Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,474, for John Palmiter, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Palmiter, John Anna " " Anne
N. 5,474
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22.457 Ohio Pittsburgh.
John Salnitert of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio . who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Ebenezer of the Regt commanded by Col. Parsons in the Cont. time for One year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pitting. at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Novr 1833 and sent to J. H. Hadley , Cleveland. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833. - 100. Semi-ant. allowance ending Febr 24. - 20. $120.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by M. R. Palmer Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 123.

7423.
Ohio.
Anna Palmer, widow of John Palmer, who was a private, in the Connecticut line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of Nov: 1845 and sent to Elliott Hathaway, Chardon, Ohio.
[Act of March 3, 1843.] 17 June, 1844.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 208.
Reps 25

entire John Palmer
22607

The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County }
In the Common Pleas November Term 1832
On this fifth day of November A.D. 1832 before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas personally came in open court John Patmiter a resident of Bedford in said county aged seventy nine last July who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States and served as hereinafter stated
He entered in the year 1775 in the autumn at Roxbury Massachusetts in the Connecticut State troops for one year and joined under James and Major Tyler Elbridge Captain and Lieut. Babcock and Ensign Billings, in Spencer Brigade and Parsons regiment. He was present at the taking of Boston and Dorchester Point from the British. He then marched to New York & was encamped there. The British drove him out of the city with the American troops. They then retreated to Kingsbridge and afterwards to White Plains. He was there in a considerable battle. Then he marched to the Rye Ponds and so on to Peekskill. Then they crossed the Hudson river at Kings ferry - then to Haverstraw, then to Poughkeepsie and put up for winter quarters at Parnaps - In the Spring was ordered back to Haverstraw & then to Peekskill, and was there disbanded

the term of service having expired.
He also went twenty days in Sullivan expedition to Rhode Island as a substitute but cannot recollect the month
The applicant has no documentary evidence. He has no living witness except his brother Joshua Palmer of Warrensville who served with him the campaign in Rhode Island.
He was born in Westerly Rhode Island and lived there till he was twelve years old. He then removed to Nassau near Albany New York where he was at the commencement of the war. After the war he lived in various towns in Connecticut and Rhode Island for short periods. He then settled in Washington Dutchess County N. York, married there, lived there several years and then removed to Nassau again where he continued from five to six years. He then removed to Phelps in Ontario county New York, He resided there until the summer of 1829 when he came to Ohio landing in Cleveland July 4. 1829. Since that time he has resided in Bedford.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State for a Pension.
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court Nov. 7 th 1832. Horace Perry Clerk Com pleas

We N. C. Hains, a clergyman residing in Bedford, Joshua Palmer residing in Warren with the adjoining township and Charles Goodrich also residing in Bedford do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Palmer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be forty nine years of age, that he is up and behind in the neighborhood where he resides he has been a follower of the institution and is in the opinion Nathaniel C. Hains
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court Nov. 7. 1832
Joshua Palmer Charles Goodrich Horace Perry Clerk (omitted)
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 within named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathaniel C. Hains who had signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Bedford, and that Joshua Palmer & Charles Goodrich who have also signed the same are residents in the vicinity of the applicant and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County S.
I Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Palmer for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Horace Perry - Clerk

22 607 22.457 John Palmeter Ohio.
Return for proof of service.
Adm 1. yr $40
G. Hoadly Cleveland Cuyahoga County Ohio

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 subjunctive 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 John Palmeter Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 - 1783 1 Private Major Genl Horatio Gates Genl Gates Genl Gates Genl Gates 19 - born in B.I. entered at Dorbury Mass. now lives in Ohio.   He also served as substitute but does not recollect date 20 A certificate of clergyman and two citizens.  
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, _____ 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 days 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 _____. 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 years, 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Proof of service required. The applicant is advised to apply to the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut at Hartford.

Anna Palmer
Ohio
7 July 1838
M. before 94
D. 20 May 1837
Commence 21 May 1837
Admit
1 year
$ 40-
Also 3 March 43
2 17 June 44
Miss Elliott's Hattaway
Chardon
Geauga Co Ohio

THE STATE OF OHIO, } I, FREDERICK WHITTLESEY, Clerk of the Court of Guys County, ss. }
Common Pleas in and for said County. Do hereby Certify, that Benjamin Lenson Esq before whom the foregoing Declaration and Depositions was taken and who has thereunto signed his name officially, in his own proper hand writing, was then and and now is an acting JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court, at Cleveland, This 7 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five
F Whittlesey Clerk. By D. D. Horton — Deputy.

State of Ohio Cuyahoga County } ss. On this 18 th day of September A.D. 1845
Personally appeared before me Benjamin Thompson a Justice of the peace in and for said County Anna Palmer aged Seventy five six years the sixth day of May last who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on her said oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed on the 7 th day of July 1838, March 3 d 1843 & June 19 th 1844, granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers, that she is the widow of John Palmer who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and was a private in the Revolutionary war and that his pension was forty dollars per annum and his pension certificate was dated at the War Office of the United States Nov r 5 th 1833 signed Lewis Cass Secretary of War and countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions That her husband the said John Palmi- ter died on the twentieth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven in the Township of Bedford in said County & State aforesaid and that she has since resided in said Bedford during the whole time since the death of her said husband and that she has not intermarried but continues to be the widow of her said husband that she was married to her said husband when she was in her eighteenth year of age as she now recollects and believes in the month of October but the day of the month she does not remember nor does she remember the year nor can she tell the same except by reckoning back to the time when she was 18 years of age, that she was not married to her said husband prior to his leaving the Revolutionary service but was married to him previous to 1794 that she has a family record of the births of her children which was kept in her family bible which was made a great many years ago the first born five birth was recorded by a schoolmaster that kept school in the District That she and her said husband lived in the State of New York and the balance of said Record was made by her son Joseph Palmer. That she was married to her said husband in Clinton Dutches County in the state of New York by Samuel Corkins and that she does not a Justice of the peace of said Clinton and under the present time that married then She refers

to the proofs herunto attached and prays that a pension may be granted her under each of said acts that her name was before married to said John Palmer her Anna Palmer Anna Palmer  Clinton mark
Attest Benjamin Samson James Heathway
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written And I hereby certify from personal knowledge that the said Anna Palmer is a person of truth and veracity and I have no doubt of the truth of the above statements and further the said Anna Palmer is from bodily infirmity unable to attend Court, I further certify that the following words was interlined before signed to wit; "six, five, by, Samuel Corkins a Justice of the peace of said Clinton" part of two lines being erased all done before signed
Benjamin Samson Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Guadalupe County
ss. I Joseph Palmeter of Bedford in the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose and say That I am fifty six years old last December and am a son of John and Anna Palmeter and that my said Father was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner at the rate of forty dol- lars per annum and that my said Father died in said Bedford the twentieth day of May in the year one Thousand eight hundred and thirty seven aged about 83 years when he died and that my Mother the said Anna Palmeter now re- sides in Bedford in the County and State aforesaid and remains the widow of my said Father. The family record herunto attached was taken from my said Father & mother's family bible and contains the record of the the dates of the births of the Children of my said Father & Mother as said record purports, to that I am the second child of my said Father and Mother and that the Record of the five  seven first births was recorded upwards of forty years ago in Washington in Dutches County State of New York in my presence at the request of my said Father by James Platt who was at that time teaching school in our District and the balance of said Record was made by myself upwards of thirty years ago That my said Mother's name was Anna Worden before married to my said Father  mother which took place as I have al- ways been informed by my said Father & Mother in the Town of Clinton in the County of Dutches and State of New York and I have never heard their Marriage doubted and further saith not. September 18 th 1845. Joseph Palmeter
attest Benjamin Samson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18 th day of September 1845. and I hereby certify from personal knowledge that the said affiant is a person of truth and probity and I further certify the following words was interlined before signed to wit; "true, Record,"
Benjamin Samson Justin Pease

Memorandum of the Ages of the Children of John Palmer and Anne his wife. vice
Anne was born the 22 nd January ..... 1787
Joseph was born the 6 th December ..... 1788
James was born the 19 th April ..... 1791
departed this life the 14 th of January 1796
Elizabeth was born the 26 th September ..... 1793
departed this life the 23 rd January 1796
Elizabeth the second was born the 16 th December 1795
James the second was born the 10 th December 1799
The time they were married ..... 1813
John was born the 4 th of January ..... 1804
Emily was born the 12 th of May ..... 1807
Joseph was born the 10 th of June ..... 1809

State of Ohio Cuyahoga County } ss.
I Gilbert Worden a resident of Bedford in the County and State aforesaid Being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose and say that I am aged seventy years last April and that I am a Brother of Widow Anna Palmiter who is the widow of John Palmiter and now resides in said Bedford that said John was a Revolutionary Pensioner and died I believe in 1837 my father died in Washington Dutches County in the State of New York when I was about six years old and before I was eleven years old my said sister was married as I suppose and believe to said John Palmiter and they lived together as husband and wife from that time up to the death of the said John Palmiter after they first went to Kipping house they lived about three miles from my mothers house and I well remember of being at their house when I was from 10 to 16 years of age and have known them during the time they lived together up to the death of the said John They removed from Dutches County to Banskler County and from there to Ontario County and from there to Cuyahoga Bedford County Ohio and that I knew said John and Anna to live together as husband and wife a number of years prior to one thousand seven hundred and ninety four and further deponent saith not.
September 18 th 1845
his Gilbert x Worden mark
Attest { Benjamin Samson James Hathaway
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written And I hereby certify that from personal knowledge the said Gilbert Worden is a person of truth and veracity and I further certify that the following words was interlined before signed to wit; " say, Miles, when I was, Cuyahoga,"
Benjamin Samson Justice of the Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5474
Anna Palmer
Wid.
John Palmer Port Conn, line
Act: Mch, 8th & June 17th
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 109
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9734. Ohio.
Anna Palmiter, widow of John Palmiter, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 20th. May, 1837 of Cayahoga in the State of Ohio who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the the Cont in commanded by line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March 1836. 20th. May, 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of Nov: 1845 and sent to Elliott & Hathaway, Chardon, Ohio
Total amount, $131.66
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by T. Allen at Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 395

Comptrollers Office September 11 th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears by the books of the Pay Table that a regiment commanded by Jedediah Huntington Esq d Col. was raised in January 1776 to serve one year.
That under date February 8 th June 23 rd 1779, there is charged to the United States, "To order on Treasurer G. Boff. James Eldridge " Col. Huntingtons Regiment for sixty three " interest bounties £630, 0. 0.
And that no roll of said James Eldridge company has been found in this office.
E. Phelps

Wen J. S.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio October 16 th 1845.
Dear Sir
We herewith send the Declaration of Anna Palmer praying that a pension may be granted her under the acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838 March 3 rd 1843 and June 17 th 1844. on account of the Revolutionary service of her husband the late John Palmer deceased, when acted upon please to make returns to us
Respectfully Your O.B. Servants
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Elliott J. Hathaway
31 11 30 30 31 31 31 31 4 4 107 107 333 3 999 1 10.66 120. 131

Charleston S.C. Oct. 18. 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
On the 7 th Nov. 1833 you returned the pension papers of John Palmetto advising an application to the Comptroller of Government.
I now find the Comptroller's certificate, which though it does not men- tion Palmetto's name, as an officer of his company is found in the office, yet you to confirm Palmetto's statement in all essential particulars.
We claim a pension only for the years served in 1775-6. The few days in Sullivan's campaign are not worth much trouble.
Hoping the documents will be fast- in fact I remain
Yours J. Hoadly