Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,593, William Hext, S.C.
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SC
Hext, William
or Hixt
Graham, Ann former widow
W.7593
BL.Wt2179-300
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[no text]
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Alabama 25, 843
John A Hidecker of Autauga Co in the State of Alabama who was a Pr in the company commanded by Captain Weathers of the Regt commanded by Col Benson in the S. Carolina line for -
1 Yr Private $40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jany 1834 and sent to Hon W. R. King, Senate NG
Arrears to the 4th of Spr 1833 100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '32 20.00 = $120.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book C Vol. 8 Page 46-
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John A. Hidecker
Autauga County Alabama
Returnd
M King will please [text has been written over]
Admitted Clerk
1 Yr $40
Mr Evans
Hon W. R. King
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
6th June  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.
Duration of the Statement, shewing the Service of John A. Hidecker Autauga Co. Alabama
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid [space] 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 [space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [space] fora a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [space] day of [space] &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 {space] and C.D., residing in (the same),
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [Space] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [space] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [space] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [space] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [space] Clerk of the Court of [space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [space] day of [space] & 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what yeyear 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 ad officer.  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what office, has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The 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, Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (b)The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the tule
(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: as 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 -- months, and days, I served as a- For months and --- days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
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 authat
was either in the sale or in person; and for the meetings which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
(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 authe
nticating 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.
[image of a finger pointing to the right] The notes from (a) to (l) 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.
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the open Court for said County, John W. Hidecker a resident of the County and the State aforesaid, about eighty five years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That in the year AD 1779 he volunteered in the service of the United States while engaged
in the war of the Revolution in a Company under the command of Capt. William Weathers, in the State of South Carolina, that he served under the command of his field officers, Major Greene and Benson, and Gen. Francis Marion, and others whose names he cannot now recollect, untill the close of the war, when he was discharged - that he was
engaged in the battle of Savannah, and in that
of Guilford Court House, and in many skirmishes to at the Tories in S. and N. Carolina - that he received from Col Hovey a written discharge, but that the discharge was left by him in South Carolina when he removed from that State to Alabama and he believes, has been lost, so that he cannot now procure it, some thirteen or fourteen years having lapsed since his removal and that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows
of no person in the Alabama whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, nor in any
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any other State or else where, as far as his present information extends. 

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, 
and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State – 

He answers the questions propounded by the War Department as follows – 
1st Where and in what year were you born? 
I was born in Germany on the River Rhine about the year 1748 – and was one of the 
Hessian Troops imported into the United States, but after their capture in the Jerseys, he 
volunteered in the cause of the United States, and served as I have stated before – 
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?  I have no record whatever – 
3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the 
Revolutionary War and where do you now live? 
I was living with Captain Weathers, when I volunteered in Georgetown District, in the 
state of South Carolina.  Since the War, I have resided in Georgetown District South Carolina 
and about 14 years since removed to Alabama where I have resided ever since.  I now live in 
Autauga County, Alabama. 
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a 
substitute, and if in substitute, for whom? 
I volunteered as before stated – 
5th State the names of some of the regular officers
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6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
I received a discharge as before stated, given me by Colonel Horry – I left it in South 
Carolina, when I left that State, and my belief is that it is lost or destroyed – 
7th 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 in your services as a soldier in the revolution. 
William R. Pickett– Lewis Stoudenmier, Emanuel Gholson, and George Deramus, and Jacob Segrest &c.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid – 
Alwin A. McWhorter, JCC   
 John A. Heydecker

We Jacob Segrest, a Clergyman, residing in the county of Autauga and State of Alabama, and Lweis Stoudenmier, Emanuel Gholson, and George Deramus, residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John A. Hidecker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty five years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neigh
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pears to them that Jacob Segrest who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Autauga County, Alabama, and that Lewis Stoudenmier
Emanuel Gholson & George Deramus who
have also signed the same are resident in the same place and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit-

Alwin A. McWhorter JCC

I, Herly Brown Clerk of the Orphans Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John A. Hidecker for a pension

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 28th day of January A.D. 1833-

Herly Brown Clk-

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[Printed document with handwritten entries]

32317
Revy INVAILD. [illegible initials]

File No. 32,317
John A Hidecker Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index-Vol. 2, Page 187

[Arrangement of 1870]
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J. L. Edwards
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Senate chamber
15th January 1832

J. L. Edwards Esqr

Sir

Mr Lewis of the House of Representatives has certified to the official character & signature of the Clerk of the Court who authenticated the papers of Herdecker. I hope this will be sufficent I will receive for the old man now loitering on the brink of the grave such rate of
person as under the circumstances you may conceive him to be entitled-

respectfully
You Obt Svt
William R King
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Hon W.R. King
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M Hedecker is a very old man and to derive
any advantage from the bounty of the Government it must be afforded without delay. his testimony it is true is defective, yet there is I [illegible] sufficient evidence that he served as a soldier of the Revolution, but from loss of memory cannot designate with precision the various tours and all the circumstances I would suggest the propriety of placing him a the list at the lowest rate of pension. If this can be done I should be much gratified.

20 Decr 1833

respectfully
your Obt Sert
William B. King

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Agent
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War Department
Pension Office 26th Sep 1833

Sir, 

The claim of John A Hidedecker has been again examined. In his amended declaration
he alleges to have served three years as a volunteer without specifying the particular tours, and the length of each. To say, that he served three years continuously as a volunteer, is utterly inconsistent with the the history of the revolution, and unless he shall furnish a more satisfactory statement, the claim cannot be admitted.

I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J.L. Edwards

Wm R. Pickett Esq
Vernon
Alabama
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from D H Lewis
J L Edwards
Pension office
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House of Reps Decr 19th 1833
Mr J L Edwards

Sir

I am personally acquainted with Mr Highdecker + know him to be a man of fair standing- He is very old, weak in mind +
memory + though I have no doubt of his service- I think it very likely he is not able to make an explicit statement as to time, + that he is to conscientious to attempt an amendment of his statement unless justified
by a distinctive of a [illegible] not is to be expected of him at his present advanced age

respectfully
D. H, Lewis
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A statement shewing the service of John A Hidecker of Autauga County

[illegible, torn] | duration of service | rank of the claimant | name + rank of the field officers under whom he served | age at present and place of abode when he entered the service | proof whereto declarations in support

[illegible] years to the end of the war | Private | Capt Weathers Major Greene + Benson + General Marion Colonel Oree | 85 \ [illegible] So. Carolina Now a resident of Alabama Autauga County | The affidavit of the applicant + that of Jacob Segrest a Clergyman + Lewis Stoudenmire Emanuel Golson George Duramus to goo character of the applicant

State of Alabama}
Autauga County} this day John A Hidecker personally appeared before me John McAllister - a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid + made oath in due form of the Law that he never served in a civil capacity during the revolutionary war 

John A [illegible]

Sworn and subscribed before me this 11 July 1833
John McAllister J.P.
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I certify that in my opinion John A Hedicker 
whose affidavit is annexed is incapable
of attending Court which is some distance
from his residence without endangering his heath materially, that he appears to be very
old + feeble, this 11 July 1833 John McAllister J P

The State of Alabama}
Autauga County} I Henly Brown Clerk
of the County Court for the County aforesaid
did hereby certify that John McAllister Esqr whose name appears to the within affidavit
and above certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and the same is his genuine [illegible, smudged].
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Given under my hand and seal of office this 25th day of July A.D. 1833. and of American
Independence the 58th year.

Henly Brown Clk

I certify that Henly Brown whose name is above signed is acting clerk of the County Court of Autauga County Alabama
Jany 14th 1833
Dixon H Lewis

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The State of Alabama
Autauga County
On this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Anderson Crenshaw
one of the Circuit Judges of said State, now sitting as Judge of the Circuit Court of said County John A. Hidecker, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged as stated in his former declaration, to which this is prayed to be taken and received as an amendment, who being first duly sworn according to the law 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 then
the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades - for three years I served as a private volunteer, and for such service I claim a pension
In explanation of the above statement
the applicant states that he cannot with precision State at what time in the year 1779 his service commenced-- he believes it was in the spring of that year, say the last of that season. He also states that his service was as above stated, and not rendered continuously-- short intervals of a few weeks sometimes intervened at times when his service it was not deemed indispensible and he obtained permission to see to his private affairs
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applicant further states that his service
above mentioned was rendered in an combined corp  by authority in the then General Government, under the sanction of State of S. Carolina and that during the said aggregate of three years he was not employed in any civil pursuit

The applicant likewise states that the
discharge which he has mentioned in his original declaration has received, according to the best of his recollection, from Col Hovey near [illegible] plantation, near
Georgetown S.C. in the Fall of the year 1782 say the first of that season.

The applicant further adds that in the present
State of his memory, it is impossible for him to
specify, with more particularity than he has done in his original declaration, the circumstances of his service. He was in the battles of Savannah and Guilford Court House, as there stated with the troops of Gen. Marion - and in troops which volunteered, in general immengencies particularly against the Tories
It is hoped that the fact that he was a stranger in this country at the time, both to the geographical situation in which he was placed, and to the language spoken by the people, will be duly considered in forming a judgment of the correctness of his original, and this amended, declaration-

Sworn to and subscribed John A Haydecker in open Court the day and year above mentioned -
M. P. Holman Clk Cir C.A.C.
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The State of Alabama}
Autauga County}
I, Anderson Crenshaw, one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of said State, and
presiding Judge thereof do hereby certy that M. P. Holman, whose name appears to the foregoing amendment to the declaration of John A. Hidecker, as Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County, is Clerk of said Court, and that due faith and credit to be given to his acts as such, and that the foregoing attestation is in due form of law -

October 17th 1833 Anderson Crenshaw [the word seal is circled

The State of Alabama}
Autauga County}
I, M. P. Holman, Clerk of the Circuit Court
of said County, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the amendment to
application of John A. Hidecker for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
hand and private seal having no seal of office
17th day of October A.D. 1833
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CONTENTS
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Albany
Allen Heydon
-y Onondaga in the State of N. York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Starr of the Righ. commanded by Col. Hinman in the cont. line for 7 months.

Transcribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Centers per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th of Febr. 1835 and XXXX to Hon. W. Taylor, H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1835. |110.00
Some-anl. allowance ending Mar. 1836 |11.36
$121.66
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E-2, Vol. 4 Page 30
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Allen Heydon
20.354

Admitted
Private 7 months
$23.33

Hon. W. Taylor H.R.
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State of New York}
Onondaga County}
On this twenty fifth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court in a Court of Chancery held before the Honorable Daniel Mosely Circuit Judge of the seventh circuit of the State of New York and Vice Chancellor therein now setting Allen Heydon as a resident of the town of Pompey, County of Onondaga & State of New York aged seventy-nine years the ninth day of April AD eighteen hundred and thirty two; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted for seven months as a soldier of the Army of the United States in April 1775 with Ensign Asahel Hodge & joined the company commanded by Capt. Josiah Starr at New Milford, Connecticut about the first of May in the same year that he continued with same company at New Milford about two weeks and was then marched with said company to Ticonderoga where they joined the regiment of infantry commanded by Col. Benjamin Hinman about the first of June in the same year where they continued until October following when they marched to Fort St. John where he continued under the command of General Montgomery until the fort was taken, soon after which although his term of service under said enlistment had ended. He went with the army of General Montgomery to La Prairie where he continued as a soldier until the last of December when he was discharged, that he resided when he so enlisted at Harrington in the State of Connecticut; that the whole time he served as aforesaid as a soldier was a few days short of nine months and that about six months of the latter part of said term he was (cont.)
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one of the sergeants of said company and did duty as such and that his discharge is lost. That in December 1777 he with others raised a company of volunteers at Harrington aforesaid where he then resided that he was chosen first sergeant, that he marched with said company to Horuneck where he remained a month except a day. That during said term he acted as a soldier in the service of the United States; that he was born at Harrington County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he acclaims that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. 
Sworn to and subscribed}
the day and year aforesaid}
Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge

We Thomas Marsh Godfrey Williston of the Court of Pompey County of Onondaga and State of New York to hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Allen Heydon, who has who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputable and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed}
the day and year aforesaid}
Daniel Mosey Circuit Judge}     

Thomas Marsh
Godfrey Williston
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State of New York
Onondaga County

Thomas Marsh a resident of the
town of Pompey County of Onondaga & State of New York
being duly sworn deposes & says that in the
year 1775 he resided at Harrington in the County
of Litchfield & State of Connecticut & in the same neighborhood of Allen Heydon - that in the spring of
that year it was reputed in the neighborhood that
Allen Heydon had enlisted in the Revolutionary
Army with Ensign Hodge-- this deponent recollects
that he A P Heydon was absent & as he believes about
nine months & it was said that he was gone to the
north as a soldier with the army + further saith
not
Sworn & subscribed this 25th day of
September  AD 1832
Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge
Thomas Marsh

And the said Court doth hereby declare
its opinion after investigating the matter and
after putting the interrogatories required 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 Thomas
Marsh who has signed each of the foregoing certificates is a resident of Pompey and
that Godfrey Williston who has signed
the first of said Certificates is also a resident of Pompey and that each of the said
persons are men of credit and that
their statement is entitled to credit
Daniel Moseley Vice [illegible]
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I David T Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court
of Chancery A. the seventh Circuit for the
State of New York do verily certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Allen Heydon for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of
office this 25th day of September
1832.
Daniel  T Mosely
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York
Onondaga County
George Loomis of the Town of
Canton in the County of Bradford and State of
Pennsylvania being duly sworn deposeth and
saith that he is acquainted with Mr Allen
Heyden of the Town of Pompey in the County
of Onondaga and State of New York that he is
about Eighty years of age and this deponent has
been acquainted with him from his boyhood
that the said Allen Hayden enlisted for seven
months as a soldier in the service of the United States
in the war of the Revolution at Harrington Litchfield County Connecticut according to the best of
this deponents recollection in the fore part of April
1775 under Ensign Asahel Hodge of Harrington
aforesaid and joined the company commanded
by Captain Josiah Stone at New Milford in the County
last aforesaid about the first of May in the same year
that this deponent enlisted under the same ensign and joined 
the same company with said Hayden at or
about the same time. That they continued with
said Company at New Milford about two weeks
and then went with said company to Ticonderoga
were they joined the  Regiment of Infantry
commanded by Colonel Benjamin Hinman
about the first of June in the same year when
they continued until the fore part of October
the
in the same year when they were marched to
Fort St Johns when they continued under the command of Genl Montgomery until the fort was taken soon after which although the time of service
under said enlistment had expired the said Hayden and this deponent
went with the army of General Montgomery
to
Laparara when they continued in the service
of the United States until the last of December
when this deponent and the said Hayden were discharged and went together to Harrington aforesaid
their place of residence that the whole time
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-
the said Hayden served as a soldier of the
United States as aforesaid according to the best
of this deponent recollection was a few day
short of nine months and that about six
months of the latter part of said time said
Hayden lived as one of the Sergeants of said
company and further this deponent saith not
Dated June 28th 1832 the ward had expired
interlined before sworn
George Loomis

Subscribed & Sworn to
this 28th day of June 1832
before me
Lemuel Hawley
Commissioner of Deeds 
State of New York
County of Onondaga
I. Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of the said County do certify
that Lemuel Hawley whose name
above described was on the 20th day of
1832 a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the
said County and that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe
his name above subscribed to be his proper hand writing and
Signature Witness my hand and seal of office this tenth day
of September 1832
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State of New York
Genesee County Ss Samuel Johnson of the town of Elbe in the County of Genessee and state of New York Being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with Allin Heydon the town of Pompey County of Onendaga and state of New York and that this deponant did know that the said Allin Haydon did inlist in the Army of the Revolution as a soldier for seven months in the servis of the United States in the town of Herrington County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut in the year 1775 in the month of April of the same year that this deponent was well acquainted with him at the same time and served as a soldier in the same company with the said Hayden that his deponent believes the said Heydon to be about eighty three years of age that the said Heydon inlisted under Ensign Asbel Hage and Joined the company commanded by Capt Josiah Starr at New Milford in Connecticut and that this deponent was with the said Hayden at the time of servis and that they remained at New Milford a short time and then they marched from there to Ticondaroga to Fort St Johns and that this deponent soon after being taken sick with the fever and ague was discharged and returned home to Harrington where he remained until in the winter and that about the last of December [illegible] Heydon came home to Herrington and that [illegible] 
verily believes that the whole time that the said Heydon served in the army of the Revolution is a few days short of nine months and further this deponent saith not
Dated at Alba this 21 Day of June 1835
Subscribed & sworn before me E D Davis justice of Peace on this 26th day of June 1835} the word Fort interlined before signed
Samuel Johnson 

State of New York 
County of Genesee} Ss I Timothy Fitch clerk of said county certify that Eleazer D Davis before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a justice of the Peace in and for said county and that his signature to the Iurat of said affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official
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for a statement of the military history of Allen Heydon a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau SF 29220

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Apr 1775
Dec 1775

LENGTH OF SERVICE
nearly 9 mos
1 mo

RANK
Pri and sgt
1" sergt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
Josiah Starr
Lieut Eli Willson

COLONEL Benjamin Hinman

STATE
Conn

Battles engaged in [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment Harrington Litchfield Co Conn
Date of application for pension Sept 25, 1832 His cl was al
Residence at date of application Pompey, Onondaga Co NY
Age at date of application B Apr 9, 1753 Harrington Conn
Remarks Soldier was paid pension to Sept 4, 1841
The above noted is the only soldier of that name of Conn found on the Rev War pension records
Very respectfully,
Joseph F Rice 
Date of last payment of pension taken from AB
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3871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L.D. L.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Allen Hayden
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev. War.
No...... claim, State records ........190......
No claim, combination records...... 190.......
REMARKS:
No claim except
S.F. 29.220.
Chief Division
0-8
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N. York
Allen Heydon
Suspended
See Letter to
Hon. Wm. Taylor
19 Dec. 1835
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29 220
Revy INVALID.
File No. 29,220
Allen Heydon
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 32"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 180
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 April 21Hostory to 
Jos. F. Rice, Friendship, N.Y.
F.W.
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Fabrius NY
Febr 11
AC.C. free
Hon William Taylor-
House of Representative
Washington City
Harrittons
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford Connecticut
22 January 1836
On application for Allen Heydon I have remained the
Books & papers relating to Revolutionary Services remaining in this Office
and certify:
That the Regiment raised in 1775 commanded by Colonel
Benjamin Hinman consisted of ten companies, and that of those
companies there have been found in this office, the copies of the
Pay Rolls of two, only, Viz; Lt Col George Pitkins, & Captain
Hezekiah Parsons
Also, that there remains an account of the discharges of
Sundry men in General Wooster & Col. Hinman's Regiment, under
General Schuyler, of the Northern Department in 1775. of Colonel
Hermans Regiment, from his own company, and those of Captains
Watson, & Major Elmore-- And sundry other men, whose "companies
"not noted in Col. Hinmans Return". The number of men last mentioned
being about equal to those of three companies mentioned before, is
Hinmans - Watsons & Elmore's or about 130. And the return is therefore supposed
to comprise but a part of the Regiment.
I further certify that the name of Allen Heydon has
not been found in the documents mentioned in this certificate, which
comprise all that have been discovered relating to Hinmans Regiment
in 1775.-
Gideon Welles Comptroller
by Edwin Benjamin Clerk
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Allen Heydon
Feb 20
N Y

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Department War
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Hon Wm Taylor
HR
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Sir
The enclosed I have just
recd from the Comptroller of
Conneticut. Will you have the
goodness as soon as convenient again
to examine the claim of Mr Heyden
I have the honor to be
Respectfully your
Obt Servt
W. Taylor

Hon. J. L. Edwards
February 19th
18[illegible]
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[stamp] RECORD DIVISION APR 1 1909
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30440 29220
JOSEPH F. RICE.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
FRIENDSHIP, N.Y.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALLEGANY CO.
March 30th, 1909.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear sir, -
I am informed that one Allen Hayden, who was a member of the Connecticut Militia, during the Revolutionary war, a resident of Harwinton, that State, at one
time, drew a pension from the Federal Government, by reason
of his services as such a soldier,
My record shows that he was a Lieut, in the
15th Company, 17 Regiment, Connecticut Militia, and held
a Lieut. Commission signed by Gov. Griswold in 1784, and
that he was born at Harwinton, April 9th, 1753 and died
at Pompey, N. Y., March 10th, 1837.
Will you kindly send me what information
you can obtain in your office in reference to this soldier?
If there is any charges, kindly let me know
and I will remit the same.
Thanking you, I am,
Yours very truly,
Jo H.F. Rice
J. F. R./B.
29220.
[stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFICE A MAR 31 1909
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CONTENTS
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New York Roll.
No 1761.
David Heydon
Capt Judd
Private
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
of 1st April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 18[illegible]
and sent to the Hon. Rensselaer
Westerlo, Albany, New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
4 months 34/30
$41.06
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }
Wyllis
4 years.
Continued
Greenbush Renselaer Co
Examined with Orig. Rolls
Aug. 1883 M.G.
Notification sent to B Smith Esq. 5 June 1821
Troy New York
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Con I L W
Direct in return
to Benj Smith
Troy N.Y.
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SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
County of Rensselaer --} SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas, but at the Court house of the County of Rnsselaer in & for the County of Rensselaer,
On this first - day of March 1821; personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said County of Rensselaer David Heyden ---
aged thirty two years, resident in Greenbush in said County of Rensselaer -- who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:  That he enlisted in Farmington in the State of Connecticut in the Company of Capt. Judd, in Col. Willis' Regiment in the Connecticut Line, and that he continued three years in the Service of his Country and was discharged in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty in which space of time he was in the battle of Norwalk in Connecticut under warrant of Lieut. Gibbs who was shot through the arm. He was afterwards at Ver Crank's in New Jersey at also on Staten Island [crossed out] under Lord Sterling: he was afterwards [crossed out] at Ver Crank's Point in New Jersey where he was in danger of losing his life [crossed out] surrounded by a number of the enemy and in danger of losing his life. He was at the siege of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, and wounded in his leg, and had to defend himself at the point of the bayonet:  that he is inscribed on the pension roll New York [?]: that his Certificate is numbered 1761 - that the date of his original declaration is April 3rd 1818. And [crossed out] that he has drawn his pension up to the 4th of March 1820.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
1 Small dwelling house & lot containing about 1 tenth part of an acre, with an old stable standing thereon, in an obscure part of of the Village of Greenbush ---}  $60.00
One Small barber's shop --- 10.00
1 Horse, old waggon, sleigh and some old harness --- 20.00
1 doz old Raizors 9/ 1 old broken stove 9/ 1 looking glass / 3 old Chairs in shop 4 /  3.25
1 Chest 8/ 1 pr and irons 5/ 6 old chairs in house 5/ 1 shovel and tongs 6/ -- 3.00
1 small grindstone 2/ 1 old axe 2 / 1 old Candle - stone 2/ 1 Table 6/ -- 1.50
Old Casks 2/ 2 meat Kegs 4/ 6 plates 2/ 0 Iron pot 3/ 1 dish Kettle 1/ 6 teakettle 2/  1.75
6 Knives and forks 2/ 3 cups & saucers 1 / 3 spoons 3/ 2 tin pans 2 / 2 [illegible] 1/ 6  1.18
I broken frying pan 2/ 1 Teapot 1/ 2 stone pots 2/ 2 dishes 1/ 1 old sive 1/  0.87
2 bottles 1 gal. 1 old pail of 1 old Tub 1/ Old Iron angus and gimblet 2/ -- 0.59
1 Poor Cow (not paid for) 1 stove 21/ --- 3.00
[total] $95.14

Debts owing by me to Sundry persons
To Lyman Heyden on Note --- $25.00
Suit in Mayors Court in Troy viz. the Costs-- 30.00
Physicians Bill --- 25.00
Butcher's Bill --- 5.00
Blacksmith's bill  --- 6.50
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Debts owing by me to Sundry persons
To Lyman Heydon on Note --$25.00
Suit in Mayors Court in Troy viz the Corts -- 30.00
Phisicians Bill -- 25.00
Butcher's Bill -- 5.00
Blacksmith's Bill -- 4.50
Sundry debts to sundry persons -- 5.50
Print Stores -- 10.00
---
[total]  $105.00
David Heydon
And I do further solemnly swear that I am a barber by occupation. but that owing to a weakness of my eyes, I am scarcely able to attend to that business, and for several months part, and [crossed out] a consequence of this infirmity, as well as by reason of cramp and Rheumatism, to which I am also subject, I have been compelled almost wholly to give up the exercise of my said occupation: That I have a family containing five in number, [crossed out] for the greatest part of the time [crossed out], including myself, to wit, Myself, my wife Hannah aged Thirty four years, who does not afford the family any support, Three Small Children to wit, Julia Ann aged thirteen years, Bakeman Elsworth aged two years, who are both feeble and unable to contribute out very little towards this support--and Jemima, an infant, seven months old, who has been sickly, as well as her Mother, ever since the day of her birth. And I do further declare, on my oath aforesaid that I have been very much out of health for a year part, inclusive of my other bodily infirmities, that i am almost totally unable to do any manual labour, and that myself and family do, in a great measure suffer for the Common nessessaries of life -
David Heydon
Sworn ti, and declared, on the first day of March
1821 before me in open Court
Isaac McCovihe, Depy. Clerk

I Benjamin Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Resselaer do hereby certify, that the foregoing statement and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is ninety five dollars and fourteen cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this third - day of March 1821
Ben. Smith
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Rensselaer

[seal that reads RENSSELAER COUNTY SEAL]
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43668
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 43,668
David Heydon
The Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index:--Vol. 3, Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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David Haydon,
enlisted in Wyllis'
regt. Judds bg Janry 30
78. for 3 years, dischd.
Janry 15th, 1781.
E.A.G.

rcdvd - 

Hon Rensselaer
Westerlo, Albany,
N.Y.
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[No. 1....Declaration.]
I David Heydon -- of the Town - of Greensbush in the county of Rensselaer in the state of New-York, Do, according to the act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and "naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," make the following Declaration under oath, that is to say: I do solemnly declare, that I am a resident citizen of the United States, to wit, in the town, county and state aforesaid, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I do further declare, that I was a private soldier - in the War of the the Revolution, and that I served as such in the said war of the revolution, against the common enemy, until the end of the mid-war [crossed out], for the term of four years and upwards during siad war on the continental establishment ----
That I belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Judd --- in Col. Willis' ---regiment
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State of New York
County of Albany
I, David Enos being duly sworn saith that he hatch known David Heydon mentioned in the foregoing declaration for many years and that he knows that he the said David Heydon served in the revolutionary war from personal knowledge and that he verily believes his said declaration to be true in all other respects.
David Enos
Sworn to this third day of April
in the year 1818. before me
Estes House, Judge JC
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The Honorable Secretary of
the War Department,
Albany, 6 April 1818
SIR,
The preceding Vouchers are forwarded to the War Department for the purpose of procuring the Applicant, named in such Vouchers, to be placed on the Pension List.
I will thank you to forward to me as soon as possible, the Certificate or Document of the Application being granted, in the manner adopted in your Department.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your most obedient Servant,
Wm. Barclay,
Agent for the Applicant.
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115
N. Yk.
David Hoyden
Recd. 14 Mar. 1821
1761
---
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secty. War 
Washington
[stamp that reads TROY NY March 5]
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Troy, N.Y. 3 March 1821. -
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
D. Sir,
My predecessor Mr. Selden or his Depy. A. Bull forwarded to you Several revolutionary pensioners statements some time since from which they inform me they have not heard anything. I am requested to acquire enquire particularly for that of Levi Cook
Yours &c
B. Smith Clerk
J McCovihe
De NY.
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