Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11726, Richard Weaver, New York Vt.
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(3-1776)

Service                                                            Number                                       
New York               Weaver, Richard           S. 11726
Vermont
                                                                        Carded
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8.515 New York Albany Richard Weaver [deca ] of Lewis Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Vail of the Regt commanded by Col Ressman in the N.Y. line for 18 months NY and Vt May 13/05 Records completed Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of Septr 1834 & End June 10th 2 when he died 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May 1837 and sent to Hon. O. B. Matteson M.C.   Utica N. Y. Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Reduced from $ 86.63 see Vermont roll Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by H.R. Weightman Clerk, Book E.2 Vol 4 Page 83  set to [] O B Matteson 17 Jan 1833
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Richard Weaver 1 1/2 Mo. Ensign 9 Mo Sergeant 9 1/2 Private No 3424 Comd
 10 1/2 mo Sergt 55
 9 1/2 pri 29. 97  
                  1.66  
               $86.63
chosen Ensign - no commission allowed as non -commissioned off.
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STATE OF VERMONT RUTLAND COUNTY S5
On this 14th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland now sitting, Richard Weaver a resident of the County of Rutland State of Vermont aged 81 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 7, 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  In 1775 he lived at a place called [ ] near Poughkeepsie, New York, & in May or June of that year he enlisted for five months, in Capt DeBois' company Col. Schuyler' Regt & marched to Albany. Hence to Lake George Hence to W Johns under Genl Montgomery & assisted in taking W. Johns after which he was sent back to Albany as a part of Rev guard with prisoners, & was discharged at Albany in December having served about seven months - he received no written discharge.  In April 1776 he enlisted at Dover New York for nine months & was appointed sergeant & was put on New recruiting service in Dutchess County & about [  ] New company being filled up & mustered marched to Poughkeepsie Hence took water & went to the City of New York where he joined the Regt of Col. [Retsu  ] Regt Genl Mc Dougal'  Brigade & remained there until after Long Island was taken when he retreated to Harlaem Heights & after this battle hence retreated [acc] of Kingsbridge to White Plains Hence to Peekskill Hence through New Jersey to Pennsylvania & was discharged in Bucks County in January 1777 - he was in the battles of White Plains, Harlaem, & Trenton. He immediately returned to [   ], N. York, when he was hired by a class to go into service for six weeks & served in Capt Vail' company, Col Van Rensellar' Regt & marched to Whiteplains & was dismissed at Whiteplains after serving six weeks.  In April 1777 he came to Vermont, & on the news of Burgoyne' approach he volunteered & served in Capt Cook' company & was chosen Ensign & marched to Ticonderoga and when the British troops came down he retreated to Castleten & was there when the battle of Hubbardton was fought Hence retreated New Rutland to Pownal & dispersed having served about six weeks as Ensign He afterwards volunteered & was on the way to Bennington but did not arrive in time to be in the battles. He
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afterward served about four weeks in Capt Sawyer' company at Shelburne in guarding the frontier. He knew Gen. G Washington, Paterson Lord Starling Sullivan, Starks, H Clair among others. He has no documentary evidence & he knows of no person whom asking he can procure who can testify to his services.  He was born at East Greenwich Rockland 18 May 1751.OS but knows of no record of his age since the Revolution he has lived in Vermont until about 29 years ago he moved to [koque ]point where he lived a year or two hence to Queensbury & last spring moved to Clarendon where he now lives with his daughter- he never received a written discharge- He is known to Elder Peck, Walter Green & many other inhabitants of Clarendon
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.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  R.C Royce Reg  Richard his mark + Weaver We John Peck a Clergyman residing in Clarendon and Walter Green residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Weaver who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 81 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Walter Green John Peck RC Royce Reg
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting 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 John Peck who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Clarendon and that Walter Green who has also signed the same, is a resident in Clarendon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  I Rodney C. Royce Reg Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Weaver for a pension.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seat of office 4 day Sept. A.D. 1832  R.C. Royce Reg
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No 3424 Vermont aomd Ensign service estimated as non commissioned off
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BRIEF in the case of Richard Weaver of Rutland in the State of Vermont (Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 81
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
June in 1775 7 months as a Private Capt Dollois Col Schuyler, Genl Montgomery.
April 1776 9 months as a Sargeant Col Rotsman Genl McDougal
Jy 1777 1 1/2 months as a Private Capt Vail Col VanRensalear
April 1777 1 1/2 months as an Ensign Capt Cook
April 1777 1 month as a Private Capt Sawyer Saw Washington, Sterling, St Clais 
5. In what battles was he engaged? St Johns, Harlem, White Plains, Trenton & Hubbartown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [Swago] Near Poughkeepsie, New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. James [M] Examining Clerk.
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Claim of Joseph Weaver for Back Pension of Richard Weaver deceased H. D. Faulkner Jr. Attorney Boonville N.Y.
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State of New York County of Lewis SS  Be it known that before me Isaac Parsons a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Joseph Weaver and made oath in due form of Law that he is a sone of Richard Weaver the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued, which is herewith surrendered. That the deceased Pensioner resided in Clarendon in the State of Vermont for the space of eleven years before his death; and that pervious thereto he resided in Queensbury Warren County State of New york. Joseph Weaver
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16th day of April A.D. 1851 Isaac Parsons Justice Peace
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State of New York County of Lewis SS I Harrison Barnes Clerk of the County of Lewis in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the Lewis County Court that Richard Weaver was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty six Dollars and sixty three cents per annum Was a resident of the County of Rutland in the State of Vermont and died in the town of Clarendon in the State of Vermont on the 4th day of June A.D. 1842; That he left no widow but left children whose names are Joseph Weaver. Richard Weaver. Benjamin Weaver; Peter Weaver; William Weaver; Betsy Baxter; (formerly Betsy Weaver) and Sally McCoy (formerly Sally Weaver); That the original Pension Certificate is hereto annexed.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Martinsburgh this 19th day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred & fifty one Harrison Barnes Clerk
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Know all men by these presents: that I Joseph Weaver of the town of Leyden County of Lewis and State of New York a child of Richard Weaver who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint H.D. Faulkner Jr. of the Town of Boonville County of Oneida and State of New York my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions the balance of said Pension from the 4th day of September A.D. 1834 to the 4th day of June A.D. 1842 Witness by hand and seal this 16th day of April 1851.  Joseph Weaver
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State of New York Lewis County Clerk's Office ss I Harrison Barnes Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Isaac Parsons Esq whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof of the foregoing instrument , was at the date of the said Certificate of proof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lewis and duly authorized to act as such; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate of proof is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 19th day of April 1851. Harrison Barnes Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
March 2, 1926.
Rev. Howard H. White, 3 School St. Lebanon, N.H. Sir; In response to your letter of the twenty-fourth instant, you are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier of the Revolution named Richard Weaver, found on the records of this Bureau.  From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11726, it appears that Richard Weaver was born May 18, 1751, (old style) at East Greenwich, Rhode Island.  While living near Poughkeepsie, New York, he enlisted in May, or June 1775, served seven months as a private in Captain Dubois' Company Colonel Schuyler's New York Regiment and was at the Siege of Saint Johns.  He enlisted in April 1776, served nine months as a Sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Pearce and Captain David Baldwins' Companies, Colonel Ritzema's New York Regiment, and was at the battles of Harlem, White Plains and Trenton.
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He enlisted immediately after and served six weeks in Captain Vail's Company, Colonel Van Rensselaer's New York Regiment.  In April 1777 he went to Vermont, and there enlisted and served six weeks as Ensign of Captain Cooks' Vermont Company and was at the battle of Hubbardton, and he afterwards served four weeks in Captain Sawyer's Company of Vermont Troops, dates not stated.  In 1824 he was living in Queensbury, Warren County, New York and had a wife aged sixty years, her name is not stated.  He was allowed pension on his application executed July 14, 1832, at which time he was residing in Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont, with a daughter, whose name is not given.  He died at Clarendon, Vermont, June 4, 1842, leaving no widow, but the following children survived him: Joseph, Richard, Benjamin, Peter, William, Mrs. Betsy Baxter and Mrs. Sally McCoy.  Respectfully, WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner. H.H. White had a record in 1913, but all children were omitted except one.
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[] of New York [] County On this twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred & twenty-four, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the court of common [pl ] for said county, there holding a court of [ ], Richard Weaver of the town of Queensbury in said county, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, towit: that in the month of April, in the year 1776 at a place called the Clove in the county of Dutchess, and state of New York, he[] [] [] enlisted in the service of the United States in a company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Parce, in Colon. Rickmere's regiment, and general W Douglas Brigade, for the term of nine months, that he served as aforesaid the whole terms and obtained an honorable discharge from service that he served the united states six months more under captain Deboise, and three months more under Captain Vail making in all one year and a half of time, all of which time he did duty as a private soldier; that he was in the battles of Harlem, White Plains, and Trenton, and that he was discharged from service just as aforesaid in Buckstown in the state of Pennsylvania; and that the original declaration was made by him the 11th day of April 1818. I the said Richard Weaver do voluntarily [ ] that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sales or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions off an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war", passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that P ___________
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
New York Weaver, Richard S. 11726
Vt.
Contents carded
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Feb. 26, 1846
???
???
Pension Office
Washington
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Martinsburgh 19 February 1846
Lewis County New York
Sir/
My father Richard Nearer during his life was a pensioner of the United States. The late Judge Temple ????? made in his life time his agent. Since the death of ??? in 1833 or thereabouts. He never received any part of his pension from that time up to his death in home 1841 at the time of my father's death in 41.  Then was due him from the pension office something like ten years pay.
A young man by the name of Prince obtain from  MO some other more since a full statement of this matter with the promise to call at the ??? office + adjust the ???. I have not heard from him.  My father at the time he was ??? on the pension list ???? in ???? Rutland County Vermont.  With you sir have the goodness to advise me of the records in ??? office show a balance due my father + also if any + what effort has been made by ??? or others to draw the same.
Your ???
Joseph Nearer
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Tinmouth ??
March 5
Mar 11
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Tinmouth 5 March 1935
Sir
I enclosed a ??? full statement from Richard Weaver of his military service in the Revolution he is now very infirm and his articulation quite insistent and I may not have understood him as to names he is ??? and ??? have been firm my remembrance to have been as soldier of the resolution he can ??? wisdom of that from all the old people who have lived long in this ??? as to the instant of his ??? we can know nothing only by his own statement he has been a man of great bodily strength and personal courage and the country was formerly full of anecdotes of feats that he had performed in the army in simple somewhat according to the wartime of ??? his notice.
Yours Respectfully
O. Noble
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Clarendon Springs
Dec 18
22/64
W Cole
I.L. Edwards

Com of Pensions
Washington City
D C
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Clarendon VT Springs, Dec. 10th 1869
I.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Dear Sir
with to make an enquiry in relation to
Richard Weaver a Pensioner of $96 per annum
under the Act of 1831 Resided in this town and
Tinmouth and was paid at Burlington
He was drop[p]ed about the time Robert Temple killed himself
and was never afterwards restored on the pension Roll
I wish to know what course must be taken to obtain the
pension & the reason of his being dropped
please give me the desired information I am Respectfully
your obt Servant
C. Rounds
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8315
Vermont
Richard Weaver
of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont
who was a pr & Sergt. in the Company commanded
by Captain Vail of the reg commanded
by Col Retsman in the New York [ma/star]
for 10 ½ months Sergeant
9 ½ months private 
NY and VT
May 13, 1905
Records completed 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 86 Dollars 63 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April
1833 and Sent to
R. Temple Rutland
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $173.26 ┃
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  43.31 ┃
[Total]$216.54 ┃
Recorded by
Book E
⎨ Revolutionary Claim, ┃
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book [E?] Vol. 3 Page 97


[??] G. Noble 19 July 1835
same 12 March 1835
Richd Weaver, May 22; 46.
C. Round Jany 2d, 1850
Let to Hon O B Matteson March 1851
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Place on Albany NY River

Richard Weaver
NY
Act 7 June 1832,
[???] 18 Months in
$60 per annum,
Comg 4 Sept 1834
& End 4 June 1842
payable to
Joseph Weaver,
Richard Weaver,
Benjamin Weaver,
William Weaver,
Betsey Baxter &
Sally McCoy, only
Surviving children
Hon O. B. Matteson
MC
Utica
NY
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Hon. J.E. Heath
Boonville [New York] Apr. 12th 1831. Hon. J.E. Heath,
Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will
please find the original Pension Certificate to
Richard Weaver. The affidavit of Joseph Weaver
one of the surviving children of Richard Weaver.
The certificate of the Clerk of Lewis County in
the State of New York. and a power of Attorney
from said Joseph Weaver to me to apply for
and receive the back pension of said Richard
Weaver - By your letter upon this matter
bearing date March 18th 1851. To the Hon. O. B.
Matteson, you say this Pension was reduced
to $60 per annum, and that the pensioner is
entitled to that amount per annum from the
4th September 1834. until the day of his death
The Pensioner died June 4th 1842, which
will entitle his heirs at the rate of $60. per annum
to $ 433. besides interest. I am not aware whether
interest is allowed upon these claims or not
If the papers are all right you will please
forward the amount to which the applicant
is entitled to me, as soon as convenient.
I am very Respectfully your Obedient
and Humble Servant, H.D. Faulkner Jr.
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The testimony of Ensign
Jonathan Holmes
in support of Weaver's claim
cannot be received as proof
entitled to credit, became
he swore in his own case
that he entered the service
early in 1776, when it
appeared from an official document that he entered the service on the 16th May following. Where the service is
so short, it is important that the
persons swearing should
be particular as to dates.
The regulation require
the oaths of two credible
witnesses; and as Weaver has
exhibited the evidence of only 
one person, except that of
Holmes the claim cannot
be allowed. I [?] the
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Case a very doubtful one.
But few of the men who
enlisted in [???] (to
which Weaver is said to have
belonged) served more than 7 or 8
months, and unless the most
satisfactory proof be exhibited
ted, of nine months service
under one abstract, the
claim must be rejected.
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No 3424
Vermont
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [blank] which require further
proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so? [blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He does

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled?
He has.

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
He has

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
He has

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion
They have

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguish
from any other seal? It is & is distinguishable
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2

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
He has.

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it?
[blank]

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least
one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
States, He knows of no one who can testify

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
[blank]

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an
age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
[blank]

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct. They are

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War
Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
They are.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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."
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
New York Weaver Richard S.11726
Vt.
CONTENTS carded
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Hon Mr HC Martindale [ ]
Four
H C Martindale
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
21.1824
[ ] May Washington
Rec May 24 1824
19.242
19.242
Richard Weaver Waner County N York
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19.272
Richard Weaver
Warren County
N York
Rec May 24 1824
Red May 21. 1824
H C Martindale
J L Edwards Esq
Pension Office
HC Martindale
Four
Hon Mr H C Martindale [ ] Ref
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Washington May 20th 1821
Sir, I have this moment received the
[ ] case also Please to attend to it so
as to furnish me an answer before the
[ ] of the [ ]
your humble Servt
H C Martindale
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43.31
Payments to be made at Burlington by Presdt U.S. Br Bank
Agent for paying pensioners in the agency of Vermont
May 1 1833 of Clarendon 11 [ ] previous of [ ] NY Capt Baldwin, Col Ritsman
Recorded in the pension Office in Book C Vol 3 Page 97 by W L Williams Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United 
States of the 7th June, 1832, Richard Weaver 
of the State of Vermont 
who as a Private and Sergeant in the war 
of the Revolution 
is entitled to receive Eighty Six dollars and
Sixty three cents her annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi annually on the
4th of March, and the 4th of September, in every year
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 15 day of
April one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Examiner
Countersign
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Ststae of New York
Warren County On the 11day of April in the year 1818 before me John Mallory one of the Justices of Court of Cmmon Pleas in & for the 
County & State aforesaid Personally appeared  Richard Weaved aged sixt six years Resident in the town of Queensbury in the county & state aforesaid
who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision
made by the late act of Congress entitled, "an act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of
the United States in the revolutionary war. That he the said
Richard Weaver in
the month of April in the year 1776. at
place called the Cove in the County of Dutchess & State aforesaid
enlisted in the service of the united States in the company commanded
by Captain Nathan Parce in Cols Richmond Regiment & Gen [ ] for 
nine month that he served said term
of time &
obtained a discharge from service, that he served the
United States six month more under Captain Dubois & three
months under Capt Fisk the making in all one year & a half time
that he was discharged from service first as aforesaid in the town of
Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania
That he was in
the Battles of Harlem, White Plains & Trenton

and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the
assistance of his country for support and that he has no other
evidence now in his power of his said services-
Sworn to submited & declared before me the day and year first above written
Richard Weaver
John Mallory one
of the Judge of Warren Common Pleas
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I John Mallery one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Warren & State of New york
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Richard Weaver within mentioned did serve in the
revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration
against the common enemy and I now transmit the
proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the
Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the divisions of 
the aforementioned act of Congress
State & County [ ]
at the town of Queensbury
this 11th day of April 1818
John Mallery Judge as
aforesaid
State of New York
Clerks office
Warren County
I certify that by letters Pertinent & Justification Roll
now remaining in this office by which it appears that
John Mallory whose signature appears on the within
aforegoing affidavit & certificate was a Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & State
on the 11th day of April 1818-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto [ ] the seal of our said
Court of Common Pleas to be affixed this 24th day of April 1818
Myron Beach Clerk
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19.272
Richard Weaver afft in the case of Dick Weaver
Hon H C Martindale
H Rep
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State of New York Washington County to wit
Jonathan Holmes of the town of Granville in the
County of Washington aforesaid being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Richard Weaver mentioned on the annexed papers
that the said Richard served as a Sargent in the army of
the Revolution against the common Enemy
the continental establishment in the New York line in a company
commanded from the first of April
 one thousand seven hundred
seventy six until about the first of June of
same year by Nathan Parce and from that time
until the first of January 1777 in the same company commanded by Capt David Baldwin being a term of nine months in a Regiment commanded by Col Ritzma or Richmore, the Lieutenant Colonel whereof was
- Wisenvelt and the Majors
name was Billings, and the said Regiment was
under the command of General McDougall and 
this deponent saith that he served as an Ensign in a company commanded by Capt Abraham Ricker in said Regiment and was particularly
aquainted with the said Richard, and cannot be
mistaken in the fact that the said Regiment
served as aforesaid for the term aforesaid commencing
and ending as aforesaid
and this deponent further saith that this deponent
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and the said Richard were together in the battle
at the white plains in the fall of the year 1776 and
that they now at the Bucks County in Penn
sylvania when their term of service expired
as aforesaid, and the said Colonel being
absent the
men unable to obtain our discharges in
writing 
Jonathan Holmes
Sworn this 29th day of January
1824 before me

J B. Lathrop
Notary
Public
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State of New York Washington County Samuel T Tanner of Granville in said County being duly
sworn saith that he is acquainted with Jonathan
Holmes who made the annexed affidavit and
that the said
Jonathan Holmes
Sustains a
fair moral character
S J Tanner
Sworn this 29th day of January  1824 before me
J. B. Lathrop Notary
Public
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State of New York Washington County to wit William Eldridge of the town of Middlebury in the State of
Vermont being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on or about the first of April one thousand
eight hundred and seven hundred and Seventy Six
he enlisted as a private in a company then commanded by Capt Parce which company was within a
few months thereof or commanded by Capt
Baldwin in a Regiment commanded by Col
Ritzma for Richmore the name was taken un
der the command of General McDougall for the
term of nine months in the New York line in the Continental establishment against the then
common enemy the Lieut Colonels name in said 
Regiment was Wisenvelt, and the Majors
name was Billings which said term of nine months this deponent saith that he was inlisted as aforesaid by one Richard Weaver who now resides in the town of Queensbury in the County of Warren in the State of New York who served in said company during the said term of nine months as Sargent at that of the time
during want time this deponent was well aquainted with him and now is so acquainted with him, and that during the
said term of nine months
this deponent and the said Richard were in the battle at the white plains and that we were discharged on or about the first of January one thousand seven him
dred and seventy seven at the expiration of our our said term and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn this 11th day of February AD 1824 before me
William Eldridge his mark
Esk Fitch Commissioner for
taking affidavits &c in and for the County of Washington
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State of New York Washington County to wit Samuel Eldridge of the town of Middlebury in the State of Vermont being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with William Eldridge
who made the within affidavit and that the said
William Surtain a fair character for truth and
veracity
Samuel Eldridge his mark

Subscribed and sworn
this 11th day of February
AD 1824 before me
Ehram Filch Commissioner
for taking Affidavits &c
in and for the County of
Washington
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Hardwick, Vt., Aug. 7, 1913...
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs - I would like very much the record of Richard Weaver
who served in the Revolution.  I understand that he was in the 
battles of St. Johns, White Plains, Harlem Heights, Tiverton, and 
Hubbarton.  Very Respectfully,
Howard H. White
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Re[ ]
11726
INVALID.
File No. 11726
Richard Weaver
Prv & Sergt Rev. War

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 399
(Arrangement of 1870.}
[ ] Bell
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Feb. 28, 1896.
Mil histy to
Mrs Frank P. Dodge
Adrian Mich
Sept. 30, 1912. Hist. to
L.E. Weaver, [ ]

1912, Nov. 4. History to
Mrs. L.H. Ellis. [ ]

1913. Aug. 13. History to
Howard H. White [ ]

1917. July 5. History to
Raymond E. Van Syckle.
Letter with. Cl W. 24.796
John Roberts
1926 March 2. Hist to
Howard H. White, and
1927-May 26 - Hist to John [ ]
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In reply to your request of_____received_______
for a statement of the military history of Richard Weaver
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau, S. F. 11726
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
RANK,
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
May & June 1775 
✓ Apr 1776
Immediately after he went to VT & Enl
Apr 1777
afterwards
7 mos
9 "
6 wks.
6 "
4 "
Pri
Sgt
"
Ensign
"
Dubois
Nathaniel Pearce
David Baldwyn
Vail
Cook
Sawyer
Schuyler
Ritzema
Van Rensselaer
"
"
N. Y
"
"
Vt
"

Battles engaged in, St Johns, White Plains, Harlem, Trenton. Hubbardton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Savage, NY
Date of application for pension, Apr 11 1818. His deceased July 11 1832
Residence at date of application Queensbury Warren Co. N.Y.
Clarendon Rutland Co. VT in 1832.
Age at date of application, B. May 18, 1751, [ ] East Greenwich R. I
Remarks: In 1824 his wife name stated was
60 yrs of age. In 1832, reference is made to his
daughter (name and age no to stated) [ ]
Soldier died June 4. 1842, leaving children,
Joseph, Richard Benj. Peter 
Wm Mrs Betsy Baxter & Mrs Sally McCoy 
all children were omitted from his except Joseph Baldwin (only one in files Nov 4 1912)
Very respectfully 
Commissioner
6 -- 2856
[ ] 1832 1st June 1841 [ ]
13.-38-38-74-527
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
May 26, 1927
J. H. Bell
1599 Laurel Ave.,
St. Paul, Minn.


Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim S. 11726 it appears that Richard
Weaver was born May 18, 1751 (old style) in East Greenwich,
Rhode Island.
While living near Poughkeepsie, New York he enlisted in
May or June 1775, served seven months as private in Captain
Dubois' Company, Colonel Schuyler's New York Regiment and was
at the Siege of Saint Johns.
He enlisted in April 1776, served nine months as Sergeant
in Captain Nathaniel Pearce's and Captain David Baldwin's Companies, Colonel Ritzema's New York Regiment and was at the
battles of Harlem, White Plains and Trenton.
He enlisted immediately after and served six weeks in
Captain Vail's Company, Colonel Van Rensselaer's New York
Regiment.
In April 1777 he went to Vermont and there enlisted and
served six weeks as Ensign of Captain Cook's Vermont Company
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and was at the battle of Hubbardton. He afterwards served
four weeks in Captain Sawyer's Company of Vermont Troops,
dates not stated.
In 1834 he was living in Queensbury, Warren County, New York and had a wife aged sixty years, her name is not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July
14, 1832 at which time he was residing in Clarendon, Rutland
County, Vermont with a daughter whose name is not given.
He died at Clarendon, Vermont June 4, 1842, leaving no
widow, but the following children survived him: Joseph,
Richard, Benjamin, Peter, William, Mrs. Betty Baxter and
Mrs. Sally McCoy.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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11726-G
Legal Department
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Co.
C.E. Weaver,
Attorney.
Adrian Mich Jan. 28 1896
Hon [ ] Lochran
Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
with a view of securing a  member of the society of "the Daughter of the American Revolution" I am looking up the service of an ancester Richard Weaver in the War of the Revolution.
-
I find that he drew a pension under the
act of Congress passed the 4th day of June 1832 for service as private & Sergeant for New York Militia
He was placed on the pension roll April 15, 1833, the commencement of the same was March 4 31 at that time 83 years old & residing in Rutland County, Vermont
Can you give me a certificate to the fact
that he drew his pension & for what service &c
& I should, of course, be glad of any information
in regard to service, place of birth to which may [ ]
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appear from your Records
kindly forward bill for your [ ] with
certificate & I will remit at once [ ] as is
customary to send few in advance I shall
be glad to do that upon receipt of bill
I enclose stamp for reply upon receipt of this
Respectfully
Winfred Weaver Dodge
(Mrs. Frank Philip Dodge )
109 W. Hamer St.
Adrian, Michigan
US PENSIONS OFFICE US JAN 30 1896
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES FEB 1 1896
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Pension Bureau
Rev Roll
Washington D.C.
1599 Laurel Ave St Paul Minn
March 19th 1927
Gentlemen
Richard Weaver Sargent Born about 1751 at East Greenwich R.I.
died about the year 1842.
He enlisted in 1775 as a private in Capt Du Bois Co Col Schuylers Reg
of New York,
In 1776 he was supposed to have participated in the battle of St John. He reinlisted for Nine months in 1776 as a sargent with Capt Nathan
Pierce.
In 1777 he served in Capt Cooks Co and was promoted from a sargent to
an Ensign
As he died at an anvanced age his name should have appeared on the pension roll. Would it be consistent to have his record looked up
and advise me where he was living or got his mail about the time of his
death, Thanking you in advance for the information I am
Yours Truly
JH Bell
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South Wallingford Vt. 
October 29, 1912
Dear Sirs
I am a descendant of Richard 
Weaver who was in the Revolutionary
War and I want his record to enable
me to join the Daughts of the
American Revolution.
I have heard that he enlisted
several time - the first time from Rhode
Island.  My address is
Mrs. L.H.Ellis
South Wallingford
Vermont
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CWALTER SMITH, President
GEORGE H. PERKINS, Vice President
ESTABLISHED 1826
LUCIUS E WEAVER, Treas
ALFRED M. MOSHIER, Secy
SMITH PERKINS & COMPANY
 ( INCORPORATED) 
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Rochester, N.Y. Sept. 23 1912
Pension [ ]
Washington DC
Dear Sirs Please give me the Revolutionary ever record of Richard Weaver who applied for a pension July 14 1832 then living in Rutland Co. Vermont
I understand that he enlisted several times and
was in several battles
Yours truly
L E Weaver
165 Alexander
Rochester NY