing hand symbol] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, [etc.]&c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____ day of ____ [etc.]& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. ____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ____ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ____Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation[application] of ____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ____ day of ____ [etc.]&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served;[,] such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that [t]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 [inquiry] 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 applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[footnotes]
[handwritten in right margin: "Infirmity"]
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c.[etc.] 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 ____; and for such services I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months,"
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c.[etc.] 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 services 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 [the] certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must [af]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 [from] 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.
[pointing hand symbol] 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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April 23, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
Zebulon Pendleton
R. 8088

Mr E H Pendleton
Worcester Salt Company
40 Worth Street 
New York, New York.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding Zebulon Pendleton, who applied for pension in 1832, while residing in Sempronius, New York:  you state that you are especially interested in obtaining the name of his wife and children.
The papers on file in the claim for pension on the above noted Zebulon Pendleton, R. 8088, have been examined and the following data found.
Zebulon Pendleton, son of Amos Pendleton, was born in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, May 27, 1760:  the name of his mother was not given.  He resided in Westerly until 1781, when he moved to Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and resided until 1789, at which time he moved to Washington County, New York, remained there until about 1834, then moved to Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York.
Zebulon Pendleton applied September 14, 1832, while a resident of Sempronius, New York, for pension which might have been due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.  He stated then that he enlisted and served as private in the Rhode Island troops as follow: from June 1775, one year in Captain Bigelow's company of Artillery, stationed at Watch Hill: from September 1776, three months in Captain Joshua Pendleton's company, Colonel Joseph Noyes; regiment and from December 1776, eight months in Captain Thomas Thompson's company, Colonel Topham's regiment:  from sometime in the fall of 1777, three months in Captain Gravit's company:  and from August 1778, three months in Captain Joshua Pendleton's company.  Colonel Noyes' regiment, which service was rendered as substitute for his father, Amos Pendleton.  No relationship between Zebulon Pendleton and Captain Joshua Pendleton was stated.
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The claim for pension of Zebulon Pendleton was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension law under which he applied.

The soldier made no reference to wife or children.

Very truly yours,

A D HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

2.
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NY
R. Day
30 Oct 33
JC

Recd vol 30 p 103
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War Department Pension Office
Oct 30 1833

Sir
The papers in support of the claim of Zebulon Pendleton have again been examined By the regulations of the Department every claimant is required to produce the best evidence in his power  There are numerous applicants for pensions who served at the same time and under the same officers as alleged by the claimant the testimony of someone of them should be produced in order to a favorable decision on the case  which is suspended the papers placed on file
R Day Esq
Sempronius
New York
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Washington D C
July 2 / 34

Hon 
Judge Waldo
Cour Pen
Sir:
The Secty of State of Rhode Island refers us to your office for search of Rev Rolls & Records of Militia service of Rhode Island - said Rolls & Records having been transferred to your office
You will please have the goodness to cause search for the name & Rev service in R J Militia of Zebulon Pendleton who enlisted in 1775 Artillery under Capt Bigelow
in 1776 under Captn Joshua Pendleton &
Joseph Noye's Regt
Capt Thomas Thompson
Col Toppings Regt
in 1777 Capt Gravit
in 1778 Capt Joshua Pendleton
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By so doing you will oblige
I am 
Very Respt
Your Sv
L B True
Agent in this 
Case

Col Nibes
Will regard
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Oct 30 1833
R Day Esq
Every cline is required to product the last possible evidence testimony of someone who served at the same time and under the same officers as alleged by declarant should be furnished in order to a favorable decision on the case



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Aug 3, 1854
Sir:  If you have a Power of Attorney in the case of Zebulon Pendleton of NY it should be filed with the papers We have no Rolls of the service described by him 

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Pension Office
Aug 3 1852
Sir
If you have a Power of Attorney in the case of Zebulon Pendleton of NY it should be filed with the papers  We have no Rolls of the service described by him

L B True Sec
Present
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3-595
Record Division
Department of the Interior,

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
June 4, 1908
Searched by S D Lamparter
Original No
Certificate No
Claimant
Soldier Zebulon Pendleton
Service Col Stanton R I Mil
Rev War
Remarks:  No claim as above except Rej #8088

Chief of Division

27498b4m2-07
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New York
Revo
Zebulon Pendleton
Suspended

[crossed out 
let R Day 30 Oct 33
L B True Aug 3 1854]


8088
Act 7 June '32
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1908 June 10. Hist to E H Pendleton letter in Ry 8087 Nathan Pendleton c
1936 April 23 Hist to E H Pendleton ILL

[Crossed out Acts of July 14 1862 and March 3 1873}

REJECTED
8088
P.O.
Zebulon Pendleton

Service:

Enlisted:  18
Discharged:  18
Printed Volume - Rejected & suspended
Pension Claims - shows
[Crossed out Application filed] reason for suspension 
"Suspended for proof of service by his comrades"
Alleges:  N York page 136

Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.  Contract
Cert of Dis  Searched for   18
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In reply to  your request of  , received for a statement of the military history of Zebulon Pendleton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Burear.

Rfile 8088

Columns separated by / 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT / LENGTH OF SERVICE / RANK / OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN / COLONEL / STATE

June 75 / 1 yr / / Bigelow Arty Co / check mark / R I

Sept 76 / 3 mos / / Joshua Pendleton / Joseph Noyls / /

Dec 76 / 8 mos / / Thos Thompson / Stantons brigate Topham / /

Fall 77 /  3 mos / / Gravit / check mark / /

Aug 78 / * 3 mos / / Joshua Pendleton / Noyles / /

*served 2 mons sub for his father Amos Pendleton

Battles engaged in Sullivans exped to Bristol Aug '78
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westerly R I 
Date of application for pension Sept 14, 1832
Residence at date of application, Sempronius Cayuga Co NY  
Age at date of application, born May 27 1760 at Westerly, RI 
Remarks: This claim was never allowed for the reason that cet failed to furnish required proof of his alleged services.
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H C MANDEVILLE
PRESIDENT
ELIAS M JOHNSON VICE PRESIDENT
EDWARD K CHERRILL VICE PRES & TREASURER
CHARLES H DICKSON
VICE PRES & SECRETARY
E H PENDLETON
VICE PRES & SALES MGR

WORCHESTER SALT COMPANY
GENERAL OFFICE: 40 WORTH STREET
NEW YORK, NY

[hand written Just ans question send usual record Ms Finch]

April 8, 1936

Pension Burear.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:  Some years ago you sent me a memorandum of the pension application made by Zebulon Pendleton on Sept. 14, 1832, for services in the Revolutionary War.  Applicant at that time was living in Sempronius, N.Y. but as he failed to furnish the required proof of his services, the claim was never allowed.

Will you kindly advise me if his claim made any reference to his children, and if so, what their names were?

Thanking you for any information you may give me in the matter, I remain

Very truly yours,

E H Pendleton

x I have filed record of his claim therwise

[stamped RECEIVED
APR 9 1936
MAIL SUB DIV
VETS ADM
READER NO 16]