Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44188, Thomas Hare, Md
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Service
MD

Name
Hare, Thomas

Number
S.44188
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Left Side Page

2153
New York

Thomas Hare
Capt. Spiker Private
Maryland Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 13th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued 7th of Aug 1818 and sent to W.P. Van Ness Esq Kinderhook, New York

Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818
4 Mos 22/30 $37.68

{Revolutionary Claims Act 18th March 1818}

Gunby
75
Three years

Kinderhook, Columbia County
Continued

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Notification sent 21st June 1820 to A. Vanderpoel Esqr Kinderhook N.Y.
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44188
INVALID
Revy

File No 44188
Thomas Hare
Pri Rev War

Act 18 March '18
Index Vol G Page 212

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Thomas Hare

Admitted per order

Judge Van Ness
Kinderhook
N.Y.
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Served

Signed & sworn to before me this 13th April 1818

W.P. Van Ness

Thomas Hare

I William P Van Ness District Judge of the United States for the Southern District of new York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Hare did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress.

W P Van Ness

Apr 21, 1818
(Personally known to me)
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State of New York
Columbia County

I Thomas Hare of the town of Kinderhook in the county of Columbia & state of New York being duly sworn doth depose & say that he was a soldier for the term of three years during the revolutionary war - that he enlisted under Capt. Spicker of the 7th Regiment of the Maryland line at Fredericktown in the state of Maryland - This deponent does not recollect the exact time when he enlisted but is confident that it was a short time after the battle of Bunker Hill. He is now sixty-one years of age - He remained under Capt. Spicker about one year when he was transferred to Capt. Morris by whom he was finally discharged at Trenton - He was present at the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, & Germantown - Brig Gen Smallwood commanded the brigade to which this deponent belonged during the whole term of this deponent's service & Col Gunby commanded the regiment - and this deponent further says that he has lost his discharge - that he is now reduced to poverty - that he has a large family who depends upon him for support and that is in need of the assistance of his county which he has faithfully
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Copy
Thomas Hare

The within applicant is already enrolled - the certificate is number 2155

(2153)

Thomas Hare

(continued)
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Schedule

State of New York
Columbia County

On this sixth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court Thomas Hare aged sixty-four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of congress on the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he the said Thomas Hare enlisted for the term of three years the Spring after the battle of Bunker Hill in the state of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain Spiker in the regiment commanded by Colone Gunby in the line of the state of Maryland on the old continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until when he was discharged from the said service in Trenton in the state of New Jersey - That he was in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except what is deposited in the war office and in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property in 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 & naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 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. That I have ever since my discharge followed the business of weaving
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that my family consists of a wife aged 63 years & two children each more than twenty years of age but through mental imbecility unable to support themselves & dependent upon me for support & one grandchild aged eight years and that I have now in my profession a certificate from the war office numbers 2153.

Sworn to and declared on the fifth day of June before Robert L Livingston one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Columbia.

Schedule of property belonging to Thomas Hare made June 6th, 1820.

2 Hogs worth $12.00
1 small house standing on Wm Bathrops land $45.00
10 Hens - $1.25
3 Cocks - $0.375
3 Ducks - $0.75
2 axes - $2.25
1 old Hoe - $0.125
I Stub Hoe - $0.25
1 Loom - $4.00
1 churn - $0.50
1 pail - $0.25
2 milk pots - $1.25
1 Spinning wheel - $1.25
1 Milk tub - $0.375
1 chest - $1.50
1 old [illegible] - $0.80
9 forks & 5 knives - $2.125
12 plates - $0.75
6 pewter spoons - $0.60
1 tea kettle - $1.125
1 tea pot - 0$0.25
6 cups & saucers - $0.50
1 milk pot - $0.18
2 tin milk pans - $0.75
1 tin dipper - $0.09
Sub Total - $77.995

1 Tin skimmer - $0.125
1 Pot - $0.375
1 baking pan - $0.75
1 pr tongs - $0.375
1 pr and irons - $0.375
1 pr old chest - $0.60
Sub Total - $2.60
Grand Total - $80.595
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State of New York
Columbia County

Thomas Hare being duly sworn depose & say that the foregoing schedule contains all the property belonging to this deponent (his bedding & necessary wearing apparel excepted) that he is indebted to Willaim Bathrop in the sum of sixteen dollars and to Henry Can [illegible] in the sum of thirty-four dollars and further this deponent saith not.

Signed Thomas Hare

SEAL

I Abraham B Vanderpoel clerk of the county of Columbia do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court and do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighty dollars and fifty-nine cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this first day of June 1820.

A B Vanderpoel Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Columbia County