Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,148, for William Petters, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Petters, William or Peters
R 8148
Lydia
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Bergen County N.J.
June 20, 1855.
Hon
Commissioner. Sir permit me in this way to introduce to your notice The case of Lydia Peters widow of William Peters deceased, whose applica- -tion for a pension in right of W m Peters deceased is before you for examination. It is alleged in her application that her said husband the said W m Peters -deceased, enlisted & served in the state of New York about the year 1781 for For three years or during the war, of the Revolution as a Lieut. (If I am rightly Informed this is set forth in her declaration before the Commissioner for war In order to obtain a pension) I certify that I believe that the said W m Peters aforesaid is not the W m Peters, alleged to be in her declaration, that at the time of the Revolutionary war, the said W m Peters aforesaid resided in the town of Hebron state of Connecticut with his Father Family, he married in Hebron resided in that town with his Family till the year 1810 he removed from the state of Connecticut to Bergen County N. Jersey and there died in August 18 th 1821, aged 58 years so says the Tomb stone at the head of his grave. N.B. the Tomb stone of W m Peters says that In memory of W m Peters of Hebron Connecticut who departed this life August 18 th , A 1821, aged 58 years, this is the I st March I am certain that this man W m Peters for whom they claim a pension never was in the field or garrison by competent authority, he died August 18, 1821. which leaves his age at the close of the Revolutionary war about 19 years of age, still I understand they claim W m -Peters as a commissioned officer from the N. York Line, one year ago the wife of the aforesaid W m Peters knew nothing of the service of her husband

did not think he ever served or was called out into service at all she says that he had brothers that were in service in Connecticut but new nothing of her husband ever being in service. Just mureh there came a long a man who enquired for the widow of W m Peters Subt. enlisted in the state of New York & was entitled to bounty land for services in the state of New York in the war of the Revolution, he sends to the comptrollers office at Albany & proves over the service of W m Peters & claims him to be the Identical W m Peters from Hobson St. I consider this case Fraud. & I feel it the duty of some person to state of facts of the case to the commissioner that he may detect the fraud not that I have anything against the family of Peters for I consider her agent altogether to blame in this case.
Respy. Your obt servt Lewis Dunning

no 14,908 Declaration of Lydia Peters widow of Ensign Mr Peters for Pension under act of 1838
July 7, 1838,
Filed by M c N. Galloway att y

State of New York } ss. County of Genesee }
On this Eight  Seventh day of April A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the County Judge acting as  of the County of Genesee Lydia Petters, a resident of the State of New York and County of Genesee, aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn accor- ding 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, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of William Petters, who was an  in sign'd in the State of New York, and received his com- mutation of five years full pay as the deponent has always understood from reports but does not know the exact time of said soldier's enlistment. She further declares that she was married to the said William Petters on the fifth day of September A.D. 1785 in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five, and that her husband, the above said William Petters died on the twenty second day of August in the year eighteen hundred and twenty two and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. She further deposes  swears that she is now William Petters' widow and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Lydia Mark  other Petters
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before Edgar C Dibble County Judge of Genesee County

State of New York County of Genesee
Be it known that before me the under signed County Judge of the County of Genesee the County of Genesee Person only appeared Joel Wright.
aged Seventy years and Abigail G Wood aged Fifty five years, being both
credible witnesses, entitled to be believed, who being duly cautioned, and then sworn, according to law doth each depose and say for himself that he has always heard, and it has always been understood that William Peters and Lydia Peters were lawfully mar- ried and that they neither of them have ever heard in the community, where they have lived, the legality of the marriage called in question; and that they have both of them known the said William and Lydia Peters and do know that they did always up to his death cohabit as man and wife; and that it has always been under- stood that William Peters was a Revolutionary soldier as the said Lydia Peters, his widow, has sworn and declared. And that they have both of them known the said William and Lydia Peters from youth up, and was knowing to the death of the said William Peters, living at the time the same neighborhood, and both say positively that he died on the 22 nd day of August A.D. 1829. And that they neither of them are interested in any way or shape in any claim that may be presented on account of the military service of William Peters the said soldier. And that the Lydia Peters never has married since the death of her husband the said William Peters, and that she is now his widow, as she has sworn and declared.
Subscribed and sworn to this 8 th day of April, 1853 before me - Edgar C. Dibble County Judge of Genesee County Alger West Joel Wright

Geneva County Clerk's office } S.S.
Geneva, N.Y.
I certify that E. B. Dibble is the lawfully Judge in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are his Genuine Signatures
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed My seal of office this 8 th day of April 1883 M. S. O'Connell

Record Evidence of the Marriage Wm Peters and Lydia Phelps In the Year 1789.

State of Connecticut Hobson Town Clerk's Office. Copy.
March 22 nd A.D. 1883.
William Peters and Lydia Phelps both of Hobson were joined in marriage September fifth one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "September 5 th 1/88."
Lucius J. Hemenway, Town Clerk
I, Lucius J. Hemenway above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Hobson with the exception above named as certified by me.
Lucius J. Hemenway, Clerk of the Town of Hobson.
State of Connecticut Hartford County.
March 22 nd A.D. 1883.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said State and County, Lucius J. Hemenway who has subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. And I certify that the deponent is well known to me to be the Town Clerk of said Town of Hobson who has the charge of the records of said town.
Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year last before written.
Asa Day Notary Public

February 18, 1938
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BA-J/EEL William Petters-R.8148
Miss Kate S. Curry 41420 Girard Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of William Peters or Petters, of New York, Revolutionary War pension application, R.8148.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.8148, based upon the military service in that war of William Petters or Peters.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of William Petters or Peters are not shown.
William Petters or Peters married September 5, 1785, in Hebron, Connecticut, Lydia Phelps, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not stated. Both were then of Hebron, Connecticut, and their marriage was recorded on the records of the town clerk of that place. After their marriage, they resided nineteen years in Hebron, then moved to New York.
William Petters or Peters died in Genesee County, New York, August 17, 1822 or August 22, 1822, both dates given by the widow, but it was stated that the inscription on his tombstone gave date of death as August 18, 1821, and aged fifty-eight years.
April 8, 1853, at which time she was aged eighty-six or eighty-seven years and a resident of Genesee County, New York, Lydia Petters or Peters applied for the pension which might have been due on account of the service of her husband, William Petters or Peters in the Revolutionary War and alleged that he served as ensign in the 2 nd Regiment, New York troops but did not give names of officers or length of his service.
I used service she gave & not that fur. My Comptroller of Sky as that service was for Wm Peters - D. 19022

The claim of Lydia Petters or Peters for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof that her husband was the identical William Peters or Petters who rendered the service she alleged.
There is no reference to children and the date of death of the widow is not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1938 - Feb 18 - Visit to Kate R. Curry. E.L.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
8148 REJECTED
P. O. Sylvia Peters
Service: _____
Enlisted: Not on 1852 list as she did not apply , 18
Discharged: until 1853 , 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No. 14,908.
Lydia Peters, mrs William
N. York.
R. H. Salt Lake July 1, 1833
Grand
D. H. G.
July 1, 1838.

Certificate of Date of Mr Peters appointment as Ensign
Filed by M c H. Callahan atty

State of New York } Secretary's Office }
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this Office that on the 29 th day of June 1781 William Peters was com- missioned as an Ensign in the Second New York Regiment Commanded by Philip Van Cortlandt, and was mustered to January 1782.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany March 29. 1853
Two lots of Land in the military Tract in this State containing 500 acres each were granted to Ensign W m Peters as bounty Land by Letters Patent bearing date the 7 th day of July 1796.

Washington D.C. Hon L. P. Ward.                                     Apl 14/53 Com of Pensions. Sir:
I herewith enclose and ask the same to be filed in your Office, the application of Mrs Lydia Peters, widow of Ensign Mr Peters, of N. Y., ask- ing pension under the Act- of 1838. —
Very Respectfully H. B. Callahan. —11—

Pension Office
Augt 24. 1853
Sir,
The case of Lydia Peters, widow of Wm of N. York, which was rejected on the 15th ultimo, has been again examined and I am now fully satisfied the said claim is entirely fraudulent.
The claimant in her power of Attorney says that she was married in 1785 in Hebron, Connecticut where they continued to reside for nineteen years, when they removed to New York. She now now claims for service in New York in 1781. — Again, from the tomb stone of her husband, it appears that he was only 16 years old at the time the Legislative assembly of New York conferred upon a William Peters the appointment of Ensign. It is hardly reasonable to suppose that the Legislature of New York

would confer such an appointment upon a boy 16 years of age residing in a different State. From information received from N.Y. as well as from the face of the papers themselves, it is most evident that the whole case is an attempt at fraud from its very inception.
Very Respectfully
Commissioner
R. H. Gallaher Esq. Present

175 Tunisia Office, July 15 th 1853.
Lydia The application of William Peter, widow of William for the benefit of the act of July 7, 1838 proceeded upon the certificates of the Comptroller of New York, showing that a party named William Peter was commissioned as an Ensign in the 2 d New York Regiment, commanded by Col. Philip Van Cortland on the 29 th day of June 1781, and mustered to January 1782, has been examined and rejected. In the worse that the William Peter who actually rendered that service has al- ready been pensioned under the act of May 15, 1828. The husband of the party represented by you was another and different person, whose application as a Pensionary soldier is now rejected.

lived, not in any way established.
R. H. Gallaher
July 13/63
Robert H. Gallaher, Esq.
Present.

Evidence of Mr Peter's Appointment as Ensign New York Service Revolution. (1781)
Filed by H. B. Callahan Atty

At a Council of Appointment held at Poughkeepsie the 29 th of June 1781.
Present
His Excellency Governor Clinton President The Hon ble { Abraham Ten Broeck { Stephen Ward } Esq rs 4 members { Arthur Parks }
Resolved with the advice and consent of the council of Appointment That Nhemiah Carpenter (late quarter master of the late Fifth New York Regiment) returned from captivity be and he is hereby appointed an Ensign in the Second Continental Battalion raised under the direction of this State, his Warrant to bear date the fifth day of June 1779 being the day on which he was mustered and returned as an Ensign in the said late Fifth New York Regiment. That Lewis R. Morris be and he is accordingly appointed an Ensign in the said Second Battalion vice John Brown resigned. That William Peters be and he is hereby accordingly appointed an Ensign in the said Battalion vice Stephen Greffen resigned."
State of New York Secretary's Office } I certify the preceding to be a true Extract from the Minutes of the Council of Appointment of this State Deposited in this office
Arch d Campbell
Dep. Sec. of State
Albany March 29. 1853

1 Power of Atty and Identity in case of Lydia Peters widow of Wm Peters
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Filed by M. K. Gullander Apr 14/93 - atty

POWER OF ATTORNEY,
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or Heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.
STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Genesee
Be it known that before me Lydia Peters personally appeared then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the widow of William Peters who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of New York and that he died on the Seventeenth day of August 18 22 and that mother, named  and that they were
married on the day of September in the year 1786 and that they were residents of Hoback in the State of Connecticut and that they resided there nineteen years, and that She resides in the State and County above said and she under stands that her husband served in New York and was a member in the Second New York Regiment. And she does not know that any body is alive who saw her married and there is no Bible record but she thinks the marriage is on the Town Records in Hoback Connecticut and she never drew pension.
And that furthermore BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorizes irrevocably and with powers of substitution Robert H. Gallagher of Washington City true and lawful Attorney for Her and in Her name and stead, to examine into, prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the United States Government Officers Her rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due Her as the widow of William Peters who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity She is or may be entitled, and for good and sufficient reasons do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other Powers of Attorney or other authority that may have been heretofore given to
IN WHITNESS WHEREOF She has on this eleventh day of March 185 3 hereunto signed Her name and affixed Her seal.
Witness: A. D. Brundick } Lydia Peters  Witness: M. Peters }
Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged, before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Lydia Peters to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Samuel Richmond { a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Genesee
STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Genesee
It is hereby certified, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of the County of Genesee that Lydia Peters the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the widow of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify that, J. Richmond Esq., before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 14 day of March 185 3
M. G. Loper Clerk
P.S. I certify that the reason why Mrs. Peters made her mark to the above Power of Attorney was because she was so infirm that she could not exert a steady hand enough to write Samuel Richmond Justice of the Peace

THE MISSES CURRY GENEALOGISTS AND RESEARCHERS 1420 GIRARD STREET N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. KATE S. CURRY February 10, 1938
Veterans Administration, Vermont Ave and H Street, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me an official report of the papers appearing in the Revolutionary Pension application of
✓ WILLIAM PETERS
N.Y.
R 8148
or
Petters.
and oblige,
Sincerely yours,
Kate S. Curry