Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,789, Daniel Tyler, Conn. N.H.

SERVICE
SERVICE Conn N.H.
Wyler, Daniel
NUMBER
R 10.789
CONTENTS

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Connecticut COUNTY OF New London
ss. Colchester June 16. 1854 Know all Men by these Presents,
That I, Abigail Webster of the Town of Lebanon do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint L. M. Drury of Canaan, State of New York my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and in my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, on account of the service of my Father Daniel Tyler deceased, in the war of the Revolution; the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date; and the said L. M. Drury is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16 th day of June 1854
Abigail Webster J. P. Jas T. Ashton
Abigail Webster L. P.)
State of Connecticut COUNTY OF New London
ss. Colchester June 16th 1854
Be it Known, That on the 16 th day of June A.D. 1854 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Abigail Webster above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Am Hurlbut Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut COUNTY OF New London
ss. Colchester June 17 1854
I, Am Hurlbut Esquire is now, and was at the time of the date of the foregoing, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in and for said County; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal, this 17 th day of June 1854
Am Hurlbut John Clark

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Connecticut COUNTY OF New London } ss.
Colchester June 16. 1854
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I, Yannah Wilson — of Colchester — do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint Ell Drury — of the Town of Canandaigua State of New York — my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, on ac- count of the service of my Father Daniel Tyler — deceased, in the war of the Rev- olution; the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date; and the said Ell Drury — is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16 th day of June — 1854
Am Hurlbut J. P.
Yas S. Ashton
Hannah S. Wilson (L. S.)
State of Connecticut COUNTY OF New London } ss.
Colchester June 16. 1854
Be it Known, That on the 16 th
day of June A.D. 1854 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Hannah Wilson — above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Am Hurlbut Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut COUNTY OF New London } ss.
Colchester June 17 1854
I, Am Hurlbut Esquire is Clerk of the Town of Colchester of the County and State aforesaid do certify, that Am Hurlbut Esquire is now, and was at the time of the date of the foregoing, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in and for said County; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal, this 17 th day of June 1854
Am Hurlbut Town Clerk

7005
Daniel Taylor
Return this - j
D. Wattles Lebanon N

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 10 1833
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. These 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
   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.     1773 June to Dec 1778 2 6 Captain Mr. Gunn 88 Perryville N. Hampshire   Apr 1781 to Sept. 1781 5 Colonel and Capt. Column  
2.11
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
W. Daniel Tyler

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) 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
The reason given for declarants [illegible] not having received a Commission as a Captain are not satisfactory - further proof is necessary to substantiate the claim

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 enquiry 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 _____ month, 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 affix 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.

7005. Capt. Daniel Tyler Application for a Pension

State of Connecticut Hartford County Probate Court district of Lebanon
On this 20 th day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate in and for the district of Lebanon aforesaid now sitting Present Denison Bellows Judge & Captain David Tyler a resident of said Lebanon being one of the officers of said court eighty seven years of age being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 that at the commencement of hostilities he was a farmer living in the town of Piermont County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire that a volunteer infantry company was formed and that he was chosen Captain by the unanimous vote of said company Jonathan Ring was his Lieut. and George Moore was Quarters. The Royal Governor John Wentworth had absconded and no authority existed to grant commissions Therefore he took and held a commission without any caring more for the whig cause than for property and personal emoluments. In preparation for defence a Fort was erected in said Piermont of which he had command and from 1775 until 1780 inclusive The the  the said Piermont Fort included a large dwelling house near the banks of Connecticut river and many people of the opposite side of said river were garrisoned therein.

The Head Quarters of Major General Lord Lord Beiley (who commanded the northern lines) were at his home in Newbury. The next lines above said Regiment's quarters Beiley had under his command less than a full Regiment of Continental soldiers, his main support for the de- fence of his extensive lines were Volun- teers and Militia Troops readily turned out at his call in one instance their number exceeded  reached four thousand This Officer was in that camp in and in many others at the call of General Beiley and the authority of the British either that a British army was approaching or that the more intractable and savage areas composed of refugees and Indians were killing burning and destroying the frontier settlements. His history of lives would show (in which Regiment is situated) that the inhabitants were much more frequently alarmed during the war than any other section of frontier. In all campaigns caused by alarms at least once its vicinity this Officer marched. Therefore the services which he performs in the war of the revolution in commanding Regiment Forts marching in short campaigns patrolling recon- noitering placing sentinels at out

Part to watch the approach of the enemy and to detect Tories who were milch- the kels of feeding and securing them & must have occupied his time and disso from 1775 until 1780 inclusive more than equal to three years in reg- ular imprisonment. He His kind of his present abode from 1780 to this time 200 miles distance from Brees- area knows of no one as able to reveal Abraham Peters who can tell any thing about the Brees hideout. He was born in the town of Boxford Massachusetts on the 8 day of August 1745 He he has no record of his age but that some years since he received a letter from his father stating his birth at Boxford on said 6 th of August 1745 from which he said he knew his age. He also called into re- view he was residing in said town of Peirpoint when he received a letter 1780 when he removed to the house in Connecticut where he said he said that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no persons who can testify to his service with the captain of the
He hereby relinquishes every claim which can be a pension or annuity except the

Present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state and further states that the following named persons living near and being well acquainted with him can testify to his character for ver- acity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution viz. the Rev. Dea. Brown and Genl. Abraham Peters
Seems to me subscribed Daniel Tyler the day and year aforesaid
See Dea. Brown the clergyman residing in said Lebanon County of New London and State of Connecticut and Abraham Peters residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Captain Daniel Tyler who has subscribed and seems to the above declarations that we believe him to be eighty seven years of age that he is reputable and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Seems to me subscribed Esak Brown the day and year aforesaid Abraham Peters

... Opinion after the investigation of the matter After reading the affidavit of General Absalom Peters and after putting the interrogations proposed here by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and survived as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to said Court that Rev. Asahel Brown who has signed the preceding certificates is a clergyman residing in said Lebanon and that General Absalom Peters who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a reliable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Wattlee Clerk Pro Tem of the Court of Probate in and for the district of Lebanon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Col. Daniel Tyler for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office and of said Court this 20th day of August A D 1832 Attest John Wattlee Clerk Pro Tem

Lebanon
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On the 20 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in these courts before the court of Probate in and for the district of Lebanon now sitting Present Devises Nettles Esq. General abraham Peter of said Lebanon of age twenty eight years and having been first duly sworn according to Law on his said oath deposes and says that he was born in the town in the State of Connecticut but that during the revolutionary war he resided in the State of New Hampshire near the town of Piermont and in the town of Concord  Haverhill Randolph etc. that I knew Captain David Tyler then of said Piermont and now of said Lebanon and that said Tyler was engaged in the service of the United States that he was a here here a man in this vicinity but the particular of his services was not acquainted with. I was acquainted with the late Captain now with many of the particulars of said Captain mentioned by said Captain Tyler in his statement now  now  now  now and that said Tyler was personally engaged in the late war now and further the de present Smith
Abraham Peter
sworn to and subscribed the day and year above said

Connecticut Rev
Daniel Tyler Suspended
let. to J. L. Skinner of July 1833 26 Aug 1833
-do. to Rev. R. R. Gurley & claimant Nov. 26. 1833 =
S. M. Downy July 6. 1854 Same July 13 1854
10789 Act. 7. Sess. 32

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10789. REJECTED
P. O. _____
Daniel Tyler
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Canandaigua N.Y. July 8, 1834.
Sir,
I beg leave to submit to your inspection the letter on the other page of this sheet which I have received from the Pension Office -
I am constrained to say that unless the rules of the office have recently been changed, this letter strikes me as an extraordinary communication.
If I had in person presented the powers of attorney to you or sent them to any gentleman in Washington you would not have hesitated (I think) to have at once submitted the papers in the case to my inspection. At least such I believe to have been the practice in thousands of instances - I have never had the request denied to me before. You know that when the list of suspended claims was published, the office was flooded with powers of attorney giving to agents in Washington to examine the papers and they were permitted to do so. It is done daily unless the rules have undergone a change.
The clerk who wrote this letter

has entirely misapprehended the point upon which tests of identity are required - It is the earliest thing in the world to prove that these persons children are the children of Daniel Pyfer - The certificate of a lover a, one witness is always sufficient -
The children can't be expected to know much about the parents services - But he has himself furnished a statement of them, in his application for a pension, and I desired to know what service he alleged that he performed in order to ascertain whether the records in Hartford or any where, sustained that statement -
And it is only when the record evidence is compared with his statement that the action of the office is invoked to decide whether a pension is due -
The question I respectfully submit to you, is, whether on a power of attorney from an heir, properly authenticated is presented, an inspection of the papers filed by the parent is not always permitted - If it would be allowed me in person - as it always has been, it is equally proper that I should have a description of letter -
I await your action in the matter - H. S. P. Waldo. Washington, D.C. Yours respectfully. L. M. Drury

Pension Office
July 6 th 1834
Sir,
Your letter of the 30 th Ult. covering Powers of attorney from Abigail Webster, and Hannah S. Wilson, has been filed with the papers of Daniel Tyler, dec d of Ct. under act June 7 th 1832. A compliance with your request to be furnished with a description of Tyler's service as given in his declaration, would be to deprive this case of one of the most certain tests by which to establish the identity of these claimants as the children of the person who rendered the service. If the claimants will first furnish the most accurate statement they can, in regard to their father's service, their claim to arrears will be considered,
I am respectfully Your Ob t . Serv t ,
S. M c Culloch Commissioner
S. M c Drury Esq. Cumanagua, V. P.

P.S. An inspection has always - I believe been allowed. of papers on presenting papers of attorney without the office looking into the papers at all . It is given at once - L. M. S.

Cumandagua, N.P., June 30, 1884
Sir:
I enclose powers of attorney in the case of Daniel Pylar of Com. and they leave to ask for a description of his service as given in his declaration under act of 7 th June 1882.
The case was suspended
Very respectfully
Your obed. Servt.
L. M. Bruns
Hon. L. P. Eveldt
800

Simon M c Webster of Lebanon copy of New London and State of Connecticut aged sixty four years last July having been a duly sworn depositor and says that he has been acquainted with Daniel Tyler of said Lebanon from about the year 1779 when he removed from New Hampshire into Hebron Connecticut and afterwards into said Lebanon and lived a considerable part of the time as neighbours to said Tyler. He understood from report and hearsay at the time that said Tyler soon after he came to said Lebanon Hebron was drafted by Captain Stephen Palmer now dead then of Hebron Conn- ecticut from the Old alarm list or rifle roll (so called) to go on a tour of duty to New London in Connecticut and it is his mind that said Tyler went to said London and performed a tour of military duty but for how long a time he does not recollect. His impression is that some thing like forty years ago or more he heard that said Tyler was chosen a Captain of a military company in said New Hampshire before he came to said Lebanon but how long he served as such he knows not but understood that a fort was built to defend against the Indians and that said Tyler was a leading man there in the revolutionary war. He also since heard said Tyler relate more particular- ly his services in New Hampshire and of his having been chosen Captain as afore

said he has done a good deal of business with said Tyler and has always found him an honest man and far than the deponent saith not Sworn to one sub Jimeon M Webster witness this 10 th day of August 1833
Amos Fowler of Lebanon in the County of Hillsborough and State of Connecticut aged seventy five years the 17 th day of March last having been duly sworn says and says that he has been acquainted with Daniel Tyler of said Lebanon for about forty years that about twenty years ago he heard said Tyler state that he was chosen a Captain in said Hampshire Shire during the revolutionary war by the unanimous vote of the company but did not receive any commission. The reason stated by him why he received no commission was that the Governor of said Hampshire absconded to the British he has repeatedly heard said Tyler make the same statement since. He has done a great deal of business with said Tyler and has always found him an honest and upright man and says that his character stands fair for ought he knows Sworn to one subscribed This 10 th day of August 1833 Amos Fowler

State of Connecticut New London County ss. At a Court of Probate held at Lebanon in and for the district of Lebanon on the 10 th day of August A D 1833 Present Denson Watches Judge the foregoing depositions of Simon M c Webster and Amos Fowler were duly taken subscribed and sworn to before said Court and said deponents are personally known to said Court and are both men of credibility
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office and of said Court This 10 th day of August A D 1833
Attest John Watches

Lebanon Oct 27 th 1835
Hon J. L. Edwards.
Dear Sir. Being rather disappointed in the rejection of my claim for pension I take this liberty of addressing you once more on the subject. Although I can not furnish positive evidence of my services during that important and momentous struggle for our Independence yet from the circumstances attending the case I think that it must appear evident to you and to every one that my affirmation declaration and my claim to a pension is not all a mere fabrication. And it must appear evident also that it is next to impossible that I can remember so as to state exactly the exact number of months or the exact length of time that I did serve. 8 days yet I think you must be satisfied that I did the service for which I claim a pension and it is the general opinion of all those best acquainted with me and those the most influential men in town that and vicinity that if any body ought to have a pension, I ought to have it. I wish you to take the subject into consideration once more and if consistent with your opinion the law (as it is with justice) to grant me a small remuneration for the time and money which I expended for the salvation of my country. Rev Mr R. B. Gurley will be the bearer of this to you who will state & explain this matter more fully to your Honor than I can by writing. Very Respectful Daniel Tyler

That he is now in the eighty ninth year of his age - he was born in the Town of Roxbury in the State of Massachu- setts in August A.D. 1745 - that his father moved to Lebanon in the state of Connecticut in 1757 - that he himself settled in Vermont in the State of New Hampshire in 1767, where he next resided at the commencement of the Revolution - they were, and until 1780
In the spring of 1777 the Committee of safety of the State of New Hampshire (which he has mistakenly called the Convention of Delegates in his former declarations) advised and directed the inhabitants of that section of the state so much exposed to the in- cursions of the Tories and Indians, to form a volunteer military company and also to erect a fort for the defence of it, both of which were completed without delay.
A Military company was formed (in

in pursuance of the direction of the Committee of Safety, consisting of from eighty to an hundred men, of which this affiant was chosen captain, Jonathan King Lieutenant, and George Moore Ensign; all of whom accepted of their respective offices, and swore therein. And the said Company was otherwise duly organized, and armed; and drilled for service.
The fort likewise which the Committee of Safety had directed was built upon the margin of the Connecticut River, enclosing a dwelling house for the Garrison. It was begun in May or June 1777, and completed in the fall of that year, when it was inspected by Col Atkinson, who had been sent by the Committee of Safety for that purpose. He pronounced the fort well built, except that it wanted watch houses which were afterwards put up by this affiant according to Atkinson's direction. Soon after which a number of small arms, and a small field piece were sent by the Committee of Safety, or other authority of the State of New Hampshire, for the use of the Garrison. And this affiant recollects having repaired some of the small arms which had been so sent, to render them fit for use.
This affiant further says that

he had charge of the fort while it was in building; and had the command of the fort, and lived in it after it was built during the time he held the command of  said fort till December 1779, when he left it to the command of his Lieutenant. Before this however, for some length of time, he had lost his health in consequence of the labours and exposures to which he had been subjected, and had lost one member of his family while living in the fort. It was he spent during said time except on alarms and scouts against the enemy, on any business in constant with the com- mand of said fort. His men were drilled from time to time to prepare them for service, and frequently, especially the forepart of the time, sent out in scouts against the enemy and the Tories; and many of the latter were taken and had their lives forfeited or otherwise punished, or confined to their own farms, on penalty of death if they were found off them or off the limits which had been imposed on them. For it was found that they kept up a secret and constant inter- course with the enemy. In some instances we found they had built cabins in the woods where they met and fed the enemy received and sent letters to them. These and other circumstances made it necessary to keep a constant force stationed on this frontier; which was during the time

time stated in this declaration kept up by General Jacob Bailey and others on the Vermont side of the River, and by this affiant on the New Hampshire side. He does  He does not pretend that his whole company was constantly within the fort. Some- times they were out on scouts, and excursions. In one instance one of his scouts was killed by the enemy, and two others were taken and carried into Canada, who were supposed to have been killed until they returned on an exchange of prisoners. And situated as they were, it was necessary to keep out part of the men constantly on patrol from time to time for the purpose of spying and collecting provisions; not however at any time, thereby so as to leave the fort in case of an alarm. This company It was during the whole of its term an embodied corps, military law. and subject to military law. In the year 1779, this affiant had a bad state of health, which in the latter part of it rendered him unfit for duty; and in December he left the fort and during the following winter he so far recovered as to be able in the spring to remove to Atkinson in the State of Connecticut. And in the fall of that year he was drafted as a soldier for a term of military service to New Chester near New York in a corps commanded by

Colonel Hosford of Hebron; but upon his making it appear that he has held a captain's commission in New Hampshire he was dismissed as not being by law subject to draft. He was however the next Spring enrolled in the alarm list or rifle roll as it was called; and was thereupon drafted in April of that year, and sent to New London in a company commanded by Captain Stephen Palmer, Lieutenant Asaph Dumbull, and Ensign John Gillet. This company was stationed at Fort Griswold opposite New London, which was burnt by sometime  the  the  the after the same fall. He is not able to state the precise length of his New London service but it was he supposes between five and six months. Nor can he state the length of his service in New Hampshire from a recollection of dates, but from collateral events,

State of Connecticut New London County Probate Court Dis- trict of Lebanon
On this 30 th day of May A.D. 1832, personally ap- peared in open court before the Court of Probate in and for the district of Lebanon aforesaid now sitting Present Denison Watters Judge Captain Daniel Tyler a resident of said Leba- non County district and a State aforesaid aged Eighty eight years on the 6 th day of August last according to old style but on the 17 th of said August next according to the new style who having been first duly sworn according to said oath on his oath make the following supplemental declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that at the commencement of hostilities between the United States of America and Great Britain according to the best of his recollections in the month of June 1775 whilst he resided in the town of Piermont now in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire said today lying upon the East Bank of Connecticut river that region of country being then comparatively a wilderness and much ex- posed to the incursions of the enemy from Canada by the way of Lake Champlain and being also occupied by many Tories and Indians who were friendly to the enemy. Soon after Governor Wentworth absconded from New Hampshire and went to England. In the Spring of 1775 according to his recollections a Convention of delegates chosen by the people of said New Hampshire met at Concord in said last mentioned state and said convention recommended to the inhabitants residing in the vicinity of the

Applicants to erect a Fort in said town of Pownal upon the margin of Connecticut river pursuant to said recommendation This applicant together with other inhabit- ants of that section of County commencing at the building of said Fort in the month of June 1775 which was completed in the Autumn following prior to the commencing of the building of said Fort and pursuant to the recommendation of said Convention (and he is confident that no such officer as a President of New Hampshire existed at the time) the men in that section of County where this applicant then resided as aforesaid said that performed military duty to the number of between eighty and one hundred were convened and formed themselves into volunteers a military company and by their unanimous vote this applicant was chosen capt- ain and captain of said appointment. That he never received any commission nor proof of any authority to apply to the and he sup- posed the recommendation of said Convention and a choice by said company in pursuance of its would be agreeable. That he lived for in the interior parts from news and no news reached them being absent at the time where he resided and the roads nearly impassable he never received nor heard of any commissions being granted and he was well acquainted with the officers of other companies in that region who received no commissions but were chosen and acted upon the same authority that this appli- cant did. He says that he was quite taken in relation to the time in his first statement that instead of being stationed at said Fort from 1775 to 1780 inclusive he was there only from

June 1775 to December 1778 being in said Fort according to his best recollection at least two years and a half during short intervals of which last mentioned period which whilst he cannot at this length of time part to a cer- tain point out he was absent on a char- ge. whilst at said Fort as far as he was constantly employed in the doing Garrison duty in drilling and exercising those under his command whilst the men were employed in building the Fort as far as this officer furnished them with a large quantity of provisions at his own expense for which he never received one cent. whilst said Fort as said Piment was in building as far as he sent to Portsmouth in N.H. for military arms and obtained a number of old muskets and some powder & was under the necessity of doing that put the muskets in repair himself
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In March 1778 according to his affidavits best recollection he removed from said Fort to here on account his ill health having been worn down in the several services to the town of Hebron in the State of Con- necticut where he resided a number of  Hebron  time sometime whilst in said town in Novem- ber 1779 his name was inserted in one of the militia companies of said Hebron and he was drafted as a private to go on a tour of military duty to New York as near there but declined on account of being born a lepton in said Hebron there and was therefore excused His name was then added to the old alarm list or cripple roll in said Hebron said list being composed of old commu-

as officers included etc and as such in April 1781 he was arrested as a private and went to New London in Connecticut and was detained a part of the time in said New London about a fortnight and then was detained at Fort Griswold oppo- site New London till the September follow- ing about within six or eight days of the time of the massacre at said Fort and the burning of New London by which he thinks he was out this last campaign not up there five months before his captain during this campaign was Stephen Peterson Lewis Asaph Trumbull Quorum John Gillis all of said Hebrews Lead and he thinks commanded the Fort he was en- closed principally on Fethers at said Fort and also at a Breast Fort on the New London side - This Applicant knows of no living witnesses except Absalom Peters whom said deponent is supposed to his original statement to his services in New Hampshire - he sometime ago started to go to N.H. to see if he could possibly find witnesses He got as far as Hadley in Massachusetts. He was taken sick and returned home it being to N.H. a hard carriage and over a rough and hilly coun- try and myself old and somewhat infirm - The only persons living to my knowledge who was witness to my services at New London at Fort Griswold as above and is one by letter. Some persons who reside in said Hebrews and should recently called upon and whose mind and recollections are so entirely gone that he is incapable of testifying to deponents said common sense will bear Webster and James Webster and Rebecca Clark are persons with whom I have been long ac- quainted and their dispositions are such as to make them reliable witnesses in any matter to which they are called as a captain in their company the day and year aforesaid David Sylvester

Attest. Jacob Loomis and Isaac Gillet both of Hebron in the County of New London and State of Connecticut the first aged seventy eight years and the second aged eighty three years under oath depose and say that they have both been ac- quainted with Daniel Tyler of said Hebron who is applying for a Pension for revolutionary services for more than forty years - that they consider the said Tyler's statement in relation to his revolutionary services as entitled to credit that they believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and further they say not known to and subscribed the 30 th day of June 1833
Jacob Loomis Isaac Gillet
Reuben Clark of Hebron in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut under oath deposes and says that he was seventy years of age last October that he resided a number of years in Hebron in the County of New London and State of said in the immediate neighborhood of Daniel Tyler of said Hebron who is apply- ing for a Pension for revolutionary services that forty years ago whilst residing as aforesaid he has heard said Tyler relate his revolutionary services and has heard him say that he was employed in building a Fort in Connecticut A. D. that he was chosen a Captain of said Fort and served there between two and three years - heard him state the manner of obtaining muskets and a supply from Portsmouth A. D. and putting the muskets in repair himself that he considers the said Tyler a man of veracity and his statement entitled to credit known to and subscribed the 20 th day of July 1833
Reuben Clark

Ebenezer Webster of Colchester in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged forty four years last February under oath depose and says that from a boy he has been acquainted with and lived in the neighborhood of Daniel Tyler of Lebanon in said County and State who is applying for a pension for for revolutionary services that twenty years ago he heard said Tyler relate the particulars of his services during the revolutionary war which in the State of N. H. among other things heard state that he was chosen the Captain of a Fort at Portsmouth N. H. - heard him state the method of his obtaining muskets and several pairs of boots at Portsmouth N. H. and putting the muskets in repair himself said Tyler during his residence in Connecticut has also stated that he served for a time at Fort Griswold in Connecticut with muskets, he considers said Tyler a man of veracity and his statement entitled to credit  Ebenezer Webster  Sworn to and subscribed the 20 th day of May 1833
Daniel Webster of Lebanon in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged forty years last September under oath depose and says that from a boy he has resided in the neighbor- hood of Daniel Tyler mentioned in the foregoing dep- osition a part of the time in the family of said Tyler that he has often heard said Tyler relate the same facts many years ago in relation to his revolutionary services as are mentioned by his aspirant brother Ebenezer Webster in the foregoing deposition, and he concurs with him in re- lation to the character of said Tyler and further sees no reason to doubt his veracity  Daniel Webster  Sworn to and subscribed the 20 th day of May A.D. 1833

to be said herein I have called Creston Webster and Lemus Webster duly subscribed and were sworn according to law to the truth of the deposi- tions by them respectively subscribed and are known to this court and this court are of opin- ion that the credibility of  with never any counsel  therein  therein in point of truth and veracity from the
D. Rofusville Clarke is not personally known to the court except from request and whilst taking his deposition and from the several witnesses who were present and from such acquaintance  acquaintance this court is of opinion that his character for veracity is upon a par with mankind in general
and is of the same character as that of the said  and is of the same character as that of said Tyler duly subscribed and was sworn by said court to the truth of his foregoing supplemental statement
I John Wetles Clerk of the court of Probate in and for the district of Lebanon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the supplemental  original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Tyler for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office and of said court this 30 th day of May 1833
Attest John Wetles Clerk