Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23691, John Healy, N.Y.
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Healy, John

NUMBER
S.23691

CONTENTS
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[28845?]
New York 
John Healy of Oppenheim in the State of New York who was a Pri. & Sergt. in the Compy. commanded by Captain Coburn of the Regt commanded by Col. Alden in the Connecticut line for 10 mo 13 ds pri 
26 ds Sergt.

Inscribed on Roll of New York at the rate of 39 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1834 and sent to A. Morrell Johnstown 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34   118.28
Semi-anl. allowance ending 19.88 
[total] $138.16
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo Wm Crump Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 112
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State of New York 
Montgomery County ss  on this 9th day of November 1833 personally appeared before me Abraham Morrell First Judge of the court of common pleas of said County being a court of record, and of the degree of counsellor at law in the Supreme Court of said State, John Healy a resident of Oppenheim county and state aforesaid aged Seventy seven years on the thirteenth day of January last 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 entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated 
That deponant entered said service as aforesaid in the town of Sturbridge County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts on the 20th day of September 1776 and continued in such service at  this time until the 5th day of December then next following being two months and fifteen days. That deponant was drafted into said service and joined the company at Sturbridge aforesaid on said 20th day of September 1776. That Timothy Newell was captain of said company, Benjamin Freeman Lieutenant & Samuel Healy Ensign. That said Company belonged to a Regiment of which one Conners was Colonel. That deponant marched with said Company from Sturbridge aforesaid to Horse neck and lay there with said company three weeks and from thence marched with said company to Terrytown [Tarrytown] in the State of New York and lay there rising of six weeks and was there honorably discharged on or about the 5th day of December 1776 about 140 Miles from home  That deponant fought in battles occurring this season but did duty under said officers as afore  [aforesaid]
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[afore]said upon the marches and at the several places as aforesaid guarding the country against the common Enemy, when deponant entered said service as aforesaid he resided in the town of Dudly [Dudley] County of Worcester State of Massachusetts. deponant served as a private in said company during the whole time of said services as aforesaid - deponent had no written discharge and deponant cannot state further particulars in relation to said service at this time 
That deponent entered said service again on the first day of May 1777 and continued therein for eight months when he was honorably discharged on the first day of December 1777 at Albany in the State of New York  That deponent resided in said town of Dudly when he entered the services at the time, that deponant with fifteen others passed muster at this time of service  in the Town of Leicester in said County of Worcester and from thence went with said fifteen persons to Springfield to receive orders from one Ely [illegible] who ordered deponant and said companions on to Peekskill to which place we repaired and joined a company commanded by Captain Coburn, Stephen Carter Lieutenant & Severinus Pike Ensign and said company belonged to a Regiment of which one Alden was Colonel and said Regiment belonged to a Brigade of which General Nexson had the command That deponant marched with said company from Peekskill up the north River to Fort Edward and Fort Ann and from thence retreated down the River to Saratoga and was there engaged in said service at the Surrender of Burgoin in October 1777, after the surrender of Burgoin received orders to march to Esopus and marched with the company accordingly a few miles below Albany when we received counter orders to return as far back as Albany when we lay on the hill until
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the day of my discharge as last aforesaid 
Deponent entered said service this time as aforesaid under the following circumstances namely Congress had directed several Regiments to be raised by enlistment and said regiments not being filled by enlistment the Legislature of Massachusetts directed drafts or detachments from the Militia to fill up in said Regiments her quota of men in pursuance of which deponant was detached and drafted and served as herein lastly before stated during this service deponant served in said company as a private and deponent received no written discharges deponant cannot state further particulars about this last service aforesaid then as aforesaid stated after this deponants discharge as last aforesaid he served in the capacity of servant or waiter to Captain Coburn from the said first day of December 1777 to the month of March than next following when deponant was discharged from said last service at Albany at which place deponant entered upon said last service as aforesaid and remained continually in the service last aforesaid under said Colburn from said 1st December 1777 to March 1788 [sic] at Albany and whether this last service namely from 1st December 1777 to March 1788 [sic] under Capt. Colburn as his servant carries within the act of 7th June 1872 deponant is unable to state and submits to the war department to determine 
Deponant further says that he entered the service of the United States again on the seventeenth day of June 1778 and was discharged the 20th July 1778 being one month in said service at this time. That he resided
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in said town of Dudly when he entered said last service and served in company of which John Putnam was captain and one Ballard Lieutenant This deponant was drafted into said service this time and acted during the whole month in the capacity of Orderly Sergeant but had no written warrant to his knowledge entered said last service at the town of Sutton in the said County of Worcester and marched from thence with the company to Providence where we lay there a few days only, then marched with the company to East Greenwich and was there stationed doing day by guarding the country until he was discharged as last aforesaid at which last place he was honorably discharged on said 20 day of July 1778 as aforesaid - the discharge not written but verbal

That deponant has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Jonathan Bacon who can testify as for facts as set forth in his affidavit hereto annexed
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This deponant was born in the town of Dudly County Worcester and State of Massachusetts on the 13th day of January 1756 and deponant has a record of his age in his family Bible and the following is a copy of said record namely “John Healy was born January 13 1756” and said Record is now in deponants possession at his dwelling house in said town of Oppenheim deponant was living when called into the service as aforesaid from time to time, in the town of Dudly county of Worcester & State of Massachusetts as aforesaid and since the revolutionary war deponant has continued to reside in the town of Dudly aforesaid until about 13 years ago since which time deponant has resided in Oppenheim county of Montgomery and State of New York aforesaid in which last place deponant now resides
deponant can make no further statement than as above of the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served nor [illegible, more?] about the continental and Militia regiments that he can recollect nor about the general circumstances of his service
deponant never received a written discharge from the service. deponant is known in his present neighborhood to Nathan Brown Josiah a Brown Jonathan Bacon and who can testify to my character for varacity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution
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This deponant hereby relinquishes any 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 and state 
This deponant says that there is no clergy man in his neighborhood or presently or within this deponants reach and who are acquainted with deponant, to testify to deponants varacity, to deponants knowledge. This deponant says he is blind and cannot see to write
[signed] John Healy X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written Befor me
[signed] Abm Morrell First Judge of the Court of Common pleas of Montgomery County being a Court of record
The said Judge propounded to the said John Healy the following interrogatories and to which he made the following answers upon his Oath aforesaid & embodied in the declaration viz
1 where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in the town of Dudley County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts on the 13 day of January 1756 
2 - Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it? 
Answer I have a record of my age and the same is in my family Bible, now in my possession in Oppenheim Montgomery County & State of New York where I now reside
3 where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
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Answer In the Town of Dudly County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts I was living when called into service from time to time as aforesaid and I continued to live in said Town of Dudley since the revolutionary war until about thirteen years ago, when I moved from Dudly aforesaid to the town of Oppenheim county of Montgomery & State of New York where I now live.
4th How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom? 
Answer I was not a substitute but was drafted into the service the first time I entered as before stated. The second time I entered the service Congress had directed several Regiments to be raised by enlistment and said Regiments not being raised by enlistment the Legislature of Massachusetts directed [illegible] or detachments from the Militia to be made to fill up said Regiments & thereby furnish her to men in pursuance of which I was detained & drafted & served as I before stated and the last time I entered the service I was drafted 
5th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops, where you served such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services
Answer. I cannot state further than I have herein before stated, which statement is correct according to the best of my present recollection & belief
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it signed? & what has become of it? 
Answer, I never received a written discharge from the service, the discharges were verbal
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7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution 
Answer Nathan Brown Josiah o Brown Jonathan Bacon reside in my present neighborhood and are persons to whom I am Known and they can testify to my character for veracity and to their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution The aforesaid answers are all likewise embodied in the declaration aforesaid – [signed] John Healy

State of New York 
Montgomery County ss
I Abraham Morrell do hereby certify that the above interrogatories were severally put by me to the said John Healy and he answered as above stated embodied in his declaration upon his oath aforesaid & I further certify that the said John Healy is a person of strict varacity & integrity to my knowledge and generally reputed to be so in the neighborhood where he resides and that I have full faith and confidence in the foregoing declaration of of the said John Healy and I believe the same to be true and to be relied upon by the war department. Dated this 9th day of November 1833 
[signed] Abm Morrell First Judge of the court of common pleas of Montgomery County being a court of Record
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29584
John Healy







Abm. Morrell Esq
Johnstown New York
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. the following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace ( thus  }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation  of your claim.

A STATEMENT, showing the Service of John Healy

Duration of Service 2 mos. 15 days under Capt. Newell;  8 Mos under Capt Aldin Coluson in Col. Putnam's Regt.
26 days as a Serg't

I am respectfully, Your Obedient Servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers", all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
--------------DECLARATION -----------------
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of, County of}  ss.

On this...................day of .................... personally appeared (a) before..............   A. B. a resident (b) of .........................................in the county of
......................... and State, Territory or District
of.......... aged (c)...................years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)..................., with..............
and served in the ....................(e) regiment of the ......................................line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. ☛This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ..........................................................
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.        A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I...................................of the Court of............................
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ................................... .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ........... day of
.......................  &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ................ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with .............................................. who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ...............
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ...................... and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ..............................
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I ........................Clerk of the Court of .....................
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ........day of .........
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
"Applicant is referred to E.D. Bangs Sect'y of the State of Massachusetts for proof of his services"
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his Case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Miltia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
{To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{ To an Office. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
   Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge  or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
..............................................................................................
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades:--For----year------months, and------ days I served as a -----------.  For ----months, and------ days I served as a -----------.
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months", in the militia &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is  highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that is was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate
in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

---Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

---Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official 
character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
 ☞ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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23691.
INVALID.
Revolution

File No. 23,691
John Healy
Sergt  Rev War
......................................................

Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2,   Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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On Rolls Aldens
15 May 77.  8mo. - 13th
Jany 78- 7mos.  28 dys

7.28 Cohern
2.15 Newell
10.13
- 26 Sergt Putnam

ADMd
10 mo 13-dys pri
--------26 dys Serg't
..............................................................................................
John Healy of
Oppenheim County of Montgomery 
and State of New York

Application for a pension under
the act of 7th June 1832

Hon. Secretary of War may send
pension Certificate to John Healy 
applicant, at Oppenheim N York
or to the said subscriber residing at Johnstown Montgomery County
State of New York
Abm. Morrell
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Adm'd
NY
July 21

Pension Office

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
District  of Columbia
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Johnstown July 12th 1834-
Dear Sir,
I herewith return to the war department, the
papers of John Healy a revolutionary soldier with the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts annexed. I think your honor will have no difficulty in deciding that Mr Healy is entitled to a pension under the act of 7 June 1832. Certificate may be sent to Healy or to me at your Election
Yours with sentiments of of high regard
Abm Morrell


Hon Lewis Cap
Secretary of War.
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Abm. Morrell Esq
Johnstown 
Montgomery County NY
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 7th 1834
I Hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of John Healey, as a Sergeant,
is borne on a roll for additional pay due the
Company under the command of Capt. John
Putnam, in Col. Wades Regt. where he is allowed from June 20th 1785. twenty six days.-
John Healy claims for services under Capt.
Timothy Newell, in Col. Converse's Reg't in 1776, under Capt. Coburn in Col Alden's Regt in 1777, and for further services under Capt. John Putnam in 1778, but the rolls he describes are not found in this Office, except the one above mentioned.
Edward D Bangs  Sec'y
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State of New York
Mongomery County to Jonathan Bacon being duly sworn says that he resides in Oppenheim County & states and says that he knows John Healy who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration and accompanies his pension- him the said John Healy  and was acquainted with him in the Revoutionary war & declares that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Then apparently  became
acquainted with the said John Healy as early as towards 1776 & that the said John Healy at that time entered the service of the United States and continued in said service as long as one month- That the said Healey served in Captain John Pitman's company at Sutton County of Worcester and State of Masssachusetts- returned to Providence and then to East Greenwich when he was discharged doing duty as orderly sergeant. That he appeared to be a good soldier and sustained a good character- That deponent has heard the annexed declaration of the said John Healey and believes that all of it is true.
as stated deponent being personally acquainted with one of the parts as above detailed and set forth by the deponent
that deponent now seventy four years of age
   Jonathan Bacon
Sworn and Subscribed this }
9th day of November 1833}

Before me Abm.  Morrell First Judge
of the Court of Common pleas in
and for the County of Montgomery
being a Court of Record in said County & State
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State of New York
Montgomery Ss.  Abraham Morrell First Judge of the Court of Common pleas of said County in
said State being a Court of Record do hereby
certify that I am acquainted with the said Jonathan Bacon who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit-
Given under my hand this 9th day of November 1833
Abm. Morrell  First Judge
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We Josiah O Brown residing in the Town
of Oppenheim County of Montgomery County and State of N York and Nathan Brown residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Healy of the same place has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age as last January-that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and we concur in that opinion
   Josiah O Brown
   Nathan Brown
Sworn and Subscribed this 9th day of November 1833 
Before me Abm Morrell. First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County being a Court of record in said County in the State of New York.
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And the said Abraham Morrell First Judge
of the Court of Common pleas of the county of Montgomery in the State of New York
(said Court being a Court of record)
does hereby declare his opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named John
Healy the applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the said
Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Josiah O. Brown who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the
town of Oppenheim in the County of Montgomery aforesaid and is a credible person and that Nathan Brown who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Oppenheim in said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to
credit.
And the said Judge hereby further certifies that the said applicant cannot from bodily
infirmity attend the Court and that in this
Judges opinion, the said applicant cannot
produce his witnesses and persons of assistance in court is meant too much expense and inconvenience to him. Given under my hand at Johnstown in this county of Montgomery this 9th day December 1833
   Abm Morrell, First Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in the County of Montgomery
State of New York
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State of New York}
Montgomery County}
Clerk's Office}

I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery aforesaid do hereby certify that Abraham Morrell Esq before whom the annexed application of John Healy, and the annexed affidavit of Jonathan Bacon, Josiah O Brown & Nathan Brown purport to have been sworn, that on the date thereof First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge & verily believe that his name Subscribed to the said application & affidavits & the certificates thereto subjoined is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my office this third day of  (December) January 1834.
The word " December" above erased
Geo: D. Ferguson
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I Jason Phipps of Thompson in the County of
Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful
age do testify & say: That I am well acquainted with John Healy late of Dudley and now living in Oppenheim in the State of New York and have always known him from his childhood, until within 16 years past I have always lived in his immediate neighborhood. I have heard Lieut Stephen Carter late of Dudley deceased say that he enlisted the said John Healy in the year 1777 as a Soldier in the Revolutionary army for the Term of Eight months, and that said John served the said
term of Eight months. I heard the said Carter
state, these facts in the presence of said John immediately after they had returned from the Army, as early as the following spring and among other things he said that said John was at the taking of Burgoyne. I am well knowing that said Carter was in the
service in the year 1777 having met in New Jersey with him while in the service myself.
I served in Capt Childs Company but he the said Carter was attached to another company & regiment- I went from Connecticut, and said Carter from Massachusetts. Said Carter formerly lived in Dudley but removed from there about thirty years ago to Whitestown
N.York where he died several years since
I am now seventy five years of age; and
am now in the receipt of a pension under the
late act of Congress, and further the Deponent saith not.
Jason Phipps
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester SS Dec. 2d 1833. Then personally appeared the above named Jason Phipps and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
Geo. A. Tufts and I hereby certify that said
Phipps is well known to me to be a man of veracity
Geo. A Tufts  Jus of Peace
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I William Healy of Dudley in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am now Sixty nine years of age and that I am and always have been acquainted with John Healy late of Dudley now of Oppenheim in the State of N. York the said John until within 16 years past, was my next door neighbor, and I well recollect that he
sometime in the spring of 1777 enlisted for the Term of Eight months in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted under Lieut Stephen Carter there of said Dudley, who was my uncle
I know that said John marched from Dudley immediately after he enlisted in company with said Carter and several others. Said Carter removed from Dudley to Whitestown more than 30 years ago where he died about 15 years since. All the other persons whom
I knew marched with said John from Dudley are dead, many of them died with the
smallpox at Albany. I know that the said John did not return from the army to his home until
sometime in the winter 1778. I understood from said Carter that said John served out his Term of Eight months and remained for
two month after the expiration of his said term for the purpose of nursing the sick at Albany and further the deponent saith not.       Wm Healy
..............................................................................................Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester SS. Dec 2d 1833
Then personally appeared the above named William Healy and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me Geo. A. Tufts and I hereby certify that said Wm Healy is well known to me, to be a man of veracity
Geo. A. Tufts Jus. of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss
I Jos G. Kendall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, certify that George A. Tufts, Esquire, before whom the above named Jason Phipps and William
Healy made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavits, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and duly qualified to act as such, and that his signature to said affidavits is in his own hand writing
In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this second day of December A.D. 1833-
Jos. G. Kendall Clerk
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I Jonathan Perry of Southbridge, in the
County of Worcester and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, being Seventy nine years of
age do declare, that in 1777 I was at
the taking of General Burgoine (sic) &
belonged to a company of Militia commanded by Captain Timothy Newell of
Sturbridge in the County of Worcester-
John Healy belonged to the same company. He said Healy was out two months with me in this campaign-
   His
   Jonathan  X  Perry
   Mark
Attest Pearly Healy
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester Ss. Aug't 13. 1832
Then personally appeared Jonathan Perry who
signed the above Deposition in my presence
and made solemn oath, that the same is made
before me-
Frederic W. Bottom Jus Pacis
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I hereby certify, that I am acquainted with
Jonathan Perry who signed the above
Affidavit and he is reputed to be a man of Veracity by his Neighbors
Frederic W. Bottom Jus Pacis.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester Ss.
I  Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, certify that Frederick W. Bottom, Esquire, before whom the within named Jonathan Perry made oath to the within affidavit, is a
Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester & is duly qualified to
act as such, and that his signature within written, appears to be genuine-
In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and
affix the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this second day of December A.D. 1833
   Jos. G. Kendall Cler