Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5572, for Joseph Powers, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Powers, Joseph Sybel or Sibel
W. 5572 B.L.Wt. 19.506-160-55
CONTENTS

5681  New York  Joseph Powers
of Owego in the State of New York who was Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gattin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mosley in the Maps line for 8 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Feby.  1833 — and Rev No 10.  Ms. Augt  H. J. R.
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832  $39.99    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th '33  13.33     $53.32  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Seob. Hiles Clerk, Book D. Vol. 5 Page 125 

1860. Feby 9 th Application for arrears from 1848. to 1853 - refused to be heard by direction of the Com ee .
New York 2453 A. Sybel Powers widow of Joseph Powers
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Octr. 1853 and sent to
Hiram Keene Cooperstown N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 85, Vol. A
(32)
Reg 5 m 55-76037 E. G.

In the matter of Joseph Powers, a Soldier of the Revolution. _____
Exemplification etc.
July 16 1882
P.O.
admitted
8 mo.
26.66

The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent: To all to whom these presents shall come, or may concern, Greeting:-
Know Ye, that we having inspected the Records & proceedings remaining in the Clerks Office of Our Court of Common Pleas for Our County of Otsego, do find therein the records of certain evidence and proceedings in the words and figures following to wit:
"Otsego Com. Pleas.
Of the Term of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.-
State of New York Otsego County ss: Be it remembered that on the 21 st day of June A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, being the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego in the State of New York & a Court of Records, proceeding according to the principles of the common law, with power of fine & imprisonment, Joseph Powers , aged seventy five years in the month of February last, a Resident of the Town of Worcester in the said County of Otsego, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose & declare in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress approved June 7. 1832 entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution," that he the said Joseph Powers in the year 1776 resided in the Town of Old Westfield in the County of Hampshire, Massachusetts, that in the month of July 1776 he the said Joseph Powers enlisted as a Volunteer into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Lattin in Col. Moseley's Regiment for the term of threemonths service in the War of the Revolution as a private soldier & that he the said Joseph Powers the same month of July marched with the said Company to a place called Horse Neck not far from the City of New York, and from thence retreated with said Company to White Plains, and was stationed and remained at White Plains until the battle at that place, soon after which the term of service of three months for which this Deponent enlisted as such Volunteer as aforesaid expired when

he the said Joseph Powers was dismissed, and returned home to his residence in the Town of Old Hatfield aforesaid, -
And the said Joseph Powers further declares in manner aforesaid that afterwards in the month of July in the year 1777 at the time of the surrender of Ticonderoga to the British Troops under the command of Genl. Burgoyne, he the said Joseph Powers again volunteered as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Elisha White of Hatfield aforesaid in Col. Moses Regiment. The said Joseph Powers marched up the Hudson River with said company with the greatest possible dispatch to Stillwater to join the American Army at that place. And continued in the service at Stillwater and Saratoga, and frequently out with scouting parties in various directions in the region of Saratoga until after the Battle with Genl. Burgoyne & the Surrender of the British Army. On the day the battle he the said Joseph Powers was on the West side of Lake Saratoga with a scouting party, - went out the day before the battle and did not return until the night after the battle was fought. The next day he the said Joseph Powers marched in the front guard of the American Army in pursuit of the British Army then on its retreat, and continued there in service until the surrender of Genl. Burgoyne and his Army, to Genl. Gates. After the surrender of Genl. Burgoyne he the said Joseph Powers was discharged from service and returned home to Old Hatfield the place of his residence. And the said Joseph Powers further states that he was in actual service at this time as a volunteer in said company of Militia from the first part of July 1777 until about 17 th or 18 th of October of the same year, being about three months and a half service . And the said Joseph Powers also declares in manner aforesaid, that sometime in the early part of June in the year 1779 he enlisted as a volunteer into a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Cook of Northampton in Col. Elisha Porter's Regiment for the term of two months service in the War of the Revolution, and that he the said Joseph Powers marched with said company as such volunteer as aforesaid in the month of June 1779 from the Town of Northampton to New London in the State of Connecticut.

at which place he the said Joseph Powers remained & continued in the service as a private soldier in Capt Cook's company until the expiration of his term of service of two months, when he was discharged by his Officers, and returned home to Old Hatfield the place of his residence. And the said Joseph Powers declares in manner aforesaid that he hath not at any time heretofore received any annuity or pension under any act or law of the United States, and that his name is not inscribed on the Pension Rolls of any State, or of the United States. And further that he the said Joseph Powers has no knowledge of any person living who knows or recollects the services rendered by him in the War of the Revolution except Francis Dickinson, whose deposition & oath is herunto annexed and further saith not.
Sworn to in open court in the court Joseph X Powers of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego mark the 21 st day of June 1832. Horace Lathrop. Clerk.
State of New York Otsego County ss. Francis Dickinson of the Town of Monaster in said County of Otsego aged seventy years in the month of November last being duly sworn in open court in the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego doth depose & say that in the year 1776 he resided in the Town of Old Hatfield in the County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts and at the time neighbor to Joseph Powers who has made the above declaration and oath. And that he this Deponent has been well acquainted with him the said Joseph Powers from that time down to the present. —
And this Deponent further saith that in the summer of 1776 the said Joseph Powers enlisted as a volunteer in a company of Militia to serve in the War of the Revolution for the term of three months. This Deponent does not now recollect the names of the Officers under whom the said Joseph Powers then served but this Deponent well recollects that the said Joseph Powers went into the service at the time above stated, as a volunteer for three months, and marched to White Plains in the State

of New York; and also that after the three months service ex- pired he the said Joseph Powers returned home to Old Hatfield, And this Deponent further saith that at the time of the surrender of Ticonderoga to General Burgoyne in July 1777 he the said Joseph Powers again volunteered as a private Soldier into the service of the Revolution, and marched from Old Hatfield aforesaid to join the American Army at or nigh Saratoga. This Deponent also saith that many other persons residing in Old Hatfield volunteered & marched to the aid of the American Army at Saratoga at the same time; And he this Deponent well recollects that the said Joseph Powers was in the service at that time from the first part of July 1777 until after the surrender of the British Army commanded by General Burgoyne, when the said Joseph Powers returned home to Old Hatfield. And this Deponent further states that in the month of June 1779 he the said Joseph Powers volun- teered as a private in a company commanded by Capt Cook of the Town of Northampton in a Regiment of Militia com- manded by Col Elisha Porter, to serve in the War of the Revolution for the term of two months, and that he this Deponent volunteered at the same time in the same company & Regiment above men- tioned and to serve the same term of time: And this Deponent also saith that the said Joseph Powers & him this Deponent both marched with said company as such Volunteers as aforesaid in the month of June 1779 from the Town of Northampton to New London in the State of Connecticut, and at which place this Deponent & the said Joseph Powers remained & continued in the said service in said company as such soldiers as afore- said, until the expiration of two months, when they were both discharged by their Officers and returned home to Old Hatfield the place of their residence. And further saith not.
Sworn to in open Court in the Francis Dickinson Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County this 27 th day of June A.D. 1832 Horace Lathrop. Clerk.
State of New York } Otsego County ss: } Seth Chase, a Judge of Otsego County

being duly sworn in open court in the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Otsego, doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Joseph Powers, the person who has made the above declaration and oath, and that he the said Joseph Powers is a man of fair character & entitled to full credit in oath or otherwise, and further saith not.
Sworn to in open court in the court of Common Pleas of Otsego County, this 21 st day of June 1832. Seth Chase.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
Otsego Com. Pleas.
Of the term of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. —
State of New York Otsego County ss.
We the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Otsego, do certify that Joseph Powers appeared before us in open court at the present June term of said court, and made his declaration and oath in manner and form as above specified for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832, and at the same time produced before the said court as Witnesses, Francis Dickinson & Seth Chase Esquire, who there & then in open court respectively made oath to the depositions by them above subscribed, & which is satisfactory evidence to us of the truth of the facts contained in the declaration and oath of the said Joseph Powers. In Witness whereof we the said Judges have hereunto subscribed our names in open court at the Court House in Cooperstown the 22 nd day of June A. D. 1832.
Elisha Foote.
J. O. Morse.
Seth Chase.
J. C. Malworth.
Judges &c
Filed June 22. 1832.

All which We have caused by these presents to be exemplified and the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas to be hereunto affixed. Witness George A. Noble Esquire, First Judge of our said Court, at Cooper- town in the County aforesaid the 28 th day of June A.D. 1882.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk

State of New York Utsego County } On this 24th day of
May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me Hiram Kimball Notary Public of said County in open court. Eliza Marks known to me thirty years a resident of Winchester in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she was acquainted with Joseph Powers in the latter part of his life time and knows that said Joseph Powers and Sibel P. were live  live together as husband and wife for a number of years previous and up to the time of his death which took place in the summer of 1840. She further says that she attended the funeral of the said Joseph Powers and saw him buried. She further says that she now resides in the same house with the said Sibel and is well acquainted with her and has been ever since she can remember and also is familiar with her old family Bible and in said bible between the old and new testament on the back of the title page of the new testament the fol- lowing record in plain legible writing is found
Copy
“Joseph Powers Died July the 23 rd 1840” She further says that the above is a true copy of the original record in said Bible and that she is not interested in the event of said claim and that said Sibel is now the widow of said Joseph Powers
Eliza Marks
Subscribed and sworn to before me and I certify I am her mother

with the above deponent that she is creditable and worthy of belief
Hiram Kiene Surrogate
State of New York } Ulster County }
On this 24th day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me Hiram Kiene Surrogate of probate in open court Elinda Bates a resident of Ulster in the County and State of America aged            years who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is well acquainted with Sibel Powers and has been many years and knows that she and Joseph Powers lived together as husband and wife from some time in the spring of 1832 until the time of his death which happened in July 1840 and that she is familiar with the old family Bible and that in said Bible between the old and new testament in the bible on the back of the title page of said testament the following record is so found - Copy
Sibel Joseph Powers Died July the 23 rd 1840 She further says the above is a true copy of the original record as found in the family bible and that said Sibel still remains the widow of Joseph Powers who was a Pensioner of the revolutionary army and she further says that she attended the funeral of said Joseph Powers and saw him married in the summer of 1840 and that she is not interested in the event of the claim for Pension
Elinda Bates
Sworn before me in open court and I certify I am acquainted with the above deponent that she is of good character and worthy of belief Hiram Kiene Surrogate

State of New York Otsego County
On this 21 st day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me the Hiram H. Hovey Surrogate of Otsego County Sibel Powers a resi- dent of Worcester in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the follo- wing declaration in order to obtain the bene- fit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February the 3 rd 1833 entitled an act to continue Half Pay to certain Widows and Orph- ans That she is the widow of Joseph Powers who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and received a Pension of twenty six Dollars sixty six cents per annum under the act of Congress passed the seventh of June 1832 and further saith her certificate was returned to the agent for paying pensions in the City of Albany on the 19 th of September 1840 She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Powers on the 5 th day of April 1832 by Walter Covey a minister of the gos- pel of the Baptist denomination and that she has no family record of said marriage that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Powers died on the 23 rd day of July 1840 and she further saith that she has the pecuniary of his death  will in her old family Bible and that she is now the widow of the said Joseph Powers and that her name before her marriage to the said Joseph Powers was
Sibel Henry
Sibel Henry Powers mark
Sworn & subscribed in open Court before me the said Surrogate

and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the applicant Sibel Pours that she is of good moral character and I have no doubt of the truth of her foregoing statements that from age + insanity she is unable to write that the word "Henry" was written by mistake and erased by me before execution
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 24th day of May 1853
Miriam Kinne Surrogate

State of New York } County of Otsego }
On this 15th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace authorized to administer oaths for general purposes within and for the County and State aforesaid Walter Covey aged 55 years a resident of Worcester in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is a clergyman of the religious denomination called Baptist and that on the 5th day of April in the year 1852 he solemnized the marriage of Joseph Powers to Sibel Henry that the following is a true copy of the record left by Deponent in his office - copy
Joseph Powers aged 75 of Worcester to Sibel Henry of Do. Do. Do. April 5th 1852 sworn to and subscribed } Walter Covey Pastor the day and year above written before me
Heman Pills Justice of the Peace And I further certify that I have been acquainted with the subscriber Walter Covey more than 20 years and know him to be a respectable clergyman of said denomination above named Heman Pills Justice of the Peace

State of New York Utica County
On this 15 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace authorized to administer oaths for general purposes within and for the county and State aforesaid Nibel Powers aged eighty five years a resident of Winchester in the State of New York who being 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 February the 3 rd 1853 entitled an act to continue Half Pay to certain Widows and Orphans" that she is the widow of Joseph Powers who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army and received a Pension of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832 and his certifi- cate was surrendered to the agent for paying pensions on the 4 th of Sept r 1840 in the City of Albany She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Powers on the 5 th day of April 1832 that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Powers died on the 23 rd day of July A D 1840 and she further declares that she is now the widow of the said Joseph Powers late of the town of Winchester and previous to said marriage her name was Nikel Kenny
In presence of Hester B. Smith M rs Sloan
Nibel X Powers mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and further certify that she is of the above stated that she is of a good character and that she cannot write on account of age & infirmity other than Nibel Powers

STATE OF NEW YORK, } OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Aaron Pitts Esquire, was, on the 13 th day of April 185 3 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 18 day of April 185 3
Wm C Fields CLERK.
Aaron Pitts

State of New-York Otsago County Surrogate's Court
On this 24th day of May 1853 personally appeared before me Miram Kime Surrogate of the said County John Cook a resident of the town of Worcester aged forty five years who being by me duly sworn says he is well acquainted with Sibel Powers that he knows her to be the identical person who was the wife of Joseph Powers and who is now his widow that he knows the said Sibel to be the person she represents herself to be in her application for a Pension that Joseph Powers her said late husband is dead that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said Joseph Powers deceased That this deponent is not interested in the event of her said claim
John Cook
Sworn before me in open Court and I certify that I am personally acquainted with deponent and that he is a gentleman to whose statements entire credit is due
Miram Kime Surrogate

S. Powers Nov. 24/55 Set " " Feb. 14/56
2
Vol P. page 113
76.1137 } Act Mch 3/55 April 16/55
Sybel Powers, wife of Joseph Powers Rec. Pot.
He finds a Pensioner under Act June 7. 183
Claimant states that she is a pensioner under act 1853 Mass: April
Rev. trav
ad: 180 acc. Mch: 17/1856
July 53-90-2455 Bryn
Mrs. S. Powers Westport Pa

Bounty Land Act of March the 3 rd 1855
Mrs Powers Widow of Joseph Powers
War of the Revo lution

STATE OF NEW YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office.
I, William C. Fields , CLERK of said County, and of the Courts of Record therein, do hereby certify that
Aaron Pittock Esquire, was, on the 6 th day of April 1855 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jus- tice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County and of said Courts, at Cooperstown, this 11 th day of April 1855
Wm C Fields CLERK.

State of New York } County of Otsego }
In this 6th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer Oaths, within and for the County and State aforesaid Sybil Powers age sixty five years, a resident of Worcester in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Joseph Powers deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary Army on her and was inscribed on the pension roll under the act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum and she further states that she made application under the act of Congress passed the 3rd day of February 1855 for the extension or continuation of said pension to her and a certificate of which the following is a true copy.
Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2nd section of the act of February 3rd 1855 Sybil Powers widow of Joseph Powers who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum commencing on the 3rd of February 1855 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
L.S. examined and counter signed T. B. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Given at the Department of the Interior this fifteenth day of Octo ber one thousand eight hundred and fifty three R. W. Whelpley Secretary of the Interior

She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Powne in Winchester in the County of Otsego State aforesaid on the 5 th day of April A D 1832 by one Walter Coney a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Sybel Henry that her said husband died at Winchester on the 23 rd day of July A D 1840 and that she is now a widow at the date of reciting this her declaration and that she has not received any bounty land warrant nor made application for any until this
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land which she may be entitled under the act passed March 3 rd 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress except this now made.
Sybel Powne
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim.
Aaron Pette Justice
We John Cook and Samuel Shelland residents of Winchester in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sybel Powne in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
John Cook Samuel Shelland
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Aaron Pette Justice of the Peace

Sworn to me Subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that I believe the claim- ant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim
Aaron Pette Justice
We John Cook and Samuel Shelland residents of Winchester in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sybil Vose in our presence and that we believe her in the affidavit and statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
John Cook
Samuel Shelland
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Aaron Pette Justice of the Peace
She refers you to the declaration and affidavit made at the time she obtained the certificate of which the above is a copy for further proof her marri- age her husband's death &c

State of New York County of Ulster
On this 10th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace authorized to act ministerially within and for the County and State aforesaid Electa Markham and Elinda Bates, residents of Haverstock in the State of New York who being duly sworn declare that they are well acquainted with the family record of Sybil Powers - widow of Joseph Powers late a pensioner of the Revolutionary war.
Copy
"Joseph Powers died July the 13 th 1840" They further say that they have examined said record and declare that the above is a true copy from said record. And they further state that they saw him after he was dead and attended his funeral and saw him buried and they further say that they know that said Joseph Powers and Sybil lived together as husband and wife after some time in the Spring of 1832 up to the time of said Joseph Powers death which took place as above stated and that she is now a widow.
Electa Markham Elinda Bates
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and above written. And I certify that I am well acquainted the subscribers and know them to be credible persons of said time.
Harvey Pitt Justice of the Peace

10.
Joseph Powers.
adm d
Nov.
10. 1842 of N. York

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Powers.  of  Otsego County  in the State of  New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
a Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 78 Years.
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.     In 1776 3. — private Gen. Cap d Calkin, Col d Mott   1777 about 3 for do. Cap d Elisha White, Col d Mott.   1779 2 do. Col d Elisha Palmer, Cap d Cook.  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of White Plains. for
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire County Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Francis Dickinson proves 3 months service in 1776 - also his service 1777. line not stated - also his service in 1779 for two months
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.
B. H. Plummer Examining Clerk.

✓ 19506
} Mrs. Arny

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5572
Sybel Powers Widow
Joseph Powers Br. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commissaire of Customs Washington D.C. P.O. box 74
Mr. [unclear] 100 [unclear] Washington D.C.

Mercedita Carr Allene Carr Sybel Flowers Fina Joseph
Buynton Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Free

Phila. Pa. N.Y.
W. D.

Coopers town Otsego Co N.Y. Aug 31. 1853.
Hiram Hinne
Enclosed application of Sibel Powers for pension
Respectfully referred to The Commissioner of Pensions
Rept. Pats. 5 Sept 28/53
A. A. White.
Actg. Clk.

Coopers town Otsego County New York Aug 31. 1853
Hon
The Commissioner of Pension
Enclosed I forward the application of Mrs. Foush for Pension Please forward certificate to me
Yours Respectfully
Hiram Kimme

Harry Sibel Purvis (Joseph) also 85- Sec. { married 5 April 32 died. 23 July  Aug / 40
Marriage proved by verified copy of Entry of the made by the minister who married the parties. !
G.C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Sept. 5. 1853 Appen of W o 3,157
Sibel Powers, widow of
Joseph Powers
Otsego Co N.Y.
Rev
Act 3 d Feb. 1853
Am d $26. 66 / 100 per annum
commencing 3 d Feby 1853.
Hiram Kinne Cooperstown Otsego Co

Sept. 5, 1853. Appl. of Gabel Powers, widow of
Oregon co., O. T.
1853
Act 1853.
Secy
5081 Rv.
Hiram Kinnie, Coopers town, Oregon co., O. T.
Department of the Interior Pension Office Washington
TRUE

Pension Office Oct 12. 1863.
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid; and, if in your power, the date of his death
Very respectfully Your Ob't Servt
J. Cole For Commr.
F. Burt Esq. 3 d Auditor, Present Joseph Povers, a/c to 1832 $26.66. p. an. — Died 23 d July 1840, Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor,

Claim No. 76,057 of Sybil Powers Widow of Joseph Powers To Bounty Land Act of March 3 rd 1855
War of the Revolution

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, January 26 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Powers is borne on roll of Capt. Josiah Harris (comp. Col. Thomas Gardner's Regt. of 8 mos. Service, name borne on Coat roll dated Dec. 27, 1775 as private, from Charlestown.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Westford January the 13 th 1856
To the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts Sir I wish you to let me know if the records of the Militia Sol- diers of the Revolution are in your office and if they are I want you to examine and give a Statement of the Service of Joseph Powers his widow has make application for Bounty Land under the act of the 3 rd of March 1855 and the Commissioner of Pensions writes back that there is no record of said Joseph Powers service he drew a Pension under the act of 1832 and the widow gets the Pension under the act of February 1855
I can not give you the number of the Regiment in which he served but the best I can learn is that he went to the North and I think probable he was with Col. Allen I suppose that the certificate must be signed by the Comptroller of your State I want a certificate that will be received at the Pension office at Washington as second evidence Please direct your ans- -wer to Aaron Pette at Westford Village County N.H. I herewith send you two dollars and if that does not pay the expense I will see you satisfied
Aaron Pette

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
February 29 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Pours is borne on pay roll of Capt. Joseph Cook's Comp. Col. Elisha Porter's Regt. Service at New London Ct. from July 20. To Aug. 27. 1779. 1 Month 13 days. as private. travel included.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

And Mr Office, February, 14 th 1856.
Madam,
The Certificate of the Secretary of State of Mass. filed in support of the Bounty law Claim of Sybel Powers, cannot relate to the Service of her husband, as he never alleged or claimed the benefit of any such service. The Certificate shows a Joseph Powers, in the 27 th Dec r ; 1775, in the 8 months service under Capt. Josiah Harris, Lieut. Thomas Gardner, whereas, the Appli ant's husband alleged he served 3 months in 1776. under Capt. Catlin Lieut. Moses, 3 1/2 months in '77 under Capt. Elisha White Lieut. Moses, & in 1779, 2 months under Capt. Cook, Lieut. Elisha Pater.
Yours Respectfully, C. A. Rhet.
Mrs. Sybel Powers, Westford, Mass.
for confirmation.

Additional evidence for the claim of Sybil Powers No. 76037 the widow of Joseph Powers a Private in the Revolutionary War Very respectfully
Aaron Pette Sister of the Deceased

Brief in the case of Sibel Powers, widow of Joseph Powers Otsego — County and State of New York act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, (“original,” or “for increase.”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832 at $26 66 / 100 per Annum
Marriage proved by verified copy of record made by the minister who performed the ceremony (If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Niram Kinne Esq. Cooperstown, Otsego Co New York Name and residence of Agent
R. G. H. Examining Clerk.