Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21008, Ebenezer Dunning, New York
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(2-1776)
SERVICE
New York
Dunning, Ebenezer
 Martha
NUMBER
W21008
CONTENTS
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2635 
New York City 
Martha Dunning N.Y.
widow of Ebenezer Dunning 
who was a Private 
in the N.Y. line for 12 mo 12 dys
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 41. Dollars & 33 of Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued 4th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to Hon. Jas G. Clinton Newburgh New York 
Act of March 3, 1843] 
Recorded in BookA
Vol. 1 Page 105
[illegible]
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No 8310 
Martha Dunning NY 
act 7 July 38 
M. 83. d 02 
service of 1 mo in 78 disallowed
in  79.  7 mo
76.7.. 5 mo. 12 12.12. 
12.12.
[illegible]
 $41.33.
No deduction 
Hon. J Glohiton [struck through]
Gr Martin HR.
M Hope [illegible]
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State of New York
Orange County
I On this Nintenth day of March Eighteen Hundred and Forty two personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County being a Court of Record Martha Dunning a resident of the town of Goshen in the County of Orange & State of New York aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1838 That she is the widow of Ebenezer Dunning who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution as a private in a company of the Regiment of Militia in Orange County and State of New York commanded by Col Allison Lieut Col Thurston & Majors Hetfield and Decker and served as she has been informed and believes as hereinafter stated 
That in the beginning of the war her said husband belonged to the company of Militia commanded by Captain George Thompson and afterwards by Capt Charles Swezy in the Regiment aforementioned and that in the month of May 1776 the company of Capt Thompson was ordered out to the Hudson River by the proper authority to guard along the shore of the said River and to assist in building Fort Montgomery and was out one month doing duty under Col Allison and her said husband Ebenezer Dunning went as a private soldier in the said company and served with the said company and month and was discharged
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with the rest of the company at the end of the said term
That as she has been informed and believes the company of Capt Thompson was again called out immediately after New York was taken and by the proper authorities ordered down towards New York to a place called Paramus in New Jersey and was out one month and that her said husband Ebenezer Dunning went as a private in said company and served in the said company in the Regiment commanded by Col Allison at Paramus and the English Neighbourhood one month and was discharged at the expiration of said term
That in the month of December of said year 1776 Col Allisons Regiment was called out & Rendezvoused at a place called New City in Orange County near the Hudson River and service at least six week and was discharged sometime in the month of January 1777 and Capt Thompsons company went with the rest of the Regiment and served with the Regiment at  least six weeks and her said husband served in the said company at least six weeks and was discharged with the rest of the said company at the expiration of that time 
That in the month of July 1777 a company of men was raised by volunteering by Capt John Wood for the time of three months from the Regiment commanded by Col Allison and went to Fort Clinton on the Hudson River and was stationed at that place untill the fort was taken in the month of October of same
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year and her husband Ebenezer Dunning volunteered unto the said company and served in the said company untill Fort Clinton was taken at least two months That at the battle at Fort Clinton Capt Woods company become so disorganized that those that were not killed or taken prisoners returned home and her said husband was one of those that made their escape after a service of two months under Capt John Wood and under either Col Clinton or Allison 
That in the month of May Capt Swezys company went to Fort Dewitt on the west side of the Shawangunk Mountain and on the western frontier of Ulster County and service at that Fort at least seven months under Capt Swezy and Col. Newkirk and was discharged sometime in November or December of said year and she has been informed and believes that her husband Ebenezer Dunning went to Fort Dewitt as a private soldier in the said company and served in the said company at Fort Dewitt on the west side of the Neversink River at least seven months and was discharged with the rest of said company 
That in the spring of the year 1779 a company of men was raised for the term of Eight months by Capt John Wood to serve on the western from there against the Indians and that in the beginning of May of said year the said company rendezvoused at Mayor Deckers Fort on the west side of the Shawangunk mountain on the western frontier of Orange County and remained in the neighbourhood of said Fort until
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the ever memorable nineteenth of July 1779 when the Indians made a decent upon the valley of Minisink and burned and destroyed the most of the property in said valley That after the burning and pillaging the said valley the Indians retreated and were followed by the militia of the adjount country under the command of Cols Hathorn & Thurston and by Capt Woods company of volunteers as far as Beaverbrook where a most bloody battle was fought and the Militia were defeated and Capt Wood was taken prisoner after this defeat that part of Capt Woods company which was not either killed or taken prisoners returned to the valley of Minsink and there service out the time for which the volunteered at Major Deckers and at Levi Van Ettens forts and she has been informed and believes that her husband Ebenezer Dunning volunteered unto the said company and served in the said company raised by Capt John Wood the full term of Eight months in the Regiment commanded by Col Pawling and was discharged with the rest of the company at Levi Van Ettens Fort about the first of January 1780 
That her said husband served in the company under Capt Swezy from the begining of 1780 untill the end of the war against the Indians but she is unable to state the time served or their length She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Dunning on the twenty fourth day of June Seventeen hundred eighty three by the Rev Nathan Kerr then Pastor of the
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Presbeterian Church in Gooken as will more fully appear by the proof annexed that her name before marriage was Martha Davis 
She further declares that her husband the afore said Ebenezer Dunning died on the seventeenth day of December Eighteen hundred and two That she has no documentary evidence of her said husbands services in her possession nor does she know of any but relies upon the testimony of those who knew him in the service to sustain her claim 
That she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband That she was not married to him previous to his last term of service but was married previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four by at the time above stated Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year before mentioned by making her mark Martha X Dunning her mark [referring to X]
word resident underline before signing Fullerton Judge of County Courts 
State of New York Orange County
I Stephen W. Fullerton a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas do certify that that Martha Dunning who made and subscribed the foregoing declaration is a woman of truth and veracity and her statements made are entitled to full credit and belief and from personal examination I am satisfied that she should be excused from attending the sitting of the court of record in and for the said County Fullerton Judge of County Courts
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State of New York
Orange County ss: I, William Billaton a Notary Public duly sworn and commissioned and dwelling in the village of Newburgh of said County do certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen W Fullerton whose name is attached to the within affidavit and certificate & that the signatures of "S.W. Fullerton" so attached to said affidavit and certificate are the genuine signatures of the said Fullerton who is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the same County of [covered by seal of William Fullerton, Notary]
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed my seal of office this Eighth day of June One thousand Eight hundred & forty two William Fullerton Notary Public
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Martha Dunning 
Act 1838 
I certify that I am acquainted with Stephen W. Fullerton who is and was at the time of certifying to the within oath and certificate one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Orange County N.Y. I certify his signature, and that I believe his signature to such oath & certificate is in his  hand writing -
Jas G Clinton [signature]
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[Duplicate of Record 10]
Martha Dunning
Act 1838
I certify that I am acquainted with Stephen W. Fullerton who is and was at the time of certifying to the within oath and certificate one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Orange County N.Y. & with his signature, and that I believe his signature to such oath & certificate is in his hand writing-
Jas G Clinton [signature]
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State of New York 
Orange County ss I Hannibal M Hopkins do hereby certify that I am of the age of 54 years, and that I am the Clerk of the Session of the first Presbyterian Church in Goshen Orange County & State aforesaid, and that I am in possession & have the custody & care of the records of said church since the year 1773 - and also of the Marriage records kept by the Revd Nathan Kerr a former Pastor of said church; and that I find on said Records the marriage of Ebenezer Dunning & Martha Davis, on the fourteenth day of June One thousand seven hundred and eighty three. And I further certify that the following is a true copy of the marriage of Ebenezer Dunning & Martha Davis, in fair legible writing & figures (towit) Married Ebenezer Dunning & Martha Davis June 24 A.D. 1783. 
H.W. Hopkins [signature]
Clerk of Session
Dated Goshen 29th Augt. 1842 
Sworn the 29 August 1842 before me H W Elliott  J Peace
Lebbeus L. Vail Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County ss I Hannibal M Hopkins do hereby certify that I am of the age of 54 years, and that I am the Clerk of the Session of the first Presbyterian Church in Goshen Orange County & State aforesaid, and that I am in possession & have the custody & care of the records of said church since the year 1773. And also of the Marriage records kept by the Revd Nathan Kerr a former Pastor of said church; and that I find on said Records the marriage of Ebenezer Dunning & Martha Davis, on the fourteenth day of June One thousand seven hundred and eighty three. And I further certify that the following is a true copy of the marriage of Ebenezer Dunning & Martha Davis, in fair legible writing & figures (towit) Married Ebenezer Dunning & Martha Davis June 24 A.D 1783 H.M. Hopkins Clerk of Session 

STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY, SS. I LEBBEUS L VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange, Do HEREBY CERTIFY, That Horace W. Elliott before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace in, and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the affidavit is genuine. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 30th day of August 1842 Lebbeus L. Vail Clerk
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In reply to your request of ___, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Dunning 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. N. FILE 21008
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED - CAPTAIN | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED - COLONEL | STATE

1776 | 3 mos 2 wks | Pri | George Thompson | William Allison | NY
Aug 1. 77 | 2 mos |   | John Wood | Clinton or Allison
Apl. 78 | 7 mos |  | David Swezy |  [Newkirk struck out]
Sprin 79 | 8 mos. |   | John Wood | [Pawling struck out]
Beginning 80 | to end of Mar |   | Swezy |

 Battles engaged in, capture of Fort Clinton, Minisink, Beaver Brook
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark]
Date of application for pension, Mch. 19. 1842  Alld.
Residence at date of application, Goshen, Orange Co., NY
Age at date of application, 79 yrs 
Remarks: [illegible] Goshen, NY  June 24, 1783 Martha Davis,  he d. Dec. 17, 1802, age not stated.
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Rev 
WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 21.008 
Martha Dunning wid of Ebenezer Dunning Priv Rev. War --- Act March 30, /43
Index: Vol. A, Page 200 
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Wed. 26 /94  Mil. Hist. to F. A. Moore Room 29, Patent Office M.El. |
Mch. 11, 1905. Hist to ┃ Dr. H. O Hall - army,  Med, Martin City |
1910 Nov. 19. To Mrs. J. W. Phelps - [cent symbol]
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45.548
PDoacres
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8310
NY
[illegible]
New Y [Illegible]
Aug [illegible] 1825
[illegible] 42
Act of July 38
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May 76 | Thompson | Fort Montgomery | 1
Sept -  | " | Paramus | 1
Dec. 76 | " |  New City | 1.12
July 77 | Wood | Fort Clinton | 2 -
May | Swezy | Fort Dewitt | 7 - 
Spring 79 | Wood | Frontiers | 5 -
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State of New York, Orange County, SS  I, LEBBEUS L VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Horace W. Elliott before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in, and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Affidavit & Certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 27th day of June 1843
Lebbeus L. Vail Clerk [signature]
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6784 
New York 
Martha Dunning widow of  Ebenezer Dunning who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 17 Decr 1802 of Orange Co in the State of NY who was a Pri in the Comp commanded by Captain Thompson of the Regt commanded by Col Allison in the NY. line for 12 mo. 12 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Y. City at the rate of 41 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Sep. 1842 and sent to  G.W. Martin Esq at Hope, Orange Co. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 Semiannual allowance ending 206.65
{Act July 7, 1838.} 
Recorded by Theodore L Moody Clerk,
 Book A Vol. 2 Page 75
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State of New York, Orange County
On this sixth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty two personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County Thomas Knight aged Eighty two years a resident of the town of Wallkill in said County and made oath to the following effect that in the Spring of the year 1776 he belonged to a company of militia commanded by Capt George Thompson in Col Wm Allison's Regiment Orange County Militia and was appointed the orderly Sergeant of said company that in the month of April 1776 a requisiton for men was made from Col Allisons Regiment. This for a company of men to go to Fort Montgomery to assist in building said fort and for other services and the deponent volunteered as one to go and assist in building said Fort under Capt Thompson and he thinks under Col Clinton and that he served at this time six weeks as the orderly Sergeant of said company and he further saith that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Dunning who was a private in Capt Thompsons Company and that the said Ebenezer Dunning served in this tour of service with deponent six weeks and was discharged at the expiration of six weeks with the rest of the company. That in the mouth of December 1776 Col Allisons regiment was called out to a place called New City and Capt Thompsons company went with the rest of the Regiment to that place and this deponent went with the rest of the company and served in the said company as an orderly sergeant for the term of six weeks and was discharged about the 26th of January 1777 and he well recollects that Ebenezer Dunning went in said company as a private and served with the rest of the company under Capt Thompson and Col Allison six weeks
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That about the first of August 1777 Capt John Wood raised a company of men from Col Allisons Regiment for the term of three months and this deponent volunteered into the said company and went to Fort Clinton and was there for the term of two months when the fort was taken this deponent with several of the other volunteers made their escape This deponent was the orderly Sergeant of said company and he well recollects that Ebenezer Dunning volunteered from Capt Thompson company and served under Capt John Wood and Col Allison at fort Clinton from the first of August 1777 untill Fort Clinton was taken at least two months. That in April 1778 Capt David Swezy raised a company of men to serve on the western frontier of Orange and Ulster Counties for the term of eight months and this deponent went with the said company to Fort Dewitt along the Neversink River and served in the said company from in April 1778 untill about the 22 day of December of said year and served as the orderly Sergeant of said company and quarter Master Sergeant at that place for eight months This service was done under Col Newkirk and this deponent well recollects that Ebenezer Dunning went in the said company to fort Dewitt and served as a private in the said company under Capt Swezy and Col Newkirk for the full term of eight months and was discharged at the said fort at the expiration of eight months 
That in the spring of 1779 a company of Levies was raised by Capt John Wood from Col Allisons Regiment for the term of eight months to serve against the Indians on the western frontiers of Orange and Ulster and this deponent being orderly Sergeant of Capt Swezys company has a reccollection of Ebenezer Dunning
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volunteering into the said company under Capt John Wood this deponent did not volunteer unto the said but he recollects that Ebenezer Dunning did and went with the said company as a private to Major Deckers Fort on the west side of the Shawangunk mountain and served with the said company untill the said company was discharged This deponent was at Major Deckers Fort before the Battle of Minisink and there saw the said Ebenezer Dunning in service under Capt Wood and was present when Abijah Dunning the brother of Ebenezer was drowned in the Neversink River that after the Battle of Minisink he was on duty at Levi Van Ettens Fort and he there saw the said Ebenezer Dunning doing duty with those of Capt Woods company who had escaped the battle of Minisink and from his acquaintance with the said Dunning and living as his neighbor he is satisfied that he served the full term of eight months in the Regiment of Levies under Col Pawling 
That he was well acquainted with the said Ebenezer Dunning after his marriage and that his wifes name before marriage was Martha Deans and he believes that she is now living and living in the town of Goshen Orange County and State of New York
 Sworn before me this 6th day of June 1842  Thomas X (his mark) Knight
H Armstrong JP.  
I the undersigned Justice of the peace do certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Knight who made the foregoing affidavit & believe him to be a man of truth & veracity & his statements under oath entitled to full credit & belief. H Armstrong JP
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I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Horace Armstrong Esquire who signed the foregoing certificate and with his signature that the said Horace Armstrong is a Justice of the Peace in Newburgh Orange County N.Y. and that the signatures to the foregoing just & certificate are genuine - June 17, 1842 
Jas G Clinton
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Sept 23 1842
NY
Martha Dunning
PhillipsBurgh
Sept 20th
Hon James L Edwards 
Commiss of Pensions 
Washington City
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Mt Hope Sept 20 1842 
Dr Sirs
I have the honor to return to you your letter to James G Clinton M. C. in which you allow to the widow Martha Dunning Widow of Ebenezer Dunning 5 months and twelve days service previous to 1778 His service in 1778 you disallow and his services in 1779 under Capt John Wood for 7 month in another letter you say you will allow making in all 12 month and 12 day will be received If a certificate has not been granted one for the amount above will be taken Direct to Mt Hope Orange County New York 
I am Sir with great Respect Sir your Obt St 
John W Martin 
Hon James L Edwards 
Commssr of Pensions
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2683 
Martha Dunning
Martha Dunning
Hon. Jas Clinton
$41.33 - per ann: -
Hon Jas G. Clinton Newburgh
New York
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State of New York Orange County  Ss On this 27 day of June 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Martha Dunning aged Eighty years a resident of the town of Goshen in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war 
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Dunning who was a Private in 1776 in Col Nichols Regiment of five months service and afterwards served in the militia of Orange County at different places during the war in the Regiment commanded by Col Allison as a Private That she was a Pensioner under the act of July 7th 1838 at the rate of Forty one dollars Thirty three cents, and that she still remains widow
 Martha X (her mark) Dunning 
Subscribed and sworn to before me by making her mark the day and year above written 
H W Elliott JPeace
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Orange County Ss I do certify that I am well acquainted with Martha Dunning who made the foregoing affidavit and that she is a woman of truth and veracity and her statements made are entitled to full credit and belief 
HW Elliott JPeace
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State of New York Orange County Ss On this eight day of August 1842 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Levi Van Etten of the town of Deerpark County of Orange and State of New York aged Eight four years and made oath as follows that he was a soldier in the militia of the County of Orange and State of New York in the Revolutionary war and is now a Pensioner of the United States and he further saith that in the spring of the year 1779 a company of Levies was raised by Capt John Wood of Goshen from Col Allisons Regiment to guard the western frontiers against the Indians That in the beginning May of said year the said company crossed the Shawangunk Mountains from Goshen to Minisink or as it was then called Panpark along the Neversink River on the western frontier of Orange County and made their head quarters at Major John Deckers about half a mile distant from where this deponent lived That the said company remained in the neighbourhood untill the 21st of July of the said year that on the 19th of July of the said year the Indians made a decent upon the frontiers and destroyed and laid waste almost the whole settlement He further deposeth and saith that the company under Capt Wood with the militia that was hastily raised under Colonel Hawthorn and Tusten followed the Indians in their retreat as far as Beaver Brook where they over took the Indians and a most bloody battle ensued the militia were defeated and completely routed and Capt Wood was taken prisoner after this defeat That part of Capt Woods company that was not either killed
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or taken prisoners returned to Panpark and took up their quarters at this deponents mothers house which had been spared from the flames and of which the soldiers made a kind of a fort and remained at that place and in the neighbourhood doing duty untill the last of December of said year when they were discharged He further deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Dunning who belonged in the said company and who come from Goshen in said company and served in said company from the time that the company first quartered at Major Deckers untill they were discharged at his mothers house he well recollects that while the said company lay at Decker Fort a number of them went one day to  the River to bathe amongst whom was the said Ebenezer Dunning his brother and James Reed and this deponent went along that while in the matter the said Reed allowed that he could swim across the Neversink with a person on his back the brother of the said Ebenezer Dunning got onto the back of the said Reed and in the attempt to swim the River the said Dunning fell from Reeds back and was

STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY, SS I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Abraham J. Cuddeback before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in, and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit & certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 11th day of  August 1842 
Lebbeus L. Vail Lunt, Clerk 

Abraham J Cuddeback Justice of Peace
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or taken prisoners returned to Paupack and took up their quarters at the deponents mothers house which had been spared from the flames and of which the solders mad a kind of a fort and remained at that place and in the neighbourhood doing duty untill the last of December of said year when they were discharged He further deposith and saith that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Dunning who belonged in the said company and who come from Goshen in said company and served in said company from the time that the company first quartered at Major Deckers untill they were discharged at his mother house he well recollects that while the said company lay at Deckers Fort a number of them went one day to the River to bathe amongst whom was the said Ebenezer Dunning his brother and James Reid and this deponent went along that while in the watter the said Reid allowed that he could swim across the Neversink with a person on his back the brother of the said Ebenezer Dunning got onto the back of the said Reid and in the attempt to swim the River the said Dunning fell from Reids back and was drowned. That he is satisfied that the said Dunning served on the frontiers in the company of Levies raised by Capt John Wood and in the Regiment commanded by Col Pawling at least eight months and was discharged with the rest of the company on the last of December 1779 that after the war he knew the said Dunning living in Goshen and further he saith not Sworn to and subscribed by making his mark because he is blind and cannot see to write before me the day and year before mentioned and I certify that Levi Van Etten is a creditable
Witness      
his
Levi X Van Etten
mark
Abraham J Cuddeback Justice of Peace
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Abstract of Pay for the Regt of New Levies Commanded by Lt Col Commandant Albert Pawling from 1 Novr  to 25th Decemr 1779 both days included.
Capt Wood's Pay Roll  $509.6.4
State of New York Comptrollers Office Albany Feby 8. 1842
I certify that the foregoing are true extracts from an original entry on page 8 Book A of Audited Accounts now remaining in this office
for 50c paid
Philip Phelps
Dep Comptr
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Mt Hope Orange County
N Y  Sept 14 1842
Dr Sir
your letter dated August 1842 to J G Clinton M C from Orange County N Y has been handed to me the letter relates to the case of [Eliz crossed out] Martha Dunning widow of Ebenezer Dunning who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served in the Orange County militia and in the Levies under Capt John Wood Col Pawling in 1779
You object to the seven months done under Capt Swezy in 1778 on account of the insufficiency of the evidence.
We will [Illegible cross outs] not reset upon the eight months service at present but from the testimony produced think she should be allowed for the rest of the time There is six weeks in the months of December of 1776 and beginning of Jany 1777 at New City which is sworn to by Thomas Knight
as done under Capt Thompson which is supported by the Quarter Masters roll two months under Capt John Wood at Fort Montgomery Just before it was taken
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beside other service done previous to 1778 which is proved to be done and eight months in 1779- It appears by the said letter that the proof of Marriage was insufficient I send you the accompanying of affidavit in relation to the said Marriage which I hope will prove satisfactory. If it should please Issue a certificate and forward the same to me at Mt Hope Orange County New York 
 I am Sir Your most Obedient Servant John W Martin 
Hon James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City 
Note this case is under the law of 1838
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Pension Office 
August 2d 1842 
Sir,
I have the honor to return you the letter of Mr Martin respecting the case of Mrs Martha Dunning, and in reply to refer you to the enclosed Extract from my letter to Mr Armstrong of 21 June with the requisitions of which she should comply 
The service previous to 1779 excluding the alleged 7 months in 1778 at Fort DeWitt amounts to 5 months 12 days. 
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obed Ser. 
J L Edwards
Hon James G. Clinton 
House of Representatives
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House of Representatives 
Washington Aug 1, 1842 
Sir,
John W Martin Esq requests me to inquire of you what decision you have made in relation to the claim of Mrs Elizabeth Dunning, presented in June last I think, the details of this matter appear to be fully given in the accompanying letter of W Martin 
Yours Respectfully 
Jas G Clinton 
James L Edwards Esq 
Court of Pensions
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Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear Sir 
My great grandmother Martha Dane Dunning received a pension as my great grandfather Ebenezar Dunning fought and died in the Revolutionary War and I should like very much to know his title, regiment and place of birth.
Yours Respectfully 
F. A. Moore 
Room 29
Patent Office
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Cleveland O.
Nov 13th
Comissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir-
I make record and statement
the ^ Revolutionary service
Ebenezer Dunning of Goshen N.Y.
The widow application for pension is M 21008 application made 3/19/1842 please
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Such andlege
Very Respt.
Mrs J H Phelps
2057 East 81st
Cleveland O.
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
M. E. C.
Washington, D. C., March 26, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Dunning-
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.
May 1776
1776
Dec. 1776
July
May
1777
1775
Sir. 1779
LENGTH
OF SERVICE.
1 mo.
1 mo.
6 s,
2 mos.
7 mos.
RANK,
Pvt.
.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
George
Thompson
George Thompson
George Thompson
John Wood
Swezy
COLONEL.
Allison
Allison
Allison
Allison
Allison
8 mos.
John Wood
Pawling
Battles engaged in, Ft. Clinton, Beaver Frook,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Probably, Goshen, N. Y.
Date of application for pension, by widow, March 19, 1842.
Residence at date of application, of widow, Goshen, N. Y.
Age at date of application,
of widow, 79 years.
Remarks: He married Martha Davis, June 24, 1783, and died December 17, 1802.

Very respectfully,

Mr. F. A. Moore,
Room 29, Patent Office.
Commissioner.