Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22376, for John Tanner, Rhode Island

SERVICE
R. d. mass. vt.
NUMBER
Tanner, John Esther
N. 22376.
CONTENTS

4487 9 New York
John Tanner
of Granville in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gordon of the Regt commanded by Col. Cornwell in the Rhode Island line for 9 months and 22 days
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 39 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Janua- ry 1833 — and sent to J. C. Parker at Granville N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 — $48.58 3 / 4 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar 33 16.19 3 / 4 $64.78
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo Cromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 144

Reported Feb 8/49
3782 New York Albany Catherine Tanner widow of John R. S. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars 39 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Almira Bruce Albany N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 226 Vol. 11

1st Brief No 7847, John Damm
(Page 75.)
5.14.16
20 Sep 32 21 Nov 32
A. C. Parker agent

at 7827  BRIEF in the case of John Tanner of Granville County of Washington in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
72. 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.     R.I. In 1776. about 1. 15. Substitute Capt. Gordon Col. Cornwall   Mass. 1779. 1. Volunteer Capt. Barnes   N.Y. 1781. 7. — Capt. Allen Col. Walbridge.   9. 22  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Exeter State of Rhode Island
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
One living Witness & traditional Evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be in due form
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Adg
Examining Clerk.

John Packer's Pension
Received from War Department to John C. Packer North Hamilton N. York Mar 1860.
7847
admitted
9 mo. 22 days private

I Stephen Leigh Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Washington in the State of New York DO hereby certify that the papers hereto attached containing the Declaration of John Tanner, the affidavit of Samuel Standish, the joint certificate of John B. Shaw the clergyman and John C. Parker the opinion of the Court and my original certificate thereto and seal of Office are the original papers in the application of John Tanner for a pension, and his explanatory statement of services since hereto attached & sworn to before John C. Parker Justice of the Peace of said County — And do certify that John C. Parker before whom Samuel Standish said clergyman, supposed to have been sworn was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths therein and that his name John C. Parker thereto is the proper handwriting of the said Justice well known to me — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at the head of this my certificate upon the narrow Ribbon binding the papers together this 21 st day of December 1832
J. S. Leigh C.M.

State of New York Washington County ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned justice of the Peace in and for the County of Washington and State of New York John Fanner (of Granville in said County the Declarant in the annexed Declaration named) 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
1 mo 15 d. Following grades For one month and fifteen Days I served as a private soldier in the first Four in my Declaration hereto annexed mentioned 1- mo For one month I served as a private soldier in my Second Four in said Declaration mentioned - 7- mo For Seven months I served as a private soldier in my third Four in said Declaration mentioned 7 days For Seven Days I served as a private soldier in my fourth Four in said Declaration mentioned making in the whole a period of 9 mo. 22 Days Nine months and twenty two Days which I served as a private soldier. And for such service I claim a pension —
Subscribed & sworn this 17 th day of December 1832 Before me —
John his Fanner mark
S. Parker. Peace and I certify that the above Declaration has been known to me for upwards of thirty years and has always sustained an unimpeachable character for credibility.
S. Parker. Peace

State of New York
Washington County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting
John Tanner a resident of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York aged Seventy two years on the sixteenth day of July last past 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. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
1 st That he lived in Exeter in the State of Rhode Island and in the month of September (he believes) in 1776 there was a Draft in the militia for troops to defend the Island against the British and one Asahel Wilcox was Drafted to go for one month under Capt. Gordon. At Lewis in Col. Cornwall's Reg t he believes and this Declarant being a hired man to the Father in Law of Wilcox agreed to go in stead of said Wilcox and did take his place in said Company as a soldier (for which he was never paid) and marched from Exeter to the east side of the Island to Bristol Fort where he was stationed & staid about four weeks there was no other Company at the Fort the troops being stationed along the shore some miles distant from each other. From the Fort they were marched about three miles back to guard some provisions where he staid about two weeks longer at the request of his officers until they were relieved when he was dismissed after serving about one month and a half. The Regiment were not all together but once in this time being stationed in various places to guard the shore whereby he did not become familiar with the names of the captains & officers of Companies or Reg t and therefore does not remember them.
2 nd And he further saith that having removed to Hancock in the State of Massachusetts in October (he believes) 1779 he enlisted or volunteered at Lanesborough adjoining Hancock for one month in Capt. Barnes Company of Briggs Massachusetts troops but in what Regiment does not remember that he was marched with the Company to Claverack on the Hudson River New York from thence to Albany where they were stationed until the end of the month and was dismissed in November but not in writing.

he recollects but one other company stationed at Albany at the time the Captain thereof he does not remember but he remembers St. L. Guernsey thereof
And he further saith that in 1780. he had removed to Franklin County of Washington State of New York in the forepart of May of that year he enlisted for several  six months and which he does not remember in Capt Parmachoo's Company of Jonathan Wright Col. Walbridge's Regiment. Major Spedden of the Militia to go to Skeneborough (now Whitehall) where he marched and was stationed there (to guard the frontier) in the Fort where they were frequently sent out on Scouts in the region about Lake & Down Lake Champlain some portion of the troops were constantly out on Scouts relieving each other during the season that he served there in this manner for six months until in November when the Company were dismissed. that here he knows of Capt Bartholomew's Company thinks there were four companies of the Regiment there at that time but the names have been forgotten and he cannot call them to mind
That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service other than Samuel Standish whose affidavit is hereto annexed and that of Thomas Griffith, he now remembers one tour of scouting to Crown Point in 1780 in which he and eight others were gone about one week.
1. That he was Born in Exeter in the State of Rhode Island on the 16 th July 1760 2. That he has a Record of his age at home in his Bible 3. That on his first entering the service he lived in Exeter Rhode Island the second time in Hancoc Massachussetts the third time in Granville where he now resides and has continued ever since the Revolution 4. That he first entered the service as a substitute for Isaac Wilcox and both the other times he volunteered or enlisted. 5. That as to the names of Officers Continental & Militia Reg'ts he has stated in the body of his Declaration all he can remember 6. That he never received a written discharge at any time 7. That he is known in his present neighborhood to Samuel Standish Samuel Standish Postmaster Edward Bulkley John C. Parker sothers who can testify to his veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier 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 or territory whatever.
N.B. The word "Slave" written on the name before sworn in the Last State Suited.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. S. Leigh Atty
John F. Farmer mark
State of New York Washington County ss.
I Samuel Standish of Granville in the County of State of New York being duly sworn according to Law saith he is well acquainted with John Farmer named in the annexed Declaration has lived within two miles of him for above forty years and he well remembers seeing him with the troops as a Soldier stationed at Kingsborough now Whitehall in the fall of the year 1781. in Capt Pamela Allen's Company that this Deponent at that time delivered some British Army prisoners to the Troops stationed there where he saw said John Farmer as a Soldier. that the said John Farmer he believes is seventy two years of age and this Deponent is seventy eight years of age that said John Farmer is esteemed in the neighborhood where he resides by all his acquaintances as a man of truth and is reputed and believed in his present neighborhood to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that belief is general. He has never heard it doubted.
Sworn & Subscribed this 21 day of August 1832 Before me
Samuel Standish
J. O. Parker (Seal) and I certify that this Deponent Samuel Standish is a credible person known to me for many years and is reputed a Revolutionary Soldier and has been wounded. I have known him for about thirty years past and his statement is entitled to credit
J. O. Parker (Seal)

We John B. Shaw a clergyman residing in Granville County of Washington State of New York and John C. Parker residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Fannin named in the annexed Declaration that we believe him to be seventy two 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 —
Subscribed known to this 25 th day of August 1832 before me J. C. Parker
John B. Shaw John C. Parker
The said John C. Parker known to me Court the 29 th day of Augt 1832 J. S. Leigh C.C.P.
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 in states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John B. Shaw who has signed the pending certificate is a clergyman resident in Granville as therein stated and that John C. Parker who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit —
John Fannin
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Fannin for a pension — And that the certificate of John B. Shaw taken before John C. Parker was actually taken known to before him the said John C. Parker who at the time thereof was a Justice of the Peace and authorized by Law to administer oaths and his name therein is his proper name & not any
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty ninth day of August — one thousand eight hundred and thirty two J. S. Leigh C.C.P.

BIRTHS
John Farmer was born July 16 th 1760 & Esther his wife May 31 st 1774
Their children were born as follows
William 10 th June 1792
Joseph 24 th Dec r 1794
James 8 th August 1796
Jonas 6 th Sept r 1799
Therza N th 22 nd Jan y 1801
Silvester R th 4 th Dec r 1802
Salem T th 12 th April 1804
Esther C th 25 th March 1806
John J th 25 th June 1810
Edward G th 24 th May 1818

State of New York Cortland County
On the 1 st day of August 1844 Personally appeared before the Subscriber Watson Sweetland a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Cortland the same being a Court of Record Esther Tanner the widow of Morathow in the said County of Cortland aged Seventy 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 provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and 23 rd August 1842 Granting Pension to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War That She is the Widow of John Tanner who was a Private in the war of the Revolution in the Militia in Rhode Island in the service of the Continental Army of troops - and was a pensioner at the time of his death under the act of June 7, 1832 at the Rate of $32 39. Per annum - She also declares that She was married to the said John Tanner the 20 th of March 1791 -
That her husband the aforesaid John Tanner died on or about the 19 th of February 1833 - That She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the First of January 1794 - 703... at the time above stated -
Sworn to and subscribed on the 3 rd day of August 1844 Esther Tanner  his mark Watson Sweetland Judge of Cortland County Court
I certify that the above named declarant is unable to attend the sitting of the Court owing to the infirmity of old age - Watson Sweetland Judge of Cortland County Court

State of New York Cortland County ss.
On the 1 st day of August - 1844 Personally appeared before the Subscriber Walton Swiftland a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Cortland the same being a Coach of Richard Esther Gann Resident of the Town of Marathone in said County of Cortland aged - Twenty Years. 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 March 3 rd 1828 1832 and 17 th June 1844 Granting pen- sion to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of John Gann who was a Private and Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served in the Rhode Island Militia and was pensioned under the Act of June 7. 1832 at the Rate of $32 39 Per annum.
She further declares that she is still a Widow as on the day and year last above written before Walton Swiftland a Judge of Cortland County Courts Esther Gann mark Witness E.W. Edgcomb
I certify that the above named declarant is - Personally known to me - Walton Swiftland Judge of Cortland County Courts

State of New York Cortland County 3 d
On the 23 rd day of October 1824 Personally appeared before Ebenezer Edgcomb a Justice of the Peace in and for said County William Tanner Resident of Marathon in said County of Cortland aged Fifty Two years last June
Who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, That he is the eldest son of John Tanner & Esther Tanner That his father John Tanner died on or about the 19 th day of February 1833 in the Town of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York and that Esther Tanner the mother of this deponent has remained a widow since the death of the aforesaid John Tanner and now resides with this deponent in the Town of Marathon in said County of Cortland
This deponent further saith that the Family Record of the Birth of his father & mother and their Children has always been regarded as the family Record That he has seen it and will recognize it along time before the Pension Law passed This deponent further saith that the Record contains the birth of him the said deponent and also the birth of his brothers & Sisters according to his knowledge correct
This deponent further saith that he has this day cut the said Family Record from his father & mother's Family Bible and saw it attached to this affidavit - and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above
Written before E. M. Edgcomb J.P.
Wm Tanner
I certify that the above William Tanner sustains a good character for truth & veracity E. M. Edgcomb, J.P.

State of New York Court and County } ss.
On the 7th day of March, 1845 Personally appeared before the Subscriber, Elisha W. Edgcomb, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County - Hannah Conger, Resident of the town of Covert and Wife in said County - Aged Twenty Eight Years
Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth Depose and Say - that she is Well acquainted with Widow Esther Tanner formerly wife of John Tanner of Granville Washington County State of New York now resident of Manhattan in said County of Covert and
This deponent further says that she was present at the marriage of the said John Tanner to his wife Esther and that they were married by Esquire Cook in the Town of Granville in the County of Washington N.Y. On or about the Twelfth day of March (1791) Seventeen hundred and ninety one - and that William Tanner of Manhattan in said County is their oldest Son - and that they have lived together as husband and Wife until the death of the said John Tanner and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above Written before - - E. W. Edgcomb Justice of the Peace
Hannah Conger
I certify that the above named deponent sustains a good Character for truth and veracity
E. W. Edgcomb Justice of the Peace

State of New York Court and County 3d.
On the 5 th day of April 1845 Personally appeared before the Subscriber Ebenezer Wedgcomb a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County Austin Wartrous - Resident of Fulton, Cortland Co. aged eighty years - Who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is well acqu- ainted with the Widow Esther Tanner now of the town of Manhattan in said County of Cortland and was also acquainted with her husband the late John Tanner of the town of Granville in the County of Washington N.Y. and this deponent further says that they were young people together and kind red on neighborhood in the town of Granville and this deponent further says that he was present at the marriage of the said John Tanner to his wife Esther and that the mar- riage took place in the town of Granville in the County of Washington on or about the 20 th day of March 1791 - and that they lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said John Tanner - and that William Tanner of Manhattan in the County of Cortland is their eldest son - and further this deponent says not -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me E. Wedgcomb Justice of the Peace
Austin Wartrous
I certify that the above named deponent sustains a good character for truth and veracity -
E Wedgcomb Justice of the Peace

11850
Esther Tannen
2 April 17 1845.
Mother of John
Oct 7 - May 1838
Esther Tannen
Maria before 1754
Married about 1800
1756. Mar 15
1779 1 - 0
1781 4 - 18
1783 3 - 19
1785 2 - 21
1787 1 - 23
1789 0 - 25
1791 1 - 27
1793 2 - 29
1795 3 - 31
1797 4 - 33
1799 5 - 35
1801 6 - 37
1803 7 - 39
1805 8 - 41
1807 9 - 43

State of New York Cortland County Clerk's office S.
I Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Walton Sweetland before whom the two affidavits hereto annexed which he has signed was taken was at the time the same purports to have been taken a judge of Cortland County Courts and I do hereby also certify that Eleazar M. Edgcomb before whom two of the annexed affidavits were taken and by him signed was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace in and for the County of Cortland in the said State and that the signatures of the said Walton Sweetland and Eleazar M. Edgcomb to the jurats of the said affidavits respectively are their signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal office this twelfth day of April A.D. 1824 at Cortlandville in the State of New York
Samuel Hotchkiss, Clerk

7344. New York.
Esther Tanner, widow of John Tanner, who was a private, in the Rhode Island line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 66 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13. day of Oct: 1845, and sent to E. W. Edgcomb, Borland village N. Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June, 1844.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 87.
Lib. 6. Alonge Bruce March 28 '48

Mr
J. J.
Patricio Coy
Camaguey, Pinar del Rio
Washington
D.C.
1894 P. P. 1894

Dear Sir Albany Nov 7 th 1848
I enclose the declaration of Esther Tanner for the removal of her Pensions under Act of 2 nd Feb 1848 and for the arrears due her under the Joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848 under the Acts which she has been Pensioned Respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esq Chair of Pensions
Manzo Bruce Albany N.Y.

Bothi Lamm
Decorat
7344
Ad acti '38. '43 '44 at p 32.39 per annum. deg former payb at p 23.66 per au n
Ad act '48 at p 32.39 per annum

State of New York } County of Washington }
On this 28 day of October 1848 before me John C. Parker a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Esther Tannar of the Town of Granville County & State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth that she is the widow of John Tannar deceased who during his natural life was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 at the rate of thirty two dollars and thirty nine cents per Annum on account of his Revolutionary Services, And that she has received a Pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838 and the 3 d of March 1843 and the 17 June 1844, at the rate of twenty three dollars and sixty six cents per Annum on account of her late husband Military Services. And the object of this Declaration is to assert a claim at the same rate of Pension received by her said husband under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 And the arrears of Pension due her under Act of July 7 th 1838 and the subsequent Acts on the Proof Now on file and under the Joint Resolution of Congress passed July 1 st 1848. She further declares that she remains a widow and applies for her Pension under Act of Feb 2, 1848. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 th day of October 1848
her Esther X Tannar mark
John C. Parker I Reaw in for of the County of Washington NY
I certify that declarant is personally known to me and is the identical person above named and her statement is entitled to full faith and credit and I also certify that the said affiant Esther Tannar does not write her name and has not for many years on account of a nervous difficulty as she alleged and which I believe to be true
John C. Parker Justice

State of New York Washington County
I Henry Shiphead Clerk of said County do hereby certify that on the 28 th day of October A.D. 1848 John B. Parkhurst Esq. was at that time of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and that his signature subscribed to the within jurat and certificate is genuine
Witness my hand and official seal this 30 th day of October A.D. 1848 H. Shiphead Clerk

March 22/48
Alonzo Bruce for John Tamm
W. L. Davis & Co. Washington D. C.
6000

Albany, March 18 1848
Sir
On the 14 th of Jan I sent a Paw of Mtg & letter to the Department desiring information in regard to the services of John Tannee a revolutionary soldier and a pension at the time of his death, the widow is yet living and is anxious to know about the services of her husband before she presents her claim. Will the Department inform me
I also sent more proof in the case of Rhoda Butts the old lady is poor and destitute will the Department call up the case as soon as convenient and make oblig.
Yours Respectfully Monge Bruce Albany N.Y.
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions

Jan'y 18 48 Power of Atty Escher Tamm
J. L.
Escher Tamm Power of Attorney Washington D.C.

Hartford Oct 20 th 1847
My husband John Yanna was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and a Russian at the time of his death and I was married to him as I am told in time to be entitled to a Pension I made application for a Pension but none have received one yet I would like to have you Promote my claim for a Pension and below I send you the Power of Attorney and I hope you will attend to it for I would like to know how much pension my husband's performance before I under take to prove my marriage
Witnesses: Elmer Tamm Esther X Tamm Make
This may certify that I appoint Alanzo Brew of the City of Albany my true and lawful attorney to attend to my Russian Claim and I wish the Department to be in hand with him and that I now revoke all former agencies and appoint him my sole agent to attend to it for me
Witnesses Witness Clara Gunn Witness my hand Esther X Gunn Mark

Albany Jan 14, 1848
Sir
Will you have the goodness to inform me what has been done in Mrs. Gannu's case for a Pension if any thing. What amount of desire is satisfactory for Mrs. Gannu for a Pension. Please give the information and you will much oblige me. In the foregoing you will see the power of Atty for me.
Yours Respectfully
Alonzo Bruce
Albany, N.Y.
J. L. Edward Esq.

Cortland Village Cortland 6 th N.Y. September 13 th 1845-
Sir,
I send you a Certificate of the Society of the State of Vermont of the birth of John Tanner 1781, you informed me that if I established this term the other birth in 1776 & 1779 - would be admitted
On the receipt of your favor of the 18 th June last I called on William Tanner, Son of Esther Tanner the claimant who informed me that in the year of 1812 he volunteered in the late War, in a Company of Artillery and served some 6 months under Captain Ichiel Slayton of Washington County N.Y. and that Capt S. had his description of Person age and birth on the Books of said Company.
I wrote to said Capt Slayton he informed me that he could not find on his books the birth of the age of William Tanner - he sent me his affidavit when I herewith send you, hoping it will prove satisfactory taken in connection with the two affidavits now on file of Austin Matthews and Hannah Conyer, who both testify that they were present at the marriage of John & Esther Tanner -
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington D.C.
Yours With Respect E. W. Edgcomb

Cortland Village, Cortland County N.Y. April 12 th 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir,
I send you herewith the Application of Esther Tanner, Widow of John Tanner for a Pension under the acts of July 7 1838 and March 3 rd 1843
I am very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant
E. W. Edgcomb

Secy of State's Office - Vermont Montpelier June 12. 1824
Sir
The name of John Fanner is on Capt Parmelee Allen's Pay Roll, Lt Col. Eben Walbridge's Regt, said company commencing service May 21 st & ending Dec. 1. 1781, and said Fanner is allowed for 4 mos. & 18 days service, commencing July 12 th . The Capt & Lieuts. are allowed for 6 mos. & 7 days service, but none else more than 4 mos. 18 days, and some less than this.
Should you wish a certificate I will send you one on receiving the fee of this Office $2.00, for every examination & certificate. But the result being unsuccessful, I charge you $1.00.
Respectfully J. H. Merrill Depy Secy State
E. W. Edgcomb Esq.

State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office Montpelier June 23 rd 1845
I hereby certify that there is on file in this Office "A Pay Roll of Capt Parmelee Allen's Company Lt. Col. Eben r Walbridge's Battalion, raised for the defence of the State of Vermont, commencing May 21 st and ending Dec. 1 st 1781, both days included;" on which Roll is the name of "Parker Tanner" with an allowance for four months and 18 days service as a private, commencing July 12 th and ending December 1 st .
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of this Office this 23 rd day of June A.D. 1845.
Gerard F. Aikern Deputy Sec'y of State

State of New York Washington County } ss.
On the 25 th day of August 1845 Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county Nichol Leayton Resident of Granville in said county of Washington and State of New York aged seventy seventyone years Who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say
That he has been acquainted with John Tan- ner Late of the town of Granville in said coun- ty deceased and his Widow Esther Tanner for upwards of Forty Eight years past and has lived with in one fourth of a mile of them until the death of the said John Tan- ner
This deponent further says that he was well acqu- ainted with the children and also with their oldest son William Tanner who now resides in Cortland County N.Y. and that he was ac- quainted with him when he was a child This deponent further says that in the late war in the year of 1812 the said William Tanner volunteered in a company commanded by me and since in said war four or five months I have the books of said company of Artillery in my possession, and have examined to see if I could find the age and description of the said William Tanner and can't find the age and description of the said Mr Tanner but to the best of my recollection should say that he was from Twenty to twenty one years of age in 1812 at the time of his enlistment
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written before me
Samuel Standish Justice Peace
Nichol Leayton

I hereby certify that the above named Jehiel Leayton sustains a good character for truth and vanity -
Samuel Standish A.D. 1845
State of New York Washington County ss 3d I Henry Shepherd clerk of said county do hereby certify that at the time of the date of the foregoing Inat and certificate Samuel Stand- ish Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and sworn and that his signature subscribed thereto is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 3 d day of September A.D. 1845
H. Shepherd clerk

7344 New York Albany Esther Turner widow of John who was a Private in the R. Island Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars 39.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 66
Increased from $23 Certificate of Pension issued the 8, day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Alonzo Bruce Albany N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 87.

9667.
New York Albany.
Ester Tanner
Widow of John Tanner who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 19 Feb. 1833 at Utica in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Gordon of the company commanded by Cornwall in the R. Island line for 7 mos 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 32 Dollars 39 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Increased from $23 66 100
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Feb. 1839 and sent to Henry Bruce Albany
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by George L. King Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 1 Page 13.

9667. New York
Esther Tamar, widow of John Tamar, who was a pensioner under the Act of 32, and who died on the 19 February, 1852, of Cortland ('in the State of N. Yk): who was a private in the co commanded by Captain Gordon of the commanded by Cornwall in the R Island line for 7 mos. 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 23 — Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th: — day of Oct: 1845 — and sent to E. H. Edg- -mont, Cortland Village, N. Yk —
Total amount, $ 118.30
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. T. Smith Clerk. Book 5 Vol. 1 — Page 183.

N o 11850
Escher Janus
Left the NY Exg. Comb. Ev June 2nd 1895.
act 7 May 1838

No. 11850
Esther Fannin Maw of John NY
act 7 July 1838
Adm d . 7 mo 3 days p m $23 66 / 100 per ann
Adm d act March 1843,
and 17 June 1844
$23 66 / 100 per ann

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Nov. 19, Hist. to Blanche P. Oct. 24, 9 A.M. to Mrs. Frank Turkey. 9 A.M.
No. 22376 Esther Tanner Widow of John Tanner. Dis. Ser. No. Act: Feb 2 d 48 Index: Vol. 14 Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Flint Mich
Sept. 28/29.
Pension Dept. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen,
Will you kindly give me the names and date of birth, of children of John Tauner ? 1760-1833.
On pension roll in 1833, of Washington Co N.Y. for service as private in Rhode Island militia. Born in Rhode Island died N. Granville N.Y.
Can you also give me marriage date? Also Wife's name, and birth + death dates?
Respectfully yours.
Blanche R. Kerby.
1629 Mountclair Ave.

Flint Mich.
Oct. 11/32
Pension Dept. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly inform me as to the family of John Tanzer . 1760-1833.
He served as private in R. Island militia
He is on pension roll of Washington Co. N. Y. in 1833.
Born in R. I. died in N. Granville N.Y.
Can you give me name of wife, marriage date, and names of children.
Respectfully yours
Mrs Frank B. Kerby.
2201 S. East Hwy.

October 21, 1932.
Mrs. Frank B. Kerkey, 2201 S. Dort Hg'y, Flint, Michigan.
am BA-J/ADY John Tanner W. 22376
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Tanner, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.22376, based upon his military service in that war.
John Tanner was born July 16, 1760 in Exeter, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Exeter, Rhode Island, he enlisted in September 1776 and served one and one half months as a private in Captain Gordon's Company, Colonel Cornwall's Rhode Island Regiment.
He moved to Hancock, Massachusetts and in October 1779 he enlisted in Lanesborough, Massachusetts and served one month as a private in Captain Barnes' Massachusetts Company. He served about one week in 1780, names of officers not stated.
In 1781 he moved to Granville, Washington County, New York and enlisted July 12, 1781 and served four months and eighteen days as a private in Captain Parmelee Allen's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Walbridge's Vermont Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, while a resident of Granville, New York.
He died February 19, 1833 in Granville, New York.
Soldier married March 20, 1791 in Granville, New York, Esther, her maiden name not stated, who was born

May 31, 1774. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 1, 1844, while a resident of Marathon, Cortland County, New York.
In 1848 she was living in Granville, New York.
It is stated soldier's son, William, served in the War of 1812 in Captain Jehiel Dayton's Company of Artillery.
Children:
William born June 10, 1792. Joseph " December 24, 1794. James E. " August 8, 1796. Jonas C. " September 12, 1799. Therza N. " January 22, 1801. Silvester R. " December 4, 1802. Salem T. " April 12, 1804. Esther C. " March 25, 1806. John J. " June 25, 1810. Edward G. " May 24, 1818.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
ADY
November 19, 1929.
Blanche R. Kerkey, 1629 Montclair Avenue, Flint, Michigan.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23376, it appears that John Tanner was born July 16, 1760 in Exeter, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Exeter, Rhode Island, he enlisted in September 1776 and served one and one half months as a private in Captain Gordon's Company, Colonel Cornwall's Rhode Island Regiment.
He moved to Hancock, Massachusetts and in October 1779 he enlisted in Lanesborough, Massachusetts and served one month as a private in Captain Barnes' Massachusetts Company. He served about one week in 1780, names of officers not stated.
In 1781 he moved to Granville, Washington County, New York and enlisted July 12, 1781 and served four months and eighteen days as a private in Captain Parmelee Allen's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Walbridge's Vermont Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, while a resident of Granville, New York.
He died February 19, 1833 in Granville, New York.
Soldier married March 20, 1791 in Granville, New York, Esther, her maiden name not stated, who was born May 31, 1774. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 1, 1844, while a resident of Marathon, Cortland County, New York.
In 1848 she was living in Granville, New York.
It is stated soldier's son, William, served in the

War of 1812 in Captain Jehiel Dayton's Company of Artillery.
Children:
William born June 10, 1792. Joseph " December 24, 1794. James E. " August 8, 1796. Jonas C. " September 12, 1799. Therza N. " January 22, 1801. Silvester R. " December 4, 1802. Salem T. " April 12, 1804. Esther G. " March 25, 1806. John J. " June 25, 1810. Edward G. " May 24, 1818.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.