Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16591, Ebenezer Grummon, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Grummon Ebenezer or Grumman,
W 16591
Johanah
CONTENTS

24897 New York
Ebenezer Brumman of Delaware Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Purdie of the Reg t commanded by Col Drake in the New York line for 24 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Apr l 1834 and sent to Hon. N. Johnson House Repre d
Amounts to the 4th of Mar '34 $240.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Rep 34 40.
$ 280.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Mc Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 102

State of New York } Westchester County } ss
Martin Mead of the town of South Salem in said County being sworn in due form of Law deposeth and saith that his father the Revd Solomon Mead deceased was a Presbyterian minister, and was pastor of the Church in said town for the space of forty eight years, commencing in the year 1752 as the Records of the Church kept by deponents said Revd father showeth, which Records are now in deponents possession - And further deponent saith that it appears from said Records that on the 19th day of May 1774 Ebenezer Gummor was married to Johannah Brooks by the said Revd Solomon Mead the record thereof being in the hand writing of the said Revd Solomon Mead as deponent believes he deponent being well acquainted with the same and further deponent saith not - Subscribed and sworn this 17th day Martin Mead of April 1837 before me
Thomas Mead justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent that he is a credible person a man of truth and veracity -
Thomas Mead justice of the peace
State of New York } County of Westchester } ss
John H. Smith
Clerk of the said County
do hereby certify that Thomas Mead was at the date of the above certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to act the same and further that the signature purporting to be his I verily believe to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 10th day of April 1837
John H. Smith Clerk

Albany 1102
Johanah Grummon widow of Ebenezer Grummon
who died on the 4. June 1835 of Madison Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parder of the Regt. commanded by Col. Drake N.Y. the N. York line for 11. months & 27. days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 39 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March June, 1835.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of July 1837 and sent to Mrs. P. Granger Morrisville, Madison Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '37. 69.64 Pension allowance ending 4 Sep. " 19.83
$89.47
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 - }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 1 — Page 130

1857 Johannah Grummon application for a Pension
Side roll, of Capt David Pender - 1 & 27 days add to 10 mo
Otis P. Granger of Morrisville Madison county N.Y. agent
Alt - of the evidence of service is sufficient
Admitted mo Private 11 & 27 days

State of New York
Madison County ss. On this 26 day of April 1837 personally appeared before Barack Beckwith one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Madison in said State, Johannah Greenmon a Resident of the town of Nelson in said County of Madison & State aforesaid aged  Eighty five years & upwards 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 July 4. 1836 - That she is the widow of Ebenezer Greenmon, deceased, who was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7. 1832. She further declares, that she was married to the said Ebenezer Greenmon on the 19 day of  in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy four: That her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Greenmon, died on the 4 day of  1835 & that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof her to annexed. She further declares that her name was Johannah Brook before she was married to the said Ebenezer Greenmon.
Johannah Greenmon mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me the said Judge; and I hereby further certify that the said Johannah Greenmon the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend court, & cannot write her name & therefore made her mark
Barack Beckwith a Judge of Madison county courts

State of New York
Madison County
David Simons of the town of Nelson in said County being duly sworn say that he is well acquainted with the within named Greengraser Johanna Brooks & has been so acquainted for many years past, & that she the said Johanna has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Ebenezer Greengraser & further says not. N.B. The word "Brooks" erased & "Greengraser" substituted -
Sworn to before me this
28 th day of April
1837
David Simons
Barak Beckwith a judge of Madison county court
I hereby that the above named David Simons is a credible person Barak Beckwith Judge
State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office ss: I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Barak Beckwith, before whom the two preceding Affidavits purport to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the above Certificate, was, at the date of the same, a Judge of the County Courts of the said County, duly Commissioned and qualified. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits and Certificate, is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 28 th day of April 1837, A.S. Sloan Clerk.

Liberty Loan series
23233
apl 8. '34
Adm a
24 mo. pri
80%

Dedication in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York } Delaware County }
On this 23 rd day of January 1838 personally appeared before me Martin Rulens one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Delaware and State of New York Ebenezer Greenman a resident of the town of Harp- ersfield in the County of Delaware and State of New York aged Eighty six years last July who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he entered the service as a volunteer in the Militia of the State of New York at a place called South Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York in the Month of March in the year 1775 in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Henry Dawson under Colonel Samu- el Drake and I served and did duty under the said Captain in said Company for the term of three Months and during the time we marched from South Salem to a place call- -ed Hornsbrook about two Miles out of what was then the City of New York and was stationed there at which place we built a Fort called Fort-Minute and at the end of the term of three months which was in the Month of June I was discharged and returned to South Salem I again entered the service as a volunteer in the year 1776 in a Company of Militia Commanded by Heijah Gilbert who was Capt- -ain of said Company of Militia and I was marched from South Salem through the Country to a place called Kingsbridge and was there stationed

State of New York
Delaware County ss.
I, Lawrence D. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and for the said County Do hereby Certify that the Hon. Master Ruler before whom the annexed affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware (being a Court of records)
And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge, and that the signature annexed to the said affidavits and to the Certificate is his genuine Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this Twenty fourth day of January 1833.
L. B. Sheldon Clerk
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and I was there engaged in building a fort called Fort-Independence at which time and place Colonel Thomas Thomas had the Command and the names of Other Officers I do not now recollect
In the month of April in the year 1717 I again entered the service as a volunteer in the Militia in a Company commanded by Captain David Dade and was raised and marched from the town of South Salem through the country to a place call- ed Kromp Pond and to the town of Danbury in the State of Connecticut and I was there at the time Danbury was burnt by the British and the stores and provisions were burnt I was then under the command of Colonel Thomas Crane. Colonel Crane was wounded and after the close of the War Colonel Crane was put on the Pension Roll in consequence of his wound I saw Colonel Crane many times after the war and he was always a cripple from Danbury we followed the British to Redfield at which place General Wooster was Mortally wounded and died of his wounds and from Redfield we followed them to Compo where they embarked on board of the shipping from then I returned to South Salem I was during the summer employed in guarding the sea coast in the County of Westchester.
In the month of April as near as I can recollect in the year 1718 I again entered the service as a volunteer in a Company of Militia Com- manded by Captain David Dade in the town of South Salem and was marched to a place called Kromp Pond during the time I was there the enemy came there and burnt the meeting house and many other buildings in that place and amongst them the stock of one strong and after a sum of four months I was discharged and returned to South Salem Colonel Hyatt and Colonel Drake had the Command and a Major Dillavan was also in Command

I again entered the service as a volunteer in the Militia in the Spring of the year 1779 in a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt - am Benjamin Stevens and rendezvoused at South Salem and marched from there to a place called North Castle in the County of Westchester and was stationed there and on the lines so called between the British and American Armies for the term of three months and after the three months service I was discharged and returned again to South Salem
I again entered the service in the fall of the year of 1779 in a Company of Militia Commanded by Captain David Ponder and first rendezvoused at South Salem and was marched from there to Haverstraw and was stationed at that place Kingsbridge, Peekskill, North Castle and at Bedford and I was at Bedford at the time that place was burnt by the British and at Bedford Colonel Thomas Thomas had the Command of the regiment to which I belonged and I was in the service of the Militia from the fall of 1779 until the year 1783 until the British evacuated the City of New York in guarding what was called the lines. During The time that I was in actual service during the revolution - my service was more than three years and a half I was at a place called Redding in the State of Connecticut where Mr. Jones was hanged General Putnam was there then was also a desertion that at the same time Jones was hanged I was present on guard at the time Mr. Paine was executed as a spy at North Salem Other events many I do not now recollect and I saw many times General Offums belonging to the regular Army the names of which I do not recollect Genl. McDougal was one I knew General or Colonel Mead

That I have no written discharge neither do I recollect that I ever had any. That I have no documentary evidence of divorce and that I know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify as to any divorce if there was such divorce. I don't know where to look for things or documents of this kind.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Russian monument erected the present and declares that his name is not on the Russian roll of any degree of any state.
The following Interrogatories were by me then propounded to the applicant.
1 st Where and in what year were you born
A 1. In the town of Redfield in the State of Connecticut in the year 1746
2 nd Do you have any record of your apprenticeship so where is it
2 nd Ans. I have in my bible which bible was printed and published with the same correspondence with his instructions in the year 1746
3 rd Where were you living when you left your parents' house? When did you leave your parents' house and where did you go next?
3 rd Ans. At the time I was called into the service I was in the town of South Berne in the County of New London in the State of New York

Since the revolutionary war I have lived in the town of South Salem before mentioned until June 1803. I at that time removed into the town of Jefferson in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York and I moved from the town of Jefferson on the 10 th day of December 1832 to the town of Wolffields in the County of Delaware where I have lived ever since and where I now live
4. Ques. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute And if a substitute for whom
4. Ans. I was always a volunteer
5. Ques. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
5. Ans. The names of the regular officers as near as I can recollect were Colonel Thomas Thomas Colonel Meads Col. Hyatt Col. Drale Col. Coane Genl. Putnam M c Dougall and the names of many others - or call to recollection
6. Ques. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
6. Ans. I never received any written discharge to my recollection or knowledge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your

Character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
7 The names are Stephen Fern Ledger Cowley and Eusebius Hamilton
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid which is on the 23 rd day of January 1833
Martin Keeler Judge
his Ebenezer K. Grumman Mark
This may certify that it is my opinion that the state- ment of the applicant is true
Martin Keeler Judge
We Stephen Fern a Clergyman residing in the town of Jefferson in the County of Schoharie and Ledger Cowley and Eusebius Hamilton residing in the town of Harpersfields in the County of Delaware hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Grumman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration 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
Stephen Fern
Ledger Cowley
Eusebius Hamilton
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid which is on the 23 rd day of January 1833 before me
Martin Keeler a Judge of the court aforesaid

and I the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that it appears to me that Stephen Fenn a Clugymman who has signed the same as the preceding Certificate is a Clugymman resident in the town of Jefferson and that Ledger Cowley and General Hamilton also who has also signed the same is residents in the town of Haverfield and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
Martin Steele Judge do
I Certify that Ebenezer Greenman the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court and also the reasons why the applicant did not sign his declaration but made his mark or cross was the loss of his eye sight and trembling hand brot on by old age and I further Certify in addition to what I have upon stated that I have been personally acquainted with Stephen Fenn the above named Clugymman for more than thirty years and that the utmost credit ought to be given to his statement and he the said Fenn stated that he had been personally acquainted with the applicant about twenty nine years and that his character for truth and veracity was of the first order
Martin Steele Judge
Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of March 1818

23230.
Ebenezer Grumman Delaware Co N. York
See Vol 4. p 39. $13.55 0.2.
Admitted Private 10 months
Hon. N. Johnson H.R.
Station Leader 809 South for Delaware Co light N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 25. 183 3
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 subjjoined 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 Ebenezer Gummey Delaware 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.     Mar 1775 " 3 " Priv. Col. Sam l Drake Capt. S. Hawson 86 years Wtches ter Co Traditionary   1776. Not stated 5 " " Col. T. Thomas Capt. A. Gilbert N. York   Apr 1777 " " " " Col. Thos d Crane Capt. Dan l Pardee   Sum 1778 " " " " Col. Hyatt & Drake Capt. Pardee - Maj. Schan -   Apr. 1779. " 3 " Vol l Apr 34 Capt. B. Stevens -   Fall Ditto Not stated 2 1 Capt. Pardee -   In all it is more than 3.6 3 6 " -  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 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.
[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 four or five years , 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 place 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 [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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration..
Joseph Rowen Esq.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16591
Johannah Pannun Widow of Charles Pannun St. Louis, Mo.
Act July 1, 1866
Index: Vol. A , Page 290
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Johannah Grimmer Send cut: to O.P.
Redundant
Let to O.P. Granger June
23 rd 1837 Granger
$33.33 per ann
39.66

So. Kortright N Y Nov 2 nd
Free M. Kules P.M.
Selah B. Hobbie Esq. Apt P. M. General Washington City.

South Scituate Nov r 2 d 1833
Sir I take the liberty of troubling you with the enclosed papers in relation to the claim of Ebenezer Gurnum. You will perceive from the enclosed letter of Mr s Edwards to me that the proof of Mr s Gurnum was traditional and that his claim was suspended for want of Testimony.
The enclosed affidavit of Moses Bouton has been obtained with a considerable expense and trouble & it was not known at the time Gurnum made his declaration I send the affidavit for the purpose of having it accompany the papers on file as you will perceive they are from the enclosed letter of Mr s Edwards — Will you have the goodness to call on Mr s Edwards & present him the affidavit & see if it will not be satisfactory to entitle Gurnum to a Pension.
I am very respectfully
Your obedt Servt
S. R. Habee Esq
Martin Root

1861 9.9.9
See
J. L. Edwards Esq. Count of Pinning Washington City.

So. Rootesight N.Y. March 11 th 1834
I Sir
In the case of Elenyee Greenman the Claimant for a Pension under the Act of 7 th June where papers are on file in the War Department The applicant has with much expense endeavoured to obtain further proof of services in the revolution A messenger was sent to West. Chester County Daniel Gilman was found but was so much debilitated that it was im- possible to obtain his affidavit of Greenman's services I think it will be impossible for him to obtain any other or further proof Greenman is so much debilitated himself with old age that it is now almost impossible for to obtain any additional information from him in relation to the events that took place during the revolution And his claim must be decided upon the present state of the case & I trust that you will do equal justice to him as you have done in all cases that I have had in charge
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pensions
I am Respectfully yours
Martin Kirby

May 33 Noonistville } April 29 }
free
NY. 4 July '36 3 cts.
J. L. Edwards Esq Corner of Pensions Washington D.C.
1837

Morrisville (Madison County N.Y.) April 28. 1837
Sir
Enclosed I send you the Papers of Johannah Grummon an applicant for a pension - She is quite old & if consistent with your regulations, I should wish that her case might be examined at once -
Respectfully yours Otis P. Granger
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions

War Department
Pension Office
August 6. 1833.
Sir,
The claim of Ebenzer Grumman has been examined and suspended. The regulations require the best evidence in the power of a claimant to produce, and it cannot be readily admitted that so much service in the state of New York as he alleges to have rendered, is insusceptible of proof by a claimant still residing in that state. His papers are placed on file
I am Respectfully Dr. Col. Serot J. L. Edwards
Marten Keeler Esq South Nortricht N.Y.

Payments to be made at New York by Pres Mechanics Bk Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book 6 Vol. 11 Page 102 by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Ebenezer Hromann of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Thirty three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Cancelled
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four
John B. M c Kim Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Ebenezer Greenman
adnd
24 mpr
80 96
As N Johnson

War Department Pension Office April 9. 1834
Sir
I have the honor herewith to return the letter of Mr. Keeler and the affidavit of Saml. Raymond in the case of Ebenezer Grummen. When the affidavit shall be returned, duly authenticated and the certificate now in the possession of Mr. Grummen he will be allowed a full pension as a private.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your ob st Serv t J. L. Edwards
Hon. A. Johnston House of Representatives

So. Bertrough N.Y.
18 March
The
Revolutionary Claim
War Department
Washington City

South Bertrough N.Y. March 18 th 1834
Sir I wrote you on the 11 th March last in relation to the claim of Ebenezer Greenman stating at the same time that his claim must be decided by you on the evidence then before you since that time his friends have been able to procure the testimony of Sands Raymond his affidavit is here enclosed this proof of service with what has before been furnished together with the traditional evidence I believe is all that can be obtained in his case & I hope and trust that it is sufficient to enable you to make a favourable decision in his case as early as is consistent with the duties of your department
I am Sir Respectfully Yours
J. L. Edwards Esq Clerk of Pensions
Martin Luther

Photo-Plates, N. Y. OCT. 17.
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Mr Samuel B Gummom Ridgefield Connecticut

State of New York Westchester County 3s
Moses Bouton of the town of South Salem in said county being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is seventy six years of age that he served as a soldier in the army of the Revolution that he knows Ebenezer Grummon who during the war of the Revolution resided in the same town with deponent to wit in the town of Salem now South Salem but who now resides as deponent is informed in the town of Harpersfield in the county of Delaware and state of New York that said Grummon served with deponent for the term of three months in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Stevens that during the said term of enlistment the said company was stationed on the line in the county of Westchester aforesaid that at the expiration of said term the said Grummon was honorably discharged
Subscribed and sworn this fifteenth day of October 1833
Moses Bouton
before me Thomas Mead justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Bouton the above deponent that he is of good moral character that full reliance may be placed in his veracity -
Thomas Mead justice
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that Thomas Mead before whom the foregoing affidavit of Moses Bouton was sworn to, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected & sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the signatures subscribed to the foregoing as his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name this 15 th day of October 1833
N Bayles CLK

State of New York
Sullivan County
On the 15 th day of March 1884 personally appeared before me Thomas A. Hadenburg one of the Justices of the Peace of said County. Said Raymond of Newburgh in said County said being duly sworn Depo th & saith that he is well acquainted with Ebenezer Greenwood late of the County of Westchester in the State of New York aforesaid who as the said deponent understands and believes now is a resident of the Town of Hopewell in the County of Delaware. That in the month of July 1776 at South Salem in the County of Westchester aforesaid the said Ebenezer Greenwood enlisted in the Army of the Revolution for the term of six months in Captain Elijah Gilberts Company Thomas Thomas Regiment General George Clintons Brigade. The said deponent was enlisted in the same Company soon after their enlistment they were employed in building of Fort Independence in October of this year the Regiment to which they belonged were engaged in the Battle of the White Plains. The said Ebenezer Greenwood was in steady service in said Regiment with the exception of a short time of illness which time was supplied by the service of his brother on recovering his health he returned to his place in the Company and was duly discharged on or about the first of January 1777 at Harris purchase in Westchester County. Deponent continued in service with the regular Continental Troops until the end of the war and for the space of four or five years he frequently saw the said Ebenezer Greenwood on duty as a Militiaman along the Hudson River and at other places in Westchester County. Deponent further saith

That he has lived for many years after the close of the Revolutionary war a near Neighbor to said Eben- ezer Gummund that he was reported to have rendered a very considerable portion of service as a Militiaman & other wise in the war of the Revolution that the said Ebenezer Gummund is now about 87 years of age & further saith not
Sworn & Subscribed before me Saml Raymond the 15 th day of March 1834 Thos H Hadenbough J. Peace
Sullivan County ss I certify that I am well acquainted with Sands Raymond and who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing affidavit that he is a credible Witness and his statement entitled to full credit & belief Given under my hand at Fallsburg the 15 th March 1834
Thos H Hadenbough J. Peace
And the said Sands Raymond farther states that he is positively certain that the said Ebenezer Gummund served two years or more altogether in the revolu- tionary service as a Militiaman and Raymond
Sworn & Subscribed the 15 th day of March 1834
Thos H Hadenbough J. Peace

Sullivan County ss. Clerks Office ss. I Jesse M. Forster Clerk of the said County do certify that Thomas R. Hardenburgh Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits purports to have been sworn and also who sub- scribed the preceding certificate, was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County - And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signature subscribed to the said affidavits and certificate is genuine - and that "Thos R Hardenburgh" is the proper hand writing of said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said County this 15 th day of April A.D., 1834;
Jesse M. Forster C.C.R.

24/897 New York Ebenezer Garrison of Delaware in the State of N.Y. who who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pardue of the P.H. commanded by Col. Drake in the N.Y. line for 10 months
since added
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Mar. 1834 and sent to Hon. N. Johnson
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 $ 100:00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep '34 16:66
$116:66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 109
See let to Hon. N. Johnston April 9. 1834

State of New York County of Delaware ss.
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the said County, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in + for the County of Delaware, it being a Court of record do Certify that Martin Keeler Esq. before who in the annexed affidavit purports to have been Sworn cons at the duty of the same one of the Judges of the Peace Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 15 th day of May 1832. C B Sheldon Clerk.

State of New York, County of Delaware
Whereas on the 23 rd day of January in the year 1833 Elenyzer Greenman of the town of Harpursfield in the County aforesaid did make his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 which said declaration was forwarded to the War office and after an examination the same was returned with Objections and requiring that the same be removed
Now in order to comply with the regulations adopted by the war department do the applicant does amend his declaration as follows
Personally appeared before me the Undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County aforesaid. Elenyzer Greenman who being duly sworn deponeth and says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot sue as positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following order entered the service in the militia under Captain Henry Lawson in the month of March 1775 and served with him Three months as stated in my former declaration
I again entered the service in the month of September as near as I can recollect as a volunteer in the militia in the year 1776 under Captain Heman Gillett and was marched to a place called Kingsbridge and was stationed there was engaged in building a fort called Fort Independence Colonel Thomas Thomas had the command and in the month of March I was discharged after a service of six months
I again entered the service in the month of April in the year 1777 as a volunteer in the militia in a company commanded by Captain David Pardee and was marched to a place called Cromwell's

Krompond and to the town of Danbury in the State of Connecticut and I was there at the time it was Burnt Colonel Thaddeus Crane had the Command and of the Regiment and was wounded from Danbury we followed the British to Ridgefield where General Wooster was Mortally wounded we followed the British to Compo where they embarked on board of the Shipping during the remainder part of the Summer I was stationed in the County of Westchester guarding the Sea Coast and about the first of November as near as I can now recollect I was discharged after a service of Seven Months
I again entered the service as a volunteer in the Month of April as near as I can now recollect in the year 1778 in the Militia in a Company Commanded by Captain David Pardo and was marched to a place called Krompond Colonel Hyatt and Colonel Drake had the Command and a Major Delvan and after serving four months I was discharged
I again entered the service in the in the Spring of the year 1779 in the Month of April as I think and believe in a company of Militia Commanded by Captain Benjamin Stevens in the town of South Salem and was marched from there to North Castle in the County of Westchester and was stationed there and on the lines so called for the term of three months and in the Month of July according to the best of my recollection I was discharged after a service of three months
I again entered the service in the fall of the year 1779 in the Month of September in a company of Militia Commanded by Captain David Pardo and first rendezvous at South Salem and was marched from there to Krompond and was stationed at that place for some time marched from there to Peekskill and was stationed there for some time and from there to North Castle and was there

Stationed for some time which term I was out untill the Month of January in the year 1780 after a service of four months and I further State and declare that from the Month of January 1780 untill 1783 I was in a Company of Militia under Captain Pardie and was frequently called out to guard what was called the lines sometimes for a month or more I was also in the town of Redding in the State of Connecticut on guard at the time one Jones was hanged and a deserter the name I do not now recollect was shot I was also on guard at North Salem at the time one Perrine was hanged as a spy
In making this amended declaration I have stated the terms of service as roughly as I can do up to January 1780 after that period I was in actual service together with the time before stated of two years and three months in all more than three years and six months during the revolutionary war In all the above mentioned services I served as a private soldier and was not engaged in any other pursuit whatever that my services were always in the fields in some fort or Garrison or on guard
Sworn and subscribed to this 13 th day of May in the year 1833 before me
Martin Rule Judge of the Court aforesaid
His Ebenezer X Morse
Grumman

State of New York Westchester County 3 d
Joseph Benedict of the town of Mount Pleasant in said County formerly of the town of South Salem in the County aforesaid being sworn in due course of Law deposeseth and saith that he is eighty six years of age that he deponent was present at the marriage of Ebenezer Green and Johannah Brooks that he saw the said parties married that said marriage was solemnized in the town of South Salem aforesaid by the Rev. Solomon Mead Presbyterian minister of said town and as near as deponent can recollect it was some time in the year 1774 and further deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed
Joseph Benedict
This 11 th day of April 1837
before me Thomas Mead justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent that he is a credible person a man of truth and veracity Thomas Mead justice of the peace

State of New York } ss. County of West Chester }
I John H Smith Clerk of the said County do certify that Thomas Mead was at the date of the before mentioned acknowledgment a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and duly authorized to take the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 25 th day of April 1857.
John H Smith Clerk