Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,351, for John Sweet, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
Sweet, John
Mary
NUMBER
R. 10351
CONTENTS
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20.207
New York
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John Sweet 
48652
of Madison Co. in the State of N York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Smith of the Reg. commanded
by Col. Humphrey in the N. York
line for 6 M. & 21 ds
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Inscribed on the Roll of N York
at the rate of 33 Dollars 22 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Aug
1832 and truth C.P. Granger
1833
Morrisville
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 11  $44.64
Semi-anl. allowance ending 42) 11.16 
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$55.80
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Coles Stiles Clerk
Book C. Vol. 3 Page 79
Died Aug. 11, 183[?]
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No. 19.746
John Sweet
Madison County
New York
Admitted
Private 6mo & 21 days

Otis P. Granger agent
Morrisville P. Office
Madison County
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
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A Statement, showing the service of John Sweet Madison County New York
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Period when the service was rendered:
Vol: 1776
Enlis: 1776
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Duration of the claimant's service.
2 months, 21 days
4 months
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Rank of the claimant.
Private
Private
----
Names and Rank of the Company
officers under whom he served.
Cap Knixon, Lieut. Cornell
Ensign Carmar, Capt Clark
Lt. Britt, Capr Smith
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Names and Rank of the General
and Field officers.
Col Humphey
Col Laddington
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Battles in which the applicant was
engaged.

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Country through which he marched
To Fishkill in New York
Poughkeepsie
to Haverstraw Bay
----
Place of abode when he entered
the service, and age at the present
period-
79 years
Dutchess Co.
N. York
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Evidence by which the declaration
is supported
Traditionary
----

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. 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 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 names 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [  ] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[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 [  ] 
&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.
Clerk of the Court of [  ] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of [  ] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [  ] of office, this [  ] day of [  ]
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it 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?
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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court 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 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.
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[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 -------. For------ months and----days, I served as a ----; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase 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. 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 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.

Daniel G. Davidson Exam Clerk
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V3049
In the matter of the
application of
Mary Sweet an
applicant for a
Pension

O.P. Granger of
Morrisville Madison
County N.Y. Agent

Hon
T.W. Bicknell
HR
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I Benjamin Albrow and Dimas Bently of the
Town of Union Vale formerly BeekmansTown
Dutchess County and State of New York being
of sound mind and memory and of the age of eighty years and upwards being duly sworn do depose and say that I Benjamin Albrow am the brother of Mary Sweet whose name was Mary Albrow before her marriage with John Sweet that in the month of July or August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five she the said Mary was Married to John and who then resided in the Town of Beekman in Dutchess County and that I Benjamin Albrow and Dimas Bently was present at the time of the marriage and saw them married 
by the Reverend John Walden with whom we was well aquainted and that the said John Sweet was a Cooper by traid and that the
said John Sweet removed from Dutchess
County and finaly in Madison County where
he died as I have been informed
Benjn Albro
      his
Dimus X Bently 
      mark

Sworn and subscribed
before me November
this the 16 1837
James Zehle[?] Justice of the peace

I James Zehle[?] do Certify that I am well
aquainted with the above named Benjamin
Albrow and Dimas Bently and that they are
both persons of truth and veracity
James Zehle Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Dutches County ⎬ ss. I Henry J Trauer Clerk of
the County Courts and County of Dutchess in
the State of New York do hereby certify that
James Zehle[?] Esquire within named was at the
time of taking the within affidavit a Justice of the
Peace in and for the said County dwelling there
in and duly elected and qualified and further
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting 
of said Justice and verily believe the signature
affixed to said affidavit purporting to be his to
be genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said County the 29th November
1837
Henry J. Trauer Clerk
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State of New York
Madison County Ss  On this 12th day of December 1837 personally appeared before Epenetus Holmes one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of and County, Mary Sweet a resident of the town of Stockbridge in said County aged Eighty four years & upwards, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 1836 - That she is the widow of John Sweet who was at the time of his death a 
Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 1832. She further declares that she was married to the said John Sweet on the twenty fifth day of July in the year 1775, at Beekman Dutchess County New York by the Rev. Mr Waldo. That her husband the aforesaid John
Sweet died on the 11th day of August 1836. and that she has remained a widow ever since that Period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed: She further declares that she has no Record of
her marriage & has not been able to find and
& does not know that any was ever made.
    her
Mary X Sweet
   mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day
& year above written before me &
I certify that the said applicant
cannot from bodily infirmity
attend Court 
Epenetus Holmes a Judge of Madison County Courts

State of New York
Madison County Ss John A. Sweet being duly sworn say, that he iis well aquainted with the above named Mary Sweet & that she has remained a widow ever since the death of
her said husband John Sweet, which took place on the 11th day of August 1836 & further say not.
John A. Sweet
Sworn before me the 12th day of December 1837.
Epenetus Holmes Judge of Madison
County Courts
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Clerks office
Madison County
I John W Farwell Deputy Clerk of the said County do certify that Epenetus Holmes Esq. before whom the two preceding affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the two affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this 12th day of December 1837
John W. Farwell Dep Clk
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John Sweet
declaration
19746

Send return to
Otis P. Granger
Morrisville Madison
County N.Y.
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State of New York
Madison County Ss On this ninth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before James B. Eldredge William R. Fuller Sylvanus Sabor. Eliha Randall & Bara K Beckwith Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Madison in the State of New York, now sitting. John Sweet a resident of the town of Smithfield in said County, aged seventy nine years on the Eleventh day of March 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 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer & served as herein stated. In the month of May in the year 1776 at Batemantown Dutchess County & State of New York he volunteered in the service of the United in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Benjamin Knoxon Leuintenant Martin Cornell & Ensign Joshua Carman in a Regiment commanded by Col Humphrey. Only one company of us consisting of about fifty men under the foregoing Company Offices were ordered to New York - we marched to Fish Kill there went board of a Sloop & sailed to New York & remained there Eleven weeks & quartered while there a foot of the town in Maiden Lane above the City Hall - while at Marden lane, he was principally employed in cutting Jackins for the purpose of building forts when not on guard. After remaining at Maiden lane for a number of weeks, we moved up to the upper end of the City & there kept guard in the market House, until he with the rest of the company was do messed-- our company then returned 
home to Dutchess County. While at Maiden Lane another company commanded by one Capt Laddington quartered in the same house with us. About one week after he returned from the City of New York as aforesaid, & he thinks in the month of August in the year 1776 at Bateman town aforesaid, the enlisted for six months into a company of Rangers commanded by Capt William Clark
& Lieutenant Brit. The duty of this company of Rangers
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was to take & disarm tories & disaffected persons towards the government, with which Dutchess County abounded in the fore part the Revolutionary war: Our company consisted 
of fifty men & then was another company of Rangers from the Nine Partners commanded by Capt Melancton Smith. The two companies did not range together. but would occasionally meet in their excursions - our company ranged principally near the River & a little off from the River, & we took many tories & delivered them to the committee of Safety at Fishkill for trial. We also disarmed all disaffected persons. Col Laddington took a large number of tories on the Fish Kill mountain & sent for our company of Rangers to take them & guard them.  We conveyed them to Fishkill & put them under
guard. Our company help prepare an old sloop at Poughkeepsie as a fire ship & we there help put on board of a Sloop the great chain what was carried down the River & put a across it above the Highlands. Our company also went to Haverstraw bay, what the British ship Asia lay there & we kept guard there. We was so near the ship that we could hear the crew holler on board "all well." At the extinction of four months our company was dismissed at Haverstraw bay by our Captain & we then returned home, having served four out of the six months. He has no documentary
evidence of his service: he knows of no person
who can testify to his said service. He was born at North Kingston Rhode Island on the 11 day of March 1753. & a Record of his age may be found among the Records of that town. He was living at Batemantown when he was called into the service & since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Bateman town, Quemanton, Albany County Augusta Oneida County N.Y.
& in Smithfield Madison County. His present place of residence. He never received any written discharge from the service. Doctor Oran J Cook, Dwight Foster John Jay Knox. Elder Moses, are his neighbors & can
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testify as to his character for veracity & as to their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any State.
    his
John X Sweet
    mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day
& year first aforesaid
A.S. Sloan Clk

We Orange R. Cook & Dwight Foster residing in Smithfield Madison County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Sweet who has subscribed & sworn to the above
declaration that he is a man of truth & veracity that we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age & upwards: that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Orange R. Cook
Dwight Foster
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first aforesaid
A.S. Sloan Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Orange R. Cook &
Dwight Foster are residents of Smithfield Madison County & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the County of Madison aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Sweet for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this ninth day of October 1832.
A.S. Sloan Clk
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June 30, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JOHN SWEET
R. 10351
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. John B. Mayer
3030 Kromer Avenue
Everett, Washington

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the RevolutionaryWar record of John Sweet, of Dutchess County, New York, who,
you state, received a pension, having enlisted at Beekman, New York, whose wife was Mary Albro, and that two of his children were Benjamin and Stephen.
The record of John Sweet follows as found in the papers of pension claim, R. 10351, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Sweet was born March 11, 1753, in North Kingston, Rhode Island; the names of his parents were not given.
While residing in "Bateman", evidently meant for Beekman, Dutchess County, New York, John Sweet Volunteered in May, 1776, served as private in Captain Benjamin Noxon's company, Colonel Humphrey's New York regiment, marched to Fishkill, went on board a sloop and sailed to New York where he remained eleven weeks engaged in guarding, and in cutting fascines for the purpose of building a fort. He enlisted in August, 1776, a week after he had returned home and served four months as private in Captain William Clark's company of rangers, Colonel Laddington's New York
regiment.
After the Revolution, the soldier resided in "Bateman", Dutchess County, in "Quemanstown", evidently meant for Coeymans, Albany County, Augusta in Oneida County, then in Smithfield, Madison County, all in the State of New York.
John Sweet was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, while a resident of Smithfield, Madison County, New York. He died there August 11, 1836.
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John Sweet, while residing in Beekman, New York, married there July 15, Mary Albre. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. 

In 1837, solderi's widow, Mary Sweet was living In Stockbridge, Madison County, New York.

No names in the claim were designated as those of children of John Sweet and his wife, Mary.

In 1837, one John A. Sweet, age not stated made affidavit in Madison County, New York.
No names in the claim were designated as those of children of John Sweet and his wife, Mary

In 1837, one John A. Sweet, age not stated, made affidavit in Madison County, New York, his relationship to the soldier not shown.

In 1837, Benjamin Albro, brother of Mary Sweet, soldier's wife, was a resident of Union Vale, which was formerly Beekman, Dutchess County, New York.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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House Reps
Washington Jan 11th 1838

Dear Sir
Enclosed papers of Mrs. Sweet are returned to me with a request to present them for reexamination, you will see by the communication from Mr Granger what is desired. I am Sir Respectfully Yours &c
B. Bucknell

J.L. Edwards Esq
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War Department
Pension Office
Dec 29. 1837
Sir
The papers of Mary Sweet widow of John
Swat have been examined and are herewith
returned. It does not appear in her declaration upon whose services the claim is founded
A Supplement declaration should be made in conformity with the regulations of the Department a printed copy of which is herewith enclosed - Before parole evidence  
of the marriage can be [accepted][?] it should be made to appear that record evidence cannot be found.
When the claim of her husband was admitted, we had no rolls to rebut the claimants statement, and the consequence was that the pension was granted or proof which was not rich
In his declaration he states that he served 5 months in Capt Rosecrants Company in 1775. In 1776 5 months in Capt Pearcy Company Col
Swartwouts regt; 4 mo in Capt Vials Company
4 months in Capt Clarkes Company & 5 months in a company, Captains name not remembered. By the rolls of Capt Rosecrants Company obtained since
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his claim was admited it appears that he served but two months and ten days. There is no evidence in the Department of such service
in Col Swartwouts regt as that described after
1776. All the claimant can be allowed upon the
evidence in support of her claim for the revolutionary services of her husband before the Department is a pension for seven months and ten days. If it be decided to accept a pension for this term a pension certificate will be issued accordingly
End

Hon B. Bicknell
29 Dec 1837
OC

Hon B. Bicknell
House Reps
NY
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N. York
Mary Sweet

[??] B. Bicknell 25 June
10357
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War Department
Pension Office
Dec. 29 1837

Sir,
The papers of Mrs. Mary Sweet, widow of John Sweet, have been examined and are herewith returned. It does not appear by her declaration, upon whose services the claim is founded. A supplemental declaration should be made in conformity with the regulations of the Department, a printed copy of which is herewith enclosed. Before parole evidence of the marriage can be received, it should be made to appear that no record evidence can be found.

When the claim of her husband was admitted, we had no rolls to rebut the claimant's statement, and the consequence was that the permission was granted on proof which was not rich as we now require. In his declaration he stated that he [illegible] five months in Capt Rosecrant's ^company in 1775; In 1776 five months in Capt. Pearce's company, Col. Swartwout's regiment; four months in Capt. Veul's[?] company, four months in Capt. Clark's company; and five months in a company, Captain's name remembered. By the rolls of Capt. Rosencrant's company, obtained since his claim was admitted, it appears that he served but two months, and ten days. There is no evidence in the Department of such service in Col. Swartwout's regiment
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as that described after 1776. All the claimant can be allowed upon the evidence in support of her claim for the revolutionary services of her late husband now before the Department is a pension for seven months and ten days.
If it be decided to accept a pension for that term, a pension certificate will be issued accordingly.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Sevt.
J L. Edwards

Hon. B. Bucknell
House of Representatives
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War Department
Pension Office
June 25. 1838
Sir
The papers of Mary Sweet enclosed in the letter of Otis P. Granger Esq have been reexamined and placed on file - There being two pensioners of the name of John Sweet under the act of 1832 it did not distinctly appear from her declaration which was the husband of the claimant, as stated in my
letter of the 29th ulto. But there seems now to be no doubt but that it was John Sweet who claimed to have served two months and 2 days in Capt Knoxons Company in 1776 and 4 months in a company of Rangers under Captain William Clark
At the time this claim was admitted, there was
nothing in this office but the applicants statements.  
It has since been ascertained that the company of Rangers under the command of Captain Melancthon Smith, said to be upon the same footing with that under Capt Clark, were
minutemen & not in actual service except occasionally. In order to a satisfactory
investigation the duration of the tour of service in Capt Clarks company should each one of them be distinctly specified
The evidence in regard to the marriage of the
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claimant required by my letter of the 29th also has not been furnished

Hon [?] Bicknell
25 Jan 1838

Hon [?] Bicknell
House Reps
NY
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May 25 96
sold pensd to
Geo W Wing
Kewannee Wis
---
Mch 26-1907
Mrs. A.C. Nical
Troy Ohio
---
1938, June 30 - Hist. to Mrs. Jms B. Mayer [?]
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REJECTED
10,351
P.O.___
Mary Sweet
Service:____
Enlisted:___, 18
Discharged:___, 18
Application filed:____. 18
Alleges:___
Re-enlisted:___
Attorney:___
P. O._____
____Recognized.   ____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for ______, 18
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10351 Wid. Rej
---
John Sweet
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Oct 9. 1832- 79
Smithfield, Madison C. My
Bork Mch. 11. 1753.
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May 76. Beekmantown N.Y.
Capt. Benj Knoxon
Col Humphrey
Pvt 2.m  21 d
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Aug. 76 Capt Wm Clark
Col Luddington
pvt 4 m
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No Bat.
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3049
Mary Sweet, widow of John
N. York, Papers returned
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June 6, 1938
[Received JUN 11 1938]

Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
I desire an abstract of pension application of John Sweet, of Dutchess County, New York. He enlisted at Beekman in the Revolutionary War and his claim for pension was allowed. His wife was Mary Albro and among his children were sons Benjamin and Stephen. I would appreciate all family data.

Very truly yours,
Julia M. Moyer

Mrs. John B. Moyer,
3430 Kromer Avenue,
Everett, Washington.
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O. W. & N. DIVISION
MAR 18 1901
RECEIVED

MIAM CHAPTER
March 11-1901

Bureau of Pensions
Wash. D.C.
Will you please send me what information
you can in regard to a Revolutionary
soldier named John Sweet, who was an ancestor of mine. We think he enlisted in
Vermont; but he later lived and drew a pension
at Sangerfield, Oneida Co N. Y.

Very truly
Mami P.. Nicol

Ada 
Mrs. A.C. Nicol
Troy Ohio
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GEO. W. WING,
LAWYER.


Kewaunee, Wis: May 18th, 1896.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir
Please send me a certificate showing the service of John Sweet of Washington County, New York, in the War of the Revolution. He was a pensioner of the United States and is said to have served in a New York regiment.
He died at Madison County, N.Y. I state this so that he may not be confounded with another
John Sweet who served in a Rhode Island regiment who lived and died at Upton in 
Massachusetts.
Very Respectfully,
Geo W. Wing
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[Stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
MAY 21 1896

OLD 
MAY 23 1896
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