Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,015, for John Palmater, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Palmater, John
S. 19,015
carded
CONTENTS

John Palmater, Albany N.Y., act of May 15 th 1828. Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Plufin Offm } June 2. 1842 }
Pd to 4 th Sept. 1841.
A. J. B.

That John Pahnnette was enlisted on 1. St. Aug. '80 (probably meaning 1 st Thursday) in Capt. Smith's Company of 4 th Reg t . N. Y. and was mustered to July. '82. It further appears from Pahnnette's returns, which properly to be from Muster rolls of Army for Month of April. 1783, that "John Pahnnette" was then found as belonging to 6 th Company commanded by Theodosius Towler, of 2 d N. Y. Regiment.
I understand that the Regiments were broken up & consolidated & that therefore an individual will be found to have enlisted in one regiment by the consolidation, afterwards be transferred to another. This John Pahnnette had his land assigned to him. The name which Ralston gave was spelt a little different, but from the account he gave of the individual to whom he sold his land patent, it must be the same.
He will therefore from above extracts seem to have been enlisted in Aug. '80 and remained in the Army until April. 1783.
Our Legislature goes on as usual. When are you to decide the bank question, it seems

State of New York Jefferson County ss.
2007 On this 26. day of September 1833. personally appeared before me Grace Brown Esqr. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson & State of New York. John Palmater a resident of Marysburgh in the County of Front- :erlands in the Province of Upper Canada, aged Seventy Six years & in Oct: next will be Seventy seven years of age, who being first duly sworn & the affidavit & says on his Oath makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That in the year 1779. I think in May, I enlisted in the 2 d New York Regt. commanded by Col. Cortlandt May: Esqr., Capt: Fowler, Lieut: Daniel Dennis etc. for during the War. When I enlisted I resided on the Mohawk River at Canajoharie, & I enlisted under a Sergeant named John Williams, in Johnstown at a place called Mayfield in the State of New York. That I served to the end of the War. I was regularly discharged in 1783. at Newburgh on the 7 th day of June 1783 on Mon- day morning about 11. O'clock in the forenoon. I cannot read or write; I received my discharge from Capt. Fowler. It was a printed paper but who signed it I cannot now remember. My discharge was given to a Doct: Samuel Stringer of Albany & I suppose it is lost or destroyed. I gave my discharge to Stringer to make him to show my back pay & he promised me to look for my land warrant, as I supposed, & as was read off on Parade, of 600. acres. I have not seen my discharge since 1784. I joined my Regt. in Albany in 1779. in May. I never was in

but our action, & this was at the taking of Genl. Cornwallis at Yorktown in Virginia. I saw Cornwallis this army when they surrendered to Genl. Washington & saw our troops form two lines & the British troops marched between our lines & stacked their arms. Cornwallis surrendered in the fall of 1782. my Regt. was then marched back to Newburgh & I think we arrived at Newburgh in November 1782. We remained until the following Spring when I was discharged. I continued to reside near Albany at a place then called Coeymans Patent about 10. years after I recd. my discharge, when I removed to Canada where I have resided ever since I do now reside. I have no documentary evidence in my possession, under my control or within my knowledge, of my services as a Soldier. I know of no person now living whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my services. I have no Record of my age, but according to my memory I shall be 77. years old on the 7. day of October next.
I hereby relinquish my claim whatever to a pension except the present, & my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any State.
I have neighbors residing in Canada, but my residence being about twenty miles from Watertown where the Court house is in Jefferson County: it is impossible to procure their attendance at such a distance. I am poor & a cripple in my right arm. There is no clergyman residing near me whose attendance I could procure to certify to my description. & the reason why my present application is made to a Judge out of Court is, that I did not know, until I had travelled over twenty miles, that it was

unable to make the application in this Court; that there is no Court in Seneca, & as I am informed there will not be, until the month of December next; & I do not believe it will be in my power even to make application according to the Regulations of the War Department, as I am poor & cannot pay the expenses of attendance of witnesses in my behalf.
When I enlisted in the Service, the 2 d Regt. into which I enlisted, was commanded by a Col. Weissenfeldt. & I used to correct my statement heretofore made, that it was commanded by Col. Cutlandt. After I had been in the Service about a year, as I now recollect, Col. Weissenfeldt resigned & Col. Cutlandt took command of the Regt. A Col. Van Schaick commanded the 1 st Regt. Col. Cutlandt had command when I got my discharge. I have been informed that I was entitled for my services as a soldier to 600. acres of land in the State of New York. But I have never rec d my land & never saw it, & am not certain I ever drew any. I further declare that when subscribed I was in the Service as a soldier during the Revolutionary War, I was to receive  was for my wages Eight Dollars a Month or Ninety Six Dollars a year. My pay I never got but by the bargain, this was the sum I ought to have received.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 26 th day of Sept r . 1833.
G. Brown: Judge. Jeff. County Court
John his X Palmater mark

I Nathan Ratchlin, residing in the town of Brownville in the County of Ulster State of New York, certify that I have examined John Palmater the Soldier who has signed Oath to the annexed declaration, touching his services as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. That the history he gives of the War & of his services therein, is clear & convincing & from my examination of him, I am of opinion that he was a Revolutionary Soldier & that he states, that from his appearance he is 76 years old at least, & from my acquaintance with him that he is a man of truth & veracity. I further state that there is no Court of Record held in the County of Ulster until the first Monday of December next ensuing.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 26. day of Sept. 1834.
N. Ratchlin
G. Brown Judge Jeff Co. Court
I George Brown, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Ulster in the State of New York, do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter before putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & that he states. And I do further certify, that Nathan Ratchlin who has signed the foregoing Certificate, is a resident of the town of Brownville in the County of Ulster & State of New York, is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that John Palmater the applicant declared under oath that he could not write his name but made his mark.
G. Brown Judge Jeff Co. Court

••••• J. CALHOUN, Fancy Job Printer, Watertown, N. Y. •••••
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Jefferson County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, PELEG BURCHARD , Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that George Brown Esqr. _____ before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, _____
was at the date of the same a Judge of Jefferson Common Pleas in and for the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same.—And further, that I am well ac-
quainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
WITNESS my hand and Seal of said County, this Twelfth _____ day of September _____ in the year 1833.
P. Burchard Clerk.
•••••
I am sure am _____ Whitcomb _____

Sara Bennett. Anne Rathbun -
Loy. D. F. Rathbun - called at this office -
~ Mrs J. E. Brown -
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N. Rathbun Esquire Brownville Jefferson County N.Y.

State of New York } Secretary's Office }
Albany November 27. 1833.
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 20 th instant relative to John Palmater a Revolutionary Soldier. On a careful examination of the records in this office I do not find but one person of that name who is returned as having served in the revolution. It appears by the "Military Register" purchased by the State from Alexander Neely in the year 1828 (a copy of which is at Washington) that "Jn o Palmatier" Enlisted as a Private in Capt Smith's Company in the 4 th New York Regiment on the 1 st of August 1780 and was mustered to January 1782. In the return of the officers and privates of the line of this State made by Lieut Michael Connolly Agent for the Troops to obtain their bounty lands and filed in this office on the 5 th of May 1785 and entered on the printed "Balloting Book" (a copy of which is also at Washington) at page 86 "John Palmatier" is returned as a private in Captain Theodosius Fowler's Company in the 2 d New York Regiment commanded by Col Van Cortlandt. On the Balloting Book aforesaid page 42 the name is entered "John Palmeter" and Lot N o 30 in the Township of Senfpronius containing 600 acres was Balloted to him and Letters patent issued for the same dated July 7. 1790. - I found out that the Lot aforesaid was awarded to Samuel Stringer by the Onondaga commissioners in the year 1800 or 1801. - There is no doubt therefore but Palmater conveyed the lot to Dr. Stringer and his deed (I mean the original) was laid before the said commissioners and is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the County of Onondaga or Cayuga probably Cayuga - I did not call on the heirs of Dr. Stringer as I was sure the deed was not in their possession - I believe this is all I can say concerning the said Soldier - Only I wish he may get the pension if he is the right man
Yours respectfully
W m C. Campbell Dep. Secretary
N. Rathbun Esq.

No of orig Payt 1162 2107
Revolutionary Claims.
Treasury Department, 15 March 1834.
John Palmater — of Marysburgh in the County of Fredericksburgh in the King of Upper Canada has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15 th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain Howells company, in the regiment of the first, New York line, and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15 th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15 th of May, 1828, on the Re- -volutionary pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3 rd of March, 1826. Nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
Francis A. Dickinson.
By order of the Secretary.
Treasury Department.
Third Auditor's Office.
18. March 1834
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Palmeter in the New York Line Private It further appears that John Palmeter, a private, was on on the pension list of the New York agency, and had been so since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of $ 5 92 3/4 / 100 dollars per month. — said Pensioner died on the 22 nd January 1832
John H. Agnew And
0158304

Re: 12 March 1834.
5749.
House of Reps.
March 11 th . 1834
Dear Sir
The case of John Paton has been before J. L. Edwards Esq. commission of pension - He was there ascertained to have served for during the war - He is intitled to the benefit of the act of 1828 - I send the papers to you - His name will be found on the roll as late as Nov 1783 - While you make out his certificate & forward to me & oblige
Yours truly
D. N. Andross
James A. Dickinson Esq.

John Palm also this officer to remove his suspension
for the Pension Office
A. Ely
agent

State of New York
Jefferson County - Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Palmater of Marysburgh Upper Canada who being duly sworn according to Law says that he has no record of his age That he was born in Hackensack Dutchess County New York - That he does not remember the year but that he was discharged from service in the Rev. War in the year 1783 and that he was twenty five years old when discharged - That his Father's name was William Palmater - That this Deponent had two brothers - their names were Thomas and William - That he never knew any other John Palmater than him- self except his son now in Marysburgh who is now fifty two years old - That this depo- nent enlisted in July 1779 in Capt Norton's Company Col. Weyenfelt's Regiment - Colo. Weyen- felt resigned a Colonel Philip Cortland took the command and gave me my discharge at Newburgh the 7 th day of Jan 1783 - After Colo. Cortland took the command Doctor Fowler was my Captain - Daniel Denison was my Lieutenant, Hutchinson was adjutant, and Fish was major - My discharge was given to Doctor Stringer of Albany who gave me twelve Dollars and said if he ever got my Land he would see me well satisfied
This deponent has now no means of proving his age except by the affidavit of his wife - but when he returns to Canada will send affidavits of the same - Sworn & subscribed to this 29 th day of Jan 1837 before me
William Wilson, Justice of the Peace John his Palmater mark

State of New York Jefferson County ss
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within named John Palmater, for the last two years. And from his general appearance and enquiries I have made, respecting him I do believe that the said John Palmater is fully entitled to be believed, in whatever he may declare. 27 th January 1837. J. Marinus W. Gilbert Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Palmater within named, and that from his appearance I have no doubt that he is upwards of seventy years old. February 8 th 1837.
J. H. Bronson
I am acquainted with the above named Mannus M c Gilbert & J. H. Bronson. Mr. Gilbert is a gentleman of character & Mr. Bronson is the member of congress that for the district I am representing. D. W. Andwell. Mem. Congress

State of New York, Schoharie County ss
Lydia Palmater the wife of John Palmater being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is now about seventy six or seventy seven years of age, that she has been married to her present husband fifty four years last September - that was married in the Olive Church at Albany by a Priest from Schoharie, whose name she can not Recollect - that my first child was born in the year 1784 and was named John and now resides at Marysburgh in upper Canada - That the father of my husband was named William Palmater - that when I married my present husband and as near as I can now recollect the said William the father of my husband as above mentioned was about seventy years of age - that my opinion as to his age is made from his general appearance at the time I was married and from what I then understood - That the said William Palmater the father of my husband had three children - to wit. Thomas, William & my husband John - That my husband was in the service of the Revolutionary Army at the time I married him - and was discharged on the North River the following year - that the discharge was in my possession - and that I left the said discharge with Doctor Stringer of Albany a few years after - - that my age I know to be at this time 76 or 77 years that my said husband is about three years older than I am - and is now from seventy nine to eighty years of age - that he has always been called John, and that his father was always called William - and that I deponed declared her belief that the said William Palmater the father of her said husband was not in the war of the Revolution - being at that time aged and his sons engaged in the service of the United States - That my said husband was as I was then informed and believed to be then at the capture of Cornwallis
Sworn & subscribed
This 27. Sept. 1837 before me
William W. Gilliam Notary Public
Lydia Palmater mark

State of New York Suffolk County
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace Leonard Starks who being duly sworn says he is twenty one years old - that his mother is the daughter of John Palmater of Marysburgh Upper Canada that the said John Palmater is a ripe aged man and has a son now residing in Marysburgh Upper Canada by the name of John Palmater Jr and he is as I believe about fifty years old - further says not sworn
this 27 th day of Jan y 1837
Leonard his  mark Starks
before me William W. Williams Justice Peace

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov. 13 33
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, shewing the Service of John Palentin
   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.     He thinks May 1779 Enlisted in Col Van Cortlandt's Reg- t after its first service it was Wismfeldt discharged Col Van Cortlandt " Wismfeldt June 1783  
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)                      , who has 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

Cert 1114 No. 4462
Reissues.
Plenty  Plenty  Carded
19015
19015
Name: John Palmater Rank: Serg't Comp'y: Fowler Reg't: N.Y. Line
Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { Comm'g 2d Issue. { Comm'g 3d Issue. { Comm'g
Consolidated with D.W. Knw. File
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { Sent to 2d Issue. { Sent to 3d Issue. { Sent to
Allowed Oct 1828.
ACK 14th July 1862. Blk. G., Vol., Page 19,015. Registering Clerk:
Disability.
For soldiers papers see
all Rejected File # 7914
all papers in S. File 19015. herewith

19015 INVALID.
File No. 19015
John Belmont
Private Revy war maryland line no 11th
Act: May 15 th 28 on ny roll
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 283
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Rev
John. Palmiter
Suspended
let. to A Rathbun
13 Nov. 33
Papers Taken out & delivered to
Hon D. Wardwell
see rec. 8 mar '34
Let to Hon D. Wardwell 23 Feb '37
" " J. M. Alcott " " "
Act 7 June '38

Alfred Canada
New York age
John Palmerston —
Additional Evidence Subt. to Pension Agents to Hon. D. Wardwell Feb. 23 d 1837.

John Palmatier, Albany N.Y., Act May 15. 1828.
Let to H. M. P. G. Gorde H. R. June 2 - 1842.

7.9.14 0. John Palmaterf
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____ , 18
Discharged: _____ , 18
Application filed: _____ , 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
0. _____
Constituted with D.W. Knapp File 19.015

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by S. J. 19015 - Rij 7914
Claim No. S. J. 46312
Certificate No. 1114
Claimant John Palmater
Soldier _____
Service Rev. War.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No other claim found that can be identified with this claim. Rej. 7889 John D. Pal- mateer, not identical.

John Hany Esq 3 rd Auditor Office
John Palmatier a prisoner under the act of 1828 to what time was he paid?
per E. 4 Oct 1835
JH
VL

District of Prince Edward and Province of Upper Canada
Phebe Allison, widow of the late Benjamin Allison being duly sworn says that she is in her sixty eighth year, that she is well acquainted with John Palmater of Marysburgh Upper Canada, and that she knew him before he was married, and while he was in the army of the Revolution - That the said John Palmater was married about a year before the war closed - That this deponent was at the wedding and that the said John Palmater went into the service again after he was married and that his father's name was William and that she knew of no other John Palmater excepting this one who lives in Marysburgh Upper Canada and who was in the Revolutionary Army and further saith Not
Sworn and subscribed before me at Sophia'sburgh in said District and Province aforesaid this 8th day of Feb. 1837 Griffith Howell J.P.
her Phebe Allison mark
I certify that I am well acquainted with the reputation of Mrs Phebe Allison, and that she is a credible Person
Griffith Howell J.P.

Watertown Feby 17. 1836
My dear Sir
A few days since I took the liberty to address you on the subject of John Palmatu a pensioner of the United States, who is suspended from his pension in consequence of information having been given to the Pension Office that he was pensioned as his Father of the same name - I enclose you the affidavits of himself, wife and nephew I have just now recd the affidavits of Mrs Phoebe Allison and Deborah Tompkins taken in Canada, which if true establish the old man's innocence beyond doubt - They are not such as is required by the Department, inasmuch as there is nothing to show that Griffith Howell before whom they were taken is a Justice of the Peace - There is quite a difficulty I believe in making out that fact to the satisfaction of the Pension Office - I hope however they will be received as corroborative of the facts stated in the affidavits above referred to - and hope the whole will do away the impression that he is not the real Simon  Palm - I have known Palmatu above two years - and only believe him to be truly an honest man - I am sorry to trouble you - but his pension is all the living the old man has - I will thank you to take such steps in the case as you think advisable
Hon. D. Woodworth
Truly Yrs Adlai Edg

Nov 182
In-ab
McPalmatn
Act 1828 also add
Am? Nov 5. 1836.
1162
Allowed Nov 1828 Sec 2 # 46.312 Fishes with caw Reg. File # 7914

Watertown N. Y. Oct. 25 1836
Sir
John Palmater of Fredericksburgh Upper Canada was placed on the pension Roll under the Act of May 1828 - One year ago this present fall he came from Canada here and I paid him the full amount of his pension in Cash and took his power of Attorney to obtain it of the pay officer - On the 20 th September last he came here again and gave me a power to obtain his money - this I have not and Mr Shatt informs me that John Palmater is suspended by the War De- partment by letter of Aug 7. 1836 - I will thank you to in- form for what reason Palmater is sus- pended
Yr obed Servt Admiral Ely
St. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions

Re 25 March 1834
5787
House of Reps March 25 th 1834
Sir
Sometime since I sent you the papers of John Paton, who makes application for a pension under the act of '28 - Will you please inform me whether you have made the necessary examination into his case & the result of such examination -
I am respectfully Your obedient
F. A. Dickinson
D. Marshall

Home of Puffs July 16 1827
Leah
my
I send herewith papers designed to answer the objections of the Department. The old man has been cheated out of his pension. His agent Rottburn I understand kept three fourths of it & denied the old man - I wish you would examine this case & let me know the result -
Yours &c
L. D. Barnum
2 2 5

June 1. 1842. Ino P. Palmer
Rev. J. A. Richards Rev. Purvis Purvis Office Washington City
1162 Purvis Ms 2
Cards 1114

Sir
Washington city June 1 st 1842
I again enclose you a letter hoping that from it you may be enabled to give the desired information. The letter does not exactly state at what agency the Pension was paid, but it comes very near it. I hope you will be able to furnish the desired information for the benefit of my friend to whom it is so important.
Very respectfully
Your Most Obedt Servt P. G. Goode
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. Pensions.
Please return me the inclosed letter.

John Palmatus - made his decl n 26 Sept 1833, then resided in Marysburgh, Fredericksburgh Co. in Upper Canada -
paid to 4 Sept 1841

District of Prince Edward and Province of Upper Canada }
Deborah Tomkins widow of the Late James aka Tomkins being duly Sworn according to Law doth on her Oath say that she is 65 years old that she is well acquainted with John Palmater of Marysburgh in said District and that she knew him before he moved into Canada and all the family, that his Father's name was William Palmater and that there was no other John Palmater. Excepting the Present John of Marysburgh who is a Pintioner as I understand, this Depo- nant further saith that the above named John Palmater has a Son named John & this Deponant further saith not. - - - -
Sworn and subscribed before me at Sophiaburgh in the said District and Province afore said this 8 th Day of February 1837
Deborah Tomkins mark
Griffith Howell J.P.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Palmatier, Isaac GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7610 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 24, 1791 to Resolve Waldron, 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.