Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26337, for John Powers, Connecticut
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SERVICE
Conn
Continental

Powers, John
Anna

NUMBER
W 26337
B.L.Wt 14763-160-55
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New York
John Powers of Chester in the State of New York, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Northrum of the Regt. commanded by ... in the CT. Main line for (?)

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued on the 13 day of Dec. 1833 and (?)
Hon. H. C. Martindale H. Rep.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $200.00
Semi-ant allowance ending (?) $40.00
                                                  $240.00

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk

Book C Vol.4 Page 113
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Reg. page 141
John Powers
Ex.

Declaration returned for further evidence May 27, 1820 and not now as (?) the officer
Nov. 2,1820
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State of New York
Warren County
On this 13th Day of September in year one thousand eight hundred and twenty

Personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said County: a Court of Record which procede (sic) according to the Course of Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings and which have the power of fair and (?). John Powers, aged fifty-seven years, late a resident of the town of Petersburgh in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, but now a resident of Chester in the County of Warren and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the first day of May 1820, that he the said John Powers enlisted for the term of one year in the Spring in the (?th) day of May 1780 in the Company commanded by Col. Crane and Lieut. Col. Stevens of Artillery in Genl. Knox's Brigade in the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the Corps aforesaid for the space of one year where he was discharged the Service of the United States at Newburgh in the State of New York by Col. Stevens in the month of April 1781, and that his discharge has since that time been destroyed and that he has no other evidence now in his possession of his said Service, and that he is in Reduced and Indigent Circumstances and stands in need of his Country's assistance for support.
And further the said John Powers saith that he made application to Joseph Dorr Esq. (resides in Hoosack (?) Rensselaer Co. N. York), one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Rensselaer, State of New York, on or about the First of June 1818, in order to  obtain the provisions made by Congress of the Act of March 18th of 1818, that he made the declarations pursuant to the Act aforesaid, and that the papers were forwarded by
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Judge Dorr to the War Office in order to a claim a certificate for a pension under the act aforesaid that by reason of some delays or other causes he [marked out - papers have not been witnessed nor] has he yet received his pension certificate from the war office and in pursuance of the act of Congress of the first of May eighteen hundred and twenty I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with ___ humbly do to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 - and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than a forehand mentioned on the schedule hereto amend  - and by me ___.
Schedule - 1st  Real Estate I have none
My personal property consists of the following items
1 Bible - 1.00
1 old table - 1.00
1 ___ 3 hooks - 0.50
2 pails - 0.50
1 churn - 0.25
1 ax - 0.50
4 bowls - 0.25
1 basin - 0.18
2 tin basins - 0.25
6 knives & forks - 0.50
1 quart pot - 0.25
8 chairs - 2.00
1 meat ___ - 0.50
1 keg - 0.25
1 dinner pot - 1.00
1 dish kettle - 1.00
1 tea kettle - 0.75
Six spoons - 0.50
1 ___ - 0.50
1 tub - 0.75
2 pewter plates - 0.37 1/2
6 plates - earthen - 0.25
8 cups ___ - 0.37 1/2
1 tea pot - 0.25
1 milk cup - 0.09
1 giant wheel - 1.00
1 little sheet - 1.00
1 rack - 0.25
1 flat iron - 0.25

[In the margin] Reference to said application and the papers forwarded by Judge Dorr as aforesaid will more fully and at large, appear as the declarant does not recollect the day on which he made the application and declaration by Judge Dorr
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1 ___ iron - 0.50
1 ___ and irons small - 0.50
1 shovel and tongs - 1.00
1 small pig - 1.00
1 looking glass small - 0.25
2 candlesticks - 0.50

Total amt of the above ___ $20- 51 1/2

And that the said John Powers has a wife aged 37 yrs and four small children for which he has to provide he has to provide viz - Fanny a girl of 12 years old, Sydney L a boy of 5 years old, Jane Ann a girl of 2 years old and Janette an infant of eleven months - and that the occupation of the said John Powers is that of a daily laborer when his health and constitution will permit - and further ___ not - ____ and from the 15th day of September 1820 in open court
[names indecipherable]
Signed - John Powers

This claim is extremely doubtful as the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls - and as it does not appear that there were an enlistment for one year in Crane’s reg at the time stated. The evidence of an officer of the regiment is required. 13 Jan 1821
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State of New York, Warren Conty, SS.
John Powers
I Seth C. Baldwin, Junior, Clerk of Common Please of said County, Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court — And, by order of the Court I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty dollars fifty one Cents — and also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820 — In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of September 1820.

Seth C. Baldwin [signature] Clerk.
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John Power
Sets 2
A. owed
24 mo fee
80$
[signed] J.A. Paddock
Gden fall
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State of New York
Warren County, on this nineteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two formally appeared in open court in the court of common places ___ at the courthouse in the town of Caldwell in and for the county of Warren, Norman Phelps, who after being duly sworn doth ___ and say that he was well acquainted with John Powers as a revolutionary soldier whose dedication in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 is ___ annexed his ___ from this ___ that John Powers enlisted in Connecticut State troops in the month of April in the year of our lord 1781 for one year as a private soldier and ___ into the ___ under the command of Capt ___ and was attached to General Waterbury’s Brigade and this ____ further saith that he was in the United States Service at the same time and that John Powers did his duty ___ in the service by ___ in the service during the whole time of his enlistment and was discharged in April in the year of our Lord 1782, and further this ___ saith not a 
[signature] Norman Phelps
___ sworn this 19 day of September 1832 before me and I also humbly certify that this said Norman Phelps is a man of truth and ____
[signature] Thomas Archibald Clark
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State of New York
County of Warren SS.
On this nineteenth September in the in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty-two personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting  in and for the County of Warren John Powers a resident of Chester in the County of Warren and State of New York aged seventy years the fourteenth day of August last fort [unreadable] being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act Congress [unreadable] June  7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following trained officers, and served as herein stated- That in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he enlisted under one Captain Samuel Northrum Who was then called Captain of the teamsters as a teamster, for one year and soon after he entered the service of the United States and did duty as a teamster and continued in the service doing duty as a teamster for about nine months When he was discharged from the service, thinks he was discharged in the month of April 1778. that at the time he enlisted he lived in the town of Hebron in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut- that soon after he enlisted he went to Hartford and remained
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there a while drawing pension, and forage from there he went to Providence Rhode Island and carried a load of flour and then returned to Hartford. He then went to Oakhill and Fishkill on the Hudson River carrying provision and continued transporting provisions and carrying forage and liquors for the army until he was discharged as aforesaid, he does not know as he was attached to any Brigade Regiment or Company and did not know any continental officers.
That in the spring of the next year 1778. he entered the service of the United States in the Militia of the State of Connecticut as a substitute for Lawrence Powers and served two months at the time he entered the service he resided in the Town, County and State aforesaid that his company and Regiment nine stationed at Fort Griswold, at Groton nearby opposite of New London in Connecticut. That his duty has preparing and fortifying the Forte Malther Fort was commanded by Major Ledyard, who was afterward where Benedict Arnold stormed and took said Fort, where commanding the British Troops- that he does not at this time recollect the name of any other Continental officers- that the
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- that in the spring of the year 1779 or 1780 he carried till March, he was drafted out of the Militia of the State of Connecticut for one year, that he then resided at Hebron in the County of Hartford and State aforesaid, that soon after he was drafted he returned the service of the United States in the Militia of Connecticut at Peekskill in the State of New york, that the Militia was drafted to fill up the Companies of the Continental Troops, that on the same day of his arrival at Peekskill he was taken as a waiter to Captain Isaac Guihan he thinks was the name who was paymaster to the Brigade of Artillary lowman. 12- did by General Knox- that after remaining a short time at Peekskill the Brigade hoped the River at the Stony Point and next town Tallman Bay in New Jersey- that he was then at the time Major Auder was being and had him Executed from Tappan Bay they wanted to house the area, and stand there a short time and there next to a place called New Windsor in the place or port part of Winter, When the Troops built Barracks for Winter, and that he remained thru with the Troops doing duty as aforesaid rested some thru the next Spring he thinks in the seventh of April, When he was discharged, having served his time out being about one year, that during this service he did no other duty than as waiter to Captain Guihan, who was paymaster as aforesaid- that during his service he knew General Knox, Colonel Homes, company he also served General Green, he does not now recollect the names of any other officers, except that
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the said General Washington, when his Brigade was lying at [illegible Hotham] that the next year he thinks in the spring of 1781 or 1782. he cannot tell which he entered the service of the United State in the Militia of of the State of Connecticut as a substitute for one Stephen Stiles who been drafted out of the Militia of said State for one year. that he belonged to Captain Edwards Company, the Lieutenants name has Root and the Ensigns name was Cutter. He does not now recollect the name of the Colonel or Major, But was in General Waterburys Brigade in the State troops or Militia of Connecticut.
That his company and Brigade were not
Stationed at any particular place, but was 
constantly moving about that during this
even he did duty as a private soldier . That at the time he entered the service he resided
at the town, County and State aforesaid that he was at Stanford and on Horse Neck and many other places the names he Cannot now recollect that he was discharged from the service in Stanford Connecticut some time in March he thinks in the year 1782 or
1783 he cannot now tell which-- that he said
at this time about Eleven months that during
this service he did not know any other
officers than those of his Brigade, and does
not now recollect any other offices than those
before mentioned that he has no documentary Evidence, but thinks he can procure persons who can testify to the greatest part of his service before mentioned. In answer to the interrogatories required to be put by the Court pursuant to the directions of the war departure he now says
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He was born in the Town of Hebron in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut
in the year 1762, and is seventy years old the fourteenth day of August last past
He has no record of his age other than what he has kept in his own memory-
When he was called into service he resided in the Town of Hebron in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut that soon after the War he went Goshen to live in the State of Massachusetts, and lived there about twenty years, and then removed to Petersburgh in the County of Rupelan and State of New York, and resided then about twelve years, and then removed to Chester in the County of Wayne and State New York where he has resided ever since and where he now resides
when he was first called into service he
Volunteered. The next service was as a substitute for one Lawrence Powers for two months after this service he was drafted out of the Militia of Connecticut and the last service 
of about Eleven months he served as a
Substitute for one Stephen Stiles who had been drafted-
He cannot state the names of any regular officer nor can he recollect any other
continental or militia regiment than those before stated in his declaration, nor can he
relate any other general circumstances
than of his service before related-
He received a discharge from the service each time he served Except the last service he
thinks, but he cannot now tell by whom they
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had given, but thinks Colonel Stevens gave him a discharge from the service at the time he served as a waiter to Captain Guihan- his discharges are lost or destroyed and he cannot produce them in Court- That Elder Norman Fox, [crossed out unreadable] and Hobby Mead have known him and have resided in his  neighbourhood for many years, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution- He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or security Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State- Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid- Before me- [signed] Thomas Archibold Clerk
[signed] John Powers
State of New York
Warren County SS. 
On this nineteenth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at the Courthouse in the town of Caldwell in and for the County of Warren, Norman Fox late a resident of the town of Chester in said County and after being duly sworn oaths depose and say that he is a Baptist Clergyman, that he now resides in Queensbury in the County of Warren and has resided there only since about the first day of May last, and that pensions thereunto he resided in the Town of Chester in said County and [inserted] in the neighbourhood of the said John Powers and had resided there for about twelve years and was well acquainted with the said John Powers who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that he believes him to be seventy years [inserted] of age
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that he is reported and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion- and that the said John Powers is also reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides and him the said Norman Fox believes that the said John Powers retains a fair and unblemished Character for veracity that he never heard [inserted] his Character [inserted] for veracity in any way doubted or impeached, and that he believes him to [inserted] be a Soldier of the Revolution-
Subscribed and sworn this 19 day of September  1832 before me. 
[signed] Thomas Archibold Clerk
[signed] Norman Fox
State of New York
Warren County SS
On this nineteenth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting in the Courthouse in the town of Coldwell in and for the County of Warren Hobby Mead of the Town of Chester in said County [inserted] and of the judges of said court and after being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with John Powers and has been for about twelve years past, John has subscribed Obadiah depose to the above declaration, that he believes [inserted] him to be seventy years of age, and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides he the said Hobby Mead believes that the said John
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Powers sustains a fair and unblemished Character for veracity, that he never heard his Character for veracity in any [inserted] way doubted or impeached, nor did he ever hear it doubted of his having [inserted] been a soldier of the Revolution, and that he believes him to have been a Soldier of the Revolution-
Subscribed & sworn this 19 day of September 1832 before me- 
[signed] Thomas Archibold Clerk.

State of New York
Warren County SS
On this nineteenth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting in the Courthouse in the Town of Coldwell in and for the County of Warren, Siba Higby and after being duly sworn doth depose and say that he resides in the Town of Chester in said County, and is well acquainted with John Powers who has subscribed and and sworn to the above declaration, and has been for about twelve years past, that he believes him to be seventy years of age, and that he is respected and believed in the the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion- and the said John Powers is also respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, and he the said Siba Higby believes that the said John Powers sustains a fair and unblemished Character for veracity, that he never heard his Character for veracity in any way
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doubted or impeached, nor did he ever hear it doubted of his having been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that he believes him to have been a Soldier of the Revolution-
Subscribed & sworn this 19 day of September 1832 Before me-
[signed] Thomas Archibold Clerk. 
[crossed out signature] Hobby Mead 
[signed] Siba Higby

And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 Norman Fox who has signed the persuading Certificate, is a clergyman now residing in the Town of Queensbury in said County, and that Hobby Mead and Siba Higby who have also signed their Certificates are residents in the Town of Chester in the County of Warren and are credible persons, and that their statement is Entitled to credit-
I Thomas Archibold Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Warren, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
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said Court in the matter of the application of John Powers for a pension-
In testimony where of, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two- 
[signed] Thomas Archibold Clerk

[written vertically] 
In the matter of John Powers
Revolutionary claim
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State of New York 
Nassau County

 On this Ninteenth day of September
one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
personally appeared in open Court in
Court of Common pleas, now sitting at the Courthouse
in the Town of Caldwell in
and for the County of Warren
Solomon Day who after being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted
the John Powers as a Revolutionary Soldier
during the Revolutionary now whose declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
is hereunto annexed. This deponent for the with that John Power served in the Militia or
State Troops of Connecticut he thinks, but that
after he entered the service he served
the Brigade of Artillery commanded by
and Knox this was in 1780 he thinks
and believes the said John Powers
at this time about one year and this
Deponent further saith that he was in the
United state sworn at the same time and
in the same Brigade with the said John
Powers, and he believes
that he served as a soldier ┃
during or quite over year
at this time in the
Brigade commanded by General Knox  and
that he done his duty faithfully as a Soldier
and further saith not
his
Subscribed & sworn this 19
Solomon Day
day of September 1832 Before me.
and I also hereby certify that the said Solomon
day is a man of truth and veranty
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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I certify that I am well acquainted with John Powers, the applicant named on the foregoing declaration for a pension. He is a man of fair and impeachable character and I have such and intime confidence in the truth of his statement.
Nath. Pitcher S. M.C.
Sandy Hill June 10 1833

In the matter of John Powers
Revolutionary Claim 11.143
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State of New York
Nassau County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the town of Caravelle in said county John Powers who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the
consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise
length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he
served not less than the pen as mentioned below, and in the
following grades for nine months he served as a teamster in the
continental army commencing in June 1777 and was discharged
in April 1778 for two months I served as a private as a substitute
for Lawrence Powers in the Militia or State Troops of Connecticut and
was stationed at Fort Griswold in said State was engaged in preparing
and fortifying the said Fort this service commenced in April 1778
and ended in the forepart of June in same year for one year I served
as a private in the Militia or State Troops of Connecticut in the continence
service in the Brigade under General Knox and was employed as a
waiter for Capt Guyon being drafted out of the said Militia
or State troops of Connecticut into the continental army this service commenced in the month of April (he thinks) 1780 and ended in one year
for one year I served as a private as a substitute for Stephen Stiles in the
Militia or State troops of Connecticut was engaged this time in guarding
the Court this service commenced in April I think) 1781 and ended
in one year to wit in April 1782 and for such service I claim a
pension
the whole amount of the engaged in the service is
two years & Eleven months towith nine months as a Teamster in
the continental army Two months as a private a substitute for Lawrence
Powers in the Militia or State Troops of the State of Connecticut called out
and commanded by competent authority- one year as a substitute for Stephen Stiles as a private in Militia or State Troops of the State of Connecticut in the continental service
and for one other year as a private or waiter in the militia or State
Troops [opned] State called out & commanded by competent authority
Subscribed & Sworn to
before me this 5 day of June 1832 John Powers
Joseph Whitley Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Warren County
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the
said County do certify that Joseph Whitley before
whom the within affidavit purports to have been
Sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices
of the peace in and for the said County and that I
an acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe
his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper
hand writing and signature
●
in
Witness my hand and seal of Office this the 8th day of June
AD 1833
Thomas Archibald Clerk

I Certify that I know the within named witnesses
Norman Fox Hobby Mead, Solomon Day
and Norman Phelps and that they are reputed
---
and esteemed men of truth and veracity
Henry J Martindale
Member of Congress
Decr. 12th 1833

John Powers
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3746
Vermont Burlington
Anna Powers
Con John Powers
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February,, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued thj
24th day of Feby 1854
and sent to J.E. Hassler
Present
[ripped] ded on Roll of Pensioners under act
1853, Page 32 Vol. A
32
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Anna Powers
application for
Pension Vide
Act. Feby. 2. 1853

amt
Thos. S. Robinson
Attorney
Bennington Center
Vermont.
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State of Vermont 
Bennington County
On this 15th day of March 1853, personally appeared before me the subscribing authority qualified by Law to administer Oaths, Anna Powers of Bennington in said County & State aforesaid aged sixty eight - years, who being duly sworn according to law made Oath in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress pased July 7th 1838, 23rd of Aug 1842, & the 2nd day of
-
February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary war; that
she is the identical widow of John Powers who
was a private
in the Revolutionary war:

that she was married to the said John Powers
on the 2nd day of June 1815 -- that her
husband the aforesaid John Powers was
in the receipt of a pension from the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per
annum until his death, which occurred on the
26th day of Feby. 1837. & that she is still a widow-
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year 
first above mentioned-
State of Vermont ⎬
---
Bennington County
On this 15th
day of
March 1853, personally appeared
before me the subscribing authority qualified by
Law to administer Oaths, Anna Powers of Ben
nington in said County & State aforesaid aged sixty
Eight - years, who being duly sworn according to
law made Oath in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress pased
July 7th 1838, 23d of Augt 1842, & the 2nd day of
-
February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary war; that
she is the identical widow of John Powerswho
was a private
in the Revolutionary war:
---
)
that she was married to the said John Powers
on the 2nd
the
day of June
1815 -- that her
husband the aforesaid John Powerswas
in
the receipt of a pension from the United States
at the rate of Eighty Dollarsper
annum until
his death, which occurred on the
26th day of Feby
1837. & that she is still a widow-

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year
first above mentioned-
before me Henry Robinson Notary Public, Mark
witness Henry Robinson-Anna
Powers
before me Henry Robinson Notary Public, Mark
witness Henry Robinson-
W.M. Wright
Anna
Powers
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I certify that the above named, Anna Powers
is a Respectable & credible person and fully
believe her statements to be true-- and further
certify that in consequence of the very feeble
State of her health, she is not able to attend
before the Court of Recordand
also that I have no interest whatever
in her application for a pension
Henry Robinson
Notary Public

State of Vermont, BENNINGTON, SS.
COUNTY CLERK' S OFFICE.
1, SAMUEL H. BLACKMER, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Bennington being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that  Henry Robinson   Esq was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached and now a Notary Public
within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine; that said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State and are in due form; and that such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgements of Deeds and Depositions , and to administer oaths, etc. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of Court, at Bennington, in the County of Bennington, this 17th
day of March Anno Domini one thousand it
fifty three S. H. Blackmer
CLERK.
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JB
White Creek Washington County State of New York
this may certify that on the Second Day of June in the year one thousand eight Hundred and fifteen I this subscriber Married John Powers to Anna Myers.
Austin Wells Late Justice of the Peace
White Creek Feby 27th 1873,
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H. E. Robinson Aug 24155
Feby 53- No 3746
Vol. P. page 112

37.163 Oct 3 March /55
april 3/55

Anna Powers , Wife of John Powers died Private

Anna Powers card of John Powers [Priet]
Pensioner
Revolutionary war
cld. 160 acres jan. 23. /56
Burton
Aug 24
H.E. Robinson
Present
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Anna Powers 
vs.
Act 3 Feb 53 AD

Filed by H.E. Robinson
Present
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Bennington COUNTY, SS.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 15 "
day of September 1855, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the
County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Anna Powers,
a resident of Powal in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of John Powers, who was a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner
of the United States - That she is a pensioner under the act of Feb 3 1853. that he is directly interested as aforesaid, as a claimant, and makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining such Bounty
Savid
---
of pension as may be due under any of the laws regulations, or decisions that
have been or may hereafter be adopted. The said affidavit further declares that he hereby constitutes and appoints H.E. Robinson
of Washington to be Attorney and Agent prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it, and
to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises, except drawing the money, which will be hereafter provided for
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me,
Anna Powers

Witnesses 
[Elander Pruitt]
[D] Wayor 

Sebastion Wayor
Justice of the Peace
I further certify that Anna Powers
above named is a respectable resident of this
County, and is, as I believe, directly interested in said claim, and acknowledge the above power of Attorney to be his act and deed 
Sebastion Wayor Justice of the Peace
Witnesses
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State of Vermont
County of Bennington
On this 20 day of March 1855.
personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace
within and for the County aforesaid, Anna Powers,
aged 70 years, a resident of Pownal in said County
and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares
that she is the widow of John Powers deceased
who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and as his widow
she is a pensioner of the United States at the rate
of Eighty dollars per annum, under the act of Feb
3d 1853. - That she was married to the said John
Powers in the year 18__ , and that her name before
her said marriage was Anna Myres, That her
said husband died at Chester Warren Co. in the State of
New York in the year 1837, and that
she is still his widow - She now applies for Bounty
Land under the act of March 3d 1855, never having
applied before

Anna X Powers her mark

We John Niles and Jonathan
Brown-- residents of Pownal in the
County of Bennington & State of Vermont, upon our
Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was
Signed and acknowledged in our presence by
the said Anna Powers, and we believe from the
appearance and statements of the applicant
that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be,
John Niles
Jonathan Brown
Page 33

The foregoing declaration and affidavit
were sworn to and subscribed before me on
the day and year before written and I
certify that I know the affiants to be credible
persons - That the claimant is the person she
represents herself to be, and that I have no
interest in the this claim.
Andrew Whipple Justice of the Peace

I S. H. Blackmer County Clerk of Bennington County
in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that Andrew
Whipple Esq before whom the foregoing declaration and
affidavits were executed, was a Justice of the peace
duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his
signature is genuine. In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and attached the seal of the
County Court this 28 day of March 1855
Saml H. Blackmer Clerk

[sideways]
added H.E. Robinson
Present
Page 34

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section M.C.S.
October 8, 1926

Mrs. Jane A. J. Freitay
Bennington, R. F. D. 3
Vermont

Madam:

I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, W. 26337, that JOHN POWERS was born August 14,
1782, at Hebron, Connecticut.

While a resident of said place he enlisted in June, 1777, and served
nine months as a teamster with the Connecticut troops under Captain Samuel
Northam.

He enlisted in April, 1778, and served two months as a private with
the Connecticut troops under Major Ledyard.

He enlisted in the spring of 1780, and served one year as a waiter
in the Artillery under Captain Guyon and Colonel Crane.

He enlisted in 1781 or 1782 and served one year as a private in
Captain Edwards' Connecticut Company.

He married June 2, 1815, Anna Myers.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 8, 1818,
at which time he was a resident of Petersburgh, New York.

In 1820 he stated that the following were his children: Fanny, aged
twelve years; Sidney L., aged five years; Jane Ann, aged two years; and
Page 35

Jamett or Janiett, aged eleven months.

John Powers did not state the name of his first wife.

He died February 26, 1837, at Chester, New York.

His widow, Anna, was allowed pension on her application executed
March 15, 1853, at which time she was sixty-eight years of age and was
living at Bennington, Vermont.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
Page 36

6769
3 - 2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
June 11, 1926.
Chief Rev Sec

I have this day received from
Shirley P. P. Powers
Cash  No.
for $5. requesting
photostat copy as per
letter herewith.

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
H. C. L.

1926 June 28
photos mailed
& Finance Div notf
Page 37

Request for Photostating 3 - 2006
( To be prepared in duplicate.) Ex. AW

3610 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. ___ Date June 18, 1926
Subject John Powers, Rev W. 20.327
1 copies of 11 pieces consisting of 25 pages to be
(No.) (No.)
forwarded when completed to the Rev & 1812 Wars Section Division
Remarks: _____
Approved:
A.E. Wilson
Chief Sect.  Chief Clerk.
Page 38

R.F.D 3
Bennington Vt 8/23/26
Department of Interior
W26337

Gentlemen-
Kindly furnish me with
the Record of John Powers
a soldier of the Revolutionary War
who was born in
Hebron Conn. in order to
complete family records

I would greatly appreciate
this courtesy and thanking
you in advance, I am
Yours very truly
(Mrs) Jane Ann Jewett Freitag
R.F.D. 3
Bennington Vt
Page 39

M 233  OK
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
AUG 28 1923
Chief of Rev War Section
Sir:
I have this day received
from Walter H. Powers
Cert. Check No. 2507
for  $3.00 requesting
copy as per
letter herewith.

Respectfully
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Final Div

Copies mailed
& Finance Division notified
AW Sep 12 23
Page 40

(MF 42)
Date Sept. 1.23.
Name John Powers No. W26337
Rev
Photographic copies wanted of 7
pieces, consisting of 24 pages.
Remarks:
-
Exr. A.E. Wilson Chief REV WAR SECTION
Law Clerk.
Serial No.
Page 41

Hon. J. Minot-
Com of Pens

[sideways]
37163
Anna Powers
Wid
John
Boynton
Page 42

20 Feby

Pen: Off
Feb. 20 1832
26 Feb 57 $80
Sir,
Please certify
date of death of
Jno Powers, penson
4180 N York roll
Act 1832
Resp
S. Cole
for Comm

F Burt Esq.
3d Aug
---
John Powers Act 1832
$80 per annum died
26 Feb. 1837. paid
F Burt
Auditor
Page 43

[written vertically, initials] RN MH

Washington Gardner
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 44

Dear Sir: I have received the military History of John Powers, Revolutionary soldier, and also photographic copies of original papers in this case, which I requested of your bureau. And I thank you.
Very Sincerely
[signed] Miss J. Van Rensselaer,
Muliauiville New York

[written to the right side] Conn W26337
Page 45

14.763
[signed] Mev Ann
Page 46

Rejected May
18th 1825
[Sir] Letter to
Honorable
H.C. Martindale
Sandy Hill
New York
Page 47

War departme
Pension office 
May 18 182

Sir,
Page 48

wants 
Abstact
Mrs John H. Reid 
1345-30 " St. N.W.
Washington D.C
personal inquiry Apr. 28. 21

wants abstract

Miss Jessie Van Ransselaer
151 S. 2nd Av.
Mechanicville, NY

personal inquiry Apr. 28, 21
John Powers, Com & Conf.
W26337
Page 49

Cash $1.30 from Miss Jessie
Van Rensselaer of 151 S. 2nd
Ave, Mechanicsville
N.Y.
for certified copies of 7 pages
from Rev. War claim
of
John Powers Conn Troops,
W. 26337
FINANCE DIVISION
APR 29 192
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Proctor for
4 /28 /21
Page 50

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

APR 29 1921.
chief of Rev. War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from
Miss Jessie Van Renssanlear 
Cash $1.30

requesting copy
as per letter herewith.

Copies mailed to above on May 4, 1921
and Saco Div. nofr.
AW

Very Repectfully, 
A.W. Cambell
Chief Division.

The copies were 7 pages of
decla. of
John Powers dated
Sept. 19, 1832, ending with
signature of Norman Fox
Page 51

Date Apr 28. 1921 -
Name: John Powers  No: W 26337
Conn. Rev
Photographic copies wanted of 1
---
pieces, consisting of  7 pages.
Remarks:

A.E. Wilson Pxr.
J.H Wood chief
J. F. [Dennis] Law Clerk
Serial
No. 4732
Page 52

Post office Department 
Official Business 
Registered Parcel N0. 2537
Insured Parcel N0. 
Returned to Washington Gardner (name of sender)
Street and number
or post office box} Commissioner of Pensions
Room 328 Washington, DC
REV. War Section
5-6116
Page 53

Return Reciept 
Received from the postmaster the reigstered or insured article, the original number as it appears on the of the card. 
Shirley R Powers (signature of receipiant }
 
(signature of addresse's agent)

Date of delivery
11-8-1922
Page 54

M1233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
NOV 22 1922 19_
chief of Rev. War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from
Shirley R Power
No. 179.921
for $1.00
requesting post dresses
as per letter herewith

M. order
Retrived Nov.14, 1922 & Finance Div  norf. AW
Very Respectfully, O.J. Randall
Chief of Division
Page 55

Anna Powers mid wid of John Act 53 adm- bt 3746
Markland 
her 
ch. lele July 24 /57
Page 56

1921 May 3 Hist. to Mrs. John H. Reid
1921 May 4 Hist. to Miss Jessie Van Ranssanlear and copies mailed to her.
 A.W. 
1922 Nov 24 Hist. to Shirley  R. Powers
and money order relapsedmher AW.
1922 Dec. 16. Hist to Jessie J. Powers
1923 Aug. 23 W. H. Powers  inf. of copy of copies
1923 Sept 12 copies mailed  to W. H. Powers. AW
1926 June 28. Photos to S.  H. Powers
1926 Oct. 8. hist to 
Mrs.  Jane AJ Freitay
WCS
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26337
Anna Powers widow of John Powers Priv. Rev. War
Act Feb 3rd 1833
Index: Vol_ , Page_ 
Arrangement of 1870
Page 57

State of Vermont
County of Bennington
On this first day of February 1854
before me a Justice of the peace in & for said County & State personally appeared Thomas Parker aged 51 years, now a
resident of Bennington in said County & State, a competent
and reliable witness, and made oath in due form of law
that he was a resident in the term of Chester, Warren
County New York during 1834 to 1837, that at that time
he was personally acquainted with John Powers & Anna
Powers his wife - that said couple lived & cohabited together
as husband & wife, were supposed to have been married some
years before by Austin Wells Esq. since deceased, and were
generally reputed to be man & wife & raised a family
of children - that the said John Powers was in receipt
of a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary War,
and that he died at Chester on or about the 26th day
of February 1837, having a widow, the said Anna Powers
and several children - that said widow is now living
with their daughter in Bennington, VT. and is now making
application for a pension - that she is still a widow
never having married again-
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
first above mentioned before me
S. D. Walbridge Justice of Peace

Thomas Parker

I further certify that I am not interested in the above matter
S.D. Walbridge Justice of Peace
Page 58

State of Vermont
Bennington County
On this first day of February 1854
before me a Justice of peace in & for sd County personally appeared
Fanny M. Parker aged years 48, a resident of Bennington, Vermont, and a competent reliable witness, and made oath
in due form of law, that she was a resident of Chester in Warren County, New York from 1834 to 1837. that during that time she was very well acquainted with John Powers and
Anna Powers his wife, that they lived together as husband
wife and raised a family of children, were supposed
to have been married by Austin Wells of Cambridge,
and the generally reputed to be man & wife, that said
John Powers was a pensioner for Revolutionary services
and died at Chester on or about February 26th 1837 and
left a widow, the said Anna Powers, with several children
that said mom has never  again married, but is now
residing with her daughter in Bennington Vermont,
Fanny M. Parker

Sworn & subscribed the day & year
first above mentioned before me
J. D. Walbridge Justice of Peace

I further certify that I have no interest in the above matter
S. D. Walbridge Justice of Peace
Page 59

State of Vermont
Bennington County ⎬ 
J. Henry Kellogg
County Clerk of the
County of Bennington
do hereby certify that Stebbins D. Walbridge,
who has certified the foregoing affidavits of
Thomas Parker and Fanny M. Parker, was at the
date of said certificate a Justice of the peace
within and for said County of Bennington, duly
commissioned and sworn and authorized by
the laws of this State to administer oaths [to the]  [auhn] acknowledgments of deeds & and that his signature aforesaid, with which I am well
acquainted is genuine. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Bennington
County Court at Bennington
this 15th day of February A.D. 1854 -
Henry Kellogg Co. Clerk
Page 60

37. 163. Act Mch 3/55.
Additional Evidence
Anna Power
widow of
John Power
Revy. Act 1848.
admitted Rev.
Vermont Roll
Jan. 21/56
Filed by
H. E. Robinson
Present
Page 61

State of Connecticut 
Hartford, Jany. 17th 1856

I Charles Hosner, Recording Secretary of the Connecticut Historical Society, herby certify that among the original Manuscript
Books and papers, Military Rolls, & relating
to service performed in the War of the Revolution, deposited in this Society, is the following headed in these words, to wit: "A Return of Inlisted and detached
men to serve in Continental service untill the
last day of Decr next, certifying whether Inlisted or Detached, the Company to which they belong place of abode, by whom receipted, or how conveyed
to the Army, to belonging to the 12th Regt of Foot in the Militia of the State of Connecticut
On this Return is the name of John Powers
in the columns headed as follows:-
"Inliseted or Detached"
Inlisted
Min's
Names.
John Powers
Place of
Abode.
Hebron.
Companies to
which they belong?.
Capt. David Tarbox

By whom conveyed
or Receipted.
Capt. Nath. Webb 

soldier does not allege this
Page 62

The following endorsement is on the back of
the Return, viz.

"Lebanon 10th Aug. 1780.
A true Return of Drafted & Inlisted men, &c.
the Returns rec'd &c.
"Test for me, Jeremiah Mason, Col.
Directed to the Honble John Douglass Brig. Gen. Plainfield"

Chas Hosmer,
Rec. Sey
City Historical Society

State of Connecticut
Hartford County
City of Hartford
On this 17th day of January A.D. 1856 personally appeared
Charles Hosmer Esq. Signer of the foregoing document, and
made oath that the same is true, before me,
Geo Robinson, Notary Public
Page 63

Washington City D.C.
Jan 21 1836
Sir,
Be pleased to find enclosed herewith,
additional Evidence in the case of Anna Powers, under act Finch 1855-
Mr Powers is now a pensioner on
the Vermont Roll under act of 1848.
& made her application for Bly Sand
and was suspended for Record Evidence herewith presented.
I respectfully ask
that the case be reexamined and her
Warrant sent to me present. 


I am, Very Resp'y
Your Obt. Ser.
Henry E. Robinson

Hon. J. Minot Present
Page 64

John Powers
Pension Papers
Page 65


War Department
Pension Office
26 October 1833

Sir,
 The claim of John Powers has been examined again
his service as Teamster cannot be allowed
unless it be clearly shown, that he was enlisted into a corps of Continental Teamster, organized under a special act of Congress. His services as waiter are not provided for by the act of 7 June 1832. It is further objected that the
 witnesses are not certified
to be credible by the proper officer. the papers
are herewith returned.

I am respectfully your obedient servant
JL Edwards Comm. of Pensions

Mr Edwards will allow me to remark in
answer, that, independent of the services
as Teamster, I waiter there was one year service
as a private. The objection to the time of service as a waiter
I should deem not tenable-- He did not engage as waiter his service as waiter depended, not upon his, but the will of the
officer, which would be changed at any moment, and he was turned to the ranks. A soldier was required by his superior office
 to perform the duties of a waiter
his pay liabilities and duties remain the same. His claims
upon his country the same. It [servois] to me that

Ira A. Paddock Esq
Glens Fall, NY
Page 66

he could not be decreed to have indeed any for
justice or disability by the mere order of the office
without violate the first principles of equity
---
and justice. Be so good as to reconsider that
objection, and see if cannot be waived
Very Respectfully
your obt. servant
Henry C. Martindall
-
L. Edwards Esqr
Com of Pensions
to
Decr 12th 1833
Page 67

Anna Powers
Page 68

Brief in the case of Anna Powers and of John
Bennington County and State of Vermont
act 3 February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
is documentary traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioner act 1832
New York at $80. per annum
original,
Marriage proved by original certificate of Justice
who solemnized the marriage; also by neighbours
& acquaintance who are persons of
Credibility
death of husband alleged
to have occured 26 February 1837
(If for increase.) Has additional eveidence has been filed  since the admission of the claim? If so, what?


Name and residence of Agent
F. E Hassler
Washington DC

McRae Examining Clerk
Page 69

W. CREIGHTON PEET
PRESIDENT
WALTER H. POWERS E.E.
TREASURER
HAROLD P. DANIELS, E.E.
SECRETARY

PEET & POWERS
INCORPORATED
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
70 EAST 15TH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
Telephone 2828 Murray Hill 

August 21, 1923.

Bureau of Pensions,
Department of Interior
Washington, D. C.

Attention of Commissioner
Dear Sir:
On July 27th I wrote asking if you would
advise me of the cost of obtaining photostat copies of
the document you have on file in connection with the
pension issued to John Powers who served in the Revolutionary
War and was born in Hebron, Connecticut.
I have not heard anything from you in
reply to my letter and I am therefore, calling the matter
to your attention again. The papers have been seen
by a member of my family in the Pension Office. John
Powers signed a statement that he was born in Hebron,
Connecticut, that he lived in Goshen, Mass. then in
Petersburgh, New York and finally in Chester, New York.
His military record was given in full and it is of these
papers that I wish copies.
Thanking you for a reply, I am
yours very truly,
Walter H. Powers

70 East 45th Street,
New York City.
JC
Power
1
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24
Page 70

U.S. Pension Office Nov 22 1922
Page 71

Elko Nevada Nov 17th 1922
Department of the Interior 
Washington D.C.

P.O for $1.00 rec'd CW

In order to fill out application blank of the 
Daughters of American Revolution, will you please furnish me a certified copy of the military record of John Powers of Hebron, Connecticut. I think it was Hebron any way he enlisted from Connecticut. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. If Possible would like to know Nationality Date - where born- died name of his parents - what rank if any he was in , where stationed, what he done to establish American Independence. Would be lad to have all the information you can give. Kindly ler me know the expense- I will gladly remit. 
Yours Truly, 
Shirley R. Powers 
Box 576
Elko Nevada

To the Honorable Secy. of Interior
Washington D.C. 

Finance Department 
Nov 22 1922
Bureau of Pensions
Page 72

Rev. War Section.
Shirley R. Powers,
Box 576, Elko, Nev.
Madam:
Nov. 24, 1922.
In response to your letter of the 17th instant,
you are herewith furnished the history of the Revolutionary War pensioner John Powers, W. 26337, for which no fee is charged.
Please find enclosed your money order for one dollar (made out to the Department of Interior), at Elko, Nev.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
Page 73

[note re: 2 cent stamp enclosed]
[stamp] U.S. PENSION NOV 20 1922
Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D.C
My Dear Sir:
To complete my application for
membership in the Daughters of the
American Revolution, it is now
necessary for me to have official
proof that my great grandfather
John Powers was a soldier in the
American Revolutionary War
I think he enlisted in
New York or in that section of the Country now
called Vermont. Will it be possible
for you [illegible] me the company
Regiment Rank and Commanding
Officer he served under also the
Page 74

place and date of his Birth and his residence at time of Enlistment and some of the
nearest Relations with Residence
What engagement his company regiment
[illegible] if any
What this regiment did during the war [illegible]
What General his regiment served under
I do know that my great grand father lived
at one time in Rensselaer County, New York
I also know he died in Chester New York but
the date I would like to find out in order to complete my question blank.
Perhaps the fact that my great grandmother
Anna Roper Powers who lived in Pownal,
Vermont after her husband's death and who
drew a pension of eight dollars ($8.00) a month until about 1860 will assist in securing data
The pension papers have been lost so I shall appreciate any information and any expenses
for services will be remitted at once.
Thanking you,
I am, Yours truly
Jessie J. Powers
Kankakee
Illinois
357. Indiana Avenue
Page 75

[letterhead]
PEET & POWERS
INCORPORATED
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
70 EAST 45TH STREET
NEW YORK CITY

W. CREIGHTON PEET
PRESIDENT
WALTER H. POWERS, E.E.
TREASURER
HAROLD P. DANIELS, E.E.

TELEPHONE 2828
MURRAY HILL

August 27, 1923
Reference Rev. War Section

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
att of Commissioner
Dear Sir
I enclose herein a certified check in amount
of 3.60 payable to Secretary of the Interior
original for photostat copies of the papers in the pension claim of John Powers and Anna his Widow W. 26337, Conn. Troops as referred to in your letter.
Rev. War Section of Aug. 23, 1923
There are, you say 24 papers at 15 cents each making $3.60

Please let me have these photostats  as soon as possible
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours
Walter H Powers
70 East 55th St
N.Y.C.

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE AUG 28 1923
[stamp] FINANCE DIVISION AUG 28 1923 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Page 76

[stamp]OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
JUNE 11 1926
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Page 77

Elko Nevada June 6, 1926
Mr Washington Gardner
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
[stamp]Finance Division June 11, 1926 Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you kindly furnish me copies of Revolutionary War records or pension papers of Lawrence Powers also his Bro John Powers who were both Soldiers in Revolutionary War
& Enlisted I believe at Hebron Connecticut.
Am anxious to find out name of Lawrence
Powers Wife Names of his Children & Where he was Born & Etc.
Yours Truly
Shirley R Powers
Box 787
Elko Nevada
Page 78

[illegible] 12 Wars Section.
June 28, 1926.
Shirley R. Powers,
Box 787,
Elko, Nev.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the sixth instant,
I have to advise you, that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a soldier named Lawrence Powers under any spell
ling of that name.
You are herewith furnished certified copies of
twenty-five pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of John Powers and his widow Anna, the cost of which is four dollars. Your remaining dollar will be returned according to the usual procedure, through the financial branch of the Bureau.
Respectfully,
[handwritten signature]
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
Page 79

Rev. War Section.
Aug. 23, 1923.
Walter H. Powers,
70 E. 45 " St.
New York City.
Sir:
I have to advise you that if you desire photostat copies of the original papers in the pension claim of John Powers and his widow Anna, W. 26337, Conn. Troops, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of
the Act of Aug. 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is 24.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Page 80

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ----------, 19-----
W26337
In reply to your request of -------,  received ------- for a statement of the military history of John Powers [handwritten] soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (& his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED / CAPTAIN | COLONEL | STATE
[handwritten chart entries]
June 1777 | 9 Mos | Teamster | Samuel Northam [Captain] | Conn.
Apr 1778 | 2 Mos | Pvt | Major Ledyard [Colonel] | Conn.
Spring 1780 | 12 Mos | Waiter | Guyon [Captain] | Crane in the Artillery [Colonel]
1781 or 1782 | 12 Mos | Pvt. | Edwards [Captain] | Conn.

Battles engaged in [handwritten checkmark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [handwritten] Hebron Conn
Date of application for pension, [handwritten] June 8 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, [handwritten] Petersburgh N.Y.
Age at date of application, [handwritten] B. Aug. 14, 1762 at Hebron Conn,
Remarks: [handwritten] Sol mar June 2, 1815 - Anna Myers, In 1820 he referred
to his children Fanny aged 12 yrs Sidney L. 5 yrs, Jane Ann 2 yrs and
Jamett or Janiett 11 mos old. name of soldier's first wife is not
Stated. He died at Chester NY Feb. 26, 1837. His wid Anna was
al pens on her ap. ex. Mar. 15, 1853 while living at Bennington
Vt. aged 68 yrs.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
3 -- 285
Page 81

No. 5002
Vermont
Revolutionary Claim of
Anna Powers
widow of
John
(Pensioner N York rolls Act 1832)
Act 1832
Act Feb 3, 1853
Boynton
Feb 18/54
widow admitted  [illegible]
[illegible] 
Comm 3 Feb 1853
Feb. 18. 1854
Filed Feb. 18. 1854
F. E Hassler
Washington
Page 82

Washington DC
Feb 1832
Hon S. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
[illegible]:
I respectfully enclose the application of Anna Powers, widow of John Powers former pensioner on the Rank roll
Act 1832, for a pension under the act of Feb. 3d 1853.
Very Respectfully
[illegible]
F. E. Hassler
Page 83

John Powers
Private
80 - [illegible]
1 Wm
Crane Mapter
Rep [illegible]
Not on roll
Judge must certify, that
claimant is in reduced
circumstances and new
the assistance of his County
for support-
Hon. Wm. Martindale H.R.
recd Feb. 25. 1825.
Page 84

State of New York
Rensselaer County }
on the Eighth day of June 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the said County personally appears John Powers aged fifty-six years resident in Petersburgh in said County who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said John Powers enlisted in Hebron in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt Guyhon in Colonel Lonanes Cranes regiment and General Knox's Brigade of artillery for the term of one year he thinks in 1780 and continued to serve in the said corps about eleven months when he was discharged from service in New Windsor, in the State of New York (he further says he was discharged about the time Major Andre was executed) that the Troops had gone into winter quarters and that he received his discharge a few days previous to the close of the year which discharge is lost. And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
William Murry being duly sworn deposeth and saith, he is a half-brother of the above named John Powers and that he lived in the same neighborhood with him in the revolutionary war and is knowing to his being in the service of the United States nearly one year.
And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
I, Joseph Dorr one of the judges as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Powers did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Joseph Dorr
These may Certify that William Murry the above witness from information is entitled to full conedit as a witness
Joseph Dorr Judge
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State of New York
Rensselaer County

I certify that Joseph Dorr Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate was on the Eighth day of June One thousand Eight hundred & Eighteen & now is one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Rensselaer & further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joseph Dorr & which believe his signature to be in his own proper hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this Fourteenth day of July A.D. 1819 -
Joseph Holden Clark
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ⎬
these are to certify that it is my opinion
 that the within named John Powers is in
Reduced circumstances and that he does stand in need of his Countrys assistance for support Joseph Dow one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Rensselear County

John Powers
Private
80 -- [illegible]
Crane Maper
[illegible]
Not on roll

Judge must certify that claimant is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support.
Hon Wm. Martindale H.R.
recd Feb. 25 1825
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A. Fox
affidat
Alanson Fox agent
Chester Warren
County N. York
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State of New York
Warren 
County ss }
Alanson Fox of Custer in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Solomon Day
of Kingsbury in the County of Washington
That he was present when Gave the said Day
make the annexed affidavit before Russel
Clark Public Notary on the 26 of December
1820, that he questioned the said Solomon Day touching the services of John Powers in the services of the Revolutionary War, that he
gave this deponent a detailed account of the
services of the said John Power more fully then is set forth in the affidavit of Day, that from all the evidence this deponent has obtained he has no doubt of the service of the said John Powers in the Revolutionary war as set forth in his application for the Benefit of the act of Congress of 18 March 1818. &
And further that by reputation the said Solomon Day is a person of truth and veracity
Subscribed and sworn this 28th day of January 1821 before
Alanson Fox
Norman Fox one of the
Judges of Warren Com pleas
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State of New York
Warren County ss⎬
A further statement of the Services of John Powers late a private in the Revolutionary War in the Continental Establishment, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, in addition to his former statements, that he was a Citizen in the Town of Hebron in the State of
Connecticut, that in March 1780, he first
Enlisted in the Continental service, under one
Colonel Mason, who was a recruiting officer
at Lebanon near Hebron in the State aforesaid, That Immediately after his enlistment, he together with a number of other Recruits were sent by said officer, under the command of Sergeant
Wattles to Join the Army at or near West Point in the State of New York, that on arriving at the last mentioned place, the solders Enlisted as aforesaid were attached to Colonel Cranes Regiment, that within a few days thereafter Capt Guyon of said Regiment, made Choice of this deponent as his Waiter, and Immediately Took him from the ranks, and that he continued to serve the said Capt Guyon during the time of his Enlistment, which was one year, that he did not, nor was he requested
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to perform duty in the Ranks. that he frequently Carried Expresses and communications from Capt Guyon and other officers of the regiment to General Washington and Continued so to
serve until he was discharged the service
which was about the last of Febuary 1781
That he obtained an Honorable discharge
from the commanding officer, which discharge this deponent has said, And further
this deponent saith that he does not know where any of the offices of said Regiment
Reside at this time if any are living &
that it is out of his power to obtain the Evidence of any of the officers of said Regiment
That he is in poor and indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of Country for
his support, that his children which now
live with him are young, and not able
to contribute any other Support -
Subscribed and sworn this
28th day of January 1821 John Powers
Before me-
Norman Fox
One of the Judges
of Warren Com Pleas
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Norman Phelps
Affidavit in
support of the claim
of John Powers-
---
Alanson Fox. Agent
Chester Warren Cty
N. York
Warren Com. Pleas
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State of New York
Warren County p}
Norman Phelps of Fort Ann in the County
of Washington aged fifty seven years, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a native of Hebron in the State of Connecticut That he was then acquainted with John Power of the same place, and that in the year 1780 he was knowing to the said John Powers enlisting as a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Continental Establishment, that this deponent belonged to the Troops in Genl Parsons Brigade &
was stationed near Horse Neck in the State of New York, that he understood and verily believes that the said John Powers was in Capt Guyon Company in the Regiment commanded by Col Crane that he served in the Corps aforesaid about one
year, that this deponent was well acquainted with the said John Powers after his return from the Army and lived with him in the same neighborhood for some years afterwards, that John Powers of Chester in the County of Warren is the same Person who enlisted and served as aforesaid, and further that this deponent is in no wise of kin to the
said John Powers nor interested in the success of his application for a Pension, and further this deponent saith not,
Subscribed and sworn this 12th
day of Febuary 1821.
Norman Phelps
Norman Fox
one of the Judges
Warren Com. Pleas
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Warren J Personally appeared before me this
12th Day of Feby 1821. Norman
Phelps and Subscribed & made oath to the
within affidavit, and I do certify that the said Norman Phelps is a person to me known to be
Entitled to truth & Veracity
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Norman Fox
One of Judges of
Warren Com pleas
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State of New York
Washington County }
I certify that Solomon Day the within named deponent is to me well known and a credible Witness
Russel Clark
Public
Notary
Solomon Day
Affida't
Alanson Fox agent
Charles Warren
County N. York
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State of New York
Washington County ss
to
(smudged ink)
Solomon Day of Kingsbury in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Mr. John Powers of Chester in the County of Warren Late of the Town of Petersburgh in the County of Rensselaer, and that he did know the said John Powers to be a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that he was a private in the company commanded by Capt Guyon, in Colonel Cranes Regiment, that the said John Powers Enlisted in the Corps aforesaid for the space of one year, and that he served until the cessation of said Term of time and was discharged by the Commanding officer at Newburgh in the State of New York, and this deponent further saith that
he was a soldier in the army of the United States at the time aforesaid, and further that this Deponent is in no wise of kin to the said John Power, nor in any manner interested in the success of his application-
Subscribed and sworn this 28th day of December 1820
Solomon Day
Before Russel Clark
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State of New York
Washington County ⎬ I Certify that Solomon
Day the within named deponent is to me well
known and a credible Witness
Russel Clark
Public Notary
Solomon Day
affida't
Alanson Fox agent
Chester Warren
County N. York
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Rec Seg W
Checkmark
2-2 cent
stamps enclosed
US Pension Office Dec 16 1922
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Record Section
Washington D.C.
To Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you please send me the
military history of John Powers, a
Soldier in the Revolutionary War
residing at and enlisting from
Hebron, Connecticut
I desire this data to complete an
application blank for the local
Chapter of the D.A.R.
this John Powers
for whose war record I ask was my
grandfather.
Yours respectfully
Mrs Jessie Powers Holmes
Kankakee, Illinois
357 So. Indiana Avenue.