Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,564, Reuben Turner, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York

Turner, Reuben
Jane

NUMBER
W. 26.564

CONTENTS
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Let to French & Lylacner[?]
16 Apr 1832
Hon Bishop Perkins May 4, 1854

[illegible]1.788
Albany, New York

Jane Turner widow of Reuben Turner dec'd who died in the year 1834 [illegible] of St. Laurence in the State of New York who was a Adj. Lt. Ri in the Company commanded by Captain_____ of the Reg't commanded by Col. Williams in the N.Y. line for 5 mo's & 16 days Adjutant [illegible], 3 mo's & 7 days Private

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 84 Dollars and 54 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Feb'y 1838 and sent to R.H. Gillet Ogdensburgh, N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $549
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1842
$591

Recorded by D.D. Addison, Clerk
Book A Vol. 2d Page 119
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1788
New York Albany
Jane Turner, dec'd widow of Reuben 
who died on the __ of __N.Y.
in the State of New York
who was a Private & ADJT in the ___commanded by Captain_______ 
of the______ commanded by_______
in the Revolution
for  3 mos 10 days pri
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5" 16 " Aojt
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 121 Dollars 43 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831. & End'g 4th Sept 1842-

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of
Febry 1854 and sent to Hon Bishop Perkins, House of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of ______________
Semiannual allowance ending__________ 
Inc'd from $84.54
{Revolutionary Claim,Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3d}

Recorded by H.R. Wightman, Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 2. Page 36
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This is a true true(sic) Stetmunt(sic) of my Sarvest(sic) in the Revlushen(sic) ware(sic) to the bast(sic) of my remembrence(sic)

On the last of April or first of May I torned(sic) out as avalentere(sic) to the tikentroge(sic) Creunpont(sic) and sent Jones and than(sic) turned back to Crompont(sic) and there tock(sic) our Stand and Theremand(sic) til the Contenel(sic) army cam(sic) for our [illegible] and than(sic) returned hom(sic) and than(sic) thy(sic) sawfit(sic) to make me aogetent(sic) of the furst(sic) Remest(sic) in Woshenton(sic) Conty(sic) in the Stet(sic) of new york. Anda(sic) Alexende (sic) wabster(sic) and adgtent(sic) til the end of the ware(sic) til [illegible] only of the ware(sic).

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Washington County ss

James Rowan of Salem in said County personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the said county this 28th day of March 1837 and maketh oath and saith that he the said James Rowan did see Reuban Turner and Jane Armstrong now Jane Turner married lawfully as man and wife by the Rev'd M'r Clark in the Town of Salem in the said County on or about the 24th day of August 1775.

James Rowan

Sworn to before me the day and year above written.

James A.W. McFarland Just. Peace
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Jane Turner's Book a present given by M'r W. Mathews, 

Reuben Turner and Jane Armstrong was Maried(sic) August the 24 1775

Rob't a. turner was born June the 7 1776

Polly Turner was born August 15th 1778

Susan Turner was born August [illegible] 1779
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Alexander Tuirner was born March the 24 1781

John W. Turner was born January 26th 1783

Margaret Turner was born February the 7th 1784

Jane Turner was born November 30th 1787

James Turner was born Sept. the 25th 1789

Ruben Turner was born the 15 of February 1791

Betsy Turner was born the [illegible] of January 1792
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George M. Turner was born August the 9 1795

1807

Robt A Turner Departed this life April the 1 1777

Betsy Turner Departed this life the 25 of January 1793

George Mars Turner Departed this live Oct'b the 4 of 1798

Susannah Turner Departed this life May the 14, 1806
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St. Lawrence county ss

personally appeared before me the under naked Justice of the peace  and for said county Elizabeth Armstrong and makes oath and says that she saw Ruben(sic) Turner [illegible] maried(sic) to Jane Armstrong now Jane Turner and that they were maried(sic) in the county of Washington in the Town of Salem in the State of New York by Rev'd Mr Clark. 

Elizabeth (her x mark) Armstrong

Sworn and subscribed by [illegible] me this the 11th day of March 14 '37

John Lyth J. Peace
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2852

Jane Turner, N.Y.

& [illegible]

Adj't 5 mo. 16. $73.77
Private 3 mo. 7. 10.77

$84.54

Hon. R.H. Gillet
Ogdensburgh, N.Y.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.

State of New York, St. Lawrence County}ss:

On this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, John Fine, first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & for the County of St. Lawrence, counsellow of Law, of the Supreme Court of said state, Jane Turner, a resident of the town of Lisbon in said County, aged eighty six years, who being by me 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 4th 1836: That she is the widow of Ruben Turner, late of said town of Lisbon, who was a volunteer, as a private, for a portion of the revolutionary war, & during the latter part of it on Adjutant. That her husband volunteered in April or May 1775 to go to Ticonderoga & Crown Point on this occasion he was absent from the time he first volunteer until about the first of August. That before he left the intended marriage
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of the said Ruben to this deponent was published according to the custom of those times. On this occasion he was absent from there four months according to the jist of deponents recollection. That her said Husband was married to this deponent on the 24th day of August 1775. Deponent further saith that the accompanying leaf from a book contains the only family record which she now has & she does not know that there is any record of said marriage kept by any official authority. That after her said marriage, that subsequently her husband went to Johnstown in the state of New York, or somewhere there & was in the Service of the government there, but Deponent does not recollect the length of time he was absent. That he was repeatedly out during the war for considerable periods of the war & on some occasions then or four months at a time, but she cannot specify the time, officers of place where he was in service, but he was absent a considerable share of the time until the
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surrender of Burgoyne. That after he returned from Ticonderoga in 1775 he was appointed an Adjutant. She thinks that one Webster was his Colonel while he was adjutant. Deponent has annexed hereto in a memorandum in the  husbands writing, made just before he died, which was 1834, stating his services but which is not very intelligible. Deponent annexes two affidavits in relation to her marriage, the one by Elizabeth Armstrong & the other by James Rowan. She has no prooff(sic) of the husband services, but believes that there is evidence on file in the war Department of them, which was taken when her husband applied in 1818 for a pension & which was reviewed since the act of 1832. Deponent is so old & infirm that she is entirely unable to attend court or canton to make her application. Her memory is so much impaired that she cannot recollect the details of his service, except what she has stated as occuring about the time of her marriage. 
Deponent has remained a widow since the death of the said Ruben Turner.

Jane (her x mark) Turner

Sworn and subscribed on the day & year said above [illegible] before me. John Fine, First Judge of the [illegible]
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State of New York, St Lawrence County [] I am personally aquainted with Jane Turner the above affiant and that she is a credible person. i know her to be the widow of Reubon Turner deceased who is mentioned above & [] certify that from bodily infirmity [] attend court.

John Fine, Firt Judge of [] October 17, 1837

State of New York, St. Laurence County}ss: I Alvin C Low Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that John Fine Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration of Jane Turner purports to have been subscribed and sworn and whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of the date of the said declaration and certificate First Judge in and for the County aforesaid dwelling in the said County, duly commissioned & sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signatures to the said declaration & certificate purporting to be his are genuine. And I the said Clerk do
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further certify that John Lyth before whom the annexed affidavit of Elizabeth Armstrong purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 19th day of October 1837

A.C. Low Clk
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Jane Turner

Payment to be made at Albany, N.Y. by T.W. Olcott Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Albany N.Y.

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2d Page 119 by D.D. Addison, Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1838 Jane Turner of New York widow of Reuben Turner dec'd who was an Adjutant & Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty four dollars and Fifty four cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September.

Given at the War Office of the United States this 14th day of February on thousand eight hundred and thirty=Eight

J.R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.} J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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Revo'n war
Alex Turner

Make certificate 16 July
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State of New York, St. Lawrence County, Supreme Court.}

On this 16th day of February 1852 personally appeared in open Court being a special term of the Supreme Courts of the State of New York and being a Court of record, Alexander Turner, Reuben Turn, and Jane Getty who being duly sworn according to law do each and all of them declare that they and Margaret Parkson are the only children and heirs at law, of Jane Turner deceased, widow of Reuben Turner deceased both late of said County and State, that the said Reuben Turner deceased was an Adjutant and private in the war of the Revolution, and for his services as such, his said widow Jane Turner, was pensioner under the Acts of the 4th of July 1836 (at the rate of $84.54, eighty four dollars fifty four cents, as will appear by her certificate herewith surrendered, which pension she drew up to the date of her death, which occurred on the fourth day of September 1842, that they and each of them believes that the length and grade of the service of the said Reuben Turner, as admitted by the Pension Officer was such as to have entitled his said widow Jane Turner to a larger pension. To wit about $121.50 per year. They therefore make this declaration for the purpose of obtaining this increase on the said widows pension, from the 4th of March 1831, to the day of her death as above stated, for the use and sole benefit of the heirs of said Jane Turner deceased. That Alexander Turner of Lisbon in the County of St. Lawrence, Reuben Turner and Jane Getty of the same place, and Magaret Parkson of
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[illegible] are the onkly children and heirs at law of Reuben Turner and Jane Turner deceased, and that the said Jane Turner left no children by any other husband.

State of New York, St. Lawrence County}ss

I George S. Winslow clerk of said County of St. Lawrence do truly certify that satisfactory evidence was exhibited to this Court that Reuben Turner deceased was a soldier & an officer in the war of the revolution and that his widow under the act passed 4 July 1836 received a pension at the rate of $84.54 per year, That Reubin(sic) Turner and Jane Turner his widow are now dead. That Jane Turner died in the Month of August or September 1842 and that Alexander Turner, Reubin(sic) Turner, Jane Getty & Margaret Jackson are the only surviving heirs at law of Jane & Reuben Turner deceased.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 16th day of February A.D. 1853

G.S. Winslow, Clerk.
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State of New York, St. Lawrence County}
Supreme Court, N.Y.
On this 16 day of February  one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared in open court being a special term of the Supreme Courts and a Court of record Bishop Perkins of Ogdensburgh & Wiliam Briggs of Lisbon in the County of St. Lawrence, who being duly sworn according to law declare they knew Reuben Turner and Jane Turner deceased and know that Jane Turner died in August or September one thousand eight hundred and forty two at Lisbon in the County of St. Laurence and left Alexander Turner, Reuben Turner, Jane Getty and Margaret Jackson her only children surviving and the said Bishop Perkins & William Briggs further say they are entirely disinterested in the claim of the heirs for an increase of pension.
Bishop Perkins
Wm. Briggs
Supreme Court
St. Laurence County
Clerks Office}ss I George S. Winslow clerk of said County and also of the Supreme Court of the State of New York do hereby Certify that on the 16 day of February 1852 Alexander Turner, Reubin(sic) Turner & Jane Getty appeared in open court and testified under oath to the facts purporting to have been sworn to by them and at the same time & place Bishop Perkins & Wm Briggs appiant in open Court and being duly sworn testified to the facts wrote above set forth by them.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Said County this 7th day of November 1833.
G.S. Winslow Clerk
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State of New York St. Lawrence County ss 

On this 17th day of July A.D. 1852 before me Romes W. Judson county Judge of the county of Lawrence having the powers of County Judge at Chambers came Margaret Jackson of Medcalf Canada wish & being duly sworn by me she deposed & says she now resides at Medcalf London District Canada West but that she formerly & untill(sic) the year 1834 resided in Lisbon County of St. Lawrence, N.Y., That she is now aged sixty six years and is at Ogdensburgh on a visit to her brothers Alexander Turner & Reuben Turner & her sister Jane Getty. She is informed that there is no court of record in session in said County and the said Margaret Jackson further says she is a daughter of Reuben Turner & Jane Turner both deceased, That she removed to Canada before her mother obtained a pension but upon information & belief as she says that Reuben Turner was an Adjutant and private in the army of the revolution & that her mother as the widow of the said Reuben Turner deceased was a pension under the act of July 4, 1836 from from(sic) 4th March 1831 untill(sic) she died and deponent is informed in September 1842 and she further says that she & Alexander Turner, Reuben Turner & Jane Getty are the only children of Jane Turner or Rueben Turner deceased and the said Margaret Jackson further says she makes this declaration for
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purpose of obtaining for the sole benefit of herself Alexander Turner, Reuben Turner & Jane Getty an increase of pensions of about thirty seven dollars a year from March 4, 1831 untill September 1842 to which from information she believes from the grade & length of service of the said Reuben Turner the said Jane Turner her mother was entitled.

Margaret (his(sic) x mark) Jackson

Subscribed & sworn before me this 17th day of July 1852 after being duly examined on oath by e touching the matter above set forth.

[Illegible line of script under this paragraph.]

R.W. Judson
Special County Judge
St. Lawrence County
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Know all men by these presents that I Margaret Jackson one of the children & heirs of Jane Turner do by these presents constitute & appoint Simon Smith of the city of Washington to prosecute & pursue for my use my claim for an increase of my mother Jane Turner's pension & to Receive any monies I may be intitled(sic) to on account thereof.

In witness to whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal this 11th Day of July 1836 in the presence of Bishop Perkins.

Margaret (his(sic) x mark) Jackson

State of New York, St. Lawrence County ss On this 17th day of July 1852 personally appeared before me Margaret Jackson to the will Recover to be the person described in & who executed the above Power of Attorney duly acknowledged that the [illegible] the [illegible] for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

R.W. Judson Special County Judge, St. Lawrence County
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State of New York, St. Lawrence County}ss
Clerk’s office
I Geore S. Winslow clerk of said County do hereby Certify that R.W. Judson Esq’r before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the time of taking the same a Special County Judge of said County possessing the powers and authority to discharge the duties of a County Judge at Chambers, and duly authorized to take the same, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Special County Judge and verily believe his signatures to the Jurat of the annexed affidavits are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this seventh day of November A.D. 1853. George S. Winslow, Clerk.
Jane Turner, NY d36
Hon. Bishop Perkins, H.R.
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Application of Reuben Turner for Revolutionary Pension under Act of 7th June 1832

See Vol. 2.p 32 $5.83 A.Y
54"141.66
$147.99

Edmittio ad.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
State of New York, County of St. Lawrence}ss.
On this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of St. Lawrence now sitting Reuben Turner a Resident of the Town of Lisbon in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York aged 90 years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated; that he entered the service in the month of April 1775 as a volunteer in the militia of the Clark at the Town of Salem in the County of Washington and State of New York in a company commanded by Captain Lee and of which Moses Martin was Lieutenant; that they marched from Salem to Castleton in the State of Vermont and were annexed to Colonel Warner Regiment of the Vermont Line, that they marched from Castleton under the Command of General Ethan Allen to Ticonderoga, that General Allen with his force captured the Fort with about thirty British
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Troops, and took all the ammunition & cannon in the Fort. The British were taken by surprise and no fighting took place; that General Arnold joined the said forces of General Allen at Castleton and marched with them to Ticonderoga; that immediately after the capture, General Allen left a small detachment at the Fort to take the charge thereof, and marched to Crown Point and took the fort with about 20 British troops in it, and some ammunition, taking them also by surprise; that leaving a small force there, the General proceeded to St. Johns and took the Fort there with the shipping; that he then returned to Crown Point and made a stand there; that this declarant remained in that service for more than three months, and until the regular American Army came on, marching to Quebec, when he returned home to Salem.
That in the month of January 1776 at the Town of Salem this deponent entered as a volunteer in the Service of the United States and joined Captain Joseph McCracken’s company in Colonel Ten Eyelis Regiment and proceeded with a detachment of that Regiment in sleighs to Johnstown in Montgomery County to suppress Sir John Johnson and his Indians and Tories and was gone in that Tour about a fortnight or three weeks and then returned home, Sir John giving three hostages, that he would do no mischief; that he this deponent remained at home until the opening of the Lake in the Spring, when about the mont of May he again joined Captain McCracken as a volunteer.
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and marched with him and his Company to Skeensborough now called White Hall, continued there about ten or fourteen days, and then again returned to Salem with Captain McCracken and his company; that in the month of May 1777 he this deponent at Sale entered the service as a volunteer of the New York militia in Colonel Alexander Webster’s Regiment in which regiment he was appointed Adjutant, a role of which John Williams was Lieut. Colonel; that soon after this deponent joined the service as adjutant, Captain McCraken had orders from General Schuyler to erect a Picket Fort at Salem, at which he had command and this deponent assisted in erecting it and was engaged there for about two months, at which time Captain McCracken had orders to repair to West Point, and this deponent uniting with Maj’r Armstrong and Lieutenant Burns, under Colonel Williams command in the month of August, marched for Bennington, and was in the Battle of Bennington under the Command of General Starks; that he remained there a week after the battle, in burying the Dead &c, was then ordered with Lieutenant Burnes to proceed on a scout to Quashicook, a place between Salem and Allenton in pursuit of Tories. From there returned to Bennington and from there to Williamstown and continued in actual service for about three months at this time, including the two months above mentioned; that this deponent continued to be adjutant in Colonel Webster’s Regiment during the war, and in the years 1778 and 1779 was almost instantly engaged
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during the summer seasons at Skeensborough Fort Ann, Fort Edward and Fort George; that in 1778 he thinks Captain Stockwell and Lieutenant Armstrong had command of those Forts as had also Lieutenant Barnes and that this deponent was all the summer engaged at the Forts and scouting the adjacent country, being deemed and experienced woodsman and the soldiers were always ready to go with him; that in the year 1779 he was engaged in scouting during nearly the whole summer, in the contiguous country to those Forts; that he has no documentary evidence in his possession and knows of no other persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, but those of Robert Huggans & Samuel Bristol annexed to this declaration; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state; and to the interrogatories propounded by the court this declarant answereth and saith that he was born in Pelham in the County of Northampton in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1742. The record of his age, he thinks is in Pelham and has none other than he made himself in his Bible; that he lived at each time when he entered the service at Salem in Washington County; that he continued to live there until the year 1800 when he removed to Lisbon St. Lawrence County where he
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now resides—has been there 32 years; that when called into service at each time he volunteered; that he does not recollect the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served, further than stated in his declaration; that he never received a written discharge from the service; that he is well known in his neighbourhood and trusts that his character for truth & veracity cannot be impeached and he refers to Judge Robert Livingston to testify as to his character for veracity and the belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Reuben Turner
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid} A. C. Low Clk
I Robert Livingston residing in the Town of Lisbon in the County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Reuben Turner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I have known him well for more than 50 years and believe him to be about 91 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and I concur in that opinion; that he sustains a good moral character and his reputation for veracity is unquestioned; that this deponent will remember the said Reuben Turner was in the service a considerable time during the Revolution.
Rob’t Livingston
Sworn and subscribed this 25th day of September 1832 before me AC Low CLK
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Genessee County

Robert Huggans of Batavia in Said County being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with Reuben Turner and says he was nowing(sic) to the said Reuben Turner being cald(sic) out in the Malatia(sic) of the state of New York to defend the Town of Sheensborough now cald(sic) White Hall and that the said Turner was cald(sic) when for or five timis(sic) during the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine three or source weeks at a time and serviced under Capt. John Armstrong and this deponent further saith not.

Robt Huggans

Subscribed and Sworn before me at Batavia in the County aforesaid this 31st day of August 1832.

Marcus Wakeman, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York, St. Lawrence County}ss: Samuel Bristol now a Resident of the Town of Depeyster in the said county of St. Lawrence being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Reuben Turner in the year 1778 then a resident of the Town of Salem in the County of Washington and State of New York, and well recollects that the said Reuben Turner did serve as an adjutant in the militia of the State of New York in Colonel John Williams Regiment from the 17th day of August 1778 until the beginning of October of that year, and that he the said Reuben Turner did duty at Fort Ann, Fort George and Fort Edward in the said County of Washington & that this deponent was at the same time a volunteer in Captain Samuel Bradley’s Company in the same Regiment and did service at the same time with the said Reuben Turner.
Samuel Bristol
Sworn and subscribed before me at Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County this 10 day of August 1802.
John Fine, First Judge of St. Lawrence County
I certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Bristol the above deponent and believe him to be a person of truth and veracity. March 18, 1833.
John Fine, First Judge of St Lawrence County
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State of New York
St. Lawrence County} ss

I Alvin C. Low Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the Hon. John Fine before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made was at the time & date of the said affidavit First Judge of the County of Common Pleas in and for said County duly authorized to take the same and that I a well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature to the said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine.

The Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 27th day of September 1832.

A.C. Low, Clk
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I John A Savage a Clergyman residing in the village of Ogdensburgh in the County of St. Lawrence to hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Reuben Turner of the Town of Lisbon who I am informed is applying for a Pension under the late Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:  that I believe him to be ninety one year of age as he states and although I have no personal knowledge of his being reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, yet from his good moral character and reputation for veracity & give full credence to his declarations and concur in the opinion that he has served as therein stated.
John A. Savage
Sworn and subscribed this 24th day of Setp 1832 before me}
AC Brown Cornelius
State of New York, St. Lawrence County}ss
I Alvin C. Low, clerk of said County do hereby certify that Anthony Brown before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly authorized by [] to take this I am, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and verily believe that his signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 17th day of September 1832.
A.C. Low Clk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war Department; that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states—and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John A. Savage who has signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the village Ogensburg in the County of St. Lawrence and in the Town next adjoining Lisbon, and that it was inconvenient to him to attend Court being sick & indisposed at this time. And that Robert Livingston who has also signed a certificate is a Resident of the said Town of Lisbon, and for many years a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
John Fine, First Judge of St Lawrence NY
I Alvin C. Low clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Reuben Turner for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of September in the year of your Lord 1832.
A.C. Low Clk
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Application of Reuben Turner, for Revolutionary Pension and Ct of 7th June 1832.

14409
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State of New York, St. Lawrence County}ss:
Reuben Turner of the Town of Lisbon in the County St. Lawrence and State of New York the Declarant name in the annexed Petition for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed 7th day of June 1832, doth hereby in order to amend his declaration as far as in his power, make his affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of S. Lawrence, Reuben Turner of the said Town of Lisbon and County of St. Laurence, well known to me, and 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 time of his services states in the annexed declaration farther than as therein is mentioned; but according to the best of his recollection he is confident he served not less than the periods mentioned in the said declration and as therein stated, and that for such services he claims a pension.
Reuben Turner
Sworn May 18 1833 before me John Fine, First Judge of St. Lawrence NY
I certify that I believe the above affidavit to be true. The appearance of Mrs. Turner is great infirmity and of [illegible] following again is attendant May 18, 1836.
John Fine
First Jude of St. Lawrence NY
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I Alvin C. Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Reuben Turner for a Pension, and that the signature of John Fine First Judge of S. Lawrence County subscribed to the within affidavit to amend the said declaration is the proper handwriting of the said Judge, and that he is First Judge of said County of St. Lawrence.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 23rd day of May in the year of our Lord 1833.

A.C. Low Clk
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WIDOW, &c.

File No. 26.564

Jane Turner, Wid of Reuben Turner
Reuben Turner
Priv-Rev. War

Act July 4th 1836
Index: Vol. M, Page 287

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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3-871.

RECORD DIVISION.

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by Marion B. Hudson.

Claim No. ____________________________________

Certificate No. ________________________________

Claimant _____________________________________

Soldier Reuben Turner.

Service _______________________________________

Additional Service ______________________________

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No_______claim, State records _________________, 191__

No claim, combination records ________, 191____

REMARKS:

No O.W. Wid, O.W.T or Ry. as above except Wid F 26564 and Red. 10760. Latter not identical bring N.G. service. N.Y. Agency gook searched and no 1818 or 1832 survivor's claim found: 1832 claim granted widow under See III Act July 4, 1836

Chief Division
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New York, Rec'd

Reuben Turner, Suspended, let to Louis Hasbrouck 12 Aug't 1833

Let. to R.H. Gillet, May 31, 1837

Act 7 June 32
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Brief in the case of Jane Turner Dec'd, widow of Reuben Albany, Albany County and State of New York, act July 4, 1836

Claim, ("for increase.")

PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.)

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

She was pensioner improperly at $84.54 under the act of 1836 for her husband's service, the pay of of(sic) an adjutant in the same as that of a captain, but she was pensioned as though he had been a Lieutenant.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Hon. Bishop Perkins & others prove the identity of the parties.

Name and residence of Agent
Hon. Bishop Perkins, H of R.

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.
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Jane Turner dec'd., widow of Reuben NY

Increased, act July 4, 1836, 3 most & 10 days as Pri    $10.77
5 mos & 16 days as adj't                                                  $110.66
                                                                                            $121.43

Per annum from 4 March 1831 to 4 April 1842, when she died. Pay to Alexander Turner-1, Reuben Turner-2, Jane Getty-3, Margaret Jackson-4, only children.

Deduct former payments under Act 1836 at $84.54

Cert to Hon Bishop Perkins, H of R
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Jane Turner. Act 1836. $84.54 per annum.
Paid to 4 Setp. 1842. No death.

F. Bush, Auditor
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Pension Office
Fby 1 1834

Sir

Jane Turner, New York Rolls, Act July 4 1836, at $84.54 per annum.

Please state to what time paid.

Very Respectfully

S. Cole

Comm of Pensions

F. Bart, Esq
Third Auditor
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L.P. Waldo
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Pension Office, Jany 4th 1834

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that the case of Jane Turner, widow of Reuben, was allowed for all the service shown by the records in the possession of this office. Application should be made to the Comptroller of the State of New York, for any evidence of his service that he may possess. He claimed to have served as a private and an Adjutant. If the records in his possession show that he served more than 5 months & 16 days as Adjutant and 3 months & 7 days as a private, the case will be increased.

I a very respectfully your Obt. Servant, Commissioner L.P. Waldo (Triplett1)

Hon. Bishop Perkins, H. of Rep's
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Ogdensburgh NY, Oct. 21, 1834

Sir,

Herewith I send you the papers of Jane Turner who asks for such pension as her late husband would have been entitled to. When alive, Mr. Turner who resided near me was always considered & treated as having rendered services in the Revolutionary War. By Mrs. Turner's statement you will see that her husband has heretofore applied for a pension in those papers, she supposes there is proof of his service sufficient for her purposes. Those papers were probably sent to you by l. Hasbrouck Esq. of this place.

Your obt ser't, R.H. Gillet

J.L. Edwards Esq
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner
Washington D.C.

May 30

Reuben Turner, Ny-[illegible]
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Ogdensburgh, N.Y., May 25, 1837

Sir,

In or about 1833, Louis Hasbrouck Esq. applied for a pension for Reuben Turner of Lisbon in this state for service rendered during the Revolutionary War. Mr. turner died before the pension was granted & Mr. Hasbrouck is also dead. Mr. Turner's widow supposed she is entitled to a pension & enlisting the impression that the pension papers of her late husband are in your office & that they will furnish in part the testimony necessary to entitle her to a pension. She desires me to ask you to send to me the papers on file in your office which she wishes to use in his application. Any directions you may give concerning the papers will be followed.

Your out sev't R.H. Gillet

J.L. Edwards, Com. Pensions
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Alex Turner & others, heirs of Reuben & Jane Turner to Edwards & Smith

Power of Attorney

We desire to see the cases of Reuben & Jane Turner of N. York admitted, 5 Nov. '57, 

Edwards & Smith

W. Cole
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Know all men by these presents that we Alexander Turner, Reuben Turner, William Getty & Jane Getty his wife the said Reurben Alexander & Jane being children & heirs at law of Reuben Turner & Jane Turner mentioned in a pension certificate granted to the said Jane Turner under the Act of July 4, 1836 & bearing date February 14th 1838 do constitute & appoint J.L. Edwards and Simeon Smith of the City of Washington our true & Lawful attornies & we do by these presents give & grant unto our said attornies full power & lawful authority to prosecute for demand and service of & from the government of the United States & from the pension department thereof all sums of money to which we are or may be in anyway entitled as the children & heirs of Reuben Turner or Jane Turner.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this 24 day of September one thousand [eight] hundred & fifty one.

In presence of Bishop Perkins

Alex Turner, Jane Getty, Wm Getty, Reuben (his x mark) Turner
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State of New York, St. Lawrence County ss
Be it remembered that on this 24 Day of September 1851 before me John W. Grant one of the Justices of the Peace of the town of Owegegatchie in & for the County of St. Lawrence came Alexander Turner, Reuben Turner, Wm Getty, & Jane Getty his wife all well known to me to be the persons described in & and who executed the within power of attorney & they severally acknowledged that they had executed & said power of attorney & declared the same to be their free act & deed. 

John W. Grant, Justice of the Peace

Subscribed and sworn before me this 24th day of Sept. 1857

John W. Grant, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF ST. LAWRENCE} SS.

I GEORGE S WINSLOW, Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that John W. Grant whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same:  And further, I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 7th day of October. 1857

George S. Winslow
Clerk.
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State of New York, St. Lawrence County ss

Alexander Turner being duly sworn says that his father Reuben Turner died in the year 1833 & his mother Jane Turner died in September 1842. That he the said Alexander Turner, Reuben Turner, Jane Getty & Margaret Jackson are the only children & sole heirs at law of Reuben Turner & Jane Turner deceased.

Alex Turner

Subscribed & sworn this 24 day of September 1857 before me John W. Grant, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF ST. LAWRENCE}ss

I GEORGE S. WINSLOW, Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence, and also Clerk of the Court of Record by law to be held therein, Do hereby certify that John W. Grant before whom the annexed affidavit of Alexander Turner was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, elected, sworn, and duly authorized according to law to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat of the annexted affidavit is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County and Courts the 7th day of Oct. 1857

George S. Winslow, Clerk.
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Edwards & Smith, Nov 10 57
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Washington 10. November. 1857

Dr Sir.

Yours of the 3d inst, with power of attorney from the heirs of Jane Turner, was duly rec'd and we have examined the papers on file. We find that the service credited to Reuben Turner is 5 months & 16 days as adjutant & 3 months & 7 days as Private. The allowance should have been about $121 per year instead of $84.54. 

The papers necessary to obtain this increase are 1st a declaration signed by all the children or by an administrator of the widows estate & 2d proof of the death of the widow & proof of heirship. Proof of the widow's death should be positive, & certain as to the day, as on that day the pension ceases. Proof of heirship should be such as is usually given by the Surrogate or Clerk of Court of record where the proof is to be used out of the state, and should state the naes of all the children & their residences.

The witnesses as to the death of the widow should swear that they are disinterested in the claim of the heirs for an increase in the pension & the officer before whom they are sworn should certify that they are credible witnesses. The same
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of the witnesses as to the heirship if their affidavits are sent with the Surrogates or County Clerk's certificate.

If it can be done all the testimony had better be taken in open court, as the Department is very rigid as to the mode of taking testimony. If there is no Court in session and you have a judge who does chamber business, the declaration may be made & the testimony taken before him as a judge at Chambers, and the County Clerk must certify to all the proceedings, and that said Judge is a Judge of a court of record.

We enclose a rough draft for a declaration by an administrator, made by the children [that] you can change to suit the case.

Very Respectfully 

Edwards & Smith

Hon. B. Perkins
Ogensburgh, N. York
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Jane Turner died Sep. or Aug,1842

Alexander Turner-1, Reubin Turner-2, Jane Getty-3, Margaret Jackson-4

3 Mos & 7 d pri. $10.77
5 Moa & 16 d adj. 110.66

$121.43
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Whereas I Alexander Turner of the Town of Lisbon in the county of St. Lawrence am a son of Jane Turner, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $84.54 per annum allowed her on account of the Services of Reubin(sic) Turner, dec’d, who was ap private and adjutant in the war of the Revolution and whereas I am advised that the children of the said Jane Turner deceased are entitled to receive an increased amount of pension on account of the Services of the Said Reubin(sic) Turner deceased, as an adjutant & private. Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint H.H. Sylvester Esq’r of the city of Washington my true and lawful attorney for and in my name & in the name and behalf of all the children of said Jane Turner deceased to pursue and prosecute our claims to such increased pension as we may be by law entitled to, and I do hereby make this power of attorney irrevocable during one year from this date.
Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of June A.D. 1851.
Alexander (his x mark) Turner
Executed in presence of B.W. Flack
William A. Gray
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
COUNTY OF ST. LAWRENCE}ss.

I Israel R Tupper, Deputy Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence, and also Deputy Clerk of the Courts of Record directed by law to be held therein, Do hereby certify that B.W Flack before whom the annexed affidavit of our acknowledgment of Alexander Turner were(sic) taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, elected, sworn, and duly authorised(sic) according to law to take the same:  And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signture to the Certificate and the Jurat, of the annexed affidavit is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County and Courts, the 12 day of June 1851.

Isreal R. Tupper Dep. CLERK.
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State of New York, County of St Lawrence ss

Alexander Turn of the Town of Lisbon in said County being duly sworn according to law, doth depose that he is a son of the within named Jane Turner deceased and that he is directly interested in the claim and application about to be made by virtue of the written Power of attorney for an [illegible] of the pension allowed to his mother the aforesaid from Turner Deceased --

His Mark X Alexander Turner

Sworn to and subscribed to on this 11th day of June AD 1851
Before Mr.  B W Flack
Justice of the peace