Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19260, Martin L Comstock, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Comstock, Martin L.

NUMBER
S 19260

carded
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New York 28645
Martin L. Comstock
Shatanuis in the State of New York
was a Private in the Company commanded
Captain Carter in the Regt commanded
Col Swift in the Connt Militia
for 15 mo 22 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 52 Dollars 44 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of May 1834 and sent to Hon et. Hazeltine H rep
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $157.32
Semi-ani. allowance ending Sept 4 '34 $26.77
 [total] $184.09
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded Sam H Page, Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 131
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State of New York
Otsego County S. Salmon Comstock of the Town of Hartwick in
the County of Otsego and State of New York being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he this deponent was born at the
Town of Warren in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut on the 10th day of May 1766 as [affirm] by the family records of this deponents father which this deponent believes to be
true that Martin L Comstock of the Town of Busti in the
County of Chautauqua & State aforesaid is an elder brother of this deponent. That the said Martin L Comstock as appear from
the aforesaid record was born on the first day of August
AD 1757. And this deponent further saith that the said Martin L 
Comstock lived in the Town of Warren aforesaid with this deponents father Abel Comstock during the whole period of
the Revolutionary War except when he was absent in Camp 
And this deponent father saith that the said Martin Comstock
in the year 1776 left home in Company with Capt Beebe in a
Company of troops but whether of Militia or of regular troops the deponent cannot certainly state & in a Regt commanded by 
Col Ward- that the said Martin was gone from home about
then or per month and as this deponent understood at the time
from the said Martin & from others who went in the same
Company  with him to Long Island - that on the said Martin's return from Long island he marched to the northouse in a
Company commanded by Capt Couch in Col Swifts Regt
and was absent a number of months - returned late in fall
of 1776 sick of the fever ague - that in 1777 the same
Martin marched to the North River in a Compy commanded
by Capt Carter and was given a few weeks this was when
Eropes was [] - in 1778 the said Martin performed
that tour in a company commanded by Capt Sturtevant
at that time went as this deponent believes to horseneck. 
This deponent cannot speak with certainty as to the length of
time the said Martin service altogether nor the time he [ instead] left the service - He [mollents] however his frequently being
called out in [time] of alarm at other times then is herein before 
mentioned - the above named Capt Bubs Capt Couch Capt Carter and Capt Sturtevant were all well known to this deponent
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during and subsequent to the war. that this deponent recollects
of his brother Martins relating many circumstance which occurred in Camp in his coming home from the several [times]
herein before stated which perfectly satisfies this deponent that the said Martin was in said [ ] times-- that this deponent recollects of this deponents mother preparing for the
said Martin a [ ] front with a white fringe around it when
he went [convey] with Capt Couch to the North & [recollects] also of his returning home sick of the fever & ague &  a conversation when this deponents mother and Leah Bliss who was a Scout in Capt Curtis Company and a near neighbors of
deponents father - all of which serve to convince this deponent
of the fact that the said Martin served in the Revolutionary Army
& further with [ ]
Subscribed & Subscribed this 17th day of April AD 1834 - Salmon Comstock
Before me Henry Brown Sup Cl Court
I hereby Certify that I am acquainted with the above named 
Salmon Comstock who made the above [asst] before me that 
he is a man of truth and veracity & that full faith and credit is due to his statement under oath.
Henry Brown Sup Cl Court

State of New York Otsego County
I  Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify, that Henry Brown Esquire, before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date
of the same a Supreme Court Commissioner,
duly appointed, and qualified, and authorized by law to
take affidavits, and to administer oaths: and that I am
acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his
name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his genuine signature,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and
Seal of Office the 18th day of April 1834
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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State of New York, Chautauqua County
On this ninth day of October AD. 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common pleas
of said County, now sitting, Martin L. Comstock, a resident of the town of Busti in the County of Chautauqua and State of New York, aged seventy six 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 June 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
He says that on the fifth day of January
1776 he enlisted for three months in the United
States [ ] at the town of Warren, Litchfield
County and State of Connecticut (where he
then resided) under the command of Capt Barzilla Beebee, Liuet. - Welton, [?] [ ] - Francis, that he marched directly to New York a distance of about 90 miles, that at the city of New York he
joined a Regiment which was commanded by Col. Ward, that he does not recollect the name of the Lieut; Col: nor Major, that he staid two days in the city of New York, then he was ordered to Brooklyn, opposite New York, that while he was there
he was regularly drilled and also he worked in building the forts on Brooklyn heights, that he enlisted for three months and served three months, that when his term of service expired
Gen Thomas was anxious that the troops
should remain longer, that this de-
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deponent volunteered to serve one month longer, that he did actually serve one month more, and under the same officers,
that he enlisted under at Warren aforesaid, that the forepart of May, after having served four months he was discharged and returned home at Warren aforesaid. That on the sixth of May in the same year, he enlisted again for eight months, at the town of Warren aforesaid, for the purpose of marching to the north, that
his Capt name was Ebenezer Couch, his Lieut name was John Ransom, his Ensigns name was John Bliss, Colonel Herman Swift, Lieut,  Col: name was Stow, Majors name he does not recollect, the Adjutants name was Wartrous, from Warren they marched
to Skenesborough in the north part of the State of New York, that he was regularly drilled as a soldier, and also that a considerable part of his time in labor in building boats, that in
the month of October they [ ] their boats to Ticonderoga, that Gen. Arnold appeared to have the command of the boats at
Ticonderoga, that in the month of January 1777 his time of serving expired, he was discharged and returned home to Warren aforesaid, that he enlisted for eight months and served for eight months.
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That in the month of September 1777 there was an alarm and the militia
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were ordered to march to the North river that the forefront of September this deponent marched from Warren aforesaid, 
in the command of Captain Joseph Carter, Lieut. name Gershom Holmes, Ensigns name Ephraim Tanner, that he does not
recollect his Colonels name, that he marched from Warren aforesaid to said to Fishkill in the State of New York a distance of 44 miles, that he staid at Fishkill about one week, then he was ordered to march to Red hook which he did, that he staid at Red hook for 16 [76?] days, then they marched back to Fishkill, that they staid there until the British fleet under [Vaughn] down the river when they were discharged, that he served six months
during this expedition --
That in the fall of 1778 the militia were called out again, that this deponent marched from Warren aforesaid under the command of Capt Peleg Sturdevant, Lieuts name Blake, Ensign name Martin Curtiss, [ ] name Canfield, hat he marched from Warren aforesaid to Fishkill aforesaid, that they were at Fishkill and marching up and down the river expecting the British fleet up the river; that he served six weeks in this expedition
That during the wheat harvest in 1779 he was called out again and marched from Warren aforesaid to Fishkill aforesaid, 
that they expected trouble from the British Fleet, that he served four weeks and
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days in this service, that he was stationed at the Fishkill lower barracks while he served there, that his Capt's name was Carter,
Lieut John Bliss, Ensign Tanner,
That in the month of March 1771 this deponent was drafted to go to Horseneck for two months, a distance of about 70 miles, that on account of the [?] sickness of his wife, he this deponent engaged his brother, Herman Comstock to go in his place, that
his brother went to Horseneck [ ] deponent verily believes and served two months, under the command of Captain Olmstead.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no
person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me J. B. Campbell, a judge of [ ] common pleas.
[signed] Martin L Comstock

To the questions propounded by the Court, the following arrived were made ------------------- 
1. He says he was born the first day of August 1754, at Warren, Litchfield County of Connecticut.
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2 He says he has a record of his age in his family bible.
3 He says he was living at Warren aforesaid when he was called into
service, that he lived there till 1794, when he moved to Cooperstown Otsego N.Y.   That he resided there till within about two years, that two years ago last August he came to Busti, Chautauqua County where he has since resided.
4 He says he has in his declaration answered this interrogatory.
5 He says he has seen Col Courtland, Col: Ward & Col. Swift, also Generals Waterbury, Arnold, [Gates?], Lord Sterling, Thomas, Silliman, Putnam
6 Never rec'd any discharge - nor did he ever hold any commission
7 He says he is acquainted with Alder James Langdon & Jabez Burley and has been acquainted with them for about two years or since he has resided in Busti.
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this [illegible] day of October 1833. before me  JB Campbell

 (signed) Martin L Comstock

We James Langdon a clergyman, residing in the town of Harmony, (about one and a half miles from the residence of the said
Martin A. Comstock) and Jabez Burley residing in the town of Busti aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
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Martin L Comstock who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, )that we have been intimately acquainted with him since he has resided in Busti which is about two years) that we believe [ ] to be seventy six 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, and further that he is a man of [truist] truth & veracity, and that his declaration is entitled to full credit.
Sworn and subscribed in open court this ninth day of October 1833 before me TB Campbell
[Singed} 
James Langdon
Jabez Busley

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogation
inscribed 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 James Langston who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the town [illegible] and that Jabez Busley who also signed the same is a resident in the town of Busti and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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28153
Marlin L Comstock

Hon, Abner Hazeltine H.R. 
[other text crossed out]
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,

Nov. 18th 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your 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.

Statement, showing the service of Martin L Comstock
Period of the claimant's service: 5th June 1776; Duration of Service:  4 months; Rank: Private;  Field Officers:  Cap Beebe, Col Ward; 

Period of the claimant's Service: May 6 - Sep 17, 1777; 
6 months as a Private under Col Swift; Rank: Private
1 month 12 days as a Private under Capt Carter
1 month 12 days as a Private under Capt Sturdevant
28 days as a Private under [illegible]
Total 15 months, 22 days

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 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
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally (a) appeared (a) before A.B. is a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District aged (c) [blank] 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 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) [blank] with [blank] and served in the [blank]
(e) regiment of the [blank] 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 on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] & 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 [blank]
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank]
and C. D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days 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, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank]
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 [blank] day of [blank] 
& 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

It is evident from the number of applicants who served in the [illegible] of Col Swift & Col Beebe of the [union] by the
application?
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Summit
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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 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 the 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
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required

, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that 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 is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, 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
collection 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
of 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 give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if 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 end 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.
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 carry to the credibility in the sum
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
(j)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.

and this proof might 
with [illegible] exertions be obtained
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-52
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
s. 7.19.260
Washington, D. C., _______________, 19___

In reply to your request of ____, received ___for a statement of the military history of Martin L. Comstock 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: Jany 5, 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE 4 MOS. RANK Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED: Captain Bezaleel Beebe Colonel Ward  STATE Conn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT: May 6, 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE: Jany 1777  RANK___
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED: Captain Ebenezer Couch Colonel Herman Smith
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT: Sept. 1777
LENGHTH OF SERVICE: 6 weeks 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED: Captain Joseph Carter  Colonel ✓
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT: Fall 1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE: 6 weeks
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED: Captain Peleg Sturtivant Colonel Canfield
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT: 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE: 4 weeks
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED: Captain Carter  

Battles engaged in,   ___none stated___
Residence of soldier at enlistment, __Warren , Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, __Oct. 9. 1833 His cl. was allowed__
Age at date of application, __b. Aug 1. 1757.

Remarks: --Soldier's father Abel Comstock lived at Warren Conn. during the Rev. War. his mother was alive in 1776, her name is not stated. In 1833 he referred to his wife but her name is not given.

Respectfully,
Commissioner

brothers Herman & Salmon the latter born May 10, 1766 lived at Hartwick, NY in 1834.
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen 
Will you kindly furnish me with any information you may have on file in regard to Martin Comstock Revolutionary War Pensioner, the above was a resident of the town of Busti, Chautauqua Co NY
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and appears on pension list of Revolutionary Soldiers published 1848.
As above is wanted for genealogical record kindly give me all information in regard to family place of birth enlistment [illegible].

Thanking you in advance
I am Very [illegible]
Rhode F Poot
#13 Fueton St
Jamestown
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Revo
Sec
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J. B. FOSTER
DEALER IN 
LIVE STOCK
Home PHone 25-6

R.F. D. 77
Jamestown, N.Y. 8/31 1917

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, DC
Dear Sir: Will you kindly furnish the war record and the information in you department of Martin L. Comstock of the town of Busti, Chautauqua Co. NY.  Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. The pension may not have been granted from the state of NY but he was afterward a resident of this town. I am interested in this party and desire the information for genealogical work
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Thanking you in advance
for this information.
I am
Very Truly
J. B. Foster
R F D #77
Jamestown
N Y

PENSION 
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OFFICE
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Rev War
19260
INVALID.
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File No. 19260
Martin L Comstock
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
Order: - Vol. 2, Page 76
(Arrangement of 1870)

1917 Sept 10 Hist. to Mr J. B. Foster.
1922 Nov 2 History to Rhoda F. Root
aus.
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Jamestown April 24 1834

Hon J. L Edwards,
Sire,  We herewith return to you the declaration of Martin L. Comstock an applicant for a pension, together with an affidavit, corroborating the applicants declaration, made by his brother of Otsego Co. He has not been able to learn the name of any other person who can testify to his service, & we therefore return the papers to you with the evidence obtained hoping it may be deemed sufficient.
We [illegible] by the last evening mail from the Hon A. Hazeltine the [illegible] certificate. 
From the early attention that his case received we presume the [illegible] of pension business has very much subsided & that we shall soon hear from the cases of Stephen Pratt, Jesse Skinner & Abner Barlow.
We sent in the case of Stephen Pratt his affidavit in Oct last stating the length of his service as a Sergeant, since which time we have heard nothing in relation to his claim, & as new applications receive such prompt attention, it seems to be a matter somewhat mysterious with the older claimants, that their cases are so long delayed. The presume however it is in consequence of some rule of examination in your system of business & that they will be taken up in their order. Yours Respectfully 
Brown & Tew

[illegible] certificate has been sent to [illegible] Tew   A.H.

I procured Pratts papers from the office & went to Boston for evidence. A. Hazeltine
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House of Reps..
May 2nd 1874

J. L. Edwards Esq

Der Sir,

I send you herewith the papers of Martin L. Comstock an applicant for a Pension. When acted upon, you will inform me

Yours very Respectfully,
Abner Hazeltine
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Martin. L. Comstock
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Brown & Tew. Attys
Jamestown NY


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Brown & Tew
Jamestown
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I James R Lowry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chautauqua do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Martin L. Comstock for a pension. And I do further Certify that Thomas B Campbell before whom the above declaration & certificate make made is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned & sworn and that his signatures thereto subscribed are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of October 1833.

Jas. B. Lowery Clerk