Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14741, Rufus Tyler, Conn. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Mass
Tyler Rufus
S.14741.
boarded
CONTENTS

20.367
20.367
New York
Rufus Tyler
of Madison in the State of New York who was a private in the Co. H. commanded by Captain Munn of the Regt. commanded by Col. Lewis in the N.Y. State line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Aug. 1833 and due to J. D. Eldridge Hamilton
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. '31 $ 16 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Sep. '31 40 $ 20 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Stokes Clerk, Book E Vol. 4, Page 81.
Oct 1. 1833

8816084 Rufus Tyler Madison Co Ky -
Amended as e. i. j. unqualified to be required adm. a
J. B. Eldridge Hampton Madison Co Ky -

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 16 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your 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 a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections 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 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 facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Rufus Tyler Adair Co. 4th Ky
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     enlisted Jan'y 1827. 3 15 private Captm Leon Sylvester Captm Leon Sylvester Lieut Root Ensign Parker Captm Spurr Lieut Brooks Captm Colapp Col Mc Colonel Col Br Brig Genl Genl Root Genl Wall Battle with the Indians Providence Ashford Connecticut New London Westport New York White Plains New Jersey London Patridge field Mass Pittsfield Albany New York New York Plain German Glatts Wortham New York Philadelphia 69 years Living Testimony of two Witnesses & Traditional Evidence   enlisted May 1827 1   enlisted 1791 in the latter part of winter & served until Jan'y following 3  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 } ss. 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 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 or 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) _____, who has 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 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

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 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 traditional 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 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 his 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 _____ months 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 an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he 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 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 time 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule h note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John N. Ashton

Declaration of Rufus Tyler
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 2 nd 1832
State of New York      On the eighth day of October 1832 personally appeared Muelson County ss      in Open Court before the judges of the Court of Common pleas of said County now sitting Rufus Tyler as his volent of Lebanon in said County aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 2 nd 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as here in stated.
That during the Revolutionary War he resided in Connecticut in the Town of Washington. In the year 1777 in the month of January about the first he enlisted with Captain Canvass of Killingsly. for three months and six half months were first mustered in Ashford in the Province in the State of Rhode Island where they joined Colonel M c Clure's Regiment, they remained in Province and were quartered in the College, while there they were in full pay a part of the time and kept grease which was all the duty they had to perform that making particular account during the campaign. They served until the time for which they were called up expired. There were no other troops there but their Regiment. That a short time after he returned from Province. He again enlisted with Captain Ezra Hill of Ashford Connecticut, joining Washington, for one year. Recd first Mustered at Ashford about the middle of May the present time not recalled, they belong to a Regiment commanded he thinks by Colonel M c Clure though he was not with the part of the Regiment to which this declaration belongs, the Regiment being divided a part of which went he understands to New London. Captain Hill's company in which this declarant served went to West Point in New York and were stationed there through the season before they went to West Point they went White Plains or Stein's about two weeks then went to West Point and there in the fall pretty late Captain Hill's Company

were furloughed he thinks for sixty days, and went home when their furloughs were out they were ordered to New London where they again Mustered and were stationed until the year for which they enlisted expired, when they were discharged. Ezra Brant was first Lieutenant of Frank's 2 d Regiment, and Abt Parker ensign of Capt Hills Company. That after he returned from New London he went to Patridgefield in Massachusetts to live. In the fall part of the season there was a draft at Patridgefield and our Ezekiel Litch was drafted and he hired this substitute to take his place and he went in a company commanded by Captain Spurr, of which Brant was one of the Lieut's they were Mustered in Pittsfield about the first of June and formed a Regiment commanded by Colonel Brown. They first March to Albany then up the Mohawk river to Fort Plain where they remained some time. That they frequently marched in the course of the season, were at Stone Arabia German Flatts and other places. In the fall Colonel Brown's Regiment was off south of Stone Arabia about five Miles, they were ordered to attack a party of Indians. Colonel Brown's Regiment was ordered, and the part of the Command of the Colonel in which this substitute was went out to attack the Indians. Not far from the middle of the day they were marching south, when the Colonel was injured the enemy were in a dense thicket. They then March to wards the woods the enemy were said to be where they got near the enemy rose from behind a Log fence and fired Colonel Brown was at that time near this substitute and was killed the first fire. They stood their ground until they rechanged a few fires. They then retreated and each man took care of himself the best way he could, with much there way for the post. The next morning the roll was called and it was ascertained that about one third of the Regiment was not off. That soon after the battle the time for which they were called out expired, and they were discharged and returned home. That they were called out for and served three months at that time.

That during the campaign they went over to Fort Stanwix with a train of boats, and are with boats as to guard Boats.
That in the year 1781 as this defendant thinks in the latter part of Winter or early in the Spring he enlisted into a company of Artillery under the command of Captain Clapp for a year, they remained in Worthington and marched first to the North River and then across into the State of New Jersey to Philadelphia from there went by water to the head of Elk River then down the Chesapeake to the Mouth of James River where they landed, where they first went to work in repairing roads then went to New York Town where they were employed in fixing barracks, and at other business such as was required. They continued there during the siege and until Lord Cornwallis surrendered, they being Artillery were not attached to any particular Regiment, they remained with the Army some time after Lord Cornwallis's defeat then moved to the North River where they were discharged at some time in the Month of January, they received their discharges and a part of their pay and took notes or certificates of the balance due which were signed by the Pay Master General Duer, and then returned home.
That he has no documentary evidence of his services except what is here to affirm that, and that he does not know of any one who can prove to testify to any part of his services except one Charles Underwood that lives in Wallingford Vermont who was in the same with this defendant at Brandywine three or four or a half months whose affidavit he intends to get if in his power.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and here by declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state.
Sworn & Subscribed to this 8th day of October 1832.
A. S. Sloan Clk
John H. B. L.

And the said Rufus Tyler did then and there upon his oath Make the following Answers to the several questions put to him by the said Court (as by the War Department must prescribed),
1 st That he was born in Wallingford Connecticut in the year 1732. 2 d That he has no record of his age. 3 d That he was called into service as 2 d fourth in his division. 4 th That the two first times he was called into service he was living at Wallingford Connecticut, the other two times he was living at P'keepsiefield in Massachusetts, since the Revolution he first lived at P'keepsiefield a spell then in Hunsdale about twelve or fourteen years then in Albany in county New York where he has lived ever since which is about thirty years. 5 th That he has 2 d fourth all the way of the Troops with which he served the officers under whom he served since the start of his service as fully as his recollection will enable him to. 6 th That he has no recollection of receiving but one written discharge and that was when he traveled down to the South under Capt Clapp and he can't now say what became of it. 7 th Bonycome taken 2 d fourth supply of Deacons are acquainted with him can testify as to his character for veracity and their opinion of his having been a soldier in the Revolution.

We Benjamin Church and Daniel Shapley residents of Lebanon in the County of Madison and State of New York and Daniel Abbott is resident of Hamilton in said County do certify that we are personally acquainted with Rufus Tyler Wainwright in the following declarations as follows That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and we concur in that opinion and we would further affirm that the said Tyler is a man of good character for veracity and that we believe him to be about ninety years of age.
Sworn & subscribed to this 8 th day of October 1832. A. Sloan Clk
Benjamin Church Daniel Abbott Daniel Shapley

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 Benjamin Church and David Shapley who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in Lebanon, Madison County and that Daniel Abbott is a resident in Hamilton in said county and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the court of common Pleas of Madison County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Yusuf Taylor for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of October 1832.
A. S. Sloan Clk.

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss. Josiah Morse of the town of Mina in said county aged sixty nine years, being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that he is acquainted with Rufus Tyler, now of Lebanon in the county of Madison in said state, and has been acquainted with him since about the year 1779. That in that year said Tyler lived in Partridgefield, Berkshire county, Mass. Massachusetts, & this deponent resided in Worthington, Hampshire county, in that state, & in the town adjoining the residence of said Tyler. That deponent & said Tyler, enlisted together in Capt. Stephen Clapp's company of Artificers, raised by the order & under the immediate command of General Washington. That the said Tyler enlisted for the term of one year, & for a longer period should his services be required. That deponent believes that such enlistment was in the winter of 1781. That deponent & said Tyler continued in the service together & both were at the taking of Cornwallis in Virginia, and deponent well recollects that said Tyler slept with deponent during the siege at Yorktown, and after their return at Newburgh. That Tyler used to sleep next the deponent on the floor, when a floor to sleep on could be obtained, during the service. That deponent & said Tyler, after the taking of Cornwallis, & some time in the fall or winter of 1781. 2. were discharged together, and proceeded home together, & deponent and said Tyler, have since continued their acquaintance, & deponent has visited said Tyler since his residence in Lebanon, & heard from him by letter dated July 31. 1832, & knows that the said Rufus Tyler thus now living at Lebanon, is the same Rufus Tyler who was the companion of this deponent, during the revolutionary war as aforesaid. That deponent & said Tyler, are the only surviving soldiers, to the knowledge of deponent, out of the one hundred composing the company of the said Clapp.
Josiah Morse
Sworn and Subscribed this 20th day of August 1832 before me Jesse Brooks S.P.
Chautauqua County ss. Sheriff's Office ss.
I James B. Gony Clerk of said County do hereby certify That Jesse Brooks Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly appointed & sworn. & further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice & Verily believe the signature "Jesse Brooks" is Genuine In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 20th day of August 1832. James B. Gony Clerk By his Dep't J. G. Young

State of New York Chautauqua County ss. I here by certify that the within named Joseph Morse took and subscribed the within affidavit before me on the 20th day of August 1832, and also certify that the said Joseph Morse is a man of good character for veracity, and that his statement is entitled to credit. Mayville May 31 st 1833 Jesse Brooks Esq.
State of New York Chautauqua County ss. Clerk's Office ss. I James B. Downy Clerk of said County Do certify that Jesse Brooks Esq. who purports to have made the above Certificate was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the said County. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to said Certificate to be his proper hand writing & signature. Witness my hand & seal of office this 1 st day of June A.D. 1833. James B. Downy Clerk.

State of New York } Esther Henry a resident of the Town of Madison County } Hamilton in said County being known in due form of Law states on her oath of office and say that she is sister to Rufus Tyler as named in the Declaration to which this is affirmed, as she believes. That during the Revolu- tion she lived with her Father in Washington County until That she is sixty eight years of age. That during the War the said Rufus was out in the service four different times in the service once under a Captain Hill with whom in this deponent was acquainted, the other times when he was out she don't know he was under, neither did she see him in the service at all all that she knows is that he went from home and said he was going as a soldier, and while he was absent it was talked of in her father's family that the said Rufus was in the Army and they often heard from him and when he was once on his return he would recount his services. She thinks when he enlisted with Captain Hill it was for a year She recalls distinctly his serving as it was then said under Colonel Brown up the Mohawk River at the time Colonel Brown was killed. That from what she now distinctly recalls she should say her brother the said Rufus must have served as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution two years or more and she has no doubt but it was more than two years. Esther Henry.
Subscribed & sworn
before me October 18 th 1832
J Eldredge First Judge Mad Co.
I certify that the said above named deponent who to the best of my knowledge  has subscribed the above affidavit before me on the 18 th day of October 1832 is a credible person and that her statement is entitled to credit. June 7 th 1833. James B. Eldredge

State of New York } Roswell Tyler a resident, of Hamilton in Madison County } ss. Said County being duly sworn according to Law did on his oath depose and say That he is Brother to Rufus Tyler who is named as defendant in the Declaration to which this is annexed, That he this deponent is fully eight years of age nearly fifty nine. That during the Revolutionary War he resided with his Father in Willington Connecticut That he recalls distinctly that his Brother the said Rufus was several times absent from home and it was then said in the family and by their Parents that the said Rufus was in the Army as a Soldier. He recalls it was then said he went under Captain Hall and also under Colonel Brown and that Colonel Brown was killed, but this deponent was then so small that he can not now recollect particulars, and further this deponent saith not. Roswell Tyler
Subscribed and sworn before me October 1 st 1832 J B Root Judge
State of New York } Madison County Clerk's Office } ss. I Andrew J Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do Certify that James B. El- dridge, before whom the two preceding Affidavits purport to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, the first Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits, to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832 - A. J. Sloan Clk

State of New York Madison County } I Certify that Roosevelt Tyler who having first been sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me on the 1 st day of October 1832 is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. June 7 th 1833 James B. Wolvolfe Jr.

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State of New York & Personally appeared before me the undersigned Meigs County ss. Justice of the Peace of Seneca County Rufus Taylor who being duly sworn, deposes and says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot now positively state the precise length of his services in the service time he enlisted as was discharged and discharged each time but according to the best of his recollection he served in the year 1777 in one campaign, as a private 3 months
For the years 1778 and 1779 in one campaign as a private 1 year In the year 1780 in one campaign as a private 3 months In the year that Corn Wallis was taken & the year following in one campaign as an artificer 1 year, making
in the whole one year and six months that he served as a private in the Army of the Revolution and one year as an artificer in the Army of the Revolution for which he claims a pension, and he further says that the above statement includes simply saying that he was home on a furlough as set forth in his declaration, and he also further says upon his oath that in the years 1778 & 1779 when he belonged to Captain Neill's Company that he cannot speak positive- -ly as to what Colonel he then belonged to as their  he then belonged to as their Regi- -ment being dissolved and their Colonel was not with the part to which he belonged. That Captain Neill acted as Commandant of that part of the Regiment that was stationed at West Point until they were mustered at New London after being furloughed as set forth in his declaration after which Colonel McElvane Command- -ed the Regiment. That the last campaign he acted served as an artificer and was not attached to any particular Regiment to his knowledge and further he says not sworn & subscribed before
Me June 5th 1833, James B. Edwards J.P. (Notary Public)

Adm d 24 mo. pri 80 3/4
State of New-York } Madison County Clerk's Office } p: I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify, that James B. Eldridge before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the two pre- ceding & attached Certificates, certifying that Esther Henry & Roswell Tyler are credible persons, was, at the dates of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificates to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 10 th day of June 1833. A. S. Sloan Clk.
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14741 INVALID.
File No. 14.741 Rufus Tyler Briv. Rev. Han
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct 1, 1835