Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,445, for Quom Tanner, Rhode Island
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R. I.

Tanner, Quom

S. 42,445
BLWt. 1636-100
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Notification sent to Archibald Bull Esqr 9th August 1820 
Troy New York

5416
New York.
Quom Tanner
Private
Capt Potter
Rhode Island line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 5 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2nd of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Jan 1819 and sent to Joseph Dougby
Troy N. York

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $40.79
Semi-anl. all'ee ending 4 March 1819 48. [double underlined]
$88.79 [double underlined]

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820
Rensselaer
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Received of Jno D. Dickinson a Military Land Warrant issued by the Secretary of War of the United States to me Quom Tanner as a private in the Rhode Island line of the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War for One hundred Acres of Land said Warrant bearing date the twelfth day of June now last past and numbered 1636, Witness my hand this 31st day of July 1830 -
In presence of} Quom Tanner [signature]
Ephraim Whitaker} [signature]
Jno D. Dickinson}

I Ephraim Whitaker of the City of Troy do Certify that I have known the above named Quom Tanner for about ten years now last past, that he is now a pensioner of the United [States] for services as a soldier in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary ^[insert] War and have no doubt that he is the Identical Soldier named in the Land Warrant & issued by the Secretary of War & this day delivered to him in my presence Troy July 31st 1830
Ephraim Whitaker [signature]
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from the Honl [honorable] Jno D Dickinson care of Quom Tanner
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Quom Tanner
No 1636
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it. 
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up and sworn to by claimant:
State of New York} ss
County of Rensselaer}
I, Quom Tanner - aged sixty eight years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. [lined out] under the command of Colonel Christopher Greene of the Rhode Island line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the [lined out] being taken a prisoner by the British regiment, commanded by Colonel [lined out] & remained in captivity untill [sic] after the peace 1783 I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Quom Tanner - aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint the Honbl [honorable] John D. Dickinson - to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and received from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
E Wilon Jnr [signature]
D H Stone [signature]
Quom Tanner [signature]
aged [blank] years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest, [blank]
Before me, Daniel H Stone a Justice of the peace of the County of Rensselaer personally appeared the above named Quom Tanner subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared [lined out] who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this [lined out] day of [lined out] and the said Quom Tanner made oath before me to the truth of the foregoing declaration.
D. H. Stone Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten [sic] Seth Parsons &  Daniel H. Stone was magistrates [sic] authorized to administer oaths , and take acknowledgements, &c., in the State of New York - at the above date, and that his [lined out] those names here subscribed appears to me to be his [lined out] their usual signatures I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Troy - this 13th day of March - 1830
Archibald Bull C. Clerk, &c.
[finger pointing] This law expires 3d March 1827.
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Quom Tanners
Declaration
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State of New York Rensselaer County ss On the thirty first day of May 1820 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record in and for the said County according to the Solemn adjudication of the Supreme Court of this State and being a Court which provides according to the common [crossed out] records of the common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in period of amount keeping a record of its proceedings possessing the powers of fine and imprisonment Quom Tanner Aged Sixty years resident of the Town of Hoosick in the said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows That he enlisted about three years after the commencement of the Revolutionary War for and during the remainder of the War in the Town of Hopkinson in the State Rhode Island under George Hourslong a Recruiting Officer who sent him on to Capt. William Potter who lives at South Kingston at a place called little Rest from thence he was sent onto Greenwich Newtown in Rhode Island to join the main Army where he was attached to Captain Elijah Lewis Company in Christopher Greens Black Regiment that he served in that Regiment untill [sic] he was taken prisoner at Quitneset [Quidnessett] Neck in Rhode Island he thinks about two years after the Enlistment aforesaid by a party of Refugees from [?] Fleet and continued a prisoner untill [sic] the close of the War that he is a Black man & who from want of recollection is unable to be more particular in dates That the date of the original declaration made by him he does not recollect The number of his pension Certificate is 5416 - And I do solemnly swear that I am a resident citizen of the United States on the 10th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself withing the provision of an act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed ____
Quom Tanner [signature]
Sworn to & declared on the 31 day of May 1820 in Open Court
Archi Bull Dep Clerk [signature]
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Schedule of the Real & personal Estate excepting necessary Clothing & Beading [sic] of Quom Tanner a pensioner of the United States to wit - No real Estate - Personal Estate as follows -
2 old horses 1 Sushing Colt 1 Yearling Colt one of the horses I gave but 12 [?] 40~0
2 hogs and five pigs 1 Old Waggon [sic] 3 Old Axes 2 Hoes 1 plow 25~50
1 Old Saddle 3 Old Sythes [sic] 1 pot & kettle 1 Tea kettle 6 old knives & forks 4~37p
3 Spoons Crockery 1~25
4 Chairs 1 Table 3 Old Barrels 1 Old Loom 1 Rake 2~75
1 Old Horscollar [sic] 2 Cleavers .~75 [underlined]
$74~62p
The following Debts I owe
To Jacob Barnhart 5~0
To Frederick Ouderkirk 16~0
To Eber Crandall 1~75
To Joseph Mattison 1~0
To John Lampert 0~75
To Wm. C Raymer 1~0
To William Wygant 0~75 [underlined]
$28~00
I am by occupation a Basket maker but decriped [sic] - my family consists of a Wife aged 51 years & two Daughters one aged Sixteen the Other 20 years old ____
State of New York Rensselaer County ss Quom Tanner being duly sworn says that the value of the property contained in the above Schedule is truly stated therein according to the belief & judgment of this deponant [sic] ___
Quom Tanner [signature]
Sworn & Subscribed this 31 May 1820 in Open Court ___
Archi Bull Dep Clk [signature]
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State of New York,}
Rensselaer County ss.}
I, Joseph D. Seldens - Clerk of the Court of Common pleas held in & for the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath & affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Forty six ____ dollars and Sixty two __ cents. ^[insert] over & above D[?] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 31 day of May 1820
Joseph D Selden Clerk.
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Quom Tanner
colored man
Correct by Roll
The Judge should certify to the necessity of the 
[illegible] account of his poverty
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State of New York}
Rensselaer County ss} On this second day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Rensselaer personally appears Quom Tanner a man of colour, resident in Hoosick County of Rensselaer who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war"
That he the said Quom Tanner enlisted in the State of Rhode Island in the month of February or first of March for during the war in the company commanded by Captain Elijah Lewis in Colonel Christopher Greens Regiment Rhode Island line - was stationed the first year in East Greenwich in said State the next year he was in the expedition under General Sullivan on said Island was in said battle and retreated from the Island to East Greenwich and remained there and that in [lined out] ^[insert] through the winter ^[insert] and in the following ^[insert] season he was detached with twelve others as a guard of thirteen men stationed on Quitnesick Neck and were surprised [illegible lined out] by a party of Brittish [sic] and taken prisoners and carried onto Rhode Island put in prison and there remained untill [sic] the Brittish [sic] forces evacuated Rhode Island and was taken by them to New York and remained a prisoner untill [sic] the loss of the war when he obtained his liberty -
and that he is 57 years of age and is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support -

Elisha Potter being duly sworn according to law says that he knows Quom Tanner was an enlisted soldier in Capt Elijah Lewis Company in Colonel Christopher Greens Regiment in the state of Rhode Island line -
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid 

I Joseph Dorr one of the judges as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Quom Tanner did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress
Joseph Dorr [signature]
this may certify that it is my opinion that Quom Tanner is in reduced circumstances and that he stand in need of the assistance of his country for suport [sic]
Joseph Dorr [signature]
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State of New York}
Rensselaer County} ss I certify that Joseph Dorr Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within declaration was on the second day of April last past One of the judges of the Court of Common pleas of said County. I Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 27the Day of May A. D. 1818
Joseph D. Selden Clerk [signature]
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Quom ^[insert]k or Quam Tanner {a man of color, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [lined out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 42,445

|DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
Feb or Mch '77 [arrow] was captured ^[insert] about 1779 by the British and imprisoned until the close of the war
|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|
[blank]
|RANK|
Pri
|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.|
|CAPTAIN| |COLONEL|
|Elijah Lewis| |Christopher Green|
|STATE|
R. I. 

Battles engaged in, Sullivan's Expedition
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Hopkinson, R. I.
Date of application for pension, April 2, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, {Hoosick, Rensselaer Co, N.Y.
In 1830 he resided at Nassau, N.Y.
Age at date of application, Aged 60 years in 1820.
Remarks: In 1820, he referred to his wife, 57, and daughters, aged 20 and 16 years, no names stated.
The Rev. war records of this [?] fail to [?] any information with regard to Quam Tanner
Respectfully, [blank]
J-285c (N.B. Gen. Prescott was captured in July 1777.)
Commissioner.
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Q. Tanner [underlined]
R. I. Line
Rev. War
01-1636-Rev
Recorded Pg 4 Vol 9
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Troy August 2nd 1830
Willm. Gordon Esqr
Sir
I had some time since the pleasure to receive from you a Land Warrant for Quom Tanner a Revolutionary Soldier with instructions for him for which I am much obliged to you on his behalf and now return you herewith his receipt for the Warrant
I am very Respectfully Your Obt Servt [obedient servant]
Jno D. Dickinson
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War Dept. Bounty Law Offise [sic]
June 12. 1830
Sir
On the 22nd March last you deposited in this office, a claim for Bounty Land from the U. States, by Quam Tanner, who was a Private of the Rhode Island Line in the Revolutionary War, and information was subsequently furnished you, that said claim had been duly investigated and admitted, and that a Warrant would issue to the claimant in the event of the renewal of the law authorising [sic] the issue of Military Bounty Land Warrants of the Revolutionary class - That renewal having taken place under the 6th Section of the late act of Congress "For the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the "Virginia line and Navy, and of the Continental Army during "the Revolutionary War", approved 30th [?]; I herewith send you Land Warrant No 1636. issued in the name of Quam Tanner, the receipt whereof, you will please acknowledge, stating the same, the number of the Warrant and the line of the Soldier -
As the provisions contained in the Act above referred to, differ essentially from those of former acts on the same subject, I beg leave to direct your attention to them, and at the same time to refer you to the Treasy [Treasury] Department, for information in reference to the proper mode of proceeding
I have the honor &c
Wm Gordon

Hon. Jno. D. Dickinson
Troy
Rensselaer Cy
New York
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Elisha Potters
Affidavit
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State of New York}
Rensselaer County ss}
George Milliman of the town of Hoosick in said county a soldier of the Revolution being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Quom Tanner a man of color formerly a private soldier in the army of the Revolution in Captain Elijah Lewis' company of Infantry in Colonel Chirstopher Green's Regiment - That this deponent personally knew said Tanner when he belonged to said company and knew him several years previous - and has seen him this day and knows him to be the same person who served in said company and that he is now a Revolutionary pensioner as well as this deponent - that said Tanner has resided for several years in the said town of Hoosick until within a few years last past and now resides in Nassau in said county as this deponent believes and further saith not. 
George Milliman [signature]
Subscribed and sworn this 11th day of March 1830 before me Seth Parsons Commissioner
To take acknowledgment of Deeds &c
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State of New York}
Rensselaer County ss}
Elisha Potter of the town of Hoosick in said county being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was an officer in Captain Christopher Dyer's company in Colonel Stantons Regiment afterwards commanded by Colonel Barton in Rhode Island that this deponent at that time personally knew Quom Tanner a man of color and then a soldier of the Revolution being a private in Captain Elijah Lewis' company of Infantry in Colonel Christopher Green's Regiment and well knew said Tanner when he was in said company and has this day seen him and knows him to be the same person who served in said company and who is a Revolutionary pensioner formerly residing in the said town of Hoosick and who now resides as this deponent is informed and believes in the town of Nassue in said county and further saith not.
Elisha Potter [signature]
Subscribed & sworn this 11th day of March 1830 before me 
Seth Parsons Commissioner
to take acknowledgements of Deeds &c -
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[illegible] office
[illegible] 29.
Seal [illegible]
FREE
The Honorable John H. Eat (illegible)
[illegible]
Washington City (?)
[Upside down] Pension file
[Upsdie down] Quom Tanner entitled(?)
[illegible] Regulations (?)
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Troy 16th Sept 1829
Hon.le [honorable] John H Eaton
Sir
One of the [?] days a Soldier of the Revolution, by the name of Quam Tanner, has requested me to make enquiry respecting his claim for bounty lands for Services in the revolutionary war, he enlisted under a Captain Elijah Lewis, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Christopher Green for "during the war". in June of the year that, Prescott was taken prisoner by - Barton, on Rhode Island, the applicant was taken prisoner by the [illegible lined out] British and detained untill [sic] the peace of Eighty Three - he is now a pensioner and says that there are papers in the war department which well establish the fact of his enlistment, he
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will identify himself by his sworn oath but then are no witnesses [?] of had of Rhode Island - nor does he now know of any persons living there by which he can procure the other facts stated Tanner is now 68 years of age his Captain & Col. are both dead - and he [is] now nearly two miles - distant from his early acquaintances & the scene of his Military Services - and imprisonment; can he obtain his bounty lands under those circumstances? or were persons circumstanced as he was entitled to it? if not too much interfering with [?] public duties I will feel obliged for an answer to those inquiries & for any other information that may be of service to the applicant, as to whose identity and the truth of the facts by him
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stated I have no doubt -
I am sir with great respect your obedt servt [obedient servant]
E Wilson Jnr
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Cert 5416
42445
INVALID. [printed]
Revy
File No.42,445
Quom Tanner
Priv Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 3. Page 588
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1918, Mch. 27, History to Dickinson Tanner Letter with claim of Ebenezer Tanner, N. Y. 22372