Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5483, John Hakes, Mass. New York
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SERVICE
Mass.
New York

Hakes, John

NUMBER
S. 5483
carded

CONTENTS
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New York
John Hakes

Of Tioga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stewart of the Reg. Commanded by Col Easom in the NY line for 2 years. 

N.Y. and Mass
Record completed
May 7 1904

Transcribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 _Dollars_ cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of May 1833 and sent to J. Robinson Elmira New York

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $160.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept,1833, 40 
[total] $200

{Revolutionary Claim
 Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by George Taylor Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 60

Duplicated certificate issued 15 Feby '37 - and forwarded to Lewis Falley, Fulton, N.Y.
 Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from 4th Septr. 1840 to 9 Feby 1841.
Agent notified 21 Apl'46.

1888 Meh  Hon E.S. Osborne P[r?]  history Prior
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John Hakes
Declaration
22614

Direct to J. Robinson
Elmira N. Y.
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At a Special Court held pursuant to
 the Regulations of the war department in such
cases made and provided before the Hon. Grant B. Baldwin first Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Tioga in the State of New York at his Office
in the Village of Elmira on the Sixth day of February 1833 

State of New York
Tioga County }        SS
On this Sixth day of February in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared before the Judge aforesaid being the first Judge of a Court of record because the said Court is made so by the Constitution and Laws of the
State having by law a Clerk and said 
John Hakes a resident of Southport in the said County of Tioga and State of  New York, aged             Seventy seven years the twentieth day of May last 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 7th 1832;
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
That by the twentieth day of July 1775 then being a resident of Hoosack
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in the County of Albany in the State of New York he enlisted into the Company of Massachusetts State Troops commanded by Capt. Lemuel Stewart in Col. Easons Regiment for a term of six months; that he marched with
said Company to Skenesborough from thence to Ticonderoga, to Crown Point from thence
to St. Johns and that whilst at St. John the said Capt. Lemuel Stewart was taken sick and left at that place by his company which marched with the American Army to Quebec, that this deponent was ordered by Capt Stewart to remain with him at St. John which he did until the Capt so far recovered as to be able to be conveyed home and they both returned
home together by the way of Skenesborough
at which place his six months service having expired Capt Stewart gave him a discharge.
And he further declares that on the first day of June in year 1777 at the town of Granville in the County of Washington in the State of New York he again entered the service of the United States in the Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Hingly and Lieutenant Ichabod Parker in the
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Regiment commanded by Col. John Williams
that he march'd with said company through Poultney, Castleton and Halberton to Fort Independence and from thence across a floating Bridge to Ticonderoga that he continued at that place under command until it was evacuated by the American Troops and marched from thence back across, said bridge to Halberton from Halberton he march'd to Castleton from thence to Williamstown in the State of Massachusetts where he was stationed
under military command and was engaged in scouting parties some of the time until the company received orders for that purpose and were March'd to Bennington where he was at
the time of the Battle of Bennington but the company did not arrive in time to be formed
in the line of the engagement and was not therefore in it; after this battle we were
march'd back to Williamstown and from thence to Granville and Pollet [Pawlet]
thence he with the said Company received orders and march'd and joined the American forces in the rear of the British army under
Gen. Burgoyne. that he continued with the said
forces until the British General was defeated and taken, when his company received orders
and he was marched to Pollet [Pawlet] in the State of Vermont where after being stationed a few weeks discharged on the first of December,
making six months service in this
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campaign.
He further declares that on the first day of March in the year 1779 he enlisted into the Company of Capt. Levi Stockwell and Lieutenant Thomas Boggs for a term of nine
months; that he found said company 
at Skenesborough where he was stationed during the whole of said term of nine months. It was understood that our Col was in (cannot remember his name) command up the Mohawk River Country that Capt Stockwell was called Capt Commandant of the Fortification
at Skenesborough that he was occasionally
detached upon a scouting party  on
the frontier-- that he lived out the said term of nine months and received a written discharge
which has long since been worn out and lost.
 And he further declares that on the first of April in the year 1780 the Militia in the Town of
Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York were ordered out by Col. John Williams to assemble at Salem in the said County this deponent was mustered on that occasion in the company commanded by
Capt Watkins  - Being thus assembled at Salem aforesaid a call was made for volunteers to supply the Garrison at Skenesborough, a great number did so volunteer under an arrangement to take alternate tours of one month each and this deponent volunteered
on those conditions and under that
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arrangement served in Garrison duty at Skenesborough aforesaid four tours of one month each from the first of April to the
first of December 1780 under Capt Watkins
and Col Williams aforesaid making in the total two years and one months service.
That he has no documentary evidence but has the testimony of Ebenezer Farnsworth and Samuel Tyrel hereto annexed in support of his first and third tours of six and nine months Service and knows of no person
whose testimony he can procure who can testify to the second and fourth campaigns of six and four months-
And in answer to the several interrogatories
put to him by the said Judge he says, First
he was born in the town of Canaan in the State of Connecticut on the 20th day of
May in the year 1755.
Second.
He has a record of his age in his large family Bible which he took at an early day from his
Fathers family record of the births of his
Children and which he believes to be correct.
Third.
When he first entered the service he lived at a place call'd Little Hoosack then County of Albany
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and State of New York. After the close of the Revolutionary War he lived two years in Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and State last aforesaid - then settled in the Town of German Flatts now County of
Herkimer and State aforesaid where he lived fourteen years then lived twenty years in the
City of Schenectady in the State aforesaid then travelled about the County several years without any permanent residence and
then has lived five years at his present residence in Southport.
Fourth
That in all his service he was a Volunteer-
Fifth 
He was acquainted with Col. Herrick. Col Ethan Allen, Gen. Stark, Col Bellows, and
Col Hale and was acquainted with some of the Troops under their command.
Sixth
. That he received a written discharge for his third campaign of Nine months service which he suffered to be worn out and lost but never received any other.
Seventh
That he would refer to Caleb Baker, William Jenkins, Henry Wells, and Jacob Miller, Esquires, all of the Town of Southport
aforesaid who are well acquainted with his reputation for truth and the truth of this declaration
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the  present and declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
                                 John Hakes

Sworn & Subscribed this sixth day of February 1833 before me -
                           G. B. Baldwin
                          First Judge Tioga Co. N.Y

We, Isaac Baldwin & James Robinson residing in the Town of Elmira in the County of Tioga and State New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
 John Hakes who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of
age and upwards, 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
                              James Robinson
                              Isaac Baldwin
Sworn & Subscribed this Sixth day of February 1833 before me
                                   J. B. Baldwin
                                   First Judge Tioga Co.
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State of New York
Tioga County   SS
 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 there is no Clergyman living within the immediate vicinity of the said applicant and that Isaac Baldwin James Robinson, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Village of Elmira in this County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And I further certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that the said applicant could not by reason of bodily infirmity attend either the last September to January Courts of this County and that it is not probable he may be able to attend the Court in future; that I have
examined the affidavits of Isaac Baldwin
and Samuel Tyrel purporting to have been taken, in Washington County in this State, and although some what worn and mutilated they appear to me to be
genuine and I have therefore allowed them to be attach'd to the proceeding testimony in the case.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand this sixth day of February A.D. 1833

                                   J. B. Baldwin
                               First Judge Tioga Co. N.Y.
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State of New York 
Tioga County} Ss
I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding before the said Judge in the matter of the application of John Hakes for a pension; that the Hon. Grant B. Baldwin is the first Judge of the said Court that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and know his signature annexed to the foregoing proceedings to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of February 1833

G. M. Tuthill Clk
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22614
John Hakes
Tioga County
New York

J Robinson
Elmira New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183

Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The  following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of John Hakes, Tioga County, N.Y
1. enlistment & Duration of the
claimant's service - Years Months Days 
Enlisted 1775  6 mo
Enlisted 1777 6 mo
Enlisted 1779 9 mo
"   1780  4 mo
2.Rank of the claimant.  Private
3.Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.

Capt Stewart
Capt Hingly
Capt Stockwell
Capt Watkins

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. 
Col Eason
Col Williams
Col Williams
4.Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
5.Country through which he marched
Skenesborough
Bennington
Wiliamstown
Granville
Castleton
Hubberton
6.Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
77 Albany New York

7.Evidence by  which the declaration is supported
traditional
Witnesses prove service in 1779 & 1775.

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

[M.B. N. Rolls?]
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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 of, or District of 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 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 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.
[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 --- 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 CD residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ---, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ---years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ---and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,--- Clerk of the Court of --- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal ---of office, this
--- day of --- &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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?
To in 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.
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.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will for low 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 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 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 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.
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) 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.

FE Bradford
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5483
Rev War

INVALID.
File No. 5483
John Hakes
Pri Rev War

Act. June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. M, Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 7th 1846
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled ""An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the children of John Hakes, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, 
has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept 1840, to the 9th February 1844
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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[stamp] FULTON N.Y. FEB 9 
Secretary of War
(Pension Office)
Washington DC

15 Feb
Lewis Falley
[illegible] John Hawks  [Hakes]
[Burdieu?]
Fulton NY
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Fulton Oswego Co. NY
Feb 8. 1837
Sir
Enclosed I send you an application of John
Hakes for a new pension certificate-- When it is
granted you may forward it to me or to him
addressed to this Post Office-
Yours with respect,
Lewis Falley
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.
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John Hakes
N. YR
for
[illegible]
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Application for a new certificate
State of New York
County of Oswego ss}
On this thirty first day of January 1837 before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Oswego personally appeared John Hakes who on oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the companies commanded by Captain Lemuel Stewart, Capt. Clark, Capt Ingles, Capt Lewis Stockwell & Capt. Watkins in the regiment commanded by Colonels Easton & Col. Williams in the service of the United States - that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of New York that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of war which Certificate at a time and in a manner to him unknown has been lost or mislaid, and after diligent search has not been found-
John Hakes
Sworn & Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
Wm Draper JP

State of New York
County of Oswego ⎬ On this thirty first day of January 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County of Oswego personally appeared John D. Brock to me well known as a man of veracity and on oath declares that he knows the above named John Hakes to be the identical person described in the above affidavit- 
John D Brock
Sworn & Subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid
Wm Draper J.P
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State of New York
Oswego County Clerks office SS 
I Marinus W Matthews Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William Draper Esq whose name is subscribed to the within affidavits
and before whom the same purport to have been taken was on the day of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County Elected and Sworn and duly authorized to act as such, Justice. That his Term of Office commenced on the first day of January
1836 and will expire on the thirty first day of December 1839. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signatures "Wm Draper J.P." subscribed to the Jurats of the within
affidavits are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 4th day of February AD 1837
Note the word "Certify" interlined and the word "December" justly written over an obliteration
M. W. Mathews Clerk

John Hakes N. Yk. for New [Cer?]
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Ebenezer Farnsworth
affidavit of the Service [of]
John Hakes
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State of New York
Washington County  Ss.
Ebeneza[r] Farnsworth of Fort Ann in the County of Washington being duly sworn saith that he was acquainted with John Hakes in the year 1775 that he then served in a
Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Stewart of Williamstown Berkshire County in Massachusetts in Col [Davis?] Regiment in the Massachusetts Troops, that this Deponent was a soldier in the same Regiment for six months during all which time the said John Hakes served in the company and Regiment aforesaid. the end of which this deponent thinks was in November but cannot distinctly remember. And he further saith he knew the said John Hakes Serving under Levi Stockwell a Capt Commandant at Whitehall for nine months in the year 1779 as he believes the Regiment this deponent does not know this Deponent served occasionally under said Stockwell during the said time and understand from said Capt Stockwell & his
Company that the said John Hakes was an enlisted Soldier for nine months. That the said Capt Levi Stockwell was the same Stockwell who crept from Fort Stanwick during the Revolutionary war to give information to the American troops when the same was wanted by the British troops - further saith not - all which is true according to his best recollection & belief
Ebenezer Farnsworth
Sworn this 18th day of February 1828 before
me JC Parker Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above deponent is a man of Good Moral character and that faith and credit ought to given to his deposition that I have been acquainted with him for twenty years past & he has sustained an unimpeachable character for truth
September 3rd 1829
JC Parker Justice of the Peace [signature]
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State of New York
Washington County } SS.

I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the County of
Washington do hereby certify that John C. Parker whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate of affidavit was on the day the said affidavit purports to have been taken a Justice of the peace in and for said County appointed and sworn and duly authorized by law to act as such Justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this sixteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and
twenty nine -
J.S. Leigh Clk

Ebenezer Farnsworth affidavit of the Services of John Hakes
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State of New York
Washington Co. SS

Samuel Tyrel of Hebron in the County of Washington being duly sworn saith that he was acquainted with John Hakes in the year 1779 that he then was commanded by Captain Levi Stockwell at White Hall from the first day of April in said year to the first day of January in the year 1780 - that this Deponent served in the same company with the said John
Hakes during the said term that the deponent does not recollect the regiment of said company or by whom the said regiment was commanded & further this deponent saith not.
Sworn this day of18th day of February 1828 before me
Jedediah Darrow Justice of the peace

I certify that the above deponent is a man of law and moral character and that full credit ought to be given to his acts.

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I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the within named deponent for more than thirty years  & that I have full confidence in his testimony when under oath.
Jedidiah Darrow Justice

State of New York
Washington County  } SS.
 I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the County of Washington do hereby certify that Jedediah Darrow whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate of affidavit was on the day the said affidavit purports to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in and for said County appointed and sworn and duly authorized by law to act as such Justice 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this sixteenth day of
September in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
J S. Leigh Clk