Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9327, Samuel Dewey, New York Vt.
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New York
Dewey, Samuel
S. 9327
Vt.
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32.850 

New York Albany 
Samuel Dewey of Wayne co. in the state of New York who was a Jesuit in the company commanded by Captain Sherwood of the reget commanded by captain (illegible) in the New York line of Geards

Vt. M.Y
Records Protected Dec, 12, 1904 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany  at the rate of $80 0.00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831 

Certificate of Pention issued on the 9th day of April 1837 and sent to (Illegible) Appears to the forth of Newark Semiannual, allowance ending 

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832 

Recorded by Weightman Clerk, book 6.2m Vol. 4, Page 19
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Samuel Dewey
application - 14833 

Found on roll captain. Adiel Sherwood, company of a return of prisoners to may 1783 

(Illegible) 

Samuel Dewey found on said roll as having been paid for three months only from 15th July 1780
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State of New York County > SS

ON this second day of October 1832, personally appears in open court before the judges of court of common pleas now sitting a resident of (Illegible) in the county of Maine and state of New York - aged sixtynine years, who being 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. 

In the month of April 1779 he enlisted in captain Dial Sherwood's company of New York State booked in Cal Livingston Regiment. He enlisted in the term of 9 months then living in the town of (Illegible), county of [Illegible] in the state of New York meant first to Fort Sherman now Fort Ann. He present (Illegible) but the [Illegible] he surrendered to the enemy command by May Carlton and Sir John Joshua (British Officer) he remained prisoner by them at the surrender of said Fort taken by the enemy to Loubeck, where he was kept most of the time at Loubeck and part of the time amongst the Andiary in the month of October 1783 he was discharged from [Illegible] in the hands of the enemy by the [Illegible]
When he returned home, he [Illegible] pensioner in the [Illegible] of October in the year 1779 had served at Fort Sherwood in the company and regiment of [Illegible] before he was taken prisoner in the year 1783 in the town of varrington county of Berkshire in the state of Massachusetts lives in the town of [Illegible] has lighten county of state of New York when he entered of service in which town his residency in the year 1794. There he lived since the war lived in the state of New York (except six months in the state of Vermont) where he now resides in Arcadia county of Wayne and state of New York where he has residency the years past but he has no due [Illegible] evidence and that he knows of no person who's testimony he can [Illegible] who can testify to his service that he is h c quantity of [Illegible] Timothy Ray Able to John L Gyber. He who resides in his neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a solider in the revolution [Illegible] has a record of his age in the Bible formally acclaimed to his brother now in his possession was born in Great Barrington Birkshire County Massachusetts in the year 1763 when called into [Illegible] he lived in [Illegible] Washington County, New York
He hearby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Him Samuel + Dewey Mark
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We, Timothy Ray - Residing in the town of [Illegible] and State of New York and John L Cuyler, residing in county of Wayne and state aforesaid hearby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Dewey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixtynine years of age, and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the date and year aforesaid
Timothy Ray
John Cuyler

And the said Court do hearby declare their opinion, after the investigation oof the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary solider and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Timothy Ray is a resident of [Illegible] and state of New York and also that John L Cuyler of Arcadia county of Wayne and state of Aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit 

I John L Cuyler, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Dewey for a Pension. In testimony of whereof I have hereunto set my hand in seal of office, the second day of October 1832
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14, 853
Samuel Dewey
N.Y

e.i. [Illegible]

[Illegible]

Claim care of, David McNeil of Ontario Lawrence New York
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War Department
Pension Office
183

Re:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the end of June 8, 1832 has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjected notes you will readily receive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done, those points in which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will by complying with this request greatly assist the investigation  of your claim

A statement showing the service of Samuel Dewey of Wayne County of New York

Periods when the service was rendered

April 17 1779
Enlisted 9 months
Served [Illegible] when he was taken prisoner, carried to Quebec, and kept in confinement until the end of the war  

Duration 

Years

Months
6

Days

Rank of the Claiment 
Private

Names and Rank of Company Officers

Captain Sherwood 

Names and Rank of General and Field officers

Captain Livingston 

Battles in which applicant was engaged

Country through which he marches

Marched to Fort Sherwood 

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period

Unspecified Washington county new york

Age 69 years 

Evidence by which the declaration is supported

Traditionary Evidence 

No Clergyman [Illegible]

I am, respectfully
your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Evidence required to obtain the applicant's declaration
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2 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance , make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory District of County of On this ---day of --- personally appeared (a) before ----- A. B. a resident (b) of ----- in the county of ---- and State, Territory or District of ----- aged (c) --- 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 pension made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ----, with ---- and served in the ---- (e) regiment of the ---- line, under the following named officers (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I -------------------- of the Court of ----------------------------- do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of --------------- for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ------- day of ------------------ & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ------------- and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ---------------- , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be -------- 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. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. ------ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ------- and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, -----------Clerk of the Court of ---------------- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this --- of ---- & c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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3 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. To a Soldier Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. {a] the declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rules laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] the declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served [e] Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly worn, deposes 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----days, I served as a ----- and for such service I claim a pension." it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the miliia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which in can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying once, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. [j] in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the 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 credibly of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. the notes [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of militia men, volunteers, and state troops The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases [l] if a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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Petition of
Samuel Dewey
a Revolutionary Soldier
and certain proof &
memorials and [illegible]
the same praying for
a pension for his Revolutionary
Services

January 14, 1850 Referred to the
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
W.A. Sackett

[this paragraph Xed out}
also ask that your
to the [illegible] Revolutionary [illegible]
of Pensions  furnish Copies of all
[illegible] on file in my office,
filed to obtain a pension
for Samuel Dewey

Feb. 7th 1850. Bill 75.
W.A. Sacket

Com on Rev.
Pensions
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To the Congress of the United States-
The petition of Samuel Dewey, of
the town of Arcadia in the County of Wayne, and
State of New York, respectfully showeth:-

That he applied in the year 1832, for a pension to the
Commissioner of Pensions: That your petitioner acted
as teamster the week before, and at the Battle of 
Bennington, in the Revolutionary Army, for Colonel
Herrick's Regiment of Vermont Troops; and carried
as such teamster, three loads of the wounded from
said Battle, and then moved back to Pawlet in
Vermont with the American Troops, and remained
there two or three months till they were dismissed.
That in April, 1780, your petitioner, at Kingsbury,
Washington County, enlisted, and in July 1780, went
to Fort Ann, in Colonel DuBois Regiment, Captain
Adiel Sherwood's Company, Lieutenant Bradshaw,
and remained there till the 15th October 1780, or there
abouts, when he was taken, with Capt. Sherwood
Company, by Major Carlton, of the British Army,
with a large body of British soldiers and tories, accompanied
by a large body of indians under the
command of Major Sir John Johnston, and was
carried prisoner from there to Canada, by way of
Fort George; that he was in sight of the battle of
Fort George, which happened the next day after he
was taken prisoner: that he was carried to
St Johns in Canada, and from there to Caughnawaga
12 miles above Montreal on the St Lawrence, by
Major Johnson aforesaid, and remained there a
prisoner with him for two years, and then was sent
to Quebec, and remained there in close jail a prisoner
of war, until the 3 day of November, 1783.
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or thereabout, the close of the Revolutionary war,
when he was set at liberty, 340 miles from home:
when a pass was given him, and he returned to his
home in Washington County: That Major Andre
or Andrew Skeen was the Provost Master during the
whole of his confinement, and gave him said
pass, which pass was destroyed in the burning of
your petitioners house and contents in Eaton, Mallison
County, in the year 1807. That said your
petitioners application to the Pension Office in 1832.
he has been endeavoring to procure a pension; but
has been unable to do so, because he has been unable
to show to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, his
imprisonment in Canada, and only three months
time of his enlistment show upon the records: That the
rest of his company were imprisoned at Quebec
about 20 months, while your petitioner was taken
by Major Johnson among the Indians: and that the
reason why his name does not appear with
Captain Adiel Sherwoods Company after the 15th
day of October, the day he was taken prisoner, was
as he supposes, that he was not imprisoned with the
rest of his company, and was not discharged with
them and was probably supposed to be dead:-

That your petitioner is poor, and unable to support
himself; that he is 85 years of age, in March
last; that he resides with his son in law George
Lumbart, at Newark Village, Wayne County,
State of New York, and has resided with him between
one and two years; that his said son in law is
also poor, and dependent upon his labor for his
daily support; that your petitioner wife is 76
years old, and was so the 26th day of March last
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that she is sick, and has been for a year or
more, and your petitioner is now obliged to subsist
partly upon charity: Your petitioner therefore
prays your Honorable body, that you would
be pleased to grant him a pension, from the time
of his application in 1832; or for such further
time as to your Honorable body would seem
proper; and thus lighten the burden of his
declining years, and cheer his descending footsteps
to the grave, and your petitioner would
refer, in connection with this, to his papers on
file in this matter, at the Pension office
and your petitioner will ever pray be
Dated Arcadia Wayne County
New York, November 12, 1849
In the presence of
Clark Mason              Samuel X Dewey his mark

State of New York
Wayne County, SS:⎬ 
Samuel Dewey, the above
named petitioner, being duly sworn, deposes and
says, that the matter and facts set forth in
the above petition are true.
Sworn before me this
14th day of November, 1849⎬  Samuel X Dewey  his mark
Clark Maron a Justice
of the Peace in & for said County
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State of New York
Wayne County, SS I George Lumbert, of Arcadia
in said County (of Newark Village ) being duly
sworn, depose and say, that he is the person named
in the foregoing annexed petition of Samuel Dewey
for a pension; that he has been acquainted with
said Dewey for some eighteen years, ever since 
deponent was a small boy - That deponent ever has
since his first acquaintance with said Dewey has heard
him relate the facts set forth in said petition, with
great particularity and minuteness, and deponent
has no doubt of the truth of the matters and facts set
forth in said petition: That he has heard-
Van Dreuser, whose affidavit has been taken in this
matter, speak of and relate the same things - that
said VanDreuser has not been seen by deponent
within several years - that he was then an aged
man, and in deponents belief entitled to full credit
That during deponent acquaintance with said
Dewey, the said Dewey has many times to to him
the incidents connected with his services and 
captivity in the revolutionary war and deponent
has no first grounds to doubt, and has no doubt
as to the entire truth and correctness of his 
statements and relation; That the circumstances of
the said Dewey and his family are correctly
related in said petition: That said Dewey has
resided with deponent about two years; that
deponent is poor, and dependent upon his duly
labor for the daily support of himself and his
family besides being burdened with the aged
couple, the said petitioner and his wife: That the
said Dewey is unable to work, being only able
to support himself as he walks about with the
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aid of a cane:

That the wife of said Dewey has not been so as
to do any work for nearly three years, and has
been confined to her bed with sickness about
three months, and is still so confined with sickness:
That the mental faculties of the said Dewey are
unimpaired except being somewhat enfeebled
by age. that his memory is good, particularly
in regard to those transactions which took place
during the stirring period of the revolution, and
in regard to his own services, and the facts connected
therewith: and that in the opinion of deponent
his mind is entirely sound, and his statements
entirely correct in regard to the matters set forth
in said petition

Sworn before me this
26th day of November 1849    George X Lumbert his mark
Clark Mason a Justice
of the Peace in & for said
County
-
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State of New York
Wayne County, ss:
Richard P. Williams,
of Newark in said County
being duly sworn, depose and says, that he
has conversed with Samuel Dewey named
in the annexed petition in regard to the incidents
of the Battle of Bennington, and that he relates
the incidents thereof as the inhabitants who
lived there and who knew them are and
have been accustomed to relate them, and
that said Dewey knows and make use of
in his relation the ancient names of those
connected with the Battle, and the old
inhabitants of Bennington, and uses the
old name that the inhabitants use there
to the River (The Walloomschoick), and speaks
of the bridge across the river which the old 
inhabitants speak of now for many years
gone: That deponent practiced medicine in
the town of Bennington thirty years ago, and
was there about seven years, and is familiar
with the ground upon which the Battle was
fought, and with the town of Bennington, and
was acquainted with the old inhabitants
then when he resided there; and that the
said Dewey is perfectly familiar with the
ground upon which the said Battle was fought
as appears by his narration to deponent: That
deponent is of the age of sixty years, and is a
physician and surgeon, and that the said
Dewey is in his opinion of sound mind, 
possessing his mental faculties unimpaired except
they are partially weakened  by age. that the said
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Dewey is in the opinion of deponent a man of
integrity, and entirely reliable in his statements
especially in regard to the incidents connected
with his services in the revolutionary war,
and in regard to the statement of his service
and his captivity-- that his memory in regard
to those incident appear to be good, and correct:
and that his statements would be received in any
Court of Justice in regard to them in the opinion
of deponent. And further deponent says not
Sworn before me this
28th day of November, 1849  Richard P. Williams  
Clark Mason a Justice
of the Peace in & for said
County
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To the Congress of the United States
The petition of the undersigned inhabitants
of the Village of Newark, and town of Arcadia in
the County of Wayne and State of New York, respectfully
represents:
that they are acquainted with Samuel
Dewey of said place, whom they understand is
about applying to you for a pension for his services
in the Revolution: and that he is in their opinion
a man of respectability and truth, whose statement
are to be relied upon that he is a man of sound
mind, and that his statements would in their
opinion, be taken in any court of justice; that
he is poor, dependent upon a poor relative for support.
and some what upon charity: and the undersigned
believe that such aid as your Honorable body may
extend to him in the way of a pension would be
worthily and well appropriated: That some of
the undersigned have conversed with him in
regard to his revolutionary services, and they have
no doubt of the truthfulness and correctness of
his statement, nor but that he is justly entitled to
a pension, and has been so for years past, and
that he should receive one from the time of his first
application in 1832. if not longer

your petitioners therefore pray your Honorable
body to grant to the said Samuel Dewey such
pension or to you shall seem proper for his services
in the Revolutionary war and for his long captivity
therein, and for such length of time as shall seem proper
to your Honorable body, believing that a small
portion of revenues of our country cannot
be better appropriated them in assisting in their
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declining years those to whom in common with
other of our revolutionary forefathers, we owe so
much and particularly in this case where Prouty
add its claim to Patriotism and worth -
And your petitioner will can pray be
Dated December 1, 1849-
=
Ester Blackman Ex MC30th Congress
Abel T Blackman Merchant,
Daniel G. Lusk Past Master
Horace Blackman Merchant
Smith Palmer  Joseph A. Miller Secy Wayne Co
M.D.S. Hyde Mutual Insurance Company
Helton Williams [illegible]
Reid Taylor Sect of New York State Mutual Ins.C
John H Harder Justice of the peace
William Tuber Merchant
L. W. Jackson dr
Clark Mason [illegible]
Richard P. Williams M.D
Stephen K. Williams, Attorney & Counsellor.
Lanni L. Rose Supt Canal repairs
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September 2, 1937.
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Mr. R. H. Olcott                         BA-J/ady
244 California Street                 Samuel Dewey
Room 412                                  S. 9327
San Francisco, California

Dear Sir:
The data contained herein were obtained from
the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim
for pension, S.9327, based upon the military
service of Samuel Dewey in that war.

Samuel Dewey was born in March, 1763, in Great
Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, day,
and the names of his parents are not shown.

Samuel Dewey enlisted one week before the
battle of Bennington, served as teamster in Colonel
Herrick's Vermont Regiment, was in the battle of
Bennington, and was discharged after two or three
months service. While residing at Westfield, Washington
County, New York, he enlisted in April 1779, or
1780, served as a private in Captain Adiel Sherwood's
Company under Colonels Livingston and Du Bois in the
New York troops, was at the surrender of Fort Sherwood
(later Fort Ann ) where he was taken prisoner and
carried to Quebec; from there he was taken by Sir John
Johnson (British) and kept out among the Indians until
in October or November 3, 1783, when he was exchanged
and returned home.

He remained in said Westfield until 1794 and
after that time lived in New York State (except six
months in Vermont). In 1807, he resided in Eaton,
Madison County, New York.

He was allowed pension from March 4, 1831.

In 1832, he was residing in Arcadia, Wayne County,
New York, and stated that he had lived there for one
year. In 1841, he was living in Medina, Michigan. In
1849, he was residing with his son-in-law, George Lumbart,
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whose wife's name is not shown, at Newark Village,
Wayne County, New York.

The soldier's wife, her name not given, was aged
seventy-six years on March 26, 1849. There are no
further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date
of soldier's death, you should apply to the Records
Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C.,
and cite the following data:

Samuel Dewey, Certificate No.32850, issued April
9, 1851, rate $80.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831,
Act of June 7, 1832, Albany, New York Agency"".

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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14853
Let to D. McNeil 14 Oct 1833
  "                  "     21 July 34
  "      G. S. Williams 18 Apr 35
  "       D. McNeil 9 Apr 36
  "  A. W. Baker Oct 4 1841
  '    Claimant  April 11 1842
  "   E F Brown  Sept 20 1845
  "    same    Oct 30  45
  "    Hon E. Blackman March 9 49


Let to Hon. E Blackman
April 7 1849
let 6 Aug 49 to
applicant
Let to Hon. W A Sackett
[illegible] Jany 16 1850
lett to G W Jones Mar 13/50
  "        R Williams   " 4/51
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Papers on the claim
of Samuel Dewey
from the pension office
Refered to Court on each
W A Sackett
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September 2, 1937.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ady
Mr. R. H. Olcott
244 California Street
Room 412
San Francisco, California

Dear Sir
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Noah Dewey,
born in 1734, in Connecticut, that of Elias Dewey who
enlisted in Conway, Massachusetts, which name you
have found on Vermont Revolutionary War rolls also,
and the record of Samuel Dewey who enlisted in Vermont.
Elias and Samuel possibly being the sons of Noah Dewey.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on
file based upon service of Noah Dewey, all spellings
of the names searched. The record has been found of a
Samuel Dewey who served in the Vermont troops, and of
only one Elias Dewey. Their records are furnished you
herewith as found in pension claims, S.9327 and 2912
respectively.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
WFE/eel
April 2, 1929

Mrs. D. K. Moore
458 Briar Place
Chicago, Illinois

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.9327, it appears that Samuel Dewey
was born in March, 1763, in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Massachusetts.

He enlisted one week before the battle of Bennington
, served as teamster in Colonel Herrick's Vermont Regiiment
, was at the battle of Bennington, and was discharged
after two or three months service.

While residing at Westfield, Washington County, New York
, he enlisted in April, 1779 or 1780, served as a
private in Captain Adiel Sherwood's Company under Colonels
Livingston and Du Bois in the New York Troops, was at the
surrender of Fort Sherwood (later Fort Ann ) where he was
taken prisoner and carried to Quebec; from there he was
taken by Sir John Johnson (British ) and kept out among
the Indians until in October or November 3, 1783, when
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he was exchanged and returned home.

He remained in said Westfield until 1794 and after
that time lived in New York State (except six months in
Vermont). In 1807, he resided in Eaton, Madison County,
New York.
He was allowed pension from March 4, 1831.

In 1832, he was residing in Arcadia, Wayne County,
New York, and stated that he had lived there for one year.
In 1841, he was living in Medina, Michigan. In 1849 he
was residing with his son-in-law, George Lumbart, whose
wife's name is not shown, at Newark Village, Wayne County,
New York.
The soldier's wife, her name is not given, was aged
seventy-six years on March 26, 1849.

There are no further family data.

Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to
yours and the lack of a clerical force available for
the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate reply
to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution

Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in
order of receipt.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Ann Gridley Chapter
Hillsdale, Michigan
Daughters of the American Revolution
Michigan
458 Briar Place
Chicago
March 23, 1929

Bureau of Pensions -
Washington, D.C. -

On February 7th I wrote you for a transcript of the pension record of Samuel Dewey, a Revolutionary soldier of Massachusetts, who applied for his pension from New York - probably Newark, N.Y. I have had no reply and am taking the liberty to write you again about it, hoping that I may receive an early answer.

Yours very truly
Vivian Lyon Moore
(Mrs. D.K.)
Registrar Ann Gridley Chapter
D.A.R.

[stamped circle] MAR 25 1929
Pension Office
U.S.
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Ann Gridley Chapter
Hillsdale, Michigan
458 Briar Place
Chicago
Feb. 7, 1929.

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send me a transcript of the Pension Record of Samuel Dewey (died Feb. 7, 1854 aged 92 in Michigan) who served in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts at an early age. He was married three times, the last time to a Miss Ingram. He received a pension through the influence of Esbon Blackmer of New York state.

Thank you very much for as early a reply as possible.

Yours very truly
Vivian Lyon Moore
(Mrs. D.K.)
Registrar Ann Gridley Chapter
D.A.R.
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Frank W. Dewey
. . .Transacts A. . .
General Agency Business.
Handles All the Latest Novelties.

Territory Covered:
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia.
All consignments receive my personal attention.

[upper left corner] OW&N EOL
[stamped center] O.W.& N. Division Nov 15 1899 Received.

Portland, Or., Nov. 5, 1899

Pension Bureau.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir -

Will you be kind enough to give me a copy of the pension papers of Samuel Dewey who served in the Revolutionary Army and who died about fifty years ago.

What I want is the name of his wife and of his children if you are in possession of the same. I believe he was married three times, father of twelve children.

Any information which you may have by his having been a soldier, thinking possibly you may have some records of his family, will be kindly received.
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Respectfully Yours
F. W. Dewey

Astoria Oregon

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE 
NOV 13 1899
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[left side]
00,
-F.W. Dewey
Oregon.

[center]
9324
Invalid.
File No. 9321
Samuel Dewey
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 93
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
Jany - 15 - 19
Mil Hist to
Portland

1929-April 2, Hist to
Mrs. D.K. Moore, MEE
1937 Sept. 2. Hist. to R.H.
Olcott. See his letter
in Elias Dewey claim,
R.2112. A.D.Y.
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To the Commissioner of Pensions}
of the United States}

The undersigned hereby certify that they are acquainted with Samuel Dewey, whose petition accompanies this; and with the contents of his said petition.
That they have heard the said Dewey relate the story of his revolutionary services and sufferings; and they have no doubt the account thereof, as set forth in said petition, is in all respects just and true.
That the said Dewey is in the opinion and belief of the undersigned, worthy of confidence and belief, and his affidavit would be taken in any court of the United States.
Newark, Wayne Co. April 5, 1851 -

Esbon Blackmer
Daniel H Lusk Post Master
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State of New York }
County of Wayne} SS

Esbon Blackmer and Daniel H. Lusk being summarily duly sworn depose and say that the written statement and certificate by them subscribed is true.

Esbon Blackmer
D H Lusk Post Master

Subscribed & sworn to this
5th day of April 1851,
before me.
George H Middleton
County Judge of Wayne County

I hereby certify that I have for some three years past attended (occasionally) on said Samuel Dewey, have had frequent conversations with him, heard him relate his services and sufferings during this revolutionary war, and I consider him of remarkably sound mind, and strict veracity.
J. Coventry M.D.
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Hon. James E Heath
Com of Pensions
Home Dpt
Washington
D.C.
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Att
Newark Wayne County New York
To the Hon James E Heath
February 27th, 1851
Com of Pensions
Dear Sir
Many years since I made application for a Pension
under the Law of 1831, and have from year to year
continued to age my claim believing that I had
sufficient proof to have given me a pension under the Lot
At the suggestion of some friends, at the commence of
the present session of congress I applied for relief and
a bill was promptly passed by the House of Representations
to give me relief.  I am credibly informed that many
members of the House thought my proof sufficient to grant me
a pension under the Law. The senate did not find time to consider
my claim and I now ask of you to withdraw my
paper from the Senate, and examine my claim as
there are many additional affidavits, which were not previously submitted
to the Com of Pensions, and grant me that relief which in
justice and Law have long been due
Charles, F. Morse
Your most truly
Samuel
Dewey
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Newark Wayne Co N York
Hon Jas E Heath Com of Pension February 27th 1851
Dear Sir
We the subscribers being residents of the Village
where Samuel Dewey resides, would state to you
that we are well acquainted with him and know him
to be very poor as are also all his relatives. Those that
know him do not doubt that he was a prisoner in Canada for three years.
We respectfully ask you to reexamine
Mr. Dewey Claim as soon as it can consistently be done
as he is very old and the pension, we think due 
him is now much needed
Mr. Dewey does not employ
any agent neither has he ever done so, and we hope you
will act promptly upon his claim as though he had
done so
Eber Blackmore C. M. 30 Augus
George S. Middleton
Wayne County Judge,
Clark Mason Justice of the Peace
Joseph A. Miller Secty Wayne Co. Co.
Daniel W. Lusk Post Master
Theodore Dickinson Justice of the Peace ┃
To W. Scott Counsellor be
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J L Edwards
Letters
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Pension Office
September 2, 1840
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 22d
time I have to state that your original declaration
under the act of 7 June, 1832, made before the Court
of the County of Wayne, State of New York, has
been again examined for objections to the claim you
are referred to a report made to your Agent David
McNeil, Esq on the 9th of April 1836, a copy
which is herewith enclosed
I am, respectfully
your obt servant
J L Edwards
Samuel Dewey,
Medina
Michigan
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Col J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
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Washington
Feby 22 1824


Dear Sir
Samuel Dewey of New York made and application
for a pension 1832 or 1833. Will you please send
me a certified copy of the papers on file in
your office in this case
& oblige you

Esbon Blackman



J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
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Pension Office
April 7th, 1849

Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 22nd February last requesting
us to furnish you with certified copies of
the papers in the case of Samuel Dewey
and to inform you that we cannot consistently
with the regulations of the Department
furnish copies of papers in any to
unless they be required for certain purposes

If you will state the object for which these
papers are desired we can then determine
whether or not your request can be
Complied with

[signature cut off]
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J L Edwards
Letter
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Pension Office
June 27, 1840
Sir,
In reply to the enclosed letter from Mr Samuel
Dewey, I have to state that it does not appear from the records
in this Office that any papers have ever been received here from
Michigan in support of his claim to a pension under the act of
June 7. 1832. If he resided in any other State at the time he
applied, the State should be mentioned, before a reference can be
had to his papers. In January last the Hon. J.E. Crary was
informed that no papers had been received from Michigan
in Mr Dewey's case, and if a letter had been written from
this office relative to his claim, the date of the letter should
be stated, and the name of the person to whom it was
adressed, when perhaps it would be in the power of this
Office to give some further information on the subject.

It does not appear from our records that any
papers in relation to Mr Dewey's case have been received here
since March last, to which he refers.

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt Sert
J L Edwards

J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
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J. L. Edwards
Letter
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War Department
Pension Office
January 29, 1840
Sir,
I herewith return the paper
in the case of Samuel Dewey, and have to state
that it does not appear from the records that he
has ever exhibited a declaration from Michigan
It should be shown to whom a letter was written in
his case and the date of the letter should be
given in order that referrence may be had to ┃
his papers, should there be any on file in this of
fice
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
Your obt. Servt.
J.L. Edwards



Con. Isaac E. Crary
House of Representatives
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J L Edwards 
Letter

J L Edwards
July 21st  1834
Relation to dewey's pension

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

David Mc Neil Esq
Phelps
New York
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War Department
Pension Office
July 21, 1834
Sir
The papers of Samuel Davey have again been
- There is no evidence in the Department that
Col Livingston commanded a regiment of nine months 
men at Fort Sherwood as alleged If such and the 
full evidence of it may be had by applying to 
the Secretary of the State of New York
The affidavit of Van Deusen is defective his
age and place of residence should have been stated
and his credibility more fully certified - He states
ilies that at the time Fort Sherwood & Fort George
were taken he was a number of Captain Wrights
Company Col Warners Regiment of New York State
troops-- does not appear however that Col Warner
had the command of such a regiment at any time
during the revolutionary war
Sam further wide is required to sustain this claim
papers remain on file
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respectfully
Your Obt Sert
J. L. Edwards
David McNeil Esq
Phelps
New York
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Hon. J. L. Edwards Pension Office Washington D.C.
[postmark]
NEW YORK SEP 24
[vertical]
Sept 25, 1841
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New York 20th Sept. 1841 
Hon. J. L. Edwards The undersigned beg to call your attention once more to the claim of Samuel Dewey who filed his claim for a pension some time in 1832 from Wayne Co. N.Y. and is now a resident of Medina Mich. You have been frequently addressed on this subject, but I am time you will bear with still further communications when you learn that Mr. Dewey is very poor, and after a long captivity among the Indians, is poorly able to struggle against sickness, age & poverty.  In your letter to D. McNiel Esq. of the 9th of April 1836, you say that it appearing from the pay roll of Capt. Adiel Sherwood that he recd pay for his three months services, and having made his declaration under the law of June 7th 1832, his claim is rejected. Will you, Sir, have the goodness to state whether explanations, showing that [crossed out:Mr. Dewey], at the time of the Exchange of prisoners including Capt. Sherwood Company, Mr. Dewey was in an other part of Canada a prisoner among the Indians, and consequently his name not part on the roll to be returned, will be received , and will operate favourably for Mr Deweys claim.and whether they would be received under a new declaration. Please address the reply to Yours Respy A.M. Baker Adrian, Mich
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Feby 7uy?
 Col J L Edwards Com of Pensions Washington Hon A. Blackman
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Washington. Jany 29th 1849 
Dear Sir  Mr Samuel Dewey now residing in Wayne Co. New York, wishes me to make the enquiry why his pension cannot be granted. he made application some years since. He applied as a pensioner from N York and I learn that he has shown Six months service. I am well acquanted with Mr Dewey and as he is very poor I would like to assist him to his pension. Will you do me the favor to investigate his case and report to me as soon as convenent. Yours very truely Esbon Blackmer E. L. Edwards Esqr Com of Pensions Washington}
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Oct 7 1845  addl to case Jame Dewey
J.L. Edwards Esq.e
Commissioner of Pensions
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U. S. Agency & Notarial Office,
Washington, 30. Sept. 1845.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions.

Sir,

Your letter of 20th inst. enclosing a copy of your letter of 11. April 1842 to Mr. Saml. Dewey, [underlined] has been received, and I have written to Albany for evidence in his case.

Please file the enclosed Certificate from the Comptroller of New York, and inform me what further evidence is necessary to the admission of his claim.

I am Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Edw. F. Brown
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J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Oct 4th Recd 11 Oct. 41
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Pension Office
October 4th 1841

Sir,

In answer to yours respecting the case of Samuel Dewey I have to inform you that any explanation or evidence which the claimant or his counsel may present to the Department will be examined and duly appreciated. The weight to which such explanation and evidence may be entitled cannot be determined in advance of their presentation.

I am, very respectfully,
Yr. Mo. Obt. St.
J L Edwards

Mr. A. M. Baker
Adrian
Michigan
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House of Rep.
Jany 14, 1850

J L. Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions

Please send me the papers on file in behalf of Samuel Dewey to procure a pension. He has a petition before Congress for a pension by special law.

Yours truly
W. A. Sackett.
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[upper left stamped circle] Phelps Jun 28

[right side] FREE

War Department
Care of J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[vertically on left] June 28

[bottom right] Saml Dewey's
addl. evi.

James Humphreys
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Phelps Ontario NY
June 23. 1834

Dear Sir

Enclosed is James Vandreasers Certificate in support of Samuel Deweys claim for a pension - This is the only living witness that the old gentleman can find after a long search, which I hope may carry his claim through to your satisfaction. James Humphreys pension which was promised him on a certain relinquishment has not been received as yet.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert.
David McNeil
for JW Watson

J L Edwards, Esq
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31st Congress, 1st Session.
Rep. No. 45.
Ho. of Reps.

HR=75-

Samuel Dewey.
[To accompany bill H.R. No. 75.]

February 7, 1850.

Mr. Sackett, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
Report:

The committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Dewey, report:

That they have had the same under consideration, and find the following facts:  The petitioner enlisted in the revolutionary service in April, 1780, in Washington county, New York, and in July of the same year went into the army under Col. Du Bois, Captain Sherwood's company, marched to Fort Ann, remained there till about the 15th of October, 1780, when he, with the rest of the company, was taken prisoner by Major Carlton, commanding a large body of British troops, under Sir John Johnson; taken to St. Johns, Canada, and there separated from the rest of the company and taken to Caughnawaga, about twelve miles above Montreal, among the Indians, by Sir John Johnson, and detained and there a prisoner of war two years, when he was sent to Quebec, and retained in close confinement till the close of the revolutionary war. That the enlistment and service up to the time he was taken prisoner all appear of record in the War Office; but his being taken by Sir John Johnson among the Indians, as a prisoner, leaves him entirely without proof as to his service during the time of his imprisonment. His character as a man of integrity is abundantly certified to by the most respectable citizens of the place where he lives; his petition is sworn to, and being corroborated by the records of the War Department as to enlistment, amount of service before capture, and as to the taking of Captain Sherwood's company as stated by the petitioner, there seems to be no reason to doubt of the accuracy of his statement. His separation from the rest of the company is the most probable reason why he was not exchanged, and why he has no proof of his imprisonment other than that produced.

Your committee are aware it is a case where the petitioner cannot obtain a pension under existing laws, on account of defective proof, but they believe it a proper case for special relief. It would be a hard case indeed, if imprisonment among Indians, and in the jails of an enemy's country, should be a kind of service cut off from the bounties of the government, merely for the want of those technical proofs that the very statement of the case shows it impossible to give.

Your committee have therefore come to a conclusion favorable to the [illegible] petitioner, and
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I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with James Van Dresen a resident of Manchester who is the same of person who appeared before me on the 25th Augt last (1834) in the case of Samuel Dewey for a pension from my acquaintance with the said Vandresen I believe him to be a credible person Phelps Ontario Co New York --- May 7th 1835  In the matter of the application of Samuel Dewey for a Pension } Thomas Smith Justice of the Peace 
 Ontario County Clerk's office Canandaigua, March 1st 1836.} I do hereby certify that Thomas Smith Esquire, whose name appears to the foregoing certificate, was at the time the said certificate purports to have been dated, a Justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice, and verily believe his signature attached to said certificate to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County the day and year to this certificate first above written [signed] W.W. Prentiss Dep. Clk
certificate that Smith was Justice at date of this
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State of New York }
Ontario County SS}

On this 20th day of August 1834 personally appeared before me the undersigned, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, James VanDresar who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and saith, That on the 14th day of April last he was 84 years of age, That he now resides in the Town of Manchester County of Ontario & State aforesaid and that his last place of residence previous thereto was at Auburn, County of Cayuga, & State aforesaid - This deponent further saith that at the time Forts Edward [marked out] George & Fort Sherwood were taken he was under Command of Captain Wright who belonged to Col Warners Regiment of the Continental line, he thinks, that Capt. Wright and Col Warner were residents of the State of Vermont, and that they did not belong to the New York State Troops but that this deponent was then acting as a substitute for a man whose name he has forgotten & was in a detachment of New York Troops under Command of said Capt. Wright in Col. Warners Regt at the time said Forts were taken - Maj. Chipman was the Commander at Fort George under whom this deponent & Capt. Wright served - This deponent further saith that in a former deposition in the case of Samuel Dewey for a Pension, it was his intention to have stated the facts strictly as above, and if otherwise stated in said deposition, this deponent was mistaken further this deponent saith not-

Sworn to & subscribed before me}
the day & year above written }

James X his mark Van Dreaser

Thomas Smith a Justice of the 
Peace for said County
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I certify that I have had a short personal acquaintance with the deponent James Van Dresar & believe him to be a credible person.
Thomas Smith JP

State of New York
Ontario County SS

I certify that Thomas Smith whose name is subscribed to the two foregoing certificates was on the 25th day of August last past a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly elected and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the Said Signatures to be his. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County this 6th of October 1834.

F.J.B. Crane, Deputy Clerk of
Said county and of the Courts
therein

Chs Williams
P.O. Dept.

[seal affixed left]
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State of New York }
Ontario County SS}

On this 17th day of April 1834 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, James Van Dresar who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and says - That during the Revolutionary War he resided in the Town of Newtown between Half Moon and Still Water in the then County of Albany (now Saratoga) and State of New York. That this deponent was acquainted and is now acquainted with Samuel Dewey who then resided in Westfield, County of Washington and State of New York, and who now resides in Phelps County of Ontario and State of New York - In the year 1779 this deponent frequently saw the said Dewey under arms at Fort Sherwood now fort Ann and on scouting parties in the Country between fort Sherwood and Fort George in the State of New York, said Dewey was then a member of Captain [illegible] Sherwood Company of New York State Troops in Col Livingstons Regiment - and was stationed during that year, the principal part of the time at Fort Sherwood, and this deponent during the same year was a member of Captain Wrights Company in Col Warners Regiment of New York State Troops, and was stationed during this same year at Fort George in the State of New York - He further saith, that, in the month of October of this year (1779) he was taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort George into the hands of the enemy commanded by Maj. Carlton the day after the surrender to the same enemy of Fort Sherwood
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after the surrender of said Fort to Maj Carlton this deponent recollects seeing the said Dewey among the prisoners captured at Fort Sherwood the day preceeding, and marching in company with him one day towards Canada, towards evening of which day he (this deponent) made his escape from the enemy and returned home to New Town, after which period said surviving nine taken to Canada, and he does not now recollect of seeing any of them, that he has since recognized until he now saw the said Dewey - according to the best of this deponents recollection the services during the year 1779 commenced on the first day of April, and continued untill on or after the 1st day of October of said year the day he was taken prisoner - This deponent further saith that he now resides in Auburn, County of Cayuga and State of New York - further this deponent saith not.

James X his mark Van Dreasar

Sworn to & subscribed before me
this day and year aforesaid -
Thomas Smith
Justice of the Peace

I certify that my first acquaintance with the above named James Van Dresar was on the 17th April last since that time I have had occasion to learn his reputation for truth & veracity & find that it is good & that he sustains a good moral character
May 23.1834

Thomas Smith Justice of the Peace
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State of New York }
Ontario County SS.}

I, Charles Crane, Clerk of Ontario County aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Smith Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the several certificates to which this certificate is attached, was, at the respective dates thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty fourth day of May A.D. 1834.
Charles Crane

[seal affixed at left]
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NY Mar 14

[illegible MAR postmark]

Geo Zimmerman
Saml Dewey
Jasper Middaugh.

[vertical at left] War Department

[vertical center] J.L. Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
District Columbia
 
[vertical right] FREE
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Phelps Ontario County N York
March 7th 1835

Dr. Sir

Enclosed is Several Certificates in support of these separate application for pensions (viz)

George Zimmerman
Samuel Dewey
Jasper Middaugh

I hope they may have the effect to remove all doubt in regard to their claims, & that the applicants may receive what I believe is justice they are entitled to

I am yr obt Servt
David McNeil

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions
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[illegible] Aug 22
for
Hon. J. R. Poinsett Esq
Washington
D.C.

Mr. Allison

173 3 August 31
D. 173
31 August 1860.
Pension Office.
Page 70

Medina. 22 Aug 1840 -
J. R. Poinsett Sec. of War

Dear Sir,

The Documents from the War Department were received in due time by me. It appears from them that one of my letters did not reach you. This letter contained the information which you say is needed. I will now supply you with the information contained in that letter and which you say is needed - That the papers supporting my claim to a pension under the Act of 1832 were not sent from Michigan [underlined] but New York. (Wayne Co. - Arcadia. Were dated Sept. or Oct. 1832 - and were directed the then Sec of War which was Lewis Coys. The reply which I received from those papers was that my name was not on the "pay roll" and consequently my request could not be granted. In reply to this information I stated to you last Dec. that my name was not on the pay roll because I was taken prisoner by the Indians. And was still with them when my Capt. (Sherwood) made acct that was to this I made oath before L. Greggs Esq. I sent the affidavit - From this I received answer thro, I. E. Crary that no papers were in file in that office from Michigan - In return to that office [marked out]I I informed you that my papers were sent from New York as stated above -
You further wish of me to state, the date and name of the person to whom letters were addressed from your office - I answer July 1833. addressed to Isaac Norton Phelps Ontario Co. N.Y.

Yours,
Samuel Dewey

Hon. J. R. Poinsett
Page 71

Petition on behalf of
Samuel Dewey -
of Arcadia, Wayne County

(No. 171) [underlined]
31 Cong.
1 Sess.3
Petition
of inhabitants of
Newark, N.Y.
praying that a
pension be granted
to Saml. Dewey

1850 July 20, Referred
to the Comm on
Pensions.

3 Dickinson
pensions

Mr. Dickenson
Page 72

To the Honorable, the Senate of the United States.

The undersigned, inhabitants of Newark in the town of Arcadia, County of Wayne, and State of New York, respectfully represent:

That, as they are informed, the petition of Mr. Samuel Dewey, of this place, for a pension, has been presented to the Congress of the United States, at its present Session, through the House of Representatives, and acted upon by the House, and that the same has been sent to your body for concurrent action thereon:

Your petitioners would therefore pray your honorable body to act upon the said petition immediately as your petitioners record the said Samuel Dewey to be needy, and that he has been, and is now, dependent upon charity of individuals and the public for the subsistence of himself and his aged companions: The undersigned would further represent that they have taken pains to investigate the matter, and that they are satisfied that this case of said Dewey is worthy of special attention and that the peculiar circumstances of the case would seem to call upon Congress for speedy action.

Your petitioners would therefore pray for immediate [underlined] or prompt action [underlined] upon the said petition of the said Dewey, by your honorable body [underlined], (concurrent with the said House of Representatives) that the reward of brave and worthy [underlined] actions may speedily come [underlined] upon him, your petitioner, the said Samuel Dewey. -

And Your petitioners will ever pray [underlined]
Page 73

Dated Newark, Wayne County, New York
July 16. 1850 -
Stephen K. Williams
M.D.S. Hyde
Smith Palmer
Wm P. Hayes
Alvin Armsiving
Clark Mason
George W. Thompson
Jacob From Buskirk
Joseph A. Miller
Stephen Caher
A T. Blackmard
G Barney
of Northest
S. File
S Dudley
Z. H. Landon
reque
E Hurlburt
L Gardner
The Bustol
for W. Hankinson
B.S. under
Sam. H. Mills
The Dickinson
Esbon Blackmer
W. J. Barnes
A Jordan
D.M. Lusk
Joe H. Prescott
J. Tine
to
, Scott
W T Barney
A S. Bristol
W Keny
John Coventry
Saml R Ford
William Payed
G. Dudley
Jason Goodridge
-
John
Goodwin
J. B. Romans
Sacket Valintine
E. B. Landon
W Parks
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Samuel Dewey

Suspended under Act
of 7. June 1832.

Certif. Compt. N.Y.

Jan 22, 1850. Com. on Rev. Pens Dept
and referred to Com on Revolutionary
Claims. -

E. J. Brown
Agent.

Washington
30. Sept. 1845.
Page 75

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled ""An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
15th Oct 1780 | Saml Ducy Priv ┃ L18 | 0 | 0
STATE OF NEW YORK,
24th
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Sept. 27th  1845
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 3. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First-under Capt. Adiel Sherwood in Col. Morris Graham Regt. 
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
fees 50 cents
Philip Phelps
Dep Comptroller
The name of Saml Dewey has not appeared in any other shape? in this office.
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HR = 75

Samuel Dewey.
Page 77

Medina N.Y. Mch 30/42
Saml Dewey
For a pension.
D55. - Rec April 8/42
Pension Office
NY.
Page 78

[numerous misspellings in the original]

Medina
March 20th 1842
John C Spenser Sectary War
I Applied for A Pention in the year 1832 in
the County of Wayne in Stait of new York
and the answer that was required in the
act was in 1834 and I have found one
Living Witness and me Edwards State that
his witness is deficient not mentioning his
Age nor plais of Residence and I did not think
it nessary to mention this in my Declaration
because the new his carickter and
Rebutation and drew a pention Mr
Vandreason was my associate the 6 month
Servises until we ware maid Prisoners
of War now Mr Edwards Cuts me
Short of 3 years and 3 month and allows
me only 3 month and futher more
would just State that my carictor and
Rebutationis in the County of Ontario
Town of Phelps Timothy Ray John Kyler
Judge McNeel Thomas Smith a Clergyman
in the town of Arcada Green County
these men are aquainted with by yours
varasity and reputation
Liquise some of the first charicktor of
town of Medina Michagan in
Bacon and Oran Hodchkis Booth parson of
the Babtis Church Samuel Greggs
Page 79

and further more I wish you to Examon
the papers in the Office your self
for it Apears to me that mr Edwards
has not done me Justis By Docking me
of my claim and services
I wish you to Examon the Papers and
and send me an answer as soon as posible
and oblige yours Samuel Dewey
Page 80

To Mr. John Edwards  Sec War
Washing Sitty

25

Medina Mi
March 20
Page 81

14.853
Samuel Dewey
Mi
Act 7 June 1832
Adm 2 yes private,
Capt Sherwood Comy
Col Dubois Regt
$80 per annum
Comg 4 March 1831
Alby Roll
Hon E. Blackman
Newark
N York
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Office House of Reps U.S.
August 1 1857
Sir

I enclose herewith additional
papers in the case of Samuel Dewey of
New York relative to a pension

am very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Richard M. Young
Clerk Ho Reps U.S.

J E Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Hon. D.S. Dickinson
Samuel Dewey's pension
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Newark Wayne N.Y
Sept 13 1850
Hon D S Dickson
Dr Sir 
Samuel Dewey the old
Revolutionary soldier of this place who has a Bill from the house
now before the senate committee granting him $1000. for his
services is now at my elbow and he says do write
to Senator Dickinson for me. Really if there is a claim
that Congress should act upon it is this. for it as
made by clear evidence before the Committee that he should have
had a pension from 1832 he was three year a prisoner
in Canada is poor & all his friends and poor & he
unable to have any one to attend to his case

Will you do him & his friends the favor & all
in the Committee & try & get them to act upon his
bill. Congress adjourns so soon that he is fearful
that they will not act upon it and it is really
his only hope to keep him from the Poor house
You will confer a favor on many of your
friends could you give this a few moment
of your time
Very Truly yours
Esben Blockman
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Aug 14/41
30th July 4
Saml Dewey
Wall

His letter
asking for a
Pension for
Revolutionary
Services
Rept Com Penn
Dept of Interior
Aug. 2/49
Page 86

July 1849
Honorable President of the United States I am agoing to tell you
what my claim is for a pention I enlisted into the united states
service in the month of April 1780 in October of the same
year in Colnel Deboyser Ridgment in Captain Sherwood Company
87 of us were taken prisoners and taken to Quebec there we
remained until November 1783 which was the close of the
Revolutionary War I throwed in my claim before the first Judge
of Wayne County & State of New York
under the act of 1832 fulfilled this act as far as it was in my power to do two year
afterwards I produced one living witness by his age and place
of residence not being mentioned in the Affidavit Mr Edwards
the Commission of pentions said his Affidavit was defective and
good for nothing now as it is in your power I wish you to see
it righted so that I may draw a pention for all the efforts that
I can make so for avails nothing at the pention office they
require me to make living proof of every particular but every man
in the Company that I belonged to is dead my name is
found in the War office of the estate of the state of
N York and is carried to Washington to the War office
Now if you are a friend of the Revolutionaryes as I take
you to be So I am most respectfully yours
Samuel Dewey a soger of the Revolution
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August 6, 1849
From Comm of Pensions
Page 88

Pension Office
August 6. 1849
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 23d at to the President 
of the United States, which has been referred
to this office I have to inform you that a careful
examination of your claim to a pension under
act 7 June 1832, has been made

A complete return of Captain Adiel Sherwoods
company is in this office, as taken from a record
in the office of the Comptroller of the State of New York
, shewing at what time the service of the
Officers and privates of that company commenced
the duration of the captivity & the pay for the time
in service & in captivity. Your name as transcribed
from the original record appears on said return
as Samuel Ducy, and your pay was for three
months only from the 15th July 1780, when
you entered the service to 15th Oct 1780, when it terminated
It does not appear that you were a prisoner
beyond that time.
I am
respectfully
Your Obt.
Servant
J L Edwards

Mr. Samuel Dewey
Newark,
New York.