Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,381, for Rowland Potter, New York

SERVICE
Potter, Rowland
NUMBER _____
R. 8381
CONTENTS

Rowland Potter a Pensioner - Aftam Declaration
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8381

State of New York
Ontario County ss. On this sixteenth day of May 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Records and the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State of New York, Rowland Potter of the town of Perry in the County of Genesee in said State, resident in said County age 67 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and of the 1 st May 1820. That he the said Rowland Potter enlisted for the term of one year in the month of February One thousand Seven hundred and eighty in the State of New York in the company commanded by Capt Joseph Peck in the Regiment commanded by Col Peter Yates in the line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps for the full period of one year from the time of his said Enlistment when he was discharged from the said service at Saratoga in the State of New York. And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War" passed March 18. 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

  1 Cow and calf $10.50 Son come $2.50   3 Sheep & two lambs 5.25 Shovel & spys 1.00   2 Hogs 5.00 50 lb barrel 1.62 1/2   2 chests & contents 11.00 2 do 37 1/2   Haul and stand 3.00 Salt 1.00   4 Chairs 3.00 Books 2.00   Carpenter tools 12.00 Steel Yaws .25   1 Jug .25 Potatoes 4.50   50 lb Sugar 3.12 1/2 3 old scythes 37 1/2   Knives and forks .12 1/2 Hackle .25   Tin & earthen ware 2.25 1 Bull & pea .50   2 Spails .50   Mossin .25   Big wheel & small wheel 2.50   58.75 14.37 1/2   58.75   $73.12 1/2 
Rowland Potter
And this deponent further saith that he is by occupation a farmer, but that his old age and consequent infirmities prevent him from pursuing his occupation with much energy; that his family consists of his wife aged about fifty years who does not enjoy good health and two sons and two daughters and that one of those sons has frequently convulsive fits so as to disable him from hard labor. And this deponent further saith that according to his best recollection he applied for a pension in the summer of the year 1889 to the Secretary at War but that the prayer of his petition was refused on the ground that his name did not appear on the rolls of the War office; that he has since procured and herewith transmits the affidavit of his Captain and of one of his comrades, and he respectfully suggests the propriety and justice of granting him back pay at the rate of Eight Dollars

per month from the time of his said application in addition to his being put upon the list of pen- sioners -
Rowland Potter
Sworn to and Declared in open Court this 18 th day of May 1826 Before me John Price a Judge of the Ontario County Courts
Ralph Satter, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ontario do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court, that the said Rowland Potter did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months, under one Engagement, on the Continent- al Establishment; I also certify that the foregoing oath in the Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the words of said Court; And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is seventy three Dollars and 50 1/2 cents - In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1826.
Ralph Satter Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ontario -

20,010
Rowland Potter, N.Y.
R. 8381
Col. C. Vandewater, Present
Recd June 1826. Reprinted June 1826 See letter

8387
P. O.
Rowland Potter
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____
Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
, 18

John Shelton after the Service of Rowland Potter a Newcomer -

State of New York Orleans County ss } On the 12 th day of April A.D. 1826 before me Cyrus Harwood a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Orleans, came John Sheldon who being duly sworn, deponeth & saith, that he is in the sixty seventh year of his age, that some time in the month of February one thousand seven hundred & eighty, he enlisted under Captain Joseph Peck for the term of one year; that he served during that time, under the said Captain that Peter Yates was called at the time the Colonel of the Regiment, the number of the Regiment this deponent does not recollect.
Orleans County ss } State of New York }
I do hereby certify that Cyrus Harwood whose name is subscribed and before whom the above affidavit was taken is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly qualified according to Law and further that I am acquainted with the Hand writing of the said Judge and Verily that the signature to the above affidavit is in the proper Hand writing of the said Judge Witness the seal of the said County this 13 th day of April A.D. 1826
H. D. Mills Dep. Clerk

State of New York Orleans County ss
On the 12 th day of April A.D. 1826. before me Cyrus Harwood a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Orleans, came John Sheldon who being duly sworn, deponeth & saith, that he is in the sixty seventh year of his age, that some time in the month of February one thousand seven hundred & eighty, he enlisted under Captain Joseph Peck for the term of one year; that he served during that time, under the said Captain that Peter Yates was called at the time the Colonel of the Regiment, the number of the Regiment this deponent does not recollect; that he has this day seen Rowland Potter; that he will recognize him as a man who enlisted about the same time of this deponent a few days before he thinks, under the said Captain for the term of one year; & that the said Rowland served as a soldier during the term; that this deponent and the said Rowland were messmates till sometime in the latter part of the fall or forepart of the winter then after their enlistment
John Sheldon
Sworn the 12 th day of April A.D. 1826. before me
Cyrus Harwood Judge of said County of Orleans

Joseph Packraft re of the Service of Ireland Potter a pensione —

State of New York City of Schenectady ss.
On the thirteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred & twenty six, before me Abraham Van Ingen, one of the public notaries of the said state, duly commissioned & sworn, residing in the City of Schenectady of the said state, came Joseph Peck of the said City, Esquire, who having been duly sworn deposed, that he is now upwards of seventy years of age - That during the war of the Revolution, he was in the service of the United States for the period of five years, in the capacity of Captain of a Company of Batteaux or Boatmen, in the service of the United States, and who was employed in the transportation of provisions & munitions of war from Albany up the North river for the use of the American forces at Saratoga & Fort Edward, and also in getting out & rafting timber to the mills of the late Genl Philip Schuyler at Watervliet, where the same were sawed up into materials for build- ing barracks for the Continental army, & for the construction of boats &c. for the public ser- vice - And this deponent further saith, that from one of the original rolls kept by this deponent during the aforesaid period, & still in his possession, it appears that Rowland Potter was one of a Company of seventy one men un- der the command of this deponent, in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty, and who appears from the said roll (which contains the names and time of enlistment of the men) to have been so enlisted as aforesaid in the month of February of the last mentioned year - And this deponent further saith that none of the men enlisted by this de- ponent were enlisted for a term less than one year, and this deponent has no doubt of the fact that the said Rowland Potter served during the term of his enlistment

inasmuch as the names of such of the persons named on the said roll for the year one thousand seven hundred eighty, who deserted, or were dis- charged, previous to the expiration of the term of their enlistment, are marked as " deserted " or " dischar- ged ", but that the name of the said
Rowland is not so marked.
And this deponent further saith that he was on the day of the date of this dep- osition seen the above Rowland Potter and that he readily recognized him as the person who served under this de- ponent as aforesaid, altho he had not seen the said Rowland for a number
of years previous thereto.
Sworn the 13 th Feby. 3 18 26 before me — 3
Joseph Peck
Asst. Van Ingen Not. Public