Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10595, for Joseph Tice, New York
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New York. Nice, Joseph Jemima. R. 10595
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2867
New York
Joseph Tice of Elmira in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp's commanded by Captain Titus of the Regt. commanded by Col. Weisenfield in the New York line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Decr. 1832, and [illegible] J. Robinson Elmira

Arrears to 4th of Septr. 1832 $39.99
Semi=ant. allowance ending 4 [illegible] '33 13.33
$53.32

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo C. Stiles Clerk
Book D, Vol. 5, Page 144
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State of New York, County of Cayuga ss.
On this 4th day of October A.D. 1856 before the undersigned a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid personally appeared Andrew Crowl aged 62 years and Rebecca Crowl aged 57 years residents of the town of Addison in the county of Stuben and State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law depose and say that they were personally well acquainted with Joseph Tice lately of Chemung in the County of Tioga and State of New York, deceased, and also with Jemima Tice the widow of the said Joseph Tice late of Addison Stuben County N.Y. now deceased. That they have been so acquainted for more than forty years last past. That from the time of their first acquaintance with the said Joseph and Jemima Tice they lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and were reputed such in the community where they resided, and until the death of the said Joseph Tice. That after the death of the said Joseph Tice his widow the said Jemima Tice resided in the family of these deponents until the time of her death. That the said Jemima Tice died at the town of Addison Stuben County N.Y. on the 9th day of March A.D. 1848 and these deponents were present upon that occasion and assisted at her burial after her said decease. That the said Joseph Tice was pensioned at Tioga County N.Y. at the rate of $26.66 per annum. That before the death of the said Jemima Tice she made a declaration to obtain a pension as the widow of the said Joseph Tice and that her claim was suspended. That these deponents were present at the time the said Jemima Tice made her said declaration before Judge Knox of Stuben County N.Y. That these deponents well recollect that the time of the death of the said Joseph Tice was distinctly stated before the said Judge to have occurred
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on or about the month of January A.D. 1833 and that the circumstances of the news of his death reached these deponents the day before the birth of a child of these deponents. The deponents have heard and believe that in the said declaration of Jemima Tice she was made to state the date of the death of her husband as occurring in the year 1830. That there must have been a misunderstanding and an error in her declaration upon that particular point. The said Jemima Tice, at the time of making her said declaration was quite infirm and her hearing and sight imperfect and not likely to detect such a mistake. That the child of these deponents above mentioned named "Evoxy' was born on the first day of March in the year 1833. That some time in the fall of 1832 the said Joseph Tice left the residence of these deponents with the intention of going to Tioga County N.Y. for the purpose of making an effort to obtain a pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary War and that on the last day of February following these deponents heard of his death, at Addison where they then resided and still reside.
Andrew Crowl, Rebecca Crowl

Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year above named and I certify that I know the above named deponents are reputable persons.
Witness my hand and official seal. L. Maltbey Notary Public
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State of New York, County of Cayuga, ss.
On this 3d day of September A.D. 1856 before me a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid personally appeared Peter Tice aged 61 years a resident of the town of Catlin in the County of Chemung and State of New York who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is son and heir of Joseph Tice and Jemima Tice deceased. That the said Joseph Tice during the early childhood of this deponent resided at a place called at that time "Mamakating Hollow." That the deponent remembers well that his father often mentioned having been born at Peekskill in Dutchess County New York. That about the time this deponent was eight years of age the said Joseph Tice removed with his family near Elmira Tioga County New York. That he continued to reside in that place and vicinity until his death. That the said Joseph Tice died on or about the 24th day of January 1833 at Chemung in the County of Tioga N.Y. That this deponent well recollects the time of the death of the said Joseph Tice from the age of one of the children of this deponent. And further this deponent cannot recollect that his father and mother the said Joseph and Jemima Tice ever had or kept a family record. That he has never seen any such record and that if they had such record it is not now in existence. This deponent well remembers that he had three sisters and one brother who were still older than himself all of whom are not now living. That one of his sisters above mentioned was married before the family removed from Orange County to Tioga County as aforesaid and that his said sister named "Polly" was at the time of her said  marriage ten or twelve years older than this deponent. That the said Joseph and Jemima Tice lived and cohabited together as husband and wife from the earliest recollection of this deponent until the death of the said Joseph Tice and that at the time of his death he left the said
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Jamima Tice his widow him surviving who remained his widow until her death. That the said Jemima Tice died at Addison in the County of Steuben N.Y. on the 9th day of March A.D. 1848. That the said Joseph Tice was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $26.66 per annum on account of his services in the Revolutionary War. That the said Jemima Tice during her life made a declaration in order to obtain a pension as the widow of the said Joseph Tice, and that her claim was suspended. This affidavit is made in order to be filed with other proofs for the purpose of procuring the pension due the said Jemima Tice at the time of her death. Peter Tice

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that the above named Peter Tice is a highly reputable person.
Witness my hand and seal.
S. Maltbey Notary Public
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State of New York, Cayuga County ss
On this eighth day of October A.D. 1856 before me a Notary Public within and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Abial Fuller aged 70 years and Rachel Fuller aged 67 years residents of Ridgbury in the county of Bradford and state of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law depose and swear that they formerly resided in a place called "Mamakating Hollow" in the county of Orange in the State of New York. That they removed into the place where they now reside about the year A.D. 1805. That on or about the same time these deponents came from Mamakating aforesaid Mr. Joseph Tice and Jemima Tice moved from the same neighborhood and settled upon the farm adjoining that of these deponents in Ridgbury aforesaid. That the said Joseph Tice before his death was pensioned by the United States on account of his services in the Revolutionary war and at the time of his being pensioned he had removed into the county of Tioga in the State of New York. That the said Joseph Tice and Jemima Tice lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and had several children before these deponents and said Joseph and Jemima came from Mamakating as aforesaid and continued to live and cohabit together as husband and wife until the death of the said Joseph Tice and that he died at Cheming Tioga county N.Y. on or about the 24th day of January A.D. 1833, and these deponents were present at the burial of the said Joseph Tice after his said decease. That the said Joseph Tice at his death left the said Jemima Tice his widow him surviving who remained his widow until her death. These deponents have been informed that the said Jemima Tice before her death made an application for a pension and that her claim was suspended. The said Joseph and Jemima Tice raised a son by the name of Peter and a daughter by the name of Rebecca in whose behalf this affidavit is made. The said Peter Tice now resides in the town of Catlin in Chemung Co. N.Y. and the said daughter name Rebecca now resides in Addison Stuben County  New York. These deponents further swear that they are wholly disinterested in
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the claim in which this affidavit is to be used and further that the town of Chemung Tioga Co. N.Y. where the said Joseph Tice died as aforesaid adjoins the town of Ridgbury Bradford County Pennsylvania where these deponents have long resided and still do reside. Abiel Fuller, Rachel Fuller

State of New York Cayuga County ss
The foregoing affidavit of Abiel Fuller and Rachel Fuller was subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year therein mentioned and I certify that the above named [illegible] are credible witnesses.
L. Maltbey Notary Public
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Joseph Tice Declaration
10.224

Found on Rolls
8 mo. Strongs Co
Wiesenfelts reg.

direct to the care of James Robinson agent, Elmira Tioga Co N. York
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At a Court of Common Pleas holden at the court house in the Village of Elmira in and for the County of Tioga in the state of New York commencing on the fourth day of September 1832. Present Hon. Grant B. Baldwin, first Judge John P. Drake, Darius Bentley, Joseph L. Darling & Elijah Shoemaker Esqs. Judges.

State of New York, Tioga County ss
On this 4th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges aforesaid being a Court of Record because made so by the constitution and Laws of the State having by law a clerk and seal. Now sitting Joseph Tice a resident of Elmira in the county and state aforesaid aged seventy two years the seventh day of February last 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in the spring thinks about the first of May 1777 for the term of two years and was placed in the company commanded by Captain Titus and in the Regiment then commanded by Col. Livingston of Dutchys County and was march'd to Fort Montgomery in which he was stationed on duty till it was taken by the British on the sixth of October following in which engagement he received a severe wound in his right thigh from a ball and a cut in the left part of the [illegible] with a bayonet. The scars of both wounds are yet visible; he thinks that Gen. Clinton commanded the forces at this Fort when it was taken but is not positive of the fact. After the surrender
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of the Fort to the enemy he was march'd to Old Schoharie Village and stationed in that part of it called Fort Plank. Here and in the vicinity of the place he remained under command without any thing very important occuring except occasionally taking up and bringing in a few tories till the spring of the year '79 when he was march'd to Fort Plain on the Mohawk River preparatory to the Indian expedition against the six nations. Here he was placed under the command of  Col. Weisenfelt and Major Fish. We were then march'd to the head of Otsego Lake from whence issues the north branch of the Susquchannah River. At this place we were joined by Gen. Clinton and his forces who commanded the expedition from this quarter. Previous to starting down the river we took the boats some ways on the outlet and loaded them then went to work and erected a dam across the stream by which means we raised sufficient water (by suddenly tearing away the dam) to float on to where the river was sufficiently large for our purpose. The whole force then descended the River to Tioga Point. Here we were joined by Gen. Sullivan who came up the river with the forces attached to his command. We then prepared to ascend the Chemung or Tioga River which we effected to the Mouth of Chemtown Creek where we halted and fortified a part of the remains of the Fort are still visible though most of the ground occupied has been washed away by the river. On our way up the Tioga River we had a brush with the Indians on what is call'd
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hog back hill in the Town of Chemung eight miles below the now Village of Elmira. The Indians were however [illegible] with considerable loss, but to return to the Fortress at the mouth of Newtown Creek. There was here attached to the main force a rifle battallion under Col. Morgan who was said to have been a Virginia officer. Also another rifle corps under Col. Butler. After refreshing refitting and sufficiently reconnoitering the vicinity of this place we march'd to the northward through the country as far as the Genessee flats destroying many Indian villages, much corn, apple trees, &c. While in the Genessee country Lieutenant Boid who was under Col. Morgan with 14 of that corps were detached on a scouting party. They fell into an Indian ambuscade and were all masard save one Timothy Murphy who made his escape and got back to the main force. In the fall we started on a return march and this deponent was discharged as a plan call'd Baskin Lidge about three miles below Morristown in the state of New Jersey in the month of January 1780 making two years and eight months service. That after the expiration of his two years enlistment he continued in the service without any new engagement farther than to complete the campaign against the Indians. He has no documentary evidence of his services and but one living witness, Silas Hall that is, within his knowledge.
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and in answer to the several interrogation put by the Court he says that he was born in the town of Peaksbill in the county of Dutchey in the State of New York on the 7th day of February in the year 1760. That he has no record of his age. That his father had one and he remembers hearing it and has no doubt his memory is correct on the subject. That when he first entered the service as before stated he lived at a place call'd Smith's Clove in the county of Orange and State of New York. After the Revolutionary war he lived seven or eight years in the same place. Then lived at Mamacotten Hollow same county eight years then came to Elmira his present residence where he has lived upwards of thirty years. That he entered the service as a volunteer. That he was acquainted with Generals Clinton & Sullivan. Cols. Morgan, Butler & Wiesenfelt and Major Fish. That he had a discharge he thinks given him by Col. Weisenfelt. That he kept it in his pocket book which about three years after being discharged was stolen from him and he has neither seen or heard of it since. That he would refer to Thomas Maxell and Elijah Jones of Elmira, Caleb Baker and Henry Wells of Southport, Jacob Lowman and Jacob Kress of Chemung as persons who are acquainted with his reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify to their belief in the truth of the foregoing declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
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the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Joseph Tice  X - his mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Green M Tuthill Clk.

We Simeon R. Jones a Clergyman residing in Southport, Tioga County New York and Caleb Baker of the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Tice who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Simeon R. Jones, Caleb Baker
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Green M. Tuthill Clk

State of New York, Tioga County ss
Silas Hall of Southport county of Tioga and State of New York aged seventy five years and upwards being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was acquained with Joseph Tice in the Revolutionary war. That he is the same Joseph
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Tice who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That he this deponent knew him at Fort Montgomery and other places in the service and has no doubt of his having served in the Revolution as he has stated in the said declaration. Silas Hall
Sworn & subscribed this 4th day of Sept 1832 before me. Green M. Tuthill Clk

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 Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said town of Southport and that Caleb Baker who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Court further certifies that Silas Hall who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to full credit. G.B. Baldwin First Judge
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I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the applicaiton of Joseph Tice for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 8th day of Sept 1832.
Green M. Tuthill
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No. 19224
Joseph Tice

Admitted 8 mo
 $26.66

James Robinson
Elmira
Tioga Co.
New Yk.
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No. 19224
Brief in the case of Joseph Tice of Elmira County of Tioga in the state of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy two years, 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. Enlisted he thinks about 1st May in 1777 until January 1780
Duration of Service. 2 Years, 8 Months, 0 Days
Rank. As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. = Col Livingston Regt. New York troops, Capt. Titus, Col. Wisenfelt, Major Fish, Gen. Clinton

5. In what battles was he engaged? Fort Montgomery in which he was wounded
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Smith's Clove. Orange Co. New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls? By a living witness, as to his service.  His tradition is supported by the affidavits of a clergyman & another reputable citizen of same  town, the credibility of all verified according to the regulations.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. Chas. G. Wilcox Examining Clerk.
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Recd April 20
No 172712
Jemima Tice wid of Joseph - N.Y.
Act 7 July 1838
Joseph Tice 8 mos. 4th Regt. N.Y. & on roll
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Joseph Tice 8 mos. in 79 in 4th Regt. N.Y.
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State of New York, Steuben County ss
On this 9 day of July 1845 personally appeared before me a Judge in & for the county aforesaid, Jemima Tice, and made the following declaration in  order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838. That she is the widow of Joseph Tice, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, & served from Orange County New York. He served different tours, amounting in all according to the best of her recollection to over three years. She thinks he served at Bunker Hill in 1776 under one Lt. Weisenfelts. He also (the said Weisenfet) the old lady is quite positive served in 1779 as Quarter Master in Col. Livingstons Regiment. She further declares that her husband in the year 1778 or 9 enlisted into Captain Nathan Strongs Company, 4th Regiment commanded by Col Livingston for the term of eight months & served according to the best of her recollection the full time out. She recollect the particulars of the above service from the fact that she was then keeping company with him & had been acquainted with him the said Tice before he entered the service. She also thinks she has heard her husband say that he served in 1776 under one Captain Smith.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Tice at Walshill N.Y. in the year by Rev. Andrew King. That her maiden was Jemima Campbell. That her husband the said Joseph Tice died in the year 1830 at Chemung New York.
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Jemima Tice X - her mark
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above written before me & I certify that the above named Jemima Tice is on  account of old age & bodily infirmity unable to appear in open court to make the foregoing declaration. Levi Knox Judge of Steuben Co
Henry Skinner Witness

State of New York, Steuben County ss
I Paul C. Cook Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Levi Knox Esquire before whom the preceeding declaration of Jemima Tice and affidavit of Rebecca Crowl purports to have been taken, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said declaration and affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this tenth day of July 1845
Paul C. Cook Clerk
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State of New York, Steuben County ss
I Rebecca Crowl do depose and say that I am now fifty five years of age and upwards, that I am the daughter of Joseph & Jemima Tice. That I often heard my father say while living that he served in the war of the Revolution three years & upwards. That he served under one Col Livingston & from the State of New York. That I have heard him call the name of one captain Smith & Strong. That her father & mother formerly lived in Orange & Dutchess County New York and further says not. Rebecca Crowl
Subscribed & sworn to this day of July 1845 before me. Levi Knox Judge of Steuben Co.
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Revolutionary War Records Section. 3-525
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C., ______, 19__
[illegible]
R10595

In reply to your request of ____, received ____ for a statement of the Military history of Joseph Tice 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 Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. May 1 77 to Jan 1780
Length of Service.
Rank. Pvt.
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered.
Captain. Titus
Colonel. Livingston, Weisenfelt
State. N.Y.

Battles engaged in, Fort Montgomery where wd. in rt. thigh & left foot & in Gen. Sullivan's Indian Expedition
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Smiths Clove Orange Co NY
Age at date of application, born in Perkskill N.Y. Feb 7, 1760
Remarks: [illegible] mar. at Wallhill N.Y. Jemima Campbell, date not  stated. He d. at Chemung N.Y. Jan 24, 1833. She died at Addison N.Y. Mar 9. 1848. They had several children, only names on record being Peter, Polly and Rebecca Crowl.
Respectfully, Commissioner.

No use to go into rejection of widows claim. No proof of marriage but as they knew even the rate of soldiers pensions and all details of his life they must have been his family.
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No. 12,712
Jemima Tice
[illegible] N.Y.
Letter to Hon A. [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible] Augs 11 1851
July 7 1838
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Hon. A. Smith
26th April 1846
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546
Pension Office
April 24, 1846
Sir
The declaration &c. in the case of Mrs. Jemima Tice has been examined and filed.
On an examination of the rolls of the New York service from 1775 to 80, I find the name of Joseph Tice on that of the 4th Regt. for a tour of 8 mos. in 79. And this is all the service credited to him on any of our records.
There has been no proof whatever adduced to prove the date of her marriage or even to identify her as the widow of the soldier whose service she states. These will have to be satisfactorily established before any action can be taken in the case.
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Washington July 15th 1837
Geo C. Whiting Esq.
Sir
Enclosed you will find additional evidence in support of the claim of Jemima Tice widow of Joseph Tice of New York under the act of 7 July 1838.
This testimony is [illegible] to remove the objection raised in consequence of the discrepancy between the statment of Mrs. Tice in her declaration and the fact as they have since been presented in relation to the death of husband. The evidence shows that he died in 1833 instead of 1830 as was inadvertently stated by the attorney who drew up her declaration.
Very Respectfully Your Obt Sevt Geo C Ames
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Pension Office
August 11th 1857
Sir:
I have examined the claim for arrears of pension of the heirs of Jemima Tice widow of Joseph.
The date of the marriage of Joseph & Jamima Tice should be established.
I am not prepared to require a certificate of heirship for the reason that the attorney Genl. has not reentered his decision upon the question whether children & grand children are entitled to arrears of pension.
Geo. C. Ames Esqre.
Present.
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Warsaw Apl 13. 1846
Hon A. Smith
Dr. Sir
Will you please forward the enclosed declaration of Mrs. Tice to the Pension office with a request that the New York rolls from 75 to 79 inclusive may be examined for proof of his service.
Respectfully Yours A.L. Lynde

Will Col. Edwards please examine this case [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Respectfully Albert Smith
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141 East State Street,
Wellsville, New York,
October 24, 1921.
Dear Sir,
I am trying to gain reliable information for the D.A.R. and I am writing to ask your department to please give some information regarding my ancestors. Please send the military service, dates of birth, death, marriage, and wife's name of both Joseph Tice and Ebenezer Mead. They were from New York State and from Orange County & Ulster.
I would like similar information about Isaac Elston or his father. They came from the same section. I am not sure they served.

Pension Office U.S. Oct 26 1921
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We are told that Timothy Howe served in the war, from the New England States. If this is the case, please give me the data for him.
I would greatly appreciate the information.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Albert D. Howe,
141 E. State St.
Wellsville, N.Y.
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Rejected
10,595
Jemima Tice
The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as: "For proof of marriage and widow's identity - eight months service admited."

1921 Nov. 16 [illegible] to Mrs. Albert D. Howe. aw
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Know all men by these presents that I Peter Tice of the town of Catlin in the county of Chemung and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Geo C. Ames of Washington D.C. my true and lawfu attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of Jemimah Tice (deceased) late of the town of Addison, Stuben County New York, as heir of the said Jemimah Tice and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the department at Washington City or elsewhere. To file additional evidence or arguments and to receive the certifcate that may be issued for said claim. To appoint one or more substitutes for the purpose herein expressed. To do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent or attorney shall lawfully do in the premises. And I do hereby revoke all other agents and attorneys heretofore appointed by me in relation to the said claim. Peter Tice
Witness my hand and seal this 19th day of July A.D. 1856. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of L. Maltbey, Daniel Quigley

State of New York, County of Cayuga ss
Be it known that on the 19th day of July A.D. 1856 before the subscriber a Notary Public within and for said county personally appeared Peter Tice above named and acknowledged the forgoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.
Witness my hand and official seal.
L. Maltbey Notary Public
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State of New York 
County of Cayuga 

Be it known that on this 19th day of July A.D. 1856 before the undersigned a notary public in and for said county and state personally  appeared Peter Tice of Battiu in the county of Chemuing and State of New York and made oath in due form of Law that he is son and heir of Joseph Tice and Jemimah Tice deceased late of Steuben County New York--That the said Joseph Rice was a soldier of the Revolutionary War --that he died at  Chemung in the county of Tioga State of New York some time in winter  of 1833. That the said Jemimah Rice during her life made an application for a pension as the widow of the said Joseph Rice and that her said chain was suspended-That he has lately been informed that the said pension ought to be allowed, that he is directly interested in said [illegible ] as heir-that he makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said agent or attorney may use in prosecuting said claim 
Peter Tice 
[illegible ] and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me and I herby certify that Peter Tice who executed the foregoing papers is acceptable resident of  [illegible] Chemung les NY, and is I believe directly interested in said claim as set forth  [illegible] my hand and official seal. L Maltbey Notary Public
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No. 4
Jemima Tice
[illegible] [illegible]
NY
Act 7 July 38
[illegible]
G.C. Ames
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Reference being had to certified copy my appointment heretofore filed in the Department 
S. Maltbey [illegible]