Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,764, Samuel Turner, New York

SERVICE
New York
Turner, Samuel Sarah
NUMBER
R. 10.764.
CONTENTS
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John Turner his
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Samuel Turner his
Eliza Turner
John Turner
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Sarah Turner Was Born November the 12 Day In the year one Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty six
Samuel Turner junr Was Born April the 18 In the of our Lord 1783
John Turner Was Born March the 14 In the year of our Lord 1705

David Turner Was Born April the 5 Day In the year of our Lord 1787
Calvin Turner Was Born August the 27 In the year of our Lord 1799
Sally Turner Was Born December the 22 Day In the year of our Lord 1792
Luther Turner Was Born October 15 Day In the year of our Lord 1797
Samuel Turner Was Born March the 22 Day In the Year of our Lord 1747
Ephraim M Turner Was Born July the 30 In the year of our Lord 1804
1789 1784 1838 19 19 1797 1813 1807

1797
1798
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1939
1747
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Sarah Turner Was Born Tuesday
Samuel Turner Jan 1 Was Born Friday
John Turner Was Born Monday
Levi Turner Was Born Saturday
Calvin Turner Was Born Thursday
Sally Turner Was Born Thursday
Arthur Turner Was Born Sunday
Ephraim M Turner Was Born Wednesday

State of New York Secretary's office
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this office that on the 29 th day of January 1779 Samuel Turner Enlisted as a Soldier in the First New York Regiment Commanded by Col. Van Schaick, Capt. Wendell Company (term not given) and Deserted 22 d May 1780.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany Dec. 27. 1845

State of New York Cortland County B.S.
On the 22 nd day of September 1845 Personally appeared before the Subscriber Walton Sweetland a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County the same being a Court of Record Sarah Turner Residant of Forge in said County Aged Seventy Nine years last November Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension made by the Acts of Congress Passed July 7. 1838 and March 3 rd 1843. Entitled an act granting half Pay and Pension to certain Widows. - - - - - That She is the Widow of Samuel Turner who was a Soldier & private in the War of the Revolution - that he enlisted in the year 1776. under Captain Broster, Colonel Odell Regiment at the town of Brook Haven in Suffolk County and State of New York and served one year or upwards - She - further says that her said husband belonged to General Washington Army when Long Island was taken by the British - She further says that her said husband stood as minut man through the War of the Revolution - She further says that her said husband again enlisted in the month of Jany 1779 under Col Wendell Col Van Schuylers Reg t & served until June 1 st 1780

She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Turner in the town of Brook Haven By Elder Hark on the 13 th day of March 1782 - That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Turner died on 16 th day of December 1838 - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794. Votg at the time above stated
Sarah X Turner mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Walter Suttland Judge of Cortland County Court
I certify that in consequence of the infirmity of old age the above named Sarah Turner is unable to attend the sitting of the court -
Walter Suttland

This doth certify that I was personally acquainted with Samuel Innes and Sarah his wife both before and after they were married to each other, and until they moved from Brook Haven that I remember of hearing of their marriage, I lived in the same School District and in 1798. 1799. 1800. and 1801. I taught school in said District their children came to school to me and I boarded with them from time to time. and I also know that they were both members of the Presbyterian Church at this place. I have resided in this neighborhood from my birth am now in the 75. year of my age and verily believe she was his lawful wife I further find that in 1800. they were both on our Church Record Books that being the oldest record of such things that I can find.
State of New York Suffolk County ss. Mercer Homan town clerk Sworn the 12. day of March of Brook Haven 1846 before me
Brewster Woodhull Justice of the Peace in & for said County
***** SUFFOLK COUNTY, ss. STATE OF NEW YORK, { ss. II, Wickham Rose , Clerk of the County of Suffolk, Do Hereby Certify, that Brewster Woodhull whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace for said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 11th day of April - 1846. Wickham Rose CLERK. *****

Concord, May 14 th .
April 2 nd 1846
Sir - Will you send me Certificate that B Woodhull is a Magistrate and make oblige Yours - E W Edgcomb
To the Clerk of Suffolk County Hempstead Suffolk Co. N.Y.

State of New York Cortland County ss.
on the 18 th day of April 1846
I personally appeared before the subscriber Ephraim M Edgcomb a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Ephraim M Turner of Virgil in said County aged forty one years last July who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depore and say that he is the youngest child of Samuel and Sarah Turner late of Virgil in said County - This deponent further says that the aforesaid record is the family Record of his father and mother Samuel & Sarah Turner that it contains the age of his father and mother and all of his brothers and sisters that it has all ways been regarded as his father and mother family Record and that he has known it as long as he can remember and that his oldest Brother Samuel Turner Jr is fifty three years old today - This deponent further says that his father the said Samuel Turner died on the 16 th day of December 1838 and that his mother has remained a widow ever since the death of his father the said Samuel Turner -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above Written before E W Edgcomb Justice of the Peace
Ephraim M Turner

I certify that the above names Ephraim M. Turner Sustains a good Character for truth & veracity E. P. Edgcomb Justice of the Peace
State of New York Cortland County Clerk's office ss
I Samuel Stotchmiss clerk of said County do hereby certify that Walton Smith Esq before whom the annexed affidavit of Sarah Turner was taken was at the date thereof a Judge of the County Courts in & for said County Also that Eleazer P. Edgcomb Esq before whom the within affidavit of Ephraim M. Turner was taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Also that I am acquainted with the hand writings of the said Judge and Justice respectively and hereby believe their signatures subscribed to the depositions of the respective affidavits by them respectively taken to be their genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Cortlandville this 18 th day of April A.D. 1826
Sam Stotchmiss Clerk

March 21, 1938
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Samuel Turner, R.10764 BA-J/MCS
Miss Margaret Wight 44 High Street Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Samuel Turner, a Revolutionary War soldier from Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R.10764, based upon the military service of the only Samuel Turner who enlisted from New York State that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Samuel Turner was born March 22, 1747. The place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He married at Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, March 13, 1782, Sarah, her maiden name not given. She was born November 12, 1766.
Samuel Turner died December 16, 1838, at Virgil, Cortland County, New York.
His widow, Sarah Turner, applied for pension September 22, 1845, while living at Virgil, New York. She alleged that he enlisted at Brookhaven, New York, in 1776 in Captain Brewster's company in Colonel Odell's regiment and served "one year or upwards" and that he enlisted in January 1779, under Captain Wendell in Colonel Van Schaick's regiment and served until June 1, 1780. A report from the Office of Secretary of State, Albany, New York, showed that Samuel Turner enlisted January 29, 1779, in the First New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick, Captain Wendell's company, and deserted May 22, 1780. The claim was not allowed as the company rolls did not show that Samuel Turner ever rejoined his company after his desertion May 22, 1780.

The widow, Sarah Turner, was living in Maine, Broome County, New York, in 1849.
Samuel and Sarah Turner had the following children:
Samuel, Jr. born April 18, 1783. John " March 14, 1785. David " April 5, 1787. Calvin " August 27, 1790. Sally " December 22, 1792. Luther " October 15, 1797. Ephraim M. " July 30, 1804, resident of Virgil, New York, in 1846.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1838 Act 1st June 1838 " " " " " 1838 " " " " " 1838 " " " " " 1838 " " " " " 1838 Act 7 th July 1838.

Hon. M. Schoonmaker
May 30/53

Pension Office
30 May 1853
Sir
Your letter of the 26 th of January last enquiring whether a pension has ever been granted to Sarah Turner widow of John John J Turner of Utica Co New York, has just been reached in the regular order of business.
In reply, I have to inform you that Mrs Turner applied for a pension, under the act of 7 July 1838, but owing to the total absence of all proof of her husband's service, the claim could not be admitted.
Hon: M Schoonmaker Kingston New York State

Sir
Yours off May 9th 46
I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the case of Sarah Turner have been examined & filed - The proof of the marriage before 94 is satisfactory but the general allegation that her husband enlisted in Suffolk Co - N.Y. in 76 and served one year under Capt Brewster Col Odell is unsupported by any proof whatever & at variance with the information of the Dept. Those Officers did not belong to the 12 mo only raised by New York who were Men enlisted in Dec. 75 & Jan y 76 & composed 4 reg s under M c Dugal - James Clinton - Kelly - -ema & Holmes - It is presumed that they were Militia Officers & if so they were not in service before the enemy landed on Long Island & must have been discharged with the other Militia when the army went into Winter Quarters, after the Battle of White Plains - In that

event he could not have served Omo in that year. It is for the claimant to furnish the necessary details of the service so that his claim may be understandingly adjusted.
In relation to the service under Capt. Wendall Col. Van Schaick's regt. it does not appear by the company rolls that he ever rejoined it after his desertion on 22 May 1880.
Hon. R.P. Berrick May 9 th 1846.
Gen. R.P. Berrick H.R.

C H Hunt Esq 28 th Sept 1849

Pension Office Septm 28 th 1849
Sir
Your letter of the 25 Inst last to you with the Power of Attorney of Samuel Turner in favor of Samuel Turner has been received and filed with the other papers
No additional evidence has been received in support of this Claim since my report to to Hon. B. B. Herrick of 9 May 1846 a copy of which is herewith enclosed
C. H. Hunt Esq Binghampton NY

Maine Broome Co. N.Y.
The 23 rd June 1849
I hereby authorize Charles H. Hunt, of Binghamton, N.Y. to act as my agent or attorney in procuring a pension from the government of the United States.
Signed in presence of Samuel H. Hunt justice of the peace and of the Court of Sessions for Broome County
her Sarah X Turner mark
Binghamton N.Y. Monday
The 25 th June 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions
Mr. Sir
Above is my authority to act for Sarah Turner. She formerly resided on Long Island afterwards at Virgil, Cortland Co. N.Y. & now at Maine Broome Co. N.Y. Her husband died a few years since while living at Virgil. His name was Samuel Turner. I believe he did not apply for a pension in his lifetime. But since his death, say 2 or 3 or 4 years ago, Nelson Edgcomb of Cortlandville, Cortland Co. N.Y. was authorized to make application. He advised Mrs. T. that she was clearly

entitled. After the business had been in his hands for sometime, he informed her that the evidence was complete, except a single link, the want of which rendered it impossible to procure the pension.
If you will inform me at yr. earliest convenience of all that has been done at yr office in this matter, you will greatly oblige me, & the widow, who is very old , extremely poor, & in my opinion, worthy.
I am
Your Obedient Servant
Charles H. Hunt
Binghamton
Brooklyn, N.Y.
J. V. L. Edwards Esq. U.S. Commissioner of Pensions

Jan 18. 189

Pension Office Jan 18, 1849
Sir,
In answer to the enclosed letter from Charles H. Hunt, Esq., I have the honor to inform you that Sarah Turner, of Portland Me widow of Samuel Turner dec d has not been inscribed on the pension rolls.
I have
act 1848
Hon D. S. Dickinson U. S. Senate,

Pennai Ohio
May 18 1846
hi
I herewith return the letters from this office in the case of Sarah Turner, and have the honor to inform you that there is no letter filed with her papers, nor any endorsement on them, to shew who transmitted them to you. They appear have- ing to have been drawn up by E. W. Edgcomb of Cortland Village, who is probably the agent in the case.
Wm R. P. Herrick A.R.

No. 12723
Sarah Turner wid. of John D. My. Samuel
Act of July 38 m. before 94
10764

House of Representatives April 27. th 1846.
Sir,
I enclose herewith, an application made by Sarah Turner of New York for a pension under act 1838.
You will be pleased to make an examination of the rolls, in the year 1776. his first enlistment, under Capt. Brewster Col d Odell Reg t and also if he returned to service after the 22 May 1780.
I am very Respectfully Your Ob t Servant W. H. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm ee of Pensions

1938 Mar. 21. List. to Miss Margaret Wright. Recd
REJECTED
10764
P. O.
Sarah Turner
Service: wid. of Samuel Turner
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18 1852 List gives fol. reason for suspension "He was a deserter"
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

44 High St. Perth Amboy N.J. Feb. 25, 1938.
Mrs. Finch Bureau of Prisons Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Can you give me any information about the children of Samuel Turner who was one of

the signers of the General Association in the Brookhaven Association, Suffolk Co. Norfolk (Long Island). I believe he was also a member of the Suffolk Regiment under Capt. Phileas Ganning. An information

Concerning his family will be greatly — appreciated.
Very truly yours, (Mrs.) Margaret Hight

Henry Rep Washington Aug 26/53
Hon J E Heath Comm of Pensions
In Has a pension has been granted to Sarah Turner widow of John J Turner of Ulster County New York a Rev Lutheran soldier and of 20 when & for what amount
Truly Yours
William McKin