Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,357, for Wyatt Palmer, Connecticut

(5-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Palmer Wyatt
S. 23,357
CONTENTS

24. 621. New York Wyatt Palmer
of Genesee Co. in the State of New York who was a P. of Artil. in the Camp, commanded by Captain Hathaway of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sedgwick in the Cont. line for 18 months
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 15 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Aug. 1831 and sent to Claimant Wilmington, Tennessee
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $182.50 Semi-annual allowance ending Apr. 33, 32.50 $215.00
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 114
4.16 18 52.28 41.6 70.88
150 32.50 182.50

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Myatt Palmer
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Admitted Private of Artillery 18 mo Argum of M a
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Case on a List of a Menu of Congress

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Myatt Palmer, County of Seneca, 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.     March 1781 cont 1 priv Caps Latham Cols Ledyard Fort Granton or Griswold Hartington Connecticut Hartington Connecticut   1782 Substitute " 3 priv Wallom McClain Ft Griswold La saluay   August 1782 Substitute " 3 " priv Rhoades Ft Griswold  
age 67 years 10 months
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 enumerated in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

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

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York } County of Greene } ss
On this Sixteenth day of October in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Greene now sitting Wyatt Palmer a Resident of the Town of Burlington in the said County of Greene and State of New York aged Sixty seven years and ten months 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 -
That in the latter part of the month of March but on what day he does not know in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty One at Granton fort situated on the East side of the River Thames opposite the city of New London

in the State of Connecticut he the said Wyatt Palmer enlisted for the term of One year into the company commanded by Captain William Latham which was a company of Artillery and was attached to a Militia Regiment filled up and supported by drafts and commanded by Colonel Ledyard who commanded the said Fort till he was afterwards killed in the said fort when the British took it. The name of said Fort was Fort Griswold but it went by the name of Fort Granton because it was in the Town of Granton. That at the time he so enlisted as aforesaid he joined said company of Artillery and served therein for the term of One year at the said Fort Griswold and was discharged at the expiration of the said year in the latter part of March in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two; but received no written discharge. That he supposed the reason why he did not receive a written discharge was because the said Colonel Ledyard was killed, and the said Captain Latham and Lieutenant Avery of said company of Artillery were sick at the time he was discharged in consequence of the

wounds which they received at the time the British took the said Fort as aforesaid in the month of September in the year 1781 That at the said Fort while he served there during the said term of one year there were no regular officers Regiments or companies there that there were about five hundred men stationed there which included the said company of Artillery and the rest were drafted Militia commanded by their own officers That he was in no battle while he was stationed at the said Fort nor during the said year - That the British took it in the month of September in the year 1781 that the reason he was not there at the said Fort at the time it was taken by the Brit- ish was because he was absent from said fort on a furlough that he left the fort on said furlough about four or five days before before the British took it and was at home in the Town of Stonington in the county of New London in the State of Connecticut That when the British came there he heard the alarm guns and started immediately for the said fort which was only twelve miles from Stonington aforesaid and arrived there about the middle of the afternoon of that day

That he did not go nearer to the said fort than three quarters of a mile as the British had not left it - That the British did not leave the said fort till about Eight o'clock in the evening of the day they took it - That the Militia arrived from all parts of the country to drive the British away from said fort and on the next day a Regiment from Rhode Island arrived - That he entered the fort with the other Militia that had arrived about Eight o'clock in the evening of the day the British took it and as soon as the British left it - That when he entered the fort he found that all the men in said fort had been killed by the British and that the British had laid a trail of gun powder from the Barracks of said fort to the Magazine and had set fire to the Barracks but the American Militia put out the fire before it communicated with the Magazine - That the British killed all in the said fort amounting to about two hundred men except Captain Latham a fore said and Lieutenant Hovey aforesaid both officers of the said Company of Artillery That the said Captain Latham was badly wounded and taken prisoner by the British and understood the British let him return on

parol but did not see him till the next spring at which time he returned to the said fort. That the said Lieutenant Cherry was found in the said fort that evening and supposed to be dead as a bayonet was run through the back part of his head and come out through one of his eyes - He did not die but thinks he never was able to serve in the army after that - That he has seen him since the war and has been to his house in the said Town of Granby and heard him tell how the British took the fort. That he thinks Paterer understood the British forces were commanded by General Brant Arnold when they took the said fort and amounted in number to about Eight hundred That he helped bury the next day after the fort was taken about a hundred of the British which were killed by the Americans That the Americans were all killed except the said captain and lieutenant and stripped naked and were not buried - That it was said that Captain Williams of the Continent- al line left the army on business to New London and happened to be in the fort when the British took it and was killed there - That the next day he saw before the

gate of said fort a grave where the British had buried some officers at the head of which set some monument for a grave stone on which monument was a writing which read in substance as follows, "Here lies a couple of brave men who have fought well for their country Major Montgomery and Captain McCagwin and if they should be dug up which they supposed they would be they desired they might be buried again decently" That he helped repair the said fort and the Militia generally turned out and helped repair the fort and as the said Artillery Company were nearly all killed there was no artillery company organized at the said fort till about six, months  months after the British took it. And that the said Artillery Company was organized and he served there as a soldier at the said fort - That when he enlisted as a soldier into the said Company of Artillery the said Latham was Captain and the said Cherry was Lieutenant till the said fort was taken - There was no ensign in said Company. Henry Chase, Stone Darrow and Cuthbert were serjeants of said Artillery Company. Davis and Brown were corporals who were killed - Samuel Branch was fife and Reem ington were drummers in said Company William Jones, Cyrus Brown, George Babcock

Dudley Holdridge, John Billings Runkle Miss John Fish. Christopher Branch Greenman year. Lathrop Allen belonged to said company and served therein during the said year some before the fort was taken and some afterwards. That he enlisted and ser- ved in said company of Artillery as a private soldier for the term of one year as aforesaid. That he resided and lived in the Town of Stonington in the County of New London in the State of Connecticut when he enlisted as aforesaid. That he knew Captain Swan and Captain Gallup of the Militia who served in said fort a short time before the British took it - Also Captain Brown. Briggs was on in the commissary department and dealt out the provisions to the troops stationed in said fort. Colonel McClellan an Irishman took the command of said fort after the British took it and Captain Winter superintended the repairing of said fort after the British took it and he served under Captain Winter after the said fort was taken as aforesaid. Lieutenant Miss belonged to said Captain Winter's company and in the winter next after the British took the said Fort the said Captain Winter returned home and the said Lieutenant Miss took the command of said company.

and he served his time out under said Clive who was a militia officer - that he served under and by virtue of the said enlistment for the said term of One year but as the Artillery Company was nearly all killed and did not reorganize again till the next spring he served in the said Militia after the British took the said fort under the said Winter and Clive as aforesaid - That as near as he can recollect two or three hundred men were stationed at said Fort after it was taken as aforesaid during the winter following; but he can not now recollect any more of the officers who were stationed there than those above mentioned - That there was considerable confusion at the fort after it was taken. That he had to mount guard once in five days and was on guard twenty four hours at a time and the rest of the time he assisted in repairing said fort - That he enlisted and served as aforesaid as a private soldier

That in the latter part of April or the fore part of May, in the year 1882 but what day he does not know he entered the service as a substitute for Narse Palmer who was drafted for three months and served as such substitute for the term of three months at the said Fort Griswold under Captain Hollow Lieutenant Swan and Daniel Mix ensign - That he resided at Stonington aforesaid when he entered the service as such substitute; That he joined the company of Militia Troops under the command of the said Captain Hollow at said fort Griswold - That the said Colonel Mc Clancy had the command of said fort Griswold and also fort Trumbull on the other side of the said River Thames opposite said fort Griswold - That there was no Major or Lieutenant Colonel stationed at said fort during the said three months The said Briggs furnished the garrison with provisions from the Commissarys Department Captain Latham had returned to the said fort and had the command of the said

Company of Artillery when the said fort Palmer arrived at the said fort and joined the said Militia Company and the said Cap- tain Latham and One Lieutenant Gullub were officers of the said Company of Artillery during the three months in the said Palmer served as such substitute - Shear Warden, Preston and Davis were serjeants of the said Militia Company during the said three months - had no drummer or fife and the musicians of said Artillery Company served for the said Militia Company - The said Branch was fife and drummer  sergeant drummer of the said Artillery Com- pany who were absent from the fort and were not killed when the British took it as aforesaid - That he thinks there were four or five hundred troops stationed at the forts Griswold and Linnabull during the said three months but no regular troops - nor does he remember any more of the officers than he has herein above named - That he was discharged the latter part of July or first of August in the year 1782 at said fort Griswold but received no written discharge which was at the expiration of the said three months - That he was in no battle during the said three months

That he served on guard once in four or five days - that they had a prison ship to guard in the harbor of New London That when he was so discharged he retur- ned home to Stonington aforesaid - that he entered the service as aforesaid and served as aforesaid as a private soldier under the said officers of said company That as soon as he arrived at the said fort he was detached from the said Militia Company and attached to the said Artillery Com- pany commanded by the said Captain Latham and served therein the said three months for the reason that he the said Robert chose to serve in said company of Artillery That he thinks he has mentioned the officers truly but possibly they did not belong to the said company or companies as stated but they served at the fort. Lieutenant Galloway served in said Artillery Company
That he entered the service of the United States in the first part of August in the year 1782 as a private soldier and as a substitute for Timothy Babcock who was drafted at Stonington aforesaid for the time of three months in the Militia service - That he as such substitute joined the company of Militia at said Fort Gris- wold immediately after the said Babcock was drafted as aforesaid under the command of Captain Richards and Lieutenant Robbins and had no ensign - Marks and Hunt he thinks were sergeants of said company - had no music

State - That he served in said service under the said officers as a private soldier for the term of three months at said fort Griswold at which place the said Colonel McClellan commanded - that he was discharged at said fort in the month of November 1782 which was at the expiration of the said three months last mentioned but received no written discharge That he has stated the services which he rendered in the Revolutionary war as near as he can now recollect them and that he has stated the same truly -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
That he resided at Stonington aforesaid when he entered the service as such substitute he so entered at least above mentioned
That he served with no continental companies except those above mentioned in the foregoing declaration - That he does not recollect any other regular officers or any other officers except those herein before mentioned and I have stated all the particulars of my service that I can distinctly recollect that I desire to be useful

That as soon as he arrived at the said fort Grimaldi as last above stated in the said Palmer was detached from said Militia company and attached to the said Artillery company under the said Captain Latham and served therein the said three months and was discharged in November 1782 -
That in the said Palmer was born at Stonington aforesaid in the year in the year 1764 -
That he has no record of his age.
That when he entered the service he resided at Stonington aforesaid - That since the Revolutionary War he has lived at Stonington aforesaid - also in Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer in the state of New York also in the Town of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer in New York State - also in Radman Jefferson County New York - also in the Town of Bennington Green County New York and that he now lives in Bennington aforesaid
That the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are John B. Salisbury, Jones Parmachuck, and Charles Wilder Esquires - and Rev. Oliver D. Dyer That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who can testify to his service -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court. J. Mott, State Clerk. 89th. Palmer

the day and year aforesaid
We Rufus Cheney a clergyman residing in the Town of Atkinson in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire and John C. Salisbury residing in the Town of Sheldon in the said County of Grafton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Wyatt Palmer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood 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 in open Court Rufus Cheney John C. Salisbury Timothy Fitch Clerk
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 Rufus Cheney who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Atkinson in said County of Grafton and that John C. Salisbury who has also signed the same is a Resident in the Town of Sheldon in said County and is a respectable person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wilson William Mitchell

Robert Carrick Jr
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Wyatt Palmer for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 16 th day of October in the year 1832 - Timothy Fitch clerk

State of New York } ss Betsey Coats of the Town of Greene County } Bennington in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that she is forty four years of age - And further this Deponent saith that between twenty five and thirty years ago and this Deponent thinks about thirty years ago at the house of Wyatt Palmer named in the declaration for a pension herewith annexed in the Town of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer in the State of New York she heard Holiday Fugate and the said Wyatt Palmer converse on the subject of their serving together in the same company at New London six months the next year after New London and the fort were taken by the British - That she heard the said Fugate relate that he understood that the said Palmer served a year at New London in the Artillery Company the year before he the said Palmer and the said Fugate served together six months - That she heard the said Fugate say he served with the said Palmer six months at New London and heard the said Palmer say the same - That she is the daughter of the said Palmer and is well acquainted with him - That she has heard the said Palmer frequently state that he served one year in the Artillery Company at New London the year the British took it

and that he served at New London six months besides the years service at New London aforesaid That he has at all stated his Revolutionary services in the same manner - And further this Deponent saith not
Betsy Coats
Sworn to and subscribed this day of October 1832 before me
Charles Wilder Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Betsy Coats who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit and that she is a person reputable for truth and morality - Dated October 16 th 1832
Charles Wilder Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Greene County } said County of Greene do hereby certify that Charles Wilder before whom the foregoing affidavit of Betsy Coats was taken was on the day of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Greene and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity and further that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said Justice and well believe that his signature subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22 d day of October 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Wyatt Saltonstall Pension Papers
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1 1 State of New York } ss. On this first day of June 1833 Greene County } personally came before me the under- signed Charles Wilder a Justice of the peace in and for said County Wyatt Palmer of the Town of Bennington in the said County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the very identical Wyatt Palmer who has been to and subscribed and sworn to the declaration for a pension hereto annexed And further he the said Wyatt Palmer deposeth and saith that in March 1781 he enlisted for the term of one year and served in Garrison for the term of one year at fort Griswold as he has stated in his first term of service in said declaration - That he made a mistake when he stated that about two hundred Americans were killed in said fort Griswold at the time Arnold took it Instead of two hundred Americans it was two hun- dred Americans and British which were killed and not a hundred Americans killed and so he meant to have stated in his declaration but it was a mistake in the person who wrote it -
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That he enlisted was a substitute in April 1782 and served as such for the term of three months in Garrison at fort Griswold as a private soldier
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in Captain Hallams Company of Militia and Colonel Mc Clanings Regiment as stated in his second term of service in said declaration
That he was detached and joined the Artillery Company as therein stated
30 That in August 1782 he entered the service as a substitute for three months and that he served three months as such substitute and private in Garrison at Fort Griswold as stated in his third and last term of service in said declaration in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Rhoads and in the said Colonel Mc Clanings Regiment That he was detached again from the Militia and attached to the said Artillery Company and served three months and was duly discharged -
That he served all of said terms with an embodied Corps called into service by Compe- tent Authority and for the terms during which the said service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit -
That he served in the whole in the Revolutionary as above stated for the full term of One year and six months and for which service he claims a pension - And further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed
W. G. Paton

This first day of June 1833 before me
Charles Wilderustin Pean
State of New York Genesee County ss I. Timothy Fitch Clerk of said county certify that Charles Wilderustin before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of Office at Batavia this thirteenth day of June A.D. 1833.
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy

State of New-york } ss Wyatt Palmer of the Town Genesee County } of Bennington in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the very same identical Wyatt Palmer who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration for a pension herunto annexed and the affidavit amending the said declaration herunto annexed - And this Deponent further saith that in his said declaration he there stated that he had no documentary evidence and that he knew of no person whose testimony he could procure who could testify to his service - And further this Deponent saith that he made a true statement relative to such testimony for he did not then nor does he now know of any person living who can testify to his Revolutionary services or any part thereof - Neither has he any documentary evidence - And further this Deponent saith that all the troops were killed who were in fort Griswold at the time Arnold took it in the year 1781 - And after that time the troops were principally Militia and some hired by the day to repair the fort and a great number of them he never knew and that is one reason why no person can be found who can swear to his service - And further this Deponent saith that he has enquired of a

number of persons from Connecticut where he lived during and after the Revolutionary War and he can hear of no person who can testify to his service - And he has been informed that all the persons that served with him during all the periods of the Revolutionary War are either dead or have moved to parts unknown And further this Deponent saith that soon after the act was passed of June 7. 1832 he this Deponent saith that he sent to Harkness County to know if Holiday Ingham lived there who served with this Deponent three months at Fort Griswold and he is dead And further this Deponent saith that he has inquired and has got others to inquire of a number of Revolutionary soldiers who reside in this part of the country from Connecticut who can find none who knows of his service And this Deponent further saith that he believes it is wholly impossible for him to procure any living witnesses who can swear to his Revolutionary services or any part thereof and he believes they are all dead whom he remembers - And this Deponent saith one Thomas Pix was at the house of this Deponent in the fall 1832 from Stonington where this Deponent lived in the Revolution and the said Pix stated that he was a Revolutionary soldier and was upwards of seventy years of age and he informed this Deponent that he was at Stonington in

the year 1831 and he could not find one Revolutionary soldier who served at fort Griswold during the Revolution that the principal part of them were dead and some had moved away to parts unknown to him - And further this Deponent saith that he has done all in his power to ob- tain witnesses who could testify to his said service and can find none - And further this Deponent saith not -
H. H. P. 17
Sworn to and subscribed this 7 th day of November 1803 before me
Harry Putnam
Commission of ends for Greene County -
State of New York } ss I Timothy Hatch Clerk Greene County } of said County do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing  Harry Putnam  the foregoing before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the commission of ends to take affidavit &c. date of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said commissioner Justice and truly believe his

name subscribed to the above affidavit is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
William Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy
Wyatt Dabners Pension papers

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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Palmer, Zadock GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4801 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 22, 1789
To Benj. Hinchell
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.