Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 10373, for Earl Tabor, Rhode Island

SERVICE
R.S.
Jabor, Earl Jaber or
NUMBER
R 10373
CONTENTS

State of New York
County of Erie & Rufus Carl of Amenia in said County aged sixty nine years & upwards being duly sworn Depose & says that he was born in Tiverton in New Port County Rhode Island and there became acquainted with Carl Tabor man of Hales in the County of Erie who has since made the within declaration and was a school boy at the same school with the said Carl Tabor, that this deponent was at Butts Hill as a soldier during the time of Sullivan's expedition, and at that time saw the said Carl Tabor in the service of the United States at Butts Hill aforesaid. that this deponent came to reside at his present residence in 1807 & that in 1811 the said Carl Tabor moved into the Town of Hales within about a mile of where this deponent then & has ever since resided, & the said Carl has ever since resided there that this deponent believes the said Carl Tabor to be of the age of Seventy six years & upwards and that he served in the War of the Revolution as he has set forth in the within Declaration & that he is generally reputed & believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revo- lution. And further says...
Given & subscribed in Open Court this 25 day of August 1832.
Rufus Carl
DeLois Warren
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Rufus Carl is a credible person and a Resident of Amenia in the County of Erie and that I informed and believe that the above DeLois Warren is now absent from the said County of Erie and that his certificate against him for obtaining here: 8 th 1832
James Stryker
Given under my hand & seal S. H. H. [Signature]

Warren New York close Warming We the undersigned  Amos Stryker  of the County of Erie  Amos Stryker do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Carl Tabor who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that on his knowledge to be 77 years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have him a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed & sworn this 27th day of October A.D. 1837 Amos Stryker  Amos Stryker  of the County of Erie  of the County of Erie
Amos Stryker Jonathan Hoyst Judges of the County Court
Erie County ss
Edward Paine of Warren in said County one of the Judges of the County Court thereof being duly sworn deposes and says that for twenty years last past he has been acquainted with Carl Tabor Carl Tabor who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that the said Carl Tabor has been constantly in the habit of attending publick Celebrations on the fourth of July as a Revolutionary veteran & always been regarded & received as such and that Deponent has no doubt that he actually & faithfully served in the War of the Revolution.
And this Deponent further says that the said Carl Tabor sustains a fair character & that his reputation for truth & veracity is irreproachable. And this Deponent further says that on the 4th of July Celebrations it has been usual to assign a distinguished place in the procession to Revolutionary patriots and to give them their dinner free of expense.
Edward Paine
Given under my hand this 27th Octob 1837
Amos Stryker Judge of Erie County Court
(out of credibility)

And I the said judge do hereby certify and declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant Carl Tuber was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and I the said judge do further certify that it appears to me that Jonathan Host and Gless Warren who have signed the foregoing Certificate are residents in the Town of Aurora in the said County of Erie and that the Hon. Edward Paine who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a judge of the County Court of said County residing in said Town of Aurora and that they are credible persons and that their and each of their statements are entitled to Credit
And I the said judge do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me in the matter of the application of the said Carl Tuber for a pension. And I the said judge do further certify that it appears satisfactory to me that the said Carl Tuber could not without too much or great inconvenience procure the attendance of a clergyman to testify to his character & service or make the certificate required by the War Department
And I the said judge do further certify that in consequence of the prevalence of the Cholera in the City of Buffalo in August last when a Term of the Court of Common Pleas of said County should have been held the said Court was not held and that as a representation of the peculiar circumstances which rendered it proper the War Department deemed it expedient to permit me the said Judge to receive pension applications and take Evidence therein until the next term or session of the said Court in December next and no longer which
permission or authority was communicated to me the said judge by a Letter under the date of September 21 st 1832.
And I the said judge do further certify that the foregoing proceedings have been had and allowed before me under and by virtue of the authority or permission aforesaid and that I have in consideration of the age and infirmity of the said applicant deemed it highly proper and expedient that the said proceedings should be so had and taken or attended to be for me under and by virtue of the said permission & authority of the War Department
Given under my hand & seal at Aurora this 27 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
James Taylor

was one year in vain - as I never could not procure too much or great inconvenience to procure the attendance of a clergyman to testify to his character & service, or make the certificate required by the War Department.
And I the said judge do further certify that in consequence of the prevalence of the Cholera in the City of Buffalo in August last when a Term of the Court of Common Pleas of said County should have been held the said Court was not held and that in a representation of the peculiar cir- cumstance which rendered it proper, the War Depart- ment deemed it expedient to permit me the said Judge to receive Pension applications and take evidence therein until the next term or session of the said Court in December next and no longer which
permission or authority was communicated to me the said judge by a Letter under the date of September 21 st 1832.
And I the said judge do further certify that in foregoing proceedings have been had and allowed before me under and by virtue of the authority or per- mission aforesaid & that I have in consideration of the age and infirmity of the said applicant deemed it highly proper and expedient that the said proceedings should be so had and taken or attended to before me under & by virtue of the said permission & authority of the War Department.
Given under my hand & seal at Aurora this 27 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
James Taylor a Judge of the County Court

[Declaration of a Revolutionary Soldier who served in the MILITIA, to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.]
State of New York, } On this 27 th day of October  April 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Buffalo  Albany , in said County, Carl Ja-
per a resident of Males in the County of Oneida and State of New York, aforesaid, aged sixty six 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, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In about the month of March 1777 entered a volunteer Company of minute men under the Command of Capt. Joseph Bailey of which Company David Simmons was Lieutenant & Philip Manchesters Ensign and this Company was first organized. This Department continued in said Company and acted as first sergeant thereof until sometime in the month of August 1777. That then he left Capt. Bailey's Company for the purpose of seeking and did immediately enter the advanced Guard of the Army commanded by Genl. Spencer which was said to have been raised to act against the enemy in Rhode Island and the advanced Guard to which this deponent belonged was under the immediate Command of Col. William Barton.
After this expedition was given up which was in the fall of 1777 this deponent left the Command of Col. Barton and immediately re-entered the Company to which he had before belonged as also stated and continued therein and acted as first sergeant until about the last of September or October first 1777 when new Company Officers were elected & Lieut. David Simmons was chosen Captain, this deponent First Lieut. and Abadiah Dennis Ensign and this deponent continued in said Company acting as Lieutenant thereof and in actual service until about one month after the British evacuated Rhode Island. The enemy left Rhode Island about the last of the year 1779 and the Company to which this deponent belonged was attached, marched to Newport & were kept there until about one month after.
That during the Term aforesaid the enemy kept constantly a large body of troops in Rhode Island and the inhabitants were obliged to be under arms a great share of the time and during the latter part of the time particularly and nearly all the time some British vessel or vessels frequently appeared on the Rhode Island shore and were extremely troublesome to the troops who frequently went out to repel their attacks. That before the War he resided at Tiverton New Port County Rhode Island and then first entered the service and served within that time principally during the term aforesaid but sometimes marched several miles from home to repel attacks of the enemy and to guard their posts at Tiverton aforesaid and at other times during Spencer's Expedition .
That during said Term the Company was usually divided into three or four squads (mostly three) and these squads alternately stood on Guard every night near the shore. That part of the Company not on Guard was generally at the Guard house but a small part of the time a part only of the Company was required to be there but the general rule was that all not on Guard duty should be at the Guard House in the night. During the day if the enemy did not menace an attack a part of those belonging to the Company who were not on duty were permitted to go home & labor on their farms and return at night.
That he thinks at least two thirds of the time from the time he entered the service aforesaid down to the time the British left Rhode Island as also stated he was on duty in the Guard House

house or quarters were permitted to go home & labor on their farms and return at night.
That he thinks at least two thirds of the time from the time he entered the service as a private down to the time the British left Rhode Island as also stated he was on duty in the Frenchman's with the Guard in the State.
That the Company of Capt. Bailey was during said time attached to the Regt. of Col. John Cook of which Pardon Gray was Lieut. Col. & Christopher Mauchette Lieut. Major John Cornell, aged 80.
That he saw during his said service the Regiments of Rhode Island State Troops (enlisted for 15 months) commanded by Cols. Tapping & Cady Stationed in Bristol.
That he also saw Col. Miller Regt. of same troops stationed on the West coast of New Port.
That when he was in Sullivan's Expedition as a private after he saw at Butts Hill a Black Regt. which he thinks belonged to the Continental establishment of which he thinks Col. Green was the Commandant.
And this Deponent further says that he was born at Tiverton in Newport County Rhode Island on the 12th day of February 1756 and was living there when he was called or entered into the service. That he has since no record of his age but that there is or was a Record of it at Tiverton aforesaid where he was born.
That since the Revolutionary War he resided at Newport until some time in the year 1789 when he came to now Ulster County then Albany County in the State and there lived two years thence to Saratoga County in this State where he resided twenty years then removed to the then town of Stillkill now Ulster in the town County of Niagara now Erie when he has ever since resided in now residence. That his commission as Lieutenant as aforesaid was signed by Governor William D. Smith or John Collins and that he presented it until he left Saratoga County to remove to his present residence and during said removal he was obliged to leave part of his goods and go back after them & that this Commission with many other old papers were left behind on the road with a part of his goods and when he went after them some of the things & papers were missing and he has never seen said Commission since & really believes it was lost during his removal as aforesaid. That the reason he cannot recollect who signed his Commission as First whether Green or Collins is that immediately after the War he received a Commission as Justice of the Peace & an Commission was given by Collins or by Green but as they are both lost he cannot determine which.

he cannot recollect who signed his Commission as First Lieutenant Green or Collins is that immediately after the War he received a Commission as Justice of the Peace & the Commission was given by Callender or by Green but as they are both lost he cannot designate which was signed by each. That in accom- paniment with General Sullivan's Expedition in 1778 & joined Sullivan's Ar- my at Butts Hill on Rhode Island after staying there about a fortnight marched with the main body of the Army to Green End near the Enemy's line where there was some cannonading but no general engagement. That after staying at Green End some ten or twelve days the army retreated to Butts Hill again and there made a stand and gave the Enemy battle in which this deponent was engaged. That this Deponent's services as above stated were all rendered as a volunteer & that during such service Except during General Sullivan's Expedition there were but few Continental troops in that part of the Country when he served and he is unable to designate any officer or rank who he knew to be Continental officers ex- cept General Sullivan & cannot designate par- ticularly any Continental Regiment Except the Black Regiment aforesaid.
And this Deponent further says that he has no doc- umentary or other Evidence except that of Rufus Earl whose affidavit is hereto annexed to prove his services rendered as above stated. That in his night room are Hon. Edward Paine & Jonathan Hopp DeLoft Warren & Jonathan Borne Citizens who can testify in regard to his character for veracity & their knowledge of his services as a soldier at the Revolution. This deponent further says that there is no Congregational unitarian in the town where he resides and that he can not without great inconvenience procure any Congrega- tional Judge to testify as to his character & services.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension said declared that his name is not the pension roll of the Army at any rate.
Given & subscribed before me this 27 th day of October 1832.
Wm. Wetmore Judge of the Court
Earl Tabor

State of New York
Erie County ss: On this 5 th day of December AD 1832 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in said County Carl Tabor a resident of Walls in said County who being by me duly sworn according to Law deposes and says that by reason of the great length of time since the services were rendered he cannot swear positively to the precise length of time which he served in the respective grades of First or Orderly sergeant and Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution as specified in the Declaration or deposition made by him before the Hon. James Shyler the last of October now last past but according to his best recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the following grades: For one year five months and twenty days in service as a First or orderly Sergeant. For two two years & two months he served as a Lieutenant then being no other Lieutenant in the Company.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 5 th day of December 1832 J. Clegg
Carl Tabor
Erie County ss
I hereby certify that I am well & personally acquainted with Carl Tabor who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration before me, that he is a resident of Walls in said County and a credible person
J. Clegg Justice of the Peace
State of New York Erie County Clerk's office. I Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the County of Erie and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof do hereby certify that the Hon. James Shyler before whom the annexed proceedings in the matter of the application of Carl Tabor for a pension now had was on the day of the date thereof then is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Erie duly commissioned & qualified as such. And I further certify that Dan

well acquainted with the said judge that the signature purported to be his subscribed to the proof of the declaration in Disposition of said Carl Tabor bearing date the 27 day of October 1832, to the joint affidavit of Deborah Warren & Martha Hoyt, to the proof of the affidavit of Edward Paine, and to the certificate of the said judge following the same, and to the certificate following the affida- vit of Rufus Earl and all in the proper hand- writing & are the genuine signatures of the said judge.
And the said Noah P. Sprague is further cer- tifies that Deborah Warren's opinion before whom the affidavit of Rufus Earl herein annexed was taken was on the day of the date of the proof thereof the date of the proof of the same in the said County duly elected & sworn and that the signature subscribed to the proof of the said affidavit purporting to be his is the genuine signature of the said judge.
And the said Noah P. Sprague do further cer- tifies that the said Clara Tabor was at the time of the date here- of of full age and of sound mind and that the signature purported to be hers subscribed to the proof of the said affi- davit and to the certificate of the said judge following the same are the proper & genuine signatures of the said Tabor.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of December 1832 Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our Common Pleas
Affidavit in amendment of Carl Tabor's Disson declaration
204/74

State of New York
On the 20 th day of June A.D. 1893 in the presence of a Justice of the Peace in for the County of Erie personally appeared Earl Tabor who beingly and duly sworn did depose & say that in the then entitled Earl Tabor named in the above mentioned declaration made by him on the 27 th day of October last the amended declaration thereto annexed made by him on the 5 th day of De- cember last - that both before & since making said Declaration he has made considerable inquiry to hear of & find some person living who could testify to his services as a teamster - though not being able to find any person except Rufus Cook whose affidavit is annexed to said Declaration - and that he has no documentary or other evidence to prove his services & can produce no other evidence - that his commission as Lieutenant was not received by him until some time the next year after he was elected but the precise time he cannot now recollect
Earl Tabor
Given under my hand on this 20 th day of June 1893
Robert Purvis
(Notary Public in and for the County of Erie)
I certify that I am well acquainted with Earl Tabor and has substantial reason to believe the above deposition before me that he is a credible person & that to the best of my knowledge he resides in the Borough of Erie in the County of Erie and that I believe in that assertion.
Robert Purvis

We the undersigned Inhabitants of the Towns of Aurora & Wales in the County of Erie & State of New York hereby certify that we are personally & well acquainted with Mr. Carl Tabor who resides in said Town of Wales near the line of said Town of Aurora - that we have known him a great number of years - that he sustains a fair & irreproachable character for truth veracity & integrity And we further certify that the said Carl Tabor is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have served the United States during the War of the Revolution - and that he has for a great number of years been reputed & considered a Revolutionary Patriot & that we concur in that Opinion  August 1833
Daniel McLean
Berger Sackett
Stephen Sackett
Ebenezer Allen
Daniel Miller
Mary B. Thorne
John C. C.
Abahel Phelps
David Root
Isaac Hall
Eli Hall
Syrus H. Hall
Ira Hall
Alvin Wright
John Tenney
John Brown
William Hoyt
Solomon Hammond
Ellis Collyer
Nathan Eddy
Calvin Fillmore
Isaac Root
David Allen
H. H. Hattin
Asel Eddy
Joseph Parsons
Sinetha Allen
Samuel Eddy
Clark Edwards
Simon Patterson
Samuel Sackett
Joseph Blakeley
Wm Sage
Henry Morrow

Nathaniel Emerson John Holmes Gilbert Holmes H. V. A. Holmes John M. Holmes Sidney Holmes Mabelle Sanford Stephen Fay John Carpenter William Jones Luther Harmon Sylvester Roberts John Carpenter James Chadwick James Chadwick Seth Holmes John Mc David Pratt Joseph [redacted] William Brown Oliver Bartoo Thomas Adams John Colley George I. Hunt
Elias [redacted] Edwin Walker Martin C. Bradley Thomas Pratt Aaron Tiley Benjamin [redacted] Thomas Cook Penelaron [redacted] [redacted] Horace Cross George B. Russell
Simon B. Briggs Nathan Wolcott Charles [redacted] William P. Pierce Benjamin G. Cross Jonathan Cook Jesse Westcott John Riley Samuel Calkins H. A. Hamilton Martin Washburn M. C. Johnson John Bower [redacted] Joseph Miller Woodruff V. Hinton Saylor Woodruff Eldrick Griffin Joel Adams Eln Woodruff P. B. Sherman B. Washburn N. M. Mann John Wolcott Eln. Virgil & Justin [redacted] Benjamin Sabin Pastor of the Baptist church in Aurora, Erie Co. Robert. Person. Justin. [redacted] Cassill C. Crane [redacted] [redacted] Minister of the Methodist Church Jonathan Hoyt Supervisor of Aurora Wm Warren Stephen Holmes Town Clerk of Aurora Samuel H. Russell Town Clerk of Waldo

State of New York City & County of New York I Nathan K. Hall a commission mer of Deeds in & for said County do hereby certify that Joseph Riley Ira Hall Benjamin I Cross Jesse Westcott Jonathan Brown who have subscribed the within certifi- cate have severally appeared before me & made solemn oath that the facts set forth in the within certificate as to him severally subscribed are true. And I further certify that I am well & personally acquainted with each & every one of the persons herein named for several years past & that they and each of them are credible persons.
Witness my hand this 16th day of October 1833
N. K. Hall Comr. of
State of New York
Deeds for City & Co.
I Robert Person a Justice of the peace for said County here by certify that Jonathan Hoyt who has subscribed to the within certificate has appeared before me and made solemn oath that the facts set forth in the within certificate by him severally subscribed are true and I further certify that I am well & personally acquainted with said Hoyt for several years and is a credible person.
Witness my hand this first day of November
1833
Robert Person Justice

State of New York Erie County ss I Robert Purse a Part of the same Erie County do here by certify that William Warren Lawrence & Woodruff and Stephen Holmes who has subscribed to the with in Certificate has appeared me and made solemn oath that the facts set forth in the with in Certificate by them made subscribed are true and I further certify that I am well and personally acquainted with the above named for several years and an credible person Witness my hand this fifth day of Nov 1833 Robert Purse
State of New York Erie County ss I Noah P Sprague clerk of said County hereby certify that Nathan H Hall who has subscribed the foregoing certificate in me was before me this day of the date thereof a Commission of Dec 24 in for said County duly sworn to being as such that the signature to such certificate is genuine I also certify that Robert Purse the foregoing affiant of said County on the 20th day of Nov 1833 to the whom name appears to the several certifi- cates above written was on the day of the date thereof a long before me now a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly sworn that the signature thereto is genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 21 st day of November January AD 1834 Noah P Sprague Clerk of Erie Co

Wants to be paid at Buffalo N.Y.
Mr. Tilton H. Rep.
12 Wall St Buffalo N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 27 1833
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. 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 Earl Saboe Eric C. N. 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.     Col Minute No 1776 Major Capt D r Bailey Major Genl Spence Col D r Barton Newport N. Island 70 Livingston Newport 60 N. Island Traditionary Nufus Earl   1777 Major   Sept 26th 1777 to the end of year 1779 Major Battle Hill   1 5 20 Major   2 2 Major  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The records of R.I. will furnish evidence to sustain the rank of the applicant, and it cannot be readily admitted the services set forth are insusceptible of proof, and claimants are required by the regulations to produce the best evidence in their power.

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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
A. B.
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 _____ of the Court 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) _____, who has 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 a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper officer 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 a true 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 affix 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 cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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.

Nov 10
att Rev. Earl Tabor N.Y.
5
L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Willard M y City of Washington No 8

Wales Nov 1 st 1831
Sir
I have had the opportunity of perusing your Letter directed to Millard Willmore Representative to Congress and you appeared to be dissatisfied with my declaration concerning a pension I thought it to be my duty to make out my declaration near right as I could recollect and have done so, whether you will see fit to grant me any thing or not my conscience will not allow me to alter my declaration you expressed a difficulty respecting my serving with Peley Simmons you say that he was an Ensign in the year 1775 I very well know that W m Simmons served at the time you alluded to but he was Enlisted in the States Service for fifteen months in Capt Christopher Manchester's Company in Col Caryl's Regiment and at the same time I was serving as a volunteer under Capt Paley Only volunteered in Col Parlor's Corps as an advanced guard to Gen l Spencer's army as you will see by my declaration. I cannot tell the reason why my name and Peley Dennis was not found unless the Militia that was enlisted was not enrolled and I believe they were not but do not know for certain but this I do know that Peley Simmons and myself with Rodiah Dennis did serve as I have stated in my declaration which you have before you together with upwards of one hundred Vouchers to support my truth and veracity and goodly number of them under oath now Sir I think I ought to be entitled to my right with my fellow Soldiers as you think my testimony does not fully support my serving under a commission. I relinquish and only ask for a private pension as I am old and hast labour poor and need the necessaries of life. I feel

Confident you will not deny me of right I furthermore state that I have sent to Rhode Island my native country where I done the service but could not find one of my fellow soldiers that served with me living nor no one of the inhabitants that was then living I must close by subscribing myself your most You most humble servant S Edward Earl Tabor
P.S. You will please to direct your Certificate to Millinik Post Office Erie if you can see fit to give me a pension N.Y.

Lin County  Pa. Rufus Earl being duly sworn Says that he was born in the Town of Trenton and County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island and was well acquainted with Earl Tabor of the same place and my further than removed to Connecticut and I was then Phiven years old and I saw Tabor no more until I saw him on new port Island in gaged in making preparation for a Removal in order to take the British lines in General Sullivan's Army said Tabor for seven years and we were only a short time to gether that I do not know what Station they saw Tabor since and I saw him no more until I saw him in the State of New York
Rufus Earl
Lin County  Pa. Sworn and subscribed before me this 16 th day of September 1834.
De Witt, Presm. J. S. S.

Equestrian Mansion Sept. 23. 1852
To the Com te of Pensions.
Sir,
Was there an application some 15 or 20 or 25 years since, for a pension for Earl Taber of Wales or Aurora, Erie Co. N.Y. as a revolutionary pensioner, & if so what was the result?
Your obedt. Servt
Millard Fillmore

Providence (R.I.) Nov 21. 1833.
Sir. Yours of Sept 16 relative to Earl Talm was handed me a few days since. I have examined the records, but do not find any where the name of Earl Talm - Pely Simmons was an Ensign in 1780 - and a Capt in 1781-2 & 3-
The record of all officers elected by our General Assembly during the war is entire, and I conclude therefore there must be some mistake as to the source of the appointment. It may be that Mr Talm enlisted in some other State.
Yrs at Serv t
Henry Bowen Secy State.
N. K. Hall Esq.

Washington Sept 13 th 1846
Sir
I am requested as you may per- ceive by the enclosed letter from Mr J. W. Martin of New York, to ascertain the condition of the claims of Mr Earl Tabor & Peter Valentini both applicants for pen- sions from N.Y., have the kindness at your early convenience to inform me of the objections if there are any, to the allowance of these claims & greatly oblige,
Very Respectfully
Your obedt Servant
Nathan Lake
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions,

10373
P. O.
Earl Tabor
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____ / _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Com.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____