Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14001, for Peter L Myer, New York
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(3─1776)

SERVICE
New York

Myer, Peter L

NUMBER
S 14001
Carded

CONTENTS
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20,758
New York
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Peter L Myer
of Ulster Co. in the State of N. York
who was a private in the Comp. commanded 
by Captain Cantine of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Paulding in the N. York 
line for 10 mos.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Aug 
1833 and sent to E Holliday Schoharie C. H.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33             $83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M '24   16.66
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$99.99
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{ Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by P. C. Stiles Clerk 
Book E Vol. 4, page 69
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Peter L Myer
New York
No. 23261-

Admitted
Private 10 months 

Hon Elias Holliday esq
Schoharie C-H
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 7, 1883

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 show 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 Peter L Myer

Period when the service was rendered July 1776 Vol. 5 months Rank of the Claimant. Pri Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Capt. Cantin Col Pauling Genl Geo Clinton   Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at there present period  76 years Kinston Ulster Co New York Evidence by which the declaration is supported witnesses

1777 vol. between 20 & 30 days  Col Snyder
about 1 mo  Capt Dedrick  Maj Wyn Koop
about 10 or 12 days  Col Elmerdor
1778  Col  Ino Snyder

May 1779 orderly Sergt Lient T Myers

Fall 1779 Pri Capt E Bogardus, Col Joe Hasbrook

I am, respectfully, Your Obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

The declarant has amended by stating with precision the length of his services where they were not stated in his declaration.  He lists the whole at 10 months and proves 9 months and 15 or 20 days ten days of his services he cannot prove nor can he procure the certificate of a clergyman.

E. Holliday
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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 case 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, musicians 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   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 her 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 enered [entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [] this form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers. navy, &c.]

 He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of   
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, subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B. & 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 day 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 ot appears to them that A.B.   who has signed the preceding certificate is  a clergy man, 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 applicacation [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 of 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 alleged service, as they are know at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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Will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principle 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 the 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 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 receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it gived 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 he 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 payment 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 the 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 of periods of the war when he served.
(e)	Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled to.  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 –years --- months, and ---days, I served as a ___, for ___months and ___days, I served as a ___; and for such services I claim a pension.
It is important in all cases, to determine with precision the period for each applicant served, and the particular rank be 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 to o indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some perions 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 services.  This form of declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or 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 pursuit.
(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 not public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, providing 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, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[] the notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule 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.
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State of New York}
Schoharie County} S.


On this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas of said county of Schoharie and State of New York aged seventy six years and three months 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.  He entered the service in the latter part of the month of July 1776, as a volunteer for five month at Kingston Ulster County and state aforesaid, where he there lives, in Captain Moses Cantines' company in Colonel Paulings regiment.  He joined the company at Kingston aforesaid, and went with the company on a sloop to the Highlands thinks that General George Clinton has command of the Brigade they went from there to Croton Rivers in a sloop and from there they went to Kins Bridge about 15 miles north of New York and remained there till about the middle of October as near as he can recollect.
They then went to White Plains that while there he was in some skirmish thing but at the time of the battle he was out preparing teams to remove the military stout and luggage for which purpose he and others had been ordered out.  That after the battle The British remained at the plains a number of days he thinks and them went off.  That after they had gone. Washington went with the main Army to New Jersey or on that way, as near as he can recollect.   That he the said Peter L Myer, continued in the service till the first of June when he was discharged at New Windsor Orange County.  That again in the Summer of 1777.  He volunteered in Captain Moses Cantine's Company in Col. John Snyder's regiment under command of Major Wynkoop.  He joined the company at Kinston aforesaid and marched to Old Schoharie and from there to Harpersfield it was the time the news came that the British and Indians had made an attach upon the inhabitants and Troops at Schoharie and Harpersfield, That when they came there the inemy [enemy] had gone upon which they returned to Kingston and he was discharged there.  That from the time he joined the company till the time he were discharged he thinks was between twenty and thirty days.
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That he again entered the service as a volunteer at Kinston aforesaid in the month of September 1777, in Captain Dedricks company in Colonel Snyders regiment. He thinks that one Lieutenant Thomas Van Steenbergh had command of the company at that time and that one Elmerdorf had command of the regiment during this campaign or a part of the time.  That he the said Peter L. Myer joined the company at Kingston aforesaid and marked to Stillwater and to Bemas's Heights was at Saratoga at the time of the battle with Burgoyne but the body of men that he was with men not brought into the action, so that he was not in the battle.  That after the battle they returned to Kingston he was in the service at that time about a month and a few days as near and he can recollect That he got home Sometime in the night and before he got up in the morning he was ordered by Captain Dedrick to join his company, that the enemy were approaching, that he was in the service that time about ten or twelve days.

Again about the first day of October 1778, he entered the service at the town of 
Saugerties in Ulster County in Captain Matthew Dedricks company for one month in Colonel John Snyders regiment, that he the said Peter L. Myer belonged to a class at that time and it had become his turn to go He marched to Woodstock Ulster County, where they kept there head quarter that he continued in the service till his month was out when he was discharged at the place last aforesaid.

That again on or about the first day of May 1779, he was called into the service at Kingston in the County of Ulster aforesaid in a company there under command of Lieutenant Tobias Myers in Colonel Snyders regiment that he served in said company as or duly sergeant in for one month, They were stationed at the town of Woodstock in said county as a frontier guard and he continued to serve till the fore part of June when he was discharged at the place last aforesaid.
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That in the fall of the year 1779, he again entered the service at Kingston in the county of Utsler {Ulster} in Captain Everet Bogardus Company in Colonel Joseph Hasbrooks regiment.  It being the turn of the said Peter L. Myers to go according to an arrangement made by him and others.  He joined the company at Kingston and went with said company to Fishkill and was stationed there till he was discharged that he was int he service at that time one month besides the time he took in returning home from Fishkill Dutchess County where he was discharged to Kingston Ulster County where he resided.

To the special interrogatories of the court he answered first that he was born at Kingston Ulster County in the State of New York On the 5th day of November in the year 1756.  Secondly that his age is recorded in the Dutch reformed church book in the town of Saugerties in the County and state aforesaid Thereby when he was cast into the service he was living in the town of Kingston County of Ulster & State of New York that he continued to live there till in the year 1800, He then moved to Schaghticoke in the county of Rensselaer and state aforesaid, that he continued to reside there till the year 1812, where he removed to Cobleskill in the county of Schoharie and State aforesaid where he had resided ever since and now resides.  Forthly, [fourthly] He enlisted the services as a volunteer the first second and third time the 4th time it became his turn to go according to an arrangement between him and the class he belonged to the 5th time he was called or ordered in to the services as one of the classes whose turn it was then to go The 6th time it became his turn to go according to arrangement between him and others.
And as to the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served he cannot recollect many more of them than he had mentioned in his declaration.  General Washing & General George Clinton were at Kins Bridge & White Plains & Genl Gates at Saratoga
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Sixthly, says that he never received but one discharge in writing and by whom it was signed he cannot remember nor does he know what has become of it.  Seventhly says he is known to the following persons in his neighbourhood [neighborhood] who he thinks can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution to wit. Thomas Van Steinberg, Thomas Butler, Frederick Row, George Sagendorf, Henry Schafter, Jesse Patrick, Henry Woolfor and others,

Her hereby relinquishes every claim whatever t a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state. N.B. the whole of the 20, 22, 23 lines on the first page erased and the words "a short time" in the 21 lines erased before execution Peter Myer
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court}
John Gelhart Jr. Clerk
We whose named are hereto subscribed Judges of said court do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter L. Myer who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and believe him to be seventy six years and three months old as he has stated in his declaration and we further certify that the said Peter L. Myer is a man of truth.

Henry Schafter
William Beckman
Wm Mann
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Peter L. Myer's
Declaration for Pension
23264
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J. William Myer of the Town of Saugerties County
of Ulster and State of New York of the age of 74 years a soldier of the Revolutionary war being duly
Sworn on my Oath depose and says that he is well acquainted with Peter L Myer from childhood aged
about 76 years of age who has also a Revolutionary Soldier and who formerly resided in Ulster County
in the said State of New York and now resides
In the County of Schoharie and State aforesaid
And this deponent further says that he this deponent
And said P. L. Myer Entered in the Militia service 
in the line of the State of New York in said revolution
in the Summer of 1776 about the month of July
and volunteered in the five months service
the Company commanded by Captain Moses
Bantine
[unreadable due to page overlap]...mustered at Kingston
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Ulster County Clerk's Office,

I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify,
That Tobias Wynkoop-
Esquire was on the day of the
date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the
said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, etc. and further that I am
well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the
signature "Tobias Wynkoop "
subscribed to the
Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court
and County, this fourteenth
day of November
1832
Jacob Snyder


Campings In Ulster County and Marched to Old Schoharie
to Harpers field thence returned with the
Company to Ulster County and was discharged

Served 15 or 20 days as near as this deponent
can recollect commanded by Major Wynkoop
And this deponent further says that he this deponent
Joined the company commanded by Captain John L Dewitt to which he belonged about the first of September
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I, William Myer of the Town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York of the age of 74 years A solder of the Revolutionary war being duly
Sworn on my Oath depose and says that he is well acquainted with Peter L Myer from Childhood aged About 76 years [of Age: is crossed out] who was also a Revolutionary Soldier and who formerly resided in Ulster County in the said State of New York and Now Resides In the County of Schoharie and State aforesaid And this deponent further says that he this deponent and said P. L. Myer Entered in the Militia Service in the line of the State of New York in said revolution in the Summer of 1776 about the month of July and Volunteered in the five months service in the Company commanded by Capt Moses Cantine Col Pawling Regiment and mustered at Kingston in Ulster County Marched with said Company to Fort Montgomery in the high lands thence to Kings Bridge thence to White Plains & Peekskill and was discharged at Newinser on the first day of January 1777.  Served the full term of five months And this deponent further says that he the said P. L. Myer Volunteered in the company Comman by Capt. Moses Cantine & Capt Tobias Van Buren in the Summer of 1777. Joined the respective Companeys In Ulster County & Marched to Old Schoharie thence to Harpersfield thence returned with the Company to Ulster County and was discharged Served 15 or 20 days as near as this deponent can recollect Commanded by Major Wynkoop And this deponent further says that he this deponent Joined the company commanded by Capt John L Dewitt to which he belonged about the first of Sept.
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of September 1777. and Marched from Ulster County
to Will Water near Burmanshights and Joined General
Gages Brigade and served in said Company was of one month and this deponent well knows that the said Peter L Myer Joined the Company
commanded by Capt Deduck in Ulster County
in the month of September 1777. and Marched in Company
with Capt Dewitt Company from Ulster County
Hill Water & Premises rights & also joined General
Gages Brigade Col Snyders Regiment commanded
by Lieutenant Col Jonathan Elmendorf brought
prisoners to Albany and was then discharged
by Col Elmendorf to the said P. L. Myer Served over
One month all of said service was rendered in
the revolutionary war and further sayeth not
Sworn & subscribed before
me on the 5th day of November
William Myer
1832

Tobias Wynkoop
Comissioner of deeds
Justice of the peace
I do certify that I live a neighbor well acquainted with
William Myer who subscribed this
affidavit
that he is a man of truth and integrity and is entitled
to full credit"
Tobias Wynkoop
J Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
SCHOHARIE COUNTY

Thos G Vansteenbergh of the town of Cobleskill in the
Thomas
County of Schoharie and State aforesaid, being duly sworn accordin⌨
law, doth depose and say, that he is seventy five years of age, and
that he is well acquainted with Peter L. Myer, of the town County, and
State aforesaid, and was acquainted with him before and during the
revolutionary War; and he knows that the said Peter L. Myer was a
soldier of the Revolution: That the said Peter L Myer entered the service
for one month. On or about the first day of October 1778, in the town of
Woodstock, County of Ulster and State aforesaid in a company command
ed by Matthew Beidrick in Colonel John Snyder's regiment and
that he served in said Company, during the term of one month, from
October 1778 aforesaid. That this deponent entered the Company
of Captain Deidrick aforesaid, and served in it at the same time and
during the same period, as the said Peter L Myer, and was discharged
on or about the first day of November 1778. And further this
deponent Saith not.
Thomas G Vansteenburg

Subscribed and sworn before me, at Cobleskill,
County and State aforesaid this 12th day of November 1832
ss
George W. Porter Justice
hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas G
Vanstenbergh above mention and believe him to be a man of
truth and veracity
George W. Porter Justice
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State of New York
Schoham County Clerks office
I, John Chard Junior, Clerk
of the County of Schohar and Clerk of the Court of Common
the duties that George W.
Pleas of said County, do hereby
Porter Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to
have been taken was on the day of the date of the same
a justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized
to take affidavits, and further that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believes
the signature "George W. Porter subscribed thereto and to the
certificate on said affidavit to be genuine
hand
(
testimony whereof I have hereunto set
fifth
and seal of office this
day of February 1833
John Chard Jr. Clerk
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State of New York
Ulster County}Ss
Martin Port of the Town Saugerties County of Ulster aged 71 years a Soldier of Revolutionary war being duly sworn deposed and says that he well acquainted with Peter L. Myer also a Sold[illegible] of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a Pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service in the State of New York in the Revolutionary and was in the Company commanded by Liut Tobias Myer and well the said Peter L. Myer that the said Peter L. Myer belonged to and Served in the same Company with deponent and saw the said Peter L. Myer in the said Service for one month or more in the year 1779 and well knew the said Peter L. Myer continued to serve in said Corps as a Serjeant [Sergeant] untill [until] they with the said Company were discharged that the said company was stationed at the house of one Peter Short in the town of Woodstock in the said County of Ulster as a frontier guard 
And this deponent (further says) that in the fall of the year 1779 this deponent was again in the said Militia serving the said state of New York and was in the Company of Capt Evert Bogardus in Col Joseph Hasbrou[illegible] Regiment and saw the said Peter L. in the same Company with deponent and well that the said Peter L. Myer continued in said corps as a private Soldier untill they with the said company were discharged that the said Company was Stationed
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STATE OF NEW-YORK
Ulster County Clerk's Office,} ss.
I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That Christopher C. Kreisted_ Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Cht. C. Kreisted"_ subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this fourteenth day of November 1832
Jacob Snyder
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In the Town of Fishkill in the County of Dutchess for one month or more and for this apoint says not
Sworn and Subscribed this fifth day of November 1832 before me Cpt C. Kiersted Judge of the peace

his
Martin x Post
mouth

This is to certify that I am well acquainted [????] to said Marin Post whose Character as to truth and veracity is good
Cpt. C. Kiersted
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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 the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
William Beekman
Henry Shafer
Marvin Judd
Wm Mann

I, John Gebhard, Junior, Clerk of the common pleas court of the county of Schoharie, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Peter S. Myer for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have he[???] to set my hand and seal of office, this fifth day of February 1833
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

December 31, 1923.

Dr. Victor C. Myers, 
N.Y. Post Graduate Medical School & Hosp.,
Second Ave. & Twentieth St.,
New York, N.Y.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.14001, it appears that Peter L. Myer was born November 5, 1756 at Kingston, New York, and while living at Kingston, Ulster County, New York, he enlisted and served in the New York Troops as follows:
From July 1776 to January 1, 1777 as a private in Captain Moses Cantine's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment.
From the Summer of 1777 for twenty days in Captain Moses Cantine's Company, Colonel John Snyder's Regiment.
From September 1777 for one month and ten days under Captain Dedrick and Colonel John Snyder.
From October 1, 1778 for one month in Captain Matthew Dedrick's Company, Colonel John Snyder's Regiment.
From May 1, 1779 for one month as Orderly Sergeant
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under Lieutenant Tobias Myers in Colonel Snyder's Regiment.
From the Fall of 1779 for one month in Captain Evert Rogardus' Company, Colonel Joseph Hasbrouck's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 5, 1833 while living in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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State of New York
Schoharie County

Personally appeared before me, the under signed, a Justice of the peace of said county, Peter S. Myer, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, in his second term of service setforth in his declaration when it is stated to be between twenty and thirty days, he will now put at twenty days at least. And in his third term of service when he had stated the duration of the term to be a month and a five days, he now puts it down to a month, and in his fourth, when he has stated his term at 10 or 12 days he now puts it at 10 days.
That this deponent served with an imbodied corps called unto service by competent authority at the different terms [strikethrough] of his service [/strikethrough] by him stated in his declaration according to the length of his belief. And that he was either in the field, or in garrison, or marching, scouting, or in the performance of other duty and services, and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any  civil pursuit. In the 7th line above, the words "of his service" were erased before sworn to
Peter L. Myer

Sworn and Subscribed
the 22nd day of June 1833 before me
David Miles Justice of peace
State of New York County of Schoharie f. I John Gebhard p. Clerk of the said county Do certify that David Miles before whom the proceeding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same.
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one of the Justices of the peace in and for the fair county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and veils before his name subscribed to the fair affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature - Witness my hand and seal of Office this 22nd July 1833
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
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the person who drew the affidavit of William Myer I presume made a mistake in writing General Gage, for that of General Gates. The certificate to the affidavit is not affixed with  with the the seal etc. the Clerk probably was not aware that it was necessary. It will be seen on inspection, that the seal has made a faint impression through certificate and affidavit both, so that it could not, by possibility have been affixed without the use of the seal. The affidavit of Post is similarly situated.
E. Holliday
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Rev War
14001
INVALID.

File No. 14, 001
Peter L Myer
O. Serg. ts
The Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 271
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 1895 Hist. to Theo. B. Myer, Wabasha + 5th. ME St. paul, Minn.

1922 May 10 Hist. to this Jannice Chapin
1923 - Dec. 31, Hist. to Dr. Victor. C. Myer
1930 - Mch 6 - Mrs. C. L. Luckhurst
adv. cost of [?]eli[?]ios See Cl. of Esau King - S. 23750 for Corres. MRNF
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MINNESOTA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

President:
HON. ALBERT EDGERTON, St. Paul.
Vice-Presidents:
GEO. A. PILLSBURY, Minneapolis.
HON. S. J. R. McMILLAN, St. Paul.
Honorary Vice-Presidents:
HON. ALEXANDER RAMSEY, St. Paul.
HON. RENSSELAER R. NELSON, St. Paul.
HENRY P. UPHAM, St. Paul.
DANIEL R. NOYES, St. Paul.
HON. WILLIAM D. WASHBURN, Min'polis.
Secretary: EDWIN S. CHITTENDEN, St. Paul.
Assistant Secretary:
WINTHROP S. G. NOYES, St. Paul.
Treasurer:
WILLIAM P. JEWETT, St. Paul.
Registrar and Historian:
WILLIAM H. GRANT, 194 Pleasant Ave., St. Paul.
Chaplain:
REV. EDWARD C. MITCHELL, St. Paul.

BOARD OF MANAGERS
Gen. John. B. Sanborn, St. Paul.
Gen. William J. Hahn, Minneapolis.
Hon. Hiram F. Stevens, St. Paul.
Albee Smith, Minneapolis.
William Bucknum, St. Paul.
Nathan F. Warner, Minneapolis.
Giles W. Merrill, St. Paul.
Samuel E. Adams, Minneapolis.
Alfred S Tallmadge, St. Paul.
Elwood S. Corser, Minneapolis.
Dr. Alex. T. Bigelow, St. Paul.
Charles E Lovett, Duluth.
Henry S. Goff, Minneapolis.
Rev. E. P. Chittenden, Winona.
William H. Lightner, St. Paul.
Dr. Thos. E. Clark, Stillwater.
Hon. Daniel Buck, Mankato.
Hon. Calvin. R. Brown, Morris.
Hon. Francis. M. Crosby, Hastings.
Gen. James H. Baker, Garden City.

St, Paul, Minn., June 12, 189

Hon. Wm. Lochran,
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir;-
T. B. Meyer of this city is very desirous of finding the Revolutionary record of his ancestor Peter or Petrus Meyer or Myer of Ulster County, New York.
I inclose herewith a statement as to his ancestor which will give all of the information which, I think, he is able to give on the subject and hope it will furnish a clue from which it will enable you to give the record, if such exists, of his ancestor Peter Meyer.
Please let me hear from you at your early convenience in regard to this matter and greatly oblige.

Yours Respectfully,
E. S. Chittenden
Secretary.

To Chf
Action
Jun 17 1895
COMMISSIONER
Page 28

2
Nov 12
O N + W
Give Record

U.
Old War & Navy
JUN 17 1895
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MINNESOTA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

President:
HON. ALBERT EDGERTON, St. Paul.
Vice-Presidents:
GEO. A. PILLSBURY, Minneapolis.
HON. S. J. R. McMILLAN, St. Paul.
Honorary Vice-Presidents:
HON. ALEXANDER RAMSEY, St. Paul.
HON. RENSSELAER R. NELSON, St. Paul.
HENRY P. UPHAM, St. Paul.
DANIEL R. NOYES, St. Paul.
HON. WILLIAM D. WASHBURN, Min'polis.
Secretary: EDWIN S. CHITTENDEN, St. Paul.
Assistant Secretary:
WINTHROP S. G. NOYES, St. Paul.
Treasurer:
WILLIAM P. JEWETT, St. Paul.
Registrar and Historian:
WILLIAM H. GRANT, 194 Pleasant Ave., St. Paul.
Chaplain:
REV. EDWARD C. MITCHELL, St. Paul.

BOARD OF MANAGERS
Gen. John. B. Sanborn, St. Paul.
Gen. William J. Hahn, Minneapolis.
Hon. Hiram F. Stevens, St. Paul.
Albee Smith, Minneapolis.
William Bucknum, St. Paul.
Nathan F. Warner, Minneapolis.
Giles W. Merrill, St. Paul.
Samuel E. Adams, Minneapolis.
Alfred S Tallmadge, St. Paul.
Elwood S. Corser, Minneapolis.
Dr. Alex. T. Bigelow, St. Paul.
Charles E Lovett, Duluth.
Henry S. Goff, Minneapolis.
Rev. E. P. Chittenden, Winona.
William H. Lightner, St. Paul.
Dr. Thos. E. Clark, Stillwater.
Hon. Daniel Buck, Mankato.
Hon. Calvin. R. Brown, Morris.
Hon. Francis. M. Crosby, Hastings.
Gen. James H. Baker, Garden City.

St, Paul, Minn., June 12, 189

Hon. Wm. Lochran,
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir;-
T. B. Meyer of this city is very desirous of finding the Revolutionary record of his ancestor Peter or Petrus Meyer or Myer of Ulster County, New York.
I inclose herewith a statement as to his ancestor which will give all of the information which, I think, he is able to give on the subject and hope it will furnish a clue from which it will enable you to give the record, if such exists, of his ancestor Peter Meyer.
Please let me hear from you at your early convenience in regard to this matter and greatly oblige.

Yours Respectfully,
E. S. Chittenden
Secretary.

To Chf
Action
Jun 17 1895
COMMISSIONER
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.

Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.

Full name of soldier:
Petrus Meyer
M not l not w

Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Kingston, Ulster Co NY.

Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Ulster Co N.Y.

Date of death (as near as possible):
30 Sept 1813
bn. 1732

Christian name of widow:
Maritje

Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Not Known.

Remarks: He was my 3 Grand father. His son Peter S. Myer was placed on the Pension Roll oct 2 1833 from Ulster Co NY

Your name and address:
Theo. B. Meyers
Wabasha + 5th st.
St Paul. Minn

6-870
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Myers & Company
Jewelers,
Wabasha and 5th Sts.
St. Paul.

Petrus Meyer bn 4 June 1732
Petrus Meyer d 30 Sept 1813
Ulster Co. N. Y.

His Son Petrus Low, bn. 29 oct. 1756 was in either the militia or Sevies, from Ulster Co. was placed on the Pension Roll 2 oct. 1833
Petrus Bro Tobias was 2d Si[??]t 4th Co 10th Regh. N. Y. Militia
Another Bro Johannes was also a Rev. soldier several of Petrus nephews were Rev soldiers // of the name Peter from N. Y. State on the Roster I am not as yet able to establish the identity of my ancestor Petrus or, Peter. 
Theo B. Meyers
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115 East Castle St.,
Syracuse, N. Y.
April 1, 1922.

Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
Have you any record of Peter, Pieter, or Petrus Myers, and a son by the same name who fought in the Revolution and was a pensioner from either Ulster or Dutchess County. The family lived in Greenbush, N. Y at one time.
Respectfully,
Jennie Chapin

(Nice)

PENSION OFFICE.
U. S.
APR 3 1922
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C. W. & N. Division.
M. E. C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., June 13, 1895.

Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Peter L. Myer --- 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.

Dates of Enlistment or appointment. | Length of service. | Rank. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED Captain. | Colonel. | State.
July 1776 | 5 mos. | Pvt. | Moses Cantine | Pauling | N. Y.
Sumr. 1777 | 30 days | Pvt. | Moses Cantine | John Snyder | N. Y.
Sept. 1777 | 1 mo. | Pvt. | Dedrick | John Snyder | N. Y.
[BLANK] | 10 [strikethrough] 12 [/strikethrough] days | Pvt. | Dedrick | John Snyder | [BLANK]
Oct. 1778 | 1 mo. & 10 dys. | Pvt. | Dedrick | John Snyder | N. Y.
May 1779 | 1 mo. | Ord. Sgt. | Lt. Tobias Myer | John Snyder | N. Y.
Fall 1779 | 1 mo. | Pvt. | Bogardus | Joseph Hasbrook | N. Y.

Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kingston, N. Y.
Date of application for pension, February 5, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Cobleskill, N. Y.
Age at date of application, Born at Kingston, N. Y. Nov. 3, 1756.
Remarks: No record found of Peter or Petrus Myer

Respectfully, Commissioner.
Theo
[strikethrough] Thomas [/strikethrough] B. Myer, Esq.,
Wabasha & 5" St.,
St. Paul, Minn.
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RECORD DIVISION
Revolutionary War Records Section
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.

S. F. 14001

In reply to your request of , received , for a statement of the military history of Peter L. Myer 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.

Dates of Enlistment or appointment. | Length of service. | Rank. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED Captain. | Colonel. | State.
July 1776 | Jany 1. 1777 | Pvt. | Moses Cantine | Pawling | N. Y.
Summer 1777 | 20 [strikethrough] 30 [/strikethrough] days | Pvt. | Moses Cantine | John Snyder | N. Y.
Sept. 1777 | 1 mo. | Pvt. | Dedrick | Snyder | N. Y.
[BLANK] | 10 [strikethrough] 12 [/strikethrough] days | Pvt. | Dedrick | John Snyder | [BLANK]
Oct. 1, 1778 | 1 mo. | Pvt. | Matthew Dedrick | John Snyder | N. Y.
May 1, 1779 | 1 mo. | Ordly Sgt. | Leiut. Tobias Myer | Snyder | N. Y.
Fall of 1779 | 1 mo. | Ordly Sgt. | Evert Bogardus | Joseph Hasbrook | N. Y.

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kingston Ulster Cou. N. Y.
Date of application for pension, Feby 5 - 1833 His al. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Cobleskill Schoharie Cou. N. Y.
Age at date of application, b. Nov. 3, 1756 at Kingston N. Y.
Remarks: There is no date on file as to his family. The above noted is the only soldier of this name N. Y. service found in Rev. War records of their Bureau

Respectfully, Commissioner.
5-2856
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Mail to
For Dr. Victor C. Myers
N. Y. Post. Graduate Medical School and Hospital
Second Ave and 20th St.
New York City.

Peter S. Myer File No. S. 14001.
Adam Strobeck File No. S. 14584

Uncle Called Nov. 15 - 1923
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Mail to
For Dr. Victor C. Myers
N. Y. Post. Graduate Medical School and Hospital
Second Ave and 20th St.
New York City.

Peter S. Myer File No. S. 14001.
Adam Strobeck File No. S. 14584

Uncle Called Nov. 15 - 1923