Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13206, Zaccheus Grenger, Continental (New York)
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Service
Continental (New York)
Granger, or Grainger Zaccheus
Number  S. 13206
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16702  Virginia       
Zaccheus Grainger of Fluvanna Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Burress of the Regt commanded by Col. Warren in the N.Y. ma [militia] line for 2 years.         
Continental Line Febr 19/06    Records corrected. JS     
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia as the rate of 80 Dollars 06 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.        
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sept. 1833 and Sent to Abm. Shepard Clk Ct       
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - $200.0         
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Mach 34- 40.00 
$240.00
d. Nov. 10. 1836       
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832       
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk      
Book E Vol. 6 Page 9
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Declaration of Zacheus Granger
?8847
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Mr George Jones a Clergyman residing in the County aforesaid and Richard Noel also residing in the said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Zacheus Grainger who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy Two years of age, that he is respected and believed in this 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 first herein written        
George Jones         
Richard Noel       
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and from their personal acquaintance with the applicant and after puting  the Questions prescribed by the War department that the within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and Served as he states, and the Court further Certifies that George Jones who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a Clergyman in the County of Fluvanna, and that Major Richard Noel who has also signed the same is a man of respectability and entitled to Credit        
Bart G Paine      
I Abraham Shepherd Clerk of the Court of Fluvanna do hereby testify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in matter of the application of Zacheus Grainger for a pension and I further certify that George Stillman before whom the affidavits of Colonel B G Payne and Reuben Crowdson were Sworn to is a justice of the Peace for the County of Fluvanna and that the Signature purported to be his is genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed the Seal of my office this 24th day of June 1833 Abra: Shepherd C. C.      
By Wm E. Shepherd D.C
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State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit. On this 24 day of April 1833 personally appeared in open court before the justice composing the Court of the County now sitting Zacheus Grainger a resident of said county aged Seventy Two years who being duly sworn 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 enlisted in the service of the United States as a private and served under the following officers, to wit that he enlisted at Skenesboro in the State of New York in October 1776 in the Company Commanded by Jeremiah Burness   Surden   and Thomas Lyon in the regiment of Vermont rangers under Col Seth Warner, Lieut Col. Samuel Safford & Major Hopkins. Joined the Garrison at Ticonderoga in the Spring of 1777 continued in garrison at Ticonderoga until it was attacked by Burgoyne and were compelled to retreat from there which we did on the 5th of July 1777, retreated to Bennington in Vermont and was at and engaged in the battle at Bennington where we captured a large number of prisoners and five pieces of Brass thrice pounders, at this battle Colonel Skene formerly of Skeensboro, Commanded the Tories and Indians at Bennington until we were ordered to join the American army under Genls Gates and Arnold near Saratoga and remained in active service until after the surrender of Burgoyne in October 1777 the regiment of rangers was then furloughed for a short time but assembled at Bennington in Jany 1778 from there marched to Fort George in the State of N York,
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and the affidavits of Burrell G Payne & Reuben Crowdson herewith embodied will show my standing in the County as to veracity and integrity and he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension other than the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and date aforesaid. Zaccheus Grenger        
Fluvanna County to wit --- Russell G Payne & Reuben Crowdson residents of said County and respectable men, personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said county and made oath that they have been well acquainted with Zacheus Grainger named in the foregoing declaration, between thirty five & forty years. That shortly after said Grainger settled in this County he was appointed an officer in the militia, that from his experience as a soldier and Correctness as disciplinarian he received the appointment of Adjutant, to which office was at that time attached the duty of drilling the officers of the Regiment, that he afterwards was the Commission of captain which commission he held until he moved to the State of Tennessee as stated in his declaration. We further state that he is a man of excellent moral character, a member of the Methodist Church of Good Standing. We have no doubt of the truth of his declaration       Sworn to this 24th day of June 1833 before George Stillman
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No 25?47
Zacheus Grainger
Fluvanna County Virginia

Adm 2 years -

Abm Shepherd  Clk Fluvanna County Virginia
  Palmyra
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
Sir:
The evidence in support of you claim under the Act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objectives exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which you 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 compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Zacheus Grainger Fluvanna County Virginia
Period when the service was rendered. Enlisted 1776   
Duration of Claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. 2 3 -
Rank of the claimant.  Private
Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served. Cap Burness, Col Warner, Major Hopkins
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 72 years Shunsboro New York
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence, papers correct
Battle of Burrington
I am, respectfully , Your Obedient servant, J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to 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, or District of County of }ss.
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 provision 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 entered 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. A. B.
[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 day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 un Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of 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 rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension 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 sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For year months, and days, I served as a ; For mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."
{It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his 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 militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it 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 officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Revolutionary War Records Section       3-525              
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR      
BUREAU OF PENSIONS       
Washington, D.C.     , 19         
S. F. 13206
In reply to your request of ., received. for a statement of the military history of Zaccheus Granger or Grainger a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Oct 1776 to Oct 1777     RANK   Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.   Captain Jeremiah Burroughs  Colonel Seth Warner    STATE    Green Mountain Boys      
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.    Spring 1778 Taken prisoner at surrender of Fort George and carried to Montreal where he remained until the following February when he escaped and returned home    RANK  Pvt.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.    Captain Chipman  Colonel Seth Warner    STATE
Battles engaged in, Bennington        
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Skeensboro, N.Y.        
Date of application for pension, June 24, 1833.  His cl [claim] was al. [allowed]       
Residence at date of Application,   Fluvanna County Va       
Age at date of application, born Oct. 27, 1760 at Westfield,Mass died Nov. 10. 1836 from A.B.       
Remarks:   There is no data on file as to his family. In Spring of 1789 he moved to Fluvanna County Va. and there is no knowledge of where he lived after 1833 when his claim was allowed or in regard to [unreadable]
T. Watson Respectfully, Commissioner.          
wrong date for Escape. see Capt John Chipmans service and account of surrender of Fort George in Conn. Archives p. 257. sur - was in Oct. 1780
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1920 May 5 Hist to Adelaide W. Dunlop
1921 Feby 8 Hist to Clyde L. Hoobler
1921 Apr 5 Hist to Lula Watson
1922 Sept 20. Hist. to Ena [Eva?] F. Tully


Rev war
13206
INVALID

File No. 13,206
Zaccheus Grainger
Priv. Rev. war
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 153
[arrangement of 1870]
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1014 4 St. N.W.  On? 1 c stamp  2/oc
Rev W
1014 4th St. N.W.
Washington D.C.
August 14th 1922

Pension Department
My Dear Sir
  I wish to obtain from your office a copy of Zacceus Granger aplication  and Proof at the time of his faithful Servis in Revolutionary War his home was Fluvanna Co. Va.  will you kindly write me what you charge for copying Same. will be and I will acept this with many thanks -
  I am yours Sincerely
 Mrs Ena F. Tully
U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 15 1922
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Rev Sec
2728 Parnell St.
Dallas Tx.
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. Records Sect.
 U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 8 1921

Pleas  send me copy of Proof used in obtaining pension of my Great Great Grandfather Zacceus Granger. who servd with Captain Burroughs. and Chipman  Col Seth Warners Reg. Green Mountain Boys.
 also date of his death in Fluvanna Co Va.
Pension granted about 1833. - think he died about 1840, not sure. am anxious for this information
 Thanking you for it  I am Respt Clyde L Hoobler
2728 Parnell St
Dallas Texas
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3 – Revo P. N. L.
Naco Ariz April 27. 1920   U. S. PENSION OFFICE MAY 3 1920
Hon G.M. Siltzgarber Com Pensions Washington D.C.      
Your favor of Apr 22 is before me and I had previously sent copies from 1840 Census of Allen T Watson of Fluvanna Co Va. I desire to state that I have learned from older Members of family that the Believed Revolutionary Soldier was my Great Grand father. There is a story to the effect that he deserted the Kings Navy to enlist in Cause of Colonists cause and was advised by the Officers to change his name. Our old records have been destroyed by fire on two occassions so we have no accurate Record of his War Service. I recall my father saying he died shortly after this 1840 Census at the house of Gr Father Allen T Watson. Va Record Are missing as I had had Albemarle Fluvanna Co research work done Tarletons Raid responsible for 35 years missing
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Pleas give me the Service Record as there are Many Descendants some still in Service and many who have served in Worlds War including my only son. Had I been able to obtain the data from Va Lib. I should not have bothered the Dept in Washington.
 Pleas  give any data obtainable from Pension Records of War Service &ct as we do not know where Jacim Granger enlisted but it is thought he Served with Capt Porterfield in 11th Va
 Thanking the Dept for any Record of Service date of death &ct
 I am Most Respt
 Mrs Adelaide Watson Dunlap
c/U.S. Immigration Service
Naco Ariz
U S PENSION OFFICE MAY 3 1920
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Revo 2 F. N. E.    
Naco Ariz April 14 1920       
To The Hon Commissioner of Pensions      
Washington D C     
Sir         
Pleas find enclosed coppy of Census Report of Allen T Watson of Fluvanna Co Va 1840. Pleas give me War Record of the Revolutionary Soldier with any data concerning birth place Parents &c Name of wife and children Which relation to the Head of Family Allen T Watson, date of death and place of Burial. Triple copy of record &ct.    to this Dept by  Sen Watsin Very Respt        
Mrs- Adelaide Watson Dunlap   
 C of U S Immigration Service Naco Arizona       
US PENSION OFFICE APR 19 1920
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Rev WH     
Piggott, Arkansas,      
February 28 1921.      
Commissioner of Pensions,     
Rev. Rec. Section,     
Washington, D.C.     
SIR: will you please send me a copy of the application and proof of pension of Zacceus Granger who served with the Col. Seth Warner Regiment, under Capt. Jeremiah Burroughs. This request is from a great granddaughter, and I am very anxious to get this, include names of witnesses. Application made in Fluvanna County, Virginia, about __ 1833. Respectfully, Lula Watson