Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4874, John Henderson, N.H.
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SERVICE
N.H.

Henderson, John
-Mary

NUMBER
R. 4874
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State of New York
County of Onondaga}ss. On the 25 day of October 1857 personally appeared before the Subscriber County Judge in and for said county Mary Henderson a resident of said county and state, aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838: That she is the widow of John Henderson who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, that he probably served as a private from the town of Jaffery (Jaffrey) Cheshire County New Hampshire, his then residence, she cannot be certain as to the name of his officers, she is certain that she has heard her late husband say that he served about nine months from the spring of 1780 to about the close of that year, she has heard him state that he was in service when Maj Andrew was taken prisoner and executed. She further declares that she was married to the said John Henderson in the town of Milton Saratoga New York by Rev. Mr. Schenck or Skenk on the 25th day of January 1792 seventeen hundred & ninety two, that her name before marriage was Mary Rockwell, that he said husband, the aforesaid John Henderson died on the 9th day of July 1825 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period: She has delayed to make her declaration, partly from not being in want, partly to keep clear of the trouble of making a trial, & finally she has doubted as to being able to find comrades by whom to prove the service, she has at all times fully believed that her late husband performed the service
/s/X her mark Mary Henderson
/s/Daniel Vail Justice of Sessions
I certify that the above named Mary Henderson is a respectable person, that she is not able to attend court to make her declaration, being aged and infirm - I have no agency or interest in this claim 
/s/Daniel Vail Justice of Sessions
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State of New York
County of Onondaga}ss Elizabeth Wood after being duly sworn deposes and says, that she is ninety one years of age, that the within named Mary Henderson is her sister, that this deponent was a witness to the marriage of her said sister to the said John Henderson in January 1792 in the town of Milton Saratoga County New York, and that she is a witness to the death of the said John Henderson in 1825 and that she knows that the said Mary Henderson has remained a widow since his death, and is now a widow, that she at her first acquaintance with the said John Henderson learned that he was from Jaffery (Jaffrey), Cheshire Co New Hampshire, and that he had served from there in the war of the Revolution, and that the within named Mary Henderson is the identical person and widow of the above mentioned John Henderson deceased 
/s/Elizabeth Wood
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 10th day of November 1857}
/s/Pulaski Fellows Justice of the Peace
 State of New York
County of Onondaga} ss Carmi Wood & Nelson Wood being first duly sworn, depose and say that there were personally acquainted with John Henderson & his wife Mary, the parties here named when they were living together as husband and wife, that the said John Henderson had the character and reputation of having served in the war of the Revolution of having been a revolutionary Soldier, these deponents resided neighbors to the said parties, that the said John Henderson died in 1825 these deponents were witnesses of the fact, and that his widow the within named Mary Henderson has remained a widow since his death and that she is now a widow
/s/Carmi Wood
/s/Nelson Wood
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 10 day of November 1857}
/s/Pulaski Fellows Justice of the Peace in and for said County 
I certify that Elizabeth Wood, Carmi Wood & Nelson Wood the above named witnesses are all respectable persons & worthy witnesses, and reside in said county near myself, I  know them all well, & that I have no agency or interest in this claim.
/s/Pulaski Fellows, Justice of the Peace in and for said County
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If I am not mistaken, the proof from Concord in the claim of Mary Henderson, is first for 5 mo. & 24 days, & then 10 days for travel, making 6 mo & 4 days am I not correct
/s/Arad Joy 
I refer to yours of the 20th
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No 15481
Mary Henderson, widow of John
Onondaga Co New York
Let. Arad Joy, Jan'y 20/58
4874
act. July 7, 1838.
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No. [illegible]
['Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873' crossed out]
REJECTED
4874
P.O. [blank]
Mary Henderson
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18[blank]
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank]
Application filed: [blank], 18[blank]
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract. 
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank] 18,[blank]
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STATE OF NEW YORK, 
ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,}ss. 
I Certify That Daniel Vail whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking the same,  Justice of the Court of Sessions which is a Court of record in and for said county, and duly qualified and authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe the signature to said Jurat is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto  set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 25th day of Nov'r 1854. 
/s/E. P Hopkins Clerk.
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State of New York,
Onondaga County Clerk's Office,} ss.
I Certify, That Pulaski Fellows whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instruction, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to said Certificate is genuine.
And I Further Certify, That the said instrument, and the acknowledgment thereof, are executed according to the existing Laws of the State of New-York. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 20th day of November 1857
/s/E. P Hopkins Clerk.
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Mary Henderson
John - N.H. or N.Y. 
Original
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[handwritten letter]
Washington D.C. Jan'y 9. 58
Sir
I inclose application for pension of Mary Henderson under the act of 1838 - please report to me in this city
Most respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/Arad Joy
Hon Geo C. Whiting Com'r
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States Office. 
I hereby certify that from an examination of the Books and documents relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of "John Henderson" is borne upon "Vol 4" Pages 320 and 337. as follows - "New Levies, raised by the State of New Hampshire in the year 1780 to serve in the Continental Army for the Term of six months
[column headings: "Names"|"Time in Service"(mo|days)|"Amount of Wages"|"Allowance for Blankets Clothing &c"|]
John Henderson|(5"|24")|11"12"|5"|
Philip Adams|(5"24")|11"12"|5"|
Also is borne upon page 605 of said Vol. 4, as follows, 
[column headings: "Names"|Towns they went for|Entry|Discharge|Days allow's to travel home|Time in service|"Am'o Wages"|]
"John Henderson"|"Jaffrey"|June 30|Dec. 13| " 10|5"24"|777"4|
Philip Adams| do | " 30| " 13| " 10|5"24"|777"4[obscured]|
[end of columns]
Also is borne upon "Vol 6 Pages 34-40 "A Return of New Levies Joined the Hampshire line &U Mustered in Camp by Major Will'm Scott."
[column headings: "Men's Names"|"Age"|Towns|Counties|
"Philip 
Adams"|"26"|"Jaffrey"|Cheshire"|"16"|"do"|"do"|
[end of columns]
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State, this 24th day of December A.D. 1857
/s/Nathan W. Gove, Dep Secretary of State 
"John Henderson"|