Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22817, James Hadlock, New York
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New York

Hadlock, James

S.22817
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Sec letter to T.W. Olcott, a S. P. Pot
19. 1835 - W Cir, Feb 2 1836

Transf. from Albany to Penn. from 4 (unreadable) 45-  March 8, 1836

New York
James Hadlock
of Cayna in the State of N. York
Who was a (written over a few times and not clearly legible) in the comp commanded by Captain Van Ness of the Reg. commande 
by Col. Livingston in the N. York 
line for 10 months  Sergeant

 Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
- the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per ann
commerce on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1833- and sent to J Millard
Socke

Arears to the 4th of Mar' 33                 $100
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 sep-33      25
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                                                              $125

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act Jun 7, 1832 }

Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. vol. 3. Page 61
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James Hadlock's Affidavit

[illegible] service
dis allowed

admd
10 mo. Sergt

50 H
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of 
    act
the ^ 7th 1832

State of New York}
Cayuga County    } s.

ON the 26th day of march 1833 before the subscribed a Judge of the court of common pleas in and for the said county, personally appeared James Hadlock aged Eighty years and resident of Locke in said county, who being 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 7th June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and [illegible] as herein stated.  He enlisted at Kinderhook, in the county of Columbia in said state, in may 1775 in the New York line under Capt. George White, Lieuts. Jarvis Mudge, & Eleazer Grant & Ezekiel Thomas 1st Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Col Van Cortland for nine months- which time he served out except five or six day, being discharged with the whole company at Saratoga, by Col. Van Schaick at the time of this enlistment & during the revolutionary war this deponent resided at said Kinderhook.
He enlisted as a volunteer.  Soon after he enlisted he marched to Albany, where their company was inspected & from whence to Fort George on Lake George; where they joined the sd. regiment: and during this time his duty was garrison duty in said fort.  He [illegible] enlisted again as a volunteer at said Kinderhook in the month of March 1776 as a corporal, under Capt. David Nan Ness, Lieut John Van Ness and Ensign Andrew Kittle (the sd. Ensign about this time deserted the service) in Col. Ganzwort's regiment, this company marched immediately to Albany, & were inspected  & from there to fort Edward - then to fort George aforesaid -  from there by water through lake Champlain to fort St. Johns- in lower Canada, which fort had been captured by our troops under General Montgomery, in the fall of 1775- & was at the time of the arrival of the deponent in the possession of the Americans - on their arrival at St John, they met our army returning form Quebec, under General Sinclair & Col. Arnold - Orders were immediately given for vacating S. fort - & the whole american army in & about Sd. fort St Johns, moved down the lake, & made the first halt at an inland, three or four days, for the {Illegible] & sick to be brot - up - then moved on down to [illegible] point - & made a short halt & from there to fort Ticonderoga, where the troops were inoculated for the small pox & sent to the hospital at fort George. & this deponent was one of the number so inoculated - at sd. fort George - he remained until december following at the sd. fort George & was discharged by the said Col. Ganzwort, at Saratoga; After this deponent recovered from the small pox, he was again engaged in garrison duty in the sd. fort George until his time was out.  In march 1777 he again enlisted at Kinderhook, as a teamster under Capt. Roderick Beebe in sd. line, Quarter Master Down, had the command of all the army teams at that time in the lives in that quarter.  he enlisted for the term of nine months & served his time out.  The most of the served was teaming from sd. Kinderhook to sd. fort George
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through Albany, and a part of the time from still water in Saratoga County to Bennington in the state of Vermont During this time he was in the battle at Besmir [Bemis] height's on Hudson river at the capture of Burgoyne's' for which services he volunteered.   After this battle, he again resumed the said services of teaming for the army, & continued until december [December} following, at which time he was taken sick & was sent home being about fifteen days before his time expired by the order of Capt. Beede.  About a week after the teams were all discharged for winter quarters. & sent home to make provision for the winter.  On the 20 of July 1778 he again entered the service at Kinderhook as a substitute for one Osbourne, and served one month his Captain was a Dutchman and a resident of Bluenook Columbia County whose name he cannot recollect The company marched immediately to Albany ; thence to Schenectady- thence up Mohawk river at Nan Allstines ferry & then crossed over to Cherry Valley, when their company joined the troops under Col. Wells assisted in building a fort at sd [said} Cherry valley & on the 20" of august [August} following being on Sunday having been relieved by other troops their company was discharged by the said Col. Wells.

In November 1779 he was draughted [drafted] in sd [said] Kinderhook in the sd [said] line for one month under Capt. Smith to go to Saratoga as one of the guard, he served this time out & being relieved by other troops was discharged by General Schuyler.

He has no documentary evidence except the voucher enclosed known of no person by whom he can prove his above named services.  He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  And he further declares in answer to the sworn interrogatories prescribed by the war department as follow to wit.

1' Where and in what year were you born? Answer I was born in Fishkill New York on the 25th december [December] 1759 -
2nd Have you any record of your age, and if you have where is it - answer I have a record of my age ; it is in my family bible.
3d Where were you living when called into the service : where have you lived since the revolutionary war ; and where do you now live? Answer When I entered the service I lived in Kinderhook : and since the R. war I have lived in Cortlands [] on the Delaware river ; then in Chenango & next in Locke in the said county of Cayuga where I now reside.
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5" I recollect the following named Continental officers, who were with the troops when I served - to wit- Generals St. Clair & Philip Schyler, Col. Wills, Majors Hicks and Brown & Bidwell
Recollect Col. Abram Can Alstinis regiment of militia of Kinderhook
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4" How were you called into the service, were you draughted ; did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom? Answer In the three first above named enlistments I entered as a volunteer in the fourth instance I was a substitute for one Osbourn - in the fifty instance was draughted.
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?  Answer. I received a written discharge in each of my two first enlistments ; the first given by Col. Van Schmit - the second given by Col. Gawnswort - both of which are lost
7 Silas Bowker, Elias Curtis, Warren Heath Berry : Heath. Solmon Heath- Levi Henry, & Henry Dayton, reside in my present neighborhood. who can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a revolutionary soldier.

James Hadlock
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
Garshom Morse a Judge of Cty Comm Please

We Philip Slocum a Clergyman residing in Moravia in the county of Cayuga and Levi Henry residing in Locke in S county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Hadlock, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.}
P.S. Slocum, Garshom Morse a Judge of Cty Com Pleas Levi Henry

and I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigations of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with Philip Slocum a Clergyman above-named of Moravia and with Levi Henry who has also subscribed the same is a resident of Locke in said county of Cayuga, and is a credible person.

And I further certify that I am intimately acquainted with James Hadlock the above applicant, & know him to be unable to attend court on account of his great age & feeble state of health  & which is rendered so, by reason of having had a severe fit of sickness of the gravel from which he has not recovered & is now laboring under severe pain occasioned thereby.  Garshom Morse a Judge of Cty Com Pleas
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State of New York}
Cayuga County} ss

I Michael L. Myers, Clerk of said County do certify that Garshom Morse Esq. before whom the two within affidavits purport to have been sworn & by whom the within certificate purports to have been made was at the date of the same, a Judge of Cayuga County Courts : and further that I am acquainted with the had writing of the said Judge & verily believe that his signature subscribed to said affidavits & certificate are genuine. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said county at Auburn, this 29th day of March 1833

M. L. Myers Clerk

James Hadlock's Affidavit

Term service is allowed adm @ 10 mo Sergt 50$
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James
Hadlock
N. Y.
Penn
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County of Crawford SS

On the ninth day of February 1836 before me the Subscriber as Justice of the Peace for the said County of Crawford personally appeared James Hadlock who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain David Varnarse, in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Peter Gurney for in the service of the United States: that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York from whence he has lately removed :that he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from New York to Pennsylvania viz His children had all removed from the state of New York & some of them had settled in Pennsylvania & he was desirous of living near to some of them & therefore chose to locate himself in the proximity of those who had settled in Pennsylvania

James Hadlock
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid
RL Potter
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Crawford County
Pennsylvania SS

On the 9th day of February 1836 before me the subscriber personally appeared Jeremiah Hadlock & Amasa Southwick who on their oaths did declare & say that they are intimately acquainted with James Hadlock, that he is the identical James Hadlock whose name is subscribed to the above deposition & the same person who is named in the above deposition as having been place on the pension roll of the state of New York

Jeremiah Hadlock
Amasa Southwick

Sworn & Subscribed to before me the day & year above written
R. L. Potter 

I R. L. Potter a Justice of the Peace for the County of Crawford do certify that that Jeremiah Hadlock & Amasa Southwick whose names are subscribed to the above deposition are persons of veracity & entitled to credit.  Certified this 9th day of February 1836
R. L. Potter
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State of Pennsylvania}
Crawford County}  SS

I Edward A Reynolds as Prothy. A Clerk of the several courts of said county do certify that R. L. Potter Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was made is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and that he is authorized to administer oaths &c and that the hand writting of said Justice in signature is genuine and by his own hand writting
Witness my hand and seal of the Count of Common Pleas of said County the 10th February A.D. 1836
Edward A. Reynolds
Prothy &c
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22817

Revolution

INVALID.

File No. 22,817
James Hadlock

[Illegible]

Act: June 7th 32

Index: -Vol. 2, Page 168

[Arrangement of1870]
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{Stamp MEADVILLE FEB 11 Pa.}
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Con. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
City of Washington


H194
17 Feb. 1836
Pension Office
Jo. Hadlock
Ny roll for [] 14935
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Mar 2d
in Pension

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
City of Washington

E. Ames Feb 27 26
John Hadlock
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Mechs & farmers Bank
Albany Pension Agency
Feby.  27. 1836

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

sir

In reply to your letter of the 22d
inst. I have to stat that James Hadlock, private at $50 per ann : was last paid to 4 Sept. 1835.
Respectfully 
Your obt Serv
Tho W Olcott g
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Mechs. & Farmer's Bank
Albany Pension Agency
October 15, 1835

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commission of Pensions

Sir,

The enclosed vouchers in the case of James Hadlock have been presented at this agency by the attorney for payments as the Pensioner now resides out of the limits of this agency we wish your instructions whether or not we shall pay his attorney -

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Tho W Olcott
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Luit Van Ness
Certificate for J. Hadlock

For James Hadlock at the Dilliway
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Kinderhook Feb. 9th 1793
these are to certify that James Hadlock was in the first ~ New York Ret in Capt David Van Nesses Company and served as Sergeant in the same Company and Regt  That I was second Lieutenant in ~ in the [] thiny Department
[] D V Ness // un
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Answers

Free

Hon. The Secretary of War
Washington City

MS Myers Clerk
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State of New York}
County of Cayuga} SS

On this 13th day of July 1832 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas of said county, James Hadlock a resident of Loke in the county and state aforesaid aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United states, under the following name officers and served as herein stated, Viz. Under Col. Corland Leuit Col Capt George White Leuit. Mudge- Enlisted in May 1775 a volunteer at Kinderhook, Columbia county his residence in the state aforesaid for nine months. served his term out and was discharged at Saratoga, received a discharged but has lost it.  In March 1776 again enlisted as a Volunteer at Kinderhook for nine months, under the following named officers viz Col. Ganzevort, Capt. David Van Ness, Leuit. John Van Ness, Ensign Andrew Kittle, the said Ensign directed the service about this time Said Deponent marched from Kinderhook through Albany, to St. Johns lower Canada - he enlisted as a Corporal, and served his term out and was regularly discharged.
He again enlisted at Kinderhook as a volunteer, in March 177 for nine months under the following named officers as a teamster viz Capt. Rodwick Beebe, he thinks the name of his quartermaster was Dow ; The most part of this term he drove his team from Kinderhook to Fort George on Lake George through Albany, and a part of the time from Still water in Saratoga County to Bennington in Vermont was in the battle at Burgoyne's capture He with other Teamsters of the army were sent home in december [December] following to make provision for their teams for the winter & therefore received a discharge, but served his time out.  Enlisted again at Kinderhook in July 1778 as a substitute for one Osborn for one month served his time out he can not call his Captains name being a Dutchman received no discharge marched to Cherry Vally through Albany and Schenectady.  In November 1779 was draughted & marched to Saratoga as one of the  Guard, under Capt. Smith, does not recollect any of the officer's names, enlisted for one month & served the term out.
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This Deponent testifies, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declaim that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    James Hadlock
Before me Garshom Morse a Judge of Cay Com Pleas

We Benjamin Andrews a Clergyman in the town of Groton Tomp, this county and Jesse Millerd residing in the town of Locke in the said county of Cayuga hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Hadlock, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Benjn. Andrews
J. Millerd
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Garshom Morse
a Judg of Cay Com Pleas

I hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above-named applicant, was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states; and I further certify that, it appears to me, that the aforesaid Benjamin Andrews who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in town of Groton, Tompkins County in said county, and that Jesse Millerd who has also signed the same is a Resident of Locke in said County are credible persons & ;that their Statement is entitled to Credit.
And I further certify that the above applicant can not, from bodily infirmity attend the court.
Garshom Morse a Judg of Cayuga Com Pleas

And I further certify that the seven interrogatories prescribed by the war department in relation to the pension act of 7th June 1832 were satisfactorily answered by the above applicant on the day first above named.
Garshom Morse a Judg &c
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Locke Cayuga Co. N.Y.   13 July 1832

Hon. Sir,
The within Claimant has authorized me to transact his business in relation to his pension claim, please direct your returns to me.
Respectfully Your's
J. Millerd

Hon. Sec. of War

Stat of New York 
Cayuga County ss   I Michael S. Myers do certify that Garshom Morse Esquire before whom the preceding two several affidavits purport to have been taken was on the day the same were sworn and subscribed a Judge of Cayuga County Courts duly qualified by law to take the sane and that I am well Acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge and verily
believe that the signature purporting to be his prefixed to said affidavits is true Witness my hand and the seal of our said County this 24 July 1832
M. S. Myers, Clerk of said County

State of New York} ss
County of Cayuga}
On this 19 day of december 1832 before the subscriber one of the Judges of the said county, personally appeared James Hadlock the within-named Applicant, & being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the loss of memory, he cannot swear positively, as to the [illegible] length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grade.   For two years & five months I served as a  private & for such service I claim a pension
James Hadlock

Sworn & subscribed on the date last above named before me 
Garshom Morse a Judge of Crt Com Pleas
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State of New York
Cayuga County ss

I Michael S. Myers. Clerk of said County, do certify that Garshom Morse Esquire, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken, was on the day it was taken, a Judge of Cayuga County Courts duly qualified by law to take the same:  and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge & verily believe the signature purporting to be his, to be
genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of our
[illegible] County this 24th day of december 1832.
M. S. Myers Clerk

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Answer       Free
Hon, The Secretary of War
Washington City