Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20944, John Cyilder, Continental Green Mt. Boys Vt.
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Continental Green Mt. Boys, VT 
 Cyilder, John or Cyelder. Sally
W. 20944
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2,750
New -York.
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John Cyilder, private,  New-Hampshire line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
the 4. of May, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Sept. 1818, and sent to the care of Abraham Brownson, Esq; Monticello, N.Y.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818-                 $32.26
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819.     48-
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                                                                     $80.26.
4 mos 1/31

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Warner

3 years 1777
Continued under Act 1 May, 1820  notification sent 12 July, 1820 to S. W. Brownson, Monticello, N.Y.
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New-York 1738. City
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Sally Cyelder N. H.  widow of John Cyelder who was a Private in the New Hampshire live for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Dollars_____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4h day of March, 1843
===================================Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept, 1843 and sent to Joseph Ellis Bloomingburgh, N. Y.
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1  Page 104
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State of Pennsylvania}
Wayne County ss.}

Before me Moses Calkin, one of the Justices
of the Peace in and for the County of Wayne
personally appeared Charles McIntire Burlin
who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is a daughter of John and Sally Cyelder and the eldest child, and that she was born November Six in the year Seventeen Hundred Ninety, and that is his correct age as she has had it from his said parents and that his Father was a Revolutionary pensioner to the time of his Death, and that he died one years ago or more and that his Mother Sally Cyelder has remained the Widow of John Cyelder ever since and that she now is a resident of the Town of Lumberland County of Sullivan and State of New York the word (of) in the third line from top is Interlined

Sworn and Subscribed this 8th of October 1841
before me.  Signed Charity[X-his mark]McIntire.              Moses Calkin J Peace

I do hereby Certify that I am personally
Acquainted with Mrs. Charity McIntire who
has subscribed to the above Affidavit by making
his mark and is credible Witness and entitled
to full credit and belief.     

Moses Calkin J Peace
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Charity
State of Pennsylvania}
Wayne County ss.} I Leonard Graves
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Wayne do hereby certify
that Moses Calkin Esq. before whom
the foregoing proceedings were had
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
County duly commissioned and qualified, and that the within requatures purporting to be his are genuine-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Bethany the 21st day of Oct AD. 1841-
L Graves, Prothonotary
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 25, 1854

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,

The child of Sally Cyelder, died, a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of eighty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 17" June 1844, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1847 to the 23 April 1847.

Respectfully, yours,
JM Brodhead, Comptroller

1758, 63
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
------------------------------------------------
Present.
M. Brodhead
Comptroller
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
March 25, 1854

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,

The child of John Cyelder, died
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A pensioner on the Roll of the N. Y. City Agency, at the rate of and eight Dollars Cents per month, under the law of the 18 March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1830, to the 9th  Oct. 1830.

Respectfully, yours
J. W.  Brodhead, Comptroller

Recr'd act 1843-1758


To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Present.
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State of New York]
Sullivan County ds.} On this 25th day of January 1839 personally appeared before me Platt Pelton a Judge of the County Court of Sullivan County aforesaid, being a Court of
record, Sally Cyelder a resident of the town of Lumberland in the County of Sullivan aforesaid aged Sixty Eight years who being first duly sworn, according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Con
gress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"" That she is the widow of John Cyelder who was a soldier-
In the Army of the Revolutionary War. That her said husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 March 1818, and for the evidence of his services she would to the papers on file at the war department she further declares that she was married to the said John Cyelder the now resides in the neighbourhood where in the County of Ulster and State of New York
in the month of November 9th day, in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty Eight the day of the month
That previous to her marriage to the said John Cyelder her name was Sally Johnson. That her husband the aforesaid John Ceylder died on the Ninth day of Oct---one thousand & eighty hundred and thirty------
That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but before seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit at the times above stated.         Sally [X her mark] Cyelder


She now widower interlined-signing
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Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year
above written. And I do certify that said
Sally Cyelder, cannot from bodily infirmity
attend the Court of which I am Judge:

The above deponent say, she never used her name.
P. Pelton Judge of Sullivan Plear
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Jno [John] Cyilder, pr
N. H. line,
4. May, 1818.

for service from
77 to 80  [illegible]
- must be
admitted

Ab[suberscript m] [Abraham?] Brownson,
Monticello, Sullivan
County, N. Y.
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State of New York}
Sullivan County ss.} on this fourth day of May one County thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Abraham Brownson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County personally appeared John Ceylder aged Sixty in years and upwards resident in the town of Lumberland in said County who being by 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 the said John Cyelder enlisted as a common soldier at Skeersborough now White male in the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain William Fitch United States any in this month of July or August in then year one thousand seven hundred & Seventy five that the regiment to which said
company was attached was commanded by
Col Seth Warner that he continued & serve in said corps until about the first of November in said year when he was discharged from service at Ticonderoga in the State of New York by said Col Warner that in the month on January in the year one thousand Seven hundred & seventy six said Cyelder enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Burrows
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of the United States army which said company was attached to the regiment commanded by said Colonel Seth Warner that he continued to serve in said Corps until the first of April in said year when Jay Ceylder enlisted at Quebec in Canada in the company commanded by Captain Seth Warner of the United States Army which said company was attached to the regiment command by Col- Porter that said Cyelder continued to serve in said corps until the
mouth of december in said year 1776 when
he was discharged verbally at Poughkeepsie
in Dutchess County in the State of New York
by said Colonel. Porter. That in the month of February in the year one thousand Seven hundred & seventy seven paid civil due enlisted in Skeersborough now, White Male company
in the State of New York in the commanded
by Captain Gideon Bronson of the United States
army which said company was attached to
the regiment commanded by Col. Seth Warner- that he continued to live in said corps until the month of March or April in the year one thousand  seven hundred & eighty when he was discharged at Bennington in the State of Vermont
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by said Col. Seth Warner-that some time in
the summer of the year one thousand seven him
deed & eighty said Ceylder enlisted Manchester in the State of Vermont but does not recollect the name of the Captain under  whom he enlisted, but that the company into which he enlisted was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Ira Allen and that said Ceylder continued to live in said corps until the close of the revolutionary war when he was discharged verbally at Pittsford in the State of Vermont by said Col Allen. that said Ceylder was in the battle at Hubberton in the State of Vermont that he was at the Bennington Battle-that he was in the battle at the taking of Burgoyne, and that he is in undued circumstances and stands in need of the  assistance of his country for support and that he has now no other evidence in his power of his said services- and that he has never received or applied for any pension-
John[X his mark]Ceylder

 Sworn and declares before me the day & year
aforesaid-  Abrm. Brownson 

commanded by Captain Jeremiah Burrows
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Sulliam, County Ss.}  I Abraham Brownson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
in & for said County as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Ceylder did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of
War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned the act of Congress 1818 
 Mr. Abrm. Brownson

State of New York}
Sullivan County. ss} I, John P. Jones Clerk of the
Clerk's office-- court of Common Pleas in & for
Sullivan County do certify Abraham Brownson Esq whose name is subscribed to the
above declaration & certificate is duly
commissioned one of the Judges of the Court
of Common of said County - & that I am well acquainted with him & his handwriting &
that the signature to said declaration &
certificate are both his hand writing-

J. P. Jones Clk
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Wayne County SS}

The Common Welth of Pennsylvania Greeting
Before me Moses Calkin, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Wayne, personally appeared John Johnson of Damascus who do being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he was 63 years of age in May last that he is a Brother of Sally Cyelder Widow of John Cyelder deceased a late resident of Sullivan County State of New York and that he was present at his Father's house in the County of Sullivan in the aforesaid State of New York and saw his sister Sally Married to John Cyelder by the Reverend Mr Seely who was a traveling preacher and preached accassionly in the neighborhood and he thinks according to his recollection and belief the Marriage took place on or about the 9th of November in the year of 1788, and that they had been Married between one and two years before they had any children their eldest child was a daughter who was named Charity Cyelder that she is now Married to Amon McIntire and that she lives two or three miles from this deponent and that John Cyelder died ten years ago or more and his sister remained a widow ever since his death, dated Oct 8th 1841

Sworn and Subscribed before me by 
making [his mark X John Johnson]
Moses Calkin J Peace

I do Certify that I am personally acquainted with
John Johnson the above Witness and that he is
of good character & is entitled to the fullest credit and belief
Moses Calkin J Peace
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two erasures in the fourth and fifth line from
top also one in the fourteenth and one in the
Eighteenth line from the top also one in the
twentieth line from top the word (Sister) in the line next to the
bottern is Interlined the above erasers and Interlineations is in Mr Johnson's affidavit
Moses Calkin J. Peace

Sally Cyelder widow of John Cyelder
Joseph Ellis against  residence Bloomingburgh
Sullivan County,  N. Y.-
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These enclosed affidavits Firmishes additional proof to support the application of Sally Cyelder whose papers are now on file in the pension department the affidavit of John Johnson Gous Clearly to show that the Widow Sally Childer was Married toJohn Cyelder on the 9th day of November 1788 the age of her eldest child Charity McIntyre likewise support the time of the manage their is no record evidence found nor can be to & prove the marriage of by examination you find her entitled at wil be very gratifying to the old Lady and all her
neighbours she is very poor and needy pleas
answer it in its turn.  
     
Yours with Respect, F. Ellis agent
Pleas direct the answer to Bloomingburgh Sullivan County State of New York
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In the matter of a pension for John Cyelder, a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
Lumberland
2,750

ss. 22 Sept. 1818.
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State of New York}
Sullivan Courty}
Count of Common Pleas ss.}

On this fourteenth day of June one thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty personally appeared in the Court being a Court of Record by the Constitution and Laws of the said State.  

For said County John Ginder aged sixty eight years resident in the town of Lumberland in said County who being first July sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows-
That he enlisted as a private soldier at Quebec in Canada in the month of March 1776 in the company commanded by Captain Seth Wheeler in Colonel- Porter's regiment that he continued to have in said company until December following at which time he was discharged at
Poughkeepsie in Duthely County in the State of New York that in the last of the winter or first of the spring of 1777 he again enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States in the company commanded by Captain Gideon Brownson in Colonel Seth Warners regiment of the Vermont line of the Continental establishment that he enlisted for three years and that the continued to save in said company until about June 1780. three years & three months- at which time he was discharged at Bennington in the State of Vermont, that some time about the month of October 1780, he again
enlisted during the war in the company commanded by Captain----- Underhill in Colonel Brau Allens detachment of the Vermont line of the Continental establishment and that he continued to serve in said company until the close of the Revolutionary war when
he was discharged at Pittsford in the State of Vermont
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 & that he served two or three months enlistments in the revolutionary war previous to the first enlistment above mentioned and that his original declaration is dated the fourth of May 1818 & that he has received a pension certificate numbered 2750 & I do solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property in any part thereof with intent thereby so to  diminish as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of In United States in the Revolutionary war passed in the18th 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 what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.  John [X his mark] Cyilder



Seal property move
Schedule of personal property-
Six old chains 75. 6 tea cups & sauchs 31-
$1.66
1 milk cup 12-- tea pot 25- pitcher 18 - 4 bowls 50- $1.06
1 set knives & forks 50 - table 50 - 2 old chest 75 - 1.75
tea Kettle 50 - 2 axes old 100 - tongs 25--
1.75+1.75+1.06+1.66=$5.62
John [X his mark] Cyilderr
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That his family is seven in number to wit himself aged sixty eight years, that he is a labour at days work that he is disabled in his right shoulder and also in the left arm by a musket ball received in the service in the revolutionary war that in consequence of these disablities his advanced age & infirmity he is not able to
support himself, his wife Sally aged 49 years upwards is able to support herself - his daughter Sally aged sixteen years and upwards is also able to support herself, his daughter Betsey aged 13 years and upwards
is not able to support herself & his son Kiran aged eleven years is unable to support himself & his son Robert aged six years is also unable to support himself.


Sworn in open Court this day of June 1820 -
before me
Wm A Thompson}
First Judge of said Court}
Sullivan County ⎬ I John P. Jones Clerk of the Court of clerk office Common pleas for 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 I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is five Dollars & Sixty two cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of the said
Court on this nineteenth day of June
1820,
J.P. Jones Clk
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Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20,994
Sally Cyelder
Wid of John Cyelder
Pri Rev War
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Act March 3rd  143

Index: Vol. A, Page 165

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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N York
Sally Cyelder let to Hon. A. J. Parker 22. March 39 to Hon. R. Palon 7 March 1840



Act July 1838
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6442
New York
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Sally Cyelder of John Cyelder decd
was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
who died on the 9 October 1830
Sullivan in the State of New York
was a private in the Comp commanded
Captain Wheeler of the regt commanded
Col Porter in the New York years for 2 years
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inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Nov
1841 & sent to Jos. Ellis Esqr
Bloomingburgh NY
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arrears to the 4th of March 11. 400.00
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4000
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Thea Suloody Clerk.
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 92
Vol.
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State of New York}
Sullivan County ss.}

Personally appeared before me Platt
Pelton a Judge of the County Court of Sullivan County aforesaid being a Court of record John Johnson being a resident of the town of the County and State of New York entering by me
duly sworn according to law depose says that he Sixty one years of age. That he was well
acquainted with John Elder in his life time and with his widow Tally elder has personally known them or more than fifty years past; and that the said John Cyelder and Sally Cyelder lived together as husband wife & raised a family of children and that he is the Brother of Sally by elder the will of the said John Cyelder & that he saw them married that he was then about 10 years old & believes they were married and according to the laws of this and that the said John Cyelder was a revolutionary pensioned as deponent understood. That the aforesaid Wilder
deed the ninth eighteen hundred & thirty
day October and that the aforesaid Sally Ceylder has not intermarried since the death
of the said John Cyelder, but has remained his widow ever since-  John [X his mark]Johnston

Sworn & subscribed this 25th day of
January 1839 before me and I certify
that the deponent above named & who
make oath as above, named who has made oath as above is a credible person of truth & Veracity

P. Pelton Judge of Justice  Common Pleas
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State of New York}
Sullivan County ss.}

personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the afore said County of Sullivan Joseph Ellis at Resident of Mamakating in said County aged Fifty years and made oath in due form of Law and depose and states that he has been employed by the widow Sally Cyelder to make Such for a marriage Record kept by the Reverend Mr Seely in order to find her marriage to John Cyelder and that he has made diligent search and inquiries in the Counties of Utten Orange & Sullivan where
he this deponent understood that said July preached is that said July moved to the west but where this deponent could not learn and this deponent further stats that he is fully satisfied that the records of any kept by the Reverend  Mr. Seely cannot be found and that said Seely was a travelling preacher or Missionary and that he had no sitted place to preach as he this deponent could understand and this deponent likewise understood that said Seely has been dead for many years.  
Joseph Ellis

Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th day
October 1841.                       J.O.  Dunning J P.

I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Joseph Ellis and that he is entitled to the fullest credit and belief
J O Dunning J.P.
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I certify that I am a distant cousin of the within
named Mr Seely and that I am of opinion there are no record of his to be found, as he was not settled at any particular place for any length of time, and at his death was removed from this part of the country and I also have made considerable search for said recordsmyself
J. O.  Dunning J.P.


State of New York}          
Sullivan County ss⎬ I Henry W Howell Clerk of
Sullivan County do certify that R. W. Courin and
J. O. Dunning the justices before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken were at the time of the dates thereof respectively Justices of the Peace of said County commissioned and sworn according to law and dwelling in said County and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justices and verily believe that the signatures to said affidavits are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said County
the 5th day of November 1841
Henry W Howell Clerk
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State of New York⎬
Sullivan County ss.}

On this 26 day of June 1841 personally appeared before me a Justice of of the
peace in and for said County Sally Cyelder a
resident of Lumberland in the afore said
County of Sullivan aged years who being
First duly sworn according to law and made the following Supplemental declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress in the year of 1838 and more fully to explain her marriage that she was married to John Cyelder now decent on the Ninth day of November 1788 by the Reverend Mr. Seely who was a travelling preacher & that he occasionally preached in the Neighbourhood of Sullivan County in the Town of Lumberland where she was married & that her brother John Johnston was present and saw her married to said Cyelder that about two years after they were married she gave birth to her eldest child a daughter the named her Charity Cyelder that she is now the wife of Ann McTyre and resides
in Ware County Pennsylvania the word Seely in the 13th since from the Top State before executed her.     Sally [X her mark]Cyelder

Sworn and subscribed before me the date above writing by making her mark.
A.M. Corwin J.P. 
I the said Justice do certify that I was well acquainted with John Cyelder in his lifetime & with Sally his wife now his widow and that they
always have a good character & that I believe her statement in the above to be true . RW Corwin J.P.
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State of New York}
Sullivan County ss.}

Personally appear & Life of Pelton- a Judge of the County Court of said County being a Court of record Margaret Tuttle being a resident of the town of Lumberland in the County aforesaid who being by me duly sworn according to law depose & say that she is sixty three years old that he is the sister of Sally Childer the wife of John Cyelder & that she has resided in the neighbourhood & in the family of the said John Childer & Sarah Calder seize they were married that they lived together as wife & raised a family of children & that the said sale has not intermario receive the death of the said 
John Cyelder.     Margaret [X her mark] Tuttle

Sworn & Subscribed this 25th day of Jany 1839
P. Pelton Judge of Sullivan, Common Pleas
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State of New York}
Sullivan County ⎬ SS 
I Davis Martin Clerk of the County of Sullwan aforesaid and of the Court of Common Pleas being a court of record Donley certify that Platt Pelton before whom the foregoing affadavits were taken was at the time and now is a force of the county courts in and for the County of Sullivan aforesaid and that the signature of the said P Pelton as Judge is his genuine signature

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said county court this 30th day of January 1839.   Davis Ellis

V 4416
amt 2 yrs per $80
_________________
No deduction
Jos. Ellis. Bloomingburgh, N. Y.
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A disionial proof in the case of Sally Cyelder widow of John Cyelder

Hon. R. Palen AR
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State of New York}
Sullivan County ss. }

Personally appeared before me & J. O. Dunning a justice of the Peace in and for said County Joseph Ellis and made oath in due form of law and states on his oath that he has made diligent search for the records of marriages kept by the Rev Mr Welch and Mr Seely who in the time of the Revolutionary war and since that time both of them occasionally preached at the same place in the town of Lumberland in the County of Sullivan in the State aforesaid expecting to find on said record the marriage of John Cyelder by elder to Sally Johnson, and this deponent and Joseph Ellis being a resident of the town of Mama Lating in the County of Sullivan aged forty nine years further states that he has examined and inquired in various parts of the country and that he is well satisfied there are no records of marriage to be found of either the Rev Mr Seely or Rev Mr Welch                          Joseph Ellis

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of February 1840.      J. O. Dunning J P

Sullivan County ss
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Joseph Ellis who subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit and that he is a man good character and is entitled to the fullest confidence and belief 
J. O. Dunning J.P., 

February 19th 1849
I certify that I have made search for the
Records above mentioned in different parts of the country and that I am fully satisfied there are no such records to be found Feb. 19th 1840
J. O. Dunning J. P.
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State of New York}
Sullivan County ss.}

I Davies Morton Clerk  of said County do Hereby certify that Jonathan O. Dunning Esquire
whose name is subscribed to the proof of
the foregoing affidavit and thereon written
was at the time of taking the same a Justice
of the Peace residing in said County 
commissioned and sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the same is genuine-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 19th day February AD 1840

Darius Martin, Clerk
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House Representatives
Feby 26. 1840
J. L. Evans Esqr
will please examine the enclosed papers and in case they are not satisfactory in the evidence now in file return same agreeable to the request
contained in the annexed letter

Very Respectfully yours
Rufus Palen
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February 19th 1840

Hon R Palen
Sir I wish you would call up the case of
Sally by elder Widow of John by elder, and likewise the case of Mary McClanning widow of John McClanning and present the additional proof, the affidant of Joseph Ellis it appears the Records Department require that record evidence should be procured and if it appear by proof no record evidence can be had that the evidence of a respectable witness would be accepted as satisfactory proof to prove marriages and that such proof has already been introduced and is now in the possession of the department in both cases and if the proof already made together with the additional proof given by I have all the original papers returned to me by mail

Please attend to these cases as soon as
convenient and by so doing you will oblige

Yours H
J. O. Dunning
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Washington
Feby 19, 1839

J.S. Evans Esq

Sir,
I am requested by one of my constituents enclose  are the application of Mrs Mary W claiming Mrs Sally Cyelder for pension-

Very Respectfully yours 
A. J. Pacher
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2027
Sally Cyelder
__________________________
Joseph Ellis agent
Bloomingburgh, Sullivan County
N. Y.

$80 per annum
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State of New York}
Sullivan County ss⎬

On this sixth day of June 1843 personally
appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Sullivan in said State Sally Cyelder a resident of Lumberland in the County of Sullivan State aforesaid Aged 73 years and made oath in due form of law and makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed March 3rd 1843 entitled an Act granting one years pension to certain widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of John Cyelder died a late resident of Sullivan County who was a soldier and served in the New Hampshire line and drew a Pension of the Amount of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum under the Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818
and that she her self applied for and received
five years pension under the Act of Congress
passed July 7th 1838 as the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum and that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the aforesaid John Cyelder since his death.

Subscribed & Sworn before me the of the above written by making her mark.  Sally Cyelder [X her mark]

The letter & in the word Cyelder added before marriage.         
J. O Dunning J.P.
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State of New York
Sullivan County ⎬ SS.

Personally appeared before me the unders
signed one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Jonathan Hawks a resident of said County aged 54 years and made oath in due form of law depose and states that he was personally acquainted with John Cyelder died a late resident of Sullivan County and with Sally Cyelder his wife who is now his widow and that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the aforesaid John Cyelder since his death.  Jonathan Hawks

The letter " in the word Cyelder added before executed -

Subscribed and sworn before me this 6th day of
June 1843.
J. O. Dunning J.P.

I certify that I am acquainted with the above deponent and believe him to be entitled to full credit and belief
J. O. Dunning J.P.
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Sullivan County}
Clerks Office ⎬
I Henry W Howell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sullivan certify that Jonathan O. Dunning is a Magistrate as
above, and that the foregoing signature purportingto be his is genuine. In Testimony 
 whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal and Subscribed my name this 10th day of June
1843-
Henry W. Howell Clerk
of the Court of Common
Pleas of Sullivan County