Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,673, Salmon Farr, Mass Vt.
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29.768
New York
Salmon Farr, of Seneca in the State of N. Y. who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain Reed of the reg commanded by Brooks in the Mass'a line for 12 mo 2 ds. Pri.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Increased from $38:10 pr ann.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct'o 1844 and sent to Arad Joy Ovid Seneca Co N.Y.
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Arrears to the 4th of [blank] [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] [blank]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by F. S. Swann Clerk
Book E2 Vol. 4 Page 24
Denote what has been paid. 

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rep'd See Let. 25. Oct'r 44 to Pen Agent -
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In the matter of Salmon Farr for a Pension 29.030
Filed 6th Oct. 1832
Geo C. Gibbs Ovid
['from J. Ferris' crossed out] Ovid
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State of New York
County of Seneca ss } On this 6th day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Salmon Farr a resident of the Town of Lodi in said County of Seneca. Aged Seventy years the third day of March last who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - that he enlisted in the Town of Hardwick, Wooster (Worchester) County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts about the last of May or fist of June 1779. the same year in which the British evacuated Rhode Island - that he resided within the beat of one Capt James Page a militia Captain - out of which company as he believes there was a call for six men - that this Deponent was not then subject to militia duty. but volunteered to go in lieu of one of the number due out of said Company and accordingly enlisted as above stated - that in a few days after he went to Leicester in the same County as he believes and passed muster, the name of the muster master he cannot remember. He was then ordered to Providence Rhode Island to join a Regiment and accordingly went to Providence, but no Regiment being organised, he was ordered to Trenton under command of a Sergeant by name of Ephraim Cutler there were eighteen of us who went under said Cutler
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we arrived at Trenton shortly after we left Providence but the day of the month on which we started or arrived he does not recollect it was in June 1779. When he enlisted it was for the Term of six months service = He remained at Trenton three or four weeks or about that that and was then ordered back to Providence where he arrived some time in July. the day he does not remember - and was immediately attached to a company commanded by a Captain Cobin whose Christian name he does not remember. And to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Tyler - whose Christian name he does not remember: The company was called Captain Cobins but for some cause was commanded part of the time by a Captain Fish whose Christian name he does not remember nor does he remember the names of the Lieutenant or Ensign. The Regiment was regularly organised and was called out and exercised. Deponent remained in said Company and Regiment after it was organised about three or four weeks and was then attached to a Boating party - during the time he belonged to said Regiment. he recollects that a prison ship lay at Fox Point and the prisoners rose and took the guard and confined them - they were British Prisoners Deponent after the alarm went on board with General Putnam and others and assisted in again confineing the Prisoners Deponent continued boating until the British left the Island he thinks it was in October or November - that they left the island: Deponent then went to Newport with his Regiment which he was ordered to rejoin immediately after the British left the Island, remained at Newport with his Regiment until the expiration of the six months
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and was then honorably discharged by said Col. Tyler and received a written discharge which he retained until about twenty years ago when it was burnt with deponent's dwelling House at Chester Washington County now Warren County N.Y. Said Regiment belong to Gen'l Cornwalls Brigade
Deponent again enlisted in the Continental Army in June 1780. day of the month he does not remember and was soon after sent to Springfield Mass to pass muster passed muster, accordingly. under Col. Brooks Christian name forgoten and was attached to Col Alden's Regiment so called then but said Col Alden was killed the year before as he thinks through he Regiment retained his name and belonged to Capt Reeds Company whose Christian name he dont remember - Deponent enlisted this time also for six months. Said Company and Regiment belonged to Pattersons Brigade. The name of the Ensign of Capt Reeds Company was Tucker and he was Regimental paymaster. Martin Stiles was Sergeant Major and Luther Conant was Orderly Sergeant of Reeds Company
Deponent and the others after passing muster as aforesaid at Springfield received Rations and was then ordered to West point in charge of the Continental Officers and there joined his Regiment. Col. Alden was a Continental officer Remained at West point four, five or six weeks as he believes. they were exercised and did duty white at West point: then went to New Jersey and remained until some time in November or december then returned to West point While Deponent was in New Jersey Major Andre was hanged and deponent was present at the execution
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After remaining at West point a few weeks we went to a place called 'Pattersons Hts.' on the mountain west of West point where our Brigade lay and deponent assisted in repairing the Hts and in building some new ones and was there discharged honorably and received his discharge which he has long since lost
Deponent again enlisted in April or May 1781 at Shaftsbury County of Bennington State of Vermont as a Ranger under Capt Bigelow Lawrence of Col Clarks or Herricks Regiment which he does not remember - And was first called into service about the month of June of the same year and went to Cambridge White Hall Saratoga and other places in that Country to repel Indian and Tories incursions. And was in that service about then days perhaps fifteen: and was under command of above officers was again called to Castleton in Sept of the same year and kept garrison and occasionally went out scouting and was in actual service about six weeks was again called out to Pittsford and remained in actual service about four weeks. And Deponent does not recollect of any particular call after the above until close of the war - but held himself in readiness at all times according to the terms of his enlistment And he further says - that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
And he hereby relinquishes every claim to 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
After putting the interrogatories [illegible] to Salmon Farr the applicant as required by
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the war Department
1. To the first Interrogatory He answers and says that he was born in the Town Hardwick in the County of Wooster (Worcester) in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1762 in March of that year 
2. To the second Interrogatory he says he has a Record he supposes in the Town where he was born his own house has been burnt & every thing burned up in it - his bible  in which the Record of his age was entered was also destroyed
3. To the third Interrogatory He says he was living in the Town of Hardwick in the County of Wooster (Worcester) and State of Massachusetts at the time he was called into service - that after the close of the Revolutionary War he lived in the Town of Middletown in the County of Rutland State of Vermont - twenty two years or about that time, then removed into the Town of Crown Point now called Schroon in the County of Essex State of New York and resided there about two years - then removed into the Town of Chester in the County Washington now County of Warren State of New York and resided there about ten years or perhaps twelve years = then  removed into the Town of Covert then in the County of Tompkins now Seneca State of New York where he resided about six years and then removed to the Town of Manlius County of Onondaga State New York and resided there about seven years and then removed back to the Town of Lodi County of Seneca. (being part of the original Town of Covert) where he now resides and has resided for the last two years
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4. To the fourth Interrogatory, he says he always enlisted when he went into service and as before set forth in his declaration
5. To the fifth Interrogatory he says he knew of the regular Officers of the Revolutionary War General Putnam General Washington Barent (Baron) Steuben General Patterson Colonel Sprout Col Brooks Capt Warren and Capt Monte; Ensign Tucker was paymaster
6. To the sixth Interrogatory He says he received two written discharges one was burnt when his House was burnt and he cannot say what became of the other
7. That he knows Rev'd William Snow a Clergyman of Lodi Seneca County. Charles Kelly Esqr. John Blankett Esqr. of Covert - and Gen'l John DeMott of Lodi in said County - All who reside in the vicinity of this Deponent and can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his being a Soldier of the Revolution - that the whole amount of service of the United States as above was two years and a half of service in the Revolutionary War
/s/Salmon Farr
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court this 6th day of October 1832 before me }
/s/Seba Murphy Clerk of Seneca County &c
State of New York
['of Lodi' crossed out] County of Seneca} We William Snow of the town of Lodi a Clergyman resideing in the
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Town of Lodi in the County of Seneca State of New York - Charles Kelly resideing in Lodi aforesaid John DeMott of the same place and John Blauvett of the Town of Covert in said County hereby certify that we are all well acquainted with Salmon Farr the above applicant - who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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
/s/Wm. Snow
/s/Charles Kelly
/s/John DeMott
/s/John Blauvett
Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of October 1832 before me /s/Seba Murphy Clerk of Seneca &c - }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that William Snow, ['Charles Kelly' crossed out] John DeMott & John Blauvett, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Lodi in the County of Seneca State of New York and is a credible person and that John Blauvett of Covert Charles Kelly & John DeMott of Lodi aforesaid who have also subscribed and sworn to the same are residents of said Town of Lodi Seneca County State of New York except John Blauvett who resides in the Town of Covert aforesaid and that they are
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credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
/s/Seba Murphy Clerk
I Seba Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Seneca in the State  of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Salmon Farr for a pension. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court & County this sixth day of October 1832. 
/s/Seba Murphy clk
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29030
Salmon Farr
Ref'd to office of the Sec'y of Mass'tts for proof Dec 27. 33
George C Gibbs
['I. Ferris Esqr' crossed out]
Ovid New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office. 
December 27 33

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. 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 the papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Salmon Farr
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered.|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
1779 Jany|(time|not|stated)|Private|Col Taylor Capt Cobin|70 years Massachusetts|[blank]|
1780 June}|(not|sta|ted)*| " |{Col Brooks or Col Alden-Cap Reed|[blank]|[blank]|
1781 Apl}|(about|11|12)| " |Col Clark or Herrick|[blank]|[blank]|
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*Not on the rolls of Col Brook or Alden's Regiment
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,' State troops," " militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits et the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers : 

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ⇒This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] A. B. 

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 
[margin note: The claimant is referred to the office of the Secretary of  the State of Mass for proof of his Services in the militia in that State that the Secretary of [illegible] the rolls to be examined by applicants themselves or their [illegible] ]
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are  requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties. which the Court is herein requested to perform;
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[margin notes: achusetts in a similar service within the [illegible] himself [illegible]]
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. and 1812 War Section. [initials: aws own]

March 26, 1926

H. S. Farr, M. D.
Madrid Iowa.

Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31673, it appears that Salmon Farr was born March 3, 1762 at
Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While residing at said ['Worcester' crossed out] Hardwick, he enlisted
June 25, 1779 and served to December 25, 1778 as a private in Captain Fish's Company, Colonel Tyler's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted July 1, 1780 and served to December 5, 1780 as private in Captain Reed's Massachusetts Company.
While a resident of Shaftsbury, Bennington Vermont, he served from April or May 1781 to close of war in Captain Bigelow Lawrence's Company of Vermont
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[typewritten letter]
Rangers, and was out on several scouting parties and alarms.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 6, 1832, while a resident of Lodi, Seneca County, New York.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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31673
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 31,673
Salmon Farr  Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[margin note: 1926 Mch 26. Hist. to S. Farr M.D.]
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[verso]
29,768
New York
Salmon Farr of Seneca Co in the State of New York who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Reed of the reg't commanded by Col Brooks in the Mass'tts line for 11 months & 13 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 38 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feb'y 1835 and sent to Hon S Clarke H R
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 18344 133.35
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 25 19.15
$152.40
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Dan'l Boyd Clerk
Book E2 Vol. 1 Page 23

[recto]
Letter to Arad Joy Oct 12th 1844
[margin note: 36/ 13x11=143]
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Mr Howell will show the year for Solomon (Salmon) Farr's Pension Certificate &c
Obed &c
/s/S. Clark
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[addressed envelope]
FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
[margin note: Oct'r 20. 34 N.Y. Ret'd]
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[handwritten letter]
Ovid Oc 15

Sir
I enclose you the papers relating to the application of Salmon Farr. If there is not sufficient evidence to make out 1 years service you will please allow him for the time he has proved. Should the whole proof be defective return the papers entire and I will endevour to find sufficient evidence to ensure the success of the applicant - 
You are aware probably that  ['the' crossed out] the papers and documents of the Massachusetts militia in the Secretary's office, are in great confusion. A search for proof there, would be almost entirely hopeless.
Respect'y yours
/s/Geo C. Gibbs
J. L. Edwards
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Salmon Farr
Payments to be made at Albany by Pres't of Mech's & Farmers Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York
Moved into Conn't in 1835 
Lived in Lodi previous
Lives in Lodi now since June 1838 & previous in Conn't 
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E2 Vol. 2 Page 23 by Dan'l Boyd Clerk.
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Issue new Certificate 12 mo. 2 ds pri/40.22
did vet what has been p'd
Arad Joy Esq'r
Ovid Seneca Co N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Salmon Farr of the State of New York who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty eight dollars and Ten cents per annum, during his natural  life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 19th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty=five
[official seal affixed] 
/s/Lew Cass Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned.} 
/s/J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
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Town of Cicero County of Onondaga ss }
Personally appeared before me the undernamed Justice of the peace of said town. Paul Fay and being by me duly sworn makes oath and says that he was acquainted with Salmon Farr (now a resident of the town of Lodi county of Seneca and State of New York) during the revolutionary war and that he was liveing in the same house with said Farr in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine in the town of Hardwick in the county of Worcester State of Massachusetts and that said Farr did in said year and at said place enlist as a soldier in the United States service for the period of six months and that deponent knows that he was absent during said period of six months and that he believes that he did do service as a soldier in the State of Rhoad (Rhode) Island during said time 
And this deponent further says that said Farr did after the expiration of the aforesaid term, that is in the  year one thousand seven hundred and eighty at the place aforesaid again enlist as a Soldier in the said U. S. Service and that he believes he did after said last enlistment belong to the Army at West Point, and that he believes that he served for the term of six months and further this deponent saith not 
/s/Paul Fay
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2nd day of Oct'r 1834
/s/Truman Rathbun Justice
This may certify that I am personally acquainted with Paul Fay the above named deponent and know nothing against his moral character or general good good reputation and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity 
/s/Truman Rathbun J. P.
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State of New York
Onondaga County Clerk's Office } ss. 
I Alanson Edwards Jr Deputy Clerk of the said county do hereby certify that Truman Rathbun Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justice of the peace in and for the  said County duly elected and qualified and that  I am acquainted with his hand writing an verily believe his name subscribed to the Jurat of said affidavit and the within certificate to be his genuine signatures - 
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 4th day of October 1834. 
/s/A. Edwards Dep Clk
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Aff't of Paul Fay in Matter of Salmon Farr
By order of Hon. L. Cass
adm'd 11 mo. 13. days pri
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State of New York
Madison County ss } Joshua Briggs of the Town of Sullivan in the County of Madison aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the  year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred & Eighty one. this deponent lived on the Town of Shaftsbury, Bennington County and State of ['New York' crossed out] Vermont and that during said year he was a Sergeant in a company commanded by Capt Bigelow Lawrence belonging to the Regiment Commanded by Col. Samuel Robison. and that he received orders from said Capt Bigelow Lawrence to enlist soldiers for the service of the United States of America - & that pursuant to said orders he enlisted Salmon Farr a resident of Shaftsbury aforesaid as a ranger for the service aforesaid - 
And that said Salmon Farr was engaged with the United States Troops at Saratoga in the State of New York as he verily believes. this  deponent having seen  the said Salmon Farr with the ['United' crossed out] Company of Rangers under the command of the said Capt Bigelow Lawrence aforesaid, armed  & equipped for service - also that the said Salmon Farr was in service with said Company of Rangers at Castleton in the state of Vermont - this deponent being with said Company himself - and that this deponent verily believes, the said Salmon Farr was engaged in service with the said Company of Rangers to White-Hall in the State of Vermont. this deponent having seen the said Salmon Farr around & equipped & in Company with said rangers & saw the said Salmon Farr start with said rangers on said Expedition - and also that at the close of the War the said Salmon Farr was regularly discharged - as this deponent was credibly informed at the time - and further this deponent saith not  -
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/s/Joshua Briggs
Subscribed & sworn before me this 3d day of October 1834 - 
/s/Joel G. Downer J. Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Joshua Briggs named in the foregoing affidavit, and that his general character for truth & veracity is good - 
Oct 3d 1834 - /s/J. G. Downer 
State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office } ss. I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that Joel G. Downer, before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to  have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the above certificate, 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 hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature - 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand and seal of Office this 4th day of October 1834 - 
/s/A. S. Sloan Clk.
Aff't of Joshua Briggs in matter of Salmon Farr
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Aff't of Joshua Briggs in matter of Salmon Farr
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Salmon Farr
Looking at the declarations of the applicant and of the [illegible], there can be no doubt of his [illegible], and his claim is therefore allowed. L.C. 
Hon. L. Clark
Hon. William Taylor M. C.
Washington D. C.
Mr Hamilton
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Salmon Farr
Looking at the declarations of the applicant and of the [illegible], there can be no doubt of his [illegible], and his claim is therefore allowed. L.C. 
Hon. L. Clark
Hon. William Taylor M. C.
Washington D. C.
Mr Hamilton
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan'y 13th 1834. 
I hereby certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Solomon Farr, as a private, is borne on the pay-rolls of Capt. Thomas Fish's Company, in Col. Nathan Tyler's Reg't where he is allowed from June 29th to Decem'r 20th 1779, six months and two days. - 6=2
"Solmon" Farr's name is borne on a pay-roll for the six months more, for the  Town of Hardwick, where he is allowed from July 1st to Decem'r 5th 1780. for services and travel, five months & eleven days. - 5+11/11=13
/s/Edwards D Bangs Sec'y
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Boston Jan'y 13th 1835
Sir,
Agreeable to request of A Smith Esqr the enclosed Certificate is sent to you. - 
Yours Respectfully
/s/Henry White
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Oct 24. '44
Vermont
Farr
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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[handwritten letter]
Ovid Oct 21, 1844
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions

Dear Sir
I enclose a Pension certificate of Salmon Farr, for an increase of pension, as per yours of the 12th
I am Respectfully Your Most Ob't Serv't 
/s/Arad Joy
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July 18 1844
Add'l proof Salmon Farr,
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pens.
Washington D. C.
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[handwritten letter]
Ovid July 12th 1844

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions

Dr Sir 
I inclose proof of more Service in the case of Salmon Farr; I have not much of a history of his case, & know little of the proof before the department, but Mr. F. informs me that for his service in Vermont he has never been pensioned, but that he has made much proof of that service, if you consider the certificate is conforming the proof made by him & applicable to his case, it may result in an increase of pension for him -  he is a pensioner under the law of '32 - 
I am Respectfully Your Most Ob't Serv't
/s/Arad Joy
['State of New York County of [blank]' crossed out]
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[handwritten letter]
Ovid July 12th 1844

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions

Dr Sir
I inclose proof of more Service in the case of Salmon Farr; I have not much of a history of his case, & know little of the proof before the department, but Mr. F. informs me that for his service in Vermont he has never been pensioned, but that he has made much proof of that service, if you consider the certificate is conforming the proof made by him & applicable to his case, it may result in an increase of pension for him - he is a pensioner under the law of '32 -
I am Respectfully Your Most Ob't Serv't
/s/Arad Joy
['State of New York County of [blank]' crossed out]
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State of Vermont
Secretary of States Office, 
Burlington June 4 - 1844.

I, J. McM Shafter Secretary of State for the state of Vermont, hereby certify that upon an original Pay-Roll of Revolutionary service on Record in this office occurs the name of Salmon Farr, with an allowance to him for five day's service in July AD 1781. done at Cambridge and Saratoga"
I also certify that the name of said Salmon Farr, occurs upon another like Pay-Roll recorded in this office with an allowance to him for Fourteen days service in November AD 1781. 
/s/J. McM. Shafter
Secretary of State of Vermont.
['I further certify' crossed out]
I further certify that the foregoing Pay Roll have been examined & allowed by by a committee appointed by acting under the authority of this state and that the same has been settled and paid by this state as appears of record. 
/s/J. McM. Shafter
Secy of State of Vermont.
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[typewritten letter]
H. S. FARR, M. D. 
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
MADRID, IOWA

February 12" 1926
Department of the Interior. 
Bureau of Pensions.
Rev. War Record.
Washington D. C. 

Gentlemen Will you please give me the Revolutionary War record of Salmon Farr. (it may be on the records as Salmon B Farr)
He enlisted from one of the eastern States, either Mass on Vermont. After the war he resided at Schenectady NY and died in Geneseo Co NY, in 1842, aged 96 yrs.
Hoping that you may be able to comply with my request.
I am very Respy Yours,
/s/H. S. Farr