Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 557, for Ely Mc Intire, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
McIntire, Ely or McIntyre
N. 557
B. L. Wt. 19816-160-55-
Libra
CONTENTS

New York 29 th Nov 1831
Olly McIntire
of Delaware in the State of N. York who was a Ensign in the Comp y commanded by Captain Newby of the Reg t . commanded by Col. McIntire in the N. York line for 8 Mos Annu: 5 " 1 Mos Prio }
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 47 Dollars 15 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of July 1832 and Rev. N. Johnson Colhi
Arrears to the 14th of Nov 31 $94 36 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 32 23 57 $117 93
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { dated June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 3. Page 68

2110
New York Albany,
Sabra M c Intyre
Widow of Elij M c Intyre
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a drummer.
New York lease
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
47 Dollars 15
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March 1848.
3 rd February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the
23 day of Sept r 1853.
and sent to
N. Bailey
Locke
New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 22, 1844 Page
79
Vol.
A.
Feb y 3. 1853
Rev. 3 m 58-158282

158. 282
Act March 3. June 4. JSS
Sabra m c / 1856 , wid. Eli m c / 1856 .
19816 sp Ape
Plummer
Maple Hill, line
Revij. war.
Dec Act 3. Feb. 1853
Mr. 17852. 118/10 160000
Bluffton
claimant, Hoanden no. Y.
Vol M1. page 97

158. 282

Washington, December 11th 1855
1855
On this 23 d day of May 1855 before me, the undersigned a Notary Public in and for the District of Columbia, personally appeared
Sisley Owens
to me known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and the seal of said Notary Public this 23 d day of May 1855. My Commissions expire March 3 d 1855. She is the Widow of Col. M. D. Owens who was private in the Revolutionary War and was entitled to the services of her husband at the time of his death. She is entitled to a pension under the act of Congress passed February 2 d 1832 for services of her husband aforesaid; the original papers relating to the appointment to the office of her husband are filed in the Pension Office at Washington and request the same be forwarded to her at the address given above.
Abra M c Intyre
23 d
Abra M c Intyre
I certify that Abba M c Intyre is the individual person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.

23 d March 1851 Hon. Lewis, Justice of the Peace
Sylvanus Tiffany Thomas J. Tiffany and
that they have no interest whatever in the result of the matter above referred to
T. J. Tiffany Sylvanus Tiffany
23 d Hon. Lewis
Delaware County Clerk's Office.
I, Benjamin Cannon, Clerk of the County of Delaware, and also Clerk of the Courts of said County, do hereby certify that Alexander Lewis Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition purports to have been taken, was at the time of taking such deposition, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware aforesaid, elected and sworn, and duly authorized by law to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affix- the Seal of the said Court and County, this 31 st day of May. 1851
Benj. Cannon Clerk.
158.282

No 18291
Clyde McIntire Delaware County New York
Alma
C. J.
Ralphi Noadiah Johnson, Delhi, Delaware County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjunct 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, showing the Service of Ely M c Intire Delaware County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Dec r 1776 - 3 - private Capt Rawley Col Robinson Marched to Ticonderoga Marched to Fort Edward discharged at Still Water 41 years Hannacrois Massachusetts traditional, witnesses confused credit.   Enlisted June 1777 - 1 14 private Capt Rawley Col Robinson to New London Schenectady 2 living witnesses. No clergyman & No reason given   Enlisted July 1779 - 1 - private Capt Leonard Col Porter Marched to Springfield to White Point to New Jersey rec d a written discharge from Col Vose. papers not properly attached   Enlisted Oct 1779 - 2 - drummer Capt Sloper Col Chapin   Enlisted July 1780 - 6 - drummer Capt Cushing Col Vose  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 day 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 he 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In the matter of Ely McIntire.
1829/1 ✓
An Note of Wase's Reg. 6 mo in 1780. Clums.
ABm d 8 mo summer 5 mo. 1407. pri. 13. 14. 4
2.66 8. 4 29 28 5 16 73 1 54 47 1 5

State of New York Delaware County, ss -
On this eighth day of October - in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Delaware now sitting Ely McIntire a resident of the town of Hamden in the said County of Delaware & State of New York aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law took an oath to make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he the said Ely McIntire was born in the Year 1761, in the town of West Springfield in the County of Hampden in Massachusetts, & that he resided in said town until about the Year 1790 when he removed to the County of Delaware Schoharie in the State of New York. That he resided in Schoharie for or about ten years & has since resided in the said town of Hamden in Delaware County & State of New York. That he was in the service of his Country during the revolutionary war at five different periods - that he enlisted in December 1776 in the Company of Capt. Nathan Rowley in which company his father Ely McIntire was Lieutenant. That he marched with said company from the said West Springfield to Schenectady in this State, that he continued & done service in said company for three months - that said company was in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Robison of Lanesboro in Massachusetts - That in June 1777 he again enlisted in a company commanded by the said Capt. Nathan Rowley, in the Regiment of the said

Col. Robinson that Benjamin Barnes was enlisted in said company, that he served in said company for the space of six weeks - that during said time he marched with said company up near Fort Edward - that said Company was discharged at Green Water in this State - That he again enlisted in July 1779 in the company commanded by Capt. Preserved Leonard of the said town of West Springfield in the Regiment commanded by Col. Porter of Hadley in said State of Massachusetts, that he served in said company for the space of one month & that said service was performed at New London in the State of Connecticut for three months That he again enlisted in October 1779 as a drummer in the company commanded by Capt. Dyer of Plainfield in said State of Massachusetts & Lieutenant Abethy Robinson in the Regiment commanded by Col. Chapin of Springfield in the State last aforesaid, that he marched with said company up the Mohawk River, that a part of the said term he was at Schenectady, & a part of said term at Albany, that the Regiment was discharged a short time before the expiration of the three months but that he served more than two out of the three months.
That he again enlisted into the Continental Service in the United States Army in July 1780 for a term of six months that he & the rest of the men were mustered at Springfield about the 10 th of July 1780 & marched to West Point where they were again mustered & attached to a company commanded by Capt. Thos. H. Bushing in the Regiment under the command of Col. Joseph Vose of Massachusetts - that during the summer & fall he was in the State of New Jersey, & in the winter went into winter quarters at West Point.

That he served in said company as a drummer for the said term of six months until December 30 th 1781 when he  the said Regiment was discharged - That he at that time received a written discharge from Col. Vose that he does not know where said discharge now is - that it is lost - That he served in the Revolutionary war in all about thirteen months - that he never held any commission - That he has no record of his age except it be a bible of his father's which (if it exists) is in the town of West Springfield aforesaid - that he is known to Walter Chase & Jabez Worthington of the said town of Haverde
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court C. B. Sheldon Clerk.
Ely M c Intire
We Jabez Worthington & Walter Chase Jabez Wor- thington residing in the town of Haverde in the County of Delaware & State of New York hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Ely M c Intire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid in open Court.
C. B. Sheldon Clerk.
Jabez Worthington Walter Chase

And the said Court so hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jabez Bostwick & Walter Chase — who signed the the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Haver in the County of Delaware aforesaid, and are credible persons and that the statement is entitled to credit —
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ely McIntire for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this Eighth day of October 1832. C B Sheldon Clerk.
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In the matter of Ely McIntire
1829/
Mr. Rock of Mass's Regt.
6 mo in 1830. Penn.
adm d
8 mo pensioner
5 mo. 1404. pri.
13. 14. 4
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Sabra McIntyre widow of Eli M c Intyre, Pension Claim act of Feb. 3, 1853
W. Bilsy Attorney Locke N.Y.

State of New York Delaware County 3 d .
On this thirty second day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the County Court in and for the County aforesaid Mrs. Sabra McIntyre, a resident of Hamden, in the county of Delaware and state of New York, aged sixty five years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of February A. D. 1853; that she is the widow of Eli McIntyre, deceased, who was a Drummer in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War and was pensioned for such service, in said war, at the rate of forty seven dollars and fifteen cents per year, that her said husband, deceased, lived in the town of Hamden, in the county of Delaware and state of New York, and that his pension was paid at the Pension Agency at Albany in said state. She further declares that she was married to the said Eli McIntyre on or about the tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty five at Walton in the county and state aforesaid; that her husband, the aforesaid Eli McIntyre died in the year eighteen hundred and forty five on or about the tenth day of April, that there is no public or private record of her marriage to the said Eli McIntyre or of his death; that she was not married to him previous to the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred but at the time above stated as will more fully appear by the accompanying papers. For further proof of her husband's service she refers to the evidence filed in his application for a pension. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a Pension.
Sabra her McIntyre Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year first above written and I do hereby certify that I am not interested in the result of the case and am not concerned in its prosecution; Wm G. Mason County Judge of Del Co New York

State of New York } Delaware County }
I hereby certify, that William Gleason Junr Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a County Judge in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Clerk of Delaware County and the Court of Record thereof this 22 d day of June 1853
Benj. Lammond. CLR
Natira McIntyre widow of Col. McIntyre Pension claim act of Feb. 3. 1853
W. Phillips Attorney For the N.Y.

J. R. W. 557 W. 11th New York
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Oct. 17, 1904
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer  Putnam , 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.     Dec. 1776 3 years Private Rowley Timothy Robinson Mass   June 1777 1 " " do do "   July 1779 1 " " Leonard Porter "   Oct. " " 2 " Drummer Sloper Chapin "   July 1780 6 " " Cushing Dose "  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, W. Springfield, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8 1832
Residence at date of application, Walton, N.Y.
Age at date of application, 71 years.
Remarks: This claim was allowed. He married Sarah (surname not stated) Jan. 10, 1825, and died Apr. 10, 1845, and she was pensioned as his widow.
Very respectfully,
Mr. Frank Allen Sutton Place & 58 th St. New York, N.Y.
J. L. Davenport Acty Commissioner.

Oct 17, 1904, His 60 Frank Allen, N.Y. City 1929 Apr. 20. Photos to Mrs. M.J. Cronin & in Rev. utfd. O.S.O. 1932 - July 28 - M. & R. Alkahieff 1200/ east of place - M.M.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 557
Sabra Mc Intyre, Widow. Ely Mc Intyre, Drummer Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: — Vol. M. , Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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19.816
5 Nov 1917

Wittgen Office, 19 th Sept. 1853
Respectfully referring to the Hon. Auditor, for report of the time of the last payment, on date of the death of the within named person.
J. C. Cole For the Commission. Ely McIntyre, At 1832- $47.15 p. an. — Paid to 4 th March 1845, no date of death on our Books. —
F. Burt. Auditor. Francis Burt Esq. Mary Auditor. Treasury

LEESBURG July 5 -
L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Department of The Interior Washington D. C.

July 9, 1853. M c Intyre, Widow of Eli, Delaware Cr., N. York. $47.50
20071 Acc d 3 rd Feb. 1853. $47. 15 / 100 Per An m Comm Feb: 3 rd 1853 Rev.
N. Bailey, Locke, N. York.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS

158.282
Hon. L. P. Waldo Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Pa. Pr. Ma. 10 th Apr. 45
"Minton"

Em. Oct 15 th , N.Y.
Bluffton

Loche July 5, 1853
Sir Enclosed I send you the application of Hester McIntyre for Pension under act of Feb. 3, 1853. Which I shall be happy to hear from in due time
Yours
N. Bailey

3-1600.
Department of the Interior.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
If not called for in 15 days, return to THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Mr. Frank Allen
not paid joint
New York
Sutton Place & E 58. St,
N.Y.

Brief in the case of Sabra McIntyre, widow of Eli , Delaware County and State of New York, act 3 d Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act 7 th June, 1832.
Parole proof of Marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
N. Bailey Esq r , Locke, NY. Name and residence of Agent
J. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

J.R.W.
O. W. & N. Div.
3-526.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Oct 17, 1904
Respectfully returned to
Mr. Frank Allen New York N.Y.
A careful search has been made but from the data given no record of a claim filed by or on account of the service of the within-named
Jesse M c Intyre has been found.
This Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land.
J. L. Davenport
Actg Commissioner.

State of New-York, DELAWARE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss
I, BENJAMIN CANNON, Clerk of the County of Delaware, and also Clerk of the Courts of said County, do hereby certify that Abraham Ogden Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition purports to have been ta- ken, was at the time of taking such deposition, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware aforesaid, elected and sworn, and duly authorised by law to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this First day of July 185 8
Benj. Cannon Clerk.

State of New York } ss. Delaware County }
On this thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid, Harry Goodrich and Nancy Heath, residents of the County of Delaware and state of New York and severally made oath, according to law, that Sabra McIntyre is the widow of Eli McIntyre, deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was a Pensioner of the United States for such service in said war: that she was married to the said Eli McIntyre, deceased, in the month of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty five in the town of Walton in the County of Delaware and state of New York, that they, these deponents, were present at said wedding and saw her, the said Sabra McIntyre, legally married to him, the said Eli McIntyre, at the time above stated, that they were well acquainted with the said parties and were personally knowing to the fact of their said marriage and were also well acquainted with them since their said marriage and know that they have lived together as husband and wife; that the said Eli McIntyre died on or about the tenth day of April in the year 1845. They further declare that the said Sabra McIntyre has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband aforesaid, that she was a widow at the passage of the act of February 3 d A. D. 1853 and is still a widow. And they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
In presence of Abraham G. Ledyard
Harry Goodrich
Nancy Heath mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me, and I do hereby certify that the said deponents Harry Goodrich and Nancy Heath are credible witnesses.
Abraham G. Ledyard Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents that Sabra McIntyre of the County of Delaware and State of New York, and the widow of Eli McIntyre, Deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Worman Bailey of Locke in the County of Cayuga and State of New York my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim for a pension against the General Government which may be due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the Revolutionary war and the several acts of Congress relative thereto and to receive the certificate of pension when issued by the Department. I hereby confirm whatsoever my said Attorney may do, or cause to be legally done, either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim except drawing money in my favor. I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1853
Signed in presence of H. B. Goodrich
Sabra McIntyre her mark
State of New York Delaware County
On this 22 nd day of June in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me Sabra McIntyre and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, and I certify that I well knew Sabra McIntyre to be the person
State of New-York,
Delaware County Clerk's Office.
I, Benjamin Cannon, Clerk of the County of
Delaware, do hereby certify, that Con Wm. Gleason whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument and therein written was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, elected and sworn and duly authorized to take the same.
And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 1 st day of July 1853
Benj. Cannon
Clerk.
Attorney down me be 5

Know all men by these presents that Sabra McIntyre of the County of Delaware and State of New York, and the widow of Eli McIntyre, deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Worman Bailey of Locke in the County of Cayuga and State of New York my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim for a pension against the General Government which may be due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the Revolutionary war and the several acts of Congress relative thereto and to receive the certificate of pension when issued by the Department. I hereby confirm whatsoever my said Attorney may do, or cause to be legally done, either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim except drawing money in my favor. I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1853
Signed in presence of H. B. Goodrich
Sabra McIntyre her mark
State of New York Delaware County
On this 22 nd day of June in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me Sabra McIntyre and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, and I certify that I well know the said Sabra McIntyre and that she to be the person now present and who executed the above Power of Attorney, after due legal proof of her identity as such widow of the said Eli McIntyre deceased has been taken and oath before me this day that she is a remarkable person of said town & cannot write she cannot write
(craving the interest) some question
Wm. Gleason in County Judge of Del County New York

State of New York County of Delaware ss.
I Crawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware, do certify that annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
October 8 th 1832.
of Ely McIntire for a pension, and a further that John Portwick Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn and who purports to have signed the annexed certificate on the 24 th day of June 1833 - was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Lady, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 26 th day of June 1833. C B Sheldon Clerk

State of New York
Delaware County ss: Personally appeared before me Jabez Bostwick First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Delaware, Ely M. Tuttle, the declarant in the annexed declaration named, who being duly sworn deposes & saith, that all his services mentioned in his said declaration were in the interval except the six months in 1821 - that he ought to have stated in his said declaration that he volunteered instead of enlisted - that his attention was not called to the means of the term at the time he made said declaration. That he now states that he volunteered each time mentioned in said declaration except the last six months in 1821 - that he is known to Messrs Bostwick & Martin, either of the town of Haverland in the County of Delaware or State of New York who have already testified to his character for morality &c. Ely M. Tuttle
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 24 day of June 1833
Jabez Bostwick
Solo here by certify that there is not any clergyman living in the neighborhood of the place named Ely M. Tuttle with whom he is acquainted with who can testify as to the common reputation of the said Ely M. Tuttle regarding his services since under my command at Haverland 24 June 1833
Jabez Bostwick First Judge of Delaware

Samt. Pehrson Deposition.

I Samuel Palmer of West Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age. Depose & say that I have been well acquainted with Ely McIntire from his Childhood we were born & bred up in the town of West Springfield where he lived till he was about thirty years of age, when he removed to County of Delaware in the State of New York. The said McIntire was in the Service of his Country as a Militia man in June 1777 in a company commanded by Capt. Prouty of West Springfield & Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Robinson of Granville in Massachusetts & went up near to Fort Edward was gone from there about six weeks & was Discharged at Still water, he is now about seventy one years of age -  Samuel Palmer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts  Hampden ss. Jan'y 16 th 1832 The above named Samuel Palmer personally appeared & made oath to the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed. & I certify that I am well acquainted with the Deponent that he is a Gentleman of respectability & unimpeachable veracity.
Alfred Flower Justice of the Peace -
Hampden ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Alfred Flower Esq. before whom the above deposition was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden that his name subscribed is true & genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this Eleventh day of September A.D. 1832
John Ingersoll Clerk

I Justin Leland of West Springfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do hereby say, that I have been well acquainted with Ely McIntire from his childhood - We were born & brought up in the same neighborhood, in the town of West Springfield aforesaid, where he lived untill he was about thirty years of age, when he removed to the County of Delaware & State of New York - The said McIntire was in the service of his country, during the revolutionary war, at three different periods, in company with me - The first service was at New London Connecticut in the month of July or August 1779. where we served one month, under in the company of militia commanded by Capt. Preserved Leland, & Regiment commanded by Col. Porter of Hadley in this State - The next service was also as a militia man - In or about the month of November 1779 the said McIntire again entered the service for a period of three months, under Capt. Stokes of Blanford in this State, in a Regiment commanded by a Col. Chapin, & we were marched up the Mohawk river in the State of New York - we were at Schenectady a part of the time & further up the river - & also a part of the time at Albany - The Regiment was discharged a little before the expiration of the period for which it was ordered out, so that the term of actual service fell short of three months, but was more than two months - Mr. McIntire continued in the service untill the John D. Sleeper

Regiment to which he belonged was dismissed - Mr. McIntire enlisted into the continental service, with me, in July 1780 for a term of six months. We were mustered at Springfield on the 10 July 1780 & marched to Westpoint where we were again mustered, & were attached to a company commanded by Capt. Thos. H. Backing, in the Regiment commanded under the command of Col. Vose. During the summer & fall we were, the greatest part of the time, in the State of New Jersey, but went into winter quarters at Westpoint. Our time would have expired on the 10 th of January 1781, but we were discharged a few days before, I think on the 30 th day of Dec r . - In the three periods of service, to which I have spoken Mr. McIntire went in company with me into the service & returned with me. - He is now seventy one years of age - Justin L. Linsdell
I Joseph McIntire of West Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose & say, that I am a younger brother of Ely McIntire. I have no certain knowledge of his having been in the army of the revolutionary war, because I never saw him in actual service. But I recollect very well, that he left home late in the year 1776 to go to Fianderoga as a soldier in the company commanded by Capt Rowley of this town, my father also went at the same time as a Lieutenant in the same company - that they were absent from home about three months, & returned hence, &

should think, some time in March 1861. I also recollect his  that that Ely McIntire left home for the purpose of performing a term of duty at New London in Connecticut, but I cannot recollect the length of time he was absent from home. I also know that he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he  he
Joseph H. Gustin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. January 7 th 1832 - Then the above named Justin Leonard & Jeps. McIntire personally appeared & severally made oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions by them respectively subscribed - and I certify that I am particularly acquainted with both the said Deponents, that they are both gentlemen of respectability, & of unimpeachable veracity -
Sam Lathrop Justice of the Peace
Hampden ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Samuel Lathrop Esq. before whom the two foregoing depositions were verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden that his name thereto subscribed is his true & genuine signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this Eleventh day of September A.D. 1832 John Ingersoll Clerk
two months - Mr. McIntire continued -

Sutton Place and E. 58th St., New York City. 29 September, 1904.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:- Will you kindly send me whatever record you have of the two following Revolutionary soldiers:
1. Ely or Eli McIntire , McIntyre , etc., of the town of West Springfield, Mass. Sup- posed to have been a private and a drum- mer. He may have removed to Delaware Co., New York, early in the 19th century.
2. Lieut. Jesse McIntire , of the town of West Springfield, Mass. After the Revo- lution he was called "Major".
Both of these men are supposed to have been from "Feeding Hills", which is in the town of West Springfield, the latter being now in Hampden Co., but at the time of the Revo- lution in Hampshire Co., Mass.
Thanking you in advance,
Very truly yours,
Frank Allaben.

Allaben Studio
Traer, Iowa
Feb. 10th, 1932
Veterans Administration, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Section, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned would like to obtain photostatic copies of the application for pension of his greatgreat grandfather, Ely McIntire, who served in the Revolutionary War in four different periods of enlistment from Feb. 1777 to Dec. 1780. Served as private and as drummer. His application for pension was dated Oct. 8, 1832, at which time he was 71 years of age, and lived in the Town of Hamden, Delaware County, New York.
I would also like to have photostatic copies of the application for widows pension made by his second wife, Sabra McIntire, in June 1853.
Please advise me what the cost will be and I will remit.
Yours very truly,
H.R. Allaben.
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All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 31515
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
April 16, 1929 1928
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSIONS
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of three pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Ely McIntire and of his widow, Sabra, W. 557.
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see M.M.H. Finch  5033  541 Room No. Phone No.
Approved:
Adolf J. Schumann Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M.H. Finch Chief of RECORDS SECTION Rev. & 1812 Wars. Sec.
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
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Addressograph from lists
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Photostat x Size actual Official use? Repay? yes $ 45cts Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
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ask without forms to chief clerks
April 16, 1929
Acting Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I desire photostat copies of three pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Ely McIntire and of his widow Sabra, W. 557.
Mrs. M. J. Cronin 7 Lyons Pl. Utica, N.Y.
Recd. payment 45 cents
Antonia W. Ford Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
(over)

List of pages to Mrs. M. J. Brown
Soldiers of the beginning "On this 8 th day of Oct" 3 pages

July 28, 1932.
Mr. H. R. Allaben, Traer, Iowa.
BA-J/MNHF XXXXXXXXXXXX Ely McIntire W.557
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claims for pension of Ely McIntire and his widow Sabra, W.557.
Photostatic copies of original papers in Revolutionary War claims for pension are furnished at the rate of fifteen cents per page. The number of pages to be copied in both claims (soldier's and widow's claims together under File No. W.557) is eighteen.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this office by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.