Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20272, for Ephraim Myer, New York

SERVICE
New York
NUMBER
Meyer, Ephraim Jane
W. 20272
CONTENTS

6997 New York
Ephraim Myer of Sangerfield, in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dettl of the Regt. commanded by Col Snyder in the New York line for 6 Mo. & 24 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 22 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. S.C. Brockton N.Y. City
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $45 78 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 33 11. 32 $56.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 25

5117.
Reported
New York City
Vane Alyea widow of Ephraim Alyea who was a Private in the New York
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 22 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of March, 1843 and sent to Hon. J. Russell Postmaster
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 258.

21836 G. Thain Myer
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Hon J. C. Breckinridge M.C.

County of Ulster  BRIEF in the case of  Ephraim Myles of Saugerties  of Ulster  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     discharged 1st Decr 1778 1 privat Gen. Gates   ditt 1 April In 1777 1 10 Col. M c Intosh   ditt 1 Sept 1777 1 " Genl Schuyler   ditt 1 Sept 1778 1 Col. Enderbury   enl. 1 Sept 1777 2 Capt John L. Smith   discharged 1779 14 ditt   6 24 " Genl Washington   " John L. Smith  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? No answer  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Saugerties New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. Wilson Examining Clerk.  7th March 1832

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State of New York Ulster County ss.
I George A. Gay clerk of the County of Ulster aforesaid and of the Courts of the same do hereby certify that Jacob Snyder Esqr before whom the declaration of Jane Myer and the affidavits of John B. Myer and the Reverend John H. Vanwagenen in purport to have been subscribed and sworn was at the dates one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster aforesaid duly elected and qualified and that his signature subscribed to the said annexed declaration and affidavits are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County this 11 th day of June 1843
Geo. A. Gay Clerk
State of New York Catskill Sept 6 th 1843
Sir
Please return your answer to me as obliged Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Henry Wynkoop

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:
State of New York Ulster County ss
On this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three before me Jacob Snyder one of the judges of the County Courts in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid personally appeared Dane Myer a resident of the town of Saugerties Ulster County and State of New York aged Eighty one years being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:
That she is the widow of Ephraim Myer who in the revolutionary war resided in said town of Saugerties and was a private Soldier in defence of his Country for which he received a pension at the rate of twenty five dollars and sixty four cents per annum until the day of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Myer on the Ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five.
That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr Bell Congregational of the Protestant Dutch Reformed church in the town of Shingletown.
That her maiden name previous to her marriage was Dane
And that her husband the aforesaid Ephraim Myer died the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three in said town of Saugerties.

That she was not married to him since to his having the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
She further declares that the annexed affidavit of the Rev. John J. Vanwagenen containing an abstract copy of the record of her marriage from the Church at Kingston and the affidavit of John J. Attye proving the death of her husband is all she has obtained to prove the same and which she believes is correct, and for proof of the services of her said husband she would respectfully refer to his declaration and proof on file in the War Department under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832. She further declares that ever since the death of her husband she has not intermarried but remains the widow of the said Ephraim Attye as will more manifestly appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on this day one year aforesaid before me & further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named applicant and that from bodily infirmity she is un- able to attend Court & is a respectable citizen entitled to full credit - the word "name" interlined -
Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the Court, Court of the County of Ulster
June 18 th 1832 Ephraim Attye mark

State of New York Ulster County ss.
John H. VanWagenen of the town of Kingston County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn de- poseth and saith that he is the present clergyman of the Reformed Dutch Reformed Church in said that it appears by the marriage records of said church that Ephraim Myer was legally married to Jane Loune on the ninth day of February in the year one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty two which is ex- press- ed on said records in the Dutch language in fair le- gible figures and letters as follows viz:
1782 d 9 Feb. Is met gekeden gekent Ephraim Myer. Is met Sannetie Loune gekeden en overnaghtig vanda Kingston
I John H. VanWagenen above named do depose and say that I hold the office of clergyman in the abovenamed church. That the foregoing is a true extract from the records of said church and further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 25 th day of May 1843 before me and further certify that said deponent is a clergy- man as above stated
J. H. VanWagenen
Saint Engles on of the bridge of the } County Court of Ulster County

State of New York Ulster County ss
John S. Myer of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn saith, That he is the Grand Son of Jane Myer who is the widow of Ephraim Myer who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty two dollars and fifty four cents per annum until the day of his death
That he the said Ephraim Myer died in said town of Saugerties on the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three and left a widow the said Jane Myer who resides with this deponent and has not intermarried since the death of her husband and is the identical Jane Myer who is now an ap- plicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 for the revolutionary Ser- vices of her husband the said Ephraim Myer died and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 6 th day of April 1843 before me and further certify that I am personally acquainted with said deponent that he is a respect- able citizen entitled to full credit
John S. Myer
Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Court of Ulster County
9589

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832
State of New York
Ulster County ss On the Twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County, being a court of record in and for said County having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount proceeding according to the course of Common Law. and keeping a Record of their pro- =ceedings, having a Clerk and Seal of their own Ephraim Meyer a resident of the town of Saugerties in the said County of Ulster aged Seventy three - 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 7 th June 1832
That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated,
That he was born in the town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster and State of New York in the year 1759 -
That he has a record of his age in his family Bible -
That he lived in said town of Saugerties when called into service, That he has lived there since the Revolutionary war and that he lives there now,
That on or about the first of December in the year 1776 he was drafted in the militia service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary War as a private

=vate Soldier in the Company Commanded by Capt John L DeWitt. Colonel Bruyder Regiment for ONE Month and was Stationed at a place called Ram= apah in the State of New Jersey and Continued there untill about the first of January following and was then there discharged after the full term of One Month (Received no written discharge) And that he remembers no witness alive whom he can get to testify to the above Service —
And this Applicant further declares that on or about the first of April 1777 he was again drafted as one of a Clap in the same Service as aforesaid in the Company Commanded by Capt Henry Schornmaker for One Month & ten days being his proportion of Four Months. for which term the Clap was drafted. and was Stationed at Fort Mon= =gomery, and was then under the Command of Gen. Clinton, and Continued there One Month & Ten days and was then released by Peter Winne being one of the Clap. and obtained his discharge, No Writ= =ten discharge —
And this Applicant further declares that on or abt the first of September of the Same year 1777 he was again called out in the same Service as aforesaid in the Company Commanded by Capt John L DeWitt in Lieutenant Colonel Cline's Regiment for ONE Month and was Stationed at Stillwater

and Continued there in said Service untill about the the first of October following when he with the said Company was then there discharged after the full term of One Month (Received no written discharge)
And this applicant further declares that Some time in the Month of September 1778 he was again drafted in the same Service as aforesaid in the Company Commanded by Capt John L Duvett for One Month and Stationed at Shadaken in the County of Ulster at a house of one Minne and was there discharged after the full term of One Month (received no written discharge)
And this applicant further declares that on or about the first of September 1779 he was again Volunteered in the same Service as aforesaid in the Company Commanded by Capt Evert Bogarans for Three Months and was Stationed at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess, and Continued there in said Service for the term of Two Months when he with the said Company was then there discharged — (Received no written discharge)

And this applicant further declares that in the Winter of 1779 he was again drafted in the same Service as aforesaid in the Company of Captain John L. Dettmer for Fourteen days and was stationed at Little Shandaken in the town of Woodstock in the County of Ulster, and continued there said service for the full term of Fourteen days & was then there discharged (received no written discharge)
And this applicant finally declares that as to the particular dates he may possibly be not altogether correct, but he sincerely believes they are all true, But positively declares that he has served the full term of Six Months and twenty four days in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary War
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Ephraim Myer
John D. Deyo } Judges H. H. Hardenburgh }

Ephraim Myer
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WE, John Gosman a Clergyman, residing in the town of Kingston in the County of Ulster and State of New-York, and John Valkenbergh of the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Myer who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy three 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. } John Gosman John Valkenbergh Ebenezer First Judge Abner A Deyo } Judges A G Hardenbergh }
CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, sitting this 12 day of December in the year 1832 at the court-house in Kingston in said County, do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 John Gosman who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Kingston in the County aforesaid, and that John Valkenbergh who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Ebenezer First Judge Abner A Deyo } Judges A G Hardenbergh }
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Ephraim Myer for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twelfth day of December 1832
Jacob Snyder

State of New-York Ulster County ss William Myer of the Town of Saugerties County of Ulster aged 74 years a Soldier of the Revolutionary war being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia service of the State of New-York and was in the Company of Capt. Evert Bogardus and well knew the said Ephraim Myer that the said Ephraim Myer belonged to the same company and saw the said Ephraim Myer in said service for two months or more and well knows that the said Ephraim Myer continued to serve in said corps in the capa- city of a private Soldier until he with the said company were discharged in the year 1779 in the
State of New-York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE: { ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify== That Tobias Wyrkoop Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "Tobias Wyrkoop" subscribed to the Certificate as the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this Ninth day of January 1833
Jacob Snyder
man of truth and veracity,
Tobias Wyrkoop Barr of Laws & S. P.

State of New York
Ulster County ss
William Myer of the Town of Saugerties County of Ulster aged 74 years a Soldier of the Revolutionary war being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service of the State of New York and was in the Company of Capt. Evert Bogardus and well knew the said Ephraim Myer that the said Ephraim Myer belonged to the same company and saw the said Ephraim Myer in said Service for two months or more and well knows that the said Ephraim Myer continued to serve in said corps in the capacity of a private Soldier until he with the said company were discharged in the year 1779 in the fall that the said company was Stationed in the town of Fishkill in the County of Dutches under the command of General Clinton And this deponent further says that the said Ephraim Myer is a moral man and a man of truth and veracity and whatever statement he makes is entitled to belief
William Myer
Sworn to and subscribed this 4th day of January 1832 before
me Tobias Wykkoop J. Francis
Commissioner of deeds Ulster County
I further certify that the above named William Myer is a man of truth and veracity
Tobias Wykkoop
Bar of Ulster Co. N.Y.
[Signature]

St. Francis Xavier 6 St. Francis Xavier

State of New York
Ulster County ss John Vanetten of the Town of Saugerties Ulster County aged 73 years a Soldier of the Revolution say being duly sworn upon and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town a soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an appli- cant for a pension that this respondent was in the Militia service in the State of New York in the Revolutionary and was in the Company of Capt John L. Dewitt and well knew the said Ephraim Myer
State of New-York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE:
{ ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify= That Christopher C. Heisted — Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice — and verily believe the signature "Ch. C. Heisted" — subscribed to the Certificate as the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this Ninth — day of January 1833
Jacob Snyder
Certify that I am well acquainted with the Subscribed John Van Atten and is a man of truth and veracity Ch. C. Heisted Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Ulster County ss John Vanetten of the Town of Saugerties Ulster County aged 73 years a Soldier of the Revolution
being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town a soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service in the State of New York in the Revolutionary and was in the Company of Capt John L. Dewitt and will know the said John Ephraim Myer Vanetten belonged to the same Company at the same time and saw the said John Vanetten in said Service for one month or more and that the said John Ephraim Myer Vanetten continued to serve in said Company in the capacity of a private Soldier until discharged that the said company was stationed at or near Stillwater and continued until discharged at the end of said term of one month
Sworn and subscribed before me this 28 th day of December 1832 and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the Subscriber John Vanetten and is a man of truth and veracity Chas G. Husted Justice of the Peace
John Van Etten

State of New-York Ulster County ss John Brinks of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster a soldier of the revolutionary war aged 72 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town also a soldier of the revolution and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia service of the state of New-York in the revolutionary war and was in the company of Captain Henry Schoonmaker and well knew him
State of New-York, ss. ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE:
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify= That Lemuel Raymond Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "Lemuel Raymond Jr" subscribed to the Certificate as the said annexed affidavit to be genuine. I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the
was from here went by water to Fort Montgomery Joined the regiment commanded by colonel Snyder from Kingston Ulster County under the command of Genl Clinton. That the said service commenced on or about the first of April 1777 and that this de- ponent with the said Ephraim Myer continued in service until at the end of forty days being a full proportion of said class and were relieved and discharged And this deponent further says that the said Ephraim Myer is a man of good character and a man of truth and veracity and further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this day of his January 1833 before me John X Brinks Lemuel Raymond J. J. D. marks
I certify that the above named John Brinks is a man of truth and veracity Lemuel Raymond J. J. D.

State of New-York Ulster County ss
John Brinks of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster a Soldier of the revolutionary war aged 72 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town also a Soldier of the revolution and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia service of the state of New-York in the revolutionary war and was in the company of Captain Henry Schoonmaker and well knew Ephraim Myer that the said Ephraim in
State of New-York, ss. ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE:
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify That Lemuel Raymond Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "Lemuel Raymond Jr" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this ninth day of January 1833.
Jacob Snyder
John Brinks of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster a Soldier of the revolutionary war aged 72 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town also a Soldier of the revolution and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia service of the state of New-York in the revolutionary war and was in the company of Captain Henry Schoonmaker and well knew Ephraim Myer that the said Ephraim Myer is a man of good character and a man of truth and veracity and further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this day of January 1833 before me Lemuel Raymond Jr
his John X Brinks mark
I certify that the above named John Brinks is a man of truth and veracity Lemuel Raymond Jr

State of New York Ulster County ss
John Brinks of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster a Soldier of the revolutionary war aged 72 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town also a Soldier of the revolution and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia service of the state of New York in the revolutionary war and was in the company of Captain Henry Schoonmaker and well knew the said Ephraim Myer that the said Ephraim Myer belonged to the same company at the same time with deponent and saw the said Ephraim Myer in said service for the year 1777 for forty days or more and well knows that the said Ephraim Myer continued to serve in said company as a private Soldier untill discharged that the said Ephraim Myer served for 3 of a class for the four months service And this deponent further says that the said company marched to the landing in the said town of Saugerties and from there went by water to Fort Montgomery and joined the regiment commanded by colonel Snyder from Kingston Ulster County under the command of Genl Clinton that the said service commenced on or about the first of April 1777 and that this deponent with the said Ephraim Myer continued in service until at the end of forty days being a full proportion of said class and were relieved and discharged And this deponent further says that the said Ephraim Myer is a man of good character and a man of truth and veracity and further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this day of his January 1833 before me } John X Brinks Linnell Raymond J. P. marks
I certify that the above named John Brinks is a man of truth and veracity Linnell Raymond J. P.

State of New York Ulster County ss. Peter J. Myer of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster aged Seventy Years being duly sworn deposed and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town a brother of deponent that the said Ephraim Myer lived in the same town during the revolutionary war with deponent in the said town and county aforesaid that the said Ephraim Ephraim Myer was a number of times called out in the revolutionary war in the Militia Service for the frontiers against the Indians
State of New-York, { ss. ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE:
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify== That Samuel Raymond Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature 'Samuel Raymond Jr' — subscribed to the Certificate as the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this ninth — day of January 1833
Jacob Snyder
Sworn to and Subscribed the 7 day of January 1833 before me Peter J Myer Samuel Raymond Jr
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Peter J. Myer and that he is a man of truth and veracity Samuel Raymond Jr
Ephraim Myer
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State of New York Ulster County ss.
Peter J. Myer of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster aged Seventy Years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Myer of the same town a brother of deponent that the said Ephraim Myer lived in the same town during the revolutionary war with deponent in the said town and county aforesaid that the said Ephraim Ephraim Myer was a number of times called out in the revolutionary war in the Militia Service for the protection of the frontiers against the Indians & Tories and also against the invasion of the British Army; which was as near as deponent recollects as follows viz in the Winter in the year 1777 to a place called Ramapagh in the State of New Jersey next to Fort Montgomery and to Stillwater about the time of the Surrender of the army of Burgoin and also to a place called Shandaken in the County of Ulster and also to the town of Fishkill in the County of Dutches that this deponent has frequently heard the said Ephraim Myer talk to his neighbours who had been with him in the above mentioned Service but for what length of time or what time or year this deponent does not know and this deponent further says that the said Ephraim Myer is a moral man and a man of truth and veracity and further says not
Sworn to and Subscribed the 7 day of January 1833 before me Peter J Myer Samuel Raymond J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Peter J. Myer and that he is a man of truth and veracity Samuel Raymond J.P.
Ephraim Myer
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June Myer
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Dear General Russell H. R. [unclear]
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Ulster
On this twenty first day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- three before the subscriber, John P. Poland a Justice of the Peace
personally appeared Jane Myer a resident of the town of Saugerties in said county, aged Eighty two who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war:
That she is the widow of Ephraim Myer and who in the revolutionary war was a private soldier for which he was awarded a pension at the rate of twenty two dollars and sixty four cents per annum, under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was twenty two dollars and sixty four cents
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written. }
by me John P. Poland Justice of the peace
Jane Myer X mark
* Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me, as the widow of Ephraim Myer deceased has not intermarried and is the identical Jane Myer the above named applicant under a later law of Congress for the revolutionary services of her husband the said Ephraim Myer deceased
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Ulster
John P. Poland Justice of the peace
I, George A. Gay clerk of said county, do hereby certify that John P. Poland Esq r was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this twenty second day of December 184 3 .
Geo A Gay Clerk

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Jane Myers
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$2264 per an
New York
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Henry Wynkoop Esq Cats kill N York.

PENSION OFFICE,
November 11
1843.
Sir,
Be pleased to pay the pension of Jane Myrn widow of Ephraim Myrn at the rate of Twenty Two dollars Sixty four cents per annum, from the 4th of March, 1836, to the fourth day of March 1841 from which last date she has already been paid under the act of July 7, 1838. She must deliver to you, with the usual vouchers, her last pension certificate, which was issued this day
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient ser.
To the agent for paying pensions
New York City,

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20272
Jane Myer Widow of Ephraim Myer Dis Rev War
Act March 3rd 43
Index: Vol. M , Page 76
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
7862
Report
Jane Myre widow of Ephraim Myre
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 and who died on the fifteenth of February 1843 of Ulster Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain DeWitt of the Regiment commanded by Col. Snyan in the New York line for 4 mo. 24. days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Twenty two Dollars Sixty four Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the Eleventh day of November 1843 and sent to Henry Myre Kerp Catskill NY
Whole amount due $ 113.20
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Geo. C. Amad Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 169

New York City Pension Agency
Nov 18. 1843
Sir -
In compliance with your letter of the 16 th inst. the notification on the case of Jane Moyer is herewith returned that a correct one may be furnished.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient Servant
M c R. Stevens Pension Agt
J. H. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City