Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16358, for Jonathan Odell, New York
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(3--1776)
SERVICE New York  Odell, Jonathan or Odel Catharine
NUMBER W.16358
CONTENTS JHRs 4/19/63
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4  6652 Albany N. York
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Catharine Odell, decd. late widow of Jonathan Odell, decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 17th. April 1835 of Cortland Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Compy. commanded by Captain N.Y. of the Regt. commanded by Colo DeWitt in the N York line for 2 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 70 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May 1842 & sent to Honble Lewis Riggs House of Reps.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $350.00 [Semi-annual allowance ending -- crossed out] 
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$350.00
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{Act July 7, 1838.} Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk. Book A Vol. 2d. Page 96 
Payment to be made to Rebecca Kellogg & others, Children of said deceased (see back of Envel 

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Payment to be made to Rebecca Kellogg  Nathaniel Odell  Jane Baldwin  Alexr. M. Odell  James Odell and Jonathan Jr. Odell 
{Letter to Pension Agent May 21st 1842} Let to 3d And. June 20, 1842. " " Hon L. Riggs Aug 23. 1842.
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Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March to 17. April 1835 the day of his death. Agent Notified 28 Oct 1840

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20.232  New York 
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Jonathan Odell at Tompkins co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comy. commanded by Captain ----- of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dewitt in the N.Y. line for 21 Mos.
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 70 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug. 1823 and sent to Woodcock & Ferris Ithaca 
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Arrears to the 4th of Ma. '31 $140
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. '37 35
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$175
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by P.C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 27.
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No 18.328
Jonathan Odell 
Tompkins County New York 
i.j.
Woodcock & Ferris --- Ithaca P. Office
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[printed form with hand written responses] 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 [show] 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. 
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A STATEMENT, shewing [showing] the Service of  Jonathan Odell Tompkins Co. New York
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[table with 8 columns and 6 rows, including the row of column headings] 
[row 1 column headings] Period when the service was rendered [written vertically bottom to top of page] | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. | Months. | Days | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported. 

[row 2] Enlisted 1775| - | 5 | - | Private | Col DeWitts | 72 years Ulster County N.York [underlined] | Living witness & Traditional evidence 
[row 3] Vol May following | - | 3 |  |  | Genrl Montgomery |  |
[row 4] Enld April & May 76 | - | 5 |  |  | Col Paulding |  |
[row 5] Enlisted - - 77 | - | 3 |  |  | Col McClougherty |  |
[row 6] Enld spring 78 | - | 5 |  |  | Genrl Sullivan |  |

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 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, or District of County of } ss. 
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [graphic of a hand pointing to the right:] 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.] [square brackets in original] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] [square brackets in original] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I  of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c. 

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the 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.] [square brackets in original] 

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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3 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 Count 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 an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons --one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by Justice of the peace, the certification 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 he services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duty sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -- For ___ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ . For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___ ; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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; 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, providing the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 

[Mode of authenticating papers. – in italics] 
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 italics]
[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, -- underlined] } and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
[graphic of closed right hand with index finger pointing] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 
John N Ashton [signature]
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In the Matter of
Jonathan Odell
a soldier of the Revolution
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18328 [a check mark]
Admd 21 mo pri
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70 $
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[Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. -- in italics]
STATE OF NEW YORK, Tompkins County, ss. } 
On this 3d day of October 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Jonathan [Oddell -- crossed out] Odell a resident of the town of Groton in the county of Tompkins and state of New York, aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 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 about the first day of September it was general training day in the town of Shangum Ulster County and State of Newyork he enlisted under Captain Thomas Brinkerhoff in Colonel Moses DeWitts Regiment and on the fifth day of September one thousand Seven hundred & Seventy seven fires a few days after he enlisted he Started with his Company under General Montgomery for Quebeck, he inlisted for five months marched his to Kingston, to Rendevous then started from Kingston marched to Albany and from there marched to Quebeck passed some where near Oswago falls went part of the way by water arrived at Quebeckh when it was verry Cold the time does not recollect was in the battle at Quebeck was near Montgomery when he fell saw him a few moments after, stayed near Quebeck during the winter, served his five months out and was discharged then voluntered in the same Company and under the same officers and staid so that he did not get home untill the first of May following having served Eight months at Kingston he drew his pay fifty three Shillings & four pence per month had and written discharge -- knew Jacobus Brown who was a Lieutenant Colonel Arnold Commanded a Regiment, -- that in the Spring last of April of first of May 1776 again inlisted at Thomson under Captain William Johnson, in Colonel Paulding Regiment of New York State troops for five months went to White plains Weschestre County was in the battle from there went to horse neck from there to Peekskill and having
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served out his term of five months was then dischard had no written discharge, during this service knew Captain Stewart of the Continental Service he was lying at fort Montgomery. In the [spring -- crossed out] [summer --  inserted] of 1777 he again inlisted at Shangum under Captain Jacobus Rose for three months, in Colonel McClaugherty Regiment went to Fort Montgomery was at the Battle of fort Mongomery Captain Rose was killed, after the battle went up to Esopus [word crossed out] which had been burned by the British, having served out his three months was discharged at Kingston.-- In the Spring of 1778 he again inlisted at Shangum under Captain Cayhendall he does not recollect who commanded the Regiment, went in General Sullivans expedition to the west, went to the indian Castle beyond Batavia, returned to the horse heads then the horses were killed,  knew General Sullivan. this deponent thinks he may be mistaken in the year when he Served under General Sullivan he Served more than the five months the time of inlistment all of six months was discharged on the Suscquannah River had no written discharge -- This deponant has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service except James Trapp & Evert Rose [Cornelius Linderman -- inserted] whose affidavits are hereunto annexed--

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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. Jonathan Odell [signature] 

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. S. Love Clk [signature]
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State of New York Tompkins County Ss.: 
Cornelius Linderman of the town of Ithaca County of Tompkins & State of Newyork aged Seventy Six years being duly sworn says that in the Spring of 1776 he inlisted in Captain John Grahams Company Colonel Spauldings Regiment of New York State Troops that Jonathan Odell was then a soldier in Captain Williams Company same Regiment, and served five months was with [him -- inserted] at the battle of White Plains & the whole Service of five months & farther saith not -- Cornelius Linderman [signature] 

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid S. Love Clk [signature] 
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Cornelius Linderman and that he is a person of credibility and that his Statement is entitled to credit Samuel Love Clk [signature] 
 
James Tapp also being duly sworn says that he was a drummer in Captain Grahams Company in Colonel Spaulding Regiment in the summer of 1776 that he knew Jonathan Odell who was serving in Said Regiment -- & further saith not. James Trapp [signature] 

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid S. Love [signature] I further certify that I am well acquainted with above named James Trapp and that he is a person of credibility and that his [person -- crossed out] Statement is entitled to credit. Saml Love Clk. [signature] 

Tompkins County ss: Evert Rose of the town of Dryden in the County of Tompkins being duly sworn saith that he is Seventy years of age, that he was born in Shangum Ulster County, that he Knew Jonathan Odell whose declaration is hereunto annexed from a boy that the Said Jonathan was a soldier at the battle of fort Montgomery
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in the fall of 1777 this deponant was a fifer in Captain Jacob Roses Company whose was an uncle of this deponant and Jonathan Odell was a Soldier in said Company and under stood at that time that he was a Soldier most of the war from time to time & further saith not--
Evert Rose [signature] 

Sworn before me in open Court July 17. 1832 Saml. Love Clk [signature] 
I further certify that am acquainted with the above named Evert Rose and that he is a person of credibility and that his statement is entitled to credit  Saml. Love Clk [signature] Tompkins county
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[The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant. -- printed in italics] 
1. Where and in what year were you born? Answer. Peekskill Weschester County Newyork in the year 1760
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? Answer. I had my age in my bible -- My house was burns & bible
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Answer. In Shawangunky Ulster County, New York, thirty two years ago moved into Lansing Tompkins County, twelve years since into Groton where he now resides
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom? Answer. Volunteered every time he entered the Service
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Answer. Genl Washington Genl James Clinton was at the battle of fort Montgomery knowd Genl Clinton then May Paulding, [Col Lamb -- crossed out] was at Quebeck when Genl Montgomery was killed, was at the battle of White Plains
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer. never received a written discharge
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. Answer. Levi Woodbury Esq Samuel Higgins Post Master Samuel Courtland and Reuben Darling.

We, Josiah Backus residing in the town of Groton and county of [Albany -- crossed out] [Tompkins -- inserted] and State of New York, and Anthony Conely residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Odel who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be Seventy [two -- inserted] years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Josiah Backus [signature] Anson Conley [signature] 

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid,} S. Love Clk [signature] 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations 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 Josiah Backus & Anson Conley who has signed the preceding certificate [is -- crossed out] [are -- inserted] residents in the town of Groton and county of Tompkins and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Odell for a pension.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this third day of October 1832. Saml. Love Clk [signature] 

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Ny 
Odell
Hon. Lewis Riggs
H.R.
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State of New York Cortland County} Ss. 
I Gidion C. Babcock Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County / the same being a Court of Record / do hereby Certify that at a Court of Common pleas held in and for said County, before the Judges thereof at Cortlandville on the 29th. day of January 1842 it was proved by the adduction of Testimony satisfactory to the said Court, that Catharine Odell late of the Town of Preble in said County Died on the 6th. day of December 1841 at the Town of Dryden in the County of Tompkins and State of New York while there on a visit, that at the time of her Death she left Six children, all over the age of Twenty one Years, her surviving, who are the only Children known to be now living -- one Named, Rebecca Kellogg, the wife of Stephen Kellogg, now of the Town of Groton, Tompkins County & State of Newyork -- one Named Nathaniel Odell of the Town of Dryden in said last County and State -- one Named Jane Baldwin, the Wife of John Baldwin, both of said Dryden, County & State last aforesaid -- one Named Alexander M. Odell of the Town of Spencer, in the County of Tioga, State of New York -- one Named James Odell, of said last Town, County & State -- and one Named Jonathan J. Odell of the Town of Preble County of Cortland & State of New York - and that said Catharine Odells. Husbands Name was Jonathan Odell who Died on the 17th. day of April 1835 
in Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed the seal of said Court this 29th. day of January A.D. 1842 G.C. Babcock Clerk of Cortland Com Pleas. [signature]
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7709 Catharine Odell decd. 
N.Y. Act 7. July 38.
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M 84 d 35. Admd. 21 mo pri
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70 $ 
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Rebecca Kellogg, Nathaniel Odell. Jane Baldwin Alexander M. Odell. James Odell & Jonathan J. Odell children [no declarations -- crossed out] of Catherine Odell decd. -- from 4 March 36 to 4 March 41 ---

Hon. Lewis Riggs  H.R.
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State of New York Cortland County ss: 
On this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Cortland the said Court being by law duly made & constituted a court of record Catherine Odell, a resident of the Town of Preble in the said County of Cortland and State of New York aged Seventy one years on the twenty fifth day of March last past 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 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Jonathan Odell who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and who served as such; and for whose services an original Certificate of Pension was granted to the said Jonathan Odell bearing date at the war office of the United States the 12" day of August one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, Signed "Lew Cass Secretary of War" and examined & countersigned "J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions" and which said Certificate is numbered on the back of the same in figures "20.232" and as appears by a certificate thereon Signed "Cole Stiles Clerk" was Recorded in the Pension office in Book E. Vol 3 Page 27 -- That by the said Certificate a Pension of seventy Dollars per annum was granted to the said Jonathan Odell, and which he received during his life. That she does not know and therefore cannot state the day month or year when the said Jonathan Odell entered the Service nor the time when he left the Same, nor can she State the particular period or periods of Service of her said Husband in the war of the Revolution nor the names or Rank of officers under whom the service was performed, nor the place of his residence when he entered the service nor the manner in which he entered the battles in which he was engaged, the country through which he marched or any particulars relative to his said service - That she has no documentary Evidence in support of her claim except the proofs and papers upon which the said Jonathan Odell was pensioned  as aforesaid and which proofs and papers she now supposes and believes are on file and Recorded in the War Department at the Pension office in the City of Washington to which she most respectfully refers, and prays that they may be considered a part of this her declaration --  She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Odell on the Seventeenth day of October in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty four - - that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Odell died on the seventeenth day of April one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five -- that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four-- viz: at the time above stated Catherine her X mark Odell

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned [before me. -- inserted] And I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Catharine ODell, that her reputation for truth & veracity is good & unquestioned and that her statements are entitled to full Credit & belief. And that the said Catharine in my opinion is unable to appear in open Court for the purpose of making this declaration by reason of bodily infirmities brought on mostly by old age -- and further certify that from her, the said Catherines, Statement She cannot [write -- inserted] for which reasons she has made her mark in lieu of writing her name & the word before me, in [illegible] before executed by the also the word write before executed by me also the word write [underlined] before executed by me --
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John Gillet a Judge of Cortland County Courts

State of New York Courtland County Clerks Office-- } Ss.
I Gidion I. Babcock Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that John Gillet whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Judge [of Cortland -- crossed out] in
and for said County of Cortland, dwelling in the said County and duly authorized to take the same. And also that I am will acquainted with the handwriting of the said John Gillet and 
verily believe that the Signature to the said Certificate of proof is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 30th day of January A.D. 1841 G.I. Babcock. Clerk. [signature]
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State of New York Tompkins County} Ss:
personally appeared before me, Parley Whitmore a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Jane Gwings of the Town of Dryden in the County of Tompkins and State of New York aged Seventy one years, who first being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that she is well acquainted with Catherine Odell of the Town of Preble in the County of Cortland and State aforesaid, widow of Jonathan Odell late of Tompkins County deceased, and was well acquainted with the said Catherine as early as the year 1783, and was present when she was married to the aforesaid Jonathan Odell, and saw the said Catherine and the said Jonathan Odell married by the Reverend Stephen Gutchy (a minister of the gospel) at the Town of Shewangunk in the County of Ulster and State of New York on the Seventeenth day of October in the year 1784. further this deponant saith not.-- Jane her X mark Gwings 

Subscribed and sworn before me this tenth day of October 1840 } 
Parley Whitmore [signature] Justice of the peace

I certify that from the statements of the above named Jane Gwings She cannot write her name for which reasons She has made her mark in lieu thereof and further certify, that I am personally acquainted with the Said Jane Gwings who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, and that she is a person of good moral Character and Considered in her neighbourhood a woman of truth and veracity and that her Statements are entitled to full credit  Parley Whitmore Justice of the peace [signature]
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State of New York Tompkins County Clerk's office} Ss.
I Willet B. Goddard Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Parley Whitmore whose name is subscribed to the within certificate, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and also [certify -- inserted] that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Parley Whitmore, and verily believe that Signature to the certificate of proof is genuine -- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 9th day of February 1841. 
W B Goddard Clerk [signature]
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State of Newyork Tompkins County } Ss. 
personally appeared before me, Parley Whitmore a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, Catherine Odell of the Town of Preble in the County of Cortland and State of NewYork, aged Seventy one years and upwards, who first being duly sworn according law, deposeth and Saith, that She is the widow of of [word repeated in original] Jonathan Odell late of the Town of Ulysses in the County of Tompkins and State of New York, deceased, that She was married to the said Jonathan Odell on the Seventeenth day of October in the year 1784. by the Reverend Stephen Gutches, at the Town of Shewangunk, in the County of Ulster and State aforesaid, this deponant further Saith She has not any family records of the said marriage nor can she find where any Church, Parish, or Town records of her said marriage That She Still remains the widow of the said Jonathan Odell  That previous to her marraige [marriage] to the above named Odell. her name was Catherine Terwillager Catherine her X mark Odell

Sworn and subscribed before me this 22d day of October 1840 Parley Whitmore Justice of the peace [signature] 

I Certify that from the Statements of the Said Catherine Odell who has Subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, that She cannot write for which reason She has made her mark.--- 
And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the Said Catherine Odell and that She is of good moral Character and considered in her neighbourhood a woman of truth and veracity and that her Statements are entitled to full credit -- Parley Whitmore Justice of the peace [signature] 

I further certify that the last lime but one or lower line but one, [in -- inserted] the affidavit above on this sheet, was interlined [before she -- crossed out] befor [before] the Said Catherine Odell executed the Same  Parley Whitmore Justice of the pe [signature]
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State of New York Tompkins County / Clerk's Office SS.}
I Willet B. Goddard Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Parley Whitmore, whose name is subscribed to the within certificate, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County residing in the same, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same. And I also further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Parley Whitmore and verily believe the signature to said [proof -- crossed out] certificate of proof is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 9th day of February A.D. 1841-- 
W. B. Goddard Clerk [signature]
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State of New York Tompkins County Ss. 
Parley Whitmore being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he has caused thorough & diligent Searches to be made among the Town County, Parish and Church records remaining in the County of Ulster for Evidence of the marriage of Jonathan Odell late of Tompkins County & a Pensioner of the United States deceased to Katherine Terwillager, That on such search he has not been able to procure or find any such evidence of record & he verily believes that no record evidence thereof exists Parley Whitmore [signature] 

Subscribed & sworn before me this 2 day of February 1841 Rice Weed J P [signature]

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Parley Whitmore that he is a credible person & his statements are entitled to credit & belief. Rice Weed [signature]
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State of New York Tompkins County Clerk's Office SS.}
I. Willet B. Goddard Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that Rice Weed, whose name is subscribed to the within certificate, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to take the same, And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Rice Weed and verily believe the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgement is Genuine -- In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 9th day of February A.D. 1841. W. B. Goddard Clerk [signature]
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July 11, 1934 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX BA-J/MCS Ow Jonathan Odell, W. 16358 
Mr. Frederick C. Haacker 325 East 194th Street New York City
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your request for the record of Jonathan Odell, a Revolutionary War soldier who was pensioned while living in Tompkins County, New York. The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 16358, based upon the military service of Jonathan Odel. He signed as Odel but was pensioned as Odell. 

He was born in 1760 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York. The names of his parents were not given. While living in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, he enlisted and served as private with the New York troops as follows: from about the first of September, 1775, served eight months in Captain Thomas Brinkerhoff's company in Colonel Moses Dewitt's regiment, marched to Quebec under General Montgomery, was in the assault on Quebec and was near General Montgomery when he was killed; from about May, 1776, served five months in Captain William Johnson's company in Colonel Paulding's regiment and was in the battle of White Plains; from the summer of 1777 he served three months in Captain Jacobus Rose's company in Colonel McClaugherty's regiment and was in the battle of Fort Montgomery; his next enlistment was in the spring of the year of General Sullivan's Indian [a -- crossed out] expedition when he served six months in Captain Cuykendall's company on said expedition. 

From Shawanjunk, Ulster County, New York, he moved to Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, and from there to Groton, Tompkins County, New York.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, at which time he was living in Groton, Tompkins County, New York. Jonathan Odell died April 17, 1835, in Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York. He married in Shawangunk, New York, October 17, 1784, Catherine Terwillager who was born March 25, 1769. She applied for pension October 8, 1840, while living in Preble, Cortland County, New York. The claim was allowed. She died December 6, 1841, at Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, "while there on a visit."

The widow, Catherine, was survived by the following children, all of whom were over twenty-one years of age at her death; Rebecca, wife of Stephen Kellogg, resident of Groton, New York, in 1842; Nathaniel Odell, resident of Dryden, New York, in 1842; Jane, wife of John Baldwin, resident of Dryden, New York, in 1842; Alexander M. Odell, resident of Spencer, Tioga County, New York, in 1842; Jonathan J. Odell, resident of Preble, New York, in 1842.

Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
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[left side of page, printed form with hand written responses] 
Rev WIDOW, &c.
----- 
File No. 16.358 Catharine Odell Widow of
Jonathan Odell Pri Rev War
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Act July 7th 38 Index: Vol. M, Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.] [square brackets in original] 

[right side of page] 
1934. July 11, hist. to Mr. Federick C. Haacker M.C.S.
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7709
Suspended 
Sd let to the Post Master of Preble NY. 
Decr. 20th 1841
to Olson Davis Riggs Dec 28, [check mark] 1841
Act 7 July 38
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Dead
Preble NY }   FREE 
Oct 31 J.B. Phelps PM
J.L. Edwards Esr
Washington Dir Pension Office

[written vertically from bottom towards top of page in center of page] 
Jan 5. 1842. NY
Catharine Odell
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Preble Dec 31. 1841
Sir I remind you of the 20 Int in due time and as soon as I could ascertain the facts in the case hasten to return the same. Mrs. Catharine Odell left this town about a year ago and went to Dryden Tompkins County and then died She died on the 6th day of Nov. last her son Jonathan Odell lives in this town he did not know of her death and he took the letter that was sent to her from this office and went to Dryden and then ascertained about her death 
Your &c. Jabez B Phelps
To J.L. Roy Edwards Esq
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[printed form with hand written responses] 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Second Comptroller's Office, October 22d. 1840.
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," The widow of Jonathan Odell, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Seventy Dollars [and Cents -- crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 17th April 1835, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris [signature] Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Hon J L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C. 

[written vertically from bottom towards top of page on left center of page] 
Aug 20. 1842 Cath. Odell.

[written vertically from bottom towards top of page on right center of page] 
Hon L. Riggs H.R
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House of Reps 19th Aug -- 42
I understand that a joint resolution of State Senate of and [House -- inserted] of Reps passed a few days since provides for the case of the Heirs of Catharine Odell &c You please to inform me at as early an hour as convenient
Yours with Respect L. Riggs [signature] 
Hon J.L. Edwards
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[round stamp in top left corner of page, most illegible except for -- FEB 10] FREE 

J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington --- D.C.

[written vertically from bottom towards top of page on left center of page]
Send Cir [check mark] 7709 Feb 16. 1841 NY. 
July 7. 1838  Cath Odell Jon Odell Admd '32 No 20.232.

[written vertically from top towards bottom of page on right center of page] Catharine Odell mail for answers to Circular
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3255 East 194th St., New York, June 27th, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
The report from the Secretary of War regarding the Pensioners in 1835, lists among the pensioners of Tompkins County, N. Y., Jonathan Odell, [name underlined] who served in the New York Militia and was placed upon the pension list, March 3, 1833, age 73 years.
Kindly inform me if the Pension Records contain any information concerning his parentage, or give information concerning his family. I am also interested in his service record.
Very truly yours, Frederick C. Haacker [signature] Frederick C. Haacker.

[round stamp in lower right corner of page] RECEIVED JUN 28 1934 Mail Sub-Div. Vets. ADM Reader # 28