Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14654, for Woodhul Tarneur, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Farneur, Woodhull or Woodhull
S 14654
Carded
CONTENTS

14,912 New York 14912
Woodhull Tarnear
of Coeymans in the State of New York who was a Privt in the Coeymans by Captain Robert Day of the Regt. comman by Col. _____ in the New York time for 6 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July 1832 and Anthe M. S. Guelph Dubuque
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33 $43.32 Semest. allowance ending 2d Sep '33 10.82 54.14
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk. Book E Vol. 3, Page 80

Reborn
14654 INVALID.
File No. H 654
Woodhull Tarneut Prior Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 375
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BRIEF in the case of Woodhull Turner 6 o of Onondaga in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1889.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Summe In 1746 — 4 16 Private Genl De Ruyter   1778 2 or 3 Mi — " Genl Johnson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Co N York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not attached or regl? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Leavitt  Examining Clerk.

Woodhull Parsons
11756
Agent A Gould Auburn NY
Account 6 1/2 mo. per
$21.66

State of New York
Onondaga County ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for said County Woodhul Tarnear of Skaneateles in said County who being duly sworn deposes and says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grade. For six months & a half I served as a private soldier and for such service I claim a pension. That he was attached to no Regiment, and does not remember the names of the company officers further than set forth in said his declaration. That he was born in the then County of Orange now Rockland County State of New York, in the year 1755. and has a record of his age now in his possession. That he continued to reside in said County until & during the Revolution-ary War, that soon after the war he removed to the County of Montgomery in said State of New York where he continued to reside about eight years and removed from thence to the town of Scipio in the County of Cayuga where he resided until about nine years ago when he removed to Skaneateles in said County of Onondaga where he has resided ever since and where he now resides. Sworn & subscribed the 22 day of April 1833 before me
J. McAllen
Justice of the Peace.
I certify my opinion that the said Woodhul Tarnear is a man of truth & veracity.
J. McAllen Justice of the Peace.

I David Bellamy of Skaneateles in the County of Onondaga do certify that I am well acquainted with Woodhull Parner of Skaneateles aforesaid a Revolutionary Soldier. that I believe him to be 77 years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion -
Subscribed this 22 nd day of April 1833 before me David Bellamy
The second sentence erased with the pen
Subscribed, interlined & M c Allen justice of the peace -
I certify that the said David Bellamy who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman residing in Skaneateles in the County of Onondaga, and that his statement above is entitled to credit. April 22 nd 1833 James M c Allen
State of New York - Onondaga County
I Reuben L. Hays Clerk of said County do certify that James M c Allen justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit and certificate were made and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the peace in said County that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice and believe his signature to the said affidavit and certificate to be genuine Witness my hand and seal of office the 30 th day of April 1833 Reuben L. Hays Clerk By A. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clerk

State of New-York, } Onondaga COUNTY, } ss. On this 25 th day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared Woodhull Turner  Woodhull Turner in and for the County of Onondaga and state of New-York, now sitting, a resident of Skaneateles Woodhull Turner and State of New-York, aged 77 years, who in the County of Onondaga being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th , 1832: - That he entered the service under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: - That about the last of Summer in the year 1776 at Haverstraw then in the County of Orange in the State of New-York he enlisted into the company of New-York State troops commanded by Captain Jacob DeRumey & Ruliff Stevens Orderly Sargant for a term of five months that said company never joined a regiment, that said company was first Stationed at Haverstraw and marched from thence to Red Hill on the Hudson River opposite Pikeskill where it joined two other com- panies and was then engaged in building fortifications for some time when a part of said company was sent back to Haverstraw and he among the number that he continued to serve until about two weeks before his term expired as he believes, when he hired a substitute named Abraham Brown to take his place and served the remainder of said term. He further declares that about the month of August A D 1777 at Haverstraw aforesaid he again enlisted into the company of New-York State troops commanded by Captain Robert Johnson as he believes & Carpenter Kelly orderly Sargant. that said company joined no Regiment, that his term of enlistment was for two or three months. that he marched with said company to Closter in the State of New-Jersey where said company was stationed and continued to range the surrounding country in pursuit of the thieves & cow-boys, & to prevent their incursions against the inhabitants. that detachments of said company would sometimes go out and some times the whole company. that he continued to serve during the whole term of his enlistment when he was dischar- ged. that he never received a regular written discharge from said service. that he never at any time served with any con- tinental Regiment. that he has used exertions to obtain the proof of a living witness but has not been able to do it - that he never saw any continental officers as he believes except Capt Coram that he knew - and that he has no documentary evidence of said service that he moved into Montgomery County after the war, and lived there eight years, as from thence to Coeymans County & Seneca County where he has since lived at nine years ago, when he moved to Skaneateles 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 or Territory Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel Mosely Circuit Judge Vice Chancellor Woodhull Turner

Onondaga County, James Tarnum.
of the town of Skaneateles in said county being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Woodhull Tarnum who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and he certifies that the said Woodhull Tarnum is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that I con- cur in that opinion.
James Tarnum Subscribed & sworn to by James
Tarnum this 25 th Sept. 1832
Daniel Mosley
Commissioner

We, Anthony S. Bunnell residing in Skanateles in Onondaga County and James Tarnear hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Woodhull Tarnear who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the 21st day and year aforesaid by James Tarnear & Affirmed by Daniel Bellamy  James Tarnear before James W. Allen  Anthony S Bunnell Daniel Mosler  Justice of the Peace
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 Anthony S Bunnell who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Skanateles and James Tarnear who has also signed the same, is a resident in Skanateles and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Mosler Vice Chancellor
I, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Onondaga and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Woodhull Tarnear for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name the 21st day of September A D 1832
I Daniel T. Mosely Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Woodhull Tarnear for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Daniel T. Mosely Deputy Clerk