Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23215, for Conrad Teeter, New Jersey
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(S-1776)
SERVICE       New Jersey
Teeter, Conrad
NUMBER       S.23215
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31331
Conrad Teeter of Tompkins Co. in the state of N. York who was a private in the camp commanded by Captain Manning of the (illegible) commanded by Col. Seward in the N. Jersey line for 9 months private.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York (illegible) at the rate of 30 Dollars ------ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of January 1838 and sent to Benj G Ferris, Ithaca, Tompkins Co. N.Y.

Arrears ti the 4th of Sept. 1837 = $195.00
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4.11.38 = $15.00
$210.00 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by S.A. Elliot Clerk
Book 82 Vol. 4 Page 23

Letters to [illegible] & B.G. Ferr
Feb 13, 1838
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State of New York
Tompkins County
Charlotte Britten of Lansing in the County of Tompkins & State of New York being duly sworn says she is a sister of Conrad Teter and she (illegible) of said Conrad during the Revolutionary War (illegible) in the town of Newton in the County of Sussex in the State pf New Jersey and knows of her brother Conrad going in the Revolutionary service several times during the war was brought home from the service sick knows of his being in the army two or three summers.  (signature) Charlotte Britten
Sworn and subscribed this 16th day of December 1933 before me, Thos Hance, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss:
I Samuel Love Clerk of the said County of Tompkins do hereby certify that Thomas Hance Jr (illegible) whom the above affidavit of Charlotte Britten was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & do for this certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice (illegible) believe the above signature (illegible) to be his to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have herein to set my hand & seal of office this 19 day of November 1834
Samuel Love Clerk
By Geo. G. Freer, Dep. Clerk
Tompkins County ss
Thos Hance the Justice of the Peace before whom this within affidavit was taking certify that I am acquainted with Charlotte Britten this within named deponent and believes her to be a respectable and credible witness, Thos Hance Jr
dated June 9th 1837
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New York
Tompkins County ss:
On this 20th day of May 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas - now sitting Conrad Teeter a resident of the town of Ulysses County of Tompkins & State of New York aged seventy eight years next August who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated: 
First, for six months as a private soldier in the New Jersey under Capt. Manning, Lieut. Obadiah Brown & Col. Seward commencing about the first of May 1776 ending about the first day of December 1776 - that he was then a resident of the town of Knowlton, County of Sussex in the state of New Jersey.  He was drafted the whole service was rendered in guarding the lines at Minisink & was discharged at the end of the times & returned home was in one skirmish at the Bean Pack during this time with the Indians - there was a regiment of Continental troops commanded by Col Martin one part of which was stationed there - he knew General Putnam during this service.
Second, for six months as a (illegible) under Capt Christopher Case & the service consisted in taking a load of baggage belonging to the British officers to our prisoner with Burgione from Saratoga to South Carolina he crossed the Delaware at (illegible) ferry & passed through Reading Pennsylvania & returned home about the last of January 1778 - he enlisted into this service at Knowlton aforesaid & drew the pay of a regular soldier & served under the obligations of a soldier the service commenced in this for part of the summer of 1777.
Third, for three months as a private soldier in the New
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Jersey Militia under Capt Edsall Col Seward - he enlisted into this service at Knowlton aforesaid  & performed the service in guarding the lines at Pea Pack served out his time returned home in the month of September - this service commenced in the moth of June 1778.

Fourth, for one month as a private soldier in the militia under Capt William Nice, Colonel's name not recollected, in the spring he thinks May 1779 - he was drafted into this service & performed at Minisink in guarding the lines.

Fifth, for one month as a private soldier in the militia under Capt Bockover, Colonel's name not recollected, in the fall of 1778 - he was drafted into this service & performed it in guarding the lines at Minisink aforesaid.

That he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person except Obadiah Brown whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

He hereby relinquishes his every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state & that having resided in (NY?) state for a year he is not (illegible) with a clergyman to certify for him.

his Conrad W Teeter mark

Sworn & Subscribed this day & year aforesaid, Saml Love Clk
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The following questions were proposed by the Court
1. Where and in what year were you born? Ans. Springfield, Bucks Co. Penn in 1756 or 1757.
2. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it? Ans. The record is in a bible in possession of his brother.
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War & where do you now live? Ans. Sussex Co, town of Knowlton NJ, moved from there to Geneva Cayuga Co NY 36 years ago, moved from there to Ulysses about a year ago.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute for whom? Ans. Drafted four times, enlisted once.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such (illegible) militia requests as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service.  Ans. Col Martin, Major Westbrook, Genl Putnam, Col Rosecrants, Col Joseph Bond.  Served mostly in guarding the lines agains the Indians.
6. Did you receive a discharge from the service if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?  Ans. Had a discharge from Col Seward & Major Mercker but they are both lost
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & this belief in your service as a soldier of the revolution. Ans. Mr Goodwin, Mr Lee, Luther Lewis Esq, Jeremiah Cooper, Horace Cooper.
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Mr. Jacob Kerr and Jeremiah Mattison
Jospeh Goodwin & Abraham Chase
residing in the town of Ulysses County of Tompkins & state of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Conrad Teeter who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid this 19th day of Nov 1884(?) before me Luther Lewis, J.P. signatures Joseph Goodwin, a second illegible signature

I Abraham Chase residing in the town of Ulysses County of Tompkins & state of New York hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Conrad Teeter who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & that I believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution & that I concur in that opinion.  signature Abm Chase Sworn & subscribed before me this 19th day of November 1834(?) Wm Linn (illegible)

vertically in the margin: In the matter of the application of Conrad Teeter for a pension
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Mrs. George Laughton
2400 Robinwood Avenue
Toledo, Ohio

Madam: I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.23215, it appears that Conrad Teeter was born in 1756 or 1757 at Springfield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  While a resident of Knowlton, then Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted May 1, 1776, and served six months as a private in Captain Manning's Company, Colonel Seward's New Jersey Regiment and was in a skirmish with the Indians at Peapack.  In 1777, 1778 and 1779, he served at various times as a private and teamster under Captains Christopher Case, Edsall, William Nyce, Bockover and George Ribble, Colonels Mark Thompson's, West's and Bond's New Jersey Regiments, and served about eleven months.  After the Revolution, he moved to Geneva, Cayuga County, New York, where he lived for thirty-six years, then moved
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to Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York, where he resided when he was allowed pension on his application executed May 20, 1834.  It is not stated that soldier was ever married,  Respectfully, EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner
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3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C.______________. 19_____
S.F. 23215

In reply to your request of _______________, received ______________ for a statement of the military history of Conrad Teeter 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.

[In Chart Form]
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1776
Length of Service: served at various times 17 mos. in all
Rank: Pvt.
Captain: Manning, Christopher Case, Edsall, Bockhoner, William Nice, George Ribble
Colonel: Seward, Mark Thompson, West, Bond
State: N.J.

Battles engaged in, Skirmish at Peacock
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Knowlton, Sussex Co. NJ
Date of application for pension: May 30, 1834 ( 3 words illegible)
Residence at date of application: Ulysses, Tompkins Co. NY
Age at date of application: born Aug 1756 or 1757 at Springfield Bucks Co, PA
Remarks: It is not stated whether he had a wife or child

handwritten in margin:
1834
    76
1756

Respectfully, his sister Charlotte Britten

6-2856
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REVOLUTION
23215
INVALID

File No. 23215
Conrad Teeter
Prv Rev War
**************
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 134

[Arrangement of 1870]

1921 Feb'y 18 Hist to Mrs. R.L. Chase
1929 July 6 Hist to Mrs. George Laughton (illegible)
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Owosso (?) Mich
308 E Oliver St
Jan 17th 1921

Postal Stamp Jan 20 1921 U.S. Office

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Would you kindly inform me whether or not you have any record of the service of Conrad Teeter in the War of the Revolution.  His grave  does not tell what regiment he was with and it might have been either New York or Connecticut.  If there is a record will gladly (illegible) and fee for certificate of same.  Thanking you, Mrs. R.L. Chase
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Mrs. George Laughton
2400 Robinwood Ave.
Toledo, Ohio

Postal Stamp: Pension Office U.S. Mar 12 1929

Dept of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Sirs:
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War record of one Conrad Teeter, Private as on record in your office.  If there is a fee connected will gladly remit.

Thanking you,
Mrs. Geo. Laughton
2400 Robinwood Ave
Toledo, Ohio
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Personally appeared before me Arthur S. Johnson a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Tompkins, Obadiah Brown who being duly sworn deposes & says that he will be seventy eight years of age on the second day of June next that he is well acquainted with Conrad Teeter an applicant for a pension - that he knew said Teeter in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey during the Revolutionary War - that the said Teeter was in the service in the New Jersey militia in 1776 under Captain Manning in a regiment commanded by Colonel Mark Thompson, Jacob West was Major at that time in the same regiment - deponent does not know exactly what time he entered this service under Captain Manning but believes it was after harvest, nor can deponent state how long he was out during this service.

That deponent also knows that said Teeter was in the service in the New Jersey militia under Captain Nice, Col West, Lieut Col William Bond - this service lasted about six weeks & was when the British were in New York, but does not recollect the year.  That deponent recollects that said Teeter was out for a period guarding the lines under Captain George Ribble, Col West & Lieutenant Wm Bond - cannot state how long the service lasted & when it was.

That deponent recollects that said Teeter was out under Captain Christoper Case, Col West & Lieut Col Bond, but he cannot state the length of time nor in what year. (signature) Obadiah Brown.

Subscribed & sworn before me this 20th day of May 1834 & certify that said Obadiah Brown is a person of credibility

(signature) Arthur S. Johnson (illegible)
Tompkins County
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State of New York
Tompkins County
I Samuel Love Clerk of said County of Tompkins do hereby certify that Arthur S Johnson before whom the above affidavit of Obadiah Brown was taken was at the time of taking the same - a justice of the peace in & for said county duly qualified & I do further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice (illegible) the above signature purporting to be his to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19 day of November 1834.
Samuel Love
Clerk of Geo G Freer
Dep. Clerk

32285 - In the matter of Conrad Teeter. Pension Application 32.285
[crossed out] Woodcock & Ferris, J Mac

Hon. N Halsey H R
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State of New York
Tompkins County, ss
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for the County of Tompkins Daniel Brown who being duly sworn deposed and says that he was seventy three years of age last spring, that he is well acquainted with Conrad Teeter an applicant for a Pension that he knew the said Teeter in the County of Sussex, town of Knowlton & State of New Jersey, during the Revolutionary War, that deponent was not old enough to be engaged in the service himself but he recollects that the said Conrad Teeter was in the service at one period for at least three months in the New Jersey militia on the lines at Pea Pack during the Revolutionary War, he does not however recollect the year nor the names of the officers under whom he served that Capt. Manning was at the same time Captain of the Regiment at home, but he did not go out on this service. (signature) Daniel Brown

Subscribed & sworn before me this 19th day of August 1837 & certify that said Daniel Brown is a person of credibility & entitled to belief
(signature)  Caleb B Drake, J.P.
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss:
I Arthur S Johnson Clerk of said county of Tompkins do hereby verify that Caleb B Drake before whom the above affidavit of David Brown was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly qualified & I do further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe the above signature purporting to be his to be genuine.  I do also certify that Thos Hance Jr whose name is signed to a certificate of the credibility of Charlotte Britton hereunto (illegible) was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Tompkins, duly qualified & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Thos Hance Jr & verily believe the signature signed to said certificate & purporting to be his to be genuine.

Intestimony (illegible) I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the office this 4th day of September 1837 (signature) Arthur S Johnson Clerk

handwritten notes, bottom of page, vertical position:
32285 
In the matter of Conrad Teeter, Pension Application
76 - 4 mos, Capt Manning
77 - (illegible)
78 - 3 - Edsall
78 - 1 - Bockover
79 - 1 - Nice
9 mo
Benj G Ferris
Ithaca Tompkins County, N.Y.
Admin, 9 mo, (illegible) 30$
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Postal Seal: Ithaca, NY, Sept 5

Sept 9
N.Y. Act 1832
4 Conrad Teeter

J.L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Ithaca, Feb 7, 1838

J.L. Edwards, Esq

Sir

A day or two since I received the enclosed Pension Certificate.  It is meant for Conrad Teeter but the name is Feeter instead of Teeter in the Certificate.  You will see by referring to the papers that the (illegible) name is Teeter.  I send back the paper for correction.

Yours truly
Benj G Ferris
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In the matter of the application of Conrad Teeter for a Pension

Ithaca, Sept 4 1837

J.L. Edwards Esq
Sir, In 1834 an application was made for a Pension for Conrad Teeter under the act of 1832 which Mr. Woodcock (who is since died) & myself were in partnership.  During the session of 1834-5 the papers were handed by you to the Hon Nicole Halsey member from this District with the objection that the credibility of Charlotte Britten one of the witnesses had not been certified.  Since then the papers have been handed over to me by the Hon N Halsey & I now transmitted them to you with the certificate of the credibility of Charlotte Britten & also the additional affidavit of Daniel Brown. I sincerely hope there will now be no obstacle to granting the old man his pension.  Please direct to me when the matter is decided.

Yours respectfully, Benj G Ferris
Ithaca Tompkins County
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I Samuel Love Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas for the County of Tompkins, do hereby certify that the foregoing except the affidavit of Joseph Goodwin & Abraham Chase contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Conrad Teeter for a pension & that the said Court declared this opinion after the interrogation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & I do further certify that Joseph Goodwin & Abraham Chase who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of the town of Ulysses County of Tompkins & are creditable persons & their statements entitled to credit.  And I do further certify that Luther Lewis before whom the above affidavit of Joseph Goodwin was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Tompkins duly qualified & that the said William Linn before whom the affidavit of Abraham Chase was taken was at the time of taking the same a Commissioner of (Deeds?) in said County duly authorized to administer oaths.  I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of both the said Luther Lewis & William Linn verily believe the signatures above purporting to be theirs to be genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the office this 19th day of November 1834
Samuel Love Clerk by Geo. G Freer, Dep Clerk
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Conrad Teeter
76 6 mo. Cpl Seward, Capt Manning, Minisink
June 78 3 mo. Cpl Seward, Capt Edsall, Peapack
May 79 1 mo. Nice, Minisink
Fall 78, Bockover

Brown says "after harvest" say them 4 mo

Conrad (Feeter, sic)
May 76 Capt Manning, Col Martin NJ Militia 6 mo.
77 teamster x6 mo
(May 79, crossed out) 78 Capt Edsall, Col Seward 3 mo
May 79 Nice, 1 mo
Fall 78 Bockover, 1 mo