Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6612, Richard Cary, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
or Gary Richard or Gary
W 6612
Mary
CONTENTS

14.479  New York Richard Gary.
Erie in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Comp y commanded Captain Charles of the Reg t commanded H Tappan - in the Mass s for 21 Months, 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 71 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of May, 1833 - and sent to Fullerton Hall Buffalo N.Y.
  Arrears to the 14th of March 1833  143.32    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833  35.83     $179.15  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 50

20.940
Richard Gury
Pension -
Papin

State of New York
Erie County } ss. On this Second day of March 1829 personally appeared in open Court to wit the Court of Common Pleas being a Court a Court of record for the County aforesaid Richard Cary of Boston resident in S d County aged Seventy one Years 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 Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820. That he the said Richard Cary enlisted in the Month of February 1776 at Williamsburgh in the State of Massachusetts in what was termed the Years service and immediately afterwards joined the Company Commanded by Capt. Israel Chapin in the regiment commanded by Colo. Porter Regiment in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in the S d Caps until the first day of January 1777 when he was discharged from the said Service in Morristown in the State of New Jersey - And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 citizens Certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th 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 Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - one promissory Note signed by W m Cary & Truman Cary dated Oct. 28. 1826. for $100. payable in neat Stock by the 1. Nov. 1829. & Interest on which is endorsed $6. Oct. 1. 1827. & $5. Apr. 1. 1828.
Thirteen other Notes signed by S d W m . & T d Cary dated as above and payable at different fixed periods in Cash and neat Stock on which included the above specified

Note is due the sum of $780.00 ~ $780.00
1 Bed & Bedding ~ $15.00
5 Chairs ~ 2.50
1 - 5 nail kettle ~ 1.50
1 - Tea Kettle ~ 75
1 - pot ~ 50
1 dish kettle ~ 50
4 Cups & Saucers ~ 25
8 plates 4/ ~ 1 case 4/ ~ 1.00
5 knives & forks ~ 50
1 Chair ~ 1.00 $23.50
$803.50
Richard Cary
This deponent further saith that he is by occupation a farmer. but has not been able to becom for ten years past that he has no other family than his wife. who is perhaps able to support her self and with this deponent resides in an apartment which they hire
Richard Cary
Sworn to and declared on the 2 o day of March 1829.
Elijah Hugh Clark

I Elijah Leach Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Erie, and State of New York do her- by certify that the foregoing Draft and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly Copies from the records of said Court - and do further Certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in Value of Property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is Eight hundred and three dollars and fifty Cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Second day of March one Thousand eight hundred and twenty Nine. Elijah Leach Clerk Filed March 3 d 1829

Richard Cagle Revised Hymns
20361

Enlisted in February 1776 for the term of 12 months, in the Army of the United States, under Captain Israel Chapin, Lieutenant, Hunt B White, Ensign Sylvester, Colonel Porter, Mustered at Northampton Massachusetts. Marched from there to Ticonderoga, then to Crown Point & then to St Johns & then to Fort Chambly & then to Quebec Continued there a short time & then returned to Chambly. From there to Sorelle, back again to Chambly & then to St Johns & then to the Isle of Stue. Thence to Isle of Nox, thence to Crown Point & thence to Ticonderoga, thence to Mount Independence, thence to Albany thence to Peekskill, thence to Trenton & New Jersey, thence to Monmouth & was then discharged, having served at this time about 11 months ~ ~
Enlisted again in March 1777 under Captain White, Lieutenant, Kellogg, Colonel Wells, of the Massachusetts State Militia, mustered at Northampton. Marched from there to Ticonderoga where he met the Regiment. Continued there until Ticonderoga was Evacuated, & then went to Habbalton Vermont State, thence to Bennington Vermont. When he was discharged, having served between 5 & 6 months ~ ~ Received a discharge from the Continental Service which he has soon after he received it ~ ~
He further States that Luther B. Carey & Stephen Sperry are persons with whom he is acquainted in his present neighborhood and who he offers as witnesses as to his being a man of truth and veracity & as to their belief of his being a Soldier of the Revolution

to Red Bank, thence to (Monmouth Independence), thence to Albany thence to Peekskill, thence to Trenton & New Jersey, thence to Hornellsville & was then discharged, having served at the time about 11 months. ~ ~ ~ Enlisted again in March 1777 under Captain White, Seneca Rellogg, Colonel Wells, of the Massachusetts (State) Military Unit, at Northampton, Marched from there to Red Bank where he was the Regiment continued there until Red Bank was Evacuated, & then went to Habsburg Vermont State, thence to Bennington Vermont, when he was discharged, having served between 5 & 6 months. ~ ~ ~ Received a discharge from the Continental Service which he lost soon after he received it. ~ ~ ~
He further states that Luther H. Carey & Asaphus Stebbins are persons with whom he is acquainted in his present neighborhood and who he offers as witnesses as to his being a man of truth and veracity & as to their belief of his being a Soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a Pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State,
Sworn and subscribed this 13 th day of November 1832 before me
Amos Stryker Judge of Erie County Courts
Richard H. Carey New P.

We, Luther H. Cary residing in the town of Boston and County of Essex and Epaphras Steele residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Cary who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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.  Subscribed and Sworn, this 13 th day of November 183 2 before me Abner Tryon  Judge of Essex County Court's  Luther H. Cary  Epaphras Steele
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 the person who has signed the foregoing certificate is a resident of the town of Boston and County of Essex and that he is a person of credible repute, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Noah P. Sprague, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Cary for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office.
And I the said Judge do hereby certify and declare my opinion after the investigation for the matter and prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me
that Epaphras Steele and Luther H. Cary who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of the Town of Boston and that they are respectable persons and that their said each of their statements are entitled to credit. And I do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had upon me in the matter of the application of Richard Cary for a pension. And I do further certify that it appears satisfactory to me that the said applicant could not procure the without too much inconvenience the attendance of a clergyman upon him to testify to his character for truth and veracity I made the certificate required by the War Department. And I do further certify that in consequence of the prevalence of the Cholera in the City of Bath last August when a term of the Court of Common Pleas of said County should have been held the said Court was not held and that on a representation of the peculiar circumstances which rendered it proper the War Department deemed it expedient to permit me the said Judge to receive pension applications and take

These statements are submitted to you. And I do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had upon me in the matter of the application of Richard Cary for a pension. And I do further certify that it appears satisfactory to me that the said applicant could not procure the without too much inconvenience the attendance of a clergyman upon me to testify to his character for truth and veracity I make the sufficient requisition by the War Department.
And I do further certify that in consequence of the proceedings of the Chancery in the City of Buffalo last August when a term of the Court of Common Pleas of said County should have been held the said Court was not held and that on a representation of the peculiar circumstances which rendered it proper the War Department deemed it expedient to permit me the said Judge to receive pension applications and take evidence thereon until the next term or session of the said Court.
Given under my hand and seal at Buffalo this 21 st day of September 1832.
And I do further certify that the foregoing proceedings have been had and allowed before me under and by virtue of the said authority or permission aforesaid and that I have in consideration of the age and infirmity of the said applicant deemed it highly proper and expedient and that the said proceedings should be so had and taken or allowed before me under and by virtue of the said permission or authority of the War Department.
Given under my hand and seal at Buffalo this 13 th day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty Two.
James Stryker Warden of the Prison of Congress

Erin County Clerk's Office
I Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the County of Erin do hereby certify that the Hon. James Stryker before whom the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Richard Cary for a partition were had, was on the day of the date thereof and still is a Judge of the County Courts in the County of Erin duly appointed and sworn and that the signature of the said Judge to the jurat of the deposition & declaration of the said Richard Cary, and to the jurat of the certificate or joint affidavit of Luther H. Cary and Ephraim Steele and to the certificate of the said Judge following the same are all the genuine signatures of the said Judge. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 21 st day of December 1832
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of Erin County

20361
20361
Richard Carey Erie county New York
Tillmore & Hall, Buffalo N.Y. P.S.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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 Richard Carey, Erie county N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteer 1775 5 private Capt. Childs Col. Tupper Roxbury 74 Williamstown   Enlisted 1776 11 Capt. Chapin Col. Peter Ticonderoga Crown Point Liberia Albany Trenton Ticonderoga Habsalton Barrington tradition   do 1777 enlisted Peterboro 5 6 Capt. White Col. Wells  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
M. Duke No. 2.

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) 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 day 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; for _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Ed. Brainerd.

New York 2553 A Mary Gary widow of Richard Maj who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 71 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Octr. 1853 and sent to Sam l Lake Buffalo N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 70. Vol. A

Mary Cary Revolutionary Pension Claim Act 3 d Feb. 1853
Samuel Lake Atty Buffalo NY

State of New York
Erie County ss. On this 3 rd day of September in the year 1853 personally appeared before me James Sheldon, Judge of the said County and of the Courts thereof, Mary Cary a resident of Boston in the County and State aforesaid, aged eighty six 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 law of the United States, passed the 3 rd February 1853: That she is the Widow of Richard Cary who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and received his pension at the Agency at Albany in said State of New York, but the deponent cannot state the act under which her said husband was pensioned, but refers to his Original Application for proof of the service. She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Cary on or about the 15 th day of January eighteen hundred and twenty seven, that her said Husband died on or about the 28 th day of December A.D. 1841. That she was not married within prior to the 2 nd of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above mentioned and stated. She further declares that she is now a Widow:—
Mary X Cary Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me. — J. Sheldon
County Judge of Erie County
I also certify that the applicant is not able to attend court, by reason of bodily infirmity, and from the testimony had before me and hereto

annexed, that she is the identical person described in the foregoing declaration, and that I am not interested in the application, and not concerned in its prosecution. — J
J. W. Helder
State of New York Erie County ss.
On oath
Truman Cary and Aaron W. Skinner being duly sworn according to law on their oaths say that they, and each of them, are well acquainted with Richard Cary in his lifetime, that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and died in the town of Boston on or about the 28 th day of December A.D. 1841, that at the time of his death he left him surviving Mary Cary his widow, who is the identical person who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration — that her name was Mary Doolittle and that she was lawfully married to the said Richard Cary about the middle of January 1827 in the town of Boston by Amos Smith Esq. a Justice of the peace of said town, and from that time until his death they sustained the relations of Husband and wife, and that she is now a widow, that from an intimate acquaintance with the parties during the period above mentioned the deponents testify from a personal knowledge of the facts as above stated — that they have no interest in making this Affidavit or in the claim of the Applicant for Pension — Sworn and subscribed this
13 th day of September 1853
Truman Cary
Before me I certify the deponents Aaron W. Skinner and credible Witness. — J. W. Helder
On oath

State of New York Erie County Clerk's Office. I certify that the Hon. James Sheldon before whom the annexed or foregoing affidavits were taken and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of the proof thereof was at the time of taking the same the County Judge of said County duly authorized to take the same and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the said County and of the Courts thereof the 7 day of September 1853
Wm Andrew Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Richard Gary 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept 1775 4 mos. Childs Tupper Mass.   Feb 1776 11 mos. Israel Chaplin Elisha Porter   Sept 1777 bet. 5 & 6 mos. White Wills  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Williamburgh Mass.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 2. 1829. His ch. was ad.
Residence at date of application, Boston, Essex Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. at Mansfield Conn. in 1758. d. at Boston N.Y. Dec. 28. 1841
Remarks:
He married at Boston N.Y. Jan'y 15. 1827. Mary Doolittle. She was ad. pens. on an ap. executed Sept. 3. 1863 while a resident of Boston N.Y. aged 86 years.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Oct. 22, 1903. H. 186
T. P. Cary - San Leandro Calif.
1913 file 27 Hist. to Mrs. Archer R. White V. L. M.
186
Recy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6612
Mary Cary Widow Richard Cary Ex. Rev. War
Act: Foley 38953
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office Oct 15/53
Sir, I have report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner.
Respectfully &c
F. Burt Esq. Baud Present.
S. Cole for Commr.
Richard Cary, act 1832 $71.66. p. m. Paid to 4 th March 1842, no date of death on our Books,
F. Burt Auditor.

1683
RECEIVED
P. O. Richard Casey Early
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Wages: _____

20940
Richard Leary
New York
Act 18 March 1818
Rejected. for letter April 27 1829 to Charles Townsend
1688
Amount of property $803 50 / 100

State of New York } Personally came before me Allegany County } Anson Hinman Esquire one of the Judges in and of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Ephraim Patch and being duly sworn according to Law depose and saith, that he is Personally acquainted with Richard Lary , and that he the said Richard did in the Month of February 1776 enlist into the Continental Service of the United States of America and formed one of the Company commanded by Capt. Israel Chapin. Said Enlistment took place in the town of Williamsville in the County of Hampshire and State of  Massachusetts , and said Company was attached to Col. Porter's Regt and Marched to Quebec in Lower Canada , and that the said Ephraim further saith that he was a Soldier in the same Company and personally knew that the said Richard did duty as a Soldier in the said Company from the time of his Enlistment till about the first days of Jan'y 1777 and was honorably acquitted at the town of Morristown in the State of New Jersey , and further this deponent saith not  Sworn and subscribed } Ephraim Patch before me this 6th day of Feb'y } 1822 Anson Hinman }

I Anson Hiram do certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said Ephraim Patch about eleven years and that he is a resident of the town of Pike in said county and that he is man of good report and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the affidavits made by him, and the said Ephraim saith on his oath that he has no interest in the result of the application made by the said Richard Gary, to get his name placed on the Pension Roll dated this 6th Feb 4. 1827
Anson Hiram Esq one of the Judges of Allegany
State of New York Allegany County ss
Curr. Pleas
I James Peabody clerk of the county of the county of Allegany do hereby cer- tify that Anson Hiram Esq before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas of Allega- ny County duly commissioned and sworn and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe the sig- nature of Anson Hiram to be his own proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 13th day of February A.D. 1827 James Peabody clk

State New York Steuben County ss On the 23 d day of February 1827 personally came before me Jacob Van Valkenburgh one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Steuben County Nathan Strong and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that Richard Gany of Boston Erie county in said State enlisted in Col o Albin Porter's Reg t & Capt o Israel Chapin's Company in Williamsburgh, Massachusetts in the year 1776 and that the said Richard Gany was a private and did duty in said Reg t & Company for the term of eleven months from the time of his said enlistment that he the said Richard was honorably discharged in Morristown in the State of New Jersey and that the s d Nathan Strong deponent is not in the s d application Sworn & subscribed to before me this 23 d day of Feb y 1827
Jacob Van Valkenburgh J.P.
I do hereby certify that the said Nathan Strong is a person of respectable character and I have done 23 d Feb y 1827
Jacob Van Valkenburgh Judge of Court Common Pleas

State of New York Steuben County Clerk's Office
I certify that Jacob Van Valkenburgh Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit and also to the within certificate was on the day of the date of the said Jurat, and on the day of the date of the said certificate an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Steuben duly appointed and sworn and duly authorised by law to take the said affidavit: that he was also on the day above mentioned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Steuben duly commissioned and sworn: that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the respective signatures "J. Van Valkenburgh" subscribed to the said Jurat and to the said certificate to be his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 23 d day of February 1827.
John Metcalfe Clerk. by "M c Lafferty" Dep. Clk.

Albany 16 March 1829
Richard Cary Pension for services
20.940
Pension Office
26. March 1829.
Rich. Cary Act M ty 18, 1818,
New York,
Secretary of War City of Washington
FRN
Pension

Buffalo 16 March 1829
Sir
By request of Richard Cary applicant for a pension for services during the Revolutionary War, I herewith enclose the evidence he has produced in support of his claim.
Should it be satisfactory, he desires that his certificate be enclosed to me if otherwise that you would inform me why insufficient.
I am very respectfully
Sir
Your obed Serv
Charles Townsend

290 Ashland Ave.
Buffalo N.Y.
Feb. 19-1913
Pension Office.
Gentlemen -
Can you supply me with the following Pension Reports.
1. Richard Carey died Nov. 29-1841 aged 84. Buried in Patchin - One Co. N.Y. was private in Mass. Continental Army.
Pension List - 1831-75-1840-83
Russell Chamberlain.
Pension List - 1818-74
Private Mass. Line. supposed to have enlisted from Great Barrington.

William Coan died Aug - 27 - 1827 Pension list - 1818 - 77. Corporal Mass Line Stockbridge - & Senoy. William Hawks.
Pension List 1819 - 1832 - 77. Private Mass Line. Continental was in secret Expedition to R.I. in 1777 in Capt. Thomas Knowlton's Co. Col. Eatons Regt. from Easton.
These shown on the Pension Lists of Eric. Co. N.Y. Most Respectfully. Mrs. Herbert R. White.

Brief in the case of Mary Carey widow of Richard Erie County and State of New York act of Feb. 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Mass. line 21 Mos. & 15 days a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832 - at $71 66 / 100 per annum
Allowed $71 66 / 100 per annum Com. Feb. 3 1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by Truman Gary and Aaron W. Skinner who are certified to be credible
Death by credible witnesses
Identity & Widowhood by credible witnesses And certificate of Judge
Name and residence of Agent
Sam l Lake Buffalo N York.
Examining Clerk.
J. Gray