Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,797, Israel Ward, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE      New York
Ward, Israel

NUMBER     S. 14.797.

carded

CONTENTS  
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24874.
New York 
Israel Ward of Herkimer Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Hogeboom of the Regt commanded Col Van Ness in the N York line for 15 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Mar 1834 and sent to Hon A. Mann Ho. Reps 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34                $150.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '34     25.00 $175.00 

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 , 1832.}

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 129 


Dead 
Letter to Judd & Holmes 18 Oct 1841.
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No 14945
Izrael Ward
Herkimer Co.
NY ---


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[crossed out 'James Mcauley --  Frankford   N.Y.']
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
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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 a 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 the regulations will shew 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, shewing the Service of Izeral Ward Herkimer Co NY --

[Service rendered is presented in tabular form with the column headings as follows:]
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Names and Rank of thew General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence byt which the declaration is supported.

Period . . . enlisted Sep- 1777 disced  July 1778
Duration of the claimant's service. 9 Months
Rank of the claimant.  Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Captn Cooper
Names and Rank of thew General and Field officers.  Colo Courtland
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.  Dutchess County
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  81 year   Dutchess State N.Y.
Evidence byt which the declaration is supported.  Traditional

Period . . .  2 Term enlisted early Feby 1778
Duration of the claimant's service.  3 Months.
Rank of the claimant.  Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Captn Cooper
Names and Rank of thew General and Field officers.   Colo Courtland
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.   Herkimer -- NY -
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  Dutchess State N.Y.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditional

Period . . .  3rd enlist Oct 1780     Jany 1781
Duration of the claimant's service.  3 Months.  15 Days.
Rank of the claimant.  Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.   Captn Hogeboom
Names and Rank of thew General and Field officers.   Colo Van Ness.     Gen Renseller
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.   Dutchess.    Collent.  Oblong.   Poughkeepsie.    Spencer Town.  Albany
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  Dutchess State N.Y.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Traditional
 

I  am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. 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 provion 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 enered 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 for a pension. 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has 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 day 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 applicacation 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 Militia, 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 Officer. { 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 he 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 enquiry 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 for low 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 and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law the pension being then in the presence. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the mining 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 of plate where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he 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 pursuit. 
[ 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. } 16

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. 
[ k ] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[ 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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State of New York } 
County of Herkimer } ss.:
On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Herkimer now sitting Israel Ward a resident of the town of Litchfield in the County of Herkimer and State of New York in the eighty first year of his age 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 named officers and Served as herein stated- That the first term he served he enlisted at the Precinct of Beekman in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on or about the first day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven for the period of nine months in a company of rangers commanded by Captain Cooper - That the name of the lieutenant of said company was [crossed out words] McLaugton Smith - That [crossed out 'he has forgotten'] the name of the ensign of said company - was Daniel Gazly who died shortly after   That at the time he enlisted as aforesaid he was a resident of the aforesaid Precinct of Beekman in the aforesaid County of Dutchess and State of New York - That the said company in which he enlisted formed a part of a regiment of New York State troops commanded by Colonel Courtland - That the said company in which he enlisted joined the said regiment commanded by Colonel Courtland at a place near Peekskill in the said County of Dutchess then he believes called Hackensac - That shortly after the said company joined the said regiment commanded by colonel Courtland the said Colonel Courtland ordered the company commanded by the aforesaid captain Cooper to
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march to a place in the said county of Dutchess then called Oblong and to Dover and distant about twenty five miles -- That he marched with said company to Oblong aforesaid where the said company took a position and encamped  That they were employed thence forward till the end of the nine months as souts -- That they were sent out in small parties and ranged along the borders of the Hudson and the southerly parts of the said county of Dutchess and the northerly parts of the county of Winchester in the said State of New York in order to watch the motions of the enemy capture tories and spies and prevent the disaffected inhabitants in those parts from supplying the enemy with provisions -- That during the time he spent in this tour of service the vessels of the British were frequently seen in the Hudson and held intercourse with the disaffected -- That the British in the fall of this year captured Forts Montgomery and Clinton and destroyed considerable part of the stores at Peekskill in the said county of Dutchess -- that he continued in the service until he had fully served out the nine months for which he had enlisted when he was honourably discharged it being about the first of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight -- That he has no documentary evidence at the present time of his se3rvice and discharge -- That at the time of his aforesaid discharge he received from the said captain Cooper under whom he served a written discharge which was burnt about four years after the termination of the revolutionary war at the town of Spencertown in the county of Columbia in the said state of New York at the time his house was burnt with almost every thing he had in it which he then possessed -- That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can
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testify to his service
That the second term he served he enlisted in the early part of the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight for the period of three months he then being a resident of the Precinct of Beekman in the county of Dutchess and State of New York in the company commanded by captain Cooper under he whom had served in his former enlistment -- That he does not remember the given name of Captain Cooper -- that the name of the lieutenant of the said company was Lank Smith and that of the ensign Daniel Gazeley -- That the said company in which he enlisted marched to the town of Fishkill in the said county of Dutchess where it joined the regiment of New York troops commanded by colonel Courtland the said company forming a part of said regiment -- That two or three days after they had joined the said regiment he marched to a place in the said county of Dutchess then called Oblong where the said company was stationed -- That they were sent out in small parties and ranged the country in the vicinity of Dover or Oblong aforesaid and those parts of the said county of Dutchess adjacent to the Hudson northerly as far as Poughkeepsie in said county and apprehended tories and spies and those of the disaffected inhabitants whom they found who supplied the enemy or attempted to respply them with provisions -- That Oblong at which the company had their headquarters was about ten miles easterly of the Hudson -- That at the end of the three months for which he had enlisted he was honourably discharged having fully served out the time for which he had enlisted -- That he has no documentary evidence of his service and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid
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discharge -- That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
That the third term he served the militia regiment to which he belonged commanded by colonel Peter Van Ness was called out in the early part of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty in order to oppose the British tories and Indians who were ravaging the then county of Tryon in the State of New York lying westwardly of the then county of Albany he then being a resident of the town of Spencertown in the county of Columbia and State of New York -- That the company of militia in the said regiment to which he belonged was commanded by captain Cornelius Hogeboom -- That the name of the lieutenant of the said company to which he belonged was Francis Delong and that of the ensign James Jackson -- That the said company to which he belonged & commanded by the aforesaid captain Hogeboom marched from Spencertown aforesaid through Kinderhook in the said county of Columbia to the city of Albany in the county of Albany and thence to the city of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady about 16 miles to the northwest of the city of Albany where most of the companies forming the militia regiment commanded by the aforesaid colonel Peter Van Ness were embodied -- That after this they marched up the Valley of the Mohawk to Fort Plain in the then county of Tryon but now in the county of Montgomery about forty three miles westerly of the aforesaid city of Schenectady -- That at Fort Plain aforesaid in the town of Minden in the county of Montgomery aforesaid & State of
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New York the said regiment commanded by the aforesaid colonel Peter Van Ness joined a considerable body of militia convened at that place under the command of general van Rensellaer -- That the British Tories and Indians crossed the Mohawk River a little above Fort Plain aforesaid on the south side of said river -- That an action ensued between the militia under the command of said general Van Rensellaer and the British Tories and Indians which lasted a short time when the militia under the aforesaid general van Rensellaer fell back three or four miles -- That several of the militia under the command of the said general van Rensellaer were killed & wounded   That among the wounded was Francis Delong the lieutenant of the militia company in which he served -- That the day after the said action colonel Peter Van Ness ordered him to attend and take care of the said lieutenant Francis Delong until his wound should be healed -- That he according to the orders of the said colonel Peter Van Ness attended and took care of the said Francis Delong the aforesaid lieutenant until he got well of his wound which was not until about the twentieth of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one   That the whole period he served in this tour including the time he attended upon his lieutenant Francis Delong who was wounded as aforesaid was about three months and a half -- That he never had any pay or compensation for his attendance on the said lieutenant Francis Delong -- That he spent about two weeks in this tour of service exclusive of the time he spent in
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attending on the said Lieutenant Francis Delong That he had no particular discharge otherwise than as before stated in his last tour of service That he has no documentary evidence of his service and discharge none having been given to him at the termination of his said tour of service- That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - 

That he has no record of his age - That he was born at the Precinct of Beekman in the County of Dutchess in the State of New about the middle of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty two. 
That he resided in the Precinct of Beekman in the County of Dutchess and State of New York when he first entered the service by enlistment in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven 
That in the month of May and as nearly as he can remember about the twentieth of said month in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight he removed from the Precinct of Beekman in the county of Dutchess aforesaid and state of New York to the town of Spencertown in the county of Columbia in the said State of New York where he resided to the end of the revolutionary war and from that time to the winter of the year one thousand seven hunddred and ninety nine when he removed from the aforesaid town of Spencertown in the
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aforesaid County of Columbia to the town of Warrensburgh in the then County of Washington but now in the County of Warren in the State of New York where he resided until the month of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen when he removed from the said town of Warrensburgh to the town of Scott in the County of Courtland in the aforesaid State of New York where he purchased a lot of land on which he lived till he lost it on account of the title being bad-- That he resided in the said town of Scott & county of Courtland till the month of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty three when he removed from the said town of Scott to the town of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer and State of New York where he resided until the month of March in the spring of the present year when he removed to the town of Litchfield in the said county of Herkimer where he has resided since __

 He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state _ 
Israel Ward
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court }
Julius C Nelson Clerk
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Frankfort County of Herkimer & State of New York 
Septr 4-1833- 

To Messrs John Ward Daniel Ward & Abraham Ward 

Gentleman, 
Israel Ward of the town of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer the brother of your deceased father John Ward has made an application under the pension law of 1832 for a pension but is like to fail for want of direct proof of the services rendered by him in the revolutionary war _ 
Now what he wants of you is this in case you remember of his being in the service in the revolutionary war is your separate affidavits of the facts _ In case you know of his services as he thinks you must; it is desirable that you state in your separate affidavits the year or years or as near as you can he was in the services the names of the captain & lieutenant of the company he served in and the names of the major & Colonel and such other particulars as you or either of you may remember -- Your affidavits may be made before a Justice of the peace and are then to be certified by the clerk of your county stating that the Justice was duly qualified to take the same 

Are Joseph Lawrence Isaac Lawrence Jacob Lawrence Thomas Barker Thomas Shadwell Obadiah Wiley Stephen Tompkins & Jacob Wiley all any or either of them living=  If so please to inquire of them whether they know of the said Israel Ward being in the service in the revolutionary war and as to his service and all the particulars _   Also procure an affidavit of one or more of them as to his service & the time he was in the service with all the particulars &c ___ 
Please to write to me and if you make or procure any affidavits forward them to me as speedily as convenient - 
Mr Ward is now 82 years & upwards as he tells me old _ He is quite destitute - His habits are steady- He is
Daniel Ward of Clinton in the County of Dutchess
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temperate -- Is not able to labor much & must soon be chargeable on his friends & the public unless he gets a pension from his country which I think he merits -- he has not been able to advance any money nor is he now --
Yours &c
James Macauley

A copy

Directions on the letter of which the foregoing is a copy

To Messrs John Ward   Daniel Ward & Abraham Ward or either of them
Clinton
Dutchess County
N. Y.

a letter of which the foregoing with the direction are copies was mailed at this office Sep. 4 - 1832 --
J H Smith

Jared H Smith of the town of Frankfort in the county of Herkimer being duly sworn says that he is a clerk for Ira Curtis the Postmaster of the village of Frankfort in said town -- That the foregoing is a copy of a letter delivered to deponent by James Macauley the atty for Israel Ward -- That said letter after compared with the said copy was sealed & mailed & forwarded for the place of its destination
Jared H Smith
Sworn subscribed taken this 25th of Feby 1834
John Dodge  {Com of Deeds

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Jared H. Smith who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit and that he sustains a fair character and that full faith and credit are owe to his Depositions
John Dodge  Com of Deeds
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In the Matter of Israel Ward an Applicant for a pension }
Israel Ward of the town of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer being sworn deposeth and saith that in the early part of last September he called at the office of James Macauley his attorney who showed and read to him a letter which said attorney said he had recently received [crossed out 'a letter'] from the pension department at Washington in relation on to deponent,s claim whereby it appeared that deponent,s declaration and other papers relative to his pension claim had been suspended and put on file for want of further proof -- That deponent then gave to his said attorney a list of the names of such persons us he remembered who had served with deponent in the revolutionary war and in the regiment of colonel Courtland as stated in deponent,s declaration now on file at Washington which list of names is contained in the copy of the letter hereto annexed -- That deponent requested his said attorney to write to John Ward Daniel Ward and Abraham Ward of Clinton in the County of Dutchess
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in the State of New York deponent,s brother,s sons desiring them if living to make affidavits and also to make enquiry whether all or any of the persons named in the annexed copy of the letter were living and if so to procure their affidavits & forward them without delay -- That the said attorney wrote a letter and made a copy of which the annexed deponent verily believes is a copy as the said attorney read both the letter and copy to deponent after he had written them -- That no answer has been received to said letter as deponents attorney has this day informed him and which information deponent verily believes to be true - And deponent further saith that it is about forty years since he has been in the said county of Dutchess and that deponent did not at the time he got his attorney to write nor does he now know whether the said John Ward  Daniel Ward and Abraham Ward [crossed out 'were'] are living or not -- That his brother their father has been dead many years and he has every reason to believe that his associates named in the annexed letter who served with him in the revolutionary war are all dead -- That deponent its unable from his age and consequent
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infirmities to go to the county of Dutchess aforesaid in order to make the inquires and procure the requisite proof should there be now living in said county any person acquainted with his services -- And deponent further saith that he is poor and not able to employ any person to go to the said county of Dutchess to make said inquiries and procure the required proof were such proof to be had -- And deponent further saith that he has made inquiries in the county of Herkimer where he lives in order to see whether he could find any person who served with him in the revolution but has hitherto been unable to find any person [four words crossed out] --
Israel Ward
Subscribed and Sworn this 2nd Day of December 1833 before me
John B Dygert, Judge of Herkimer County Courts
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In the Matter of Israel Ward an applicant for a pension }

Rachel Farington a resident of the town of Danube and county of Herkimer aged about sixty nine being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is well acquainted with Israel Ward in the annexed affidavit named and has been since the time she can remember -- that deponent was born in the county of Dutchess close by where the said Israel Ward lived at the time he enlisted and served in the army in the revolutionary war -- That deponent does not know personally herself that the said Ward served as a soldier in the war aforesaid but deponent very well remembers that in the war of the revolution she heard it mentioned in her father,s family & by her father who has been dead for some time that the said Ward had enlisted on two occasions and that he was in the service for some time and in a regiment as deponent thinks commanded by Colonel Courtland --
That deponent very well remembers of the said Israel Ward being ordered out with the militia regiment of colonel van Ness to the Mohawk country in the fall of 1780 and of his being out a short time -- That deponent recollects of lieutenant Francis Delong now dead coming home wounded -- That the said Israel Ward served under the said Delong -- That deponent was well acquainted with said Delong he then living within a mile of deponent,s father -- That deponent then lived at Spencertown in the county of Columbia in the state of New York her father having shortly before removed with his family from the said county of Dutchess to Spencertown
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aforesaid -- That the said Israel Ward is uncle to deponent, deponents mother being a sister of the said Ward --

That deponent very well remembers that [crossed out 'when'] the said Israel Ward came to her father's house in Spencertown aforesaid in the revolutionary war and before he went to the Mohawk country under colonel van Ness as aforesaid and that the said Israel Ward was lame in one of his legs having had his leg broke while in the service under the aforesaid colonel Courtland as the said Ward said and which was then believed and that the said Ward was ragged dirty and lousy -- that this was a few days after his time was out for which he had enlisted and must have been at the end of his last enlistment --
That the said Israel Ward made her father's house his home for several years and that it was never doubted in her father,s family but he had served in the army for a considerable time --
Rachel   X  Farington   her mark
Taken subscribed & sworn this 24th day of February 1834 before me
John Dodge } Com of Deeds 



In the Matter of Israel}                 town
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of Frankfort in the county of Herkimer & state of New York being sworn says that he is well acquainted with Rachel Farington who has deposed to the foregoing affidavit and has been acquainted with her for about twelve years and that the said Rachel sustains a fair character & that full faith and credit are due to her deposition
And deponent saith that on the 4th day of September last past he wrote a letter & mailed the same at Frankfort aforesaid directed to John Ward   Daniel Ward & Abraham Ward of Clinton in the county of Dutchess in this state a copy of which letter is hereto annexed and sworn to by Jared H. Smith the clerk of Ira Curtis the Postmaster at Frankfort aforesaid but has received no answer from the persons to whom it was addressed or either of them -- That deponent wrote as will be seen by the copy of said letter in behalf of the above applicant and for the purpose of obtaining direct proof in relation to the services rendered by the said applicant in the revolutionary war -- That deponent is unable to say whether the persons to whom said letter was addressed are living or not or whether any of the persons they were requested to enquire for are living
And deponent further saith that the said applicant is ver poor and is unable as deponent believes to go to Clinton in Dutchess aforesaid -- and deponent believes that none of his sons will help him his sons being shiftless as deponent has been informed and believes true and unable & unwilling to assist him -- And deponent would further state that the applicant is temperate and of steady habits --
James Macauley
Subscribed & sworn to this 25th day of Feby 1834 before me
John Dodge { Com of Deeds
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I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named James Macauley who has subscribed and sworn to the forgoing affidavit and that he sustains a fair character and that full faith and credit are Due to his Depostion John Dodge }Com of Deeds 

State of New York }
Herkimer County }. ss.
Clerks Office } 
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the said County do Certify, that John B Dygert Esqr before whom one of the preceeding affidavits purports to have been Sworn, was on the day of its date one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and duly qualified by law to administer Oathes,  And further, that John Dodge Esqr before whoom the preceeding affidavits purport to have been Sworn, was, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County and duly authorized by law to administer Oathes, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and also the said Commissioner, and verily believe that their respective names Subscribed to the said Affidavits are the proper hand writing of the said Judge & Commissioner 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this first day of March 1834 
Julius C Nelson Clerk 

I certify that Rachel Farrington the deponent in the foregoing affidavit is from my knowledge of her & her family a credible person & that James MaCauley Esq. also a deponent in the foregoing papers is entitled to full credit & belief 7 March 1834 A Mann  J M ,C 

[writing oriented vertically going from top to bottom of page located in bottom right of page, as follows:]
In the Matter of Israel Ward on Application for a Pension -- Additional Papers

[the remnants of a round seal with strips of ribbon underneath it is located in the left side of page with an official crest in the middle and the following printing around the inside edge:] STATE OF NEW YORK HERKIMER COMMON PLEAS
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New York
Revo :

Israel Ward
Suspended
let: JMaCauley
19 Augt. 1833

Admd
Hon A. Mann Jr.
Act. 7 June '32
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14797
Rev War    INVALID.

File No.   14. 797
Israel Ward
Priv.  Rev.  war

Act :  June 7th. 1832.

Index : -- Vol.  1,  Page  395

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Israel Ward,s
Declaration for a 
pension under the 
act of Congress of 
June 7 -- 1832.

Please to write to James 
Macauley at Frankfort
in the County of Herkimer
in the State of New York



Admd.
15. mo.  pri.
50$
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In the Matter of Israel Ward an Applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 - 1832- 

Herkimer County ss: John Snyder of the town of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer aged fifty seven years last April being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been acquainted with Israel Ward who subscribed and has sworn to the annexed declaration for upwards of fifty years - That he sustains a fair character -- That he has heard the annexed declaration read and that he believes the facts therein stated in respects to the services rendered by him to be true -- That the traditionary accounts of the services which he rendered in the revolutionary war were generally believed in the town of Spencertown where the said Israel lived when deponent became first acquainted with him 
John Snyder
Sworn in Open Court Oct. 9th 1832 
Julius C Nelson   Clerk
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We Joseph French residing in the town of Frankfort and county of Herkimer and Dan Chapman residing in the same town and county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Israel Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about eighty 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
Joseph French
Dan Chapman
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in Open Court
Julius C Nelson  Clerk

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 Joseph French who has signed the proceeding Affidavit is a Resident in the Town of Frankfort County of Herkimer, and that Dan Chapman who has also signed the same is a Resident in the same place and is Credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit --- I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Herkimer, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the [crossed out 'preceeding'] Application of Israel Ward fo a pension __

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832
Julius C Nelson  Clerk
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J203.  Oct 16, 1841

Pension Office

No Evans.

[the following writing is upside down and backwards on the page, as follows:]
37th
John C Spencer
Secy War
Washington
D.C.
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Frankfort Herkimer Co N.Y.
Oct 12  1841.

Hon. John C Spencer
Secretary at war
Sir
We enclose you the pension papers of the late Israel Ward deceased a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States :  You will perceive by the clerks Certificate annexed to said papers. that the regular papers were prepared in contemplation of death two or three days prior to the 4th Sept, And that Mr Ward died on the first Sept.  Under these circumstances we decree it necessary to have your official order for the payment to the attorney of his appointment the amount of his pension due at the time of his death, in order that said attorney may draw the said amount and therewith discharge the funeral expenses &c.  according to the desires and wishes of Mr Ward;  There are some four or five children residing considerable distance from each other and from this __ to obtain the power of attorney from each of these, would probably cost as much as would be due, and leave nothing for the purposes to which Mr Ward in his last moments desired his pension to be applied.
After examining the said papers be good enough to return the same with your order as above to us at this place

We are Sir very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt
Judd & Hol
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD *

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Ward, Jabez
GRADE   Private
LINE    Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER   5207
ACREAGE      100
ISSUED    Dec. 6, 1791  to Stephen Thorn, assignee

* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volume 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.