Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,521, for Reuben Sweet, New York

SERVICE
New York
NUMBER
Sweet, Reuben
S. 22.521
CONTENTS

See cir. Tran (Albany) Apr. 29:35 Tr. to Pennsylvania from 4 th March 1834 - May 5 th 1834
*Pennsylvania 24.52 + New York
Reuben Sweet
Cayuga Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain White of the Regt. commanded by Col. _____ in the N.Y. mil. line for 18m.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Jan. 1834 and sent to Hon R. Day H. Rep s .
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1833. $ 150.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34. 30.00 $ 180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk. Book _____ Vol. 4 Page 122

State of New York § Cayuga County } ss. On the 17 th day of December 1832 personally appeared before me Gershom Morse one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Reuben Sweet a resident of Seneca County & State aforesaid Age of Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 —
That he entered the Service of the United States at Hoosick Rensselaer County State of New York at which place he then resided, in the Month of August 1775 — that he enlisted in Capt. Whites Company of Infantry for Five Months , does not recollect the name of the Colo- nel, immediately after enlisting he marched to Lake George in said State and did duty in Garrison or Fort and some times Boating provisions & across the Lake to Ticonderoga, That near the close of his term he was taken sick with Long fever and after remaining in the Hospital a few days he was sent home and did not get able to join his Company until after his time expired.
And he further on Oath says that in the early part of the next year he thinks in the Month of February or March (1776) he enlisted at Richmond Berkshire County Massachusetts for Three Months in Capt Goodrichs Com- -pany in Major Cady's detachment, that they soon marched to join Genl. Arnolds Army at Dubuque, and while in the neighborhood of Dubuque and after his three months had expired, he again enlisted in Capt. Bacons Company in General Porters Regiment, for Eight Months , he was enlisted by Lieut. Bateman of Bacons Company, that he remained near Dubuque until May 1776 when the Army commenced their retreat and stopped at Mount Independence in Lake Champlain, and remained there until the latter part of the summer, when they marched to Paterick on the Hudson river where he remained until his time expired and he was discharged.
And he further on his Oath says that soon after he returned home he thinks in the month of August

or September 1777 at Dover Dutchess County State of New York he took the place and became a substitute for one - busy in a company at that time commanded by Lieutenant Wheeler for one month and immediately there had to Poughkeepsie on the Hudson River and joined the army under General Putnam and remained there until his time expired when he was discharged and went home
And he further on Oath says that in the month of July in the year 1778 he was drafted into Capt. Lansing's Company for one month and marched to Schoharie in the State of New York to keep Garrison and protect the inhabitants from the Tories & Indians and served out his time - And he further on Oath says that he has no discharges or any other documentary evidence of his services in his possession, and that after due enquiry he has not been able to find any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any State, And he further on Oath says that by reason of Old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time of his listing in all his tours of duty, but according to his best recollection and belief he served in the whole not less than one year and six months and for that claims a pension Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid } Reuben Sweet Before me Garrison Moore a Judge of Cayuga County Court
We Philip S. Rouse a Clergyman residing in Scipioville affirmed and James Powers of Locke do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Sweet who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Philip S. Rouse James Powers Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me Garrison Moore a Judge of Cayuga County Court

21455
Reuben Sweet Cayuga county New York
adm d
R. Dacey, Senpoosius, New York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Reuben Sweet, Cayuga county N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 5 private Capt White Lake George 80 Horick   do 1776 3 Capt Goodwin Maj Cady Quebec N.Y. tradition   do — 8 Capt Bacon Pikokill   substituted 1777 1 Lieut Muhlert Gen Putnam Schoharie   Drafted 1778 1 Capt Lansing  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
x on Muster roll of Capt White Oct 13 1775 not 5 th August

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the case of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Some proof of so much service should be produced (voluntarily) in order to facilitate the work in their power to procure
Schmied

State of New York Cayuga County } ss.
On the 8 th day of July 1833 personally appeared before me Jonathan Husey a Justice of the peace in & for said County, Archibald Greenfield of the Town of Locke County & State of said, who after being duly sworn doth on his Oath depose and say, That he is well acquainted with Reuben Sweet of Seneca County & State of said, who is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he has resided in the same neighborhood with said Sweet for more than six years last passed, That he has examined the declaration of said Sweet as to his services made for the purpose of obtaining his pension, and has no hesitation in saying that he the said Sweet has frequently and soon after their acquaintance commenced and at sundry times since, related to him this deponent the history and circumstances of his services in the war of the Revolution in nearly the same language as is set forth by him in his said declaration, and this deponent on oath further says, that he has no doubt and firmly believes that the said Sweet was much in the wrong of the Revolution and that he has rendered the services as set forth in his said declaration, and this deponent further says that on account of sickness and the infirmities of old age, the mental faculties of said Sweet is much impaired, and his recollection of particulars is not as full & minute & clear as when he first related to me the circumstances of his services.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above written before me } J. Husey
Archibald Greenfield
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Archibald Greenfield the above deponent, that he is a respectable man for truth & veracity, and his deposition is entitled to credit.
J. Husey

State of New York } Cayuga County } ss
On the 9 th day of July 1833 personally appeared before me Jonathan Husey a Justice of the peace in & for said County, James Greenfield of the Town of Summerhill County State of said, Who after being duly sworn doth on his Oath depose and say. That he is well acquainted with Reuben Sweet of Tompkins County State of said, who is an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, That he has been acquainted with said Sweet for more than thirty years last passed, That he at that time and at sundry times since has heard him relate his services in the War of the Revolution, That he this deponent has seen the declaration of said Sweet made for the purpose of obtaining his pension, and is confident that he related to him all those services with many more circumstances and in greater detail than he has set forth in his said declaration which he has known  lifeyear and particularly mentioned in these conversations that he was in the Revolution fourteen or eighteen months, and this deponent further says, that from his early acquaintance with said Sweet, and the frequency with which he has related to him his services, he has no doubt and firmly believes that said Sweet was a Soldier of the Revolution & rendered the services as he relates them in his declaration, and was always so considered in the neighborhood where he resided by those acquainted with him - Sealed & subscribed the day and year above written before me } J. Husey
James Greenfield
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Greenfield the above named deponent, that he is a creditable person & his statement is entitled to credit -
J. Husey
State of New York } ss Cayuga County } ss
I Michael S. Myers. Clerk of said County. do certify that Jonathan Husey Esq. was at the time the two foregoing affidavits purport to have been sworn, a Justice of the Peace of said County; and that I am acquainted with his handwriting & his signatures subscribed to said within & above affidavits. to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County, this 13 th day of July 1833
M. S. Myers

R. Sweet
Reuben Sweet
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18mo. pri
60 pp

I Gershon Morse Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify and declare that in my Opinion after the Investigation and putting the interrogatories as prescribed by the War Department, the within Warrented applicant Reuben Sweet was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that Phillip S. Stevens who has signed the annexed Certificate is a Clergyman resident in Saratoga aforesaid - and that James Powers who has also signed the same is a resident of Saratoga County aforesaid and is a creditable person and their statement is entitled to credit -
I. Gershon Morse Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify and declare that in my Opinion after the Investigation and putting the interrogatories as prescribed by the War Department, the within Warrented applicant Reuben Sweet was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that Phillip S. Stevens who has signed the annexed Certificate is a Clergyman resident in Saratoga aforesaid - and that James Powers who has also signed the same is a resident of Saratoga County aforesaid and is a creditable person and their statement is entitled to credit -
And I the said Judge do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Applicant and am fully of Opinion that he cannot from bodily infirmity attend court -
Gershon Morse a Judge of the Court
ion
State of New York Columbia County ss
I Michael S. Myers Clerk of said county do certify that Gershon Morse Esquire
before whom the preceding affidavits were made, and by whom the preceding certificate was made, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and easily believe his name subscribed to said affidavits and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office, this Twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two.
M. S. Myers Clerk

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com: prsins
Washington

Simsbury N.Y. 19 July 1833
J. S. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed I return you
the declaration &c of Reuben Swift with the affidavit of James & Arch d Greenfield, and also the certificate of Judge Morse before whom the papers were made. Mr Swift is quite infirm and his memory and recollection much impaired, and does not know of a single person living who was in the army with him who can testify to his services - The affidavits don't give with one the best proof in his power to make, more of a similar character can be obtained if necessary. I find the name of Genl. Porter mentioned in his declaration as one of his field officers, is omitted in the Tabular Statement made at the Office and herewith returned.
I have no doubt myself that Mr Swift has rendered the services as he states in his declaration, and hope the proof will be satisfactory to the department and his request will be granted.
I am Sir very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
R. Day

I Gershon Morse, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga State of New York do hereby certify and declare, that on or about the 17 th day of December 1832 I was requested by Reuben Sweet of Seneca County & State of New York to take his declaration to enable him to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That in taking his examination I put to him the interrogatories required by the War Department, and his answers at the time were as full and particular as he (from infirmity & loss of memory) was able to make, and the particular history of his services was just as he related them at the time just as he related them, This agent the Hon ble R. Day sent his papers to the War Department from whom they have been returned for proof of his services, and a more full account of his services, I have since called on Mr. Sweet and after a careful and particular examination he says he does not know of a single person living who was in the army with him, or that knows anything of his services, nor does he appear to recollect any more of his services or any other particulars of consequence relating to his services, — I have been acquainted with Mr. Sweet some years, and he has always sustained the char- -acter of an honest man, and a respectable citizen, and I have no doubt he rendered the services as he relates them in his said declaration, and such seems to be the opinion of all his neighbors, he is also poor and in feeble health, scarcely able to leave his room, and a wife about his age and nearly as infirm, and as I understand has little or no property no house or land, they both reside with their son who has no means of supporting himself and his parents but his daily labor,
Gershon Morse

This may certify that I have made all due exertions to procure testimony in the case of Reuben Sweet an applicant for a pension, and have failed to procure any except Sweet as accompanying the declaration.
In order to comply with the rules in relation to proof of service I have used due exertions to obtain evidence, in support of the claim of Reuben Sweet and when it was most likely to be found and have not the smallest doubt that he has practically complied with the rule requiring the best evidence in the power of a Claimant to produce Jany 9. 1834
Rowland Dugy M.C.

Application for a Transfer
State of Pennsylvania County of Erie
On this fifth day of March 1835 Before me, the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Erie, personally appeared Reuben Sweet who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to company commanded by Captain Bacon in the Regiment com- manded by Colonel Porter - in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York Moravia Township, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania, where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be made payable in future Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year Reuben Sweet [Seal] aforesaid
** Mark Erased in the second line before signing
John Boyd Justice of the peace

State of Pennsylvania } Erie County } ss } of the Court of Common
pleas in and for the County of Erie, Certify that John David Colgrim, is a Magistrate as within, and that the within Signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 12. day of March 1835.
Wm. M c der Pro

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Novem th 29 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Rolls of Captain Goodrich's Company, under Major Cady, and Captain Bacon's Company, in Col. Porter's Regt. in 1776, are not found in this Office. Reuben Sweet claims for services under each, in 1776.
Edward D. Banfield

Revolution
22 521 INVALID.
am
File No. 22,521
Reuben Sweet
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 409
[ 1 judgement in 1870.]

State of Pennsylvania } Erie County }
March 5. 1835
I John Boyd a Magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satis- factory evidence (viz) the affidavit of Benj. White John Sweet that Richard Sweet who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity is the identical person named in the pension certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 24,521 bearing date at the war office Jan. 7 th 1834 and signed by Lewis Cass
Secretary of war
given under my hand at Waterford on the day and year above written —
John Boyd J.P.

Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
Sir
James G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Watrous Erie Pa Apr 20 - 1835
J. S. Edmuns Esq.
Dear Sir.
I enclose you Richard Smuts application for a Transfer which which I hope you will find correct and have yr pension made payable in the in future
I am Sir Sir Yours Truly
J. S. Edmuns 3

Revo. Act 7. June 1832 Suspended Reuben Sweet
See letter to
R. Day Sunnyside N.Y. Oct. 26. 1833 let. Hon. R. Day 23 Dec 33