Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2822, for Abner Mather, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Mather, Abner or Marther,
H. 2822.
B.L.Wt. 6029-160-55-
Deborah
CONTENTS
New York, residence of soldier in 1818.

Notification sent to Hiram Durham, Spouse of Abner Mather, June 20, 1820
No 766 New York Roll
to Ohio, Pittsburgh Abner Mather Jr. Com Private - 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Incribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d of December 1818 and sent to the Honble D. Kirkland House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 mo. 18/30 - 36:80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48:
1777- 19. $ 84:80
{ Revolutionary claim. } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Durham Green Co.

42314 Act March 3/55
April 12/55
Deborah Martha widow of Abner Martha
Private
Massachusetts
Sheldon's Dragoon
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Pension
Went Re
Adms 160 acs Sept 14/55
Dodge
Jas. G. Austin
Rev Mr
Present
MS
July 48 - 930
Vol M1. page 4.

930 New York Albany Deborah Mather widow of Abner
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Con n Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of April 1852 and sent to
J. J. Kelly Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 79 Vol. A.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Portage ss.
On this thirtieth day of October 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Portage personally appeared Abner Mathew who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Salwedge in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Ohio , in Portage County , where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there  at the Pittsburgh Agency payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Ohio was in order that he might, spend the remainder of his days with his children Abner Mathew Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Jeremiah Jones Justice of Peace
NOTES.—The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be proved by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.

State of Ohio } November 10 th 1826 Portage County } Personally appeared Caleb Stewart and made oath that he knows the within named Henry Mather to be the same person therein described
(C. Stewart)
Sworn to and subscribed day & date above before me - I further I say that I believe the P. C. Stewart to be a man of veracity
Jeremiah Jones Justice of Peace
THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. Portage County, }
I, SETH DAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Portage, in the State of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that Jeremiah Jones Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing Deposition was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such Deposition and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY, Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ravenna, in said County, this fourth day of November in the year of Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and twenty six -
(Seth Day) Clerk.

Almer Mathew
Alner. Mathew priv Sheldon. connect Reg
1777 to 1778
Apr. 17 to 1818
Admitted
and need the services of this printing for subsequent
W. H. Mathew Judge &c as within written.

State of New York } Green County }
On the 17 th day of April 1818 before me the subsc- -ber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Green in the State of New York personally appeared Abner Mather aged sixtyseven years resident in the town of Bushan in said County who being before first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarati- -on in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the united States in the revolutionary war -
That he the said Abner Mather enlisted in the spring of the year 1777 in the Company of light dragoons commanded by Captain Benjamin Talmadge in Col. Decha Sheldons Regiment of the Connecticut line that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the united States until June 1788 then he hired Elijah Clark of Middletown in Connecticut to take his place who was accepted by the commanding officer & then the said Abner Mather was discharged from the service by order of the Commander General Putnam & his discharge was signed by Captain Seymour of the Dragoons which said discharge is lost & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service - That he was in the battles of German Town and on Brandywine & several other skirmishes - And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support -
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid -
Thos S Barker
I Thomas Barker Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abner Mather did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the aforesaid act of Congress April 17 th 1818 -
Thos S Barker

William Van Bergen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene and State of New York Do certify that Thomas P. Barker was a Judge of Said Court on the Seventeenth Day of April 1818 that I am well acquainted with his Hand Writing and that the Signature of the Said Judge to the above Affidavit or Declaration of Adner Matheus is Genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 20th Day of May 1818
H. Van Bergen Clerk of said County
Bushnell Nov 23 d 1818 —
This may Certify that by the oath of Jacob Rogers and Abraham Planard both to me unknown I have satisfactory proof that the within named Adner Matheus is in reduced Circumstances and need the assistance of his Country for support —
Thos P. Barker Judge &c as within written.
Adner Matheus Hones. New Bur. Paris Shadyside. Connick. Re. 1797 to 1798 Apr. 17 to 1818 Admitted

Alma Mater
Continued
No 4766
Returns to be forwarded to Adams (Arthur) Durham Green Co. State of New York

State of New York
Greene County
On the thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty personally appeared a per- son at a court of common pleas held in & for the said County of Greene being a court of record for the said County of similar -ted jurisdiction above Martha aged six- ty eight years resident in the town of Durham in the said County of Greene who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revo- lutionary war as follows that he entered into the service in the regiments Commanded by Col. Elisha Sheldon in a company then Commanded by Benjamin Talmadge in the Con- nietent line afterwards by Captain Ezekiel Patten. Deponent that the original declara- tion of the declarant for the benefit of the act of Cong. of entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revo- lutionary war passed the 18th day of March 1818 was made on the seventeenth day of April 1818 that he is inscribed on the first in list roll as appears by the certificate of the honorable the secretary of war dated the six- teenth day of December 1818 And he do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have

not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever disposed of any property or any parts thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States in the recent Navy war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not now has any person in trust for me any property or parts contracts or debt due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed Real Property
I have none either in law or equity. Personal property as follows one yoke of oxen one heifer & six sheep a pair of tinker's bellows a saddle bag iron two hammers & two old files & that the said property does not in value exceed the sum of seventy Dollars the property was purchased with the money drawn on his pension certificate That the said declarant is by occupation a tinker & a cripple in one of his arms and

unable to work that he has no family beyond himself
Abner Mathew
sworn & declared this 31 st day of May 1820
before me in open Court
-Wm Van Bergen Clk
The Court estimate the value of the foregoing property contained in his inventory at seventy Dollars
Morris J. Cantrell
Benj. Fletcher
Thos E. Burkin
I William Van Bergen Clerk of the Court of Sessions in the State of New York and of the Court of common Pleas in said County Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in the value of property described in the Schedule is seventy Dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said Court this first day of June 1820.
Wm Van Bergen

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed the 29 th July 1848,
State of New York County of Greene } J. J.
On this 23 rd day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, Personally appeared before me Symeon D. Warren County Judge within and for the County and State aforesaid, in Open Court, Deborah Marther , a resident of the town of Coeymans, in said County aged 86. years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following decl- aration in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- visions made by the act of Congress passed July 29. 1848. That she is the widow of Abner Marther deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and who drew a pension from the United States at the rate of ninety six Dollars per Annum .
She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Abner Marther , in the month of September in the year 1798, (the day of the month she cannot now recollect) at the then town of Denham, now town of Coeymans, aforesaid by Daniel Brown , Esqr a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, she fur- ther states that she has not any family record of her said marriage, nor can she find any town, County or Church records of the same, after a diligent search. That her husband the said Abner Marther , died at the town of Stratton , Portage County and State of Ohio , on or about the first day of April 1838, as she is informed

and verily believe to be true, That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January 1800, at the time and place above stated, And she further declares, that she is still the widow of the said Abner Marther deceased, and that she never has before made any application for pension, She further declares that she and her said husband Abner Marther , continued to live together as husband & wife from the time of their said marriage, and had two children till the summer of the year 1807, (the month not now recollected), when her said husband left her and went to reside with his children at Durham aforesaid, which he had by a former deceased wife, that the cause and reason of her said husband leaving her was his want of pecuniary means to support them and their family and also of his bodily infirmities, lameness, which rendered him unable to labor for their support.
That his said children by the said former wife prevailed on him to go and live with them and promised him (as she was informed by her husband) that they would provide for and support him, and that her said husband while so living with his said children frequently called at her residence in Cairo, to see her and inquire her health and welfare, and that after he obtained his pension from the United States, contributed a portion of it to her support while he lived in Durham aforesaid, with said children. That after living with his said children at Durham, for several years his said children prevailed on him to remove with them to the town of Atwater, Portage county and State of Ohio, at which place her said

husband Abner Warther died, as aforesaid, And she further declares that there never was any difficulty between her & her said husband to cause him to leave her or any desire on her part for him to leave her but that their separation was wholly and entirely owing to the causes and reasons above stated, and for no other cause or reason, to her knowledge or belief, And she further declares that neither she nor her said husband (to her knowledge or belief) ever instituted any legal proceedings against each other to dissolve their said marriage contract, or for any marriage separation nor was any such order or decree ever asked by her or her said husband (to her knowledge or belief) nor was there ever any such order or decree granted, and that she has always ever afterwards from the time of her said Marriage considered herself the lawful wife of the said Abner Warther , decea- sed, and the said deceased her lawful husband her
Deborah J. Warther mark
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the day and year first above written. J. Freeman Circuit Court Clerk
Surrogate Court Rutledge County
I do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been produced before said Court to show that Abner Warther , a Revolutionary pen- sioner of the United States, died on the first day of April 1838, and that Deborah Warther, the present applicant

for a pension, has ever since continued his residence
Witness my hand & official seal this 23 rd day of May AD 1851
L. Newman Greene County Prof
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Greene County Clerk's Office. }
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Syman Newman before whom the annexed deposition was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the date thereof judge of Greene County Court in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this 17 day of
June 17 1851 J. Van Orden Clerk

H. L. Loomis Affidavit
No. 2073
Deborah Mather, widow of Abner
M.
Oct 29 July 1848,
Marr'd 1798 Hus dece 1838
Adm o f96 per annu Comg 4 March 1848,
Albany,
J. T. Seeley, Present

State of Ohio Portage County ss. Mantua Township - On the 24 th day of April in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty one before me Caleb Stewart Notary Public within for said County personally appeared Eliakim Stannard who being duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that one Abner Mathis formerly of the County of Genesee and State of New York, died at the residence of said Eliakim Stannard in said County of Portage on the first day of April A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight - That said Abner Mathis was a Pensioner and received from U.S. Government the sum of Ninety six dollars per Annum Eliakim Stannard
Sworn to and subscribed before me day & date above Caleb Stewart Notary Public
The State of Ohio, } PORTAGE COUNTY, ss. } I, Horace G. Beebe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Portage and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that Caleb Stewart Esquire, before whom the foregoing and annexed Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Notary Public in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose of- ficial acts, as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing sig- nature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna, this 12 th day of May A. D. 18 51.
Horace G. Beebe CLERK. By Saml. A. Hopkins Rep.

State of Ohio Portage County ss. Munroe Township - On the 24 th day of April in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty one before me Caleb Stewart Notary Public within for said County personally appeared Eliakim Stannard who being duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that one Alva Martha formerly of the County of Genesee and State of New York - died at the residence of said Eliakim Stannard in said County of Portage on the first day of April A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight - that said Alva Martha was a Pensioner and received from U.S. Government the sum of Ninety six dollars per Annum
Eliakim Stannard
Sworn to and subscribed before me day & date above
Caleb Stewart Notary Public
I hereby certify that I consider the above named Eliakim Stannard a credible witness -
Attest April 24, 1851
Caleb Stewart Notary Public
the that H. Dole Clerk

State of New York County of Greene } p Abijah Dewey of the town of Catskill County & state aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was intimately acquainted with Abner Marthas and Deborah Carr prior to their marriage to each other & after their marriage. That they & the deponent then resided in the town of Durham County & state aforesaid. That prior to the year one thousand eight hundred the deponent was intimately acquainted with Daniel Brown who was a Justice of the Peace of the said town of Durham who in a conversation with the deponent prior to the year 1800. informed the deponent that he had married the said Abner Marthas & Deborah Carr & that the deponent about the time of receiving such information knew that the said Abner Marthas & Deborah, were living together as husband & wife. That from other reliable information which the deponent received about the same time the deponent is very confident that the said Abner Marthas & Deborah were married to each other by the said Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace as aforesaid. That after the said marriage of the said Abner Marthas & Deborah they lived together as husband & wife about ten years without upbraid when they separated That the deponent never heard of any difficulty or misunderstanding which led to such separation but supposed it to be on account of the inability of the said Abner Marthas by reason of impaired health & lameness to furnish much assistance for their mutual support & that after such separation the said Abner Marthas resided with his children by his first wife who provided for him. That no legal separation or dissolution of their marriage relation ever was made to the knowledge or information of the deponent. That from the intimate acquaintance of the deponent with the said Abner Marthas & Deborah both prior & subsequent to their said marriage from the knowledge of the deponent of the births & ages of their children had during their said marriage this deponent is enabled to be positive that his information as to the marriage of the said Abner Marthas & Deborah & of their first living together as husband & wife was prior to the year 1800.
That the said Brown died several years since according

to the knowledge & information of this deponent. That Abner Martin died about twenty five years since according to the knowledge of the deponent in the state of Ohio and that Deborah Martin is still living & remains the widow of the said Abner Martin. Abijah Dewey
Sworn & subscribed this fourteenth day of January 1857 before me And I further certify that the said Abijah Dewey is a person of good moral character & entitled to full credit as a witness. (The words "acquainted" "other" "about ten years" "first" interlined before being subscribed sworn.)
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Greene County Clerk's Office.
John Van Roeschten JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that before whom the annexed deposition was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this 17 day of 1857
J. Van Buren
Abijah Dewey affidavit

to the knowledge & information of this deponent, that Abner Martha died about twenty five years since according to the knowledge & belief of this deponent in the state of Ohio and that Deborah Martha is still living & remains the widow of the said Abner Martha. Abijah Dewey
Sworn & Subscribed this fourth  first day of January 1857 before me And I further certify that the said Abijah Dewey is a person of good & moral character & entitled to full credit as a witness (The words "acquainted" "other" "about ten years" "first" interlined before being subscribed sworn.)
John Van Voorhies Justice of the Peace
John Dewey Affidavit No. 10

State of New York } County of Greene } } Be it remembered that on this nineth day of December in the year 1850 Rosanna Cole of the town of Coles County & State aforesaid personally appeared before me and being duly sworn deposes & says, that this deponent was intimately acquainted with Abner Matthews & Deborah Carr previous to their marriage who were residents of the town of Durham, County & State aforesaid. That sometime in September in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety eight this deponent was invited to attend the wedding of the said Abner Matthews & Deborah Carr, that this deponent accordingly attended but did not arrive at the house until after the marriage service had been performed. That this deponent was informed upon her arrival at the time aforesaid by Mr Brown of the said town of Durham who was a justice of the Peace & who officiated upon the occasion aforesaid, & also by the said Abner Matthews & Deborah Carr, that the said Abner Matthews & Deborah Carr had just been married to each other. That from that time until about the year 1807, the said Abner Matthews this said wife lived together as husband & wife without reproach & had children during their said marriage. That in or about the year 1807 the said Abner Matthews this said wife separated from each other, his said wife supporting herself & the only surviving child. That this deponent was married in the year 1804, and from the intimate relations existing between this deponent & the said Abner Matthews this said wife from the birth of their children, enables this deponent to be positive that the said Abner Matthews this said wife were married in the month of September in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety eight. That this deponent has been informed by the relations of the said Abner Matthews that he died about twenty years since in the state of Ohio which information this deponent believes to be true and that the said Deborah Matthews remains unmarried & the widow of the said Abner Matthews deceased

That the said Mr Brown the justice of the Peace aforesaid did about twenty five years since as this deponent is informed and believes. That the town heretofore called the town of Durham is now the town of Cairo
Sworn & subscribed this 9 th day } of December in the year 1850. - P. C. Mattoon Justice of the Peace I further certify that I believe that the said Rosanna Cote is entitled to be a witness, - P. C. Mattoon Justice of the Peace
Rosanna Cote
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Greene County Clerk's Office. }
J. JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Pileg C Mattoon before whom the annexed deposition was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this 17 day of June 1851
Jacob Van Orden Clerk
Affidavit

State of New York County of Greene
On this 27 th day of May 1851 Herman Hoopson of the Town of Durham County and State aforesaid aged Twenty nine years being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Abner Mathews and his wife Mary Martha previous to the year One thousand Seven hundred ninety. Deponent further saith that sometime in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety, or ninetyone Mary Martha the wife of Abner Mathews died and Deponent attended the funerals of said deceased. Deponent is positive that the death of Abner Mathews wife occurred in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety or ninety-one from the circumstances of Deponents own marriage which took place in Seventeen hundred ninety three Deponent further says that he has the record of his own marriage in his family Bible. Deponent further says that he was informed by the neighbors living near the Deborah Carr that she and Abner Mathews were married, this was some few years after the death of Abner Mathews first wife, and further deponent saith not - Herman Hoopson
Erasure & interlineation & blot made before attestation Sworn to and Subscribed By me this day and Year above Written and of further Certify the & Deponent
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that before whom the annexed Deposition was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the date thereof a hundred & fifty in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this 17 day of June 1851 J. Van Orden

State of New York County of Greene
On this 27 th day of May 1851 Herman Thompson of the Town of Durham County and State aforesaid aged Twenty nine years being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Abner Mathews and his wife Mary Martha previous to the year One thousand Seven hundred ninety. Deponent further saith that sometime in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety or ninetyone Mary Martha the wife of Abner Mathews died and Deponent attended the funerals of said deceased. Deponent is positive that the death of Abner Mathews wife occurred in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety or ninety-one from the circumstances of Deponents own marriage which took place in Seventeen hundred ninety three Deponent further says that he has the record of his own marriage in his family Bible. Deponent further says that he was informed by the neighbors living near the Deborah Carr that she and Abner Mathews were married, this was some few years after the death of Abner Mathews first wife, and further deponent saith not - Herman Thompson
Erasure & interlineation & blot made before attestation Sworn to and Subscribed
Be it known that the day and year above written and I further certify that I am acquainted with Herman Thompson the above named to be a person entitled
to be a Witness
Augustus Hill
Justice of the Peace

State of New York Greene County } ss Addison H. Hays being duly sworn according to law depose and say that he is Town Clerk of the Town of Durham County and state aforesaid and that he has examined the Town records and does not find the the Marriage of Honor Matthew & Deborah Carr, recorded on said records of the Town of Durham Sworn & subscribed before } A. H. Hays me this 27 th day of May 1857 Zinec Whittier Justice of the Peace
Greene County ss. I do hereby certify that the above named Addison H. Hays deponent of the above affidavit is Town Clerk of the Town of Durham in the above named county & also that he is the entitled to full credit as a witness Zinec Whittier ss
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Zinec Whittier before whom the annexed deposition was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this 17 day of
June 1857 Jacob Van Orden
That the said Town Clerk

State of New York } Greene County } ss Addison H. Hays being duly sworn according to law depose and say that he is Town Clerk of the Town of Durham County and state of said and that he has examined the Town records and does not find the the Marriage of Honor Matthew & Deborah Carr, recorded on said Records of the Town of Durham Sworn & subscribed before } A. H. Hays me this 27 th day of May } 1851 Zineus Whittier Justice of the Peace
Greene County ss. I do hereby certify that the above named Zineus H. Hays deponent of the above affidavit is Town Clerk of the Town of Durham in the above named county & also that he is the entitled to full credit as a witness Zineus Whittier Justice of the Peace known May 29/51
But the said Town Clerk

State of New York County of Greene } p
On this Twenty seventh day of May Eighteen hundred & fifty one personally appeared before me Augustus Hill a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene and State aforesaid H. L. Day being duly sworn according to law says that he is the Town Clerk of the Town of Catskill County & State aforesaid. He further says that he has examined the town records of said town and does not find on said records the marriage of Abner Marthar and Deborah Caw and further deponent saith not
Horatio L. Day, Town Clerk
Sworn and Subscribed. Before me the day and year above written and I further certify that I know the abn named Horatio L. Day that he is now Clerk of the Town of Catskill
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that
Augustus Hill
before whom the annexed
deponent
was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the
date thereof a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County,
duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this
day of
June
1851
J. Van Orden, Clk
That the said Town Clerk several years since according

State of New York County of Greene } p
On this Twenty seventh day of May Eighteen hundred & fifty one personally appeared before me Augustus Hill a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene and State aforesaid H. L. Day being duly sworn according to law says that he is the Town Clerk of the Town of Catskill County & State aforesaid, he further says that he has examined the town records of said town and does not find on said records the marriage of Abner Marlow and Deborah Carr and further deponent saith not
Horatio L. Day, Town Clerk
Sworn and Subscribed
Before me the day and year above written and I further certify that I know the abovenamed Horatio L. Day that he is now Clerk of the Town of Catskill and that to all intents as a Notary
Augustus Hill Justice of the Peace

Act of 1855-
42314
Deborah Mearther of N. Y.
Widow of Abner Mearther decd
Husband was a pension for Rev services - under Act of 1818. $96 per annum he died in Ohio -
Widow a Revolutionary Pension as his Widow. She is a Pensioner under act of 1848 at same Rate, payable at the Albany Agency
Filed By James G. Austin atty Present

State of New York County of Greene } ss
On this Thirteenth day of March 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid (duly authorized by law to administer oaths) Deborah Martha aged Ninety years, a resident of Cairo, County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Deborah Martha widow of Abner Martha who in his life time was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served fourteen days and upwards in said war, and received a pension of Ninety Six dollars per annum under act of 1818. She further states that she was married to the said Abner Martha in the County of Greene State aforesaid in the month of September 1798 - There is no public or private record of her marriage and she does not recollect the day of her marriage - by Daniel Brown a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Deborah Carr
That her said husband died at Amata, Portage County, State of Ohio in the year 1838, as she has been informed, and that she is still a widow, and she further declares that she is the identical Deborah Martha who receives a Pension of Ninety Six dollars per annum under act of 1848, and draws it from the Pension Agency at Albany, New York. She would refer the Department to her papers on file in the Pension office at Washington D.C. for further proof of her marriage and service of her said husband, & amount of his pension and of his death.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining

the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. Now having received Bounty Land under this or any other act nor made any other application for Bounty Land except the present, James G. Austin of Washington D.C. is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim and to receive any warrant that may be issued therefor. Deborah X Moather mark
We John Lennon and Olford Lockwoods residents of Greene County in the State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Deborah Moather in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that we have no interest in this claim. John Lennon Olford Lockwood
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. Augustus Hill Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Augustus  Will before whom the annexed affidavit  disposition was made, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 2 nd day of June 1855
Jacob Van Orden
Clerk.

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February 8, 1928.
Nell Gray, 149 Elmwood Ave., Newark, Ohio.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.2823, it appears that Abner Mather enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served one year as a private in Captains Benjamin Tallmadge's and Ezekiel Porter Belden's Companies, Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Continental Light Dragoons, and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818, while a resident of Durham, Green County, New York, aged sixty-seven years.
He died April 1, 1838 in Atwater, Portage County, Ohio, at the residence of Eliakim Stanard.
Soldier's first wife, Mary, died about 1791, and he married at Durham (afterwards called Cairo), New York, in September, 1798, Deborah Carr.
She was allowed pension on her application executed

May 23, 1851, while a resident of Cairo, New York, aged eighty-six years.
Soldier had children by his first wife, who lived in Atwater, Ohio; he had two children by his wife Deborah, the eldest died, when about one year old and the second child was a son born in 1801 or 1802.
The names of children are not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

No. 42314
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 12, 1855.
Abner Mather Rev. Star
Warrant No. 6029-100-55
Jas. G. Austin Present

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Abner Mather
W 2822
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spg 1774 1 yr. Pvt.  { Benj Tallmadge  { Gabriel Porter   Colonel Childs  Continental Light Dragoons                                                                  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Apr 17 1818. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Durham, Greene Co N.Y.
Age at date of application, 67. Died Apr 1838 in Alliance Portage Co. Ohio.
Remarks: Soldier's wife Mary - died about 1791. She had children, names not stated. He was married to Deborah Carr. By whom he has two children, names not stated. She was allowed pen. on an ap. rec. May 23, 1851 while a resident of Coos Co. N.Y. aged 86.

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Nov Acres

2314
Bo L. Act 1855 12 Applications
L. P. Waldo Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D. C.

Shuer Martha Rev. Pension under "act" 1818 in the state of Ohio.
J.P.K.

POSTAL CARD
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY
U. S. Pension Bureau War Department, Washington, D.C.

Ashtabula, O. 8/11/08. Dear Sir:- Kindly send to the address below, the War records, (Revolutionary) of Benjamin Maltbie of Brantford Conn. and Abner Mather of Durham, Conn. These men afterwards moved to Southington and Ashtabula, Ohio. This kindness will be appreciated by Yours truly, Thos. J. Osborne Berea, Ky.

Greene County Clerk's office Catskill - Sept. 24, 1851
To Jacob Warr Belden Clerk of said County & of the Courts thereof do hereby certify that I have searched the Records of the Court of said County & find no Decree or Judgment of Divorce between Almon Mott & Deborah Mott his wife
Witness my hand & official Seal
J. Warr Belden Clerk

Washington D. C. April 5. 1855.
Com d of Pensions Sir
Please find Enclosed 12 Bounties Land Declaration Act of 1855. for the following Persons
Viz y Deborah Martin Mary Lockwood Hosea Curtis Cornelius Lee Cornelius A Lee Mary Front Elizabeth Aldrich David W. Taylor John Boice Jacob Aker John Houch Hannah Brewster
Yours
James G. Austin Present

1907 June 14. Hist. to Mrs Louis C. Heinman, letter in Morgantown W. Va. Ind. File 2822 1907 Oct 13. Hist to Mrs H. A. Beckett. au 1907 Jan 20. Hist to A. M. Hin- man. V. L. H. 1908 Aug 15. Thos J. Osborne Hist. au  1928 Feb 8. Hist to Nell Gray. au.
Recy  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2822
Deborah Nathan  Widow  Abner Nathan  Bi. Ben War
Act: July 29 1946
Index: — Vol. M , Page 2.

Will you please send me a copy of the pension of Omer Mathur (File 2822)
applied for April 17 th 1871 resided Durham, Green County - New York.
Can you tell me the name of his father, or his widow's name or location or where I could get information?
Respectfully Miss Nell Gray 149 Elmwood Ave Newark
7-4-1907

Sept 27, '07.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the Revolution- ary war record of Benjamin Walbie who enlisted at Branford, Ct. and died in Southington, Ohio.
Also. Revolutionary War record of Abner Mather who I believe enlisted from either Durham, Ct. or Durham, N.Y. and who spent his

last years at the homes of his daughters Mrs. Edward Wall. Hinman and Mrs. Eliakim Stannard, both of Atwater, Portage Co., Ohio.
Thanking you for the favor, I am
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. H. A. Beckett, 1416-Williamson Bldg., Cleveland, O.

Ravenna Portage Co. Ohio Nov 15 107
Being a descendant of a soldier of the Revolutionary war. I would like to get an official statement of the war record of my great grandfather Abner Mather. I am eighty one yrs. old and remember him well, was twelve yrs. old when he died. He came to Atwater this county from Durham New York. His daughter Lucy Mather Hinman, my grandmother lived near to my father and great grandpa lived with us several years. He used to go to Ravenna the County seat regular every fourth of March to draw his pension. He left our house shortly before he died to live with another daughter who came into the neighborhood with her family. Not long after great grandpas death their house was burned and

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Grandpa's chest containing all his papers was consumed. I think he was born in 1751, died 1838 Some of my children and other young relatives are anxious that I should procure the evidence that will entitle them to membership in the organizations Sons or Daughters of the Revolution. If the Department can do us this favor we will be much gratified
A. M. Hinman
no m o Ohio cy 4766 1818 born service Wad 2822

Brief in the case of Deborah Mather, widow of Abner, (Greene) County and State of New York act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a penwiper, Proof of marriage - traditionary
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. T. Seely, Present
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

Letter relation to Mr Mathes application for Rev Purvis under act 1848
Husband Purvis Mother Mathes under act 1818 State New York
Mr. Purvis

Washington City Dec 20 1881
Dear Sir
In the first Sept 1881 I filed the application of Deborah Nathan widow of Abner Nathan who was a Rev Pension under act 1818 for an invalid Pension under act 1848. The regular term having been passed on I not receiving any report in the case will give you the case at once so that it may be of Dr by Respeful
Yours truly Wm Lloyd

State of New York } County of Greene }
On this Twelfth day of December A.D. 1851 personally appears before me Augustus Hill — a Justice of the Peace Within for the County and State aforesaid. Rosanna Cole a resident of the Town of Cain, County and State aforesaid Who being first duly sworn according to Law, Doth on her oath depose and say, that in addition to her former affidavit now before the Commissioners of Pensions of the United States in relation to her recollection about the marriage & birth of the children of Abner Martha and his wife Rebecca Martha , says that the facts & circumstances which enables her to remember the time of the birth of the oldest child and children of the said Abner Martha and the said Rebecca Martha , are. She will remember that the oldest child was born in the month of August in the year 1777, for the reason she will remember, that the month the said oldest child was born, the inhabitants thereabouts were harvesting their wheat and other grain and besides that this deponent was sent for and did go and take care of the said Rebecca Martha when she was confined by reason of said child birth. And she further states as a cause and reason for her recollection that the said oldest child was born in the year 1777, is from her perfect recollection of the time and place of the mar- —riage of this deponent in the year 1804. She further states that she will remember that the said Abner Martha and the said Rebecca his wife had another child born the last of the year 1801 or the forepart of the year 1802 the month she cannot so well remember for the fact and reason that this deponent did not attend the said Rebecca in or after her second child birth, but she is enabled to fix the year as above from the time & circumstances of deponent

marriage afterwards in the year 1804, and besides the deponent for a great number of years afterwards as well as at the time of the said births lived a new neighbor to the said Abner Martha and his said Wife Deborah, and often heard the time of the births of their said children mentioned by her friends & other neighbors thereabouts and that deponent has ever since borne the said facts and circumstances in her mind and recollection, and also from the ages of deponents children of whom ages deponent says she has a family record of
And Deponent further states that after the said Abner Martha obtained a Pension from the United States for his Revolutionary services he frequently called at the residence of his said Wife Deborah Martha and would stay there several days at a time and has in presence of Deponent paid to his said Wife Deborah money - as the said Abner staked out of his pension, for her comfort and support, and of his family
And Deponent further states that the first child of the said Abner Martha & Deborah his Wife lived only one year or thereabouts after its birth and that their second child a son with whom deponent was well acquainted, has been dead several years to the information & belief of deponent And Deponent further states that she is a disinterested Witness Sworn & Subscribed the day & 13th  Decr 1851 Rosanne Cole Lean first above written before me and I further certify that I believe the
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Deborah before whom the annexed was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the date thereof a Resident of the Place in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this 13th day of
December
1851.
Abner Cole

manage afterwards in the year 1804. And besides the deponent for a great number of years afterwards as well as at the time of the said births lived a new neighbor to the said Abner Martha and his said Wife Deborah. And often heard the time of the births of their said children mentioned by her friends & other neighbors thereabouts and that deponent has ever since borne the said facts and circumstances in her mind and recollection. And also from the ages of deponents children of whom age deponent says she has a family record of
And deponent further states that after the said Abner Martha obtained a Pension from the United States for his Revolutionary services he frequently called at the residence of his said Wife Deborah Martha and would stay there several days at a time and has in presence of deponent paid to his said Wife Deborah money - as the said Abner staled out of his pension, for her comfort and support. and of his family
And deponent further states that the first child of the said Abner Martha & Deborah his Wife lived only one year or thereabouts after its birth and that their second child a son with whom deponent was well acquainted. has been dead several years to the information & belief of deponent. And deponent further states that she is a disinterested Witness
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first above written before me and I further certify that I believe the above named deponent entitled to credit as a witness
Augustus Pills Justice of the Peace
Rosanne Cole

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L.D.L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Abner Mather
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except (Wid Ind. # 2822