Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,840, for Silvanus Parkinson, New Jersey

SERVICE
8032
NUMBER
Continental (Arty.) New Jersey.
Parkinson, Silvanus or Sylvanus
S. 28.840
CONTENTS
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Albany 31, 664
Sylvanus Parkinson
of Cattaraugus Co. the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain M. Coy of the reg't. commanded by Col. Frelinghuysen in the N. Jersey line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of October 1839 and sent to S. St. John Otto, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39 190.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '40. 10.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. 2, Vol. 4 Page 55
See letter to Hon. S. M. Clarke July 1, 1841

Sylvanus Partinson
June 24 Elliotville NY June 16 th
for
Hon James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
N.Y.

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss
Aaron Perkins son of the Town of Perry County of Onondaga & State aforesaid com- before me on the 2 d day of June 1835 and made oath that he was on the 11 th of May last Seventy five years of age that he is Brother to Sylvanus Perkins and the next older that he was in the Service of the United States during the Revo- lutionary War for which Service he now enjoys and draws a pension he States that he was under Col Douglas Gage a Militia Colonel and part of the time under a Captain McCoy that he was well acquainted with Captain Flanning who was under Gen Knox that his brother Sylvanus Perkins served under him but how long he cannot tell but this he does know that after his Brother above mentioned was in the Service for the most of the time after he was Sixteen years of age (which was called of age in those times) until the War ended and is certain that he served under Captain McCoy as much as eight months and his impression is from his actual knowledge that he was in the Service more than twice that time but could not State the particulars of his Service he knows of his being at Elizabeth town Comminipaw Boey town Brunswick Grubbe town at Plankstown he States that he was taken prisoner and taken away from the Service but was soon on parole of honor permitted to come home so that he knows as much about his Brothers Service as though he had been in it himself the most of his Brothers Service was in 1780. and 1781. and some time in 1782 (the times above) alluded to his Brothers being in actual Service in the Militia some of the time as Substitute but much of the time for himself and that he was under Col Frederick Gage who was a Militia Colonel Subscriber and sworn before
me Amasa Schoff Justice of the Peace of said County aforesaid in the town of Perrin formerly Perrysburgh
Aaron Perkins

I certify that some six or seven years ago I was acquainted with Aaron Parkinson who then lived in the town of Collins Erie County New York about five miles from me and the same who made the foregoing affidavit before me that he was a man of veracity and his statements seem to be believed and that full confidence can be placed in his statements now and that I fully concur with him and would refer the War department to former certificates made in reference to his character for truth & veracity one in particular made some time in the year preceding this in reference to the claim mentioned the foregoing affidavit dated at Paris June 2 nd 1835
Amasa D. Chaplin
J. B. Darr
State of New York
Callanagus County ss
I John W. Stanton, clerk of the said county do certify that Amasa D. Chaplin, esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly elected and qualified; that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit is his proper hand writing & signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this 15th day of June A.D. 1835.
John W. Stanton, Clerk
Proof of Sylvanus Parkinson's services as above can be found he relies on this

State of New York } On the fifth day of October 1832 Callanque County, S.S. } personally appeared in open court Before the court of common Pleas in and for said county Sylvanus Parkinson aged 62 years a resident of the town of Otto in said county of Callanque, who being 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. 1832, that he entered the service of the united states and served under the following named officers as herein stated
That from the commencement of the war he was engaged in the service of his country, the first 3 years as a private teamster under the direction of his father (that is from the age of 12 to 15 years) that in the spring of the year 1770 as near as he can recollect he was attached to a company of Militia in the town of Baskenridge & county of Somerset State of New Jersey as a substitute for William Wagg  and was commanded by Capt. McCoy which company consisting of 150 men was divided into 7 classes and was by classes employed in watching the movements of the enemy and were frequently called on to repel various attacks and invasions of the enemy That the classes took regular turns of a month each but frequently the whole company were called out from 2 or 3 days and sometimes a week at a time principally in the eastern part of New Jersey, that he at all times considered himself in the service of his country; that in the summer of 1779 as near as he recollects he enlisted at the request of Col. O'Neil as a Continental teamster under Waggon master Healey. & Mar- ched to head Quarters of General Washington at English- neighbourhood N.J. and was soon after sent to Bergen the company with a large number of Waggons to bring away the Wheat oats & rye in the sheaf & hay which service was effected & brought to head quarters soon after he was discharged and returned to Baskenridge. That shortly after his return to Baskenridge in 1779 he received by express from Capt. McCoy notice of his appointment as orderly sergeant in his com- pany with orders to forthwith to warn the

7 class of his company (the other six being then at Elizabethtown), to march to Elizabethtown to his command which by riding all night he was enabled to do the next day & the next morning a severe engagement ensued at Elizabethtown Point and from this time to the end of the war he served regularly in Capt. McCoy's Company as orderly sergeant and was very frequently engaged in Pickett fights and skirmishes till his final discharge at the conclusion of the war and that not having any written documents of discharge he is utterly incapable of designating the precise dates of his service. That the Militia officers under whom he served were Col. Frelinghuysen, Major Davidson; Capt. McCoy, Lieut. Amos Ensign Ayres. The continental officers were Genl. Knox Col. Lamb Col. O'Vale Capt. Fleming Waggon Master Healey & Fisher
That he is acquainted with Aaron Parkinson whose affidavit is attached. That he received the written discharge but not recollects who gave it & that he has lost it  them . That he was born at Baskerville in the County of Somerset state of New Jersey on the 19 day of April 1763 that he has no record of his age nor does he know of any but in his father's bible, that when called into service he was living in the town of Baskerville from that place he then removed to the town of Sharon (now Carlisle) in Schoharie County N.Y. in the 1789. resided till 1827 Then removed to the present place of his residence That he does not know of any clergyman residing in Otto with whom he is acquainted. That he is acquainted with Dan Allen & Alfred G. G. G. who he believes will testify to his character as to truth and veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Subscribed and sworn the 5 day of October 1832 Israel Day a Judge
Silvanus Parkinson

And Dan Allen and Albert G. Burke residing in the town of Perrysburg in the County of Callanagus upon said hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Sylvanus Parkinson who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration; and we believe him to be 69 years of age; and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and in that opinion we concur subscribed & sworn the day and year aforementioned.  Israel Day a Judge  Sylvanus Parkinson Dan Allen Albert G. Burke
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the court further certify that it appears to them that Dan Allen and Albert G. Burke the persons who signed the preceding certificate are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Almon Scammon } Judges of the within Dan Allen } mentioned court of Israel Day } Common Pleas
I John W. Staunton clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter in the application of William White for a pension. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of October A.D. 1832. John W. Staunton, Clerk
144.4.6. Sylvanus Parkinson

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 22, 1930
Mr. John W. Parkinson Newark Ohio
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.28840, it appears that Silvanus Parkinson was born April 19, 1763, at Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
While residing at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, he enlisted and served as follows:
As a teamster under the direction of his father whose name is not shown, dates of service not given; three months as a teamster under Halsey and Fisher, Conductors of Teams in the New Jersey Troops; three months as a driver of an artillery piece under Captain Fleming, Colonel Lamb's Regiment of Continental Artillery; one month as orderly sergeant in Captain Rickey's New Jersey Company; three weeks as orderly sergeant in Captain Seaborn's or Sebring's New Jersey Company; one year and seven months in Captain Ganeen McCoy's Company, Colonel Frelinghuysen's New Jersey Regiment; he also served short terms every year from 1776 to 1782, was in the battle of Elizabethtown and skirmishes.
In 1789, he moved to Sharon (later Carlisle), New York, where he remained until 1827, when he moved to Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Otto, New York.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

State of New York } Declaration of Sylvanus Parkinson in order to } be placed on the pension list agreeable to the act Cattaraugus County S.D. } of June 7 th 1832
On this fifth day of November 1833 personally appeared before me Dan Allen a Judge of the County of Cattaraugus Common Pleas Sylvanus Parkinson to me personally known aged 70 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832) that he was born in the town of Baskinridge Somerset County State of New Jersey April 19 th 1763 lived there with his father until the commencement of the revolutionary war that in the year 1776 he commenced driving a team for the army moving Military Stores provisions and the like and continued in such service about three years (that he claims no pension on account of the above mentioned service) that in the Spring of the year 1779 he was with a class called upon by his Captain Deacon to Gavan McCloy to go to Morris town to guard the British prisoners then at that place under the command of Captain Deahorn that he did so enter the service under the said Capt Deahorn that he stayed with said Deahorn three weeks or about that he then enlisted by the consent of his Capt under Col O. Bales Halsey Waggon Morta stayed a part of the summer and returned home after getting his discharge that in July in the year 1779 he had orders from his captain Deahorn  McCloy who was then out with six classes of his company out of the said town of Baskinridge to immediately move the the 7 th class of his company and join the company at Elizabeth town which orders were by him promptly attended to that he was then appointed orderly sergeant this company under Capt McCloy was attached to Col Freylinghuysen Regiment Major Davidson, that the day after he arrived at Elizabeth town in the morning about sunrise they beat up for volunteers and the whole of his regiment turned out marched through the town in solid columns until they passed the Stone bridge they displayed columns formed a line and met the British who were also in line ready to receive them two thousand in number under Gen Grevont as he thinks that there was but twelve hundred of the Americans they exchanged fire a number of times until about noon when the Americans retreated through Elizabeth town to Springfield about nine miles stayed until one month had expired from his entering the service and was then discharged and returned to Baskinridge

That Early in the Spring of 1780 he enlisted under a Captain Fleming at the Park in Somerset County Bedminster township to help prosecute a piece of artillery at such places as he directed this was in the continental line under the Command of Genl Lamb, Gen Knox Marched from the park through Morristown to Pennsylvania to Newfoundland to the cove and to west point that he was in this Service three months or more was discharged and went home he was then called out with a part of the company of Militia under Capt McCoy Marched to Bargy town distance 45 or 50 miles served as Sergeant thinks Col Lyle commanded the Regt there was a party of the British come over and they went to drive them back Some Skirmishing took place not of much note drove the British back in this tour he served one month and was discharged soon after he returned home and in the last of the Summer or Early in the fall of 1780 he entered the Service as a Substitute for Wm Boyd for one month when that month expired he continued as a Substitute for Joseph Annon and at the expiration of his month's Service for Annon he served a month longer for himself and during this three months Service for himself & others as aforesaid he served as first Sergeant under the Command of Capt McCoy Col Freylinghuysens Regt Marched from Baskerville to Quibbletown about 20 miles from there to Woodbridge Rahway went from there to Elizabeth town to guard the lines & keep the enemy off was at Rahway a small Skirmish took place with the Tories nothing of note that he now recollects this Capt McCoy had his company elapsed and each class was called out for a month at a time and relieved by other classes so that instead of his going home at the expiration of his own time he substituted for those mentioned above while in this tour a part of the Pennsylvania Soldiers revolted about the first of Jany 1781 under the Command of Gen Anthony Wayne or Mad Anthony as he was then called in this tour as above he served three months and was dis- charged That at the time of the revolting of the Pennsyl- vania troops and after he had returned home from his 3 months tour he was called out by the said Capt McCoy with the whole company to go between them & the enemy to keep them from joining the Enemy went to Quibbletown and from there to new Brunswick kept on the shore in this tour he served as Sergeant one month and the Pennsylvania troops became pacified they were discharged

That in the year 1781 he served at Elizabethtown as a guard under Capt. Mc Coy Lieut. Brannin & Ensign Ayers Adjutant Peter Saw Major Dawson & Col. Singlinghuyse and was called out by said Capt. and served at 6 or 8 different times for periods of one month at a time during the year 1781 as aforesaid but can not tell the dates of the different times that he entered the service as he was constantly called being orderly sergeant of the Company That during the year 1781 he was called out at one time to guard the lines for a term of three months was in this tour at Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook & Piscataway under the Capt. Mc Coy. That he was at Piscataway, when the French army marched to under the command of De Choisy & Du Bouillon That in this tour he served three months as an orderly sergeant as above and was discharged nothing happened as he recollects last night and then a skirmish with the Tories That in the year 1782 he was on a month's tour at Pumptown & Pyramus also one month's tour at Pequannock & Newark one month at Pequannock creek one month at Westfield Saw Gen. Green at Westfield at an alarm Green in the orchard with Col. Singlinghuyse & his men one night expecting an attack. These four last mentioned services he was under Capt. Mc Coy and served as orderly sergeant thinks in one of the tours he was under a Capt. Riker and also that in one of them he served as a substitute can not be positive for who but thinks for Jacob Van O'Keefe
That in 1778 or 9 he enlisted as a continental horseman under Wagon Master Halsey for three months Joined the army at Morristown this was in the summer marched to the English neighborhood at Hackensack Gen. Washington commanded, sent a party of 2000 light infantry with 500 wagons to to Barington North west of New York a rich dutch village of Farms in all Tories their object was to bring away hay grain and produce that they might keep it from the enemy they succeeded but with some loss of horses with heat as they were obliged to hurry the British being then upon the Infantry with small pieces kept them off until they got off Washington arrived in season to save them as the British would have surrounded them in four minutes more had they not been discovered by him while loading his wagon he was exposed to the balls of the enemy

That in addition to what he has before stated he served frequently as a prep for the Standing army at Springfield (Washington commanded) a number of times and that he is positive that he served more than he has stated but cannot recollect the officers or the places he was at he also states that during the War he served as a daily sergeant for more than three years but cannot place the different times at the right periods of the War but then he refers to his thinks is right as to the periods and as to the amount of service is certain and that he was not engaged in any civil pursuit during the time mentioned That also in addition to what he has before stated he was in the year 1782 on a tour at Elizabeth town under Capt Mc Coy with the whole company that in this tour he served a month this was towards fall and they were retreating before the British and had got as far as Connecticut farms when news arrived that Cornwallis was taken and he then returned home this was the last of his service that he never had a written discharge except when in the continental line and he does not recollect by whom then were signed his service was when under Mc Coy in the Militia (also under Capt. Allen and under Riker) he knows not what has become of his discharges he has no documentary evidence nor knows of proof of his service nor knows of any person who can testify to his services that there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood nor none in the immediate vicinity with which he is acquainted That he is acquainted with John T. Furis and Thomas P Whipple who can testify as to what the general belief of the neighborhood is in which he lives respecting his being a soldier of the revolution That he is in firm in body and not able to attend the court of his said county That he has no record of his age nor received a commission only for an daily sergeant That John T. Furis & Dr Thomas P Whipple can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state That after he left the service which was in 1782 went to Brookfield stayed until the year 1789 then moved to New Schenectady County New York then Albany County town of Carlisle lived until 1827 moved to Otto Cattaraugus County New York where he grew  he lived and was there for six years the first of May last subscribed & sworn before me the day & year above written { Silvanus Park Dan Allen { a Judge of Cattaraugus County common pleas }

Sylvanus Parkinson
14.446
Wagon Master Hulsy not in Return of Dep. J. May Abad Wagon Master 14. July 1779
See Marginal Record - Sylvanus Parkinson £0. 7. 6 Col. Fulungthugson N.Y. Capt. McLean } Indenture Admitted Private 6 months
S. H. John Esq. Otto New York

Cattaraugus County ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in said County aforesaid Sylvanus Parkinson 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 one year and seven months I served in the Militia as orderly sergeant under Captain Gann McCay for three weeks I served in the Militia as orderly sergeant under Capt Seaborn for three months I served as a private in the Continental line under Captain Fleming for one month I served under Captain Richey in the Militia as orderly sergeant for three months I served in the Continental line as teamster under Waggon Master Halsey and others and for such service I claim a pension Subscribed & Sworn this fifth day of November 1833 before me
Amasa L Chaffee } a Justice of } Sylvanus Parkinson the peace
Cattaraugus County ss State of New York ss We John T. Farris residing in the town of Otto and Thomas P Whipple residing in Lodi ad- joining the town of Otto hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Sylvanus Parkinson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing (or above) declaration that we believe him to be seventy 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 before me this 5th day of November 1833
Dan Allen } a Judge of Cattaraugus } } County Common pleas }
T. P. Whipple John T. Farris
in

Certificate of Dan Allen Judge &c
And the said Dan Allen a Judge of the the County of Cattaraugus Court Common pleas doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above normal applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states that he believes him to be of the age of twenty years that in his opinion the said Sylvanus Parkinson is not able to attend the court of the said County and that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the said Parkinson and the said Dan Allen further certifies that it appears to him that John J. Ferris and Thomas P Whipple who have signed the preceding certificate reside in the towns as stated by their certificate that said Ferris and Whipple are personally known to the said Dan Allen and he certifies that they are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit & that he concurs in their Statement Signed the day & year aforesaid Dan Allen
State of New York } Cattaraugus County } I, John W. Staunton Clerk of the said
County do certify that Dan Allen Esqr before whom the within affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and surely believe his name subscribed to the within affidavits and to the above certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature and I further certify as before aforesaid that Amasa L Chapin Esqr before whom the affidavit of Sylvanus Parkinson purports to have been made was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and surely believe his name subscribed to the said within affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 15th fifteenth day of November 1838 John W. Staunton. clerk

No 14446
New York
Sylvanus Parkinson
Suspended
See notes within lett to A.S. Chaffee 27 June 1838 to Hon R.P. Manwaring 16 March '39. to S. St. John 5. Sept. 1839
Act June 1832

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Silvanus Parkinson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 28,840
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     We served ✓ Teamster under the direction of his father (name not stated). N.J.   short terms 3 mos. Teamster Halsey & Fisher (Conductors of Teams)   every year 3 mos. Driver of artillery piece. Fleming Rambo Continental artillery   from 1776 1 mo. Orderly Sgt. Rickey ✓ N.J.   to 1782 3 weeks " " Seaborn (Sebring?) ✓ "   inclusive 1 yr. 7 mos. " " Gann McCoy Frelinghuysen "  
Battles engaged in, Elizabethtown point & skirmishes at  specific Residence of soldier at enlistment, Basking Ridge, Somerset Co., N.J., with father. Date of application for pension, Oct 5, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Otto, Cattaraugus Co. N.Y. from 1827. Age at date of application, born Apr. 19, 1763, at Basking Ridge, N.J. Remarks: in 1789 removed to Sharon (afterwards called Carlisle) N.Y. where he remained until 1827. His brother Aaron testified to his service. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Town of Otto Cattaraugus County } S. S.
I, Silvanus Parkinson of said town being duly sworn, do Depose and say that I was the youngest of five brothers who served, whenever called upon, in the New-Jersey Militia during the whole war of the Revolution. My first service was in the year 1776 I served as waiter for the conductor of the magazine. My next service was rendered 1777 in driving team in the transportation of Commissary's stores &c. My next service in drawing timber all the winter and Spring for the Park of Artillery at Pluckamin. My next service was driving a piece of artillery in Capt. Fleming's or Lieutenant Fleming's Command, which I understood to be a part of Capt. Bowman's Company. next in 1778 I served in the field under arms two tours and was in one engagement with the Enemy at Elizabethtown point. next in 1779 I carried a an express from his Excellency Gen. George Washington then at Springfield to Gen. Howard 30 miles distant this service was performed during a very severe cold winter's night and through an exposed and dangerous route. I was also sent with express at other times, for my other services as a soldier in the field see the papers as and affidavits already with the Department. I further say that after I left New-Jersey the returns were made to the Secretary of State of my services and two payments were allowed to me neither of which did I ever receive and I also say that from the year 1779 I served as orderly sergeant to the close of the war I was also during my service in a number of engagements with the Enemy's scouting parties at different times and further this deponent saith not
Dated at Otto this 1 st day of May 1841
Sworn to and subscribed {
May 1 st 1841 before me {
C. A. Rice L. P. {
Silvanus Parkinson

Recital of Services State of New York, Rensselaer County ss
A Recital by Sylvanus Parkinson of Services rendered by him in the revolutionary War made this 14th day of October 1834 who being duly sworn before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the Town of Ferrisburgh in said County made the following declarations & statements in order to set forth the true meaning of statements made by him in declarations formerly made as it appears there is some difference in the statement of Services and in the first declaration on which was made before the Court of Said County he States that he served in most of the War Some of the time as a Custer or teamster and Some of the time as a soldier and orderly sergeant and without making the necessary distinction between the time as teamster & as a soldier he not knowing at that time that it made any difference and he now States that in making his first declaration as above stated he did not pay his attention to it in defining his Services or how they were rendered as he has since learned is required by the War department But that in making his last declaration which was made sometime in the fall of 1833 or forsooth of Winter 1834 he was very particular to not have his Services as teamster mentioned expecting that he would not gain any thing on that account and if they were mentioned at all he disclaims any idea that it was done in order to be benefitted by it but merely to show what he had done in the Service of the united States in the revolutionary war and he now States that since he made his last declaration his memory is very much impaired in consequence of sickness and old age and that it is impossible on account of the same for him to recite over his Services as he could one year ago and do it with as much precision that the amount of his Services in the Militia as Substitute volunteer and in the regular Army as a soldier & orderly sergeant amounted to twenty seven months as he made it in his last declaration as above mentioned and that was made when his mind was in a tolerable perfect state So much so that he was satisfied that it was as right as he could make one that in making this recital of Services he deposits 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 men- tioned below and in the following grades and under the following officers and as follows That in the year 1861 as soon as he recollects he served under Capt McCloy for Joseph Ineson William Boyd Isaac Bon O'Neal and for himself and at different places at Elizabethton Grubbtown at Brunswick at Springfield at  at and under Major Davidson Gen. Floyd Colonel Hester  that he served in all under Capt McCloy and most of the time as orderly he went one year and six months at least That during the war he was under Capt Seaborn to a place east of New Bern with one month at or near the time that General Lee was taken prisoner at another time he served under Captain Seaborn at Morristown one month Colonel Frylinghorn General Floyd That Col Fryling- horn was his Colonel for the most of the time he was in the service That he served at least two months under Captain Seaborn as above That he also served in Capt Fleming's company of Artillery in the year 1862 as soon as he can recall as to the time moved to Morris town to Newfoundland from there to west point he enlisted in the spring early and was discharged in July about the first That Col Smith commanded the Regiment & Gen Knox the brigade That when he enlisted a some time of his service he understood that Captain Beaumont was the first Captain of the Company to which he belonged but he never saw him Captain Fleming had the whole command but was the same as is now called first Lieutenant which was then called second Captain or Captain Lieutenant That the mentioning of Captain Beaumont did not occur to him in his last declaration as before stated or in the first that he served under Captain Beaumont properly speaking at least three months and that in all of the above he served as a soldier or sergeant and for such services I claim a pension Subscribed & sworn the day and year aforesaid before me
Amasa L Chapp J.P.
Silvanus Parkinson

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Sylvanus Parkinson who has this day made the foregoing affidavit & recital that he is believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution that his statements are entitled to credit that he is a credible person and that I concur with him in this his recital
Amasa L. Chaffee J.P.
Clerks Certificate
State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss
I John W. Staunton, Clerk of the said county Do certify, that Amasa L. Chaffee, 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 duly elected and qualified; and further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the sig- nature "A.L. Chaffee" subscribed to the said certificate and affidavit to be his name and proper hand writing -
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 18th day of October A.D. 1834.
John W. Staunton, clerk

State of New York
Onondaga Co. ss } Aaron Parkinson being duly sworn Deponeth and saith that he is a resident of the Town of Pompey County and State aforesaid and that he was personally acquainted with Sylvanus Parkinson in the State of New Jersey when in his youth he was born in the County of Somerset and was drafted into the service of the United States in the year 1777 and I saw him at Brown Brook Under arms his Officer was Captain Seaborn and Col Freyling Hausen his first Captain was McCoy when drafted but was changed and served under different Officers and was a Substitute for William Boyd and Joseph Annis and for Jacob VanOstrant and closed as a Volunteer I knew him as an Orderly Sergeant in the service at Elizabeth Town and saw him in the Battle at Elizabeth Town Point we were both together there I saw him at Brunswick when the Pennsylvanians revolted I knew him more or less for more than three years in the service of the United States and we frequently met together while in the service of the United States and then would be called away from each other and I was taken prisoner and got a Parole and then returned and saw him under arms on a tour at Elizabethtown whether he was a Volunteer or drafted at that time I cannot say but saw him frequently in the service as a foresaid for the space of three years and he must have served in the service for more than two years
Subscribed & sworn September 4-1834 before me A. Niles, J.P.
Aaron Parkinson
I certify that I am well acquainted the above named Aaron Parkinson that he is a credible person and his testimony entitled to full credit A. Niles, J.P. I fully concur in the credibility of Aaron Parkinson and have been acquainted with him some years Nathan Williams

State of New York County of Onondaga
§ I certify that Asa Kims Esquire before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified and that I am ac- -quainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said Affidavit and the within certif- -icate to be his genuine signatures. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 4 th day of September 1834 A. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk

(no 1)  Abstract of Bounty Rolls discharged by Jesse Hart Pay master to the militia of the counties of Hunterdon Somerset.
   No. Date Officers names Regiment Amount     77 Apr. 30. 1778 Capt. Gavin McLooy 1 Somerset 194 10 "  
(no 2)  A Regimental Pay-roll of the first Battalion of Somerset Militia and Capt. Ricky's Company of three months men and Capt. David Smally's Comp. of six months men by Saml. Arnie paymaster to s d Regt.
   No of Rolls Date of Service Officers Names No of Men of What Regiment Where Served under whom Amount of Pay   L. S. D.     2 June 19 th 1780 Gavin McLooy Capt. 68 1 st Regt. Somerset Springfield D te Liddagh St. Col. 72 2 3   3 Jan y . 15 th 1781 Gavin McLooy Capt. 29 1 st Regt. Somerset Brunswick D te Liddagh St. Col. 50 0 8  
State of New Jersey.
I James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that no 1 is a true extract from an account headed "Abstract of Bounty Rolls discharged by Jesse Hart Pay master to the militia of the Counties of Hunterdon Somerset" as taken from the record in Book "A" of His His Accounts during the Revolutionary war folio 94 now remaining in my office ; and that no 2 is a true extract from an ancient paper relating the said war, headed "A Regimental Pay roll of the first Battalion of Somerset Militia and Capt. Ricky's Company of three months men and Capt. David Smally's

Company of six months men by Saml. Armin Paymaster to S d Regt t now remaining on file in my office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the city of Trenton in said state, this fourteenth day of June Anno Domini One thousand eight hundreds and thirty-nine (1839)
James A. Westcott

Receipts for one years interest paid on certificates given by the Commissioners in the several Counties for Militia services.
   Page Object Date Signed Payable to Amount One year Int.   L. S. D. L. S. D.     55 1111 May 10. 1784 W m Verbyck Silvanus Parkinson 7 5 0 5   89 do - do - do 13 11 0 9  
State of New Jersey ss.
I, James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from a book marked "Militia Notes 1 st year" headed "Receipts for one years interest paid on certificates given by the Commissioners in the several counties for Militia services" now remaining in my office: - And I further certify that the said W m Verbyck was by the fifth section of an act passed by the Legislature of New Jersey December 20. 1783, entitled "An act to procure an estimate of the sums due to the militia and troops who have been raised for the defence of the frontiers of the state, and to provide for the settlement of the same" appointed a Commissioner for the county of Somerset "for the purpose of settling and adjusting the payrolls of the militia and troops of this state as aforesaid and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due".
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the City of Trenton in said State this fourteenth day of June Anno Domini One thousand eight hundreds and thirty nine (1839)
James D. Westcott

Franklinville N.Y. Dec 24
Hon. Almon Hazeltine Washington City Member of Congress

Franklinville Dec 26 th 1884
Dear Sir
In compliance with the request of an aged Friend, Sylvanus Parkinson of Otto I now write you. He is now between 70 & 80 80 years of age an elder in the Church & near for years before he came to this County. He is evidently a man of tried integrity, & is now in embarrassed circumstances, as it respects his pecuniary concerns. The papers for a pension are at Washington, he tells me that he expects that the vouchers were not sufficient, & that he received no pay. He lived in New Jersey in the time of the war, & there is not the least doubt but that he was in the United States service for months, & probably two years, with 30 or 40 other brothers none dead. I have often heard him relate scenes & battles in which he was engaged. If possible do have the old man helped according to the honest import of his petition or papers laid before you in the Secretarys Office. I have not the least doubt but the statements he has made are true.
Could he have his due it would be a great relief to him at this time. If he cannot be helped I fear he will lose all he has got. He thinks if he could go to Jersey he could find witnesses; but it is by no means certain but they are all dead. — I am spending the winter at Franklinville.
My health is quite as good as at any time since I came to the County — May God bless you & all your affairs at Washington, & may you be a blessing to all ever may your most cordially — Wm J. Wilson
Hon. A. Hastings

S. 338 33
13 July
July 16. 1839
Pension Office

July 16
My 200 Church Sylvanus Parkinson
MS 6 free
Hon Secretary of War
Pension office Washington

Otto N.J. July 5. 1839
Your Sir
Enclosed I send you the certificate of the Secretary of the State of New Jersey containing some evidence of the service of Silenus Parkinson if the same in addition to what has already been furnished the dept and which is we presume on file, should be considered insufficient to enable him to obtain a Certificate of Pension from the War dept you would confer a favor by informing me or him what more testimony would be necessary
Yours &c
S. H. John

Sept 30
for
Inat 227
Hon Geo. Wm Crump
acting Comr. of Pensions
John H. Smith
Washington D.C.

Otto September 15 th 1839
Friend Sir
By your letter of Sept 5 th I learn that the additional testimony is considered sufficient to entitle Sylvanus Parkinson to a certificate of six months service he concludes to receive the same in the expectation that he will not be able to furnish any more testimony of service he being removed so far from his old acquaintances but you will please issue the certificate and forward the same to him or to me as you choose
Yours respectfully
S. H. Lohr
Geo Wm Crump Esq Acting Comd. Pensions Washington City

Jan 21 st By Francis Parkinson
My Friend Church Esq. Hon. C. Hazeltine Pension Office

House of Reps.
Jan. 20. 1835
Dear Sir,
I transmit to you a letter, received some time since, wishing me to ascertain the situation of the application of Sylvanus Parkinson of Alto N. York for a Pension. The writer is a respectable clergyman, in whose statements full reliance may be placed. I know nothing of the applicant, personally.
With great Respect,
I am, &c.
Abner Ayer -

Feb 20. in at
S. Parkhurst Wyo.
Pension Office
Hon. R.P. Manning H.R.
Present

Hall of Bk.
Feb. 18-39
I am acquainted with Mr. St John whose name appears in the within letter. He is a highly respectable man. By furnishing the infor- mation asked you will oblige Mr. Parkinson & the writer of the letter.
Respectfully, &c.
R. P. Mearns
J. A. Edwards Esq.

   date of returning Time of service Mo days age officiant officer under whom service?     Spring of 1779 21 70 Capt Seaborn   " Wagon Master Halsey Fisher Col Abel   July " 1 — on duty Capt. W. Coy. Col Furlingham   Spring of 1780 3 Private Capt. Fleming Col Lamb   " 1 " Capt. M c Coy   July 1 1 Sub. for M c Coy "   " 1 " J. Anin "   " 1 Sergeant "   " 3 Pvt on duty "   " 1 " "   1781 6 or 8 months " "   " 0 " "   1782 1 " "   " 1 " "   " 1 " "  

Rev. New York Suspended act 7/15/32 letter 6 January 34 To A. L. Chaffer 19th Sept 34 to - do - do 13th 1834 " same  with Rev. C. H. H. H. June 24. 36

28840 Rev INVALID.
1917 June 7. Hist. to C. A. Hopkin, letter in S. 14. 104 Aaron Parkinson. & 1930 - fac 22 - Hist to John W. Par- kinson
File No. 28,840
Sylvanus Parkinson Rev Rev Wat
Act: 1 st June 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 9 , Page 31 1/2
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Newark, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1929.
U.S. Pension Dept. Rev. and 1812 Section. Washington. D.C.:
Dear Sirs;
Silvanus Parkinson (Born Apr. 19, 1763: Died March 18, 1848) was the son of William & Esther (Woods) Parkinson, and was born at Londonderry, New Hampshire. Served in the Somerset Co., N.J. Mihi- tia in the Revolutionary War. He was pensioned for his services. Married Sept. 29, 1783 to Nancy McDowell and was married the second time to Hannah Lake on August 18, 1795.
After the Revolution, he lived at Carlisle, Schoharie Co., N.Y., where he owned a small farm on the public road to Albany, N.Y., where he kept a tavern. Later he removed to Otto, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., and still later to Collins Center, Erie Co., N.Y., Where he finally died at the home of Christian Burke Parkinson, at Collins Center, N.Y.
Can you furnish me any information re- garding his military record and personal history from the files of the Pension office records ?
Yours Very Truly,
John W. Parkinson
Address John W. Parkinson,
Newark, Ohio.