Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,933, for Barney Mc Intire, New York
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New York McIntire, Barney or McIntyre or McIntee or McEntee, Rebecca
W. 23,933
B.L.Wt. 97533-160-55
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6461
New York, Albany
Rebecca McIntire or Mctee widow of Barney McIntire NY who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $0 Dollars 00. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of February 1861 and sent to S.A. Pugh Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818 page 186 Vol 14

(adjoining page written sideways)
311591 Bounty Land-Act 53, - (illegible) March 1/61.
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311.591 Oct (crossed out) 3/55 Jan. 29/61
Rebecca McIntee widow of Barney McIntee Private Revolutionary War
App of Rev Pudin on file in this office
NY AO4.8 Feb 2nd 6461
Albany, NY on March 1/61
W.A.W
Signed S.A. Pugh Present 
Vol MI.page 148
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FORM OF A DECLARATION
To be made by the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant
Canada West County of Lincoln
On this (blank) day of (blank), A.D. one thousand eight hundred and 61, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the county and Sate aforesaid, Mrs. Rebecca McInter, aged about 93 years, a resident of South in the State of Canada West who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Barney McInter by Captain Coppes Bleeker in the Continental regiment of in the war of the Revolution that her said husband enlisted or volunteered in said war on or about the (blank) day of 1776, A.D. for the term of three years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of about three years and was honorably discharged at (blank) on the (blank) day (blank) A.D.  She further states that she was married to the said Barney McInter in (blank) and that her name before her said marriage was (blank) and that her said husband died at (blank), and that she is now a widow.*
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "set approved March 3, 1855;" she further declares that she has not received a Land Warrant under this or any other law; and authorizes (blank) to receive her warrant.  
Claimant's signature Rebecca McInter by her attorney J.A. Pugh
and in the State of declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by (blank) in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.  J.P.
* This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant.  If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible.  If there by none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested persons proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy.  If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration; and in such case, other evidences--such as the testimony of persons who know the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed--will be admissible.
In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses much state the fats and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opionion that she is the widow of the deceased.
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311.591
Claim of Rebecca McInter TO BOUNTY LAND
Act of March 3d, 1855
Original application of a Widow
S.A. Pugh, Attorney
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(Boilerplate not filled in)
State of County of, I hearby certify, that (blank) ESQ., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the Conty and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office, this (blank) day of 185  Clerk


311.591 Claim of Rebecca McInter TO BOUNTY LAND, Act of March 3d, 1855. 
Original applicationof a Widow
Signed S.A. Pugh, Attorney
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Rebecca McIntyre
Person in Consideration Claim
Act of ? 1838 and Amendments thereof.

Samuel Lake, Atty
Buffalo, NY
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[Handwritten Notes]

State of New York Erie County

On this 13th day of June in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty four personally appeared, before the Surrogate Court of Said County of Erie held before me Charles D. Morton Esq Surrogate of the said county at Buffalo in the County and State aforesaid, Rebeca McIntyre a Resident of the township of South in the province of Canada aged ninety five 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 Congress passed July 4th 1838 entitled an Act Granting Half Pension to Certain Widows and of all acts passed since the passage of the said Act amending the same that she is the widow of Barney McIntyre deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. That he enlisted for during the war and served seven years and was honorably discharged after peace was made. That when he enlisted he resided near Albany in the State of New York and was a minor [The Following was Struck Through: and enlisted with the consent of his Father] and served in the New York State Regiment. The deponent remembers of his stating the facts incident to the service and the names of his Officers but does not remember their names so as to state them.
The deponent well recollects that her said Husband received Bounty Land for
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[Handwritten Notes]

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for his services of the State of New York about the year 1791 or 1792. That there had been some fraudulent transactions and his land had been illegally sold. That her said husband employed a lawyer by the name of Peter Yates of Albany to assist him in recovering his land and that there was some business done before John Birch Esquire who was a Justice of the Peace and resided in the District of Niagara in the Province of Canada and in the same neighborhood with the Deponent and her said husband and with whom she was well acquainted and who is now dead. That Timothy Skinner and John Ried two of their neighbours and John Brown also assisted her said husband in recovering his land and she believes that Esq John Birch and one or more of the other persons above named went to Albany N York as witnesses or for some other purpose relating to the land.

That her said husband recovered his land and sold it in the year 1791 or 92 as she was then informed by him or others and which she well remembers and always believed it was true. She further declares that she was married to said Barney McIntyre on or about the month of November
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[Handwritten Notes]

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in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Five or Eighty Six by Jacob Ball Esq one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace residing in the District of Niagara Provice of Upper Canada with whom she was well acquainted and who has since died. That her husband the aforesaid Barney McIntyre died on or about the 5th day of August in the year 1813. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Four, viz. at the time above stated and that she is still a widow and that she has never before made any application to the United States for a pension. The deponent has no record of her said marriage and does not know of any in existence that she cannot read or write and can state only from her memory the prominent incidents of a long life.

Her X

Rebecca McIntyre

Sworn and subscribed by making her mark this 13th day of June 1854

After the same was read to her and I believe was fully understood by her.

[Signature] 

C. D. Morton
Surrogate
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Samuel Lake of Buffalo is hereby appointed my lawful Attorney to obtain my pension Certificate, and to do all that an Attorney may lawfully do for me and in my name as fully as I might or could do myself.

Rebecca X McIntrye
her mark

Attest
Ch D Norton

State of New York
Erie County

On this 13th day of June in the year 1854 personally appeared Felix Havens to me Known who being by me duly sworn according to law on his oath says, that he resides in Louth in the Province of Canada and is fifty five years of age. that he is personally well acquainted with Rebecca McIntyre who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that she is the identical person therein described and who was sworn in my presence. The deponent further says that he has been acquinted with the said Rebecca McIntyre since the year 1812 and also knew her Husband Barney McIntyre who died in the year 1813 the second year of the late War between the United States and Great Britian, as he was then informed and believes was true, and that the said Rebecca McIntyre is still a widow and has not been
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married since the death of her said Husband, & that from an intimate acquaintance with the said Rebecca, had she been married the deponent would have been apprised of the fact. The Deponent further says that he has no interest in making this deposition or in the claim of the said Rebecca fo a pension of the United States.

Felix Havens [signature]

Sworn and subscribed this 13th day of June 1854 before me and I certify that I believe the deponent to be a disinterested and credible witness.

Ch D Norton
Surrogate

State of New York Erie County

I Charles D. Norton Surrogate of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify, from the foregoing affidavit, and the testimony of John Slack of the township of Stamford in the province of Canada and Samuel Lake of the City of Buffalo, who are credible persons, that Rebecca McIntyre is the identical person described in and who executed the foregoing Declaration, that I have no interest in the claim and am not concerned in its prosecution. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the said Court the day and year above written.

Ch D Norton [signature]
Surrogate 

[physical seal affixed]
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Province of Canada
County of Welland

On this 22 day of June 1854 personally appeared before me Benjamin Sutton who being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that he will be Seventy two years of age the 4th day of August next and that he resides in Stamford in said County, that he is well acquatined with Rebecca McIntyre the widow of Barney McIntyre deceased, and that she is the identical person named and described in the foregoing delcration made by her before the Surrogate of Erie County New York, and that she is still a widow and has not been married since the death of her husband, and that from his acquaintance with her if she had been married the deponent would have had knowledge of the fact. The Deponent further says that he moved from New Jersey with his mother and family in the year 1796 [to the province of Canada, interlined] and there became acquainted with the said Rebecca & Barney McIntyre who resided in the Niagara district and that they then resided together as Husband and wife and had several children at least three and continued to live together and sustain family relations until his death, and the deponent has no doubt of their being legally married. The deponent further says that the said Rebecca was the daughter of James Slaght
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who was a Brother to the mother of this deponent, that the said Barney McIntyre died during the last war between the United States and Great Britain as deponent was informed and believes is true, altho he has no personal knowledge of the death_ that he has no interest in making this affidavit or in the claim of the said Rebecca for a pension of the United States_

Benjamin X Sutton
his mark

Sworn and Subscribed this 22nd day of June 1854 Before me & I certify deponent is a credible person. 

John Kerr J.S. [signature]

Province of Canada
County of [crossed out; may read Lincoln]

John Gregory being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that he resides in Louth in said County and is Eighty four years of age, that he is personnally well acquainted with Rebecca McIntyre who has sworn to the foregoing Delcaration and that she is the identical person therein described. She being now present and acknowledge the execution thereof, that he the deponent was personally acquainted with Barney McIntyre [interlined: before he was married] and Rebecca Slaught [interlined: his wife after their marriage] [crossed out: before they were married]
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that they were married in Canada in what was called the Niagara District in the year 1787 or 1788 or about that time. The deponent moved into the said Province near to his present residence in the year 1786 and he recollects they were married shortly after and from that time the said Barney and Rebecca lived togther and sustained the relations of Husband and wife until his death, and had a large number of children , and he knows they were always considered Husband and wife and he has no doubt of their being legally married.

From an intimate acquaintance with the said Barney and Rebecca at the time of their marriage and afterwards and Judging by refering to the date of his mooving [sic] into the place the deponent is able to state positively that they lived together as above stated and had two or three children previous to the year 1794_ That the said Barney McIntyre died in Louth in July or August in the year 1813 and the deponent attended the funeral.

The deponent further says that the said Barney McIntyre was always considered to have been a Revolutionary soldier and the deponent has frequently heard him state that he had been a solider during the war and was at
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the taking of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, and the deponent well recollects the said Barney McIntyre went to Albany [interlined: New York] to obtain his Bounty Land for his services in the Revolutionary war, and he afterwards was informed by him that he obtained his Land, and that deponent recollects that a Lawyer by the name of Yates of Albany was employe to assist hi in obtaining the same, or was so informed at the time that he was absent and went to Albany on this business about 4 [interlined or five] years after he was married, that the deponent well remembers these facts as they were near neighbors and intimately acquainted_ Deponent further says that he is not inerested in making this affidavit or in the claim to a pension by the said Rebecca McIntyre of the United States_

John X Gregory
his mark
Sworn and Subscribed this 14th day of August 1854 before me after being read to him

E S Adams J.P. [signature]
& Mayor of the Town
of St. Catherines C.W. 

[inscribed sidewas on left hand side]
I also certify the deponent is a person of good character and a creible witness-
ES Adams J.P [signature]
Court of Lincoln

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To all to whom there presents shall come I Joseph Augustis Recorder of the Town of M[illegible] in the County of Lincoln and of the United Counties of Lincoln and Welland and Elias S Adams are two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace and that the names of John Ker and Elias S Aadams hereto subscribed are in the proper handwriting of said John Ker and Elias S Adams. In testimony whereof I the said Joseph Augustis Woodruff have hereunto set and subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office at M[illegible] the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1854.

[large ink blot]

Joseph Augustis Woodruff
Clerk of the PeaceUnited Counties of Lincoln and Welland
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[United States seal with Eagle & motto e pluribus unum]

[document has inked slash mark across printed text]

Bounty Land Claim of
[Blank]

War [Blank]

No. [Blank]

Filed [Blank] 185[blank]

by
[blank]
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Form of a Declaration
To be made by a person who has never had a land warrant, or made a declaration therefor.

State of Canada West
County of Norfolk

On this 16 day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundredy and [crossed out fifty] sixty one before me James L. Dedrick the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, within, and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Rebecca McInter widow of Barney McInter aged 102 years, a resident of Walsingham in the State of Canada West who being duly sworn according to law, declares tht she is the [crossed out: identical] widow of Barney McInter who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] in the [blank] regiment of [blank] commanded by [blank] in the war with with[sic] great Britain or Revolutionary War as called that he enlisted at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 1776 for the term of three years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of [crossed out fourteen days] three years and was honorably discharged at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D.

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855, granting Land and additional Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soliders who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States; and she hereby authorizes S A Peugh to receive said Warrant, as his Attorney, and she declares that she has made no other application under any law than this, nor has she ever received a warrant.

Rebecca X McInter       [printed seal]
her mark

We, Mary Farr and Asa A Pursel residents of County of Norfolk in the State of Canada West upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Rebecca McInter in our presence; and that we believe, from the appeared and statements of the application, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.

Mary Farr [signature] [seal]
Asa A. Pursel [signature] [seal]

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.

James L. Dedrick [signature] J.P

[Crossed out State] Province of Canada County of Norfolk

I William Mercer Nelson Clerk of the Peace [crossed out County Court,] and for the County [crossed out and State] aforesaid do hereby certify, that James L. Dedrick whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is, and was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county [crossed out: and State] aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid [crossed out County] Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. Given under my hand and the seal of my office at [illegible; Simcoe?] this sixteenth day of February A.D., 1861

Wm M Nelson [signature], Clerk Peace
Norfolk

[physical seal affixed]
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Province of Canada
County of Wellam

Thomas Rice being duly sworn according to law on his oath says, that he resides in Pelham in said county and is Ninety Seven years of age, that he knew Barney McIntire and Rebecca Slaght before they were married and saw them when they returned from the Magistrates after being married as he was then informed and believed was true, that from that time they resided together as Husband & wife and had a large family of children. that the said Barney & Rebecca lived in the same House with the deponent after they were married about a year after they were married, and the deponent believes it was in the years 1788 or 1789 and he arrives at the date from the incidents [interlined: of his own family] and the ages of his own children and believes they had children and sustained family relations several years before the year 1794._ The deponent has been acquainted with the said Rebeca McIntire ever since that time that she is still a widow and has been for about forty years. that he is not interested in making this affidavit or in the pension applied for by the said Rebecca._

Thomas Rice Senr [signature]

Sworn and Subscribed this thirtieth day of August 1854 at Pelham before me and I certify the Deponent is a creditable witness.

John Frazer J.P.
Town Peace
of Pelham
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To all to Whom there presents shall come

I Joseph Augustis Woodruff of this Town of Niagara in the County of Lincoln one of the United Counties of Lincoln and Welland in the Province of Canada and Clerk of the Peace for the said United Counties do certify that John Frazer of the Township of Pelham in the County of Welland one of the United Counties of Lincoln and Welland is one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said United Counities and that the name of John Frazer here subscribed is in the [illegible] handwriting of the said John Frazer._ In Witness whereof I have herewith subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office Niagara this 3rd day of October 1837

Joseph Augustis Woodruff
Clerk of the Peace United Counties
of Lincoln and Welland

[physical seal affixed]
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Rebecca McInter
N.Y.

[illegible signature]

N Y suspd
act 1838
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Canada West
County of Lincoln

Be it known that on this Sixteenth day of January, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty one, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County [crossed out: and State] aforesaid, personally appeared James McEnter, a resident of Louth in said County, and made oath according to law, that he is one of the sons of Rebecca McEnter an applicant for a pension for the services of his father in the Revolutionary War and in consequnce of the feeble condition of [...illegible...] health has undertaken to act for her & in her stead, that he is directly interested, as aforesaid, as a claimant, and makes this affidavit for the purposes of obtaining such amount of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted. The said Affiant further declares that he hereby constitutes and appoints S. A. Peugh of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, U.S. to be Attorney and Agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the money, which will hereafter be provided for. revoking all other powers,

James McInter Sen [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me,

E S Adams [signature] J. Peace. 
County of Lincoln 

I, Elias S Adams Justice of the Peace in and for the County [crossed out: and State] aforesaid, do hereby certify that James McInter, above named, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in the said claim as therein set forth, and aknowledges the above Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.

ES Adams [signature] J. Peace

In testimony that the above-named [blank] was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, at the date of the same, i hereby subscribe my name and affix the County Seal.

[no signature] County Clerk.
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Rev.
Widow, &c.

File No. 23933
Rebecca McIntire or McInter
Wid of
Barney McIntire " "
Priv Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: - Vol. M, Page 25

{Arrangement of 1870}
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97533

160 acres
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No 15288

Rebecca McIntyre
wid of Barney
NY

Saml Lake Dec 5 1854
same May 25 1859


July 7 1838
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11886
New York
Rebecca McIntire or McInter
widow of Barney
who died on the [blank]
of [blank] in the State of [blank]
who was a private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [crossed out: line for] Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued on the 4th day of February 1861 and sent to S. A. Pugh

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending  Present

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk,
Book D Vol 1 Page 73
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9721
New York
Rebecca McIntire, a. McIntee
widow of Barney
who was a Private
in the Revolution

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 4th day of Febry 1861 and sent to 

S.A. Pugh
Present

{Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.}

Recorded in Book H
Vol. 1 Page 134
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[left side of document]
Rebecca McIntire or McInter
widow of Barney
Erie County, N. York
 
Admit Act July 7_1838
with supplements at the rate of $80 per annum to commence March 4, 1836, omitting his [illegible]

service from Nov 26, 1774 to end of war

[right side of document]
Let. to Samuel Lake
Dec. 5, 1854
Let. to same May 25, 1859
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[external of envelop, printed]

Pension Office,
Official Business
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Washington City DC
Jany 1861

Hon Gen Whitier
Com of Pensions

Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Mrs. Rebecca McInter for bounty land under the Act of Congress in her case as made & provided. She being admited to the Roll of Revolutionary pensions her claim must of course be admitted to Bounty land.

I therefore send the application signed by me as "Attorney for Mrs. McInter" deeming this sufficient for the purpose as all the proofs on file in her application for a Revy. Pension. I trust therefore that this note will be evidence adequate for this purpose

I am very Resy
Yours
S.A. Peugh
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Brief in the case of Rebecca McIntire or McInter, widow of Barney decd

Erie County and State of New York
Allowd act March 3, 1843

Claim, ("original", [crossed out or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
See brief in full under Act of July 7 1838

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]

S.A. Peugh, Esq
Name and residence of Agent

W.H. Woodley
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Rebecca McIntire or McInter, widow of Barney decd

Erie County and State of New York
Allowd act March 3, 1843

Claim, ("original", [crossed out or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
See brief in full under Act of July 7 1838

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]

S.A. Peugh, Esq
Name and residence of Agent

W.H. Woodley
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Rebecca McIntire or McInter, widow of Barney decd

Erie County and State of New York
Alld act March 3, 1843

Claim, ("original", [crossed out or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service in Capt. Copp's Co 1st Regt. N. York enlisted [illegible] Nov. 26 1776 & mustered for the war, & received from the State of New York five hundred acres of land, proved by record evidence. No record of marriage, but satisfactorily proved to have later place in November 1785 or '86 by [illegible] testimony. [Illegible] of widow and prsent widowhood proved by same [illegible] of testimony.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed under Act of July 7 1838 [illegible] supplements at the rate of $80 per annum, to commence March 4th 1836 (See Brief for subsequent acts).

S.A. Peugh, Esq
Name and residence of Agent

W.H. Woodley
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Rebecca McIntire or McInter, widow of Barney decd

Erie County and State of New York
Alld act Feby 2d 1848

Claim, ("original", [crossed out or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
See brief in full under Act of July 7 1838

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]

S.A. Peugh, Esq
Name and residence of Agent

W.H. Woodley
Examining Clerk.
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Rebecca McInter
Wid of Barney
for Revy. Pension
act. 1838. N.Y.

S.A. Tough
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Washington City DC
24th June Ya (or Jan Y)1869

Hon. G C Whiting
Com of Pensions

Sir
I herewith enclose power of Attorney in the case of Rebecca McInter an applicant for pension under act 1838 + subsequent acts.  I have thoroughly examined her case and am fully satisfied that it meets every reasonable requirement of the office and should be allowed for Pensions for a private in the war of the Revolution as the widow of a soldier who served through 3 or 4 years.  His son I have seen he is a man of 70 years of age and consequently she must have been married long prior to the year 1794.
I am fully appeased that a juster case has never been before the office.
The old Lady the son informs me is still alive.  I trust that her case will be speedily admitted as she is old + very poor.
I am very Respy yours,
L. A. Peegle
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Buffalo Nov. 29, 1854
SP Waldo Esq
Com. of Pensions
Sir-I forward herewith an application for a pension for the widow of Barney McIntyre.  I think the proof clear and full and hope the claim will be allowed.
There are no records kept of marriages in Canada at the date of the marriage, but the proof on that point is positive that their marriage was previous to the year 1790.  
The proof of Service is also conclusive + I think there can be no doubt of the identity of her Husband.  I suppose one can prove by the occupants of the land that they derive little through Barney MacIntyre a soldier of the Revolution if that shall be required.
I wish the old power of attorney returned as it is entrusted to me to be returned to the office.  In searching over the old papers for the Original Deed I found this power, and said it as circumstantial proof of the (unknown) of the statement of the old lady with reference to the Bounty Land.
Respy. Yours
Samuel Lake
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Buffalo, May 19, 1859
Geo. C Whiting Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
Sir-
I have two pension claims for Revolutionary widows whose husbands died in Canada, suspended for further proof.  One is for Rebecca McIntyre forwarded Nov. 24, 1854. I have no doubt of the validity of her claim or of the service of her husband and hoped the proof furnished by me now to have been accepted and the claim allowed, and think it out to have (illegible/smudge).  I have declined offers from others to  find the proof required or to write an affidavit leaving a blank for the witness name, and had I done so, I have no doubt but some man not to have been found who would have down to the facts required, for a consideration.  
There is nearly $2000. due to Mrs. McIntyre + I have received several letters from different men who work as her attorney, calling on me for a full report upon the claim + for all the papers + offering to pay me for my expenses. 
I have replied to some, but have informed the children of the old Lady (who is a child) to inquire of her old acquaintances and if any witness can be found to inform me and I would take the testimony.
If anyone is in correspondence with the Department in relation to this claim I would like to be advised, and it might possibly prevent a fraud upon the Department.  The amount of this claim is so large, that one half is a great temptation to a bad man, more particularly when 2 years bars all prosecution for perjury.
Respy Yours, Samuel Lake
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Buffalo Nov 26, 1860
Comr. Pensions
Sir this man Cornell B. M. Brown + Jesse Wells have frequently been in Buffalo called on me and solicited employment.
In their travels in Canada they found I had a claim for the Revolutionary Widow of Barney McIntyre, said she would give half her pension (then about $1500. due) and wanted the facts required to be proved, and said that the proof could be made, that they were traveling in Canada making claims and proof in suspended cases.  Wells said he had been employed in getting proof for eastern agents and had been verry successful.Thought there would be no difficulty in the case of Mrs. McIntyre, of course I declined their services.An honest man may present a fraudulent claim, but from various notices of frauds and the arrest of individuals, I have no doubt there are gangs of men and some agents of prominence engaged in the the business of manufacturing testimony to suit the creation and of forging papers of dead mens services, and that many warrants and pension certificates have been obtained by fraud and fictitious proof obtained by such agencies.
It is evident to me that the fee of $100 charged for obtaining an invalid pension is received and paid by the claimant for making up the testimony more than for a fair consideration for any legitimate service and such agents are called smart, verry successful.

Respy Yours,
Samuel Lake
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Rebecca McIntire
Additional
Proof
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State of New York
Secretary's Office

I certify that it appears from the Military Register of the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution remaining in this office that Barney McIntyre enlisted in Capt. Copp's Company in the first regiment on the 26. Nov. 1776, and mustered to the end of the war.  It further appears that said Capt. Copp resigned March 26, 1779, and the said McIntyre after the consolidation of the five New York Regiments was incorporated into the first Regiment under Capt. Bleecker.  I further certify that said Barney McIntyre as appears from his Balloting Book in this office, drew bounty land in this state and that the .. which fell this share  was Lot No. 18 in township No. 1 (Lysander) and that said Lot was patented to him on the 8th day of July 1790 and that the patent is so recorded in Book of Military Tracts No. 8. at page 117.  The said Lot Conveyed to said McIntyre, contained five hundred acres.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office of the Secretary of State, this Eighth day of September 1854.

A. G. Johnson
Dep Sec. of State,