Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,131, for Isaac Perry, Massachusetts

SERVICE (Green Mt Boys.) Cont. Mass. Vt.
Perry, Isaac
NUMBER
R 8,131
CONTENTS

In the matter of the application of Mae Perry for a Pension 14804
J. C. Wm. W.P.
Col. John H. ...

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York St Lawrence County 3 ds : On this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of St Lawrence the same being a court of record, now sitting at the Court house in the town of Clinton in said County, Isaac Perry a resident of the town of Mirrystown in the said County of St Lawrence and State of New York aged Seventy three years the 19 th day of August 1832 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 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - viz
In the month of August (as near as he recollects) in the year 1776 he enlisted at Hancock in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts where he then resided, as a

volunteer under Captain Isaac Stratton in Col. Benjamin Simons Regiment (in the militia of the State of Massachusetts as he believes) for the term of two months. That after being mustered at Pittsfield the Company was ordered to meet at Lanesborough from which place they marched for New York passing through Lenox Stockbridge Great Barrington Sharon New Milford & Old Fairfield to Horse neck and there to the North River when they were ordered and accordingly proceeded to Valentine Hill where the main army lay. He was there employed in making entrenchments &c From thence he went with the army to White Plains where he continued till after the battle of White Plains in which he was engaged and in which he received a wound in one of his legs. He was afterwards moved to North castle and remained there until he was discharged having served his said term of enlistment of two months.
In the five part of the month of April 1777 he the said Declarant again enlisted at Hancock as a volunteer to go to Ticonder- oga and was attached to Capt Brown Company in Col. Seth Warner Regiment in the Militia of the State of Vermont.

roga and was attached to Captain Warner's Company in Col. Seth Warner's Regiment in the Militia of the State of Vermont
and immediately proceeded by the way of Bennington Manchester & Whitehall to Ticonderoga where he remained until that Fort was abandoned on the 6 th day of July 1777 when the detachment under Col. Seth Warner to which the declarant belonged marched to Hubberton where a battle took place in which he the declarant was engaged - the detachment afterwards moved to Manchester where they were disbanded and he the declarant immediately about the middle of July without returning home again enlisted as a volunteer for the term of six months in Captain John Warner's Company of Rangers in Col. — Herrick's Regiment in the Vermont Militia as he believes - from Manchester he proceeded with the Company to Bennington where he was engaged in the battle at that place on the 16 th day of August 1777 - In the month of September following he marched to Ticonderoga by the way of Castleton and the narrow and was engaged in a battle at Lake George Landing in which about 440 of the enemy were taken prisoners - that after
3 Col. of Hubberton 10 th July

remaining at Ticonderoga a few days the Regiment embarked at Lake George Landing and sailed for Diamond Island where they were engaged in a severe battle and drove back with some loss - he with the detachment was landed and proceeded through the woods to White Hall where they remained reconnoitering &c until the expiration of the said term of six months for which he had enlisted, having served out the same, and where he was discharged as he thinks in January 1778.
That in June (as near as he can now recollect) in the year 1778 he again enlisted as a volunteer at Hancock aforesaid with Captain Peter Porter commandant of a detachment of two companies raised to support Col Gansevoort, for the term of six months, and was ordered to Fort Stanwix and proceeded through Steven- & Philipstown as far as Albany where it was ascertained that another Regiment had marched to Fort Stanwix and the detachment of Capt Porter was stationed at Albany where he the declarant remained with the same until the ex- piration of his second term of enlistment

as ordinary with the same until the ex- renamed with the same until the ex- piration of his second term of enlistment
of six months, as aforesaid, when he was again discharged.
That in the summer of 1779 he again volunteered with Captain William Douglass in Col. Benjamin Simons Regiment, to go to Shenoborough or Whitehall in the State of New York and proceed to that place where he served as a minute man two months, when he was again discharged.
That he again volunteered in the fall as he believes of 1779 under Lieutenant Smith of Hancock aforesaid to go to Vermont and proceeded through William- town Bennington Shaftsbury & other places engaged in reconnoitering and was absent as he believes about eight weeks - That he also the same year volunteered under Capt Gourd to go to the Mohawk River in consequence of an alarm or report that the Tories and Indians were committing depredations, and proceeded with the Company to Albany where we were ordered to return and was absent about four weeks - and was also afterwards absent in Vermont on an alarm for five or six

days. That he the declarant does not recollect that he ever received any written discharges and he has no documentary evidence from which he can ascertain the particular periods of his enlistments and discharges any more definitely than they are above stated, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
And 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.
He further saith that he was born at Fredricksburgh, Dutchess County in the State of New York, where he lived till he was about ten years of age when he moved to Hancock aforesaid where he resided till after the War. In 1883 he moved to Granville, New York, resided there about seven years, then moved to Saratoga lived there seven years then to Lowville Lewis County, N. York, lived there thirty years then moved to Morristown in the said County of St. Lawrence where he has

ever since resided and now resides.
sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
J. D. Dorr CLK
Isaac Penny
W. Joel J. Emmet, a clergyman, residing in the town of Hammond about four miles distant from the residence of Isaac Penny who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Penny that I believe him to be seventy three years of age, that it is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, that he was a revolutionary soldier and that I concur in that opinion.
subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid
J. D. Dorr CLK
W. Joel J. Emmet
of Massachusetts where he then resided, as a

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served in the States. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Joel J. Emmons who signed the preceding Certificate is a legitimate legitimate President in the Town of Hampton and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I, Wm C. Jones Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Perry for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my Office this 29 th day of September 1832
A. SMITH

I O'Brien of Doyl of Ardencurra in the County of Clare & State of New York do hereby Certify & make oath that I have been informed that Said Peter of Morristown in said County is about to make application for a Pension under the late act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 and that this Deponent has been well acquainted with the Said Peter for the last twenty years & this Deponent believes him to be seventy three years old and that he has always been reputed to be a man of truth & veracity & this Deponent believes that full credence ought to be given to his declaration under oath & that he has uniformly sustained a good moral character & that he has always been reputed in the neighborhood where he has resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that he this Deponent concurs in that opinion
Sworn before me the 24 th day of September 1832 J. C. BROWN Commissioner of Oaths
Baron S. Esty

State of New York St Lawrence County ss. I, Alvin C. Saw, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Anthony O'Brien before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made was at the time the said affidavit was taken a Commissioner of Pleadings in and for said County duly authorized by Law to take the same, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and verily believe the signature to the said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 28 th day of September 1832
A. C. Saw Clerk
In the matter of the application of Grace Perry for a Pension 14804

State of New York County of St Lawrence } p.
Be it Known, that on this third day of February A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Perry
resident of DePeyster in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the heir of the identical man who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4
That he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint S. A. Pugh of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Isaac Perry for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Sworn to , Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Samuel Perry to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
D. M. Chapin Justice of the Peace
Samuel Perry
State of New York County of St Lawrence }
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of _____ that 8 the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the 10 reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that 11 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 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 _____ day of _____ 185
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

State of New York County of Lewis
We the subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Lowville in the County of Lewis do hereby certify That for about thirty years past we have been personally & intimately acquainted with Captain Isaac Perry who now resides in the Town of Morristown in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York and who we understand is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832. That said Perry was one of the first settlers of this Town and resided here for about thirty years previous to his removal to the Town of Morristown. That we verily believe that the said Perry was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as stated by him in his declarations on file at the war department. and that he is, and for a great number of years has been reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & believed to have been such in this community. and we further certify that implicit confidence may and ought to be given to the statements of said Perry in relation to his revolutionary services. That said Perry being destitute of property stands in need of the benefit of the provisions of the said act and especially so now in his advanced age.
Dated at Lowville this 25 th day of February January 1837
Stephen Leonard N. W. H. Gillely Chas. Bush L. B. Morse John Stevens Joseph A. Northrop Andrew W. Doig Earl Morse Seymour Murray
Flavel Collins Calvin Lewis Sylvester Miller Charles Dayan J. M. Hostwick Russell Parish Isaac Clinton David H. Allen

No 1460A
Page Perry St Lawrence County New York
13.14
P 388
May 9 33
Ab Low Clerk St Law Rene County Court New York — Canton

Isaac Tenny  BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Tenny  County of St Lawrence  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? 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.     Enlisted Vol. In 1776 Aug 2 Private Gen. Putnam Col. Simons   " " 1777 April Discharged about middle July " " Bronson " Warner   " " " July 6 " " Warren " Herrick   " " 1778 June 6 " " Porter " Gansevoort   " " 1779 Summer 2 " " Douglass " Simons   " " 1779 Fall 5 or 6 " Lieut. Smith   " " " " 5 or 6 " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains - Red Bank - Germantown - Brandywine  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkshire Co Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence not certified  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Oyer Castor Examining Clerk.

How
R. H. Ginn
House of Rep
Washington

Albany 12 Feby 1836.
De Sir
Will you have the good ness. to examine into the pension matter of Isaac Pany of your County and write to his daughter at Corville Nabby Eager. she has wrote to me wishing you to do so also if you will drop the old man a line -
In good health.
Yrs.
Charles Dayan

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
November 10, 1930
Miss Elizabeth H. Hard 20 Lawton Avenue Grantwood, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 8131 , that Isaac Perry was born August 19, 1759 in Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York.
He alleged that, while a resident of Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in August, 1776, and served two months in Captain Isaac Stratton's company in Colonel Benjamin Simons' Massachusetts regiment; he was in the battle of White Plains where he received a wound in the leg.
He enlisted in April, 1777, and served four months in Captain Bronson's company, Colonel Seth Warner's regiment; he was in the battle of Hubbardton.
He enlisted in July, 1777, and served six months in Captain John Warner's company of rangers in Colonel Herrick's Vermont regiment; he was in the battles of Bennington, Lake George Landing and Diamond Island.
He enlisted in June, 1778, and served six months in Captain Peter Porter's Massachusetts company.
He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served two months in Captain William Douglass' company, Colonel Benjamin Simon's Massachusetts regiment.
He enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served eight weeks under Lieutenant Smith.

He enlisted in 1779 and served one month in Captain Gould's Massachusetts company.
He afterwards served five or six days on an alarm, officers not stated.
He applied for pension September 25, 1832, while a resident of Morristown, St. Lawrence County, New York, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
In 1836, a daughter, Nabby Eager of Lowville, Lewis County, New York, was referred to. There are no further data on file relative to his family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Apr. 26, 1862, Phil. Hist. Soc. J. M. Belden 618 N. Green St., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1875 Mar 26 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Chester H. Brush. W.C.T. 1878 June 29 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Ernest L. Miner Personal inquiry W.C.T. 1880 Nov. 10 Hist. Soc. Miss Elizabeth H. Hard.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
8131
P.O.
Dane Perry
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 states: "Suspended for further proof of service."
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

June Perry Feb 22 My.
James L. Edwards Esq Pension Office Washington & Co
Mr R. H. Galt H.R.

Rev. 8131 Act 7 June 1832
Isaac Perrin
Suspended
See letter to A. L. Low Clk.
H. Lawrence Co., N. Y.
Oct. 31. 1833
See let to A. L. Low 1 st 1834
let to Hon. R. H. Billet 19 March 1836 to J. H. H. 22 nd March 1838 to Hon. J. W. Craig 11 th Feb. 1838 to same 19 th Feb. 1840

Isaac Dey. June 11 th 94
James H. Colburn Esq
Post
Com: of Prisoners Washington D.C.

This may certify that I have for years been personally acquainted with Zedock Baitman of the Town of Venice and County of Cayuga and State of New York and that the most explicit confidence can be placed in his affidavit
Nathaniel Garrow
This may certify that I have Nathaniel Garrow sign the above affidavit and that
he is Marshal of the northern district and should have had it done in the presence of Magistrate but did not know it was necessary Oswego 13 Feby 1840
Sworn & subscribed to before me at Oswego this 13 th day of Feby 1840 D r W m Van Lare Dist d Marshal
Dwight Herrick S.P.

State of New York Cayuga County 3 rd
I, Ladock Bateman of the town of Union in the county of Cayuga, state of New York, being sworn in due form of law before C. W. Bateman a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, deponeth and saith that this deponent was a resident of the town of Hancock in the county of Berkshire state of Massachusetts during the Revolutionary war - That Isaac Perry now a resident of Morristown in the county of St. Lawrence & state of New York was during the war of the Revolution a resident of the same town with this deponent and within one mile of this deponent - that this deponent was knowing to said Isaac Perry's leaving home to serve in the army of the Revolution - that this deponent cannot now recollect how long said Perry was a soldier nor the date of his leaving or the precise time of his return - but this deponent has no doubt that said Isaac did serve a soldier in the army of the United States for considerable time - that this deponent has the most unquestionable evidence of the identity of this Isaac Perry - and that said Isaac was a person of a good reputation
Ladock Bateman
Sworn & Subscribed this 23 rd day of Feb. 1859 before me
C. W. Bateman Justice
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the abovenamed deponent and that he is a reputable person and that his statement is entitled to credit -
C. W. Bateman Justice

New-York State, } ss. Cayuga County, }
I, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Clerk of said County, certify that E. M. Bateman Esq. was, on the 23 day of February 1839 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified: And that I know his hand writing, and believe the signature on the annexed instrument, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County, and set my hand this 21 st day of February 18 40
Grafton Foster Dep. clerk

In the matter of the Application of Isaac Perry
In a Partition
2. Miss ally Louisville Ky
Hon Andrew W. Doig W.R.

State of New York { Samuel Stark of the Town Oswego County } of Oswego in the County of Oswego being Sworn under form of Law before me D. Herrick a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County deposeth and saith that Isaac Perry of the Town of Morristown County of St Lawrence and State of New York was a Soldier in the Revolution in the Summer of 1777 and in Capt Isaac Sawyer's Company and Col. Herrick's Regiment and that he was with the party commanded by my Father Capt John Stark who pursued a party of Tories driving Cattle to the British the notorious Joseph Gilder was Killed (a Tory) and the rest fled leaving the Cattle and Booty behind
Sworn and Subscribed } This 12 th day of February 1840 } before me
Samuel Stark
Dwight Herrick J.P.
Thereby Certify that I am acquainted with the above named deponent and that he is a respectable person and that his Statement is entitled to Credit
Oswego 12 Feby 1840 }
Dwight Herrick
State of New York Oswego County Clerk's Office
ss I Curtis Severance Deputy Clerk of the County courts of the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that
Dwight Herrick is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified, that his Commission is dated on the First day of January 1837 and will

expire on the 31 st Day of December 1840 and that his signature to the preceding Surat of affidavit and Certificate, is genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Linn County this 22 nd day of February A. D. 1840.
C. Severance Dep Clerk in the absence of Daniel No. Marsh Clerk.

House of Representatives
June 3 d . 1840.
Sir
Enclosed I hand you a letter from our worthy friend B. Phillips on the subject of Mrs. Sarah Phillips pension and shall feel much obliged to you if you will look into the same with as little delay as possible.
I think I also sent you some papers relating to the claims of one Isaac Perry of New York and do not recollect to have heard from them.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t . Serv t ,
A. M. Douglass
Col. G. Edwards Esq.

State of Vermont Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier May 25. 1840.
P. Knox Esq
Sir
Your letter addressed to the Post Master of this village has been handed over to this office. Mr Wardner was Treasurer three years ago, but is not now, and the pay rolls and revolutionary records have been deposited since that time in this office.
I have examined the great number of papers connected with the subject but cannot find the name of Isaac Perry. These Rolls however are incomplete; - a fact known to the Pension Department from a number of certificates certifying to that effect.
The ordinary fee is $3. In consideration of the poverty of Mr Perry the charge is $1 - which please remit.
Respectfully, Sir, Your O bt Servt.
J. F. Merrill Dep y Sec y State

Z. Knox
9 March 1840
A stylized signature or monogram consisting of a large, elegant 'L' shape with a smaller, circular flourish at the top left.

War Department Pension Office
9. March 1840
Sir The additional evidence in support of the claim of Isaac Parry enclosed in your letter of the 28 th ulto has been examined; if the claimant served in the State of Vermont under the officers mentioned in his declaration record evidence may be found in the office of the Treasurer of Vermont. Allen Wardner Esq. to whom reference is made for further proof
L. Knapp Esq. Lowville N.Y.

Ogdenburgh May 15 th 1835
Sir,
A very aged man by the name of Isaac Perry has called on me to learn something about his pension application under the law of 1832. I do not remember much if any thing about his papers. He says they were made out by A. C. Brown Esq. & that Mr. B. says he sent them to me, & that he has never heard from him . If I received them I must have sent them to you, & doubtless you replied to them, & they came to Mr. Brown. If you have papers upon the case I will be greatly obliged to you for any copies of your letters to him which are written to or from Mr. Brown. I will then show all to Mr. Perry & he will then be able to judge whether he can do any thing more to establish his claim.
Yours obedt. Servt R. H. Gillet
I Edward G

Woon R. H. Gillet
11 June 1835
O.B.
Rec. Vol. 33. p. 492

War Dept Pension Off June 1835.
Sir
Agréably to your request in yours of 15 ult. this day rec d ? I have the honor to enclose you a copy of my letter of 1 May 1834 to A.G. Now in the case of Isaac Perry. It does not appear that any letter has been addressed to you in this case.
The certificate of Mr Bangs in relation to each item of alleged service under the authority of Mafeth is indispensable
at 7 June
For R. H. Gillet Ogdensburg New York

Mr. A. W. Douglass
July 10. 1840
✓ 06.

Pension office, July 10. 1840
135
Sir,
The additional papers left here by you some time since in the case of Isaac Perry, have been examined and filed. They are not sufficient to establish the claim. I would respectfully refer you to Allen Wardner, Esq. Treasurer of the State of Vermont, at Montpelier, in whose office some proof of the services may probably be found.
Gen. A. M. Dorr, H. R.

July 17. 1840. O.K.

Gen. A. H. July 17. '40
Sir
I have the honor to return you the letter of Mr. Knowl and in reply to state that the failure absence of to obtain evidence from the rolls in Pt. leaves  Sparks , the case of Isaac Perry on rather worse ground than it accus- ed heretofore.
In answer to the enquiry about the services of Lewis Gracy, I would inform you that the rolls of the 2 nd Regt N.Y. Line in which Wissen-felts was S t Col. from 76 to 80 furnish no evidence of his service — It is irregular to furnish a charmant with a knowledge of the rolls before this claim is duly asserted —
Yours A. H. Dorr W. R.

My
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington
Report to Hon. A. W. Draig H. R.
Hon. A. W. Draig H. R.

Loville, Lewis County
Feb 26. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir:
I enclose two affidavits in support of the claim of Isaac Perry of Morrisville St. Lawrence Co. for a Pension. Mr. Brown of Agawamburgh I believe forwarded his papers on his first application.
It is the request of Mr. Perry that these affidavits may be examined & a decision made at once on the receipt of the same & in case his claim cannot be allowed that all the papers in relation to his claim may be immediately enclosed to Hon. A. B. Dwig, M.P. from this Dist now at Washington that his case may be laid before the Pension Committee.
I am Respectfully Yours &c
L. May

Dear Sir
Ogdensburg 15 Feb 1834
I send inclosed the following Pension papers
Isaac Perry
I have heretofore complied with all the requisitions of the war department in this case as will appear by referen to the papers on file which were sent by A C Low Esq Clk of St Lawrence County
Prosper Dearing
The services in this case have been duly proved by a disinterested witness as will appear by a referen to the inclosed papers
Salmon Allen
I have complied with all that has been required by the war department in this case as will appear by the papers on file sent by A C Low Esq Clk of St Lawrence County

I hope the inclosed will receive the immediate attention. The applicants are indigent & poor & need & deserve the assistance of their Country which ought not to be withheld from them. Two of the applicants, in all human probability will soon be in their graves if charity Calda, shall furnish them with graves & deposit their remains there in - for they have nothing to defray funeral expenses with
Yours Respectfully A. C. McLaughlin

Isaac Perry

Lowville Lewis County N. York Feb. 27. 1837
Sir:
Capt. Isaac Perry formerly of this town & now residing at Morristown St. Lawrence Co. an applicant for a pension under the act June 7. 1832. has requested me to ad vis  express on the subject of his application. The old Gentleman was a resident of this town for upwards of thirty years during all which time he was reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution
I enclose a certificate signed by a number of his old friends & neighbors residing in this town among whom will be found the names of Eld. Collins & Charles Day an Esqrs late members of Congress from this County, with the surrogate of the county & some of our most respectable citizens which I trust will be satisfactory to you that his claim is just & meritorious.
He informs me that some objection was made on account of the name of one of the Captains under whom he claimed to have served which was understood at the Pension office to be Patton. He says he did not claim to have served under a Captain by that name, one of his Captains name was Stratton and another "Porter" one of which names he thinks was through mistake for Patton I beg

you will once more take his application into consideration & hope you will feel yourself authorized to allow his claim, that the old soldier may receive some compensation now in the evening of his days for fighting the battle of his country in his youth - and I can assure you such a result will be peculiarly gratifying to all who are acquainted with him & know his situation.
It is the request of Captain Perry that you communicate to me the result of the application instead of communicating to A. C. Brown Esq. of Ogdenburg who has acted as his attorney, heretofore in the matter.
I am Respectfully Your O ff Secy.
J. Moore
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions Washington

18
A. C. Brown Esq d
Ondensburgh
St Lawrence County
N.Y.
four sheets of Letter paper

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb y 3 d 1834.
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 roll of Capt. Isaac Stratten's Company, in Col. Benjamin Simonds' Regt. as described by Isaac Perry, who claims for services under said Capt. in 1776, is not found in this Office. Edward D. Bangs Secy

A. C. Brown Esq d
Sir, We have examined time and again, every roll where there was any hopes of obtaining any evidence of the services of them. we now send you Blank Certificates for as it takes much more time, to give a negative Certificate, than it does a positive one, as in the first instance both of us have to examine all the rolls and documents claimed under, before a Certificate is made out. We will thank you to hands the Certificate to John Chapin to J Scott Esq d and mention to him, the rolls for the Troops of the Connecticut line are not found in this Office. John Chapin's first enlistment being in that State. we have enclosed them in one package to save postage.
Yours Respectfully Ebenezer D. Hovey
Henry White

State of New York Hawkins County
Isaac Perry a resident of the Town of Monistown in said County being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that he is the applicant for a Pension in the annexed papers named and in addition to his former Declaration further saith that this Declarant has no documentary Evidence other than his former Declaration hereunto annexed to prove his services in the Revolutionary War nor does he know of any living witnesses or witness by whom he could prove said services or any part thereof and that such proof cannot be had To the 3 d Interrogatory prescribed by the War department answer Declarant answers and says that the Record of his age was entered in a Bible kept by Declarant's Father which Bible was burnt in his Father's House which House was also burnt that he this Declarant has not any Record of his age - Declarant further states that he has produced the best proof in his power of his said services in the Revolutionary War which is contained in the annexed papers & that he knows of no other proof whatever
Isaac Perry
Subscribed & sworn before me this 8 th day of June 1833 A. C. BROWN Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Perry who subscribed & swore to the foregoing Declaration & I have been acquainted with him for the space of Eight or ten years

and believe him to be a man of Truth & Veracity & of a good moral Character and have always understood that he was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War & have no doubt whatever of the fact. - A. C. BROWN Justice Peace
State of New York Shawnee County ss I, Anthony C. Brown the Commissioner of Oaths in & for the said County of Shawnee before whom the annexed affidavit of Baron S. Datz was taken Do hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the said Baron S. Datz for ten years last past & know him to be a man of truth & veracity & of the strictest integrity that he is one of our most respectable citizens has formerly represented the County of Shawnee in the Legislature of the State of New York & is now the Collector of the Customs of the District of Oswegatchie in the County aforesaid A. C. BROWN Commissioner of Oaths

State of New York St Lawrence County
I, Sylvester Dutcher of the Town of Hammond in said County being duly sworn Says that he is well acquainted with Isaac Perry who resides in Morristown in said County & who is the applicant for a Pension under the act of June 7. 1832 & who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed Declaration and this Deponent has been well acquainted with him the said Isaac Perry for the term of twenty five years last past that as long as 20 years ago this deponent distinctly recollects of hearing this Deponent's Father who was a Revolutionary Soldier & the said Isaac Perry who is also a Revolutionary Soldier converse together in relation to services rendered by them & incidents that occurred to both of them when in the Revolutionary War that the said Isaac Perry was by all who knew him & all who this Deponent heard speak of him reputed & believed to be a soldier of the Revolution which fact never has been doubted by any one to the knowledge of this Deponent & this Deponent has no doubt of the fact whatever. This Deponent has examined the annexed Declaration of the said Isaac Perry & believes the statements therein made to be true - That this Deponent firmly & without any doubt whatever believes that the said Isaac Perry was a good & faithful soldier of the Revolutionary War & as such is entitled to a Pension under the act aforesaid.
Sworn before me this 11 th day of June 1833 A. C. B. D. N. McQuesten Clerk
S. Dutcher

Anthony C Brown the undersigned Justice of the Peace hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Anthony  Anthony Brown the person who subscribed & swore before me to the foregoing affidavit & that he is a man of good moral character of truth & veracity I have been well acquainted with him for at least the term of 12 years & know him to be a man of the strictest integrity he is a respectable citizen of the County of Herkimer & now is the Representative from said County to the Legislature of the State of New York A.C. Brown Justice Peace
State of New York St. Lawrence County ss. I Alvin Osborn Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Anthony C Brown by whom the foregoing depositions of Grace Perry and Sylvester B. Pettibone purport to have been taken and whose name appears to the preceding certificates was at the date of the same and still is a Justice of the Peace and a Commissioner of Pleadings in said duly elected & sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Anthony C Brown and am fully believe that the signature to the said affidavits and certificates purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 day of July 1853 A. Osborn Clerk

War Department Pension Office May 1834
Sir The papers relating to the claim of Isaac Perry have again been examined. The claimant alleges two months service in Col Simonds regiment of the Massachussetts militia in 1776, about three months in Col Seth Warner regiment of Vermont militia in 1777; six months in Col Herricks regiment Vermont militia in the same year; six months in Capt Peter Porter's company, Massachussetts militia in 1778; two months in Col Simonds regiment in 1779; about eight weeks in a company under the command of Lieutenant Smith of the Massachussetts militia also in the same year - From the certificate of M c VBangs it is apparent that all the evidence which the rolls in his office might afford in this case have not been called for. - The eligibility amount of  service is at Lake George and that

Vicinity is at variance with the history of the period - Col Seth Warner at the time of the alleged service under that officer belonged to the Continental line; the last mentioned as well as the town of Lake George & then in the Militia & before that of Massachusetts. Should in order to a favorable decision, be sustained by further proof. The papers remain on file
May 1 st 1874
To A. C. Low Esq
Se
Rec. Vol. 30. pa. 424.
A. C. Low Esq Canton New York

June 28, 1928.
Mrs. Ernest L. Miner, 253 East Pearl Street, Coldwater, Michigan.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 8131, it appears that Isaac Perry was born August 19, 1759, in Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York.
He alleged that while a resident of Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in August, 1776, and served two months in Captain Isaac Stratton's Company, Colonel Benjamin Simons' Massachusetts Regiment; he was in the battle of White Plains where he received a wound in the leg.
He enlisted in April, 1777, and served four months in Captain Bronson's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment; he was in the battle of Hubbardton.
He enlisted in July, 1777, and served six months in Captain John Warner's Company of Rangers in Colonel Herrick's Vermont Regiment; he was in the battles of Bennington, Lake George Landing, and Diamond Island.
He enlisted in June, 1778, and served six months in Cap-

tain Peter Porter's Massachusetts Company.
He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served two months in Captain William Douglass' Company, Colonel Benjamin Simon's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served eight weeks under Lieutenant Smith.
He enlisted in 1779 and served one month in Captain Gould's Massachusetts Company.
He afterwards served five or six days on an alarm, officers not stated.
He applied for pension September 25, 1832, while a resident of Morristown, St. Lawrence County, New York, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
In 1836 a daughter, Nabby Eager of Lowville, Lewis County, New York, was referred to. There are no further data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
COPIED BY ADY

W.A.
Rev. & 1812 War Section
March 26, 1925
Mrs. Chester H. Brush Danbury, Box 265 Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.8131, it appears that Isaac Perry was born August 19, 1759, in Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York.
He alleged that while a resident of Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in August, 1776, and served two months in Captain Isaac Stratton's Company, Colonel Benjamin Simons' Massachusetts Regiment; he was in the battle of White Plains where he received a wound in the leg.
He enlisted in April, 1777, and served four months in Captain Bronson's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment; was in the battle of Hubbardton.
He enlisted in July, 1777, and served six months in Captain John Warner's Company of Rangers in Colonel Herrick's Vermont Regiment; was in the battles of Bennington, Lake George Landing, and Diamond Island.
He enlisted in June, 1778, and served six months in Captain Peter Porter's Massachusetts Company.

He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served two months in Captain William Douglass' Company, Colonel Benjamin Simon's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served eight weeks under Lieutenant Smith.
He enlisted in 1779 and served one month in Captain Gould's Massachusetts Company.
He afterwards served five or six days on an alarm, officers not stated.
He applied for pension September 25, 1832, while a resident of Morristown, St. Lawrence County, New York, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
In 1836 a daughter, Nabby Eager of Lowville, Lewis County, New York, was referred to. There is no further data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., April 26, 1895.
Madam:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Isaac Perry --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     X Aug. 1776 2 mos. Pvt. Isaac Stratton Benjamin Simons Mass.   n Apr. 1777 4 mos. Pvt. Bronson Seth Warner Vt.   3 July 1777 6 mos. Pvt. John Warner Herrick Vt.   June 1778  June 1778 6 mos. Pvt. Peter Porter Not stated. Mass.   Sum. 1779 2 mos. Pvt. William Douglass Benjamin Simons Mass.   Fall 1779 8 wks. Pvt. Lt. Smith Not stated. Mass.   1779 1 mo. Pvt. Gould Not stated. Mass.  
Also served about 6 502 days weeks in Vermont on an alarm, officers names not stated.
Battles engaged in, 2 White Plains, 1 Hubbardton, 4 Bennington, 3 Lake George 3
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hancock, Mass.
Date of application for pension, September 25, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Morristown, N. Y.
Age at date of application, 73 years on August 19, 1832.
Remarks: Born in Fredericksburgh, N.Y., and resided in the following places: Hancock, Mass., Granville, Saratoga, Lowville, and Morristown, N.Y.
Very respectfully, Mrs. James Mead Belden,
618 West Genesee St.,
Commissioner.
100461m
Syracuse, N. Y.

To Linton H. S., Oct. 25, 1930 Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Pension Bureau Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: Believing data available in re: of my queries may be had for the asking. I ask the following:
Did Isaac Perry who died in Louisville, Lewis Co., Ky. Sept. 1841 - age 81 - (was a Rev. Soldier from Hancock, Mass. as per record in Mass Archives "Soldiers & Sailors of Rev. War") - have a pension or did he apply for one? I am anxious to find his wife's family name - or and his parents. I find his relation in Rolls of Pension. Do you know of the other records in Mass Archives for Rev. War?

are those of one man or several men? From Douglas, Augsburg, Br. Barrington Mass.
In N. Y. State Book of Military appointments - in 1790's speaks of Isaac Cury as Jr - Adjutant - in 1796 he resigned - was of Saratoga Co then - that is correct - for his residence at that time -
I do not know the length of service exacted for eligibility for a pension - in 1799 when he reached Conville - apparently his wife had died, he may have had more than one - of daughters born 1794 in Saratoga County may have been youngest child - he had in all 8 children - Isaac - Hulphus - Aaron (or Alvin), Samuel, Louisa, Abigail, Mary, Hannah - (over)

If Jr. attached to Isaac's name (in Saratoga Co) meant that his father's name was Isaac - (That is what it showed me, but I've known men whose father's name did not make their name Jr. - assume it as an earlier generation collateral line the name and thus avoid confusion. An Isaac Perry of Orange Co N.Y. I read - as far as dates go, I think might be father of Isaac under discussion - I find the N.Y. Man in Viribus "Compendium" and his son Samuel Perry's reach out to Isaac's generation as mention of a son Isaac - might be have had a son & his children, or wife benefit if he didn't. If you cannot answer any of these queries - glad to have you show this - writing below - as information available to save you time - and have you any idea my Dept or another place could offer data - Have written to Office of Sec. of Commonwealth, Boston. (Archives Division) but discovered nothing, also to Hancock - Mass. Have looked far and wide in many books, in N.Y. in Berkshire Co hills - etc. D. A. P. lineage books
Thanking you for a reply at your early convenience, Sincerely, (2:11) Deborah H. Hare  Mr. Maynard have been given him in Lowell vicinity or elsewhere for Rev. Service?
MISS ELIZABETH H. HARD 20 LAWTON AVENUE GRANTWOOD, NEW JERSEY
from

Mrs. Ernest L. Miner 253 East Pearl St., Coldwater, Mich.
desires hist. of Rev War claim, Isaac Perry, R. 8131 { Green Mt. Boys Mass. Vt.
Personal call Dec. 20-1927

Isaac Perry. R. 8131
Send to Mrs. Chester H. Brush Danbury, Conn Box 265
Personal inquiry.

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Lyons note April 4 th 1895
Commissioner of New York Pensions.
Dear Sir -
Is it possible to find the rank of the Revolutionary soldiers, Isaac Perry and Isaac Perry Jr. He enlisted from Massachusetts - (presumably from Hancock) at the time of Lexington - After the war they settled in New York State - He eluded in

Saratoga Co. N.Y. - The younger at Lowville, Lewis Co. N.Y. Also a record of Major (?) Child of Lake George - I was told that you might possibly be able to give me some informa- tion - Isaac Perry Jr. lived in Lowville, from or Stowes Square, from 1799 to 1840 - when he died at the age of eighty one -

Trusting that you will be able to give me some information
Sincerely yours
J. F. Belam
Mrs. James Read Belam 618 West Genesee Street Syracuse N.Y.