Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23, 040, Jacob Van Woert, New York
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Service
New York

Van Woert, Jacob
or Van Wort

Number
S23040
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Albany 31,405
Jacob Van Wort

of Otsego Co, in the State of N York
who was a Sergt. & Artificier in the company command
by Captain Lansing of the Regt command by Genl. Schuyler in the N York line for 
4 months & 13 Days Sergt.
3     "     Artificier

22.16
18.--
______
$40.16

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of  40 Dollars   16 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of May
1838 and sent to Hon. J. H Prentiss. H.R

Arrears to the 4th of March '38                281.12
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. '38       20.08
                                                                 $301.20

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. Brown
Book E.2  Vol. 4  Page 78

[Handwritten]  Date of death not on Agency Bk
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State of New York
Otsego County

[illegible] the 15th day of October 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the County of said County of Otsego Holden in this court holden in the Village of Cooperstown in said County Isaac Quackenbush of the Town of Franklin in the County of Delaware and State of New York Aged 71 years being Duly Sworn  before me and saithe that he was well acquainted with Jacob Van Wort of the Town of Oneonta the whole of the time of the Revolutionary War  Saw him at Schoharie in the Service at Fort Hunter and a great many times in the course of the said war and to the best of his belief and recollection believes the Statement of the said Jacob VanWort to be true.

Isaac Quackenbush his mark [handrwitten X]

Sworn & Subscribed the 15th
day of October 1832 in open court.

Horace Lathrop Clerk
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In the matter
Jacob Vanworts

Pension

18394
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State of New York
Otsego County

on the 15th day of October
1832 personally appeared in open 
Court before the Judges of the Court
of common pleas in and for the said County of Otsego
Holden at the Court house in the Village of Cooperstown in said county Jacob Van Wort of the Town of Oneonta in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged 78 years who being first Duly Sworn [illegible] to Law Doth  on his oath make the following Statement in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that in the year 1775 he was a sargant with the Company of Jacob Lansing of the New York Line militia and was with said Captain Lansing at Schoharie two week with Lieutenant Sharp in Schoharie in the Line Corps two weeks with Lieutenant Taylman at Fort Hunter three weeks with Lieutenant Sharp at Schoharie two weeks with Capt Jacob Lansing at Fort Plain three weeks with the same Capt Lansing to Fort Plain Ten week with Capt Lansing to the Mohawk three week in the year 1775 in all the service done in said year 1775 four months and one week  I Jacob Van Wort further declair that served in the militia of the State of New York at Saratoga under the command of and personal direction of General Philip Schuyler employed in building barracks  for the militia at Saratoga and did for the time of three months and he the said Vanwort further states that in the fall of 1777 he went to Benning in the State of Vermont for the purposes of building a store house & slaughter house & C for the army of the Revolutionary war and served their wants and restored houses.
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and he the said Jacob Van Wort was next sent upon an Express on the death of General Montgomery to the Mohawk to convey their conversation which General Schuyler was a subject about the first of December 1775 from there to Boston carried letters containing news of the death of General Montgomery from there back to work on the boats building at Albany  was sent from Albany by General Schuyler to Philadelphia with the wife and baggage of the Contractor of the French army a Mr Church or Carter was at Philadelphia and saw General Washington when he returned with the army after the defeat of Earl Cornwallis from there he came home was gone from home that time something more than a month that he earned his pay in custom real money was engaged the whole Revolutionary at engaged in the
New York Line must have served in all more than three years.

by the Court Where and in what year was you bornd
I was bornd in the City of Albany in the year 1754 in the State of New York
by the Court have any Record of your age
I have a Record in my possession
by the Court Where were you living when you was called in the Line
Lived in the City of Albany and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war  I have been living in the City of Albany and in the County of Otsego in the Revolutionary war how were you called in the Service I Turned out as a volunteer as a carpenter  and state the names of the Regular officers who went with the  troops where you lived  I can state now more of the officers names than what I have all reddy stated
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Did you ever recv a discharge  I never recvd a written discharge by the Court State the name of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behavior your services as a soldier of the Revolution
I am acquainted with Isaac Quackenbush and with 

[signed]
Jacob Van Woert

Sworn and subscribed in open 
Court the 15th day of October 1832
[signed]
Horace Lathrop Clerk

State of New York
[illegible]
I Eliakim R Jones of the Town of Oneonta in the county of Otsego hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Vanwort who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration  That I believe him to be 78 yrs of age  That he is reputed in the neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion

[signed] Eliakim R Jones
Sworn & subscribed in open 
Court this 15th day of October 1832
[signed] Horace Lathrop Clerk
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And the same court hereby declare their opinion after our interrogation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the said Jacob Van Woert was a soldier of the revolution & served therein as he states  And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that Eliakim R Jones Esquire is a past 
[illegible] & a resident of the Town of Oneonta   That he having signed the preceding certificate is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit

[signed]
Justices
J. O. Moore
J. C. Walworth       
S Page

State of New York
Otsego County

I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jacob Van Woert for a Pension  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 19th day of Oct. 1832

[signed]
Horace Lathrop
By J K Cory Deputy

[handwritten on cover]
In the matter of 
Jacob Vanworts
Pension
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The War Department will Please direct communications on the subject of this application to Collinsville Otsego County New York - to the care of Timothy Sabin
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No 18.394
Jacob VanWort
Otsego Co
N.Y

e.i.


Admitted   [illegible]
See Vol 6 p. 56 - $4.25. Sept 1780

mo  days
3.29  Serg
3. _   Artificer
_.14  sergt

mo days
---------
7.13


Hon John H. Prentiss
House Rep
NY


[handwritten and crossed out]
Timothy Sabin
Colliersville
Otsego Co - 
N.Y. -
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

183

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 show 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 the request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

____________________________________________
A Statement, showing the Service of Jacob Vanwort Otsego Co. - New York

[tabular chart]
[headings]Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service.  | Years | Months | Days | Rank of the claimant.  | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  |  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  |  Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1775 | | | 14 | Sergt | Capt Lansing | 78 Years Albany N. Y- |  Witness I. Quackenbush as he believes the whole service of applicant & one additional witness    the other saw him the whole time of the revolution.
 " | " | " | 14 | | Lieut Sharp | | |
 " | " | " | 21 | | Lieut Tilman| | |
 " | " | " | 14 | | Lieut Sharp | | |
 " | " | " | 21 | | Capt Danning | | |
 " | " | " | 14 | |Genrl Schuyler | | |
This service 75 | " | " | 21 | | | | |
 " |  | 3 | | Private | Capt Anthony Brandt | | |
Fall 77 | " | 3 | " | " Volkert Douw | | |
During 75 more than one month | | 6 | 29 | | | | 

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 claim of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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
On this   day of    personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
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.
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 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.
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
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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 be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to that nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories of 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 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 solider, 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 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, atttend [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 solider 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 ; 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, & e. 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 place, 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 officer who authorizes 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 [illegible] 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 is 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. 145697

John N Arhlon
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June 4, 1932

BA-J/MLB
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JACOB VAN WOERT
S. 23040

Miss Mary A. Haswell
7 John Street
Hoosick Falls, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Jacob Van Woert, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 23040, based upon the military service of Jacob Van Woert or Van Wort in the Revolutionary War.

Jacob Van Woert or Van Wort was born in 1754 in Albany, New York.

While living in Albany, New York, he volunteered sometime in 1775, and served at various times until the fall of 1781, about three years in all, as sergeant and as an artificer engaged in building boats, storehouses, slaughterhouses and barracks for the army at Bennington, Vermont, Saratoga and Albany, New York, under Lieutenants Sharp and Tallman, Captain Jacob Lansing and Lieutenant Colonel Staats in the New York troops; he went as an express rider to the Mohawk and on to Boston with news of the death of General Montgomery; during the period of his service,
was a part of the time under the personal direction of General Philip Schuyler; was sent by him from Albany to Philadelphia with the wife and baggage of the contractor of the French army.

After the Revolutionary War, he lived in Albany, New York, for about thirty years, then moved to Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, where he was living when pension was allowed on his application executed October 15, 1832.
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The papers in the pension claim of Jacob Van Woert or Van Wort contain no references to wife or children.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Nuat
Ny
No Luu

Hm J.H. [illegible]
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War Dept
P

In the case of Jacob Van Wort, of Oneonta, 
Otsego Co, N. Y.  I am requested to inquire in respect to his application for a Pension.  If rejected, the reasons, etc.  

J. H. Prentiss

April 30, 1838.
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February 3, 1932

BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Alice Doty Oaks
3950 Ibis Street
San Diego, California

Dear Madam:

    Reference is made to your letter of January 20, relative to Jacob Van Wart (Van Woert, Van Wert), a soldier of the Revolution-
ary War.

    The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 23040, of Jacob Van Woert or Van Wort, based upon his military service in that war.

    Jacob Van Woert or Van Wort as born in 1754 in Albany, New York.

While living n Albany, new York, he volunteered sometime in 1775, and served at various times until the fall of 1781, about three years in all, as sergeant and as an artificer engaged in building boats, storehouses, slaughterhouses and barracks for the army at Bennington, Vermont, Saratoga and Albany, New York, under Lieutenants Sharp and Tallman, Captain Jacob Lansing and Lieutenant Colonel Staats in the New York troops;  he went as an express rider to the Mohawk and on to Boston with the news of the death of General Montgomery;  during the period of his service, was a part of the time under the personal direction of General Philip Schuyler;  was sent by him from Albany to Philadelphia with the wife and baggage of the contractor of the French army.

After the Revolutionary War, he lived in Albany, New York, for about thirty years, then moved to Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, where he was living when pension was allowed on his application executed October 15, 1832.
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The papers in the pension claim of Jacob Van Woert or Van Wort contain no reference to wife or children.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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7 John St.
Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
April 29th 1932

Veteran Administration,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

My dear Commissioner;

Will you kindly give me the pension record, if any is recorded in your office for the following soldiers;

Samuel Allen who died Sept, 10, 1816 in the 72nd yr. of his age
Benjamin Gifford who died Feb, 12th, 1821 in the 63rd yr. of age

Both of whom are buried in Millertown Cemetery near Johnsonville, N. Y.

Also, have you any record of a Jacob VanWoert of Albany Co. N.York of comtemporary age?
or Peter Ostrander, Died May 21st, 1828, Aged 88 years 
With appreciation of past favors and thanking you for an early reply

I remain
Yours truly
[signature]
Mary A Haswell
(Miss)   Mary A.Haswell, Chn. Historical Research Com.
Hoosac- Walloomsac Chapt.D.A.R.
(Address)   7 John St. Hoosick Falls, New York.

[stamped]  Received May 4 1932
PENSION FILES [illegible] DIVISION
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[stamped]
Received Jan 25 1932

3950 - Ibis St.
San Diego, Calif.
Jan. 20 - 1932

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Would you kindly send me a copy of "Rev. Pension Record" of two pensioners of the Rev. War?  I desire the record of Jacob Van Wort, (Van Woert, Van Wert) who was living in Oneonta, Otsego Co., N.Y. in 1840 aged 86 yrs.  Also the record of Abraham Van Wart who died at Johnston, Fulton Co., N. Y. 1860.  Please send me all genealogical data contained in these pension records.

Thanking you for past favors for Rev. records, again.

Very Truly
(Mrs) Alice Doty Oaks
3950 Ibis St.
San Diego
Calif.
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[handwritten]  Revolution

23040
INVALID

File No.  23, 040
Jacob Van Wort
Sergt   Rev War

Act:  June 7th  32
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 432

[Arrangement of 1870]

[handwritten]
1932 Feb. 3 - Hist. to Mrs. Alice Doty Oaks - MLB
1932 - June 4 Hist to Miss Mary A Haswell - MLB
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In the matter of Jacob Vanwoert

Pension
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State of New York
Otsego County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Otsego Jacob Vanwoert who being duly sworn doth on his oath dispose & say 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 that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades
In the year 1775 under the command of Capt Jacob Lansing I served as a sergeant at Schoharie 14 days for 14 days I served at Schoharie under the command of Lieutenant Sharp as a seargeant for 21 days I served as a Sergeant inside the command of Lieutenant Taylman at Fort Hunter
I served under the Command of Lieutenant Sharp at Schoharie as a seargeant for 14 days I served with Capt Lansing at Fort Plain for 21 days I served under Capt Lansing all of the above Services were performed as a Sergeant
That sometime about the first of December 1775 or it might have been the first of January 1776 he was sent by Capt Jacob Lansing with Letters up the Mohawk River to convene the committee on the death of General Montgomery was gone four days was sent to Boston to carry the news of the death of General Montgomery was gone ten days in the year 1776
I Served under Capt Jacob Lansing at Saratoga under the immediate direction of Anthony Brodt superintended by General Phillip Schuyler for three months as a private soldier that in the year 1777 he turned out under Capt Lansing went to Bennington & worked on the Store House and Slaughterhouse under the immediate command of (Voldert Duow ?) and served as a private soldier three months
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that in the fall of 1780 he was sent by General Phillip Schuyler from Albany to Philadelphia with the wife & baggage of the contractor of the French Army as a waggoner
Saw General Washington there after the surrender of Cornwallace was gone one month that he cannot define the other terms but during all of the above terms he was not engaged in any civil pursuit except the last mentioned month and for such services I claim a pension and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state and I hearby [illegible] every [illegible] to a pension & annuity except the present
Where were you living when cald into service
Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live   When Cold
into Service I was living in the City of Albany and have lived in the City of Albany for thirty years and now live in the Town of Oneonta and in the County of Otsego and have for the last twenty five years
How were you cold into Service were you drafted did you Volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
in some of the above mentioned Terms I Volunteered and at others were drafted but never was a substitute
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 service
Colonel Wemp Colonel Schuyler & Lieut Colonel Staats were with us in the service with me & commanded our Regiments

Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so what has become of it & by whom was it signed
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State the names of persons to whom you are known in you present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for Veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
I never had a written discharge I am acquainted with William Angel & Evert VanValkenburgh

Subscriben & Sworn to
before me this 27th day of June 
1833
[signature]
Turner McCall Justice of the peace

[signature]
Jacob Van Woert

We William Angel and Evert VanValkenburgh residing in the Town of Oneonta in the county of Otsego hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Vanwoert who has sworn to & subscribed the above declarations that we believe him to be 78 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

[signed]
William Angel
Evert Van Valkenburgh

Subscribed & sworn before me this 
27th day of June 1833
[signed]
Turner McCall 
Justice of the peace
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I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Angel & Evert Van Volkenburgh who have subscribed & sworn to the above certificate in the matter of Jacob Vanwoert and know them the said Angel & Van Volkenburgh to be persons of truth & veracity and their statements are entitled to credit

[signed]
Turner McCall  Justice of the peace

Dated this 27th June 1833

State of New York
Otsego County

I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Turner McCall Esquire before whom this foregoing affidavit of Jacob Van Woert and the affidavit of William Angel & Evert Van Volkenburgh purport to have been respectively sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County:  And that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to this said several affidavits & to the above certificate to be his proper hand writing and signatures.   Witness my hand and Seals of Office this 28th day of June 1833.

[signed]
Horace Lathrop Clerk