Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,308, for Ira Pomeroy, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Pomeroy Ira Experience
NUMBER
R. 8308
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Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1840 to 9 June 1840 Age Notified 24 Oct 1844
14952
New York
Ira Pomeroy
of Mondakua in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp y command by Captain Williams of the Reg t command by Col. Spratt in the Inf try line for 6 mos & 12 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 21 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July 1833 and to L. M. Morton Mondakua
Arrears to the 4th of Ma: '33 $43.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending A'Sp'33 10.60 $53.38
Revolutionary Claims Not June 7, 1833 G. C. Stiles Clerk
Recorded by Book 6. Vol. 3. Page 71

At a Court of Chancery held for State of New York at the village of Onondaga in the County of Onon- daga on the twenty one day of January 1833
Present Daniel Moseley, Vice Chancellor of the Brother Circuit;
Personally appeared Ira Pomeroy of the Town of Otisco in the County of Onondaga aged thirty three 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 1832 -
He was born in the Town of Southampton in the County of Hampshire, Massachusetts, the third of June 1759 - He has at present no record of his age in his possession - He had one formerly in a family Bible which is now lost; & his age as above stated corresponds with the original entry in the Bible - He was living in the said Town of Southampton, when he first entered the service of the United States - In the month of May or in the first part of the month of June in the same year in which Major Andre was executed, this Deponent volun- teered as a substitute for his father Samuel Pomeroy, in the Continental line, in a company commanded by Capt John Williams, which was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Sprout - In the company which he entered there were persons by the names of Roswell Strong, Brnoni Hannan, David Wood, Gads Pomeroy, - Col. Sprout was absent from the Regiment during that Summer & Col. Burbank commanded in his place - This Deponent joined his company at

Springfield & together with one other company of his same Regiment, they marched directly to Fishkill where the whole Regiment assembled. They remained at Fishkill about a fortnight then crossed the River to West Point - he remained at West Point a few days only then went to Poughkeepsie & from there to Orange Town - While at Orange Town & about three weeks or a month after he had entered the service, he was taken from his Regiment & put in the Infantry in a company com- manded by Capt. Pray in a Regiment com- manded by Col. Shephard - He thinks there was a Major Haskell in the Regiment - In the company he thinks there was a Lieutenant Scott but is not positive - He was in this com- pany & Regiment only about a fortnight or three weeks, when he was taken sick & was obliged to return to the Regiment in which he had first enlisted. While he was in the Regiment of Col. Shephard, they were generally in motion moving from one place to another, & this applicant cannot now state the names of the places through which he marched - - The Regiment of Col. Skene was at Orange Town at the time he returned to it, & they remained there until that respondent left them - He had originally enlisted for the term of six months, but about six weeks before the expiration of his time, he procured a substitute by name of John Woodward to serve the remainder of the term & this respondent was discharged & returned home - This re- spondent was present at the execution of Major Andre - His Regiment was on duty -

He recollects of having (frequently) seen Baron Stuber. It was by his directions that this Regiment was taken from Col. Sprout's Regiment & placed in the Regiment of Col. Shephard. — He has no other means of knowing in what year the above men- tioned tour of duty was performed except that it was in the same year that Major Andre was executed — and he is unable to state more particularly the History of his service in that year —
The year before this, he thinks, he served in the militia two months at New London — He volunteered in Capt Sheldon's company while living at South- ampton for the term of two months — The regiment was commanded by Col. Peter — In the company there were Peter Clapp & some others of his townsmen whose names he is unable to recollect — one James Shephard was adjutant of the Regiment — They marched from Southampton directly to New London — Their only duty at this place was to keep guard — There were but few other troops at this place — The service was not active & nothing of particular importance took place — at the expiration of the two months he was dismissed & returned home —
He was occasionally called out on alarms, but the service was so short & uncertain & his recollection of them so indefinite that he can claim no allowance of time for such service —

Owing to his advanced age & the failure of his memory, he has forgotten much of what he once knew of the History of the Service. He served as a private only for the period of two months in the Militia, & for four months was half in the Continental line as above stated. His service in the Militia he thinks commenced in the month of June the year before Major Andre was executed -
He has no documentary evidence of his services in his possession, & does not know that there is any person living who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except that present & declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State. Since the war he lived until 1869 in the town of Southampton, when he removed to the town of Otsego, in Chenango Co. N.Y. where he has since resided.
Sworn to and subscribed Ira Pomeroy the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge Vice Chancellor
We Richard Corning a Clergyman residing in the town of Otsego and County of Onondaga and Joshua Maywell of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with

Ira Pomeroy who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age & that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Joshua Maywell Richard S. Gloming Daniel Moseley V. Chancellor
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 that he served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Richard S. Gloming who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Olasco and County aforesaid and that Joshua Maywell who has also signed the same, is a resident in said town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Daniel Moseley V. Chancellor

25800 I Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Wenchery of the Seventh Circuit for the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ira Pomeroy for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22 d day of January 1833 —
Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk
Ira Pomeroy of Nesco, Onondaga Co. N.Y. —
The result of the within applications to be com= municated to L. M. Morton, Onondaga N.Y.
am 2 6 mo 12 ds fri

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 Entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows"
State of New York County of Onondaga } ss.
On this seventh day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Syman Kingsley one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Experience Pomeroy, a resident of Otisco in said County, aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according 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 th 1838. Entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows". That she is the widow of Ira Pomeroy who was a private in the revolutionary army and a pensioner, That he resided in the town of Southampton in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts when he entered the service - That he was drafted, and that she has no documentary evidence of his service in her possession - And this declarant further says that her husband the said Ira Pomeroy died on the ninth day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty, and that she was married to the said Ira Pomeroy on the tenth day of January One thousand seven hundred and eighty eight, 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- and that the annexed paper marked A contains all the record evidence of the marriage of which she has any knowledge
Experienced Pomeroy Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Syman Kingsley Judge of Onondaga County Courts
State of New York } County of Onondaga } ss
I Syman Kingsley a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that in my opinion the within named declarant Experience Pomeroy is not able to attend at the Court House in said County where the Courts for said County are held in order to make her declaration in open Court on account of old age and bodily infirmity
Syman Kingsley Judge of Onondaga Co. Courts

A
I Sylvester Judd, of Northampton, in the County of Hampshire, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, depose and say, that the Rev. Jonathan Judd, who was the settled minister of Southampton in said County, from 1743 to 1803, was my grandfather; that he kept a Diary in which he entered the Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths in his parish, which Diary has long been in my possession; that among the marriages solemnized by him, while minister as aforesaid, I find the following recorded in said Diary in the month of "Jan. ry 1788."
"On 10, married Ira & Experience Pomeroy."
And I further testify and say that the above is a true copy of said entry; and that said Diary has been carefully kept since the death of my said grandfather, and remains unaltered. Northampton (Mass.) Sept. 27. 1843.
Sylvester Judd
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire County. Northampton September 27 th A.D. 1843. Then Sylvester Judd, above named, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, before me Harvey Kirkland Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. I Samuel S. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Harvey Kingsland Esq. aforesaid is one of the Justices of the Peace within for said County of Hampshire, duly commissioned and qualified to act in said capacity and that the signature appended to the certificate annexed to the foregoing deposition purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty seventh day of September A.D. 1843.
I am S. Lyman Reg d of Probate
State of New York, Onondaga County, { ss:
I certify that the Honorable Lyman Kingsley was on the day of the date of the foregoing Declaration a Judge of the County Courts in and for the County aforesaid, that I am well ac- -quainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that that his signatures to the foregoing Declaration and certificate are genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said county at Syracuse this 9 th day of April 1844. Chas. T. Hicks Clerk

10796
Esperienza Pomeroy Ira N.Y.
Act 7 th July '38
8308
Ms 88.
d. 9 th June '40
Ms 88. d. 9 th June '40

Filed by G. L. Ames, Present

State of New York
Onondaga County } ss Personally appeared before the subscri- ber a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths Minerva Searl a resident of Otisco in the afore- said County, aged 57 years who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is a Daughter of Ira and Experience Pomeroy boath now deceased, That her Father the aforesaid Ira Pomeroy was a pensioner of the United States at the $21.32 per annum and died leaving Experience Pomeroy his Widow and that she remained his wid- ow until her death and that she died on the 30th day of September 1899. That this deponent's Mother applied for a pension due her as being the Widow of the aforesaid Ira Pomeroy. That this deponent is directly interested as being the child of the above named Experience Pomeroy deceased
Minerva Searl
Sworn and subscribed this 15 th day of May 1887 before me
Philetus Clark Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these presents that I Minerva Searl of Otisco Onondaga County N.Y. do hereby constitute and appoint George C Holmes of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to investigate my claim to the Pension that was due my Mother the aforesaid Experience Pomeroy deceased hereby ratifying and confirming what he may lawfully do in the premises
Minerva Searl
Witness my hand and seal this 15 th day of May 1887. Sealed and delivered in presence of Philetus Clark Morris Loonis

State of New York Onondaga County } ss
On this 15 th day of May 1857 Personally appeared Minerva Clark above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
last
State of New-York, } ss. ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, RUFUS COSSIT, Clerk of said County, hereby certify, that Phileas  Clark Esq., whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and au- thorized to take the same; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and believe the signature to the Jurat of said affidavit, genuine.
of the Peace
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 21 day of May 1857
Rufus Cossit Clerk.

State of New York Onondaga County } ss
On this 15 th day of May 1897 Personally appeared Minerva Clark above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above written
Philetus Clark, Justice of the Peace

No 25808
Ira Pomeroy Onondago County New York
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L. M. Morton Onondaga New York
18/11/11

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Ira Pomeroy Onondaga County New York
   Period when the service was performed. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. { Served — 4 12 private Col. Williams, Colonel Shroyer. 73 years County of Hampshire Massachusetts Traditional evidence papers correct   — 2 — " Col. Sheldon, Col. Porter  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
+ Enlisted 11 May 1780 discharged 12 Nov 1780 John Woodward won his place
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the 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 states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B., who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [c] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

10796 Experience Pomeroy
NY
Suspended Act to Lyman Kingsley Sept 24. '44 to Dan Wallace McKeaton Jan'y 30th 1845 same June 10. 1845. Let Geo. E. Arnes Aug 20/51.
Act July 7 th '38

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
8308
P. O. Experience Pomroy
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

House of Reps: Washington Mar 4, 1846.
J. S. Edwards Esq Sir,
Having just returned from a visit North, I find some letters on business connected with your Office, I enclose two, which I wish you to examine the cases referred to in them at your earliest convenience & report the result to me.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yours & H. Wheaton
P.S. I desire the return of these enclosed letters.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 15, 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Ira Romroy, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty one Dollars and 32 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840, to the 9 th June 1840,  Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Tassin Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Washington May 24, 1857 James E. Heath Esqg Dear Sir
Enclosed you will please find Power of Attorney in the Case of Esquinrikel Romney widow of Ira. An Applicant for a pension under the act of 7 May 1838.
Re so-ordered as to inform me what is the objection to the allowance of this claim?
Very Respectfully, Your obedt Servt Geo C Adams

"January seventeen hundred & eighty eight" "on Jan married Ira & Experience Pomeroy" A true copy of record — Sylvester Gidd I Sylvester Gidd of Northampton Massachusetts of lawful age depose & say that Jonathan Gidd deceased was the settled minister of Southampton Massachusetts from seventeen hundred & thirty three to eighteen hundred & three & that I am grandson of said Rev Jonathan Gidd & have in my custody the diary of said Jonathan so kept by him from the time of his settlement until after eighteen hundred three which diary contains a record of baptisms,  births, marriages, & deaths during said period in said Southampton attended by him, that the above is a true copy of the record aforesaid with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Jan ry 17 88"
"on 10 married Ira & Experience Pomeroy" I Sylvester Gidd above named further depose I say that I have the custody of said record & that I have no doubt of the genuineness of said record & diary & that the above is a true extract from the records of said Jonathan Gidd

with the exception above named as certified by me. January 7, 1845. Sylvester Judd
Hampshire J. January 7 th 1845.
This certifies that on this seventh day of January 1845 at a Probate Court held before me Jonathan Conkey Judge of Probate of Wills &c in & for said county the "Diary" from which the foregoing copy & extract from the record therein, was made was exhibited to me & by me examined & proved before me to be the genuine "Diary" & record of said Rev Jonathan Judd deceased & in the lawful custody of the deponent aforesaid, & then & there personally appeared the deponent Sylvester Judd aforesaid & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
Jonathan Conkey Judge of Probate.

I Saml F. Lyman Regt of Prob. in & for the County of Hampshire aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of said Court of Probate in relation to the testimony of said Sylvester Judd and that the signature of said Judge of Probate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this Seventh day of June A.D. 1845
Saml F. Lyman Regt of Prob

10796 April 10 1844
N.Y. Ebenezer Darrow 7 July, 1838
14952
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Otisco Apl 9 th 1844
Dr Sir
Enclosed is the Declaration of Experience Pomeroy, made as full as it is in her power to make the same - unless it should be to obtain proof of Service of her husband, Ira Pomeroy, which possibly might be obtained if it should be necessary for her to furnish it - It is presumed that proof of Service of the husband is in the possession of the department, as is also the Pension Certificate of Ira Pomeroy. The same having been surrendered at the time of drawing the Arrear of Pension by Judge Hall of Syracuse
If any thing farther should be necessary for her to furnish you will have the goodness to inform me - stating specifically what is required
Yours Respectfully
Syman Tingley
Post Office Address Otisco Onondaga Co, NY