Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9491, Alexander Turner, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Turner, Alexander
S. 9491
carded
CONTENTS

32. 87 2)
New York Albany
Alexander Turner deceased of Connecticut in the State of New York who was a Lieut in the Compny commanded by Captain Long of the Regt commanded by Col Webster in the N. Y. line for 9 months
Certificate Corrected As June 5/57 and sent to G. C. Ames & Penury Notified L. H. New Albany, July 10/57
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 12 11 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 3 Engr 2 April 1835, when he d Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of May 1837 and sent to Y. G. Ames Esq Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1882, Recorded by J. P. Weighman Clerk, Book C. 2, Vol. 4, Page 13.

State of New York Cortland County ss
Alexander Turner junior being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he is the only surviving son of Alexander Turner and that he now lives and always has lived in the family with his father. That he this deponent (while yet a boy, some time in the year 1801 removed together with his father and family, from Salem in Washington Co in the state aforesaid and came to the town of Homer in the county of Cortland and that he and his father the said Alexander Turner do now and have ever since that time resided in the last mentioned place And this deponent further saith that, from a family record which he has in his possession and from current report he verily believes that the said Alexander Turner is now rising of ninety one years of age; And that for more than six years past his father has been on the decline both in body and mind very perceptibly and for the last two three years he has so far lost the use of his bodily senses and mental faculties that it is with the utmost difficulty he can be made to understand what is spoken to him on the most common topics, or that a connected and coherent story can be drawn from him on any subject whatever; he has so far lost the sense of sight and hearing that he can neither distinguish the persons nor the voices of those who are about him daily. And this deponent further saith that with in a few months past he has frequently asked his father questions respecting the Revolutionary war and concerning the part he took in that transaction but that he is unable to give a connected relation of any events that took place therein or what office he held in the Militia near the close of the war; he always insisted that he was an officer during the war. And this deponent further saith that prior to the period of six or seven years last past he had frequently heard his father (then being in a sound and healthy state of mind) relate to his grandchildren and others, events and stories connected with the Revolutionary war in and concerning which he bore a part. But this deponent does not recollect the particular

events and recurrences in which he has heard his father say he was engaged, except that he distinctly remembers of hearing his father tell of being in the army at the surrender of Burgoyne and has had for many years in his possession a hand saw which he has heard his father say and always understood that he the said Alexander Turner plundered from the enemy on that occasion. And this deponent further saith that in searching among his father's old papers a few days since he came across three scrips which are hereto annexed. This deponent further says that he is acquainted with the handwriting of his father and he firmly believes that one of these three scrips purporting to have been written by him is in his handwriting and was actually written by his father; to wit, the one bearing date May 26th 1781.
And this deponent further saith that the reason reason why he has not made application before, for and in behalf of his father to have his name placed upon the pension list in order to have his said father receive the benefit of the Pension Act, passed 1832, is that he has always been advised by Council which he has taken in the premises, that it would be entirely useless to make application for said pension unless the said petitioner could give a coherent & connected relation of all the circumstances in regard to his services, during the war or unless positive proof of such services could be procured. And this deponent saith that ever since said Act was passed & for some time previous his father has been entirely unable to give such a relation of his said services as he supposes would be required and that this deponent never has been informed until a few days since with did he know, that any individuals were now living who could testify in relation to the services of his father during the Revolutionary war. And this deponent further saith that a few days since he received from his Sister a daughter of the said Alexander Turner who resides in Washington County N.Y. three affidavits the same being hereto annexed. And this deponent further saith that

Washington County is situated about one hundred and ninety miles distant from the town of Homer aforesaid where he resides and that he this deponent has not visited said County for more than ten years last past and this deponent did not know that James W. Wheeler John Steel or Abner Gargill the said deponents were now living nor that they knew anything of his fathers said service until he this deponent received the affidavits above mentioned and further this deponent saith not
Alexander Turner Jr
Subscribed & sworn
this 30th day of December
1884 before me
William Bartlett
Judge of Courtland County Courts
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent Alexander Turner junior and that I have been so acquainted with him for many years past, that he is a person whose statements are in all respects worthy of belief and confidence
William Bartlett
Judge of Courtland County Courts

No. 32,399
New York
Alexander Turner
Act 7 June 1832
Class G. Marks as Lieut.
Col. Hathaway
Hon. S. G. Hathaway

State of New York Cortland County ss
I William Bartlit one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County of Cortland and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Alexander Turner for eighteen years last past and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be now ninety one years of age and that I concur in that opinion and belief. And I further certify that on the 23 d day of December 1834 at the house of Alexander Turner Junior, where the said Alexander Turner resides, I examined him the said Alexander Turner touching his capacity for making a statement of his services in the Revolutionary War and of answering such interrogatories as have been prescribed by the War Department in relation to said services; And after as careful and thorough an examination both by interrogating him myself and hearing him interrogated by others concerning his services in the War of the Revolution and concerning these matters, I am fully persuaded that the said Alexander Turner is wholly disqualified, from bodily infirmity as well as from mental incapacity, to make any kind of a statement whatever of his Revolutionary services or to answer correctly any of the questions prescribed by the War Department in relation thereto.
And I the said William Bartlit further certify that some seventeen or eighteen years since I was accustomed to have frequent conversations with the said Alexander Turner on the subject of the Revolutionary War and have heard him tell of his being a Lieutenant in the Army during the War and of his being out in various excursions in defence of his country during that period; but the different campaigns and skirmishes I have heard him relate of being in, I do not recollect so distinctly as to be able to specify particulars. And I further certify that the said Alexander Turner is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have served his country as an officer in the Militia during the Revolutionary War.

And I further certify that the said Alexander Turner has always maintained a fair character whose statements are in all respects worthy of credit. Dated Jan'y 1st 1835
William Bartlett
State of New York
Cortland County Clerk's Office
I Owen Stimpson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William Bartlett Esq before whom the affidavit of Lewis Riggs Alexander Turner Jr Nathan Stone Daniel Miller and Edward A. Reed purporting to have been sworn and where Certificate is hereto annexed was at the trial thereof a Judge of County Courts in said County duly commissioned and sworn and that I am ac- quainted with his handwriting and every letter in his signature to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County (speaking under said seal the narrow ribbon by which these papers are bound together) this first day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty five
Owen Stimpson Clerk Cortland County

Suspended Let to Hon S.G. Northcutt " " Sumner 3 d Feb 17/71 Feb. 28. 35 " " Hon. J. Reynolds 31. Mar. 36

Alexander Turner, S. File 9491-
1. Capt. Edward Long's order to Lieut. Alex r Turner, dated White Creek, April 21, 1758, relative to guarding stores at Shannabrough. Capt. Armstrong and 10 men are named in the order. 2. Lt. Col. Branton Paine's order of April 11, 1758, relative to delivery (orderly) of an able bodied man out Lt. Turner's Class, for service in the Service, etc. The names of Lieut. Alex r Turner, Head of the Class, and 22 men are noted upon the back of the order.
These papers, likely to be returned to the War Department, may be found in the safe in the room of the Chief of the Ordnance Div n
Jan. 12, 1905.
AHM To War Dept Oct. 05

Alexander Turner, S. File 9491.
1. Capt. John Armstrong's order dated Newporth, Oct. 22, 1779, directing Lieut. Turner to perform certain specified duties; 2. Lt. Hef. Turner's man. order dated White Creek, May 26, 1781, relative to one James Clark's service in the New Series; 3. Lt. Col o Bainton Parise's order to Lt. Turner, Head of Class, dated July 23, 1781, relative to delivery of able bodied man for service, &c.; 4. Lieut. Hef n Turner's order to Supt. Hef n Gault, dated White Creek, March 15, 1782, to take charge of a Tory prisoner, &c.; 5. An order (without date or signature) to Lieut. Turner relative to search of houses and arrest of persons who may be suspected enemies of the country -
These papers have been removed from this case for safe keeping, and may be found in the safe in the room of the Chief of the O. W. & N. Div n .
Jan. 12, 1905.
A. H. M. To War Dept. Oct. 21

Revised
9491
1905. Oct. Orders to War Dept.
INVALID.
File No. 9491
Alexander Turner
Lieut. Genl. M c Arthur
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 387
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Cortland County } ss
I Daniel Hawks surrogate of the County of Cortland do hereby certify that Alexander Turner of Homer in said County son of the Late Alexander Turner deceased, has this day been appointed administrator of the Estate of Alexander Turner deceased
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 nd day of May 1851
D. Hawks Surrogate

Hon Bob M c Hatton
ab 2
Alexander Tames
land
Sent regulations
See ans r announced
15 Feb 1828
no data
Pension
# 9491

Copy
Washington, Bounty land Office
15 th Feby 1828
The Honbler
Bob M c Hatton
Sir
Yours inclosing the claim of the heirs or devisees of Alexander Turner, a soldier in the late war to bounty land is duly received, and in answer I have to remark that he was entitled to bounty land - and it is necessary we should have proof that the persons claiming are the representatives of the person of that name who was a Pensioner - If they claim as heirs, the regulations sent must be complied with and returned duly authenticated - if they claim under a Will, a copy of the Will duly authenticated must  ought to be furnished -
Yrs Robert Taylor

Hon Robt. Taylor
Country Land Office Washington
3

Washington City 15 th Feb
N o 28 House Rep
Dear Sir
I enclose you a letter from one of my constituents together with the amt of Mr Edwards. be so obliging as to make the search or if in your power to give the information ask. I am
I have the Honor to be Very Resp d your Obed t Serv t
P.S. Please return the letter with your amt
Robt McKim
3

I the subscriber one of the Children of Alexander Turner deceased, do hereby constitute and appoint George C Jones of Washington City My True and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to investigate a claim for a Pension due my Father at his death
Dated Homer N.Y. January 29 th 1877
} Alexander Turner

✓ 32.399
Alexander Turner, Sec d
Alb.
Act y June 1832.
Adm o 9 mo's Seat $120 per annum Comm g 11 March 1831 & end g 2 April 1835. Payable to
Alexander Turner, Esther Boyce, & Polly McWhorter, only sur v ing children,
Albany Hall
G. C. Innes, Present

Sir
Washington, Feby 22 1837
Enclosed you will please find Power of Attorney from Mrs. Aaron Turner one of the Children of Mrs. Aaron Turner deed, of New York who was an applicant for a pension, to Mr.
May I ask the privilege of Examining the papers filed in support of Mr. Turner, application to a pension
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Geo L. Ames

State of New York Cortland County ss: Lewis Riggs being duly sworn saith that he has been a practicing Physician for sixteen years in the town of Homer and county & state aforesaid. And that during most of that period he has been acquainted with Alexander Turner. This deponent believes the said Alexander Turner to be about ninety one years of age, and that he served in the war of the Revolution. And this deponent further saith that the said Turner has become very infirm by age and has lost the use almost entirely of his bodily limbs and mental faculties. This deponent further saith that the said Alexander Turner and his son Alexander Turner Junior both and each of them have ever maintained a good character for truth & veracity.
Lewis Riggs
Subscribed & sworn this 23 rd day of December 1834 before me
William Bartlett Judge of Cortland County Courts
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Lewis Riggs and have been so acquainted with him for many years past, that he is a person of veracity, and whose statements are in all respects worthy of credit.
William Bartlett Judge of Cortland County Courts

State of New York
Cortland County ss Nathan Stone being duly sworn depon'th and saith that he has lived in the town of Cortland Co N.Y. Homer for more than thirty years and that he has been a Deacon in the Congregational Church of that town for more than twelve years. That he has been well acquainted with Alexander Turner for more than thirty years and that he has always understood and believes him to be over ninety one years of age. And this deponent further saith within the last six years the said Alexander Turner has failed both in body & mind very much and has now become so infirm and imbecile of mind that it is very difficult to make him apprehend when spoken to and that it is almost or quite impossible for him to relate a story in a connected and intelligible manner and that he has nearly lost the senses of hearing & smelling seeing And this deponent further says that before the said Alexander Turner became thus weak in mind he this deponent has frequently heard him tell of his being in the Revolutionary War and the excursions he was out in, but as to the particular times and places, this deponent does not recollect and further that it is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides that the said Turner did serve in the Revolutionary War and that this deponent concurs in that opinion And this deponent further saith that the said Alexander Turner has always maintained an unimpeach- able character for truth & veracity also his son Alexander Turner Junior. And this deponent says that he knows of no clergyman now residing in the said town and County aforesaid that is intimately if at all acquainted with the said Alexander Turner
Nathan Stone
Subscribed & sworn before me this 23 rd day of December 1857 William Bartlett Judge of Cortland County Courts

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within named Nathan Stone and that I have known him for years past that he is a person of veracity, whose statements are in all respects worthy of credit.
William Brewster Judge of Portland County Courts

State of New York
Cortland County ss
Daniel Miller being duly sworn saith that he has resided in the town of Homer and county and State aforesaid more than thirty years and that he has been a Deacon in the Congregational Church of said town for more than fourteen years. That he has been well acquainted with Alexander Turner for thirty five years and that he has always understood and believes him to be one ninety one years of age And this deponent further saith that the said Alexander Turner within a few years past has become very infirm both in body and mind, in so much that he cannot remember persons and events with which he formerly was well acquainted And this deponent further saith that the said Alexander Turner is respected and beloved in the neighborhood to have served in the Revolutionary War and that he this deponent concurs in that opinion This deponent says that the said Alexander Turner and Alexander Turner Juniors have always maintained a good character for truth & veracity And this deponent further saith that he knows of no Christian now residing in the said town of Homer that is intimately if at all acquainted with the said Alexander Turner
Daniel Miller
Subscribed & sworn this 28th day of December 1834 before me
William Barth Judge of Cortland County Courts

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Daniel Miller and that I have been so acquainted with him for many years past, that he is a person of morality whose statements are in all respects worthy of credit.
William Bartlett a Judge of Courtland Co. County Court

As
9 Months
a Lent
G C Ames
Present

State of New York) Cortland County ) ss
I Daniel Hawks surrogate of said County, do hereby certify that at a surrogate court held in and for said County before me the said surrogate at Cortland Village in said County on the 8 th day of May 1881, it was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said court that Alexander Turner, late of the town of Homer in said County died on the 2 d day of April 1885 and at his death he left no Widow. But left the following named children him surviving Viz. Alexander Turner Jr of Homer Cortland County NY Esther who is now Esther Boyce of Lockport Niagara County NY, and Polly who is now Polly McWhorter of Prairieville Wisconsin, being his only children him surviving and that they are twenty one years of age, and upwards.
I also certify that it appears by the proof adduced that the aforesaid Alexander Turner was a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution and that during his life he applied for a Pen- -sion,
The testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 8 th day of May 1881
D. Hawks Surrogate

State of New York } Secretary's Office }
I certify that on the 4 th day of April 1778 the following officers were appointed in the Regiment of Militia in the then County of Charlotte (now Washington) as appears by the Minutes of the Council of Appointment of this State in this Office viz:
John Williams Colonel Alexander Webster Lieutenants Colonel Thomas Armstrong Major Reuben Turner Adjutant Aaron Fuller Quarter Master
Edward Long Captain Robert Stewart First Lieutenant Alexander Turner Second Lieutenant James Stewart Ensign
and I further certify that on the 4 th day of March 1780 Alexander Webster was appointed Colonel of the said Regiment in the place of John Williams removed.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this Office at the City of Albany the fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary

Feb 25
N.Y.
F
J. G. Hathaway
Hon. J. G. Hathaway Washington
Member of Congress
D.C.
will Mr Edwards please furnish me with answers to the within enquiries and oblige his obt. Servt J. G. Hathaway

Cortland Feb 16/1835
Hon S. G. Hathaway Sir,
Allow me to trouble you once more in relation to the claim of my father Alex d Turner to a Pension. We have rec d the answer of the war department to his application which you enclose to Mr. Wood. It is stated therein that the claim has been suspended for two reasons 1 st Because the witnesses which swear to his grade & terms of service have not been specific enough in the recital of each term of service 2 nd Because a certificate of his commission having been recorded in the secretary of state's office A.C. has not been forwarded. It is concerning the of the above reasons that we wish to ascertain something more definitely. Whether any of the terms of service have been sworn to by either of the witnesses with sufficient precision. None besides one of the witnesses swears to various terms of service, amounting in the whole to 5 months and one week, stating in every instance the year and (all but one or two terms) the month in which he was out rendering such service Also he specifies the particular campaigns & engagements in which he was out. And then the witness goes on to say further that he cannot specify particular times & places when & where said Turner was out further but has no doubt that he was out over nine months in the whole. I will thank you to ascertain whether or not the period of 5 months & one week is recited & sworn to with precision enough in said Cassells aff d . If not I apprehend that it will be entirely fruitless for us to pursue this matter further as we cannot reasonably expect to find any one that can swear to the precise day & month in every instance. We feel anxious to procure the pension if possible for him as my Uncle A. Turner

is in quite indigent circumstances and the old gentleman is a heavy tax upon him. By ascertaining the freezing particulars you will lay us under many obligations and receive the grateful acknowledgments of Your most Obedt Servt,
W m Boyce
Hon S. G. Hathaway

State of New York
Cortland County ss Edward C. Reed being duly sworn says that he has been personally acquainted with Alexander Turner & with his son Alexander Turner Jr both of Home Cortland County for seven ten years last past - That for the last few years the said Alexan- der Turner Senior has been incapable of transacting business much on account of the increased infirmi- ties of old age & for the last year or two this depo- nent has not seen him, but understands that he is so deaf & infirm as to be totally incapable of doing any business - This deponent has heretofore frequent- ly been applied to by the said Alexander Turner Jr to know if this deponent could not procure his father to be placed on the pension list & the said Alexander has always at such times stated the situation of his father as to his mental faculties & this deponent's answer to him has always been, that unless his father's mind was in such a state, as to be able to give a con- nected statement or history of his revolutionary servi- ces, it would be perfectly useless to try to get him placed on the list, without procuring undoubted proof of his services from other quarters, which this depo- nent understood could not be obtained to the said Turner's knowledge - Both of the said Turners are men of fair character in this community & well known, they being among the first settlers of the place.
Dated Dec r 31. 1834 -
Edward C. Reed
Sworn before me } Dec r 31. 1834 - }
Wm. Bartlett } Judge of Cortland } County Courts }

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Edward G Reed and that I have known him for many years past, that he is a person whose statements are in all respects worthy of belief
W. B. William Brewster Judge of Court County Court

In the Matter of Alexander Turner A Revolutionary Soldier Affidavits

State of New York, Washington County
Memorandum of the Services of Lieutenant Alexander Turner in the Revolutionary War Sworn to By James M c Whorter
James M c Whorter who being duly sworn testif- -yied and said, That he served in the Company of Captain Song of which company Alexander Turner was Lieutenant for about four years from the year 1778 to the close of the war as a minute man — and remembers particularly of being on a scout with him to Castleton in Vermont, also to Fort Edward and to Fort George, and several times to Whitehall in the State of New York — and is confident that in the different scouts, and at the places above mention- -ed that the said Alexander Turner served as Lieu- -tenant in Captain Song's Company for more than nine months — and further this deponent saith not,
Sworn and subscribed before me at Helen } December 5 th 1834 } Sam d Livingston Justice of the peace
James M c Whorter
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent James M c Whorter and have been so acquainted with him for many years past. That he is a person of credibility and his statements are in all respects worthy of credit.
Sam d Livingston

State of New York Washington County ss. John Steele of Salem in the County of Washington of said being only sworn deposeth and saith that he is Seventy five years of age; That this deponent became acquainted with Alexander Turner in the year 1772, who then resided in the said Town of Salem, then called New Perth; that this deponent then resided in said Town and had continued such residence from that time to the present and still does reside there, and that the said Alex- ander Turner continued to reside there from that time until some time after the Revo- lutionary War when he removed to Homer in the County of Cortland. That this deponent knew the said Alexander Turner to be a Lieutenant in the Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Edward Long in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Alexander Mc- Intosh in the year 1780, and that he was in actual service in said Company as such Lieutenant about the month of October in that year at the time Fort Ann was taken by the enemy and served on that occasion as this deponent verily believes at much as five weeks; That this deponent was out on the same oc- casion in the Company Commanded by Cap- tain Armstrong in the same Regiment. That the said Alexander Turner was a Lieutenant in the Company afore- said from the commencement to the con- clusion of the Revolutionary War; That this deponent knew of his being out in actual service frequently during the War, and always understood and believed that he was always out in service whenever the Militia were gene- rally called out; That the said Alexander Turner was a true & uniform friend of his country and a citizen of the first respectability; of un- questioned character for truth and veracity; and an Elder in the Presbyterian Congregation in the

Town of Salem aforesaid for many years before, and up to the time of, his leaving the said Town as aforesaid:
Subscribed and sworn before me the 22 nd day of November 1834
John Steeb
W. H. Adams Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Steeb and have been so acquainted with him for many years past, that he is a person of creditability and whose statements are in all respects worthy of credit
W. H. Adams Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Washington county ss: Abner Carswell of the Town of Salem in the County of Washington aforesaid being duly sworn reponeth and saith that he is seventy nine years of age: That he came to the said Town of Salem then called New Perth in the year 1779 in the Month of March, and immediately entered into the Com- -pany of Militia commanded by Captain Ed- -ward Long in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alexander Webster. That this deponent then became acquainted with Alexander Fur- -ner who then resided in said Town and continued to reside there until some time in the year 1801 when he removed to the Town of Homer in the County of Cortland in this State as this deponent verily believed; That this deponent knew the said Alexander Fur- -ner to be a Lieutenant in the Company of Mi- -litia aforesaid during the Revolutionary War; and that deponent was in actual service during the said year 1779 as much as six weeks and verily believed that the said Alexander Fur-ner served as such Lieutenant the same length of time - That in the year 1780 about the month of June deponent was called out in the Company aforesaid under the aforesaid Lieu- -tenant Alexander Fur-ner to go on to the West side of Lake George: That this deponent on the second day of their March was left sick at Fort Edward and had no personal knowledge of the residue of that excursion, but always understood and believed that the said Alexander Fur-ner served on that occasion as much as two weeks - In the same year (1780) when Fort Ann and Fort George were taken the Militia were called out, and the said Alexander Fur-ner served on that occasion

as much as five weeks - In the year 1781 the Militia were called out in October and the said Alexander Turner served as such Lieutenant as aforesaid at that time as much as one month - Stationed at a place called McWitts - In the year 1782 in September or October the Militia were called out and the said Alexander Turner served on that occasion as much as one month - Stationed at John Williams, & other places & employed in scouting &c - That this deponent was out frequently in the company aforesaid in actual service under the aforesaid Alexander Turner as such Lieutenant as aforesaid during the whole of the Revolutionary War, from the month of March 1779. But this deponent cannot state the particular times when and places where in case other than those above detailed - but this deponent is confident that the whole of the service of the said Alexander Turner as such Lieutenant as aforesaid from the said month of March in the year 1779 to the end of the Revolutionary War amounted to as much as nine months.
Alner Corbell
Subscribed and sworn before me the 22 nd day of November 1834 W. H. Acarns Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Alner Corbell and have been so acquainted with him for many years past; that he is a person of credibility and whose statements are in all respects worthy of credit
W. H. Acarns Justice of the Peace -

State of New York Washington County ss. I, Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County Do certify that Samuel Liv- ingston Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of James M c Whorter purports to have been sworn, was at the time the oath to said affidavit purports to have been administered a Justice of the Peace of said County of Washington, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and to the certificate under the same affidavit written to be his own proper hand writing and signature. And I further certify that William R. Adams Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits of John Steele and Homer Carswell respectively purport to have been sworn, was at the time the oaths to the said affidavits respectively purport to have been administered a Justice of the Peace of said County of Washington, and that I am acquainted with his hand- writing and signature, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits respectively and to the certificates under the said affidavits respectively written to be his own proper hand writing and signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County (passing under said Seal the narrow Ribbon by which these papers are bound together) this 12 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
J. S. Leigh Clerk

State of New York Washington County ss
James W Whetter of Hebron in the County aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith, that he was seventy three years of age last April. That he became acquainted with Alexander Turner when he this deponent was not more than seven years of age. And that he lived within two miles of the said Alexander Turner from that time until the close of the American Revolution. That in April 1778 he entered into the service of the United States in a Company of Minute men commanded by Captain Edward Rong, (and in a regiment under the command of Col John Willidus) and in which Company Alexander Turner was a Lieutenant. And which service was continued (when called out) from April 1778 until the close of the war, (about four years) -
And this deponent further says that during the said four years, he was frequently out on scouting parties under the command of the said Alexander Turner as such Lieutenant as aforesaid. That once they went as such Scout to Fort Edward and to Fort George, and several times to White Hall in the state of New York. and once to Castleton in the state of Vermont in 1779; and frequently from White Hall up Wood Creek to Fort Ann & Fort Edward in the state of New York he thinks at least ten times during the said four years under the command of the said Alexander Turner. And this deponent further says that he cannot distinctly recollect the particular date of the times of his being out with the said Alexander Turner as aforesaid further than that it was within the said four years and he thinks the services were principally performed in the years 1778 and 1779. And this deponent further says that although he cannot distinctly recollect the exact times within the said four years when the said services were performed, yet he does know from living in the same neighborhood with the said Alexander Turner and from serving under him, that he did within the time aforesaid serve as such Lieutenant three months, and he thinks one year or more. And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me at Salem this 11th day of December 1835
James W Whetter
W. H. Rensselaer of the Peace

Washington County ss
I certify that I have been for many years well acquainted with James M c Whorter who made the foregoing affidavit that he is a person of credibility and whose statements are in every respect worthy of the most implicit credit
W. H. Adams Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Washington County ss I Edward Dodd clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Washington hereby certify that William H. Adams Esquire whose name is subscribed to the preceding certificate and who administered the oath to James M c Whorter was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly qualified according to law. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said justice and readily believe his signature to said certificate to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court of Common Pleas this 19 th day of January 1836 Edward Dodd CLK
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