Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,790, Simeon Tyler, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Tyler, Simeon Frelove
NUMBER
R. 10,790
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24418 New York
48706
Simeon Tyler of Westchester Co in the State of New York who was a Pr. & Sgt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Sackett of the Reg t commanded by Col Hamilton in the N York line for 20 months a private 4 months a sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 88 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Dec 1833 and sent Hon A Ward Ho. Repre s .
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 33. $210.05 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 43.33 $259.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c Cromwell Clerk. Book E Vol. 4 Page 82

11687. No March 6 45 Frederick Tyler NY.
act 7. Feb 3 85 m 89. d 14 July 48. Rejected
H. Hon. Mr. Anderson NY. White Plains New York

State of New York
Westchester County ss. William Tyler of said County being duly sworn deposes and says that the annexed record is the original family records of Simeon and Freelove Tyler the persons mentioned in the annexed declaration, that Deponent at the time of the making of this deposition removed the annexed page containing said record from the family bible of said Simeon and Freelove Tyler, that the same is a genuine and correct record of the time of their marriage, that said record is in the hand writing of one Thomas Neale and has been for about thirty years in the possession & keeping of Deponent to whom it was given and entrusted by said Simeon Tyler -
Sworn before me this 19 th day of February A D 1845 }
William Tyler
Caleb Tompkins
I, Caleb Tompkins first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester do hereby certify that I saw William Tyler the above named Deponent tear from the family bible mentioned in the preceding deposition the annexed original record containing the time of the marriage of Freelove Tyler named in said deposition
Caleb Tompkins

State of New York. County of West Chester
ss I Munsaw Lockwood Clerk of said county and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Caleb Tompkins Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or acknowledgment of the within Instrument was at the date of the said Certificate a Judge of the Court of the said County Commissioned & sworn and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge and hereby be- lieve that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 19th day of February 1845
Munsaw Lockwood Clerk

RECORD
OF THE FAMILY of Simeon Tyler & Freelove his Wife
   Names When born Married Died     Simeon Tyler Nov r 9 th 1760 Febr y 13 1788 14 July 1843   Freelove Tyler Nov r 13 - 1766   William Tyler Nov r 17 th 1788 Febr y 13 th 1811   Susannah Tyler April 27 th 1791 May 27 th 1810   Joseph M. Tyler April 26 th 1793 May 21 st 1813   Henry Dusenbury Tyler - June 19 th 1795   Grandchildren   Susannah Tyler April 18 th 1813   Maria M. Tyler February 29 th 1815   Joseph M. Tyler December 27 th 1816   Henry Dusenberry Aug t 9 th 1735 April 14 th 1757 November 7 th 1812   Susannah Ogden May 28 - 1738 March 13 th 1815   Father & Mother of Freelove Tyler Who's next Visit  

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
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WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
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State of New York
Westchester County ss. William Tyler of said County being duly sworn deposes and says that the annexed record is the original family records of Simeon and Freelove Tyler the persons mentioned in the annexed declaration, that Deponent at the time of the making of this deposition removed the annexed page containing said record from the family bible of said Simeon and Freelove Tyler, that the same is a genuine and correct record of the time of their marriage, that said record is in the hand writing of one Thomas Neale and has been for about thirty years in the possession & keeping of Deponent to whom it was given and entrusted by said Simeon Tyler -
Sworn before me this 19 th day of February A D 1845
William Tyler
Caleb Tompkins
I, Caleb Tompkins first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester do hereby certify that I saw William Tyler the above named Deponent tear from the family bible mentioned in the preceding deposition the annexed original record containing the time of the marriage of Freelove Tyler named in said deposition
Caleb Tompkins

acquainted with her. And I do further certify that the said Freelove Tyler signed the preceding deposition by making a cross and that she assigned as a reason therefor that she could not write by reason of old age and bodily infirmity. -
Caleb Simpkins
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No 22847 Simeon Tylor Westchester Co - New York
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Mr Ward
J. W. Tompkins White Plains - Westchester Co. N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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.
New York
A Statement, shewing the Service Simon Taylor West Chester Co
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Ap 1778 5 Private Capt Sackett 71 New York Living Witness   Ap 79 4 Capt Miller West Co Traditional Credence   Dec 1780 1 Capt Sackett Co 10   End Ap 1781 4 Capt Miller N.York   Jny 1782 9 Capt Sackett   4 Sergeant Col Hamilton   Col Sheldon   Col Holmes  
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 and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
 Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, 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 days 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, (1) 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 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 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 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[i] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John Nathan

Application of Simon Tyler for a Pension under act of Congress of June 7 th 1832
22847
usmd 4 mo Sergh 20 mo pri 244 mo

them Residents of the Town of Harrison in the County of Westchester, and That their Statement is entitled to credit
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester and State of New York Do hereby Certify That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Tyler of the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester for a Pension. In Testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal at Office this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
N. Bayles Clerk of said Court

State of New York
Westchester County ss On this fourth day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Westchester now sitting at the Court House in White Plains in the said County of Westchester. Simeon Tyler a resident of the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester Age seventy one 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 March 7 th 1832 that he Entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and men as herein stated. That is to say That in the Month of April in the year of our Lord one thou- -sand seven hundred & seventy eight. he this Decla- -rant lived in the Town of Bedford in the said County of Westchester and belonged to a Company of Militia commanded by Capt n Richard Sackett as a private in said Company who was called out by his said Captain to serve with his said Company as a Guard in Bedford aforesaid, and this Declarant did serve as a private in said Company during the last mentioned year on different occasions in the whole amounting to five months actual service. in said Company of Militia as a private therein and drew provisions out of the Continental stores at Bedford aforesaid. That in the Month of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two at Bedford aforesaid this Declarant belonged to a Company of Militia commanded by one Capt n Isaac Miller of Bedford aforesaid as a private in said last

Militia Company called Minute Men, And this Declarant was called out in said last mentioned Company by his said Captain and served as a private in said Company in the said County of Westchester as a guard on the lines during that Year till late in the Month of December of the last mentioned Year on different occasions whenever their services were required. And this Declarant saith that he was in actual service as a private in said Company under Arms for four Months during the last mentioned Year. That prior to his last mentioned service this Declarant in the Winter previous thereto was called out and served in the said County of Westchester as a guard on the lines under Arms in actual service in Capt Richard Sackett's Com- pany of Militia for the space of one Month. And this Declarant further saith that in the Year seventeen hundred and Eighty he this Declarant was called out and served in actual service under Arms as a private in Capt Hezekiah Miller Company of Militia of the Town of Bedford aforesaid for the space of four Months. That his last mentioned service of four Months commenced in the Month of April of the last mentioned Year on different occasions whenever his services were required till the close of the last mentioned Year. And this Declarant further saith that on or about the first day of April in the Year of our Lord one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty one, but the precise day in the Month of April aforesaid this Declarant can not now recollect he this Declarant enlisted at Bedford aforesaid as a private in a company called the New York State Guard by Capt Richard Sackett of Bedford aforesaid. Of which Company the said Richard Sackett was Captain William M. Mott first Lieutenant and Nathaniel Tucker was second Lieutenant. That said Company was raised for what was called the Year Service, but did not commence service till about the first of April Seventeen hundred and Eighty one. When this Declarant enlisted therein for the term of nine Months. And commenced serving out his said Enlistment at the time last mentioned.

That he this declarant faithfully served out as a private in said last mentioned Company in actual service his last mentioned Enlistment of Nine Months. and was honorably discharged by the said Lieutenant Mogee then in Command of said last mentioned Company (the Captain having been taken prisoner at Haight's Plains in the said County of Westchester on or about the first day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four) That according to the best of this declarant's recollection, he did not receive any written discharge, but his term of enlistment having expired he was verbally dis- charged by the said Lieutenant Mogee. That during said Nine Months, said last mentioned Company has been was part of the time under the Command of Col Alexander Hamilton then of Col Putnam and afterwards of Col Sheldon, who had about three hundred Chasseurs Men under his Command. That said last mentioned Company was during their said service stationed within the said County of Westchester. That this declarant recollects one engagement in which he was present with the said last mentioned Company at Kingsbridge in the said County of Westchester in the fall of the last mentioned Year when they were then attacked by about one hundred Refugees Here under the Command of Col. Amos Holmes who succeeded in taking prisoner the said Capt. Richard Scall The rest of said Company formed into a Hollow column on their retreat under the Command of the said Lieutenant Mogee and received the said Refugees Horse at the point of the Bayonet at several successive charges. When the said Refugees were being unable to break the line of the said Company were compelled to retreat with the loss of one man and three of their Horses killed, and several Men wounded. Among the wounded was Capt. Samuel Ripp of the said Refugees Horse, with out a single man of said Mogee's Company killed or wounded.

And this Declarant further saith, that in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, this declarant resided at Bedford aforesaid and belonged as a Sergeant in Capt. Moses St. Johns Company of Militia of Bedford aforesaid that this Declarant was called out and served as a Sergeant in the said last mentioned Company during the last mentioned Year as a guard on the lines in the said County of Westchester during the summer and fall of that Year at different times whenever his services were required. That this Declarant served in said last mentioned Company during the last mentioned year in actual service in the whole more than four months, And this Declarant recollects that during the said last mentioned year he with a Sergeants Guard by order of Col Thomas Thomas conveyed eight prisoners from Bedford aforesaid to Fishkill in the County of Dutchess. And this Declarant further saith, that all of the aforesaid Companies of Militia in which this Declarant served as he has above stated belonged to a Regiment of Militia within the said County of Westchester commanded by Col Thomas Thomas And this Declarant further saith, that he claims a pension under the Act of Congress aforesaid by reason of his aforesaid services as follows viz
 1 st for his five Months Actual service in the Year seven hundred and eighty eight as a private in Capt. Richard Sackells Company of Militia as aforesaid  2 nd For his Actual service in the Year seven hundred and eighty nine as a private in Capt. Isaac Millers Company of Militia for the space of four months as aforesaid  3 rd For his Actual service in the year seven hundred and eighty in Capt. Jeremiah Millers Company of 

4 th Militia as a private for the space of four Months For his Actual service in the Year Seventeen hundred And eighty one as a private under his aforesaid enlist- ment in Capt Richard Sackmats Company of Series 9 th for the space of Nine Months as aforesaid 3 rd For his Actual service in the Year Seventeen hun- -dred and eighty two as a Sergeant in Capt. Moses P. Johns Company of Militia for the space of four 4 Months as aforesaid. Making in the aggre- -gate a service of two years and two Months by this Declaration under Arms in the Army of the Revolution. And this Declaration further Saith that the Annexed Affidavits of Samuel Dean Eschiel Harris and Elisha B. Maynard were procured by him with a view to aid in sup- -port of his present Application. And are for that purpose hereto attached. That they are all the proofs of his aforesaid services which he can now obtain, by reason of the death or removal from this part of the Country of the rest of his Companions in Arms. And this Declaration further Saith, that he was born in the town of Bedford in the said County of Westchester, where he continued to reside (Excepting his absence on service during the Revolution) till after the Revolutionary war was ended, when he came to the town of Harrison where he was united when he lived five years, And married, there moved to Bedford aforesaid and lived seven years, then moved back to Harrison aforesaid where he has ever since resided and still resides. That he has no Any record of his age, as it was burnt in his Grandfathers House about the commencement of the Revolution, but from information deri- -ved from his parents and the aforesaid record which he saw before it was burnt, he was born the ninth day of November seventeen hundred And sixty one. That he was living in the town of Bedford aforesaid when he entered the service as aforesaid. That when he served in the aforesaid Militia Companies he was called into service by

the Captain of said Companies as aforesaid And once volunteered and enlisted for nine mo- nths in Capt Richard Sacketts Company of Service as aforesaid. That he never was drafted or served as a substitute. That he recollects Col Alexander Hamilton, Col or Genl Putnam Col Sheldon Col Almand and Genl Scott as some of the regular Officers who were with the Troops where he served - That he recollects Col Sheldon's Regiment and Col Milans Regiments of Horse. Major Lees Corps of Horse. Col Briggs Regiment & Col Thomas Regiment of Militia as some of the Continental and Militia Regiments that he knew during the Revolution. That he never received any other discharge than what he has above stated Neither has he any Documentary or written Evidence in relation to his aforesaid Enlistment services or Discharges. That he is known in his present neighborhood to Jeremiah Anderson and John Carpenter 3 rd both residing in the town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester who can testify as to his Character for veracity their belief of his age, and of his services as a sol- -dier of the Revolution. 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 and this deponent further states that it is not known to him Sworn to & subscribed { living in his vicinity sufficiently in open Court the { acquainted with him to give the day & year aforesaid } aforesaid certificate as to his character &c -
J Bayles Atty
Simson Tyler
West. Chester Com. pleas
State of New York Westchester County ss. We Jeremiah Anderson and John Car- penter 3 rd both residing in the Town of Harrison in the said County hereby Certify That we are well acquainted with Simson Tyler who has subscribed

and sworn to the above Decla- -ration. That we believe him to be seventy one years of age That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion and we further Certify That we have lived near neighbours to and know the said Simon Tyler for twenty years last past That he is a man of good character and we consider his his preceding Declaration entitled to full credit—
Sworn & subscribed { in open Court the { day & year aforesaid }
Jemimah Anderson
John Carpenter
N Bayles Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Simeon Tyler a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     aw Apr. 1778 5 mos. Pol. Richard Sackett Thomas Thomas N.Y.   Apr. 1779 4 mos. Non-com. Isaac Miller " " "   Apr. 1780 4 mos. Richard Sackett " " "   Apr. 1781 9 mos. Richard Sackett " " "   1782 4 mos. Cpt. Moses St. John " " "  
Battles engaged in, engagement with Refugees in Westchester Co. N.Y. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford Westchester Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Dec. 4. 1832. His ab. was ab. Residence at date of application, Harrison Westchester Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born Nov. 9. 1760 at Bedford N.Y.
Remarks:
died July 14. 1843  born Nov. 18. 1766.  He was a resident of Harrison N.Y. in 1843.  See supplement herewith for family data.
Respectfully,
Simeon Tyler is on printed archives of N.Y. as of 2 nd Regt Westchester Co. Mil. of which Thomas Thomas was Commissioner. Col. Moses St. John & Richard Sackett were Cpts & Isaac & Ezekiel Miller Lieuts.

V.L.M. Rev. War Section.
March 13, 1918.
Irna Clayton Tyler, Room 1333, Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago Illinois.
Madam:
In addition to the military history of Simeon Tyler, R. File No. 10,790 Revolutionary War you are furnished the following family data:
Simeon Tyler { born November 9, 1760, { died July 14, 1843. Freelove Tyler born November 13, 1766
They married February 13, 1788.
William Tyler { born November 17, 1788, { married February 13, 1811. Susannah Tyler { born April 27, 1791, { died May 27, 1810. Joseph M. Tyler { born April 26, 1793, { died May 21, 1813. Henry Dusenbury Tyler born June 19, 1795.
Grandchildren.
Susannah Tyler born April 18, 1813. Maria M. Tyler born February 29 1815. Joseph M. Tyler born December 27, 1816.
Henry Dusenberry { born August 9, 1735, { died November 7, 1812. Susannah Ogden { born May 28, 1738, { died March 13, 1815.
They were the father and mother of Freelove Tyler and were married April 14, 1757.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

State of New York } Westchester County } ss. Samuel Dean of the Town of Stamford in the State of Connecticut being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say That he now resides in Stamford aforesaid and is aged. sixty nine years. That. he was well acquainted with Lincon Tyler (now residing in the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester). during the Revo- lutionary war, and this deponent now recollects the said Lincon Tyler who is present before him - That about the first of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. Captain Richard Sackett then of the Town of Bedford in the said County of Westchester raised in the said County of Westchester, and the State of Connecticut adjoining a Company. called The new Raised Levis in the

State of New York. of which Company. The said Richard Sackett was Captain. W m Moser first Lieutenant and Nathaniel Tucker Second Lieutenant. That he this Deponent enlisted in the said Company and commenced serving as a private in said Company about the first of April in the year aforesaid and served therein nine months. That the said Simeon Tyler also enlisted and served in the same Company as a private with this Deponent for the same term of nine months and was honorably discharged by the said Lieutenant Moser then in command of said Company (The Captain having been taken prisoner) at Haight's Plains in the said County of West chester. That the said Simeon Tyler served faith- fully as a private in said

forcey as a private in said
Company during the said nine months. That said Company was raised for what was called the years service but did not com- -mence service till the spring of the year 1781. That said Company was during said nine months part of the time under the command of Col e Alexander Hamilton then of Col e Putnam and afterwards of Col e Sheldon who had about 300 hundred dismounted men under his command. And this deponent further saith That he is now a Pensioner as a Soldier of the Revolution in the Continental Establishment.
Sworn & subscribed this 4 th of October in the year of our Lord 1832 before me
Samuel Dean
Caleb Pumphins first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester -
I call Pumphins before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to. Certify that the said Samuel Dean who subscribes said affidavit is a known to me and is a credible person Caleb Pumphins first Judge of Westchester Court of Common Pleas

State of New York Westchester County & ss. P. Ezekiel Harris of the Town of Bedford in the said County of Westchester being duly sworn deposes and saith. That. he resides in the said Town of Bedford and is of the age of seventy six years. That. he has been well acquainted with Limeon Tyler now of the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester. for the last sixty years. That the said Limeon Tyler served as a private in Cap n Richard Jacketts Company of Militia in the said County of West- chester in the year 1779. for the space of one month while said Company were on duty as a Guard in the Town of Bedford aforesaid. That in the year 1780. the said Limeon Tyler served as a Private in Cap n Jeremiah Millers Company of Militia in the said County of Westchester while said Company were on Guard in the said County

of Westchester for the space of three months. That in the year 1782 the said Simon Tyler. served as a Private sergeant in Capt n Moses St Johns Company of Militia in the said County of Westchester at different times during the said last mentioned year. for as much as the whole as four months as near as this deponent can now recollect.
I affirmed sworn & subscribed this 4 th day of October 1832 before me
Elizabeth Harris
William Jay a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Westchester
I certify that E Harris is a credible witness A Ward

State of New York Westchester County } Elisha Bellaynard of the Town of Harrison in the County of Westchester aforesaid being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say - That he is now aged seventy years and resides in the Town of Harrison (aforesaid) That he first became acquainted with Simeon Tyler now of the Town of Harrison aforesaid in the Spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- -dred and seventy nine. when in the Month of April in the last mentioned year this Deponent having been discharged from impris- -onment in New York returned to his father's House in the Town of Bedford in the said County where the said Simeon Tyler then resided and where the said Simeon Tyler and this Deponent then belonged to a Company of Militia commanded by one Capt n Isaac Miller in Bed- -ford aforesaid. and this Deponent has ever since been well acquaint- -ed with the said Simeon Tyler and now resides a near neighbour to him in Harrison aforesaid. That in the Spring of the year 1779 in  (in April of that year) as near as this Deponent can recollect, the said Simeon Tyler with this Deponent was called out and served in the afore- -said Company of Militia at Bed- -ford aforesaid as privates during the residue of that year till late in the fall and as near as this Depo- -nent can recollect till late in the month of December in the year.

last aforesaid being seven months in that year and upwards - That during the aforesaid services the said Simeon Tyler with the Deponent & their aforesaid Com- pany of Militia were out under arms as much or more than half of the said time and during the rest of the time liable to be called out and bound to be ready at a moments warning & were scarcely ever out without arms any where in their hands, and during the summer of that year almost every night some part of the said Company were out on guard, and were prevented from attending to their farming business That the aforesaid Company of Militia belonged to Col c Thomas Jawns Regiment of Militia in the said County of Westchester during the year aforesaid That during their aforesaid services said Company were principally employed as a Guard in Bedford in the said County of Westchester and were provisioned from the Continental stores, - And this Deponent further saith That the said Simeon Tyler also served as a private with the De- ponent in the year 1780 in a Company of Militia in the said County of Westchester Com- manded by Capt n Jeremiah Miller for the space of three months and upwards under arms.

And this Deponent further saith That from the time he became acquainted with the said Simson Tyler as aforesaid he continued to reside near to him till the close of the Revolutionary war (except when absent on military duty) and the said Simson Tyler was all the time aforesaid a faithful friend to the Cause of Independence and most of the time out doing military duty -
Sworn & subscribed this 1 st day of Decem- ber 1832 before me
Elisha B. Maynard
Caleb Tompkins
First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester
I do certify that Elisha B. Maynard who swears to the preceding affidavit before me is known to me and is a creditable person.
Caleb Tompkins first Judge.
State of New York } of Westchester County Court of Com. Pleas Westchester County } ss. I, Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the said County of Westchester and of the Court of Common Pleas of the same County do hereby Certify. That Caleb Tomp- kins before whom the preceding affi- davit of Samuel Dean and Elisha B. Maynard were sworn & subscribed was on the several days of the dates of said affidavits first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Westchester duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take said affidavits. and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Caleb

Tompkins and verily believe the signa- -tures attached to each of the aforesaid affi- -davits to be the genuine signature of the said Caleb Tompkins. and I do further Certify That William Jay before whom the preceding affidavit of Ezekiel Harris was sworn to and Subscribed was on the day of the Date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Westchester, duly commissioned & sworn and authorized to take said affidavits and I do further Certify That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said William Jay and verily believe it to be his genuine signature subscribed to the said affidavit of the said Ezekiel Harris In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- -dred & thirty three J. B. Bayles 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 Lincoln Tyler was a Revo- -lutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies, That it appears to them That Jeremiah Anderson and John Carpenter 3 rd who have signed the preceding Certificate are each of

Sir
P Jan 99 March 10 45
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of love  Freedom Tyler has been examin- ed disallowed under the act of 7. July 38 upon the ground that her husband rec d a pension during the five years to which that act was limited & that the act of 30 ap l '44 in- hibits a pension to the widow for the same time her husband rec d one except in those cases where the declara- tion was made before 30 ap l '44 & filed in this Office before 23 Jany last. The evidence is satisfactory as to the date of the marriage, but by reference to her husband's papers it is very clear from the rolls obtained since the adjust- ment of his pension & from the better information of the Dep t since acquired that he was improperly allowed a full pension. The first alleged

term of 3 Mos in 78 under Capt Sackett for Graham is contradicted by the several rolls of that company at the designated period. He also alleged service under Capt Sackett in 79, 80, 81 & 82. The rolls of 79 & 80 are also in this office and after no evidence of his alleged service. It is believed that the Comptn books at Albany afford proof of any ser- -vice rendered in the N. Y. militia or levies after the fall of '78 and his certificate should be obtained in support of any service credited to her husband in Sacketts or Millers Companies upon whom he stated he had served, on six engagements amount- -ing to 2 years & three months.
Office note. Oct. 1917 - Mar. 18. The above statement as to soldiers not being on the N.Y. rolls is incorrect. The printed N.Y. records show Simon Tyler as of Col. Thos. Thomas 2 d Regt. Westchester Co. Mil.
Wm. J. H. Anderson March 10. '45
Hon J. H. Anderson H. R. White Plains New York

Nathan Sargeant
Sept 10/52

129 Pension Office Sept 10, 1852
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 7 inst I have to inform you that Simon Tyler, late of Westchester County, N.Y., was a revolutionary pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832, at the rate of $86.66 per annum. He died on the 14 July 1843
W. Sargeant, Esq. Registrar of the Treasury,
Rev

Treasury Department Registers Office Sept. 7. 1852
Das. E. Heath Esq.
Will you have the goodness to inform me whether the name of Simeon Tyler is, or has been upon the list of Revolutionary Pensioners?
Very respectfully Your obedt Servt. N Sargent
If at all it would have been upon the list of those who belonged to the New York troops.

No. 11687.
Isaac Love Tyler New York
Sol. to Wm. J. H. Anderson
March 10th 1840
Let to S. Sargeant 10 Sept 1837
10790
Act July 7th 1839

1918 Mar. 13 Hist. to Ina C. Tyler
REJECTED
10790
P. O. _____
Freelove Tyler
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of Rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause
Re-enlisted: of rejection of widow's claim as follows: "not a widow at date of the act."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Rev Sec #
Room 1333, Stock Exchange Bldg. Chicago, Illinois, Mar. 4, 1918 .
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Sec.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly furnish me certificate of service and any family data that may be contained in your records for my ancestor
Simeon Tyler, b. ab. 1760 who served in Revolution and drew pension in Westchester Co., N.Y.
Also
James Galloway b. in Smiths Clove, now Monroe, Orange Co., N.Y. about 1765 and died in Palmyra, N.Y. July 21, 1840. Did he receive pension? He was Lt. in Orange Co. commissioned in 1778. Appears rather young for such service, but he was married 1784 to Elizabeth Archer. Don't know her father's name .
Anything you can do for me will be greatly appreciated as I am anxious to file my claim with the Daughters.
Thanking you very kindly,
Yours truly,
Irna Clayton Tyler,
Room 1333, Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago, Ill.