Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,718, Jonathan Dyer, R.I.
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Form 8-1776

SERVICE

Dyer Jonathan         

NUMBER
  S.28,718
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[HANDWRITTEN]
New York-30,879
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Jonathan Dyer of Ostego in the State of New York who was a Pri in the Compy commanded
by Caption West of the Reg. commanded
by Col [blank] in the  R. Island [illegible]
for 15 monthly
Increased for [illegible]


Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 
50 Dollars -- Cents per annum  to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of March 1838 and sent to J. G. Moore, Cherry Valley, New York. 
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Arrears to the 4th of [illegible]      =350
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   25
Total                                                 375.00

 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [signed] R. Burrin [?]Clerk.
Book E 2 - Vol 4 - page 18
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State of New York
Otsego
County ss. ⎬ On this fifteenth day
of June 1833 personally appeared before
me James O. Morse First Judge of the
County of Otsego, Jonathan Dyer a resident
of Cherry Valley in the said County of
Otsego, who by reason of bodily infirmities
is prevented from again going into
open court, aged sixty nine 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 7. 1832 that in the month of March or the afore 1777 this deponent cannot positively say which
but he thinks it was early in April on the first day he enlisted into or joined
a Company of Militia at Hopkinton
Rhode Island commanded by Captain
Randall Wells - that he then lived at
Hopkinton, County of Washington & State
Rhode Island - That after he then enlisted
he was marched to Narragansett Bay
R.I. & there served three months under said
Capt Wlls, Lunt Cottrell, Ensign not
recollected, John Maxson orderly Sergt.
Capt Wells company was the only [illegible]
then there - That after he had thus served
at Narragansett Bay he was discharged
(but had no written discharge). That he then
went home to Hopkinton R. I. and on the
first day of March 1778 at Hopkinton
aforesaid he again enlisted into a company
of Militia commanded by Capt Benjamin
West, Sgt. Peckham, ensign Hewit &
Col John Toppins Regiment
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that this deponent enlisted for one year
& was marched to Tiverton [Rhode Island crossed through] Massachusetts & served there one year
in said company & regiment. There were
during this period two Regiments at
Tiverton & under the command of Genl
Cornell - That at the end of the year
this deponent was discharged by a
written discharge which is now lost. - 
This deponent recollects that John Hawkins,
was Lt Col of Col Toppins Regt. Saml
Phillips Major.  - That the [illegible] with
which he served at both periods were
called out to guard against the enemy
who were a considerable part of the
time in posession of the Islands
in the State of Rhode Island & that
during this period of service for
this deponent was not employed
in any civil pursuit what ever
He hereby relinquishes every claim
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 Territory

Jonathan Dyer
his X Mark

Sworn to & subscribed 
the day & year aforesaid
before me James O. Morse First Judge of Otsego
County -
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I certify that I propounded to the said Jonathan Dyer the above named declarant & that he answered them all under oath and 
that his answer truly written to each question at the end of it
1. Where & in what year were you born? Answer I was born at Newport R. I. on the 8th day of April 1764
2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
 Ans. I have no record of my age.
3. Where were you living when called into
service; where have you lived since the 
revolutionary war & where do you now
live?
Answer I lived at Hopkinton R.I. when called into service - since Revolutionary war I have lived in  Hopkinton, R.I. Bethlehem, Connecticut, Hampton Connecticut, Mansfield Putnam Connecticut, Plainfield, Conn. Voluntown, Conn. Sterling, Conn.  Winfield Hickman County, [Sangerfield] Oneida Co. New York. Richfield & also in Mainfield, N.Y.
in Fairfield Erie Co. N. Y. And that I now live in Cherry Valley Otsego County N. Y.

4.How were you called into service, the year drafted, did you volunteer, or were
you a substitute & if a substitute for whom?
Answer I enlisted and never was a substitute

5.State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, [illegible]
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5 continental & Militia Regiments as you
can recollect the general circumstances
of your service
Answer - There were the continental officers at Narragansett Bay or Tiverton at the time [illegible] there as I recollect, then [illegible] however continental officers however as I was informed on the sland of Rhode Island -

The two Regiments of Militia at Tiverton
her Col Topkins & Col Crary.  I have particularly stated the circumstances as  of my service
in my preceding declaration.

6 Did you ever receive a [illegible] discharge from the service & if so what has become of it. Answer:  at Tiverton I did & have but it

7.  State the names of persons to whom
you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a
soldier of the revolution
Answer
the Revd Jaddia Cross  a Baptist Clergyman & Jaddia Cross his father. 

] [signed
Jonathan Mark  Dyer
Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year above
written before me
James O. Morse
First Judge of Otsego Co
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Mr. Jaddua Cross Jr. a clergyman residing in the town of Cherry Valley in the county of Otsego and State of New York and Jaddua Cross residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Dyer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to & subscribed               Jaddua Cross Jr.
this day & year                              Jaddua Cross
first written above

And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  I further certify that I know that the above named Jaddua Cross Jr. is a clergyman resident in the town of Cherry Valley and that Jaddua Cross who above signed the same is a resident in the town of Cherry Valley aforesaid is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.  I am well acquainted with the applicant & J. Cross Jr. & J. Cross
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and that they are all respectable men & credible witnesses

James O Morse, First Judge
of Otsego County

I also certify that the applicant is not able owing to bodily infirmity to attend court.  J. O.  Morse, First Judge 

State of New York
Otsego County ::}   I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the County of Otsego do certify that James O. Morse is first Judge of said county & that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe that all his signatures to the foregoing papers are genuine.  In which whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County Courts in said county this 10th day of July 1833

Horace Lathrop - Clerk
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19700
Jonathan Dyer
Otsego County
New York

Ent'd March 16, 1778
Must'd Feb. 17 1779

E. M.


Admitted
Private 12 mo

Admitted  Nov. 4. '37
Private 15 months


James O. Mrse
Cherry Valley
Otsego County
New York
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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 tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rule, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and 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 Johnathan Dyer Otsego, Cty.

Period when the service was served:   March 1777 - 1778

Duration of claimant's service.

Years  1   Month  3    Days   (blank)

Rank of the claimant      Pr.

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Capt. Wells   Capt. West

Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers  (blank)

Battles in which the applicant was engaged  (blank)

Country through which he marched.     R. Island

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.      68 Hopkinton, Rhode Island

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.      Traditionary   

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 

J. L. EWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "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 palaces 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.
2l   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 ifrst 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 a 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  (blank) day of (blank ) personally appeared (a) before (blank) A. B. a resident (b) of (blank) in the county of (blank) and State, Territory or Distroct of  (blank) aged (c)  (blank) 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) (blank), with and served in the (e) (blank) regiment of the ( blank ) line, under the following named officers:   (blank).

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and nOfficers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more that one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered (sic) the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.
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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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No 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.

[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 nine 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 how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For -- year -- months, and -- days, I served as a -- for -- months and -- days, I served as a -- and for such service I claim a pension."
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 about three or four months,
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, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place, where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every claim
[i] The Clerk must [illegible] his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it ban 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

R. Newman
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28718
Revy INVALID.

File No.
28718

Jonathan Dyer
Pen Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
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Index:--Vol. 2, Page 117

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Albany N. York 30.879
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Jonathan Dyer
of Otsego Co in the State of N.Y.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain West of the Rgt commanded
by Col in the R. Island
line for 2 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate  of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum.
to commence of the the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Decr
1836 and sent James O. Morse Cherry Valley Otsego N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $220.00
Semi-annl. allowance ending [illegible] 20.00
$240.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. ⎬

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
Book C2  Vol. 4 Page 17

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Letter to J. O. Morse 10 Nov. 1837
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State of New York
Chautaugua County ss ⎬ 

I Emery Davis a
Justice of the peace of the town of Busti
in the County of Chautauqua do 
certify that on the 23d day of August
[illegible] I took the affidavit of Phinehas
Palmeter in relation to the service of 
Jonathan Dyer in the war of
the revolution - that I am well 
acquainted with said Palmeter, and
that he is a credible witness.
Dated November 7th 1836
Emery Davis Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
tress County Ss.}

I certify that I have
known the Phinehas Palmeter mentioned
in the annexed affidavit from my boyhood
that he formerly lived in Madison County
in this State and latterly in the County
of Chautauqua in this State; that
during all that time he has sustained
the reputation of a man of truth &
yet sustains it. - What the reason
why the justice did not certify to his
credibility was that he did not know
(as I am informed & believe) that it was
necessary.  I also certify that the
said Phinehas Palmeter was reputed & 
believed to have been a revolutionary soldier
when I first knew him & has ever since been
so reputed October 26. 1836

James O Morse
First Judge of Otsgo County
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In the Matter of
Jonathan Dyer
a pensioner
further proof
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The deposition of Benjamin Burdick of Hopkinton
in the County of Washington and State of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations Yeoman aged 74
years. Being first cautioned and sworn Testifyes and
says. In the Case or application of Johnathan Dyer
of Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego and State 
of New York formerly of Hopkinton in the County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island aforesaid that the
said Johnathan Dyer is a man I was well acquainted with
in the Revolutionary war Both Living in the
Town of Hopkinton I am knowing of him to be
In the Revolutionary war I was with him in one, Tower,
on the Narragansett Bay in South Kingstown R.I. In
guarding the shoers was under command of Capt
Randall Wells and Col. Jesse Maxson was in his Tower
of duty - three months he was enlisted on our duty
in the Spring and were dismissed in Haying time
In July AD 1779 - 

Benjamin Burdick
his X mark

Wittness
Nathan W SLillibridge

Washington Sc Hopkinton June 26th AD 1837 - 
Pearsonaly appeared Benjamin Burdick the above
Deponant and made solemn oath to the Truth of the same
and I further certify that the above named
Deponent is a man justly entitled to Credit

Nathan W. Lillibridge Just Peace
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State of Rhode Island [illegible]
County of Washington} Sc

I Asa Potter Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas within and for the County of
Washington, being a Court of Record do 
hereby certify that Nathan W. Lillibridge 
whose signature is attached to the certificates regarding Joseph Brayman and
Benjamin Burdick is a Justice of the
Peace in the Town of Hopkinton in the County
aforesaid, duly elected commissioned and
qualified according to law, and is fully
authorised to act in his said capacity
and that his signatures to the aforenamed
 certificates are genuine - 

In testimony whereof I have 
hereto [illegible] set my
hand and affixed the seal 
of the said Court at South
Kingston on this 27th day
of June in the year 1837

Asa Potter Clk
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The deposition Joseph Brayman of Hopkinton
in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Yeoman 75 years of age being first duly cautioned and sworn
Testifyes and says - In the case or application of
of Jonathan Dyer of Cherry Valley in the County
of Otsego and State of New York formerly of
Hopkinton in the County of Washington and
State of Rhodeisland aforesaid - That the said
Johnathan Dyer is a man I was well acquainted with in the Revolutionary war Both Living in
said Town of Hopkinton I am knowing
of him to be in the Revolutionary war I was
with Him In one Tower on the Narragansett Bay
in South Kingstown R.I. in Guarding the shores
was under the command of Capt Randall
Wells and Col Jesse Maxson was in this Tower
of duty three months was Enlisted or classed
this length of time and my impression is
that we entered on our duty in June or
the first of July and were dismissed at the
experation of three months after and I
Recollect of Benjamin Burdick of Being
their with us in the same Company at
the same time and my impression is that it
was in the year 1779

Joseph Brayman
his X mark

Witt
Nathan W. Lillibridge
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Washington Ss Hopkinton June 20th 1837 -

Personaly appeared Joseph Brayman the
foregoing and within deponent and made
Solemn Oath to the Truth of the same and I 
further certify the above Deponent is a
man justly entitled to credit

Nathan W Lillibridge Just Peace
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Jonathan Dyer

pension Office

Hon. S. Page
House of Representatives
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War Department
Pension Office
Feby 15th 1834

Sir
I have the honor to state that the
claim of Jonathan Dyer has been again examined
He alleges 15 months service during the age of 12 and 13 years in the militia of Rhode Island one term of twelve months under Col Topham and 3 months in a company of Militia without stating the Colonel [illegible] -

The first term should be established by
the roll of that Regiment in the possession of Benjn Cowell Esq. Providence Rhode Island 

Not liable to militia duty, and too young
to perform the service of a soldier, some explanation of the circumstances attending his admission into the Company is necessary -

The several declarations of Samuel Williamson
allege 2 years and 6 months service in a company of 33 men organized by authority from General Tenbrock to protect the frontiers and to act as a "Scouting party" as alleged that they were armed from the public store house at Sheensborough and were paid by Pay Master Farnworth in "a Certificate for Continental money in '82, the number of the Company, the character of their service, their
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disconnection with the several specics of the military forces - the source of the authority by which they were organized and the reputed payment in a "certificate for Continental money in October '82" confirm the decision
communicated to Mr Lathrop 17 June last

I have the honor to be
Respecly, Sir
Yo: Mo: Ob: St:

J L Edward
Comm of Pensions

Hon. S. Page
House of Representatives
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Jonathan Dyer

Payments to be made
at Albany N.Y.
by Presdt. [illegible] & Farm Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Albany

Increased -

New Certificate for
15 mo pre
50 $

J. O. Morse
Cherry Vally
N.Y.

Recorded in the Pension office, in Book D Vol. 1
Page
by D. D. Addison
Clerk
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Cancelled [written across entire document]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1838 Jonathan Dyer of the State of New York who was a Private in the war of the Revolution
is entitled to receive, Forty dollars and -- cents
per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi
annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this
First day of December one thousand eight
hundred and thirty [illegible]

R.F. Butler
Secretary of War ad interim

Examined and
Countersigned. }

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Nov 22
NY

ad proof
[illegible

Pension Office
free

To the Secratary of War
Washington City
D. C. 


[stamped:]  CHERRY VALLEY N.Y.
NOV 18

Jon Dyer
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Cherry Valley N.Y. [illegible] 17, 1836

Sir

I sent you some time [illegible] some
additional papers in the application
of Jonathan Dyer for a pension. - 

The afft of Phinehas Palmeter may
have  been deemed defective for the reason
that no certificate of the credibility
of the writing was annexed.

I now supply the [illegible] by sending
a certificate of the Magistrate. - I [illegible] out an early examination of the case of
Mr Jonathan Dyer

Very Respectfully
yr J. O. Morse

To the Commissioner of Pensions.
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Geo. Wm Crump
Acting Comm of Pensions

FREE

James O Morse Esq
Cherry Valley
N. Y

[illegible stamp]
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War Department
Pension Office
12 October 1833

Sir

The claim of Jonathan Dyer has been examined and Suspended.

He alleges 12 months service (apparently Continuous) under Capt Weston in Rhode Island. It is desirable to know to what regt.
he belonged - where he served, whether in field or Garrison - if he was daily subjected to military duty, in the company duly embodied and encamped. How clothed, fed, paid &c. His
papers an placed on file

The case of Cornelius [illegible] is also suspended, and his papers placed on file. His name is found on the Roll
for 9 months & 12 days service only, and his testimony does not establish more than one of the other three alleged terms of
nine months each. His declaration under the act of 1818 sets forth but two terms of
nine months each. If he [illegible]
in claiming more than 18 mo 12 days, he is required to establish it by the most satisfactory
proof.

I am Respectfully,
Your obedient Servant
Geo. Wm Crump
Acting Commr of Pensions

James O. Morse Esq
Cherry Valley
N. Y.
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Dyer, Jonathan 
8.28.718
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I testify that the [illegible] is 75 [illegible] to [illegible] credible witness 

[illegible]

State of New York
Chautauqua County
Clerks Office }

I certify that Edward Champlin at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit to wit on the 30th June 1832, was an acting Justice of
the peace in & for said county of Chautauqua  that I am acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Champlin & believe
his signatures to the foregoing are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & affixed the seal of
the said County this sixth day of October
1832

Darius K Parker Clerk
[illegible]
Deputy Clerk of Chautauqua County
[illegible]
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Jonathan Dyer
19700
.
James O Morse
Cherry Valley
Otsego County
attorney
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And the said Court hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter &
after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department that the
above named applicant was a soldier
of the revolution & served as he states & that the said Joseph Button & James Morse
who have subscribed & sworn to the
preceding certificates are residents of the
[illegible] therein stated & are credible witnesses

James O. Morse
J. C. [illegible]
J. Page } Jus [illegible]

Otsego County Clerks Office}

I Horace Lathrop Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of
the County of Otsego Do certify
that the foregoing are the
original proceedings of said
court in the matter of the
application of Jonathan Dyer for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 19th day of October 1832

Horace Lathrop
[illegible] Deputy
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State of New York
Chautauqua County } Ss

Phineas Palmeter of the town of Busti 
in the County of Chautauqua  and State of New York aged seventy four year this present month, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that Jonathan Dyer of the town of Wayne Erin 
County in the State of Pennsylvania who has formerly resided in Cherry Valley in the State of New York is a person with whom this deponent has been well acquainted ever
since he was twelve years of age, and that this deponent and the said Jonathan Dyer both enlisted into the Revolutionary army in the year 1778 on the 16th day of march into
the company of Capt Benjamin West in Col. John
Toppens Regiment in the Brigade of General Ezekiel Cornell in Tivertown in the State of Rhodeisland and served for one year, and that the said Jonathan Dyer served the whole time for which he enlisted which was for one year - And further this deponent saith not

Taken and subscribed
this 23d day of August 1836
before me
Emry Davis J.P.

Phinehas Palmeter

State of New York
Chautauqua County} Ss

I George M. Tew Clerk of said County
do certify that Emry Davis Esq. was on the
23d day of August 1836 & now is, a Justice of
the peace of said County, duly Elected & Sworn.
And further, that I am well acquainted with his
hand writing & verily believe the signature "Emry
Davis J.P." Subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing affidavit, is the proper hand writing & signature of the said Justice - 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal, this 26 day of August 1836. 
G.M. Tew Clerk
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State of New York
Otsego County ss }

On this 16th day of October 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County now sitting Jonathan Dyer a resident of Cherry Valley in said County of Otsego aged 68 years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7. 1832

That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers & served as [illegible]

In the year 1777 he lived in Hopkinton Rhode Island & about the month of March in that year he enlisted into a company of Militia under Randall Wells Capt & served 3 months & served his said time out on Naragansett Bay R.I.

About the first of March 1778 he again enlisted
into a company under Capt Benjamin
West & served in said company in Tivertown R.I.
for the term of one year

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension except the present & declares that
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency
of any state

Jonathan Dyer
his X mark

Sworn & subscribed in open 
Court the day & year aforesaid
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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State of New York
Otsego County ⎬ 

I James O Morse First
Judge of Otsego County Do hereby certify that
I am acquainted with the above named Jonathan
Dyer & that he is reputed & believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the revolution & that I
concur in that opinion

J. O. Morn

Sworn & subscribed in open Court October 16. 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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Afft  of
Jonathan Dyer
applicant for
a pension
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss}

Jonathan Dyer being duly sworn says
that when he front served in the [illegible] of the State of Rhode Island in the war of the
revolution he [illegible] a few day of being 
sixteen years old; and that 
if any thing in his declaration is inconsistent 
with this it is a mistake

Jonathan Dyer
his X Mark

Sworn & subscribed this 10th day of 
March 1834 before me

James O Morse 
County First Judge of Otsego County

I certify that Jonathan Dyer who Signed the above is a respectable old Man & 
that I believe his statement
above set forth to be true

James O. Morse First Judge
of Otsego County
-

I certify that J.O. Morse is first Judge
of Otsego County N.Y. & that the foregoing
Signatures of his are genuine.
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Supplemental afft
of
Jonathan Dyer
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss.}

Jonathan Dyer of Cherry Valley in said County being duly sworn says
that during the twelve months he served in
Captain Westons company the said Company
belonged to Col. Toppins Regiment - That he served the whole time at Tiverton on the mainland east of the Island of Rhode Island - 
that they were in camped near the Fort - 
that the artillery confined the Fort - That he was
subjected to & actually did military duty every 
day in the company - That this
company was embodied & in camped
at the place aforesaid - That he [illegible]
clothing - That he was fed &  said day the government the  same as the [illegible] 
Soldiers were - This deposition further says that he was in every respect during all
this time a Soldier & did not 
not during the period of his pension 
follow any civil employment.

his X mark
Jonathan Dyer

Sworn & submitted this 29th day of October 1833
before me
James O. Morse
First Judge of Otsego
County N. Y.

I certify that I am well acquainted with
the above named Jonathan Dyer & that he
is a credible & respectable old man
J. O. Morse
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J. Dyer
NY 
Oct 31


Pension Office
FREE

To the acting Secretary of War
Washington City
Dis. of Columbia
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Cherry Valley Otsego Co. N.Y
October 26. 1836

Sir

I enclose your additional
papers in the application of
Jonathan Dyer a soldier of the
Revolution for a pension.-
His original papers are on file in the
pension office -

I have known Jonathan
Dyer for some time and can [illegible]
you that he is a man of excellent
character -- I have no doubt but
what he served as he states. -

Joseph Button and Phinehas Palmeter have both sworn to his Service - When young I lived
near both Button & [illegible] and
have known them ever since and
know them both [illegible]
to have been credible witnesses

I therefore entreat you to
give the papers a reconsideration
and to do for Mr Dyer what
ought to be done.-

If I had the least doubt
of the fairness of his claim I
would not [illegible] it

If you have the least doubt
of my sincerity; or capability of
Judging of the fairness of this claim
I refer you to Mr Hobbin of [illegible]  to 
Mr. Ellsworth of the Patent Office
[illegible] to the New York Senators &
Mr Page of the House of Representatives

Very Respectfully
J.L. Edwards E
Your Obt Sert
J. O. Morse

J.L. Edwards Esq
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July 22
N.Y. Jona Dyer 
for increase

CHERRY-VALLEY
JUL 18
[illegible]

War department
Pension Office 

FREE

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Persons
Washington City
D. C
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Cherry Valley Otsego Co. N.Y
July 18. 1837

J.L. Edwards Esq
Court of Pensions

Sir
Jonathan Dyer is now on
the pension list roll of the Albany NY
agency at $40 a year the number of
his certificate is 30.879. - He has given he was put on discovered further
proof in Rockland which I now
enclose
He asks to have his [illegible]
secured and his pension increased
Mr Dyer is a worthy honest man -

Please let me hear
on the subject of the application of
Hona Lyons

Respectfully
your
Obt Svt
J. O. Morse
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Dec 20
[illegible]
N.Y. 
[illegible]
Jona Dyer,


free [illegible]

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Cherry Valley N.Y
December 15, 1837

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
Sir
Enclosed is the pension certificate of 
Jonathan Dyer, which, in your letter of 
Nov 10, 1837 to the late James O. Morse, you stated must be returned before a
new certificate for an additional allowance for three months service, could be
issued.
Respectfully
Your obj servt
Oliver A. Morse

P. S. Send the new certificate to me
O A. M