Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3248, Andrew Edmonds, Conn.
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(8 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Edmonds, Andrew
or Edmunds
Elizabeth
NUMBER
R. 3248
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State of New York }
Greene County } ss.
On this second day of February 1833, personally appeared before me Edward [illegible] one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the [illegible] Andrew Edmonds a resident of the Town of Buchan in the said County of Greene & State of New York aged sixty nine 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 act of Congress passed June the 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
That in the month of June 1776 he enlisted at the Town of  [illegible] in the State of Connecticut under Lieutenant William Edmond, in a company commanded by Captain John Dixon & marched to New London & from there ordered to New York by water & was stationed on Governor's Island where he remained until after battle of Long Island, the latter part of August 1776 & the [illegible] of the [illegible] by the [illegible] immediately & on the first or second of September he with the other regiments that were stationed on Governors Island and were moved to New York at which place he was detained a [illegible] by sickness & then joined his company at  Fort [illegible] & remained there on duty until the landing of the British [illegible] that for an about the middle of September at which time he situated with the American Troops across [illegible] Bridge & was afterwards marched to White Plains for the State of New York afterwards & remained there until the month of January 1777 & was there discharged making a term of service of seven months & he recollects meeting General Putnam during the retreat aforesaid. from [illegible] towards New York for the purpose as he afterwards [illegible] of bringing off the remainder of the Guards & Troops left in that city which he accomplished by marching them close upon the borders of the Hudson River until he [illegible] at that place where the aforesaid Troops were [illegible] Kings Bridge, commanded by General Washington.
That he entered the service again as a volunteer in the month of May 1777 Voluntown in the State of Connecticut as a private under Lieutenant Jackson (Christian name not recollected) for the Term of twelve months & marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island at which place & its immediate vicinity he continued in the service until the expiration of his term of enlistment & was in May 1778 discharged making a term of service of twelve months -  he was employed during the time aforesaid as a [illegible] or advance guard.
The he entered the service again as a substitute for one Samuel Campbell at Egremont in the State of Massachusetts in the month of May in 1780 in company commanded by Captain Spore & marched to
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Albany in the State of New York & from  there to Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River & found a regiment commanded by Colonel Brown, from Fort Stanwix he marched to Little Fall & was stationed at the town mill [illegible] that place & was employed occasionally in guarding boats passing at & down the Mohawk River with [illegible] & provisions for the Troops at fort Stanwix. It was there at the time the town of Schoharie was burned & was engaged in the battle immediately after between American & British Regular Forces & [illegible] at the time of the death of Colonel Brown to Commander of the Troops at the that place & saw him killed. he was soon after in the month of August 1780 discharged after having served three months (the full term of the draft in which he entered as aforesaid.)
That he was born in Voluntown in the State of Connecticut on the 7th day of July 1763 & that he  had no record of his age.
That he resided when he retired from the service at the two first mentioned periods at Egroment in the State of Massachusetts since leaving the service he has resided at Egremont aforesaid at Salisbury in the State of Connecticut, at Middletown, [illegible] Chester & Broome in the state of New York & now resides in Durham County of Greene & State of New York.
That at the two first mentioned periods he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer and the last mentioned time he entered the service as a substitute of one Samuel Campbell who was drafted from the Militia.
That the names of the regular officers with the Troops when he served except those before mentioned are no now recollected.
That he received written discharged from the two first mentioned terms of service and did not receive [illegible] discharge in written form for the last term aforementioned, he does no at this time recollect by whom his discharges were signed - and that his discharges were burnt about sixteen years ago at which time his house was destroyed by fire at the Town of Broome aforementioned, together with all his furniture, papers, and records of all descriptions the that he possessed and that he has now no documentary evidence of his service, and that he knows of no persons whose testimony he can secure who can testify to
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his service.
That he is known to Joshua Austin & Jehiel Judd residing in his neighborhood who can certify to his character for veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state.
Sworn & subscribed this 
second day of February 1833 before me. [signed] Andrew Edmonds
E. D. Daley

We Joshua Austin & Jehile Judd residing in the Town of Durham County of Greene & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Edmonds who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion and that he is a man of trust, truth & veracity & his statement entitled to full credit.
Subscribed & sworn this second   [signed] Joshua Austin
day of February 1833 before me   [signed] Jehiel Judd
E. Daley

And that I the said Edward Daley on of the Judges aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And I do further certify that I am will acquainted with Joshua Austin and Jehiel Judd who have subscribed & sworn to this preceding certificate that they are residents of Durham aforesaid & that they are credible persons & their statements entitled to full credit & belief. I do further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the applicant that is personally known to him, and further that the applicant is unable to appear in open court by reason of bodily infirmity.
[signed] E. Daley
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State of New York
Green County ss.}
I William F. B. Heerrmance, Clerk of the said county do certify that Edward Daly Esquire before whom the annexed declarations and certificates were sworn and who subscribed the declaration of opinion thereunder written was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said county and the his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of office this fifth day of February in the year 1833.
[signed]William F.B. Heermance Clerk
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State of New York
Greene County } ss
On this 7th day of June 1834 before me Joseph Blanchard a Justice of the Peace of said county personally came Andrew Edmonds who I certify is a person of truth and veracity and that his statements are entitled to full credit & belief, who being by me duly sworn, doth further state in explanation of his first affidavit, and in order to obtain a pension, that in his first tour in the service of the United States in 1776, that when he was on Governors Island Col Putman was the and also Col or General Wadsworth but whether he was attached to either of their Regiments he cannot now say, he thinks he was commanded by Putman. that Putnam marched off a part of the troops from New York to Harlem & Kingston and he then marched west with them. General Washington was there at the time and ordered the troops marched for Harlem when the enemy approached with their shipping and landed troops.

In his second term of service he was most of time a Providence in Rhode Island the enemy had possession of the Island and he was employed ?? part of the time as guard about Providence from time under Sergeant and at other times a Lieutenant or ensign, was there when the French fleet arrived, and the British burnt some of their own vessels to prevent the French taking them, after a few days the British [illegible] their shipping & [illegible] the French
H. Gen Washington was some part of the time, but from the manner he was employed he cannot now tell who may his Colonel
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On his third term in 1780 he after leaving Albany was marched to Schenectady and joined a Regiment under Col. Brown went up the Mohawk to Fort Stanwix guarding some boasts ladened provisions for the troops at Fort Stanwix. Stayed there a few days and returned to Little Falls were they occupied a large stone mill as a fort occasionally going up to Fort Stanwix guarding boats. Stayed at the  large hill about 6 weeks, then were moved down the Mohawk about six miles and stayed there about two weeks, during what time Scohaire was burnt. I saw the fire from where he was stationed the enemy came on burning and destroying property until the came to the Mohawk and it was here that the Battle was fought in which Col. Brown of the Reg. to which I belonged was killed and [illegible]. A few days after the battle my term expired and I returned home.
[signed] Andrew Edmonds

Sworn and subscribed before me June 17th 1834 J. Blanchard Justice of the Peace

State of New York. Greene County ss. I William F.B. Heermance Clerk of the said county do certify that Joseph Blanchard Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said county and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of office this second day of September 1834.
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York.
Schoharie County
ss.
On this Twenty-fifth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-four personally appeared before Jonas Krum One of the Judges of the Court of Common Please in the said County of Schoharie - Elizabeth Edmonds, a resident of the town of Conesville in the County of Schoharie and said State of New York, aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by an act of Congress, passed July 7 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Andrew Edmonds late of the town of Conesville in said State of New York who departed this life on the eighth day of February 1840. That her husband the said Andrew Edmonds was at the said time of his death an applicant for a pension but died at the time afore-said without receiving the same. That Declarant believed the reason why her said husband never received his pension was mismanagement on the Part of the Agent which he employed, to wit, one Adams of Green County, N.Y. That he served as Declarant has always been informed & verily believes for a term of at least twenty two months. That he entered the service from Voluntown in the State of Connecticut his place of residence & served as Declarant believes under Col & Captains Brown & Spore, but as Declarant was not married to him until after said war, she cannot relate the various Particulars of this service but refers to the proofs already on file in the matter of his own application for a pension.
And declarant further saith, That she was married to the said Andrew Edmonds on the fifteenth day of February seventeen hundred and Eighty five by David McCarthy Esq at [illegible] N.Y.: that the following persons were present at her marriage, to wit: Mary Brown, now living in Broome, Schoharie Co. NY & others since dead.
That previous to her said marriage she resided in the town of Voluntown Conn. and bore the maiden name of Garret.
That her husband the said Andrew Edmonds died as aforesaid on the eighth day of February Eighteen hundred & forty. That she was not married to him previous to his said service but that her marriage occurred before 1794, to wit, at the time above stated.
Elizabeth Edmonds
+ her mark
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid,
before Jonas Krum Judge of
Schoharie County Court
I testify that Elizabeth Edmonds is in an the State of Health partially anafirmed by old age & unable to attend Court.
February 27- 1844
Jonas Krum Judge
Schoharie County Courts
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Schoharie County
Clerk's Office ss: I, Thomas McArthur Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Jonas Krum Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit of Elizabeth Edmonds, and whose name is also subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit of Mary Brown, was on the day the Jurats to the said affidavits bear date, a Judge of Schoharie County Courts, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the Jurats of the said affidavits of Elizabeth Edmonds and Mary Brown, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and official seal the 2d day of March A.D. 1844
Thos. McArthur, Clerk.
[written along side of page]
Elizabeth Edmunds
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State of New York
Schoharie County

Mary Brown of the town of Broome in said County aged 69 years being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is a sister of Elizabeth Edmonds of the neighboring town of Comerville who is applying for a pension in consideration of the revolutionary service of her late husband Andrew Edmonds. That the maiden name of both was Garrett. That her said sister Elizabeth was duly married by Daniel McCarthy a Justice of the Peace at the town of Quoeymans in the winter of the year 1785. That  deponent remembers the time from the fact that said marriage occurred where
 she this deponent now about ten years of ago. That said Andrew Edmonds died at Comerville aforesaid in the month of February 1840 & that said Elizabeth now remains his widow single & unmarried.

Mary Brown her mark X

Subscribed & sworn this 27th day of February 1844 before me & I certify that said Mary Brown is a credible witness.

Jonas Kreem Judge of [unk] County Courts
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11.573
Elizabeth Edwards
------
Applicant for pension
Act July 7. 1838 March
3d 1843 & June 17, 1844
deserter
Presented by
Wm L Dayton USS
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22623
Andrew Edmond
Greene County
New York
J Blanchard
Durham, Greene Co
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 30, 1833

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 subjected 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 [sic] what is necessary to be done. These 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 [sic] the Service of Andrew Edmonds, Greene Co, New York
[Column Headings]
[Col. 1] Period when the services were rendered
[Col. 2] Duration of the claimant's service
  [Col. 2a] Years.
  [Col. 2b] Months
  [Col. 2c] Days
[Col. 3] Rank of the claimant.
[Col. 4] Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
[Col. 5] Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers.
[Col. 6] Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[Col. 7] Country through which he marched.
[Col. 8] Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
[Col. 9] Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
[Row 1, First period of service] Enlisted 1776   [blank] 7 [months]  [blank] private  Capt Dixon [blank]  Long Island   New York Harlem   69  Voluntown, Connecticut  Tradition
[Row 2, Second period of service] Volunteered 1777  1 [year] [blank] [blank] private  Lieut Jackson  [blank] [blank] Kingsbridge ?? Albany Fort Stanwix [blank] [blank]
[Row 3, Third period of service]  Substitute for Campbell
 1780 [blank] 3 [moths] [blank] private  Capt. Spore [blank] Schoharie  Little Falls [blank] [blank]

No service alleged to have been rendered under 16 years of age can be omitted without the most satisfactory proof.

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 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 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 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 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 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 it 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 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 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 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 bis 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 mouths and days, I served as a 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 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, 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 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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 [j] 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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Esther Edmund
Widow of Andrew
Ch.
Evans & Fant Jany 11/53
Same June 1/53
Same Nov. 9. 1833
3247
Ad July 4 1836
Letter to Hon W.L. Dayton 13 Jan. 1845
N. York
Elizabeth Edmonds
248
Act July 7. 1838
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7865
Ester Edmund
widow of Andrew

Evans & Fant Jny 11 1853
Evans & Fant 1st June 1853


Act of July 4 1836
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[The following line is crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

REJECTED
3248

P.O. Elizabeth Edmonds
Service: wid of Andrew

Enlisted: _____________, 18 .
Discharged: __________, 18 .

Application: ___________ 18 .

Alleges: ________________
_______________________
Re-enlisted: ____________
______________________

Attorney: ______________
P.O. ___________________
_______________________
_________ Recognized.  ______ Contract.
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31.915
New York
Aaron Andrew Edmonds
Suspended
as of Sept 1834 10
Joseph Blanchard
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Denhan Greene Co Bew York Dept 5 1834

Enclosed are the papers of Andrew Edmonds in relation to his application for a pension, he has made an affidavit by which it will appear that he did seve in a Regiment commanded by Col Brown on the Mohawk war [unk] & not at that place or has been inferred from his first statement.
When you shall have determined in his case please address to her any communication for him directed to Durham Port of Greene Co N. York

Yours,
Joseph Blanchard


J L Edwards
Commission of Pension Comptroller