Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29221, Henry Head, New York
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3 - 1776

SERVICE
New York

Head, Henry

NUMBER
S 29221

CONTENTS
[blank]
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Albany
31615

Henry Head of Schenectady in the State of N York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Waters of the Regt Commanded
by Col. Hopkins in the N.Y line for 11 months & 21 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 39 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of April 1839
and sent to G. F. Yates
Schenectady, N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March '39                          312.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep.                      19.50
[total]                                                                $331.50

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
 
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk.
Book E .2. Vol. 4 Page 31
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23307
Henry Head

[illegible]
11 & 18 Aug

[illegible]
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State of New York
Schenectady County Ss.
On this Eleventh day of October 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schenectady now sitting Henry Head, a resident of the town of Duanesburgh [sic] in the County of Schenectady in the State of New York, aged seventy five years on the seventeenth day of August last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and
served as herein stated
That about the twentieth day of June 1776 he was ordered out to serve in the company of Militia commanded by Capt Jonathan Weller to suppress a band of Tories & robbers who had raised & became troublesome in the County of Dutchess, that he remained actively engaged in that service until about the 20th July following, when these tories & robbers were suppressed through the assistance of a detachment of about 1500 men from Connecticut under Gen. Hinman, Captain Wellers company was attached to a regiment commanded by Col Roswell Hopkins, many of these tories & robers [sic] were taken & tried at Charlotte now Washington Dutchess County
And this deponent further saith that about the
first day of October 1777. he was again ordered out with the militia to guard the west line of Dutchess County & protect various places along the North river from the Enemy, his captain and
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Colonel were the same as above named, that
he was out actively engaged in the United States service on this occasion about one month, that a detachment of the enemy within this month made the several attacks on Tellers point and one attack on Rinebeck [Rhinebeck], they also made a landing at Ulion [Ilion kiln ?] kill, that these various attack were successfully expelled by the militia under Col Hopkins & this deponent was in then several engagements
Another deponent further saith that about the
10th of October 1778. this deponent again volunteered his service with his team in the said service for the term of four months under
Captain Silas Marsh that he was wholly [illegible] during this term in collecting & transporting to the north river stores & provision for the use of the United States Army-
And this deponent further saith that about
the first of April 1779 he volunteered in a company of Militia under the command of Capt Jonathan Weller, this company was then called a patrolling Company and were almost exclusively engaged in patrolling the County of Dutchess in capturing Tories, spies & robers [sic], that he served this six months out & was discharged
And this deponent further saith that about
the first of November 1779, he volunteered in a
company of guards under Capt Thomas Lee
and was engaged about two months in guarding the public stores at Poquake [Poughquag] and this deponent further saith, that on the 6th day of February 1780 he was again called into the service under the command of Capt Joseph Pembercord of the Militia and was engaged eighteen days in collecting stores & tembers for the use of the Army-
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And this deponent further saith, that on the
7th day of August 1781, he was again called into the service of the United States under the
command of Capt Samuel Waters of the militia that he entered the service as a volunteer, that a large force was at this time collected on the north river by order of Gen. Washington for the purpose of retaking New York, that these forces were marched & countermarched from & to various points on the North river and were finally discharged at the expiration of the three months - they stayed however mostly at West point -
And this deponent further saith that in addition to the above service he volunteered as one of the body guard of Gov. Clinton who their resided at Poughkeepsie, that this company of guards were commanded by Captain John Tapping, that this guard amounted to rising of sixty men, that this service commenced about the last of March 1777, and this deponent was engaged at this time as one of the guards about six months and this deponent further saith that the whole of the above services were rendered in the militia service of the United States that the whole time he was so in the service including the time he served as one of the Guards of Gov. Clinton amounted to
about twenty three and a half months - and
this deponent further saith, that his residence during the whole term of his service in the revolutionary army was Charlotte, now the town of Washington in the County of Dutchess - in which County he was born-
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And this deponent further saith that he has no documentary evidence in his possession in  regard to his said service nor does he know of any person now living who could prove or testify as to his said service 
and this deponent further saith that there is no clergyman in his vicinity with whom he is particularly acquainted
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State
Henry Head

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John S. Vrooman Clk
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State of New York
Schenectady County. 
We Silas Marsh & James Stewart of the town of Duanesburgh [Duanesburg] in the said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Head, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
James Stewart
Silas Marsh
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
John S. Vrooman Clerk

AND THE SAID COURT do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Stewart who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Duanesburgh [sic] in Schenectady County and that Silas Marsh who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town & County & are  both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Head for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John S. Vrooman
Clerk.
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23307
Henry Head
Schenectady County
New York
All [Allowed]
Suspd [suspended]

Admitted
Private 11 mo & 21 days

Giles F. Yates Esq
Schenectady
New York,
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 23d 1833.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, shewing the service of Henry Head, Schenectady County, New York

Period when the service was rendered., Duration of the claimant's service., Rank of the
claimant., Names and Rank of the Company
officers under whom he served., Names and Rank of the General and Field officers., Battles in which the applicant was engaged., Country through which he marched., Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period., Evidence by which the declaration is supported

Drafted 1776, 1 month, private, Capt Willer, Col Hopkins, [blank], [blank], 75 Dutchess Co NY, tradition

Drafted 1777, 1 month,  [blank], Capt. Willer, [blank], [blank], Tellers Point, Rinebeck, Uliou Kill, Poqueke, 75 Ditchess Co NY, tradition

Volunteer 1778, 4 months, traveler, Capt Marsh, [blank], [blank], Tellers Point, Rinebeck, Uliou Kill, Poqueke, 75 Ditchess Co NY, tradition

Drafted 1779, 6 months, [blank], Capt Marsh, [blank], [blank], Tellers Point, Rinebeck, Uliou Kill, Poqueke, 75 Ditchess Co NY, tradition

Drafted 1779, 2 months, Capt Lee, [blank], [blank], Tellers Point, Rinebeck, Uliou Kill, Poqueke, 75 Ditchess Co NY, tradition

Drafted 1780, 18 days, Capt Pembercord, [blank], [blank], Tellers Point, Rinebeck, Uliou Kill, Poqueke, 75 Ditchess Co NY, tradition

Drafted 1781, 3 months, Capt Waters, [blank], [blank], Tellers Point, Rinebeck, Uliou Kill, Poqueke, 75 Ditchess Co NY, tradition

Governor's Guard in 1777, 6 months, Capt Tapping, [blank], [blank], Tellers Point, Rinebeck, Uliou Kill, Poqueke, 75 Ditchess Co NY, tradition

[total] 11 months, 18 days

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions

See Act of Legislature referred to in Col Hardenbergh Gen. Order

Capt Tapping paid for 7 mo & 21 days  

[illegible]
May 1781
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832,
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of
 [blank] in the county of  [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c)[blank] 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)[blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] 
(e) regiment of the [blank] 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,
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 the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of
[blank] & 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 [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
[blank] 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & 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 connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
To a Soldier, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what one has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates,
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general; and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State of 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 declarant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, accordingly 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 phrases about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps
called into to 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 certification of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must in all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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March 11, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Henry Head-S. 29221

Mrs. John C. Cochran
723-2" Avenue, S.
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Henry, Alexander and Charles Head, of New York or Pennsylvania, and Samuel Coon, of the same section, possibly Dutchess County, New York.
No record has been found of claims for  pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of Alexander or Charles Head or of Samuel Coon or similar spelling. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. The record of Henry Head, of Dutchess County, New York, has been found and is furnished herein.
As a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of Alexander and Charles Head and Samuel Coon, it is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
Henry Head
S. 29221
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.29221, based upon the military service in that war of Henry Head.
Henry Head was born in Dutchess County, New York, August 17, 1755. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing at Charlotte (later Washington), Dutchess County, New York, Henry Head enlisted and served with the New York troops,
as follows: from June 20, 1776, one month as a private in Captain
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Jonathan Weller's Company, Colonel Roswell Hopkins' Regiment and was out against the Tories in Dutchess County: from the last of March, 1777, six months under Captain John Tapping as one of sixty men composing the guard for Governor Clinton and was stationed
at Poughkeepsie; from October 1, 1777, one month in Captain Jonathan Weller's Company, Colonel Roswell Hopkins' Regiment and guarded the west line of Dutchess County; from October 10, 1778, four months as a teamster under Captain Silas March and was
engaged with his own team transporting stores to the North River for the use of the army: from April, 1779, six months in Captain Jonathan Weller's Company and was engaged in patrolling Dutchess County: from November, 1779, two months in Captain Thomas Lee's
Company: from November 6, 1780, eighteen days in Captain Joseph Pembercord's Company and from August 7, 1781, three months in Captain Samuel Waters' Company.
Henry Head was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1832, while a resident of Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Henry Head (S. 29221), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Henry Head, Certificate No. 31615, issued April 15, 1839, rate $39 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York (Albany ) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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29221
Revy 
INVALID.
File No. 29,221
Henry Head
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 '32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 180

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1937 Mar 11 Hist. to Mrs
J C. Cochran EL
1937 Apr.6. Hist again
furn. Mrs. John C. Cochrane
copied, E. E. L.
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Revo
Henry Head

New York
Suspended act 7 June '32

A. C. Gibson
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

The Pension Dept.
U. S. Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.

Revolutionary

[postmark]
SAINT CLOUD MINN
MAR 17 1937
1130 AM

[stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 19 1937
MAIL SUB DIV
VETS ADMIN
READER #31

[postage stamp]
UNITED STATES
ONE CENT
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Dear Sir:
Yesterday I received account of pension data of Henry Head of Dutchess Co. NY which letter was accidentally destroyed I regret.
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Would you be kind enough to give me a duplicate of this record of Henry Head, If there is any mention in any connection of a Solomon Head please give data also. I am sorry to repeat this request but I cannot remember enough of your recent letter to help me and thank you most sincerely.
Mrs. John C. Cochrane
723-2nd Ave S. Cloud, Minn

[stamp]
SAINT CLOUD MINN
MAR 17 1937
1130 AM
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THIS SIDE OF CARD FOR ADDRESS

Pension Dept
Veterans Administration 
Washington D.C.

Revolutionary War

[postmark]
SAINT CLOUD MINN
FEB 18 1937
1230 PM

[stamp]
RECEIVED
FEB 20 1937
MAIL SUB DIV
VETS ADMIN
READER # 39

[postage stamp]
UNITED STATES
ONE CENT
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2 -12 -'37

The Adjutant General
Veterans Administration,

Dear Sir,-

Do you have pension data for Henry Head, Charles Head, or Alexander Head of New York State or Pennsylvania or of Samuel Coon, of same locations, possibly Dutchess Co NY or neighborhood? If not of these states, of any neighboring states? Kindly give me all data shown?
Respectfully,
Mrs. John C. Cochrane
723 2nd Ave. S.
St. Cloud, Minn
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[illegible]
15 March 1839
O C
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War Department
Pension Office
March 15. 1839

Sir

The papers of Henry Head whose claim is referred to in your letter of the 6th alto to have again on examined. The service in the Wagon Masters Department could be allowed. The claimant and it appears drove his own team
hence he could not have been in the continental service, all he can be allowed upon the evidence on file for his revolutionary services  is in pension for eleven months and 18 days
Giles F. Yates Esqr
Schenectady
N. Y.
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War Department
Pension Office
Oct. 29 1833

Sir

The papers in support of the application
of Henry Head for a pension have again been
examined-
The requisition on a former examination as to specification indicated indicated by the note under letter & in the printed sheet accompanying the papers, not having been complied with the case is suspended and the
papers placed on file -
The [illegible] service is not provided for by the act of June 7th 1832 and cannot be allowed. Every applicant is required by the Regulations of the Department to produce the best evidence in his power-
If cannot readily be admitted
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that so long a course of service as is alleged in
this case should be wholly and inaccessible of
proof - There an many surviving soldiers who served in the same Corps and at the same
period -
A pension certificate for Enos Howard will be transmitted as soon as it can be made out
A. C. Gibson Esqr
Schenectady
New York
29 Oct 1833

OC 2 yr Oct 1833
A. C. Gibson
Rec'd volume 30 p. 89.r
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J. L. Edwards Elsq
Commissioner Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.
Jno at Feb 20
NY
Henry Head
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Henry Head
Apl. 11
[illegible] at NY

To J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensins
40
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Schenectady April 8 1839

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

In the matter of the application of Henry Head for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832-
Mr Head desires me to state in answer to your letter of the 15th alto at that his service under Captains or conductors Silas Marsh & Joseph Pembercord, as set forth in his papers on file, was pursuant to a regular enlistment. He also begs to be informed whether his service as one of a guard to General George Clinton under Captain John Tappan is included in the 11 months and 18 days for which he is allowed. If on a reexamination, no other or different decision than that contained in your letter of the 15th ult. is arrived at he will acquiese [sic] in it.
very respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
G. F. Yates
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Schentady County ss. 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Schenectady Henry Head who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, (in addition to his original declration) that he served one month in the militia service of the United States in the
year 1776, his captains name was Jonathan
Weller sent. Silas Belding Ensign James Mott
this service was within the County of Dutchess - that he also served in the militia one month in the year 1777 under Col. Roswell Hopkins his Capt & other officers were the same as stated in his first term of service, he received his pay from Col. Hopkins - that this service was commuted immediately on the close of six months service of this deponent as one of the guard of Gov- Clinton - that he was actually engaged for the term of six months as one of said Guard in that year, this company of the guard was commanded by Capt. Tapping Lieut. John Brooks & Ensign James Myre, this  deponent received his pay for this six months service from Gov. Clinton who also give the company a discharge or certificate to Col. Hopkins to whose regiment said company
belonged - that this company of guards remained at Poughkeepsie during this six
months
And this deponent further saith that he served four months with his team in 1778. And six months in 1779. his officers names in this last service were Col. R. Hopkins, Capt. I. Willer Lieut. Silas Author, Ensign Enos Partilow, that this six months was spent in sever service in traversing the County of Dutchess &  neighborhood in the suppression of tories & quelling a rebellion - that he served two months in 1779 in guarding the public property at Poque under Capt
Thomas Lee, Lieut. Tabor Bently Ensign James
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Lee, Brother of Capt. Lee
that he served for three months commencing in 7th August 1781 under Capt. Samuel Waters, Lieut. James Betts Ensign Robert Authon. this company belonged to Col Benjamin Birdsell Regiment under Jacobus Swartwout- 
And this deponent further saith that the
whole of this deponents service rendered the United States in the Revolutionary war as herein before stated is twenty three months & Eighteen days, that this deponent is not aware of any additional Evidence within his power to show of  his said service
Henry Head
Subscribed & sworn this 22d day of June 1833 before me
J D Harman
Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Schenectady County Ss
I, John S. Vrooman clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Schenectady do hereby certify that the annexed papers contain the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Henry Head. (which original papers contained the printed certificate sealed on or to the last leaf)
I further certify that J.D. Harman was a justice of the peace in & for said County on the day the additional affidavit of said Head purports to have been taken that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe
the name "J. D. Harman Justice of the peace" is in his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 22d day of June 1833--
John S Vrooman
Clk
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Giles F. Yates Esq
Schenectady

Dear Sir 

I have a long time ago employed an agent to attend to the prosecution of my claim for a pension, but my pension has not yet been allowed.
I wish you would undertake the case for me. I hereby authorise [sic] you to do so
Yours
Henry Head

To J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
In compliance with the request contained in the above letter I solicit a review of the case of Henry Head an applicant for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832. He alledges [sic] that he served in the continental establishment in the Quarter or Waggon [sic] Master's Department for a term for which no allowance has been made
I am very respectfully
Your obt St
Giles F. Yates
Schenectady N.Y
Feby 16th 1839
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April 6, 1937
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BA-J/ady
Henry Head
S. 29221

Mrs. John C. Cochrane
723 Second Avenue South
St. Cloud, Minnesota

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Henry Head which was furnished you on March 11, 1937, and which you state was accidentally destroyed.
The data which follow are obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, S. 29221, based upon the military service of Henry Head in that war.
Henry Head was born in Dutchess County, New York, August 17, 1785. The names of his parents are not
shown.
While residing at Charlotte (later Washington),
Dutchess County, New York, Henry Head enlisted and served with the New York troops as follows: from June 20, 1776, one month as private in Captain Jonathan Weller's Company, Colonel Roswell Hopkins' Regiment and was out against the Tories in Dutchess County:
from the last of March, 1777, six months under Captain John Tapping as one of sixty men composing the guard for Governor Clinton and was stationed at Poughkeepsie: from October 1, 1777, one month in Captain Jonathan
Weller's Company, Colonel Roswell Hopkins' Regiment and guarded the west line of Dutchess County: from October 10, 1778, four months as a teamster under Captain Silas Marsh and was engaged with his own team transporting stores to the North River for the use of the army; from April, 1779, six months in Captain Jonathan Weller's Company and was engaged in patrolling Dutchess County; from November 1779, two months in Captain Thomas Lee's Company: from November 6, 1780, eighteen days in Captain Joseph Pembercord's Company and from August 7, 1781, three months in Captain Samuel Waters' Company.

Muss Luke absent
copied her hist. 3/11/37
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Henry Head was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1832, while a resident of Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator