Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,296, Asher Ford, New York
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New York

Ford, Asher
         Jane

NUMBER
W. 7,296
B.L.Wt. 17725-160-55
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CONTENTS
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24169  New York
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Asher Ford
(unable to read far left side due to damaged page)
Warren in the State of New York
was Fifer in the Compy(Company) commanded
Captain Mead of the Regt(Regiment) commanded
Pawling- in the New York
(line) for 19 months & 14 days
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nscribed(Inscribed) on the Roll of New York
the rate of 71 Dollars 42 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of November 1833- and sent to E.H, Rosegrant
Plenns Falls N.Y.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33-          $178.55
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34  35.71
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                                                             $214.26 
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Ino. Cromwell    Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 4   Page 100.
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New certificate issued for $71.42/100 instead of $64.87/100, sent to Hon. H. C. Martindale H. R. 29 Mar '34 & Agent notified of increase
see let to Hon H. C. Martindale June 4. 1834.-

let to J. W. Thompson  Nov, 17,1847
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5,624
New York,  Alban(Albany?)
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Jane Ford
widow of Asher Ford
N.Y.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a 
fifer
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 71 dollars 42 cents pre annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued 
10th day of January 1(cut off)
and sent to  John Norton 
Z Cunford
N. York
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 15.  Vol
Z C (cut off)
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96.673.
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Act Mch   3/55
Apl.          251
Ford
__________
Jane Ford    morn of
Asher Ford       Fifer,
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Capt. Wood /  N. Y. State
Col. Pawling /         Troops

(all crossed out)    (written over) 
(Out. Mch 1847)   (No. 17725 fs Mar1/56) 
(Dir.  Augt  1847 )  
Rev. War.
__________
[illegible]: 160 [illegible]  Feb: 25/56
Jan J. Boynton
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A. Pensioner, Please 
see within.
A. G. Office}
Janry 14/56}
Recp.
Seth William
Aby
________
Claimant
North Granville
N.Y.

Vol. F. 98.
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State of New York}
Warren County}  ss.  On this Tenth day of September in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Seth C. Baldwin. First Judge and Hiram Barber, Thomas Pattison and Freeman B. Hicks Esquires Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Warren and State aforesaid, which said Court is now sitting. Asher Ford a resident of the town Queensbury in the said County of Warren aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. And the said Asher Ford saith that he was born in Amenia precinct in the County of Dutchess in the state of New York on the twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord 1761, that he entered into service during the Revolutionary war under the following named officers and served during said war as is hereinafter stated- And the said Asher Ford
[in margin- July 1776] further saith- In the month of July 1776 I lived in what was then called oblong in the said County of Dutchess about four miles east of Amenia where I was born, and in the 
[in margin-5. Mo Fifer N.Y. State Troops}
said month July 1776 I enlisted for five months as a Fifer in the New York State Troops in Colonel Morris Graham 
[in margin-officers] Regiment. Captain Elisha Barblows Company, in which Ebenezer Carter was first Lieutenant. Britton Paine was another Captain in the same Regiment- Our Regiment joined at Fishkill in the said County of Dutchess and marched from there to Peekskill and from
there we marched to Kingsbridge in Westchester County where we built two row of Barracks- while we were there, a report came that the British were entering the Bay of New York, but on arriving there we found that the report was false, and so returned to Kingsbridge- From Kingsbridge we marched to White Plains and had an engagement with the British in the he month of October, called the Battle of White Plains- General
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Heath was the first in Command and General George Clinton the second as I think- We took six field pieces from the British in the engagement- In this Battle I received a hurt in my right leg which made it necessary for me to have it amputated some years after- From White Plains all the forces marched to North Castle in a snow storm and there we took the Pews and seats out of the Church and used it as a hospital for our sick and wounded- From North Castle we marched back to Peekskill and built Barracks and there I was discharged on the first day of January 1777- I then received a discharge from Captain Barlow but it has been worn out and 
(written in margin-witness) lost- Moses Harris of the town of Queensbury aforesaid had a brother who was a private in Captain Paines Company before mentioned during the whole of my five months service and can testify to it, but he has been confined to his bed by sickness for the last year and cannot now appear in Court to testify & I do not know of any other person who can testify to this service-
After I was discharged at Peekskill I returned to home to Oblong
(written in margin) Feb 1777 Fifer. 1 mo. 14 days
and a month afterward I enlisted again as a Fifer for six weeks under Major Britton Paines(who was Captain in Regiment during my service in 1776) in Captain
(written in margin)No. Cole.- officers} William Mead Company- There was no Colonel of the
Regiment during this service- I went down to New Rochelle where the Regiment joined and there we remained doing the whole six weeks guarding the lines- there were frequent skirmishes between our scout and the Enemies but no regular Engagement- We took a number of horses and sleighs containing beds, bedding and provisions going to the Enemy- I was discharged at New Rochelle at the end of the six weeks in the month of March 1777, and received a  discharge from Captain Mead, but it has been worn out and lost- Moses Harris (written in margin - witness) above named was a private in the Company with me in this last service and can testify to it, and he is the only person I know of who can-
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After I was discharged at New Rochelle I went home to Oblong and
(written in margin)-March 1777
in the same month of March(1777) I went to Eastown in the County of Washington in the state to reside, and during that spring the Militia were called out on an alarm that Burgoyne was comin down from the north  and I volunteered
(written in margin)- Fifer
And went out as a Fifer and carried a gun strung to my back although not obliged to carry any thing but a pistol- I was
(written in margin)-Officers
in Colonel Daniel Dickinsons Regiment and Captain Van Vorsts Company- one Thompson was Major- We went to Fort Edward- Burgoyne was then at Fort George- We remained
(written in margin)-1 month
at Fort Edward a month and over, when our part of the Regiment was discharged, but I received  (written in margin)-No witness
no written discharge- I do not know of any person who can testify to this part of my service- After I was discharged at Fort Edwards I returned to Eastown (written in margin)-June 1777
and in June 1777 went to Oblong aforesaid and there I enlisted (written in margin)- Fifer 4 mo. 
as a Fifer for Four months in Colonel David (written in margin)-Officers
Sutherland Regiment in Captain Roger Sutherland Company- The Regiment joined at Fishkill in the month of July and marched to West Point and there we were Employed in building Fort Lee. Putnam and Arnold and in building redoubts on the River Hudson- Benedict Arnold was in Command at West Point. During this four months service Major Andre was taken and Arnold made his escape to the British ship Vulture lying in the Hudson River a little below West Point- fourteen of our men (of which I was one)crossed the River to overtake Arnold but could not- after Arnold got aboard of the Vulture. She set sail and went down the River- Andre was brought back to West Point- General Washington arrived while Andre was there and the Court Martial was held of which General Green was President, and condemned to be hung- General Washington made several propositions under a flag to the British commander at new York (Sir Henry Clinton or Admiral Horne) to deliver of Andre in Exchange for Arnold- I remained at West Point during this four months service
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and received a discharge from Captain Sutherland but it has
(written in margin)- witness
been worn out and lost. Moses Harris above named
was with me in this four months service and can testify to it and
he is the only person I know of who can-
After I was discharged at West Point I returned to Oblong and
(written in margin)-Spring 1778
remained there until the Spring of 1778, and then enlisted
(written in margin)-G M. Fife-for nine months as fife Major, in Colonel Albert Pawlings
(written in margin)- Major 
Regiment, (John Beuschoten was Major, John Ellsworth Adjutant
(written in margin)- officer
in Captain Robert Woods Company of which John McBride
was first Lieutenant - The Regiment joined at Esopus in Ulster County in this state and from there we marched to Marbletown two miles below, and from there to Wawassing (Wawarsing?) where the Regiment encamped - Captain Woods company was detached to go
to Pepackten(Pepacton?) to guard the Settlements. From Penacten(Pepacton?) we returned
to Wawassing(Wawarsing?) and joined the Regiment and started for the West to
meet General Sullivan - we marched to Tuscarora but General Sullivan had left there four days before we arrived as we learnt
from a paper stuck to a tree, and we returned to Wawassing(Wawarsing) and
from there marched back to Esopus where we got aboard of a
Sloop and sailed down to Stoney Point and worked on the Fort
then repairing it. At Stoney Point I was discharged in the winter of 1779 &(1778). I received a discharge from Captain Wood
(written in margin)-No Witness
but it has been worn out and lost- I do not know of any
(written in margin)-can be obtained-
person who can testify to this part of my service - Colonel Pawling I believe is now living in the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer-
his mind is impaired and enfeebled by age and he can not recollect me or swear that I am the identical Asher Ford who served in his Regiment. I saw him about Eighteen months since and then recounted to him the incidents of
this service and from my account he had no doubt that I was with him in the above mentioned nine months service
and in his Regiment - I have no means to enable me to go
to try to see Colonel Pawling or to get his testimony-
After I was discharged at Stoney Point I returned to Oblong
and in the month of March 1779 I came up to Eastown aforesaid
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(written in margin)-April 1779 
and in the month of April following went to Stillwater in the
(written in margin)- State Troops-
County of Saratoga in this state and enlisted in the State  Troops
(written in margin)- 3 years
for three years at Orderly Sergeant, in Colonel John McKinstry Regiment. Captain Job Wrights Company- The Captain
enlisted me. Ephraim Fish was Ensign of his company -the
Regiment joined at Saratoga- and from there we marched
to Little Britton Southwest of Albany and from there to New
Bergh, Orange County, and from there to Fish Kill where we
lay in the Barracks a long time, and from there to Peekskill
where we remained some time, and from there back to Fish
Kill where we remained some time, and from there to Stoney
Point where we remained some time, and there the Regiment
was disbanded two months and one day before the Expiration
of the three years for which I enlisted - I received a discharge
from Colonel McKinstry and  twenty nine years ago I
annexed this discharge to a Petition which I presented to the
Legislature of this State for a tract of Land in the Military
Bounty Land- A Bill was passed through a second Reading
in my favor but the Legislature adjourned before the third
reading of the Bill and it fell through on that account the
discharge has been searched for by the Secretary of State of
this State but cannot be found and he states that all the
Petitions presented to the Legislature are not in his office
and that Regular file of Petition are not always preserved
(written in margin)-No witness but see Harris affdt. post-
I do not know of any person who can testify to this last service
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or
annuity except the present & declare that my name is
not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state-
In answer to the Interrogatories proposed in the intentions
of the Secretary of War the said Asher Ford further saith
1. I was born in Amenia Precinct in the County of Dutchess
in this State on the 23d day of November 1761-
2. I have a Record of my age which is now produced to the court
it is a copy of the Church Record in Amenia taken by me
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about twenty years ago-
3. I lived at Amenia before & when I entered the service &
for the last twenty years I have lived in the town of 
Queensbury aforesaid
4} My answer to the Forth. Fifth & Sixth Interrogatories
5}are stated before in this my Declaration-
6}
7. Hiram Barber Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of 
Common Pleas of this County, Enoch H. Rosekrans, District
Attorney and King Allen Deputy Sheriff of said County are
persons known to me in my present neighborhood who can
testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my
services as a soldier of the Revolution- there is a clergyman
in the vicinity where I live by the name of Allen Andrews whom
I am acquainted with
and whom I can produce in Court to testify as above
Asher Ford

Sworn to & subscribed the day &}
year aforesaid in open Court]
Thomas Archibald   Clerk

We Allen Andrews a Clergy- - - - 
Hiram Barber, Enoch H. Rosekrans & King Allen
all residing in said town of Queensbury hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Asher Ford who has subscribed & sworn to the
above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy one years
of age that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur
in that opinion.   
Allen Andrews
Hiram Barber
King Allen
Enoch H. Rosekrans
          
Sworn & subscribed the day & year}
aforesaid in open court}
Thomas Archibald    Clerk
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589
Jane Ford  widow

application for pension
NY

Act 29 July 1848

Rejected, Manuel
1811 -
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State of New York &}
Washington County}  ss.   On this twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty-nine personally came before the
undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorised by
Law to administer Oaths Jane Ford a resident of the Town of Granville in said County
aged Sixty one years who being first duly sworn by the undersigned Justice in
Order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed
February 2nd 1848 saith that she is the widow of Asher Ford late of Hartford
in the said County deceased who was a private or fifer & fife major a part of the
as she has understood in the army of the Revolution and who drew a pension
under the act of Congress of Seventy one Dollars and some cents but the number
of cents she is not able to recollect. That she is unable to state the services of her
said deceased husband but which she supposes are on file in the pension office
at Washington and to which she begs leave to refer and that the same may be
taken as a part of this her application if deemed necessary-
That her said husband Asher Ford died on the 13th day of August 1847. That she
was married to him the said Asher Ford on the 23rd day of February 1811 at
Galway in the County of Saratoga and State of New York by Seth Starkweather
Esquire a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Saratoga that there were 
present at said marriage Uriah Cornell and Daniel Rogers who with the
said Justice are all dead, that she does not know of any witness living by
whom she can prove her said marriage. That the said Asher Ford was a
widower at the time she married him, that she has not since his death
been married to any person but still remains his widow
and she herewith gives a copy of the orignal family Record of her said husband in the
words and figures following which was kept on blank leaves in his bible towit

Asher Ford was born November ye 23 AD 1761.
Susanna Macomber was born March ye 31st AD 1762.
We was married December ye 16th AD 1784
Eunice Ford was born July ye 25th 1785
Departed by death ye 26th
John Ford was born June ye 7th AD 1786
Sarah Ford was born May ye 19th AD 1788
William Ford was born October ye 3d AD 1790
Eunice Ford was born August ye 1st AD 1792
Christopher Ford was born October ye 31st AD 1794
[illegible](Amos?) Ford was born October ye 20th AD 1796
Sydia Ford was born July ye 16th AD 1799
Betsey Ford was born July ye 10th AD 1801 on
Friday

Susanna Ford wife of Asher Ford
Departed this life at four OClock on the morning
of the 11 of April AD 1808 aged 46 years
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Asher Ford was married to Jane} 
Vanhorn February ye 23d AD 1811.}
Sally Ford Daughter of Asher and Jane Ford was
born January ye 19th AD 1812.

That the orignal family record of which the foregoing is a Copy is in the
hand writing of the said Asher Ford her deceased husband and has
been in her possession since his death and which Record she believes to be true
and knows the same to be true as respects her marriage, and the birth of her
Daughter Sally Ford now Sally Butler wife of David Butler
        her
Jane  X  Ford
        mark
Sworn and subscribed by her mark
is 24th day of December 1849

before me
John C. Parker Justice of the
Peace in and for the County of
Washington. And I the said Justice certify that the aforesaid
affiant Jane Ford is a credible witness and worthy of belief and that I
copied from the family Record into her Declaration
J. C. Parker  J Peace

State of New York}
Washington County} ss.  Sally Buller(Butler) wife of David Butler of Granville in the County and
State aforesaid being duly sworn saith that she is the Daughter of Asher Ford
deceased and of Jane Ford the applicant for a pension in the foregoing Declaration
named that they lived together as husband and wife ever since her recollation and she has no
doubt of their lawful marriage. That her said father died at Hartford in the County
and State aforesaid on the 13th day of August 1847. that she knows he was a pensioner
of the United States from having seen his pension certificate from the pension office. That
her mother Jane Ford makes it her home in the family of this Deponent and has
in her possession her fathers Bible containing his family Record and that the original
is in his hand writing and is truly copied in the aforesaid Declaration as she knows
from a comparison thereof with the Original Record.
[illegible](Sally?) Butler

Sworn & subscribed this 24th
day of December 1849 before me
John C Parker Justice of the
Peace in & for the County of
Washington NY and I certify that the above affiand, I
believe to be a credible witness and worthy of belief
J. C, Parker  J. Peace
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State of New York }
Washington County}  ss.   David Butler of Granville in the County and state aforesaid being
duly sworn saith that he married Sally Ford the Daughter of Asher Ford now
deceased and that Jane Ford the widow of the said Asher Ford makes it her
home in the family of this deponent. That he was acquainted with the said
Asher Ford in his life time and know him to have been a Revolutionary
pensioner of the United States, and he has no doubt that the said Asher Ford was duly
and Lawfully married to the said Jane Ford the above applicant for a pension as
they lived together as husband and wife, and further he knows that the said
Jane Ford has in her possession the Bible of the said Asher Ford deceased
which contains the family Record of the said Asher Ford deceased and he
hath compared the copy in the foregoing Declaration contained with the
Original record in words and figures and finds the same to be exactly
alike in all respects including the dates in figures and has no doubt that the
said Record is a true Record of the Births, deaths and marriages as therein
Stated
David Butler

Sworn & subscribed this 27th day of} 
December 1849 before me}
John C. Parker Justice Peace and I certify that the said David Butler is a credible witness and worthy of belief 
J C Parker Justice Peace

State of New York}                Clks Certificate
Washington County}  ss.    I Henry Shipherd Clerk of the County Courts in and for the County
of Washington aforesaid in the said State of New York Do hereby certify 
that John C. Parker is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and authorised
to administer oaths in said County that his term of Office commenced on the first day of January 1848 and will expire on the thirty first day of December 1851 that I 
am acquainted with the signature of his name and that his signature above
severally written is in his proper hand writing and is genuine

Given under my hand and the seal of the said County
this 28th day of Dec. 1849
H Shipherd Clerk
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State of New York]
Washington County}  ss.
On this 17th day of April A D. one
thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County
and State aforesaid, Jane Ford aged 66 years & upwards
a resident of North Granville in the state of New York,
who being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the widow of Asher Ford. She further says
that she was married to the said Asher Ford, in
Galway N.Y. on the 21st day of February 1811, as will
appear by a copy of the record of said Marrage(marriage)
taken from the family record, which is here unto annexed
and that her name
before said marriage was Jane Vanhorn, that her
said husband died at Hartford NY on the
13th day of August 1847, and that she is now
a widow at the date of executing this her declaration
and she further says that her husband the said Asher
Ford was a Fifer in the Revolutionary war and at the
commencement of said war, he enlisted into the
army of the U.S. as a fifer for one year and
after serving out said enlistment, he then
enlisted during said war and served until
the war closed. She further says that the said
Asher Ford was alowed(allowed?) a pension from the [illegible] Goverment for said services and that he drew
a pension for about twenty years befor his
death, and that she drew that portion of
his said pension that was his due at the
time of his decease, which was from March
4th 1847. to August 13th 1847, and she further
says that she sent the said Asher Fords pension
certificate to the agent for paying pensions at
Albany N.Y. for the purpose of drawing the balance
his due at the time of his decease
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and that she secured the pay for which she
applied but has never received the certificate
and that she believes said certificate is now in
you'll agents hands at Albany unless it has been
returned to the Pension office at Washington
and she further says that she was married
to Asher Ford by Seth Stark wather a Justice of the Peace
she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaing(obtaining)
the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled
under the act approved March '3, 1855 she also
declares that she has never received nor applied for
bounty Lands under this or any other act of
Congress                    Jane Ford
                                          her 
                                            X
                                          mark
Witness} David S Butler     
             } Chas. R. Mann

The following is a true copy of the record of the
Marriage of Asher Ford and Jane Vanhorn which
was taken from the Family record of said Ford,
"Asher Ford and Jane Vanhorn was married
February ye 21 AD 1811 on Thursday"---
We David S Butler and Sarah Butler
residents of North Granville in the State of New York,
upon our oathes(oaths), declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed in our presence and that
we believe from the appearance and statements of the
applicant that she is the identical person she
represents her self to be, and we further say that
we know of our own knowledge that the above had 
of the marriage of Asher Ford and Jane Vanhorn
is a true copy taken from the Family record
of said Ford and that the same was entered on
his said Family record in his own hand
wrting, and we further state that we know
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of our own knowledged that the said Asher
Ford and Jane Ford did live together as man
and wife and were recd into society as man
and wife and that we were(never?) heard any thing
to the contrary but what they were lawful man
and wife and we further stat(state) that the said
Jane Ford did draw the ballance(balance) of Pension Mony(money) du(due?)
said Asher Ford at the time of his decease
as stated in the foregoing affidavit, and
that the said Jane is now a widow
David S Butler
Sarah Butter

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year above written, and I certify that I know the
affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant
is the person she represents herself to be, and that 
I have no interest in this claim
Charles R. Mann
Justice Peace

N.B. The interlineation on
the first page between the
11th & 12 line from the top
was interlined before signing
which are these  which is

STATE OF NEW-YORK,}
WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,}  ss:
I do hereby certify that Charles R. Mann Esquire,
whose name is subscribed to the Declaration & affidavits
hereto annexed, was on the 17 day of April
1855, the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected,
sworn and qualified by law to act as such Justice
and that the signature of said Justice
subscribed
thereto is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said County this 19
day of April  AD 1885
Geo B Strow, Dep Clerk.
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of our own knowledged that the said Asher
Ford and Jane Ford did live together as man
and wife and were recd into society as man
and wife and that we were(never?) heard any thing
to the contrary but what they were lawful man
and wife and we further stat(state) that the said
Jane Ford did draw the ballance(balance) of Pension Mony(money) du(due?)
said Asher Ford at the time of his decease
as stated in the foregoing affidavit, and
that the said Jane is now a widow
David S Butler
Sarah Butter

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year above written, and I certify that I know the
affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant
is the person she represents herself to be, and that
I have no interest in this claim
Charles R. Mann
Justice Peace

N.B. The interlineation on
the first page between the
11th & 12 line from the top
was interlined before signing
which are these 
which is
hereunto annexed
Chas R Mann J.P.
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No 18203
Asher Ford Warren County New York

e.i.
on [illegible due to the lightness of the writing]

[illegible] as Sergeant dischowed(discharged?)

Admitted
Fifer 19 mos & 14 days

three years [illegible] in Col
McKentry regt  Capt Job
Wright regated-(rejected?)
Capt Wright belonged to
Col Willills rejoined

E.H. Rosekrans Glens Falls Warren County
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 23 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 Asher Ford Warren County New York
======================
Period when the service was rendered.
______________________________
Entisted July 1776 
Enlisted Feb. 1777
Vol. March 1777
Enlisted June 1777 
Entisted spring 1778
Enlisted April 1779

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.    Months.    Days.      
______________________________
--               5             --
--               1             14
--                1             --
--               4              --
term      not       stated
2                 9              1

Rank of the claimant.
_______________________________
 fifer
 Fifer
 Fifer
 Fifer
 [illegible]
orderly Sergt}

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
________________________________________
Cap Barlow
Cap Mead
Cap Van Voorts
Cap Sutherland
Cap Wood
Cap Wright

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
__________________________________
Gl. Heath
Col Graham
Col. who?(written much lighter)
Major Paine
Col Dickinson
Col Sutherland
Col Pawlings
Col McKinstry

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
______________________________________
White plains

Country through which he marched.
______________________________________
Marched to
Peekskill, to
Kings Bridge
White Plains
to North Castle
first to  New
Rochell.

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
__________________________________________
70 years 
Oblong County 
of Dutches
New York

Evidence by which the declaration
is supported.
_____________________________________
traditionary evidence Witnesses certified
credible, no clergyman
& no reason given
papers not property
attached-

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE, 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}
County of}    ss.
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 provion 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 enered 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(the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with              , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revotionary
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 applicacation 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
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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?
6.{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if {so, by whom was it signed, and what
{has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary 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.
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[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. 
>The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Proof of service required
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Revy WIDOW, &c.      
      ___________                  
File No. 7296
Jane Ford
state of
Wid"
Ashen Ford
Fifer Rev War
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Act: Feby 3d 1853
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 245

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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                                                                   aw
1926. Nov. 5th. photos furnished E. B. Baldwin
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Warren County  ss   Moses Harris of the Town of Queensbury in the
County of Warren aged Eighty six years & upwards being duly
sworn saith that he has been acquainted with Asher Ford
who has made the foregoing declaration & signed the same
for the last sixty years- that this deponent has heard the
said declaration read and that the account of the said Asher
Ford contained therein of his services in the Revolutionary war
with this deponent in the year 1777 is true- And this deponent further
saith that before the joining of McKinstrys Regiment as
stated in said declaration this deponent next said Ford [illegible]
Greenbush and said Ford then informed this deponent that
he was then going to join said Regiment- and this deponent
saith that he has lived in the town of Queensbury for the
last forty years and this deponent has always understood
& believes & now believes that said Ford served in the Revolutionary war as is stated in the declaration of said Ford-
and this deponent saith that this deponents brother William
Harris was in the service in Col Morris Grahams Regiment
& Captain Britton Paines Company at stated in the foregoing
declaration, and that Varsal Dickinson was in the said
service, Regiment & Company, & that after their return from
said service this deponents brother & said Dickinson (both of
whom are now dead) informed this deponent that said Ford
was in that service with them, which this deponent believes
to be true- & said Ford statement as to this deponents state of health & ability to attend Court is true-        Moses Harris

Subscribed & Sworn before me
this 19h day of August 1833
Hiram Barber   Justice of the Peace

d
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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after
the investigation of the matter & 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 Allen Andrews who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of 
Queensbury in the
County of Warren, and that Hiram Barber, Enoch H. Rosekrans 
& King Allen who have also signed the same are
residents of the same town & County and are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to credit- and
the court further certifies that it appears to them
that Moses Harris who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing
affidavit verifying the statements of said Ford is also a credible
witness & that the statement of said Harris is Entitled to
credit & that it is not possible for said Harris to appear in
Court to testify-
I Thomas Archibald, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Warren do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original 
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of Asher Ford for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office this Tenth day of
September in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and thirty three -
Thomas Archibald    Clerk

State of New York} 
County of Warren}  ss
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of said County do certify
that Hiram Barber before whom the within affidavit
purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same
a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly
commissioned & sworn & that I am acquainted with
his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed
thereto to be the proper hand writing and 
sig[(nature)written on next page]
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[(sig) written on last page] nature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this tenth day of
September in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and thirty three-
Thomas Archibald   Clerk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of congress of 7th June 1832

State of New York
Washington County ss.   On this 2d day of April-
1847 personally
appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington & State of New York Asher Ford whom I have will known for many years
who is an aged man infirm & a cripple having had his leg cut off above the knee &
in my opinion unable to attend Court & who is a resident of Washington County town of Hartford N.Y. aged Eighty Five years past 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 act of Congress passed 7 Jun 1832
or else to obtain a further benefit of said act that he is already on the pension Rool(Roll)
& was placed [illegible](there?) some time in 1834. as will appear by the record of said certificate
at Washington & that the applicant has continued to draw yearly the sum of $71.42
The applicant states that he served during the Revolutionary War at
different times to the amount of seven years lacking three months & three days
& for which service he now claims & increase & also claims on the ground that
from an injury received in the Battle of White Plains he has had to have amputated
his right leg. Nine inches above the knee
That he enlisted at Amenia NY when not quite sixteen years old 
& in the year 1776 in the County of Dutches(Dutchess) into a company commanded by Capt Elisha Barlow of Oblong Liuet Ebenezer Carter Brinton Pugh Major Morris
5 (written in margin) Graham Col Gen Geo. Clinton & Heath were the Generals in command that
he enlisted for & served five months at this period & took his discharge
That during this service his company [illegible] at Kingsbridge
N.Y. & remained at that place until the british took the city of N.Y. after which he
went to White Planes(Plains) NY. & was there & Engaged in two battels(battles) fought there
That at such buttels(battles) or one of them on a retreat in running through a brush fence
he received a cut from some think instrument or stick which pealed(peeled) off the skin from
near the knee fir down to the ankle that after the same skin was replaced the wound
apparently healed but all along after would occasionally break out & blistered
&  from exposure the limb would continue to inflame & the flesh slough off & the bone began
to be effected so that about sixteen years and it was amputated at the Glenn Falls in
Warren County N Y. by Dr Runsine & because of the named & injury which applicant
received at such time & no other That applicant enlisted as a Musician being
a Fifer & also carrying a gun & doing duty [illegible](with?) the same
That immediately after the expiration of the said five months
service & in the year 1776 or early in 1777 he again enlisted as a musician as aforesaid
& also carried a gun & did duty [illegible](with?) the [illegible] into a company commanded  by
Capt. William Mead & [illegible] with Maj. Brinton Payn. That during that
1 1/2(written in margin)
six weeks he unh(and?) his company went to New Rachel(Rochelle?) West Chester Co NY. & remained
on the lines & served his time at & also received his discharge
That immediately after the last [illegible] he came to the County of
Washington N.Y. at Easton & in 1777 again enlisted for three months as a private
into a company commanded by Capt Van Voort Col Dickinson of Still Water
3(written in margin)
and served his time acting as a spy unto one John Benson for Gen Gates who was then
in command that he served his time out was discharged which he took &
that there he returned to Dutchess County & in
1777 again enlisted as a Musician & held the [illegible] of
Fife Major for 4 months in Capt Roger Southerland(Sutherland) David Southerland(Sutherland)
was colonel that he also carried & did serve unh(with?)  a gun that during this period
4(written in marge)
his company was at West Point, Fort Montgomery & Peekskill that he served
out his four months & was & [illegible] his discharge
That soon after this period of{illegible](service?) he again enlisted
13 1/2(written in margin corner)
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13 1/2 (written in margin)
into a company of Rangers as musician  & private commanded by Capt Roswell
Kinney of Dutchess Co NY for one year & that said  Captain & his company
were not connected and any regiment as he ever knew but were employed
in [illegible] the hills & country in West Chester County & Vicinity to pick up
12. (written in margin)
an boys & such refuges as would & did return that in such service
he spent the year & was discharged & which he received
That soon after & in the year 1779 he again enlisted into a
company commanded by Capt Robert Wood of Oblong Lieut John McBrigie
Adjutant John Ellsworth. Major John Van Schaeghter Col. Albert Paulding
9 (written in margin)
for nine months & as Musician & held the office of Fife Major for 9 months &
also carried a gun 
That said company in stationed at Esopus [illegible](Settle?)
Prillian Marbletown War sink then said company was detached &
went to Pepecton & on to the vicinity of New Jersey & at Dewitts Fort & three
remained until apples began to get ripe & until Genl Sulivan(Sullivan) returned from
the north & went went or stated to go west after Indians
That the company to which applicant belonged received instructions
to [illegible] Genl Sullivan at Tuscarora & stated from Dewitt Fort
to make the junction went to Tuscarora & found Genl Sulivan(Sullivan) had been
gone 4 days & then found instructions if provisions were short to return
being unlimt supplies the company returned to War sink & suffered much
for want of provisions remained some time to remit after which went to
Stoney Point + assisted in repairing same after same was taken, & was
discharged after serving nine months & took a discharge
That after [illegible] the last period of service he came to
Still Water & on the 16 April 1780 he enlisted into a company commanded by
Job Wright, for three years & was appointed & held the office of Orderly Sergt
during that time the Major it is believed was James Hewitt, the Col was John
McKinster the company & regiment was then detached to the lines in the vicinity
of West point & into the State of New Jersey & that it was the object
36 }  70 1/2 month}(written in margin)
to keep of indians & such some that said company was engaged in
that applicant so performed his three years & was duly discharged which
he [illegible] That his [illegible] as a Fife Major & as Sergent(Sergeant) & all his
discharges he left with. I, Hanah Olivet wife of Jonathan Olivet in Dutches County soon after the war                      
that search has been made & that such papers are lost & destroyed
That he is clear & distinct as to the periods of service [illegible]
before stated that his memory is good now though aged 85 past
that he knows no documentary evidence by which his service can be proved
& having been infirm he has been unable to obtain living witnesses or
to find where any of his old companions in arms reside if now living
That his certificate of enlistment for the last period
of his service was had many years since at Albany with a view to
obtain his bounty lands but that the same three became lost & thugh(through?)
much search was made the same could not be found
He declares his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency
in any state or only on that of the Agency in the State of New York
That  he was born on Nov 23 1761. Thus the family record of his birth
that when he entered the service he resided with his part, in Armenia
Dutchess Co NY. & since the war has lived in Montgomery Co Wash Co & Wana Co. NY.
& now resides in Hartford Wash Co that he enlisted & at one period was
a kind of substitute for a class & was emplyed(employed) as substitute by George
Murry who was one of a class of 8 men & that was the 9 months
Asher Ford

Service [illegible] Capt Wood 
Signed & sworn to the day before said
Solomon S. Cowen   Judge}
Wash. Co. Courts}

70 1/2 months(written in lower corner)
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and I the said undersigned Judge do hereby certify & declare my opinion
to be that from personal acquainted with the said Asher Ford & now apresence
that he is of the age he represents & that after my investigation of the matter
& after pulling many interrogatives to him & these presented that the above
named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & [illegible] as he stated
& I do further certify is a man of education of good mind & memory & that
his character for truth & veracity is impeachable & that he has lost his leg
& [illegible](which?) has always been said ansequence(inconsequence?) of an infirm
received whilst he was in the war & that he is poor & his funds also
& that if the Department should take his statements for true that
it would be doing only what all the community who know him
would namely do. I further certify I have no interest or agency
in his present application & I further certify I know the said
applicant & his standing & clames(claims?) as well as any persons in this his vicnicty(vicinity?) & that there is not residing here any clergyman who has
Known said applicant for any length of time

Soloman S. Cowen   Judge of
Wash. Co Courts
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State of New York  ss:
On this Twentieth day of June Eighteen hundred and Fifty Four
personally appeared before The Supreme Court held in and for the
County of Washington Before Hon A C. Harris one of the Justices
of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Jane Ford a resident of
Granville in the said County of Washington and State of New York
age sixty six years who first being duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d February
1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war
that she is the widow of Asher Ford who was a private in the Revolutionary
war refferance(reference) may be had to the evidence filed in the application of said
Asher Ford to obtain a pension who was pensioner of the United States
and who was a resident of the Town of Hartford County of Washington State of
New York who died in said town of Hartford on the thirteenth day of August
Eighteen hundred and Forty seven to whence a certifficate(certificate) of pension was
issued which said certificate was surrendered to the pension agent of the City of
Albany at the time of making application for the amount due to said
pensioner at the time of his death she further declares that she was married
to the said Asher Ford on the Twenty third day of February Eighteen
hundred and Eleven (1811) at the Town of Galway County of Saratoga and
State of New York by Seth Stockweller Coy a Justice of the Peace of said
County of Saratoga said Justice soon after said marriage left the County
to some place to this deponent unknown whose testimony she cannot
procure that she knows of no person now living who could attest to have
Seen her married that after her marriage with said Asher Ford she
imediately(immediately) commenced to live with him and did continue to until
his death that they have vaised(varied?) seven children who are now
living That the said Asher Ford kept a family Bible in which he
made the entires(entries) of Births Marriages and deaths that very soon after 
they were married he entered in the family record in his own hand
writing the time of there(their) marriage which said
record now remains in this deponents possession
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of which the following is a coppy(copy)
"Asher Ford was married to Jane Van Horn
February 23 1811"
That she was not married to him prior to the
Second of January Eighteen hundred but at the time
[illegible] stated She further declares that She is now
his widow
                          her
                   Jane  X  Ford
                          mark
Signer in presence of the words 
and by whom was struck out before oath being made in the
Second line  from the Cotton in first page
John Norton           NBM(written at left of signatures)
Wm. H. King


State of New York}
County of Washington  ss }  It is hereby certified that satisfactory
Evidence has been Exhibited before me Clerk of the Supreme Court
of the State of New York and of the County of
Washington that Jane Ford is the widow of Asher
Ford late of the town of Hartford in said County and
State that Asher Ford was a revolutionary
pensioner of the United States and that the said
Asher Ford died at Hartford on the 13th day
of August 1847 leaing(leaving?) the said Jane Ford his
widow and that the preceding declaration [illegible]
Sworn to and attested by the said Jane Ford
in open Court this 20th day of June 1854
Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal this 20th
day of June 1854
N B Milliman
Clark Wash Co
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State of New York}
County of Washington} S.S.   On this second day of August AD Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County & State aforesaid Cornelius Ford a resident of Hartford
in said State of New York aged forty one years who being duly sworn 
according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the son of Asher
Ford late of Hartford deceased and son of Jane Ford who makes the
foregoing application for a Pension That he has resided with said Asher
Ford and Jane Ford from the time of his first remberance(remembrance) untill 
he arrived to the age of Twenty one years and from that time untill
the death of said Asher Ford he resided in his [illegible] that they the
said Asher Ford & Jane Ford have cohabited to gether as husband
and wife from my first rembrance(remembrance), and untill his said Asher
Fords Death which took place at Hartford aforesaid on or about the
13th day of August 1847 who left a widow Jane Ford who
is now living and remains his Widow And I furth depose
and say that the said Asher Ford had in his possession during
his life a Pension Certificate for serves(services) rendue by him as a
private in the War of the Revolution That the said Ashe(Asher) Ford
could write that I have very often seen him write and am
well acquainted with his hand writing and he the said Asher Ford
did keep a family Bible in which he kept a Record of Marriages Births
and Deaths of his family in which I have several times seen him
write and make entries That from my first remberance of seeing
said Record the following was Entred(entered) To wit
"Asher Ford was married to Jane Van horn February 23 AD 1811"
That the above quotation of a part of said record has remained and
does now remains in said family Bible and from my knowledge
of his hand writing I believe the same to be in his own handwriting
Cornelius Ford

Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and year above writen(written)
John Norton   Justice of the Peace
Page 35

Jane Ford
application for a Pension
under the act of Feby 3 1853
granting pensions to widows

John Norton  agt
Hartford
N.Y
Page 36

State of New York}
County of Washington} S.S.   On this second day of August One Thousand Eight hundred
and Fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Solomon S Cowen aged
Sixty four years a resident of Hartford in the State of New York who
being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that
he was well acquainted with Asher Ford late of Hartford deceased That he
first became acquainted with him about the year 1818
being about the
time of his first residence in Hartford aforesaid at the said time he was
house keep, and cohabited with Jane Ford who lived together as husband
and wife that they raised Several Children during my said acquaintance
and continued to so reside togeth(together) us aforesaid untill the death of said
Asher Fork That I have seen said Asher Ford write and have seen the
Record which purports to be a family Record of Marriages Births and
Deaths in which I find recorded as follows to wit
"Asher Ford was married to Jane Vanhorn February 23 AD 1811"
from my knowledge of his hand writing I believe the [illegible] as
coffred alone was his hand writing
Solomon S Cowen

Sworn to and Subscribed before me
the day and year above witten(written)
John Norton   Justice of the Peace
Page 37

STATE OF NEW-YORK, }
WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,} ss:
I do hereby certify that John Norton Esquire,
whose name is subscribed to the affidavits
hereto annexed, was on the 2 day of Aug
1855, the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and qualified by law to act as such Justice
and that the signature of said Justice subscribed
thereto is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said County this 6
day of Dec. A. D. 1855

Geo B Strow  Dep Clerk.
Page 38

Granville Wash Co N.Y
Feb 12, 1851

Hon J. E. Heath
Sir
I wish to be informed what was
done in reference to the claim of Asher Ford a
Revolutionary Soldier, he served to the close of the
war. Some of the time served as a Fifer and Fife
major; he drew a pension at the rate of $75.00
but was entitled to $120-per year, about 3 years
ago last spring (The spring or summer of 1847)
he applied for an increase of Pension and his
papers were sent by Isaac W. Thompson of this place
who then had charge of his case; I cannot learn
as any thing was ever received in answer to his
claim from your office. Mr Ford is now dead but
left children who have applied to me, to get
what was due to their father but which he did
not get, will you please examine the papers
on file and inform me what was done in
regard to his claim for increase of Pension, and
what further proof is or was necessary to get
the increase, and what the defect was;
also have the kindness to send me the instructions
and forms for drawing Bounty Land for services
in the Revolutionary War: as Ford was entitled
to Bounty land: but did not draw it, and his children
want to apply: also please send me instructions
and forms- for drawing Bounty Land under act of
July 27, 1842 & Jany 27, 1835 -providing for those who enlisted for
5 years or "during the War" of 1812.

Truly yours ste,
Oscar F. Thompson
Page 39

Washington June 2nd 1834

Sir
The accompanying certificates are
returned for correction- Biteley is for $51.99.
He served as private and Sergeant 18 months
including his time of imprisonment
He thinks himself intitled(entitled) to Sergeants pay for the whole time including
imprisonment.
Ford made out two or three years
as Sergeant, besides the time served as musician.
His Certificate is only for
$71.42- He claims Sergeants full pay $120-
Both want, to the uttermost penny, all
they are entitled to- Ford has but one leg
having lost the other in the army.
Cromwell-(written alongside next paragraph)
Solomon Esmans has not been
able to draw his Pension on his amended
Certificate, the correction not
having been sent on to the agency
Be good enough to enable the old [illegible]
to draw his money. Prisoners dont(don't)
like to wait- I hope also that the evidence 
will enable you to send me enlarged
Certificate for Ford& Biteley-
Page 40

Be good enough also to enclose me
your reasons for refusing certificates
to Lewis Hatch and Samuel Wecks whose
papers you sent me some days
since- I do not perceive the deficiency
of testimony-  

Yours very Respectfully
George C  Martindale

J L Edwards  Es
Pension Office
Page 41

Brief in the case of Jane Ford, widow of Asher Ford
Washington County and State of New York
act February 3, 1853-
==========
Claim, (" original, " [crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner
under act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $71.42c
per annum. He died August 13, 1847, as shown by 3d Auditor's certificate.
Marriage proved by verified transcript from
Family Bible - It took place 23d February 1811.
Identity of the claimant as the present
widow of the above named pensioner
proved by affidavit of Cornelius Ford, and
Solomon S. Cowen, credible witnesses.

John Norton Esqr
Hartford,
New York
Name and residence of Agent 

R  Geddes
Examining Clerk.
Page 42

October 21 47
Appl for Increase
Asher Ford
1832

(written over above)- Granville NY
Oct 23

Free

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr. Pensions
Washington
DC
Page 43

Granville Oct 22 1847

Sir
Will the enclosed application secure
any further pension   What further evidence
is requed(required)

Yrs(Yours)
J W Thompson
Page 44

From
G. R Andrews  M.C

J. L. Edwards    Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C




Jany 7/50
Page 45

Washington  Jary 5th-1849

Sir
I Enclose the application of Jane
Ford, of Granville N.Y. for a Pension,
any communcation(communication?) relation thereto, please
to direct to me at the House of
Representatives-

I am Sir very Respectfully,
Your Obt Sert
G. R. Andrews

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Page 46

Payments to be made
at New York
by [illegible] B M
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of
New York

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E.   Vol 4.
Page 100 by
Go. C. Stiles
Clerk
Page 47

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Asher Ford
of the State of New York
who was a Fifer in the Revolutionary
Army--
is entitled to receive Sixty Four dollars and
Eighty seven cents per annum, during his natural life, 
commencing on the 4th of March,1831 and 
payable semiannually on the 4th of March,
and 4th of September, in
every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States
this 7th day of
November one thousand eight
hundred and thirty= three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and}
Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

(written across middle of page)-Canceled
Page 48

Rev B / Land
O F Thompson
Asher Ford
------
Sep. 25/50
177725

[illegible]-(to light to read)
Page 49

Pension Office
Sept 25th 1850

Sir
In reply to your letter of the
19th inslant, (crossed out-I have to) respecting the claim of Asher Ford to bounty land in
right of his services in the revolutionary War.
I have to inform you that as
according to your letter, he left the
service after he was "disabled at the battle,
of White Plains", he acquired no right
to bounty land form(from) the U. States, to which bounty no soldier of the revolution became entitled, unless he enlisted for "during the war", and served to the end thereof
in 1783.

I am &

O. F. Thompson Esq}
Granville}
Washington County}
New York}
Page 50

17.725

Neo Avs
Page 51

Pension Office,
December 12, 1855.

The Third Auditor will please certify
the date to which the within named pensioner
was paid, and the christian name of widow

Very respectfully
S. Cole
Chief Clerk
Page 52

3 Auditor's Office
Decr. 13. 1853:

Died 13 August 1847 & paid in full to that day.
name of the widow was Jane Ford.

Robt J [illegible]
Auditor
Page 53

Pension Office Jan. 9, 1855

Sir,
The proof in the within application shows that the
within named pensioner die(died) on the 13th Aug 1847
Please examine, and certify whither that is the
true date.

Very respectfully
R. McRae
[illegible] Commissioner



Teddy
Page 54

3d Auditor's Office
Jany. 8. 1856.

Sir
Upon further examination it appears
that an error was made in reporting the
within named pensioner's death 8 August 1847
should have been 13th August 1847
very Respy
Rob J [illegible]
Auditor

J. Minot Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions
Page 55

No.  6.193.
Jane Ford, widow of
Asher Ford-
Washington Co. N. York
Admitted- Act Feby 3. 1853
at rate of $71. 42c  per
annum- commencing
at date of act
//Husband was fifer
19 mos and 14 days
//
Pay widow


Certificate to
John Norton Esqr
Hartford
New York
Page 56

Asher Ford N.Y.

1776-5 mo fifer Capt Barlow Col M. Graham
1776 or 77 1 mo 15 fifer Capt- Wood Major Payne
1777 3 mo As a spy Capt Van Voort, Col Dickenson
1777 4 mo fifer Major Capt. Southerland Col Southerland
Shully allowed 12 mo Capt Roswell
1779  9 mo musicians Capt R. Illegible Col Paulings
1780 3 mo  not legible - Capt Job Wright Col McKenstry
Page 57

24169
New York
==============================
Asher Ford
(illegible word) in the State of New York who was a Fifer in the Company commanded by Captain Mead of the Regt. Commanded by Col. Pawling in the New York line for 19 months and 14 days.
$71.42
===============================
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 64 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
==================================
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of November, 1833——and sent to E.H. Rosekrans Glennsfalls
===================================
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. .33’.          $ 162.22
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th ‘56.  32.48
                                                                 =======
                                                               $. 195.60
{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go C Stiles  Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 100
Page 58

This is 2 sided with one side overlapping the right side. 

Left side:
6769
3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
….Nov 2….1936
Chief Rev. War Section

I have this day received from Evelyn B. Baldwin cash No………for $3.30……., requesting
Photostat copy } as per letter herewith OTC not copy 1926 Nov 5 photos delivered to Mr Baldwin in person and finance } DW notify AW
O.J. RANDALL
………….
Chief Finance Division
H.C.L.
November 2, 1926.
Stat copies of the following:
Asher Ford. W.7296.        7 pages
(First word was covered over)Ford, S.31035 8 pages
Joshua Ford S. 3368.   4 pages, Graham Parsons, W. 10852  2 pages
Andrew Parsons S.41047. 1 pages
Total 22 Pages
B Baldwin
4-26-21 st S.N.W.
Washington D.C.
Rectangular stamp  with FINANCE DIVISION NOV 2 1926 BUREAU OF PENSIONS