Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6550, John Turner, Conn. Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Turner, John
R. 6550
Continental
Lynn, Sarah
New York
Former widow
CONTENTS

No 6424 Sym Sarah Sym  now formerly Widow of John Sym March 8. 1875.
NY act 4 July 1836
m 77. @ 03
Sarah Sym
As A. Sym

State of New York Ulster County Clerk's Office
Joseph W. Southill Clerk of the county of Ulster aforesaid do certify that Reuben H. Hine Esqr. before whom the foregoing annexed dec- laration of Sarah Lynn and the affidavit of James Turner purport to have been subscribed was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the county courts in and for said county due- ly elected and qualified and that his name sub- scribed to the said declaration & affidavit are his genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court and county this 8 th day of February 1825
Joseph W. Southill Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the act of 11 th July 1836 and of the 1 st Section of the act of 3 rd of March 1837 —
State of New York Ulster County ss
On this thirty first day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four before me Reuben H. Hine one of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts in and for said County personally appeared Sarah Lynn a resident of the town of Plattekill in said County aged Eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 11 th 1836 and of the 3 rd of March 1837. —
That she was married to John Turner who in the revolutionary war resided in the State of Connecticut in the County of Fairfield bordering on the State of New York. That according to the best of her knowledge and belief (as she has always understood and verily believes) the said John Turner was engaged as a private Soldier more or less every year from the beginning to near the close of the revolutionary war.
The first she thinks her husband the said John Turner was engaged commenced as near as she can recollect in the Month of August or September in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in Captain John Lambs Company of Artillery under the Command of Genl Benedict Arnold in an expedition up the Henebeck River through the State of Connecticut & Massachusetts to the Province of Lower Canada - in which her husband the said John Turner has often told her they suffered much hunger and fatigue through the wild

dunys. that the said corps arrived in the neighborhood of Luebeck at a cold and inclement season and were joined by the commander Genl Montgomery, who several days after in an attack against the enemy was killed near the walls of the Fort at Luebeck. - At which time several of the Americans were killed and taken prisoner - That Capt Lamb with part of his Company were taken prisoner and that her husband the said John Turner transferred with the remainder of the Company were afterwards to Capt Bhusunans Company in which he continued untill about the first of June in the year 1776 and they went up the St Lawrence River and by the way of Lake Champlain returned home after an absence of about ten months as a private Soldier. -
She further declares that she believes the said John Turner has also been engaged as a private Soldier in the Connecticut line or Series - and was Stationed at different places on Long Island Sound in the State of Connecticut and New York but for what length of time and under what Officers she does not now remember - during which Service he returned home on furlow and was legally married to this declarant in a place called Norwalk in the State of Connecticut That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr Fred Bergyman of the Reformed Presbyterian church in said town of Norwalk, which took place on the fifteenth day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven
She further declares that she believes her husband the said John Turner has afterwards been engaged in several tours in defence of his country and was stationed at different places on Long Island Sound and

at different places on the Hudson River and in different places in Westchester County , to protect the inhabitants against the incursions of the British Foraging parties which she thinks would in all amount to six or eight months , That she cannot now recollect the names of the Captains under which he served but believes the names of the Colonels was Drake and Weissenfelt —
She further declares that she believes that the whole of the Service performed by her husband the said John Turner during the revolutionary war would amount to more than two years as a private Soldier, And that her maiden name previous to her marriage was Sarah Vanhoesen. She further declares that afterward she with her said husband moved into Saratoga County in the State of New York untill the twelfth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and three on which day her husband the aforesaid John Turner died
She further declares that she was married afterwards to John Lynn who died in Ulster County on the 29 th day of November 1821, and that she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the affidavit of her son James Turner (with whom she at present resides) and which is herewith annexed
She further declares that the annexed copy of her Testament is the only documentary evidence she has in her possession and which is the only family record kept by her first husband and which she believes is correct
She further declares that the reason she has not sooner made application for a pension is because she is

and for several years past has been a member of the Society of friends, but is at present dependant on the charity of her friends for her Subsistence who have persuaded her to make an application for a pen- sion and to which she believes she is honestly entitled to for the Revolutionary Services of her former husband the said John Swanner deceased
Affirmed and Subscribed on the 18 th day of March 1843 day and year aforesaid before me and further certify that she is a member of the society of friends and is respect- able citizen & her statement entitled to full credit
W. H. H. Hine, Judge of Mifflin County Courts

THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Recently translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK, And with the former TRANSLATIONS Diligently Compared and Revised.
By His MAJESTY's special Command
Appointed to be Read in Churches.
EDINBURGH: Printed by the ASSIGNS of ALEXANDER KINCAID, His Majesty's Printer. MDCCCLXXXII.

John Turner was Born January 25: 1740 Sarah Vanhoose was Born January 2: 1757 John Turner was married to Sarah Vanhoose June the 15: 1777 Hannah Turner was Born February 24: 1778 and Died July 25: 1799 Sarah Turner was Born October the 5: 1779 April 1: 1781 Hannah Turner was Born April 1: 1781 Leah Turner was Born December the 31: 1783 Benjamin Turner and Betsey Turner was Born March the 25: 1785 April 29: 1787 than our youngest child was born

State of New York Ulster County } ss
James Burner of the town of Plattekill county of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the son of Sarah Lynn widow of John Lynn who was formerly the widow of John Burner the father of this deponent, is fifty eight years of age. That his father the said John Burner died in the town of Greenfield County of Saratoga on the 12 th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and three, that his mother was afterwards married to John Lynn who died on the 29 th of November 1829 & that his mother is still living has not since intermarried and at present resides with this deponent and is the identical Sarah Lynn who is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of deponents father who deponent has often heard him say he had been a Soldier in the revolution which in all would amount to more than two years, but cannot remember the names of the officers except Capt Lamb in the expedition to the Province of Canada — And the reason his mother has not sooner made application is because she is a member of the Society of friends and was conscientiously opposed to the principle of making application for a remuneration for Military services of her husband. Deponent further saith that the annexed leaf from his mothers testament contains the only record of the age and marriage of her family and which deponent believes to be correct as to the dates of the birth of the children, and that deponent was informed and verily believes that due and diligent search has for several years been made for proof of Marriage and also for proof of the Services of deponents father the

Act of July 4, 1836 Additional Evidence Sarah Lynn Formerly widow of John Turner in N. Y. Suspended Roll Act of 1836
Filed By Jas. G. Austin Present
Maria C. G. Gynkoop

State of New York } County of Ulster }
On this first day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred & fifty six at a Surrogates Court held in the village of Kingston in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid satisfactory evidence was adduced in open Court. That Sarah Lynn formerly widow of John Turner deceased was an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress approved on the 4 th day of July 1836. That she died on the third day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five and left her surviving eight children, whose names are as follows viz Cynthia Tink, Polly Thornton, Mercy Punderson, Hannah Scofield, Clarissa Moore, Bathena Goddington, Benjamin Turner, and James Turner, who are her only living children, & who are all severally over twenty one years of age, and further that letters of administration were in due course of law granted and committed unto James Turner one of the above named children on the day & year first above written. It was further proved that said deceased Sarah Lynn at the day of her death was a resident of the town of Plattkill, Lloyds in said County of Ulster and State of New York
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal this first day of September 1856.
J. H. BOOKSTABN Surrogate

Whereas Henry Wynkoop of Catskill of Greene County, several years since prepared the papers in an application for a pension for my mother Sarah Lynn formerly widow of John Turner deceased. These are to certify that the since decease of my mother the said Sarah Lynn as one of her children & Administrator on her estate I still continue to continue & appoint the said Henry Wynkoop the lawfull attorney or his attorney in the prosecution of said claim or pension against the United States Department at the Washington,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this first day of September
1856
James Turner
I know all men by these presents that I Henry Wynkoop above named as the attorney in prosecuting the within claim of Sarah Lynn and by her son & Administrator John S. James Turner against the U. S. Government for a pension. I do hereby constitute & appoint James G. Austin Esq. of Washington City, to act in my behalf & in behalf of the said James Turner, by authority invested to me by said Administrator to be the sole and legal attorney & to do all other legal acts that may be necessary in the prosecution of said claim.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 30 th day of September 1856
Sealed & delivered in presence of
Henry Wynkoop
Maria C. H. Wynkoop
As John Turner As Sarah Lynn As Maria C. H. Wynkoop

d 1812 ion.
July 3, 1929.
Mrs. Carrie Turner Jensen, Care, Mrs. C. J. Fisher, U. S. Indian School, Bismarck, North Dakota.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 6550, it appears that John Turner was born January 25, 1748. He married, June 15, 1777, in Norwalk, Connecticut, Sarah Vanhoesen or Vanhoosear who was born January 2, 1757. After their marriage they lived in Saratoga County, New York. He died September 12, 1803 in Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York. His widow, Sarah, afterwards married John Lynn who died November 29, 1821 (as stated by his widow) or November 29, 1829 (as stated by her son James Turner) in Ulster County, New York.
On December 31, 1844 Sarah Turner, then residing with her son James Turner in Plattekill, Ulster County, New York, applied for pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her former husband, John Turner, and it was alleged that he, John Turner, while a resident of Fairfield County, Connecticut, enlisted in August or September 1775, served as a private in Captain John Lamb's Company of Artillery in Colonel Benedict Arnold's Regiment

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in the expedition to Canada; was in the battle at Quebec, after which he was transferred to Captain Cheeseman's Company, and was discharged in June, 1776, having served about ten months; and that he later served at various times during the years 1777 to 1781, as a private with the Connecticut and New York Troops, dates and details of service not given; a part of the time in Colonels Drake's and Weisenfels' Regiments.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service as required by the Pension Laws.
She died January 3, 1855 at Loyd, Ulster County, New York, and was survived by the following children:
Cynthia Quick Polly Thornton Mercy Punderson Hannah Harriet Scofield Clarissa Moore Bathers or Bathener Coddington Benjamin Turner and -
James Turner who was a resident of Plattekill or New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, in 1844. In that year, December 31, he stated that he was then aged fifty-eight years.
The family record also shows:
Hanah Turner ..... Born February 24, 1778 Died July 25, 25, 1779 Sarah Turner ..... Born October 5, 1779 Hanah Turner ..... Born April 1, 1781 Scintha Turner ..... Born December 31, 1783 Benjamin Turner : ..... Born March 25, 1785 Betsy Turner : Youngest child, name not shown, was born April 9, 1787.

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any of the other soldiers named John Turner as described by you. Your citations do not refer to the records of this bureau. Said records fail to afford any information in regard to any Habakkuk Turner.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

No. 6424
Sarah Lyman
her will by Mr. Turner
H. H. Lyman April 28 th 1825
Mar. 5. Boston 2 nd July 1826
H. H. Lyman 14 Oct 1850
Sum. Apr 14/57
act 4 May 1826

State of New York Dutches County ss
On this fifteenth day of December in the year 1858 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, John Smith at present a resident of the town of Pkeepsie in said County, who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is Ninety two years of age was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, and for the last 30 years a pensioner of the U.S. at the yearly rate of Ninety Six dollars. —
That deponent during the said war was a portion of his time engaged as a private Soldier in the Continental line but the greater portion of his Services he performed in the Services of the State of New York in the Regiments commanded by Col Paulin and Weisenfelt,
That he with said corps in the years 1780. 81 & 82. were either Stationed on the frontier of the Mohawk valley but more especially on the west side of the Hudson River on the frontier of Ulster & Albany (now Greene) Counties, along the Catskill Mountains, in detachments stationed at the different Forts & Blockhouses, which services were generally for the term of Nine Months or less commencing in the Spring of each year and continued untill the following winter. —
That deponent was well acquainted with John Turner who was a private Soldier in the Summer of 1780. or 81, in Col Weisenfelt's Regiment but for what length of time deponent does not know. That deponent has had frequent conversations with said Turner during said Service, and since the war in Saratoga County where he resided & did several years since. —
That in these several conversations he informed deponent that he had served in the early part of the war in Capt Lamb's Company under the Command of Genl. Arnold was at Tuckerk when Montgomery was killed & that Capt Lamb was made prisoner & he transferred to another Company and returned home the next Summer by the way of Lake

Champlain, that he afterwards served in the Connecticut line & from the nearness of the line of the State of Connecticut to New York he served also in her services along the Hudson River but how long said Turner served deponent does not know That deponent was also acquainted with his wife Sarah who after the death of her husband moved into Ulster County where she was married to John Lynn who is also dead & was informed that said Sarah Lynn a few years since was an applicant for a pension for the services of her former husband and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written, after having duly read the foregoing affidavit to him and believe him to be a credible witness John his X Smith Mark Adolphus B. Smith Justice of the Peace
Affidavit of John Turner for Sarah Turner of John Lynn

State of New York, County of Dutchess, ss.
I, Joseph T. Adriance , Clerk of the County of Dutchess, and of the Courts of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Adolph M. Brunsch
whose name is subscribed to the annexed Affidavit was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, duly Elected & sworn and authorized to take the same.
AND FURTHER , That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Adolph M. Brunsch and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County and Courts, the 15 th day of December
A. D. 1848
J. T. Adriance Clerk.
Adolph M. Brunsch Justice of the Peace Dutchess Co. N.Y.

64 24
Parah Lynn dec? Widow of John Turner. N York.
H. H. Sylvester Ap l 23 d 1845-
Hon S d Gordon 2 d Fe y 1846-
H. H. Sylvester 19 October 1850-
Same Ap l 14 1851-
J. G. Austin October 20 1836.
Same October 22 1856-
New W m J. Knapp, Jan y 13. 1838
6550
July 24 1836-

1929-July 31, visit to Mrs. Carrie Turner Greene, M.E.E.
6557
P. O.
David Lynn
Service: former Widow
John Turner
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Will The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. kindly send all data on file, including birth place, names of parents, wife and children to a descendant of the men listed below—
Mrs. Arrie Turner Jensen
2-26-1929 (Mrs. Mrs. G. D. Fisher) Bismarck (United States Indian School) North Dakota
✓ Habakkuk Turner, Coventry, Conn..
In 1778—Enlisted in Continental Service in Fifth regiment—Capt. John Arnold.
✓ John Turner, Tolland, Conn. Enlisted in Continental Service in 1778 Capt. Whitmore.
✓ John Turner—Coventry, Conn., Enlisted 9-13-1755. Discharged 12-11-1755— (Probably 9 th Co. — Capt. Leach (3 rd Reg. — Colonel Elphalet Dyer)
✓ John Turner—Withersfield, Conn. Private in Capt. Allen's Co., Enlisted for war 4-28-1777. Deserted 8-2-1779
Also —
✓ John Turner of Conn. and New York Wife Sarah married at Lynn(?)
R. 6550 — Pension Dept Any data — or rather all concern ing him.

Muster Roll of Capt. Jacob Cheeseman's Company in the 1 st Regt. of New York Forces in the service of the United Colonies now in cantonment before Quebec Feby 17 th 1776.
John Turner private Enlisted Jan y . 1 st 1776.
Then Mustered in Capt. Cheeseman's Comp y . and Colo. M c Dougals Regt. one Lieut one Serjeant Major two Serjeants two Corporals and eighteen privates.
This Muster is taken from the 1 st Jan y . 1776. to the 30 th do. Inclusive
James Van Rensselaer Depty. M. M. Gen l .
A pay Roll of Ebenezer Boyd Capt commencing July 1 st 1780 a Guard on the North River in Westchester
John Turner private
10..2..1
State of New York } Comptroller's Office }
I certify the preceding to be a true extract from a Revolutionary document now remaining in this Office
Philip Phelps Depty. Compt r
Albany Feby. 6 th 18215.

Sarah Lynn died January 3 1833-
- Cynthia Quick - Polly Thornton - Mary Punderson - Han- nah Scifield - Ela- iza Mene - Bathe- na Coddington - Benja- min Turner - James Turner -
- James Turner adm.

Washington D.C. Oct 10 1856
Com r of Pensions
Sir
Herein please find Certificate of Surrogate of Ulster Co N.Y. the Appointment of Administrator in the Claim of Sarah Lynn, formerly Widow of John Turner Dwin - Rev Claim Act July 4, 1836 -
I Respectfully ask a Re-examination of the Claim of Mrs Lynn, and hope the Claim may be allowed to the Administrator in behalf of the Children
Respectfully Yours,
Jas. G. Austin Present

Clintondale 20 of 12 th mo 1851 Respectd Friend I received thy Letter of the 20 of last mo 1851 and read it and find the import nearly the same as the other Letters I have Received from thee. If 12 years is not sufficient time we must try another Agent. and she must not think have of me for so doing. I suppose to say we will wait until the first of next month 1852 then the power will be in the hand of John F. Curtis. the agent I referred to in my last Letter, on my Mother's Pension We have the Power of Attorney to sell up only. and I solicit an Answer speedily We are well at present.
I Doe Remain Thy Friend and well wisher James Turner
Henry Winkoop
Patient is got along with nearly so far

now to tell the truth we doe not wish to send our wrongfully but we will know if my mother's pension has been drawn & the funds at your or not
Dear Friend
ss. your last is recd. dated Dec 24 1851 — Henry Wynn
Col H. H. Sylvester Washington D.C.
Sarah Sylvester No. 100 N.Y. City
for Capt. Miles
H. H. Sylvester

Wm. D. Groom
Feb 2. '46

Pension Office February 2. 1846
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the testimony of Jonathan Tompkins is not at all satisfactory to identify the former husband of Mrs Sarah Lynn with John Turner who belonged to the 1 st New York Regiment in 1776, and who served in the Connecticut Line from May 1777, and also in the New York Militia in 1781. This witness had agreed to his own statement, but a very limited personal knowledge of Turner's service and testifies only to what he heard Turner say, which cannot be received as evidence in this case.
It will not be admitted unless established by proof of a high order, that John Turner - who was a citizen of New York and a soldier of the line of that state in 1776, was the same John Turner who served in 1777 in the Connecticut Line. The testimony of persons who were themselves in service or had a personal knowledge of Turner's service will be required to establish this fact. Hon. S. Gordon The records in the comptroller's office at Burlington may possibly show the residence of John Turner at the time of his enlistment. Hence of Refy

House of Rep January 24 th 1846
Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit of Jonathan Sompkins (as I informed is a very respectable citizen) in support of Sarah Lynn forming widow of John Tinner under the act of 11 th July 1836 for a pension.
It appears by your letter of April 23 rd 1845 to Col. H. H. Syl- vester (which is before me) that all the department required was evidence of identity, the enclosed establishes that deficiency beyond a doubt your attention will much oblige
Very Respectfully your At st Servant S. Gordon
Col J. L. Edwards for War Department Pension Office Washington

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Henry Wynkoop Esq
Catskill N.Y.

Comptroller Office, Connecticut } Hartford February 17- 1845 5
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of John Turner in the war of the revolution, I find in the books of "the Connecticut line under the head of "settlement with the first Connecticut Regiment Josiah Starr Esq. Col. before January 1780" the following entry: "John Turner private, commencement of service May 20, 1777, time of this settlement January 18, 78 - Term of service, 7 months & 28 days, Amount of wages £15-17-6
A Carrington, Comptroller

have no roll of Amos's expiration but have the roll of Col Sams regiment of Artillery etc

Sarah Lynn - for wife of Sam Turner N.Y. Jan 1856
H. A. Sylvester

Charlestown Sept 29 1850
Sir
I have enclosed herewith, an affidavit. in support of the alleged service of Mr. Mann, whose widow Sarah Synn has applied for a pension under the act of July 4 1836 from New York
Yours Respectfully H H Sylvester
Col. Eustis,

Pension Office 19 th Oct. 1810
Sir.
The additional evidence forwarded by you in the case of Sarah Lynn, widow of John Turner, has been received and filed. It does not help the case at all, as the testimony which John Smith there given gives is inconsistent with the statements made by him in his declaration for pension. In the latter he claimed to have served 9 months in Col. Wiersefeldt's Regiment of the Continental Line of N. York, and to have been then discharged. In his affidavit he places his service later and makes it run through 3 years, 1780, '81 & 82.
H. H. Sylvester Esq. Charleston N. H.

State of New York Catskill December 11 th 1850
My dear Sir
In the case of Sarah Lynn widow of John Turner act of 1836 I hardly know what to answer? the claimant was still living a few weeks since & I should hope for many years before her death? —
In her declaration she says her husband resided in Connecticut near the boundary of the State of New York & in the summer of 1775 he volunteered in Captain John Lamb's Co. of Artillery (who was afterwards Col of the Regt. of Artillery of the N.Y. line) and was in memorable campaign up the Kennebec River and through the wilderness where they suffered incredible hardships under Genl. Arnold, that he was at Quebec when Genl. Montgomery was killed & remained there until June or July 1776 and returned home by the way of Lake Champlain having served 9 or 10 months. —
In 1777 he enlisted in the Connecticut service & served 7 or 8 months, during which time, during which time he was married while on furlough? —
And in 1781 enlisted in the New York lines and served a few months making in all about two years service & a portion of it in the Artillery? The Quebec service was partly established by a muster roll found at Albany of a short period of service in February 1776 dated Quebec —
The Connecticut service was established by a certificate from the Comptroller of Connecticut and the service in the New York lines by a certificate of the Comptroller of N. York?
The last service was also established by the affidavit of Jonathan Tompkins who was a near neighbor and a Soldier at the same time.
And John Smith's afft. also both identify the widow with John Turner the soldier & both corroborate John Turner's own Narrative of his services in the early part of the war?
To be sure John Smith does not in his own declaration for a pension under act of 1818 mention these short tours of service that was not necessary under that act? yet upon the whole I think the proof sufficient to justify the department in granting a pension. In conclusion I beg leave to say that Mrs Lynn is a member of the society of friends & was conscientiously opposed to asking for a claim which was produced by Slaying our fellow mortals?

In the Commissioners report of 2 nd Feb/46 his doubts arises from the fact of Turners services in New York & Connecticut & lastly in New York?
Turner resided in Fairfield County Ct. bordering on New York also that Captain afterwards Col of the New York Artillery, was a New Yorker? Mrs Lynn says that Capt Lamb was a resident of the State of Connecticut & went from there to Ithaca a Captain of Artillery, this accounts in part for Turners services both in New York & Ct. I was lately informed that Isaac D. Leake Esqr has lately written the life of Col Lamb I have yet seen it. but may by this time be in the Congressional Library by reference to which you may find explanation of the controversy? I have been thus far minute in detailing of Turners services, because I know of no other proof that can be furnished to remove the Commissioners scruples?
Perhaps you remove his doubts by an appeal to the Secretary of the Navy. I know of no other alternative, the case I believe to be a meritorious one & I should abhor the idea of a failure altogether —
I am Respectfully Yours & Co Henry Wynkoop
H. H. Wynkoop Present
South Lynn Wednesday John Lawrence 1846

State of New York, Ulster County ss.
Jonathan Tompkins of the town of Esopus County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is ninety two years of age was a Soldier in the revolutionary war and was well acquainted with John Turner deceased who was also a Soldier
That near the close of the revolutionary war in the year 1781 or 2 deponent was engaged in the Military service in defence of his country on the frontier of the counties of Ulster, Dutches, and Westchester Counties and also at and near the Hudson River - as a private Soldier and the said John Turner was a private Soldier at the same time and place, believing the said John Turner was part of the time in Col. Wiesenfeldts Regt and part of the time in a Detachment from Westchester County. -
That deponent has frequently conversed with him while in said Service in which the said Turner stated that in the early part of the Revolutionary war he was engaged as a Soldier in Capt Samuels Co. of Artillery - that he went through the wilderness to Suebeck in which he suffered much hunger and fatigue, was in the battle at Suebeck when Montgomery was killed - in which battle Capt Samuels was made a prisoner & he was transferred to another Company - in which he continued until the next summer - when he returned home by the way of Lake Champlain - he has also told deponent to deponent that he had served in the Connecticut Continental line but in what Company and how long deponent cannot now remember. The said Turner has often given deponent details of his Services in

the revolution but owing to old age & infirmity deponent cannot remember any more particulars. Deponent further saith that the said John Turner during the revolution resided near the N. York line in the State of Connecticut  Connecticut - that after the revolution he removed into Saratoga County in the State of N. York where he died more than forty years ago -
That deponent was also well acquainted with his widow whose maiden name was Vanhoesen - whose name was afterwards married to John Lynn who is also dead - whose name is Sarah Lynn is still living has - not since intermarried and resides with her son James Turner in the town of New Paltz - and deponent was informed that she is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary service of her former husband the said John Turner deceased and further this deponent saith not. Note: Connecticut: intended
State of New York
Jonathan X Tompkins mark
Ulster County ss. On the 7 th day of July 1845 before me came Jonathan Tompkins to me personally known who after having read the foregoing affidavit to him duly made oath to the facts stated therein, and further certify that I believe him to be a respectable witness entitled to full credit
State of New York
Otis Church & Justice of the Peace
Ulster County ss. I Joseph H. Southill clerk of the County of Ulster aforesaid do hereby certify that Otis Church Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jonathan Tompkins purports to have been subscribed & sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace duly elected & qualified and that his name subscribed to said affidavit purporting to be his, I believe is his genuine
Signature? In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County this 18 th day of July 1845.
Joseph H. Southill Clerk

Washington City D.C. May 11 1858
Col. G.
Dear Sir
I have crammed into the one blank sheet has been done in the case referred to in the accom- panying letter.
I rec d your kind note enclosing in the paper, I left at your Office last week for which I am very much obliged to you.
Most Resp t
H. B. Lupton

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  9 th Nov 1781. John Furner private £ 8 8 10    
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Feby. 6 th 1845.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1. ————— now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
 First—under Capt. Henry Goodwin in Col. Bed k Wripensils Regt.  Second " " " " " "  Third " " " " " "  Fourth " " " " " "  Fifth " " " " " "  Sixth " " " " " "  Seventh " " " " " "  Eighth " " " " " "  Ninth " " " " " "  Tenth " " " " " " 
Philip Phelps  Das Camp.