Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9900, Joseph French, New York
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Service
New York

French, Joseph
Number 
S, 9900


carded
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Albany 30,347

Joseph French

of Mongomery Co, in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Beebe of the Right commanded by Col. Van Schaick in the N. York line for 11 months & 4 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 37 Dollars 10 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of January 1836 and sent to James M, Cauley. Frankfort. Herkinsen C.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '35.  166.97

Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '36.  18.55

$185.62
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. Brown   Clerk,
Book E. 2 Vol. 4

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In the matter of Joseph French; an
Applicant for a Pension under the act of 
June 7- 1832-

Please to write to James
MacCauley of Frankfort
in the county of Herkimer
& State of New York the 
attorney for the applicant

Admitted 
Private 11- of 4 days
send to 
James McCauley &
Frankfort
County 4 Herkimer
New York
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State of New York
ss:
County of Herkimer

On this sixth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas in and for the county of Herkimer now sitting Joseph French a resident of the town of Frankfort in the county of Herkimer and State of New York aged seventy four years and ten-- 
days 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 was born at Phillips Patent in the county of Dutchys in the State of New york on the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -

That the first term he served he enlisted at a place called New Britain five miles from the village of Kinderhook in the town of --
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Kinderhook in the county of Columbia in the State of Newyork he then being a resident of New Britain aforesaid in the said county of Columbia and State of Newyork on the fourteenth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six for ten months in the line of the State of Newyork in the regiment commanded by colonel Goose Van Schaick and in a company belonging to said regiment commanded by captain David Van Ness - the name of the lieutenant of said company was van Ness was a brother of the aforesaid captain Van Ness; but the given name of said lieutenant declarant has forgotten - that the name of the ensign of said company was Truesdale but that he did not from some cause unknown to the deponent go out with said company - that Peter Gansevoort was the lieutenant colonel of said regiment and Jellis Fondu the adjutant - that Andrew Fink and a W Wright were captains in said regiment - That he does not remember the names of any of the other of officers of said regiment save those he had stated -

That two weeks after the enlisted it being the last of February or the First of March he marched
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to the city of Albany in the county of Albany and State of Newyork aforesaid in the company of the said captain David Van Ness under whom he enlisted where they were armed and equipped and where the several companies of the said regiment rendezvoused - That part of said regiment immediately thereafter were marched northerly through Halfmoon Saratoga and Fort Edward to Fort George at the head of lake George from where they proceeded by water down lake George to its outlet and thence by land to Ticonderoga on lake Champlain where they remained four or five weeks - That from Ticonderoga they proceeded down lake Champlain to the Isle Aux Noix where they were met by the Northern American Army on its retreat from Canada - That said army was commanded by General Sullivan - That eight or ten days after their mutiny the American army they came up Lake Champlain with said army to the Isle Lamotte where they stopped eight or ten days; and that from thence they came up the said lake to Brown Point where they halted nine or ten days with said army; that from Crown Point then returned to Ticonderoga -
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that from the latter place the troops belonging to the regiment of said Goose van Schaick returned to the head of Lake George to Fort George where they staied till the latter part of November in the same year - That they then were marched from Fort George by Fort Edward to the Saratoga Barracks on the west side of the Hudson where they encamped till the latter part of December when they were marched to the city of Albany aforesaid where they arrived the last day of December in the same year; and that he was honorably discharged on the first day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven having fully served out the ten months for which he had enlisted - that that part of the regiment which marched to the north as aforesaid and to which he was attached consisted of only three or four companies and was commanded by lieutenant colonel Peter Gansevoort from the time it left the city of Albany as aforesaid till it returned to said city as aforesaid - 
That he has no written or documentary evidence of his said services and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge.
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That the second term he served the militia
regiment to which he belonged was ordered out in mass the last of May or the first of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven to aid in stopping the progress
of general Burgoyne - That the said regiment was commanded by colonel Vischer - That he belonged to a company in said regiment commanded by Captain Yeomans - That the lieutenant or ensign of said company was a Wm Hubbs - That one of the companies of said regiment was under the command
of captain Bennet - That at the time the said
regiment was ordered out he was a resident
of Warren's Bush then in the county of Tryon
in the State of Newyork [New York] but now in the town of Florida in the county of Montgomery in said State - That as soon as the men of said regiment were assembled they marched to Schenectady in the then county of Albany and thence through Niskeuna Halfmoon Stillwater and Saratoga to Fort Edward on the east side of the Hudson where they joined the northern army under general Schuyler and remained there until the said army retreated down the river to Fort Miller on the west side of the
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Hudson - That he was in the rear guard consisting of about six hundred men commanded by General Arnold - That the enemy's advance guard was close by when they left Fort Edward and harrassed them
in their retreat - That there was one skirmish
between the rear guard of the American army to which he belonged and the advance guard of general Burgoyne's army - that they left Fort Miller after General Burgoyne had reached Fort Edward with the main British army and retreated to Saratoga where they halted three [crossed out: "where they halted three"] three or four days - that the
American army then retreated to Stillwater
where they halted a week or eight days -
That he was honourably discharged about the
first of August in the same year and then
returned home having served in this tour
two months - That he has no documentary
evidence of his second tour of service none having been given to him-- That he does not know of any officer or soldier or person now living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to the latter tour of service
That after having been at home a week he
entered the service a third time it being near
the middle of August 1777 as a substitute for [crossed out] for his brother John French who had enlisted in the New York line as a teamster and had then four months to serve to make out the period
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4
of his enlistment- That the occasion of his
entering the service as a substitute was
that his brother John French was taken
unwell and was unable to perform his term
of service - That the company of teamsters
in which he served said four months was
commanded by captain Beebe - That at the
time he entered the service as such substitute he was a resident of Warren's Bush in the aforesaid county of Tryon - That he joined said company of teamsters at Van Schaick's island in the Hudson at the mouths of the Mohawk near Halfmoon aforesaid - That the American army soon after he joined it advanced up the Hudson to Bemis's Heights where it took a position and awaited the army. ["the army" crossed out] of Burgoyne - That he turned from Van Schaicks island and Halfmoon aforesaid to Bemis's Heights- That he went frequently to Halfmoon for military stores and provisions and other supplies for the American army and as often as from once to twice a week till after the Surrender of Burgoyne's army - That he was at Saratoga when both battles were fought between the American army under general Gates and the British under general Burgoyne and also when the army of general Burgoyne surrendered - That near the middle of December
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in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he was honourably discharged at the city of Albany aforesaid after having served four months as a substitute as aforesaid it being the whole of the residue of the time his brother John French had to serve when taken unwell as aforesaid- That he has no documentary evidence of his third term of service none having been given to him-
That the fourth term he served he was called out on an alarm in the early part of October in the year 1778 to Stone Arabia in the town of Palatine in the then county of Tryon but now in the county of Montgomery in the aforesaid State of New York he then being a resident of Warren's Bush aforesaid in the said county of Tryon - That he then belonged to the militia company commanded by captain Yeomans- That he went with the said captain Yeomans to Stone Arabia aforesaid to guard several boats carrying supplies up the Mohawk river to the garrison at Fort Stanwix now Rome in the county of Oneida - That they marched from Stone Arabia aforesaid down to the Mohawk river and thence up the said river [illegible] marching along in view of said boats to Fort Stanwix aforesaid - That
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on returning from Fort Stanwix aforesaid to Warren's
Bush aforesaid he was honourably discharged having been
out four weeks - That he has no documentary
evidence of his said service and discharge none having been
given to him-- that he knows of no persons whose testimony
he can procure who can testify to his said tour of service
That the fifth term he served the militia regiment
of the aforesaid colonel Vischer was called out by the
said colonel about the middle of November in the
year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight
to go to Cherry Valley in the then County of Tryon
but now in the County of Otsego in the State of New York
- That he was then a resident of Warren's
Bush aforesaid in the county of Tryon aforesaid-
That the company in which he served was commanded
by captain Yeomans - That the occasion of the regiment
being called out was the invasion of Cherry Valley
by the Tories and Indians under Butler and Brandt-
That before they reached Cherry Valley the distance
being nearly forty miles they had to march; the
enemy had withdrawn after having laid the
place waste and murdered a considerable number
of the inhabitants - that he was out nine or
ten days in this tour of service- That on his return
he was honourably discharged but he has not any
documentary evidence of his service and discharge
none having been given to him-- that he knows of no
person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said tour of service -
That the sixth term he served the company of
militia to which he belonged commanded by
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captain Yeomans was ordered out in the early
part of June in the year one thousand seven hundred
and seventy nine to Sacondaga in the aforesaid county
of Tryon - That he was out with said company and
aided in building a block house about two miles and
a half from that river - that two other companies were
out at the same time and aided in building said
block house and doing other duties incidental to the
service - That the three
companies so out were commanded
by a captain Woodworth - That after
having been at Sacondaga aforesaid a month he
was marched to Johnstown in the said County of
Tryon distant eighteen miles from Sacondaga aforesaid
where he did garrison duty with the rest
of Captain Yeoman's company for one month at
the Jail the same having been converted into a
fort and enclosed with stockades- That while
stationed at the aforesaid Jail small scouting
parties were sent out almost every day which
were absent usually from one to two days- that
he was out several times as a scout with these
while at the latter place - That several companies
were stationed at Johnstown aforesaid - That after
having served two months he was honourably
discharged & returned to Warren Bush aforesaid his place of
residence - That he has no documentary evidence
of his aforesaid service and discharge none having been
given to him at the time he was discharged - That he
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knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify
to his said last tour of service.
That his seventh term in which he served he
was drafted for four months the last of June or the
first of July in the year one thousand seven hundred
and eighty he then being a resident of Warrens
Bush aforesaid in the said County of Tryon
and belonging to the militia company of the
aforesaid Captain Yeomans
and the militia regiment
of Colonel Vischer heretofore stated. That
he and the other drafts were formed into a
company and placed under the command
of captain Lansing and marched from the
aforesaid county of Tryon to the city of Albany
in the county of Albany where they were joined
to another company of drafts. That both companies
were embarked on board of water crafts at
Albany and proceeded down the Hudson to
West Point in the State of New York where they
joined the American army encamped at that
place and its vicinity-- That the said companies
were embodied with a regiment of drafts then
at West Point aforesaid. That after being so
embodied the said regiment went down the
river Hudson to Dobbs Ferry about twenty
miles northerly of the city of Newyork where they
joined some continental troops and encamped
with them - That between three and four weeks
thereafter they were marched northerly
to
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Stoney Point on the west side of the Hudson and
not long afterwards the company to which he belonged
and the other company which had accompanied them
from Albany aforesaid embarked on board of vessels
and returned to Albany aforesaid - That the next
day as declarant thinks and believes
after their arrival at Albany they were
marched by captain Lansing to the Middle Fort
at Schoharie thirty miles westerly of Albany
aforesaid where said company was joined to the
garrison at said fort - That at this time there
were but three forts at Schoharie namely the
Upper, Middle and Lower Forts - That he did
Garrison duty in the Middle Fort till after the
twentieth of October in the same year. That
while stationed there Schoharie was laid waste
by the British, Tories and Indians under the
command of Sir John Johnson - That the enemy
attacked the Middle Fort in which he was stationed
but were repulsed by the garrison - That the
troops stationed at the Middle Fort were commanded by major Wolsey and that Jellis Fonda already mentioned as adjutant was also there - That Sir John Johnson marched from Schoharie northerly to the Mohawk in the aforesaid County
of Tryon and thence up that river devastating
the country in his March - That captain Lansing
with his company in conjunction with another company
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of drafts marched from Schoharie to the
Mohawk in the aforesaid county of Tryon and
there joined a large body of militia under the
command of general Van Rensellaer that the
said company to which he belonged proceeded up
the Mohawk to Fort Herkimer near the mouth
of West Canada Creek in the then county of
Tryon but now in the county of Herkimer
where he was honorably discharged the last
of October of the first of November after having
fully served out the four months for which
he had been drafted - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and discharge
none having been given to him-
That the eighth time he remembers to have
served the militia regiment of the aforesaid
colonel Visher were ordered out in July in the
year one thousand seven hundred and eighty
one to Turlough now Sharon in the county of
Schoharie in order to repress the enemy who had
invaded that Section of country- That he belonged
to a company of militia in said regiment commanded
by the aforesaid captain Yeomans and
was a resident of Warren Bush aforesaid in the
aforesaid county of Tryon - That they had to march
about thirty miles - That there was a battle with the
enemy at Furlough aforesaid in which the enemy
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were defeated but that he was not in said battle the
company of captain Yeomans to which he belonged not
being able to arrive in time - That some of the companies
of Colonel Vischer's regiment were in said battle and
others not - That the Americans were commanded by
colonel Willet - That a major named McKean on the
side of the Americans was mortally wounded and
died next day - That he was out in this tour of
service two weeks and was then honourably discharged
but that he has no documentary evidence of his
services and discharge none having been given to him - 
that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said service -
That the ninth term he remembers to have served
was in October in the year one thousand seven
hundred and eighty one but the particular time
he does not remember though he was ordered out
immediately before the battle of Johnstown in
the aforesaid county of Tryon fought between
the Americans under colonel Willet and the
British Tories and Indians under Major Ross -
That he was not in said Battle the company
he belonged to not having arrived till the next
morning after the battle; he however assisted
in burying the dead - The company of militia
he served in was commanded by captain Yeomans
already named - That he remembers there was a
major under Colonel Willet called Riley-That
at the time he was ordered out he was a resident
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Of Warrens Bush aforesaid in the aforesaid county of Tyrone.  That he was in this tour 2 weeks and that he was honorably discharged.  That he has no documentary of his service and discharge none having been given to him -- that he knows of no person whose testimony can provide who can testify to his service.
That the tenth time that he now remembers to have been out he was ordered out of the fore part of June in the year one thousand seven hundred eightytwo.  That the whole regiment was not ordered out the party amounting to only about one hundred and fifty, men drawn partly from Colonel Visher's regiment to which he belonged and other regiment -- that they were placed under the command of Captain Andrew Fink and that they marched from aforesaid county of Tyrone to Fort Edward on the Hudson proceeding on their march through Schenectady, Niskayuna, Halfmoon, Saratoga and that they marched from Fort Edward through the woods to Jessup's Patent westerly of Lake George in the present county of Warren in the state of New York and then returned to Fort Edward aforesaid where he was honorably discharged -- that he returned home after his discharge to Warrens Bush aforesaid his residence and that he was out five weeks on this of tour service and marched nearly or quite two hundred and fifty
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miles completing his egress and regress from and to Warrens Bush aforesaid -- That he has no documentary evidence of his said tour of service none having been given to him at the time he was discharged --That he knows of no person whose testimony he can provide who can testify to his service.
that when he was enlisted in February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventysix at New Britain aforesaid aid in the town of Kinderhook aforesaid to Warrens Bush in the then county of Tyron but now the town of Florida in the county of Montgomery and State of New York where he resided during the rest of the revolutionary war  save the times he was in service and after such war and till the month of January in the year one hundred and ninety five when he removed from Warrens Bush aforesaid now Florida to the town of Schuyler in the town Herkimer aforesaid till the early part of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen and removed into the
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Town of Frankfort aforesaid in the aforesaid county of Herkimer where he has resided ever since and where he now resides --

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.  
Sworn and subscribed? the day and year aforesaid in ?? county
Joseph French

A E Spinner 
D for Clark
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We John P. weaver a clergyman
residing in the town of Frankfort in the county
of Herkimer aforesaid & Joseph Lincoln
residing in the said town of Frankfort & county
of Herkimer aforesaid hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Joseph French
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be about
seventy four 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-
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in Open Court this 6th Oct 1834
John P. Weaver
Joseph Lincoln
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F.E. Spinner
Deputy Clerk Herkimer Common Pleas 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
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states - And the court further
certifies that it appears to them that
John P. Weaver who has signed the preceedings
[illegible] is a clergyman resident in the town of
Frankfort and County of Herkimer and
that Joseph Lincoln who has also signed the preceeding [crossed out] same
is a resident in the said
town of Frankfort and county of Herkimer
and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit-
I, Francis E. Spinner, Deputy of
Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of the County of Herkimer in the absence of the said Clerk,
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original
proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Joseph French
for a pension - In testimony whereof
I have have hereunto Set my Hand and
Seal of Office this Sixth day of October
in the year 1834  F.E. Spinner

[Seal and ribbon on bottom left]
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Joseph French's supplementary affidavit Made Nov. 27-1834-
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State of New York
Herkimer County ss

Joseph French of the town of
Frankfort in the county of Herkimer aforesaid
an applicant for a pension under the act of
June 7 - 1832 deposeth and saith that when he enlisted in 1776 for
ten months as stated in his affidavit now on file in
the pension office he enlisted as a private & not
otherwise and that in this particular his brother
Samuel French was mistaken when he stated that
deponent enlisted as a drummer and that he must
have been led into this mistake from the circumstance
of deponent having served four or five months
of said ten months as a drummer the same
having been frequently mentioned in the family
in those times and after deponents return -
And deponent further saith that
when he enlisted for the said ten months it was
by and with the consent and permission of his
father Ebenezer French -
And the said Joseph French further deposeth
and saith that his brother Samuel French did
not reside with his father Ebenezer French after
the said Ebenezer French removed from New
Britain near Kinderhook in Columbia county
to Warrens Bush in the then county of Tryon but
now Florida in the county of Montgomery but
resided at New Britain aforesaid save when he
was in the service till after the war which is
the reason why the said Samuel French did
not state in his former affidavit made for
deponent and on file as deponent believes in
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in the pension office with deponents declaration
["anything in (illegible)" crossed out] more particularly in said
affidavit as to the several militia services rendered by deponent- And deponent further saith
as to the four months which he served as a substitute for John French his brother who has been
dead for many years and which said service
is stated in the aforesaid declaration of deponent
he believes the said John French enlisted into
the boat service as a boatman and not as a teamster and that the
character and nature of the service were
changed in consideration of the plain of the
campaign being changed which rendered
the use of boats and boating migatory- That the
corps in which he served the four months
as a substitute and as a teamster
as aforesaid was regularly
organized by the constituted authorities and
constituted a part of the northern army as
deponent then considered and still considers
being attached to it and under the command
of the general of the said army as deponent
then believed and now verily believes - That the
said corps in which deponent served as such
substitute for the said John French his brother
was commanded by a colonel May and that the
company in which deponent served was commanded
by Captain Roderick Bebee said company
forming a part of the said corps under the said
colonel May - That said corps as deponent then
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understood and which deponent verily believes
to have been the case was in the Newyork
service being part of the troops of the said State of
Newyork - And deponent further saith that
he did service regular during said four months
he served as such substitute and as much so as
he would have had to have done had he been
enlisted in the line - And deponent further
saith that teamsters & boatmen were in his
opinion as necessary as troops and that it
would have been next to impossible to have
did without one or the other -or both- that
teamsters are necessary to carry the baggage
munitions of war provisions and the sick &
even the wounded - and deponent further believes
that teamsters are necessary for all armies and
that they must be organized and commanded
and be under proper officers and subject to their
orders like troops in the line -
Taken subscribed &
Sworn this 27th day
of November 1834
before me John Dodge Comr [Commissioner] of Deeds
Joseph French

Herkimer County
Clerks Office 85

I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Said
County do certify, that John Dodge Esq before
whom the preceding affidavit purports to have
been Sworn was on the day it bears date a
Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County
commissioned and Sworn and duly authorized
by law to act as such Commissioner - And
further, that I am well acquainted with the
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hand writing of the said Commissioner and verily believe
his name Subscribed to the said Certificate is his proper
hand writing and Signature
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Official
Seal this 2d day of December 1834
Julius C Nelson Clerk
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February 5, 1935.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. Roger F. Williams
Antwerp
New York

an
BA-J/ady
Joseph French
S.9900

Dear Sir:

The data contained herein are obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, S.9900,
based upon the military service of Joseph French in that war.
Joseph French, son of Ebenezer French, was born
September 26, 1780 in Phillips Patent, Dutchess
County, New York. No reference is made to his mother.
While residing with his father in New Britain,
New York, he enlisted February 14, 1776, served as
private and drummer in Captain David Van Ness' Company,
Colonel Goose Van Schaick's New York Regiment; was in
the attack upon Canada and discharged January 1, 1777.
In February 1777 he moved with his father to Warren's
Bush later called Florida, New York, and while living
there he enlisted about the first of June 1777, served
two months in Captain Yeomans' Company, Colonel Fisher's
New York Regiment and was in a skirmish. He enlisted
about the middle of August 1777, served as substitute
for his oldest brother, John French, who was taken sick
while serving an enlistment of nine months in Captain
Roderick Beebe's Company of Teamsters, Colonel Hay's
New York Regiment; length of service four months. He
enlisted the first part of October 1778 and served
four weeks in Captain Yeomans' New York Company. He
enlisted about the middle of November 1778 and served
nine or ten days in Captain Yeomans' Company, Colonel
Fisher's New York Regiment. He enlisted the first
part of June 1779 and served two months in Captains
Yeomans' and Woodworth's New York Companies. He
enlisted about the first of July 1780, served in Captain
Lansing's New York Company; also did garrison duty at
Fort Schoharie under Major Woolsey; was in the battle of
Schoharie and discharged about the first of November
1780. He enlisted in July 1781 and served two
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weeks in Captain Yeomans' Company, Colonel Fisher's New York Regiment.  He enlisted in October 1781 and served two weeks in Captain Yeomans' New York Company. He enlisted the first part of June 1782 and served five weeks in Captain Andrew Finck's New York Company.

In January 1795 he moved from Warren's Bush, New York to Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York and the first part of January 1813 he moved to Frankfort, Herkimer County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 6, 1834 while a resident of Frankfort, New York.

Soldier died June 11, 1844, place not stated.

In 1834 Samuel Franch, aged seventy-six years, a brother of soldier was residing in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York.

In 1835 it was stated that soldier's brother John French had been dead many years.

In 1834 one Jairus French was a Justice of the Peace of Madison County, New York, no relationship to soldier stated.  There are no further family data.

Very Truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistance to the Administrator.
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February 5, 1935.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ady
Mr. Roger F. Williams
Antwerp
New York

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to George Rappole and Joseph French, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Their records are furnished you herewith on separate pages, as found in the claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War. 
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1776 - 0.10.0 - Capt.Van Ness, Col. Van Schaick
1711 - 0.2.0 - Capt. Yeomans, col Fisher
--  + 0.4.0  -  Capt. Tumster
1778 - 0.0.28 -- Capt. Yeomans
-- 0.09  ---- vol 8
1779  0.2.0  ---Capt. Yeomans  8.p 26--0.17.9
1780--0.4.0 --          "    "           "  28--0.12./
1780--4--0.0.??        "       "           " 30--0.11.1
1781  0. .11             "       "         
          0.0.             "    "
       0.1.5.              "  Fink
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No 32.094
New York
Joseph French
Suspended
Set to Home S. Beardsley 8 May '35
Set .. .. .. do 13 July ''
.. .. .. .. do 18 .. ..

3294{striked out]  32094
New York
Joseph French
Suspended
Put to James M Cully
17 Oct 1834
Set to home S. Beardsley 8 May 1835
""    "    "       "     "            13 July 1935
"     "    "       "      "            11 Dec "
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1935 Feb 5. Hist. to F. Williams
see his in 
George Rapoli A.D. Y.
---

9900
INVALID.
File No. 99.00
R
Joseph French
Priv. Rev. War
---
Act June 7th 1832
Index Vol-1, Page 132 
arragement of 1870.
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Samuel French
Affidavit
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Montgomery County S Samuel French of the
town of Amsterdam County of Montgomery
and State of New York & Brother of
Joseph French of the town of Frankfort
in the County of Herkimer and State
aforesaid being duly sworn aoth
depose and say that at the time
the said Joseph entered the United States
Service as stated in a previous
deposition made by this deponent
to and the said Joseph in obtain
a pension & which deposition this deponent
is informed and believes is in
file at the Pension office at Washington
Ebenezer French the father of this deponent and said Joseph resided at
New Brittain Now Columbia County 
in the State aforesaid - after said
Joseph had performed his first tour
of service and as this deponent
now recollect and believes after
said Joseph had performed four
months service for this brother John
the said Ebenezer removed from New Brittain to Warrensbush
in what is now called Montgomery
County, some fifty or sixty miles
distant from New Brittain and
as this deponent continued to reside
At New Brittain during the whole
was when not in the service, and
the said Joseph resided with his
father at Warrensbush when not in
the Service - this deponent cannot 
give any other or further account
of the amount of service rendered
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by said Joseph than what is written
in his deposition before alluded to
except that in the year 1777- this
deponent was with the American
Army on its retreat from the north
and remember that on said retreat
this deponent saw his brother
Joseph in the Militia Service
at Fort Edward - this deponent
remembers that his father consented
to the said Joseph enlisting
into the service. whether said Joseph
enlisted as a drummer or a
private this deponent is unable to
State positively but this deponent
supposed said 
Joseph enlisted as a drummer
because he performed that same
after his enlistment. this deponent
says that according to his best
recollection John French the brother of
this deponent enlisted into the service as a
boatman & was afterwards transferred
to the team service. And it was for
a portion of this said enlistment
that said Joseph said as a
substitute for said John and
this deponent knows that said
teamsters were attached to the regular
army and formed a portion
thereof as this deponent was in the
service as a teamster at the same
time-
Sworn and Subscribed
Samuel French
before me November 24, 1834.
W. Reed Justice of the Peace
Amsterdam Montgomery County
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as a teamster at the same
time
Sworn and Subscribed Samual French
before me November 24,1834

Wm. Reid Justice of the Peace
Amsterdam, Montgomery County
I also certify that I am well acquainted with
Samuel French and know him
to be a man of credibility and is to be
believed under oath Wm Reid Justice
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Samuel French 
Affidavit
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Montgomery County
Town of Amstradam
and State of New York
SL =Samuel French of the
 town County & State opens
said being duly sworn
doth depose and say that he is aged
Seventy Six years, that his brother Joseph
French who is aged about seventy
four years of served the United States
as a private Soldier and musician
in the revolutionary war as follows - in
the year 1776 - said Joseph entered
the service as a drummer for the term
of ten months, and saved with the
northern Army in its attack upon
Canada, deponent was not in the service in
that year himself but deponent &
his brother Joseph lived together at
their fathers house in what was
then called New Brittain & deponent
remembers that in the latter part of the
winter or the beginning of Spring his
brother Joseph enlisted into the service
as a drummer as aforesaid for the
term of ten months as deponent then
understood and believed & still believes;
that the said Joseph left home & was
absent ten months and was during
said time as deponent understood
believed in the United States Service
In the next year being the year 1777
This deponent said nine months in the ┃
revolutionary army under Capt. Rodick
Beebe, & said Joseph served in said
company as a private soldier four
months during the latter part of the said
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nine months -- said Joseph served during
said four months as a substitute for
John French the oldest brother of this deponent & said John Joseph said John
was taken sick in the service & said
Joseph took his place-- This deponent
remembers that in other years said
Joseph was in the United States during
during the revolutionary war upon
different occasions, but deponent
cannot particularly state the number
of tours nor the time they lasted

Samuel French
subscribed before me

this 7th August 1834
W M  Reid Justice of the Peace
Montgomery County NY
This may certify that I am well acquainted with
Samuel French the deponent above named
and have lived a Near Neighbor to him for
upwards of thirty years and verily believe him
to be a man of credibility and to be believed
under oath
Wm Reid Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Montgomery County

I Richard H. Cushney deputy clerk in the absence of George D. Ferguson Clerk of the County of Montgomery do certify that William Reid Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the following affidavit and also to the foregoing certificate was at the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that the signatures to the said jurat of the foregoing affidavit and also to the said certificate are genuine.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county this 8th day of August 1834

R. H Cushney  Dept. Clerk
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George Steins
Affidavit
A. Mann Jr.
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Montgomery County of George Stien now of the Town of Florida in the County of Montgomery being duly Sworn doth depose an [this?] day That during the Revolutionary war this deponent was an ensign in the Militia Service in a company belonging to Col. Vischer's regiment Captain Abraham Hodge was the Captain under whom this deponent Served a portion of the time  L Captain Joseph Yeomans a portion of the time this deponent was well acquainted with Joseph French from the year 1777 [crossed out "as"] or 1776 -- as this deponent believes as to the time - until the close of the war [crossed out "and"] the Said Joseph French then resided with his father Ebenezer French in Warrens bush, Tryon County now Florida Montgomery County. This deponent well and [illegible] remembers that the Said Joseph French performed Service [illegible] Tours of Service in the Militia during the revolution -- The first Service performed by Said French according to this deponents recollection & with in his Knowledge was in building a fort [crossed out "at"] or Block house at a place called Leuendaga -- from Said Block house [crossed out "Said Block house"] Said French in Company with this deponent  & others went to Johnstown this deponent cannot State precisely how long Said French was in the Service This year
This deponent remembers that Said
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French went again into the Service with deponent at Stone Arabia and also at Fort Dayton at the German Flats at both of which places a garrison was kept -- & At which places said French performed different tours of Service,  This deponent remembers that said French [crossed out "was"] also was in the Service with this deponent at Fort Hunter --
This deponent cannot State with precision the different tours of Service performed by Said French during the revolution nor their duration -- but this deponent does remember that from the time -- Ebenezer French the father of Said Joseph removed into Warrens bush as aforesaid untill after the war, this deponent resided within one & a half miles of said Joseph And Knew him well and That Said Joseph was frequently and as this believes every year in the Service -- and that he the said Joseph was attached to Col Vischer's Regiment whilst in the militia Service -- and further Saith not -- 
X 
his Mark
George Stein 
Subscribed & Sworn before me November 24 - 1834 Wm. Reid Justis of the Peace
amsterdam, Montgomery County N Y
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X
his Mark
George Stein
Subscribed & Sworn before me November 24 -1834
Wm. Reid Justis of the Peace
amsterdam Montgomery County N Y
I also certify that the said George Stean is reported to be a man of reliability and from my information and belief is to believed under oath - Wm. Reid Justis

State of New York
Montgomery County [illegible]I Richard H. Cushney Dputy Clerk in the absence of George D Ferguson Clerk of the County of Montgomery Do certify that William Reid Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurats of the foregoing affidavits was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and do believe that the Signature to the Jurat of the affidavit - purporting to have been made by Samuel French and to the certificate accompanying the same and also to the Jurat of the affidavit purporting to have been made by George Stein and the certificate accompanying the same are genuine. 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 25th day of November 1834
R. H. Cushney Dep Clerk
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Jos French Jan 22 NY
Address to J. M. Cauley 
See within note from W. Beardsley
J.L. Edwards Pension Office
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Washington Jany 22 1836
Sir, 
The enclosed letters explain th[em]selves. Instead of addressing me in replay please to communicate wi[th] James Macauley Esq Frank[fort?] Herkimer Co. N. Y.
[illegible signature]
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In the Matter of Joseph French an Applicant  for a Pension
Explanatory Affidavit
[text at the top of image is cut off]
affidavit is genuine - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Affixed the Seal of the Said County this fifth day of October A.D. 1835--
The word affidavit in the fith line written over our Erasure --
E.A. Munson Deputy Clke
In the absence of John Dygert Clerke
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State of Newyork
Herkimer County [illegible]:

Joseph French of the town Frankfort in the aforesaid county and State an Applicant for a pension being duly sworn doth depose and Say that the principle reason ^and perhaps the only reason, which he can assign why he did not make an application for a pension under the act or law of eighteen hundred and eighteen for the services rendered by him in the Northern army in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six and which services are detailed at large in deponent's declaration on file in the war office at Washington is this; namely: that the deponent did not suppose that he came under the provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and eighteen; deponent’s opinion having been, that, that act only extended and applied
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to persons who had served years in the continental army of the United States in the war of the revolution - And deponent farther saith that the first intimation which he had of his coming under the act of eighteen hundred and eighteen as reported his services in the northern army in seventeen hundred and seventy six he obtained from the communications made by the war office in respect to his papers on file in said office as before stated - 
And deponent farther saith that though it may not appear from the documents at Albany that he served ten months in 1776 yet the converse is true since the deponent enlisted about the 14th of February 1776 and was not discharged before the last of December 1776 or the 1st of January 1777 - That after the deponent enlisted for the above said ten months it was about two weeks before he reached the city of Albany from whence he went out to join the northern army - That the roll alluded to in the letter of the 18th
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of July 1835 written by W. Edwards to the Hon Samuel Beadsley must be incorrect as to the time deponent served in as much as it must have computed the time after deponent reached Albany and not from the time he enlisted: and further deponent saith that it is his opinion that it must not have been computed immediately after he reached Albany but shortly thereafter otherwise it would specify a longer period of service - And deponent further saith as he has already in his declaration on file that he enlisted for ten months in 1776 & fully served that time and that taking into the estimate the whole period from the time he enlisted till the time he was discharged at the city of Albany aforesaid the period exceeded ten months but that deponent has not nor does he claim for any greater portion of time than he enlisted for although he was in the service some few days longer than he had enlisted for- And
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farther defronent is with not -
Sworn and subscribed this     | Joseph French
26th day of September 1835
before me-
John Dodge Comr of Deeds

State of New York
Herkimer County | [Illegible] 
Clerks Office

I, E. A. Munson Deputy Clerk of said County do hereby certify. That John Dodge before whomother within affidavit of Joseph French purports to have been sworn was at the time of taking such proof or affidavit - a commisisoner of Deeds  [Illegible]  in and for said County, dwelling in such County and duly authorized to take the [Illegible]; and that I am well acquainted with handwriting of the [Illegible]  "John Dodge" and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine _ In Witness whereof I have here unto set mt hand & affixed the seal of the said County this fifth day of October A.D. 1835_
The word affidavit in the fifth line written over an Erasure_  E.A. Munson Deputy Clk
In the absence of John Dygert Ckerk

[Left margin sideways]
In the matter of
Joseph French an 
applicant for a Pension 
---------------------
Explanatory Affidavit
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Frankfort Jan 14 - 1836

To the Hon. Samuel Beardsley
Dear Sir,
At the solicitation of Col. French I shall have to trouble you once more in respect to his pension application. The enclosed letter which you rec'd from Mr. Edwards the 11th of Dec. last and which you forwarded to me I herewith return.
From this letter it appears that the pension department have come to the conclusion that Col. French only served 10 months & 6 days; a conclusion I must say I had not anticipated from the evidence produced by Col. French.
I will state the services to you and the proofs to the end that you may judge of the accuracy of the conclusion. And here allow me to suggest to you that some of the services must have been overlooked or some of the proofs mislaid. The1st service claimed by Col. French is 10 months in the Northern army in 1776. 
This service is proved by his own declaration and the deposition of Samuel French - of this time the department deduct a month because the muster roll made at Albany shows only 9 months. Now to this mode of deduction I demur. No muster roll could have been made out before the companies forming the regiment to which Col. French belonged were assembled. The companies were raised in different places and remote from each other & after raised were marched to Albany. Soldiers are not enlisted in numbers to form a regiment in a day nor in weeks. This was the case with the regiment Col. French served in. He states himself that he was not marched immediately after his enlistment to Albany and not till after about 2 weeks. Now it is clear that he ought not to be bound by a muster roll made out sometime
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after he enlisted.
The 2nd Service claimed by Col. French is 2 months in June & July 1777 in the north as a militia man.
This service is proved by his brother Samuel French. The 3d service claimed by Col. French is 4 months in Aug. Sept. Oct. & Nov. 1777 in the north as a substitute for his brother who is now dead.
This service was mostly as a boatman & teamster. The department have refused this as I understand because it was not naval service. Teamsters and boatmen were necessary to the army and were enlisted for that purpose. Why not compensate them. Boat services have been allowed in some instances to my knowledge but under the name of naval services.
I would not insert such a thing in an affidavit nor would Col. French swear to such a thing. I know 2 men who have pensions and who served some part of their time as boatmen on the Mohawk and the services of the one were allowed because they were stated to have been naval services and the services of the other were rejected because they were stated to have been rendered in boating. The one has a full pension & the other only $27. The one thought it hard that he could not be allowed for the same services his neighbour was. 
The 4th service was 4 weeks in Oct 1778 as a militia man to Fort Stanwix.
This service depends on his declaration.
The 5th service also depends on his declaration & was one week & 2 days in 1778 in Nov. when Cherry Valley was burnt.
The 6th term he served was in June & July 1779 & was 2 months. In this tour he was at Sacandaga & Johnstown
His only proof is his own declaration. 
The 7th service is 4 months and is proved by Thomas Talman who served with him. He was drafted. He
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was at Albany West Point, Tappan and also at Schoharie when it was burnt. This service was in 1780.
The 8th service was 2 weeks in July 1781. He was to Schoharie just after the Turlough battle between a party of Americans under Col. Willet.
The 9th service was in Oct. 1781. He was marched to Johnstown & arrived there a little after the battle fought between Col. Willet & Maj. Ross. 
The 10th service was in June & July 1782 & exceed one month. He was at Fort Edward.
The whole time claimed by Col French is 2 years 1 month & 2 weeks and of this about 1 year & 8 months are proved.
Ensign Stein under whom he served & sundry times when out as a militia man has made an affidavit that he was out several times but as to particulars he has not stated them tho. I apprehend this was rather the fault of the person who drew his affidavit. 
Should it be asked why col French did not apply for a pension earlier I answer that his papers which were made out in 1832 were lost either at Washington or on their way back to Herkimer.
I do not know that I have anything more to add than this that if it would not be too much trouble you would greatly oblige me by calling on Mr. Edwards and making a verbal statement to him in behalf of col. French. You have our Mr. French and are acquainted with his character & if Mr. Edwards has any doubts I think you can remove them. 
Yours very respectfully
James Macauley
N. B. It is not my intention to trouble you any more I wish the department to close the matter & send on the certificate whatever it may be
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State of New York
Madison County

Thomas Tallman of the Town of Worcester in the County of Otsego states aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth saith Joseph French now a resident of the Town of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer & state aforesaid, is well known to this deponent as having been a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States. And this deponent further saith that said French enlisted into a company of New York State levies for a term of four months in the year 1780, as this deponent believes in a company commanded by Captain Lansing of Albany and this deponent further saith, that he does not recollect the name of the Colonel who commanded the regiment to which said company was attached, but according to his best recollection belief the name of the Major immediately commanding said Company was Wilsie. That this deponent & the said French were in & belonged to the same company & were mess mates during the whole term of four months above mentioned that the said Company was first conveyed by water from Albany to West Point on the Hudson river, where this deponent & said French remained three or four weeks. That they were there at West Point at the same time when & saw General Arnold dismount the Cannon upon the battery at that place under pretense of repairing the battery. That from West point the said Company was ordered & went to Haverstraw below on said River when  said French remained about three weeks. From Haverstraw the said French with the said company went to Albany where the company remained three or four days, & received there the intelligence of the capture of Andre & Arnold's corruption. That from Albany the company was ordered marched to Middlefort in the County of Schoharie. That at the last mentioned place, Mayor Wilsie Commanded. That some of the officers there at that place were Capt. Lansing of the Company to which this deponent & said French belonged. Captain Miller of Claverack in Columbia County, Lieutenant Robert Livingston of Livingston's Manner, & Lieutenant Miller also from Claverack. That this deponent & said French were at said fort, at the time Sir John Johnson attacked said Fort with fifteen
hundred Indians & Tories, & seven hundred British, & were in the battle consequent upon the attack thus made upon the fort. And this deponent further saith, that from said fort about the twentieth day of October, we pursued the enemy from the said Fort  northerly to Fort Hunter, & from thence to the Big Nose so called on the Mohawk river, & from thence to Fort Herkimer, [words crossed out] where our term of four months expired & at which place the company was discharged, including this deponent & the said French. Hence further this deponent saith not
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Thos Tallman

Sworn & Subscribed this 19th day of July 1834 before me
Jairus French Justice of the Peace



This certifies that Thomas Tallman the above named deponent who subscribed & was sworn to the above deposition is known to me & in my belief fully entitled to credit.

Jairus French Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office

I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said country, do certify that Jairus French Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the above certificate, was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said Country. And that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificate, to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 11th day of August 1834.

A.S. Sloan Clk
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For the Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Coms.
J. Macauley of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer & State of N.Y.
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To J.L Edwards Esq. Coms. of Pensions

Sir, 

Enclosed I send you the papers of W. Joseph French an applicant for a pension. 

Hid declaration shows that he served 2 years and 28 days.

Of this period, he has proved one year and 6 months. 

1. By the affidavit of W. Talman duly authenticated by the Clerk of Madison County, he has proved 4 months.

2. By the affidavit of W. John French of Amsterdam, Montgomery County duly authenticated by the Clerk of Montgomery he has proved one year + 2 months.

These affidavits are affixed to the declaration of the applicant.

I would observe that just 2 years ago, W. French's pension papers were made out + passed the Court of Common Pleas + were then forwarded to the Pension Department at Washington. That on May 1, 1833, as appears by a letter I rec'd from the Hon. Jn. Q. Adams late President of the U.s they were forwarded by the department to W. K. Ford of this county. W. French's atty for amendments and that they had not been returned again to the department. W. Adams was addressed by W. French on the subject last May.
The Atty W. L. Ford says the papers never came to him. Consequently, they must be lost. This you will see accounts for his present application which otherwise might been out of place. 

Yours very respectfully,
James Macauley

Oct. 7 1834
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Free.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington

[Upside down]
8 July 1835
[Illegible] [Illegible] 

[Postmark] Utica N. Y. 
July 3
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Utica July 20 1835

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir, some two months since I wrote to you as I believe, (if not longer, the letter was directed the Secretary of war,) upon the subject of the application of Joseph French of Frankfort, Herkimer Co. for a pension. Mr French is now here and is, as all persons in his situation are, very anxious to learn the result of his application. I have not yet received any answer to my letter. May I ask to hear from you?
I am [Illegible], [Illegible] [Illegible] 
S. Beardsley
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Jos. French
[illegible] NY


J. L. Edwards Esq
Pensions Office
Washington

[Stamp] Free
[on left margin] May 7

[Postmark] UTICA NY May 3
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Utica N. Y.   May 2nd, 1835

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir, Col. Joseph French of Frankfort Herkimer Co. who is an applicant for a pension for revolutionary service, as a soldier has called upon me to day and disires me to write to you upon that subject. I can not profess to understand the evidence of his case so as to speak of what it establishes: but I can with great confidence assure you that Col. French is entitled to full belief in all his statements, as he sustains the reputation of of an honest man.
I understand from your letter of the 17 Dec. that his service for nine months ten days is established satisfactorily. He thinks himself entitled to a full
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pension.  I hope you will review his papers and that in doing so, you will think proper to allow every presumption which shall be made in favor of the statement of a man of upright views, for I am satisfied that Wm. French is influenced by such alone.
I am [illegible]
S. Beardsley
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Case of Col. French with an affidavit assigning the reason why he did not apply under the Act of 1818.

1. The proof of W. French is stronger than the proof of most applicants to whom pensions have been allowed and is such as to entitle him to a full pension.

2. Should the department only allow for the 10 months in 1776, it ought to be from 1818 when the Act took affect. He has assigned a reason why he did not apply under the Act of 1818. his property would have produced if nothing else unless he had divested himself of him of it. 

[Sideways Right margin] Hon S. Beardsley
HR
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Frankfort Nov. 28, 1835

To the Hon. Samuel Beardsley

Dear Sir,

At the request of Colonel French, I herewith transmit to you a statement of his case in respect to his pension application together with an explanatory affidavit which you will please to say before the pension department or use otherwise as you may think proper.

Care
The services proved by W. French are as follows:

1st - 10 mo. by enlistment in the Nothern Army in 1776
2nd - 2 mo. in June & July 1777 at the north in the militia
3d - 4 mo. in August. Sept. Oct. & Nov. as a substitute in 1777.
4th - 0 mo. 4 weeks in Oct 1778 as a militia man to Fort Stanwix
5th - 0 mo. 1 week 2 days in Nov. 1778 to Cherry Valley 
6th - 2 mo. in June & July 1779 as a militia man at Scondagate
7th = 4 mo. in 1780 at Albany Westpoint Tappan & Schoharie
8th - 0 mo. 2 weeks in July as a militia man at Schoharie
9th - o mo. 2 weeks in Oct. 1781 at Johnstown
10th - 1 mo. 5 days in June & July to Fort Edwards
________________________________
25 mo. 2 weeks or 2 years 1 month & 2 weeks.

Remarks - 1st Col. French is now in his 76th year - His papers were made out and allowed by the Herkimer common pleas in the out turn 1832 & then forwarded to the department but were mislaid or lost. By this accident he had to have his papers made out anew in 1834.

Remark 2nd - His 1st term of service is proved by his own declaration and by the deposition of Samuel French. His 2nd and 3d terms are also proved by the said Saml. French. 

Remark 3d - His 7th term is proved by Thos. Talman. His other terms are proved by his own declaration and also by the deposition of Ensign Stein under whom he served in the militia. 

Such is the case as above stated.
James Macauley
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Free
1:Beardsly 

James M Cauley Esq
Atty. atlaw
Frankfort
Herkimer Co

[Postmark] DEC 1[illegible]
[illegible]

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11.[illegible]4
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War Department
Pension Office
Dec. 11, 1835

Sir,

Since the 18th of July last, the date of my letter on the subject of the claim of Joseph French, pay-roll of Capt. Yeomans' company for the year 1778, 1779, 1780 & 1781, during which the claimant states that he served nine months and twenty-one days, have been found. It is shown by these documents that the longest term of service in that company was ten days. It seems that they applicant was frequently called out, but the aggregate of all the service rendered during the time specified, amounts to no more than one month and four days. This wil be added to the tour in Van Schaick's regiment, making ten months and six days; and is all that the evidence now before the Department will justify the allowance of. 

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obt. srvt.
J.L Edwards

Hon. S. Beardsley
House of Representatives
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Dec. 7
Mr J. L. Edward
Pension office
[indecipherable]
Hon. [S]. Beard[sly]
H R.
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Washington  Dec. 5 1835
J.l. Edwards Esq
Sir,
I enclose papers for Joseph French. Allow me to refer you to your letter to me of 18 July 1835, which states that he is entitled to a certain amount of pension - whether he has accepted that I do not know but he asks for a greater sum.
I am [illegible] [illegible]
S. Beardsly