Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,952, for John Salmon, Virginia

SERVICE
SERVICE Penn. Va.
Salmon, John Sally
NUMBER _____
W 26952
CONTENTS

Cert. not sent to W. at Genesee N.Y. Mar 25. 1844
876
1286.
New York Albany
Sally Salomon
widow of John Salomon who was a Private
in the Penn. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of August, 1843 and sent to
J. Tracy, Esq. [Genesee] Geneva, N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 9. Page 113.

8869
4
New York
John Salmon
of Groveland in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel 1 st Regiment of the Penns a line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of March 1819 and sent to John H Jones, Esq. Judge, Moscow New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10m 20 2/3 d $ 83. 43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 September 1819 48.
Col Chambers $ 131.43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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John H Jones Esq. Judge Moscow New York

At a court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee, in the State of New-York; on the seventeenth day of June of the term of June 1820, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorally exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon.
John H. Jones, Moses Hayden & Richard Smith & Isaac Wilson Judges
GENESEE COUNTY, ss. —On this seventeenth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) John Salmon aged Sixty years, resident of the town of Leicester in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:—
Three years, in Capt. Wilson's Company of Infantry, 1st Regt. Pennsylvania Line Commanded by Col. Hovey, in Capt. Peter's Company in Col. Morgan's Regiment of Riflemen, was discharged in January 1780. That his Declaration was dated April 22 d 1818 and his Certificate is numbered 8800
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Inventory or Schedule
Real Estate, I have none
Personal property, One Shop, 1 Table, 1 small writing desk, 1 Bread Tray, 1 pair Shoeblocks, 1 10 gallon Iron Kettle, 1 2 gallon Do., 1 Old Ax, 1 Old Handaxe, 1 Old Saddle, 2 pigs 6 months old, 6 Knives & forks, 4 Chains, Old Squam frame, 6 plates Common Earthenware, 6 Cups & Saucers, 1 Tea pot, Sugar Bowl, enamel Cup, 1 wooden pail, 1 small pair Steelyards, 1 Tea Kettle, 1 Iron wedge, 1 pitch fork, 1 Hoe, 4 small Clivies, 3 dry Casks.
I have a debt due me from Mr. Hascall of Mount Morris (doubtful) — — — $16.00
I am owing debts to the following persons viz. Jerome Austin of Leicester, — — — $
Peter Palmer & Michael Johnson (Spenceland) about 16.00
And the deponent further says he is a farmer by occupation

but that he never has been a healthy person and that he has not been able to do but very little labor & that of the lightest kind for several years past. That he has a wife named Sarah aged about fifty five years, and one Daughter aged 18 years named Deborah - And that the necessary wearing apparel & Bedding for himself and family, do not exceed the sum of fifty Dollars in Value - Sworn and Subscribed the John Salmon 17 th of June 1820 Before Me S. Cummings Clerk of Genesee County in open Court

John Salmer
John Salmer Private 1778 to 1781 1 st Pennsylvania Regiment
Admitted

STATE OF NEW-YORK—
Gunn County , ss.
On this 22 d day of April 181 8 , before me the subscriber, one of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Gunn in the state of New-York, personally appears John Salomon aged 50 years, resident in Grarland in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, 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 the said John Salomon enlisted in the month of May 177 0 at Northumberland in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by captain William Wilson of the first Pennsylvania Regiment that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until January 14 th 1781 when he was discharged from service in Trenton in the state of New Jersey that he was in the battles of Monmouth, and various skirmishes and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services a proof of which
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
service will appear by the inclosed Discharge
John H. Jones
John Salomon
I John H. Jones Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Salomon did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated at Leicester in the county of Gunn this 22 d day of April 1818.
John H. Jones
I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the above described John Salomon, & know that he is in indigent circumstances - Dated June 6 th 1818 John H. Jones

State of New York Genesee County } D. I certify that John H. Jones before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made as distressee of the Court of Common -pleas. in and for said County acting under the authority of this state and that the within are his signatures. — — — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & County Seal at Batavia the 13 th day of June 1818 S. Cummings Clerk of Genesee County

State of New York Livingston County
Sally Little widow heir of Simon Little deceased aged nearly fifty- six years and Mary Jones widow & relict of William Jones deceased aged nearly fifty- four years both now residing in the said County of Livingston deceased being duly sworn re verally before me very much for her- self says that they are the children of John Salmon now deceased & Sally Salmon who both sworn to the affidavit hereto annexed that they were severally born in the town County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania that they lived with their said parents until they were severally married to their husbands above named that their said parents have always lived together & been reported to be husband and wife from the earliest recollection of their deponents until the decease of the said John Salmon which took place at Groveland in the said County of Living- ston on the twelfth day of November one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven that their deponents moved with their said parents from the said town County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylv- ania to the then County of Ontario in the State of New York in that part of said County of Ontario which is now embraced in the County of Livingston where they have since resided, that their deponent do severally recollect of having seen a record of the marriage of the said John Salmon deceased & Sally his widow in the family Bible of the said John & Sally, and the said Sally Little for herself says that the said Bible was lost

nearly thirty years ago out of a room which she then occupied in the dwelling house of the said John & Sally her said parents while she was living with her said deceased husband Simon Kittle after her marriage with the said Simon and their opponents do further generally affirm that they have heard the said Affidavit Declaration of the said Sally Salmon here to animal seal & they believe the facts therein stated to be true & further their opponents say not
the word "Sally Kittle" herein contained & hereby written on an erasure near the bottom of the first page hereof sworn
to said affidavit & deponent was not open court.
this 24th day of July 1842.
Jenny Jones Sally Kittle
Wm H Whiting Deputy Clerk of Plinlimmon County

State of New York Livingston County
But it now comes that at Court of Common Pleas held in for the County of Livingston in the State of New York before the Judges of the same Court at the Court House in Geneseo in for said County on this Fourth day of February One thousand eight hundred & Forty two personally appeared in the said Court before the said Judges Sally Salmon a resident of Groveland in the said County of Livingston aged Seventy Seven years in the month of April now last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of John Salmon a revolutionary Soldier that the said John Salmon served as a private in the said Army for the term of three years & nine months, that although this deponent often heard the said John during his life time give an account of the battles he was in & the officers un- der whom he served she cannot now state with certainty the particulars of said service nor the Officers under whom he served except that the said John enlisted under Captain Wilson as she believes that this deponent distinctly recollects that the said John Salmon was in the Army of General Sullivan in his expedition

against the Indians in the western part of the State of New York, that the said John Aspistal in hiring Lieutenant Boyd who was killed by the Indians near Brantstown as it was then called on the Genesee flats, that the said John Salmon was for many years a pensioner of the United States and was the identical person described in the paper hereto annexed marked A purporting to contain a certificate from the war department that the said John was entitled to a pension, that the original certificate of which the said paper purports to be a copy copy of was sent to Albany by the deponent about three years since his now out of her possession but she knows the references in the said paper together with the paper hereto annexed marked B purporting to be a certificate from the war department dated here 30 th Dec 1820 contains such references as will enable the department to find the evidence of the services of the said John Salmon during as a soldier of the revolution that he was such pensioner as is mentioned in the said certificate and this deponent further saith that she was married to the said John Salmon after he was discharged from the said Army of the Revolution that the said Marriage took place on the fourteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred seven hundred & eighty two, at the town site the county of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania, that the marriage ceremony was performed by Frederick Antis Esquire

a history of the Press of mill county, that the said Frederick Antis died many years ago, that there are now no living witnesses who was present at the time the said Marriage ceremony was performed that this deponent has no knowledge of any second being made of the said Marriage except a record made by her said husband the said John Salmon McCand, which record was made in the family Bible of the said John this deponent that said Bible was lost nearly thirty years ago, that this deponent has now five children living who were also the children of the said John Salmon, that the names of the said children are John, now living at Broken Street in the State of Pennsylvania, Margaret wife of Jonathan Doty now living at Rochester Monroe County State of New York Nancy wife of Jerome Curtis now living in the State of Michigan, Sally Tuttle widow heiress of Simon Tuttle deceased now residing in Mount Morris in said County of Livingston! Mary, widow heiress of William Jones deceased now living with this deponent This deponent further recites that she is the same identical person who is mentioned & described in the affidavit of Moses Van Campen hereto annexed marked A Further the deponent recites and this deponent further recites that her said husband the said John Salmon McCand said on the twelfth day of November One thousand eight hundred thirty seven, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the county, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January eleven hundred and ninety four at the

The time above stated Subscribed and sworn to before me this day by me above written Wm. Whiting Deputy Clerk of Livingston County
Sally  her Salmon mark.

See W.M.
March 12, 1924.
Dr. H. C. Lloyd, Hobart, Okla.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.26952, it appears that John Salmon enlisted at Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in May 1778 and served as a private in Captain Parr's Company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia Regiment, and in Captain William Wilson's Company, Colonel Chambers' First Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and in General Sullivan's Indian Expedition and was discharged January 14, 1781. He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, while a resident of Groveland, Ontario County (later Livingston County) New York, aged 58 years. He died November 12, 1837, at said Groveland.
He married May 14, 1782, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Sarah (Sally) Wilson, born in April 1764. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 4, 1842, while a resident of Groveland, Livingston County, New York. The children were:

Margaret, married John or Jonathan Doty. Nancy, " Jerome Curtis. Sally, " Simeon Kittle. Mary, " William Jones. John Deborah, aged 18 years in 1820.
The above noted is the only John Salmon of New York found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Hobart Okla.
February 6th. 1924
Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Have you the name of Captain John Salmon on the list of of Revolutionary soldiers? If you have would you please give me his service?
John Salmon was with Gen Sullivan under Washington. He was from Livingston Co. New York ( near Bigtree now Genessee)
Yours very truly
H. C. Lloyd
Address Dr. H. C. Lloyd Hobart Oklahoma.

Rev U S Commissioner of Pensions.
My dear Sir Rec d Dept Washington D.C.
Can you give me the military service of John Salmon in the War of the Rebels from New York State. Story in his History of Livingston Co New York speaks of him as Captain. He is buried at Groveland, New York.
Thanking you in advance I am Respectfully
(Mrs) Corinne Hall.
451 Washington Ave.
Brooklyn.
New York.
April 2. 1906.

Rev
WIDOW, & Co.
26.252
File No. 24887
Sally Salomon Wid of John Salomon R.R. Pension line
Act: Mar 3rd 1843
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1906 Apr 13 - History to Mrs. Corinne
Nall.
M. B. T.
1907 Jan. 7. Hist. thru Mr. Marsh P.O. to Abraham A. Salmon - City -
1924, Mch. 12 - Hist. to Dr.
H. C. Lloyd. U.M.

Albany New York Sally Salmon widow of John Salmon decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 12 th Nov r 1837 Livingston Co in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Mason of the Reg t commanded by Col l  Chambers in the Penn a line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany NY at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 1 st day of March 1838. 12 th November 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feb y 1838 to M rs Mary Salmon Treasurer of Representative Arrears to the 1 st of March 1838 $264. 84 Semi-annual allowance entitled
$264.84 { Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by W. A. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 d Page 113

I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the $35. 64 schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the o- pinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty five dollars and Sixty four cents.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Seventeenth day of June 182 4
S. Cummings Clerk of the Court for the county of Genesee.

13 May 1848.
War. Department Pension Bureau Washington City
13. May 1848 Salmon P. Chase Atty Genl 1848
10 1/4 $80 per annum

State of New York Livingston County
On this 10th day of May One thousand eight hundred & forty three personally appeared before the undersigned John John Benney Junion a Justice of the Peace of the town of Groesbeck in the said county of Livingston Sully Salmon was a resident of the said town of Groes- beck in the county of Livingston & State of New York of said age Seventy nine years who being duly sworn acknow- ledging to be, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Salmon who was a private when he first enlisted in said Service in the company of a Captain Wilson whose Christian name is not now recollectable by this deponent, this deponent further saith that said John Salmon was afterwards transferred by enlistment or otherwise to the regiment of Colonel Morgan's Riflemen troops, & that said John Salmon was in the army of General Sullivan as a private soldier in said Sullivan's expedition to the western part of the State of New York against the Indians in the vicinity of the Genesee River, that said John Salmon died in the month of November 1887, and this deponent saith that some time in the winter

of 1842 she obtained from the war department an allowance of so much as she was then entitled to receive under the Act of July 9th 1830, that she has no copies of vouchers or affidavits by means of which said pension was obtained, that she through an agent of hers received the money in one sum under said certificate in the month of April 1842, that she has no memorandum of the amount and cannot state the amount of moneys so received by her. She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before the undersigned the said Sally Salmon being personally known to me
John Benway Jr a Justice of the Peace for the County of Livingston and State of New York
Sally Salmon
State of New York Livingston County Clerk's office } ss.
I Samuel P Allen Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John Benway Jr Esq - whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and Qualified to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and surely believe his signature above subscribed to be genuine In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 5 th day of May 1843.
Samuel P. Allen Clerk
By [Signature]  [Signature] Deputy Clerk

Genesee May 8 th 1848 Hon J. L. Edwards Ward of Pensions Sir
Enclosed is the application of Sally Salmon of Groton Livingston County New York for a continuation of her Pension under the act of 8 th of March last in the winter of 1842 I presented her papers to show that she was entitled to a pension under the then existing acts of Congress, two terms having expired to wit 5 years from 1836 she also was she was entitled to in one sum I gave to her agent the certificate where the money on it - but I have no memorandum of the transaction nor any copy of the papers forwarded to the department I presume the documents will be found in their appropriate place in your department very respectfully
Yours &c Silas Hays

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } BE it Known, that before me, Homer Sungston County } Shurwood in the county aforesaid, person- ally appeared John Salmon , and made oath that he is the identical person named in an original Certificate in his possession, of which the following is a copy:
WAR DEPARTMENT—Revolutionary Claim.
I certify, that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18 day of March 1818  John Salmon late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the New- York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 27 day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen —Given at the War Office of the United States, this 27 day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
That he is entitled to a pension of Eight dollars per month, on account of ser- vices rendered the United States during the Revolutionary War; that he served in Captain William Wilson company, in Colonel Chamblains regiment, at the time he was discharged; that he now resides in The Town of Groveland and has resided there for the space of one years past, and that previous thereto he resided in Leicester - Sungston county formerly Genesee county
Sworn and subscribed, this 4 th day of September 1823
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, John Salmon of Groveland a Pensioner of the United States, do hereby consti- tute and appoint of my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States, for the paying Pensioners in the city of New-York, my Pension, from the fourth day of March 1823 to the fourth day of September 1823
Witness my hand and seal, this 4 th day of September 1823
SEALED AND DELIVERED, IN PRESENCE OF
John Salmon
State of New-York, } Be it known, that on the 4 th day of Sungston County } September in the county aforesaid, person- ally appeared John Salmon above named, and acknowl- edged the foregoing power of attorney, to be his free act and deed.—In testimo- ny whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Homer Shurwood
A

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE, N o 8,860.
June 30 th 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined ; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. John Salmons, Leicester, N.H.
B

State of New York
Livingston County
John W Jones of Leicester in the County of Livingston being duly sworn saith that he is now seventy one years of age was for many years first Judge of Genesee County, that he was acquainted with John Salmon late of Groveland deceased & Sally his wife for about thirty six years previous to the death of the said John Salmon that the said John Salmon & Sally his wife always lived together during the acquaintance of this deponent with them as husband & wife have never told to be husband & wife, that this deponent in the year one thousand eight hundred & eighteen prepared the papers & drew the necessary affidavits on which the said John Sal- mon procured a pension from the United States for services as a soldier in the revolutionary army, that from a memorandum he has procured it appears that the date of said applica- tion was the 22 d April A D 1818, that this deponent believes that a true copy of the certificate which was given to the said John Salmon that he was entitled to said pension is contained in the papers hereto annexed Marked A except that there may be a mistake in the date of said certificate, and this deponent further saith that he has heard read the affida- vits of Sally Salmon, Sally Little Mary Jones hereto annexed, that they are all credible & respectable persons, that the said

John Salmon for whom this deponent obtained the said pension that the said John Salmon died about four years ago according to the best recollection of this deponent that the said lady Sally Salmon still remains his widow this deponent believes all the statements contain- ed in the several affidavits hereto annexed to be true to the best of this deponent's belief
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. 14th day of February 1842.
Wm. Whiting Deputy Clerk of Livingston County
John H. Jones
State of New York Livingston County Clerk's Office } ss.
I Samuel P. Allen Clerk of the County of Livingston and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do hereby certify that on the 14th day of February 1842, the within named Sally Salmon Sally Little Mary Jones & John H. Jones appeared in the said Court of Common Pleas then held at the Court House in Geneseo before the Judges thereof, & being severally sworn according to Law, made oath that the within affidavits by them respectively subscribed were true,
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, this 14th day of February A.D. 1842
Samuel P. Allen Clerk By Wm. Whiting Deputy Clerk

John Salaman NY. act 1878 last p 2 ? 23 Feb 42 Died 12 th Nov 1877 p 2 . West p 2 1/2

THIS is to certify that the Bearer John Solomon having served in the First Regiment of Pennsylvania during the Term of his Enlist- ment, is now discharged the Service of the United States of America. Given at
Frederick this 10th Day of January 1781.
Ant. Magruder

John Salmo Copy Inventory
Ex p
amt $2.00 Ch. 2.00
N o 8860.
ip d 29 Mar. 1819
(Sept. 1819.)
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8. 181/.
Sally Salmon's Application for Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 -
Graveland, Living- ston County State of New York Aunt to Julius Frank General Liv. br. N.Y.
Reference to Hon. John G. Young
H. R. -
admitted - 2 yrs pri 80 $
Died 17 Nov. 1837. pen. com. 13 Nov. 1837.
Hon John Young H.R.
John Salmon
was under Margaret in Litchfield County

State of New York Livingston County ss.
Moses Van Campen of the Town of Scota Livingston County aforesaid being duly sworn both deposed and said that he resides in the Town and County aforesaid, that he is aged eighty two years that he was well acquainted with John Salmon late of the Town of Groesland in said County and also with Sally Salmon wife of the said John Salmon and this defendant previous to the Spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty two well knew the said John Salmon and the said Sally then a single person of the name of Sally Wilson that both the said John and Sally as well as this deponent then resided in the town of Northumberland and County of Northumberland in the State of New York Pennsylvania that this deponent was taken prisoner on the sixteenth day of April seventeen hundred and eighty two and was carried captive to Canada and returned to Northumberland aforesaid in December of last mentioned year a prisoner or parole, that at the time last mentioned the said John & Sally were single persons and in December they lived and cohabited together as man and wife and were generally and publicly reputed and understood to be husband and wife that this deponent has been acquainted with the said John & Sally from last mentioned date till the decease of said John in the Fall of eighteen hundred and thirty seven and they always lived together as husband and wife and have always reputed so to be and this deponent saith that the said Sally has never been married to any other person to the knowledge or belief of this deponent.
Subscribed & sworn to this 31 st day of January 1889 before me
Moses Van Campen
Merritt Brown Justice of the peace

State of New York Livingston County ss:
I, Merritt Brown a Justice of the Peace in and for the Town of Sparta of Livingston County aforesaid before whom the within affidavit was made do certify that I am and for several years past had have been well acquainted with Moses Van Campen the deponent & within affidavit that his good character for truth and veracity is unexceptionable and he is entitled to full credit as a witness. Dated Jan'y 31. 1839—
Merritt Brown J.P.
State of New York Livingston County Clerk's Office } ss.
I Samuel P. Allen Clerk of Livingston County and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Merritt Brown Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and Qualified to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his signature above written is genuine In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this 14th day of February 1842—
Samuel P. Allen Clerk By Wm H Whiting Deputy clerk

Feb 21. '42
8.184. Miss
July 7. 1838
Sally Salmon
FREE
War Department
Pension Bureau
Washington City

Genesee July 12 th 1842
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
I enclose the vouchers to establish the claims of Sally Salmon to 5 years Pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838, her Husband John Salmon was a pensioner at the time of his death, I suppose the documents to establish his claim are on file in the Pension Office the annexed papers are all the references the applicant can now give, in consequence of her advanced age and infirmity I suppose it would not be in her power to procure evidence of her husband's services as a revolutionary soldier unless the proof can be found in the offices of the war department it is hoped the enclosed papers will afford sufficient evidence as to her identity as the widow of John Salmon the proof of the marriage is as full as would be obtained in most cases of a marriage having taken place so many years ago in another State
Hon. John Young of the house of Representatives - is acquainted with John R. Jones & Maria Van Cleave two of the persons sworn in the enclosed affidavits - I would therefore beg leave to refer to him
I am with great respect yours &
Isaac Tracy

No. 134
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pfd. 7. 26952.
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War
Washington, D. C., April 13, 1906.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Salmon , 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.     Northumberland, Pa. May 1778 Jan 14 1781 Pri. William Wilson Chambers 1st regt. Penn.   as at Trenton, N.J. Parv Morgan's Riflemen          
Battles engaged in, Monmouth; in Sullivan's Expedition against the Indians of Western N.Y.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Northumberland, Northumberland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, April 22 1818: his claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Groveland, Ontario Co. later Livingston Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 58 years.
Remarks: He died Nov. 12 1837 at Groveland, N.Y. He married Sarah (Sally) Wilson May 14, 1782, in Northumberland Penn. She was born in 1764. Her claim was allowed.
Children Deborah; Margaret, married John Doty; Nancy married Jerome Curtis; Sally married Simeon Kittle; Mary married Wm Jones.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Corinne Wall
1842
Ch. John, Margaret wife Jonathan Doty
451 Washington Ave
Nancy wife Jerome Curtis, Sally widow of
Brooklyn N.Y.
Simeon Kittle, Mary wife of Wm Jones - Commissioner.

C
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, @
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7, 1907.
Abraham A. Salmon Mr. William L. Marsh, 1638-15th ST U. S. Pension Bureau, City.
Sir:
through Mr. Wm L. Marsh
In reply to your inquiry dated and received on the 5th instant, you are advised that from the papers in claim Widow's File No. 26,952 it appears that John Salmon enlisted at Northumberland, Pennsylvania, in May, 1778, and served as a Private in Captain William Wilson's company, Colonel Chambers' 1st Pennsylvania regiment, and in Captain Parr's company, Colonel Morgan's Riflemen, until January 14, 1781, when he was discharged at Trenton, New Jersey. He was in the battle of Monmouth and in General Sullivan's expedition against the Indians in New York.
His claim was allowed on an application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was fifty-eight years of age and a resident of Groveland, Ontario county, New York.
Soldier married at Northumberland, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1782, Sarah (Sally) Wilson, who was born in April, 1764.
He died at Groveland, New York, November 12, 1837, and his widow was allowed pension in 1842, at which time she was a resident of Groveland aforesaid, and their children were:
John Salmon; Margaret, wife of Jonathan Doty; Nancy, wife of Jerome Curtis; Sally, aged nearly fifty-six years, widow of Simeon Kittle; Mary, aged nearly fifty-four years, widow of William Jones.

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A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show a Revolutionary War pension claim filed on account of the services of Joseph Salmon of Pennsylvania, and the above statement is a history of the only John Salmon found on said records.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.