Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,253, John Tree, Continental Mass.
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(8 - 1776)

SERVICE  NUMBER

Continental Mass. Tree, John S. 18,253
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CONTENTS
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New York 28.550
John Tree
Allegheny Co in the State of New York 
who was a Matross & Priv. in the Company commanded
by Captain Drury of the Regt. commanded
by Col Grant in the Mass tts Militia
& Continental
line for 2 [illegible] mo. Matross 
1 " Private Infty }

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 99 Dollars 18 Cents per annum, 
commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of April
1834 and sent to 
Daniel Raymond Esq

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $ 291.54
[illegible] allowance ending Sept 4 '34 - 49.59
$341.13 [total amount]
{ Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832 }
[illegible] Recorded[sic] by Sam H. Page Clerk, 
[illegible] Vol. 4 Page 82

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Let T.H. Green July 20/52
" A. Tay lor 30 Augt 55

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[illegible]
23 mo Matross
1 " Pri Infty
$99.18

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John Trees Declara-
tion dates Allegany
County N York 
October 1832

[in another hand below]
18233

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On Rolls - Cran es artery [Crane's artillery]
1 June 77 for the war
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State of New York
Allegany County} Ss

On this 30th Day of October 1832 personally appeared in open
court before John Griffin Asa [possibly Setllen] and Josiah Attes
Judges of the court of common pleas of this county of Allegany now sitting
John Tree aged Seventy four 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 7th 1832 -
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That he was born the 7th of June 1758 in the town of Somers in the State of 
Connecticut, has no record of his age is being burnt with his house 30 or 40 years ago -

[note in margin] in 1775
[note in margin] 8 months

In June 1775 being then a resident with his Father at Williamstown in the
county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts he enlisted as a private for Eight 
months under Lieut Isaac Warren of Lanesborough in the state troops -
[margin- 1775 8 months]

Brewer was his colonel. Angel Capt, and Larnard of Pittsfield Ensign - in the same
month marched for Boston and was stationed at Roxbury.

In February 1776 at the expiration of his 8 months time he again enlisted as a
matross in the artillery for one year in the regular or continental line

[margin '76 1 year]

Jonathan or Jothan Drury was his captain  - and Crane was his Colonel
Marched from Roxbury in the following Spring and passed through Norwich &
Newhaven in Connecticut to New York - Stationed there most of the summer under
Fort Knox during which time went over to Long Island under General Sullivan and was in the battle 
of flatbush [illegible] Brooklyn. Came back in the night - soon afterwards he crossed over to New 
Jersey marched through Morristown and Chatham and was in the battle of Trenton

he saw the [Hessians] that were taken there - was also at the battle of Princeton
and saw the british that were taken in that battle

In February 1777 when his year enlistment expired he was on the west side of

the Delaware (or as he says beyond the river) he then again enlisted under the same
officers during the war

 margin-77 11 months]


Continued in that part of the
part of the country the whole of the ensuing season.
Was in the battle of Brandywine - and he thinks but is not quite clear in it
that he was in battle of Germantown

About the first of January 1778 in winter quarters at Valley forge (he thinks)
he became out of health in consequence of which he got a furlough and went
home to Williamstown, continued there and could not return in the spring as he agreed to

Lieut Sturgeon Sloane afterwards came to his fathers probably with a
view of taking him back to the army - other officers also often visited his fathers
doubtless with the same intent, but being sick in bed he does not recollect any
of their names  Did not recover his health till the war had been ended a
long time, probably two or three years -

Remembers to have seen Col Lambs Regt of Artillery freequently [sic]

Thinks the whole time he was in the service of the revolution was
more them thirty (30) months and knows it was not less than that time

Moved from Massachusetts to New York State about the year 1798
and has always lived in this state since that time, has not ben out of these two
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Thinks the whole time he was in the service of the revolution was 
mor than thirty (30) months and knows it was not less than that time

Moved from Massachusetts to New York State about the year 1798,
and has always lived in this State since that time, has not ben out of these two
States since he returned from the army in '78 [1778]  Thinks he never had a discharge
from the service - Remembers he had a writing from the general doctor of the army
(as was said) but 
dont [sic] know how it mad [sic] nor the name signed to it - Gad Lane his brother in law got it and handed it
to him while he was sick - All his papers were destroyed when his house was burnt as above stated

He has no documentary evidence unless his name can be found on the rolls of
the Artillery as above described and does not know of any person whose testimony
he can procure to prove 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

JW Sherman Clerk

We Solomon Rawson and Ezra Brockway and Josh Burt [blank space] John OTree [blank space] residing in
the neighborhood of John Tree hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Tree who
has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy
four 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 John
Burk has known him for 25 years and was always of the same opinion he now is

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Ezra Brockway
S. Rawson
John Burt

JW Sherman Clerk

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 the said Solomon
Rawson Ezra Brockway and John Burt [strikethrough text included in brackets here] [who hath signed the preceding certificate and residents in the the neigh
borhood of the above  illegible and illegible is entitled to illegible
and is entitled to credit]

who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the neighborhood of the said John
Tree and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
John Griffon 
Josiah [illegible]
Asa [illegible]
} Judges

I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the said County of
Allegany do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of application of John Tree for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
[illegible] this 30th day of October 1832
J W Sherman Clk
office at
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State of New York
Alleganey County SS

On this 8th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace^ of the said County, John T5ree who being duly sworn deposeth and saith after examining the within declaration that it is the same which he subscribed and swore to in open court in the tow of angelica in said county on the 30th day of October last without any addition, diminution, or alteration and to the interrogatories prescribed by the war department put to him sepparately ([sic] by me the said justice he upon his oath gave the following answers, viz 1st-Whre and in what year were you born? answer-Somers Conn. 7th June 1858. 2nd have you any record of your age? Answer-No, it was burned with my house 30 or 40 yeas ago. 3rd Where were you living when called into service? Answer-At his fathers house in Williamstown. Thinks in the year 1792 or 3 moved from there to Little Hoosack in this state and since then has lived in as many as 6 or 8 Different places in this state and now lives in the town of  Haight Allegany county=4th How were you called into service? answer Enlisted volunteerly [sic] as all times, in the state troops under Capt. Angel and the other two times in the continental line as a matross under Capt. Drury. 5th State the names of some of the regular officers &c? Answer--Capt. Angel, Lieut. Warren, Ensign Larnerd & Col. Brewer at Roxbury. Capt. Johnson commanded his squad in the Battle at (smudged) Island. Col. Lamb and his regt. were with 
cranes regt. a large portion of the time. Remembers to have seen him at the Jerseys and thinks at New York also at Valley forge. 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? answer-No. he enlisted on the spot both the last times when his two first terms of service expired and left the army at Valley forge on a furlough. Since then had a writing as stated within (illegible) since burned with his house. And furtheer this deponent saith on his oath that the reason he did not get a clergyman to certify to his credibility in court was first there was none with whom he was very intimately acquainted, Folsom the nearest living about 7 or 8 miles distant and secondly his counsel told him it was not indespensibly necessary and again this deponent saith on his oath that in as much as he cannot ay present procure living witnesses to prove his services in the continental line, he is willing to relinquish for the present his claim to a pension for his said services in the continental line and now claims a pension for the first eight months service in the state troops as described in the within declaration and no more reserving always and in every case the right to^ more after procure further proof as the law requires and then to draw an additional pension for this said service in the regular or continental line as within stated. And further this deponent saith that in consequence of old age and loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services under his last enlistment but know it was not less than eleven months which added to the two other terms of service the first eight months and the other one year makes two years and seven months service as a private for which he has formerly claimed and intends again to claim a pension.
(signature) John Tree
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me at my office in Cuba, Allegany aforesaid.
Josiah Stevens, Justice
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me at my office in Cuba Allegany aforesaid. Josiah Stevens, Justice.

State of New York
Allegany County Clerks Office}Ss
(Seal)
I, Judson W. Sherman clerk of the said county of Allegany do hereby certify that Josiah Stevens  before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken is a justice of the peace in the said town of Cuba in this County. That I am acquainted with his hand writing and that his signature subscribed is in his propper [sic] hand writing.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 14th day of June 1833
J. W. Sherman, Clk.

[Margin-All communication for John Tree the within applicant are to be directed to Daniel Raymond of Cuba Allegany Co. N. York. Note made 11th June 1833. Mr. J.W. (illegible) thinks he can find one living witness. D. Raymond]

John Tree Declaration dated Allegany County N. York October 1832.
18233

Admd.
23 mo. matross
1 " Pri. infty.
$99.18

On rolls Cran es artery [Crane's artillery]
1 June 77  for the war
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State of New York
Cattargus [sic] County } SS
Town of Lydon

George F. Allbro being duly sworn saith that he is a grand son of John Tree that he lived with said Tree from the time he was ten months old untill he was eighteen years old that he is well acquainted with Adelia the daughter of said John Tree. Also that he is knowing to said Tree having drawn a pension that he has seen his pension Roll Also that he has heard said Tree say that he never received any land for his services in the Revolutionary War.
George F. Albro
Sworn and subscribed this 11 day of June 1855 before me
Thomas Case, Justice of the Peace
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B26.376
T. H. Green
Oswego N. Y.
July 16, 1852

Encloses affidavits of John Spencer & George F. Albro and enquiries if John Tree has received Bounty Land an [sic] whether his heirs are entitled to Bounty Land.
R
R
General law office
July 19, 1852
Respectfully refers to the Commissioner of Pensions & the writer so informed this day.

July 19/52 Thompson
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N.Y.
Oswego July 16, 1852

Mr. James Wilson
Dear Sir
I wish to inquire as to the Right of the Heirs of John Tree they think there is Land belonging to this heir & she is poor & the only Hier I think and the only Child of John Tree now what I wish to ask is how much Pension aide he draw and when did his pension commence & has he drawn any bounty Land or is there any and due to him or his Children if so will you be so kind as to inform me you will see by the affidavits that she sends that those persons knows something about this matter & if there is any thing for her she would like to find out where it is you please to inform me as soon as may be & oblige.
T. H. Green

James Wilson, Esq.
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No 18233
John Tree Allegay County
New York
Crane's artillery

(illegible)

admd

Daniel Raymond Cuba Allegany
County New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
30 Oct. 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 subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which much be removed, before a pensio can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be doe. These 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. 

Statement, showing the Service of John Tree, Allegany County New York

Period which the service was rendered: Enlisted 1775
Duration of the claimant's service" 8 months
Rank of the Claimant: Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt. Angel
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Col. Brewer
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Country through which he marched: to Boston, stationed at Roxbury
Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period: 74 years, Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary evidence, witnesses certified credible. no clergyman named, two reasons given for it

Period service rendered: enlisted Feby 1776
Duration of service: 1 year
Rank: Matross artillery
Name & Rank of Company officers: Capt. Drury
Name & Rank of General & Field officers: Genl. Knox, Col. Crane
Battles: Flat Bush, Trenton & Princeton
Country through which he marched: Marched to New York

Period service rendered: Enlisted 1777
Duration of service: 11 months
Rank: Private
Name & Rank of Company officers: Capt Drury
Name & Rank of General & Field officers: Col. Crane
Battles: Brandwine, [sic] Germantown

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 exists 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 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 provision make by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)....., with ....and served in the........ (e) regiment of the ........line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and company Officers; the time he left the service; (ad if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rand 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 ever 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 ............
A. B. 
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 not (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. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the.............and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,...............Clerk of the Court of .............do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the 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 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; unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, not 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 ito 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 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 of 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 of 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.
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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 who 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., 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 that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: for....year .....months, and ....days, I served as a.............For .........month 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 eighter in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which 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 authenticated 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 the 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.
--->the notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a Witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department with the declaration.
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18253
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File No. 18253
John Tree
Pri Rev. War

Act: June 7th '32
Index: Vol. 1, Page 379

[Arrangement of 1870]
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4550
Mr. 
Adelia Taylor
Seriba N. Y.
June 11/55
Files application for 
Bounty Land as only heir of her father and brother. Act 1855
address her at Oswego City N. Y.

Encloses stamp and bank note "1.00. Luther Wrights Bank No. 1002"

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June 18/55
Pen. Office
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Serila June 11th 1855
Dear Sir,
Again I resume my seat to hold correspondence with you, In regard to my Fathers pension-I wish to know why you will not give me the back money on my Fathers on my pension that he never received in his life time, as I am the only heir to it, since the law was that pensioners should have their pension, he could not prove it until the year 1832 and received in 1834, will you please to tell me if revolutioners cannot receive Land under the latest act of bounty land. My name when I was a girl was Adelia Tree, my name now is Adelia Tailor (Widow). I also had a brother his name was Nathaniel Jetes Tree, he was shot in (illegible) Battle in 1812 as near as my memory searves [sic] me, his age was 25, he had No wife No Children he almost 6 foot high dark skin black eyes, dark hair, I cannot tell the Captain name, not the regiment he belonged to But I expect they will know at Washington. I know that my dear Brother is dead for a man Brought the sad tidings of his Death and a lock of his hair. I know the stat [sic] is granting land warrant to them that their situation is the same as mine for any thing that I can see there Father there Brother, their grandfathers to my neighbbours all around me where I live in the town of Hanibal County of Oswego I think it is as hard for my Father to fight an my Brother to be killed in the war as any other man and there   [sic] are giving to every one but me, and I am the honest heir to it and the only one
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There was a pension Agent, his Name was William Powel his place of residence was in Livionen, County of Livingston, Stait[sic] of N. Y., told me Adelia Tailor that he knew he could get this pension that I am asking you about, for me, I agreed to give him half of the money, and half of the Land. I payed him 7 dollars down, one year ago the 1 day of last October. I have written 5 letters to him about this. I cannot get one scratch of a pen from him know if he has received any thing from you for me said A. Tailor, Please write to me about it and tell me the truth about it, and if he has not received any think and if the stat [sic] will not grant me any favour write and let me know it so I shall not Blame him I want to know the plain truth about I want you to take the pains to write to me for I am a woman and a lone and one the weakest of Asteology I want a decided Answer if you please, I do not want to waist my money, when I am so poor if there is Nothing to Washington for me.
Write as soon as you receive this. If I had been older I Could told you more about my Brother But I was young when my Brother was shot in the Battle.
My age is 50.
Adelia Tailor
town of Hanibal County of Oswego N. York
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These Evidence are to show that John Tree was my Father and that Nathaniel Jetes Tree was his son, and my Brother.
I will put one dollar in the letter to have you search the records and have you write immediately Back to me.
(illegible) you letter to Oswego City, Oswego County, stat [sic] of New York to
Miss Adelia Tailor

[envelope]
FREE   (postmark-Oswego N. York Jun 13)
To the City of Washington, to the grand Land office or pension office, {with (illegible) and speed
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State of New York
Cattaragua County SS
Town of Lyndon

Be it known that  before me Thomas Case a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorised [sic] by law to administer oaths, personaly [sic] apppeard [sic] John Spencer and being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Adelia Tailor and has been so acquainted since she was a small girl, that her maiden name was Tree that she was the daughter of John Tree. He further saith that he is knowing to the Death of said John Tree, that he died at his house. Also that he is knowing to said Tree having drawn a pension, that he received the first about the year 1829, Further that he heard said John Tree say that he never received any land for his servises [sic] in the Revoloutionary [sic] War.
John   X   Spences
his mark
Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of June 1855 before me
Thomas Case, Justice of the peace
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John Tree
additional evidence


Free
War Department
Pension office
Washington City

Cuba N.Y.
Feb. 27
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Daniel Raymond Esqr. Boston Feby 3d 1834

Sir,
The rolls on which we found the name of John Tree is what is called the eight months service, the ballance of service will probably be found at Washington. You will perceive by the Certificate that the rolls for 1775 are not found in the Office for that year, after the 1st of August.
Yours Respectfully,
Eleazer Homer

fee $2=
We have not as yet been able to obtain any evidence for Mr. Williams. If you can give us any further information respecting his services you will please write us.
Henry White
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J. L. Edwards Esqr. Sir
, On this sheet is all the proof I have yet rec'd from Boston. Mr. Trees first term of eight months I presume is as clearly made out as can be expected from the great lapse of time &c. You will see by his papers as amended that he has relinquished his claim for the Present for his services except the first eight months. If you should not think proper now to grant him but one third of a whole pension I hope you will place his papers on file so that they can be found at any time when he procures additional proof of the other services set forth in his declaration as I presume the money he will first receive will enable him to go to Lanesboro where he thinks he can get all the proof he needs to procure a whole pension.
Yrs &c.
Daniel Raymond
19th July 1834
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan.y. 31. 1834. [January 31, 1834]
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of John Tree, as a private, is
borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Abiathar
Angel's Company in Col. David Brewer's Regt.
where he is allowed from May 1st to the 1st of August,
off for services and travels, three months and
seven days.

m d
3 = 7

John Tree claims for services under Capt.
Angel, Col. Brewer's Regt. the roll after the 
1st of August '75, is not found in its Office.
Edward Bangs [illegible]