Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,018, for Francis Tanner, Rhode Island

SERVICE
R.L.
Tanner, Francis
NUMBER
S 23,018
CONTENTS

New York 32,548
Francis Tanner
Herkshire Co in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company comman- by Captain Babcock of the N.Y. comman- by Col. Dyer, in the R.I. line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars ——— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of March 1847 and sent to Giles Dr. 1 Gates, Albany, N. York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1847 480 : 00 Pension allowance ending 6 Sept. 15 : 00 $ 495 : 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. 2. Vol. 4. Page 3.

Herkimer County ss Lydia Herrington of Schoharie in said county being duly sworn before me Milton Hough one of the justices of the Peace of said county deposeth and says That she is half sister to Francis Tanner an applicant for a pension that during the war of the Revolution she the deponent and the said Francis Tanner resided in South Princeton in the State of Rhode Island that she well recollects that the said Francis Tanner was several times called into actual military service during said war in the Militia of said State she does not remember how long he served at any one time that he was in Stillwater Battle in Rhode Island that the deponent was at that time thirteen or fourteen years of age and further saith not Subscribed and sworn before me Lydia Herrington mark This 19th day of June 1840 Subscribed by making her mark being unable to write her name Milton Hough justice
State of New York Herkimer County ss
I certify that Milton Hough Esq before whom the above affidavit was sworn was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the Peace duly elected and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that the above signature pur- porting to be his is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 20th day of June 1840- E. A. Munsell Deputy for John Deygout Clerk

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 subjjoined 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. These 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 Francis Danner Herkimer County New York
   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.     Not stated Capt Babcock 69 years Traditionary evidence   Vol. 2 12 Capt Baldwin This last service performed at Fort Ticonderoga Witnesses certified credits Clergymen &c. papers not properly attached   Vol - 1 Same Capt.   Draft 1 Same Capt.   Draft 1 Same   Draft on Vol 6 7 Same Capt. Col Dyer Warren Sullivan's expedition and Battle.   Draft 1 1 Same Capt.   Vol - 2 Same Capt.   Vol - 1 Same Capt.   16 12  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 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 (1) 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 (1) 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

Francis Tanner
J. E. Clarke, ritual agent -
18215
Amended

State of New York Herkimer County
On this 30 th day of October 1832
personally appeared in open court before Nathan Williams Esquire Vice Chancellor of the State of New York at a court of Chancery now sitting for the Superior Court. Francis Fanner a resident of the Town of Schuylerville County of Herkimer and State of New York aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law states on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here stated -
that he was born in South Kingston and State of Rhode Island and continued to reside there about thirty years then he removed to Lyndon in the State of Massachusetts where he resided one winter then he removed to Steubenville in the State of New York where he resided about eight years then he removed to Schuylerville County of Herkimer and State of New York where he has resided since and now resides there - was born in the year 1762 at least twenty is now 89 years of age - that when he was about fifteen years of age was enrolled as a minute man under Captain Stephen Babcock

and served three months and was actually called into actual service several times during that three months — that immediately after the three months service he again volunteered under Captain Stephen Balcomb of South Kingston and served two months — This service was performed at Boston Neck — that he immediately volunteered and served one month under the same Captain This service was performed in the same place that immediately or within two weeks of the was drafted and served one month at the same place under the same Captain — That about two months after the term of service had expired he was drafted and served one month under the same Captain at the same place — that about three months after he was drafted or volunteered & served four or months under the same Captain at the same place — That soon after one full month he was drafted for one month and served under the same Captain in an Expedition to take Newport. Byer was Colonel in this Expedition — That soon after this he volunteered under the same Captain and served in Sullivan's Expedition about two months & was in that battle — That immediately after the Battle of Newport he volunteered under the same Captain and served one month in New Port and worked at the Fort — has no record of his age never held a commission never had any written discharge has no documentary evidence — his brother Isaac Barker can testify something in relation to his services and is the only person living who thoroughly knows who is acquainted with his services — is acquainted with Joseph Mylls & Joshua Matthews of Kingston who can attest to his veracity & reputation

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to or lien on or against the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State or Territory whatever -
Sworn & subscribed the 30 th day of October 1832. before me
Isaac Tanne
W. Williams un Chanc.
State of New York
Amicia Tanne Isaac Tanne being sworn says that he is acquainted with the above named Applicant who is a brother of this Witness and he this deponent lived with the said Applicant in his father's family at the time and knows in general that the said Applicant was during the war of the Revolution several times in the service of the States as a soldier during that war and this deponent several times saw said Applicant whilst he was in the service at Morton's Creek and knows that he was absent from home at the time of the battle at Red Hill and this deponent recollects that when said Applicant returned home with other of the neighbours who had been in said battle it was reported & believed that said Applicant had been in said battle and this deponent has no doubt of that fact - This deponent further saith that he cannot enumerate with particularity all the services of the said Applicant but he has heard his recollection said and believes it to be true - This deponent resides at Schuyler County of Kentucky - Isaac Tanne

We Joseph Willis a Clergyman residing in the Town of Schuylkill County of Pennsylvania and Joshua Matthews Esq. a Justice of the peace residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Francis Danner the above named applicant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be thirty years of age that he is united and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a subject of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Joseph Willis Joshua Matthews
Given under our hands the 30th day of October 1832. before me
William Lloyd Chant
And the said Court hereby certifies that opinion after the investigation of the matter upholding the declarant's premises and affirming that the above named Danner was a revolutionary soldier and as he states and the court further finds that it appears to them that Joseph Willis who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Schuylkill County of Pennsylvania and Joshua Matthews who has also signed the same is a Justice of the peace in the Town of Schuylkill County of Pennsylvania and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit
W. Williams
I also certify that Francis Danner who has made the foregoing affidavit is a credible person and that his Statement is entitled to credit -
W. Williams Vice Chancellor

I James Watson Williams Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the fifth Circuit of the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the originals proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Francis Tanner for a pension -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
J. Watson Williams: Clerk in Chancery St. Louis N.Y.
State of New York } On this county of } Francis Tanner here now says that Byer was his Colonel during the whole period of all his services as a soldier of the Revolution - that the period of his same actual service under Capt. Brackstone first mentioned in his said application was six weeks - that the period of his service in Sullivan's Expedition was two full months -
Sworn the 29 th day of May 1833. before me.
Francis Tanner
J. Williams Vice Chan.

I, James Watson Williams, Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York, for the Fifth Circuit, do hereby certify that Nathan Williams, before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time of the date thereof, Vice Chancellor of the Fifth Circuit of the State of New York, and that the signature "N Williams" to the jurat thereof is his genuine signature & being well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Nathan Williams; and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts.
Witness my hand and seal of office this
29 th May 1833.
James Watson Williams. Clerk in Chancery 5 th Circuit N.Y.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190
Sir:
In reply to your request of Sept. 16th , received 18th for a statement of the military history of Francis Tanner a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 18 mos Pvt Stephen Babcock Saml Dyer R.I.   1777   1778   1779  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill? Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, South Kingston R.I.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 30, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Schenectady N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born at South Kingston R.I. in 1762.
Remarks: Soldier's half brother Isaac Tanner, living at Schenectady N.Y. and 76 years old in 1832. His brother Benjamin and their father Isaac were in the battle of Bunker Hill.
No further family data. For date of last payment of pension apply to Very respectfully, Andr. for Sub. Dept. Treasury Dept. acting the following data bts. 32548 Issue Mar. 22, 1847. Det June 7, 1832. agency New York -
Rev. Geo. C. Tanner Faribault Minn.
27225b3m1-07
Commissioner.
Lydia Harrington 1/2 sister
JK

Dr
Frances Tannee's Application for a Pension was made in 1833
I now enclose you off. extracts to supply the evidence which the former papers did not afford
Utica N York
6 th July 1840
Your Hon d & Clerk

July 9. 1840
My proof of Francis Tanner.
6 sh 6 d

18216
Francis Tanner New York.
Act 7 June, 1832.
Admitted 9 months private $30 per annum, from 4 March, 1831.
Giles F. Yates, Esq. Albany N. Y.

In the matter
vs
of
Francis Tanne
4. Afft of Elijah Oakley

State of New York County of Herkima ss
I, Elijah Oakley Of the town of Schuyler in said County Aged fifty six May next thirtyth years being Duly Sworn According to Law do Depose and say That I came to Reside in the town of Schuyler aforesaid over fifty five years ago And then And there became acquainted with Francis Tanner who Resided in said Town My acquaintance with the said Francis Tanner has continued until the Present time now over fifty five years During my acquaintance with him the said Francis Tanner We have often had familiar Conversations Respecting his Revolutionary Services when he Resided in the State Of Rhode Island And has allways been Reputed and Esteemed to have been A Soldier in the war of the Revolution And of the troops of Rhode Island From Which State he moved or came on taking up this Residenc in said town of Schuyler as we have Been often and credibly informed And verily Believe to be true, and I the said Elijah Oakley do further testify That my intimacy or acquaintance has With the said Francis Tanner arose And was Kept up and have Lived Ever since I first Became acquainted With said Francis Tanner within a few Miles of said Francis Tanner nearly

All of the time from my first acquaintance up to the present time have lived within three miles of the said Francis Tanner & the said Elijah Oakley heard the said Francis Tanner say that he belonged to the troops of Rhode Island and was in General Sullivan's Battle and this conversation took place soon after I first became acquainted with said Francis, when I was a stripling, and when the said Elijah Oakley was not over eight or ten years old, when I was a School Boy I boarded with the said Francis Tanner and I remember well having conversation with said Francis in Relation to his Revolutionary Services when he resided in Rhode Island I also understood by the said Francis that he guarded the shores moving from place to place as the necessity of the case required according to orders, and that he the said Francis had took part very many torys during his services in the Revolutionary war And I said Elijah Oakley can cheerfully say that the said Francis has ever since my acquaintance with him borne the reputation of a Revolutionary soldier of the Rhode Island Troops
Sworn and subscribed his Before me this 11 th day of February 1847 W. D. Cain Justice { Elijah Oakley master [ wit W. D. Cain

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Elyan Oakey the within named Deponent for a number of years & believe him to be a man of good moral character and a man of truth and veracity he made his mark to the within affidavit to which I am subscribed to                      Dated this 11 th day of Feb 1847                                                      W D Cairn Justice
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Herkimer County
I certify that W. D. Cairn whose name is subscribed to the annexed Deposition & Certificate was, on the day of the date of said Deposition & Certificate a justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal.
February A.D. 1847
this 12 th
Heinrich Barry Clerk
By John W. Woodruff Supt

Francis Tanner
Claim pending— under act of 7 th June 1832.

In the matter of the application of Francis Tanner , under the Act of 7 th June 1832.
Francis Tanner filed his application shortly after the passage of the law of 1832 & it has been pending ever since. The old gentleman is now nearly 100 years of age & his memory fails him. He however gave me the following detail of his services, which I doubt not will be found to correspond with the statements in his declaration & in the depositions of his witnesses, Lydia Harrington & Isaac Tanner, & others.
When the revolutionary war commenced he lived at South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island. {It is next to impossible to obtain record proof of service from this State} He served part of the time as a substitute for his father Isaac Tanner , about 3 years before the war closed. He commenced serving in 1776 and served in that war & in the years 1777, 1778 & 1779. He was in Sullivan's Battle (as he terms it) in Newport R. I. He said he stated his whole term of service (if he remembers right) at 75 months, performed in tours which were estimated at 30 in number. The Colonel of Rains's officers, as he understood the fact to be, that no such tours could have been performed. His pay was $5 a month. His officers' names led. Sands , Capt. Stephen Babcock , Lieut. Carpenter , Jeremiah Knowles - also C. Dyer . Frankfort N.Y. May 2 d 1846.
G. H. Yates

Utica 1 st October 1844
In I enclose you an additional affidavit in the case of Francis Tanner of Schuylkill County Pa Herbunio State of New York a Revolutionary Soldier whose application for a Pension was made in 1833 and which application was suspended for further Proof - The enclosed affidavit was mislaid and forgotten until within a few days - Mr Tanner says that he now recollects that one of the Officers under whom he served was Colonel Bonds of which he will make affidavit of it will add to the amount of Em already given Mr. Thos. E. Clarke

State of New York County of Herkimer ss.
I, Hazard W.
Tanner of the town of Schuyler in said County aged eighty-one years, being being duly sworn depose & say, that I was born in Richmond in the State of Rhode Island and brought up & lived during the war of the revolution in the town of South Kingston in said State of Rhode Island. While I lived in said Town last named I was employed to carry provisions to the American troops which were stationed on the shores of Rhode Island in the neighborhood where I lived, to guard the same. I then and there saw very often & from month to month, Francis Tanner on duty with said troops. said Francis Tanner to whom I refer, was living during said war in the same town (of South Kingston) I did. She is now a resident of the town of Frankfort in said County of Herkimer N.Y. a town adjoining said town of Schuyler in which I now reside - Although of the same name I am in no way related to said Francis Tanner . According to the best of my recollection the said Francis Tanner served with the troops as aforesaid for two years at least, as I understood at the time and believe the fact to be, but I cannot say that such service was continuous or rendered day after day in succession, and the two years to which I refer were after the year in which the battle of Bunker Hill took place. I remember the names of the following officers as those under or with whom said Francis Tanner served - viz - Colonel Dyer, & Colonel Sands - Captain Babcock & Lieutenant Carpenter - General Sullivan - Lt. Russell.
Witnesses Hazard W. Tanner his mark

On this 6 th day of February 1847, personally appeared before me the undersigned, Hazard W. Tanner within named & who has signed the within written Deposition, & he made oath, that the facts set forth in said deposition by him signed are true - and I certify that said Hazard W. Tanner is to me well known that he is of good sound & memory in the community in which he lives he is esteemed as a man of veracity & that his statements are entitled to full credit, & further that he does not write his name owing to defective eyesight.
Warren D. Lein Justice of the Peace of Herk County
State of New York County of Herk Clerk's Office
I, Hardick Barry Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Warren D. Lein Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition purports to have been sworn & the jurat & certificate annexed thereto purports to have been signed, was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly elected & qualified; & that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand & official seal, this 8 th day of February 1847. Hardick Barry, Clerk By John D. Woodruff Deputy
In the matter of Francis Tanner Aff t of Hazard W. Tanner

State of New York County of Dutchess Co.
I, Isaac Tanner of the town of Schuylerville in said County, aged twenty six years, being duly sworn depose & say, that I am a half-brother of Francis now Tanner residing in the adjoining town of Newport in said County, an applicant for a pension. That I was born & brought up in the town of South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island, from which town the said Francis also hails & where he resided during the period of the war of the revolution. That troops were during two or three years after the year in which the battle of Bunker Hill took place (I cannot give dates) stationed in said town not very distant from my resi- dence, and on the shores to guard the same, & give notice of the approach of the enemy. The said Francis Tanner I very often saw performing duty with said troops during the period they were stationed there as aforesaid. I do not remember his officers, but am pretty sure that he served for a portion of the time under Captain Babcock (whose Christian name I cannot now recollect) and also that Colonel Dyer & Colonel Dyer , both of which named officers had their family residences in my neigh- -borhood. The said Francis was from home nearly all the time during said period - he remained at his father's house for short intervals only - but how long each tour of duty was he thus rendered I was never informed to the best of my recollection & if I ever knew I cannot now call to mind. I cannot specify all the other places he served at, nor say how long he served at each place nor in what years. He was in the battle of Newport R. I. under General Sullivan, and also

in the Bunker Hill battle. He was engaged in many scouting parties with detachments of soldiers & in expeditions got up for the purpose of catching Tories. On several occasions Tories that had been apprehended by parties with which he had been, were brought to my father's house for temporary safekeeping. Owing to this circumstance I particularly remember that said Francis Tanner was engaged in tours of this kind.
In the matter of Francis Tanner after Isaac Tanner
When the battle of Bunker Hill took place, my mother sent me in search of news. Her anxiety was great to hear of her husband, my father Benjamin  Isaac Tanner, and my brothers Benjamin & the aforesaid Francis Tanner all three of whom were performing military service at that time & were participants in said battle. According to the best of my recollection the said Francis in the Spring of the year in which said battle took place entered upon an engagement of nine months & served nine months at least for he did not return from said engagement until the beginning of the winter following. I may possibly be mistaken about this nine months tour having been rendered in the year distinguished as that in which the battle of Bunker Hill took place, but I think not.
Isaac Tanner
On this 5 th Feby 1847, personally appeared before me the undersigned, the above named Isaac Tanner who made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by him signed are true & correct and I certify that said deposition was drawn in my presence at the dictation of said deponent that he gives every evidence of his being of sound memory as well as mind & that in the community in which he lives, he bears the reputation of being a gentleman of truth & veracity; & that his statements are entitled to full credit.
Warren D. Carr Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Herkimer, County
I certify that Warren D. Carr whose name is subscribed to the Deposition of the above named affidavit was, on the day of the date of said deposition a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal. this 5 th Feby 1847
Nicholas Barry Clerk By John D. Woodruff Deputy

In the matter of
Francis Tanner
3. Afft of D. Sherwood

State of New York County of Herkimer } ss
I the under- signed Jacob L. Sherwood a resident of the town of Newport - in said County, and aged Sixty - years, & Resident - of the town of Newport - in said County and aged Sixty - years, being respectfully duly sworn according to law, do depose & say, I the said Jacob L. Sherwood - that I have known & been well acquainted with Francis Tanner of the town, of Schuyler in said County over thirty - years (and I the said Jacob L. Sherwood that I have been acquainted with the said Francis Tanner over thirty - years.) That he has always been reputed and esteemed to have been a soldier in the war of the revolution, and of the troops of Rhode- Island, from which State he moved or came on taking up his residence in said town of Schuyler, as we have been often & credibly informed & verily believe to be true - and I the said Jacob L. Sherwood do further testify that my intimacy or ac- quaintance with said Francis Tanner arose & was kept up from the circumstance of my my being a physician in the family of said Francis Tanner - Jacob L. Sherwood Subscribed and sworn before me this 8 th day of February 1847 -
Henry Stafford Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Jacob L Sherwood the within named deponent for the last thirty years and I know him to be a practicing Physician and of good Moral Character and and man of truth and Veracity - Dated at Newport this 8 th day of February 1847 - Henry D Safford
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Herkimer County, }
I certify that Henry D Safford whose name is subscribed to the annexed Deposition Certificate was, on the day of the date of said Deposition Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal. This 12 th  Stanchfield  Berry day of February A.D. 1847 By John T. Wheeler Clerk Esq.

Geo. W. Kulison, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 38 Park Row, New York.
March 26, 1912.
U.S. Commr of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Sir:-
I have the honor to request an abstract from the records of your office of the application for pension of Francis Tanner, a soldier of the Revolution dated Oct. 30, 1832, at Schuyler, N.Y., to be found, as I am informed, in "A. W. & N. Division 3-525; V. L. M. Dept. of Int. Sur. File 23018 - Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War."
This abstract is desired to accompany my application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution.
Kindly advise if there is any charge. Thanking you - I am
Very respectfully, Geo. W. Kulison 1st Lieut. C. C., U.S.N.Y.

Ms. APR 1 - 1912 AM

Rev. Geo. C. Tanner, D. D. Registrar of the Diocese of Minnesota
Faribault Minnesota September 16 th 1907.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly give me the War Record of The Revolutionary Pensioner Francis Tanner born in South Kingston R. I. including date and age at enlistment, or age when Pension was granted and date at which Pension ceased to be paid.
I am informed that after the 6 th Census, 1840, a separate List of Revolutionary Pensioners

It was ordered to be printed by The Government. I tried to find the Book at The Newbery Library in Chicago, but unfortunately it has been misplaced or lost.
Thanking you in advance I am Very sincerely yours
Geo. C. Tanner
To The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
No of Pension 92584
Birth Rhode Island and probably enlistment
Residence later
New York and Illinois.

Albany Febr 26 - 1847
Col J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions
Sir. In your letter of the 2 d June 1846, you state in reference to the claim of Francis Tanner under the act of 7 th June 1832, that "upon his producing "the testimony of respectable old neighbours showing "that he was in the militia of Rhode Island, & "has ever borne the reputation of having been "a revolutionary soldier, he may be allowed "a pension for 9 months" &c.
I have at length found it convenient to procure such testimony, and something additional .
1. Isaac Tanner a half brother of Francis Tanner testifies that he is personally cognisant of the fact that F. T. served with the Steph troops of R. I. during 2 years guarding the shores, that he was in the battles of Ban- Re Hill , Newport &c 2. Hazard W. Tanner  not a relative of applicant testifies to similar facts. 3. His family Physician Dr Sherwood testifies to applicant's reputation of having been a soldier &c. A Elijah Oakley to the same effect as Dr Sherwood , but more circumstantial.
I am very respectfully Your ob t Serv t G. H. Mills

E. F. Callan, Whitewall Bldg., New York City.
Letter dated April 2, 1918. " recd. April 3,
(Asked for Francis Tanner, born in South Kingston, R. I. Mch. 20, 1762. Cert. No. 32548.)
Letter with claim { V. File 23794 { Daniel Chapman.
(Letter on Miss Chamberlin's desk.)

Resolution
23018
INVALID.
File No. 23,018
Francis Turner
Rev New Haven
Act: June 7 th 99 th
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 119
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr. 9-1920
M. N. Dunn - Chicago Ills. Date of place of death not shown apply Aud. Div. for date of last payment
 1907 Oct. 9 First to Rev. Geo C. Tanner  1912 Apr. 3 First to Geo. R. Ralston V. L. H.  1918 Apr. 5 First to E. J. Callan  Letter in W. F. 23794 Dail Chapman 

New York Nov 6 18216
Francis Tanner Suspended
see letter
J. E. Clark
17 August '33
to same 12 May 1834
to same 24 August 1840
" same Nov 28 1844 (1845)
Hon. A. P. Benton June 2.
act 7. June 1832

State of New York, Onondaga County
Francis Tanner being sworn maketh bath and saith that according to his best recollection all the services which he performed as a soldier in the Revolutionary war were performed in thirty tours of about half a month each the one of them lasted about twenty days. I further this deponent saith not
Sworn before me July 6 th 1840
James Watson Williams Clerk in Onondaga Superior Court N.Y.
Francis Tanner
State of New York Onondaga County
Isaac Tanner of Schuyler County of Herkimer State aforesaid aged seventy one years being sworn saith that he is a younger brother of the said Francis Tanner and that he this deponent and the said Francis lived with their father, at South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island during the Revolutionary war - that the said Francis Tanner is more than eighty years of age and was a soldier in the War of the Revolution - that the said Francis Tanner was in the Army during Sullivan's Expedition and about that time the said Francis performed several tours as a soldier and was absent from home in the Service altogether nearly two years - This deponent recollects that one Stephen Bahork was at the

a Captain or Lieutenant under whom the said Francis Tanner served some portion of his time and that Colonel Dyer was one of his Superior Officers & this deponent from age & infirmity cannot state more particularly the names of the said Francis or the Officers under whom he served
Sworn before me
July 6. 1840
Jennett Watten Williams
Clerk in Chambers, 5 th Circuit N.Y.
Jacob Tanner
State of New York
Columbia Co. ss. Hasard W. Tanner of Schuylerville of Herkimer County sworn says that he this deponent is well acquainted with Francis Tanner a Revolutionary Soldier - That this deponent is seventy six years of age is very remotely if at all related to the said Francis - That during the Revolutionary War this deponent lived within three miles of the said Francis Tanner - That before and at the time the British had possession of Newport

of report the said Francis Fannin was in the service as a Revolutionary Soldier and was called out afterward several times That for considerable party three years The said Francis was in the service and this deponent believes that the said Francis was engaged in said service for the greater part of said three years But this deponent thinks that the said Francis performed two or three of those four years as a substitute for his Father Isaac Fannin and further this deponent saith not — & that from age & infirmity he is unable to write his name —
Sworn before me } July 6 th 1820
James Watson Williams Clerk in Chancery 5 th Circuit
His Hazard M c Fannin mark

add. Prof. add. Prof. Nunc. James C. S. H.
Courtesy of Mr. Cannon of the Washington

State of New York Onondaga County
Francis Tanner being duly sworn in which oath and saith that he cannot state the precise periods of the Revolutionary War his services were performed by reason of his age and infirmities but that Col Byer was his Colonel during the whole period of his services and that one Babcock was his Captain during the whole period of his services - that one Carpenter was Lieutenant a part of the time and that one Jeremiah Noels was Ensign during a part of his services - The first two months service he was stationed at Sherrill's Garrison at Narrow River Bridge - The second two months at Benjamin Garrison near the South Ferry - The six months service was performed at one Garrison at Boston Neck - The one month at Noles' and one month in Sherrill's Ex he cut two two months at Sullivan's Ex he cut one one month in Rhode Island at Loring's Hill all the services were performed in the above Creek of Time - was in no battle but the one in Sullivan's Expedition
Francis Tanner
Subscribed & sworn to 17 th day of September 1833. before me
M c William Min. Chan.

In I enclose you an Explanatory off- -count of Francis Tannar I hope this will enable the Lieut. Colonel to arrive at a satisfactory disposition of this claim -
Your Thomas & Clark March 17 th Sept 1833 -