Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11681, Peter Wilson, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Coim.
Wilson, Peter
R. 11681
CONTENTS
1105

Vp 35.480 Peter Wilson N.Y.
Let to Hon. Edw: Curtis
July 26 - 1838. No. 1 - '38 no letter of that date found.
do to W. Pratt, Jan 7. 1839
do to David Sand Feb 16. 1843
do to Chapman Howard Apr 4. 43
William McDonald
No. 85. Forsyth Street
New York
11681
Hon. E. Curtis
H. Rep

State of New York City and County of New York ss;
On this 14 th day of October personally appeared before the Marine Court of the said City, County and State, Peter Wilson, a resident of the village of Saw-Pits, in Westchester County and State of New York, aged 78 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 7 th 1832; That he was a Private during the Revolutionary War in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Allen Mead, company commanded by Capt. Matthew Mead, for three years, that he served three years after that under Captain Isaac Howe in the same regiment, That he entered the service in the year 1775. at Horseneck (now Greenwich) Fairfield County. Conn. that the country he marched was in Connecticut and New York, and that he has no documentary evidence in support of his claim. As will more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed =
Sworn and subscribed to this 14 th day of October 1837 in open Court before me Having been first read to Mr. Peter Wilson.
Peter his X Wilson mark
Witness Wm McDonald
James M. Wilson James M. Wilson Justice of the Peace
Note = the words, "aged 78 years", interlined the word "Mead" obliterated =
Note "the words being first read by Mr. Peter Wilson" & the erasure underneath was written by counsel thereon mistake —
James M. Wilson Justice of the Peace
Thomas Portborne Clerk
I certify that Peter Wilson the person who named is entitled to a certificate of 19 Feb. 1837. Justice of the Peace

I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that John B Scott is one of the Justices of the said Court and that the said Court is a Court of Record and that the signature to the certificate annexed is his genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court This nineteenth day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven
John Barberie

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County }
S. Greenwich October 14 th 1837
Personally appeared before me Joshua Lyon of said Greenwich being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is in his eighty fourth year & that he is well acquainted with Peter Wilson who as I understand is about to petition for a pension for his services in the revolutionary war. I was well acquainted with him then he served under Capt. Mathew Mead & under Capt. Isaac Vane & that he was on duty for some years and went with me to New York during that time. we went to New York in the year 1776. we went under Col. John Mead who was afterwards Genl. John Mead we all belonged to the Connecticut Troops, and a further the deponent saith not
Sworn & subscribed Before this 14 th day of October 1837.
Joshua Lyon Mark
Samuel Close Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent and do say that he is a credit witness Samuel Close Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss. Thomas Bloome Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Samuel Close Esquire is now and was on the 5 th day of October last a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Fairfield duly commissioned and duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Samuel Close Esquire & verily believe that the signatures to the foregoing Certificate purporting to be his, are genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 14 th day of November A.D. 1837.
Thomas Bloome Clerk

At a Surrogate's Court held in and for the County of Westchester, at the Town of Rye, on the 13 th day of February A.D. 1848,
Present Alexander H. Wells, Surrogate,
In the Matter of the application of Peter Wilson of said Town & County, for a Pension for Revolu- tionary services. 3333333333
On this day and at the place aforesaid, personally appeared before me Alexander H. Wells, Surrogate of the said County of Westchester, Peter Wilson, a resident of the town of Rye, in the said County of Westchester, and in the State of New York, and being by me duly sworn and examined, did depose and say, that he is a resident of the town of Rye in the County of Westchester and State of New York, and will be of the age of eighty three years in March next, and under his said oath, now here in open Court, the said Peter Wilson doth make the fol- lowing declaration in addition to a declaration by him made on the 19 th day of October 1837, respecting the time and services by him the said Peter Wilson, spent and performed, as a Soldier in the American Army during the Revolutionary war, in order to obtain the ben- fit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th , 1837. And the said Peter Wilson, upon his oath as afore- said, did in the same Court as aforesaid declare and say, that he was a Private Soldier, regularly enrolled in the State Troops of the State of Connect- icut during the said Revolutionary war - That he marched under the orders of Colonel John Mearl, in a Company commanded by Captain Matthew Mearl, to the Manhattan Island in the vicinity of the City of New York, in 1776; That when said Company

arrived at Manhattan Island, the said Capt. Mead reported himself to the officer in Command, which Officer upon inspecting the Commission of the said Capt. Matthew Mead, ascertained and acknowledged that Capt. Mead had received the said Com- mission pursuant under the authority of the King of Great Britain previous to the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and the declaration of American inde- pendence, and though under the said Commission, the said Capt. Mead had acted with and for the American cause and against the troops and power of the Crown of Great Britain, nevertheless the said Superior officer in Command on Manhattan Island decided that he could not ex- cept of the said Capt. Mead a his said Company, under the said Commission. That the said Company of the said Captain Matthew Mead, was thereupon disbanded, and reorganized under the command of Capt. Isaac Haur. That after the disbanding of the said Company, the said Declarant returned home, and immediately entered the service in the Army of the said Revolutionary war un- der the Command of the said Capt. Isaac Haur, where Company was attached to the said Regiment commanded by the said Col. John Mead. That the said Company to which the said Declarant belonged, was considered a Patroll Guard, as it was then called, "Picket Guard" on the lines of Connecticut and New York, and the Long Island Sound. Declarant says he was stationed the principal part of the time on said lines, at different posts, to wit: at the house of Gilbert Lyon, and at Byrum Bridge in the State of Connecticut, and at Sawpit's and King Street

in the State of New York. That the said Company under the Command of the said Capt. Isaac Howe, frequently marched, in the said Service, to various points & Sections of the Connecticut and New York State lines, and along the coast of Long Island Sound, thus marching at a moments warning to protect the lives and property of American cit- izens, doing and performing faithfully all the acts and duties, and rendering all the services, Soldiers in actual and active Service of the American Army during the Revolutionary war, were required to do, perform and render. Declarant further says that, he was one of the said Company of the said Capt. Isaac Howe, who, with other members of the said Company defended the House of Gilbert Gay, occupied as a Military Post as a presage, against an attack made upon it by a Company of British Troops. That the said Post was so attacked by the British Troops on several occasions, and on one occasion in particular, a most furious attack was so made by the said British Troops, wounding several of the American Soldiers and killing one. That this Declarant assisted in resisting the said attack, which resistance was successful, the British Troops taking the said Post by aid of superior numbers, after doing it great damage, the evidence of which, the ball-hole and other marks of damage being visible in & about said house for many years subsequent to the said Revolutionary War. That owing to the great length of time since these events transpired, this declarant is unable to call to mind the names of the killed and wounded on the occasion referred to. Declarant says that he was in the impression that his Military Service in the Revo- lutionary war commenced under the Command of Capt. Matthew M c Lead long before he was so

marched to Manhattan Island, as these services were faithfully performed in the cause of American Independence, on American soil, and with a zeal and purpose as warm and as patriotic as actuated any member of the American Army. In the services so rendered under Capt. Matthew Head, Declarant makes no claim.
Declarant makes this application for the Military Services rendered under the command of Capt. Isaac Howe, as herein before stated, which said services continued for the space of three years prior and after the time this Declarant so entered the company of the said Capt. Isaac Howe to the close of the said Revolutionary war, this Declarant being desirous of giving a plain and simple statement of the services he so actually rendered under the said Capt. Howe & nothing more.
This Declarant further says that the Military Roll of the said Capt. Isaac Howe's Company, as he has been informed and believes, was lost a distanced many years ago. That two of the witnesses of his said services who testi- fied for him in 1837, to wit: Deborah Goo and Hephzibah Hobbey, have since deceased.
Declarant says he makes this declaration as a true and faithful soldier of his country in her struggle for National Inde- pendence. That in the service of that country he was ever prompt, fearless and faithful. = That he is now well stricken in years, almost helpless in body, destitute of all pecuniary means, and wholly dependent upon his distant kinsmen for maintenance and support. That when these services were rendered, it was with a free will in the cause of free- dom and in behalf of a down trodden & suffering country; that he did not then

suppose that he should ever become a supplicant for the bounty of his Government. But having rendered these services, and his Government having liberally provided for their remuneration, he again asserts and declares his right to that compensation, and humbly trusts that the justice of that country, now in its prosperity, may not deny him the small pittance he humbly and righteous law has provided to smooth the pillow of his declining life. He therefore relies on the support of this his honest claim, upon this his declaration, and the documents hereto annexed.
Subscribed this 13th day of January, A.D. 1843 Before Alexander H. Wells,
his Peter X Wilson mark
Suzanne Mitchell County N.Y.
State of New York Westchester County Suzanne's Court
I, Alexander H. Wells, Secretary of the County of Westchester in the State of New York, do hereby certify, that I have this day taken and stated the foregoing Declaration of Peter Wilson, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, in open court as therein stated. That the said Peter Wilson is a resident of the town of Rye, in said County of Westchester & State of New York, as therein stated; that he is entirely cus- todian of any pecuniary means or resources, and is dependent for his support upon the said his Nephew, with whom he now lives, and has lived for the last ten years. That the said Peter Wilson appears to be of the full age of

Eighty Three years, very feeble & helpless in body but appears to possess a memory and under- standing fully equal, if not superior to men generally, of his advanced years. He appears to be a candid, honest & worthy old man, and such is his general character. I have examined him particularly, and I place the most implicit reliance upon each and every statement he has made in the foregoing declaration.
In testimony whereof, I, the undersigned officer, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Rye, New York, on the 13 th day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three, & of our Independence the sixty seventh. Alexander H. Mills, Secretary of the County of Westchester

State of New York } Westchester County }
On this 20 th day of February 1843 before me personally appeared Abraham Lyon aged seventy nine years last November who being duly cautioned and sworn according to law doth on his oath testify and say he has ever been ac- quainted with Peter Wilson of Orange in said County and state above named a Revolutionary Soldier who was born one mile from my father's house where I now live I have always seen said Peter Wilson in the neighborhood, was knowing to his being in Captain Isaac Mear's Company in 1777 and served three years and more in said Company, Captain Isaac Mear occupied a part of my father's house as a Military Post com- mencing in the year 1777 which was often attacked by the British and many ball holes are plainly to be seen at this time in the house, in one of those attacks many were wounded and one killed I knew Peter Wilson to have been a member of said Company early in the year 1777 I knew Peter Wilson joined the Baptist Church and I was present when he was baptised more than forty years ago
Abraham Lyon
Westchester County ss. On the 20 th day of February 1843 before me Timothy B. Burge - a Justice of the Peace for said County, personally appeared the above named Abraham Lyon to me personally known to be the same person described in and who signed the foregoing deposition, and who made solemn oath before me to the truth of the same. And I certify that I have been pre- sent and seen the ball holes in Mr. Lyon's house

and he informed me that they were put in there, during the revolutionary war, and have remained there ever since, I further certify that these holes are now plainly to be seen and further I certify that said Abraham Logan is a man of fair standing and of unadulterated truth and veracity. —
Timothy B. B. Burger Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Westchester County } ss On this 20 th day of February 1843 personally appeared before me Timothy B. Burgee a Justice of the Peace of the town of Byram in said County Rivers Morrill of said Town who being duly cautioned and sworn saith under his oath that he is seventy five years old, that he has always been acquainted with Peter Wilson of said town, that he has often seen said Peter Wilson in the revolutionary war bearing arms at Byram River and other places, that he believes him entitled to a pension and it is the public opinion in the Town generally -
Rivers Morrill
County of Westchester ss On the 20 th day of February 1843 - before me Timothy B. Burgee a Justice of the Peace for said County, personally appeared the above named Rivers Morrill to me personally known to be the same person described in and who executed foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath before me of the truth of the same and I further certify that he is a man of fair standing and of undoubted reputation for truth and veracity. 4 Spfully concern in his opinion as to Peter Wilson's being entitled to a pension as are also the public generally -
Timothy B. Burgee
Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Westchester County } } On this 20 th day of February in the year 1843 before me personally appeared Thomas Griffin an inhabitant of the town of Ryeg in said county, and did on his oath testify and say that his father lived in said town, and he states he well knew Peter Wilson and often saw said Peter Wilson in military services in Captain Horne's company of Batavia Guard and heard him say that Peter Wilson ought to have a pension for his mil- itary services. -
Sworn to before me } the 20 th day of February, 1843
Thomas Griffin
Timothy S. Burger Justice of the Peace
County of Westchester }
Town of Ryeg } } I Timothy S. Burger one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Westchester do hereby certify that on this day before me personally appeared the above named Thomas Griffin and made oath to the above affidavit before me, that I am well acquainted with said Thomas Griffin that he is a man of undoubted integrity and that his words can readily be taken on all occasions for truth. -
Timothy S. Burger Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Westchester County ss } On the 20 th day of February 1843
We the undersigned under Oath testify and say that we live in the Town of Rye in the County of Westchester & State of New York that Peter Wilson said to be a revolutionary soldier is a resident of said Town his public reputation is good he is respected and believed to have served in the Revolutionary War and we believe he is intitled to a pension
Horace B Smith William Beattys
Westchester County ss On the 20 th day of February 1843 before me personally appeared before me the above named Horace B. Smith and William Beattys both to me personally known and who made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed, and I further certify that they are men of standing and respectability and of undoubted truth and veracity.
Timothy S. Surger Justice of the Peace

I live in the town of Greenwich Fairfield County Connecticut under oath testify & say that Peter Willson said to be a Revolutionary soldier is a resident of the town of Rye N.Y. formerly of S d Greenwich his public reputation is good he is reputed & believed to have served in the revolutionary war and believe he is en- titled to a pension. I have lived near by said Peter & have been acquainted with him more than forty years
Seth Lyon
Westchester County, ss On the 20 th day of February 1843 before me personally appeared the above named Seth Lyon to me personally appeared known and who made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me, and I certify that he is a man of fair standing and of undoubted truth and veracity -
_____ Timothy S. Burger Justice of the Peace

State of New York } County of Westchester } ss
In this 20 th day of February 1843
Personally appeared Rev d Henry Belden a Clergymen of the Town of Rye, do testify under oath that Peter Wilson is an inhabitant of the Town of Rye in said County & State — That I believe him to be 84 years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & That I concur in that opinion —
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above named Henry Belden
Westchester County ss On the 20 th day of February 1843 before me personally appeared the above named Henry Belden signed to the above affidavit and — made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me I further certify that he is a Clergymen of good standing and a man of undoubted truth and morality —
Timothy C. Sawyer Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Westchester } ss
On this 18 th day of February 1843 Personally appeared Arnese S. Raymond a Clergiman of the Town of Rye do certify to say that Peter Wilson is a member of the Church in regular standing. That I believe him to be 84 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year above named.
Sworn before on the day above mentioned
E. S. Raymond
Timothy S. Raymond  Raymond Justice of the Peace
Pastor of the Baptist Church in Kingstreet
State of New York } ss On the 18 th day of February Westchester County } in the year 1843 before me personally appeared the above named Ebenezer S. Raymond to me personally known, and who who made solemn oath to the above deposition before me. And I further certify that he is a man of undoubted integrity, and his word to be taken upon all occasions
Timothy S. Raymond  Raymond Justice of the Peace

State of New York Westchester County ss I Charles A Pundy clerk of the County of Westchester and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County Do hereby Certify that Timothy L Banger Examine before whom the foregoing depositions of Abraham Lyon, Marcus Morell, Thomas Shiffner, Isaac B Smith, William Beatty, Seth Lyon, Henry Belden and Henera Maymone were taken was on the days of the date of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Westchester duly Recited and sworn and authorized by law to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the Said Justice and verify the several Signatures purporting to be his is genuine I also Certify that Alexander A Wells is Summar of In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court and County this Twenty eighth day of February A D 1843 Charles A Pundy Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Peter Wilson 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. B. 11,681
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 during the war. Private Matthew Mead Isaac Howe John Mead Conn.                                     
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Horseneck, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 19, 1837, Rej.
Residence at date of application, Saw Pitts. Westchester Co. New York.
Age at date of application, 78 years.
Remarks: in Feby. 1843 he resided at Rye, N.Y. & stated that he would be 83 yrs. old in Mch. next. His claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of alleged service.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Febry - 5 - 1908
Wm. May D. Elliott Rockville Ill
1916 Apl. 18. Hiet. to Mrs. Bessie F. Johnston. *
11,681
P. O. Peter Wilson
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Am. Joseph H Anderson  W R
Copy of Papers of Peter Wilim
Mr. David J. 1 " Humphrey 1 Capt.

War Department, Pension Office,
Feby 26: 1838.
Sir,
This letter was found in with Mch. 1, 1838.
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Joshua Lyon of Fairfield County, Connecticut, to an increased pension, has been examined and disallowed.
Upon a full view of all his service, as recited, and put forth by himself and witnesses, with the aid of the Comptroller's records, the Department considered about six months and 14 days made out, and he acceded to the decision thro' General Ward of New York. He now makes a general allegation of six years service under two Officers, whose services were occasional, and for short terms, as the records show; and furnishing a number of depositions repeating his statement in which cannot  unquestionably written out before the deponent names  with witnesses if they can be  admitted as evidence  he cannot doubt that he is  at all entitled to a pension.
Peter Wilson alleges the same service of six years, upon the same two Military Captains, and his claim is rejected upon the same ground that the foregoing application for an increase was disallowed, viz, that there was no service rendered under the authority of Connecticut
corresponding

corresponding in any essential point, with that described and set forth by the claimant, and sworn to by Isabella Lyon
In the case of Mrs. Sarah Whitehead, widow of Daniel Whitehead, deceased, the additional evidence removes the objection as to the proof of marriage, but the specification of the service required by my letter of the 30 th Nov. last, to Mr. McDonald, has not been furnished. The pension, when allowed, must, agreeably to the Act, be com- puted by the amount and grade of service, duly establish- Hence no term can be allowed unless the period, length and grade, with the names of officers &c, are set forth with the precision required by the regulations of 27 th June 1832 and established by satisfactory proof.
The additional evidence in the case of Mrs. Julia Ann Goodrich, asserts that the marriage took place on 13 th October 1782, whereas her previous statement, and the depositions of her witnesses, ascribe a date two years prior to that. But she has no claim whatever, as her husband's declaration, on oath, in 1820, shows that she was born in 1780, which happens to be the very year he left the service.
Mr. McDonald has lately been informed of the action of the Department upon the other cases mentioned in his letter which is herewith returned. In the case of Mrs.
I have the honor to be, Yours as faithfully
Hon. Edward Curtis, House of Representatives.

Feb 27 1844
Peter Olson Miss. Rub. Collins
Edward Dreyer Pension Comr Washington D.C.
Henry N. Lathrop H.N.L.

House of Representatives July 26, 1844
Sir
Can you inform me why Peter Nilson of N.Y. was denied a pension - was he in a branch of the Service not entitled to pensions under existing laws -
Your Obedient Servt
Geo. Patten One Court New Brunswick
J. L. Edwards Esq

Chaplin Howard April 4 1842.
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55/53
Pen off age 4 H3
Sir
The amended declaration of Peter Wilson have been examin- ed & filed with his other papers. He originally declared that he served 6 years in Col. Mead's Regt. of Conn. State troops in the Companies of Capt. Mat- thew Mead & Capt. Isaac Howe commencing in 75- He now asserts that Capt. Matthew Mead's commission was rejected by the Commanding officer in New York in 76 & the company reorganized under Isaac Howe under whom all his services were rendered There was no such service as that described in either declara- -tion - Capt. Matthew Mead command- -ed a company of Conn. militia in NY in 76 & again in 77 and Isaac Howe was his Ensign but the name of the claimant is not borne on the rolls of the Company - It is very clear that he has no claim  Messrs Chaplin & Howard New York

Hon. Deane Curtis
Mar. 1. 1828
06
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Hannah Anderson - the proof of the marriage is insufficient and in that of Mrs Mary Knapp, the proof of the marriage is insufficient - The specification of the terms of military service is defective - no record or documentary proof is furnished of his commission in the militia and his employment in the service  taken of the army at Storey Point (the only alleged service subsequent to the marriage) can not be recognized as military within the contemplation of the act of 7. June 1882 unless it shall be satisfactorily shown that he was commissioned & the corps organized by competent authority and was subject to the rules & articles of war
Say in a few words the result of the examination of the other cases mentioned by Mr. Mc Donald

Planning Office, Feb 16. 1843
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 7 th inst. asking for a copy of the affidavit of Joshua Lyon in the case of Peter Wilson, I have to inform you that before it can be furnished, it is necessary that the case before the Court, in which the affidavit is to be used, should be stated.
David Sands, Esq., Port Chester West Chester Co, Kentucky New York

Post-master Feb 6 Feb 10. 43 Peterboro What care?
J. D. [Signature]
To the Hon Commissioner of Pensions at the Pension office Washington City D. C.

Portchester 7 th February 1848 To the Commissioner of pensions
Dear Sir It would oblige me if I could obtain from your office A copy of the deposition of Deborah Lyon of Greenwich C.t on the the applica- -tion for a pension of Peter Wilson of the same place but whether he lived in Greenwich C.t. or in Rye N. York when he applied for the same I am not certain the affidavit of I Lyon States the Officers under whom he served and the length of time of service you will please send me the affidavit with a Certificate from your office that I may use them for evidence in Court - you will also state whether Capt Mead was in the service of the United States yours with Respect
(David Sands)
To the Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington. D. C.

Jan. 7. 1839.
06.

War Dept
Quarterm's Office,
Jan 7. 1839.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 29 th Ultro. respecting the case of Peter Wilson, I have to inform you that his claim was examined on the 18 th of March last, and rejected, for reasons stated in a letter of that date to the Hon. Ed. Curtis, of the House of Reps. House of Representatives
W. W. F. Pratt, No. 272 Hudson St, New York.

Jan 2.39 to
John Nesbitt My cl.
James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.

New York Dec r 29 th 1838
Sir
About the 20 th of October 1837 Mr Mc Donald, then of this City, trans- mitted to your office papers in favor of the claim of Peter Wilson for a Pension Mr Mc Donald having subsequently left New York, the said Peter Wilson is desirous to ascertain what action if any, has been had thereon - he has accordingly requested me to acquaint you in his behalf -
you will please inform me whether his papers have been received, if so, whether they are satisfactory? if not, what further proof is required.
Respectfully yours
W m F Piatt
J L Edward Esq r 272 Nassau St

Hon. Edw. Curtis
Feby 26 th 1838

War Dep
Pen: off Zeb
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Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Joshua Lyon of Fairfield County Connecticut to an increased pension has been examined & disallowed upon a full view of all his service as recited & put forth by himself & witnesses with the aid of the Comptrollers records, the Dept t considered about 6 mo & 14 days made out and he acceded to the decision thro Genl Ward of N. York. He now makes a general allegation of 6 years service under two officers whose service were occasional & for short terms as the records shew repeating his statement and furnish a number of depositions which were unquestionably written out before the deponent's names were inserted. This renders it doubtful whether he is at all entitled to a pension.
Peter Wilson alleges the same service of 6 years under the same two officers officers Mitchell & Capt and his claim is rejected is rejected upon the same ground

that the forgoing application for an increase was disallowed by the there was no service rendered under the authority of Conn: corresponding in any essential point with that described & set forth by this claimant as sworn to by Joshua Lyon.
In the case of Mrs. Sarah Whitehead widow of Daniel Whitehead the add l evidence removes the objection as to the proof of marriage but the specification of the service required by my letter of 30 Nov. last to Mr. McDonald has not been furnished. The pension when allowed must agreeably to the act be computed by the amount of service duly established. Hence no term can be allowed unless the period-length & grade with names of officers are set forth with the precision required by the regulations of 27. June 1832 established by satisfactory proof.
The add l evidence in the case of Mrs. Julia Ann Goodrich asserts that the marriage took place on 13 Oct. 1783 whereas her previous statement & the deposition of her witness assigned a date two years prior to this. But she has no claim whatever as a

husbands declaration or oath in 1890 shewed that she was born in 1780 which happens to be the very year he left the service
Mr. McDonald has lately been informed of the action of the Dept upon the other cases mentioned in his letter which is herewith returned.
Yrs. Edw. Curtis
H. R. P.

New York Peter Wilson.
Hon James L. Edwards. Commissioner Parsons
Washington - D.C.

New York March 8 - 43
Hon.
James L. Edwards -
Com te Pensions -
Sir - We are requested to forward the enclosed papers of Peter Wils on a Revolutionary Soldier of N.Y. in this State - For your early consideration, From the respectability of the testimony enclosed we doubt not the kindest construction will be placed by your Hon. in the case of the Old Soldier and the justice of his case will entitle his name on the Pension Roll of our Country - Sir we have it from undoubted authority the public sentiment in the Lower of N.Y. is in favour of Peter Wilson as a Pensioner from Government Sir will you please direct your communication to us in the City - With respect near your Servants -
Chaplin, and Leonard

below own
Rochelle Illinois
Jan 8 1900
Sir
would you be so kind as to inform me if Peter Wilson was a Pensioner of the Revolutionary war enlisted from Connecticut
Respectfully Mary L Elliott
Rochelle Ills Ogle co

Quincy Public School
HOUGHTON COUNTY
J. G. JOHNSTON, Superintendent.
Rev. Sec H
HANCOCK, MICH., April 8 191 6 .
Mr. G. M. Saltzberger, Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Your reply to my letter asking for the military history of Peter Wilson is received.
Full name - Peter Wilson.
Born about 1759.
Enlisted in 1778 at Hornebeck, Ct.
Served under Captain Isaac Howe Colonel John Mead.
Applied for pension in 1837.
I am anxious to have the Gov't record of his services for eligibility to the D. A. R.
Yours Respectfully.
Mrs. Bessie F. Johnston
Hancock, Mich.
Lock Box 224.