Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,212, for Jeremiah Potter, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Potter, Jeremiah
S 14,212.
CONTENTS

20.331 - 20.331 -
New York
Jeremiah Potter
of Oswo - in the State of New York who was a Matross in the Comp commanded by Captain Nedburg of the Reg. commanded by Col. Knibb in the North  West line for 15 Mo. Mar. 2 62-60 9 " Jun 3 36
R.I. Line $92 60
Records corrected Dec. 4, 1906.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 92 Dollars 60 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Aug 1. 1833 and due to J. A. Cutting New Britain
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 2 $185.30 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar. 2 46.30
$231.60
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. Little Clerk Book E. Vol. 21. Page 71
See Bowers Certificate filed in Jas. Medbury's papers - comd N.Y. 89/68.
Let to pension 8th Sept 1835 to E. Bowers same date
ter of 8 Sept 35 not on dead letter 10 July 36

State of New York
County of Otsego
ss September,
On this 7 th day of August in the year 1832
Personally appeared in open court before The Hon. Robert Monell Vice Chancellor of the sixth circuit of the State of New York at a Court Chancery held at the Court Pittsfield in the County of Otsego now sitting
Jeremiah Potter a resident of Pittsfield in the County of Otsego & State of New York aged 69 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 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That he entered in the Month of April or May in the year 1779 at Situate in the State of Rhode Island in Capt Isaac Medbury's company of Artillery Colonel Stephen Hinckley's Regiment of the Rhode Island State troops & served in said Regiment until the close of the Revolutionary War and was in service in the following places in the State of Rhode Island viz. Bristol, Warwick Neck, Swan Point, Greenwich, Newtown and various other places along the shore of said State guarding the coast That he served in the said company until the close of the war in 1782, or 1783 as a private soldier & was then discharged at Bristol in the State of Rhode Island but does not recollect as he had a written discharge if he had it is lost

Jeremiah Potter
2 d in the month of December 1777 at the time the British army landed at Newport. he enlisted at Cranston State of Rhode Island in Capt John Govee's Company Colonel Elliot's Regiment of Rhode Island State troops for fifteen Months served at this time at Warwick neck the most of the time was also at Bristol Greenich-New. Jersey & at New Port & was in Sullivan's Battle on Rhode Island in 1778 & in the month of March 1779 having served his time out he was discharged at Warwick Rhode Island had a written discharge but it has been lost - does not recollect by whom it was signed he was born in Cranston in Rhode Island in the year 1763 & is now 69 years of age - he lived in Cranston aforesaid at the time he was called into the service he has no record of his age - since the revolution he has lived in Scituate untill he removed to Otsego County about thirty years since the first 2 years at Hantwick & the last 27 or 28 in Pittsfield Otsego County where he now resides he states the names of the following persons to whom he is known in his present Neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution Gen A. L. Welch Charles Medbury Esqr Silas A. Conkey & Deacon Joseph Moss of New Berlin Orange County New York He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Excep. present and

declares that his name is not on pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Robt. Moore Fid Chancellor Jeremiah + Lotte Mab
We Augustus C. Welch and Charles Medbury, residing in the Town of New Berlin County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Potter who has made the foregoing declaration & sworn to the same & that we believe he is of the age of 69 years as stated and that he is reputed & believed in this neighbourhood he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Robt. Moore Fid Chancellor
Augustus C. Welch Charles Medbury
And the said Court do hereby declare his 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 him that Augustus C. Welch and Charles Medbury who have signed the preceding certificate made as stated are an credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit -
Robt. Moore
Fid Chancellor

Jeremiah Potter Declaration. Proof &c 13.257

Jonathan Woods clerk of the court of Chancery of the Sixth Circuit of 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 Jeremiah Dotter for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7 th day of September A. D. 1832
Jonathan Woods Clk

Jeremiah Patter.
New Berlin Chenango Co. N.Y.
admd 15 mo. matrops 9 mo. pri. Inf'y
816 11 108 416 6250 78
admd 15 mo. pri. 807 1/2

State of New York
Otsego County & S.S. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Jeremiah Potter who being duly sworn deposes & says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of all his said Terms of Service mentioned in his said declaration - But according to the best of his Recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned Below & in the following grades - For (1) one year & (3) three months I served as a private For (2) two years & (6) six months or more I served as a private, Making in all (3) years & (9) months or more after such service I claim a pension -
And he further says that the reason why he has not obtained the affidavit of a clergyman is that there is no clergyman residing in the town of Pittsfield where he resides - & that the clergyman residing in New Berlin the adjoining town is a Foreigner & has lately settled in New Berlin, and is not acquainted with the said Jeremiah Potter
Subscribed & sworn this 21 st day of May 1833
Before me. And I certify that I am acquainted with Jeremiah Potter who has made this affidavit & that he is a person of good character and entitled to full credit
Jeremiah Potter
David B. Cole justice of the peace.

State of New York
Otsego County. - § p. 2. I, Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify, that David B. Dole Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Otsego, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, & verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit, to be his proper hand's writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 23 rd day of May 1833.
Horace Lathrop. Clerk.
Grant

MS. Ques
June 24, 1926
Mrs. Mabel F. Edmondson Lusk Wyoming
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14212, that JEREMIAH POTTER was born in 1763, in Cranston, Rhode Island.
While a resident of said place he enlisted and served as private in the Rhode Island Troops as follows:
From December, 1777, fifteen months in Captain John Garzia's Company, Colonel Elliott's Regiment and was in the battle of Rhode Island.
From April or May, 1779, until the close of the Revolution in Captain Isaac Medbury's Company, Colonel Stephen Kimball's Regiment.
In 1827 he was living in Pittsfield, Otsego County, New York, and then referred to his wife as being sixty-five years of age but he did not give her name.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Pittsfield, New York.
There are no further data on file relative to his family.
The War of 1812 records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the services of a Royal or Stukley Stafford Potter.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissary

State of New York Chenango County ss-
Joseph Medbery of New Berlin in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Patter that he said Patter enlisted into Capt Isaac Medberys Company in which he belonged in the year 1779 and served together in Capt Medberys Company and in Col. Stephen Renbells Regiment until the close of the war I think between two and three years I think nearly three years we served together in the state Troops according to the best of my recollection and were discharged together without a written discharge and further saith not -
Joseph Medbery
Sworn and subscribed August 13 th 1832
Before me Nathan Taylor Judge of the Chenango I certify that I am acquainted with the said Joseph Medbery and that he is entitled to full credit & belief.
State of New York County of Chenango ss I Paris N. R. Clerk of the said County do certify that Nathan Taylor before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and readily believe his name sub- scribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 22 nd day of August, 1832
P. B. P. Mule Dep Clerk

State of New York
Chenango County ss. Joseph Medbury of New Berlin in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depone & say that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Potter, that the said Potter enlisted into Capt. Isaac Medbury's Company in which this deponent belonged in the year 1779 & served together in Captain Isaac Medbury's Company in Col. Stephen Kirtland's Regiment until the close of the war two or three years - And this deponent believes nearly three years & that the said Potter & this deponent served together until the close of the war as this deponent thinks in the State Troops - & were discharged together without a written discharge -
Joseph Medbury
And further says not. Subscribed & sworn before me this 21 st day of May 1833 -
And I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Joseph Medbury who signed & has sworn to this & the foregoing affidavit. Before me, said that the said Joseph Medbury is a person of good character & his statement is entitled to full credit.
NATHAN TAYLOR Judge of Chenango Common Pleas
State of New York Chenango County ss.
I, Morris K. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that the foregoing Nathan Taylor Esq. Before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said Affidavit is his genuine hand writing & signature - Witness My Name & Seal of office this 24 th day of May A.D. 1833
P. B. Pille Clerk Clerk

to of New York Otsego County } S
Jacob Campbell of the Town of Edmiston in the said County & State being duly sworn sayeth that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Potter in the year 1778 & knew that the said Potter was in the State Troops of the State of Rhode Island in a Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel Elliot Capt Gares Company became acquainted with said Potter at Giventon in Rhode Island he the said deponent at the same time was in Colonel John Gappins Regiment of Rhode Island State Troops from Giventon the deponent went into Rhode Island in Sullivan's Expedition he was then personally acquainted with the said Potter & knew him to be engaged in the above named Col Elliot's Regiment after the Battle on Rhode Island they again went to Giventon & that he there again was acquainted with the said Potter & knew him to be in the said Regiment & further that he knew him to be in the same Regiment in the spring of the year 1779 and further this deponent saith that the said Potter now resides in Pittsfield Otsego County New York State and further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn August 20 th 1832 before me
Jacob Campbell
Philo Bennett Justice of the Peace
Subscribed & sworn this 20 th day of May 1833
Before me. And I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jacob Campbell & that he is a person of good character & his statement entitled to full credit. And that Philo Bennett before whom the above affidavit was originally sworn is now a Justice of the Peace.
David B. Cole Justice of the Peace
Jacob Campbell

State of New York Otsego County ss: 3 I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County do certify, that Philo Bennett Esq r before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Given under my hands, and Seal of Office the 10 th day of September 1832
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
State of New York Otsego County ss: 3 I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify, that David B Cole Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County; And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hands, and Seal of Office this 23 rd day of May 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
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Indian Office 7th Dec. 1864
Honbl. Secretary of War.
Washington City

Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y. Dec. 2, 1829. B3
Sir,
If the within papers be regularly made and exemplified, it may be an enquiry in your department, why have they not been sooner forwarded? To this I will briefly answer by a statement of facts. On the 14th day of February, 1826, the persons whose applications for pensions are enclosed applied to our Court of Common Pleas, in open Court. The usual affidavits were by me then administered, and immediately after, the applicants absented themselves - the papers were handed up to the court, but on account of the insufficiency of the papers, the court refused to pass upon the valuation of the respective Schedules, and nothing further was done till the month of February, 1827, when the applicants again appeared, without their agent who drafted the papers of which the enclosed are exemplified copies. The oaths were administered, and the several certificates by me made and subscribed, as they in the several instances are stated to have been done. Some time in the summer of 1828, the agent of the applicants was in this place, and was requested to take the papers as they are now enclosed, and forward them to your department that they might be passed upon. This he declined, stating, that the applicants were too poor to satisfy him for the services he had already performed, & that they could not secure to him the disbursements of the Court fees, should he pay them, and he would therefore undertake no further control of their papers. Matters have thus rested till a few weeks since, when by verbal message to the applicants, I requested them to call on me,

which one of them (Mr. Jeremiah Potter) soon after died, and requested me to forward the papers in the matter of his application, and become his agent to receive his Certificate of Pension, should he be placed upon the Pension Roll. Mr. Dowd has never called upon me, but I have taken it upon myself to forward his papers also, to your department, with a request, if they be favorably passed upon, that his Certificate may accompany Mr. Potter's.
Some of the facts above stated, must be known to William G. Angel, Esq. a Member of the House of Representatives from this District. If deemed necessary, please appeal to him, and let me know, as soon as convenient, the result of your investigation in the matters thus respectfully referred to you.
Your Obedt. Servt.
C. B. L. Mandell
To the Hon. The Secretary of War.

21045 In the matter of Jeremiah Potter, a revolutionary soldier de - de -
and after the seal of the said county, the ninth day of Feb- ruary, 1824.
J. H. Hemenway, Esq. B

Original Claim.
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the act of the 18th March, 1818.
County of Otsego.—On the seventh day of February, 1827, personally appeared in open Court of the Court of Common Pleas, at the Court House in Cooperstown, in and for the county of Otsego, (being a Court of Record for the said county of Otsego, expressly made a Court of Record by the laws of the state of New York, and also because said Court proceeds according to the course of Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and also have the power of fine and imprisonment) Jeremiah Potter of the town of Pittsfield, resident in said county, aged sixty-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820, that he the said Jeremiah Potter enlisted for the term of fifteen months, in the month of March, in the year 1779, (the particular day in March, he the said Jeremiah Potter does not recollect,) in the state of Rhode-Island, in the company of artillery commanded by Captain John Garree, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elliot, in the line of the state of Rhode-Island, on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until some time in 1780, and until the expiration of the said fifteen months, when he was discharged from the service in Wallack, in the state of Rhode Island; that

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension, except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any state except Rhode Island, and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension — That he, this deponent, did make an application in the year 1818 for his pension, which claim, he, this deponent, has understood was rejected on the ground, that in that declaration it was stated that he enlisted in the year 1778, and that the said regiment was not then on the Continental establishment. He, this deponent, did enlist in the year 1778, and when the said regiment was put upon the Continental establishment, in 1779, as he was informed by his officers, at that time, he enlisted again for the further term of fifteen months, at the request of his officers, and that he served under said last enlistment the full term of fifteen months, when he was discharged — which discharge is lost — And that, until the present time, he has been unable to procure two witnesses who were acquaint- ed with the facts. And in pursuance of the act of the first May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part

thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is con- tained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That no changes have been made in my property since the 18th March, 1818.
Schedule & Description of my Property.
One Cow - One Bed and bedding - Six knives and forks - seven plates - two jugs - five sheep - One pot - One Bake kettle - One suit of wearing ap- parel for myself and one for my wife. By occu- pation, I am a farmer, but from old age and sickness, unable to pursue it - no person but my wife lives with me, who is old and unable to work - she is sixty-five years of age
Jeremiah his Potter mark.
Sworn to and declared on the seventh day of February, in the year 1827, in open Court before Geo. Merrill, Darius Foote and Seth Chase, Judges of said Court of Common Pleas, held in

the said County of Oregon when the said de- clarant resides.
E. B. Brandal, Clerk
I, Edward B. Brandal, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Oregon, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Jeremiah Potter did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of fifteen months under one en- gagement in the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Re- cords of the said Court - and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty-five dollars and seventy-five cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this seventh day of February, 1827.
E. B. Brandal, Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the county of Oregon -

State of New York } Otsego County } ss.
Caleb Church, being duly sworn, saith that in the Spring of the year, 1779, after the regiment commanded by Colonel Elliot was placed upon the continental establishment, he, this deponent, being acquainted with Jeremiah Potter, the person named in the declaration hereto annexed, knows that he the said Jeremiah Potter enlisted in the month of March, in the year 1779, in a company commanded by Captain John Gage, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elliot, in the line of the state of Rhode-Island, on the continental establishment, and that he the said Jeremiah Potter continued to serve in said corps until some time in the year 1780, when he was discharged - and that he, the said Jeremiah Potter served under said enlistment in said corps at least fifteen months - and further this deponent saith not.
Caleb Church
Sworn and subscribed this 5th day of February, 1827, before me.
Orlo Bennett,
one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Otsego
Otsego County, ss. - I hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Caleb Church the

person who made and subscribed the above affidavit, and that he is a credible witness - and that the facts contained in said affidavit, I believe are true.
Philo Bennet,
One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Otsego.
State of New-York } Otsego County, } ss.
Daniel Dowd, being duly sworn, maketh oath and saith, that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Potter, and has been acquainted with him since the year 1778; that in the year 1778, the said Jeremiah Potter enlisted in a company commanded by Captain John Garsee, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Eliot, and that in the Spring of the year 1779, the said regiment, as he this deponent was infor- med by the officers at that time, was placed upon the continental establishment, and that he, this deponent, at that time was a soldier in the same company, and that the said Je- remiah Potter, and he, this deponent, both en- listed again in said company commanded by Captain John Garsee, in the regiment com- manded by Colonel Eliot, after it was placed upon the Continental establishment in the Rhode Island line, in the Spring of the year 1779, for the term of fifteen months, and that the said Jeremiah Potter continued to serve in said corps till the expiration of the said term of his last enlistment, when he was, honora- ble discharged.
Daniel his Dowd mark

Sworn and subscribed the 5th day of February, in the year 1827. Before me
Philo Bennet, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Otsego -
Otsego County, ss. I do hereby certify, that I am acquainted with Daniel Dood, the person who made and subscribed the above affidavit, and that he is a credible witness, - and do believe the facts con- tained in the above affidavit are true.
Philo Bennet One of the Justices of the Peace in the county of Otsego -
State of New-York,
Otsego County ss. Clark's Office
I certify that Philo Bennet, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were taken, was, at the time of taking the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in the town of Edmiston in and for the county of Otsego, commissioned and duly sworn and qual- ified to administer oaths, - and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signatures to the affidavits and certificates herein annexed to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, the seventh day of Feb- ruary, 1827.
E. B. Randall, Esq.
21045 In the matter of Jeremiah Potter, a revolutionary soldier de. de.

3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Oct. 28, 1926
Chief Rev. War. Section Division.
I have this day received from Charles N. Potter M.P. No. 15,246 for $2.35, requesting
ok say
photostat copy post-office addresses as per letter herewith.
1926 Nov. 6 photos mailed to Finance Div Wolf AU
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
266 L

To what time was Jeremiah Potter Matuof & private of Infy paid under the act of 1852 at the N. York agency?
Sept 7. 1835
EWB
Mr. Haynit
paid to the N. Sept 8 1834.
H. Wickroft Sept 7. 1835.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jeremiah Potter  Otsego Co NY which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? ref Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

21045
Jeremiah Potter Otsego County New York
Repeated see letter 10 Dec 1829 to E. B Brandall. E
8371

Feb. 24/26 Soldier pensioned W. Potter Chicago Ill. mil.
May 4 - 1901
Aug. Armstrong, Albert Lea, Minn.
1920 Dec. 9 Hist. to Mrs
O. H. (Pearl E.) Jones. En.
1926 June 24. Ltr to Mrs. Wabel F.
Edmondson. West.
1926 Nov. 6 photos mailed
to C. N. Potter. and.
Rev. man
14.212 INVALID.
File No. 14.212
Jeremiah Potter Matron Rev. W.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 305
[Arrangement of 1870.]

REJECTED
P. O.
Jeremiah Potter
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .

Supreme Court of Wyoming Cheyenne
CHARLES N. POTTER, CHIEF JUSTICE FRED H. BLUME } JUSTICES RALPH KIMBALL }
FRED S. FOBES, CLERK.
October 19, 1926.
Hon. E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I want to thank you for yours of the 15th inst. in response to a letter from me with reference to your Bureau furnishing to me photostat copies of the original papers on file in the Revolutionary War Pension Claim S.14212 , of Jeremiah Potter. You state that the same will be furnished to me at the rate of 15¢ per page with 25¢ extra for certification if that be desired, and that the number of pages to be copied is fourteen. I am therefore enclosing a money order payable, as you suggest, to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, for $2.35, which is the amount necessary to include certification. I do not know that certification is really necessary, but I would like it at least upon one copy, if you furnish more than one.
Expecting to hear from you and receive the copy or copies in due time, I beg to remain
Respectfully yours,
Charles N. Potter

All inq... this job should refer to Requisition No. 10474
R... ollicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
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Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
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Title and description of job photostat copies of 14 pages from the Rev. War pension claim, S. 14212, Jeremiah Potter.
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? no days
For further information see A. E. Wilson Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
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October 15, 1926
Charles N. Potter Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Wyoming Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Sir:
In response to your letter I have to advise you that photostat copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14812, of Jeremiah Potter, will be furnished you under the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that be desired.
The number of pages to copied is fourteen.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order, or certified check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior (not to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions).
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

The Supreme Court of Wyoming Cheyenne
CHARLES N. POTTER, CHIEF JUSTICE FRED H. BLUME } JUSTICES RALPH KIMBALL }
FRED S. FOBES, CLERK.
October 6, 1926.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I have a letter written to Senator F. E. Warren by Hon. H. M. Steuart, Director of Census, referring to a matter about which the Senator had written him for some census information concerning the family of my great-grandfather Jeremiah Potter, who we know was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, in 1763 and served in the Revolutionary War , and concerning whose service therein I have a letter from the Pension Bureau addressed to Mrs. Mabel F. Edmondson, Lusk, Wyoming, dated June 24, 1926, and which mentions the fact that he had applied for and been granted a pension on account of his said service. In Mr. Steuart's letter it is stated that "photostat copies of the affidavits on file in these cases are furnished for a nominal sum by the Commissioner of Pensions." If it is possible to obtain such a copy of the application for such pension by said Jeremiah Potter, which, no doubt, came from Pittsfield, New York, for he was then living there, or at least was living there when his application was "executed," September 7, 1832, as stated in the said Pension Bureau letter, I should be very glad indeed to pay the necessary sum to have such copy sent to me, including not only the application but such accompanying proof or affidavits as may have been submitted with it. Pittsfield was the place of residence of my great-grandfather in those years, to which town he had gone from Hartwick, in

the same county, Otsego, in New York, after having settled there upon his removal to New York from Rhode Island. Though we do not know the date of said removal to New York except that it is stated in Otsego County histories to have been after the Revolution, or in other words, he is spoken of as a Revolutionary soldier having settled in the town of Hartwick in said county. If you will kindly inform me of the necessary amount to be so furnished I shall be glad to remit promptly and shall feel under much obligation for your courtesy. Or, if it would be impossible to get a photostat copy, I would be glad to have a copy in writing.
Very truly yours,
Charles N. Potter
Charles N. Potter Chief Justice Supreme Court of Wyoming
Cheyenne

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS NIOBRARA COUNTY
MRS. MABEL F. EDMONDSON COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
Lusk, Wyoming
April 9th, 1926
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly advise me whether or not, Jeremiah Potter who served in Revolution from Rhode Island, and died probably in N.Y. State or Mass. ever applied for pension? Also Elias Pegg who died in Franklin Co. Ohio about 1838. His service was in Penn.
Is there application for War of 1812 service from either Royal or Stukley Stafford Potter, probably in New York State, or Berkshire Co. Mass. The former died 1883, it is thought in Otsego Co. N.Y. Stukely Stafford Potter by tradition is said to have been a Fife Major.
Very truly,
Mrs. Mabel F. Edmondson per G. H.

O. H. Jones, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Nov. 6th.
Pension Bureau. U. S. Government. Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir: —
Can you give me any data relating to Jeremiah Patter, who served in Colonel Elliot's

regiment of Artillery, Revolutionary War. Any record you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Yours very truly
Pearl E. Jones (Mrs. O. H. Jones)
504 N. Third St. Oskaloosa, Iowa.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Potter, Joel GRADE Drummer LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6292 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 7, 1789 To Benj. Tallmadge - assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.