Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21012, Peter De Mass, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.) De Mass, Peter or Dumas or Dumass
W 21012 B.L.Ht. 1617-100
CONTENTS
Mary

1770
New York, Albany
Mary Dumas
N. Y.
widow of Peter Dumas
who was a Matross
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
4 th day of Sept 1843
and sent to S. W. Brewster
Hannibal
N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 105
Rep.
Rate of death out m cap

12.076R New York
Peter De Masi
of Sterling in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sam C. of the New York line, for the term of Two Years 1781
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 29 of April 1818
ertificate of Pension issued the 21 st of June 1819 and sent to Hon. Daniel D. D. D. Bath New York
arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 81.83 emi-anl. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48.00 Mo. 2/4 30 31 $129.83
continued { Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. } 30 Sep. and Dec. 9 th 1820 to John Grover Auburn File Sep. 19 N.Y.K.

State of New York
Cayuga County ss. On this twenty ninth day of April Eighteen hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber, first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga aforesaid, personally appears Peter De Mass, aged sixty two years, resident in the town of Sterling in said County, who being by me 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." that the said Peter De Mass enlisted in the Town of Salem in the State of Massachusetts in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, in the Company commanded by Captain Frewell in the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. Crane for three years, that at the expiration of the said three years, he enlisted as a private Soldier at West point in the State of New York into the Regiment of Artillery in the service of the United States, commanded by Col. John Lamb for during the War, and that he served in said Lamb's Regiment till the Close of the War, when he was regularly discharged at West point aforesaid in the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty three; 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.
Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
E. Miller
PETER DEMASS

I Elijah Miller first Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Peter De Moll 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 aforesaid mentioned act of Congress — Dated April 29. 1818.
E. Miller
I certify that I am acquainted with Peter De Moll the applicant above named, and am satisfied that he is in indigent circumstances & needs the assistance of his country for support — January 9 th 1818
E. Miller first Judge of Common Pleas County State of New York
State of New York } County of Cayuga } I hereby certify that the Hon. Elijah Miller before whom the preceding Affidavit appears to be made is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County acting under the authority of this State and that his Signature thereto subscribed is Genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County this twenty ninth day of April 1818.
E. T. Throop Clerk

Peter DeWitt Private of Warrenton Lamb N. York See Regt Roll
Admitted
Peter DeWitt 29 April
Admitted
Inadmissible
marked

De Mafos Peter Dennis
W. 10/7/19 June 1819
Em

Schedule
17 acres of Land in Lot No 19 Sterling in the County of Cayuga valued By the Town assessors under oath at $3. per acre the Land being poor History 51-00
  2 Cows Valued at 21-00 Am't Put up- 155-05   1 Yoke oxen 5 Years old 50-00 $206.05   2 Steers 2 - do 26-00   1 Yoke old heifer 7-00 deduct oxen 50   2 Calves 4-00 $156-5   13 Sheep 13-00   4 Hogs 5-00   9 Hens 1-12 1/2   1 Pigs & 1 Hams 7-00   1 Wood Clock 4-00   1 Chain & Yoke 3-50   1 ox Sled 1-50 Amt of debts which I owe   2 Hoes 1-25 To the Heirs of Solomon's   1 Grass Scythe 0-75 Southfield 50-00   2 Small iron Kettles 2-50 Interest 21 Years 64-00   1 Large do 3-00 To John Demas for my own 50-00   1 Pitch fork 0-50 John McFadden 15-00   6 Cups & Saucers 0-25 John Cooper 4-00   4 Plates & 2 Saucers 0-50 Daniel Hawks 2-50   Platters John Ireland 1-50   2 Pails of Brimstone 0-37 1/2 Francis Demas 5-00   3 Tin Cups 0-18 $192-00   1 Spider Hay fork 1-25   1 Meal Barrel 0-62   3 Dry Casks 0-75   155-05 
Peter Demas

State of New-York, } ss. Cayuga County, }
ON this 5 th day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county, vir the July Term of Common Pleas  Peter Demays aged 74 years, resident in the Town of Sterling in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:
That he served five years in the revolutionary war vir he enlisted at West Point vir during the war in the Company Commanded by Captain right Col J. Lamb's Regt that he served part of the time as a Life Guard to Genl Washington  was discharged the year 1783 at West Point No 12.076 his original declaration was made 29 th day of April 1818 Pension Certificate
And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby 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, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed
I do further solemnly swear that vir by occupation a Carpenter That By reason of a Rheumatic Complaint am unable to follow my said occupation That my family consists my wife Mary aged 58 Years She is partly deprived of her Eye Sight That I have three Children being my Grand Children vir Jasper aged 16 Years Isaac aged 8 Years & Hannah 12 Years that reside with me Signed (Peter Demays)
Sworn to, and declared, on the
5 th day of July 1820 before
John Beardsley Judge Cayuga Com Pleas
I, James Glover clerk of Cayuga County do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 206 dollars and 05 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 5 th day of July 1820
James Glover
Clerk of the Court for the County of Cayuga

Peter Dumas N o 1617

Jasper Duneer Power of Attorney
from the Hon Gershom Powers

State of New York, Cayuga County, ss. Know all men by these presents that I Jasper Dumas do hereby constitute and appoint Gershon Powers Esq. to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the proper officer of the war department (bounty land office) of the United States a warrant for the quantity of lands due to me as the heir at law of the late Peter Dumas de- ceased and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purpose above expressed.
Jasper Dumas
Dated Jan 11 th 1830.
Before me John Grover personally appeared the above named Jasper Dumas (to me known to be to be the person he therein represents himself to be) subscriber to the foregoing power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed, this 11 th Jan 1830 John Grover Justice of the peace

State of New York
County of Cayuga Co. On this sixteenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred & forty One personally appeared before Mr Augustus D Ferris one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Cayuga Mary Dumas a resident of the Town of Sterling - in said County of Cayuga aged Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, did on her oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the provision Made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows" - That she is the Widow of Peter Dumas who was a private Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served in said War as such private for and on behalf of the Government of the United States - That her former said husband Peter Dumas was born as appears from an entry Made in a family Record in the possession of deponent & which she believes to be true & correct, on the 25 th day of November nineteen hundred & fifty six That her late husband said Peter Dumas died at his residence in Sterling in said County on the 13 th day of August 1825 - That prior to his death but at what time this deponent cannot state, the said Peter Dumas obtained the benefit of some of the Pension Laws of the United States and a Pension Certificate was duly issued & granted to him - giving him for his said pension Ninety Six Dollars per Annum - That during the balance of his life after receiving said Certificate from the Pension Office - said Peter Dumas com
18 Aug 1841

timed to draw his Pension till his death the 13 th day of August 1825 - That the balance of his Pension after his death was drawn and as deponent is unable to find the said Certificate she presumes & believes that said Pension Certificate was returned to and is now in the Pension Office at Washington City.
She further declares that she was mar- ried to the said Peter Durney on the eleventh day of June 1786 at Stillwater in the County of Saratoga in said State & that her husband the aforesaid Peter Durney died on the 13 th day of August 1825 - That she was not married to him prior to his having the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, nineteen hundred & ninety four, viz, at the time above stated. That said marriage was solemnized in presence of several wit- nesses but this deponent does not know that any one of said witnesses are now living and does not know that she can produce any person who can testify to her marriage. That she has in her possession no family Record of said marriage that was made at the time of her marriage but she has a Record that was made as near as she can now recollect & state forty years ago - This Record ever since it was made has been in the possession of deponent & was made at her request - That it contains the names & ages of deponents Parents, Brothers, Sisters

1788 It and is hereto attached - That she believes all the entries made in said Annexed family record to have been truly & correctly entered - That ever since her marriage with said Peter Durnaf, deponent and said Peter Durnaf lived together as Man & wife until his death as above stated and during said term this deponent had seven Children by her said husband - of whom six are still living - That her first Child was a Son and is still living and is fifty three years of age and that said Annexed record gives a true account of the names & ages of her Children. That deponent has never been married to any other Man than Peter Durnaf and has not been married since the death of said Peter Durnaf. That she cannot state that six of her children are still living - as she has not heard from some of them for a long time and their residence is out of this State but when she last heard from them they were living -
That Deponent is quite infirm and confined (most of the time) to her house and unable to ride a great distance from her house - That the only Court House in said County of Linn is at thirty miles distant from deponent's residence and deponent does not feel able to ride that distance to make this declaration
Mary her X Durnaf Mark

Sworn to & subscribed on the day of year A.D. 1811 - And I hereby Certify that said Mary Denny's from bodily infirmity is unable to attend any of the Courts of Record held in said County of Cayuga. Before Said Mary Denny's not being able to write her Name made her mark after taking the oath in my presence -
Augustus F. Ferris One of the Judges of Cayuga County Courts
State of New York
Cayuga County ss: Joseph Bunnell being duly sworn doth depose & say that he resides in Sterling in said County of Cayuga & has resided in said Town about thirty years years - that he is seventy three years of age and was well acquainted with Peter Denny's now deceased at the time he resided in Sterling aforesaid - and was personally acquainted with said Peter Denny's at the time he drew a Pension from the Govern- ment of the United States for his services as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution - That deponent is also well acquainted with Mary Denny's the widow of said Peter Denny's & was acquainted with

her for many years before the decease of her said husband - That this deponent has been acquainted with said Peter Dumais & Mary Dumais for about thirty years and he first was acquainted with said Peter & Mary they were living and cohabiting together as Man & Wife & were reputed to be Man & Wife and while so living together raised a family of children. That they continued to live together as Man & Wife until the decease of said Peter Dumais who died in the Summer of 1825 - That since his death said Mary Dumais, as deponent has always understood & believes, has remained a widow & resided in said town of Sterling - That deponent is infirm & not in good health and does not feel able to ride a great distance at a time - And further he says not known & subscribed
this 16 th day of January 1841. Joseph P. Bunnell Before me the undersigned is Judge of Cayuga County Courts And I certify that said Joseph Bunnell from bodily infirmity is unable to attend any of the courts of Record of said County of Cayuga. Augustus F. Francis.

State of New York
Cayuga County ss: I, Asaph Dumas being duly sworn depose & say that I reside in Sterling in said County and is thirty six years of age - will be thirty seven years of age the fourth day of March next and is the son of Peter Dumas now deceased and Mary Dumas his wife. That said Mary Dumas the mother of deponent resides in Sterling aforesaid with this deponent and that deponent and said Mary Dumas have ever lived together since deponent's birth.
This deponent further says that his deceased father Peter Dumas & his said mother Mary Dumas were lived together as Man & wife from the earliest recollection of deponent until the death of said Peter Dumas and that said Peter Dumas and Mary Dumas had seven children whose names and births are truly in the opinion of deponent, set forth in the family Record hereto annexed. That said Peter Dumas died at the residence of deponent in Sterling aforesaid on the 13 th day of August 1825. That the said annexed family Record marked A is the same identical family Record which has been used & kept in the family of said Peter Dumas & Mary Dumas from the earliest recollections of deponent. That deponent, was at the time quite young & only of a few years of age & having said record in his father's family and knowing that it was used by his said Parents as a family Record and that said Record has ever been in the possession of his said Parents ever since the recollection of deponent and so this deponent hereby believes that said

her for many years before the decease of her said husband - That this deponent has been acquainted with said Peter Dumais & Mary Dumais for about thirty years and he first was acquainted with said Peter & Mary they were living and cohabiting together as Man & Wife & were reputed to be Man & Wife and while so living together raised a family of children. That they continued to live together as Man & Wife until the decease of said Peter Dumais who died in the Summer of 1825 - That since his death said Mary Dumais, as deponent has always understood & believes, has remained a widow & resided in said town of Sterling - That deponent is infirm & not in good health and does not feel able to ride a great distance at a time - And further he says as
Sworn & Subscribed
this 16 th day of January 1841. Joseph P. Bunnell
Before me the undersigned is Judge of Cayuga County Courts And I certify that said Joseph Bunnell from bodily infirmity is unable to attend any of the courts of Record of said County of Cayuga.
Augustus F. Ferris.

Record contains a true & faithful account of the birth and Marriage of said Peter Dumond Mary Dumond and their seven children.
This deponent further says that said Peter Dumond was a Pensioner of the Government of the United States at the time of his death and as the Certificate of his said Pension cannot be found by deponent or his Mother, this deponent has reason to believe & does believe that said Certificate was returned to the Pension Office at Washington City.
And further this deponent says that he has never seen any other family Record belonging to the family of said Peter & Mary Dumond than the one hereto annexed.
Also further he says that Subscribed & sworn in Open Court, during the sitting of the Court of Common Pleas of Cayuga County this 21 day of January 1831.
J. W. Foster Dep. clerk
State of New York
Cayuga County ss: Augustus H. Ferris being duly sworn deponeth & says that he is a Judge of the County Court in & for said County of Cayuga - That he resides in the Town of Ira in said County and is fifty six years of age -
That deponent was acquainted with Peter Dumond who formerly resided and some years since died in the Town of Sterling in said County - That said Dumond was represented to have been a soldier in the War of the

Revolution and to have been a Pensioner at the time of his death - That said Peter Dumas lived & cohabited with Mary Dumas and they were represented and understand and believed to be married and lived together as Man & Wife -
That deponent has been acquainted with said Peter Dumas & Mary Dumas for about thirty years years past part, during all of which time down to the death of said Peter Dumas they lived and cohabited together, as Witness understands & believes as Man & Wife and raised a family of several children - the oldest of whom as Witness believes must be now of fifty years of age - That Mary Dumas who made the foregoing deposition before me on the sixteenth day of January instant is the same identical Mary Dumas that formerly lived & cohabited with said Peter Dumas as his Wife - And further he says not.
Subscribed & sworn in _____ Augustus F. Harris Open Court during the sitting of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County this 31 st day of January 1871. J. W. Foster (Deputy Clerk)
The Undersigned Inhabitant of the Town of Stockbridge in the County of Luzerne do hereby certify that we have known & been acquainted with Peter Dumas since

deceased and Mary Dumas his wife for several years previous to the death of said Peter Dumas who died in said town in August 1825. That some of us have known said Peter & Mary Dumas for a period of thirty years and that they were ever reputed to be and were together as man & wife and were so esteemed & believed. That they raised a family of several children. That the character of said Mary Dumas for morality, truth and veracity is good and entirely unexcept- tionable and that her foregoing statement in the opinion of the undersigned may be confidently relied upon for its truth. Dated at the City January 27 th 1871.
number of years acquainted
   Wm H. Cooper  India 29    William Cooper     Andrew Rasmussen, - -  34    John Scott  27    William Kirk  23 years    Samuel King  25    Geo S. Siford  25    George Cooper  30    Benjamin Clark  for 29 years    Wm. Rasmussen  33    John Cooper  30   

State of New York County of Cayuga
Godfrey Foster Deputy Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Cayuga do hereby certify that Augustus F. Ferris is a Judge of the County Court of said County - that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and that his signature affixed to the two foregoing depositions made by Mary Dumas and Joseph Bunnell are the genuine and true signatures of said Augustus F. Ferris - And that the foregoing depositions by Joseph Bunnell & said Augustus F. Ferris were subscribed & sworn to in open Court during the sitting of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 31 st day of January 1838. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County & Court the day & year above written.
G.W. Foster Dep. clerk In absence of W. Richardson clerk
Adm. d. 2 yrs. - Matrif. 100%
Re-reduction
Rev. A. G. Grant Brewer H. D. P. Brewster ADR
Mary Dumas widow of Peter New-York Oct 7 July, 1838.
m 86. d 25.
No 7565.

Ezra was Born Septmbr the 26 Day 1776
Rebecca was Born March 19 th Day 1778
Timothy was Born March the 28 th Day 1779
Ezra Hunter their Father was Born february the 19 th Day 1779
Abigail was Born the 24 Day of October 1783

Huldah Laurens Born May the 3rd Day 1786
to Green their Mother Died december the 13th Day 1799
Peter Dumas born November 25th Day 1756
Mary Hester born February 20th Day 1753
Marryed to Peter Dumas 11th Day of June 1776

Peter Dumas's Great was Born the 11 Day of April 1787
Mary Dumas was Born July 7 th Day 1789
John Dumas was Born April 5 th Day 1792
Eyra Dumas was Born October 23 rd 1794
William Dumas was Born July 17 th 1797
was Born June 1800

Jesper Dumaspon
Born March the 24 Day 1804
Eyra Dumas died
July the 21 st Day 1806
Christina Bankson died
Born July 4 th 1819
Christina Bankson came
here October 22 1821

Peter Immanuel Dreyer August 13 th 1825
Electa Barry washburn January 7 th 1829 Died whilst living here August 16 th 1830

John Huntley was Born In Lyme in the County of Norfolk London October the 25 1738
Elizabeth Robins was Born 27 th June 1742
She married March the 14 Jan 1759
Anna was Born August the 24 th She died September the 1 st 1759
Anna was Born April the 3 rd 1761
She married October 23 rd 1761
She was Born February the 1 st 1763

Salma was Born January the 12 th Day 1765
Louise was Born November the 11 Day 1766
Jesper was Born February the 21 Day 1769
Abra Baha was Born April 11 Day 1771 and died may the 3 Day 1771
Phoebe was Born Septem ber the 22 Day 1771
Esther was Born July the 23 Day 1774

Gasper Dumas Born March 9th 1809
Levina Dumas was Born November 1816
Gasper Dumas married to Levina Dumas January 1835

April 2, 1935
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Peter DeMass--W.21012 BA-J/AWF awf
Mr. Harry DeMass 1509 Michigan Street Michigan City, Indiana
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Peter Dumas, pension claim, W. 21012.
The Record which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 21012, based upon the service of Peter DeMass in the War of the Revolution.
Peter DeMass, the name also appears Dumass and Dumas, was born November 25, 1756, place not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
He enlisted in Salem, Massachusetts in 1778, served as a private in Captain Treadwell's company in Colonel Crane's regiment of artillery, in Captain Wright's company and in Colonel John Lamb's regiment of artillery, and was discharged in the summer of 1783; a part of the time he was "Life Guard" to General Washington.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Sterling, Cayuga County, New York.
He died in Sterling, New York, August 13, 1825.
Peter DeMass married June 11, 1786 in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, Mary Huntley, who was born February 20, 1763. She was allowed pension on her appli-

cation executed January 16, 1841, at which time she was residing in Sterling, New York, with her son, Jasper Dumass, (as he then signed). The widow was living in 1843 in Hannibal, Oswego County, New York.
Mary Huntley was the daughter of Ezra Huntley and his wife, Phebe Robins; Ezra Huntley was born in October, 1738 in Lyme, New London County, state not given; Phebe Robins was born June 7, 1742; they were married March 14, 1759; Ezra Huntley died February 19, 1779 and his widow, Phebe, married, October 20, 1783, Nathan Green, and she died December 15, 1799.
The children of Peter DeMass and his wife, Mary:
   Peter, Jr.  born  April  11, 1787     Mary  "  July  7, 1789     John  "  April  5, 1792     Ezra  "  October  21, 1794, died July 21, 180-     Nathan  "  July  17, 1797     Phebe  "  June  20, 1800     Jasper  "  March  4, 1804.    
Jasper DeMass (Dumass) married January 1, 1833, Lovisa Stevens, who was born November 30, 1816.
Reference was made in 1820 to the following grandchildren of the soldier, Peter DeMass: Jasper aged sixteen years, Hannah aged twelve years, and Isaac aged eight years. The names of their parents were not definitely stated.
Shaw on orig. Paul's out.
designated.
The following data in regard to the children of Ezra Huntley and his wife, Phebe Robins, are also found in the claim:
   Ana (?)  born  August  25, -----, died September 12, 1759     Ana (?) 2nd  "  April 3 or 5, 1761, died October  29, 1764     Mary  "  February  20, 1763     Salma  "  January  12, 1765     Lovise  "  November  11, 1766     Jasper  "  February  21, 1769     A boy baby  "  April  11, 1771, died May  3, 1771    Phebe  "  September  22, 1772     Esther  "  July  21, 1774    

List of children of Ezra Huntley and wife, Phebe Robins continued:
Ezra or Esar born September 16, 1776 Rachel " March 19, 1778 Timothy " March 28, 1779
Christina Bankson was born July 4, 1814 and Electa Barns was born January 7, 1819; these names appear as members of the family but degree of relationship is not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of New York S. On this third day of June 1843. personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the County of Oswego. Mary Durnass, to me personally known, a resident of Hannibal in the County of Oswego aged Eighty Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843. granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Peter Durnass who was a Private, in the Revolutionary Army, and that she received annually One Hundred Dollars under the Act of July 7 th 1838.
She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the last  third day and year above written before Mary Durnass
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Oswego County Clerk's Office.
I, Andrew Z. McCarty, CLERK OF SAID COUNTY, Do hereby Certify, that at the date of the Certificate, of Proof or Acknowledgement, to which this is annexed, the said Hale Rooter — Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and duly authorised to take the same: — And further, That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said "Justice" and verily believe the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this seventh — day of
June 1843
A. Z. McCarty Clerk.
sent Mary a account
after 9 th P.

State of New York S. On this third day of June 1843. personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the County of Oswego, Mary Durnass, to me personally known a resident of Hannibal in the County of Oswego aged Eighty Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843. granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Peter Durnass who was a Private, in the Revolutionary Army, and that she received annually One Hundred Dollars under the Act of July 7 th 1838.
She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the last  four day and year above written, before
Isaac Worcester } justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above declarant Mary Durnass does not write her name on account of the infirmities of old age —
Isaac Worcester J.P.

Albany N York
Mary Dumaf
widow of
Peter Dumaf
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 13 th August 1825 of Cayuga Co. in the State of N York who was a Walter in the Company commanded by Captain Fredwell of the Regt commanded by Col. Lamb in the New York line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 100 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of May 1841 & sent to Hon. A.P. Grant Oswego, N York
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 500.00  Continued allowance ending
$500.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by Thos. S. Moody Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 75

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
awj
September 21, 1927
Rev. Clinton J. Frank St. Edward Nebr.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 21012, it appears that Peter De Mass was born November 1756 25, 1753 , place not stated.
He enlisted in Salem, Massachusetts in 1778 and served as a private in Captain Treadwell's Com- pany, Colonel Crane's Regiment of Artillery, and in Captain Wright's Company, Colonel John Lamb's Regiment of Continental Artillery, and was dis- charged in the summer of 1783. A part of the time he was Life Guard to General Washington.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1818, while a resident of Ster- ling, Cayuga County, New York. He died there August 13, 1825.
Soldier married June 11, 1786 at Stillwater,

New York, Mary, who was born February 20, 1763. She was the daughter of Ezra Huntley, born October 1738, and Phebe Robins, born June 7, 1742, they were married March 14, 1759. Ezra Huntley died February 19, 1779, and his widow Phebe married Nathan Green October 20, 1783, she died December 15, 1799.
The widow, Mary De Mass, was allowed pension, on account of the services of her husband Peter De Mass, on her application executed January 16, 1841, while a resident of Sterling, New York, with her son Jasper Dumas.
Their children-
  Peter, Jr. born April 11, 1787.   Mary " July 7, 1789.   John " April 5, 1792.   Ezra " October 21, 1794, died July 21, 1801   Nathan " July 17, 1797.   Phebe " June 20, 1800.   Jasper " March 4, 1804. 
Jasper De Mass married January 1, 1833, Lovisa Stevens, who was born November 30, 1816.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
I did not say anything about the grand children, but did refer to in 1820 as son Jasper was born 1804 the same age as grandson Jasper - a little confusing I think.

the contents of this letter are not to be used for any other purpose than that for which they were originally intended.
September 21, 1927
Rev. Clinton J. Frank St. Edward Nebr
Sir:
I have to advise you that the request for Civil War records, contained in your letter of the third instant, has been referred to the proper Division for reply.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Sent to Rec Div Sept 21-27

December 12, 1934
Bureau of Pensions Revolution and 1812 Wars Section Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Have you any material or information of Peter Dumas a veteran of the Revolutionary War. I think the file number is W. 21012.
I wish this matter for genealogical purposes.
I would appreciate any information that you could offer me.
Yours truly,
Signature 7- Harry DeMass
1509 Michigan St.
Michigan City, Ind.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21.002
Mary Drummond
wid of
Peter Drummond
Major Rev. War
Act March 3 rd  1843
Index: Vol. 14 , Page 200
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927-Sept 21-lettr to Rev. Clinton J. Frank - Letter sent to Rec. Div. for reply for Civil War Record. Gen. J.
35. made April 2-lettr to Henry De Maes. Gen. J.

St. Louis Mo. Nov. 18, 1881
Dear Sir,
Enclosed are the papers on which an application for a Pension for Peter De Mays has been made, but denied as he appears by some returns in the war office to have deserted in the year 1778, be this as it may he after that time enlisted in Col. Lamb's Reg. t of Artillery in 1781 for during the war, and served during the war, for which I believe the State of New York granted him a Military Lot N o 3 Plattsburgh, which lot when I first knew him 15 or 16 years ago, he owned, but has long since sold it & spent the money and is now in a state of want and almost starvation.
I wish you to be so good as to present these circumstances at the office of the War Department, and renew the application, as I have no doubt he is justly entitled to be placed on the Pension list.
As I have not seen him since notice of the denial of his application (he lived 20 miles off

it informs a very ignorant man) and do not know what explanation he might give to his being marked deserted, it may be a mistake, he also might have returned un- der a proclamation of Pardons, but at all events would not lie after enlistment and service for during the War, and far more than Vice Masters entitled him to the Pensions -
I am with respect yours etc. Servt
J. Miller
Hon. Daniel Bryan

I Augustus F. Ferris, one of the Judges of Cayuga County Courts, before whom Mary Dumas appeared on the 26 th day of January 1841 & made oath to the deposition hereto annexed & before whom Joseph Bunnell appeared on the same day & made oath to his deposition hereto annexed do hereby certify that said Mary Dumas and Joseph Bunnell are each of them credible wit- nesses and of good character for truth & veracity whose statements are entitled to credit in the opinion of the undersigned . I also certify that Jasper Dumas who made the annexed deposition in Open Court on the 21 st day of Janu- ary 1841 is a credible person & entitled to credit Witness my hand this 24 th day of February 1841. Augustus F. Ferris
State of New York Cayuga County ss: I E. W. Foster Deputy Clerk of the County of Cayuga do hereby certify that the annexed deposition of Augustus F. Ferris & Jasper Dumas were made in Open Court on the 21 st day of January 1841. That said Augustus F. Ferris & Jasper Dumas and also Mary Dumas & Joseph Bunnell are each & every of them credible witnesses and from what said Clerk knows & has heard of their respective character for truth & veracity, he believes them entitled to credit. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said County this 24 th day of February 1841 E. W. Foster Deputy Clerk

Mar 8. 1874
Vets Care
Manp. D. Mearns
free
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington City.

Osceola March 1 st 1891
Dear Sir:
Your favor to Mr. Brimster of the 5 th inst, covering enclosed Papers, has been forwarded to me & then in I return you the Papers in the case of Mary Dumas - an Applicant for a Pension, corrected as you desired.
Truly Yours A. P. Peasant
Hon S. L. Edwards.
N. B.
Will you please return me the Papers I sent you a long time since in the matter of Augustus Adkins, asking for a Pension for his father's Revolutionary Services -
Yrs &c A. P. P.

ap 27 1841
in
Manumission
Free
Genl L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions Pension Office Washington City

Osceola Ap. 22. 1841
Sir.
Some two months since I forwarded per mail the corrected papers, for Mrs. Dumas of Sterling, Cayuga County - since which I have not had the pleasure to hear from you -
Will you please advise me whether the Pension has been allowed and what is the state of the Application -
In the same letter you also made a request of me to send you the papers in the case of Augustus Adkins for a Pension - will you please send them -
Respectfully Yours P. S. Hunt A. P. Garritt
Rev. Dr. L. Edwards.

Proof of Heir Ship Jasper Farms

Surrogate Office Cayuga County N.Y.
Before me John Porter Esquire Surrogate of the said County Personally appeared Thomas J. Hunt and Charles W. Turner who being duly sworn according to law doth on their oath declare That Jasper Dumas who applies for the bounty lands due to his late father for services rendered the United States during the revolutionary war In behalf of himself and the other heirs at law of the late Peter Dumas of the Town of Sterling in said County of Cayuga and State of New York is deceased and that the said Jasper Dumas is of lawful age and son of the said Peter Dumas all of which is satisfactory evidence to me that the said Jasper Dumas is an heir at law of the said Peter Dumas deceased
In witness whereof the said Surrogate hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal office. Witness John Porter Surrogate of the said County, at Auburn this 22 d day of January in the year of our Lord 1829.
John Porter Surrogate

The Honorable G Power

I likewise enclose to you the declaration & power of Atty of Jasper Dunes, he makes you yourself his Atty to receive for him the warrant for the land due to his father—will you be so good as to act as his Atty and if the papers are found sufficient receive his warrant aforesaid and transmit the same to me immediately by mail.
Yours with respect and esteem
John Grove for A. Gould

John Groves In the matter of Peter Damas heirs for Portway Land

State of New York Cayuga County
On this 4 th day of April A.D. 1829 Personally appeared John Grover who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was personally acquainted with Peter Dumaps late of the Town of Sterling deceased and that the said Peter Dumaps was the same person who was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York for services rendered during the Revolutionary war and that he was reputed to have served in Lamb's Artillery 2 nd Regt John Grover Sworn & Subscribed the day and year first above written before me
Henry Lipt Justice of the peace
Died 13 Aug 1825
N.Y. roll Sep 7819
enlisted in Col c Cram's Art y in 1778 for 3 years after the expiration of that term reenlisted for during the war into the Reg t Com d by Col c Lamb N. York line & was discharged in the summer of 1783.

2008
June 17 1843
My
to M rs 3 rd 1843
Mary Douglas,
$100 per ann
J.W. Brewster
Hannibal
N. York
James Milliken of Providence Washington
FREE

Hannibal, June 10, 1843.
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Mrs Mary Dumas, made I believe according to the form published by the Pension Department. If found correct you will please send her certificate to me, if there is any deficiency in the application return me the enclosed stating the error.
As Mrs Dumas has changed her residence since she received her former pension, it may be well to say, that she at that time resided in Sterling Cayuga County - which town however adjoins this - & Mrs Dumas is well known here she has been for many years.
Commissioners of Pensions Washington DC
Yours Respectfully A. W. Brewster

Declaration of atty of Jasper Durnas

State of New York County of Cayuga
I Jasper Dumas heir at law of Peter Dumas do upon oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that Peter Dumas did enlist on or about in 1776 for the term of during the war and served in the regiment of Artillery No. 2 d commanded by Colonel ... Lamb of the New York line and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the about the year 1783.
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Peter Dumas on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received or transferred his claim in any manner whatsoever; therefore I know all men by these presents that I Jasper Dumas aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Gershon Powers Esq to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or Attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Sworn & attested this
Jasper Dumas
18 th Feb 1830 before me
John Groves Justice of the Peace
Personally appeared the above named Jasper Dumas subscriber to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subscribed to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
A. F. Doubleday
Com d of depts.
In testimony that the above written John Groves was

a magistrate authorized to administer oaths & that the above written M c Doubleday was a Commissioner authorized to take acknowledg- ments &c in the State of New York on this seventeenth day of Feb ry  1830 and that their names there subscribed appear to me to be their usual signatures I have hereunto affixed the County Seal and sub- scribed my name and quality at Auburn this 18 th day of February 1830
M c S. Myers Clerk of Cayuga Co; Com Pleas by P. H. Myers Dep. Clerk

Amos Gould Septm: 25 th 1830 Peter Dunae
1617-1812
Rev
Recorded. P. 143. Vol 9.

State of N.Y. Auburn Cayuga Co Sept 18 th 1830
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose the warrant for land of the heirs of Peter Dumas and likewise a power of attorney appointing yourself the agent of Jasper Dumas to receive for him the patent for the land in question. If you will have the goodness to act as his agent in making a selection and receiving the patent you will oblige him very much. The power of Attorney herewith enclosed I presume is sufficient if not you will have the goodness to advise me of the facts as soon as convenient. Please transmit the Patent to me by mail when received and oblige
yours respectfully Amos Gould
To W m Gordon Esq
War Dept Bounty Land Office Sept. 25 th 1830
Sir
Your letter of the 18 th Inst enclosing Land Warr t N o 1607 issued on 3 rd March last to the heirs of Peter Dumas deceased, with a power of Atty authorising me to take out a Patent on the same, was duly received. In reply I have to acquaint you that it would not be consistent with my situation in this Office to comply with your request. And as the provisions of the late Act of Congress authorises the issue of scrip instead of Patents , I have deposited the Warrant in the Genl Land Office... and would advise you to refer by letter to that Office for further instructions.
Yours &c W m Gordon
W m Amos Gould Auburn Cayuga County New York

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M rs Gordon Esq. Washington City D.C.