Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14697, for George Titlar, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
Titlar, George

NUMBER
S.14697
CONTENTS
Carded
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Died Mar. 28. 1839 (AB)

1303
New York
George Titlar

of Mt. Pleasant in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith the Regt. commanded by Col. Nicholl in the New York
line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Octbr. 1832
and sent to A. Lockwood (sing sing)

Arrears to 4th of Sepr. 1832 $39.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 $13.33
[total] $53.32
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
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Recorded by
Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book D Vol. 5 Page 144
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Titlar, Geo.
NY S14697

4218
George Titlar
admitted
8 mo
$26.66
Albert Lockwood
Sing Sing
N. York

Titlar, Geo.
NY S14697
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BRIEF in the case of George Titlar
of Mount Pleasant in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ---
3. How old is he? Seventy nine years
State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
(1) 1776 March
Duration of service:  3 months
Rank: Private
Names of Officers under whom he served:
Capt. James Smith
(2) 1776 July
Duration:  5 months
Rank:  Private
Officers:  Capt. James Smith, Col. Nicholl
(3) 1777
Duration:  Service not stated and not positively claimed
Rank: Private
Officers:  Capt. Bell
5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Orange, N. York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a Clergyman & Andrew Graham
certify to traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? ---
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
D. Krute, Examining Clerk
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No 4218
Mr George Titlar
Application for a Pension under Act
of June 7th 1832
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832

State of New York
County of WestChester} ss:
On this first day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Surrogate of the Surrogate Court of the said County of WestChester, now sitting George Titlar a resident of the town of Mount Pleasant in the said County of Westchester and State of New York, aged seventy nine 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.
That he entered the service of the
United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated;  that
is to say, he entered the said service as a
volunteer about the last of March in the year
one thousand seven hundred and seventy six
(as near as this declarant can recollect;)
in the militia of the State of New York for
the term of three months and served in
the company commanded by Captain James
Smith (the name of the Colonel of the
Regiment to which he was attached; he
does not now recollect). That at the time he
entered the said service he resided in the
County of Orange in the State of New York, that he served a part of the said
term on Governor's Island in the State of
New York, and the residue thereof in
the City of New York, where he was discharged
at the expiration of the said three months.
And the declarant further
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states that he again entered the service of
the United States as a volunteer in the
Militia of the State of New York some
time in the month of July (as near as this
declarant can recollect) in the year one
thousand seven hundred and seventy six
for the term of five months in the company
commanded by the said Captain James
Smith and was attached to the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Nicholl. That
at the time of his entering the service
for the said last mentioned term he resided
in the County of Orange in the State of
New York, that he immediately joined
the army somewhere in the neighborhood
of Kings Bridge in the said County of
West Chester, that he was quartered for
some time in that vicinity; that from
thence he marched with the American
army through the County of West Chester to
the town of White Plains in said County
and was with the army in the Battle at that
place.  That from thence he marched with
the American army to the northern part of
the said County, and finally went
into winter quarters at Peekskill in
said County at which place he was
discharged at the expiration of said
five months.
And the Declarant further states that
during the summer of the year one
thousand seven hundred and seventy seven
he resided in the County of Orange on
banks of the Hudson River, about thirty
miles from the city of New York; that
he belonged at that time to a company
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of militia in that neighborhood commanded
by one Captain Bell: that two of the
enemy's ships - as near as he can recollect -
lay in the Hudson River in the bay of
Tappan (on the west shore of which the
Declarant then resided) for about one month
and a half  - that parties from said Vessels
were frequently attempting to land: and
that the declarant together with the militia
of that place were obliged to
be ready at a moment's warning, and
were almost constantly under arms
during the time the enemy's Ships remained
there, and the Declarant was frequently
engaged in repelling the attempts of the
enemy to land. But the Declarant states
that he did not consider that he belonged
to the army at that time, nor did he
receive pay as he did during the said
terms of thee and five months.
And the Declarant further states, that he was born in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty three in Ireland-- that he has no
record of his age- that he came to
this Country in the fourth or fifth year
of his age - that he resided in the
said County of Orange at the time
he entered the service as aforesaid - that since the Revolutionary War he has resided a part of the time in the said County of Orange (now Rockland) and in the City of New York, and that he now resides and has for many years past
resided in the County of West Chester
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That he entered the service at both
periods herein before mentioned as a volunteer. That he will not now undertake
to state the names of any of the continental
or regular officers who were with the troops when he was in the service - that his service on Governor's Island and in the City of New York was so early in the war that he thinks there could not have been any regular troops with them-- that in his second period of service he was with the army under Gen Washington during the greater part of the time, but his
memory is imperfect and he does not
now recollect distinctly the names
of any regular officers. That whether
he received written discharges on leaving
the service or not; he does not now recollect,
if he did, he has now no knowledge of
them. 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 herby 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.
[signed} George Titlar
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid before me
Jonathan Ward, Surrogate.
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We Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey a clergyman
residing in the town of Mount Pleasant in
the said County of West Chester and Andrew
Graham residing in the same place
hereby certify that we are well acquainted
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with George Titlar who has made and sworn 
to the above declaration; that
we believe him to be seventy nine 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 the said J.
S.C. F. Frey further certifies that the said
George Titlar is now and has been for
several years deacon of the Baptist Church in
the Village of Sing Sing in said County of Westchester and that he is entitled to full credit and belief.
Sworn and subscribed this 28th 
day of July 1832 by the said J.S.C.F. Frey, 
before me
[signed] Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey
 and by the said A. Graham
[signed] A. Graham
[signed] Charles Yoe, Justice of the Peace
A. Graham Commissioner of Deeds

And the said Court do hereby declare his 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 him that Joseph Samuel C F Frey who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Mount Pleasant and County of WestChester aforesaid, and that Andrew Graham who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I the said Surrogate
have hereunto affixed my official seal this
1st day of August 1832
Jonathan Ward, Surrogate --
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State of New York
West Chester County } ss:

I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of said County do certify that Jonathan Ward who has signed the preceding declaration & certificate is the Surrogate of the Surrogate Court
of said County, and that the said Court has a
seal of which the within is genuine, and further
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of said Surrogate and believe the signature subscribed to the said declaration and certificate to be his.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name this 1st day of August 1832.
N Bayles Clk
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State of New York
Westchester County } ss:
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that Charles Yoe Esqr, the person before
whom the annexed affidavit was taken, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I believe the signature subscribed to be his.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
the seal of said County and subscribed my
name this First day of August 1832
N Bayles
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State of New York
West Chester County} ss:

I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that Andrew Graham, the person before whom the annexed affidavit was taken
is a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Commissioner and verily believe the signature subscribed to be his -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name this first of August 1832.
N Bayles Clk
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December 13, 1938
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GEORGE TITLAR
S. 14697
BA - J/MLB

Mrs. Edith Titlar Wolcott
P. O. Box 646
White Plains, New York

Dear Madam:

Further reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of George Titlar, of New York State, who was pensioned on account of his service.
You are furnished herein the record of George Titlar as shown in pension claim, S. 14697, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War, the only one of that name under any spelling found in the pension records of that war.
George Titlar was born in 1753 in Ireland, and when four or five years of age came to this country. The names of his parents were not
given.
While residing in that part of Orange ( which later became Rockland ) County, New York, George Titlar volunteered the last of March, 1776, and served three months as a private in Captain James Smith's company in the New York troops. He volunteered in July, 1776, served five months as private in Captain James Smith's company, Colonel Nicoll's New York
regiment, was in the battle of White Plains, wintered at Peekskill and was discharged at the expiration of the term for which he enlisted. He
volunteered in the summer of 1777 and served one and one half months as private in Captain Bell's New York company engaged in preventing from landing of two British vessels which lay in Tappan Bay.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, while a resident of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York.  He was for many years a deacon in the Baptist Church in the Village of
Sing Sing, New York. He died March 28, 1839.
It is not shown whether George Titlar ever married.
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In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following dates:
George Titlar
Certificate #1303
Issued October 31, 1832
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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14697
INVALID.
Rev War
No. 14697
George Titlar 
Priv. Rev War
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Act June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 376
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mch. 21, 98 M.F.
Francisco, Rutland Vt.
Dec. 13 - Hist to Mrs Edith T. Wolcott
M.L.B.
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February 28, 1940
Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administration,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

re: George Titlar -- S. 14697
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:

Referring to your letter of December 13, 1938,
which was in reply to my inquiry about the war record of George Titlar, my great great grandfather. I greatly appreciate the information given me.
Your letter stated that the record does not show whether he ever married. Please record that he married Mary Cargill and had two sons and three daughters. This information was obtained through research of wills, mortgages
and deeds; also the census of 1790.

Very truly yours,
Edith Wolcott

P. O. Box 646,
White Plains, N. Y.

[handwritten note:  "Put in the case"]

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VETS ADM.]
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Executive Department.
Vice President.
(Dictated by I.H.F.)

M.J. Francisco & Son,
49 Merchants Row.
RUTLAND, VERMONT.
March 9, 1898.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly advise me if the pension
rolls show the names of George and Peter Titlar or Tytler of New York; both of these persons served in New York state regiments during the Revolutionary war, but as the family papers and records have been mislaid I am unable to give you more definite details as to enlistment.
Thanking you for reply in the matter,
I am,
Yours truly,
[illegible]

Enclosure:
( 1 )

H/8
[circular stamp:  U S PENSION OFFICE
MAR 11 1898]
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Rev & 1812
November 2, 1938.

W. S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Can you furnish me with any information
about one, George Titlar, [handwritten note: 'only one'] who was a member of the company in Washington's Army who laid the great chain across the Hudson River at West Point, during the Revolutionary
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War. His name appears on the pension
Roll October 31, 1832, but not in the
New York Revolutionary Records on file in
Albany. I am writing, or trying to, a genealogy
of the "Titlar" family of which I am a descendant.
I shall appreciate any information you can supply
or from what other

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source, any would be recorded.
where it could be obtained.
Thank you
Edith Titlar Wolcott
P.O. Box 646,
White Plains, N.Y.
Postage enclosed.
3 ct stamp enc.

[handwritten note:  "ret. Nov. 4"]