Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,538, for Henry Myers, Connecticut

SERVICE
SERVICE Barnes or New York.
Myers, Henry or Myfers
NUMBER _____
R. 7538
CONTENTS

AV 35474
Henry Myers-
Con:
Act 7. June '32

State of Connecticut Hartford County } Is East Windsor Henry Meyers of Windsor Connecticut On this 7 th day of March - 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor - in Hartford County aforesaid aged 83 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 June 7 th A 1832.
That he was born in the Town of Hamstead ~~~ on Long Island in the year 1760, That he was there living when the British took possession of the South West part of it in the year 1776 when he was Sixteen years old. That the man he lived with at that time was a Tory & he let the enemy take me to drive one of their Baggage Waggons that in this capacity I left Long Island in the fall of 1776 I believe in September that I went with the British Army up the North River and when they were above New York and not far from Fort Lee, I deserted from them and went and joined the American Army as a volunteer That I was in Fort Lee when Fort Washington was taken some time in November and soon after that our Officers thought the Fort, viz. Fort Lee, could not hold out against the force that the enemy could bring against it & the concluded to abandon it with- out waiting for an attack after we left it our force was divided & went to different places the party that I went with went to Maninock as it was then called, where were most of the time in Winter Quarters. I remember General

Green had the general direction of the troops forming the garrisons of the two forts, I remember that one of the officers was a Colonel Jackson, one was a Captain Smith, one was ensign Johnson, & one of the corporals was Graham, I do not know their given names. I understood that the party of soldiers I was associated with at Newinck was Militia men. I do not know whether they belonged to the New York or Connecticut Militia. I remained with the army until about the first of June 1777, when I was dismissed (after I had served about eight months.
After this, I came out to Newinck and let myself out as a common laborer; there I saw General Putnam, & many of the officers and soldiers of the American Army, & I labored in some other towns in that quarter until Peace took place, in 1783; when the enemy had left Long Island, & I was no longer in fear of being taken & punished as a deserter. And after my return to Hamsted place, I lived there among my friends until about the year 1809, I removed to the Town of Windsor, in Hartford County State of Connecticut where I have lived ever since & where I now live. I have no record of my age but I well remember my mothers telling me when I was a small boy that that was my age, & that I was sixteen when I first left Long Island, or rather the February before. I received a verbal discharge, I believe, if I received a written discharge it is lost.
I am acquainted with William Howard Esq, and with Mr James Warner both living in my immediate neighborhood & who can testify as to my character for veracity, & their belief of my services

as a Soldier of the Revolution.
He has no documentary evidence, and he does not know of any person living who served with him or whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
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.
When the Pension law of 1832 was first in operation, he applied to Doct Timothy Phelps, of Poquonock in Windsor to assist him in preparing his application for a pension the Doctor at that time assisted some people here in collecting their evidence, he undertook for me, & informed me that he had found the name of the Officers, where I do not know; but the Doctor died very suddenly, and left the business unfinished, and I knew not who else to apply to, and felt discouraged; but lately within a few weeks, some of my friends here have persuaded me that to make this application believing as I do myself that I am justly entitled to a small pension according to the length of time I served.
Jesse Charlton Alfred B. Ware
Henry
his J Meyers mark
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above said, before said Probate Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he

has stated in the foregoing declaration.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on this 7 th day of March 1843 William Barnes. Judge.
attorney Chas. H. Chapman

We William Howard and Loomis Warner both residing in Windsor in Hartford County State of Connecticut do hereby certify
That we are well acquainted with Henry Myers of said Windsor and have been for several years past that according to our best recollection he has resided in this town for more than thirty years past; we believe him to be eighty three years old and he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Wm Howard
Loomis Warner
Sworn and subscribed before me Henry Gill
one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Hartford aforesaid and on this twenty fourth day of February 1843 And I certify that William Howard Esq who has signed the foregoing certificate is Town Clerk of the Town of Windsor aforesaid & is and has been for more than twenty years last past Post Master of said town and that Loomis Warner who has also signed the foregoing certificate is a respectable citizen of said town, and they are both credible persons, & I certify that the clergyman of this town has lived in the town but a short time and knows much less of the said Henry Myers than either of the above named gentlemen.
Henry Gill Justice of the Peace

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
7035
P. O.
Henry Moyas
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

East Windsor Connecticut, March 7 th 1843.
Hon Sir.
I herewith transmit the application of Henry Meyers of Windsor, Ct, for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832.
He has been as definite in naming the officers as I think he was able to be, and has been uniform in his statement to me respecting them, but not remembering their first names, & not knowing whether they belonged to the New York or Connecticut line, I cannot procure that kind of corroboration from the records which I should be glad to; and where it can be done it throws a very favorable light on a case
But this I recollect was not required of me in any case in 1832 or 1833.
After he had stated his case to me as particularly as he could, I was satisfied myself that he was in the service, at that time: and Botta supports his story in regard to Greene having the command, & Fort Washington being taken & Fort Lee being evacuated. He knew nothing of this from this books any more than the table I write on

I think Sir I must ask you to view the case in as favorable a light as you can. A young man, deserting from the enemy, & joining our forces in the manner he did, would be much less likely to know whether he was classed with the New York or Connecticut line, than tho' he had been drafted or had enlisted.
All these circumstances, you can judge of, as well, & better than I can, so that I will say no more.
I am Sir, most respectfully, Your Obedient Servant. Jesse Charlton.
Dear Sir J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

No 35.474
Henry Myers Can.
75-38
let to W & Ellsworth Mar 28-43
act 7. June '32