Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,788, for William King, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
New York 
King, William 

NUMBER 
S. 42,788 

CONTENTS
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[illegible] pd see letter to P. Agt Sept 8.1838 do. to Hon S. Page, 5 Oct. 1838 do. to Hon. J. H. Prentiss H. R. Dec 28 1838 
do. to same, Jan. 22. 1839 – 
do. to same & P. Agt. Feb. 18 1839 –
do. to Hon. S. Page April 9 1839 

Notif. Sent Nov. 20th 1820 to Abijah H. Beach Esqr Unadilla N Yk

15,148   R 
New York
William King of Unadilla in the State of New York who was Drummer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Courtland the New York line, for the term of one year 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of April 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of Sep 1819 and sent to Abijah H. Beach Esqr Unadilla New York 
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 16 mos & 10/30  130.66 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 48. 
[total] $178.66 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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State of New York 
Otsego County ss }  on the thirteenth day of April 1819 - John Vermilyea of the Town of Otego in the County aforesaid known to me to be a creditable person and a man of truth and veracity and I have reason to believe altogether disinterested in the aforesaid application of William King - and on the said John Vermilyed being by me duly sworn according to law he doth Depose and say - that he now is and has been personally well acquainted with the said William King forty two years last past - that he well remembures that the said William King enlisted as a private Soldier in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cortland of the Continental Troops in the New York line in the Revolutionary War in the year seventeen hundread and seventy eight - he thinks on the last of the month of March or the first of April of that year that he this Deponant at that time lived a near Neighbor to the said King in the Town of Fishkill State of New York and well recollects the circumstances of his enlistment that sd King enlisted for nine months - this Deponant further saith that he saw the said Wm King twice in the Army in that season or Campaign once at the Barracks in Fishkill late in the fall and once before crossing over the Hudson’s River to West Point - and well recollects his return home some time in the month of January 1779 that he saw him immediately on his return from the Army and Deponant is fully under the impression and very believes that said Wm King enlisted for nine month in the aforesaid Rigiment and that he served out said time faithfully & was discharged with Honour 
[signed] John Vermilyea
sworn to & subscribed on the 13th April 1819 before me Abijah H. Beach one of the Judges in & for the County of Otsego & State of New York
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State of New York 
Otsego County ss } on the 22d day of May 1819 William King above named applicant personally came before me the subscribed and, on being duly sworn saith that on recollection he enlisted at the town of Fishkill in the State of New York in Colol Phillip Van Courtlands Regiment for nine month - and not for one year as above set forth but that he servd in said Regiment from the month of March 1778 To January 1779 when he was discharged as aforesaid – that he afterwards servd in the same Regiment again & further saith not –
[signed] William King
sworn to & subscribed this 22d May 1819 before me Alijah H Beach one of the Judges of Otsego County as aforesaid
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William King 
Col. Van Cortlandt’s N. York Regt.
9 mo. 
1778 – Admd
25th April 1818 – 
The testimony of two disinterested & credible witnesses, to the service for 9 months by the applicant, in the above Regt. duly taken & authenticated required. –
The certificate of the Judge as to the reduced circumstances of applicant is wanting this [illegible] is not on this Continental establishment –

Admd
Unadilla, N. Y.
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State of New York
OTSEGO COUNTY
S. William King
duly sworn, saith, that he is a resident of the
town of Unadilla in the County aforesaid, and has served as a private soldier
in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, for the term of nine months
and longer, at a certain period of the war herein after mentioned, on the Continental
Establishment, and is yet a resident citizen of the United States; and by reason of his
reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
And this deponent further saith, that he never has received any pension from the United
States, and doth hereby relinquish his claim to every pension that may have been
heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States, excepting and reserving to
himself the right of claiming, and he doth hereby claim a pension under an act entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary war,” passed 18th March, 1818. And this deponent
doth further declare under oath, that the time he entered the army of the United States
in the war of the revolution aforesaid, on the Continental Establishment, the officers
under whom he served, and the line to which he belonged, together with the time and
manner of leaving the service, are all correctly set forth, according to the best of his
knowledge and recollection, in the following manner; that is to say, he the said
William King Enlisted in the year 1776 as Drummer
in Capt Wilcox Compy - Colo. Lashers Regt New York
Troops 1st Regt was discharged in the fall of the same
year by Col Lasher
also enlisted as drummer in the spring of 1777 in Capt
Wicoffs Compy N York Troops was stationed at Fort Indepen
Constitution Hudson River - State of New York
that he enlisted as a private Soldier in the spring of
the year 1778 under Capt French Colo Courtland Regt
New York Line 2d Regt in Genl Poors Brigade on the
Continental Establishment for one year was at the
Battle of Monmouth was discharged at the Hats
above West Point when in Winter quartersin
1780 Enlisted as drummer in Captain Shepards Compy
Col. Wisenvelts Regt in the Continental Establishment
under Genl Stark in the Norther is campaign at
Crown Point, Saratoga & & was discharged at
Albany by Genl Starks, which discharge is last
to Declaimed & Subscribed the 25th day
2
1818 before me Abijah H. Beach
the Judges of the Court of Com Pleas
William King
County of Otsego & State of New York
being
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State of New York
Otsego County SS
on the 22d day of May 1819 Benjamin Vermilyea came before me subscriber and on being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is personally well acquainted with William King the aforesaid applicant for Pension - that he Deponent lived near neighbour to the said King in the Town of Fishkill in the state of New York in the year 1778 that he this Deponant well recollects that the said William King enlisted in Col. Phillip Van Courtland's Regiment in the spring of that year he thinks the last of March 1778 that said King enlisted for nine months and that he served out that term and longer in the said Regiment that he this Deponant was present at the time of said Kings enlistment at Fishkill and that he saw said King once on his return home on furlough That he saw his furlough - and that he also saw said King on his return home from the army in the month of January 1779 that he saw his discharge and that he is fully satisfied and verily believes that said William King did serve in the said Regiment more than nine months in the year one thousand seven hundread and seventy eight and further saith not. 
[signed] Benjamin Vermilyea X his mark

sworn to and subscribed by Benjamin Vermilyea known to me as a creditable person this 22d May 1819
[signed] Abijah H Beach one of the Judges in & for Otsego County
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State of New York 
OTSEGO COUNTY, } SS. Benjamin Vermilyea of the town of Unadilla in the County aforesaid being duly sworn, saith, that he is personally well acquainted with William King the applicant above named, and has been so acquainted with him the said William King for thirty years, and during that time the said William King has sustained a good character for truth and veracity, and he this deponent verily believes that full credit ought to be given to the declarations of the said William King when under oath. 
This Deponant further saith he very well knows that the said William King was in the Revolutionary war on the Continental Establishment and verily believes that he servd more than nine month at one time - and also knows him to be in needy circumstances and absolutely requires relieff 
[signed] Benjamin Vermilyea X his mark
sworn & subscribed the 25th day his April 1818 before me 
[signed] Abijah H Beach one of the Judge as aforesaid 

State of New=York, 
OTSEGO COUNTY, } SS.  I Abijah H Beach one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do certify that I am satisfied the said William King served in the revolutionary war as aforesaid, against the common enemy, for a longer term than nine months, as stated in the affidavit of the said William King hereunto annexed -And I do further certify that full credit is due to the deposition of the above named Benjamin Vermilyea and also that the evidence on which I have founded my judgment is contained in the affidavit of the said Benjamin Vermilyea and my own personal knowledge 
[Signed] Ablijah H Beach one of the Judges as aforesaid 

State of New York 
Otsego County ss } I hereby further certify that I am satisfied that that the aforesaid William King needs the assistance of his Country for support 
[signed] Abijah H. Beach one of the Judges as aforesaid
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State of New York
CLERK'S OFFICE,
Otsego County, 
ss.
I, GEORGE MORRELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Please of the County of Otsego, in the State of New York, hereby Certify, that Abijah H Beach now is, and for one year past, has been, one of the Judges of the said Court; and that the signature to the foregoing Certificate and papers, is his proper hand writing. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this 20th day of April 1818.
Walter H Webb Dept Clk
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William King
No 15.148
Unadilla
$22 [illegible]
[crossed out: applicant must state his place of residence]
see last affidavit taken in Court 11st Octr 1820
Cole Mch 20
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State of New York 
Otsego County ss:  On the Seventh day of June 1820 before Abijah H. Beach one of the Judges of the Court of Comn. Pleas for Otsego County personally appeared William King aged Sixty one years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declair and say that he served the United States in the Revolutionary War in the Company commanded by Capt French in the 2nd Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Van Courtland in the Line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment that I made application for a Pension the 25th April 1818 under the act of Congress of 18th March 1818 that I received a certificate dated the 29th September 1819 No.15.148 and I do further solemnly swear and declair that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with Intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed that I am a common Labourer - am 61 years of age my wife is 55 years of age both much affected with the Rheumatism one son Jacob aged 19 years that I have no means of support but by common Labour 
[signed] William King
Sworn to & declared this 7th June 1820 
[signed] Abijah H. Beach a Judge as aforesaid
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A Schedule containing the whole estate & income of William King necessary clothing & bedding excepted taken & subscribed by the said William King before Abijah H. Beach one of the Judges as aforesaid on the 7th day of June 1820 viz 
1 cow bought with pension money $15. 
3 small shoats or pigs - 4.50 
5 knives & 5 forks one set Comn Tea cups part broken-  55 
2 old & 3 new earthan plates  1.20
2 Small Iron kettles 3 Iron Spoons - two old pails  a.84
some few other articles old & of little worth 75
22.84
[signed] William King 

State of New York 
Otsego County Clerks Office SS.  I George Morell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty two Dollars & Eighty four Cents 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas this 24th June 1820 
[signed] Geo Morell Clk
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State of New York
Otsego County ss } on the 11th day of October 1820 the aforesaid William King personally appears in open Court and on being duly sworn saith that his place of Residence is the town of Unadilla in the said County of Otsego and that the above certified Copy of Affidavit & Schedule are true 
[signed] William King
Sworn this 11th Oct 1820 Before the Court 
[signed] Geo Morell Clk 

State of New York 
Otsego County Clerks Office SS.  I George Morell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego aforesaid being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the above named William King personally appeared in open Court on this 11th October & took & Subscribed the within affidavit 
Witness my hand & the seal of the said Court this 11th October 1820
[signed] Geo. Morell Clk
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section. 
March 23, 1927 
W. H. King, M. D. 
64 W. Fifty-First St 
New York City 
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 42788, it appears that William King, while residing in Fishkill, New York, enlisted and served in the New York Troops, as follows –
In 1776, as Drummer in Captain Wilcox's Company, Colonel Lasher's Regiment, length of service not stated; Spring of 1777, as Drummer in Captain Wicoff's Company, length of service not stated; from March 1778 to January 1779 as private in Captain French's Company, Colonel Philip Van Cortland's Regiment, and was in the battle of Monmouth; in 1780, as Drummer in Captain Shepard's Company, Colonel Weisenfels' Regiment, length of service not stated. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 25, 1818, while a resident of
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Unadilla, Otsego County, New York. 
In 1820, soldier stated that he was sixty-one years old, and referred to his wife as aged fifty-five years, but did not give her name, and to a son, Jacob, as aged nineteen years. There is no further data on file as to family. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.
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Honbl. James L Edwards 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington DC

Conv  Sept 29
Wm King
NY roll
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Honbl. James Edwards 
Dr sir, 
I am requested by my neighbor William King of Otsego Co N. York a Pensioner, to assertain the reason why his Pension is suspended. That he may remove the cause if in his power 
Will you therefore have the goodness to assign to me for the benefit of Mr King the reason 
Very Respectfully your 
Obt Servt
[signed] Sherman Page
Unadilla Otsego Co 
N. York
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner &c
Pension office
Washington D.C.

let into   Apl 8
Wm King
N.Y.

[postmark]
UNADILLA N.Y. APR 3
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Unadilla 2 April 1839 
Honl. J L Edwards 
Sir 
your Letter of 18 Feby is recd. William King finds that his certificate has been sent to your department under direction to you. King requests that you would enclose it to me –
Very Respectfully 
Your Ob Servt 
[signed] Sherman Page
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Wm Kings aft
Wm King
N. York

J.H. Prentiss
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State of New York 
Otsego County ss  George H Noble of the Town of Unadilla County aforesaid being duly sworn before the Subscriber a Supreme Court Comss &c says that he has for many years acted as agent for drawing pension for pensioners in this vicinity, among whom for the last 5 or 6 years is William King of Unadilla - that it is a common custom among pensioners situated like Mr. King to deposit their certificates with some person for safe keeping, that he now has, & always has had a number of deposited with him, & has always considered said certificates as much in possession of the Pensioners as if in their own chests - that he is well acquainted with said William King, whose affidavit is annexed & from his personal knowledge of the principal facts there stated has no doubt that it is strictly true & further says not 
[signed] George H. Noble
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 12 day of Jany AD 1839 
Charles C. Noble 
Supreme Court Commissioner 
with a judges powers &c.
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State of New York 
Otsego County ss } I, Jesse Rose clerk of said County do hereby certify that Charles C. Noble Esqr before whom the annexed affidavits of George H. Noble and William King purport to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the Same a Supreme Court comr in and for said State duly commissioned and Sworn authorised by Law to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Supreme Court Commissioner and verily believe his name Subscribed to each of the annexed affidavits to be his genuine handwriting and Signatures 
Witness my hand & seal of office this 6th day of February AD 1839 
[signed] Jesse Rose Clerk

Col. Geo H Noble Afft
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State of New York 
Otsego County ss. William King of the town of Unadilla (a pensioner &c) being duly sworn says on oath before me the undersigned Commissioner of the Supreme Court of said County of Otsego that he is a United States pensioner under the act of 1818, and although he has drawn his pension regularly for some years past, yet that the semi-annual payments thereof have lately been stoped, as appears by a letter from the War Department Pension Office, signed by J. L. Edwards and bearing date October 5th 1838 and as stated in said letter, because this deponents “pension certificate has been for six years past in the possession of T.R. Austin of Otsego, and this deponent has sworn at each Semi-annual payment during that period that he then had it in his possession.”
In explanation of which this deponent further says that he has long been and is in indigent circumstances and does not keep house himself, but has been for six years past or more boarding with his friends at different places in said town of Unadilla, and that therefore he has usually deposited his pension certificate in the hands of some friend for safe keeping: And that he did deposit the same in the hands of the said T. R. Austin, and the said Austin received the same for safe keeping and for no other purpose except that it was then also intended that the said semi-annual payments should be drawn through or by the aid of said Austin. But this deponent never assigned, transferred, pledged, or in any way parted with the right to or control over said certificate, any further than asking and receiving the aid or agency of said Austin to effect its safe preservation as aforesaid. And this deponent says that for these reasons he has always considered the said Certificate in his own proper
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possession, and has always verily believed and still does believe that he acted correctly in so swearing to his possession of the said Certificate. And this deponent does not know any reason why the said Austin should have disregarded his trust in that respect and sent the certificate to the War department other than that this deponent declined and discontinued to do his trading with said Austin, who is a merchant and about as near to this deponents residence as any other merchant; and this deponent verily believes that to be the true and only reason Therefor; and further says that the said Austin had no right or authority whatsoever to send said certificate to said War Department, but did so without the consent of this deponent & without his knowledge - if the same has been done, as this deponent is informed & believes has been done, and further says not. 
[signed] William King
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 12th day of January A.D. 1839.
[signed] Charles C. Noble 
Supreme Court Commission 
with powers of a Judge &c.
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4899
A Case 
A. H. Beach Esqr. 
Judge 
Otsego County New York 
Recd Sep. 27th 1819 
three old Cases taken
see [illegible]
 
Admd

See discharge within

J. C. Calhoun
Pension Office
War Department
Washington
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The application of William King a private in Colo. Van Courtlands Regt. New York Troops – was Transmitted a second time in July 1819 – not heard from
[signed] A. H. Beach
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Stop the pension of William King 
T. R. Austin, of Otsego, has had King’s pension certificate in his possession for 6 years, yet not withstanding this, King has sworn for several years past that he has it in his possession. Such false swearing should be punished - and in order to assartain where King is - let his pension be stopped. That will draw a letter from him. See papers of Joseph Young 
act ‘32, Albany roll - in which is filed the

letter of Austin
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42788
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 42.788 
William King 
Drummer Rev War 
Act: 18” March 18”
Index:- Vol. 3, Page 275 
{Arrangement of 1870.} 

Oct 12 ‘99 Mrs. A. Thomas Crawfordsville 
see Inv F. 29.274
1914 Feby 11 Hist. to Mrs. Thos. D. Whyte  V.L.M. 
1927 Mch 23 Hist to W. H. King M.D.  awy
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2503 Fourteenth St. 
Washington D. C 
To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Dear Sir”- 
Please advise whether any of the following names are on the Revolutionary Pension Rolls and give any data that may be connected with the names.
Aaron Steele born Jan 8 -1761 - died Nov. 4, 1804 of Hartford Conn.
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William King - drummer Otsego Co. N.Y.  N.Y. line. On Pension Roll Sep. 29. 1819 
Commenced Pensions Apr. 25, 1818 age 75. Yrs.
William King Rhode Island line. Placed on Roll Sep. 9. 1819 Commenced Pensions Apr. 20. 1818 Transferred from Providence R.I. (to New York I suppose)
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Isaac Steel of Conn. who married Dorothy Pilkin.
William King of New York state – born June 28 1751 – died Oct. 6 1834.
Also please tell me what regiment Wm King from Bainbridge Chenango Co. N.Y. served in. He was on the pension roll - and was 81 years of age.
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Thank you very much for any information you can give me.
Very truly
Mrs Thos. D. Whyte
2503 Fourteenth St. N.Y. City
Apt. 3.
Feb 5 1914.
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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., 19 
S. F. 42.788
In reply to your request of ___ received ___ a statement of the military history of  William King a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[BEGIN TABLE]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |   RANK.   |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.   |   COLONEL.   |   STATE.  |
1776  |  fall 1776  | Drummer   |  Wilcox  |  Lasher  |  N.Y.  |
Spring 1777  |    |    |  Wicoff  |    |    |
Mch. 1778  | Jany 1779   |  Pvt.  |  French  |  Philip Van Cortland  |    |
1780  |    |  Drummer  |  Shepard  |  Wisenfelt Weisenfels  Wessenfels  |    |
[END TABLE]

Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fishkill, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 25, 1818. His cl. was ap
Residence at date of application, Unadilla, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, [crossed out: 59 yrs.]
Remarks: In 1820 soldier aged 61 yrs. & wife was 55 years old name not given and Son Jacob was 19 years.
Soldier’s residence in 1840 is not given
ok
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

3-2856
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William Harvey King, M.D. 
Sixty-four West Fifty-first Street 
New York
January 31st, 1927. 
Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen:- 
Will you please send me the record, so far as you have it, of William King, who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from Dutchess County, New York, in, I think, the year 1776 and died a pensioner in Otsego County, I do not know the year he died. 
I will gladly send by return mail any expense connected with this. 
Yours very truly, 
[signed] W. H. King

WHK/FM