Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,787, David Tylee, Conn.

SERVICE
★ 2.
NUMBER
born
or Jylee David Jyler.
R, 10,787
CONTENTS

Ohio David Tylee Rejected
Letter 16. Oct. 1832 to Pensioner 19. Dec. 1834 to G. Wondly
10787
1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10787
P. O. _____
David Tyler
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

h o 1521. Tylee } Pension Ohio.
Examined on Interrogatories
rejected.
file with rejected cases.
see letter 16 Oct 32 to Pm & 19 Dec 1834 to G. Bondly.

The State of Ohio } Cuyahoga County } Supreme Court August term 1832
On this sixth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges thereof now sitting David Tyler a resident in Brooklyn in said county aged sixty eight last April on the 14th day who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress passed June 7. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and joined as herein stated.
He enlisted in Saybrook Connecticut in the year 1780 and served five months in the Connecticut line at a fort under General Jedidiah Huntington, Col. Swift Captain Josiah Baldwin of North Kingstown, marched to the North river opposite to West point, went into the Jerseys to Kingsbridge, was present when the Red Coats were hung, and had been his own guard before the execution. He was honorably discharged in the Highlands late in the year when no more was on the ground. He knows of no one living who served with him. He was born in Hartford Connecticut & when a child his parents removed to Saybrook and he lived there ten or twelve years ago, he then came to Brooklyn Ohio his present residence. He is well known to the Hon. Alfred Kelly and the Hon. Judge Reuben Wood who will testify to his character. They have

both been his neighbors for many years in Cleveland living within a mile. There is no clergyman in Brooklyn. Charles Taylor and Phoebe Shipboard his neigh- bor and will testify to his character
He has no documentary evidence
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to any pension or annuity except the pursuant and declare that his name is not on the roll of Pension Roll of the agency of any state David Tyler Sworn to in Open Court Aug 6. 1832 Horace Perry Clk
We Reuben Wood late of Cleveland, now of Parkersburg and Charles Taylor of Brooklyn do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Tyler who has petitioned and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about sixty eight years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he under to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to in Open Court Aug 7. 1832 - H. Perry Clk
Reuben Wood Charles Taylor

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 stated and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Reuben Wood who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the township of Rockport in this County & Charles Taylor who has also signed the same is a resident in the township of Brooklyn in said County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio } Cuyahoga County } } I, Horace Perry Clerk of the Supreme Court for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Tylee for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed the seal of said Court at Cleveland this ninth day of August A D 1832
Horace Perry Clk

David Tyler.
Ohio.
Oct 1832. Ref

State of Ohio County of Luyahoga
Be it Known, that on this 12 th day of March A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Isabella Tyler
resident of Chic City in said County, and made oath according to law that She is the Widow of the Identical Man who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4
That She is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Isabella Tyler for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency ; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Isabella Tyler to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Isabella Tyler Ezra Menegett Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio County of Luyahoga
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of of the Court of Common Pleas that Isabella Tyler the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the Widow of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Ezra Menegett Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this Sixteenth day of March 185 3
J. D. Cleveland Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.