Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,899, for Gottlieb Pitcher, New York
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Service New York (Born in Germany)
Pitcher, Gottlieb or Gotleib
	  Mary
Number W. 26,899
B.L.W. 9075-160-55
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20.696
New York
Gottlieb Pitcher
of Volney in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain [blank] in the Regt commanded
by Col. Harper in the New York
line for Full term

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence of the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sep.
1833 and sent to A.Z. McCarty
Richland

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 [?]	$200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th '26   40
$240
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{  Act June 7, 1832.   }

Recorded by G.C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E.  Vol 4. Page 72.
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Gottlieb, Pitcher
Application for a Pension
Service in N.Y. State troops
about 2y & 10 mo

13650 [?]
2

domd [?]
24 mo. pri
80$
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Declaration to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

State of New York	}
Oswego County	} ss.
On this twenty fourth day of September in the Year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Oswego, now sitting, Gottlieb Pitcher, a resident of the Town of Volney in the County of Oswego and State of New York aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he Entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in the month of April in the Year 1780 (the precise day not recollected but believed to be about the first) he Enlisted voluntarily in the Company of Captain Allen in the Regiment of New York State troops commanded by Col Harper the brigade not recollected but believed to be the brigade of Genl. Van Rensalaer [sic]- That the name of the Lieutenant was Roseboom and the name of the Major of the Regiment was Hoyt or Hewit, that he Enlisted for the term or period of nine months and served out the whole of said time and was discharged from the service about the holydays or near the first days of 1781.That when he entered the service at this time he resided at Livingston Manor in the County of Columbia and State of New York - that he marched from Columbia County to Albany and then up the Mohawk river to Fort Herkimer where
he was stationed most of the summer, although they lay a part of the time at Fort Stanwix and at German Flatts - and was at Germantown when the fort was stormed by Indians in the summer of this year - and late in the fall of the Year or first of the next winter returned to Albany - and was there dismissed.
That he received no discharge in writing and has no documentary
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evidence in relation to this period of service, and that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service at this time 
That he again in the month of April in the year 1781 (the day of the month not recollected) voluntarily enlisted for the term of Nine months in the company of Captain Ellsworth in the Regiment of New York State troops commanded by Col Marinus Willett and Major Troop or Throop. That the name of the Lieutenant in Capt Ellsworths Company was Hendricks and the name of the Ensign was James Bloodgood. That he served out the whole of said time and was dismissed at the expiration thereof at Fort Plain in Montgomery County New York - That when he entered the service at this enlistment he resided in the Town of Livingston Manor in Columbia Co. aforesaid - to which place he had returned after his discharge from the service the preceding year. That the company marched from Pulvers in Columbia Co. about the first of May and proceeded to Albany and thence to Fort Plain (up the Mohawk river) where they built a block house - and then they marched farther up the river to Fort Herkimer where they also built a block house - that on the march from Fort Plan to Fort Herkimer they had a battle or skirmish with the Indians and tories in which 3 of their party were killed 3 taken prisoners and some wounded. That after building the block house at Fort Herkimer they built another at German Flatts on the opposite side of the Mohawk river. That they lay at Fort Herkimer some time and during the time a small party of which he (this deponent) was one under the command of Capt Ellsworth had a skirmish with and was attacked by a party of Indians about five miles from the Fort up the river, at which time he (this deponent) was wounded by a shot in the leg and the Captain killed. That the ball was extracted from his leg after they had returned to German Flatts to which place they retreated that the scar is still visible this was in the summer of the year - That they lay there a short time after this and then marched to Fort House and lay there a short time  - and then marched to Johnstown where they had a battle with the British and Indians under Major Ross - the Americans under the command of Colonel Willett - That after the battle of Johnstown he was in the pursuit of the enemy who retreated and followed them a number of miles beyond Fort Herkimer on their retreat-  That after the death of Capt Ellsworth the
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company was commanded (as he thinks) by Lieutenant Hendricks
That after giving up this pursuit the company returned to Fort Plain where he (this deponent) together with sixteen others voluntarily enlisted for three years in the State Troops in the company of Capt Cannon in the Regiment of Col Willett; and marched to Albany and was there sworn (together with the residue of the sixteen and the Lieutenant of Capt Cannons Company) that they enlisted to commence their service at the time of the Expiration of his nine months service - that after being thus sworn they returned to Fort Plain where he (the deponent) served out the remainder about his time in the aforesaid nine months service and was there dismissed by Lieut Hendricks  about the first Jany 1782  That he received no discharge in writing and has no documentary evidence in relation to this period of his service - and that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service at this time 
That while they lay at Fort Plain they heard of the surrender of Cornwallis and had a rejoicing 
That in pursuance of his Enlistment he immediately on the expiration of his nine months service entered the Service in the Company of Capt Cannon at Fort Plain and after a few days a part of the company of which he was one was sent to Fort Herkimer under the command of Lieut Shaffer, and lay there until spring when he returned to Johnstown. and remained about there until fall under the direction of Major Benschoten of Col Willetts Regiment and in the fall joined his company at Fort Plain where he lay with his company during the winter of 1782-3 - and in the month of February in the Year 1783 marched with his company in the expedition against Oswego by way of Wood Creek to Oneida Lake under the command of Col Willett and after returning from Oswego they were stationed at Fort Herkimer when they lay until the summer when they removed to Fort Stanwix where they remained until the fall of the Year; and during the time built a store house and block house - That in the fall of the Year 1783 the Regiment or Company at Fort Stanwix marched to Schenectady, except a guard of forty men under the command of a Lieutenant Thornton of Torrinton That he remained at Fort Stanwix as one of said guard and continued at that place until the winter and as he thinks in January following (1784) when they heard of
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the discharge or disbanding of the Regiment at Schenectady and thereupon the Lieutenant in command at Fort Stanwix dismissed the soldiers under his command, (according to orders received by him as was then understood). That he has no documentary evidence in relation to this period of service except a discharge and certificate given by his Captain some years the afterward. That the same are hereunto annexed - that he did not receive a discharge at the time of his dismission in consequence of not being with his Company and Captain; and did not know that discharges were given until a number of years afterwards when he saw some of the soldiers, with whom he had served who told him to get one - That he immediately applied to his Captain who was then living at Cherry Valley in Otsego Co New York who gave him the discharge or certificate hereunto annexed - this was in 1796 
That he again applied to his captain in 1813 for a certificate to found certain proceeding to get the land which was given as a gratuity by the State of New York to the Soldiers of the State in the Revolution and received from him the certificate hereunto annexed dated Feby 12th 1813 - That he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service at this time. That in consequence of his being a native of Germany, and unable to make himself distinctly and plainly understood in English his name was frequently understood and written by others as "Godliss" or Culliss or "Godly" - Peter or Peters. That he does not remember the names of any Continental Regiments or officers with whom he served, although he thinks he did serve with some continental troops (but cannot be positive) -
 That he was born (as he has understood) in Lower Saxony in Germany on the twelfth day of September in the Year 1757 - that he has no record of his age - That since the Revolutionary war he has resided in the Town of Palatine in Montgomery County in New York, in the Town of Sullivan in Madison County New York and in the Town of Volney Oswego County New York his present place of residence and where he has resided for the last fourteen years, That he is known to Oliver Levitt Asahel Harrington and John Sales and many other persons living in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services
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fourteen years, That he is known to Oliver Levitt Asahel Harrington and John Sales and many other persons living in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name in not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State
[Signed] gottlieb Betticher [German B - This is spelling used by his church in Stone Arabia]
Sworn to and Subscribed the day
and year aforesaid.
D McPherson
Dep Clerk

We Oliver Leavitt a Clergyman residing in the Town of Volney Oswego County New York; ad Asahel Harrington residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gottlieb Pitcher who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be seventy five 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] Oliver Leavitt
[Signed] Asahel Harrington
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
D. McPherson
Dep Clerk

 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 Oliver Leavitt who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Volney in Oswego County, New York: and
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that Asahel Harrington who has also signed the same is a resident on the said Town of Volney and is a credible person, and that their statement is Entitled to credit
[Signed:]
S Freeman	      }  Judges Oswego
J Reynolds	      } County Courts
Lovewell Johnson}

I, Erie Poor, Clerk of the County of Oswego and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County (the same being a Court of Record) Do hereby certify. That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gottlip Pitcher for a Pension
[SEAL] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and seal of Office this twenty 
fourth day of September AD. 1832 
[Signed] Erie Poor Clerk 
By D McPherson 
Dep Clerk
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3954 
New York Albany
Mary Pitcher
widow of Gottleib Pitcher
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
 
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb 1849 and sent to Hon Wm Duer, N. York 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 167 Vol. 4
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[Gottlieb] Pitcher born Sept 12th 1757
Mary Pedrick born May 12th 1770
They were married December 1st 1789

Hannah Pitcher born March 25th 1792
John Pitcher born Oct 6th 1793
Gotlip Pitcher Junior born Feb 15th 1796
Abijah Pitcher born Apr sixth [?] 1799
Peter Pitcher born July 29th 1801
Washington Pitcher born Sept 29th 1805
[name obscured] August 17th 1807

Pitcher, Gottlieb
N.Y. W26899
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Left side:
Gottlieb Pitcher

Right side:
Payments to be made
at New York
by Presust H.M. [?]
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of
New York

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E. Vol. 4,
Page 72 by Go. C. Stiles
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Gottlieb Pitcher of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to Eighty 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 28 day of
September one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three
[Signed] John Robb
Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and	}
Countersigned.	}
[Signed] J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

[Added at the bottom:] pd to 4th March 1838
LH [initials]
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Resides in Palermo -
has resided there since Sept. 1832 - Previous there to has resided in Volney.
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[Crosswise on the left:] 2031 
Mary Pitcher
Pension papers under the act of July 7 1838 - Granting "half pay and pensions to certain widows"


State of New York Oswego County }ss.  I,  Daniel H. Marsh Clerk of the said County of Oswego and Clerk the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Cornelius Pedrick and Levi Austin  the witnesses [?] who have subscribed and made oath to the foregoing deposition are and were at the time of Subscribing and making oath to the aforesaid deposition credible and reputable persons and residents of said County - and that in the opinion of said Court their statements are entitled to full credence - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court in open Court this 20th day of September A.D. 1839. [Signed] D.H. Marsh Clerk
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State of New York 	}
County of Oswego	} ss.
On this eighteenth day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oswego Mary Pitcher a resident of the Town of Palermo in said County of Oswego aged sixty eight years on the twelfth day of May last - who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."  That she is the widow of Gottlieb Pitcher late of Palermo aforesaid who was a private in the Revolutionary army as appears from the Pension certificate hereto annexed - and which said Gottlieb Pitcher is the same person referred to and described in the said Pension Certificate.
She further declares that she was married to the said Gottlieb Pitcher on the first day of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. That her husband the aforesaid Gottlieb Pitcher died on the fifth day of July last past (1838);  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four: viz, at the time above stated.  That she has no record proof of her marriage or other memorandum except that hereto annexed:  which was made or written about thirty years since by a young lady named Electa Allen at the request of the said Gottlieb Pitcher and this deponent as a record of the date of the birth
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of their children so That the same has always since remained in the possession of this deponent and her husband except for a short time when it was taken by her son Peter Pitcher for the purpose of transcribing for his family -; That the said Electa Allen as this deponent has heard and believes is now dead - That this deponent was married to the said Gottlieb Pitcher by the Rev. Mr Kurtz then an old man in the Town of Johnstown in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York -
her
Mary   X   Pitcher
mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
[Signed] D.H. Marsh Clerk
of said Court


State of New York	}
Oswego County	} ss.
Cornelius Pedrick of the Town of Volney in the County of Oswego being duly sworn doth depose and say - That he is the brother of Mary Pitcher (formerly Mary Pedrick) of the Town of Palermo in said County and was present at the time of the marriage of the said Mary to Gottlieb Pitcher as stated in the annexed declaration - That the said Mary was married to the said Gottlieb Pitcher at Johnstown in the County of Montgomery in the State of New Yok on the first day of December in the Year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine by the Rev Mr Kurtz (whose christian
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name this deponent does not now recollect)
That this deponent has always from the time of said marriage lived near the said Gottlieb and Mary and was present at the funeral of the said Gottlieb Pitcher on the sixth day of July last (1838). That the said Mary was never married to any other person  and has always lived with the said Gottlieb Pitcher since the said marriage and continues the widow of the said Gottleb Pitcher at this time.  And further the deponent saith not 
his
Cornelius  X   Pedrick
mark

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court 
before me this 18th day of 
September A.D. 1838 
[Signed] D. H. Marsh Clerk of Oswego County 

State of New York }
Oswego County    } ss. 
Levi Austin of Palermo in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Mary Pitcher who made and subscribed the annexed declaration: and knows her to be the widow of Gottlieb Pitcher late of the Town of Palermo in said County. That he attended at the house of said Gottlieb at the time of his decease and helped lay him out and was present at his funeral the next day. That the said Gottlieb died on the fifth day of July AD 1838 and that the said Mary still remains his widow. That this deponent has been acquainted with the said Mary Pitcher and Cornelius Pedrick for several years past: and that their character for truth & veracity
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[missing a line] full credence - And further this deponent saith not
[Signed] Levi Austin

Sworn and subscribed (in open Court)	}
before me this 18th day of September	}
A.D. 1838					                }
[Signed] D.H. Marsh Clerk
of Oswego County

State of New York	}
Oswego County	} ss.  I Daniel H. Marsh Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that on the 18th day of September AD 1838 personally appeared in open Court (being the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid) the within named Mary Pitcher - Cornelius Pedrick & Levi Austin and severally made and subscribed the foregoing depositions as certified by me
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 22nd day of September AD 1838 
[Signed] D.H. Marsh Clerk 

[Crosswise on the left:] 2031  Mary Pitcher Pension papers under the act of July 7 1838 - Granting "half pay and pensions to certain widows"   

State of New York Oswego County }ss.
 I, Daniel H. Marsh Clerk of the said County of Oswego and Clerk the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Cornelius Pedrick and Levi Austin the witnesses [?] who have subscribed and made oath to the foregoing deposition are and were at the time of Subscribing and making oath to the aforesaid deposition credible and reputable persons and residents of said County - and that in the opinion of said Court their statements are entitled to full credence - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court in open Court this 20th day of September A.D. 1839. [Signed] D.H. Marsh Clerk
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Act March 3, 1855
April 14/55
70267
Mary Pitcher wid of
Gottlieb Pitcher
Private Col. Willett's Regt [very faint]
N.Y. State Troops [very faint]
Rev. War
Rev. Pensioners
certif. dated Febry 22, 1849
N.Y. Levy of 48 -     3954
Boynton [?]
[Written across the above:] 9075 [illegible] 24/55

[illegible] Oct 19/55
[illegible]

Starr Clarke
Mexico Oswego Co
N.Y.
[margin note illegible]
Vol P. page 88.
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70267
Revolutionary Claim
of Mary Pitcher

Presented by
Starr Clark
Mexico Oswego Co
New York
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REVOLUTIONARY WIDOWS.
STATE OF New York	}
COUNTY of Oswego	} SS.
On this 7th day of April 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County and State, Mary Pitcher, aged 84 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Gotlieb Pitcher deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, and that she is in the receipt of a Revolutionary pension under the Act of February 2, 1848, her pension certificate not numbered and is dated February 22, 1849. She further declares that she was married to the said Gotlieb Pitcher in the County of Montgomery and State of New York, on or about the 25th day of December 1790 by Rev. Mr. Kretts, and that her name before her marriage was Mary Pedrick, that her said husband died at Palermo, Oswego County, New York on the 5th day of July 1838 and that she is now a widow.     She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act, approved March 3, 1855.    She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress, any bounty land warrant. 
her
Mary   X   Pitcher
mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me }
this 7th day of April, 1855		  }
[signature and reminder of document is cut off and the following overlaid:]

STATE OF NEW YORK,		        }
Oswego County Clerk's Office, 	} ss.
I,  E.M. Hill Clerk of Oswego County, Certify, That Timothy W. Skinner Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavit was given was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
[SEAL & ribbon]
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this 15th day of April 1855
[Signed] E.M. Hill Clerk.
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[Full document from previous page]

REVOLUTIONARY WIDOWS.
STATE OF New York	}
COUNTY of Oswego	} SS.
On this 7th day of April 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County and State, Mary Pitcher, aged 84 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Gotlieb Pitcher deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, and that she is in the receipt of a Revolutionary pension under the Act of February 2, 1848, her pension certificate not numbered and is dated February 22, 1849. She further declares that she was married to the said Gotlieb Pitcher in the County of Montgomery and State of New York, on or about the 25th day of December 1790 by Rev. Mr. Kretts, and that her name before her marriage was Mary Pedrick, that her said husband died at Palermo, Oswego County, New York on the 5th day of July 1838 and that she is now a widow.     She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act, approved March 3, 1855.    She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress, any bounty land warrant. 
her
Mary   X   Pitcher
mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me }
this 7th day of April, 1855		  }
[Signed] Timothy W Skinner
Justice of the Peace

We Silas Clark and James H Tullar resident of Mexico in the County of Oswego and State of New York upon  our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Pitcher in our presence, and that we believe, from what we know of, and from the appearance and statement of the applicant, that She is the identical person She represents herself to be.
These deponents further upon their oaths say, that the above named Mary Pitcher is now a widow. And that she cannot write her name owing to the infirmity of old age, but makes her mark.
[Signed] Silas Clark
[Signed] James H. Tullar
Sworn and Subscribed before me}
this 7 day of April 1855		}
[Signed] Timothy W. Skinner
Justice of the Peace

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] Timothy W. Skinner
Justice of the Peace
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13,450
Gottlip Pitcher
Oswego County
N.Y.

5.13.14
P [?] 370

4 May 33

A.Z. McCarty
Richland
N.Y.
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13,450
BRIEF in the case of Gottlip Pitcher
of Volney in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 75 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period | Duration of Service (Y,M,D) | Rank | Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
April in 1780 | 9 Months | Private | Gen. Van Rensalaer, Col Harper } N.York State troops enlisted
April 1781 | 9 Months | " (Pri)  | Col Man. Willett Rgy -  or [?]
After the 1st Jany 1782 until (he thinks) Jany 1784 | not stated | " (Pri) | Ditto, Capt Cannon Co, Major Benschoten - or [?]
5. In what battles was he engaged? at Johnstown with the British & Indians
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Livingston Manor New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary proof in support of his last term of engagement & the traditionary evidence of two witnesses - one a Clergyman - certified to be credible persons
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and, if so, in what respect? not attached according to the regulations

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signed] E. Stephens
Examining Clerk.
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M.B.H.
Rev. War Sectio.
October 1, 1915.

Mr. James Pitcher,
455 South First Street,
Fulton, N.Y.

Sir:
In addition to the military history of James Pitcher, Wid. File No. 26,899, Rev. War, you are furnished the following data from the papers on file.
Children:
Hannah --- born March 25, 1792.
John --- born October --, 17--.
Gotlip Junr. --- born February 15, 1796.
Abiijh (?) --- born November 30, 1799.
Peter --- born July 29 1801.
Washington --- born September 24 or 29, 1805.
(Torn) --- born August 17, 1807.

Very respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Left margin:
Cancel -
write the word "Suspended" opposite the name on the Rolls

Albany
New York - 5993
Mary Pitcher,
widow of Gottlieb Pitcher, Decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 5 July, 1838 of Oswego Co. in the State of N. York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Cannon on the Regt commanded by Col. Willett in the N.Y. Levies line for 2 years  private.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 6th day of July 1838.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of January, 1841 and sent to A.Z. McCarty, Esq. Pulaski, N. York

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840 = $326.46
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 M. '41 - 40.00
$366.46

{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by I. A. Elliot Clerk,
Book A Vol 2 Page 95
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5993
New York
Mary Pitcher,
widow of Gottlieb Pitcher, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832,
 and who died on the 5th July 1838 - 
of Oswego Co. in the State of N. York,
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Cannon of the Regt commanded
by Col. Willett in the N.Y. Levies
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80. Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the ["4th day of March, 1836" is stricken] 6th July 1838.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of March
1841, and handed to A.Z. McCarty
of New York, Present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840  $326.46
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '41  40.00
$366.46

{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Wm. C. Zantzinger Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 98.

Right side:
Reported
let to O Robinson April 19, 1843
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Arrears  5993
Albany N. York
Mary Pitcher,
widow of Gotlieb Pitcher,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832,
 and who died on the 5 July 1838 
of Oswego Co. in the State of N. York,
who was a private in the Company 
commanded by Captain Cannon of the 
Regt commanded by Col. Willett in 
the N. York line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80. Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 and ending on 5th July '38 the day of his death.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Feby.
1844, and sent to Hon. D.D. Barnard.  H R [?]

Whole amount due $186.66

{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by F.L. Swann Clerk,
Book A   Vol. 2   Page 98

Right side:
Rep 16th Feb. '44
arrears
other papers within
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2928
New York
Albany
Mary Pitcher,
widow of Gotlieb Pitcher,
who was a private
in the N York Levies

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of November and sent to Orville Robinson
Mexico N. York

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A   Vol. 1   Page 111
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[Postmark] Mexico NY APR 01
FREE
70,267

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
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9475
160 [illegible]
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James Pitcher
455 S. First St.
Fulton N.Y.

p---ing [illegible] Sept. 27
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13,450
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those aswered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Gottlieb Pitcher which require further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [blank]
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [blank]
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [blank] 
V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service [underlined], 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?  No ["See affidavit" is written in the margin]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [blank]
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [blank]
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [blank]
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [blank]
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [blank]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [blank]
 XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot [underlined] be had? No ["See affidavit" written in the margin]
XIV. + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness [underlined + illegible note in the margin] or witnesses as to his service? none 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? [blank] 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [blank]

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank]
 XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [blank]
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. 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.
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	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 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 objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
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 claimants 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. 
++QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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. 
	>In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Illegible
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Albany Dec 1, 1843

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions

Sir,
Enclosed I transmit to you the application of Mary Pitcher for arrears of Pensions from 4th Mch 1836 to 5 July 1838.
Respectfully Yours,
Chas. E. Jenkins
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Ovid N.Y. Nov 8th 1850
Sir
I inclose[sic] the Pension Certificate & Declaration of Mary Pitcher, Keziah Cook  - Anna Preston Abigail Scott.  I also inclose the declaration of Sarah Beebe, her Pension Certificate I inclose to you on the 19th Oct.  I inclose Declaration Experiance Ormsbee, her Pension certificate I inclose to you Oct 24th; The declaration of Anna Delano, her pension certificate. I inclosed you on the 19 Oct.  The declaration of Margaret Smith her pension certificate I inclosed you, which has been read by you and acknowledged, Also the declaration of Elizabeth Ann Denning, I inclosed her pension certificate to you Oct 23th. 
You have 9 cases, the Pension Certificates for each, I now inclose or had before forwarded 
Respectfully 
Your Obt Srvt
[Signed] Arad Joy 

Hon J L Edwards 
Commr of Pensions
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Left side:
2031
Mary Pitcher
Act July 7, 1838
Married 1 Dec 1789
Husband died 5 July 1838
Col. Willett	}
Capt. Cannon} New York Levies

Pension to commence 6 July 1838

Admitted
Private 2 years
$80
A.Z. McCarty Esq
of New York
Present

Right side, crosswise:
require further proof as to the day on which G. Pitcher died
3.33
.20
3.13
3.33
320.
326.66
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Peter Hagner Esq 
3d Auditor
Page 42

Pension Office,
February 16, 1844.

To what time was Gottlieb Pitcher, Albany Roll, act 1832, last paid before he died? and to what time was his widow paid after his death?

[written in response] 
p to 4th March 1838 no payment since
J.H. [?]

P Hagner, Esq
3d Auditor.
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Pulaski Oswego Co N.Y. 
December 12th 1840 

J L Edwards Esq 
Dr Sir 
Enclosed I return you the papers in the case of M[rs] Mary Pitcher an applicant for a pension- 
You will perceive from your letter enclosed that the objections made to allowing the claim have been removed 
The deposition of Mr Stowe is made on the same piece of paper which I gave to the person who procured it; as a man of instructions - I trust however this will not be considered an objection to its allowance .
There appears to be no record of the marriage - and the fact is distinctly proved by a witness who is certified as credible by the Court as indeed is the other witness - Will you do me the favor to give the case your earliest attention and advise me of the result 
The matter has been delayed a long time in consequence of the inability of the parties to sustain the expense of a journey to procure the deposition as to the record of marriage [illegible] That has
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Crosswise:
Dec 21 1840
N.Y.
Vet Case [?]
Mary Pitcher

JL Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
City of Washington
Page 45

finally be obtained and the parties interested desire the earliest determination of the matter that is practicable. In great haste Your  [illegible]
[SIgned]  A.Z. McCarty
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70267
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Mexico April 11th 1855 
Hon L. P. Waldo 
Comr Pensions 

Sir 
Herewith I send you two applications for Bounty Land
To Wit, 
Mary Pitcher 
Ephraim Manwaring -- 
 Which if accepted please send the Warrants to me.
Yours Respectfully
Starr Clark
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No. 70267 
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. 
Received Apr. 14, 1855. 
Gotleib Pitcher 
Rev. War

Warrant 9075-100-55 
Starr Clark 
Mexico NY
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Very faint illegible note at top [R--f]
WIDOW, &c.
26,899
File No. 26,899
Mary Pitcher
wid of
Gotleib Pitcher
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 20 [?] 48
Index:-Vol. P, Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right side:
1915 October 1: history to Mr James Pitcher. M.B.H.
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Mary Pitcher 
NY.
Act 7 July 38 
$80 from 4 March 31 to 5 July 38- 

["552" is noted to the side]

Hon D.D. Barnard 
H R 
C.E. Jenkins Esq 
Albany N.Y.
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To James L. Edwards, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions,
The subscriber a resident of the town of Palermo in the county of Oswego and State of New York respectfully declares and represents
That she is the Widow of Goddlieb Pitcher who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution; That he departed this life on the 5th day of July 1838; That she as his Widow, received a Pension of Eighty dollars per annum, under the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, from the 5th day of July 1838 aforesaid, when her said husband died, until the fourth day of March, 1842.
And she now makes application for the arrears of pay due her under said act from the fourth day of March, 1836, unto the fifth day of July 1838 - and she never learned to write.
Mary (X her mark) Pitcher

[Signed] E. Dickinson
[Signed] Leo. Jenkins

STATE OF NEW YORK	}
COUNTY of Oswego	} ss.
On this twenty first day of November before the the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Mary Pitcher abovenamed, and made oath that the facts set forth in the above declaration are true and correct.

[Signed} Elijah Dickinson
Justice of the Peace
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I, Andrew Z McCarty, Clerk of the County of Oswego do hereby certify that Elijah Dickinson was on the date of the above Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly appointed and qualified and that his signature within purporting to be hus is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 25th day of November in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three.
[Signed] A.Z. McCarty, Clk


Crosswise:
Mary Pitcher
NY.
Act 7 July 38
$80 from 4 March 31 to 5 July 38

Hon D.D. Barnard
HR
C.E. Jenkins Esq
Albany N.Y.
Page 53

DECLARATION.
State of New York	}
Cunty of Oswego	} ss.
On this 2d day of November 1850 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Mary Pitcher a resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and states that she is the widow of Gotlieb Pitcher deceased, who during his natural life was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of Congress of 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, and that she is in the receipt of a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum
Now the object of this declaration being made is in order to open a claim at the same rate of pension her husband received claiming on the evidence filled in her late husband's case, and under the Resolution. of Congress approved the 1st July 1848.
She further declares she is still a widow
Mary (X her mark) Pitcher
Sworn and subscribed before me 	}
on this 2d day of November 1850	}
[Signed] Orville Roberts
Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that Mary Pitcher is well known to me, and that she is the widow of Gotlieb Pitcher who was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
[Signed] Orville Roberts
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York			       }
Oswego County Clerks Office	}
I certify that Orville Roberts Esq whose name is subscribed to the within Jurat/certificate of affidavit was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county and duly authorized to take the same and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that said signature to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County & set my hand this 4th day of November 1850
[Signed] J C Haguenier Dept clk
Clk absent
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. 

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Gottlieb ["Gotlip" is stricken] Pitcher a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in tis Bureau. W.26899

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service | Rank | Officers under whom service was rendered | State
Apr 1780 | 9 mos. | Pvt | Captain Allen Colonel Harper | NY
Apr 1781 | 9 mos. | Pvt | Captain Ellsworth Colonel Marinus Willett | NY
Jan 1782 | 2 years | Pvt | Captain James Cannon Col Willett | NY

Battles engaged in, skirmishes with Indians, in one was wounded in the leg Johnstown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Livingston Manor, Columbia Co. NY
Date of application for pension, Sept 24 1832 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Volney, Oswego Co. NY
Age at date of application, born in Lower Saxony Germany September 12 1757
Remarks:  He mar. in Johnstown, Montgomery Co. NY Dec 1, 1789 Mary Pedrick b. May 12 1770. he died in Palermo, Oswego Co. NY July 5 1838 and she was allowed pension on an ap ex. Sept 18 1838 while a resident of Palermo, NY.
Respectfully,
[unsigned]
Commissoner.
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Godliss Peters -
Papers in
relation to Lands
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This may Certify that the Bearer Hereof Godlip Peters late a soldier in My Company in Col. Marinus Willetts Regiment of New York state troops Raised for three years on Land Bounties. That the said Peters served his time faithfully and was legally discharged as may more truly appear by the Muster Roles refered there unto being had that he is justly entitled to his gratuity of Land from the state of New York.
given under My hand this 12th Day of February 1813 
[Signed] James Cannon
Late Captain

Aside:
The Right of Gotlip Peter was located in a tract of 116oo acres adjoining the Canada Line by James Dean

County of	}
Oswego ss. 	} on the 12th day of Feb 1813 personally appeared before me the above named James Cannon and made oath that the facts stated in the above certificate are true
[Signed] Oliver Judd Just. Peace
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Left side:
Gotlieb Peters 
Discharge

Right side:
Willet's not a 
Continental Regt
[illegible]
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This may Certifie that the bearer hereof Godliss Peters private in my
Company Served his time as a faithfull soldier until the Regt was Disbanded - Given under my hand this 15th day of March 1796
[Signed] James Cannon Late Captain 
Independant Corps [?]

Abraham Denke paymaster of Land Rights [illegible] by Col. Willet
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Crosswise:
Mary Pitcher - applicant for pension and affidavit of death of husband

[entire document to which this (partial) certification was attached is not visible]
Pleas of said County this 10th day of February 1841
[Signed] A.Z. McCarty, Clerk
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Form 

State of New York}
County of Oswego} ss  
Be it known that on the thirteenth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty before me Hiram Hubbell a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Mary Saber who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that she resides in the Town of Sandy Creek in said County and is fifty two years of age. That she was born in the Town of Palatine (formerly called Stone Arabia) in the County of Montgomery & State aforesaid -that she removed from the said County of Montgomery about the year one thousand eight hundred and two. That during the time that she resided in the County of Montgomery as aforesaid she was acquainted with the Revd Mr Kurtz then an acting minister of the Gospel of the Presbyterian denomination. That to the best of her recollection the Christian name of the said Kurtz was Peter. That she has frequently heard the said Mr Kurtz previous to his removal from the said County of Montgomery preach in the Presbyterian Church at Stone Arabia & that she has always been informed and believes that she was baptised by the said Mr Kurtz.  That --

Directions [underlined & written in margin].  See whether there is any record of marriages by the Revd. Mr Kurtz as far back as 1789 - Dec 1st - if so have them examined or see if your mothers marriage is entered at that time. If there is no records of marriages by the Revd Mr. Kurtz in the hands of his successor have him make a deposition to that effect before a Justice & get Clerk's Certificate that the
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Justice is such Justice - Have the Justice certify to the credibility of the witness & his reputable standing. [This entire sentence is stricken].

State of New York		}
County of Montgomery} ss.
On the 24th day of Oct 1840 appeared before me M J Stone and being duly sworn deposes that he has examined the of Acts [?] of Revd Philip Jacob Geotz in the records in his possession ans that there is no record of marriages or any other ministerial act for the year 1789.
[Signed] Martin J Stone
Minister of the Gospel

Sworn and Subscribed this 24th day of October 1840 before me
[Signed] John T Getman Justis

State of New York			            }
Montgomery County Clerk's Office} ss.
I certify that the above named John T. Getman whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and duly authorized by the laws of the said State to administer oaths, and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County ths 24th day of October 1840
[Signed] John M. Tubbs, Dep. Clerk
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State of New York	} 
Oswego County	} ss.
Alvin Lord of said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is a resident of the Town of Palermo in said County and has resided in said Town for nineteen years past and was well acquainted with the late Gottlieb Pitcher of said Town and was present and assisted at the funeral of the said Gottleb Pitcher and also present at the time of his decease - That he assisted in laying out the said Pitcher and shaved off the beard of said Gottlieb Pitcher after his death preparatory to the funeral and interment of the corps [sic]. That the said Gottlieb Pitcher was the husband of Mary Pitcher and died on the fifth day of July AD 1838. That this deponent recollects the date of the decease of the said Gottleb Pitcher to be as aforesaid from the fact that he (this deponent ) was then at work for Elijah Dickinson Esquire in a field immediately opposite to the house in which the said Pitcher expired and had been called in to the house twice in the course of the day in expectation of the decease of said Pitcher  - the last of which times the said Pitcher expired in presence of this deponent Elijah Dickinson, Gottlieb Pitcher Jr Washington Pitcher and some of the persons in the immediate neighborhood. That he recollects it from the fact that the day before the decease of said Pitcher the son of the deponent (James R Lord) had obtained a horse from said Elijah Dickinson and attended the celebration of Independence
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at Oswego and was the next day at work with this deponent for said Dickinson - and was relating the incidents occuring at said celebration - That this deponent is not mistaken as the day of the decease of said Gottlieb Pitcher but on the contrary is positive it was on the said 5th day of July 1838 - That Levi Austin was present and assisted this deponent in laying out the corps [sic] but whether he was present at the time of his decease or came in immediately after this deponent does not now recollect. That this deponent is informed and verily believes that the said Levi Austin is now absent from said Town on a Journey  - and this deponent is not informed and does not know when he is expected to return.  That this deponent does not know of any record or written or printed notice of the decease of said Gottlieb Pitcher. That further this deponent saith not.
[Signed] Alvin Lord
Subscribed and Sworn before me	}
this 10 day of February AD 1841 and	} 
I hereby certify that the said Alvin 	}
Lord is a credible person and one whose	}
deposition may be fully relied on. 		}
Note -There being first an interlineation in the 2d line from the bottom.
[Signed] Hiram Hubbell, Justice of the Peace 

State of New York	}
Oswego County	} ss Gottlieb Pitcher of the Town of Palermo in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say: That he is the son of Gottlieb Pitcher late of said Town of Palermo deceased - That he was present
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at the time of the decease of his said father which was on the fifth day of July AD 1838. That the deponent recollects the time of his decease from the fact that he remained up all the night previous taking care of his said father & that he had been at work the day previous for Mr John Sales Jr in the immediate neighborhood of his fathers house and while so at work the cannons fired at Oswego during the celebration of Independence (on the 4th of July} were distinctly heard and spoken of by the company present. That this deponent will recollects that he remained with his father that night after having been at work at Sales and that he was called from Mr Sales when he had commenced work again in the morning in consequence of his father being taken worse and being about to expire. That he immediately went to house when he remained until after the decease of his father as aforesaid- And further saith that Mr Alvin Lord Elijah Dickinson George W Pitcher and John Pitcher and some others besides the family were present at the decease of said Gottlieb Pitcher. That this deponent does not know of any record or written notice of the decease of said Gottlieb Pitcher. And further this deponent saith not
Gottlieb (X his mark) Pitcher

Subscribed and Sworn before me			} 
this 10 day of February A.D. 1841			} 
and I hereby certify that said Gottlieb		}
 Pitcher is a credible person, and that		} 
the preceeding deposition was correctly read 	}
to him before it was subscribed & sworn to.	}
 [Signed] Hiram Hubbell Justice of the Peace
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State of New York	}
Oswego County	} ss.
George W Pitcher of the Town of Palermo in said County being duly sworn saith that he present at the date of his father Gottlieb Pitcher late of the Town of Palermo aforesaid. That he died on the 5th day of July 1838 as this deponent well recollects - but this deponent does not know of any record of his death or written or printed notice thereof And further this deponent saith not
["Gottlieb (X his mark) Pitcher" is stricken]
[Signed] George W Pitcher

Subscribed and Sworn before me this 10 day of February A.D. 1841 I hereby certify that said George W. Pitcher is a credible person.  
Note - The words "Gottlieb Pitcher his mark" being first erased above the signature
of Geo. W. Pitcher 
[Signed] Hiram Hubbell, Justice of the Peace 

State of New York 		}
Oswego County Clerks Office} ss.
I, Andrew Z. McCarty Clerk of the said County of Oswego and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Hiram Hubbell Esq before whom the foregoing depositions are taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths. And I do further certify I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his to be genuine- 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 10th day of February 1841 
[Signed] A.Z.  McCarty Clerk

Crosswise: Mary Pitcher - application for pension & affidavits of death of husband
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Apl 15 '43
[Postmark] Mexico N.Y. Apr 10
fr[ee]

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City

Mrs Alexander Pitcher
arrears
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Sir -
Will you inform me whether or not Mrs. Alexander the person named below is entitled to a pension on account of the service of her first husband in the Revolutionary War.
John Hager enlisted on the 11th of Apl 1777 at Petersham Mass, into a company commanded by Capt Gates & a regiment commanded by Col. Gates- He enlisted for three years & served his time out & was discharged on the 11th of April 1780 & returned home. Hager & Mrs. Alexander were married on the 18th of Feb. 1776. On the 11th of Aug 1788 Hazen died leaving the present Mrs. Alexander his widow him surviving- On the 10th of May 1792 his widow married Johnathan S. Alexander who was a Soldier in the Revolution & drew a pension for 11 months servises up to the time of his death which was on the 7 Mar. 1838. After his death his widow & as his widow drew a pension as prescribed by law. What I desire the know is whether Mrs. Alexander under is now entitled to a pension for the servises of her first husband (Hager) & if so whether the name of Hager is to be found on the rolls &c in your office 

Also inform me whether Mary Pitcher the widow of Godib Pitcher who was a soldier of the Revolution & who
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drew a pension up to the time of his death. His widow then drew for the residue of the time when it was discontinued. Can that pension under the present laws be continued to the widow - 
Respectfully yours -
[Signed] O. Robinson

Mexico Oswego Co. N.Y.
April 10, 1843.
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Crosswise:
Feb 16 1841
[Postmark] Richland NY Feb 11

OR
N.Y. 
Add [illegible]
Mary Pitcher


J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Pulaski Feby 10. 1841 

Sir
Enclosed I send you affidavits proving the time of the death of Gottleib Pitcher to support the application of his widow for a pension - The time of his death is proved incontestably and it is hoped the claim will be allowed - Every objection stated in your letter of the 26th in now removed- It is exceedingly registed [?] that this objection should be made after the papers had been presented more than 2 years- and that nothing was said about it when the other proof in relation to the marriage was required. 
Will you give it your earliest attention and when allowed send me the certificate
In great haste Your Obt Srvt
[Signed] A.Z. McCarty

J.L Edwarrds Esq}
Com of Pensions}
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Crosswise:
3651
July 18 1843
[Postmark] Mexico NY JUL 11

R
NY
June 8 1843
Mary Pitcher

J.L. Edwards Esq
Washington City
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J. L. Edwards Esq 

Sir
Enclosed I send you papers of Mary Pitcher of Palermo in this County in order to have her pension on account of the Servises her Husband Godlib Pitcher in the Revolutionary war continued to her - Any communications upon this subject you may address to me
Respectfully your obt servt.
[Signed] Orville Robinson

Mexico Oswego Co. N.Y.
July 13, 1843.
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3651 [stricken]

Mary Pitcher

Arrears from 6 July '38 to
4 March 1836.

Orville Robinson
Mexico
N.Y.
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Declaration in order to obtain arrears of Pension due from March 4, 1836 under the Act of July 7. 1838.

On this 11th day of May 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace of the Town of Palermo in the County of Oswego & State of New York Mary Pitcher a resident of said Town County & State aforesaid aged Seventy three years who being duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension which she claims from the 4th of March 1836 to the fifth day of July 1838 from which period she has already been paid under the act of the 7th of July 1838. And the declarant further alledges that she is still the widow of Godlib Pitcher who was a soldier during the Revolutionary War; that her pension was allowed at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum & was paid to her at the agency in the city of Albany in the State of New York. And further she saith not. 

Sworn to & Subscribed before me	}
on the day & year above written	}
Mary [X her mark] Pitcher
	

[Overlaid at the bottom of the page:]
STATE OF NEW YORK,	     }
Oswego County Clerk's Office.} 
I, Andrew Z. McCarty, Clerk of said County, Do hereby Certify, that at the date of the Certificate of Proof or acknowledgement, to which this is annexed, the said Elijah Dickinson Esq was a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and duly authorised to take the same: -- 
And further, That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice - and verily believe the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof ,I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this thirteenth day of June .1843
[Signed] A.Z. McCarty Clerk.
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Complete document from previous page (without Acknowledgement covering JP's signature)

Declaration in order to obtain arrears of Pension due from March 4, 1836 under the Act of July 7. 1838.

On this 11th day of May 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace of the Town of Palermo in the County of Oswego & State of New York Mary Pitcher a resident of said Town County & State aforesaid aged Seventy three years who being duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension which she claims from the 4th of March 1836 to the fifth day of July 1838 from which period she has already been paid under the act of the 7th of July 1838. And the declarant further alledges that she is still the widow of Godlib Pitcher who was a soldier during the Revolutionary War; that her pension was allowed at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum & was paid to her at the agency in the city of Albany in the State of New York. And further she saith not. 
Mary [X her mark] Pitcher.   
	
Sworn to & Subscribed before me	}
on the day & year above written.   	}
[Signed] Elijah Dickinson
Justice of the Peace
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3651 
Mary Pitcher 
act '43 

$80 per ann.

Orville Robinson 
Mexico 
N.Y.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838 

State of New York	}
Oswego County	} ss.
 On this 11th day of May 1843 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace of the Town of Palermo in said County Mary Pitcher (who is to me well known & has also been well known to me for ten years last past), a resident of said Town County & State aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order the obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843 granting pension to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war - That she is the widow of Gottlib Pitcher who was a private & as she now recollects served during a part or the whole of the time he was in the service in a company commanded by Capt Cannon in a Regiment commanded by Col Willet - that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838 was Eighty Dollars - She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary (X her mark) Pitcher
Sworn & Subscribed on the day	}
 & year above written before me } 
[Signed] Elijah Dickinson Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK	                }
Oswego County Clerk's Office	} ss.
I, Andrew Z. McCarty, Clerk of said County, Do hereby Certify, that at the date of the Certificate of Proof or acknowledgement, to which this is annexed, the said Elijah Dickinson, Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and duly authorised to take the same:-  
And further, That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this thirteenth day of June 1843
[Signed]  A. Z. McCarty  Clerk.

Crosswise:
3651
Mary Pitcher
Act '43

$80 per ann

Orville Robinson
Mexico
N.Y.
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[Jurat overlays the top of the document, which is shown in full on th following page]

STATE OF NEW YORK	}
Oswego County Clerk's Office	} ss.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY That Starr Clark Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof ["or acknowledgement" is stricken] & oath of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the date of said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and duly authorised to make the same. AND FURTHER, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to the said certificate of proof ["or acknowledgement" is stricken] & oath to be genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 14 day of Sept 1848
[Signed] J.H. Gilbert Clerk.

Declaration. 
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 February 1848, entitled, "an act making further provision for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution. 
State of New York	}
 County of Oswego	} ss.
On this 13th day of September 1848, personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Mary Pitcher a resident of Palermo in the County of Oswego, aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Goddlip Pitcher who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and died July 5 1838, that she has received a pension under the law of 17th June 1844 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, The further declares that she is a widow.
Mary (X her mark) Pitcher

Sworn to and subscribed on the day 
and year above written. 
before me 
[Signed] Starr Clark
Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit. 
[Signed] Starr Clark
Justice of the Peace
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Declaration. 
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 February 1848, entitled, "an act making further provision for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution. 
State of New York	}
 County of Oswego	} ss.
On this 13th day of September 1848, personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Mary Pitcher a resident of Palermo in the County of Oswego, aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Goddlip Pitcher who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and died July 5 1838, that she has received a pension under the law of 17th June 1844 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, The further declares that she is a widow.
Mary (X her mark) Pitcher

Sworn to and subscribed on the day 
and year above written. 
before me 
[Signed] Starr Clark
Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit. 
[Signed] Starr Clark
Justice of the Peace
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Mary Pitcher cannot write owing to her infirmity & makes her mark.
[Signed] Starr Clark
Justice of the Peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress 2d Febuary [sic], 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for Surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution." 
State of New York 
County of Oswego } ss.
On this 7th day of Febuary 1849 personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Mary Pitcher a resident of the town of Palermo in the County of Oswego aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly Sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d Febuary 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Godlip Pitcher, who was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of eighty Dollars per annum, and died July 5th 1837. She has received a pension under the act of 17th June 1844 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum 
She further declares that she is a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year written before, 
[Signed] Starr Clark, Justice of the Peace
Mary (X her mark) Pitcher
 
I certify that the above named applicant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
[Signed] Starr Clark
Justice of the Peace.
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I do also certify that owning to infirmity and old age Mary Pitcher cannot write her name but makes her mark.
[Signed] Starr Clark
Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
Oswego County Clerk's Office} ss.
I, Jabez H. Gilbert, Clerk of the County of Oswego, hereby certify that Starr Clark Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat of affidavit of Mary Pitcher and the two certificates hereto annexed, was, at the date of said jurat and certificates a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, dwelling in said county, and duly elected and qualified to act as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said jurat and certificates is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of the County Court of said county this 14th day of February A.D. 1849
[Signed] J.H. Gilbert Clerk.
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I do also certify that owning to infirmity and old age Mary Pitcher cannot write her name but makes her mark. 
[Signed] Starr Clark 
Justice of the Peace
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Gottlip Pitcher
Application to amend
declaration
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Palermo in the County of Oswego and State of New York Gottlip Pitcher of the Town of Palermo (which was formerly the Town of Volney) in the said County of Oswego 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 period mentioned below and in the following grades -
For nine months I served as a private in the Company of Captain Allen in Col Harpers Regiment of the New York State Troops in the year 1780
For nine month, I served as a private the Company of Capt. Ellsworth in Col. Willetts Regiment  of the New York State troops in the year 1781
Of the above service I am positive and certain, that I served for the precise time stated 
For at least two years I served as a private in the Company of Capt Cannon in the Regiment of Col Willett it being from January 1782 until the winter of 1784: the precise time I cannot recollect but at least two years service doing duty in garrison at Fort Stanwix and in the Expedition against Oswego - And for such service I claim a pension 
And I further depose and swear that I do not know of any person living who can testify to my service and that I cannot procure the testimony of any person as to my service in consequence thereof and that in my opinion such proof cannot be had & that I so intended to state in my declaration and supposed that it was so written until informed that it was otherwise 
And further saith not
[Signed] gottlieb Betticher [German B - This is spelling used by his church in Stone Arabia]
Sworn & subscribed before me} 
this fourth day of June 1833 } 
[Signed] Lovewell Johnson
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York	}
Oswego County	} ss.
Clerks Office		}

I, Erie Poor, Clerk of the said Court of Oswego, Do hereby certify that Lovewell Johnson Esq whose name is Subscribed to the written affidavit and before whom the same purports to have been taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County - and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and that the signature of the said Justice to the written affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 5th day of June 1833
[Signed] Erie Poor - Clk
By D. McPherson
Dep.Clk