Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1675, Selah Way, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Way, Selah Lucy
NUMBER
W 1675
B.L.Wt 28.570-160-55
CONTENTS

693
New York Albany
Lucy Way widow of Silah Way
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Ct Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
7 th day of November 1847 and sent to
James B. Eldridge Hamilton
Madison Co N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1841, Page 87 Vol. a
July 29
J. B. Eldridge Aug 17. 1857

14588
New York
Selah Way
of Geo. Town in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Waugh of the Reg t commanded by Col Adam, in the Connecticut line for 8 Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of June 1833 — and sent J. B. Eldridge Hamilton N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 13 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 — 13 .33
Letter
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jno Brownwell Clerk. Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 37

Cir L. Way Mar 7/86
136 284 } Act. Mar. 3/55- May 16th
Lucy May, wife of Salah May 1 Mar Selah Capt. Col.
Parasitic worm has been found
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Vol No 1. page 16.
Lucy Way Republican Ohio

Payment to be made at Shaw's N.Y. by J. W. Wood Esq. Agent for paying Pensions in the name of Shaw, F.G. Payable on the 4 th of Sep r ber and 4 th of March
195
Recorded in the Pension office on the roll of Pensioners under act July 29 th 1848 Page 87. Vol. (12) H. A. Wright man - Clerk

No. 5 -
Declaration
As a Revolutionary Widow who claims a Land Warrant under act of March 3 rd 1855
State of Ohio Seneca County ss On this sixteenth day of April A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for said County of Seneca and State aforesaid Lucy May aged 77, seventy seven years a resident of the Town of Hamilton county of Madison and State of New York who being duly sworn to Law declares that she is the Widow of Selah May Deceased who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty six Dollars and sixty six cents per annum under an act of Congress
She further states that she was married to the said Selah May in Hamilton, Herk County of Shenango now County of Madison and State of New York on the first day of February A.D. 1797 by one Joshua Smith a Justice of the peace and that her name before marriage was Lucy Frost that her husband died at Georgetown in said Madison county - on the fifteenth day of November A.D. 1855 and that she is now a Widow and that she is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under an act of Congress passed June the twenty eighth A.D. 1848 at the rate of twenty six Dollars and sixty six cents per annum and for the proof of her marriage and the services and death of her husband she refers to the proof now on file in the pension office on which her pension was allowed her pension certificate is dated 17 th day of November A.D. 1850 a copy of which is hereto attached. She makes this declaration for the

purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act, approved March 3 rd 1855, and she hereby requests the commissioner of pensions to forward her warrant to Isa May Republic Seneca county Ohio and appoint him her attorney to receive the same for her. Lucy Fay
State of Ohio Seneca county
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day the day and year after written and I certify that I know the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim.
Isa May Notary Public in and for Seneca county & state of Ohio
We Calvin Cross and Alfred Brown residents of Madison county in the state of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lucy May in our presence and that we know her to be the identical person described in the pension certificate hereunto attached and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Calvin Cross
Alfred Brown
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence by Calvin Cross and Alfred Brown on the day and year after written, and I certify that I am well acquainted with the affiants and that I know them to be creditable persons.
Isa May Notary Public for Seneca county Ohio

Department of the interior
Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 15 th 1840
Sarah May
Widow of Solomon May
who was a Private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum commencing on the 4 th of March 1840 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such Marriage
Given at the department of the interior this Seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Alex H H Stuart
Examined and countermanded Secretary of the interior
J. L. Coombs Commissioner of Pensions

23243.
Selah Way Madison Co N. York.
Team service disallowed not being Continental which is alone embraced by the act of 7. June - In which corps no enlistments of six months were made.
Adams
8 Mo pri
$26. 66
Jas. B. Eldridge Esq. Hamilton. Madison 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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Selah Way. Madison Co N. York.
   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.     Dec r 1778 " 2 " Priv. Col. Adams Capt. A. Waugh 68 years Litchfield to Town Traditionary   July 1779 " 2 " " Col. Strong Capt. Galtlett & Benjamin born?   Apr 1780 " 6 " Teamster Capt. N. Board Col. Hays Serg. Galtlett   Ditto June 84 " " " "  
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) 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, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] 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.
Joseph Rowen Esq. etc.

Declaration of Solomon Wey
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of New York On the 26th day of September 1832 personally appeared before James B. Pitkin Judge of the County Courts of said County at George Town in said County Solomon Wey a resident of George Town aforesaid aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law did on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as here in stated.
That during the Revolutionary War he lived in the Town of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut. In the year 1778 in the Month of June after General Putnam went down the pressure at Horns Neck he went from Litchfield as a substitute for Peter Greaves who had been drafted for two months. He went in a company commanded by Alexander Waugh. The company went to Horns Neck and the said Greaves came back and hired this declarant to take his place. He then went to Horns Neck and there found Captain Waugh's company. There was several companies there and Colonel Adams commanded. They remained stationary at Horns Neck the whole time they were out, had no fighting. Nothing particular occurred except the British made their appearance and Colonel Adams paraded his troops and prepared for action, but there was no firing though they were in view of the British several hours. When their troops were out they were dismissed and returned home. That he served this campaign two months.
In the year 1779 in the Month of June or July he was living with Captain Cattle of Litchfield and there was men called for and he volunteered and went in a company that was after they got to Stratford commanded by Captain Benjamin of Stratford. They went from Litchfield under the command of Lieutenant Cattle.

They were stationed at Stratford to guard the shore the British and cannon having just passed from Long Island and took a number of horses and cattle. Colonel Strong of Torrington commanded, there was but one company there, they were on duty two months when they were dismissed and he returned to Litchfield.
In the year 1860 in the month of March or April he enlisted at Litchfield with Captain Buel for six months to drive a team that he went first to Sharpe where he made charge of a team of four open and carts went to the River at Harriet and loaded with hay for the Army and carried it to Fishkill in New York was there after employed in transporting fuel Provisions and supplies for the Army until the Army moved to the south into New Jersey where carried a load of the baggage and moved with the Army as a baggage team until the Army got below Hampton plains when the teams were sent back to Fishkill where they were same time and employed there and at Red Bank Staunton and other places in carrying wood to the River for the use of the Garrison until the time for which he enlisted expired which was the last days of October, when he received a written discharge from Colonel Volney Hays, which discharge included his brother John Hays that enlisted and served with him the campaign on the same terms that they were not all the time together, that they drew their pay and rations from the Continental stores and paymasters. That he served his time six months then returned to Litchfield.
The Summer following as this officer thinks, the Court house in Litchfield County had been made a store house of for the Army and there was a number of Forces in and in the jail. The Court house was set on fire twice and the Garrison ordered a guard to be kept at them, and the brother of this officer enlisted as one of the Garrison for six months, after he had served a short time this officer went and took his place as a substitute for him and served his time out, it was a sergeant's guard and was commanded by Sergeant Charles Totten, not say the present time he served

but thinks his Brother served about Three Weeks and This declarant served the residue of the time which was - say months.
That he has now no summary evidence of his services nor does he know of any and he saw papers to testify to any part of his services except his brothers John May and Asa May whose testimony he intends to get if they are living which he knows not and he does now know that it will be in his power to get the testimony particularly of his brother John as he does now know where he lives.
That he here by 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.
Sworn and Subscribed before me This 26th day of September 1832 James Bredwell first Judge of Probate.
Selah May
And the said Selah May did then and there upon his oath make the following answers to the several interrogatories put to him by the said judges by the War department prescribed.
 1 st That he was born in the Town of Middlesex in the State of Vermont in the Year 1764.  2 d That he was living in Litchfield in Vermont at such time when he was called into service lived there eight or nine years after the war then at Fort Edward in New York two or three years then in Litchfield New York about a year then in Hamilton Masses in Vermont several years then again in Litchfield two or three years then in Hamilton a year or two then moved into the Town where he now resides.  3 d That he was called into service a fourth time in his declaration.  4 th That he has set forth in his declaration the traps with which he served and the officers under whom he served as fully as he can recall.  5 th That he never received but one discharge in writing and that is mentioned in his declaration and which he put into the hands of Joseph Baume who undertook to assist him in getting a pension, and has informed this declarant that he put it to the hands of Robert Mansfield who was 

than a number of Congress, and when it was in this obstinate state I knew.
That Elder Thomas first of Lebanon and Judge Samuel Payne of Hamilton have been acquainted with him for a long time and can testify as to his character for veracity and their opinion of his having been a Soldier in the Revolution.
I the said Judge do hereby certify that the said then & there Selah May did make both in answer to the several interrogatories put him by me as by the War Department prescribed make the statements above set forth. And that after investigating the matter and putting the said interro- gatories I declare my opinion that the above named Selah May was a Soldier in the Revolution and served as in States, in his forgoing declaration and I further certify that I am personally ac- quainted with Henry M. May, and Thomas first who have subscribed, and known to the foregoing facts here to affirm and that the said Henry M. May is a man of good charac- ter for truth and veracity and that the said Thomas first is a clergyman in good standing resident in Lebanon in said County, and I do further certify that the said Selah May from badly infirmity is entirely unable to appear in Court to make his declaration here then and now confined to his bed.
Given under My hand and Seal at Hamilton in said County this 21 st day of January 1832
James B. Holmgren Judge of Madison Co.

State of New York      { Harvey M. May swam in the some up Leno Mendham County ss } doth depose and say that he is son of { Sarah May who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that he has heard his father recant his services in the Revolution years ago before any pensions were granted to soldiers of the Revolution that his Father then and at that time stated his services to have the same as they are set forth in his said declaration, and this deponent doth further depose and say that his Father had a discharge for six months service which his Father put into the hands of Joseph Baurne who undertook to help his father get a pension Harvey M. May Subscribed and sworn before me this 26th day of September 1832
James B Eldredge first judge of N. M. Co.

State of New York      I Thomas Lord in Albany Co. Mansfield County ss I residing in the Town of Schoharie County upon said do certify that I am acquainted with Silas Way of George Town in said County who was substituted and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that he is a man of good character for truth and veracity and that is reported and believed in neighbour- -hood where the said Way resides that he was a soldier in the Revolution and I am in that opinion and I believe him to be fully eight years of age Subscribed & sworn to before Thomas Lord
Dec 31 st 1839
Jamies B. Sturges first judge of M. C. Co.

State of New York - I do hereby certify that the person who has sworn to and subscribed the declaration to which this is attached being duly sworn do hereby depose and say that from all age and the constant loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time he served as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution but from what he can recollect he is positive that he served not less than two months in the year 1778 and not less than two months in the year 1779 and in the year 1780 not less than six months and in the year 1781 not less than four months making in the whole not less than one year and two months that he served as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolu- -tion for which he claims a pension.
Subscribed & sworn
Isaac Way
Afore Me at George Town
in Dutch County this
21 st day of January 1832
James B. Eldredge first judge of said Co.

State of New-York County of Madison
Andrew G. Hoan Clerk of the said County certify that James B. Eldredge before whom the within affidavit and three other affi- davits, hereto attached, purport to have been sworn and also whose name is subscribed to an annexed certificate, was at the date of the same First Judge of the County Court in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 23 rd day of January 1833.
A. G. Hoan. Clerk A. Barnard Dep. Clk.
23243
Johnathan G. Black May.

Declaration of Lucy May much to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed July 29. 1848.
State of New York Madison County ss On the _____ day of _____ 1849 before Thomas H. Granby a justice of the peace in and for the County of Madison upon said person appeared Lucy May and being sworn in due form of Law states and her oath upon and says that she now resides in George Town in the County of Madison upon said That she is seventy one years of age, That she is the widow of Silas May late of George Town upon said deceased, who was the identical person named in a pension certificate of which the following is a copy:
(War Department Revolutionary Pension)
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832 Silas May of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 3rd day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Lucius C. Davis Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Numbered 14588, which pension certificate is hereto annexed.
That the said Silas May departed this life at George Town upon said on the 15 day of November 1835 That she then upon said was married to the said Silas May at Hambleton in what is now the County of Madison

on the 1 st day of February 1797. by a justice of the peace by the name of Jashua Smith who she supposes in now dead. That she never has a certificate of her marriage. Nor does she know or believe that any record of her said Marriage was ever made by any one. That she continued live with her said Husband Silah May from the time of their said Marriage as his wife up to the time of his death. That she and her said Husband was resided in said County of Madison from the time of their Marriage to the time of his death. That she has not intermarried since the death of her Husband the said Silah May but still remains his widow. further this deponent saith not
Lucy May
Subscribed and sworn before me the above named this 20 day of December 1849. And I the said justice do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent Lucy May and that she is a person of good character for veracity, and that I am fully satisfied of the truth of the facts stated in her foregoing affidavit.
Thos H Greenly justice

State of New York Mendham County
Uriah B. May being sworn in due form of Law doth on his oath depose and say that he is thirty six years of age that his now resides when at home in the Town of Concord County of Jackson and State of Michigan that he is a farmer by occupation that his fathers name was Silas May and he deposes that his father the said Silas May resided in the Town of George Town in the County of Madison and State of New York at the earliest remembrance of the deponent and continued to be in George Town up to the time of his death that he the said Silas May died at George Town on or about the 15th day of November 1835, that this deponent then was in George Town and was at the house of his father the night following after his death and saw his corps and attended his funeral. And deponent further deposes and says that his father the said Silas May was a United States pensioner at the time of his death, and had been for a number of years, or that he drew money as such and that deponent has seen the pension certificate alluded to in the affidavit of Lucy May here to annexed in the possession of the said Silas May in his life time and then understood it to be the one upon which the said Silas May drew money as a pensioner. That the said Lucy May is mother of deponent and Mother of the said Silas May and from all this deponent ever learned and that the said Silas and Lucy resided together as husband and wife up to the time of his death further deponent saith not. Uriah B. May

Sworn and subscribed before me this 28th day of November 1849. by the above or before named Ulrich B Way and I do certify that the s. I am acquainted with the said Ulrich B Way and that he is a person of good character for veracity.
Thos H Greenlee Justice

No. 721.
Deed of lease of Lucy Way Widow of Selah
Act. July 29. 1848.
the above named was out the house at his father's

State of New York Madison County Clerks Office } ss.
I Lorenzo D. Dana, Clerk of the said County of Madison, hereby
certify that Thomas H. Greenly whose name is subscribed to the jurats of the foregoing affidavits and also the foregoing certifica- tes was at the time the same bear date a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified & authorized to administer oaths to affidavits and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such justice and truly believe the signatures to such jurats & certificates
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 14 th day of May 1850
L. D. Dana Clerk
By Lucius R. Clark Deputy Clerk Clerk absent
I have not submitted before me this 28 th day of November 1849. By the above or before named Thomas H. Greenly and I do certify that the s. & some other with the several names as they stand that he is a person of good character for veracity. The foregoing jurat

State of New York County of Oswego me John B. Wetson a justice of the peace of Pulaski in and the County of Oswego where said personally appeared Betsy Jones who being sworn in due form of law doth depose and say that she is fifty Six Years of age and is now a resident of Pulaski where said that was daughter of Selah Way late of George Town in the County of Schoharie & State of New York. That her father the said Selah Way was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death. That he departed this life about the 15 th day of November 1835 since which Betsy Way Mother of Defendant known a pension that is paid about 1847 as defendant has been informed and believes. That Defendant resided with her father and in the family until February 9 th A.D. 1825 when she was married. Defendant knows that her father the said Selah Way applied for a pension many years before the time when he obtained one but the particular year he made his first application Defendant does not recollect. Defendant saw in her father's possession about the time he made his first application for a pension, a paper writing purporting to be a discharge from the Army of the United States. Defendant's attention was called to it from the fact that her father wanted it, and said he had to send it to the City of Washington as directed. Defendant then saw it and read it. It purported to be given to John Way and Selah Way for six months service in the United States Army, and defendant thinks it stated that the services were rendered in the commissary department. Defendant recollects seeing and reading it from the fact that her father used to make quite a search to find it, since which Defendant does not recollect of having seen it. Defendant does not

residents who signed it at when it bore date, but from her best recollection it was signed by a Colonel but of that she is not certain
Deponent further says that when her father made his second application for a Pension she learned from him or the family that she could not find her social discharge. Further the deponent says next,
Sworn before me                      Betsy Jones
This 6 th day of April 1851 1/2
J. W. Watson
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oswego County Clerk's Office.
I E. M. Merrill
Clerk of Oswego County, Certify,
That J. B. Watson Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking such affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this the 11 th day of April 1854 E. M. Merrill Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 27, 1930
Mrs. E.H. Johnson Gambier Ohio
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1675 , it appears that Selah Way was born in 1764, in Middletown, Connecticut.
While residing in Litchfield, Connecticut, he enlisted in June, 1778, and served two months as a private in Captain Alexander Waugh's Company, Colonel Adams' Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in June or July, 1779, and served two months in Captain Benjamin's Company, Colonel Strong's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in March or April, 1780, served six months as a teamster in the Quartermaster Department under Captain Nathaniel Bard and was discharged by Colonel Udney Hay. At this time his brother, John Way, served with him.
He enlisted in the summer of 1781, as a substitute for his brother, Asa Way, and served four months under Sergeant Charles Catlin and guarded the court house and jail at Litchfield, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Georgetown, Madison County, New York. He died there November 15, 1835.
The soldier married February 1, 1797, at Hamilton, New York, Lucy Cross who was born January 11, 1778.
She was allowed pension on her application executed

December 20, 1849, while a resident of Georgetown, New York.
In 1855, she was a resident of Hamilton, New York.
In 1832, son Harvey M., was living; in 1849, son Uriah B., was thirty-six years of age and resided in Concord, Jackson County, Michigan; in 1854, daughter, Betsey Jones, was aged fifty-six years and resided in Pulaski, Oswego County, New York. She stated that she married February 9, 1825, but did not give the name of her husband.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

State of New York Madison County ss On the 2 nd day of Dec 1849 before Thomas H. Greenly a justice of the peace in and for the County of Madison aforesaid personally appeared Betsey Payne who being sworn in due form of Law doth on her oath depose and say that she is eighty six years of age, that she now resides in the Town of Hamilton in the County of Madison aforesaid, and has resided there for the space of fifty six years last past. That she was acquainted with Silas May late of the Town of George Town in said County deceased, in his life time and was ac- quainted with him from before his marriage up to the time of his death, and that she was also acquainted with Lucy Crops who was afterwards wife of the said Silas May. That they the said Silas May and Lucy Crops were married to each other about February 1797, by a justice of the peace by the name of Joshua Smith who by reputation was a justice of the peace in and for said Town of Hamilton, that she this deponent was present and sees the marriage ceremony performed between them the said Silas May and Lucy Crops. That since said marriage they lived together as husband and wife up to the death of him the said Silas May in what is now the County of Madison. Further deponent saith not.
Betsey Payne
Sworn and subscribed before me the above named justice and I certify that from age and infirmity the above named deponent was unable to read and write, that I distinctly read the foregoing deposition to her and she then directed me to subscribe her name thereto, which I did and she then made oath to the truth of the same. And I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Betsey Payne and that she is a person of good character for veracity. Witness my hand and seal this 2 nd day of Dec 1849 Thos H Greenly Justice

136.284

The State of Ohio } County } ss.
I Philip Spillman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for & within said
County do hereby certify that Asa way before whom the within proffes & declaration was made & whose Genuine Signature appears to the within proffes declaration was at the time of the taking of the same an acting Notary Public for and within said County duly commissioned and qualified to take the same & further that his signature is genuine
For Testimony whereof I have hereunto affix the Seal of our said Court of Common Pleas & my Name At tiffin this 11 th day of May A.D. 1855 Philip Spillman Clerk

Sammonssee or ob
Tuscarora
Office of the Interior
City Washington
D. C.

Hamilton Roads in County NY
August 4, 1854
Commencement of Pensions
Respectful Sir
Enclosed I send the application of Lucy Way for an increase of Pension & for back pay. The attached facts on which the claim is founded are as follows.
The applicant is relict of Silas Way who was a pensioner and drew $26-66 per annum. Silas claimed for ten months service performed at two periods. Four months service under an enlistment or draft but I can't say which and for 6 months service under an enlistment for 10 months under Captain Cullen of Sumner's  Light  Artillery  Infantry . It is alleged that he was discharged after having served 6 months, which is supposed to have entitled him to have that six months recorded on the graduation of his Pensions, but which it seems he was not.
Mrs Lucy Way after the death of her husband, which was on the 15, Novem. 1835 obtained a pension of $26-66 per annum. She now applies for an increase of Pension according to the time her husband served.
She has been informed that the Records of Colonel Cullen's Regiment are now in the Office of the intire and as so they will show whether the said Silas Way served under an enlistment for a year. If so it is supposed that would be sufficient to entitle the present claimant to an increase of Pension accordingly and also to back pay from the time her Pension was granted.

And if Selah May was actually entitled to have a longer time allowed as the foundation of his pension that in that case some person or persons would be entitled to the amount withheld from the said Selah May for the reason that he was not allowed for all the time he was entitled to at the time his pension was granted.
Will the Commissioner cause the matter to be looked into and advise me of the result.
If any thing further is wanted please ad dress me at this place and should a new pension certificate be granted to Mrs May please direct it to me.
I am Very respectfully Yours &c.
James B. Eldredge

No 721
Lucy Way widow of Selah,
D.W.
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1797
Widow died 1835
Adm o Simas prob p 26:167 for 14 March 1848
Albany Roll
James B. Eldridge Hamilton Madison Co N.Y.

Wernett Madison Co. N.Y. June 10, 1850
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Dear Sir enclosed I send to the Department the application  papers of Lucy May for a Pension. The Papers have been laying by for some time for fear that they were not right but not being able to obtain the pension Laws I have concluded to forward them and have them passed upon by the Department.
If they are wrong in any respect I should esteem it a favour to be instructed. If right you may send the Pension Certificate to me at this place.
Very respectfully Yours &c.
James B Eldredge

Payments to be made at New York by The Presd. U.S. Br. Bk Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 1 Page 37 by Ino Cromwell Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Selah May of the State _____ of New York _____ who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Twenty-Six dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 3 d day of June — one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

28,570
Nov 1882

136.284
FREE
To the Commissioners of Pension Washington City
D.C.—

Lucy May's application
for an increase of Pension & Bick Pay

State of New York County of Madison ss On this 1 st day of March 1854 personally appeared before me Joseph Hanson a justice of the peace in and for the county of Madison upon oath Lucy Way a resident of Hamilton in said County and State of New York legally qualified before me on the eleventh day of January last. Who being first duly sworn according to Law, hath on her oath made the following Declaration, in order to obtain an increase of her Pension, and such bank pay as may be due to her by the Laws of the United States for and on account of services rendered by her late Husband Selah Way deceased, in the Army of the United States during the Revolu- tionary War as a private soldier in said Army That she was married to the said Selah way at Hamilton aforesaid on the first day of February 1797. That as defendant believes the said Town of Hamilton was then in the County of Chenango.
That the said Selah Way applied for a pension under the Law of the State of United States at an early period the year defendant cannot now recollect. Before her said application the said Selah Way had in his possession a Paper writing purporting to be a discharge from the Service in the United States Army and signed by a Colonel Gullin which discharge stated that Selah Way and John Way had each served six months in the Army of the United States and were both honorably discharged Defendant cannot recollect the date of said

discharge clearly but from her best recollection she believes it was dated in the year 1780 but as to the date she cannot speak with certainty, that she frequently saw and read said discharge that when the said Selah made her said first application for a pension she took said discharge and sent the said to said discharge to Washington as proof of her said service in the United States Army, from which she was not then said discharge.
The said Selah May employed a gentleman by the name of Joseph Brien who then resided in the town of Abbeville in said county of Orleans.
The said Selah May failed to obtain a pension on her said application.
That afterwards and on or before the year 1830 the first time was now recalled in the said Selah May again applied for a pension on the ground that the laws granting pensions to soldiers of the Revolution had been amended or altered. On her making her said second application in the said Selah May made great search for the before said discharge but was unable to find it. In said Selah May finally succeeded in obtaining a pension of twenty five dollars and fifty cents per annum and drew back pay but claimant can't say how much.
The said Selah May is claimant was then informed and believes on her said second application claimed a pension for ten months service, on account of two periods of seven the one for four months and the other for six months that the claim for the six months service was rejected.

as Deberent is informed and believes on the grounds that no enlistments were made by the United States for as short a period as six months.
That Deberent was informed by her late husband the said Silas Wey deceased during his life time and always when he spoke on that subject that he and his brother John Wey both enlisted at Littlepule in the State of Connecticut for one year under the said Colonel Collins but after they had each served six months and on Colonel Collins Regiment being ordered South they at the request of their Mother who was a widow were discharged. Deberent has been informed and believes that had the fact been known to the War Department that the said six months service of the said Silas Wey had been rendered under an enlistment for one year. In the Silas Wey would have been allowed a pension for the said six months service.
Deberent has been further informed and believes that the Muster Rolls and other Records of the said Colonel Collins Regiment are now remaining in the office of the Department of the Interior of the United States and which as aforesaid Deberent supposes and believes will prove the said six months service of the said Silas Wey. Deberent therefore prays that the said Muster Rolls & Records of the said Colonel Collins Regiment may be searched for that purpose.
Deberent further says that the said Silas Wey departed this life on the eighth day of

November 1835 since except the time of his death a resident of George Town in the County of Madison aforesaid Declarant further says that on or about the year 1849. She made application for a pension as the Widow of the said Silas Way and on the 17th day of November 1850 a pension certificate was granted to her of which the following is a copy.
"Department of the Interior. Widows Pension. "I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29. "1848 Lucy Way widow of Silas Way, who was a private "in the Pennsylvania key stone battery was enrolled on the pension "list at the rate of twenty five dollars and twenty "five cents per annum commencing on the "14th of March 1848, and continuing for life "unless she should again marry in which case "the pension is not payable after the time of such "marriage. Given at the Department of the "Interior this Seventh day of November "one thousand eight hundred and fifty. " (L.S.) "J. H. Howard "Secretary of the Interior "Signature and countersignature.
"J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions "Enclosed "Payment to be made at Albany N.Y. by "J. W. O'Callaghan Albany N.Y. Payable on the "4th of September and the 4th of March "Recorded in the Pension Office on the 29th of "Pensioners under act 1848 Page 87 Vol 1 "W. K. Wright me Clerk
(696)
Declarant further says that she was not intermarried but remains the Widow

of the said Sarah Way. And she prays that the proof submitted by the said Sarah Way in her aforesaid application for a pension together with the records of the said Colored Battalion Regiment now remaining in the Office of the Interior may be taken and allowed in her application for an increase of pension all of herein before me
E. Gentry Way
This 1 st day of March 1854
J. Nelson
Justice of Peace

State of New-York, } ss. Madison County, Clerk's Office, }
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify, That the annexed Instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the laws of the State of New-York, to entitle it to be recorded therein:
Also that J. Clason Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 24 th day of June A. D. 1854.
Lucius P. Clark CLERK.

Per Mar
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1675
Betsy May
William
Leah May
Rev. Wm
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1906 Aug 6 History to Mrs. A. W. Francis c  1906 Sept. 10 - History to Mrs. H. C. Perry letter in S. File 31,711 David Griffing  1906 Oct. 13 History to Mrs. J. E. Fish.  1913 Oct. 31. History to Mrs. Eva L. Muhlig P.  1930 - Jan. 27 - Hist L Bertha B. Johnson Eng.

11/ Commission of Pensions,
Dear Sir
Will you have the Applications for pen- sions searched for military service of Selah Way, a soldier of the Revolution?
I think his papers with application were taken by a man to send to Washington probably

about 1818, but am not sure that any pension came before his death.
He was, I think, in the Connecticut Line; but applied from New York state, town of Georgetown Madison Co. Please send record to Mrs. A. W. Francis Dernyter, Madison Co. N. Y.

Wren
Marathon Oct 4, 1906.
To the Pension Department.
I have recently learned That- my sister through a friend. had received the war. record of my grandfather Delah Wray. That- stated That- he was in the Revolutionary war. I always supposed he was in the war of 1812. I am very anxious for the record. Please send, and if there is any expense attached to my getting it- let me know, and oblige
Mrs D. E. Fish Marathon Cortland Co N.Y.

Abingdon, Illinois, January 15, 1912.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—
In order to prove my eligibility to become a daughter of the Revolution I am told I must present the war record of my great-great grandfather who fought in that war. So I am writing to ask you for the war record of Selah Way who was first a teamster afterward a soldier . If there are any charges please let me know. Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours respectfully - (Miss) Mildred C. Chadderdon, Abingdon, Illinois.

W. H. NEVENS, County Superintendent of Schools WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. F. M. MUHLIG, ASSISTANT SUPT.
Form No. 11.
OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE, JOLIET.
Examinations at office FIRST SATURDAY IN EACH MONTH Except January, February, July and August.
Joliet, Ill., Oct. 27th 1913
191
To The Department of The Interior, Bureau of Pensions, U.S.A., Washington, D.C., Gentlemen:
Please send to me all possible information of Selah Way, who was a soldier of the Revolution. Will need dates, witnesses who assisted in preparing applications for pension, and any other available records. I need this history in order to become a member of the D.A.R. Very Truly,
(Mrs) Eva L. Muhlig. Joliet, Ill.
2316 E. Washington St.,

MRS. E. H. JOHNSON GAMBIER, OHIO
Dec. 4, 1929.
U. S. Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C. Gentlemen,
Please inform me as to what your records show concerning Selah  Day (Seeley) born 1764 Middletown Conn. m. 1797 Lucy Cross (died 1861) died 1835 Georgetown New York.
Selah Day served from Litchfield, Connecticut. He was placed on the Pension Roll of Madison County, N. Y. 1833 for service as a private in the Connecticut Militia.
Thanking you in advance,
I am, Sincerely yours,
Bertha B. Johnson.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Delahay Way a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. 77. 1675
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1778 2 mos. Pvt Alexander Maugh Adams Conn.   June & July 1779 2 mos. Benjamin Strong   March & April 1780 6 mos. Non-com. Nathaniel Beard disb by Adams May 27th 27th Regt.   Summer 1781 4 mos. Sgt. Charles Catlin & guard co. C. H. & Keith substituted for him Great Falls    +bro. John May served with him.
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Litchfield, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 26 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Georgetown, Madison Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. 1764 Millington Conn. d. Nov. 15 1835 there  B Jan 11-1778
Remarks: Sol. mrs. Hamilton N.Y. Feb. 1, 1797 Lucy Cross (wife)  was allowed pension on her applic. executed Dec. 20, 1849 while 72 yrs.  was a resident of Georgetown N.Y. In 1855 she resided at  Hamilton N.Y. Son. Harvey M. was alive in 1832; son Uriah B.  m. 36 in 1849; dau. Betsy Jones at 56 in 1854; res Pulaski - Oswego Co.  res. Concord  Jackson  Md.
Respectfully, Mar 31 9-1825  disavow the name of  give her her
Commissioner.