Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27,448, for Zacheus Maltbie, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Maltbie Zacheus Maltby Zacheus or Jerusha
W 27.448
CONTENTS

Wherry 30,275
Sarah Hultbier, widow of Zacharias Hultbier, late of Erie Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the comm. by Captain of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Hultbier in the Com't. militia time for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 45 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Decr. 1833 and sent to Samuel Russell Samuel Russell, Buffalo, N.Y.
Arrears to the 19th of June 1833, the day of his Pension allowance ending and $49.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E-2 Vol. 4 Page 45
Let to N. H. Hall 8 Jan 7 1836
Let to H. W. Macley Dec 22
1843 - Do May 15. 1844
order to S. H. Hultbier to pay
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838, from 4th March 1831. to 19. June 1833, age notified 4 June 1844

State of New York Essex County - ss
On this 2 d day of April 1832 personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid Laurence Mattley a resident of the Town of Evans and County of St. Lawrence aged 80 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 Act of Congress passed the 9 th of June 1832 - That he was born in the Town of Branford in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut in the year 1753 and that he is eighty years old, He has no record of his age in being burnt in his house in the Town of Branford, during the war of the revolution, and this deponent further saith that after the war of the Revolution he moved to the Town of Norfolk in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut where he remained 29 years from there he moved into the Town of Lake County of Clinton State of New York where he lived 10 years and from there he moved to the Town of Evans County of Essex State of New York where he now resides - And this deponent further states that he was living in the Town of Branford where he was born, when he enlisted into the Militia of the State of Connecticut in the Month of April in the year 1778 for nine months, under a Capt by the name of Scammon, he does not remember his first name, and a man by the name of Smith being Col. of the Regiment, and a man by the name of Hobb, or a name that was pronounced so but does not know here it was spelt was Major - They marched in May following for New York where they stayed until the following August when they marched for St Johns which they reached in September following and were in the battle at that place - General Warner was with the Regiment to which he belonged and went from New York to Saratoga, He was in the Service until his time of service expired which was in January 1779

When he was Verbally dismissed by his Capt. and this Deponent further States that he was in all the skirmishes and engagements connected with the taking of Ft. Sedgwick And this Deponent further States that in the Month of July 1876, He enlisted again in the Cavalry of the at Brattleboro aforesaid under Capt. Edward Phelps of Brattleboro, and went to New York, and was in the Battle of Long Island at Kings Bridge and White Plains and one of the General's Name was Woodworth His time of enlistment was for four Months, and he served the full time and was dismissed Verbally at North Castle and this Deponent further States that He enlisted again in the Militia of the State aforesaid in the Month of September 1877 for two Months, at Brattleboro aforesaid to Garrison New Haven and served his time out, and was Verbally dismissed by his Capt aforesaid - And this Deponent further says that he volunteered to defend and assist in the Gardner affair, and was out at the time about one Month and this Deponent further says that he enlisted to Garrison Brattleboro one Month in the year 1878 and served the time out and was dismissed Verbally as aforesaid by the Capt at Brattleboro - And this Deponent further says that he has no other Documentary Evidence except what is hereunto annexed, He further says that Nathaniel Gray, Nathaniel Djale Fullman, Ichiel Bartholomew, Seymour Thompson the Clerk of the Parish, and Deacon George Sweetland all of the Town of Green, are all persons who reside in his present Neighborhood, and who are often as Witness as to his being a man of truth and veracity, and as to their knowledge of his being a Soldier in the revolution, and as to his bodily Health - And this Deponent further States that he has been and is now unable to attend at Buffalo when all the records of the Regiment are held for some time, for the purpose of making the annual Declaration, and submitting to the examination required in such cases - He further States that he served as a private and claims a Pension as such He hereby relinquishes any claim to an annuity

except the present, and believe that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any other State. Dated Swans this 2 nd day of April 1833
Subscribed & sworn before me this Second day of April 1833
I his Lauchlan Maltby mark
Samuel Russell A Judge of the Court of Sessions
And I Samuel Russell the said Judge Do hereby Declare my Opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, That the above named Lauchlan Maltby was a Revolutionary Soldier and served in the States, and I do hereby further certify that it appears to my full satisfaction and belief that Seymour Thompson who signed the annexed certificate and made oath to the same is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Swans in the County of Erie and State of New York, and that Nathaniel Gray Nathaniel Hoyt Elisha Saltonstall and John Bartholomew, who have all signed and sworn to the certificate annexed are all inhabitants of the said Town of Swans in the County of Erie State aforesaid and that they are all Neighbors to the said Maltby the said Applicant for a Pension, And I do further State that I am personally acquainted with each and every one of them, and that I know them to be among the most respectable Inhabitants of the Town of Swans aforesaid, and that their statements aforesaid are entitled to full faith and credit - And that I the said Judge do further State that George Sweetland who has signed and made oath to the annexed certificate is a respectable Practicing Physician and a Neighbor of said Maltby and that I am personally acquainted with the said Sweetland and that my Opinion full faith and credit ought to be given to his Statement - And I the Judge Do

I further certify that it appears to me as well from the Declaration of the said Lucanus Maltby under oath, and the Affidavits of Seymour Thompson and Nathaniel Gray Nathaniel Hoyt Elijah Tabor Lehiel Brantingham and George Sweetland, hereto annexed, as from a Personal Examination of the said Lucanus Maltby, that He the said Lucanus Maltby is and probably ever will be from bodily infirmity unable to attend the courts of Record at Poughkeepsie in said County for the purpose of making the Declarations, and submitting to the Examination required in law of application for a Pension, and I the Judge do further state that the said Maltby, being shook so that he could not write his Name which was the cause of his signing by his Mark - And I the said Judge do hereby further certify that the foregoing contains the Original pro- ceedings had before me in the cause of the application of Lucanus Maltby for a Pension Witness my Hand & Seal at Evans in the County of Erie aforesaid this 2 nd day of April 1833
Sam Munsell
State of New York
Erie County ss. My office do
A Judge etc
Certify that Samuel
Munsell Esq. before whom
the affidavit herein prepared to have been sworn and also subscribed to the above declaration was at the time of doing
same one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for said County duly authorized to do the same and that I am acquainted with his Hand writing and do verily believe his signature to the certificates referred to is in his own proper hand writing. Witness my Hand and Seal of office this 4 th day of April 1833
Noah P. Spencer Clerk By Munsell Field Dep. Clerk

A Schedule of the property Zacharus Maltbie of the Town of Evans and County of Erie one cow and one bed and bedding tea kettle Spider sit knives and forks a set of spoons bible and Hymn book half a dozen chairs a table one chest candlestand one axe fire shovel and tongs a wife to support and no one to assist me.
The said Zacharus Maltbie being duly sworn before me J Richmond Com- -missioner for Erie County deposeth and saith that the above schedule contains all the property that he possesses according to the best of his recollection that his age is seventy eight years the tenth of June next and further this deponent saith not. Block of initials
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of March 1828
J Richmond Com

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No 23403 Maltby Zachus Maltby Erie County New York
Enf 2 Adm 2
Private 13 months Compute to the 19 th of June 1833 - Certificate to be made out to the Widow, Jerusha Maltbie -
H. P. Russell
Samuel Rapel (Post Office) Buffalo New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 5 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 subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Zaccheus Maltby Erie County New York
   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.     Enlisted Apr 1775 - 9 - private G. Wadsworth 80 years Traditionary Evidence & Clergimans   Enlisted July 1776 - 4 - private Capt Douglass, Colonel Waterbury 81 years Certificate, Witnesses certified evidence   Enl d Sep r 1777 - 2 - " Capt Rife 82 years papers correct - Judge certifies applicant to be unable to appear in Court   Vol - - - 1 - " - 83 years   Enl d - 1779 - 1 - " - 84 years Battles of Long Island, Kings Bridge White Plains,  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Thomas

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 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 _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must 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 [j] 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.

At a Court of Oyer & terminer (being by statute a Court of Record having a clerk & seal) begun & held at the Court House in the City of Buffalo in & for the County of Erie & State of New York on the thirtieth day of March A.D. 1835
Present Hon. Adderson Garbun Circuit Judge of the 8 th Circuit
Hon. James Stryker " Robert McPherson " Jonathan Hoyt Judges of the County Court of the County of Erie - Horace Clarke Clerk
Judges of said Court
" In the matter of the application " of Perusha Maltbie for the ar- " rearage of a pension - "
It satisfactorily appears " to this Court by the evidence of competent & cred- " -ible witnesses shown & examined in open Court " that Zacharias Maltbie late of the town of Evans in " the County of Erie & State of New York - died on " the 19 th day of June 1833. That he left Perusha " Maltbie his wife & now his widow here survi- " ving - who is about the age of 21 years & now liv- " ing unmarried - and that said Zacharias " Maltbie who so died was the same person who " formerly made an application for a pension"
And I Horace Clarke clerk of said Court hereby certify that the foregoing is a true & cor- rect extract from the proceedings of said Court - that the evidence was satisfactory to the Court & that said Court is a Court of Record. In testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 10 th day of August 1835. Horace Clarke. Clerk

State of New York } on this twenty first day of Evie County ss. } March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine before me Pheo Warren a Commissioner to take the acknowledgment of Deeds etc. Personally came Isaac Bartholomew of the town of Evans in said County who being by me Duly sworn upon the Gospel of Almighty God Depreth and Saith that in the year seventy five he was at Daniel Maltbie's and he told him that his son Zacharias Maltbie had enlisted and was gone into the army and in January in seventy six he saw Zacharias on a furlough in the of Schoharie Co. and he was then on his return from the army further that in August in the same year he was at New York and there he saw Zacharias Maltbie and he told him that his brother Zacharias Maltbie had enlisted and was on Long Island in the army and that his knowledge is such that he has no doubt that Zacharias Maltbie was in the service of the united States and further this Deponent saith not. and Isaac Bartholomew Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21 st Day of March A.D. 1829 Pheo Warren Com.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 17 th , 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child n of Zacheus Smith, ad d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Forty Three — Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1831, to the 19 th June 1833,
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Gatchens. Hally of Evans Deceased
The papers were made in the Spring of 1833. and forwarded to the pension Office and he died June 19 th following. The papers stated service to the amount of 17. months but a term of service of 4. months did not state his Officers and they refused to allow him more than 13. months and sent back the papers but he was dead. In August following Jonathan Hally his son obtained evidence of his death and burial at the August Term of the court, and sent back papers to Washington. Saying that he would accept of the 13. months service and let the 4. other months go. Last winter they sent back to know if the widow was living and in February 1834. Jonathan sent an affidavit to Washington taken before a Magistrate that she was alive. Nathaniel Gray made Affidavit before Stephens Manly Esq. P.
What else is necessary to be done to get arrears of pension for the widow?

Hon. John H. Wilson House of Representatives
In the Revolutionary War pension claim W. File No. 37,448 it appears that Zaccheus Maltbie or Maltby, son of Daniel Maltbie, was born June 10, 1753, at Branford Connecticut, where he resided when he enlisted in April 1775, as a Private in Captain Douglas' Company Colonel Wooster's Connecticut Regiment. He was in the battle of St. John and served until April 1776.
In July 1776 he enlisted in Captain Edward Russell's Company and was in the battles of Long Island, Kingsbridge, and White Plains; served until November 1776.
In April 1777 he was at the burning of Danbury, no officers are stated, served one month.
In September 1777, he enlisted in Captain Russell's Company and served at New Haven two months, and in 1779 he enlisted to garrison Branford, no officers stated, served one month.
He was allowed pension on an application executed March 9, 1829, while a resident of Evans, Erie County, New York.
Letter dated May 12, 1920. enclosing letter from Miss. Mabel E. Kitchen 421 W. Jefferson St. Butler, Pa.

He died June 19. 1833, leaving a widow, Jerusha and children whose names are not stated other than Jonathan their son who resided in Evans, New York in 1833.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.

1807 REJECTED
P. O. of Jacchus Waltee
Service: Consolidated Oct 5 1882 with Widow Jerusha
Enlisted: Adm't 27. 448 , 18
Discharged: In R 489

Zaccheus Maltbie Revs. New-York.
Rejected. See letter to
Augustus Crary June
18. 1831. do. to F. W. Parmelle 2 d July 1831

De Witt Allen in the Elmwood 28 Feb 7/1935-
Flw.
New York
Suspended act Jn '32
letter 5 Nov. 1833
To Sam l Russell
lett to H. Russell 2 Jan y 35-
" " " " 19 March "
" " " " 25 Aug t - "

1920 May 19 List. To Hon J. H. Piles See letter in W. F. 3 396 Amasa Dinnick.
leaf WIDOW, &c.
File No. 27.448
Jemima Mathews wid of Gachum Mathews Pine River
Act June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol D , Page 18
[Arrangement of 1870.]

We Jonathan Matty, Frederick W Parmelee and Nathaniel J Basset all resid- -ing in the Town of Evans County of Erie and State of New York do hereby certify that we were all Neighbors to, and in his Life Time, were well acquainted with Leecher Matty of the Town County and State aforesaid deceased and that we are all of us knowing to the death of the said Matty, and that we all were more or less attending upon him during his last days and that we all attended his Burial - and we are acquainted with the fact, that the above- mentioned Leecher Matty was the same person who had applied for a Pension, as being a the -voluntary Soldier, and that his Papers were made and sworn to on the 2 day of April last passed before Samuel Mansfield as one of the Judges of the County of Erie and State of New York aforesaid
Jonathan Matty
Sworn to subscribed before me this 27 th August 1833 in open Court Noah P. Hemenway Clerk of our Common Pleas.
Frederick W. Parmelee Nathaniel J. Basset
State of New York } Our Common Pleas }
I Certify that on this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1833 personally appeared in Open Court the above named Jonathan Matty, Frederick W. Parmelee and Nathaniel J. Basset and made oath that the facts set forth in the above Affidavit by them subscribed was true
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas for our County August 27 th 1833.
Noah P. Hemenway Clerk

State of New York County of Erie
Seymour Thompson being sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say that he is a clergyman of the Congregational order in the town of Evans in the County & State aforesaid & that he is acquainted with Jacob  Jacob Mattlie of said town who is a member of his church in good standing & that he likens him to be a very strict honest & faithful man in all his conduct & that full faith & credit ought to be given to his declaration under oath
Seymour Thompson
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2 day of April 1833 at the Town of Evans...
Wm D. Russell A Judge of Erie County Court
State of New York } County of Erie }
We Nathaniel Gray, Nathaniel Hoyt, Mijah Tallman and Daniel Brantingham all residing in the Town of Evans in the County of Erie and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Mattly, who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration, and that we believe him to be eighty years of age, and that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we believe in what

opinion being all his Neighbors Dated at Ithaca the 2 d Day of April 1833
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 2 d Day of April 1833 in the Town of Ithaca
Nathaniel Gray Nathaniel Mayt Elijah Johnson Jehiel Bartholomew
Samuel Mersel A Judge of his County Courts
State of New York County of Ithaca
George Sweetland being sworn according to law both on his oath depose and say that he is a practitioner of Physicians in the town of Ithaca in the County of Ithaca and State of New York that he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Maltby the person who has sworn to the annexed Declaration being a Neer Neighbor to him that the said Maltby is eighty years of age, and is now in my opinion by reason of Bodily Infirmitity unable to attend to the Court of Sessions of this County he being mostly confined to his bed Dated Ithaca April 2 d 1833 Geo Sweetland Subscribed & sworn to before me this 2 d Day of April 1833
Samuel Mersel A Judge of his County Courts

Buffalo Dec. 30 th 1885.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Some time since I sent Certificates of Geo. Wells Hartford in the cases of Chas. Pomeroy & Zachus Mallbie deceased.
In Pomeroy's case I have rec d a certificate for $20. pr year.
In the other case I have heard nothing. Will you please inform me if it decided
Yours very Resp y
M. D. Hall

J. S. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions,
Aug 12 th Buffalo 24 th July 1835
Dear Sir,
Enclosed herewith I send you proof of the death of Zacharius Maltby, an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832. and of survivorship duly taken in open Court.
By you letter to the Hon. Mr. Fillmore of the 28 th July last we were required to produce in this case the Certificate of the Compt. of Conn. Your letter of that date was sent to Mr. Wells the Compt. by Mr. Fillmore at my request & enclosed is Mr. Wells Certificate and answer.
I hope the papers will now be found sufficient & that you will be able to give the case an early hearing.
With great respect
Your most obedt. Servt.
N. K. Hall

House of Rep. Feb. 25. 1835.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose you herewith a statement or memorandum, in relation to the Widow of Isaac Shatley, deceased, a Rev. Pensioner of Evans, Erie co. N.Y. claiming the arrear of pension due her deceased husband, and desiring to know what further is necessary to be done in order to obtain them.
Will you be so kind as to communicate to me before the adjournment in the information required.
I am Respectfully Your most Obt. Servt.
William H. Moore

Comptroller's Office
Hartford 20 July, 1835
I certify that in the books of late "Pay Table" Office remaining in this Office, are the following entries: Capt. William Douglass is charged
"May 26. 1775, To Order on Treasr. £510.
"July 5 " " " " " 60.
"Nov. 1 " " Cash Genl Wooster 62.8
"April 11 1776. " Order on Treasr. 1209.9.2
£1.832.17.2
and April 11. 1776 is Cred. By his Accd. rend £1.832.17.2
and is entered as belonging to Wooster's Regiment.
Also in the same book, are three entries - a charge to Capt. Edward Russell : - "1776 June 20 To Order on Treasr. £580." and a credit to him "May 16. 1777 By his Accd. for his C o Col o Douglass Reg t £580."
I further certify that I have not found the name of Edmund Russell . Gideon Wells Comptroller

Hartford 20 th July 1835
Sir
Herewith I forward a certificate of such evidence as this office affords, in relation to the officers named by Mr. Melby. There was an Edward Russell in the service at the time stated; and Capt. Douglass is alluded to as belonging to Col. Morton's Regt. Gen. Watbury probably commanded the Brigade. The pay in this case will be one dollar.
Very Respectfully
Gideon Welles
P.S. Abner has delayed this certificate

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut November 11. 1835.
I certify that on application for the proof Zacheus Maltbys Service as a Revolutionary Soldier, I find as follows:—(in addition, as is supposed, to my former certificate)—viz:
A document, dated 1775, described & certified to, as follows:— "I do hereby certify that the above is a true account of the dates of the discharges of the above named men of the several companies in Genl. Wooster's & Coll. Hinmans Regiments above mentioned."— "Richd. Varick Secy" to
"M Genl. Schuyler," in which document, in the list of men dischargd. from Cap. Douglass Company, Genl. Wooster Regt. is this entry:— " Then Nov. 28— Zacheus Maltbie By whom Genl. Schuyler".
I also certify that no additional evidence to the above, & former certificate can be found of S r . Maltbys Service, from the imperfect description of his declaration which has been furnished this office. And that the first certificate was made, from the a requisition from the War Deptm t  Commis rs of Pensions which contained no further guide to a search than in the extract from it which follows, — "Maltbys Service is alleged to have been 9 months in 1775, Cap. Douglass, Col s Watbury, & four months in 1776 Cap. Edmund Russell, Reg t not designated, Three other terms amounting to 4 months of Militia service in which no officers are named."
I also certify that there has been no Capt. Douglass found as belonging to Watbury Reg t . — And also that no pay Rolls have been found of Cap. Douglass, in 1775 or 1776 or Cap. Edward Russells Company. And that Zacheus Maltbys name has not been found, other than as above mentioned.
Gideon Wells Compt r

State of Connecticut Comptroller's office Hartford
17 th February 1835
H. P. Russell Esq.
Sir. If you will furnish me with a statement of the service claimed to have been rendered by the applicants, viz the times when they were in service, the officers under whom they served, and the places at which they served, I can then furnish you such evidence as the records here contain, without which I can not ascertain, as the evidence here, is mostly, circumstantial and historical — very little that is positive —
I know of no person that served under Col. Canfield. Perhaps by requesting one of your members of congress to enquire at the Pension office he may be able to ascertain if there are any persons, living in this State or other State that served in said Reg t .
Your most obed Roger Huntington Comptroller of Public Accounts

6857
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Rejected June 18. 1831
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June 17. 1831

Yorkshire June 21 1831
Sir
The Petition Schedule and affidavits herein enclosed of Laurence Maltby a Revolutionary Soldier have been for some time delayed on account of obtaining for the testimony from a distance. I desire the return to the Post Office in Yorkshire Catterick Bridge County York to Augustus Crewe

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.F. 27448
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacobus Mathias "Matthias" a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE, RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 1775 Apr 1776 Douglas Rooter Conn.   July 1776 Nov 1776 Edward Russell   Apr 1777 1 mo. at turning of Battery   Sept 1777 2 mo. Russell at New Haven   1779 1 mo. { enlisted in garrison Branford no officers stated  
Battles engaged in, St Johns, Long Island, New York, White Plains, Kingsbridge
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Branford Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 9 1829
Residence at date of application, Conn. Ten Mile N.Y.
Age at date of application, June 10 1753 in Branford Conn.
Remarks: (died June 19 1853) Soldier was the son of Jacobus Matthys. He left a widow Jerusha who was alive in Feb 1854. In 1844 children were living. No names stated other than Jonathan.
Respectfully,
OK
use Wooster for pension as soldier as shown on p 42 Conn as of Douglas Co Cal. Wooster Rest
brother Benjamin

State of New York } on this ninth day of Erie County } February March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty nine before me Frederick Morris- mon appointed to take affidavits and ack- nowledgements of Deeds came Hezekiah Dible of the Town of Goshen County of Erie and by me being duly sworn by the Holy Evangelist dep- oseth and saith that he was in the Continental Service during the Revolutionary war that he saw Capt Douglas and General Worts from Conn Connecticut and Decheus Walbridge who was a soldier under the said Capt Douglas the time he knew them was at the taking up St Johns in Lower Canada and has not been acquainted with the said Walbridge since that Battle Till the year Eighteen hundred and Twenty nine since that time has been personally ac- quainted with him the said But had not re- collected them since as he belonged to the New York Troops and they to the Connec- ticut Troops
and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn to acknowledged
before me this 9th day of
March 1829
J. Richmond Clerk Henry K. Dible

State of New York } on this ninth day of Erie County } March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty nine before me Frederick Reichen one of the Commissioners of said County of Erie appointed to take acknowledgements of deeds and affidavits personally came Leuke Matthie of the Town of Evans in said County who being by me duly sworn upon the Ev- angelist of Almighty God deposes and says that he enlisted under the Continental Est- ablishment about the middle of April Seventeen hundred and seventy five under Capt Douglas who belonged to Col Putnam Regt and General Wouter's Brigade that he commenced his march on the first day of May following and marched to New York remain- ed there till the month of August of the same year from there he marched to St Johns in Ca- nada and was at the taking of that place from there he marched to Montreal from there he marched to Branford in the State of Con- necticut where he was discharged at the place of his Enlistment about the first of April Seventeen hundred and seventy six that he then Enlisted into the Company of Capt Reuel in the Town of Branford in the State of Connecticut in the month of July Twenty six and marched to New York was there at the time the British captured New York and Long island and was in the Battle at Long Island and New York at that time that he then marched

to King, Wicwys where he remained someth- ing like four weeks from thence to the White Klans from their North Castle and was dis- charged at that place in the month of December following that in the twenty seven he enlisted under Capt. Walter  Burritt in the same Town of Branford and returned to New Haven and served two months and received his discharge at that place and further this Deponent saith not. Wickers, Malibie
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of March 1824
J. Richmond Com
21.809

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Maltsar, Benjamin GRADE Private LINE Virginia (Lee's Legion)
WARRANT NUMBER N 12353 and 13537 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED September 2, 1789 To Benjamin Maltsar
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.