Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11650, Christopher Ward, Continental New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE     Continental New York

Ward, Christopher

NUMBER       S.11650

carded

CONTENTS
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20.454
New York 
Christopher Ward of Schenectady in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Patten of the Regt commanded by Col. Wemplen in the N.York line for 17 Mos 17 Ds. --- 

N.Y. and Continental Records completed b19 June 1785. 

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 58 Dollars 36 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept. 1833 and Sent to G. T. Yates Schenectady 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33              $117.12
                                                                   29.28  
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34  29.28
$175.68

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk, 
Book  E.  Vol. 4."   Page 39 


Let G F. Yates Dec 1. 1837 
  "   Jno Degraff  feb 22 1838 
   "        Same      May 22d 1838
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In the matter of the application of Chrisr Ward for an increase of pension under act of 7th June 1832

Agent
[crossed out 'G. H. Wales  Schenectady N.Y.]

Hon. J.J. Degraff   H R
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In the matter of the application }
of Christopher Ward }
for an increase of Pension }
under the Act of 7th June 1832- }

The aforenamed applicant Christopher Ward, being further duly Sworn Saith, that when he caused his original declaration to be drawn, he was not [crossed out 'as'] particular in giving a detailed statement of his services in the Department of the Quarter Master General. He then stated that he served under Colonel Christopher Yates, but did not give the name of his Captain, which was John Clute, said John Clute being under the command of said Christopher Yates, who was a Deputy Quarter Master to wit in 1779 -- In his supplemental declaration he gave the name of Captain Clute only, and did not give the name of Col. Yates the Quarter Master under whom Captain Clute served- 

And this Deponent further Saith, that he does not recollect that he stated his service under Captain Patten to have been only on April till July 1778, to the person who drew up his papers in the first instance- If he was so understood he did not intend to give or specify the period from 1st April 1778 to 18th July 1778, as the only period, or the
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whole length of the period he served under said Captain Patten. On the 18th July 1778 he continued to serve under said Captain Patten, but then left Albany the place at which he had been theretofore engaged, and went to the Grand Army, & served in the grand army as an artificer as aforesaid under said Captain Patten until the month of November 1778, when the period of his enlistment expired, and he was discharged from duty.  
Chrisr   X  Ward  his mark
Sworn this Seventh day of May 1838, before me} 
A,A, VEDDER  Justice of the Peace
In and for the County of Schenectada State of New York 
I certify that the above named Christopher Ward signed the above affidavit by making his mark by Reason of old age & infirmities 
A.A. VEDDER  J, P
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STATE OF NEW YORK, }
SCHENECTADY COUNTY, } 
CLERK'S OFFICE, }  ss.  
I, William W. Tredway Deputy Clerk of said County Do Hereby Certify, That A.A. Vedder before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn and thereon written, was at the time of the date thereof Justice of the peace in and for said county, dwelling therein, commissioned, sworn and duly authorized: And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said A. A. Vedder and verily believe that the signature to the Cetificate thereon written. is genuine. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have set my hand } and affixed the seal of said County, the Eighth } day of May 1938 }
W.W. Tredway Deputy Clerk.
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House of Reps 
May 12. 1828 
I do certify that I have Know Christopher Ward who applies for an increase of Pension has been personally known to me for more than forty years, he is man without education but has ever been distinguished for his integrity and for uncommon thought of mind and memory 
He is now very aged. 
John J Degraff 
Rep in Congress
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10364
Christopher Ward
Schenectady Co
New York

Service as an artificer not allowed  (c.c. g.)

Admitted
Private  17 mo & 17 days

187
56.66
_____
58.53


Giles F Yates Esq.
Schenectady Co
New York
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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 what is necessary to be done. These 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, shewing the Service of Christopher Ward Schenectady Co New York.

[Military service presented in tabular form with the table column headings as follows:]

Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.  
Rank of the claimant. 
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. 
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched.  
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 
Evidence by which the declaration is supported 

Period when the service was rendered.    1776
Duration of the claimant's service.    About 14 Days.
Rank of the claimant.   Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.   Cn. Cothout
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Col. Wample
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.   None
Country through which he marched.  New York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.   76 years   Schenectady N York
Evidence by which the declaration is supported   Three Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered.    Sp. 1777  
Duration of the claimant's service.    About 28 Days.
Rank of the claimant.   Same
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.    Cn Van Hyek
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.    Col. Way
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.   None
Country through which he marched.    N. York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.    Same
Evidence by which the declaration is supported    Three Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered.  Fall  1777
Duration of the claimant's service.    About 1 Month.  12 Days.
Rank of the claimant.   Same
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.    Cn. Cotham
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.    Gen. Schuyler
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.   None
Country through which he marched.  N. York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.    Same
Evidence by which the declaration is supported Three Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered.     Sp. 1778
Duration of the claimant's service.    4 Months.
Rank of the claimant.   Blacksmith
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.   Cn. Cotham 
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Gen Schuyler
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.   None
Country through which he marched.   N. York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.    Same
Evidence by which the declaration is supported   Three Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered.     1778
Duration of the claimant's service.    3 Months.
Rank of the claimant.   Blacksmith
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Cap Patton
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.    Col. Wemple
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.    NoneCountry through which he marched.  N. York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.    Same
Evidence by which the declaration is supported   Three Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered.   Sp. 1780
Duration of the claimant's service.    About 21 Days.
Rank of the claimant.    Blacksmith
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.    Not stated
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.    Not stated
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.    None
Country through which he marched.    N. York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.    Same
Evidence by which the declaration is supported  Three Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered.  Sum. 1780
Duration of the claimant's service.    About  4 Months
Rank of the claimant.    Blacksmith
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.    Cap McGee
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Col. M Graham
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  None
Country through which he marched.   N. York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.   Same
Evidence by which the declaration is supported  Three Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered.    1780
Duration of the claimant's service.    About 1 Month 12 Days.
Rank of the claimant.    Blacksmith
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.   Not stated
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Not stated
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.   None
Country through which he marched.  Garrison duty
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.    Same
Evidence by which the declaration is supported Three Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered.  1779
Duration of the claimant's service.   Not less 1 Month. {All gecally exceeds 2 years }
Rank of the claimant.   Blacksmith
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.   Not stated
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Not stated
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  None
Country through which he marched.  Garrison duty
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.   Same
Evidence by which the declaration is supported  Three Witnesses

I am, respectfully,  
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, mucicians 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. 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.] 

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.] 

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 days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
{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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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 Court 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 live now?  
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 a Justice of the peace, the certificate 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 the 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. 

[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which 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 duly 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 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 a declaration is 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 with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority. they 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 give 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, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers. 
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 may 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. 
[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 and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
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 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. }
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State of New York
Co. of Schenectady

In the matter of the application of
16, 364
Chrisr. Ward

for a pension

Proceedings
Ser  Vol  3. p. 44 ___ 1 mo____ $6.66
                        45 ___________   10.44

No 27.

To the care of 
Giles F. Yates
Schenectady. N.Y.
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State of New York }
County of Schenectady } ss.
On this Eighteenth day of October One thousand eight hundred & thirty-two personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Chistopher Ward a resident of the City of Schenectady, in said County aged seventy-six years, 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 June 7th 1832. 

He was born in the town of Stone Arabia in the then County of Tryon in Said State on the 18h day of July 1757.  He has no record of his age except a memorandum left by his father. 

When the war of the revolution commenced he was living in the City aforesaid and since said war, and until at the present time he has resided in said City __ 

He entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated 

In the beginning of the year 1776, he was called out in Captain Abraham Oothout's Company of Militia in Colonel Abraham Wemple's Regiment, & proceeded to Johnstown. on which occasion Sir John Johnson surrendered himself a prisoner of war. He was out in this town about two weeks. In the fall of the year 1776,
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Sir John Johnson having broken his parole , was expected to make a descent on the Mohawk settlements, the militia were ordered out to guard Johnstown, and a pass near the same called a Switserbergh.   Here the claimant served for some time, say three or four weeks. In the spring of the year 1777, he was drafted to go with a detachment of militia under Captain Jesse Van Slyck 
He marched with this Detachment to Jessup's patent. Thither one John Morrill has been sent by the British & was engaged in enlisting troops & erecting fortifications. This detachment joined the troops under Colonel Warner. The enemy however discovered the approach of the american troops, & before they arrived had. evacuated the place. In this tour he served more than four weeks __   In the fall of the year 1777, he was called out again in said Company of Captain Dothout, and served with the american army in General Schuyler's retreat from Saratoga to Stillwater, & Bemis' Heights. He served in this campaign about six weeks __ part of the time as a substitute for one Harmanus Peters. 

In the spring of the year 1778, he served for the term of four months to wit, until the 18th July 1778, in the continental establishment, as a Blacksmith; and he then enlisted in Captain Patten's Company of artificers & artisans & served therein for the term of three months. He went to the grand army then at White plains while a member of said Company of Captain Patten. 

In the fall of the year 1778, he
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marched with a detachment from Colonel Wemple's Regiment in the direction towards Cherry-Valley, but before they arrived there, the enemy had disappeared.

 In the spring of the year 1780 he engaged in a tour to Schoharie for about three weeks. In the summer of the year last named he enlisted in Captain McGee's Company of State Troops in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment. The place of his enlistment in said company of Captain McGee was in said township the term of his enlistment therein four months, which term he faithfully served out at Tappan, fort Edward & Stony Point & elswhere 

When Sir John Johnson burnt Stone - Arabia he was on duty with the militia at fort Hunter.

 He has performed garrison duty at Stone Arabia for some time say about six weeks.  In the year 1779, he performed military duty at fort Herkimer, and guarded the farmers in that vicinity while bringing in their harvest, for a term not less than one month __
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The claimant has also while not out in the expedition aforesaid performed garrison duty at Schenectady, for a term in the whole exceeding six months- And knows and hereby declares, that the whole period for which
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he served his country during said war in the garrison & in the field greatly exceed two years- 

THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz:   General Arnold, General Gaansevoort. General Ten Broeck General Schuyler, Colonel Van Schaick besides those before named 
He never received any written discharge from the service 

He has no ---- documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, except those whose depositions are hereunto annexed- 

The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit 

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.      Chris J Ward
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid }
John S Voorman Clerk 

State of New_York }
County of Schenectady } SS. 
On this Eighteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County now sitting William Corl a resident of the town of Rotterdam in the County of Schenectady who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he was in the time of the revolutionary war and now is well acquainted with Christopher Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that this Deponent knows said Christopher served as set forth in said declaration for the term of least six weeks at Stone Arabia at fort Herkimer for about three weeks _ at fort Plank for three
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weeks & more, & further saith not with the words "Stone Arabia" underlined- } William Cole
Subscribed & Sworn the day & year first aforesaid in open Court 
John S. Vrooman Clerk

On  the same day & year aforesaid in like manner personally appeared in open Court as aforesaid John Corl of the City aforesaid, who being duly sworn saith, that he knows said Christopher ward served at Bemis's Heights during the northern Campaign of 1777 this Deponent himself having served with him on that occasion  _ he has also been in service with said Christopher Ward at Johnstown in the year 1776 __ & knows that said Christopher served served during said war in the Regiment of Colonel Wemple aforesaid      John Corl 
Subscribed & Sworn the day & year aforesaid } John S. Vrooman Clerk
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County of Schenectady ss. 
Jellis A. Fonda at present residing in the City of Schenectady in said County, being duly sworn and Examined ,doth depose and says that he was during the revolutionary war & is now well acquainted with Christopher Ward of said City the same person referred. to in the annexed Documents that this Deponent being in the year one thousand seven Hundred and Eighty adjutant in the Regiment New York State Troops or Levies under command of Colonel Morris Graham, this Deponent remembers distinctly that said Christopher served in said Regiment as a private for the term of four months in the same year in a Company whereof James McGee was captain; the names of the other officers under which said Christopher Ward served this Deponent does not remember __
Jelles A Fonda
Sworn before me this 4th day of Augt 1832
James V S Ryley  Judge }
Schenectady county courts }
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County of Schenectady ss   I, James H. Peck, late a Lieutenant in the army of the revolution do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Christopher Ward the same person referred to in the annexed deposition of Jellis A. Fonda, and that I have personal knowledge of the service of said Christopher Ward in the State troops at West Point during the year 1780 in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment & that he served in said Regiment for the term of at least three months and further I cannot recollect. James H. Peck. 
Subscribed & Sworn this second day of } October 1832 before me }
Wm Strong Justice of the Peace 

I  William Strong the Justice of the Peace before 
Whom the Procding Deposition of James H. Peck is Taken Do Hereby Certify that Said James H. Peck is unable to attend Court By Reason of Bodily infirmity that I Am Well Acquainted With James H Peck And knows Him to Be A Man of Carector Whose Statements Are intitled to the fullest Credit Witness my Hand this Second Day of October 1832 
Wm Strong Justice of the Peace
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I. John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that James V.S. Ryley before whom the preceding deposition of Gellis A. Fonda had been taken was at the time thereof & is now one of the Judges of the County Courts in & for said County, and further that William Strong before whom the preceding deposition of James H. Peck has been taken was at the time thereof & is now one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County __ 
Witness my hand & seal of Office this Eighteenth day of October One thousand Eight hundred & Thirty two.  John S Vrooman Clerk 

We Joseph Peck residing in the City of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady aforesaid, and John Corl residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Christopher Ward, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where the resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
John Corl
Joseph Peck
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid } 
John S. Vrooman  Clerk. 

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 Joseph Peck who signed the above certificate is a resident of said city, and that John Corl who also signed the same, is a resident in the same place & are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit; and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James H Peck whose deposition is hereto prefixed, cannot attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity __

I John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Christopher Ward --- for a pension, and I further certify that William Strong before whom the preceding deposition of James H. Peck has been taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace in & for said County 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Eighteenth __ day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two 
John S. Vrooman Clerk.
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And I the said John S. Vrooman do further certify and declare, that William Corl, John Core, Jellis A. Fonda, and James H. Peck who have subscribed and Sworn to the preceding depositions, are to me & to the said Court well known are all credible persons, and their statements are entitled to the fullest credit. 

In testimony whereof the said John S. Vrooman Clerk as aforesaid have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty ninth day of May 1833. John S. Vrooman Clerk
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Copy 
Department of War
Pension Office 
Feby 22d. 1838 
Sir
I have examined the Supplemental declaration of Christopher Ward in which he claims an increase of pension for services as an artificer, and have placed it on file with his original papers. 

In order to place this claim in a proper light, I will contrast his present statement with that made at the time his pension was granted. 

Among the services mentioned at that time, he stated that in the spring of 1778 he enlisted into Capt Pattens Co. of Artificers and served to the 18th of July, having served 3 months: __ That from Jany. 1. 1779 he served under Col. Yates, for 4 months. 

He now states that he entered into Capt Pattens Co. of Artificers on the 11th of Apl 1778 and served  to the11th of Novr. following, seven months: and that in Jany. 1779 he again enlisted as an artifian the Capt Clute Co, and served 3 mos.

Aside from the fact that his name is not borne upon Capt Pattens, or any other roll of
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Artificers, the discrepancy between his several statements is such as to discredit the whole. No increase can therefore be allowed 
I am &c.
Signed   J L. Edwards



Giles F. Yates Esq
Schenectady 
N Y
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State of New York 
County of Schenectady 
In the matter of the application }
of Christopher Ward for a pension } 
under the act of 7th June 1832  _ }
Supplemental affidavit 

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Christopher Ward above named, the same person referred to and described in the annexed declaration & affidavits under said act__ and the said Christopher being duly sworn deposeth and Saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot be more particular than he has been in his said declaration respecting the names of all the officers under whom he served, neither can he swear positively as to the precise length of the tours he performed during the war of the revolution _  According to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades- 

He served in Captain Abraham Oothout 's Company of Militia in the Regiment whereof Abraham Wemple was Colonel for the term of two weeks near Johnstown in the then County of Tryon (now Montgomery) in the spring of the year 1776 - In the fall of the year 1776, under the same officers he marched to and performed garrison duty at Switzerburgh near Johnstown aforesaid for at least twenty-four days. Lieut. Roseboom Commandant. He served as a draft in the Company of militia commanded by Captain Jesse Van Slyck & marched to Jessup's patent in the spring of
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the year 1777, & was in this expedition under the command of Colonel Warner, & on duty for more than thirty three days.

 In the fall of the year 1777, he this Deponent served again in Captain Abraham Oothout's Company aforesaid in the northern campaign against Burgoyne & his army for the term of six weeks in one tour, & in another more than three weeks __  In the spring of the year 1778, this Deponent enlisted & served in Captain Patten's Company of artificers and artisans for the term of four months, one month of which term he served with the grand army at White plains, under Colonel Dubois. 

In the fall of the year 1778 he marched with a detachment of militia from said Regiment of Colonel Wemple in the direction towards Cherry Valley but said detachment was ordered back the alarm of the approach of the enemy subsiding _  He served in this tour for the term of fourteen days at least __ 

In the spring of the year 1779 he marched to & performed garrison duty at Schoharie for the term of three weeks. 

In the summer of the year 1780, he enlisted in Captain McGee's Company of State Troops in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment for the term of four months, & served out said term at Tappan Fort Edward Stony-point & elsewhere Henry B. Livingston Lieutenant Colonel.  He thinks in the month of October 1780, he was on duty with the militia of Colonel Wemple's Regiment or a detachment thereof at Fort Hunter for the term of twenty days and more _ under Colonel Wemple aforesaid. 

With a detachment of Militia from said Regiment of Colonel Wemple he per formed garrison duty at Stone Arabia for
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six weeks in two tours, under General Ten Broeck of Albany.  In the fall of the year 1779, with the like detachment he performed military duty at Fort Herkimer for a term not less than One month, and at fort Plank three weeks under Capt. Banker & Colonel Wemple aforesaid _ This Deponent has performed garrison duty at Schenectady on sundry occasions during the revolutionary war from the years 1777 till 1783 the close thereof for a period in the whole not less than nine months. 

And this Deponent further saith, that in addition to the different terms of service set forth in his said declaration, he enlisted for the term of four months in Captain John Clute's Company of under command of Colonel Christopher C. Yates & served from the month of January 1779 to the month of May thereafter, to wit for the full term of four months aforesaid at Saratoga -- 

For which service of Two years One month & rising in which he served as a private as aforesaid he claims pension- 
Chris J. Ward
Subscribed & Sworn this 28th __ day of May 1833, before me 
J.D. Harman, Justice of the peace 

County of Schenectady ss.  
Bartholemew Clute of said City & County, being duly sworn saith, that he was in the time of the revolutionary war and is now well acquainted with Christopher Ward the above
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Deponent, that this Deponent was at Saratoga aforesaid at the time specified in the foregoing deposition of Christopher Ward on duty as a member of Said Company of John Clute aforesaid the said John Clute being the father of this Deponent, and he this deponent remembers well to have seen said Christopher on Duty in Said Company and is assured that he served that served therein for at least three months the said Christopher having arrived there & been on duty in Said Company about a month previous to this Deponent- 
Bartholomew Clute
Subscribed & Sworn this 28th day of May 1833, before me J.D. Harman Justice of the peace 

I, Joshua D. Harman the Justice of the peace aforesaid before whom the preceding depositions of Christopher Ward & Bartholomew Clute have been taken, do certify that I am well acquainted with said Christopher & Bartholomew, & know them to be men of credibility, & that their statement is entitled to full credit May 28. 1833. 
J.D. Harman Justice of the peace 

I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Joshua D. Harman before whom the preceding depositions of Christopher Ward & Bartholomew Clute have been taken, was at the time thereof, & is now a Justice of the peace in & for said County, and that his signature to the jurats of said deposition & to the above certificate is genuine -  Witness my hand and Seal of office this twenty ninth day of May 1833.__
John S. Vrooman Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington
D.C.
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Schenectada May 7th 1838 
In the matter of the application }
of Christopher Ward, for an increase }
of Pension under the act of 7th June 1832 _ } 

J.L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir.
The discrepancies is in the statements of the applicant in the above matter as set forth in the letter under date of the 22d Feby 1838, herewith returned, are I trust reconciled by the affidavit now forwarded to you. The person who drew up his papers in the first instance, doubtless myself (for I cannot distinctly recollect it) is to blame, if any body, rather than Mr Ward.  Mr Ward in giving a statement of his services no doubt observed, that he was on duty till the 18th July 1778 under Captain Patten at Albany that was one period, and I may have omitted to set forth the remainder of his services under said Patten, not knowing or believing (for I did not until lately) that artificers and others who served in the Quarter Master's Department were embraced by the provisions of the pension act;  and on this account I did not specify the whole of his services above referred to thinking it would be of no avail.  That Ward served from April till November 1778 in Captain Patten's company is confirmed by the testimony of a witness from the State of
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Ohio, as will be seen by reference to the papers on f in this matter.  The apparent discrepancy between his first & last statement, the one alledging that he served in 1779 under Col: Yates & the last that he served under Captain Clute, is, it will be perceived no contradiction, because he did actually serve under both. Christopher Yates was a Lieut. Colonel under Colonel Abraham Wemple of the Schenectada District at the Commencement of the war of the revolution say in 1775, and a year or two afterwards received the appointment of Deputy Quarter Master General for the Northern Department, and was stationed I think at Saratoga.  He often came to Schenectada, to Enlist men (so he did Ward) & took them with him to Saratoga where he placed them in the companies under his command. 

I am very respectfully Your Obt Servt 
G. F. Yates
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11650
Rev War
INVALID.

File No.  11, 650
Christopher Ward
Priv.  Rev.  War

Act :  June 7"  1832

Index : --- Vol.  A,  Page  393

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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N. Y.

John Carl or John Corl
Pensioner,
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In the matter of
the application of
Christopher Ward
for an increase of 
pension under the 
Act off 7th June  1832


Agent
Giles F. Yates
Schenectada
N.Y.
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State of New York }
County of Schenectada } ss. 

On this Sixteenth day of October 1837, personally appeared before me Samuel W. Jones First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Christopher Ward, a resident of the City of Schenectada in Said County;  aged Eighty years and upwards, and made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832, or an increase of pension under said act. This Declarant States that he now receives a pension under said act of fifty-eight Dollars and fifty- six cents, by reason of services rendered by him during the war of the revolution as a private soldier in the company of Militia commanded by Captain Abraham Oothout in the Regiment of Colonel Abraham Wemple for two short terms of about twenty seven days in 1775 & 1776, also in the year 1777 pursuant to a draft out of said Company under command of Captain Jesse Van Slyck for a term of about one month to Jessup's  patent- also for three different tours of service in the Campaign against Burgoyne under command of Col Wemple for the term of at least nine weeks -.   In 1779 under command of Genl Ten Broeck also in said company of Captain Abraham Oothout at Stone Arabia for the term of six. weeks.  In 1779, under com _ above named to me known, made oath, that the
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mand of Captain Thomas B. Banker to Germantown for at least three weeks.  In the spring of 1780, at Fort Hunter for Eleven days --. In the same year for four months in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment of State troops __ In 1781 in an expedition to Schoharie for three weeks __ for all which services this Declarant has been allowed in the computation of his annuity-- But this Declarant for certain other services has not been allowed, and for these he now prays he may be allowed; to wit -

On the first day of April 1778, he this declarant enlisted in the City of Albany in the company of artificers or blacksmiths commanded by Captain Thomas Patten from the City of Boston The term of this engagement was seven months or until the first of November 1778, which term this Declarant served in full. The places he served at during this engagement, were Albany where he remained on duty until the middle of the month of July; from thence said company proceeded to Fishkill N.Y. where he remained about one [crossed out 'month'] week from thence he proceeded with said Company to Fredericksburgh N. Y. Here they performed service for about five weeks __ thence they were ordered to the Grand Army then encamped at White Plains N.Y. Here they remained only a few days when they marched with said army to Dover in the County of Dutchess N.Y. where they continued to serve until the said first day of November 1778
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1778.  Said Captain Patten was under the command of Genl Morgan Lewis Quarter Master General of the United States, whose orders the said Captain Patten from time to time obeyed- 

On the first day of January 1779, he this Declarant enlisted in the company of artificers, (blacksmith & waiters) commanded by Captain John Clute in the said Department of the Quarter Master General & served therein until the first of May, or the latter part of April 1779 for the term of at least three months and three weeks __ while in this engagement he was under the immediate command of Col. Christopher Yates Deputy Quarter Master, & performed the services required of him at Saratoga- 
Chris Ward 

Subscribed & Sworn this sixteenth day of } October 1837, as aforesaid  }
S.W. Jones is To wit 
Judge of Schys Com. Pleas
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Town of Charltown of the County of Saratoga in the State of New York doth depose and say that he is now seventy five years of age and a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832   That during the War of the revolution he this deponent was acquainted with Christopher Ward the Same person referred to and described in the accompanying documents and knows that he the said Christopher Ward was an artificer in the Army of the United States and saw him when such in Albany County now called Schenectada County but this deponent cannot specify the years or the time that he was engaged as an Artificer of the United States Herman Peters 

On this fourth day of October 1837 personally appeared before me the undersigned Harmon Peters above named who made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by him signed are true and I do certify that he is a credible Witness 
John H. Van Eps 
Justice of the peace
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State of New York }
County of Schenectada } ss
Bartholemew Clute of the City of Schenectada in said County aged seventy two years & upwards being duly sworn and examined doth depose & say that he was during the war of the revolution well acquainted with Christopher Ward the same person refered to & described in the annexed papers as an applicant for an increase of his pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that while he this deponent was on duty at Saratoga aforesaid during the Spring of the year 1779 he this deponent saw the said Christopher Ward performing service as a public blacksmith at said Saratoga in the Company of Captain John Clute the father of this deponent, that he this deponent arrived at Saratoga aforesaid in the month of January or Feby 1779 & found said Christopher Ward working under Command of his said father John Clute, but how long said Chistopher Ward had been there before he this deponent arrived he this deponent cannot say from his own personal knowledge yet this deponent is satisfied from information at the time that the said Christopher had been there for at least three weeks previously during the same year and further that the said Christopher Ward & this deponent & the Company of said John Clute came off together at the same time from Saratoga on or about the first day of May the said Ward & his Company being then discharged _the boats they had then been employed to construct being completed Bartholomew Clute 
Subscribed & Sworn this }
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14th day of October }
1837, before me  }
and I certify that  }
said Bartholomew Clute }
is a credible witness }
J. D. Harman
J.p.
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The Deposition of Abijah Rowley of the town of Eaton in the County of Preble & State of Ohio, who testifies & says, that he is well acquainted with Chistopher Ward of the City of Schenectada N.Y. [crossed out 'as'] an applicant for an increase of pension under the act of 7th June 1832, & has been acquainted with said Ward since the 1st day of April 1778, when he met said Ward in the City of Albany he this Deponent having arrived there under an enlistment to serve under one Captain Thomas Patten from the city to Boston said Patten having charge of a Company of Blacksmiths engaged to serve for three years with the public blacksmiths of the United States in the Department of the Quarter Master General -- said Ward was also a member of said company & served with this Deponent from said first day of April 1778, until the first day of November in said year, to wit for the full term of seven months.   They served together in the laboratory of the United States at Albany from said 1st of April until about the middle of July thereafter, when this Deponent & said Ward with the other men under the charge of said Patten were ordered to Fishkill N.Y. whence they proceeded to Fredericksburgh Dutchess Co N.Y. where they engaged in the discharge of their duties & performed service for about five weeks, thence they were called to the Grand Army at that time lying at White plains N.Y. they remained with said army only a few days when said army marched to Dover in Said County of Dutchess whither the company of said Patten also moved, where they worked & performed all the duties required of them until about the month of November thereafter said Ward however having served out his time, as this Deponent understood & believes the fact to be, on the first of November 1778 was discharged from this service-- and further this Deponent saith not. 
Abijah Rowley    X  his mark
 
On this fifteenth day of July 1837, personally appeared before me the undersigned, Abijah Rowley above named to me known, & made oath, that the
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facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by him signed are true & correct according to the best of his knowledge, recollection & belief - and I certify, that said Abijah Rowley is a credible witness 
Given under my hand the day & year last aforesaid 
Isaac Stephens J. Peace 

The State of Ohio Preble County ss 
I Francis A Cunningham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Preble County do certify the Isaac Stephens, Esquire, before whom the above and foregoing affidavit was made was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official Seal at Eaton the 15th July 1837 
F A Cunningham Clerk 
Preble Com Pleas
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State of New York }
Schenectada County } s.s. 
I. Jon. C. Burnham Clerk of said County of Schenectada, do hereby certify that S. W. Jones before whom the annexed Declaration of Christopher Ward purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County duly commissioned and qualified: and I further certify that John H Van Eps before whom the annexed affidavit of Herman Peters & J D Harman before whom the affidavit of Bartholemew Clute, purport to have been Sworn are both Justices of the peace in & for said County. Commissioned & qualified according to law; & I further certify that I am familiar with the handwriting of the said S.W. Jones, John H. Van Eps & J D Harman, have examined their subscriptions to the aforesaid declaration, affidavits & accompanying certificates and verily believe said subscriptions to be their own proper Signatures 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this 18: October 1837. 
J. C. Burnham Clerk
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Schenectady
Nov 2. 1837

I do certify that I have from my Boyhood been acquainted with Chris Ward the applicant and Harms Peters  Barw Clute and Abijah Rowley (the latter now residing in Ohio). all of them are entitled to full credit, they are men of good character
John J Degraff