Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,097, for Usher Moore, New York
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20623 New York
Usher Moore 
Orange in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wood of the regiment commanded by Col. Nicoll in the New York line for 20 months
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 66 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Sep 1833 and Judge J. Finch Finchville 00
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 23'  $ 166.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 M 34'  33.33
  $199.99
Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Go C Stiles clerk
Book E vol 4 page 69
Dead see letter to P. agt.
May 30 1836
Died Aug 22 1834
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State of New York 
Orange County ss} on this first day of September 1832 personally appeared before me John Hallock Junior one of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Orange Usher Moore a resident of the town of Minisink, Orange County and State of New York, he being unable on consequence of bodily infirmities to attend before the court which is soon to be in this county, aged seventy five 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 7 1832, that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated and the said Usher Moore deposeth + saith, that in the month of July he believes in the year 1776 he entered the service of the United States by enlisting as a private in Capt John Wood's company, Col. Nicoll's regiment in Gen. George Clinton's division and that he served the said term of five months was stationed a part of the said term at Fort Montgomery on the Hudson river, a part of the said term at Kingsbridge near New York and the residue of the said term at White Plains where this deponent was discharged.  and this deponent further saith that in the month of August 1777, according to his best recollection he enlisted in Capt John Wood's company Col McLaughlin's regiment, Gen. Clinton's division, and served to the end of the said term of three months was stationed a part of the said term at Fort Montgomery, a part of the term at Ramipo (Ramapo) and the residue of the said term at Eusopus, Ulster county, where this deponent was discharged.
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and this deponent further saith, that in the month of Masrch in the year1778, (according to his best recollection) he enlisted in Capt. Moses Hetfield's company (is not certain who commanded the regiment) for one year, and served to the end of the said term of one year, was stationed apart of the said term, on the frontiers in the settlements of Minisink + Peen Pack in Orange county, and the residue of the said term at the fortification at West Point on the Hudson river, where he was discharged, the whole of his services amounting to one year + eight months in all of which services he served as principles and that in no case he received a written discharge, and relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present and this deponent further saith his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. Usher ( his X mark) Moorwe
sworn and subscribed the day + year aforesaid before me John Hallack Junior A judge of Orange Common pleas
the following interrogatories have been propounded to the before named Usher Moore, 1- where and in what year were you born, Answer- I was born in the town of Goshen, Orange county and state of New York in the year 1757.
2nd- have you any record of your age, Answer- in the affirmative, and where is it, in my Bible.
3rd- where were you living when called into service. Answer- in the town of Goshen, Orange county, and have lived since the Revolutionary war in the towns of Goshen + Minisink in said County and that I now live in the town of Minisink aforesaid.
4th- How were you called into service, in every case as principle.
5th- State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you
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served, Answer- I have mentioned in my declaration the names of the Captains + Colonels under which I have served as fareforth as my recollection serves, and the general circumstances of my services.
6th did you ever receive a discharge from the service, Answer- I have setforth and mentioned in my declaration that I have never received any written discharge, 
7th stat the names of persons to whom you are now in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and the belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution, Answer- James Finch Esq., and John Reme
The above foregoing interrogatories have been propounded by me to the before named Usher Moore and the Answers given by him to the said interrogatories is as above setforth the day and year aforesaid
John Hallack Junior a judge of Orange Common Pleas
I James Finch a resident of the town of Calhoun in the said county of Orange, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Usher Moore, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be seventy five 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 I concur in that opinion, and this deponent further saith that the said Usher Moore is considered to be a man of truth + veracity.   James Finch
in open court the 4th day of December 1832 
Asa Dunning clerk of court of Common Pleas
I John Reme a resident ofr the town of Minisink in the said county of Orange, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Usher Moore of Minisink aforesaid who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be seventy five years of age. that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he
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to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion and this deponent further saith that the said Usher Moore is considered to be a man of truth and veracity. and further saith that their is no clergyman at present residing in the congregation where the said Usher Moore now resides. John Reme
subscribed and sworn in open court the 4th day of December 1832 before me 
Asa Dunning clerk of Court of Common Pleas
and the court certifies that it appears to them that James Finch and John Reme who has signed the proceeding certificates are residents of the towns of Calhoun and Minisink in the said county of Orange, and that they are [illegible] persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Asa Dunning clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Usher Moore for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of September 1832
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State of New York,
Orange County ss: on the 6th day of December 1832 personally appeared before  one James Finch one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county of Orange. Thomas V. Wood to me known to be a man of truth and veracity who being first duly sworn according to law. deposeth and saith he is well acquainted with Usher Moor who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration to which this affidavit is annexed and perfectly recollects that the said Usher Moore served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war with this deponent in the year 1776 in Capt. John Wood's company in Col. Nicoll's regiment for the term of five months, and this deponent further saith that in the month of March 1778 according to his best recollection that the said Usher Moore served with this deponent as a soldier in Capt. Moses Hatfield's company with this deponent for the term of one year, and further saith that.  Thomas V. Wood
sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of December 1832
James Finch Justice of the peace
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I certify that Thomas V. Wood who subscribed and swears to the written affidavit before me is a resident of the town of Minisink and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
James Finch Justice of the peace
Mount Hope, Orange county 2nd June 1833
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I Asa Dunning clerk of the county of Orange and clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said county do hereby certify that the annexed contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Usher Moore for a pension. and I further certify that John Hallock junior before whom the annexed affidavit ( a declaration) of the said Usher Moore was sworn and whose name is subscribed to the same was at the time and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas  in and for the said county of Orange which is a court of record and that the signature John Hallock Jr. subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature and further I certify that James Finch Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of Thomas V. Wood was sworn was at the time and now is a Justice of the peace in and for the said county and that the signature subscribed to the annexed affidavit is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of December 1832
Asa Dunning clerk
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80.21.356
Usher Moore 
Orange County
New York

Admitted 
Private 20 months

James Finch agent
Finchville P.O.
Orange county New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office    May 28 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 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 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.

A statement showing the service of Usher Moore Orange county New York
enlisted 1776 5 mo., as private under Capt. John Wood , Col Nicoll Gen. Clinton, stationed at Fort Montgomery, Kingsbridge, present age 75 
Evidence is living witness, traditionary


enlisted 1777 3 months private Capt John Moore, Col. McLaughlin, stationed in White Plains Ramapo and Ulster county-esopus
Minisink, Peen Pack, West Point

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, J.L. EDWARDS, commissioner of Pensions.
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Rev War  11097
INVALID
file no, 11097
Usher Moore 
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index vol A, page 264
1936 Apr 27 History to Mrs Sarah Kirk see correspondence Revolutionary claim 7 bri. Vail. R 16816 MCS
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State of New York, Orange county }ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the  Peace in and for the said county of Orange, Usher Moore of Minisink in the said county an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades for five months for three months and for one year as set forth in my declaration, and which I can not more fully describe and this deponent further saith that he 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 and further this deponent saith not.
Usher (his X mark) Moore
sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of June 1833 James Finch Justice of the peace

State of New York Orange county ss: I  Asa Dunniung clerk of the said county do certify that James Finch Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn were at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 14th day of June 1833
Asa Dunning