Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20328, Samuel Berry, New York

SERVICE
New York
Berry, Samuel
NUMBER
R. 20328
CONTENTS

(3-224.)
No. 20328
REJECTED
, Ex'r.
OLD WAR WIDOW.
Shoals
Samuel Perry Serg't Col Van Courtland N Y Line
Died at _____
other claim.
, 18
New Jacket
Clerk.
Application filed: _____
, 18
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Evidence in subfolder
Oct 1828

Declaration for Pension Samuel Perry

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,
3 Dec. 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Samuel Berry 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.
A. Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department!
Bounty land office
The records of this office do not show that Samuel Berry of the New York line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor
9 Decr. 1828

Revolutionary Claims
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 18 th of May 1828 I Samuel Berry of the Town of Brutus in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution in and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a Sergeant in Col Van Cortlandt's regiment of the New York Line and that I served the most part of the time as a guide to the Army. 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 5 th day of August in the Year 1828 Samuel Berry
Before me Henry Van Liew  Henry Van Liew one of the Justices of the peace in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York personally appeared this day Hiram Glan d and Ira J. Woolley of the said County who did severally make oath that Samuel Berry 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 5 th day of August in the year 1828 sworn before me Henry Van Liew Justice of the Peace. Hiram Glan Ira J. Woolley

State of New York Clerks office Cayuga County
I Abraham Gridley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby Certify that Henry Van Pines Esq. is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County, duly Commissioned and sworn as such Justice, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "Henry Van Pine" subscribed to the within affidavit to be genuine, and in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County of Cayuga this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Eight
A. Gridley Clerk

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Sept. 13. 1828.
Samuel Berry, of Brant, in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York, 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 does not state 's company, in the Coltham's regiment of the New York 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.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
19 th September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Samuel Berry in the
It further appears that Samuel Berry  not is now on the pension list of the any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of Samuel Berry cannot be found among those of the New York line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued -
John Hagner And

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Samuel Berry - Supt -
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Evidence insufficient Sept 1820
No record
New York
Rec 12/20/20
No Record, Ref or old Books -
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Imal. file no (12138) (don't file)
23,568 7712
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Rejected Ex'r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20328 cm
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Samuel Berry Sergt Col Van Courtland N Y Line
REJECTED
Died at _____
other claim.
_____, 187____
Clerk.
Application filed: _____, 18____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Evidence insufficient Act 1828
Ex'r.
Date.