Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Joseph Harris, New York Agency
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Harris, Joseph
New York Agency
NUMBER
Dis.
No papers

CONTENTS
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405 S. Market St.,
Johnstown, N. Y.,
June 23, 1933.

Mr. A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
A short time ago I wrote you asking for copies of pensions belonging
to different Joseph Harrises, June 6 
I had your reply, it says in reply refer to: BA-J/AWF)
giving Joseph Harris-R.4647, and saying that he was the only Joseph Harris of Connecticut who
received a pension, and that there was no Joseph Harris of Rhode Island who had a pension.

I wonder if you will help me find my right Joseph Harris. I know that
he was "a soldier in the Revolution, was wounded in battle, and received a pension." He was the
father of my great grandmother, Susan Harris, who was born March 2, 1787. Susan married first
a man by the name of Burnham, and their first child Rhoda was b. 1809, and died 1810 in
Portageville, Allegany Co., N. Y. The other children by Burnham were: Charles, b. 1811, and
d. 1812; Thomas J. b. 1812, 
d---; John Lansing, b. 1813, and d. 1814. I don't know where they
were born or died. Then by a second husband named Williams, she had twins, Diane and Dina,
born 1815. Then about 1819 she married my great grandfather, Charles C. Thomson. They were
married by Judge Ketchel, Bishop of Warrensburgh, Warren Co., N. Y. Their children were: Charles,
b. 1820; Lemon, b. 1822; Benjamin, b. 1823; Susan, b. 1824; Edward, b. 1826; William (my grandfather)
b. 1828; Zimri, b. 1829; and Anna Mariah b. 1833. They lived some time in Thurman and
then Johnsburgh, Warren Co., N.Y.

I don't know any more about Joseph Harris her father, but thought that
perhaps there would be some family data on his pension paper which would prove it for me.
Sometimes I think he might have come from Vermont, would you please tell me if there was a
Joseph Harris from Vermont, who had a pension, or any from Massachusetts, or Pennsylvania, or
maybe New Jersey, or from New York. I have a copy of the pension claim of Joseph Harris, no.
S. 44391, but it does not give any family data, which would prove it. Could you tell me if there
was any other Joseph Harris in New York State who had a pension. If a Joseph Harris from any
of these states had a pension would you please send me a copy of them?

Hopeing to hear from you as soon as possible, and thanking you,
Very Sincerely,
Winifred Thomson Argersinger (Mrs. F. J.)
Mrs. Frank J. Argersinger.

P.S. I know that Susan had a sister, Zilpah who married a man named Loveland. 
W.T. A.

RECEIVED
JUN 27 1933
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS. ADM.
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July 1, 1933
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BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Frank J. Argersinger
405 S. Market Street
Johnstown, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of June 23,
in which you request the Revolutionary War record
of your ancestor, Joseph Harris, who you state was
wounded in battle and received a pension. You also
state in your letter that the records furnished you
by this office of Joseph Harris, S.44391 and Joseph
Harris, R.4647, do not contain the information you
desire.

This office has no general genealogical data
on file.

In the report of the Secretary of War in relation
to the pension establishment of the United States,
printed in 1835, the name Joseph Harris appears on a
list of Invalid Pensioners, who have been [illegible]
of pensions at the Agency of New York, and whose residence
could not be ascertained, in consequence of the
destruction of the papers, when the War Office was
burned in 1800 and in 1814.

Said list shows that Joseph Harris was a private
and was pensioned from September 2, 1808, under the
Act of April 27, 1810, on account of disability.

There are no further data relative to this man,
due to the burning of papers, as described above.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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