Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40814, Samuel Callender, Continental (Penn.) Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Penn.) Va.
Callender, Samuel
S. 40814
CONTENTS

10 823
Pennsylvania R
Samuel Callender
of Greenfield in the state of Pennsylvania was a private in the regiment commanded by Col. Lewis of the Virginia Key Pa. line the term of 1 yr 10 months
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on 1 of April 1818
Pension issued the 19 of May 1819 to Honble John Murray Esq, Northumberland Co. Penn:
to 4th of March 1819. 10 mos \frac{17}{30} + \frac{4}{31} . 85.56 si-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819 48-
$ 133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled

State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
On this fourteenth day of April A.D. 1818.
before me the Subscriber President Judge of the 11th Judicial District of the State of Pennsylvania personally appears Samuel Callender the Elder aged sixty two years & three months resident in Greenfield in the said County of Luzerne and State aforesaid, 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 late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That he the said Samuel Callender enlisted in the State of Virginia in the company of Capt. John Hays (Lieut. Andrew Moore) of the Ninth Virginia Regt. commanded by Col. Lewis in the year 1776 that he continued to serve in that said corps one year and ten months that he then enlisted in Col: Mclane's Regiment of light Dragoons and served in that Corps nearly three years that he received a furlough and discharge at the same time from Col: Mclane which paper was used when he got his land from the State of Virginia that he was at the Battle of Brandywine in the Battle of Red Bank and several smaller engagements with the enemy - And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services -
Samuel Callender
I Subscriber sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid at Wilkes-Barre in the County of Luzerne
W. Burbridge
I the undersigned President Judge of the 11th Judicial District of the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Callender did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the before mentioned act of Congress.
W. Burbridge
To The Honble. John C. Calhoun Esq. Secy of War.

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne aforesaid do certify and make known That Thomas Burnside Esquire is and was at the time of signing and taking the foregoing Deposition and certifying the same President Judge of the eleventh Judicial District of the State of Pennsylvania that the signature is his proper hand writing and that full credit and faith are due to his official acts as such In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Wilkes Barre in the County aforesaid in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen 20th day of April.
Andrew Beaumont Protho n

State of Pennsylvania Luzern County ss
Before me Jesse Fell Esquire one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Enos Brown Junior who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he the deponent served for some time as a soldier in the revolutionary war that about the year 1779 he became acquainted with the within named Samuel Callender and that the said Samuel was at that time a soldier in the army of the United States and attached to the Regiment then commanded by Col. Miland and stationed at that time at Pound Ridge in the County of Westchester and State of New York, that the said Samuel Callender served in the army for at least two years to the knowledge of this deponent and how much longer the deponent does not know neither does he now recollect the Company to which the said Callender was attached
Sworn & Subscribed Before me Jan. 27. 1819
Enos Brown Junr.
Jesse Fell
John Miller being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with the within named Samuel Callender and with his circumstances and that the said Callender is to the best of this deponent's knowledge and belief in indigence, and reduced circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his Country for support.
Sworn & Subscribed Before me Jan. 27. 1819

Sam Gallander
Virginia
[Faint, illegible handwriting]
Inadmissible see page 125
Found on Virginia Rolls — Admitted
Not on Rolls 3

Pennsylvania. Luzern County ss
I Jesse Fell one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Samuel Callender did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in his declaration and that he is in reduced and indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. I further certify that the within named Thomas Burnside since making the within Certificate has resigned his Office of Present Judge etc. and removed from the County
Jesse Fell

State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss 3 on the tenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court being a Court being a Court of Record to wit the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne in the State aforesaid Samuel Callender aged sixty four years resident in the township of Greenfield in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly affirmed according to law doth on his solemn affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows in the Company commanded by Capt John Hays in the ninth Virginia Regiment commanded by Col Thomas Lewis and Lieut Col George Matthews for the space of one year and ten months he the deponent having enlisted for two years and resided for three years and two months before the expiration of the term that on his second enlistment for three years he served for two years and ten months in the Company commanded by Capt John Reed and Col Stephen Millard's Light Dragoons and was honorably discharged all which services are more particularly stated in Affirmants original Declaration dated the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen now in War Department that he is now on the pension list at eight dollars per month by Certificate dated on the same tenth day of May 1829 and numbered ten thousand eight hundred and twenty three And the above named Samuel Callender do further solemnly declare and affirm that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 10th day of March 1828 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 so 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 1828 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 contained in the annexed Schedule annexed hereto and by me subscribed to wit Schedule of Real and personal property of Samuel Callender above named
 50 Acres of land in Greenfield township a/c the whole well and in a state of nature except four acres of meadow no grain has ever been raised on it nor are there any buildings on it of any description valued at three dollars per acre $150 - 1 small house valued at 40, 2 Cows Do at $15 ea 30, 2 Sheep Do $1.50 ea $3.00 1 yoke of Oxen lately purchased and not yet paid for per 45 - 5 old chairs $2 - 1 Table $1 - one set Tea cups 50 cts 1/2 doz Knives & forks $1 - 1/2 doz plates 40 cts 1 pot & 1 Pitch $3 - other small articles $3 (count out) $10.90 (Total Amt) $278.90 
Affirmant owes debts besides for the Oxen about 30. over

Land, Ballenders
Mrs 
not entitled
10823
19 May 1879

Affirmant is a farmer — From his age and badly infirmity he is unable to labor at hard work, has had seven Children all of whom are married and live by themselves. Has a wife aged sixty five years. He and his wife live with their youngest son and have the privilege of our rooms in his house.
The whole of the above Affirmant to and declared & subscribed in Open Court this the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Callender
A. Beaumont Pithy
State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss. I Andrew Beaumont Pithy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (being a Court of Record) do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original Oath & Schedule filed among the Records of this Court and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total value of the property contained in said Schedule is two hundred seventy five dollars ninety cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Wilkes-Barre this 25th day of August A.D. 1870.
A. Beaumont Pithy

November 22, 1937.
Mr. M. Roy London Colby Junior College New London, New Hampshire.
BA-J/ILL am Samuel Callender S. 40814
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, Samuel Callender, whose wife was Martha Slossen, and state, also, that he received a pension from the United States Government.
The record has been found of only one Samuel Callender who received a pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. The data given herein are shown in the papers on file in that claim, S. 40814.
The date and place of birth, and the names of the parents of Samuel Callender are not shown.
Samuel Callender enlisted in Virginia, in 1776, and served one year and ten months as a private in Captain John Hays' company, Colonel Thomas Lewis' Virginia regiment. He then enlisted in Pennsylvania, and served two years and ten months as a sergeant in Captain John Heard's company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Continental Dragoons. He was at the surrender of General Burgoyne, in the battle of Monmouth, and in several small skirmishes.
After the war, he resided in Wallkill, Orange County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, while a resident of Greenfield, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, aged sixty-two years and three months.
About 1778, while in the neighborhood of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, the soldier married. One David Slauson, of Orange
10 K - Mrs. Finch

County, New York, in 1828, stated that said Samuel Callender married his aunt, but did not state her name, and that they remained near Stamford during the winter.
In 1820, the soldier and his wife, aged sixty-five years, were living in Greenfield, Pennsylvania, with their youngest son, whose name is not shown. The soldier then had seven children, all married, and he was referred to as Samuel Callender, the elder.
It is shown also that Samuel Callender received 100 acres of land from the State of Virginia on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
This pensioner was dropped on acct. of property in 1820 - A.B.- Not on 1828 - L of War.

mead y
40 814
May 6'96 Doed Reued to Chas L Middletown N SWD
Rev INVALID.
tory - Horton nu
File No. 40 814
Apr. 15 1897 His to Mrs. Sarah A. 25 Highland Ave Middletown, N.Y.
Samuel Callender Rev Rev
1915 Dec. 30. Hist. to John E. Baker. ♀
1923 Sept. 11 Hist. to Mrs. Wil. bur A. Jones. mmst F.
1924 Sept. 29 Hist. to Alfred E. Lister mmst F.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
1929 Oct 9 - Hist. to Mrs Bessie M. Right mne Ed
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 78
1933 Apr. 29 Hist. to Hettie Fisher. A.N.Y.
1937 - Nov. 22 - Hist. to M. Roy London - L.L.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

see letter April 25. 1829 to the Secretary of the Treasury.
See letter 29 July 1825 to A Beaumont.
Modification sent October 11. 1820 to Samuel Dale Lancaster Lancaster Co. Pa. Return Dec 6. 1820 & sent to
Andrew Beaumont Dec 7. 1820. W. H. Keilance Rev.

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Samuel Calhender.
A Dithmars Esq r
Office of the Secretary of the Treasury

Sir
Washington July 8, 1828
An old neighbour of mine, has sent me the enclosed papers claiming a pension under the late act of Congress; & has authorized me to receive the pay it. But it would be attended with some trouble to receive & remit him the money, & I have informed him that I had declined attending to it.
I had no knowledge of Mr. Calder until 7 or 8 years after the end of the war. Mr. Beaumont who testified to his revolutionary services is the postmaster of Washington, an intelligent & respectable man.
I am sir
your obed Servt Abm Bradley
A Dickins Esq

McRae Dam 8 July 23
Free
Abraham Bradly Esq Washington City Da

Wilkes-Barre July 1 1878
Abraham Bradley Esqr
From the recommendation of
Judge Hollenback I have presumed to authorize you to receive my pension under the late act of Congress. Aaron Ogden and others claim a certain percentage to wit 5 per cent on an estimated amt ($2000. for a private and 3000 for a Captain) for certain services performed in procuring the passage of said Act. Not understanding this claim precisely and thinking the demand a novel one to say the least of it I have preferred to authorize yourself to assist in placing my name upon the Register and request you to pay to Mr Aaron Ogden five dollars compensate yourself for your trouble and transmit the

balance to me by mail to "Greenville" Luzerne County Pennsylvania.
Your Obedt & humble serv t
Samuel Callender

State of New York County of Orange
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ss. Benjamin Brown of Goshen in the County of Orange being duly sworn deposeth and saith, That he this deponent is acquainted with Samuel Callender and was acquainted with him during the revolutionary war that he the said Samuel Callender served in Col. Miles Regiment of light dragoons that this deponent knows that the said Samuel Callender served in the said Regiment in the County of Westchester in the State of New York and in the State of Connecticut for more than two years and that he this deponent has been acquainted with the said Samuel Callender ever since that period, that the said Samuel Callender has lived for some time since the revolutionary war in Wallkill in the County of Orange and State of New York and that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania as the deponent is informed and believes, and further saith not.
Benjamin Brown
Sworn the tenth day of Decr. 1828 before me
Joseph Chattle Justice of the Peace in the County of Orange & State of New York

Booths of Benjamin Prudence

I Atty Dunning Clerk of the Court of the County of Orange in the State of New York do hereby certify that Joseph Chattle before whom the within affida- vit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer Oaths—
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 12 th day of December 1838.
Atty Dunning Clerk

S Callender - 421. Recd 24 Feb 1829.
France
Mr Richard Rush Esq.
Washington City
Greenville Pa Feb 7 1829

State of New York Orange County
Re d 26 Dec 1828
On the 13 th of Decem- ber 1828 came before me a justice of the Peace of said county David Stawson Stawson to me known as a man of truth & veracity who up- on his affirmation  oath declares that he was acquainted with Samuel Callen- der during the Revolutionary War that in the fall of the year he came into the neighborhood as a forage master marked an account of this deponent staid all winter & in the spring rejoined his corps to wit a company of Light Dragoons commanded by Capt Heard in Col. Miles's Regiment. That he con- tinued in the army until the next fall when he returned as this deponent un- derstands & believes upon furlough which was in the year 1779 or 1780. This deponent further states that he resided at that time in Stamford Fairfield County & State of Con- necticut near what was then called the "Lines" That singe the said Callender resided for several years in the town of Wallkill in the county of Orange aforesaid and thence since that in the State of Penn- sylvania. The said deponent upon re- flection & calculation believes that when the said Callender came back upon fur- lough the year 1781 Affirmed Stawson & subscribed the days year aforesaid
David Stawson
J. W. Elliott J.P.

Affirmation of David Flannery

Dec 8 1828
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of the County of Orange in the State of New York do hereby certify that Horace W Elliott before whom the within affidavit or affirma- was taken was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer Oaths -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 13 th day of December 1828 -
Asa Dunning Clerk

S. Callender 4211.
1839.

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
October 13
1820.
10823
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. S. Edwards
To Mr.
Samuel Callender Greenfield Luzerne County, Pa

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 22 April 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Samuel Callender under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, or other evidence was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
23 Apl
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
D. H. Ingham
See letter from W. Sept. 25 April 1829.

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Samuel Callender of Greenfield in the county of Luzerne in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Sergeant in Captain John Herd's Company, in the fourth Regiment, of the light dragoons (Col Milan ) Pennsylvania Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
Witness my hand, this first day of July , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight Samuel Callender
Before me, ‡ John Myers one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Luzerne , in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, Samuel Callender and Andrew Beaumont of the said county, who did severally make oath that Samuel Callender by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this first day of July , in the year 1828 John Myers Justice of the Peace
I, Charles D Shoemaker Clerk of the Court of the County of Luzerne in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify, that John Myers before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [r. s.] said Court, this first day of July 1828
C. D. Shoemaker Clerk
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
6 September 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Samuel Callender , under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
Richard Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
Penn a Line - not returned
War Department
Bounty Land Office
15 Sep 1828.
Samuel Callender a soldier of the Penn a Line, is not returned as entitled to Land from the W. States, or has a Warrant issued for him -
E. Stephens

Greenfield Feb 16 - 1829
Mr R Rust Esq
Dear Sir I received your note dated 14 Nov 1828
which informs me that I fail in getting a pension unless I could make more proof. & I have found two witnesses living in the State of New York & their testimony I have forwarded to you which is all the proof I can make only my furlow or discharge which I received from Colonel Stephen Milam which I suppose is in the Military Land office in Virginia & where the office is kept I know not my last Enlistment was in Pennsylvania under Major Washington John Reed of New Jersey was my Capt & in Colonel Milams Regiment I received eighty Dollars Bounty Continental Money worth but little - & when I supposed my time nearly out I requested my Discharge Colonel M. said he had none in his Regiment But what was listed for three years or during the war & he gave me the above stated furlow - Now Dear Sirs will You be so kind as to let an old infirm Soldier know whether he is entitled to a pension or not - I am now Seventy three years old & am past labour & have a family to support - through fraud I lost all the Depreciation money which was my Due - Eighty pounds in Virginia & thirty Pold. pounds in Pennsylvania & like others I parted with my Soldier right for little or nothing such has been my misfortune as a Soldier till eighteen hundred & eighteen & nineteen Congress gave me a pension But because I was in possession of a little property I was Deprived receiving it any more

What I then possessed I suppose is on Record in your office & I now possess no more than I did then
Yours with great esteem -
Samuel Fallender
Exxon - my furlow which I received from Colonel Milan was a furlow & Discharge until called for But the Army Marched to the South & joined Colonel Morgan & I was not called again to that army But I volunteered in Connecticut & was actual in service during the war.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 28. 1828.
Samuel Coallender, of Greenfield, — in the County of Luzerne, — in the State of Pennsylvania, 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 15th 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 Herd — 's company, in the 10th regiment of the Light Dragoons of Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing,
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
+ Virginia.
See letter from War Dept 25 April 1829.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
1. August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to — in the —
It further appears that — is now on the pension list of the — agency, and has been so since the — at the rate of — dollars per month.
The name of Samuel Coallender cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom certificates were issued for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars —
P. Hagner And
The claimant's name cannot be found in the Virginia line —
3. Auditor's Office.
27. April 1829
P. H.
correct

General Land Offic.
28 April 1829.
It appears from the List of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Offic. at Richmond Va that Samuel Ballinder is stated to have been a Soldier for three years, & as such a Warrant for 100 acres was issued in his name
Wm. Graham Commissioner

Revolutionary Claims.
[C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Samuel Callender of Greenfield in the county of Luzerne in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint Abraham Bradley, of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a Sergeant in the fourth regiment of the Pennsylvania line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this first day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight  Sealed and delivered } in the presence of } Samuel Callender [L. S.]
John Myers  Affidavit
Before me, John Myers a Justice of the Peace in the county of Luzerne in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared, this day, Samuel Callender whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this first day of July in the year 1828
Luzerne County ss  John Myers Justice of the Peace
I, Charles D Shoemaker Clerk of the Court of the county of Luzerne in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that John Myers before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this first day of July in the year 1828 [L. S.]
C. D. Shoemaker Clerk
[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, _____ a Justice of the Peace in the county of _____ in the _____ of _____ the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this _____ day of _____ in the year _____
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of the County of _____ in the State of _____ do hereby certify, that _____ before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this _____ day of _____ [L. S.]

CHARLES L. MEAD, COUNTY TREASURER.
The Treasurer can be consulted evenings at his residence, 24 Mulberry St., Middletown, N. Y.
OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER OF ORANGE COUNTY.
Goshen, N. Y., April 30 1896
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Please give me the military record of Samuel Calender in Revolutionary war. Think he drew a pension & was from Virginia. was born in Virginia died in Pennsylvania.
Yours Respectfully Chas. L. Mead Middletown Orange Co N.Y.
WM
OWM

Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington - D.C.
Will you kindly give me information of Samuel Callender , born in Pa. April 10 th 1756. died in Pa. March 12 th 1830. Anything in regard to his Military record will be gladly

Received -
Yours very truly, Mrs. Sarah A. Horton. 25 Highland Ave. Middletown Or. Co. - New York,
March 18 th / 1897.
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Rev. War. HW 1
RAYMOND E. VAN SYCKLE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 1729 FORD BUILDING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Dec. 20, 1915
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please advise Revolutionary War service and family data contained in Pension file:-----
Samuel Callender (1756-1830) pensioned Apr. 14, 1818 to May 19, 1819; dropped per act May 1, 1820.
Respectfully yours,
John E. Baker

Klamath Falls - Oregon July 18 - 1923.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Guillem:-
I am a great grand-daughter of Samuel Calender who served as fifer in the Rev. War. He was a very young man at that time. He probably served in Crapo's Regiment, N. Y. Militia.

He also served as fifer in the- war of 1812 in Capt Kezekiah Barns, Jr.'s Company of Infantry, 4th Regiment (Williams), Vermont Militia.
Is there any record in your office that will help me to get official proof of his service in the Revolution? I wish to join the D.A.R., on this record.
Thanking you in advance for any information you can give, I am yours very truly (Mrs. Wilbur A.) Nellie Rose Jones

TIP-TOP COAL COMPANY
613-615 BROOKS BUILDING
SCRANTON, PA.
MINES SCOTCH VALLEY, PA.
Sept. 6- 1924
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir - I understand that one of Mrs. Lister's ancestors, Samuel Callender, born 1757 in Virginia received a pension about 1818 but that pension was discontinued in 1820. If so will you kindly supply me with copy of his application for pension?
Respectfully yours Alfred E. Lister.

201 Mantua Ave., Wenonah, N.J.
Aug. 4, 1929.
War Dept., Office of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, -
Will you kindly send me the record of Nathaniel Tuthill an officer in the Revolutionary war also of Samuel Callender , private from Virginia? Nathaniel Tuthill I believe was from New York State.
I am desirous of having this information as it is my wish to join the Daughters of the Revolution and I have been told this is the first step toward joining this organization.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly,
(Mrs). Bessie M. Rightmire

Greensburg, Pa. April 25, 1933
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Could you tell me if Samuel Callender recieved a Pension for Revolutionary Services He was a Private in Corp. and Sgt. He was born 1756 died March 30, 1830 at Scranton, Pa. his wife was Martha Slawson I wanted to know from where he served and in whose Company I do not know where he lived during the War.
Yours truly
Hettie Fisher 505 Tremont Avenue. Greensburg, Pa.
Hettie Fisher

COLBY JUNIOR COLLEGE
NEW LONDON NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nov 9, 1937
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am trying to trace my ancestry for membership into the Sons of the American Revolution. I am the great great grandson of Samuel Callender my own and Martha Slossen his wife.
Samuel Callender was in the Revolutionary War. I am told was Washington's Body guard. There is a Monument in Washington in his memory.
Can you give me the dates of birth, marriage and death of these two people.
You will find in the records that Samuel Callender received a pension and then returned it to the Government.
Very truly Yours
M. Roy London

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. I. 40814.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
May 6th, 1896.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Samuel Callender, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 10th, 1818 at which time he was residing at Greenfield, Penna., and 62 years of age, and his pension was allowed for one year and ten months' actual service as a private in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. John Hays and Col. Lewis. He enlisted from the State of Virginia.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Charles L. Mead,
Middletown, New York.
Orange Co.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
I. 40814.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 15, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Samuel Callender, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 10, 1818, at which time he was 62 years of age and residing at Greenfield, Penna., and his pension was allowed for one year and ten months' actual service as a private in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Hays and Col. Lewis. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Sarah A. Horton,
25 Highland Avenue,
Middletown, N. Y.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Callender 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. 40,814
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 { 1 yr. 10 m. Pri. John Hays Thomas Lewis 9 th Va.   2 yrs. 10 m. Sergt. John Heard Stephen Moylan 4 th Continental Dragoons.        
Battles engaged in, capture of Burgoyne, Mon. & smaller engagements not specified.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. 1 st in Va. 2 nd in Penn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 14, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Greenfield, Luzerne Co., Penn.
Age at date of application, 62 yrs. & 3 mos.
Remarks: After the war he resided at Wallkill, N.Y. He had seven children, in 1820 he & his wife at 65 yrs. resided in Greenfield Twp. with their youngest son - no names stated. Soldier was called Samuel Callender the elder.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Copied from M. M. H. B. hist.
April 29, 1933.
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BA-J/ADY S.40814 Samuel Callender
Miss Hettie Fisher, 505 Tremont Avenue, Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Samuel Callender, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, S.40814, based upon his military service in that war.
Samuel Callender enlisted in Virginia in 1776 and served as a private one year and ten months in Captain John Hays' Company, Colonel Thomas Lewis' Virginia Regiment; he then enlisted in Pennsylvania and served as a sergeant two years and ten months in Captain John Heard's Company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Continental Dragoons. He was at the capture of Burgoyne and battle of Monmouth.
After the war he resided at Wallkill, Orange County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818 while a resident of Greenfield, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, aged sixty-two years and three months.
At the time of his marriage about 1778 he was a resident of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He had seven children who in 1820 were all married, and at that date soldier referred to his youngest son of Greenfield, Pennsylvania, with whom he and his wife aged sixty-five years were then living. No names are stated. Soldier was called Samuel Callender the elder.
The above noted is the only soldier named Samuel Callender found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section NHS/eal
October 9, 1929
Mrs. Bessie M. Rightmire 201 Mantua Avenue Wenonah, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.40816, it appears that Samuel Callender enlisted in Virginia in 1776 and served as a private one year and ten months in Captain John Hays' Company, Colonel Thomas Lewis' Virginia Regiment; he then enlisted in Pennsylvania and served as a sergeant two years and ten months in Captain John Heard's Company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Continental Dragoons. He was at the capture of Burgoyne and battle of Monmouth.
After the war he resided at Wallkill, Orange County, New York. He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818 while a resident of Greenfield, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania aged sixty-two years and three months.
At the time of his marriage about 1778 he was a resident of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He had seven children who in 1820 were all married, and at that

date soldier referred to his youngest son of Greenfield, Pennsylvania with whom he and his wife aged sixty-five years were then living. No names stated. Soldier was called Samuel Callender the elder.
The above noted is the only soldier named Samuel Callender found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
Searched & copied By E.E.L.

September 29, 1924
Alfred E. Lister 613-615 Brooks Bldg., Scranton, Penn.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 40816 it appears that Samuel Callender enlisted in Virginia in 1776 and served as a private one year and ten months in Captain John Hays' Company, Colonel Thomas Lewis' Virginia Regiment; he then enlisted in Pennsylvania and served as a sergeant two years and ten months in Captain John Heard's Company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Continental Dragoons. He was at the capture of Burgoyne and battle of Monmouth.
After the war he resided at Wallkill, Orange County, New York. He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818 while a resident of Greenfield, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania aged sixty-two years and three months.
At the time of his marriage about 1778 he was a

resident of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He had seven children who in 1820 were all married, and at that date soldier referred to his youngest son of Greenfield, Pennsylvania with whom he and his wife aged sixty-five years were then living. No names stated. Soldier was called Samuel Callender the elder.
The above noted is the only soldier named Samuel Callender found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

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September 11, 1923
Mrs. Wilbur A. Jones Klamath Falls, Ore.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 40814 it appears that Samuel Callender enlisted in Virginia in 1776 and served as a private one year and ten months in Captain John Hays' Company, Colonel Thomas Lewis' Virginia Regiment; he then enlisted in Pennsylvania and served as a Sergeant two years and ten months in Captain John Heard's Company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Continental Dragoons. He was at the capture of Burgoyne and battle of Monmouth.
After the war he resided at Wallkill, Orange County, New York. He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818 while a resident of Greenfield, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania aged sixty-two years and three months.
At the time of his marriage about 1778 he was

a resident of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He had seven children who in 1820 were all married, and at that date soldier referred to his youngest son of Greenfield, Pennsylvania with whom he and his wife aged sixty-five years were then living. No names stated. Soldier was called Samuel Callender the elder. The above noted is the only soldier names Samuel Callender found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.