Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2198, Stephen Turner, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Turner, Stephen Amy
W 2198 B.L. Wt. 24611-160-55
CONTENTS

Turner, Stephen NY 6/2/98

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 Joshua White Esq
whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavits & certificates & thereon written 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 Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavits & certificates is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the said County and Courts, the ninth day of January
A. D. 1847
J. T. Adriance Clerk.

State of New York } Dutchess County } ss
Sarah Turner of the town of Pawlings in the county of Dutchess and State of New York aged fifty three years, personally appeared before Joshua White a Justice of the peace in and for said County and made oath in due form of law, deposeth and saith, That she is well acquainted with Amy Turner Widow of Stephen Turner dec d and was knowing to Stephen Turner's deceasing on the 4 th day of March 1848 and left a widow whose name is Amy Turner - an affidavit for a pension This deponent being the wife of Stephen Turner dec d and has resided with the s d Stephen Turner and Amy his wife, that is on the same farm for the term of thirty three years now past and that this deponent was the daughter of George C Eastwood and that the record herunto attached was made out by the s d George C Eastwood and that this deponent is well acquainted with the hand writing of the said George C Eastwood and that the record that was found among the papers of Stephen Turner was the proper hand writing of her s d Father as a family Record and have no doubt but that it was made as much as thirty years now past, and that this paper attached hereto as a record, that this deponent knows was the s d paper made out and wrote by the s d George C Eastwood and that the s d George C Eastwood died eight years last October now past, This deponent means to say that this paper attached hereto and also the family record that was attached to the s d Amy Turner's declaration was the proper hand writing of the s d George C Eastwood and that the s d Eastwood died October 1841.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 31 st day of December 1849
Joshua White Justice of the Peace
Sarah Turner

I Certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Turner the within named defendant and that her affidavit is entitled to credit
Joshua White } Justice } of Peace

State of New York } Dutchess County }
Supplementary.
On this 31 st day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and Forty nine Personally appeared before Joshua White a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mary Turner of the town of Pawlings in the County of Dutchess and State of New York aged eighty six years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath on her oath make the following (Supplementary) declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the "act of Congress passed, February 2 nd 1848, entitled an act granting pensions to certain Widows. That she is the widow of Stephen Turner deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution and held a Certificate, certifying, that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832. Stephen Turner of the State of New York, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Dollars per annum &c and dated May 19 th 1834, and would refer to her declaration of the 25 th day of April 1849, as will more fully appear, and the reason of her making her mark is for want of education
Subscribed and sworn before
Mary her Turner mark
on this 31 day of December 1849
Joshua White } Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent and that her statements are entitled to full credit
Joshua White Justice of The Peace

George C Castwood Born December 7 th 1787
Prachel Yeomans his wife Born June 14 th 1767
Married August 25 th 1785
Their Children Born after the following names viz
John Castwood Born August 25 th 1786
Chauncey Castwood Born September 15 th 1788
Elijah Castwood Born September 19 th 1789
George Castwood Born July 30 th 1791
James Castwood Born December 23 rd 1792
Sarah Castwood Born April 21 st 1796
Temperance Castwood Born August 4 th 1798
Charles Agan Castwood Born November 17 th 1800
Elizabeth Dore Castwood Born June 1 st 1803
Turner, Stephen NY W 2198

Henry G. Castwood Born
March 3 rd 1826
Marion Castwood
born May 8 th 1809
He was a member of the
First Baptist Church
in Providence, R.I.
He was a member of the
First Baptist Church
in Providence, R.I.
Stephen D. Palmer
born in
Barnesville
Ohio
born
in
1811
He was a member of the
First Baptist Church
in Providence, R.I.
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Turner, Stephen NY W 2195

New York 28.709
Stephen Turner of Butcher 6 o in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Berrys of the Reg t commanded by Col Townsend in the New York line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1834 and sent to J. L. DeLong Esq. Beckmansville
Arrears to the 4th of March '34 $ 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep r 4 '34 10.00 $70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam l H. Page Clerk, Book E Vol. 11 Page 82

New York
Mary Turner
Widow of Stephen Turner Died March 4 1848 who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private N.Y. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April 1850 and sent to
John Holmes Pawlings Dutchess County New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 28 1848, Page 84 Vol. 1. et
July
Reported
Reg 3 m 58-28722

MS July 48-534
Cir. to J. Holmes Aug 11. 1855 Let Barnet Oct 17/55
Vol T. page 157.
28722 { Act Mar 3/55 Rec " 30/55
Amy Tappan widow of Stephen Tappan private
Former, N. Y. Mil.
See Certificate of Pension Dated Ap 9 th 1850
War Revolution
Ad Hol Aln, May 3 rd 1861
July 48-5349 Barnet Vt.
Y
John Holmes Patterson Putnam

28/22 Henry Turner
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. COUNTY OF DUTCHESS, }
I, GEORGE H. TOMPKINS, Clerk of the County of Dutchess, and of the Courts of the said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT Charles A. Hall Esq whose name is subscribed to the annexed Jurat or Certificate, and thereon written, 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 and sworn, and authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Jurat or Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County and Courts, this 26 day of March A. D. 185 5
Geo H Tompkins Clerk.

She further states that diligence has been made to find the Marriage in the town and church records, but found none, but from original family record now on file with her former papers, said marriage took place July 31 st 1781, a copy being res d and that said marriage was consummated by Rev d David Close then pastor of the Presbiterian Church at Patterson in Putnam County and State of New York, but was then Fredericksburgh in Dutchess County New York and that her name before marriage was Amy Bennett that her said husband died March 4 th 1848, and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the county land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1855 she make her mark for want of education and infirity Amy Turner mark
We Charles Baker and Samuel Holmes residents of Pawlings in Dutchess County and State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declar- ation was signed and acknowledged by Amy Turner

in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Charles Baker
Samuel Holmes
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Chas H Hall
"Justice of the Peace"
Henry T. Pierce

State of New York }
Dutchess County }
John Holmes of the town of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County and State of New York aged 72 years personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, who first being duly sworn according to law, Deposeth and saith, that is well acquainted with Amy Turner widow of Stephen Turner De d and have been well acquainted with both of the above named Stephen Turner and Amy Turner his wife for the last twenty five years or more. The said Stephen Turner was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 20 per annum, and this deponent has been has been called upon to make out the power of attorney for the said Stephen Turner for at least ten years before his death, which took place on the 4 day of March 1848, and the reason why I know when he died is that deponent went prepared to make out his power of attorney on said 4 March and when I came to his house found him Dead therefore no business done. soon after say in 1849, the said Amy Turner widow of Stephen Turner De d applied for a Widows Pension, diligence was used to find the records of Rev d David Close, the clergeman that was said consummated said marriage and found none also for the town and church records but found none, upon which the family record was introduced of which this deponent retained a copy. V is
Account of S c . Stephen Turner and family first of himself was born in the year of the world Septem r 10 th 1761, and married to Amy Bennett July 31. 1781 - Caleb Turner born May 20 th 1782. Lydia Turner born Nov r 26 th 1784. John Turner born Feb y 19 th 1786. Amy Turner born Apr l 10 th 1788. Sarah Turner born May 10 1790. Stephen Turner born June 14 1793. Rhoda Turner born March 7 1798.

Katherine Maria Turner born June 7 th 1809, which said family record was attached to her said application for a widows Pension,
Further this deponent has been called upon after she re d her certificate of Pension, twice in each year each year to make out her power of attorney to draw said pension, she being sworn each time that she remained the widow of the said Stephen Turner, therefore have no doubt on my mind but that she is now a widow
John Holmes
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 th day of March 1855
Chas H Hall Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John Holmes, and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Chas H Hall Justice of the " Peace

State of New York } Putnam County } ss. On this 24 th day of April in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and forty nine Personally appeared, in open Court before the Honorable E. P. Kirtland: Judge of the Circuit Court held at Carmel in the said County of Putnam and State of New York, Amy Turner of the town of Pawlings, aged eighty six years. Who first being 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 4 th July 1836, entitled an "act granting pensions to certain Widows. That she is the Widow of Stephen Turner deceased who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and held a Certificate, Certifying, That in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832. Stephen Turner of the State of New York, who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Dollars per annum during his natural life com- mencing on the 4 th of March 1831 and payable semi- annually on the 4 th March and 4 th September in every year. — Given at the War office of the United States, this 19 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, and signed Lewis Cass secretary of War and counter- signed J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. —
She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Turner on the 31 st day of July 1781, by the Rev d David Closs then a pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Patterson Putnam County but was then Fredericksbr- ough Dutchess County, and further she has caused dili- gence to be used to find the records of said Rev d David Closs but have not found any such record also of the town and Church records of such marriage and have not found any, but had a family record of more than thirty years standing which is herunto annexed, and that her name before Marriage was Amy Bennet and that her husband then aforesaid Stephen Turner Died

Died on the 4 th day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-eight and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and that she has received what was in arrears up to the said 4 th day of March 1848, being the day of his death, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, and the reason of her making her mark is for want of education
Sworn to and subscribed on the
her Amy x Turner mark
day and year above written.
R D Barnum Clk of Supreme Court in open court And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Amy Turner's statements are entitled to credit
E. P. Hunt
Justice of the Supreme Court
J. R. D. Barnum Clerk of the Court of Putnam County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Amy Turner for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of April in the year 1849.
R D Barnum Clk

See t of the power of God
Stephen Turner & Family first of himself was Born in the year of The world September 10 th 1764
And was Married to Mary Bennet July 31 st 1784
Caleb Turner Born May 20 th 1782
Sydia Turner Born November 26 th 1784
John Turner Born February 19 th 1786
Jenny Turner Born April 10 th 1788
Sarah Turner Born May 10 th 1790
Stephen Turner Born June 14 th 1793
Rhoda Turner Born March 7 th 1798
Katharine Maria Turner Born June 17 th 1809

7546, Amy: Tabura wid of Stephen NY
ackd 4 July 1836

State of New York } Putnam County } ss Stephen Turner Sen r of the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess and State of New York, aged fifty five years personally appeared before Hart Weed a Justice of the peace in and for said Putnam County and State of New York, who first being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith, that he is personally acquainted with Amy Turner widow of Stephen Turner Dec d - who is now an applicant for a pension, this deponent being the son of the said Stephen and Amy Turner and has allways resided with his parents that is to say this deponent resided at home untill he got married and after he was married he resided on the same farm with Father and in a house not more than ten rods from his Father's dwelling up to the present period, and that this deponent was present when the said Stephen Turner Died, which was on the 4 th day of March 1848. and this deponent was knowing to the said Stephen Turner having a family record which is herunto annexed, this deponent does not know when the said record was made but from the best of his recollection the said record has been in the family as a family record for thirty years or thereabouts and am knowing to the said Stephen Turner being a pensioner and that the s d . Amy being his widow, and the reason for his making his mark is for want of education Sworn and subscribed this 25 th day of April 1849 before me
Stephen Turner his mark Hart Weed Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am satisfied that the above Deponent's testimony is entitled to credit Hart Weed Justice

I Ruben D. Barnum Clerk of the court of Pulaski county Certify that Hart Weed is a magistrate as within and that the face within signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 25 th day of April in the year 1849.
R. D. Barnum Clerk

Stephen Turner; Pension application

State of New York
Dutchess County: On this third day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York Stephen Turner aged seventy three years a resident of the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated that he was born in the County of Westchester in the State of New York the town he has forgotten on the tenth day of September in the year 1761, that he has a record of his age now in his possession, that while he was a child his Father & family removed to the town of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County that he was living in said town of Poughkeepsie when called into service and has lived there since the Revolutionary war that in the fall of 1776 he was drafted for three months in Captain John Benys Company of the New York State Troops in the Regiment commanded by Major Pine & Colonel Elijah Parsons that he joined his company in the Highlands below Fishkill & was engaged in building a battery in the Highlands & in patrolling the Hudson River as far down as Pekkille until his term of three months service expired when he received a written discharge from his Captain which he has lost & returned home that during the summer of the year 1777 he again was drafted for three months in Captain Joel Moads Company & Colonel Ledingtons Regiment, and marched to the Highlands with his company and continued to patrol in the vicinity of the Hudson River until his term of three months had expired and then received a written discharge which he has lost or destroyed, that a few months afterwards in the same year he was attached to Captain Joel

enlisted in Captain Joel Meads Company & Col Ludington Regiment for no particular period as a minute man & a Ranger That it was the duty & object of the Company to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Enemy and the bow boys or skinners from the City of New York, and that he remained and done duty in said Company not less than three  two years  and a half until the British evacuated New York, that the head quarters of said Captain's Squad was at the House of Col Ludington, that the Company was large & were not always under arms except in case of incursions from the Enemy & Tories, but a part of the Company except when an incursion or attack was expected were suffered to return to their respective houses but were required to hold themselves in readiness at a minutes warning while the other portion of the Company patrolled the country to intercept the enemy & destroy the bands of Tories & robbers that infested Dutchess & Westchester from the City of New York. That he can not say precisely what part of the time he was actu- ally under arms but at least one year of the period from the taking of Fort Montgomery until the British evacuated New York he was actually under arms under the command of Captain Mead or his Subaltern Officers & engaged in cutting off supplies of provisions cattle & horses which the Tories stole & robbed from the inhabitants & attempted to convey in New York to the Army that he knew while in the service Colonel Graham and Colonel Crane. That he recollects while under Colonel Elijah Knowland of a challenge to fight a duel that his Colonel received from Col Crane but that after- time & place was appointed it was prevented by the inter- position of Friends, That he has no documentary evidence of his service as a soldier of the Revolution and knows of no other persons by whom he can make positive proof.

of no other person
of his service except by Abel van Scuy and Elisha Turner whose affidavits are hereto annexed that he is known in his present neighborhood to Samuel Allen, Benoni Pearce Daniel & Akin & Joshua White, Magistrates of the Town of Pawlings, and to the Rev. Nathaniel Robinson a Baptist Clergyman, & the Rev. John Reynolds a Methodist Clergy man who can testify to his character for truth & veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution that during his term of service under Captain Berry in 1776 and under Captain Mead in 1777, he was engaged in no civil pursuit or occupation, but that while in the military service under Captain Mead from the taking of Fort Montgomery until the evacuation of New York he was a part of the time engaged in civil pursuits but that during that period for at least one year he was actually under arms & doing duty as a soldier in Captain Meads Company as aforesaid
We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
State -
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of Feb 1832 in open Court
Stephen Turner Mark
Henry Graham Clerk
State of New York
Dutchess County ss. Abel van Scuy of the Town of Pawlings in the County of Dutchess do hereby and say that he is a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832 that he is well acquainted with Stephen Turner who has made the above declaration, that he became acquainted with the said Stephen Turner in 1776 or 77 that when he became acqua- inted with him he said Turner was a private soldier in Captain John Berrys Company, and Col. Mauseuds Regiment, & worked

on a battery in the highlands, and this deponent knows that said Turner done duty in said company and Regiment as a soldier for some length of time but the precise period he can not say but he has no doubt it was for three months as the said Turner states. Subscribed and sworn This 30 th day of January 1834 before me
Abel his Van Scuy mark
Joshua White Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Dutchess County ss. Elisha Turner of the Town of Poughkeepsie being duly sworn deposes and says that he was twenty seven years old October 8 th 1833. and that he is the brother of Stephen Turner who hath made the foregoing declaration, that he knows that the said Stephen Turner done duty as a soldier in Captain Isaac Mearns company & Col. Ludingtons Regiment three months in the highlands & in the vicinity of the Hudson River in 1777 that this deponent was a soldier in the same company & Regiment and was discharged as such at the same time, and this deponent further testifies that after the taking of Fort Montgomery, at which this deponent was present but the said Stephen was not, he knows that said Stephen entered Captain Mearns company as a Minute man, & that this deponent was at the same time a soldier in said company, & that he knows that said Stephen was present in said company until the evacuation of New York a period not less than three years, that said company & said Stephen were not under arms all the time during that period but that he was at least in detached portions of time of days, one, two, three weeks in the service under arms in said company one year, that the company was organized for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants against the Robbers or

bow-boys and Skinners as they were called that the principal place of Rendezvous was at Colonel Lundergore house a situation of the best advantage to attack such parties of the enemy as had passed the lines & sought concealment in the Tishkill Highlands Mountains, waiting for an opportunity to plunder & then retreating under the cover of the night before the lines & further this deponent saith not.
Elisha his Turner mark
Sworn in Open Court February 4 th 1834
Henry his Kram Clerk
We John Reynolds a Methodist Clergyman and Joshua White a Justice of the Peace
both residing in the Town of Pawlings in the County of Dutchess hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Turner who has subsenbed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed in open Court Feb 4 th 1834 Henry his Kram Clerk
John Reynolds Joshua White
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 applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and they further certify that John Reynolds who has signed the preceding certificate is a Methodist Clergyman residing in the Town of Pawlings

and bounty of Dutchess and that Joshua White who has also signed the same is a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Pawlings in said county and that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit and the said Court further certifies that Abel Van Seoy who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit before Joshua White a Justice of the Peace authorized to administer oaths & take affidavits, and Elisha Turner who swore & subscribed to his affidavit in open Court are credible persons and their character for truth and veracity is good & their statement is entitled to credit.
Four large, stylized, vertical flourishes or signatures, likely representing the names of the Justices of the Peace.
Henry Weaver Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dutchess do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Turner for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Henry Weaver Clerk
The in letter of Stephen Turner Pension application.
30.433
Direct to P. Selig Beecherdale Dutchess Co. N.Y.

State of New York
Dutchess County ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Beekman in & for the county of Dutchess in the State of New York, Stephen Turner the above named applicant to me personally known who being duly sworn deposes and says that in consequence of receiving a letter from the War Department of the United States rejecting his service as a patriot & allowing his regular service of six months as contained in the above declaration. Now he hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension or annuity except for his regular service of six months as aforesaid mentioned in his declaration and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 2 d day of May 1834
Stephen Turner his mark
James DeLong J.P.
State of New York, } County of Dutchess, } ss
I Henry Prancer Clerk of the County aforesaid and of the County Courts of the same do hereby certify that James DeLong Esq. was on the 2 d day 1834 and continues to be a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and am well assured the signature above subscribed purporting to be his to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County the 3 d day 1834
Henry Prancer Clerk

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS
August 19, 1924
Mrs. H. S. Clow Gresham Ore.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.2198, it appears that Stephen Turner was born September 10, 1761, in Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of Pawling, Dutchess County, New York, he enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain John Berry's Company, Colonel Elijah Townsend's New York Regiment.
He enlisted in the summer of 1777 and served three months in Captain Joel Mead's Company, Colonel Ludington's New York Regiment.
He enlisted late in 1777 and served as a minute-man and ranger in Captain Joel Mead's Company, Colonel Ludington's New York Regiment, at various times until the British evacuated New York, being in actual service about one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 3, 1834, while a resident of Pawling, New York. He died March 4, 1848.

He married July 31, 1781, at Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York (later called Patterson, Putnam County, New York) Amy Bennett. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 25, 1849, while a resident of Pawling, New York, aged 86 years.
They had the following children:
Caleb born May 20, 1782. Lydia " November 26, 1784. John " February 19, 1786. Jenny " April 10, 1788. Sarah " May 10, 1790. Stephen " June 14, 1793, married Sarah Eastwood. Rhoda " March 7, 1798. Katharine Maria " June 7, 1809.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

Army Turner via Stephen
Thom
Hon. J. Misset Comr of Pensions Washington City
Boyetan
D. L.

Hon. Com te of Pensions
Patterson Putnam County New York April 24 th 1856
Sir
In reply to yours of Sept r last in the case of Amy Turner widow of Stephen Turner dec d an applicant for Bounty Land I forward the Certificate of the Comptroller of the State of New York
I am with respect Your Ob t Servant John Holmes

Ph: 10029 July 1481 C.M.
BP/DA

Hon. J. Minot Comr. of Pensions
Patterson Putnam County New York 12 August 27 th 1855
Sir
I received yours of 22 nd inst in the case of Ann Eastwood widow of John Eastwood des d - No 28.725, as having been examined and suspended on account of his name not being on the rolls
Mrs Eastwood I think claimed that her husband served as a substitute for James H. Cornwall whose name is on the roll of Capt. Isaac's in 60 th Canners Regt-
I would respectfully ask that if James H. Cornwall employed John Eastwood as a substitute and did the service in his name, if the substitute is not entitled to the benefit of 3 d Act and not his employer
Also yours of August 1 st in case of Mary Turner wid of Stephen Turner des d - suspended Revolutionary service No 28722- for want of Record evidence
I would respectfully ask your Hon r to give me the names of the officers under whom he claimed he served in the Revolutionary war, so that I can enquire of the Comptroller for such record.
I am with respect your Ob t Servant John Holmes agt

Pension Office, Sept 17 th , 1855.
Sir:
In answer to so much of your letter of 27 th ultimo as asks information of the service alleged to have been performed by Stephen Turner, in the Revolutionary war, I have to inform you that he stated that he served in 1776, under Capt Jno Berry and Col. Elijah Townsend, and in 1777, and subsequently under Capt. Jacob Meead and Col. Lindington, in the New York militia or ranger service.
Application for record evidence of this service should be made to the Comptroller at Albany.
I am, Very respectfully,
Your obt Servt
B. Hoos.
for Commissioner.
Jno Holmes Esq Patterson Putnam Co. N. York.

No. 66 city
Army Turner, wid of Stephen, N.Y.
Rejected under acts July 4, 1836 & Feb. 2, 1848.
Act July 28/48 At $20 per annum to com- mence March 4, 1848,
John Holmes, Pawlings, Sutcliff to N.Y.

51 18 Step. Turner
94-4-73 Feb 12, 1761 Rawlings, NY / Dutchess Co NY
Fall 76 Rawlings NY Capt Jno. Berry Col Elijah Townsend Det. 3 mos
Summer 77 Capt Joel Mead Col Lindington Det. 3 m
77 Cpt Do Lt Do Det - 1 yr various short terms to close of war
Twice Cpt Cpt NY 1769 Rawlings NY - 56
Mt Army Bennett July 31, 1781 Frederick NY D. mch. 4 1848
Mr But

No 7546 Amy Turner NY Letter John Holmes 28 August 1849
✓ act 4 July 1836

Gresham, Ore
July 28, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly give me something of the war record of Stephen Turner who was a Revolutionary Pensioner-(a soldier in the American Revolution) from the state of New York. Very Truly- Mrs. H. D. Chow Gresham, Ore.

✓ 24,611
5 Mon Ans

W. J. [initials]
Des Moines, Ia.
Aug. 12, 1902.
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir; -
My great, great grandfather, Stephen Lufner, was a Revolutionary Pensioner . At the time of his enlistment he was a resident of Duchess County, N.Y. I think he died in the year 1841. It is my desire to become a member of the Society

of Daughters of American Revolution.
Will you kindly send me a statement that I can use as proof of my eligibility to membership.
Yours respectfully, Mabel Norton.
1809 Ninth St. Des Moines, Ia.

Oct. 21-1902 Mabel Horton Des Moines Iowa 1924 Aug 19 Hish Mrs H. S. Clow. M.
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2188 Amy Turner, Widow, Stephen Turner, Pa. Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol. 9m. , Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Gen. Aug. 1862
Pelham M. 1863 Apr 26 - 1869
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2548 E. May 1869 Amy Turner & David Died: Amy Turner Stephen Turner
Mrs. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Pawlings Dutchess County New York April 26 th 1849
Sir
I forward the papers of Mrs Amy Turner widow of Stephen Turner Dec d who was a Pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832. for $20 per annum & his certificate was returned
I am respectfully your Obed t Servant
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr-
John Holmes Agt
Sir
In the case of Dorine Penny widow of John Penny Dec d I did forward the affidavit of John Patterson a revolutionary soldier in Nov r last and have not heard whether the same has been recd.
Yours with Respec t John Holmes Agt
Hon J L Edwards Comr etc

Pawlings Dutchess County New York Jan'y 12 th 1850
Sir
I forward the papers of Mary Turner widow of Stephen Turner Dec d and there is attached the family Record of George G Eastwood who it is claimed that made out the family Record of Stephen Turner Dec d and that the S r George G Eastwood has been dead for more than eight years and that he was so old and infirm that I should say was not capable of doing such business for the last twenty years now last past
Respectfully I am your Obed t Servant John Holmes agt
Wm. L L Edwards Com r of Pensions

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Stephen Turner New York
Admitted Rivalled upon the Returns.
In pursuance of the directions received from the War department the claim of the above named Applicant as a Patrol or Minute Man has been relinquished - leaving a claim of Regular Service for six months in the N.Y. State Troops.
John L. DeLong Beekmanville Dutchess County N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
17 th April 1834
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 Stephen Turner
   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.              
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
This claim can be allowed for 6 Months, the other service was that of a Patrol - at any rate as minute man he must strictly comply with the note 2. - 3 rd page

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (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 inquiry 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 fix 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 [i] 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.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New-York,  COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Albany, April 22 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
   NAMES. No. OF BOOK. NO. OF CERTIFICATE. DATE. £ S. D. RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER.     Stephen Turner Private 9 42656 1779 June 10 th 2 7 0 Capt. Joel Mead Col. Henry Lindington  
I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, } £2:7:0 and find them to be correct.
A. W. Lee Clerk.
Philip H. Schuyler Comptroller.