Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,225, for Nathan Tanner, New York

SERVICE
New York
Janner, Nathan Sarah
NUMBER
W. 6.225
B.L.Wt. 38828-160-55
CONTENTS

236.087
Act May 3. '77. Feb. 26. '78
Sarah Tanne
Sarah Tanne wife
Nathan Tanne
Nathan
8/25/78 18/10/78
Reviv. war
Rev. act Feb. 3. '78 -
NY July 53-5625-
Ad. 16 Oct. Aug. 19/56
BT/10/56
11/11
John P. Dickinson
Present
Vol I = 9

5625
New York A.
Sarah Tanner.
widow of N.Y. Nathan Tanner who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 11 th day of January and sent to
J. P. Dickinson Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 29 Vol. 26. (1822)
156
236087

8 May 1835
8830
New York
Nathan Farmer
of Cayuga Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Lake of the regt. commanded by Col M c Rea in the N.Y. militia for 12 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April 1833 and sent to L. B. Canfield Homer
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $80.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 20.00
$100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 32

DECLARATION FOR WIDOW
Who has never received Bounty Land.
STATE OF New York , COUNTY OF Cattaraugus } ss.
On this 30 th day of January 18 56 , personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, (duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Sarah Tanner , aged 81 years, a resident of Humphrey in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Nathan Tanner , deceased, who was a Soldier , in the company commanded by Capt. _____, in the Regiment of _____ commanded by Col. _____ in the war with Great Britain known as the Revolutionary War
That her said husband entered the service of the United States at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ 18____, for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, not having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband's discharge. She further states that she was married to the said Nathan Tanner , in the County of Madison State of New York , on or about the 14 day of April 18 14 , by Esq. Gaston a Justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Eddy , that her said husband died at Sumner Hill N.Y. on the 8 th day of May 18 35 , and that she is still a widow. And as such is receiving a pension at the rate of $ 10. per annum under Act of Feb'y 3 rd 18 33 , for the service of her said husband, and refers to the papers then filed for proof of marriage, death of her husband &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor made any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
JOHN P. DICKINSON, of Washington, D. C., is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
Sarah Tanner [SEAL.]
AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We Sidney Newell and Emily Newell residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above Sarah Tanner , in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said Nathan Tanner and Sarah Tanner his wife (now the widow) during the life time of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said Nathan Tanner died at Sumner Hill N.Y. on the 8 th day of May 18 35 , and that she is still a widow; and that they have no interest in this claim.
Sidney Newell [SEAL.]
Emily Newell [SEAL.]

236.072
Act of 1855.
DECLARATION FOR WIDOW. Who has never received Bounty Land.
Claim of
Sarah Tanner Widow of Nathan Tanner dec d
FILED BY JOHN P. DICKINSON, WASHINGTON, D. C.
MAGISTRATE'S CERTIFICATE.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Stephen West J. P.
COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Cattaraugus
} ss. I hereby certify that Stephen West Esq.
before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this 15th day of February 1856 Thos Morris Clerk.

13.443 Nathan Farnes
admitted. 12 mo. since.
L. B. Canfield Homes M. G.

BRIEF in the case of Nathan Tanner of Cuyuga County in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 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.     March In 1777 3 Private Capt. E. Lake M. York   June " " 3 Substitute Col. M c rea "   June 1778 3 Private Same as above   June 1779 3 " Capt. E. Lake   Capt. Austin Odel  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Saratoga N York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and one living Witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are duly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Rev. Pension claim Act Feb 7, 3 d 1833
Sarah Tannery widow of Nathan
Filed by Geo. P. Dickinson Present

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss On this 27 day of July 1855 personally appeared before the Surrogates Court of the said County, Sarah Tanner a resident of the County of Cattaraugus in the State of New York aged 87 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, 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 d day of Feb y 1832 That she is the widow of Nathan Tanner dec d who was a soldier of the Revolution, in the New York Militia and a pensioner on the New York Roll for several years prior to his death, under Act of 1832 She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Tanner on the 14 th day of May 1814 and that her husband the said Nathan Tanner died on the eighth day of May 1835 and that she has re- mained a widow ever since that period - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sarah Tanner her mark
Seal
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me Chester Howe Surrogate, and in presence of Sidney Powell Emily Powell

I hereby certify that that the within named Sarah Tanner is unable to write her name by reason of old age and general debility July 27 th 1835 Chester Howe County Judge Surrogate.

I David Gaston of Morrisville town of Eaton County of Madison State of New York
Do hereby certify that on the 14 th day of May 1814 at Eaton aforesaid did solemnize the marriage Covenant between Nathan Farmer and Widow Sarah Eddy both of them of the town of Eaton aforesaid At that time I then being an acting Justice of the Peace of the said town of Eaton
Morrisville June 23 rd 1814 David Gaston
on the day above written

State of New-York, } ss. Madison County Clerk's Office, }
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify, That the annexed Instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the laws of the State of New-York, to entitle it to be recorded therein:
Also that David Gaston Esquire, before whom whose name is attached to the foregoing certificate, was on the 14 th day of  March  1854  the same was proved or acknowledged, then, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take the same  solemnize the marriage contract . And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 26 th day of June A. D. 1854. Lucius P. Clark CLERK.
with the

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss
On this 27 th day of July 1855 personally appeared before the Surrogate's Court of said County Emily Newell a resident of said County aged 45 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she knows Sarah Tanner named in her declaration hereto attached, and has been well acquainted with her ever since she can remember, that she also knew Nathan Tanner in life time, and that the said Sarah Tanner & Nathan Tanner lived together as husband and wife for the space of twenty years and over last previous to the death of said Nathan Tanner
That she was present and attended the funeral of said Nathan Tanner, and that he died at Summer Hill New York on the 8 th day of May 1835, and that she knows the said Sarah Tanner has ever since remained, and now is the widow of said Nathan Tanner Sworn to and subscribed Emily Newell on the day above written before me
Chester Howe Surrogate

State of New York } Cattaraugus County } On this 27 th day of July 1855 personally appeared before the Surrogate Cats Court of said County Sidney Nevell a resident of said County aged 50 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that he is well acq- uainted with Sarah Tanner named in her declaration hereto attached, that he was well acquainted with Nathan Tanner in his life time and knows that the said Nathan Tanner & Sarah lived together as husband and wife for the space of 16 years before the death of said Nathan Tanner, that this deponent was present and attended the funeral of said Nathan Tanner, and that he died at Summer Hill in the County of Cayuga in the state of New York on the eighth day of May 1835, that he has been well acq- uainted with the said Sarah Tanner ever since the death of said Nathan Tanner - and knows that she has ever since and remained, and now is his widow,
And further that he knows that the said Nathan Tanner drew a pension for services in the revolution for a number of years before his death, that he has frequently seen the pension certificate in the possession of said Nathan Tanner & that the same was kept in his family for a long time after the death of said Nathan Tanner, and that the same has since been destroyed
Sidney Nevell

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Chester Howe Surrogate
State of New York Cattaraugus County, Clerk's Office I Enos H. Southwick Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Chester Howe Esq. before whom the foregoing Proclamation and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed and whose name is subscribed to the certificates thereof was at the dates thereof, County Judge in and for Surrogate in and for the County aforesaid, duly elected sworn and au- thorized to administer oaths and affirmations that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that his signature to said certificates is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Ellicottville in said County Decr. 25. 1855.
Enos H. Southwick County Clerk Clerk of the county court in and for the County aforesaid the same being a court of record having a seal

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
Bayoga County ss on this 18 th day of September
Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bayoga now sitting at the Court House of the County of Bayoga and at the County of Bayoga
Nathan Tanner a resident of Locke in the County of Bayoga and State of New York, aged Seventy Seven Years on the twenty seventh day of September, Eighteen hun- dred and Thirty two, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, Passed June 7 th 1832 — That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated — That he was draughted in the Militia of the State of New York, of the Army of the Revolution on or before the Fifth day of March Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, at, and in, the then Town of Saratoga, in the County of Saratoga & in the State of New York, for the term of three Months under Captain Ephraim Lake, of said Town, Lieutenant Jacob Gage, & the Regiment was commanded by Colonel De Graff — he went directly from Saratoga aforesaid to Lake George, in said State, he was stationed all of the above time in Tents, near Fort George — he was honorably discharged at Lake George aforesaid, on the Fifth, or before, of June after having served honestly and faithfully, the full term of three Months for which he was draughted — he did then and there, on the said day in June aforesaid, Volunteer as a Substitute for his Father, Daniel Tanner, for the term

of three Months in the Militia of the State of New York under the same Captain & Lieutenant - from there he went to Fort Edward, at which place he was transferred to a Company commanded by Captain Ephraim Woodworth Colonel M c Cree commanded the Regiment - he went from Fort Edward, while there, to Fort Miller - he went out in a scouting party, commanded by Captain Daniel Van Rensselaer, while there, between Fort Miller & Fort Edward and was in an Action at a place, then, called Snoot Hill with Indians, British & Tories, when he was wounded in the Right Arm, by a Musket Ball - from there he went to Saratoga when he was honorably Discharged by Captain Woodworth aforesaid after the fifth day of September Seventeen hundred and Seventy five, having served honestly and faithfully the full term of three Months, for which he went as said Substitute - That on or before the Fifteenth day of June Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight, he was Draughted again for the term of three Months, in the said Militia of the State of New York, under Captain Ephraim Lake & Lieutenant Jabez Gage aforesaid, thinks Colonel M c Cree, commanded the Regiment, he saw General Abraham L. Brooks, while out he went from Saratoga aforesaid, to Petersburg in Rensselaer County New York, he was stationed there and not far from there, til the fifteenth day of September after, having served the full term of three Months , for which he was Draughted - he went back to Saratoga aforesaid before he was Dis- charged, he was discharged by Captain Lake, aforesaid -
That, on, or before the Sixth of June Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine, he again was Draughted for the term of three Months, at Saratoga aforesaid, under Captain Austin Dole, thinks Colonel Van Vactor or Van Vactor, Com- manded the Regiment, it was, in the Militia of the State of New York, he went from Saratoga, to four Miles below Fort Miller, on the North River in the State of New York - he was stationed there, and near there, til, he was honorably Discharged, by

Captain Odell aforesaid, after the 10th of September last past hundred and Seventy Nine - having served the full term of three Months, honestly and faithfully, for which he was discharged. He was discharged, at what is now called Castana not far from the Town of Cambridge, in the State of New York - He saw, and knows Dea Philip Schuyler while he was at Fort Edward, in one of the above years He went out three Short tours of Militia duty in the years Seventeen hundred & Eighty & Eighty one under Captain Odell, but cannot recollect how long - He has no documentary Evidence, neither does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except it is, a Son of Captain Ephraim Woodworth, he thinks can state something, about his service - He was born in Seventeen hundred and Fifty five, in Rhode Island, in the Town of Hopkinton, from Hopkinton, he moved to the Menemshes, in Dutchess County, and State of New York, from there to the Town of Saratoga, in said State, from there to Petersburg in Rensselaer County, in said State - from there to the Town of Locke, in Cayuga County in said State where he now resides - He has a Record of his age now in Locke aforesaid - He, says, Shulel Simonds & David Honeywell of Locke can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his service as a Sol- -dier of the Revolution - 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 the Agency of any State - He says, he went along with some other Soldiers, of Captain Woodworth's Company, in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, from Fort Miller, & helped bury, Miss Jane Mc Crea, who was killed by the Indians at a place called Sandy Hill - He, thinks she was called a Sister of Colonel Mc Crea. Subscribed and sworn before me this 7th day of September 1832
J. D. Mann 300-25
Edward H. Harkness J. D. Mann

The Shubel Simonds and David Honeywell residing in the Town of Locke, in the County of Cayuga hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Tanner who has subscribed and sworn to the within Declaration, .. that we believe him to be Seventy Seven years of age that he is respected and believed, in the Neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolu- -tion, and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed before David Honeywell me this 7th day of September 1832 Shubel Simonds
Samuel Ranney Justice Peace Certify that Shubel Simonds and David Honeywell, who have signed and sworn to the above Certificate are both men of truth & veracity Samuel Ranney Justice 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 Shubel Simonds and David Honeywell who have signed the preceding Certificate residents in the Town of Locke are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Michael P. Mogen Clerk of the Court of the County of Cayuga do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Nathan Tanner for a Pension, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 18th day of September A.D. 1832 M. P. Mogen Clerk

State of New York
Cayuga County
I Reuben Woodworth aged Seventy one Years of the Town of Semprianus in the aforesaid County & State, do Verrify and declare, That Captain Ephraim Woodworth who was an Officer, and frequently was out as such, in the Army of the Revolution, was my Father - and in the Month of March Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, I went as a Drumer in the Company in the Company commanded by Captain Ephraim Woodworth -th, think Lieutenant John Davis belonged to the Company and Ensign Reuben Wright did also. Colonel John Mc Clea commanded the Regiment - I recollect Captain Daniel Van Ruyven - I knew General Abraham Van Brock who was out, that Summer. I think my Father & I returned Home, in the Month of August, after. I lived in the Town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga, at the time I Volunteered. I believe that Nathan Tanner of the Town of Locke, in the County of Cayuga, and in the State of New York, is the Identical Person, he repre- sents himself to be, and believe that he served, along with me, in Captain Ephraim Woodworths Company in the Summer of Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven as is set forth in his declaration - I was knowing to an action between Fort Miller & Fort Edward being fought, between the Americans, and the British, Indians & Lory's, as said Tanner states, at a place called Snoot- -kill, in the Summer or fall of Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, I cannot distinctly recollect, the Identity of said Nathan Tanner, as being present, but have no doubt but what he was, for he relates circumstances and things that occurred, at that time, to my personal knowledge, that he could not relate, or know, unless he was there, present as he states - I have not seen said Tanner, for Fifty Years past, til last Summer - I was Stationed, that Year, at Fort Miller. Fort Edward, Lake George & Saratoga, near Fish Creek, I knew General Phillip

Schuyler & General Horatio Gates well, that session General Gates kept his head Quarters at, or in, my Father House, at Stillwater aforesaid - I was well acquainted with Col Benedict Arnold, I was knowing to Jane de Brea's being killed as set forth by said Tanner - sworn and subscribed before me this fourteenth day of September Reuben Woodworth 1832
Matthias Lane Justice Peace
I certify that Reuben Woodworth who has subscribed and sworn, to the above Affidavit is a Man of truth & veracity and that his character stands good in the neighbourhood where he resides - Matthias Lane Justice Peace
State of New York Cayuga County ss
I Michael S. Myers Clerk of said county certify that Matthias Lane Esquire before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn and by whom the above certificate purports to have been made, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. And that I am acquainted with his hand- writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit and to the said certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of September 1832.
M. S. Myers Clerk
13.443
Cortland County ss State of New York ss Know all men by these presents that I Nathan Tanner of the Town of Locke in the County of Cayuga & State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Levi B. Canfield of Horn, in said County and State my true and lawful Attorney, with a power of substitution for me and in my Name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War or the United States of America, a Pension according to the act passed June 7 th 1832, by Congress, for the relief of the surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revo- -lution.
Nathan Tanner

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6225
Sarah Tanner
Wid
Nathan Tanner
First Rev War
Act: July 3 1853
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7 38.828
} Mearns

Sarah Tanner Widow of Nathan Cattaraugus Co NY
adm d . 3 Feby 1853 $40 a year from the papal of the act
cert to J. Dickens Esq Present

Washington D.C.
Jany 7 th 1856
J. Minot Esq Sir
I present herewith the claim of Sarah Tanner widow of Nathan, for Pension under Act of Feby 3 rd 1853.
You will please send the certificate to me when issued.
Resp ly
Jno P Dickinson

Brief in the case of Sarah Tanner widow of Nathan Cattaraugus County and State of New York act Feb'y 1833
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the act of June 7/1832 at $40 a year
Record of marriage
(If for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the pensioner's widow, his death, her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent J. P. Dickerson Esq Present
Thomas L. Platts Examining Clerk.

No 6.195 Sarah Tanner Widow of Nathan NY
3 Feby 1853

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathan Tannen which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? None
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Uncertain Witness states his age to be 71
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Sarah Tanner widow of Nathan Tanner died - pen- sioned under Act of Feby 3 rd 83, New York Roll. Dickinson
June 26/86?

Brigadier's Office Jany 10. 1836
Sir,
Nathan Tanner, N.Y. Act 1832 $4000 per annum has been paid in full to 4 March 1835
Very Respectfully Robt. M c Kim auditor
J. Minot Esq.
Comm r of Pensions

Pen Off, Jan'y 9 1836
Sir
Please state when Nathan Tanner got Y act 1832 at $40 a year was last paid.
R. J. Atkinson 3 and 1/2
2 1/2
Very Respectfully R. M. Rae for Commission.