Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,308, for Hosea Lyons, New York
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
NEW YORK

Lyons, Hosea

NUMBER
S. 23.308

CONTENTS
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33.249
New York

Hosea Lyons decd of ____
in the State of New York
who was a private in the ______commanded
by Captain_______
of the_______commanded
by Col Livingston in the N.Y. Line in the
Revolution for 2 years private
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 and end October 10th 1837.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of
June 1854 and sent to Adriel Ely, Watertown
New York

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi anl. allowance ending 


{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by G.J. Getty, Clerk
Book E2, Vol. 4 Page 43.
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State of New York
County of Montgomery } ss:
Henry A. VanDrusen, a resident of the town of Canajoharie in the County & State aforesaid, being duly sworn deposes & says that he was well acquainted with Hosea Lyons late of
the said town of Canajoharie in the County
& State aforesaid, deceased. That the said
Hosea Lyons was an old man when he
died, had the reputation of having been a
soldier of the revolution & was pensioned
under its first act, that of 1818 (as he
believes), but did not receive his pension
for longer than about two years. In his
old age he was taken care of by the father
of this deponent, Michael VanDeusen in the
town of Canajoharie in the County & State
aforesaid, at which place he died, that he died
suddenly at the home of said Michael
Van Deusen, that this deponent was present
at his death & at the request of his said
father went & procured a Coffin to be made.
That this deponent attended the funeral
of the said Hosea Lyons, & knows positively
that he died in the month of October in
the year one thousand eight hundred &
thirty seven & about the fifteenth day of
that month, but the exact day of his death
this deponent cannot state; that there is no
tombstone at the grave of the said Hosea
Lyons nor any record of his death in his
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family Bible or elsewhere. The said Hosea
Lyons left no wife - she had died some
years before - They had two children Joseph
Lyons & Margaret Lyons.  Joseph, as this
deponent has been informed & believes to
be true, died some years ago & about two
years before his father. Margaret is the wife
of Andrew McFee, if living - this deponent
is informed she resides in Jefferson County
in the State of New York in the town of
Theresa - This deponent further says that the
said Hosea Lyons at the time of his death
was not, to this deponent's knowledge, a pensioner of the United States, & that he has no wife or children living, except his daughter
Margaret McFee aforesaid.
This deponent further says that he is not interested in any manner in the result of Mrs Margaret McFee's application for the pension due her father at the time of his decease. 
[signed] Henry A. Van Deusen
Sworn & subscribed before me 
this sixth day of March 1854
and I certify that said deponent
is well known to me to be a
man of respectability & truth
& further, that I am not
interested in Mrs. Margaret
McFee's application, or concerned
in prosecuting the same.
T. Van Alstrice, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Montgomery County Clerk's Office } ss:
I, J. W. VAN DERVEER, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John H. Van Alstice Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said JUSTICE, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at FONDA, this 7th day of March 1854.
JW VanDerveer, Clerk
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State of New York
County of Montgomery ⎬ ss:
James Tubbs being duly sworn says that he is a minister of the Gospel & resides at Pleasant Valley in the County of Fulton in the state aforesaid - This deponent further says that he was acquainted with Hosea Lyons, an old man, who at the time of his death resided with Michael Van Deusen in the town of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery aforesaid; that on the eleventh day of October A.D. 1837 deponent was married to Betsey Ferguson at the house of her brother
in the town of Canajoharie aforesaid & which
was not far from the house of the said Michael
Van Deusen; that deponent has a record of his
marriage & is therefore certain of the time;
that at the said time of deponent's marriage
the said Hosea Lyons was reported to be dead
& preparations on that same day were being
made for his funeral, & that deponent has
no doubt that the said Hosea Lyons died
on the 9th or 10th day of October AD. 1837.
This deponent further says that he is
not interested in any manner in the application of Mrs. Margaret McFee for the pension
due the said Hosea Lyons at the time of his
decease -
[signed] James Tubbs
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 6th day of May A.D. 1854
and I certify that said deponent
is well known to me to be a man
of respectability & truth, and
further that I am not
interested in the application
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STATE OF NEW-YORK.
Montgomery County Clerk's Office, } ss:
I, J. W. VAN DERVEER, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that J.T. VanAlstine, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and
authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said JUSTICE, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at FONDA, this 6th day of May 1854.
J.W. VanDerveer, Clerk
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Hosea Lyon
Claim of his only
child for a pension
from 3 March 1826
to 4 March 1831

October 9th 1837
when he died
Adriel Ely
Watertown
Jeff. County
New York
her atty
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State of New York
Jefferson County } ss:
On this 21st day of March 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace
duly authorised by law to administer oaths in and for the County and State aforesaid Margaret McFee wife of Andrew McFee a resident of Theresa in the County of Jefferson aforesaid aged 69 years & upwards who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of pension her father Hosea Lyons was entitled to at the time of his death under the law of May 15th 1828 or June
7. 1832 :  That her father the said Hosea Lyons
was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and actively engaged during its entire progress as she believes from what she has heard him say and that for his services in said War he was pensioned under the provisions of the act of 18th March 1818, then resident in the County of Otsego in the State of New York at Ninety six dollars per annum and that his pension was suspended by the act of May 1, 1820 and that he did not receive a pension afterward.  She further says that her father the said Hosea Lyons died at the house of Michael Van Deusen's in the town of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery & State of New York in the month of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven;
that he left no widow, her mother, the wife of
the said Hosea Lyons having died several
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years before him. She further says that her
father & mother the said Hosea Lyons & his wife had but two children to wit, herself and
Joseph Lyons and that her brother Joseph died
in Canada about two years previous to the death of her father and that she is the only surviving child of the aforesaid Hosea Lyons deceased. She further says that she does hereby appoint Adriel Ely of Watertown
Jefferson County New York her attorney with power of substitution, authorizing him or his substitute to perform any act necessary to be done in as full and ample a manner as she of right herself could do, and for the truth of her statement she refers to the proofs hereto attached and to the original declaration and evidences accompanying the application of her father when pensioned.
[signed] Margaret McFee
Sworn and subscribed before me
the day and year first aforesaid
& I certify that I am acquainted
with Mrs. McFee above named
and that she is a person
of respectability and truth & further
that I am not interested in the
result of her application
concerned in prosecuting the same.
James Jones
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Jefferson } ss:
Jacob W Cole and Catherine Cole his wife to me well known to be persons of respectability and truth, residents of the town of Theresa in the County aforesaid being sworn depose and say that they were well acquainted with Hosea Lyons deceased and with his family -  that the said Hosea Lyons formerly resided in the County of Otsego in the State of New York and was pensioned 1818.  They further say that the said Hosea Lyons is dead and from information received at or about the time believe his death took place at the time stated by Mrs McFee
in her aforesaid declaration-- they further say
that his wife died before him and also his son and that he left but one child at the time of his death, to wit, Margaret McFee wife of Andrew McFee a resident of the town of Theresa aforesaid who is the identical person who has made the aforesaid declaration which in all its statements is in their belief true.
They further say that they have no interest in the result of Mrs. McFee's application for pension-
[signed] Jacob W. Cole
[signed] Catherine Cole
Subscribed & Sworn before
me this 21st day of March 1859
James Jones Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK' S OFFICE } ss:
I, JOHN L. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Jefferson, do hereby certify that James Jones Esq., whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof of acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and
further, that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of
said County, this 25th day of March, 1854.
John L. Marsh
Clerk.
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34,242
Hosea Lyons 
application.
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State of New York
Otsego County } ss:
On this seventeenth day of March 1837 personally appeared before me James O. Morse, First Judge in & for said County, Hosea
Lyons (the said Hosea owing to a infirmity not being able to go to court ) a resident of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery N.Y. aged eighty eight 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 7. 1832. That he has been previously on the pension roll under the act of March 18, 1818 and has been dropped therefrom on account of property as he has been informed & believes, that he served as a private as is stated in his
declaration under the act of March 18. 1818 now on file in the War Department - That he served in the Second New York Regiment.
That his present place of residence
is Canajoharie aforesaid - That Cherry Valley, New York was his place of residence when his
application was made under the act of March 18. 1818 (but only a short distance from his present residence) and the said Hosea Lyons hereby relinquishes his claim under every other act except the act of June 7, 1832 and refers to the
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papers on file in the pension office for further proof of his services.
(words "as is stated" interlined before sworn to)
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark
Sworn & subscribed this 17th day of March 1837 before me
James O. Morse, First Judge of Otsego County 

State of New York
Otsego County } ss:
I certify that I have have known the above named Hosea Lyons for more than twenty years & that he is the same person who
was placed on the pension list  under the act of March 18,1818 as I was then the attorney that obtained for him his pension certificate. That he has never to my knowledge or belief been able to write his name. Mar. 17, 1837
James O. Morse, First Judge
of Otsego County N.Y.

State of New York
Otsego County Clerks Office } I George C. Clyde Clerk of said County do certify that James O. Morse above named has been for many years & is yet First Judge in & for said County & that I am well acquainted with his
hand writing & that his signatures to the
foregoing are genuine - In witness whereof
I have hereto set the seal of the Court of said County this twentieth day of March 1837
George C. Clyde Clerk
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Hosea Lyons
No. 4.808

X
A. Stewart
Agent
C. Valley N.Y
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State of New York
Otsego County  }  ss: 
On this twentieth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being the Court
of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York, & being a Court of Record, & proceeding according to the principles of the Common Law, with power of fine & imprisonment, Hosea Lyons aged Sixty nine years, resident in said County of Otsego, who
first being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he served in Col. Henry B. Livingston's Regiment in Capt Titus' Company in the New York line & has Received a pension under the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 commencing on the
4th April 1818 & the number of his pension certificate is 4808. -
And I Hosea Lyons do solemnly swear that I
was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March & 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 & by me subscribed.
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark
Sworn to & declared on this 20th June 1820 before the Court -

Geo. Morell Clk
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A Schedule of all the property of Hosea Lyons
his income & means of  subsistence
Twenty chickens & eight hens, one trammel,
one hog, 1 pair tongs, & he is by occupation a farmer but is unable to work & has a wife ten years older than himself & has no means to compel a support from any one & no assistance but what is voluntarily given him
by his friends & neighbors and has no one living with him except a Grand Child of fourteen years of age. The above comprises the whole of my estate personal & real. 
my wife is helpless and 77 years of age-

N. B. I have an award in my favor against Michael Phines Jun. in which I am to have for life & the life of my wife 1 dwelling house, fire wood, 1 cow, vegetables for the season, 16 bushels of Wheat, 200 pounds pork, 100 lbs of beef, 6 pounds of tea, 10 bushels of apples, 50 lbs. Sugar - in case of my wife's death one half of the above, also $4.00 in cash but it is optional in the said Michael Phines Jun. whether he furnishes the the above or not.
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark
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State of New York
Otsego County Clerk's Office } ss:
I, George Morell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the Schedule there to annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court
and I 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 Seven dollars & fifty
five cents & that the annual income of
the Pensioner is one hundred Dollars-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court
on this 24 day of June 1820
Geo. Morell Clk
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23308
INVALID.

Revolution

File No. 23,308
Hosea Lyons
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7, '32

Index: - Vol. 2, Page 251

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hosea Lyons
NY Jun '32

Cole

[circular stamp:  WATERTOWN N.Y.
3 JUN]


FREE  

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
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N.York
Hosea Lyon
Letter to J.O. Morse 10. Nov. '37

Sep'r '19
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4 Regt. Capt. Titus  21 Nov '76 War
Must'd to Jany 1782.
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March 1823
N.Y.

Feby 10

Hosea Lyons 
Rec'd 17 Feb. 1824

free

Honb'l John C. Calhoun, Sect'y at War
Washington
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Otsego County, Cherry Valley, 4th Feb. 1824

Sir,
Enclosed is the explanation of Hosea Lyon, a pensioner in relation to the sale of his property in June last.  This Department required an explanation of the length of time the right of Lyons was sold & why for so small a sum --please direct an answer & certificate if granted to me.
Yours with Respect
Alvan Stewart

Honbl John C. Calhoun
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War Department
Rel to
Hosea Lyons,

J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions

J.O. Morse Esq
Cherry Valley
New York
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War Department
Pension Office
January 26, 1837,

Sir,
It would seem from the affidavit of Hosea
Lyon contained in your letter of the 19th instant and from the papers in this Office that he was placed on the roll of Pensioners under the act of 1818 and stricken therefrom on account of property; and although it may be inferred from his affidavit that he intends to apply for the benefit of the act of 7 June 1832, yet it does not distinctly appear.
If his object is to apply for the benefit of that act he should state his services generally, relinquish his claim under every other law and refer to the papers on file for further proof.

I am, respectfully,
your obt servt
J L Edwards

J.O. Morse Esq
Cherry Valley
New York
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O'd 10 Oct 1837

Margaret McFee
only child

Henry A. VanDeusen
Jas. Tibbs
Jacob W Cole
Catharine Cole
Philip J. Sandy

Adel
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Watertown Jeff Co N. York
May 10 1854

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com'r of Pensions

Sir
Hosea Lyons was pensioned under act
18th March 1818, suspended under act May 1, 1820.  His name is entered on New York Pension Roll of Otsego County - Died Oct 9 or 10. 1837-- one child survives, Margaret McFee- she claims the pension due her father at his death. If he was a war's man under the law of May 1828, if not under the act of June 7, 1832. Unless the claim is allowed as a full pension I request a copy of Hosea Lyon's declaration on file, by which he was pensioned.

Your ob. servt
Adriel Ely
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Brief in the case of Hosea Lyons dec'd
Jefferson County and State of New York
Act June 7 1832
Claim, (original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
He was pensioned under the Act of 1818, and dropped under the act of 1820, because he had too much property, and was never restored. The Act of 1832 allows the pension without regard to the amount of property possessed by the Soldier.  He served over 2 years as shown by our Rolls.
Henry A. VanDeusen, James Tubbs, Jacob W. Cole, Catharine Cole & Philip J. Sands are witnesses for identity, death & Heirship.

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
Adreil Ely, Esq.
Watertown
Jefferson Co
NY.
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Watertown Jefferson County New York
June 7. 1854

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com'r of Pensions

Sir
I enclose herewith the affidavits of
Philip S. Sandy and wife in proof of the fact that Margaret McFee is the only surviving child of Hosea Lyon, dec'd, a pensioner of the United States under the provisions of act 18th Mar 1818 and also that said Lyon left no wife and that his wife died in 1828 -
I believe these proofs must remove all the objections to the admission of Mrs. McFee's application for the balance due her father under the act of June 7. 1832 which are contained in your letter to me on the subject of said claim dated 19th May 1854.
Respectfully
Yr ob ser't
Adriel Ely
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Hosea  Lyons dec'd
Jefferson Co., NY
adm'd June 1832
2 yrs pri  $80
per annum from
4 Mch 1831 to
10 Oct 1837 when he died
Pay to Margaret McFee
only child,


Cert to
Adriel Ely Esq
Watertown
Jefferson Co
NY
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NY
Hosea Lyons

Mar 29
W. Luce

Pension office

FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Com'r of Pensions
Washington City

[circular stamp:  CHERRY VALLEY N.Y.
MAR 23]
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Cherry Valley N.Y. Mar. 22d 1837

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions

Sir
I have had the papers of Hosea Lyons made
out as you Suggested in your letter of Jany 26. 1837.
I presume every objection to the application
is now obviated.
I have not yet rec'd an answer to the last letter in relation to William Dickson's case.
Very Respectfully &c.
J. O. Morse
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M604
Jany 24, 1837.
Pension Office
NY

Pension Office
FREE

Hon. B.F. Baxter
Sect'y of War and Interior
Washington City

[circular stamp:  CHERRY VALLEY N.Y. JAN 19]
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Otsego Co. N.Y
Cherry Valley Jany 19, 1837

Sir
In the year 1834 Hosea Lyons made the enclosed affidavit before me for a pension which in sending to the Clerk's office or rather
in returning from there got mislaid.
It is my fault therefore that the papers have not been before sent - Lyons is yet alive and in need of a pension.
He was put on the pension roll in 1818 &
you will find his name I believe among the
Soldiers in the New York line in the regular army. He was placed on the roll in 1818 without the least hesitation.
I know he is entitled to a pension for the reason, that when the late Col. Benjamin Walker of Utica was alive, I over saw him &  Lyons together & Col. Walker recollected Lyons
and spoke of him as having been a soldier under him.
Very Respectfully
your obt Sert
J. O. Morse

P.S. I saw Lyons yesterday
he can converse but is very feeble.
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Mr. Edwards
1 March 1823.
NY
Hosea Lyons.
Rec'd 26 [illegible] 1823

FREE

Hon'l. John C. Calhoun, Esquire
Secretary at War
Washington
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Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the pension papers of Hosea Lyons.   Will you have the goodness to attend to the Claim of this poor man soon & if restored, 
to send his certificate to me-- with
respect your Obt.
Servant
William Nichols
Cooperstown
August 18, 1823

Hon John C. Calhoun Esquire
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Aug 12
Free

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

[CIRCULAR STAMP:  CHERRY VALLEY N.Y. [illegible 8]

Hosea Lyon

Usfs. Reg. Army
Case
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Aug 12
Free

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

[CIRCULAR STAMP: CHERRY VALLEY N.Y. [illegible 8]

Hosea Lyon

Usfs. Reg. Army
Case
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Cherry Valley Aug 7. 1837

J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir
John Landon Jr., a regular soldier in the last war with G. B. was killed in 1814 at the battle of
Bridgewater having no widow, but four sons - 
His sons have never, as one of them informs me, rec'd a pension.
Does this case come within any pension laws now in force? If so, please send me a set of
printed forms.
I am yet unadvised of your decision on the application of Hosea Lyons. --
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
James O. Morse
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1828 papers
to be filed
with Ad

owd

#23.308
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Hosea Lyons - Pvt.
N. York line
New York

Ex'd one old Book & Rej.
Wid & ol. Inv.
Admitted Inval. File 23,308

"Not allowed Oct. 1828"
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1037

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
16 May 1829

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Hosea Lyons under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and if
so, what discharge or other evidence was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
Asheny Dickens
Acting Secretary

The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.

Letter from War Department 20 May 1829.
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Ref D Off.   1037

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Sept 17. 1828.

Hosea Lyons of Canajoharie in the County of
Montgomery, in the State of New York
has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,"  approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private
in captain _____'s company, in Col. Livingston's regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Sept 23 1828.

It does not appear by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Hosea Lyons in the New York Line.
It further appears that Hosea Lyons is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3 March 1826.

Peter Hagner Aud
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War Depart: Bounty land Office
15 May 1829
The records of this Office do not show that Hosea Lyons of the N. York line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor
.
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Hosea Lyons
Morse & Stewart, Agents.
Cherry Valley
Otsego County N.Y.

proof of Two
Witnesses added
Not on Roll

Admitted

Hosea Lyons private
Colonels Clinton, Livingston's
and Van Courtland's Regts.
New York 1776- war
4 Apl 1818
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State of New York
Otsego County }  ss:
James Parshall of Middlefield Otsego County aged Sixty four years & upwards being sworn
says that he was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution in Livingston's Regt of the N.Y. line; 
that he knew Hosea Lyons while he was a soldier in said Regiment & knows that said Lyons served in said Regiment as a Soldier
for the term of three year and upwards as this deponent served with him, when this
deponent was taken prisoner & this deponent 
has always understood that said Hosea continued to serve until the close of the War & further saith not.
[signed] James Parshall
Sworn & subscribed
this 12th day of February
1819 before me
James S. Campbell one of the Judges
of Otsego Common Pleas-
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I certify that the above named James Parshall
is a credible witness & well known to me as such.

James S. Campbell
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State of New York
Otsego County } ss:
-
---
Evers Robins of Milton, Saratoga County being
duly sworn says that he was a soldier in
Colonel Livingston's Regiment of the New York
line in the war of the Revolution, for the period
of nine months commencing in May 1778. &
He further says that he knows that Hosea
Lyons served as a soldier in said Regiment during that time as he knew him well while in service, & this deponent has always understood that said Hosea served until the close of the war & further saith not
[signed] Evers Robins
Sworn & Subscribed
this 12th day of
February 1819
before me James S. Campbell one of the Judges of Otsego Common pleas
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I certify that the above named Evers Robins is
a credible witness.

James S. Campbell
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To the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of the War Department of the United States.

The petition & declaration of Hosea Lyons of the Town of Cherry Valley in the county of Otsego & State of New York on oath setteth forth & declares.
That he is now sixty seven years of age & upwards that in the Spring of the year 1776 he entered as a private in Colonel Clinton's Regiment of the New York line of Continental troops.  That he was afterwards  transferred into Capt. Benjamin Walker's company in Colonel Livingston's Regiment of the New York line & was afterwards transferred into Colonel Van Cortlandt's Regiment
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of the New York line in which Regiment he continued faithfully to serve until the end of
the war and was honourably discharged at 
Newburgh in the State of New York in June 1783.  His discharge was signed by General Washington, but the same was burnt in the house of him, the said Hosea Lyons, when his house was burnt a few years since.
And he further says that he does not know that it is in his power to offer any other proof
of the time he served than his own oath & the affidavits hereto annexed. That he is now very poor & has no property whatever & is in such reduced circumstances that he is absolutely in need of assistance from his country for support
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And he prays to be placed on the pension list under a late act of Congress and will ever pray.
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark

Sworn & subscribed this fourth day
of April 1818 before me.
James S. Campbell one of the Judges of the
Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Otsego in State New York
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State of New York  
Otsego County, } ss:
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fourth day of April 1818 the above named Hosea Lyons
came before me, James S. Campbell one of the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New-York, and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Petition and Declaration are true: - And I the said Judge, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War," do certify to the Secretary of War, that it has appeared to
my satisfaction that the said Hosea Lyons
served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, for the term mentioned in the said Petition and Declaration hereunto annexed:--And in pursuance of the directions
of said Act, I do hereby certify to the Hon. the Secretary of War, that the testimony of _____
as detailed in his affidavit hereunto annexed, was taken before me, and that I am satisfied that the application of the said Hosea Lyons
is fair and bona fide in all respects, and that he, by reason of his reduced circumstances, is absolutely in need of assistance from his country for support.
James S. Campbell
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CLERK'S OFFICE,
Otsego County, } ss:
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego, in the State of New-York, hereby Certify, that James S. Campbell now is, and for one year past, has been one of the Judges of the said Court; and that the signature to the foregoing Certificate and papers, is his proper hand writing.
In testimony wherof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this
22d day of April 1818.
Walter W. Webb, Dept. Clk
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Hosea Lyons
No. 11,808

George Morell
Cooperstown Agt.

Sus for Mr. Edwards
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State of New York
Otsego County }  ss :
On this 6th day of February 1821 personally appeared in open Court being the Court
of Common pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York, being a Court of Record proceeding according to the principles of the common law, with power of fine & imprisonment, Hosea Lyons aged sixty seven years resident in said County of Otsego who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows:
In the 4th New York Regiment commanded by
Colonel. H. B Livingston under Capt Titus,
and he the said Hosea Lyons has received
a pension from the United States under the
act of the 18th March 1818 & the date of his
original application was the 4th day of April 1818 & the number of his pension certificate
is 4808 - And I Hosea Lyons do solemnly
swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, & that I
have not since that time by gift, sale or in any
manner disposed of my property or any part
thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as
to bring myself within the provisions of an act
of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & 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
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hereto annexed & by me subscribed --

Schedule of all the real & personal
property of Hosea Lyons together with
his income & the Capacity of himself & family
maintain himself.-

He the said Hosea Says that he has
no real or personal property. And the said
Hosea says that he is unable to support himself
that he must rely on the charity of his connections & he is much afflicted with the
Rheumatism & his wife is rising of 76 years of
age & is very infirm & has no person to help
him except his wife & this deponent says
his former means of subsistence is withholden
[signed] Hosea [crossed out]

A true account of all the said Hosea Lyons & his wife are allowed annually for their support from Mr Van Deusen, now owning the farm formerly the real property of the said Hosea Lyons, Viz:

Two hundred wt. pork - $10
One hundred wt. beef - $4
Sixteen bushels wheat - $12
12 lb. tobacco - $3
6 lb. Tea - $4.50
50 lb. Sugar - $6
[Total: $39.50]

[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark

Sworn & subscribed on this 7th Feb'y 1821 in open court - Geo. Morell, Clk
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State of New York
Otsego County Clerk's Office } ss:

I George Morell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego, State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly coped
from the records of the said Court:   and I do
further certify that it is the opinion of the said
Court that the said Hosea Lyons has an annual
income of thirty nine dollars fifty cents-
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court,
on this twelfth day of Feby 1821
Geo. Morell, Clk
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Hosea Lyons
Pensioner
Alvein Stewart
Agent
Cherry Valley N.Y.
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State of New York
Otsego County  } ss:
To the Honorable John C. Calhoun, Secretary at War.
Hosea Lyons, a pensioner of the United States being duly sworn says that since his application for a pension before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of
Otsego in the month of February last, there has
been a total & absolute suspension of any part of the allowance given the said Hosea from
Michael Van Deusen mentioned in his said application of February last.  The History of the
origin of the allowance of Mr. Van Deusen to the said Hosea & his wife is this:  This deponent lived on a certain piece of land in
the town of Cherry Valley County of Otsego in 1810, while so living on said piece of land he & his wife being infirm, they concluded to give an absolute deed of the said farm to some
person who would maintain them for life or give them the
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allowance specified in the papers of February last. And this deponent further says that in the year of our Lord 1810, he & his said wife
conveyed the said farm to Andrew McFee of the Town of Cherry Valley, the farm aforesaid, by an absolute deed, and took back from
the said Andrew McFee a personal bond for the amount of the allowance in the said papers specified of February last.  Said McFee
conveyed in 1812 the said Farm to one
Joseph Burdlebock, who in 1814 conveyed the same, to John Bowman, who in 1815 conveyed
same to Peter Bowman, who conveyed the same to James Farquaharson, who in 1817 conveyed the same to Michael Phenis, Jun., and the said Michael Phenis Jun. - appearing at the time last aforesaid to be in prosperous circumstances.  This deponent and his wife gave up the bond which they held against Andrew McFee, the first person to whom
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he the said Hosea & his wife conveyed the said farm, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & seventeen took a bond or an award from the said Michael Phenis, Jun. for the same allowance as specified in the first bond of Andrew McFee -  which is the same
allowance, which is specified in the application of February last.  And this deponent further says that in the year 1818 the said Michael Phenis, Jun., sold the said Farm to one
Peter Ock, who in 1819 sold the same to Aaron T. Putnam, who in January 1821, sold the same
to Michael Van Deusen.
This Deponent says that he supposed when he took the bond or award from the said Michael Phenis, Jun., that he the said Michael Phenis, Jun. would continue to be a perfectly responsible man for the fulfillment of the
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said Bond or award, and this deponent at the time having no counsel, did suppose that the said land would be liable in whose hands sovereign, the same might be for the allowance specified in the papers of February last.  Therefore he this deponent then mentioned it as an allowance from the said Michael Van Deusen, and so it had been paid by the successive occupants, until in the month of March last, the said Michael Phenis Jun. failed and became insolvent & unable to fulfil his said Bond or award as aforesaid, this deponent then found to his surprise, that the said Bond or award of the said Michael Phenis was no claim upon the said land and from the time of the failure & insolvency of the
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said Michael Phenis, Jun., this deponent has not rec'd from the said Michael Van Deusen his
allowance before specified, neither has this deponent any resort upon earth, to enforce
the payment of the said Allowance, except on the personal Bond or award of the said Michael Phenis, who is an insolvent, And this deponent further says that ever since the failure of the said Michael Phenis Jun. he and his wife have been in a state of absolute beggary and want and have been obliged to beg and ask Charity in order to subsist, and this has been done from absolute necessity and further this deponent saith that he has lost the allowance aforesaid specified in the papers of February last in consequence
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of the said Failure of the said Michael Phenis Jun., And further this deponent saith not.
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark
Witness to mark
H.M. Shermerhorn


State of New York
Otsego County } ss: 
Cherry Valley,  July 2. 1821

Personally appeared before me H.M. 
H.M. Shermerhorn, a Public Notary
duly commissioned and sworn, the above
named Hosea Lyons to me known, who
subscribed & swore to the foregoing affidavit in my presence. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my Notarial Seal & subscribed my name this 2nd July 1821.
H.M. Shermerhorn
Notary Public
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Hosea Lyons
Pension applicant
under the
act of May A. D. 1828
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State of  N. York
Otsego County } ss:
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of
the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the
Revolution" approved on the 15th day of May 1828 - I Hosea Lyons of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery and State of New York resident, do hereby declare that I enlisted
in the Continental line of the of the army of the Revolution for & during the war & continued
in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in Captain Titus' Company in Col Henry B. Livingston's Regiment in the New york Line.
And I also declare that I afterwards received 
certificates for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th day of May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of May 1828, on the pension list of the United States but was on the pension list
under the act of March 1818
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but have not drawn any pension since the act
of 1820.
8th Septr 1828 - signed Hosea Lyons (X) his mark

Otsego County to wit: Be it remember
that Hosea Lyons to me known came before me & being by me duly sworn deposed & swore that the foregoing declaration by him signed is true.
Sworn before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Otsego & State of N York.
Dated 8th day of September 1828
Horace Ripley, Justice of the peace of the County Otsego

Otsego County ss: Be it remembered that William McFee & Andrew McFee both of
the Town of Cherry Valley in the County
of Otsego, Farmers, to me known to be
honest & reputable citizens, came before
me Horace Ripley, one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Otsego, State of New York & duly authorized to administer oaths -- on this 8th day of September 1828 - And the said William McFee & Andrew M Fee severally made oath that Hosea Lyons by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution in manner as therein stated-
Horace Ripley, Just. Peace
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I Edward B. Crandall Clerk of the Otsego County Courts in the County of Otsego in the State of New York do hereby certify that Horace Ripley before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken in the matter of Hosea Lyons, & sworn to was at the time a Justice of the Peace in for the County of Otsego duly authorized to administer oaths & the same is his genuine hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand
& affixed the seal of the
said Court this __ day
of September A.D. 1828
Edward P. Crandall Clerk
S. Tho. K. Cory Dep Clk
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In the matter of 
Hosea Lyons
Pension
application 
Filed Jun 17.18 1823
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State of New York
Otsego County } ss:
On this 17th day of June in the year 1823. Personally appeared in open Court Being the court of Common Pleas of the County of
Otsego & State of New York & being a Court of Record & Proceeding according to the principles of the Common Law with power of fine & imprisonment, Hosea Lyons, who first being duly sworn according to Law in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, the 1st
May 1820 & 1st of March 1823. makes this
Statement, That he is aged about 69 years and
that he is a resident of the Town of Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego & State of New York, & that he the said Hosea Lyons enlisted for the Term of three years on the 27 day of May 1776, in the State of New York in the  company commanded by Capt Roe in the Regiment commanded by Col. H.B. Livingston in the line of the State of New York on the continental Establishment, & whilst in said Regiment was afterwards under the command of Capt Titus and he continued to serve in said corps  for six years when he was honorably discharged from said service in the city of
New York and he was placed on the pension list of the act of the 18th March 1818 on the 4th April 1818 & the No of his pension certificate is 4808.
And I Hosea Lyons do solemnly swear that I was a
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resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring
myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, 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--
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark

Sworn & subscribed in
Open Court this 17 day
of June 1823 -
William Nichols, Clk

A Schedule of all the personal & real Estate &
means of support of Hosea Lyons a pensioner applicant ---
Real Estate - I have none.
Personal Estate - none except my bed & bedding & wearing apparel for myself & wife. and one pocket Book of Value - $0.25
I have no notes, bonds claims or securities whatsoever.
I am myself infirm & unable to labor - my wife
is unable to labor & is 75 years of age. I have no means of support except by public or private charity & no one in my family except myself & wife
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark
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Sworn & Subscribed
in Open Court this
17 day of June 1823
William Nichols clk

Since my first Schedule the following change has taken place in my property.  The following is a list of the articles which were unmentioned by me in my schedule in June 1820, as articles which Michael Phenis Jun. by an award of two arbitrators was to furnish me & my wife for life & which engagement Michael Van Deusen afterwards took upon himself from the said Michael Phenis Jun. to perform.
The articles which the said Michael by the said
Contract was to furnish me & the said Van Deusen were as follows:
Sixteen bushel of wheat per annum
200 pounds of Pork per annum
100 pounds of Beef per annum
6 pounds of Bohea tea per annum
50 pounds of Sugar
apparel for myself & wife-- vegetables, for myself
Cash - $4 per year in money
& which said contract was dated the 3d day of July 1817. The consideration of the said Contract was my conveying to the said Phenis a piece of land
I was also to have the privilege of a small house
also by the said agreement for my life & wife
and I do further state that all the right &
title which I had or might have by virtue said
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agreement is an annual income was sold and judgment justly due by me to Robert Dunlap of Cherry Valley in said County of Otsego at public venue on the 7th day of June 1823 by John Walton one of the Constables of the County of Otsego, and all the interest, right
title & claim of the said Hosea Lyons on the income last specified without any fraud collision or intention on his part was sold & bid off by the said Robert Dunlap according to the laws of the State of New York by which this applicant has lost all further right to said income scheduled in his inventory of June 1820.
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark
Sworn and subscribed in open
Court this 17 day of June 1823
William Nichols Clk

State of New York
Otsego County } ss:
I John Walton one of the Constables of the County of Otsego do certify that at public venue by virtue of an Execution to me directed in favour of Robert Dunlap against Hosea Lyons to the amount of $25.00 took all the right, title & interest of the said Hosea to
the income as above specified by the said Hosea to Robert Dunlap the highest bidder for the sum of $15, and he has no other property by which I can satisfy the remainder of the said Execution.
17 day of June 1823.
John Walton Constable
of Otsego County

Otsego County
Clerks Office } ss:  I do certify that John Walton is one and was the 7th day of June 1828
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one of the constables of the County of Otsego & duly authorized to act as such a constable & that the above is his genuine hand writing & signature.
Given under my hand and seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego this 17 day of June 1823.
William Nichols Clerk
of the said Court aforesaid
Dated 17th June 1823

I William Nichols Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oaths and the schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; I 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 Seventy five cents----

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 17th day of June 1823.
Otsego County } ss:
William Nichols, Clk

We the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County Do assess & appraise
the property of Hosea Lyons a pensioner in his
inventory mentioned annexed to twenty five cents & no more-
17th June 1823
John C Morris. Elisha Forte
John Woodbury. Delos White
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Hosea Lyons
New York

Application to be restored

Agent 
Mr. Alvan Stewart
Cherry Valley
Otsego
N.Y.
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Hosea Lyons
Town of Cherry Valley, Otsego County
New York
Application to be restored
A private in Col Livingston's regiment N. Y. line enlisted for three years, on 27th May 1776 remained in service 6 yrs., honorably
discharged in N.Y
1st Schedule dated 20th June 1820
20 chickens & hens, 1 trammel, 1 pr. tongs valued at -$7.55
Michael Phenis Junr under obligation by an "award" to provide for said Hosea during life and life of wife, a Dwelling and Cow and annually, fire wood, vegetables for season
16 Bushels wheat, 200 lb. Pork, 100 lb. Beef, 6 lbs. tea, 10 Bushels apples, 50 lb. Sugar & $4 in Cash -  In case of wife's death, one half of
the above - optional with said Phenis Jr to transfer the obligation.
This income valued by the Court at $100 per annum
No debts mentioned in this schedule

Origin, and loss of income

Said Lyons, with wife, and grandchild about 4 years of age lived on a piece of ground in the town of C. Valley County and State as above; and being very infirm and incapable of labor determined to convey their land to some person who would support them during their joint lives-
Accordingly in 1810, conveyed the same absolutely to McFee, and took a personal obligation for the amt of allowance above mentioned -
In 1812. McF. conveyed to Burdlehoch, who in 1814 conveyed to Bowman
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who conveyed to Farquharson, who in 1817, conveyed to Michael Phenis, Jun'r, then apparently in prosperous circumstances.
Declarant gave up the bond agt, McFee, and took Phenis Jun'rs obligation - personal
for the same purposes. In 1818 Phenis, Jr. conveyed to Ock, who conveyed to Putnam, who in 1821 conveyed to Van Deusen the
present proprietor.
Declar't still retained Phenis' obligation, and that only, believing him to be solvent and supposing the land chargeable in case of accident:  and as the allowance had been paid
by the successive occupants, supposed Van Deusen, would do the same.
In March 1821 Phenis Jr. failed - Van Deusen
would pay nothing, and the Declarant, who entered into the contract in the foregoing instances without legal counsel, is now
advised, that he is without remedy.
That whatever right claim or interest he had or might have to said annuity, the same was sold without limitation under an execution in favor of Robert Dunlap Merchant, for a debt of $25, and bought in by Plaintiff for $15.
Constable's certificate, properly authenticated, produced - corroborating sale as above. The creditor's evidence not furnished, but
Declarant says this debt was for goods purchased.  When  - not mentioned
The Deeds, and other writings obligatory, herein mentioned, have not been exhibited. Nor does the insolvency of Phenis Jr appear, except from the affidavit of Declarant and circumstances.
No satisfactory reason is assigned, why the annuity sold for so small a sum. Declarant says, probably from a reluctance in the bystanders to bid, and the "cruelty of the act." It may
however with propriety be inferred, that the insolvency of Phenis Jr
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and a belief that the land was not liable, were the true causes --- unless it should be questioned, whether such an interest, could be levied on at all. --
2d Schedule is dated 17th June 1823, property:
1 pocket book valued by Court at 75 Cents
Lyons is Aged 69 in 1823, wife 75. no other
in family, unable to labor; no means of support but from charity.
I certify that I have examined this case and am of
the opinion that according to the principles which have governed in previous decisions the claim ought to be admitted.
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Hosea Lyons, pensioner
Explanation
Feb'y 3d 1824
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Otsego County } ss:
Hosea Lyons being duly Sworn says that the execution & Judgement referred to in the application of this this deponent in June last in favor of Robert Dunlap as Merchant of Cherry-
Valley was for goods sold this deponent out of the said Roberts store & was justly due & the 
title & interest which this deponent had in the said award referred to in this deponent's application has been disposed of forever by the said sale and this deponent has
no interest therein, and has rec'd none of the benefits of the said award towards his maintenance since the said sale, and
this deponent knows no other reason why the interest in the said award did not sell
for a greater sum unless it was the reluctance which persons present felt at bidding
upon that which constituted the only means of support of this deponent & from the apparent
enuelty of the act and this
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deponent says he & his wife have to rely on the charity for support -- and further
this deponent saith not.
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark
Sworn before me this
23 day of January 1824 
Delos White Judge of Otsego County Court

I hereby certify that Delos White was one
of the Judges of the County Court of
Otsego County at the date of the above
affidavit & the above is his genuine
hand writing & signature-
In witness whereof I have hereunto as
Clerk of said County Court set my hand &
seal of said Court this 3d day of
February 1824 -
William Nichols Clk
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Hosea Lyons' 
application for a Pension

M 604
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State of New York Otsego County  } ss:
On this tenth day of October 1834 personally appeared before me James O. Morse First Judge of the County Courts in & for said County & State Hosea Lyons (who from bodily infirmity is unable to attend court) resident of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery in said State aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that in the year 1818 he made application for the benefit of the act of the 18th of March 1818 and was placed on the pension list, roll of the New York agency at the rate of eight dollars per month.  That this deponent was dropped therefrom on account of his having some property; that since the passage of the law of the Seventh of June 1832 this deponent has not been of sufficient body or mental strength to make an application; but is now able to do it. This deponent further says that the certificate which he received under the act of 1818 he left with his then Counsel Messrs. Morse & Stewart & that they have mislaid it so that it cannot be found.  That he is now in great want of a pension having nothing but charity as support. This deponent further says the length of his service in the New York line under different officers was for about seven years the particulars of which are stated in his application made in the year 1818.
[signed] Hosea Lyons (X) his mark
Sworn & subscribed this 10th day of October before me, J.O. Morse, 
First Judge of Otsego County
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State of New York
Otsego County  } ss:
I certify that in the year 1818 I in conjunction with Alvan Stewart made application for Hosea Lyons who made the preceding affidavit to be placed on the pension list which was done and that the certificate which said Lyons then received is lost or mislaid.  That the Hosea Lyons to whom the certificate was granted was the same Hosea Lyons who made the preceding affidavit -- that the reason the said Hosea Lyons was not continued as a pensioner was, as I understand, that he was not at that period wholly destitute of property.
James O. Morse, First Judge of Otsego County

 State of New York
Otsego County  } ss: I Horace Lathrop Clerk of said County do hereby certify that James O. Morse Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the date of the same First Judge of Otsego County Court.  And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge & verily believe his name subscribed to the within affidavit and to the above certificate to be his genuine signatures.
Given under my hand & seal of the said County this 23d day of October A.D. 1834
Horace Lathrop Clerk for J.W. Richardson Depy
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Authenticated affidavit of claimant exhibited, stating that the award, allowing him certain necessities of life, was sold to Robert Dunlap, on a judgment in payment of a debt due him for store goods – that it was disposed of without limitation.  That he cannot account for its being sold for a small sum “unless it was the reluctance felt by persons present to bid upon that, which was the only means of claimant’s support, and the cruelty of the act.”
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Margaret McFee
Rep’t of Hosea Lyons D’d

Addl proof

Adriel Ely
Watertown NY
Atty
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State of New York
County of Jefferson } ss:

Philip L. Lawdry, a resident of Theresa in the County aforesaid, being duly sworn, deposes and says he is well acquainted with Mrs. Margaret McFee of said town:  that he has known her for many years and was well acquainted with her father and mother and brother; that she is the daughter of Hosea Lyons who resided in Otsego County New York and was pensioned under the first act of Congress and died at Michael Van Deusen’s in 1837 according to his present belief.  The said Hosea Lyons had two children, viz. Joseph Lyons and Margaret, and the wife of Andrew McFee.  Joseph died in Canada in 1836 and Margaret is his only surviving child.  The wife of Hosea Lyons died before him and according to his best recollection of the event, in the month of January 19 1828.  He further says that he has no interest in the application he is informed Mrs. McFee is making for the pension due her father at his death.
[signed] Philip L. Lawdry

Sworn & subscribed before me this 
5th day of June 1854 & I certify said Deponent 
Is a man of truth.
Thomas Robinson, Justice Peace
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State of New York
County of Jefferson } ss:
Elizabeth Sawdy being sworn deposes and says that she is the wife of Philip S. Sawdy who
has made the foregoing affidavit :  that she is acquainted with all the facts & circumstances set forth in the aforesaid affidavit of her
husband & knows them to be true.
Sworn & Subscribed this [line cut off].

State of New York,
JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, } ss.
I, JOHN L MARSH, Clerk of the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that Thomas Robinson Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, duly authorized to take
the same; and further, that I am well
acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe his signature thereto is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 7th day of June 1854
Jno L Marsh Clerk.
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State of New York
County of Jefferson } ss:
Elizabeth Sawdy being sworn deposes and says that she is the wife of Philip S. Sawdy who
has made the foregoing affidavit : that she is acquainted with all the facts & circumstances set forth in the aforesaid affidavit of her
husband & knows them to be true.
[signed] Elizabeth Sawdy
Sworn & Subscribed this fifth day of June 1854
before me & I certify that said deponent is a Lady of respectability & truth.
Thomas Robinson, Justice Peace
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It must be shewn why any allowance is made in this case from Mr. Van Deusen.  The nature of Mr. V.D's allowance to the claimant must be proved by official documents, or copies thereof, duly certified by the proper office.  Let these papers remain in the office, and write a letter.
War Dep. Pension Office
Jan 2. 1821
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not sent to A Stewart Esq
19 July 1821 Cherry Valley
New York
808
11,
New York
Hosea Lyons
of Cheny Vally in the State of New
who was a Private in the regiment commanded ┃
Colonel Livingston of the New York
line, for the term of seven years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of
Dillars per month, to commence on
the 4
of April
1818
Certificate of Pension issue the 10th June 18
and sent to Morse & Stewart
Cherry Valley New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar
Semi-anl. all'ce ending
10th 374
Discontin
1819.
1819.
9980
23
$23
volutionary claim,
18th March, 1818.}
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respecting service of Lyons, See letter 30
June 1828 to A. Stewart.
Let to J. O. Morse 26 Jan '37


Hosea Lyons
New York
Application to be restored

Brief within
see letter 9 May 1825 to Agt.
Mr Alvan Stewart
Cherry Valley
Otsego
NY
see letter to A Stewart
Let. J. Morse June 24. 1837
last evidence 3d Feby 1824
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New York
Hosea Lyons, private
served 3 years from 1776
1st Schedule dated 20th
June, 1820.
20 chickens and 8 hens, 1 hog, 1 pr. tongs
valued by court. $7.55
Claimant has an award against Michael Phenis, Jr., in favor of himself and wife for life, viz. a dwelling house, fire wood, 1 cow, vegetables, 16 bushels wheat, 200 lbs. pork, 100 lbs. beef, 6 lbs. tea, 10 bushels apples, 50 lbs. sugar and cash, $4, in case of his wife's death, he is to
receive one half of the above annually; states however, that it is optional with Phenis whether he furnishes the above or not. - 
Schedule under Act 1st Mar. 1823. dated 17th June, 1823.
States that he has no real or personal property whatever, nor notes, bonds, claims or securities - a contract entered into between himself and Michael Phenis, by which he was to be furnished with necessaries for use of himself and wife, was sold on a judgment, in favor of
Robert Dunlap on the 7th June, 1823, at public vandue and that he is now entirely destitute of any means of support
Claimant aged 69, unable to labor wife 75, no
other in family.
see letter 4 Septr 1823, to
Wm. Nichols
Cooperstown, N.Y.

4 Sep. 1819
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Notif. sent to A Stewart Esq
19 July 1821 Cherry Valley
New York

11, 808
New York
Hosea Lyons
of Cherry Valley in the State of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded  by Colonel Livingston of the New York line, for the term of seven years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of  8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th June 1818 and sent to Morse & Stewart, Cherry Valley New York

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 - $88.23
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819 - $48.00
10 mo. 27/30 4/31
[Total] $136.23

[Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

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