Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 290, David Fuller, New York
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE 
New York

Fuller, David 
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 290
B.L. Wt. 9474-160-55

CONTENTS
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New York 14683.
David Fuller of Livingston Co. in the State N. Yk who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Westfall of the Regt. commanded by Col. Pawling in the N.Y. line for 18 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. at the rate of 60. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of June 1833. and sent to Geo Hosmer, Avon, Livingston, Co.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 120."
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " [1833] 30."
$150."
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by F.F. Franciosi Clerk, 
Book E, Vol. 4 Page 56.
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2019
New York Albany
Sarah Fuller widow of David Fuller who served in the Revolutionary Col. Paulding N. Y war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the [crossed out: 4th day of March, 1848.] 3rd February, 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of September [illegible] and sent to Alfred G. Mudge
Rochester N York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [Crossed out: July 29, 1848,] Feby 3. 1853 Page 73 Vol. A

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1838 Apl 23 Hon S G Andrews
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80-430 Act Mar 3/55
April 18/55
Sarah Fuller widow
David Fuller

Private Pawling Regt N.Y. Levies
Revolutionary Pensioner
N.Y. [illegible] 53 2019
Boynton
Charles W. Little
Rochester
N. Y
Vol. F. 161.

[Handwritten over the information above]
MA No 99117 H 26.00 Nov. 13/ [illegible]
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Declaration
of
David Fuller
for a Pension
fees due 6/[illegible]
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State of New York
Livingston County
On this thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the County Court of Common Pleas and General sessions of the peace in and for the County of Livingston and State of New York now sitting at Geneseo David Fuller a resident of the town of Caledonia in said County of Livingston aged sixty eight years on the eleventh day of February last past, 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 and served as herein stated. That he Volunteered some time in the fall of the year 1780 or 1781, and which year it was he is not certain and according to his best remembrance and belief in the month of October of that year to serve for three months in the militia, he volunteered at the town of Goshen in the County of Orange in the State of New York under one Captain Brewster his christian name he does not recollect, he was marched with other volunteers to Fishkill, a distance of  about Eighteen miles where were embodied a large number of militia and Continental troops, designed as he understood to attempt the recovery of the City of New York, this deponent was then young, he has no recollection of the names of any of the officers of the Continental or Militia troops there stationed, but that of his captain and he does not know or remember to what regiment he was attached  - they remained at Fishkill for two months and were then discharged. In the Spring following which according to the best of his recollection was in the spring of the year 1781 but whether it was in the year 1781 or 1782 he is not certain, at Deerpark in the County of Ulster in the said State of New York he entered as a volunteer to serve for the term of seven months under Captain Abraham Westfall, his Lieutenants name was Timothy Coleman the regiment was commanded by Colonel Paulding whose Christian name he does not remember the regiment was not embodied during his
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term, the Company to which he belonged was marched to a place called Peenpack since called Neversink, on the river in Neversink near the Delaware river, he recollects that they marched to Neversink in the month of May and remained there until in the winter following, and until his term of seven months had expired, when he was discharged. In the following spring, and on or about the first day of April of that year, and which he thinks and believes was in the year 1782, at a place called Wallkill Precinct in the said County of Ulster he entered again as a volunteer to serve for the term of eight months under one Captain John Burns, the Lieutenants name was Rose in Colonel Pauldings regiment, the regiment was not embodied nor was the Company to which he belonged embodied with any other troops, they were employed through the summer as scouts on the Sullivan frontier, were first marched to a place called Surenkiln, thence to a place called Napanock where they made head quarters, thence to Esopus, thence to a place two days march to the west called Shandaken on this march they took two prisoners they returned to a place called Mumbaucus about six miles from head quarters on or about the tenth of August a party of Indians and Tories made a descent and burned the settlement for several miles; they pursued them and had a skirmish in which they took one prisoner and killed two Indians, they pursued them on a march of three days, and then returned to Mumbaucus, where and in the neighborhood of which place they remained until sometime in the month of January, being more than one month over the time of his first engagement when the deponent, with the rest of the company was discharged. He further declares and says that he is not in the possession of any memorandums by which he is enabled to ascertain the particular years in which such services were rendered, that on that subject he may say one or two years from the true time. But he is confident as to the several terms of his service, and the length of such terms, and that in the aggregate such terms amounted in all to Eighteen months of service - that he hath no documentary
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[illegible] of his service, and the length of such terms, and that in the aggregate such terms amounted in all to Eighteen months of service - that he hath no documentary evidence now doth he know that it is in his power to procure any further evidence than the depositions hereunto annexed And this deponent in answer to the interrogatories put to him by the court saith that he was born at a place called [illegible] in the County of Orange in the State of New York on the Eleventh day of February 1764 - that he hath no record of age at present that his record was burned with his bible in a school house about twenty five years since - that he was living at the time of entering into service at [illegible] aforesaid, that he always entered as a volunteer - that he hath not been stationary at any one place may considerable length of time since the revolutionary war, he has resided at different places in Pennsylvania, Maryland and in Upper Canada, But has been a resident of the State of New York much the largest portion of his time he has resided within the bounds of the present County of Livingston, the principal of his time for above thirty years last part, and for the most of that time in the town of Caledonia where he now resides he cannot give the names of the regular officers who were with the troops when he served, nor can he describe the regiments Continental and militia or the circumstances of his service more fully than he hath before stated. That he never received but one written discharge which discharge is lost by time and accident that he is known to Orange Dean and Orange Dean Junior and others of the town of Caledonia as Shepard Peirce of the town of York who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - the declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
[Signed] David Fuller
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
[Signed] S.G. Haven Dep clk
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We Orange Dean & Orange Dean Junior of the town of Caledonia in the County of Livingston and Shepard Pierce of the town of York in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Fuller who has subscribed and sworn to the within [above is crossed out] declaration, that we believe him to be sixty eight 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 - 
[Signed] Orange Dean
[Signed] Orange Dean Junior
[Signed] Shepard Peirce
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
[Signed] S.G. Haven Dep Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after proven thru interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court certifies that it appears to them that Orange Dean & Orange Dean Jr who has signed the preceding certificate a [as crossed out] resident in the town Caledonia and that Shepard Peirce is a resident in the town of York in said County and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit and further it appears that said applicant cannot procure the certificate of a Clergyman without much expense and inconvenience to him

I Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of the court of Common Livingston County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original of the said court in the matter of the application of David Fuller for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty three C. R. Bond Clerk
[Signed] By S. G. Haven Dep clk
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23899

On the application 
of 
David Fuller
for a Pension
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State of New York
Livingston County David Fuller the declarant mentioned in, and who has subscribed to the declaration annexed, being sworn saith, that he hath been absent from the state of New York and residing in the province of Upper Canada for about thirteen years last past, that he did not return from Canada until in the month of October [November has been crossed out] last past, that there are no clergymen in that part of the country of his acquaintance at this time from whom he can obtain the certificate required by the regulations of the war department to his knowledge.
[Signed] David Fuller
Subscribed and sworn this sixteenth day of February AD 1833 before Willard H Smith first judge of the County Courts of said County. And I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named David Fuller, that he is a credible person, and his statement entitled to credit.
[Signed] W. H. Smith first Judge of Livingston 
County Courts
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State of New York
Livingston County Robert McKay, Donald McDonald and Orange Dean Junior all of the town of Caledonia in the County of Livingston, being duly sworn say, that they are well acquainted with David Fuller now of Caledonia aforesaid and have been acquainted with him for many years - that they are informed and believe that he hath been residing for many years last past in the Province of Upper Canada, and that he hath recently returned to Caledonia [illegible] and- that they believe him to be as much as sixty eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he now resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. That the said David Fuller hath always been reputed to be an honest man, and a man of truth and veracity and that we have entire faith and confidence in his statement of facts upon his oath - and further say not
[Signed] Robt McKay
[Signed] Donald McDonald
[Signed] Orange Dean Junior
Subscribed and sworn this Sixth day of February AD 1833 before Willard H. Smith first Judge of the County Court of said County
And I do hereby further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Robert McKay Donald McDonald and Orange Dean Junior. That they are credible persons and their statements entitled to full faith and credit
[Signed] W. H. Smith first Judge of the County Court of said County
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State of New York
Livingston County}SS

I Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Livingston
do hereby certify that Willard H. Smith Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of David Fuller Donald McDonald Robert Mackay & Orange Dean Jr. for purports to have been taken was at the date thereof first Judge of Livingston County Court, legally authorized as such and that I know the Signature to the Jurats of said affidavits and also the signature to the preceding certificate of credibility are his own proper hand
writing 

Witness my hand & seal of office this 26th of February 1833 Chauncey R. Bond Clk
By. S.G. Haven Sp Clk
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80, 430
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BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
ACT OF SEPT. 23 1850 [date crossed out]
Claim of Sarah Fuller
Widow of said David Fuller
[ineligible]
Chas W Little
Attorney, Rochester, N. Y.
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Sate of New York
County of Monroe}
On this 21" day of March AD. 1855 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Sarah Fuller a resident of Wheatland County of Monroe & State of New York aged 73 years who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that she is the widow of the identical David Fuller deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States & a Soldier in the revolutionary war & who as such pensioner drew the annual sum of Sixty dollars payable at the City of Albany New York, that she is the identical Sarah Fuller who is a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States & who as such pensioner as the widow of said David Fuller deceased receive the an annual him is sixty dollars payable at the City of Albany New York, that her pension certificate was issued to her at the widow of said David Fuller deceased under the act of February 3, 1853, that ever since she applied for said pension she has remained & continued the widow of the said David Fuller. She further declares that she was married to the said David Fuller on the 18th day of March 1824 in the village of Simcoe Canada West, by one Sammons a Justice of the Peace & that her name before her marriage aforesaid was Sarah Goodhue That her said husband died at Caledonia Monroe County & State of New York on the 7th day of February A.D. 1845. That the record of her marriage & the death of her said husband was sent to the department at the time the. She
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applied for her pension to which she refers
that neither she nor her said husband has
ever before applied for or received Bounty Land. She applies for Land County under act of Congress passed March 3. 1855. Sarah Fuller.
Subscribed and sworn to by Sarah Fuller
above above declarant the day & year first [ineligible] within & I certify that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution.-
David Mc Vean Justice of the Peace for said County
State of New York
Monroe County}
On this 21th day of March AD. 1855 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths
personally appeared George W. Goodhue and
and Harriet S. Goodhue residents of Wheatland County & State aforesaid who being duly Sworn Depose & say that Sarah Fuller of Wheatland the foregoing declarant is the identical Sarah widow of the same David Fuller who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United State at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum payable in the City of Albany State of New York & that the is she identical Sarah Fuller to whom a Pension Certificate was paid under Act February 3, 1853 as the widow of said David Fuller deceased at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum.
That these deponent well knew said David
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Fuller deceased in his life time & also Sarah
Fuller & knew them to live together as husband & wife, that they were reputed to be married and
that they never heard the fact of their manage questioned, that the said David Fuller died on the
7th February AD 1845 and that ever since his
death the said Sarah Fuller has remained &
Continued the widow of said David Fuller and
is still a widow & unmarried and is now present
making the aforesaid application.
George W Goodhue
Harriet Goodhue
Subscribed & sworn before me the day & year first above written & certify that George W. Goodhue and Harriet Goodhue are credible witnesses and that I am not interested in the result of this fall now concerned in its prosecution.
David Mc Vean Justice of the Peace for said
County
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Know all men by these Presents, That Sarah
of County of Wheatland County of Monroe do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint Chas W Little 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 Certificate or Warrant to which I am entitled for my husband's Military services, as mentioned in the foregoing declaration; and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney, or other authority, that may have been given by me for any such purposes, and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said attorney, said Chas W Little
In Testimony Whereof, my hand and seal this 21 day of March 1855. Sarah Fuller
Attest, George E Goodhue
Phebe Cowell
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Monroe}ss

On this 21st day of March 1855, personally appeared before me, _______ a duly authorized to take acknowledgements in and for the county aforesaid, Sarah Fuller subscriber to the foregoing, and acknowledged the same to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein described.
David Mc Vean Justice of the Peace for said County Monroe
STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF
William Clerk of the County Court
in and for the county and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that David Meean whose genuine
signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the lead in and
for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith
and credit; that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, Robert
this 4 day of April A. D. 1855
W. Barron Williams Clerk
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No. 23899
David Fuller Livingston County of New York
admitted 18 mos. Private.
Geo. Hosmer Avon, Livingston 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 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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: )
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of David Fullerton County New York

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 
declaration is supported

Vol 1780 or 81 |- | 2 | - | private | Cap Brewster | 68 years | Traditionary evidence  witnessed

Vol  Spring 1781 | - | 7 | - | private | Cap Westfall Col Paulding | Goshen in Orange County New York | certified credible, no clergiman contributed 

Vol Spring 1782 | - | 9 | - | private | Cap Burns, Col Paulding | Goshen in Orange County New York | but living witness and credible papers correct

I am respectfully Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
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 the extent, 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 the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned  officers, mucicians 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 (brackets) ss. 
On this [space] day of [space] personally appeared (a) before [space] A. B. a resident (b) of [space] in the county of [space] and State, Territory, or District of [space] aged (c) [space] years, who being the first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision make by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [space], with [space] and served in the [space] (e) regiment of the [space] line, under the following named officer: [space]
[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 pecify the particular period, and rank and name 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. [A pointing finger] This form is to be verified 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 declare that his name on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [space] Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
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 [space] of the Court of [space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter o the application of [space] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [space] day of [space] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper recored, 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 belong to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troop 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 [space] and C.D residing in (the same) hereby certicy, that we are well acquainted with [space for name], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [space] 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. 
I, Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaul. [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. and that C. D, who has also signed the same is a resident in the [space] and is credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [space] Clerk of the Court of [space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this [space] day of [space] &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will the procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of this 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 produces such evidence or not, proceed to relate the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The fact 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 received a discharge from the services, 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 services 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 believe 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 service of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1882; 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 name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claims 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 is 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: "Personality 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, the cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services; 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 -; 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 services. 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 of places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seat, and if it has not device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other soul, 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 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 services, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and time to which he belonged. The magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [illegible] 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 went to the War Department, with the declarations.
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Revolutionary Pension Claim of Sarah Fuller widow of David Fuller deceased. Act Feby 3, 1853.
Alfred G Mudge Attorney Rochester N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Monroe}SS

On this 25 day of June A.D. 1853, personally
appeared before the undersigned Justice of
the Peace Sessions in and for said County/ said Court being a Court of Record Sarah Fuller aged 71 years a resident Wheatland in said
County, who being duly sworn, according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed February 30 1833.
That she is the widow of David Fuller
deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United Revolutionary States and who as such pensioner drew the annual sum of about sixty dollars per annum, the precise amount
she cannot state, except that her recollection is as above stated, that his pension was payable
in the City of Albany or New York. That he resided at the time of his decease in the town of Caledonia in the County of Livingston in the State aforesaid and had then resided there for about six or seven years.
She further declares that she was married. to the said David Fuller on the 18th day of March 1824, in the Village of Simcoe Canada West by one Sammons a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her marriage aforesaid was Sarah Goodhue
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That her husband the aforesaid David Fuller died at Caledonia aforesaid on the 7th
February 1845 and that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a Widow at hi passage of the act aforesaid and has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband aforesaid and is still a widow and that she never before made
application for a pension.
She further swears that the annexed leaf
is a part of the Family Record of this
deponent and her said husband, taken
from her family Bible and that there is
no Record of the death of her said
husband to her knowledge or belief.
Sarah Fuller
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year
first above written before me, and I certify
that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution and that the said Sarah Fuller is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to appear in open Court to make the foregoing Declaration
Joseph Dewey Justice of Sessions
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[torn page of family bible]
Family Record
MARRIAGES.

Mr. David Fuller was married to Miss Eleanor Graham  Sept 10th 1785
Mr. David Fuller his second wife Miss Sarah Goodhue March 15" 1824
Joseph Dewey Justice of the Sessions
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State of New York
Monroe County}SS
On this 25th day of June 1853 before me personally appeared George W. Gooue and Harriet Goodhue and residents of the town of
Wheatland in said County who being duly sworn saith: that Sarah Fuller is the Widow
of David Fuller, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
That the paper hereto annexed is a part of 
the family Record of said David Fuller and
Sarah his wife taken from their  family Bible this day, and that we believe said Record to be genuine.
That the said David Fuller died at Caledonia
Livingston County in the State in the
aforesaid, on the 7th day of February 1845
and that said Sarah Fuller has ever since
remained a widow and is still a widow.
And they swear that they are disinterested
Witnesses 
Harriet S Goodhue 
George W Goodhue
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written and I certify that George W. Goodhue and Harriet Goodhue are credible witnesses and that I am not interested in the result of this Case nor concerned in its prosecution and that the annexed paper to which I have signed my name and [ineligible] of office has been this day in my presence taken from a Family Bible purporting to be the Family Record David Fuller & his wife Sarah, and that I believe the said Record to be genuine.
Joseph Dewey Justice of Sessions
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State of New York
Monroe County:
On this 25th day of June 1853. before me personally appeared John. M. Goodhue a resident of Wheatland in said County who being duly sworn deposeth  saith, That Sarah Fuller is the widow of David Fuller, deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. That the said David Fuller died at Caledonia aforesaid in the County of
Livingston in said State, on the 7th day of February 1845, that this deponent was present
at his funeral and burial and saw him after
his death.
And he swears that he is a disinterested
witnesses.
John M Goodhue
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day and year first above written and I certify that John M. Goodhue is a credible witness and that I am not
interested in the result of this all nor concerned in its prosecution.
Joseph Dewey Justice of Sessions
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Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Fuller of  Wheatland County of Monroe and State of New York widow of David Fuller deceased late A Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby make constitute & appoint Alfred G. Mudge of Rochester my true and & lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand & 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, revoking any and all other power of attorney or other authority I may have given for any such purposes and rest did same in my said
Attorney said do  Alfred G. Mudge.
In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 25th day of June 1853.
Attest Joseph Dewey
Sarah Fuller

State of
Monroe County:
On this 25 day of June 1853 personally appeared Sarah Fuller subscriber to the foregoing and acknowledged that executed the same for the purposes therein mentioned. Joseph Dewey
Justice of Sessions
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State of New York
Monroe County Clerk's Office __:

I W Barron Williams Clerk of the County of Monroe and all Courts of Record held therein do here by certify that Joseph Dewey before whom the fore-going Declaration, affidavits and ac-knowlegments were made and who has therein to subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Sessions in and for the Count, duly commissioned and sworn and author-ized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements in said County. That said Court of Session is a Court of Record. 

In testimony, where of I have herein to set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Clerk of the Court of Sessions of Said County, this 27th day of June, 1833. 

W. Barron Williams, Clerk
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O. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
W. 290
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
April 24th, 1896

Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of David Fuller, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on January 30th, 1833, at which time he was residing at Caledonia, N. Y., and 68 years of age, and his pension was allowed for 18 months' actual service as a private in the New York troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Captain Abraham Westfall and Col. Paulding. He enlisted from Goshen, New York. His widow, Olive [Olive is underlined with a question mark] [handwritten Sarah with an arrow], also received a pension.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. D. S. McArthur,
413 Main St., LaCrosse, Wis.
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Brief in the case of Mrs. Sarah Fuller widow of David Monroe County and State of New York
act of Feb 3 1853

Claim, ("original," or "for increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 

Husband of pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at $60 per annum. 

(If for increase) Marriage proved pre rec
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Death or wills

Identity or wills 

Name and residence of Agent
Alfred G Mudge
Rochester N York

Examining Clerk
JS Gray
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9474 
160 [illegible]
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No. 80430
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr 18, 1875.
David Fuller Reg Dec
Paulding Regt.
N.S. Service Rev. War
9474-160-55
Chas. W Little
Rochester NY.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
May 25th 1840

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, David Fuller
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty [crossed out replaced with 60] Dollars and Cents[crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839 to the 4th Sept. 

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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No 2536
Pension Office
Sept 12 1853

Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner. 

Respectfully 

F Burt Esqr
and S Cole for Commissioner

Present - 

David Fuller, Act of June '32
$60.00 p. an - Paid to 4th
March 1845, no date of death on our Books. 

F Burt
Auditor

Please state the end

No 2536 June 30, 1853

App of Sarah Fuller, widow of David Fuller, Munore, Co. New York

Act 3rd Feby 1853

Rec

Allowed $60 per annum 
cou Feb 3 1853

Alfred G Mudge,
Rochester,
N.Y.
Commission
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O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
F.S.
Washington, D. C. Apr. 10, 1896.
Respectfully returned to Dr. Daniel S. McArthur,
La Crosse, Wis.
To aid the Bureau in making a satisfactory search for the name of the soldier mentioned in the
attached correspondence please fill out the enclosed slip as fully as possible and return same to this Bureau
D. p. Murphy
Acting
Commissioner.
1606B3m
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DANIEL S MCARTHUR, M.D.,
205 MAIN STREET
La Crosse, Wis. April 15th 1896
L P Murphy
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
Communications returned with
blank filled as requested
Yours respectfully
D S McArthur
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DANIEL S MCARTHUR, M. D.,
205 MAIN STREET
[ilegible] returned
413 Main St.
La Crosse, Wis. April 3 1896
the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir:
Enclosed find correspondence between the Chief of Record & Pension Office War Dept. and myself
Following the suggestion of Colonel Ainsworth I would ask if you could furnish me the desired
information.
Awaiting your answer,
I am  Yours very truly
D.S. McArthur
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA

Please supply as much as possible of the
data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
David Fuller
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county and State, if possible)
no settled in place of abode. Had just come from Wales
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county and State, if possible)
Painted Post, Pa ([ineligible] N.Y.
Caledonia Livingston Co. New York
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Date of death (as near as possible):
Feb 7-1844 Caledonia N.Y
Christian name of widow:
Sally
Did either he or his widow receive a pension? Yes, both of them
Remarks:
Your name and address:
D. S. Mc Arthur
413 Main St.
La Crosse, Wis.
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{stamp] RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
MAR 24
445076
WAR DEPARTMENT

[stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY
APR 8, 1896
FILED

La Crosse, Wis
March 20, 1896
David Fuller
N.Y. or Pa. Rev. War

D. S. McArthur
Requests transcript
of record of service of
the above named

Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, March 26, 1896

Respectfully returned to
Mr. D. S. McArthur,
413 Main Street,
La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The name David Fuller has not been
found on the rolls, on file in this
office, of any Pennsylvania or New York
military organization in service
during the war of the Revolution.
It is proper to add, however, that the
collection of Revolutionary war
records in this office is far from
complete, and that the absence therefrom
of any name is by no means conclusive
evidence that the person bearing the name did not serve in the Revolutionary army.
In view of the statement that a
pension was granted on account of the
service of the soldier during the Revolutionary
war, it is suggested that the
desired information may be obtained
from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., who is the
custodian of the pension records of
all wars.

By Authority of the Secretary of War:
[signature]
Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief of Office
Per
(300a)
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DANIEL S. MCARTHUR, M. D.
205 MAIN STREET
Office Moved
443 Main St
La Crosse, Wis., March 20 1896
Col. C.F. Ainsworth, Chief of Record and Pension Ofice War Department Washington D.C.

Sir:

I understand that all service records of pensioners of the Revolutionary war are in your keeping. Can you oblige me with a
transcript of the Record of services of one David Fuller who enlisted from New York or Pennsylvania the last year of the war and obtained a pension some time in the thirties
At that time he lived in Canada and came to Buffalo New York to draw his pension.
After his death his widow became a pensioner
Awaiting your answer. I am Yours very truly
D.S. McArthur
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peusd ur Wis. LWB


290
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 290
Sarah Fuller Widow David Fuller Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 258
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr 2496 sold to DS McArthur
LaCrosse, Wis
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State of New York
Orange County}SS
On this Eleventh day of February in the year 1833 personally appeared Amos Wheat of the town of Calhoun in the County of Orange before John Penney one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and being duly sworn makes oath and says that he is acquainted with David Fuller who is now a resident of the town of Caledonia in the County of Livingston and State of New York and that he knows of his serving in the revolutionary war as private soldier that this deponent then resided in the [County of Wheaton crossed out] County of Ulster County of Ulster at a place called Wallkill Precinct and that the said David Fuller then resided at the same place. And that he entered the service as near as this deponent can now recollect for a
term of eight months in the spring of 1782 under one Capt. Burnet in Col Pauldings Regiment the Regiment was not embodied nor the company to which he belonged embodied with any other troops that they were employed through the summer as scouts on the Indian frontier and this deponent further saith that he was in service with the said David Fuller and
that they entered the service at Wallkill precinct and that they marched to a place called Lurenkill. then to a place called
Nipenoch [Napanoch] where they made head quarters then to Esopus, the to a place called Shindawkin two days march to the west that
on their march they took two prisoners. that they returned to a place called Membeuicus about six miles from head quarters that same time in the month of August a party of Indians and Tories made decent and burned the settlement for several miles. That they had a
skirmish and two of the Indians were killed that they pursued them on a march of three days and took one prisoner and then returned
to Membeuicus where they remained till in the month of January being about a month over the time of his first engagement when he was discharged and further saith not-
Sworn and subscribed this Eleventh day of February 1833 Amos Wheat
before me John Penny Justice of the Peace
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I do hereby certify that I well acquainted with the within named Amos Wheat who has subscribed and sworn to the within
affidavit and that he is a perfore of reputable character and is entitled to credit. Dated Febry 11th 1888 John Penney Justice of
the peace

State of New York
[illegible] County
---
I J. Asa Dunning
Clerk of the
said County do certify that John Penney Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also whose name appears to the above certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for this said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing
and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidant
Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal
of office this 18th day of February
1833
Asa Dunning