Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,513, for Jacob Tanner, New York
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New York
Tanner, Jacob
S 11.513
Carded
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24070
New York
Jacob Tanner
Of Schoharie County in the state of New York, who was a sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Gates of the regiment commanded by Col. Volhert in the New York line for 18 months, a sergeant
& 6 months a private
Inscribed on the roll of New York
At the rate of $116 Dollars 66 cents per annum 
To commence on the fifth day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29Th day of Oct.
1838 and [illegible]  Thos. Sawyer
Sawyersville
Arrears to the 4th of September.’35 $291.66
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar. ‘34
$291.66
58.33
$349.99
Revolutionary claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Po. Astile , Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 page. 81
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Jacob Tanner‘s pension
Papers- Sharon, Schoharie County,
State of New York
25441
Note, J. Tanner was an actor during the whole of the war in the units of the state of New York. Actual fatigues sworn under.
Captain Yates 10 months
Captain Putnam four years
Enlistment until made prisoner by Brandt from his captain till his release at Boston.
Months 13
Months 28
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State of New York
Schoharie County SS:
On this eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before William Backman, Esquire, first judge of the court of Common Pleas, County of Schoharie at the residence of the applicant (an invalid, Jacob Tanner, a resident and inhabitant of the town of Sharon in the county aforesaid aged 87 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. As follows [illegible] that he the said Jacob Tanner aforesaid a revolutionary soldier and invalid resides in the town of Sharon, in the county of Scholarie and State of New York, that he was born at Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania about the year one thousand seven hundred and forty five and that he was now in the month of December of the year  one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, eighty seven years of age. That there is not to his knowledge a record of his age, but that this fact is denied from deponent’s recollection of the declarations of his parents respecting the time of his birth. That in the year 1759 or 1760 the deponent moved to Currytown in the town of Root Montgomery county, state of New York. That previous to the battle at Montauk on Long Island in August 1776, and in the commencement of the revolutionary struggle, he volunteered in the company commanded by captain Robert Yates, which was subordinate to the control of general, a colonel Volkest Vedder and from the time until he volunteered into Captain Garrett Putnam‘s company he was a Minuteman liable to be, and according to emergencies was frequently summoned to various parts of the county of Montgomery County situated upon the Mohawk river, which with Schoharie County were frontiers of the war in the state of New York and the territory occupied by hundreds of Indians and Tories, who were constantly seeking opportunities to commit some outrage by fire or the sword. That Deponent was frequently at the place, called the Rocks behind the village of Johnstown in Montgomery, where a large numbers of Indians and Tories lurked and watched opportunities for a descend upon the inhabitants. The first time deponent was there he was led by Captain Yates and at other times under the direction of the officers of the corps with the Lieutenant Nicholas Dockstader, Abraham Vedder, and others not particularly recollected. That on or about Johnstown, the deponent believes he was full five months on fatigue duty as a soldier deponent was frequently at Stowe Arabia. Also on the Mohawk river from 2 to 5 days at a time under Captain Yates the deponent was in Captain Yate’s company which was stationed at Caughuawaga a base along the valley of the Mohawk that the company remained there several days, and not being able to move the enemy retired and upon the ensuing morning, Sir John Johnson and his marauders burns the houses and plundered what was of value. This occurrence happened
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Previous to Burgoyne’s surrender the deponent cannot give particular dates of many things related of the facts or strongly compromised his mind. Deponent then next under Captain Robert Yates quartered  at Cherry Valley a town in Ostego County at different times before and after the neighborhood was devastated by Colonels Butler and Brandt. Deponent says that he was constantly on the alert, attending the cannons and frequent summons of his officers to meet the incursions of the foe.
Deponent beliefs and has no hesitation in asserting that since the commencement of the war, when he first served under Captain Yates up to the period, he again volunteered into another company of a militia as in hereafter, detailed being a space of about five years he served more than 10 months, in actual fatigue duty. Deponent volunteered again and enlisted himself to the company commanded by captain Garrett, Putnam or Patman whose company was attached to the regiment of Colonel Marinus Willet, in which company deponent to held the office of Sergeant by appointment in other words, he officiated as such without having any printed or written commission for said office nor has he any documentary evidence growing to prove the discharge or even to show that he has even performed the least duty during the war. That he volunteered in this company about the first of June seventeen hundred and eight one, several months previous to the battle fought under Colonel Willett against the enemy on the Mohawk, which occurred the latter part of October 1781. Deponent was immediately sent with six or seven others of the militia who were directed to guard John Vedder’s gristmill situated in Canajoharie upon what are the streams of the Mohawk river here they all remained about a fortnight. Colonel Willetts forces quartered at this time at Fort Plane in Montgomery County deponent returned from the flower mill and was stationed with five or six persons at a place about 4 miles west of Fort Plane called Fort Plank  or Platte. That he remained there until the beginning of October  1781. When two of Colonel Willet’s companies were dispatched to the town of Sharon now a town of Schoharie county line south of Montgomery County for cattle for the use of the soldiers stranded at the aforementioned place. The two companies were commanded by Captain Putnam and Gross. They marched through the wilderness 15 miles to Henry Hamis  Mills where theyremained overnight.
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Not being able to obtain any cattle, the two companies started the ensuing day upon their return to the fort. The sergeant and one Frederick Olman, neighbors had families residing at Currystown, the county of Montgomery who were expired daily to some struggling club of Indians were advised  by the commanding officers to return to the fort by the way of their homes, the deponent and his comrade Olman and the company separated near the place of the present site of the Dutch Reformed Church in Sharon and while in the way were being sited in the cedar swamp in the north of Sharon, where they were obliged to stay during the night on again advancing that succeeding morning about 180 yards, they were surprised by a party of Indians eleven in number and a white Tory by the name of John Harr, who had lodged the same night within about 200 yards of them in the same swamp as some as the Indians discovered them, they pursued this deponent and Olman about three miles when they escaped the Indians by prostrating themselves flat upon the ground on the top of the hill lock while the Indians curved around the hill into the valley below. Deponent and Olman took advantage of that circumstance, and immediately started in a different direction and pursue their course without interruption until they arrived at Currytown but before they reached their houses deponent and Rinan  were captured by a company of Indians who were headed by Henry Brandt hey cousin of Colonel Joseph Brandt who took them after making prisoners, W. Olman‘s father and mother to Fort Hunter, where they were with opponent first under guard the 24 October, 1781. In the succeeding morning, deponent, Olman and his father-in-law together with 13 other prisoners were drove back of Johnstown where they were detained two days from this place, captured with others were escorted as prisoners by the savages to Fort Niagara and then kept as prisoners until the spring of 1782 from this place opponent was just with large number of prisoners on a transport ship to Sackett Harbor where the previous were kept overnight. On the following day the deponent other prisoners were sent in small boats to a place called, and only known to deponent as the island of despair in the river St. Lawrence where the British kept their prisoners.
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The place was in nestled and guarded by revolutionary force a husband a Fort near to this the name of which is not recollected by the deponent. The deponent was delivered on this island the latter part of May seventeen hundred and eighty two during the [illegible] week or the week of White Sunday. Deponent was detained over two months the fall of 1782. From the Island deponent was transported sometimes by water, sometimes traveling by land to Montreal where deponent and between one hundred and two hundred prisoners were first aboard a sloop or transport ship and sent to Boston. Deponent arrived at Boston in the month of November 1782. From there deponent walked home the distance of about 240 or 50 miles. Deponent was a wheelwright by trade and that the Indians torched his dwelling house together with seventy or eighty others along the valley of the Mohawk River, that at the time of the destruction of his house, in furniture and effects he lost about the value of three hundred dollars. The deponent says he was reassigned with the officers, Major Newkirk, Captain Gardner and General Vedder. 
Deponent has no written evidence that he had  a commission or a discharge, no way to prove a single days duty during the Revolutionary War. That Benjamin D. Lina, Jacob Denis, Joseph Meyer’s, Rudolph Keller and John Lewis, prisoners were dead and at Boston they came home together, but they are all dead. That there is no living witness who can testify to any of the circumstances relating to the service of deponent as set forth, unless it be Frederick Olman and wife.
The deponent further testifies that of the person residing in his vicinity Mrsers. Frederick  P., Csounse, Jacob Moak, Peter Vandersvesker, J. Couradt or either of them are well acquainted with him and can testify one and all to  Deponent’s veracity and their belief in [illegible] to Deponent’s revolutionary times.
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The deponent states that in the revolutionary war when he was called into service and he lived in Currytown in the town of Root, Montgomery where he resided twenty two years and moved from there twelfth May eighteen hundred and four to the town of Sharon Schoharie county,  state of New York when he has ever since and now continues to reside. And the said Jacob Tanner claims the previous allowed militia man for two years since the war. 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.
Jacob Tanner
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid by me.
William Beekman
First Judge of Schoharie County Court
We, Philip I. Harding , a clergyman residing in the town of Sharon in the county of Schoharie and state of New York and Peter Vanderwarken, Peter Houghtaling and Frederick P. Csorouse residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Tanner who has subs and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty seven 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.
Philip Harting Pastor of the Spociate Lutheran Churches, Sharon
Peter Vanderwanker
Peter Houghtaling
Frederick P. Csorouse
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid before me
William Beekman first judge of Schoharie County Court
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State of New York
Schoharie County SS:
And the said William Beekman of the town of Sharon county and state aforesaid first judge of the court of common pleas in and for said county of Schoharie certifies on the 18th day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three he repaired to the dwelling house of Jacob Tanner, the person described in the above proceedings and upon description and examination was satisfied that they said Jacob Tanner the applicant cannot attend court on account of bodily infirmity, but they said judge further certifies that it appears to him that Philip Wieting who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman and resident in the town of Sharon and the county of Schoharie aforesaid and that Peter Vanderwasker, Peter Houghtailing and Frederick P Crounse who have also signed the same, are residents in the place last aforesaid and are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit.
William Beekman
First Judge of the County Court of Schoharie County 
State of New York
Schoharie County SS: David H. Kibbee a physician surgeon of the town [duplicate, of the town] of Cobbleskill in the county aforesaid, certifies to the war Department that said J. Tanner of the town of Sharon, county aforesaid aged about eighty seven years is laboring under a severe dropsical swelling of the local extremities (the legs and the feet) and an inability to retain urine. And have no hesitation in certifying that it would be extremely injudicious for him under any circumstances to leave his place of abode, Cobbleskill.
April 20, AD 1833
Daniel H. Kibble M.D.
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State of New York
Schoharie county SS: Frederick Olman of the town of Carlisle in the county of Schoharie and the state aforesaid aged seventy seven years being duly sworn deposeth  and says that he was well acquainted with Jacob Tanner the applicant mentioned in the above proceedings during the revolutionary war and that he knows that Jacob Tanner aforesaid enlisted as a volunteer in a company of militia, commanded by Captain Robert Yates attached to the regiment commanded by Colonel Volkert Vedder and that he did duty as a militiaman in said company at Cauguanwaya that said company belonged to the line of the troops of the state of New York that they resided in the county of Montgomery situated upon the Mohawk river that he frequently saw Mr. Tanner during the first period of the war about five years and that he knows that the said Tanner previous to enlisting into Capt. Garrett Putman’s Company, served during said time in the war upon the frontier settlements of New York and that he knows that the said Tanner has performed actual fatigue duty as a militia soldier full nine months. The deponent further says that the said Jacob Tanner volunteered in a company of militia commanded by Garrett Putnam sometime in the forepart of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty one which company belonged to Colonel Marinus  Willet’s regiment of the New York line of state troops and that he served from the time as Sargent in said company up to the time he was taken prisoner by the enemy. 
Deponent further testifies that he belonged to said company and that while Colonel Willets regiment were quartered at Fort Plane he, as a private, and several others, others together with Sargent Jacob Tanner as aforesaid were stationed as a guard at Fort Plane, that they remained there until October
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Seventeen hundred and eighty one which. That two companies were sent belonging to Colonel Willet’s regiment to Sharon, Schoharie county, one commanded by Captain Garrett Putnam, and the other by one Captain Leonard Gross for cattle, none being found, the companies proceeded to return to the fort. The witness and Jacob Tanner by the court, and advice of the officers who commanded, went by way of Curry town, by the way of their families who were exposed to the enemy to see whether any depredations had been or were likely to be committed upon them while on the March night overtook them this witness, and Jacob Tanner in a cedar swamp in the northerly part of the town of Sharon. Were they slept overnight the witness and Jacob Tanner, the next morning were pursued by a party of Indians and a Tory called Har and escaped them after being pursued about 3 miles through the wilderness. Witness and Jacob Tanner then continued their route to Currytown and when within a 2 miles of Mr. Tanner‘s home witness and said Tanner were captured by a club of Indians, headed by Henry Brant, and were sent with other prisoners to Fort Hunter, where they were all put under guard the 24th day of October seventeen hundred and eighty one that after being prisoners together, they were separated, and as witness understands at the time and ever since, was sent to Fort Niagara at the head of Lake Ontario. Witness further testifies that after they advanced at Fort Niagara, he saw Jacob Tanner there
about a fortnight time as a prisoner. Witness was then conveyed as a prisoner to Kingston and did not see they said Jacob Tanner, until after peace was declared. The witness further states that they said to Jacob Tanner, previous to
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joining Captain Garrett Putnam‘s company and during the time he served under Captain Robert Yates aforesaid he served as a private and further saith not.
Dated May 24, 1833
Frederick Olman his mark X
Subscribed and sworn
Before me in. B. Two lines from the bottom of second page the word “after “underlined before execution.
Sylvanius Packinson Justice
State of New York
Schoharie county SS: Magdalena Uloman wife of the above named Frederick Uloman aged seventy one years being duly sworn deposeth 
And says that she lived in the commencement and during the revolutionary war in Currytown in the county of Montgomery state aforesaid in the valley of the mohawk river and that she lived a a near neighbor to Jacob Tanner, the above named applicant aged about 87 years within half a mile of each other and knows that they said Jacob Tanner served as a private in a militia company commanded by Captain Robert Yates of the New York State troops from the early part of the war to the time you reenlisted into Captain Garrett Putnam’s company as he volunteer and that he was publicly and commonly called a sergeant of said company and knows that several months afterwards was made a prisoner by the Indians together with her husband aforesaid Frederick Uloman and others. That she knows that Jacob Tanner‘s house and property was harmed by the Indians as also her father Rudolph  Keller and further saith not.
May 24, 1833
Magdalena Olman X her mark
Subscribed and sworn to by me
Sylvanius Packinson Justice
State of New York
Schoharie county I Sylvanius Packinson a justice of the peace in and for the county of Schoharie certify that on the twenty fourth day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me the above named witness to witness.
Frederick Uloman
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and Magdalena Uloman persons with whom I have been well acquainted for a number of years who personally testified on oath that the affidavits by them, subscribed by the[Illegible] were true and correct and further certify that the reason they made their  respective crosses is because they cannot write their names. I also further certify that they are persons of truth and veracity, and the fullest credit is due to their testimony. Dated at Carlisle, Schoharie county this 24 day of May A. D. 1838.
Silvanius  Parkison Justice


State of New York County of Schoharie  SS: 
I, John Gelhard Jr. Clerk of the Sedd County to certify that William Beckman before home two open annexed affidavits reported to have been a sworn, and whose name also appears to the certificate of the bodily infirmity of Jacob Tanner and the credibility of the witness was at the date of the same first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name, fully credited to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature. I further certified that Daniel H. Kibbie whose name appears to the [Illegible.] certificate of the orderly infirmity of the said, Jacob, Tanner, and a physician and surgeon residing in the county; that by deponent filed  in said office and that he is refutable in his profession, and I further certify that Sylvanius  Packinson before whom two of the proceeding and amassed  affidavits purported to have been [illegible words] names also appear to the confidence of credibility was at the date of the same  one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name inscribed to the said affidavit and certificate 
To be his proper handwriting and signature. witness my hand and seal of office this fourth day of June 1833.
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Schoharie
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No. 25441
Jacob Tanner Schoharie County
N. York
Admitted
Sergeant 18 mo
Private 6
Dn.        24
90.
26.60
116.00
Thos. Lawyer Lawyerville
Schoharie County, N York
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office 
Aug. 10 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 will be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done 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.
A statement showing the service of Jacob Tanner Schoharie County, New York.

Vol. Aug. 1776- 10 months- private- captain Yates, Colonel Volkert Vedder, Capt Putnam , Captain Yates
Age 87 years, Montgomery County,N. York
Traditionary 42 witness papers correctly attached

Vol. June 1781- more than one year.- rank of Sergeant-captain Putnam, Colonel Willett- N.York
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 constructed 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 the civil contracts, such as clerks to commissaries and to storekeepers, etc., teamsters, boatman, etc. Persons who served on board of a private armed vessels, are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who served who turned out as patrols or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and we’re not recognized as being an 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 roles of the regular troops in the revolutionary war exist in this department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law, as officers, noncommissioned, 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 a clerk is considered a court of record. 
DECLARATION 
Inorder to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 June, 1832.
State, territory, or district of
County of 
On this—— day of—— personally appeared before——-a. B. A resident.—— in the county of—-and state, territory or district of—— age—— 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, past June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year.———-and served in—— regiment of—— 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 stay 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 in person who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, etc..
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state or if any only on that of the agency in the state of—-
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A.B.
And then will follow the certificate of the court.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I —-of the court of——do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original of the proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of——for a pension.
In testimony, aware of, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office—— day of—— etc.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of the 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 belong to the New Hampshire militia, and state troops of Virginia will make unsubscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions viz, we, A.B. And a clergymen 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 to be 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 he served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that A. B. Who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergymen, resident.—-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—— for a pension.
In testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office—-day—— etc.
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 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 herewith, as may have a tendency to throw a light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witnesses cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, and he will also, whether he produced such evidence or not, proceed to relay all the material facts, which can be useful in investigation of his claim, and in comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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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 fact stated will afford one of the principle 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 they subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The court will propound the following 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 live now?
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 Malicia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
6. To a soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was a given, and what has become of it?
6. 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 the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for velocity 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 if 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, to respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergy man, 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 clergy man, the court will sell certify, and they will also certified to the character and standing of other persons having 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, the reason of bodily infirmity may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination before a judge or justice of the 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 the court of record or by a justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or territory or 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 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, shoving the services of the deceased the period of the death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant and the opinion of the court upon the whole matter.
The declaration must appear in 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.
The declarant must make his declaration in county where he resides. If you should fail to do so, he must assign his efficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served otherwise the satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state with precision the length of his service and the different grade in which he served in language, definite as to enable the department to determine as to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, stay 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, etc., who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequence loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades—— years—— months,—— days. I served as—— 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 a 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 this militia, etc., without specifying the hours the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their services. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the Apple conserved the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with all embodied corps called into service by competent authority that he was either in the field or in Garrison, and for the time during which his service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment
 indispensable
The opinion of the court is always required
The clerk must give his certificate in every case
The clerk must affix his seal and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal or if he has no public seal of office the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers, authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or an hour 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.
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 claimants entering the service and the time in manner of his leaving the same as well as the regiment, company, in line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oath must certified 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 equally applicable to the case of militia men, volunteers and state troops. The proof required by rule is applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the war department, with the declaration.
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ISC
I.11513: Rev.War.
Feb. 21, 1905
Madam:
In reply to your inquiry concerning Jacob Tanner, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he applied for a pension April18, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Sharon, Schoharie Co., N.Y.
He stated that he was born at Lancaster, Pa., in December 1745, and resided at Currytown, in the Town of Root, Montgomery Co., N.Y. When he entered the service.
He enlisted August, 1776, as private in Capt. Robert Yates’ company, Col. Volkert Veeder’s regiment, and served 10 months. 
June 1, 1781; as sergeant, Capt. Garrett Putnam’s company, Col. Marinus Willet’s regiment; 1 year 6 months.
His claim was allowed.
He also stated that he and his neighbor, Frederick Olman together with Olman’s father and mother were captured by Indians at Curry town, and taken to Fort Hunter, October 24, 1781, and imprisoned at Fort Niagara, Sacketts Harbor, Island of Despair in the St. Lawrence and Montreal; released in November 1782 with John Lewis, deceased in 1833, and other others at Boston, from whence he walked home, a distance of 240 miles and found his home burned by the Indians. The above is only reference me to John Lewis.
Date and place of soldier’s marriage and death, not shown. For date of last payment of pension, applied to the auditor for
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11513 Tanner 2.
The interior department, treasury department, citing the following data: “Certificate No. 24070, issued October 29, 1833, act of June 7, 1832, New York agency”
Very respectfully,
Acting commissioner
Mrs. H. F. Pearson.
133 Genesee Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio.
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Jacob Tanner
Schoharie county NY
2 nd affidavit
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State of New York
Schoharie county SS: personally appeared before me the undersigned, Mr. Jacob Tanner, a soldier of the revolutionary war and the applicant named in the declaration numbered 25441 a resident and inhabitant of the town of Sharon, Schoharie county, and state of New York, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent imperfection of memory and the great lapse of time since the occurrences of the revolutionary war, he cannot swear, positively as to the precise length of his actual services nor the precise dates of the many duties he performed, but according to the best of his recollection, and within a safe calculation, he served not less than the periods mentioned in the tabular statement that follows under the officers named in aforesaid declaration to wit.

Revolutionary service was rendered:
Volunteer at August 1776 and served as a private in Captain Robert Gates company on the Western frontier of New York
Volkert Vedder was Colonel
Duration of service 10 months
Rank: private
Names of the field officers under whom he served:
Robert Yates, captain
Volkert Vedder, Colonel
Lieutenant, Nicholas Dockstader
Abraham Vedder, and others not remembered
Age and place of abode on dictating service:
87 years
Montgomery County New York
Present residence:
Sharon, Schoharie county state of New York

Period and where service was rendered:
Deponent volunteered again and Captain Putnam’s company attached to the regiment of Colonel Marius Willett and held the office of Sergeant enlisted as volunteer first time 1781 and released at Boston, November 1782 one year and six months. It was the latter part of the month.
Duration of service :one year and six months
Rank: sergeant
Names of field officers under whom he served:
Garrett, Putnam, Captain
Marius Willett, Colonel
Newkirk was ensignand Francis Putnam. A cousin of the captain was lieutenant.

Present residence:
Services performed in the militia of the state of New York and the counties of Montgomery, Schoharie and Ostego according to the present division of the state at that time known. As being in what was called Tryon county, state aforesaid.
And the deponent further states that during the time said service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, and that all the duties were performed in the field except so much as was done at Fort plank and while prisoners of war, as is detailed in his declaration and the said Jacob Tanner aforesaid claims what is justly and equitably due pursuant to the act of General Congress of the United States, and they allowed such proportionable pay as an at the late due an officer of the rank of a sergeant for the time that he was so ordered Grant and the residue of such rate as as allowed a private in the militia, submitting the whole to the superintendent to do what shall appear to be just end of right to be done in the premise and further saith not
August 19 AD 1833
Jacob Tanner
Subscribed and sworn before me this
19 August A.D. 1833
William Beekman first judge 
Of Schoharie County
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State of New York County of Schoharie [illegible sentence] clerk of the said county to certify that William Beekman, before whom the written affidavit purported to have been sworn was at the date of[Illegible] judges of the court of common, please in and for the Sid County and that I am acquainted [Illegible words] Which at writing do verily believe his name[Illegible] to the[Illegible] Handwriting and signature. Witness and my hand and seal of office this.[Illegible.] Day of August 1833 John Lebhard Jr. Clerk
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11573
INVALID
Rev. War
File No. 11.513Jacob Tanner
Snot. Rev. War.
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -Vo.. A, Page 369
[Arrangement of 1870]
Feby 20, 1905 History to  RA. M.F. Pearson, Cleveland, Ohio
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Ohio woman’s Christian temperance union
113 Genesse Ave. 
Cleveland Ohio 
February 4, 1905
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC
My dear Sir:
I take the liberty of writing to ask for an account of the military history of two men who were revolutionary pensioners of whose services I am anxious to learn.  Abraham Gardiner of Montgomery  County NY was pensioned in 1833 and Jacob Tanner of Schoharie  Co. N.Y. in 1834. I am particularly desirous i’m learning if possible, the place and date of birth, marriage, and death of these men and if in the account of their services there is any mention of relatives named Lewis. Jacob Tanner and family were pursued to  the house of a Lewis by Indians in 1781 and later in that year he and John Lewis with others were captured and were prisoners  until December 1782. Please give me as full an account as you can of the details of theses events, if they are mentioned in the records. I hope I am not asking too much and shall be grateful for any information.
Truly yours,
M.F. Pearson
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S 11, 513
Jacob Tanner
APL. 18, 1833 res. Sharon.
Schoharie  County, NY
B. Lancaster.Pa 1745 Dec.res. At end Currytown, Root, Montgy Co. NY
NY
Aug 76 Pri. Capt Robert Yates
Col. Volkert Veeder
10 m.
June1/81 Sgt. - Capt. Garrett Putnam
Col. Marinus Willett
1 yr. 6 mo.
Soldier and Frederick Olman were captured by Indians [two words crossed out] in Currytown[ words crossed out]. 
Oct. 24, 1781 
In prison at Ft. Hunter, Niagara, Sacketts Harbor, Island of Despair, Montreal.
Released at Boston with John Lewis and others and walked home 240 miles
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Bounty land warrant record card
Name Tanner, Jacob
Grade private
Line New Jersey
Warrant number s 8777 and 10493
Acreage 100
Issued July 29, 1796 
To  William Crafoody, assignee