Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,517, Martin Wygant, New York
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New York     Wygant, Martin   S19.517
 carded
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14875
New York
Martin Wygant
of Orange Co [Orange County] in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Compy [company] comman [commanded]
by Captain Denton of the Regt [regiment] commanded by
by Col Hardenbergh in the N York [New York]
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annu [annum]
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day [inserted Mch.] of Mar [March]
1834
and sent to Hon J.W. Brown Ho. Reps [House of Representatives]

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34 [ March 1834] $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '34 [September 1934] 10.00
$70.00 [Sum]
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Jno. Cromwell [Illegible]
Book E Vol. 4 Page 129
See letter to P. [Illegible] Nov. 27. 1834
Date of death not on AB.

Wygant, Martin
NY S19517
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State of New York
Orange County ss 

of the term of February one thousand and eight hundred and thirty four

on the [tenth, crossed off] eleventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange {It being a Court of Record} now sitting at the 
Academy in the Village of New Burgh Martin Whygant [Wygant] who swore to and subscribed the annexed affidavit a Resident of the Village of New Burgh in the County aforesaid aged seventy one years who having first duly sworn in open Court doth depose & say that the facts set forth in the annexed affidavits to which his name is subscribed are and that at the time when said affidavits were by him sworn to he was and had been for sometime very sick weak and infirm insomuch that he [crossed out illegible word] did not expect to recover therefrom -

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after [crossed out illegible word] the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories inscribed by the Secretary of War that the above named applicant was a Revolution War Soldier and served as he States and the Court also certifies that it satisfactoraly [satisfactorily] appears to them that the said Martin Wygant on the day of the date of his said affidavits was very sick weak and infirm by reason whereof he was unable to [crossed out illegible word] appear in open Court

In Testimony whereof I have hereon to set my hand and official Seal this 11th day of February 1834
Asa Dunning  Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County }  ss.

Personally appeared before me - Gilbert Ogden Fowler First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County Martin Whygant of the village of Newburgh aged seventy years who having been duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say That he entered the service of the United States as a private in the Company of Captain James Denton of the Regiment of Colonel Jonathan Hardenbergh, on or about the middle of June in the year one thousand seven hundred [seven hundred written again but crossed out] and seventy eight, The said Company was Mititia [Militia], the Lieutenants name was William Palmer, James Clark was Ensign, according to the best of my recollection Eleazer Gidney orderly Sergeant in the month & year afoursaid [aforesaid] at the time that wheat was headed out and in blossom we were ordered to March to West-Point on an alarm, we marched from Newbergh thru New Windsor and Cornwall, and from there over the mountain; to West Point - At West Point we remained ten days from thence we marched to the Forrest [Forest] of Dean, We remained at the place last mentioned three weeks, Colonel Malcolm and Captain Black of the Continental army were there at the same time, The object of our Regiment being sent on this service was to prevent the enemy from penetrating the country above the Highlands by passing thro [through] the [illegible] in the mountains  We remained in service at this time a month, and were then discharged at West Point - In the month of June in the year 1779. a detachment of our Company under the Command of Eleazer Gidney aforesaid was sent to West Point to fortify we worked thus two months under the Command of a French Engineer I worked at Fort Willis and Richard
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Albertson who belonged to the same company worked at the same time and for the same period at Fort Putnam - In the month of October 1779 a detachment of said Company under the command of Martin Whygant my uncle who was then Lieutenant of said company was ordered against the Indians at Mumbauchus-- We marched thro [through] the old Paltz we met with Van Cortlandts Regiment which was stationed afterwards a few miles south of us on the Indian frontier - we remained in service at this place one month and half according to my recollection and belief  Eleazer Gidney before named was with us on this occasion in the year 1780 a detachment of our Company of whom I was one under the command of Lieutenant Gill was ordered to Nepinog on the Indian frontier. This was the first week in March, and we were stationed at DeWitt's the father of the Surveyor General of this state, I often stood guard with- Simeon DeWitt. I served at this place at this time seven weeks Warsink was burned by the Indians a few days after we left Nepenog - In the month of March 1782, a detachment of our Company was ordered down to the lines at the month of- Croton River - by General George Washington as Videtts to watch the motion of the enemy, we were placed under the command of Captain William Van Wart - We remained at that place on that service one month, we had a written order from General Washington to proceed on this expedition which is lost, and Deponent also saith Richard Albertson and Isaac Belknap Esquire are the only
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persons living known to deponent who were with Deponent at West Point - in the summer of the year 1778 before - stated their affidavits are annexed, and that Richard Albertson and William Mitchell Served with Deponent in his second tour at West point, and Deponent also saith that John Penny whose affidavit is annexed served with deponent at Mumbaucus and Nepenog on the Indian frontier in the years 1779 and 1780 and is the only living witness of said service, And Deponent also saith, that Richard Albertson before named is the only witness living who know of Deponents service as a [Vidett?] at Croton river and Deponent also saith that he is old and very infirm insomuch that he will not be able to attend the next Court of Common Pleas or any other Court of Record 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pention [pension] or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State. And in answer to the interrogatories put by the said Judge in conformity to the directions of the secretary of War Deponent saith that he was born in Newburgh aforesaid in the year 1762, he has no record of his age lived at Newburgh when called into service, and has lived there ever since, That he was drafted into the service. The regular officers with the troops where he served were Colonel Malcolm and Captain Black. That he never received a written discharge. That he is known to General Isaac Belknap General Leonard Smith John Mandivill and Jonathan Noys who can testify to his Character for Veracity and belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
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[signed] Martin Wygant
Sworn to and subscribed this 6 day of July 1833 before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler First Judge of Orange County Sworn to in open Court this Eleventh day of February 1834 before me Asa Dimming  Clerk   Martin Wygant
And the said Martin also on his oath saith that he is so sick and infirm that in his opinion he will not be able to attend the next Court of Common Pleas or any other Court of Record to be held in and for the said County of Orange 
[signed] Martin Wygant
Sworn & subscribed this 24 day of September 1833 before me
[signed] Gilbert Ogden Fowler First Judge of Orange county
Sworn in open Court the eleventh day of Feby 1834 before me [signed] Asa Dimming Clerk
  And the said Martin Whygant also saith that since the Revolutionary war he has followed the business of a fisherman the nature of which business has necessarily procluded him from attending Church that the Reverend John Close the Chaplain of the Continental army who lived at New Windsor and was acquainted with deponent and his services in the Revolutionary army is dead  That the Clergymen who now reside in the Neighbourhood where deponent resides are young men (compared with deponent) who came to New Burgh long after the Revolutionary war that by reason of deponents occupation which in a great measure excludes him from society and his humble State on in life  The history of his services in the Revolution is not known to them nor is he intimately acquainted with any one of them and deponent also saith that for the reasons above from
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[part obstructed by affixed seal]
[ticularly] mentioned he cannot procure the certificate of a Clergyman as to his services in said war 
[signed] Martin Wygant
Sworn & subscribed this 24 day of September 1833 before me 
[signed] Gilbert Ogden Fowler Court Judge of Orange County 
Sworn in open Court this Eleventh day of February 1834 before me 
[signed] Asa Dimming Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County ss.
Personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County Richard Albertson of the Village of New Burgh [Newburgh] to me personally known to be a Credible Witness who having been duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been intimately acquainted with Martin Whygant [Wygant] who swore to and subscribed the preceeding affidavit ever since the year 1763 and has lived in the Town of New Burgh in the same Neighbourhood with the said Martin from that time to the present day, that Deponent belonged to the Company of Captain James Denton named in said affidavit and marched with said Company on an alarm to West Point In the month of June in the year 1778 at the time wheat was first headed out but deponent cannot remember the precise day of the month he remained at West Point ten days according to deponents recollection and belief From West Point he marched to the forrest of Dean under the command of Captain Terpining of Hardenberghs Regiment  We remained at the place last named three weeks during all which time the said Martin served in said Company as a private, being in all from the time of leaving home untill we returned four Weeks. Colonel Malcolm & Captain Black of the Continental army were at the Forrest of Dean at the same time & deponent also saith that in the month of June 1779 a detachment
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detachment of said Company of Denton under Eleazer Gidney the orderly Sergeant was sent to West Point to fortify Martin Whygant [Wygant] was one of that Detachment  We worked there two months under a french Engineer  I worked at Fort Putnam and Martin Whygant before named at Fort Willis - In the month of March 1782 a detachment of our Company was ordered down to the lines at Croton river by General George Washington as Videtts to watch the movements of the Enemy We were placed under the command of Captain William Vanwart I remained in that service one month during all which time the said Martin served with deponent under the command of said Vanwart - Deponent has heard the preceding affidavit of the said Martin read & knows that he was twice in the service on the Indian frontier but by reason of his age he cannot distinctly recollect how long he was out each time deponent is eighty two years of age 
[signed] Richard Albertson
Sworn & subscribed this 29th day of June 1833 before me
[signed] Gilbert Ogden Fowler
First Judge of Orange County
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State of New York
Orange County } ss.  Personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County General Isaac Bellknap [Belknap] to me known to be a Credible Witness and having been duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with Martin Whygant [Wygant] who swore to and subscribed the preceding affidavit from some time previous to the Revolutionary War  That said Martin belonged to the Company of Militia of which Captain James Denton had the Command and of which [William Palmer, crossed out] was Lieutenant [as stated in said affidavit, crossed out] Deponent belonged to the said Company at the same time with the said Martin and served with said Company at West Point and the Forrest of Dean  In the month of June according to deponents recollection & belief about three weeks - This was in the year 1778 according to the best of my Recollection 
[signed] Isaac Belknap 
Sworn to & subscribed 20th day of July 1833 before me 
[signed] Ward M Farley Justice of the Peace
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Isaac Bellknap
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M Whygant [Wygant]
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State of New York 
Orange County } ss.  Personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County Isaac Demott to me personally known to be a credible Witness who having been duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Martin Whygant [Wygant] whose affidavit is hereunto annexed  That deponent served at Mumbauchus on the Indian frontier in the year 1779 in the month of October one month in a detachment of the Company of Militia commanded by Captain James Denton under the immediate command of Lieutenant Martin Whygant the uncle of the said applicant Martin Whygant whose affidavit is annexed - said Company belonged to Hardenberg Regiment and deponent also saith that the said Martin Whygant the applicant served at the same time at Mumbauchus with deponent & further deponent saith not 
[signed] Isaac Demott  X his mark
Sworn & subscribed this 19th day of June 1833 before me 
[signed] Gilbert Ogden Fowler
First Judge of Warren County
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State of New York 
Orange County } ss.  Personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County John Penny to me personally known to be a credible Witness who having been duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with martin Whygant [Wygant] in the annexed affidavit named and has been acquainted with him ever since the said Martin was [illegible, twenty?] years of age which was in the year 1775- Deponent has allways lived in the Town of New Burgh a Neighbour to the said Martin - In the year 1780 deponent belonged to the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Jacob Conklin of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Hardenbergh as a private-- David Gue was Lieutenant of said Company - on the first of march according to deponents recollection and belief a detachment of said Company was ordered to proceed to the Indian frontier at Mumbauchus under the Command of said Lieutenant Gue – I was one of said detachment – We were mett at Dewitts in Mumbauchus by a detachment from the Company of Captain James Denton of the same Regiment The said Martin Whygant was one of said detachment
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The detachments from Conklins and Dentons Companies aforesaid were placed under the command of the said Lieutenant Gue and stationed at Dewitts the father of Simion Dewitt, Surveyor General of this State  I served on the frontier upwards of one month at this time  The said Martin served at the same place the same length of time and when the detachment to which I belonged was discharged and returned home we still left the said Martin and the detachment to which he belonged of Dentons Company at Dewitts - Deponent has heard the annexed affidavit of the said Martin read and has not the least doubt but that it is true –
[signed] John Penny
Sworn this second day of July 1833 before me 
[signed] Gilbert Ogden Fowler 
First Judge of Orange County
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State of New York
Orange County } ss.  Personally appeared before me the Subscriber Joseph P. Gidney of the village of New Burgh [Newburg] to me personally known to be a credible witness and having been duly sworn doth depose and say that he is one of the sons of Eliazer Gidney Deceased late of the town of New Burgh aforesaid - That in the Revolutionary War the said Eleazer Gidney was orderly Sergeant in Captain James Dentons Company of Militia of the Town aforesaid and served as an orderly Sergeant in active service a great part of the Revolutionary War as deponent has been enjoined and very believes it having been allways since deponents recollection a Common report in the Town of New Burgh and Deponent also saith that he has often heard his father talk about his service with others who served with him in the War and often heard him say that Martin Whygant [Wygant] who swore to the annexed affidavit was often in service with him & deponent well recollects of his father saying that the said Martin was in service with him in the three months service on the Indian Frontier and was repeatedly in service with him at West Point & Fort Montgomery and the forrest of Dean & Deponent believes that the period of time which they generally served together on the Southern frontier as aforesaid as his father presented was six weeks and deponent also saith that it is a Common Report in the Neighbourhood where the said Martin lives that he did serve as a private in the Revo [Revolution]
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[Revo]lutionary war and deponent believes it to be true and deponent also saith that he is well acquainted with the said Martin Whygant [Wygant] and that his character [is that of, crossed out] as to truth and veracity is good and further saith not 
[Signed] Joseph P Gidney
Sworn and subscribed this 3d day of August 1883 before me
[signed] Ward M. Farlay 
Justice of the Peace.
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State of New York
Orange County

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orange James Whitehead of the village of NewBurgh a credible Witness who having been duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Martin Whygant [Wygant] of said village whose affidavit is annexed - that deponent has often heard his father who was a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner of the United States say that the said Martin was in the service of the United States as a private in the Militia at the same time with him at different places and served a soldier in the army and deponent believes it to be true - that the name of deponents father was William Whitehead and that he is dead.
[signed] James Whitehead
Sworn & subscribed this 2d day of September 1833 before me Ward M Garlay Justice of the Peace
And I the said Gilbert Ogden Fowler do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after puting the interrogatories herein led by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and I also certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Martin Whygant the above named applicant for a pension and that he is a believable witness.
Dated this 24th day of September 1833 - Gilbert Ogden Fowler First Judge of Orange County
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I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County do hereby Certify that Gilbert Ogden Fowler before whom the preceeding affidavits of Martin Whygant [Wygant] Richard Albertson Isaac Dermott John Turner respectively sworn and who signed the preceeding certificate was on the respective days when the said affidavits and Certificates bear date first under the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe the name Gilbert Ogden Fowler subscribed to said affidavits and certificate respectively to be the genuine signature of the said Judge and I also Certify that the name "Ward M. Garley subscribed to the preceding affidavits of Isaac Bellknap, Joseph Gidney and James Whitehead is the genuine signature of Edward M Garley a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid that I am acquainted his hand writing and that he was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County on the Respective days when said affidavits bear date
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 27th day of September 1833
Asa Dunning
Clerk
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October 8, 1937 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Miss Zora Martens 
4120 Lincoln Avenue 
Detroit, Michigan

MARTIN WYGANT 
S. 19517 
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The record of Martin Wygant is furnished you herein as found in pension claim, S. 19517, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
Martin Wygant was born in 1762 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York. The names of his parents are not given. 
While a resident of Newburgh, New York, Martin Wygant enlisted about the middle of June, 1778, served as private in Captain James Denton's company, Colonel J. Hardenbergh's New York regiment, on an alarm to West Point and was discharged after serving one month. In June, 1779, he enlisted and served two months as private in a detachment of Captain James Denton's company under Eleazer Gidney, orderly sergeant, was again sent to West Point to fortify Fort Willis. In October, 1779, he enlisted in a detachment of Captain James Denton's company and served one and one half months as private under his uncle, Lieutenant Martin Wygant, Colonel J. Hardenbergh's New York regiment, against the Indians at Mombacous [Mombaucus]. He enlisted the first of March, 1780, in another detachment of Captain Denton's company under Lieutenant David Gue (probably meant for Guion), in the same regiment and served seven weeks again on the Indian frontier. He enlisted in March, 1782, and served one month as vidette in Captain William Van Wart's New York company at the mouth of Croton River engaged in watching the movements of the enemy. 
Martin Wygant was allowed pension on his application executed July 6, 1833, while a resident of the Village of Newburgh, Orange County, New York. 
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children of the soldier.
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In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Martin Wygant, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 
Martin Wygant 
Certificate No. 24875 
Issued March 17, 1834 
Rate $20 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act June 7, 1832 
New York Agency. 
Very truly yours 

A.D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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1937. Oct. 8 - Hist to Miss Zora Martens  MLB

P 19517

INVALID.
File No.  19.517
Martin Wygant
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol.  L, Page 421

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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October 8, 1937 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
Miss Zora Martens 
4120 Lincoln Avenue 
Detroit, Michigan 
MARTIN WYGANT 
S. 19517 
BA-J/MLB 

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to a copy of your letter of August 3, which has been referred to this office by the National Archives for further reply in regard to your request for the Revolutionary War records of John Wigent and William Wygant, of Orange County, New York, or of any soldier with that surname from that county. 
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a John or a William Wigent, Wygant or other spelling of that surname. The record of the only soldier of Orange County, New York, with the surname Wygant found in the Revolutionary War records of this office is that of Martin. His record is furnished herewith as found in pension claim, S. 19517, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
Very truly yours 

A.D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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DIVISION OF REFERENCE
The National Archives 
Washington, D. C. August 16, 1937 
MEMORANDUM
To: Revolution and War of 1812 Section, Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C. 
Attached is a copy of a letter from Miss Zora Martens, 4120 Lincoln Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, dated August 3, 1937, which is respectfully referred to the Revolution and War of 1812 Section of the Veterans' Administration for reply to the last paragraph, concerning the Wigents. 
The original letter has been referred to The Adjutant General's Office, War Department, for the military records of Eli Whitney [sic], Samuel Clauser, and William Clauser. 
A copy of our reply is also attached. 
[signed] Nelson Vance Russell 
NELSON VANCE RUSSELL, Chief 
Division of Reference
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COPY 
4120 Lincoln Ave., 
Detroit, Michigan 
August 3, 1937. 
Veterans Bureau, 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen: 
I wish to secure all the information you may have of the history and war records of the following- 
Eli Williams, of the Pennsylvania Cavalry, Civil War. 
Samuel Clauser William Clauser of Penn. Infantry 
They enlisted in the vicinity of Pottsville, or Branchdale, Pa. The widow of Eli Williams, Elizabeth C. Williams, received a Civil War Widow's pension up to the date of her death in 1926. Her address during her later years was 1894 Salem Ave. and 15732 Hartwell Ave. Detroit, Mich. This is all the information I can supply. 
Samuel Clauser resided at Watervliet, Michigan. 
William Clauser resided at Benton Harbor, Michigan. 
I also wish any information you have of John Wigent, Wygant, or Wygand, of Orange County, N.Y. during the Revolutionary War, or of a William Wygant, or a list of any Wygants in that vicinity at that time. 
Yours truly, 
(signed) ZORA MARTENS 
4120 Lincoln Ave.
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August 16, 1937 

WILLIAMS, Elizabeth C. widow of Williams, Eli WC-303, 839
CLAUSER, Martha, widow of Clauser, Samuel WC-568, 213
Miss Lora Martens 
4120 Lincoln Avenue 
Detroit, Michigan 
My dear Miss Martens: 
Your letter of August 3rd addressed to the Veterans' Administration has been referred to this office for reply, as the pension records of some of the veterans about whom you inquired have been transferred to the custody of the Archivist of the United States. 
We are able to furnish you from the above-cited cases the following information: 
1.	ELI WILLIAMS 
Birth: Not given. 
Marriage: Eli Williams was married to Elizabeth Clauser, August 24, 1860, at Minersville, Pennsylvania. 
Children: Ida J., born November 10, 1861, at Branchdale, Pennsylvania. 
Deaths: Eli Williams died June 8, 1871, at Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Williams died June 21, 1928, at Detroit, Michigan. 
2.	SAMUEL CLAUSER
Parents: William Clauser and Catherine Clauser. Both born in Pennsylvania; dates not given.
Marriages: His first wife's name was Mary Goss. They were married in 1866, in Pennsylvania. His second wife's name was Martha Stambaugh. They were married September 21, 1867, in Bainbridge Center, Berrien County, Michigan. She was born December 12, 1839, in Lebanon,
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Miss Zora Martens 
August 16, 1937     2.
Ohio. She had been previously married to Charles St. John, from whom she was divorced in 1865, in Cass County, Michigan
Children: None listed.
Deaths: Samuel Clauser died May 1, 1901, in Watervliet, Michigan. Martha Clauser died July 23, 1923, in Watervliet, 
3. WILLIAM CLAUSER we are unable to find any record that a veteran by this name received a pension for service in the Civil War from Pennsylvania. 
4. JOHN WIGENT, WIGANT or WYGAND, etc. 
A copy of your letter has been referred to the Veterans' Administration for reply to the part of it requesting information about the above man, who served during the Revolutionary War, as these records are still in the custody of the Veterans' Administration. 
Your letter has also been referred to The Adjutant General's Office of the War Department for reply to that part of it requesting the military records of Eli Williams, Samuel Clauser and William Clauser. 
Yours very truly, 
NELSON VANCE RUSSELL, Chief 
Division of Reference

JED-1b
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27.588
Martin Wygant

admd

Hon. J. W Brown
Walter Case Esq
New Burgh
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
Sir: [Oct.20, crossed out] Nov 13 1833 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A statement, showing the Service of Martin Wygant
[TABLE] 
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. | 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. 
[Table is not filled out]

I am, respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[Extracted Text pasted with no further editing]

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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
considered a Court of Record.
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
On this
day of
Sate of
County of
A B. a resident (b) of
of aged (c)
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with and
line, under the following named officers:
ed under more than one term of enlistment he
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servhe
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 bath way in which he was engaged,
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
the Agency in the State of
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court
A. B.
-
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
hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Solder, 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.
1,
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
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 appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
case.
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
troops of Virginia.
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
war, and where do you now live?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
And if a substitute, for whom?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
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.
{To a Soldier.
ceive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it givever
receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
tify as to your character for veracity, and their
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testhe
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.
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of his existed upon the subject.
may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
and will also certify that the line
the Justice will execute the duties which the Court is herein requested to perform.
Whenever any official act
in the Court.
quired 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
his genuine signature.
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
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
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
low the rule laid down for his gallanter.
Tampa for a person of the
conforming to the rule.
when two or more
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
most mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
at the Department in determine to what
to the grades in which he served.
teacher at
he served not less than the periods mentioned
ness of memory, he cannery as to the precise length of his
served as
or in the
lowing go
for
important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which
according to the best of his
erved as
in them, without specifying the
such service I claim
be paid to the grade of the prisoner and then he held, as the law
and express a shionable. Some person who
highly objectional
clearly shown under what officers the applicant service. This form of
place where he was performed that the piano
engagement;
was to renew them were
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
papers.
of the fourth and nature of the carrying offer had not
Mode of authenticating papers.
tains the affidavit, or other papers authentic
trict of the two minutes the paper is not written on the same sheet of paper which conof
the heat rape for being parties are
cate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
In a case where the name of the applicant is not
erate more
that the time of the career there and then
and the official character and
the chemist who may he soon entering in
note applies to continental troops only.
the
tionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
same room now not but we do