Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,208, Amherst Dyer, Continental R.I.
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Service         number
Continental  Dyer, Amherst   W.19.208
RI    Cynthia
Contents
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25.196
New York
Amhurst Dyer
Washington in the state of New Yoru
who was a Private in the [NA} commander
Captain Taylor of the Regt commander
Col Cook in the New York for
2 Years
Inscribed in the Roll of New your
the rate of 80 dollars and 00 cents per annun,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of pension issured the 8 day of Nov
1839 and results JI Putnum
Cambridge
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 39   $200
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27/15
New Yourk.Albany
Cynthia Dyer
Widow of Amhert Dyer
NY
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private      Reported Dec 30 [NA]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 dollars
ents per annum to commense on
the 4th day of Match, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the
30 day of Dec 1848
and sent to
Mr Haswell Bennington
[NA]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848 Page 59 Vol 4
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9289
Cynthia Dyer

Wm Haswell
Bennington
Vermont
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State of New York
Washington County, fs on this 7th Day of April, AD
1843, before me,Luther J Howe, one of the Judges
of the County Court, within and for said County
Of Washinton,
a resident of White Creek in the County of Washingtonnton, at the dwelling house of John. Dyer, in the White Creek in said County, on account of the infirmed and feeble health of the disclamant, personally appeared Cynthia Dyer
a resident of White Creek in the County of Washington, aged Seventy seven and a half 
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain benefits of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7, 1838, the 23 of August 1842, and the 3rd of March 1843, granting provisions to widows whose husbands served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow Amherst Dyer, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, as set forth in his declaration now on file in the Pension Office of the United States for which he received a Pension under the Act of 7th June, 1832 and to which she [NA] for the services of her said husband. 
She also declares that she was married to the said Amherst Dyer of the Day of November, AD 1785, at Shaftsburg, Vermont, by Peter Wright, Esq. then a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Bennington. That she has no record of her marriage, her bible in which it was recorded having been stolen from her.
That her husband the aforesaid Amherst Dyer died on the 3rd day of March A.D. 1840.
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at White Creek, and that she has remained a Widow ever since, and still remains the widow of the said Amherst Dyer. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794. viz. at the time above stated.
Cynthia F. Dyer
mark

In presence of 
John K Dyer
Ann Dyer

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, Luther J House a judge of Washington County Courts

I, Luther J. Howe, one of the Judges of the County Court within and for the County of Washington, in the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Cynthia Dyer for a pension.

In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of our Court this 7th day of April A.D. 1843, at the house of John K Dyer, in White Creek, the declarant being very infirm, and unable on account of palsy to write her name, and consequently unable to attend Court for the purpose of making her declaration.

Luther J Howe a Judge of Washington County Courts
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State of New York
Washington County ss 
On the this day of September 1832
personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas at the Court house in the Town of Salem in said County now sitting Amherst Dyer a resident of the Town of White Creek in the County of
Washington and State of New York aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June Seventh 1832

That he was born in the town of North Kingston in the the County of Kings now Washington and State of Rhodeisland in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine

That he has no record of his age and knows nothing of it but by information from his parents and time by his memory -

That he lived when called into the service in
North Kingston aforesaid, then (& after the was) removed to & lived about four years in the town of Shaftsbury County of Bennington and State of Vermont then to the said Town of White Creek (the part of Cambridge) where he
has lived ever since and lives in said town of White Creek now -

That on the tenth day of July 1775 he became
sixteen years old and was immediately enrolled in the company of Militia in that town North Kingston was in the command
of Captain Thomas Clark, James Albro Lieutenant & in a regiment of which Charles Dyer was then or soon after Colonel - That about that time and for many months after the immediate neighbourhood of the said town of
North Kingston was in an almost constant state of alarm - That the British shipping lay off and along the coast and nearly every week and sometimes daily
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sent porters ashore who [plundered] the inhabitants & [ ] their dwellings. The [  ] also were
often engaged in similar excursions aimed in piloting, the enemy on shore [area can] directing them to the villages or private dwellings which were pillaged -that to prevent this kind of plundering the said company was much in service.  Sometimes it was divided into 
two sections and stood a tour of duty every other month or 2.  Sometimes they were all out for as long or longer time & at other times not engaged in as much service- There were however a number of places in the neighborhood much exposed and which were constantly [ ] - that he [ ] Jan Amhurst Dyer has no doubt he was 10 engaged in actual service at Wickford.
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that he then returned home and into the said company of militia in North Kingston which was now commanded by Deacon Peter Wright who was chosen over Lieut James Albro by mutual understanding, the said James Albro
remained as Lieutenant and Samuel Dyer was Ensign Charles Dyer was at this time Colonel of the regiment that he served in said company and was he is confident more than half of the time in actual service in the manner and at the place in and about North Kingston as above specified (the british being if any thing more troublesome after they got footing on the island) till the fourteenth day of July in the year
177[illegible] -

That on the fourteenth day of July 177[illegible] he enlisted in the town of East Greenwich in the County of Kent Rhodeisland for seven months
in a company of artillery of State troops he believes. The Captains name was Carlisle the Lieutenants name was Snow and by
him he was enliste.  the Colonels name was Eliott - That they were mustered at Tivertown to join Gen. Sullivans Expedition against Rhodeisland a day or two thereof to -
That while at Tivertown there was a requisition of one third of Col. Elliots regiment made to fill up a regiment of continental artillery( he thinks) commanded by Colonel Jackson the Lt Col & Majors names he does not recollect - That he
with others to the number of our third of his Company volunteers and joined said Jacksons regiment and were assigned
to a company in said regiment command by a Captain Parker - That he went on to Rhodisland with said expedition was posted in different [illegible] from time to time and was engaged in action by cannonading
then weeks or more almost daily just before the retreat of Gen Sullivan and about the time of the retreat had seen hand fighting for mosly the whole of one day only a day or
two before he left the island - He knows Gen  Green
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was with Gen Sullivan and heard it said Gen La Fayette was also there but does not remember to have seen him - That after the retreat he was again returned to Captain Carlisles Company and continued in it to the end of the seven months for which he enlisted stationed most of the time at Greenwich Newtown now East Greenwich when he was discharged by writing which he has lost years ago-

That in February 1779 he again returned
to said company of Militia in North Kingston in which he was first enrolled and which at that time was commanded by Captain Samuel Dyer - That in said company he preformed much actual service from that time to the end of the war and particularly he served therein three months as a substitute for Davis Reynolds who was drafted from said Company into service at the time when General Webster Spencer undertook to conduct an expedition against the British on Rhodeisland but failed to go over to the island at all - The particular time of this expedition whether before or after General Sullivans he does not
recollect - He was also in service from said Company as a substitute for a man in N. Kingston whose name he does not recollect one month and was stationed at New Port but a short time after the British left Rhode Island - That from each of the said last mentioned
times he was verbally discharged - 
That he never received any discharge from the service other than as is above set forth - 
That he has no documentary evidence to prove
any of his said [illegible] and knows of no person whose testimony he can [illegible] who cantestify to his service nor is there any clergyman in his neighborhood who has [illegible] these
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more than sixteen months he cannot therefore proceed on to certify as required
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Amherst Dyer

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. S. Leigh Clk

We Benjamin Joslin & John P. Putnam both 
residing in the town of White Creek County of Washington
and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amherst Dyer who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
seventy three years of age.  That he is reputed and he
lived in the neighbourhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
J P Putnam
B. Joslin

Sworn in open Court this 3d day 
of September 1832

J. S. Leigh Clk
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No 2 1891 
Amherst Dyer
Washington [illegible]

Adm 2 years. $80

John. P. Putnam
Cambridge
Washington [illegible]
Ny
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183

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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and  you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Amherst Dyer Washington Co NY

[following is set in table format]

Period when the service was [illegible]   [illegible] 10 July, 1775
Rank of the claimant.  Private
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Capt Clark
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  73 years North Kingston
Proof by which the declaration is supported.  Traditional evidence stated credible by the Court of witnesses not stated credible

Period when the service was [illegible] until 79 age not stated
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Capt Taylor  

Period when the service was [illegible] Oct, 1776  
Duration of the claimant's service 3 months
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served Col Cook Col Dyer

Period when the service was [illegible] unitl 14 July 1778
Duration of the claimant's service 7 months
Rank of the claimant. [illegible]
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served Capt Carlisle
Col Elliott

Period when the service was [illegible] [illegible]  July 79
Duration of the claimant's service 3 months
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served  Col Jackson

Period when the service was [illegible] [illegible]
Duration of the claimant's service 1 months
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served Capt Parker
Capt Dyer

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.
L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been 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 of 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 _____  day of _____ personally appeared (a) before _____
A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____
and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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)   _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____
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. [pointing finger character here] 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 _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
_____ day of _____ & 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 _____
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and 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 the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this _____ day of _____ &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-
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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 must 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 as 
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 the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  
"Personally appeared before me, 
 the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &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 his 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 a 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 places, 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
permit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

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

Proof of Service.
[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 of 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,
the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

[pointing finger character] 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 in note [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
John Nashton
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William Haswell
Bennston

[ There is other faded writing on document. Probably not related.]
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I, Henry Dyer of Manchester in the
County of Bennington and State of
Vermont, aged nearly 84 years testify
and say that I lived with my father
in Shaftsbury in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont for many
years, and that on the 2d day of November
1785 at Shaftsbury aforesaid, I attended
the wedding of my twin brother Amherst
Dyer and Cynthia Kingsley; they were
married by Peter Wright Esq. and I further testify that the said Cynthia Dyer
is still the widow of my deceased brother
Amherst Dyer, and further saith not
Henry Dyer
Sworn and subscribed this 23d day of
June - A.D. 1843
Solomon Bentley Justice of the Peace
I certify that Henry Dyer is a credible person
Solomon Bentley Justice of the Peace

I, Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of the Court
for Bennington County, do hereby
certify that Solomon Bentley, jr. is a justice of the Peace within and for said
County, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, I believe
to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this 24th day of July
A.D. 1843
Saml H. Blackmer Clerk
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History to  [illegible]

July 13, 1926.
[illegible]:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
in the pension claim, E. 19208, it appears that Amherst Dyer was born July 10, 1758, at North Kingston, R.I. and resided there during the Revolution.
He served as a private from  July 1775, to the close
of the war, at various times, amounting to about two years, under 
Captains Thomas Clark, James Parker, Peter Wright, 
Carlisle and Smuel Dyer and Colonels Charles Dyer, Cook and 
Elliott, in the Rhode Island Troops, except while detached for a short while to Capt. Parker's Company, Col.
Jackson's Continental Regiment, during General Sullivans
Expedition to Rhode Island in 1778, and was in the
engagement on Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 3, 1832, while living at White Creek, Washington
County, N. Y. where he died March 3, 1840.
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He married at Shaftsburry, Vt. November [faded] 1[faded]05.
Cynthia Kingsley and she was allowed pension on her [Maybe appolution] executed April 7,1843, at which time she was seventy-seven and a half years old and was living at White Creek, N.Y. in the house of John K. Dyer, whose relationship is not stated.
It is not stated whether they had any children; 
Respectfully,

 WINFIELD SCOTT
Commisioner.
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19,208
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19208
Cynthia Dyer
Wid of
Amherst Dyer
Pen Rev War
Act: Feb. 2nd '/48
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 2 0 [illegible]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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May 20/94 
Hist. to F. W. Rickenbaugh
Toledo, Ohio M.E.l.

Sept 27 - 1900

Mrs. Robet R. Law
Cambridge N.Y.
---
1926 July 13. Hist to Mrs. D.H. Bowman &
Mrs. H. T. Hearth
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1796
New York
Cynthia Dyer
widow of Amherst Dyer
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 3rd March, 1840
of Washington in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Taylor
of the Regt commanded by Col Cook in
the [N.York with lines through] RI line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80
Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of
Oct 1843 and sent to Wm Haswell
Bennington Vert
-
Total amount, $400 -
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho Lampkin, Clerk.
Book A
Vol. 2
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√ 4733  |
New York
Alby
Cynthia Dyer
widow of Amherst Dyer
who was a private
in the [New York with Lines Through] RI Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
twenty sixth day of Jany 1844
and sent to
Wm Haswell
Bennington VT

Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. / Page 215
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5750
Cynthia Dyer
Wm Haswell
Birmington,
Vermont.
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State of New York
Washington County, ss. } On this 21st day of December, 
AD. 1843. personally appeared before the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County of
Washington aforesaid, Cynthia Dyer, a resident
of White Creek in the County and State aforesaid, to me personally known,  aged seventy eight
years and over, who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress,
passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Amherst Dyer, who was
private in the Army of the Revolution, and was
placed on the Pension List Roll of the New York Agency,
under the Act of 7th June, 1832, that she was placed
on the pension list Roll of the New York Agency at
the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the
act of July 7, 1838. And she further declares that
she still remains the widow of the said Amherst Dyer. - The words" to me personally known"
interlined before signing.

Cynthia Dyer her x mark

In presence of
Wm Haswell
Gideon C Olin
[illegible] W. Anderson

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Gideon C. Olin Justice of Peace
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State of New York, Washington County, ss ⎬ 
I, Edward Dodd
Clerk of the County of Washington
do hereby certify that Gideon C. Olin
Esquire
was on the day of the date
of the above [illegible] within certificate, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County, duly appointed, and qualified,
and that the within signature,
purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto affixed my seal of office,
and subscribed my name, this
22d day of December, A.D. 1843
Edward Dodd Clerk
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9289.
Cynthia Dyer
N.Y.
Ad 7th July '38
Adm [illegible]
2 years
Pnio
-
$80 per an
Wm Haswell Esq
Bennington
Vermont
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Bennington, Vt. July 26, 1843.
Hon Jas L Edwards

Sir,
I enclose the applications of
Cynthia Dyer, Abigail Godfrey & Mary
Norton, -  Will you please examine the
papers in the case of Sarah Welch, now
on file in the Pension Office, and if the
case is fully made out, (as I think by a former letter of yours is the fact,) please for
ward a certificate
Yours truly
Wm Haswell
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C. Dyer

$80 per an

Wm. Haswell
Bennington
Vt.
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Bennington, Dec. 29, 1843

Sir,

I herewith forward the application
of Cynthia Dyer for a pension.
Yours respectfully,
Wm Haswell,

Hon. J.S. Edwards
Co of Pensions
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In the Matter of Amherst Dyer
[21sql]
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State of New York
Washington County [illegible]

James Sweet of the town of Shaftsbury County of Bennington and State of Vermont being
duly sworn saith - That he is well acquainted with
Amherst Dyer of the Town of White Creek County of Washington and State of New York - That he this deponent
and the said Dyer were born in the town of North Kingston, now North Washington he believes in the County
of Washington & State of Rhodeisland and lived then
as neighbours till the spring of the year 1779 - That he
this deponent knew the said Amherst Dyer when a soldier
in the revolution was enrolled in the same company with
him from April 1776 to February or March 1779 during
all of that time which the said Dyer was not engaged in
other companies by enlistment- That he well remembers
the said Amherst Dyer as a zealous partisan and true
whip and ready at all times when his country called for
his services in said war - That he knew him as a Soldier
from some time in the summer of 1775 and before this
deponent was old enough to be enrolled which did not
happen till the Eleventh of April 1776. That he this deponent well remembers the unsettled and alarmed State of
the Country and especially of his immediate neighbourhood at that time and the burden of service then [illegibe] on the Militia of said neighbourhood -
That according to the best recollection and belief of
this deponent the said Amherst Dyer was absent from the
said company a few months 
in the fall & winter of 1776 and also absent from the
said Company in the summer and fall of 177 and
at them times engaged as an enlisted soldier and the
[illegible] period in the artillery according to the best recollection
and belief of this deponent but such information was
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[illegible] from report for this deponent now saw
the said Dye in any such service to his recollection

And this deponent further saith that as to this
services of the said Amherst Dyer in the militia
Company in which this deponent and the said Dyer was
enrolled as aforesaid he has heard the declaration of
the said Dyer to which this affidavit is annexed read
and particularly that part of it which states to the
said militia services of the said Dyer and that the
said Dyer has therein set forth earnestly the
names of the officers of said company & [illegible]
sent for the time being and has also set forth
the proportion of the time served by him in said Company
rather within the real proportion than exceeding it
according to the best recollection and belief of this shipment and that this deponent does believe that the said
company was during the period specified in said
declaration and hereby allowed to more than our
[illegible] part of the time in actual service and that the
said Amherst Dyer was as forward in said
sworn as any and in said Company -
That since the revolution this deponent has lived
for more than forty years within six miles of the
said Amherst Dyer, has been well acquainted with
him all that time, and that he is a very worthy
citizen and of unexceptional good moral
character
James Sweet
Sworn & Subscribed the 31st
day of August 1832 before
Benjamin Crocker Justice of the Peace
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation
of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by these
department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies
that it appear to them that John P. Putnam and Benjamin Justice
who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in
the said Town of White Creek are credible persons and that
their statement is entitled to credit-

I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said
Court in the matter of the application of Amherst Dyer for a pension - And I do further certify that Benjamin Crocker Esquire before whom the pending affidavit purports to
have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County and that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said preceding affidavit of James Sweet to be his proper hand writing & signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal
of the said Court this third day of September
1832
J. S. Leigh Clk

State of New York Washington County so Be it remembered that on the
day and year hereunder written personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the peace for the town of White Creek in
said County Amherst Dyer 
(known to me to be the person who 
subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration) who being
duly sworn deponth 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
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recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below in the following grade to wit for three years I served as a private and for such service I claim a pension - And this deponent further saith that during all the said time
he served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority as he verily believed & still believes that he
was during said time either in the field or in garrison and that for the time during which the said service was performed he
was not employed in any civil pursuit

Subscribed & sworn the 29th day of August
1833 before me
John P. Putnam Justice of the peace

Amherst Dyer

And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Amherst Dyer &  that he is a credible person & his statement is entitled to Court and further that I am also acquainted with James Sweet who subscribed and Sworn to the forgoing affidavit before Benjamin Crocker there a 
Justice of the peace for the said County of Washington on the 31st day of August 1832 That I was present and saw the said James Sweet subscribe said affidavit and saw and
had the proper oath administered to him that 
day by the said Benjamin Crocker and that the 
said James Sweet is a credible person and
his statement entitled to credit - Date
August 29th 1833 - John P Putnam
Justice of the peace

State of New York
Washington County ⎬ I [illegible] S Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John P Putnam Justice of the Peace Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit of Amherst Dye purports to have been sworn and who has subscribed the foregoing certificate of credibility of the said
Amherst Dyer and also of the credibility of James Sweet

In the matter of Amherst Dyer 21891
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whose name purports to be subscribed to the first of the foregoing affidavits was at the time such certificate purports to be made
Justice of the peace of said County and that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to
the said affidavit and the said certificate is his proper hand writing and signature - And I further certify that have care with these
 same half sheets together at the top with red tapes and place the seal of the said Court of Commis [illegible]
there upon
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of the said
Court this twenty ninth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three - J. S. Leigh Clk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act
of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled
"Are act making further provision for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution
State of New York.

Washington County [illegible]. On this 6th day of Octo,ber A.D. 1848, personally appeared before the
subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and
for the County of Washington Cynthia Dyer,
a resident of White Creek, in the County
of Washington, aged 83 years, to me personally known, who being first sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during
the Revolutionary War. That she is the
widow of Amherst Dyer, who was a Private
in the Revolution, and died on the 3d day
of March A.D. 1840, and for whose services,
she received a pension of Eighty Dollars
per annum under the act of 17th June 1844.
And she further declares that she still remains a widow.

Witness Henry Rice
Cynthia Dyer
her mark x
John [illegible] Dyer

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written, before me
Henry Rice Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named declarant is
personally known to me and that her statement is entitled to credit
Henry Rice Justice of the Peace
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Declaration
State of New York
Wash. County Clerk's office [illegible] I hereby certify that Henry Rice whose name is subscribed to the within and Jurative Certificate, was at the time of taking the same a Justice
of the peace, in and for said County, duly Elected and Sworn and that his signature subscribed to the [illegible] in Jurat and certificate is in his proper hand writing
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my
name and affixed the seal of said
County this 21 day of October A.D. 1848
Wm R. Mills Dep. Clk
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Cynthia Dyer

Address
[illegible] Haswell
Bennington
Vermont
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From-
Mrs Robert R. Law
Cambridge
New York,
Cambridge, N.Y.
Aug. 15, 1900 -

Hon H Clay Evans
Comis Pensions

Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly send me any possible information about Amherst Dyer, who was a pensioner of Revolution or war of 1812. We have this data to begin with - 
Amherst Dyer, a native of Rhode Island, lived during his latter part of his lifetime at
Center White-Creek, or Waits Corners
Washington Co. New York
He died aged something over
80, on March 3rd 1840
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Robert R. Law.
Official Stenographer
Fourth Judicial District

Cambridge, N.Y.

On his gravestone is this record
"A soldier of the Revolution." He received a
pension, and his wife Cynthia Dyer, also received the pension until her death Jan. 3rd 1857.
Amherst Dyer often told of his being taken prisoner by the British and sent to the
West Indies, - but I have been unable to find any
record of his enlistment.
If he was not a pensioner of the Revolution, it might be 1812 - He was in Rhode Island
during the Revolution.
A prompt reply  will greatly oblige

Mrs. Ross R. Law
Regent Andover Chapter
Daughter of American Revolution
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May 25, 1926
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions
Att. of Mr. Manfield Scott

My dear Mr. Scott:
I am very grateful to you for your efforts in
my behalf, regarding my 1812 ancestry, and are sorry they do not seem to be as
prominent as in 1776. However your suggestion
regarding the change of the Surname of John Mauer, is correct and I will give you what data I  have.  Family tradition says he fought but I have been unable to prove it.
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John Mauir - changed name about 1810 to
John Mouiry
Born Feb. 12, 1763 in Berks Co. Pa.
Married Elizabeth Stimmel
Died Feb. 24 1833 in Pickaway Co. Ohio.
Moved to Pickaway Co. Ohio about 1810.

Under your Revolutionary data do you have the name of Cynthia Kingsley,wife of Amherst 
Dyer?  One genealogist writes me "Cynthia Kingsley was also a pensioner." As she died before her husband, I do not understand
this, unless she herself were in the war or her father. Her marriage notice read, Kingsley - Dyer - Late of Norwich aged 21 yrs - at Demerary.

Thanking you again, I am
Sincerely yours
(Mrs. H.T.) Margaret Heath
48 S.. Second St
Cuyahoga Falls, O.
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Kenton Ohio.

Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sirs - 

Among family papers we find a statement that Cynthia Kingsley was pensioned for some service during the American Revolution.  She married Amherst Dyer in 1785 - this is all we know of her.

If her name is on record in the Bureau of Pensions will you please write me what you find?

Stamp enclosed for reply.

Sincerely

Mrs. D. H. Bowman
216 N Main St

May 5 26
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FRANK W. RICKENBAUGH.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT
COMMISSIONER,
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

[top right corner illegible]

D
P

TOLEDO, O. May 2, 189

To Department of Pensions

Sir:  Amherst Dyer was a soldier in the revolutionary war, having enlisted from either Vermont or New York or possibly Massachusetts. He was take as a prisoner twice, and for a short time during his life drew a pension. I do not know the number of his regiment or company.
Can you give me from the records of the pension department the name of the regiment and company in which he enlisted, and what his record of promotion is if you can.

By complying with this request you will greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
J. W. Rickenbaugh