Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2361, for Peleg Sisson, New York
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(3—1776)

SERVICE
New York

Sisson, Peleg
Clarissa

NUMBER
W2361
B.L.Wt. 26878-160-55

CONTENTS
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20,054
New York
Peleg Sisson
of Orleans Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Sergeant in the Comp. commanded by Captain Salsbury of the Reg. commanded by Col. Van Ness in the N. York line for 
9 mos. Sergt.
6 " Priv. }

 Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 65 Dollars __Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1832 and [illegible] W. James Murray

Arrears to the 4th of Ma '33 $130
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 32.50
$162.50

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book e. Vol. 3, Page 78
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2,245
New York (Albany)
Clarissa Sisson
widow of Peleg Sisson
who served in the Revolutionary war NY, as a Sergeant 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 65. Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of October 1853. and sent to Gustavus Clark
Clarkson
Monroe Co. (NY)

Recorded on roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 85, Vol. A

(1832)
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A Declaration in the matter of Peleg Sisson for a Pension

23966

Admd
9 mo. Sergt.
6 mo. pri
________
15 mo
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State of New York
Orleans County ss }
On this twenty third day of August (1832). Personally appeared in open Court before Addison Gardner William James and Abraham Cantin; the Court of [illegible] and Truman now Sitting Peleg Sisson a resident of the town of Murray in the County of Orleans & State of New York aged (78) 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein after stated. That early in the Spring of (1776) in the month of April as he thinks he volunteered his services as a Soldier in Captain John Salsbury's Company of Infantry was enrolled and equiped immediately and prepared to march at a minutes warning or notice — We were then called minute men and were obliged to go at all times. When there was an alarm from the British, Indians or Tories or when called upon by any of the officers in the Regiment his Lieutenants name he thinks was James Phelps the company was attached to [crossed out] Colonel Peter Van Ness and Liut.. Colonel Stephan Hogebooms Regiment __ Soon after he was enrolled in this company he was called out and marched or went by water down the Hudson River to Esopus to assist in guarding a number of prisoners who were Tories and who had been taken in and about Claverack or Livingstons Manor and Albany. on his return he was again immediately called out with a part of the company and marched to Albany for the purpose of detering & guarding against the machinations and depredations of the Tories he was at Albany [crossed out] two months, and was commanded by Col.. peter Van Ness Lieut.. Col.. Stephan Hogeboom and Capt.. Cornelius Hogeboom __ from Albany he returned home to Claverack and was immediately again called out and marched to Johnstown on an Expedition against the British Indians and tories at this time the whole company marched It was commanded by Capt Salisbury and the other officers were the same as mentioned before.
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often affecting the object of the expedition which was to drive the Indians back disperse or tak the Tories prisoners he returned home to Claverack he was gone about one month on this Expedition the time he was in actual Service this year on those Several Expeditions was taken in the aggregate nine months including the time taken up in going from and returning home and making preparation
In the Spring of the year of our Lord (1777) or in June he again was called out and entered the Service in Capt. Cornelius Hogebooms Company and Lieut. Benjamin Allen which was again under the command of Col. Peter Van Ness and Col. Stephan Hogeboom under General Phillip Schuyler and marched against the British army Commanded by General Burgoyne __ he was with the American army when the British Invaded the State of New York at the north and shared in the retreat before General Burgoyne under General Schuyler he was in the Several engagements with the British army under Burgoyne after General Gates took the command of the American army untill the Capitulation and final Surrender of that army except the battle at Bennington He says he always served in the Militia He remained with the American Troops after the surrender of Burgoynes Army, untill [word crossed out] the autumn [words crossed out] and then returned home __ He further Says that when he entered the Service of the United States he lived in the Town of Claverack in the County of Albany and State of New York __ that he entered the Service in the Spring of (1776) and would have been 22 years of age on the 22nd day of May following and that he was born in the town of Dartmouth in the then province of Massachusetts Bay on the 22nd Day of May in the year of our Lord (1754) & from there to Dutchess County and from that place moved in to the said Town of Claverack where he entered the Service as aforesaid he says that the officers of the army with whom he was acquainted when in the Service was Generals Horatio Gates Phillip Schuyler Benedict Arnold the Traitor [the Traitor is underlined] and General Poor & Shepherd Major Allen of Rhode Island and General St Clair
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he also says that when he entered the Service it was as on of the Volunteers to Stand as a minuteman and to be ready equiped and prepared at any moment to march when called upon by any of the officers of the army that he remained in the Said Regiment subject to such orders three years and six months that the whole time [crossed out] he was in actual Service was one year & three months he never Recd. any written Discharge —
and he further says he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure nor neither has he now made any application whatever for any pension or annuity except the present from any State nor from the United States or at the War Department nor neither is his name on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State except this he now presents to the War Department and he further says that he has become so decrepid and worn out with hard Service hard labour and old age that he is unable to perform much of any labour and can scarcely take care of himself —
Peleg Sisson
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 23d day of August A.D. 1832.
A.B. Mills Clerk of said Court
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The proceedings in the matter of Peleg Sisson for a pension
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I William James a Judge of Orleans County Courts do Certify that I am and have been for 17 years personally acquainted with Peleg Sisson who has sworn to and subscribed to the foregoing declaration and that he has always been reputed to have Served in the Army of the Revolution that he is a man of the highest Respectability as to his character for truth and veracity as well as morality and I do further certify that I have no doubt but what he has Served in the Army as he has set forth in his declaration Sworn to and Subscribed this 23. Day of August AD. 1832
William James 

We Medad Ferry a Clergyman residing in the Town of Murray in the county of Orleans and State of New York and Benjamin Allen and Asa Clark both of the same place do hereby certify the we are all well acquainted with Peleg Sisson who has Subscribed & Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be (78) years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary Soldier and that we concur in the opinion — Sworn and subscribed this 23rd Day of August AD. 1832.
Medad Ferry
Benjamin Allen
Before me 
A.B. Mills Clerk of said Court

I Abraham Mills, Clerk of the court of
Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original [crossed out]
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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 Soldie and Served as he States
And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Medad Ferry is a Clergyman who has Signed the preceding Certificate and that he he is also a Resident of the Town of Murray in the County of Orleans and State of new York
and that Benjamin Allen and [crossed out] are [crossed out] Residents of the same place and are both credible persons who have at  signed the certificate and that their Statements are all entitled to Credit
A Gardener Circuit Judge
William James one of the Judges of the Court of Oyer & Terminer
Abrm Cantin one of the Judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer
I Abraham Mills Clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peleg Sisson for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 23rd Day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
AB
Interlineations & Erasures marked B done upon the Execution
A.B. Mills

A.B. Mills Clerk of said Court
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State of New York
Orleans County ss} Be it remembered that on this 1st day of march A.D. 1833 personally came before me William James a Judge of Orleans County Courts Peleg Sisson who has Sworn to and Subscribed the foregoing Declaration to me personally known and who after being duly Sworn by me according to law makes oath to the foregoing allegations in answer to the interrogatories put by me and hereunder written in addition to the foregoing declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Pension. 

1st Where was you born and in what year
Answer He says he was born in the town of Dartmouth in the State of Massachusetts or what was then called the province of Massachusetts bay on the 22nd day of May A.D. 1754 according to the account handed down to him by his father and mother but does not know of any records kept by his father

2. Have you any Record of your age and if any where is it
Answer — He says he has Records of his age which were taken from his fathers Records which he believes to be true and which he now has in his possession—

3. Where were you living when called into the Service —Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War — And where do you now live —
Answer at the time he first entered the Service he lived in the town of Claverack in the County of Albany and State of New York — that he lived in the said town of Claverack untill some time after the close of the Revolutionary War —That he moved from there to the town of Murray in the County of Genessee but now the County of Orleans and State of New York where he has continued to reside and where he now resides —

4. How were you called into the Service — were you drafted — did you volunteer or were you Substituted and if a Substitute for whoom
Answer He says he was a Volunteer at the time he entered the Service and joined the Company but after he had joined his company he was under obligation
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to go and did go at all times when called upon by his commanding officers during the war Such was the nature of his engagement —

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 Service —
Answer — He says the general circumstances of the Services he rendered was to defend the Inhabitants & keep the Indians Tories and British from killing and plundering them — To fortify against their attacks & sometimes to keep garrison and to march against the British Army whenever the State was invaded by the enemy &c also to guard prisoners and to keep the British army and Tories from getting provision or forage in the Country — The names of the Regular Officers that he can Recollect in the Army when he served was General Gates. Schuyler. St. Clair. Arnold. Poor. Shepherd and Major Allen also General Stark — And of the Militia Col. Peter Van Ness Col. Stephen Hogeboom — Capt Cornelius Hogeboom John Salisbury Lieut Benjamin Allen and James Phelps The above are the names of the officers and their grades as near as he can recollect and as he thinks Served when he did but he may possibly be mistaken as to their grade and the exact time they Served in consequence of the lapse of time and loss of Memory — he also says he thinks Cols Greig Warner & Nichols & Willett was with the Troops a part of the time he was with them
6. Did you ever receive a discharge — and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it —
Answer He never Received a written discharge but was only dismissed by his officers when his service was not particularly required but was to be  in readiness at all times when called on and was so and thus Served under his officers during the war amounting in the whole of the several times that he was in actual Service to one year and six months
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7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for truth and veracity — and their belief of your Services as a Soldier in the Revolution
Answer — Hira Hill Harrison Hatch Horace Hibbard Esquire Asa Clark Junior Thomas J. Jewett Benj.. Allen Sworn and Subscribed before me William James a Judge of Orleans County this 1st Day of March in the year of our Lord 1833} Peleg Sisson

We Hira Hill, Harrison Hatch Horace Hibbard Asa Clark Junio Thomas J. Jewett Benjamin Allen after being duly Sworn do hereby certify that we are well acquainted and have been for a long time with Peleg Sisson the foregoing applicant and we do consider him to be a man of the Strictest truth and veracity and that he has always been reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and to have Served in the army of the Revolution and we do further certify that we believe that he ha served in the Revolutionary army as he has set forth in his foregoing Declaration and affidavit
Sworn to and SUbscribed before me William James a Judge of Orleans County Courts this 1st day of March in the year of our Lord 1833} Hira Hill
Horace Hibbard
Asa Clark Jr
benjamin Allen
Thomas J. Jewett

And I the said William James a Judge of Orleans County Courts Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peleg Sisson the foregoing applicant and also with Hira Hill Harrison Hatch Horace Hibbard Esquire Asa Clark Junior Thomas J. Jewett and Benjamin Allen Esquire who have Subscribed and Sworn to the foregoing affidavit and I do not hesitate to say that they are men of the first respectability for strict truth and veracity and are entitled to credit
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And I further Certify that the said Peleg Sisson the foregoing applicant who lives in the neighborhood of the foregoing witnesses has always been reputed to have served in the Revolutionary Army as a Soldier and I do believe that he has Served as he has set forth in his declaration and affidavit or Statements or answers to the Interrogatories by me put to him on his oath — And I do further Certify that the said Peleg Sisson is now so much out of health and has become so decrepid and helpless that he is unable to attend a court of Record without greatly endangering his health —

William James a Judge of Orleans County Courts

Sworn to and Subscribed before before me this 7th Day of march in the Year of our Lord 1833 } 

Horace Hibbard Justice of the Peace

In the matter of the application of Peleg Sisson
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State of New York
Orleans County
Clerks Office} I Abraham B Mills CLerk of the said County do hereby Certify that William James before whom the additional proceedings in the preceeding declaration was made in the matter of the application of Peleg Sisson for a pension And also before whom the preceeding affidavits were Sworn (Excepting his own) was at the dates of the same a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County, And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said affidavits and the Certificate of the further investigation of the said proceedings to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 8th day of March AD 1833
A.B. Mills Clerk

State of New York
Orleans County
Clerks Office} I Abraham B Mills Clerk of the said County do certify that Horace Hibbard before whom the affidavit of William James purports to have been sworn — was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature—
Witness my hand and and seal of office this 8th day of March AD 1833
A.B. Mills Clerk
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Pension Claim.
Act February 3. 1853.
Claim of Clarissa Sisson
widow of Peleg Sisson
Revolutionary.

Gustavus Clark.
attorney.
Clarkson Monroe County
N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Orleans} s.s. On this 18th. day of June 1853, personally appeared before the County Court of Orleans County, Clarissa Sisson, a resident of Murray in the county of Orleans and State of New New York Aged sixty years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed February 3rd. A.D. 1853. that she is the widow of Peleg Sisson, deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and who as such pensioner drew the annual sum of Ninety Six dollars, payable in the City of Albany in said State, that his pension certificate as she is informed and believes, was returned to the agency for paying Pensions of the United States at Albany aforesaid, after the death of her said husband, that he resided at the time of his death at the said town of Murray.
She further declares that she was married to the said Peleg Sisson on the 8th. day of September A.D. 1833, by one William Blake, a preacher of the Gospel and was married as aforesaid in the town of Murray aforesaid, that there is no public or private record of her said marriage, and of her husbands death to her knowledge or belief. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act aforesaid and is still widow; that her name before her said marriage was Clarissa Burlingame; and that she has never before made application for a pension. 
Clarissa Sisson

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the County Court of Orleans County and I certify that I am not interested in the result of this case, nor concerned in its prosecution.
H. R. Curtis
County Judge of Orleans County Courts — N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Orleans} s.s. On this   day of June A.D. 1853. before me a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and Sworn and Authorized by law to administer oaths within and for said County personally appeared Clarissa Burlingame of the town of Kendall in the County of Orleans, and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith: that Clarissa Sisson of Murray in said County of Orleans is the widow of Peleg Sisson deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and who as such pensioner drew the annual sum of Ninety Six dollars: That the said Clarissa SIsson was married to the said Peleg Sisson, deceased, in the town of Murray in the said County of Orleans, on the 8ths day of September A.D. 1833. by one WIlliam Blake, a preacher of the Gospel:
That this deponent was present at such marriage and witnessed the ceremony of the marriage.
And she swears that she is a disinterested witness, and that the said Clarissa Sisson was a widow on the 3rd. of February 1853 and is still a widow.
Clarissa Burlingame

Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year above written: and I certify that Clarissa Burlingame is a credible witness and that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution.
Asa Clark Justice of the Peace of Orleans County
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State of New York
County of Orleans.}s.s. On this   day of June A.D. 1853. before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly authorised by law to administer Oaths, personally appeared William Blake a resident of the town of Clarkson, in the County of Monroe and State of New York who being duly Sworn according to law deposeth and saith: That Clarissa Sisson is the widow of Peleg Sisson deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and who drew a pension of Ninety Six dollars per annum: That the said Clarissa Sisson was married to the said Peleg Sisson, deceased, in the town of Murray, in the County of Orleans, and State of New York on the 8th. day of September, A.D. 1833. by this deponent, who was a preacher of the Gospel, and by the laws of said State, duly authorised to perform the marriage ceremony. That the said Peleg Sisson died at Murray aforesaid on the 11th. day of August A.D. 1836, and that this deponent was present at his funeral and burial. and that he well knew him the said Peleg Sisson and his widow Clarissa Sisson:
William Blake

Subscribed and Sworn to before me the day and year first above mentioned: And I certify that William Blake is a credible and disinterested witness, and that I am not interested in the result of this case, nor concerned in its prosecution.
Asa Clark Justice of the Peace of Orleans County
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State of New York
County of Orleans.}s.s. On this day of June A.D. 1853. before the subscriber, a justice of the peace duly authorised by law to administer oaths within and for said County, personally appeared, Rowland Farnsworth of the town of Murray in the county of Orleans, and state of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith: That Clarissa Sisson is the widow of Peleg Sisson, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and who drew as such pensioner the annual sum of Ninety Six dollars, that the said Peleg Sisson died at Murray aforesaid on the 11th. day of August , A.D. 1836, and that this deponent was present at his funeral and burial: and that the said Clarissa Sisson has ever since his death aforesaid, remained a widow, and is still a widow.
And he swears that he is a disinterested witness.

Roland Farnsworth

Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution, and that Rowland Farnsworth is a disinterested witness, and a credible witness.
Asa Clark, Justice of the Peace of Orleans County
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Know all men by the presents that I Clarissa Sisson of the town of Murray in the County of Orleans ans State of New York do hereby make, constitute and appoint; Gustavus Clark of Clarkson Monroe County N.Y. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Pension certificate to which I may be Entitled, as is mentioned in the foregoing Declaration and in all suitable and proper way to prosecute said claim. I hereby revoking any and all other power of attorney or other Authority I may have given for any such purpose, and vest the same solely and irrevokably in my said Attorney, said Gustavus Clark.
In testimony whereof , witness my hand and seal this 18th. day of June 1853.
Clarissa Sisson
Attest.
H. R. Curtis
O. Tousley

State of New York
County of Orleans}s.s. on this 18th day of June 1853, before the subscriber a county Judge in and for said county, duly authorised by law to take acknowledgments in and for said county, personally appeared Clarissa Sisson, Subscriber to the foregoing and acknowledged that she Executed the same for the purposes therein mentioned, and I certify that I know the said Clarissa Sisson to be the same person described in and who Executed the above power of attorney.

H. R. Curtis
County Judge of said County
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State of New York
County of Orleans}s.s. I Dan C. Cole Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Henry R. Curtis Esquire, before whom the foregoing Declaration was made, and acknowledgment taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing, Judge of the County Court, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
And that Asa Clark, whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing papers is and was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn: that all his official acts as such are Entitled to full faith and credit:
And that said Court is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my Office as Clerk of the County Court of said County at Albion, this 18th day of June 1853. 
Dan C. Cole
Clerk
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108.423/act Mar 3/55 Civ[?]: Claimant Dec: 27/55

May 1/55

Clarissa Sisson, wid
Peleg Sisson sergt.

Rev. War

N.Y. Ref 53 – 2245
[illegible] May 21/56
[illegible]
Clmt 
Burlington
Mich

No. 26.878 [illegible] May 26/56
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148.423
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State of Michigan
County of Branch }ss On this Eleventh day of April AD one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Clarissa Sisson aged Sixty two years a resident of the town of Burlington, State of Michigan who being duly Sworn according law declares that she is the widow of Peleg Sisson deceased who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she does not recollect, neither has she the means of finding out, to what Company or regiment he belonged, or where he enlisted or was discharged. But refers to the Pension list his name being inscribed thereon She also declares that she was inscribed upon the Pension list at the rate of Sixty five dollars per annum. the fourth day of October AD 1853. and that she receives the same from the Pension agent at Albany New York. She refers to these facts as evidence: of the said Pelig Sissons service, in the Revolutionary war She further states that she was married to the said Pelig Sisson in the town of Murry, Orleans County, State of New York on the 8th day of September 1833 by one William Blake a minister of the gospel that her name before her said marriage was Clarissa Burlingame. That her said husband died at Murry, Orleans County State of New York on the Eleventh
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day of August AD 1836, 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 act approved March 3. AD 1853
Clarissa Sisson

We Edwin Perry and Andrew Huyck Residents of Union City State of Michigan upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Clarissa Sisson in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and Statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Edwin Perry
Andrew Huyck

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year within written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible and respectible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim
M L Young
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Orleans County }ss I William Blake of the town of Clarkson County of Monroe and State of New York do
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Certify that on this Eight day of September one thousand Eight hundred & thirty three I married Peleg Sesson of the town of Murry Orleans County State of New York to Clarissa Burlingame of the same place The ceremony of marriage took place at the house of Peleg Sisson in the usual form
Dated September 8th 1833 William Blake

I M L Young a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that the above is a true copy of an original Marriage Certifcate now in the possession of the above named Clarissa Sisson. I further Certify that from my acquaintance with her and from all the facts that I know in regard to her, that she is now a widow
M L Young
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
County of Branch}ss. I Ebin O Leach Clerk of said County of Branch 
Do Hereby Certify, that M L. Young whose name is subscribed to the Certificate or proof of acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and therein written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly Elected and qualified, and duly authorized to take the same: And Further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe the signature to said Certificate or proof of acknowledgment is genuine: I Further Certify, that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court for said County, at Coldwater this Seventeenth day of April A.D. 1855.
E O Leach CLERK
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23966
Pelig Sisson
NYork

'6 –

William James
Town of Murray County of Orleans, NYork.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir :
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These 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, showing the Service of Peleg Sisson
Orleans County N York
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. | Rank of the Claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported. ]
Vol 1776 | time not stated. | Minute Man. | Capt Salsbury Col Van Ness| 78 years Claverack in the county of Albany State of N York| Traditionary Evidence  Can find no witness 
1777 | time not given | Capt. Hogeboom Genl Schuyler | " | Certificate of Clergyman Citizen

The applicant states that in the minute service he was out in all 9 months

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, 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 A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years
 of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the 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 it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case   The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.  {  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{ { To an Officer.  {  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -- one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely low long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For --- year ------ months, and ---- days, I served as a ___________ For ________ months and __________ days, I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner: and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italic] about three or four months,[/italic] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, by clearly shown under what officers 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 Courts is always required.
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

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

Proof of Service.

[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official Character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[symbol pointing finger]  The notes from [a] to [?] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule is 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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. January 13, 1894
O.W. & N. Div.
M.E.C.

Sir:- In answer to your request for a statement of the Revolutionary services of Peleg Sisson, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that he was granted a pension for 9 months of actual service as a Sergt. and 6 months actual service as a private in the New York troops, he having entered the service in the Spring of they year, 1776, at Claverack, N.Y., and not having left the service finally until the close of the war in 1783. He served under the following named officer: Captain Jean Salesbury, Col. Van Ness, and Captain Cornelius Hogeboom. Relative to the battles in which he participated he states that "he was in several engagements with the British Army under Burgoyne after General Gates took command of the American Army until the capitulation and final surrender of the Army, except the battle of Bennington.


August 23, 1832, the date of his application for pensions, he was a resident of Murry, N.Y. and 73 years of age, having been v=born in Dartmouth, Mass., May 22, 1734.
Very Respectfully,
Commissioner
F.H. Brown,
Care Brown & Stowell
Hudson, Mich.
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[boxed statement]
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.

Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

O. W. & N. DIV.

L. W. B
W. 2361.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

July 13th, 1899.

Sir:-

In response to your recent communication you are advised that Peleg Sisson made an application for pension on August 23, 1832, at which time he was 78 years of age and residing at Murry, New York, and his pension was allowed for fifteen months' actual service as a private and sergeant in the New York troops, Revolutionary war.  He enlisted at Clavarack, N. Y., and served under Capt. Salisbury and Col. VanNess.

His widow, Clarrissa, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.

Very respectfully,


Commissioner.

Mr. S. G. Harvey,
c/o Sons of American Revolution,
Toledo, Ohio.
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[Left side of page]
4 Jan 12 Hist to R G Thompson
at Wayne Ind.

Jan. 30/94 Mil Hist to F. H. Brown c/o Brown & Stowell Henderson, Mich.
Jan. 30/94 Mil Hist to F H Brown c/o Brn 

July 13 '99
S G Harvey
Toledo Ohio

[Right side of page]
WIDOW, &c.
Revy
File No. 2361
Clarissa Sisson.
Widow.
Peleg Sisson.
Sergt. Rev. War.

Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. M., Page 214
Arrangement of 1870.
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Ev: of Min: who married them. 11" Aug: "36."
"Boynton."
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26.878

160 Ams
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Pension Office
30" Sept: 1853.

Sir.
Please Certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid with date of his death.
being Respectfully,
S Cole
For the Comm. Pension.
Peleg Sisson, Act 1832
$65. p. an. — Died 11th August 1836, paid to his death.

F. Burt
Auditor.

Francis Burt Esqr.
[illegible] Auditor. [illegible]
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Washington
D C
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Brief in the case of Clarissa Sisson widow of Peleg.
Orleans County and State of New York.
act 3d. Feby: 1853

Claim, ("original," [crossed out])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7" June. 1832.
Parole proof of marriage by the evidence of the Clergyman who performed the marriage service.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Gustavus Clark.
Clarkson,
Monroe Co:
N.Y.
Name and residence of Agent

J.C. Boynton,
Examining Clerk.
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Appl. of Clarissa Sisson, widow of Peleg Sisson, Orleans co., N. York.

Act 3d Feby. 1853.

20054

Rev
$65..00 per An—
com Feby: 3. 1853.

Gustavus Clark,
Clarkson, Monroe Co., 
N. York.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Commissioner.
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Clarkson N.Y. July 26. 1853.
Sir.
I send herewith the application of Mrs. Clarissa Sisson for a pension. After the papers were made out and Executed, some doubts arose whether the deponents had been correct with regard to the Annual amount of Pension drawn by Mrs. Sissons husband during his lifetime, and to make certain about it I wrote to the agent at Albany, and found that he drew by $65. instead of $96. as set forth in the application. I have thought that with this Explanation, the papers might answer as they are, and save making them all over anew, it being understood that she claimed for no more than sixty five dollars per annum. Mrs. Sisson resides some 20 miles distant from the court, and it is a considerable task for her to go there.
But in case this course should not be approved please return the papers and I will make new ones, and Endeavor to have them in proper order.
Very Respectfully &c
Gustavus Clark, Atty.


Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions}
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The Wabash Railroad Company.
Passenger and Ticket Department.
Fort Wayne, Ind. 

R. G. Thompson,
Passenger & Ticket Agent

Dec. 2nd, 1893.

Mr. H. C. Bell,
Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
On the 19th, ultime, I wrote you requesting the military record of one Peleg Sisson, a pensioner from the War of the Revolution, and related to me as Great Grand-father. Perhaps it might expedite matters to inform you that this man was a resident of Orleans County, state of New York, and drew his last pension sometime between the years 1832-1836.
Respectfully,
R. G. Thompson

RGT.
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S.
The Wabash Railroad COmpany.
Passenger and Ticket Department.
Fort Wayne, Ind. 

R.G. Thompson,
Passenger & Ticket Agent

Nov. 29, 1893.

Mr. H. C. Bell,
Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you do me the great kindness to forward to my address the military record of my Great Grand-father Peleg Sisson, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war?
Very Respectfully,
R. G. Thompson

Address-
Care Wabash R.R.

I 6107
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The Wabash Railroad Company.
Passenger and Ticket Department.
Fort Wayne, Ind.

R. G. Thompson,
Passenger & Ticket Agent

Dec. 2nd, 1893.

Mr. H. C. Bell,
Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
On the 19th, ultime, I wrote you requesting the military record of one Peleg Sisson, a pensioner from the War of the Revolution, and related to me as Great Grand-father. Perhaps it might expedite matters to inform you that this man was a resident of Orleans County, state of New York, and drew his last pension sometime between the years 1832-1836.
Respectfully,
R. G. Thompson

RGT.
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Dry Goods,
Cloaks,
Carpets,
Curtains.

BROWN & STOWELL.

Hudson, Mich., Nov 28 1893—

Pension Department
Washington
DC. 

Peleg Sisson of Murray Orleans Co. N.Y. a Pensioner of the "War of the Revolution" died about the year 1836.
I will feel very grateful for a statement of that fact (that he was a pensioner) from the Pension Department— 
I am his Grand son and wish the Evidence in our family geneology — 
Yours Truly
F. H. Brown
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1 24-[illegible]-[illegible] M. Form T [illegible].
Ohio Society Sons American Revolution
[crossed out]

Toledo O Station, May 23d 1899
Hon Commissioner Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir
Some time in the latter part of March las [illegible] I wrote you in regard to the Army Record of Peleg Sisson but have never received any reply
Peleg Sisson enlisted in the spring of 1776 at Claverack N.Y. Left since 1783. He applied for pension Aug 23d 1832
His sone Jesse Sisson is anxious to join our Society. Sons of American Revolution but has not a complete record of his fathers service in the Revolutionary War.
In the fathers application for Pension his record must have been furnished and I thought the records of the Pension Department would show it. If not too much trouble will you kindly have it looked up and let me have it
Yours Truly
S. G. Harvey
Registrar Anthony Wayne Chapter
(S.A.R.) Toledo 
Ohio
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State of New York
Orleans County ss} Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orleans Peleg Sisson the foregoing applicant who being by me 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 time 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 the year of our Lord 1776 I Served nine months as an Orderly Sergeant — and for the year our Lord 1777 I served six months as a private and for such service I claimed a pension — and the said Peleg Sisson further says he knows of no surviving witness nor does he know of any evidence that he can procure to prove his Service — and that he is at this time in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity unable to attend a Court of Record
Peleg Sisson
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 11th Day of June 1833
William James a Judge of Orleans County Court
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Orleans County
Clerks Office} I Abraham B Mills Clerk of said County County Do Certify that William James before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of the County Court in & for said County And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily his name subscribed to the within Affidavits is in the proper hand writing of the said Judge — Witness my hand and seal of office this 21st day of June AD 1833 —
AB Mills Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.  

January 11. 1891

Sir:-

In answer to your observations[?] of December 8, 1893[?], adaressed to Mr. M. R. Breger of this city and received in this Bureau [illegible] by his refer[?], in which you request a [illegible] of the Revolutionary services of Peleg Sisson, you are advised that the records of this Bureau [illegible] he was granted a pension for 9[?] months actual services as a Sergt. [illegible] actual service as a private in the New York troops, as saving entered the service in the Spring of the year, 1772, at Claverack. N. Y. . and set spring left the service finally until the close of the war in 1783[?].  He served enter under the following named officers:  Captain John Salisbury, Col. Van Hess, and Captain Cornelius [illegible].  Relative to the battles in which he participated he states that "he was in the several assignments with the British Arty under Burgoyne after General Bates took the command of the American Army until the capitulation and fical[?] surrender of that Army, except the battle at Bennington. 

August[?] 24[?] 1838, the date of his application for pension, resident of the town of Murry[?]. N. Y. was 78 years of age. having been born in Dartmouth, [?] May 24[?], 1734[?].

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Passenger rail ticket [?]gt. .
Patant[?] [illegible]
[illegible] 
Washington, D. C.