Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16628, for Ebenezer Landers, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Landers, Omerger Nahittabel
N 16628
CONTENTS

Albany 572
Mahitabel Sanders widow of Ebenezer Sanders
who died on the 14. March 1814 of Montgomery Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Dubois of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dubois in the N. York line for 2 years N.Y.
Granted on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cts. per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of March 1837 and sent to Hon. M. J. Borce, Amsterdam, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March 37 480.00 Pension and allowance ending 4. April 40.00
$ 520.00
{ Revolutionary War Act July 4. 1831 Section the 3.
Recorded by J. Brown

State of New York } County of Montgomery } ss: On this 19 th day of January - 1837, personally appeared before the Honorable Samuel A. Gilbert - one of the judges of the courts for the said County of Montgomery Mahittabel Landers a resident of the town of Broadalbin State and County aforesaid aged 76, 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 1836. That she is the widow of Ebenezer Landers who was a private in the Army of the Revolutionary war and served as herein more particularly specified.
That he the said Ebenezer Landers enlisted in the war of the Revolution in a company commanded by Capt. Dubois (is not certain but what it might have been some other capt.) in Col. Dubois' Regiment for a term of three years some time in the year 1776 at Pokeepsie in the County of Dutchess State aforesaid. That he the said Ebenezer Landers continued in the service in accordance with the said enlistment the full term for which he enlisted and was then honorably discharged at Morristown in the winter season of the year 1779 as she was informed by the said Ebenezer Landers soon after his return. That immediately after his return from the said 3 years service he was enrolled in the Militia at Pleasant Valley but cannot from the lapse of time remember the names of the officers under whom he served, but thinks it was Capt. Kimpfer and soon after was drafted, or volunteered; or was one out of a class but cannot recollect which and went from Pokeepsie or Pleasant Valley in the Spring or Summer season to Herkimer in the (then) County of Tryon now Herkimer and that in the Fall season of the said year '79 he returned to Pleasant Valley having been out a tour of 3 months; probably longer. That immediately after his return from Herkimer to Pleasant Valley he was again enrolled in the Militia in the said company commanded by the said Capt. Kimpfer according to the best of her recollection and was soon after ordered out in Militia service and did turn out according to said order on or about the 20 th of December '79 to range the woods on scouts, to keep Garrison &c. and to drive back or kill the enemy or scattering parts of the British Army which came up from New York to plunder or destroy the property or lives of the peaceable inhabitants who were friendly to the American Army and thus continued in the Militia service until between the 5 th and 10 th of February 1780. She further declares that she was married to the

said Ebenezer Sanders while in his military apparel on the 6 th day of January 1780 by the Rev. Mr. base at Pleasant Valley County of Dutchess State aforesaid while he was out in Militia service as above just stated and that he had orders at that time, and continually thereafter, until the close of the war to be in readiness to turn out in Militia service, and according to the said orders he was continually ready and did actually turn out and spend a considerable portion of his time in Militia service until the close of the war, she thinks at least one quarter of the time but from the lapse of time cannot distinctly recollect the particular dates of each service except the one above stated by reason of its being precisely at the time of the interesting ceremony of Marriage; that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Sanders died on the 14 th day of March 1814 in the town of Bern County of Albany, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed.
Subscribed and sworn to this 19 th day of January 1837 before me Sam d Gilbert one of the Judges of Montgomery County Courts
her Mahittabel X Sanders mark
I certify that I am well acquainted with Mahittabel Sanders who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and that she is a woman of irreproachable character and that her statement is entitled to full credit. Jacob Shew
Subscribed and sworn to this 19 th day of January 1837 before me
Sam d Gilbert one of the Judges of Montgomery County Courts
I certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Shew who has subscribed and sworn to the above certificate of the credibility of Mahittabel Sanders and that his statement is entitled to full credit. I further certify that I am not acquainted with the above named Mahittabel Sanders but from her appearance by reason of bodily infirmities would give it as my opinion that she is not able to appear in open court, but would not hesitate to believe that she is of a sound mind and that her statement is entitled to full credit, and that she cannot write her name and that she made her mark in my presence.
January 19 th 1837
Sam d Gilbert one of the Judges of Montgomery County Courts

State of New York County of Montgomery ss. Moses Landers aged 53 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law says that he is son of Ebenezer & Mahittabel Landers, that he has often heard his father, the said Ebenezer Landers, John Lake and several others say that he was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War and enlisted in Col. Dubois' Regiment, thinks in Capt. Dubois' Company for a term of three years, that he continued in the said Regiment and served the full time for which he enlisted and was then discharged at Morristown - that the said Ebenezer Landers gave to this deponent the said discharge a few years previous to his death which took place in the town of Bern County of Albany March 14 th 1814 to present it to Mr. Abm. Huns in Albany for the purpose of obtaining his assistance to obtain his County Lands and that this deponent left it with the said Abm. Huns and afterwards called for it and that it was mislaid or lost, and that it was particularly stated in the said discharge that he had performed the duties assigned him with fidelity and that he was honorably discharged.
And further this deponent will recollects of hearing it often said that soon after the said Ebenezer Landers' return from the 3 years service above alluded to he was enrolled in Capt. Rimpers Company of Militia at Pleasant Valley or the Vine Pards in the County of Dutchess State aforesaid and that in the Spring or Summer season of the year 1779 the said Ebenezer Landers was either drafted, volunteered or was hired by a class to go to Herkimer and returned in the Fall of the same year '79 having been out a tour of 3 or 4 months, but does not recollect the names of the officers under whom he served.
That soon after his return to Pleasant Valley aforesaid, he was enrolled in the said Company of Militia commanded by the said Capt. Rimpers, (he thinks,) and was soon after ordered out or volunteered to go in Militia service to range the woods on scouts to keep Garrison &c. about the 15 th or 20 th of December 1779 and continued in the Militia service until some time in February following 1780 when he was discharged from that tour of service having succeeded in driving the Indians and Tories and scattering parts of the British Army out of that country back towards New York from whence they came. That he this deponent has often heard it said, and that it was generally understood and believed that his father the said Ebenezer Landers was married to Mahittabel Wines at Pleasant Valley on the 6 th January 1780 while dressed in his military clothes and while he was actually out in performing the military or militia service as just above stated to have been performed. That this deponent further says

that he has heard it observed by his father and others that when the spring season of the said year 1780 opened alarms were again given that the enemy had again invaded the country round about Pleasant Valley and that the militia were again ordered out and that the said Ebenezer Landers again turned out with a part of the said Capt. Rimpers Company to range the woods as scouts, to keep Garrison &c. a short time, thinks it might have been 10 or 15 days and then returned. That at different times after the above mentioned tours of service and after they were married and prior to the close of the war some parts of the British Army from New York and the Indians and Tories were plundering & destroying the property & lives of the peaceable inhabitants of the region of country at and round about Pleasant Valley and that a part of the said Company commanded by the said Capt. Rimpers was often out in militia service, and that the said Ebenezer Landers must have spent a considerable portion of his time until the close of the war in the said militia service, thinks probably one quarter of the time. And further this deponent declares that he has carefully examined the declaration made by Mahittabel Landers his mother claiming a pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 and verily believes that the facts therein set forth are true. And further this deponent saith that his mother the said Mahittabel Landers has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Ebenezer Landers who died on the 14 th March 1814 - And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19 th day of January 1837
Moses Landers
Sam d A. Gilbert one of the Judges of Montgomery County Courts } certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Landers who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of January 1837 before me Sam d A. Gilbert one of the Judges of Montgomery County Courts
Jacob Shew
I certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Shew who has subscribed the above certificate proving the credibility of Moses Landers and that his statement is entitled to full credit. I further certify that I never had any acquaintance with the said Moses Landers but have no hesitation in believing that his statement is entitled to full credit.
January 19 th 1837 -
Sam d A. Gilbert a Judge of Montgomery County Courts

State of New York } County of Montgomery } ss: Jacob Shaw of Northampton being duly sworn says that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary war (aged 73 years) that about the year 1807 he became partially acquainted with Ebenezer Landers the husband of Mahittabel Landers now claiming a Pension under the Act of Congress of July 4 th 1836, and that it was common report and generally believed that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and that this deponent has no definite or direct knowledge of the services of the said Ebenezer Landers nor of their marriage during the period of the said war, but would say that he has carefully examined the declaration of the Mahittabel Landers herewith connected and from personal acquaintance with her for a number of years past and from the acquaintance above alluded to with the said Ebenezer Landers has no hesitation in saying that the facts therein set forth are true, and from a careful examination of the Act of Congress above alluded to has no hesitation in saying that the said Mahittabel Landers is justly entitled to the benefits of the said act. that although the said Mahittabel Landers is now infirm in bodily strength yet she is of a sound mind and that her relation of the history of the services of her husband is justly entitled to full credit, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said Husband, which is reported to have taken place on the 14 th March 1814 in Bern County of Albany, - and further this deponent saith not.
Jacob Shaw
Sworn to and Subscribed this 19 th day of January 1837 before me Sam d A. Gilbert one of the Judges of Montgomery County Courts
January 19 th 1837
I certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Shaw who has subscribed the above affidavit and that his statement is entitled to full credit. Sam d A. Gilbert one of the Judges of Montgomery County Courts

State of New York Montgomery County Clerks office
38
I Richard W. Cushing Deputy Clerk of the County of Montgomery do certify that Samuel A. Gilbert Esqr whose name is subscribed to the jurats of the affidavits of Matilda Landers Moses Landers and Jacob Shew hereunto annexed was at the date of the same a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County, And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signatures of the said Judge to the jurats of the said affidavits and also to the several certificates accom- panying the same are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 19 th day of January 1837
R. W. Cushing Dep Clk

1145
M. J. Bovee Mahulabla Landers, widow of Matthias Landers Ebenezer Landers
on 10/10-
Ent d 5 th Ap l 1777
Disch d 2 nd Ap l 1780
The can is plain if should be admitted
B. B. Smith
March 8 th 1832
Ln. M. J. Bovee HR

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss. Daniel Landers who being first duly sworn says that he is 70 years of age, that he was not a soldier of the Revolutionary war, but was a resident of the County of Dutchess, State aforesaid, during the period of said war, and that he has perfect knowledge of many of the transactions of said war, and that Ebenezer Landers was his brother. That this deponent has been informed that Elizabeth Landers the widow of the said Ebenezer Landers now claims a pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 on account of the military services of her said husband. That this deponent well recollects that the said Ebenezer Landers enlisted in Col: Dubois' Regiment for a term of 3 years in the early part of the war (thinks it was 1776) and that he served the said three years accordingly and was then honorably discharged, that during the said three years service he marched through the different regions of country through the southern part of the State of New York and New Jersey wherever Col: Dubois' regiment was ordered to march, that this deponent saw the said discharge and examined it after the expiration of the said 3 years service and that it was particularly stated that he the said Ebenezer Landers was honorably discharged. That soon after the return of said Ebenezer Landers to Pleasant Valley, (the place of his former residence,) he was again enrolled in the Militia in Capt. Kimpers Company and that in the year 1779 was either drafted, or volunteered or was one of a class to go to the Mohawk river in the (then) County of Tryon, now Montgomery & Herkimer, thinks spent most of his time at Herkimer, German Flats and in that region of country, that he returned to Pleasant Valley or the Nine Partners in the County of Dutchess, having been out a tour of about 4 months - And further this deponent says that soon after the return of the said Ebenezer Landers from Herkimer he was again enrolled in the said Company commanded by the said Capt. Kimpers and that some time in the month of December, thinks about the 13 th 1779 an alarm was given that the Indians and Tories had come up from the south and were destroying the property and lives of the peaceable inhabitants of the region of country over the County of Dutchess and that the said Capt. Kimpers company were ordered out for Militia service, or certain a part of them and that the said Ebenezer Landers was among the number who did turn out. that he the said Ebenezer Landers commenced this military excursion in the Militia service about the 20 th of December 1779 and continued to range the woods, to keep Garrison &c until some time in the early part of February following 1780 making a tour of one month and probably

more. And further this deponent says that on the 6 th January 1780 the said Ebenezer Landers was married to Mahittabel Wines by the Rev. Mr. Coase at Pleasant Valley while he was out in the Militia service as above just stated, and that this deponent was present and saw them thus married while in the said Ebenezer Landers was clad in his military clothing. That in the early part of February as above stated, the said Ebenezer Landers was dismissed from Militia service and continued to be enrolled in the said Capt. Himpers Company, and had orders to be ready at any moments warning to turn out in Militia service; that when the spring season of the said year 1780 opened alarms were again given that the enemy had again invaded the County of Ulster and particularly the region of country round about the Nine Partners and Pleasant Valley, and that the said Ebenezer Landers again turned out in Militia service, but from the lapse of time cannot now remember the exact length of time but thinks it was 15 or 20 days; that from that period down to the close of the war the said Ebenezer Landers was often out in Militia service a few days at a time on alarms &c. thinks probably about one quarter of the time. That he has carefully examined the Declaration made by the said Mahittabel Landers who is the identical widow of the said Ebenezer Landers and that the facts therein set forth are true according to the best of his knowledge and belief; and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband which took place on the 14 th March 1814. And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to and, and subscribed this 20 th January 1837 before me
James Landers
John Van Buren Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Landers who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and that he is a man of unimpeachable character and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
January 20 th 1837
John Van Buren Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF SCHENECTADA } ss CLERK'S OFFICE
I, Jonathan C. Burnham, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY— That John Van Buren whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorised to take the same: And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgement, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, the 20 day of January A. D. 1837
J. C. Burnham CLERK.

Dr. Sir,
Northampton - Montgomery County N.Y.
January 21 st 1837
I her present for your examination and decision the claim of Mahittah Landers, widow of the late Ebenezer Landers a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, under the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836. Your decision Sir, as early as possible will be thankfully received.
If the claim shall be allowed, please forward the pay Certificate to me (or its objections if any,) to Northampton P o ffice Montgomery County New York State.
Very respectfully &c.
John S. Shew
Hon. James L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions
N o . 13. The testimony of Moses Landers and Jacob Shew is not all positive but much of it traditional. The testimony of Daniel Landers is more positive. it proves the marriage and militia service after the marriage

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
Respectfully returned to
16063m
Commissioner.

16628
Oct
Chavez Landing
July 19 1875 - 76
Barnstable
76 Forest Valley N.Y.
Life Dubois
Life Dubois
for 3 yrs
70. c/o Kennebec
61 -
74 - 87 -
Mar Mahall's Island
70. 1700 Plant 1875
Plant 1875 - 1880
Plant 1880 -
Plant 1885 -

W 13945 Olive Landers NY
Sister Ebenezer Sanders. 20 th Sept 1849. " Henry to Nygatt 3 rd Oct r 1849
act-7 July 1838

Post Office
Hon M. J. Bovee
Hans Rpts
U.S.
$80 per ann -
act 7 Jan 1832
act 4 July, 1836, 3 d section
Albany, 20 th -
Lend cut: to Hon. M. J. Bovee, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y.

War Department Pension Office
February 25, 1837.
Sir,
The papers of the late Abigail Sanders, widow of Ebenezer Sanders, have been examined and placed on file. It is alleged that the claimant's husband enlisted in Col. Dutton's regiment, in 1776, for three years, and was discharged in 1779; that he was married to the claimant in January, 1780, and that he was at that time and afterwards engaged in the militia service, &c. in a particular, most of the witnesses concur. By the rolls of Col. Dutton, it appears that Ebenezer Sanders entered the regiment on the 5th of April 1777 and was discharged on the 28th of April 1780. If the claimant and the witnesses are mistaken in regard to the above mentioned facts, they should give an explanation under oath.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Hon. Mr. J. Bove, House of Representatives.
Your obedt. servt. J. L. Edwards

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Dear Sir
Will you kindly look up the record of my great grand- father Ebenezer Landers a pensioner —
Mass — Mil. placed on roll May 8, 1837. Report of Sec. of War Washington. 1835 — Vol. 2: Page 287.
He served 7 years.
What I want to know is — in what Regiment; under whose command; over

and in other battles he was and any other thing that may be mentioned in the report —
Yours cordially (Mrs) Margaret Sanders Sanford Clinton
New York
April 8 th 1903

16-628
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16628 Martha Lewis with L Ebenezer Lewis Pr. Rev. Mr.
Act July 1 st 36
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apl. 18-1903 - Dist 6 Mrs. Margaret L. Sanford Clinton N.Y.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Landers, George (Lander) GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4602 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790
To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.