Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2.911, David Dewey, Conn. Continental R.I.

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Conn. Continental R.I.
Dewey, David
R.2.911
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Daniel Dewey -
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Postmarks to be sent to Hon. J. C. Mansfield Burlington Otsego County
J. C. Mansfield

State of New York
Otsego County ss. Be it known however that on this 28th day of July 1832 personally appear me before James C. Mather the Enquirer one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New York (it being a Court of Record pro- ceeding upon common law principles having a Clerk and Seal) David Dandridge of the town of Plainfield in the said County for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. David Dandridge after being sworn being first duly sworn by the said Judge deposeth and saith that he was born in the town of Stoneham in the State of Con- necticut that he is now 86 years of age that in the year 1776 he enlisted in the said town of Stoneham under Oliver Smith Captain and Col. Samuel Prentiss Regiment of the State militia or State troops for the term of four months thinks it was in the month of May was mustered and joined the Regiment at Stoneham aforesaid and marched immediately to New London in the said State of Connecticut was discharged by Captain Oliver Smith at the end of the 4 months at New London and returned home again in September in the same year at Stoneham aforesaid he again enlisted under Captain Oliver Smith to do Garrison duty in the said town of Stoneham

as a minute man or volunteer to go whenever called upon and was often called out under Captain Smith and Captain James Eldridge on Eldridge and was in the service for more than half of the time for 2 years all of this last service was in the town of Stonington then again in the year 1779 enlisted in the town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island in the month of January under Captain William Thurber Company and Col. Joseph Noyse Regiment in the State troops and was mustered and marched immediately to Boston neck where he joined the Regiment and in the month of March thereafter went home on furlough and there- after received a written discharge at Westerly in Rhode Island from Surgeon General John Bartlett and the same is lost or mislaid that it cannot be produced he well vouched of being in the Battle at Stonington point at the time the British Captain Wallace came in there with his ship & 3 tenders was then under Captains Oliver Smith and Captain John Brewer does not recollect what year it was then again was often called out as a minute man and did about one year service under Captains John Brewer and Captain James Eldridge in the said town of Stonington and since the War

of the Revolution was lived in town Lyons the and the town Barnardston in the State of Massachusetts and in Guilford in the State of Vermont and since that has lived for 25 years in the town of Plainfield where where he now lives in the county of Otsego and State of New York that he was born in the town of Stoneington in the State of Connecticut in the year 1746 and and there is a record of his birth in that town and that he knows of no person now living that he can prove his service by He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that if his name is not on the agency or Pension Roll of any State and owing to his advanced age and bodily infirmities and an all most total blindness that he is wholly unable to attend in open court to do it is no use to the court house of the said county his Subscribed and sworn David Denny This 21 st day of July 1832 Mark Before me James C. Warrent one of the Judges Otsego Common Pleas —

State of New York Otsego County
We Joshua Wells a clergyman residing in the town of Plainfield in the said county and Samuel Ingest of the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Dewey of the same town who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration in our presence that we believe him to be eighty six 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 and that he is a person of the strictest veracity and integrity and is entitled to full credit and belief under oath or otherwise and from his extreme age blindness and bodily infirmities is wholly unable to attend in open court
Sworn and subscribed this 21st day of July 1832 Before me I was a Notary Public over all the counties of Otsego County Com. Pleas
Joshua Wells Samuel Ingest

State of New York } Otsego County } ss. I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do certify that James C. Walworth before whom the preceding affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts that I am acqu- ainted with his hand writing sincerely believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & Signature Witness my hand & seal of office this 28 th day of July 1832 - Horace Lathrop Clerk By Thos. E. Cory Dep.
Albany County N. York John M. Wells a clergyman Residing in the town of Germantown in the state of Connecticut cont'd, that he is 58 years of age that in October in the town of Germantown in the state of Connecticut he was most agreeably met with David Davis (who has made the above statement) for 30 years past and ever since and it was then reported that he served in the service of the Revolution described and given the 21st day of July 1832 Before me John M. Wells one of the judges of Albany County

State of New York
Otsego County ss
I the undersigned judge
Do hereby certify that I attended at the dwelling house of David Dewey that has read the foregoing Declaration he being blind and so old and infirm that he could not leave his house and after making the necessary investigation and put all the interrogatories according to the Instructions from the War department and the same were freely answered as you will see that they are in his declaration and from the various statements of the said David Dewey I am well convinced and do believe that he did do the service and duty as sworn to by him in his declaration and that I am personally acquainted with John Wells was Peterboro clergyman residing near the said David Dewey and that I am well acquainted with Samuel Treat Esq. residing in the same place and that they are both men of respectable standing and are entitled to full credit and belief the above mentioned investigation was had before me in the said county of Otsego on the 21st day of July 1882
I am as to matters of fact a judge of
Otsego County Common Pleas it being a county of New York having a clerk and seals

State of New York Otsego County } ss
Amended Declaration
On this 4th day of December 1833 personally before me the undersigned Judge of Otsego County Courts David Dancy, who being duly sworn deposes 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 services but according to the best of his recollection he so served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades For one year and Eleven months I was served as a private and for such service I claim Pension
The foregoing is his answer to the interrogatories put to him by the Judge and
1 Where and in what State year was you born A In the town of Stockbridge State of Connecticut in the year 1746 March 20
2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
A There is a record of his age in Stockbridge Conn.
3 Where you living when called into the Service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where are you now living
Ans I was the town of Stockbridge and since that he has lived in the town of Lyndon and in the town of Barnardston in Massachusetts and in the town of Cadyville in Vermont and in the

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Plainfield in the State of New York where wore & served and was for 26 years first How were you called into the Service & were you Drafted or did you volunteer or were you a Substitute for any and if so for whom
A
I volunteered & enlisted not drafted never served as a Substitute for any person
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State the names of some of the regular Officers you served under and such Continental and Military Regiments as you can remember and the general circumstances of your services
A
Captain Oliver Smith afterward Major and Col. Smith Captain John Reed & Captain James Elbridge and General Huntington Col. Joseph Weyse & Col. Stanton was in the Battle at Long Point in Stormstown
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Did you ever have a written discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer Yes by Surgeon General John Bartlett and it is lost or destroyed
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State the names some of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighbor- hood & who can testify to your general char- acter for veracity and their belief of you as a Soldier of the Revolution
A
Cyrus Brown Esq. Nathan Pease Samuel Luce Rev. Joshua Wells John Wells Esq. General Billings Brown Col. M. M. Walker

And that he was not aware of any Documentary evidence to prove his Series except it is the Certificate of Abba Phelps Compts of Connecticut herunto annexed  Subscribed and Sworn This 14th day of December 1833 Before me  James C. Walworth a } David K. Daney Judge of Otsego County } his Clerk
I the undersigned Judge do certify that the the above Interrogatories were put to the above Declarant and the above are his answers to them and that from Bodily infirmities he is unable to attend the courts  James C Walworth Judge of Otsego County

New York
Otsego County ss
I William Martin. Aloysius Dewey, Lucretia Dewey of the town of Plainfield, County of Otsego, and State of New York, Dependants and says that they were acquainted with David Dewey when living a reputed Rev- olutionary Soldier of the town Plainfield, County of Otsego and State of New York and that he died in the Month of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, that he applied for a pension when living, that he left no widow that Huldah Carpenter is the child and the only child of the said David Dewey now living, the Dependants further says that in the Spring of one thousand eight hundred fifty three according to their best recollection an affida- vit was sent on to Washington stating that Deborah Dewey, Fanny Porter & Huldah Carpen- ter was the children of the said David Dewey But Dependants now say that Deborah Dewey the person named in said affidavit died on the 24 day of May 1853, and Dependants fur- ther say that Samuel Porter son of the said Fanny Porter married in the said affidavit who resided in the County of Wyoming in the State of New York who visited Plainfield in January last and said that his Mother Fanny Porter was dead at the time of the execution of said affidavits and Dependants further say that Huldah Carpenter is the child of the said David Dewey and that there are no others { Subscribed & sworn before me this 11 day of March 1854 } William Martin Aloysius Dewey Lucretia Dewey Thomas M. Justice of the Peace

Otsego County N.Y. New York
I XXXXX Lydia Crumb of the town of Plainfield County of Otsego and State of New York Deposeth and says that when was acquainted with David Brewy when living a Reputed Revolutionary Soldier of the town of Plainfield, County of Otsego and State of New York, and that he died in the Month of May one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Nine, and that he applied for a Pension while living, that he left no Widow, that Theda Carpenter is the child and only child of the said David Brewy now living Depositor further say that sometime in the Spring of one thousand eight hundred and fifty three if I rightly recollect, that I signed an affidavit stating that David Brewy, Fanny Streeter & Theda Carpenter were the children of the said David Brewy then living, But Depositor now says that David Brewy the person named in said Affidavit died on the 24 day of May last, and Depositor further says that Fanny Streeter son of the said Fanny Streeter named in said aff- idavit did visit the town of Plainfield in January last and gave information that his Mother, the said Fanny Streeter was dead at the time the said Affidavit was executed and that Theda Carpenter is the child of the said David Brewy and that there are no other children Subscribed & sworn before me this Eleventh day of March 1854.
Lydia L Crumb
Notary Public Justice

STATE OF NEW YORK, } OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Loomis Warner Esquire, was, on the 11 th day of March 185 4 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 15 th day of March 185 4
Wm C Fields CLERK.

State of New York County of Otsego Isd
I Hiram Kirne Surrogate of said County do certify that at a Surrogate's Court held in and/or said County before me the said Surrogate on the fifteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty four it was proved by the addition of testimony satisfactory to the said Court that David Dewey late of the town of Plainfield in said County died in the month of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine that previous to his death he was an applicant for a Revolutionary Pension that he left no widow but left the following named children him surviving viz Jacob Dewey Fanny Streeter and Theda Carpenter that the said Jacob Dewey and Fanny Streeter have severally departed this life and that the said Theda Carpenter is his only child now him surviving
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 15th day of March 1854
Hiram Kirne Surrogate

State of New York Otsego County }
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Clerk of the County Courts of Otsego County & State aforesaid That David Pease a reputed revolutionary soldier died in the month of May eighteen hundred and thirty nine leaving surviving the following named children and none other to wit Jacob Pease Fanny Steele and Phoebe Carpenter
It is further certified that Charles H Williamson before me the annexed affidavit was made and at the time of so doing a duly authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine
Witness my hand and Official Seal this 4 th day of June A.D. 1853 William C Fields Clerk

24.613.
David Dewey. Bleecker 60 New York.
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James C. Watrous
Yankee Hill Burlington. Bleecker 60 New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 4 th
1833
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 David Drury Otsego Co New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1776 " 14 " Priv Col. Pantele 86 years Traditionary.   Sep " " 1 " " " Col. Smith New London   Col. Smith Conn.   " Eldridge 60   Jan 1779 " Col. Noyes   Col. Huesten   Vol State 1 " " " Col. Reed   Abroad " Eldridge  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Claimants are required to produce the best evidence in their power & it can not be readily admitted that two years service in the state Troops of Connecticut is insusceptible of proof.

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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 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 the 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 subscribed 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.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] 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.
Joseph Rowan

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 David Dewey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1776 4 mos. Pvt. Oliver Smith Samuel Root Conn.   Oct. 1776 various times Private Oliver Smith   James Eldridge   John Reed   Jan'y 1779 William Thurston Joseph Boyer R.I.  
Battles engaged in, Long Branch at Stonington Conn.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stonington Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 21 1882
Residence at date of application, Plattsburg N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. Feb. 2 1746 at Stonington Conn.
Remarks: d. May 1839
Soldier left no widow. In Apr 1853 Phoebe or Huldah Carpenter, Deborah and Fanny Streater were the only surviving children. Deborah died May 24, 1853. Samuel Streater was the son of the above named Fanny. Since the Rev. Soldier lived at Lyndon and Barnardston Mass. & Guilford Vermont.
Respectfully,
The cl. was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of 6 mos. military service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.
Commissioner.

Council of Safety of Ct. 23 rd Feby 1776 augmented the Co at Stonington from 40 to 90 men. & appointed Major Oliver Smith Capt. On 3 rd July 1776 Matthias Palmer was appt Capt & Smith promoted. No certain know- ing when Smith assumed at Stonington  Gordon & Palmer terminated. At pay roll of Smith Co has been found. W.S. were charged from time to time for military services rendered during the principal part of the war. V.R. - Books 25-27-28- Index Co. 210.1.6. May 26 1776. do 230.1.6. 22 nd Ap 1776 L 709.1.6. May 1776. & Aug 1776 other large payments. Paid acct 1778 Dec - In 1776 Oliver Smith

was appt'd Coly of a Reg t raised for defence of New London. His time till 1 May 1777 -

Cortland, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1919.
Pension Dept. Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:—
Will you kindly send me all that you have on record concerning David Dewey b. 1746. Sat Stonington Conn. He fought in the battle of Stonington during the Revolution. Later he resided in Leyden, & Barnards ton, Mass., and in N. Y. state. He is said to have applied for a pension.
Yours truly, (Mrs) F. V. Shearer, R.F.D. No. 1. Cortland, N. Y.

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Cortland, N. Y., Rev.
April 4, 1916 see
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Sec'y Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -
Did the Revolutionary soldier, David Dewey, credited to Southampton, Mass. in Vol. IV of "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War" ever receive a pension or apply for a pension?
If he did, will you kindly furnish me with a copy of his affidavit. I am especially interested in all vital statistics concerning him, particularly those required by the D. A. R.
I have a copy of his services as given in the book already

mentioned, but if you have others would be glad of them.
Is there any record that this David Dewey ever lived in Ley- den or Bernardston, Mass.?
Thanking you for your courtesy in the matter, I am,
Yours very truly, (Miss) Lena R. Conable, Cortland, New York.

1916 Apr. 14 Hist. To Miss Gena R. Conable 1919 Oct. 3 Hist. To Mrs. F. D. Chester
REJECTED
2911
P. O. _____
David Davy
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 gives cause of defection as follows: Discredited by the calls except for Re-enlisted: four months, and the service in Rhode Island also dis- proved by various facts."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

A. H. Markland
May 11/53
Same Mar 20. 1854

Act of June 7. 1832
David Dewey
Suspense N.Y.
See letter Mar 27. 1834
No. 10, 6, Walworth
Burlington
W. 6°
(over) N.Y.

May Tipton

State of New York COUNTY OF Otsego } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the Clerk of the County Courts held in and for said County being courts of record,
that David Dewey , a reputed was a  Soldier Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $  per annum and that died on the First day of May eighteen hundred and thirty nine (1839.) leaving surviving no widow, but the following named children viz David Dewey Fanny Stewart and Phoebe Carpenter and that they are
the only surviving children of the aforesaid. David Dewey deceased.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three
William C. Fields clerk

June 1888
A. H. Markland

Otsego County } S State of New York. }
Russel Lamb & Lydia Crumb & W m Martin being duly sworn depose and saith that they reside in the Town of Plainfield County of Otsego and State of New York and that they were acquainted with David Dewey of the a- bove named place a reputed revolutionary Soldier, and that the said David Dewey died in the month of May in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine and deponants further saith that the said David Dewey left no widow and that Japheth Dewey as Fanny Streeter and Neda Carpenter are the children and the only children of the Soldier now living subscribed and sworn before me this 23 day of May 1853
Russel Lamb William Martin Lydia L Crumb
Chas H Williams Justice

David Dewey Su d Oct 1832. NY.
A. H. Markland
John Wright

State of New York County of Otsego
Be it Known, that on this 16 th day of Novr A. D. 185 2 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Abiah Dewey resident of Plainfield in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the legal heir the identical man who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4 That he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT , of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Abiah Dewey for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Abiah Dewey to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
STATE OF NEW-YORK. OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, SAMUEL NORTH, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Loonis Warner Esquire, was, on the 16 th day of November 185 2 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 24 th day of Novr 185 2
Samuel North CLERK.
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

State of New York County of Otsego
Be it Known, that on this 16th day of March A. D. 1852 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sabish Dewey resident of Prineville in said County, and made oath according to law that He is the legal heir identical man who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1842 That He is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT , of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Sabish Dewey for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Sabish Dewey to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
State of New York County of Otsego
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of the County that Sabish Dewey the party who has sworn to, and Power of Attorney, is the 10 reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this _____ day of _____ 185
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature. N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

A. H. Markland
Mar 20/57

Pension Office
March 20. 1857
Sir
The additional proof in support of the application of David Dervey, deceased, of N. Y., under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined. Dervey claimed to have performed service in the company of Captain Oliver Smith and others, at New London and other places, commencing in May 1776, and extending over a period of about four years, amounting to more than two years of actual service. Capt. Smith was appointed a Major in May 1776, and the payments to him as captain do  not show him to have been in command of a company for some time afterwards; but how long does not appear. There are no rolls of the service in Connecticut in which Dervey claims to have served, nor do I find any rolls of Col. Sturges Noyes' regiment of the date that he claims to have served under him in Rhode Island.
A. H. Markland Esq. Present.

David Devey (conu)
File Rejected } 2911)
copy of a letter to J. L. Walworth Mar 27. 34 Burlington N.Y. O. C.
Rec. Vol. 30. pa. 252.

Sec Dated 17.926 C17164
War Department Pension Office
March 27. 1834
Sir The papers relating to the claim of David Dwyer have again been examined - The claimants statements in regard to service at Stonington in the State of Connecticut is discredited except in regard to four months by the certificate of Elisha Phelps that in regard to service in Rhode Island is also discredited by the fact that then Col Noyes did not command a regiment of state troops at nor were there any enlistments under that officer as alleged
The claim to service at Stonington if persistent in must be supported by satisfactory proof
The case is suspended and the papers placed on file
Jamies C Walworth Burlington Otsego Co New York

A. H. Markland
May 11. 1883

Pension Office May 11 1853
Sir
I have examined the case of David Dewey dec d of Ny. and have to inform you that no further action can be had upon it until it is shown conclusively that the children mentioned in the court's certificate of kinship are the children and the only children of Maria Dewey, who in his life time made application for a pension for his services. This may be done by the court's forwarding to the office, the evidence upon which it gave the certificate,
A. H. Markland Esq Present

Washington, January 9th 1854
Hon L. P. Waldo.
I respectfully call your attention to the case of David Dewey, of NY Act 1832 Susp. 5 in your letter of the 11th May 1853, you stated that you wished the evidence that the children mentioned in the certificate of Court were the only children. I filed that evidence on the 10th June 1853. Since which time I have not heard from the case. The evidence of service is to be found in your office being Connecticut Coast Guard Service I ask that the case may be re-examined.
I am Very Respectfully your Obt Servt A. H. Markland

Comptroller's Office Nov. 21 st 1833
I Eliza Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that the Council of Safety, by their order, on the 23 rd day of February 1776, augmented the company at Stonington from forty men to ninety, and appointed Major Oliver Smith Captain thereof.
On the 3 rd day of July 1776 Nathan Palmer was appointed Capt at Stonington vice Oliver Smith promoted. There is no certain proof when Major Oliver Smith's command of the forts of Stonington Groton & New London terminated.
No pay roll of his company at Stonington, or of the forts at New London or Groton have been found. Yet, for the military service performed at these places, the United States were charged from time to time during the principal part of the war.
On the books of the Pay Table, Major Oliver Smith is credited, under date Oct 25 th 1775 " by account rendered for his company $ 210,0 6. " 1776 Jan. 20 by do — do — — — — — 350.14 3½ " April 5 by do — do — — — — — 709.1. 6. " " "

  " May 24 - by do  do  but. long for do.  175.13.4 \frac{1}{2}    " Aug 13 - by do  do  742, 16.6 \frac{1}{2}    " 1778 Dec 17 - by account rendered   1045, 5. 4.  
No roll of Major Oliver Smith's company has been found; or evidence how long it continued in service.
(It appears that Oliver Smith was appointed by the Gen. Assembly in May 1776 a Major of a Regt ordered then to be raised for defence of New London, & to serve until the first of January 1777.)
E. Phelps