Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,537, for Cornelius Myers, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Myers Cornelius Eleanor.
NUMBER
R. 7537
CONTENTS

30. Yr S er  New York  Cornelius Myers As then settled in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Sharp of the Regt. commanded by Col. Schuyler in the N. York line for 11 Mo. 92 Days.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 39 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug, 1832 and due the 1 st of March 1833
  Arrears to the 1 st of Mar '33  $78.60    Pension allowance ending 4 th Sep '33  19.65     $98.25  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832 } Recorded by J. O. Bates Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 68

Cornelius Myers
Declaration for a
Pension
25722

State of New York } County of Rensselaer, }
On this second day of January 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before Daniel Garrison Esquire Recorder in & for the city of Troy, in the Mayors Court of said City being now in Session, Cornelius Myers a resident of Lansingburgh in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy two 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 4 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States in the Year seventeen hundred and seventy eight in the month of June under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. To wit, That I entered as a private in a company commanded by Capt George Sharp in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen Schuler Went to Albany & was there furnished with arms Marched thence to Schoharie and continued there one month, when I was discharged and returned home. In the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight on or about the 1 st of Sept I was ordered out by Capt George Sharp started from Albany. John Tonckla was Lieutenant & Stephen I Schuler Col. went to Schenectady and from thence to Stone Arabia and continued there until the expiration of three months. In the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine, in the month of June was ordered out by Capt George Sharp, John Tonckla Lieut, Thos McManus Ensign, Henry K Van Rensselaer, was Col. started from Albany Capt Neal McLean, took command of the Company and Marched to Schenectady from thence to several small picket forts on the route to Fort Schuyler where I was discharged which term of service took about three months in the same year & a few days after my return I was ordered out again in the month of October under the same officers excepting that George Sharp took the command of the Company. Started from Capt George Sharp in Greenbush Marched through Lansingburgh from thence to Half Moon across the north river to Fort

Edward and continued their untill I was discharged which was two months. In the year seventeen hundred & eighty in the month of June or July went on an Expedition under Capt Shaw Lieut. John Gonda to a place called the beaver dam, & brought down about one hundred and fifty Tories, this service took about three weeks. Same year in the month of October was ordered out under Capt George Sharp John Gonda Lieut and marched to Saratoga and lay on the east side of the north river and continued there three week when I was discharged Shortly after my return from Saratoga and in the month of Nov started under the same officers last mentioned from Albany up to Lansingburgh and laid there a few days, marched from there to Halfmoon same night recrossed the river & went to Speele town returned the next day and crossed the river at the same place & from thence marched to Schenectady and where discharged this term of service took three weeks. In the year seventeen hundred & eighty one started from Greenbush under the same officers to Stillwater and continued there about three weeks or more After wards served as a guard in the town of Greenbush for the term of three months or more every other night thus ended my service in the revolutionary war
 1 I was born in the town of Greenbush, on the 9 th of Sept 1760  2 has had record of his age, but it has been destroyed, I believe that there is a record of my age, in the Old Dutch Church in Albany  3 I lived in the town of Greenbush when called into service, since the Revolution I have lived, in the town of Lansingburgh, and still reside there.  4 was ordered out in the first place afterwards, was drafted  5 was personally acquainted with Col Butler of the Rifle Corps was with them and served as a flank guard  6 Never received a written discharge  7 had a corporal's commission signed by Capt George Sharp 

4 I am personally known to Cornelius Lansing, George, Tiltons Levins Lansing Jacob C Lansing, Channing Ives, & many others Who can bear Testimony to my Character as to honesty sobriety industry & veracity
I hereby Relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn & Subscribed this 2 nd day of Jan 1833 Henry R Bristol Clerk
Cornelius his Myers mark

Rensselaer county } John Lynde of the town of Brunswick in City of Troy } the County of Rensselaer being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that he is acquainted with Cornelius Myers was with him in the revolutionary war at the several places named by him in his declaration and knows that the statement by him made in said declaration is true to the best of his memory and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity Sworn & Subscribed this 2 nd day of January 1833 Henry R. Bristol Clerk John Lynde
Rensselaer county } Elijah Adams of the City of Troy City Troy } County aforesaid being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that he is acquainted with Cornelius Myers of the town of Lansingburgh was with him in the revolutionary war at the time they went to the beaver dam to bring down the Tories & that he is known to his service as a watch or guard as stated in his declaration for the term of three months. Sworn & Subscribed this 2 nd day of January 1833 Henry R. Bristol Clerk Elijah Adams

And the said Court after due investigation of this matter and after having put the interrogatories prescribed by the war department which were satisfactorily answered do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he served as such as he states in his Declaration. The Court further Declare that it appears to them that John Synd who has signed and sworn to the above Affidavit is a resident of the town of Brunswick in said County and that Elijah Adams who has likewise sworn to and signed one of the above affidavits is a resident of the City of Troy that they are both credible persons & that their statements are entitled to belief.
I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the Troy Mayors Court do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Cornelius Myers for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at the City of Troy this 5. th day of February 1853
Henry R. Bristol Clerk

No 5745
Eleanor Myers
act of
Mar. Aug. Sept. 1881.
Husband died 12 Feb 1840
She within application under the act of 4 th July 1836. or July 7 th 1838..
In strictly examining the forms pre- scribed, by your Department & the Law it appeared that the proof furnished in this case furnished also of pecuniary proof which saw the applicant same to your de- partment - and if the proof did not entitle the applicant to be placed on the pension under act of 4 th July '36 it followed with positive certainty that the applicant came under the act of July 7 th 1838. and would in either case be regulated by the rules of that pension which all applicants to your Depart- ment are entitled - and have so frequently re- ceived, -
Richard D. Webb - agent for applicant

State of New York Rensselaer County } ss.
On the sixth day of August 1840. personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the Rensselaer County Court, Eleanor Myers, a resident of the City of Troy in the County & State aforesaid aged, Eighty five years, who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in open Court. who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of acts of Congress.
That she is the widow of Cornelius Myers who was a private in the War or Army of the Revolution and served as is set forth in the declaration on file in the Pension Office for which services a pension certificate was granted to, the said Cornelius Myers. She further declares that she was married to the said Cornelius Myers in the month day of August or September in the year Seventeen hundred Eighty one and that her husband the aforesaid Cornelius Myers died on the Twelfth day of February One thousand, eight hundred & forty that she still remains the widow of the said Cornelius Myers deceased.
Eleanor her Myers mark
Subscribed, & sworn to the day & year above written before me
Archibald Dull Judge of Rensselaer County Courts
State of New York
Rensselaer County } ss.
Elizabeth Goss to me well known, of the City of Troy in the County & State aforesaid, being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is Seventy Eight years of age. That she in has been intimately and well acquainted with Eleanor Myers named in the above declaration, for more than Seventy years last past. and this deponent further says that the name of the said Eleanor previous to her marriage with the said Cornelius Myers was Eleanor Valentine. That this deponent further says that she was present, at the wedding

of the said Cornelius Myers & Eleanor Valentine, That the marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr. Smallpage, a Lutheran Clergyman, in the Town of Brunswick, - in the County of Rensselaer. In the month of August  September , Seventeen hundred and Eighty One, That the said Cornelius Myers in his life time was a United States Pensioner and that he died on the Twelfth day of February 1840. and that the said Eleanor Myers still remains his widow - and further says not.
Given to this 6. day of August 1840 before me
Elizabeth her  X Grace mark
Archibald Dull Judge Renss. Co. Court.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Eliza- beth Grace the deponent above named & that she is a woman of stout truth and veracity and entitled to full credit under oath as a witness or otherwise. And that the
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, } ss.
of Rensselaer, do hereby Certify, that Archibald Dull
whose name is subscribed to the annexed declaration, affidavit,
& certificate
was, at the time the
they respectively bear date
one of the
Judges of County Court in and for said County: And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of said Archibald Dull and verily believe the above signature to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this Eighth day of August 1840.
Leland Crandall Clerk.

of the said Cornelius Myers & Eleanor Valentine, That the Marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr. Smaltfagen, a Lutheran Clergyman, in the town of Brunswick, - in the County of Rensselaer. In the month of July  August or September, Seventeen hundred and Eighty One, That the said Cornelius Myers in his life time was a United States pensioner and that he died on the twelfth day of February 1840. and that the said Eleanor Myers still remains his widow - and further says not.
Given to this 6. day of August 1840 before me
Elisabeth her  X Grace mark
Archibald Dill Judge Rens. Co. Court.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Eliza- beth Grace the deponent above named & that she is a woman of strict truth and veracity and entitled to full credit under oath as a witness or otherwise - and that the said Eleanor and Elisabeth both of them executed said papers by making their mark for the reason that they never learned to write.
August 6. 1840
Archibald Dill Judge Rens. County Court

No 25722 Cornelius Myus Reupsehar County New York.
Admitted
Private 11 mo & 24 days
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Thos. W. Martin Troy New York

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 subjjoined 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 Cornelius Myers Rensselaer County New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. 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.     Entered 1778 - 1 - privt. Capt Sharp, Col Schuler 72 years Two Witnesses certified credible   Ordered out 1778 - 3 - " Capt Sharp, Col Schuyler Greenbush paper correct   Ordered out 1779 - 3 - " Capt Sharp, Colonel New York   Ordered out Oct. " - 2 - " Van Rensselaer,   Served 1780 - - 21 " Same officers.   Ordered Oct. 1780 - - 21 " Capt Shaw   Served " - - 21 " Capt Sharp,   Served 1781 - - 21 " Same officers   Served not stated - - " Same officers   " 24 " officers not named  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 5a note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Ellen Myers and Cornelius, Sussex N.Y. and Dec 2 178
Ex by Mr Peugh Jan 30-52

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mrs Eleanor Young daughter of Mrs Eleanor Myers (deceased) widow of Cornelius Myers (deceased) hereby constitute and appoint D. L. & S. A. Peugh of Washington City D. C. my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Mrs Eleanor Myers (deceased) for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agents to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to 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 Attorneys and Agents shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 20 day January A. D., 185 2
her Eleanor Young mark
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Chas E. Brintnall } Justice Peace }
STATE OF New York } COUNTY OF Rensselaer } ss:
On this Twentieth day of January A. D. 185 2 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Eleanor Young and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Charles E. Brintnall
J. Peace.

Claim of Act of
STATE OF New York } COUNTY of Rensselaer } ss.
Be it known, That on this Twentieth day of January A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty two , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs Ellenor Young a resident of Troy in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the Identical child and daughter of Mrs Ellenor Myers (deceased) widow of Cornelius Myers (deceased) ,
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of allowed Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she 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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Chas E Brintnall J. Peace.
Ellenor Young mark
I, Chas E Brintnall Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Mrs Ellenor Young who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Chas E Brintnall J. Peace.
I, Henry A Bloom Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Chas E Brintnall before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this twentieth day of January A. D. 1852.
Henry A Bloom Clerk.

STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Republika } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Charles E. Brintrant a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Applicant for that Mrs Ellenor Myers was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ per annum and that she died on the twenty fourth day of December eighteen hundred and forty two leaving surviving Mrs Ellenor Young Henry Myers Jacob Myers Leonard Myers Andrew Myers Catharine Earl and that Mrs Ellenor Young Catharine Earl Henry Myers Andrew Myers and they are the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Mrs Ellenor Myers (deceased) widow of Cornelius Myers (deceased) who left a widow
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Twentieth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fiftytwo
Chas E Brintrant Justice of Peace

N. Y.
(5745.
See let to Archibald Bull - June 2, 1844.
Sept. 2. 1840.
" " " " March  Feb 10. '43. " " " Ditto March 10. '43.
7537
Act 4 July 1836

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  1782 Dec 21 st Cornelius Allen £ 21 6 8   1779 Dec 1 st Cornelius Allen 0 5 11   " Nov 28 th Cornelius Allen 2 16 7 1/2   1782 Apr 30 Cornelius Allen 0 8 11 
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Jan y 25 th 1843. }
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1. 4. 5. 10. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt.  Henry Pauling  in Lt. Col.  Fred k Hupenfeld  Regt.    Second, " "  Marius Blauvelt  "  not known  "    Third, " "  John L. Dewitt  "  "  "    Fourth, " "  George Sharp  "  "  "    Fifth, " "   "  "  "    Sixth, " "   "  "  "    Seventh, " "   "  "  "    Eighth, " "   "  "  "    Ninth, " "   "  "  "    Tenth, " "   "  "  "  
Philip Phelps De y Comptroller
From an examination of the old pay Notes it is certain that little or no reliance should be placed upon proof as furnished by the above — The Secretary of War is probably aware of the fact, that these pay Notes are very imperfect indeed Archibald Bull agent

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
7537
P. O.
Oliver Hays
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Grey N. B. Aug 8. 1840
J. R. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Eleanor Myers widow of Cornelius Myers late a United States pensioner for a pension as his widow - Your attention to this application is respectfully solicited - and you will inform me of the result of the application
Respectfully Yours &c Archibald Dull