Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,816, Frederic Weller, New York.

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Weller, Frederic
814816
CONTENTS
Carded

8844 New York
Fredrick Wellen
of Montgomery in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Bothwell of the Division commanded by Col. Wimpfle in the State of New York time for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of April 1833, and sent to Gibbs. To Yates Schenectady New York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 240.00 Pensant. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833. . 60.00
$ 300.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Payton Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 36
Vide his report in Susannah Backey's St. sent to Theodore Waller Sep 20. 1841 " " Pension Agent pph 1848 (not found) " " " " " "

Mortimer Co: Court
In the matter of the application of Frederick Miller for a pension
Proceedings - 12.460
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To the care of
Giles F. Yates
Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York County of Montgomery } ss.
On this nineteenth Day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty-two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting Frederick Weller a resident of the town of Minden in said County, aged about 75 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
He was born in the township of Wallkill in the County of Orange in said State on the Fifth Day of December 1757. The only record of his age is in his family Bible.
When called into service he lived in a part of the township of Schenectady, now included within the bounds of the town of Princetown in the County of Schenectady in said State. He lived there af- ter the revolutionary war about five years & then removed to the County of Montgomery in said State, and now lives in said County of Montgomery in the town of Minden aforesaid.
He entered the service of the United States in the fall of the year 1775 under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was then enrolled in the Company Commanded by Captain Abraham Dothout in the Regiment of Militia in the (then) County of Albany whereof Abraham Wemple was Col-

met. His other Company and field officers were John Roseboom & Nicholas Barheydt Lieutenants. Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord Ensign & Abraham Swits and Myndert Wemple Majors. He received the appointment of a Sergeant in said Company & served as such until the termination of the revolutionary war.
In the same fall after his enrollment, he was drafted to join the forces under Col: Arnold & General Montgomery in their expedition to Canada. He accordingly marched to Fort Edward & from thence to Skeena borough, when news arrived of the death of Genl. Montgomery & the failure of his expedition: upon which after having remained some time at said fort, the detachment of militia with which he served was ordered home. In this excursion he was from home about eight weeks. In the ensuing spring he was ordered out with a detachment of 400 militia who garrisoned at Fort Edward - On receiving information that the enemy had erected fortifications at Jessup's patent, he marched there with a small party, but found the works demolished and after remaining there some time and reconnoitering returned to Fort Edward & from thence he marched to Saratoga. In this excursion he was about from home about six weeks. In the spring of the year 1777, he was again ordered out to Fort Edward and performed garrison duty there for some time how long he cannot recollect, but thinks it was about two months - He remained at home part of the summer and when General Burgoyne invested Ticonderoga he was again called out to Fort Edward where he remained at this time about ten weeks - was in the retreat of General Schuyler & a few days before the decisive battle at Bemis heights he was taken sick with the measles and returned home. During the subsequent years of the war he marched to and performed military duty at the following posts and passes, Viz. at Fort Paris in Stone Arabia on three occasions, Fort Miller, Fort Ann, Caughnawaga, Johnstown, Fort Hunter, Sacandaga, Cobleskill, middle and lower forts of Schoharie several times, both previous and subsequent to the period when the celebrated Mur-

phy. of Morgan's rifle corps shot at the British flag, which was sent to summon the fort to surrender. at which last mentioned place he served about one year in all. He was with the forces that were in service at Balls Town to repel the enemy, when that place was burnt by them in the fall of the year 1780. at this time he served about two weeks He has on very many occasions kept guard at Schenectady, and been out with scouting parties. It is utterly impossible for him to specify the different periods of this service, but thinks it was in all six months .
He rendered his services whenever they were needed and served faithfully during the whole war. If he should be required to say how long he was actually under arms in the garrison and field, he can honestly say for more than two years.
The following are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such companies or regiments as he can recollect - viz. Generals Gates, Schuyler, Arnold - General Ten Broeck & his brigade, Colonels Van Schaick, Gansevoort, Willett, Dubois & Wynkoop and their Regiments. -
He has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the Ensign  Lieutenant of this company Cornelius L. Van Santvoord.
He never received any written discharge from the service.
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution Abraham Elwood & Francis Dunkle.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Note that the usual interliniations on the 2 d page, lines 24-26-28 &c were usually made before execution hereof
Subscribed & sworn to the 3 d of February 1814 Day & year aforesaid
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk

We Abraham Ellwood residing in the town of Canajoharie - in said County of Montgomery, and John G. Dunkle resident of the town of the same town also of said County, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Frederick Weller, who has subscri- bed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five - years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he lives, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Subscribed & sworn the day of Abraham Ellwood year aforesaid John G. Dunkle mark
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk 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 & served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Abraham Ellwood who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Canajoharie in said County, and that John G. Dunkle who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Canajoharie and are both credible persons, and that their statement is en- titled to credit.
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Frederick Weller for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this nineteenth day of September One thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss.
I Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord of the City of Schenectady in said County, late an Ensign in a Company of Militia commanded by Abraham Othout in Colonel Abraham Wemple's Regiment, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Frederick Weller a resident of the Town of Minden in the County of Montgomery and applicant for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832, that I knew said Frederick Weller in the time of the revolutionary war - that he was in the fall of the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-five, enrolled as a private in said Company, was raised to the rank of sergeant & served faithfully as such till the termination of said war - that this Deponent served with said Frederick in most of the expeditions in his declaration mentioned, to wit at Fort Edward, Fort Ann, Skeneborough Fort Miller, Ballston, Fort Hunter, Sacandaga Caughnawaga, Johnstown, Stillwater, Cobleskill & Schoharie -
Subscribed & sworn this 29th August 1832 before me H. Strong
I H. Strong before whom the preceding certificate of Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord was sworn, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with said Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord, and know him to be a

man of veracity, and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit. Witness my hand this 29 th Aug t 1832.
W m Strong, J.P.
State of New York } County of Schenectady } ss
I, John S.
Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that William Strong before whom the preceding deposition of Cornelius T. Van Sant- wood purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that the signature "W m Strong" to said deposition as well as to the preceding Certificate by him purporting to have signed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this seventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
John S. Vrooman Clerk.

St. N o 12.460 Frederick Miller
G. F. Yates Schenectady N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Frederick Weller County of Montgomery in the State of N.Y. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Sergt. Gen.     rolled in the Militia during the War   In 1775 Fall — 2 — Drafted Col. Wemple, Capt. Rathbone   "76 Spring — 1 15 do. Sergt   "77 Spring — 2 — do. "   " Fall — 2 15 do. "   at different times after this 1 — — do. "   "80 Fall — — 15 do. "   at various calls after this — 6 — do. "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Scenectady  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition, Tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin B. Delt Examining Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 War Section
August 2, 1929
Mr. Howard C. Weller Eagle Bay New York
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14816, it appears that Frederic Weller was born December 5, 1757, in Wallkill Wallkill Township, Orange County, New York.
While a resident of Schenectady Township, which was later included within the bounds of Princetown, Schenectady County, New York, he enlisted in the fall of 1775 and served at various times until sometime in 1782, amounting to more than two years in all, as a private and orderly sergeant in Captains Abraham Oothout's and Jesse Van Slyck's Companies in Colonel Abraham Wemple's New York Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, while a resident of Minden, Montgomery County, New York.
His wife was referred to in 1842 but her name was not given. In that year he was living in New London, Oneida County, New York.
This is the only soldier by the name of Frederic Weller that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Due to the large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, this bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of their receipt.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner

Oct 13. 42
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Madison no Oct 8
Frederick St. Helen
25 1/2 Barnes & Co Commissions & Pensions Washington

New London Unida County New York Oct 8 th 1842
Sir
at the request of Mr Frederick Weller I wrote to Giles. F. Yates Esq of Schenectady who prepared his paper and ascertained the charge given by you why you stop his pension. You say that his specification of his service can not contain some portions of time of which there are rolls and other portions of which there are no rolls and that allowing his own statements in re- -spect to those periods when there are no rolls and add them to the service crediting to him on the rolls it would give him a pension of $24. 44 100 per annum - which would not absorb the entire payment to him for May year. I am aware that the rolls at Albany are very imperfect and afford no certain evidence of the precise length of time resolution any soldiers served Mr Weller is certain that he specified at least 12 months service which would give him a pension of $40 per annum but not to insist upon the exact amount of service he has proved I concurred respectfully inquired whether Mr Weller ought not in justice to receive such pension as you say he is entitled to If he was allowed more than he ought to have been it was no fault of his the Department at Washington allowed him his pension of $120 per year in good faith and I cannot conceive by what color of law or equity they can require him to refund

I am credibly informed that the late Attorney General has decided that pensions should not be obliged to refund and Mr Waur is nearly ninety years old and is poor and now by the loss of his pension has to labor he and his old wife for a livelihood God knows if any one of the old soldiers now help that he is our young respectful
Majah Jones J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

From Mr. Brewster Col. J. P. H. Moore J. M. Williams pen- son paper. J. S. the Jun. 1845 Brigade Office Washington Secretary of War Hon Wm L. Marcy

Rome N.Y. June 13/45.
Benj. P. Thompson
Ind. Wells' pen- sion papers.
187. See June 18/45 Bureau Office
Washington
Century of War
Am. Univ. Library

Rose M rs
June 13 th 1845
Dear W. L. Murray Secy War.
Sir. I write you on behalf of Frederick Miller an aged soldier from Connecticut officer of the Revolution, who was placed on the pension Roll in 1832 at the rate of 120 dollars per annum - at which rate he drew a pension for about 10 years - When a revision of his papers took place at the War Department and his pension was reduced in 1842 to $ 24. 45 / 100 per annum. and his pension has since been withheld - I enclose you a copy of his original declaration by which it will be seen that he performed services more than sufficient to secure the pension to which was originally allowed him - and the proof was such as was then required.
Mr Miller feels that he ought not at his time of life to be turned adrift without any provision - and desires to appeal from the decision that has been made, and asking to be permitted to draw his pension for such sum as is justly due to him, and for the arrearages from 1842. He believes that it was never the intention of Congress to withhold the pension from a soldier of the Revolution on account of arrearages, of which of such he is informed has

been repeatedly the decision of the Asy General of the N States -
He would respectfully solicit therefrom a review of his case, and a restoration to the paying list of pensioners.
Retiring as most respectfully & affectionately to the John's Cider
I have the Honor to be most respectfully
Ym obed Servt
Richd. Johnson

June 20. '42
Dear Mr. Millon
Camaras Army Pension Washington D.C.
Hon. J. G. Floyd W.R.

House of Representatives
June 15 - 1842
Sir
Mr. Frederick Mueller of Orleans Co a pensioner under act of 1832 via at the Albany agency requests me to ascertain why his pension has been stopped.
Will you be so good as to furnish me the desired information
I am very respectfully
Yr. obed. Servt
John L. Floyd
Hon J. L. Rivers

Mr. Ames 24 June 1849 Hon. J. R. [?] as attorney for H. Keller Edward Genl. Russell Washington

Post Off. Room N.Y. June 1848
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. spec. Sir
Maj: Frederick Weller, a Subj: in the N.Y. Troops, Revolutionary army, was pensioned 29: April 1833, & his certf. N: 8844, bears that date, he saw his stopped for some 10 or 12 years, & was then informed that he had been overpaid, & his power of attorney for further pay, was refused at the Pension Agency. — He was then, & is now, wholly uninformed as to the particulars in the case, — his certf. was for the annual amt. of $120. a year as Subj: — & is the same, that others receive; — nor is he at all aware of any error in the case, or any over pay . — He served faithfully, & the proof is on record. He has at different periods since his pay was stopped, endeavored to learn the reason for the same, through two different agents, neither of whom has given him any intelligence showing how, or by what incident he was overpaid. He desires me to ask you to give the desired information, with special reasons in the case. — Respectfully Jay Northway

H. R. McWilliams V
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. Pensions Washington
com 27 Dec - 10 Feb 1830. Newbern N. Carolina, my 1818 in Newbern N. Carolina, my 1832
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Jan 19. 1844
Com 27 Dec. 10 ft 1830. Reuben Hildreth, NY 1818 1/2 Fredk Weller NY. vol 32
W. L. G. ... Esq. Rev. ... Washington
Henk McIlvaine H.R.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington Jan. 18. 1844
Sir
Reuben Hiland, concerning whose case I made an inquiry of your Bureau, is a resident of Herkimer Co. N. York.
Frederick Weller of Onondaga Co. N. Y. whose application for increase of Pension has been referred to this Committee, states that he was placed upon the pension roll in 1833 at $120. per annum, and that his pension has since been reduced, and that withheld in payment of excess of pension heretofore received.
Please inform me also the cause of said reduction
Very respectfully Yours! -
O. W. McNamee
Com. Pension

Statements of Frederick Miller Juni

Fredrick Miller's statement of Services State of New York County of Schoharie
I, Fredrick Miller of the town of Kinder in the county of Schoharie, young in said State aged 83 years and after being duly sworn hereby make the following supplemental declaration in order to satisfy the requirements of the Commissioner of Pensions Commissioned to him by letter bearing date the twentieth day of September 1841.
That he this declarant was enrolled in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel Abraham Wemple in the district of Schoharie & appointed an orderly sergeant therein in the year 1775 in which capacity he continued to serve throughout the war of the Revolution. The Company to which he belonged was under the command of Captain Abraham Coothart John Robbsons & Nicholas Van Keuren Lieutenants & Cornelius Z. Sauctorud Ensigns
1 Soon after his said enrollment & appointment as he believes in the fall of the year (as it was frosty & cold weather) and in the same year 1775, he marched with a detachment of Militia from said Regiment to Fort Edwards Fort Anne and Schoharie.
If this declarant has heretofore represented this expedition as having been

performed in 1776 he has done so unintentionally and from a defective memory. If it was in the year 1775 as he has been informed and believes, that General Montgomery met his death, then it was in the year 1775, that this Deponent performed the expedition aforesaid. He served in this expedition more than four weeks as a private Sergeant under Lieutenant Barklyatt & Rensselaer Van Santvoord aforesaid.
2 —
In the month of December in the year last named and this Deponent thinks in the latter part of said month of December, and not more than 12, or 14, days after his return to Schenectady from the expedition aforesaid his whole Regiment aforesaid stood a draft and about every seventh man was drafted, if this Deponent remembers right, to join a contemplated expedition to Canada, but an express arriving that Gen Montgomery's expedition had failed the drafted men were dismi- ssed a few days after they had been drafted.
3 —
One of the next expeditions in which this Deponent engaged was in the year to Issip's patent. He thought this might have been in the year 1776, but believes it must have been in the spring of the year in which Burgoyne surrendered viz 1777. His commanding officer was Captain Van Slyke he marched with his detachment to Saratoga & there met 400, of the Vermont Militia and with them proceeded to Issip's patent to destroy the block house that had been erected there by the enemy.

In this town he was in active service nearly if not quite four weeks including a week he remained on duty after his return from Joseph's patent at Saratoga where he kept guard in company with Colonel Fitch's Vermont Militia under Col. Seth Warner.
10 4. This Declarant not having been called upon at any time heretofore to specify his services, he is not certain whether he has at any time heretofore specified or attempted to specify his many tours to Saratoga, Fort Plain, Fort Hunter Schoharie Schenectady Ballston Caughnawaga, Stone Arabia Secondage Lake George and other posts and passes at which he served during said war before and after the year 1777, until the close of the war. He has not been called upon until now to make such specification for himself though he has on several occasions been requested & has endeavored to specify the services of Comrades John Sant-wood his Ensign and of several of the members of his Company & Regiment who have applied or whose widows have applied for pensions. If he has made any mistakes they do not relate to the services itself which he is unable to describe in full, but he may have been mistaken as to the dates perhaps about which so many of his fellow revolutionary soldiers differ. He will now go on and give as particular a specification as he is able though it will not include in the aggregate the full period or periods of service he actually rendered.

2 During the harvest time of the year 1776 this Declarant marched with a detach- ment of Militia from Schenectady to the Schenectady fort of Schoharie and performed garrison duty there at least ten days under Rensselaer Van Santvoort & Lt. Walter Vrooman.
3 On another occasion this Declarant 14 also served at Schoharie Middle fort under command of the officers of the Regiment of Col. Wm. J. Vrooman - This tour was performed in the fall of the year 1778 & lasted two weeks at the least.
6 In the summer of the year 1778 he this Declarant served at Stone Arabia under 30 Capt. Abraham Coothart John Thornton Lieutenant adjutant Lansing for the term of at least one month. The orders were that his company should on this occasion stay three weeks, but as no relief came for four weeks, his said company or detachment remained four weeks.
4 In the spring or fore part of the summer 12 of the year 1776 this declarant marched with a detachment of Militia from said Regiment to Johnstown & from thence to Schoharie to erect works of defence there with some regular troops under Col. Santvoort. The enemy being expected to make a descent in that quarter.

In this town he was on duty at least twelve or fourteen days under the immediate Command of Captain John Mynhues 8 A short time previous to this last 14 discharge tour. In this discharge was on duty with a detachment of the Militia from said Regiment to Johnstown afore- said under Colonel Mynhues, and remain- ed there on duty two weeks expecting the enemy, but no enemy coming they returned home.
9 In the fall of the year 1777. In this 49 Discharge service with the Militia from said Regiment under the officers of his Company & Regiment at the retreat from Lake George to Stillwater. was on duty a little more than seven weeks when he was taken sick and was permitted to return home which he did with one Isaac Glenn
10 When he recovered his health 21 which was in a short time his Regiment was again called out, and in this Discharge was required by Henry Glen A Deputy Quar- Master General at Schenectady where said Glen was stationed to perform quartermaster duty, and he was required to transport effects for the army from Schenectady to Albany. In which service he was engaged for three weeks while his Regiment marched, or a portion thereof marched to Canajoharie to

intercept the enemy expected from that quarter
11.
In the spring of the year 1778. Declarant performed military duty with a detachment from said Regiment at the lower fort of Schoharie, on this occasion he assisted in burying the dead who had been killed in the Cobleskill battle. He served in this town two weeks, & remembers that Lieutenant Nicholas Barklyst of his Company was in command & that Doctor Erick Van Ingen from Schoenectadla of the hospital department was along to dress the wounds -
12
This Declarant served with a like detachment under command of Captain Cothant and others for fourteen days or more at Fort Plain - This was in the month of July or at least summer of the year and thinks the year must have been 1779. It was when the enemy under Brant was expected to and did commit devastations
13.
In the fall of the year 1779. This Declarant served under the immediate command of Captain Abraham Cothant and other officers from his said Company and Regiment and was in continuous service on this occasion for more than twenty five days at least or for a month, when he was relieved for the time being.

14.
In the Spring of the year 1780. he this declarant served with a like detach- -ment & with some Continental troops for more than two weeks or seventeen days at Johnstown & in the neighborhood. Commanding officer's name not recolle- -cted
15.
In the fall of the year 1780. when the Mohawk settlements were destroyed by the enemy, this declarant marched with a detachment of Militia from said Regiment as far west as Patank (or Canajoharie) under Lieut. John Thornton and officers from said Regi- -ment. He marched on this occasion also through Florida and Canajoharie and served for a term of three weeks.
16.
This declarant was on duty three times at Fort Hunter. Once for the term of two weeks in the summer of 1780. under Colonel Wemple who took command in person once during the term of three weeks last stated & once in the fall of 1781. as herein after stated
17.
When at Ballston was burnt (in the fall of 1780.) he served under Major Swift from said Regiment for the term of two weeks -
18.
In the fall of the year 1781. he (this Decla- -rant) served at Fort Hunter & its neighbor- -hood where the battle of Johnstown took place & was there engaged with others in guarding prisoners. Thence he marched

to Charlestown in pursuit of the enemy Capt Dothout aforesaid & others Commanding SC forces in this town for the term of twelve days or more
This Declarant cannot recollect to have performed any tours of duty as a Militia man subsequent to the fall of the year 1781, and he cannot now call to mind although he knows he performed there any regular tours performed with large detachments from the Regiment aforesaid besides those herein before alluded to. But this Declarant did perform many tours of duty with small detachments from said Regiment on many occasions as a volunteer, and as a spy and procided with such detachments to Helderburgh, Rensselaer, Vries Rift Brumelans & sundry other places where Tories did chiefly congregate for the purpose of capturing or routing them. Of these short though numerous tours he cannot give at this late day any specific account yet knows that in the aggregate these tours exceed in the whole several months
And this Declarant further faith, that he found & for the most of the time under Lieut Michl Barkydt aforesaid, with detachments of the Schen- ectady Militia at Schenectady taking turns with them & forming three or four days in succession. Schenectady was then a frontier town & the enemy

were expected constantly from the north to make a descent upon it.
After the lapse of more than sixty years since the events he is now called upon to relate have trans- -pired, it is impossible for him to recollect the very particulars he is now required to specify. The tours he now recollects may not be as many as he has heretofore -ore described or there may be more of them. He sometimes recollects a tour which at other times he cannot call to mind - and those he now recollects have been called to his recollection by his being reminded of unusual occurrences such as the burning of towns - battles &c
And this Declaration further saith, that having examined the evidence of his services found in the office of the Comptroller of this State he finds the same exceedingly defective, and that they do not embrace one twentieth part at the least of the services he has actually performed. They seem to contain a few tours performed by whole companies or large detachments for a few of the last years of the war and omit altogether all tours perform- -ed by volunteers as scouts & spies and include such only as have been returned by the officers to draw pay thereon.

June 22 P.M.
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L. Edwards Esq Washington D.C.

Rome June 18 th 1846 J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir:
I write you for the purpose of enquiring in relation to the pension of Frederick Weller. Mr. Weller was a Sergeant in the "Revolutionary Army" and is entitled as per Certificate to $120 per annum. his certificate was granted April 29 th 1833 in Conformity to Law of 1832. Mr. Weller has recd no pay since 1841. — I wrote to Mr. Livingston of Albany in relation to the matter & he answered as follows: "Sus- pended by the War department 18 Sept 1841" Now will you please give some light on the subject by informing the reason of Mr. Weller's Suspension, for as the matter now stands we remain in the dark, and it will give us more satis- faction by knowing something definite. By complying with above requests you will greatly oblige
J. S. Edwards
Yours Resp t J. S. Edwards

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Albany, May 4 th 1842.
Dr. Sir.
Mr Frederick Weller , a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832, after enjoying his pension for nine years, had his name stricken from the pension roll, last fall in consequence of some discrepancy between an affidavit of his taken at that time and his original declaration. He was required to make a new specification of his services, to which and the explanations accompanying it, I beg leave again to call your attention, and respectfully solicit a reexamination of them.
Mr. Frederick Weller is a man highly esteemed by all who know him, and he has uniformly during his long life borne an excellent character for truth and integrity. Certificates to that effect (of which many more could be adduced) accompany his papers. I never urge the allowance of a claim or solicit a favor at your hands unless I am satisfied fully of the merits of such claim. I am thus satisfied in the present instance.
Mr Weller received in the first instance a larger stipend than he was entitled to - but this was not Mr Weller's fault , and he should not suffer for on account of an erroneous decision or the mistake of the auditing Clerk who made out the certificate. However hard it may be for

the old gentleman as he is poor, to be deprived of his usual annual income, he ought to accept of a certificate for a smaller amount than he at first received, to be graduated by the amount of service you think is proved, by the specification referred to. I respectfully request that Mr. Williams may be thus dealt by. I remain
(Yours sincerely)
J. H. H. S.

To what time was Frederick Miller, Sergt, $120 per An, Act 7 June '32. Work rolls, last paid?
Paid to 4 th Sept 1846.      Pension Office W. B. Jan 15, '49

In the matter &c of Frederick Waller a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832.

State of New York County of Albany } ss.
Frederick Weller of the town of Minden in the County of Montgomery in said State, aged eighty three years and upwards, being duly sworn, doth hereby make the following supplemental declaration in order to satisfy the requirements of the Commissioner of Pensions communicated to him by letter bearing date the 20 th September 1841.
That he this Deponent after the lapse of more than sixty years since the events he is now called upon to relate have transpired, finds it impossible for him to recollect or specify them in detail. The military expeditions he engaged in, like those engaged in by other militia men, were numerous, and of few weeks, or days' duration each; hence unless a memorandum thereof was made at the time or shortly after their occurrence no person except one possessed of uncommon memory can call them to mind with all their attendant circumstances.
This deponent having at no time heretofore been called upon thus to specify his revolutionary services, he is not as able now as he would have been some eight or ten years ago, when he first applied for a pension, to give such specifications. He has however been requested, and he has endeavoured, to specify the services of Cornelius J. Van Sant-wood his Ensign, & of several privates of his

Company or Regiment, who or whose widows were applicants for pensions. If there are any discrepancies to be observed in his affidavits, he is sure they do not relate to the service itself by him rendered, a large portion of which he is unable to give a specification of at all, but they may relate, perhaps to bates , about which so many revolutionary soldiers differ.
This Deponent cannot remember that he performed any tours of duty as a militia man subsequent to the year 1781, and he believes that he did not; and it so happens, that his memory is more distinct as to his services in the three first years of the war, than subsequently. He cannot call to mind although he knows he performed them, any regular tours with large detachments from the Regiment aforesaid besides those herein after mentioned, and this Deponent performed many tours of duty with small detachments or parties from said Regiment as a volunteer & spy, and proceeded with such detachments to the Helderberg, Curriehusk, Vrale's Rift, Beavertown & sundry other places where Tories were known to congregate, & from which they were wont to sally and fall upon the unsuspecting and defenceless inhabitants of the frontier; and Schenectady was then a frontier town, and for a portion of the time without any regular troops

there stationed. In these scouting parties they went in search of the Tories for the purpose of capturing or routing them. Of these short though numerous tours he cannot at this late day give any specific account, yet knows that in the aggregate they extended several months.
And this deponent further saith, that he served and for the most part of the time under Lieutenant M c Cluskie Barhydt from the company of Militia to which he belonged, with detachments of militia at Schenectada taking turns with them and serving three or four days in succession. The garrison at Schenectada was constantly occupied by regular troops or Militia, for the reason that the enemy were on many occasions on the point of making a descent upon it. particularly during the
And this deponent further saith, that he was enrolled in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel Abraham Wemple in the district of Schenectada & the county of Albany, and was appointed an orderly sergeant therein in the year 1775. The names of his Company officers were Abraham Oothout Captain, John Roseboom & Nicholas Barhydt Lieutenants & Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord Ensign. In his capacity of orderly sergeant he

continued to serve until the close of the revolution. He remembers that having a beat of several miles, he spent a great deal of time (which he cannot give a specific account of) in warning the members of his company. These warnings were exceedingly frequent every year of the war, but especially during the first four or five years of it. His company was often paraded, drilled, exercised & reviewed - but deponent cannot possibly specify the number of days he was thus engaged as sergeant, in attending parades, and discharging his duties on these occasions as a sergeant.
Some of the towns he now recollects may not heretofore have been described by him. He sometimes recollects a town of service which at other times he cannot call to mind, and those he now recollects which are herein after described, have been called to his recollection by some unusual events occurring at the same time, as the burning of towns, battles &c.
1. In the fall of the year 1775, (he remembers it was in the fall of the year from the fact that the weather was cold and frosty) he marched with a detachment of militia from said Regiment to Fort Edward, Fort Ann and Skene'sboro. Of this deponent has heretofore (as he believes he has) represented this expedition as having

been performed in 1775, he has, he thinks, done so incorrectly, and from a defective memory. If it was in the year 1775, as he has been informed & believes, that General Montgomery met his death, then it was in the year 1775, that he this Deponent performed the expedition aforesaid. He served in this expedition more than four weeks as sergeant as aforesaid under Lieutenant Barhyst aforesaid, & Ensign Van Santvoord aforesaid.
2. In the month of December in the year last named (1775) and as this Deponent thinks in the latter part of said month of December, his whole Regiment stood a draft and about, if he remembers right every seventh man was drafted, to join a contemplated expedition to Canada; but an express arriving that General Montgomery's expedition had failed, the drafted men were dismissed a few days after they had been drafted, say three days .
3. Some time in the Spring of the year 1776, this Deponent was on duty with a detachment of the militia from said Regiment to Johnstown under command of Col. Wemple aforesaid, and remained there on duty two weeks expecting the enemy, but no enemy making their appearance, they returned to Schenectady.
4. In the Spring or forepart of the Summer of the year 1776, this Deponent marched with a detachment of militia from

said Regiment to Johnstown & from thence to Schoharie to erect works of defence there with some regular troops under Colonel Gansvoort, the enemy being expected to make a descent in that quarter. In this town he was on duty at least twelve or fourteen days , under the immediate command of Captain John Wyncoop , captain of a Company of minute men from said Regiment of Colonel Wemple
5. During the harvest time of the year 1776, this Regiment marched with a detachment of militia from Schoharie aforesaid to the Middle Schoharie fort & performed garrison duty there at least ten days under command of Ensign Van Santvoord.
6. One of the next expeditions in which this Regiment engaged, was the one to Jesup's patent . He once thought this might have been in the year 1776, but believes it must have been in the year 1777, from the fact, which he recollects, that it was in the spring of the year in which Burgoyne surrendered, viz 1777. His com- manding officer was Captain Jesse Van Slyck . He marched with his detach- ment to Saratoga & there met 400 of the Vermont Militia, and with them proceeded to Jesup's patent to destroy the block houses alleged there to have been erected by the enemy. In this town he was in active service nearly if not quite five weeks , including a week he remained

on duty on his return from Geysers patent to Saratoga, & there (at Saratoga) he kept guard with Col. Fitch's Vermont Militia under Col. Seth Warner - after which he was permitted to return to Schenectady.
7. In the harvest fall of the year 1777, he this Declarant served with the Militia from said Regiment of Colonel Mapple under the officers of his company & Regi- ment before specified, at the retreat from Lake George to Stillwater - was on duty a little more than seven weeks , when he was taken sick with the measles and was thereupon permitted to return to Schenectady, which he did in company with one Isaac Glen.
8. Before the close of said fall, 1777, & soon after the recovery of his health, a part of his Regiment was ordered to march & did march to Canajoharie to intercept the enemy expected in that quarter. This Deponent detailed on this occasion to perform garrison duty, and was assigned by Henry Glen A.D. Quarter Master Gen- eral of the Northern Department of the Army, to transport army effects to & from Schenectady & Albany. In this service he was engaged for the full term of three weeks .
9. In the spring of the year 1778, Deponent performed military service with a detachment from said Regiment of Colonel Mapple at the lower fort of Schoharie . On this occasion he

assisted in burying the dead that had been killed in the Cobleskill battle. He served in this town two weeks , & remembers that Nicholas Brughst Lieutenant of his company was in command & that Doctor Dineck Van Ingen of the Hospital Department Schoharie, was along to dress & administer to the wounded.
10. In the summer of the year 1778, he this Deponent served at Stone Arabia, under Captain Abraham Oothout, & John Thornton Lieutenant & Adjutant Lansing, for the term of at least one month . The orders were that his company on this occasion should stay three weeks , but as no relief forces came at the end of three weeks, they remained on duty for four weeks .
11. In the fall of the year 1778, this Deponent served at the Schoharie Middle fort, under command of officers from said Regiment not now particularly recollected. This town lasted two weeks at the least.
12. This Deponent served with a detachment of militia from said Regiment under command of Captain Abraham Oothout & other officers from said Regiment at Fort Plain , for the term of two weeks or fourteen days. This was in the month of July, or at least summer of the year 1779. It was when the enemy under Burgoyne were expected to & did

commit devastations on the Settlements South of the Mohawk.
13. In the fall of the year last named (1779) this Deponent served un- der the immediate command of Captain Abraham Coothout and other officers from his said Company and Regiment. & was in continuous service on this occasion for more than twenty-five 25 days at the least, or for one month when he was relieved from duty for the time being at Fort Paris.
14. In the Spring of the year 1780, he this Deponent served with a like Detachment more than two 14 weeks at Johnston & Caughnawaga its neighborhood, the enemy on this occasion having destroyed some of the settlements along the Mohawk Valley.
15. This Declarant was on duty three times at Fort Hunter . Once for 14 the term of two weeks in the summer of 1780, under Colonel Wemple who took the command in person once during the term of three weeks as herein next stated, and once for the fall of 1781, as herein after stated.
16. In the fall of 1780, when the Mohawk settlements were destroyed by the British forces, this Deponent marched with a Detachment of militia from said Regiment as far West as Palatine under Lieutenant John Thornton & Officers from said Regi- ment. He marched on this occasion also

47 through Canajawaga & Florida and served for a term of three weeks .
21- 17. When Ballston was burnt in the fall of the year 1780, he served with a detachment of militia from said Regiment for the term of two weeks , at Ballston & its neighborhood.
18. In the forepart of the year 1781, he this deponent served in several tours, but he is unable to specify them. In the fall of that year however he performed a tour of duty to Fort Hunter, which he remembers particularly from the circumstance that Walter Butler a tory, related to some Schenec- tada whites, was on this occasion killed by an Oneida Indian from Schenectada, where the portion of the Oneida tribe that espoused the American Cause were encamped that year & had been for a year or two previous. In this expedition to Fort Hunter, the troops with which deponent then served were engaged in guarding prisoners at said fort Hunter. Thence they marched to Charlestown in pursuit of the enemy. Captain Cottont & other offi- cers from said Regiment comman- ding, & he served in this tour for the term of twelve days or more.
12 Subscribed & sworn this 26th day of October 1841, before me } Frederick Schen Jonas Wickes Comr of Auds &c
State of New York 3d County of Albany ss. I Henry B. Russell Clerk of the County of Albany do hereby
Certify that Jonas Wickes before me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing
Deed to have been sworn to me on this day of the state of the same a true
impression of said Deed in the presence of the said County and that his name sub- scribed to the same is the true and correct name of the said Jonas Wickes and that he is the person described in and who executed the said Deed and that the seal of the said County this 26th day of October 1841. H.B. Russell Clerk

September 20: 1841.
Sir
No further payment can be made to you under the Act June 7. 1832 untill your claim can be read justed with the benefit of the evidences of the service of Col. Hemplis regiment of militia which have been discovered since the allowance of your pension.
You will make a statement under oath of each term of service for which you claim and submit it to the Comptroller at Albany who should either certify upon the same paper or attach the statement to his certificate The Comptrollers certificate will not be received as evidence unless it shews upon what inquiries the search of his records was made.
I am very respectfully Your Obed. Servt J L Edwards
Mr. Frederick Weller Minden N York,

Albany, October 26 th 1841.
To the Hon:
The Comptroller of the State of N. York.
Sir.
I respectfully request from you a certificate of the purport required in the accompanying letter from the Commissioner of Pensions.
The statement under oath required in and by said letter to be submitted to you, is herunto prefixed.
As to inquiries upon which the search of the records in your office is to be made, I presume the following will suffice.
What evidence do all or any of the records in your office afford, of the services of Frederick Weller , as a private or sergeant , (or in any capacity whatever) in the Regiment of Militia in the then County of Albany , and district of Schenectady , commanded by Colonel Abraham Nemple , or Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Yates , during the years 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, & 1782 or during any part of all or any of those years in the Company of said Regiment under Command of Captain Abraham Oothout , Lieutenant Nicholas Burkey , or other Inferior officers of said Company

in the Company of said Regiment under Command of Captain Jesse Van  Hyck , or inferior officers of said Company last named, or under any of the officers of any other Company of said Regiment, or under the command of any non commis-  sioned officer of said Regiment, or of his serving with a small detachment of militia from said District & County under command of any officer whatever.
Very respectfully Your mo: Obt servt
Frederick Miller pr G. H. Miller
In pursuance of a law Passed 27 of April 1784 entitled "an act for the settlement of the pay of the Service & Militia for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned" the following certificates have been issued bearing interest at five per Cent per annum viz:
   1779 May 12 2228 Fredk Wheeler prw - 0 - 15 - 1/2   1780 July 9 2425 Fredk Miller " - 0 - 7 - 11   1780 June 10 2540 Fredk Miller " - 0 - 18 - 3 -   1781 July 28 22005 Fredk Wheeler " - 0 - 3 - 6 3/4   1781 October 28 22044 Fredk Miller " - 0 - 5 - 4 -  

State of New York Comptroller's Office Albany Dec 10. 1841
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books & papers now remaining in this office and that the services for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers viz:
First under Capt John Gillely in Col Johannes Johnsons Regt Second " " William Crop " " Johannes Johnsons " Third " " William Crop " " Johannes Johnsons " Fourth " Ensign Corn Van Santvoort " Abm Temple " Fifth " Secut John Roseboom " Abm Temple " And I further certify that Ensign Corn Van Santvoort and Secut John Roseboom were inferior officers under Capt Abm Cothout in the Regiment Commanded by Col Abm Temple and also that the above are all the entries of the name of Fredk Weller or Wheeler that can be found on the Books of this office
M. W. Judway Ap. Comptroller

Van Hoens Till April 22 nd }
Free- D. Van Horne. P.M.
Jollis H. Yates Esq. —
Albany

Van Hornesville April 22 d 1842 —
Dear Mr. Frederick Waller of Minden Montgomery Co. called on me to day to see if there was a letter for him in the P. Office here. says you promised to inform by letter directed to this P. Office. concerning his pension. and as no letter has come to this Office for him. he wishes you to write him. Direct. to — New London. Oneida Co. — to which place he is about to move to. at the request of the Old — Gentleman I write this. he seems to be quite anxious to hear — about his pension —
Respectfully yours Daniel Van Horn —

Rev J. L. Edwards Genl. of Pres.
Vienna N.Y. June 14 '48
Sir,
I have made Say Westphal of Vienna N.Y. an agent to manage my claim for Russia. — will you please correspond with him in the case, so long as is necessary, or until this request is countermanded. & oblige y. obedt.
Return To: F. Weller
x
Frederick Weller Say in N.Y. Messrs. Rev. War

G. F. Bates Nlee 20th 84

Pen H Dec. 20 th
Sir
The statement of Frederick Willer and the certificate of the Compt r as to the evidence, of the services therein set- forth which his records afford have been examined & filed. The services previous to Jany 79 of which there are no rolls amount to about 7 mo. and that after 78 of which there are rolls to 10 days. Even if his own esti- mate of his term before Jany 79 should be adopted des- withstanding the discredit which the records throw upon his estimate of his term after that date it would afford him a pension of 24:44 pr. an m only - Having rec d a full pension of a sum 120 pr. an m from 4 March 31. to Sept last it will require a term far beyond his life to refund the amount overdrawn
Giles F. Yates Esq Albany N.Y.

N o 12.460
Fred Mc Miller
F. G. Yates Schenectady
NY

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Frederick Miller which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? supplied XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 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 shewn 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.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Frederick E. Heller Sep 20. 41 GC

Rev: H Sep 20 H
Sir
No further payment can be made to you under the act of 7 th June 32 until your claim can be readjusted with the benefit of the evidences of the service of Col l Wemple's Reg t of Militia which have been discovered since the allowance of your pension.
You will make a statement under oath of each term of service for which you claim and submit it to the Com r at Albany who shall  should either certify upon the same paper or attaching the statement to his certificate. The Com r s certificate will not be rec d as evidence unless it shows upon what enquiries the search of his records was made.
W. Frederick Weller (Minden N.Y.)
90

Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

Albany Dec 23 1821
Sir:
At the request of Mr Frederick Waller who has visited me for the purpose, I have prepared the accompanying papers, which seemed to be required by your letter of the 20 th Sep r ult o ?
In connection with the fact that the Comptroller's Records show only two tours in 1781, of a few days service each, I beg leave to direct your attention to the claim of James Barkyte who was allowed for 18 months service, while the said records showed that he was paid for one short tour only. Mr Barkyte is the only person I ever knew or heard of, who kept a memorandum of his services in Albany County . By reference to his papers it will be seen, that he actually performed more than 40 tours , all of which he has distinctly specified. I therefore maintain that these records cannot fairly be considered as a true test of militia services. Had Mr Waller made such a memorandum, his case & that of Barkyte's would have been parallel.
I am with much respect (Yours etc. Sir)
J. H. C. [Signature]

P. off New York Sept. 26. 48
Rev J. L. Coward Am. Presb.
Sir
I wrote you some 3 mo. since, at the urgent request of Frederick Miller, Surgeon in army of Australia, formerly a pensioner at rate of $120. — but discontinued by your order. He assures me with all appearance of sincerity, & he is a gentlemanly, & S. to be a worthy old man, that he does not know why you stopped his pay — his bpf. is N o . 8844 29 th Ap r . 1853.
I am not able to suppose a reason why you decline to answer my letter, — assuming that it reached you. —
He sends by every opportunity to learn your answer,
I shall be gratified if you give the required information,
I am respectfully your obed.
J. H. Washburn

J. Hathaway Nov 13. 48
Jan 25 - 49
27 Jan 49 - G. E. Bablyn

Post Office Room No. 2. May 16 th
Hon. J. L. Edwards con't to Sir
I send with this, proof in case of Mary Smith widow of Simon Smith to sustain her application for pension, it was by accident omitted, when I sent the previous papers in her case a day or two since. —
I have this day rec d a letter from Mr. Purvis for you, saying that in the case of Frederick Weller "that his pension was suspended for the reason heretofore stated in the letter from this office to you (me) the 13 th inst last" —
to this I have to reply, that no such letter ever came to hand, & that I am to this hour in advice of cause of suspension, — save that a rumor has reached me, that he had been paid too much — reported by one J. Jones. —
I am Respectfully your obed t J. W. Wallbridge

January 16, 1929
Mrs. Walter F. Webb 202 Westminster Road Rochester, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14816, it appears that Frederic Wel-ler was born, December 5, 1757, in Wallkill Township, Orange County, New York.
While a resident of Schenectady Township which was later included within the bounds of Princetown, Schenec-tady County, New York, he enlisted in the fall of 1775 and served at various times until sometime in 1782 amounting to more than 2 yrs in all as a private and orderly sergeant in Captains Abraham Cothout's and Jesse Van Slyck's Companies in Colonel Abraham Wemple's New York Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, while a resident of Minden, Montgomery County, New York.
His wife is referred to in 1842, but her name is not given. In that year he was living in New London, Oneida

County, New York.
This is the only soldier by the name of Frederic Weller that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
add - due to the very large no etc

HOWARD C. WELLER EAGLE BAY, N. Y.
Reno
Sept. 12, 1929
United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Earl D. Church, Commissioner
Dear Sir:
I acknowledge with thanks your letter of August 2, 1929, regarding record of Frederick Weller in the Revolutionary War section of your bureau.
Very sincerely,
Howard C. Weller
H C Weller

HOWARD C. WELLER EAGLE BAY, N. Y.
July 26, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Pension Bureau Dept. of Interior Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
On June 1st, I wrote you, asking for the Revolutionary War record of Frederick Weller , who was a soldier. He was born Dec. 5, 1757 and married Elizabeth Bastian on May 3rd, 1784. In 1840 he was living at Minden, Montgomery County, N.Y. and was 82 years old. According to the Census of Pensioners in 1840 ---published in 1841 -- he was receiving a pension at that time. I would like to know what companies and regiments he served in, the length of his service and any further particulars you can give me.
Several years ago your office informed me that his record could be furnished to me if I would give the information which I have now furnished to you. I neglected to do so until my letter to you on June 1st, to which I have had no reply.
Very truly yours,
Howard C. Weller

HOWARD C. WELLER EAGLE BAY, N. Y.
June 1, 1929
Pension Commissioner Bureau of Pensions Dept. of the Interior Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Section
Dear Sir:
I would like whatever information regarding the war record, company, regiment, etc., you may be able to give me concerning my great-grandfather, FREDERICK WELLER, who was born Dec. 5, 1757, and married Elizabeth Bastian May 3rd, 1784. If available, I would also like to know date of his death as our records do not show it.
He lived at various times in Schenectady, N.Y., Minden, N.Y. East Springfield, N.Y. and New London, N.Y.
The Census of Pensioners in 1840, published in 1841, on page 87 states that Frederick Weller, age 82, of Town of Minden, N.Y. was a pensioner of Revolutionary War. I know from family records that the Frederick Weller of our family lived in Minden, Montgomery County, N.Y. in 1840 and was 82 years old at that time.
If your records show place of birth, I should also be pleased to know it.
Respectfully,
Howard C. Weller

202 WESTMINSTER ROAD ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
March 28th 1928
U. S. Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sir: Washington D.C.
I should information as to whether Frederick Weller - born at West Camp N.Y. December 3rd 1757 - and who enlisted in the Ulster County Militia; served through the War of the Revolution - received a pension. He married Elizabeth Sebastian May 3rd 1789.
I trust you will furnish me this in- formation. Thanking you. I am - Very Truly
Mrs Walter F Webb 202 Westminster Rd Rochester - N.Y.

Resmas
14816. INVALID.
1929 Jan. 16 hist. to Mrs. Walter F. Webb. N.C.S. 1929 Aug 2, hist. to Howard C. Wheeler N.C.S.
File No. 14 816
Frederick Weller Sergt. Prov. W.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 400
[Arrangement of 1870.]