Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,523, for John Talmadge, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Talmadge, John

NUMBER
S. 11,523

carded

CONTENTS
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27106
Massachusetts
John Talmadge of Hampden in the state pf Mass who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Bray of the --- commanded by ---- in the  Conn line for 10 months private 
Conn Line -Records corrected Aug 12/85 FS

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of Jany 1834 and sent to James Cooley Esq Granville Mass

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833.  $83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34   16.67
#100.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by George Taylor Clerk,
Book E Vol. 2 Page 85
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28 360
John Talmadge
Application for 
Pension

Private 10 mo Admd
Cap Brag

By James Cooley
Granville Hampden County
Massachusetts
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss.

On this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before Oliver B. Morris Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for said Hampden county John Talmadge of Southwick in said Hampden County aged seventy seven 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 act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 --

That he was born in Branford state of Connecticut on the tenth day of March A.D. 1756 --
I do not know that my birth is recorded in any place
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whatever - when at the age of five or six years my father removed with his family from Branford to Waterbury in New Haven County--

I removed from Waterbury to Southwick about thirty seven years ago and have resided there ever since.

I first was drafted as a private soldier in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution at Waterbury in the latter part of the summer of the second year of the war.

I do not recollect the month nor the day of the month nor the year but believe it must have been in 1776 - I was drafted for two months - Lieut Cleveland and Ensign Nathaniel Lewis were the commanding officers of the company - I was marched immediately to New Haven from thence by water to New York - was imployed on guard and scouting parties, a part of the time about New York and a part of the time in East Chester.

I was near Kings Bridge
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at the time the British attacked New York. Heard the firing of the guns all one day - some of our company were sick and went home - I was myself sick a part of the time, but continued in the service said term of two months and was discharged and went home.

I again enlisted in said service in said capacity at Waterbury in the spring of the next year - suppose it was 1777 - I believe it was in the month of March or April - don't recollect precisely the day or month - enlisted for one month - Abraham Wooster was the commanding officer -

Marched to the North River to a place then called Oromsson - suppose it was what is now called New Windsor - was imployed the whole of the time in sinking the - (illegible) in the river - served out said term was discharged and went home.

I was drafted into said service in said capacity at said Waterbury in the fall season of the next year for the term of
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one month - do not recollect the month or the day - It was soon after harvest - there was an alarm at New York and we were called upon to gather - I was marched to East Chester - don't recollect the name of any officer.

Served out said term was discharged and went home.

In November of the next year at Waterbury I again enlisted in said service in said capacity for the term of three months as a substitute for one Diamond Flagg - Flagg had either enlisted or was drafted and his master not choosing to have him go into the service, applied to me and employed me to go in his stead - Capt. Brag who I think was afterwards a Colonel was the commanding officer - marched immediately to Horseneck where I served during the whole of said term - Col. Thomas who was making provision for the American (illegible) in the west part at Horseneck had a large number of pork hogs which he was cutting up and preparing for use - a large party of the British came on there for the purpose of plunder and
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surprised the Col. with his pork.

Col. Thomas retreated into the house and fastened the doors. Some of the enemy attempted to get in at a window - Col. Thomas shot one of them dead with his carbine - The enemy then forced open the doors, rushed in upon him and carried him as I was told a prisoner to New York.

I understood he was afterward exchanged - I served out this term of three months was discharged and came home.

I was again drafted at Waterbury into said service in said capacity sometime in the month of March in the next year for the term of two months - Capt Gridley of Bristol and Lieut Allcock were the commanding officers.

Marched immediately to Horseneck - served there during said term was discharged and came home.

Besides the foregoing particular terms of service I was called out a great number of times as a Soldier in said service to go to New Haven and elsewhere in that region as a guard in
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protecting and defending the inhabitants on the Coast - I was at Newhaven when the British landed there - I went generally out on these excursions from eight to ten and twelve days and had no doubt I served at these times at least one month.

2 months at New York &
1 Do -- New Windsor
1 Do -- East Chester
3 Do -- Horseneck 
2 Do -- Do
1 Do -- New Haven &
10 (total)

Making in the whole ten months which I claim faithfully to have served my country in the War of the Revolution as a private soldier.

I am very feeble and debilitated having been afflicted many years with a severe shaking palsy which has taken away my strength and impaired all my faculties.

I am sensible, my memory is frail, and am not able distinctly to recollect as to dates or the officers under whom I served - But I have no doubt as to the terms of service and that I have related them correctly.

I know of no person living who can testify to any part of
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my service nor have I any documentary evidence to prove the same

I am well known to the Hon. Enos Foot - Hon John Mils Gen. Forward - Col. Thaddeus Foot Gideon Root Esq, Doct. Humphrey and most of the rest of the people in Southwick any of whom I have no doubt will testify in favour of my reputation for truth and veracity

There is no settled minister at present in the congregational society in Southwick of which society I am a member

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state

John Tallmadge X his mark
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I Gideon Root of Southwick in the county of Hampden hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Talmadge who is making application for a pension - that I believe him to be of the age of seventy seven years - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion
Gideon Root

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss: 

1st Oct 1833 then personally appeared Gideon Root Esquire to me well known and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed - and I certify the said Gideon  Root Esq to be a man of truth and veracity and his deposition entitled to credit
James Cooley Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss:
I Justin Willard clerk of the Probate Court the same being a Court of Probate within & for said county, do hereby certify that James Cooley before whom the preceeding deposition of Gideon Root purports to have been executed is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county & that I believe his name subscribed to the above certificate is his proper hand writing & genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at (illegible) this twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
Justin Willard
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I John Mills of Southwick in the County of Hampden hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Talmadge of Southwick in said County who is making application for a pension - That I believe him to be of the age of Seventy Seven years as he represents - That he is represented and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion.
John Mills

Hampden SS October 24 1833 Then the above named John Mills Esq personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me and I do certify that he is a credible witness.
Oliver B Morris Judge of the Court of Probate
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I Thaddeus Foots of Southwick in the County of Hampden hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Talmadge of said Southwick who is making application for a Pension - that I believe him to be of the age of Seventy Seven years as he states - that he is represented and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion. 
Thaddeus Foots

Hampden SS October 24 1833 Then the above named Thaddeus Foots Esq subscribed and made oath to the foregoing certificate before me, and I certify that he is a credible person.
Oliver B Morris Judge of the Court of Probate
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and I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter; and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that John Talmadge the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states p And I do further certify that John Mills Thaddeus Foot and Gideon Root Esquires are all well known to me, that they are all residents in Southwick and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - And I do further certify that the said applicant by reason of bodily infirmity is wholly unable to attend the Court.
Oliver B Morris Judge of the Court of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for said County the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the Hon Oliver B Morris before whom the forgoing declaration of John Talmadge was made & sworn to is the sole Judge of said Court, & that the name "Oliver B Morris" subscribed to the three preceeding certificates is his proper hand writing & Genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have Hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at (illegible) this twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty three
Justin Willard
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Comptrollers Office
December 17th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that I cannot find any roll of Lt Cleavelands company of militia in 1776; nor of Comdt. Wooster in 1777; nor any evidence of the service of John Talmadge in 1778.
On the books of the Pay Table, under date August 27th 1779, I find charged to the United States, the pay roll of Capt. Asa Brays company stationed at Horseneck L2972, 17, 0. I find no roll of this company, or evidence showing how long it served.
Also, under date 24th September 1779, I find charged the pay roll of Capt. (illegible) (illegible) company New Haven
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alarm. No roll of Capt. Gridleys company has been found; or proof of the duration of their service.
E. Phelps
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Sir
I find no rolls of the companies in what said Talmadge seems to have served but I send all the corroborated evidence I have met with 
Yr Obt Svt
E Phelps
Fee $1
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Feby 8 1834
Mass
W. Addison
Free
Hon James L. Edwards  
Commissioner of Pensions  
Washington D.C.
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Granville 4th Feby 1834 
J.L. Edwards Esqr 
Dear Sir 
Five or six weeks ago I had the honor to transmit to you the application and testimonial of John Talmadge of Southwick for a Pension. 
I supposed the regulations and instructions of the War Dept were so strictly complied with in his case as to insure success, and such was the opinion of the Judge before whom he made his  Declaration. I beg Sir to be excused if too importunate & he is a feeble old man and exceedingly anxious for a decision as soon as practicable.   
I am Sir very Respectfully Your most obt 
James Cooley 
Granville, Massachusetts
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Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Granville Mass 1 Jany 1834 
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Sir -  
Agreeable to your direction I have submitted Mr Talmadge’s Pension papers to the Comptroller at Hartford and his answer is inclosed.  
I think it furnished some corroboration evidence. It is however all that can be obtained. I hope it is sufficient to satisfy your Department. Talmadge is strictly an honest man and his statement is not
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doubted by Gentlemen of the first respectability in the town in which he resides.  
Allow me Sir to solicit your attendance to his application as early as convenience will permit.
I am sir very respectfully Your most Obt servant 
James Cooley
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28360
James Cooley
John Talmadge
Admd [admitted]
10 m. private
Cap Dray
James Cooley
Granville Ms
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
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 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 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 compling with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of
Period when the service was rendered.    Duration of Claimant’s Service.   Rank of claimant. Names and rank of the Officers under whom he served.   Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.   Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
JAMES 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. 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, claiming 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.             
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 A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in the benefit of the provision 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 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. 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 that of 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 hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter 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 subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) 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 contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify 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, 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 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 
The revolutionary documents in the office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts at Hartford Ct. will throw light upon these services &
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer 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 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. 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 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 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person 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, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year - months , and days , I served as a - months and --- days, I served as 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 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 in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly 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 affix 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. 
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.
must be consulted above all other proof.
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May 19 ’98 S. T. Carter Montclair N.J. 
Rev War 
11523 
INVALID
File No. 11523 
John Talmadge 
Pri Rev. War  
Act: June 7th 1832. 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 370 
[Arrangement of 1870]
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States. 
O. W. & N. DIV. 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 
3-076  JWB
Department of the Interior 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Washington D.C. Apr 12 1898
Sir 
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes. In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers. In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below. 
The below mentioned John Tallmadge is an ancestor of mine whose revolutionary service I desire for genealogical purposes.
Respectfully S T Carter 
Very respectfully, 
Mr Stephen Carter. 
B. Chief Evans S.P.  Commissioner.
Plainfield  N. J. 
Full name of soldier, John Tallmadge 
Place of residence before service, probably New Haven Connecticut 
Place of residence after service, probably Connecticut place unknown 
Approximate date of death,  unknown 
Given name of widow, Sarah (Lyon) Tallmadge 
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? His widow did 
Additional information, Sarah Tallmadges name is found in the 6th U.S. Census as a revolutionary pensioner, in 1840 living at Guilford,  aged 82.   John Tallmadge is thought to have been in battle of Long Island 
Signature, 
Post office address including street and number, town, county, and State Stephen Tallmadge Carter M.D. (after May 1st) 17 Plymouth St. Montclair NJ
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE APR 18 1898
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(stamp only)
OLD WAR & NAVY
APR 20 1898
FILES.
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L.W.B.
I 11523
OWN
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States. 
O. W. & N. DIV. 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 
3-076  JWB
Department of the Interior 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Washington D.C. May 12th  1898
Sir 
May 12th, 1898. Replying to your recent communication you are advised that John Talmadge made an application for pension on October 24th, 1833, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Southwick, Mass., and his pension was allowed for ten months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Bray. He enlisted at Waterbury, Conn. 
The above is the only John Talmadge (or Tallmadge) found upon the Revolutionary war pension records. 
Very respectfully, Commissioner
[unreadable] New Jersey
Mr. Stephen T. Carter, 17 Plymouth St..