Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,240 1/2, George Wever, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. L.
Wever, George.
77. 11. 240 1/2
CONTENTS

George Weaver N Y Private Capt Gordon R I Rev War
Evidence of service required viz, that of two credible & disinterested witnesses, cer- tified to be such by the magis- trate; — the official character of the magistrate should be attested by the clerk of court, under his seal of office.
13 Jan y 1821
Replied — see letter to Archi- bald Bull: 18 June 1822.
Archibald Bull (agent)

State of New York Rensselaer County ss.
George Weyer on the 20 th day of April 1818 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of Rensselaer Common Pleas aged Sixty Five years and resident in the Town of Petersburgh in the State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War - That the said George Weyer enlisted in the year 1776 in the Town of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island in the Company com- =manded by Captain Thomas Gorton for the space of Twelve Months in the Regiment commanded by Col. Christopher Lippitt that he faithfully performed his duty as a private soldier for the above term of Time and then discharged in the Town of Stamford in the State of Connecticut - That he then enlisted under Captain Philip Trafflin in the Town of Coventry afo- =resaid in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Topham for the term of Nine Months - That he faith- =fully performed his said several Terms of Service in the said several Camps in the Service of the United States against the Common Enemy until March 1779 - when he was discharged from Service in the State of Rhode Island - That he was in Sullivan's =dition in the State of Rhode Island and that he

is in reduced Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service — George Weres
I now & Declared before me the Deputy & Major aforesaid Daniel Gray Judge Prov. Com. Pleas
Daniel Gray Esquire Judge of Provincial Court Pleas as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said George Weres did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Commonwealth Enemy & I now have not the Proceedings & Testimony taken & laid before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act — Daniel Gray Dated April 20th 1818 —

I Daniel Gray Judge of Newpaur Common Pleas aforesaid do from my own Personal Knowledge further certify that the within named George Wynn is in recured circumstances & stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support — Daniel Gray
State of New York Rensselaer County Clerks office
I certify that Daniel Gray Esquire whose signature is affixed to the foregoing declara- tion & Certificate was on the Twentieth day of April last part one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Rensselaer
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the Seal of the said Court this Twelfth day of June A.D. 1818.
Joseph Delden Clerk

In the Revolutionary War and Continental Army
This may certify that it appears from the muster role of the subscribers Company in Colonel Christopher Lippitt's Regiment that George Hoover then of Coventry in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island enlisted into said company on the 21 st day of January 1776 and was discharged January 18 th day 1777 and he served in said company as a faithful soldier during said term
Thomas Gorton Capt West Greenwich June 24 th 1821

First S.O. Deptgreenwich June 24 1881 Personally came the within named Thomas Gordon Subscribed to the within written instrument and made Solemn oath to the truth of what was therein contained Before me Joseph Waver Just. Peace

I Daniel Rice - of Coventry in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations do hereby certify under oath that I was in the Revolutionary war in the Continental army & in Capt. Thomas Gorton's company in Col. Christopher Lippitt's Regiment and that I was personally acquainted with George Hener who enlisted into and belonged to the said Capt. Gorton's company in said Lippitt's Regiment, he enlisted in January - 1776 and was discharged in January 1777 and he served his Country as a faithful Soldier during said term in said Company and Regiment Coventry July 4 th 1821 - Daniel Rice

State of Tenn ss ss ss Then at twenty July the 4 th 1821 personally came Daniel Rice subscriber to the within written instrument and made solemn oath to the truth of the within written instrument.
Before me Joseph Keever Just ce Peace

State of New York.
Rensselaer County.
On this Twenty Seventh day of September , 1820. personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law; with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount; keeping a record of its proceedings; and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) George Mever aged Sixty eight years, resident in the Town of Petersburgh in said county who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:— That he enlisted in the year 1776. on the Twenty in the same year in Captain Fortens company in the Regiment , commanded by Col. L. D. Sifert . That he at that time resided in Coventry in R. Islands . That he enlisted for one year . That he faithfully performed his said term of service and was discharged at Stamford in Connecticut on the 13 th January 1777 . That he was in the Battle at White Plains , and that he on the 20 th day of April 1818 made a declaration under the then existing Parole , which is herewith transmitted.
AND I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed,
Sworn to and declared on the 27 th day of September 1820 . George Mever Nicholas P. Depeyster Deputy Clerk
State of New York,
Rensselaer County ss.
Joseph D. Selden Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, held in & for the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Sixty eight dollars and 50 cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 27 th day of September , 1820.
Joseph D. Selden Clerk.
The original declaration attached to this did not accompany this. Memorandum 27. Dec. 1820

George Weaver N.Y. Private Capt Gorton R.I. Reg't War.
Evidence of service required viz, that of two credible & disinterested witnesses, cer- tified to be such by the magis- trate; — the official character of the magistrate should be attested by the clerk of court, under his seal of office.
12 Jan y 1821.
Replied — his letter to Archi- bald Bull: 18 June 1822.
Archibald Bull (agent) Troy

1812 War and Continental System
George Weaver of Petersburg in the county of Rappahannock & State of New York the following Schedule as a just and true one and that the whole of the property which he is possessed of is correctly set forth with the debts by him owing number and condition of his family.
Real Estate, One small House & Six square Rods of Land valued at, ————— $ one Cow $10. one Pig $1.00. one Bed $10. - one Hat $0. 20 / 100 one Coat $3. Two pair pantaloons $2. Three Shirts & 2 pair Stockings 2 Vests. One pot & Kettle. 3 Knives & Forks. - one Table. one meat Cask & chain & 1 chest one Sickle, one sythe, one axe one hoe
None to several persons which is now due & payable for medicine & attendance of Physicians. . . . . Pg 88.00
That my family consists of a wife aged fifty one - That I am by occupation a Farmer, owing to infirmities I have been unable to labor or earn my living for two or three years. State of New York Nonsecaer County ss: George Weger, being duly sworn says that the value of the contained in the above schedule with the facts stated in relation to his debts family & infirmities are respects true -
From before me in Open Court this 27. day of September 1890
George Weyer
September 1820 Archit Dule Dupo. Ak

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
R.F. 11240 1/2
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of George Hener 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.     Jan'y 21. 1776 1 year Pvt. Thomas Costen Christopher Lippin R.I.   Nine mos. ending March. 1779 Phillip Vassall John Topham        
Battles engaged in, White Plains ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Cranbury R.I. Date of application for pension, Apr. 20. 1818. ✓ Residence at date of application, Pittsburgh, Rensselaer Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 65 yrs.
Remarks: In (P.S.) his wife was 57 years old. Her name is not stated. There is no other data on file as to his family.
The cl. was not allowed as soldier's service was not rendered in the Continental Line of the Army as required by the Act of Mar. 11. 1818 under which he applied.
Respectfully,
AW
Commissioner.

Friday September 13 th 1821.
Hon J. C. Calhoun
Sir Inclosed I again send you the pension papers of George Weaver of Rutherford County. Answer was returned to the last application that the testimony of Witnesses was necessary to the time of service. You will observe the Certificate of the Captain under whom he served is included as is also another paper showing the same fact. Mr. Weaver is a very aged and poor citizen and really stands in need of assistance. The first application is also included showing the time of the whole service faithfully performed. Your attention to this business will much oblige
Your very humble most obedient Servt
Archibald Bull

George Wirner
This applicant states that he enlisted in Lippett's reg't 1 st Aug. 1776, for one year. Suspended , till it is ascertained if Lippett was on continental establish- ment before May 1776.
See certificate of his Captain, within. 8 th Nov. 1821.

J.W.B.
Old war,
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. January 30 th , 1884
Sir,
In reply to your enquiry of the 19 th inst, whether there is on file in this office an application for a pension on account of his services in the revolutionary war, by George Weaver , in, as is supposed, 1822-3 or 4, and if so, as he never received the pension, whether can his heirs obtain it, you are advised that as you have not furnished his residence before and after the revolutionary war, the names of any officers under whom he served, and if a widow survived him, it is impossible to identify the one of your enquiry with several of the same name on the records of this office. A George Weaver of Rensselaer County N.Y. filed an application in 1818, with additional evidence in 1822, and the last correspondence being in 1822, may, possibly, be the one, but the applicant does not appear, after the latter date, to have taken any more action to establish his claim to a pension.
Your attention is invited to the enclosed printed circular, which refers to the law, that prevents favorable action on a claim, presented after the death of a revolutionary soldier.
Very respectfully
Mr. F. J. Moscrip Mansion House Saratoga Springs N.Y.
Commissioner

Copy
War Department, Pension Office
June 18, 1822.
A. Bull Esq., Troy, N. Y.
Sir:
Your letter of the 23" ult. relative to the claim of George Weaver has been received. I have to state that it is inadmissable. It has been ascertained that Lippett's Regiment in which Weaver served was not placed on the Continental Establishment prior to the 11" of May 1776, and as he enlisted on the 1" of January of that year for 12 months only it is evident that he did not serve nine months on the Continental Establishment.
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I am &c J. L. E.
This is ridiculous. Lippett's Regt is not acceded to the Cont Est. at any time there were only 27 regts of the Cont Line or Est. for year 1776 and his is not one of them
AW. Nov. 4, 1920

11241 MANSION * HOUSE,
R. S. & F. J. MOSCRIP, PROP'S.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Jan 19 th 1883
W W Dudley Dear Sir Has is there papers & Filed in Washington by George the Weaver A Rev Revolutionary Soldier he sent his papers to Washington some time in 1822 " 23 or 24 are he never Rec any pension * Can his heirs draw pension now if he Filed his papers please Let me know at your Earliest Conve- nience and oblige F J Moscrip

Rev Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 11240 1 / 2  REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
George Weaver of Petersburg, Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
Died at _____
_____ other claim.
_____, 187____
Clerk.
Application filed: _____, 18____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

1884 Jan'y 30 A. J. Morris that there is no data furnished for identification, but this however may, possibly, be the one & was not allowed sent circular as to claim by heirs
Prior
Feb'y 2, 1904 Hon. Wm S Greene
H R
1920 Nov. 4 Lucius E. Weaver furnished list. Letter in W. F. 18620 Frederick Weaver