Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [ILLEGIBLE], John Badgero, New York
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New York
Badgero, John
Badgerro
Sally

W 1801
BLM 156-60-55
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See letter 8 July 1821 to pension agent at Albany.  See letter July 24, 1835 to Jno Adams - Dept cert in the name of John Badgers iss[ued] Aug 25 1835 + sent to Jno Adams, Lyons, NY. Let to Pension Agent 26th same month.

8731
New York Roll

Badgero
John of Genessee County in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vencough of the New York line, for the term of about three years 1780. 

Inscirbed on the roll of Nww York at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence the 29th of April 1819.

Certificate if pension issues the 30th of March 1819 and sent to Roswell Rabbitt [illegible] Rochester NY

Arrears to the 4th of March 1819, 10 months 81.50

Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819, 48

Total $129.50
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John Badgero application
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State of New York
Genesee County

On this twenty ninth day of April 1818 befire ne the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee personally appears John Badgero aged fifty seven years resident in said County of Genesee
and State of New York who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United State in the revolutionary ware that the said John Badgero  enlisted in the city of Albany in a company commanded by Capt James Gray in the regiment commanded by Col Jessie Densuyk being the first New York regiment in the month of January or February in the year 1780 for and during the war and that he served about three years and was then discharged at Snake Hill in the state of New York and that he was in the Battle at Croton River and at the battle of taking lord Corn Wallis and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his fever of his said service John Badgero his mark
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this nineteenth day of August1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings,
and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) John Badgero
aged Sixty two years, resident in the town of Richmond in said county, who, being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:

For the term of four years and eight months
in the Company of Captain James Gray in
the regiment of Col. Van Schaick - enlisted
some time in the month of February or
March 1780

and that he made application for a pension on the
18th
-
day of April
1818 and that
he received a Pension Certificate, No. 8731 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States
on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that the
by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so 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 ninth day of March, 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, viz.

4 hogs $5- 2 broken kots 1.75 -
6.75
broken tea kettle .25 - 1 Small tea kettle 1.25 - 1.50
6 old knives & forks .20 - 12 old plates 1.25 - 
1.45
1 teacup & Saucer .06 -- 1 old axe .45 -
.51
$10.73

John Badgero his mark


And I do further swear and declare that I am
by occupation a farmer, and that by age and
bodily infirmities I am not able to perform but very little labor. My family consists of my wife
of Sarah aged 64 years - She by old age & infirmities is not able to perform but very little labor
John Badger his mark
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the 2nd Section of the act of Congress of Feby 3 1853

State of New York
County of Wayne ⎬ On this 11th day of March 1853 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of The Court in and for said County Sally Badgero a resident of Sodus in said County aged
Seventy six years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the second Section of the act of Congress of the 3d of February 1853
That she is the widow of John Badgero who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at the Rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum, under act of Congress of 1818
That he received his Pension at the agency for paying pensions in the City of Albany in the State of New York She further declares
that she was married to the said John Badger
in the summer of the year 1825. Eighteen Hundred and twenty five -
That her said husband died in the month of August 1840, Eighteen hundred and forty-That she was married to the said John Badger at the time above stated she further swears that she was a widow
at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a Pension. That she has no Family Record
and thinks there is no Record of her marriage in existance
Sally Badger
Subscribed & swore
her mark
this 11th day of March
in my early kept
County
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156
60 acres