Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29250, for Mead Hurd, Connecticut
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(3 or 8 - 1776)

SERVICE                                                  NUMBER
Conn.          Hurd, Mead  or Mede          S29250

CONTENTS
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May 31st 1834 transfd to Michigan from 4 March
1834 - and notice sent to Honble - Wm Hendricks of to S. U. S.  - Same day - notification
returned by Hon W. H. & sent to c/o M. Wells, Detroit, June 5th. The Detroit Agent has been directed to pay Hurd from the time when he was last paid at N. York, viz on from 4 Sept 1833 to 4 March 1834. See letter to N.Y. & Mich. Ter. [Territory] [Agtr?] 30 June 1834

Michigan
[struck through - New York]

Mede Hurd
of Ulster in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Beach of the Rej. commanded
by Col Swift in the Connecticut
line for 20 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 55 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Aug. 1832 and sent to E. Gap  Pitsfrd

Arrears to the 4th of March $133.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33.33
                                            ______________
 [numbers don't add up]        $166.66                         

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Cole Stiles Clerk,
Book 6. Vol 3. Page 62
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No 20.200
State of Indiana
County of St. Joseph } Ss:
On this ninth day of
May, One thousand eight hundred and thirty four, before
me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said
County of St Joseph; personally appeared Mead Hurd,
a Revolutionary Pensioner, who on his oath declared
that he is the same person who formerly belonged to
the company commanded by Captain Beach in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Waterbury in the service
of the United States; that his name was placed on
the pension roll of the State of New York, from whence
he has lately removed; that he now resides on the tract
of land claimed by Michigan but now under the jurisdiction 
of Indiana, where he intends to remain, and wishes
his pension to be payable for the future in the Territory
of Michigan.- The following are his reasons for removing
from the State of New York to where he now resides
(to wit) on the tract of land claimed by Michigan, but
now under the jurisdiction of Indiana, (viz) to reside
with his son
Mead Hurd

Sworn and subscribed to
before me the day and   ⎬
year aforesaid
Samuel Martin
Justice of the peace
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State of Indiana
County of St Joseph) Ss
On the ninth day of May
One thousand Eight hundred and thirty four, before me
the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said
County, personally appeared Levi Dean who
on his oath declares that Mead Hurd, is the identical 
person named in the original Certificate of
Pension in his possession from the war department,
and is also the same person who has sworn to
and subscribed to the above Affidavit
Levi Dean
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and
year aforesaid
Samuel Martin
Justice of the peace

State of Indiana
County of St. Joseph Ss}

I do hereby certify that 
Levi Dean-- the witness aforesaid is
a person of truth and veracity.
Samuel Martin
Justice of the Peace
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13.781
Mede Hurde
Monroe County New York

Exd  Robinson

Ephraim Goss
Pittsford
Monroe
N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir, 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will 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.
A Statement, shewing the service of Mede Hurde
Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant.
Enlisted 1775.  7 months Private
Enlisted 1776. 3 months Pri
Enlisted 1776. 7 months Pri
Entered in April 1777 Pri
1778.  1 month Pri
Ordered 1778 2 months Pri
Enlisted 1780 6 monthsPri

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt Beach
Capt Clark
Capt Beach
Capt Curtiss
Capt Curtiss 
Capt Curtiss
Capt Lacy
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. 
Col. Waterbury
not stated
Col Swift
not stated
not stated
not stated
Col. Swift Genl Huntington

Battles in which the applicant was engaged 
St John
none
None
Ridgefield
none
none
None
Country through which he marched
From York Island to Albany thence to Ticonderoga & to St. John
from Stratford to New York 
from Stratford to Mt. independence
from Stratford to Danbury
Fredericksburg New York
Fairfield & New Haven
From Stratford to Peekskill West Point and New Jersey

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period-
Fairfield Connecticut
Aged 70 years

Evidence by which the the declaration is supported
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 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 District of County of On this ---day of --- personally appeared (a) before ----- A. B. a resident (b) of ----- in the county of ---- and State, Territory or District of ----- aged (c) --- years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ----, with ---- and served in the ---- (e) regiment of the ---- line, under the following named officers (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I -------------------- of the Court of ----------------------------- do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of --------------- for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ------- day of ------------------ & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ------------- and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ---------------- , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be -------- years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. ------ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ------- and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, -----------Clerk of the Court of ---------------- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this --- 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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3 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. To a Soldier Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. {a] the declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rules laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] the declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served [e] Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly worn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----days, I served as a ----- and for such service I claim a pension." it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the miliia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that 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 in can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying once, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. [j] in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 credibly 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 [a] to [i] are 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 indispensible in militia cases [l] if a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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13.781
In the matter of the
application of
Mede Hurd
for a pension

6 mo in Swift
not supported by record
& disallowed

Admd
20 mo. pri
$66. 66
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[notes in margin: Period 7 mo; 2; Period 3 mo.]

State of New York
County of Monroe⎬Ss

On this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of said
County now sitting Mede Hurd a resident of Pittsford in the County of Monroe State of New York aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn, according to
law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated.
That soon after the battle of Lexington he enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Beach attached to Colonel
Waterburys Regiment of Connecticut State Troops that he then resided in the town of Stratford in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, that he was a volunteer that he then marched to the Bowrie on York
island, from thence to Harlem Heights where they embarked on board of Sloops for Albany from thence Marched through half moon (Now Waterford), to Ticonderoga 
from thence embarked on board Boats for the Isle au Noise [Isle aux Noix] from thence to St Johns, that when the Troops landed about a mile from St Johns, they were fired upon by a
party of Indians who killed & wounded a few of the party, & then fled into the woods, that he assisted in building the fortifications & was on duty there during the siege & capture of St John by the Americans & that he served the full term of seven months & was discharged
& marched home in December 1775.
That he again entered the service soon after returning home he thinks in January 1776, that he enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Clark for the term of three
months, that he then lived in Stratford aforesaid That he marched from Stratford to New York, That his principal duty there was to keep guard of military
stores , that he served out his term of enlistment in his
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[Margin notes: 3; Period 7 mo.; 4; 5; Period 1 mo.; 6; Period 2 mo.]

said Company attached to the Connecticut Troops I was discharged & returned home
That he again enlisted & entered the service in the Connecticut Troops in the Spring of 1776 he thinks it in May of that year for another term of Seven months into a Company under the command of Captain Beach aforesaid
in Colonel Herman Swifts Regiment, that he marched with his company from Stratford aforesaid to Mount Independence opposite to Ticonderoga aforesaid where he served out the full term of his enlistment and was
honorably discharged & paid. That he left some time in December 1776 and returned home. That he again entered the service thinks it in April 1777 that he then lived at Stratford, that he at this time enrolled himself in the militia in a company commanded by Captain Peter Curtiss & marched to Danbury
in the State of Connecticut & was there when it was burnt by the British, that he was in the battle at Ridgefield when General Wooster was slain & returned home immediately after this battle on account of sickness
which prevented him from doing any more duty during this year.
That in 1778 he regained his health & still belonging & continuing in the said Captain Curtiss's Company he was frequently called out on duty that when the British took
fort Montgomery he was called out and marched with his company to Fredericksburg in the State of New York where he was stationed for one month then he was ordered
home
That at another time in the year 1778 he was ordered to horse neck for the term of two months that he marched with
Captain Curtiss' Company aforesaid to Horseneck which time he served out & that most of said time was spent on guard
Was again called out & was at Fairfield when it was burnt
That he spent some time at New Haven, but he does not recollect the time he spent at Fairfield or New haven
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That in the spring of the year 1780 he again enlisted
into the service of the United States into the continental Army
in the Company (as he thinks) commanded by Captain Lacey
in Colonel Swifts Regiment & General Huntington's
Brigade, that he then resided in Stratford that the period
of his enlistment was six months, that he was a volunteer, 
that he was in no battles during said term of six
months, that he marched from Stratford aforesaid to
Peekskill in the State of New York from thence to West
Point from thence to the State of New Jersey where he served
out the full term of his enlistment, that he left the service
some time in the fall of 1780 & being discharged he returned
home. That he has no documentary evidence, that he
knows of two persons who are knowing to some part of
his service & whose affidavits are herewith sent.

To the Interrogatories put by the Court he answers
1 Interrogatory
That he was born at Stratford in the County of Fairfield
& State of Connecticut in the year 1757
2. Has a Record of his age & that it is now in Stratford
aforesaid
3 When called into service lived at Stratford aforesaid, lived
in Stratford after the War closed about eleven years & that
he removed from Stratford to the town of Ballston in the
County of Saratoga & State of New York in the year
1794. resided in that County until the year 1826 when he
removed to the town of Pittsford in the County of Monroe & State
aforesaid & that he now resides in Pittsford aforesaid.
4.That he was a volunteer as above stated
5 That he stated above the names of all the Officers he recollects
but General Montgomery who commanded at the North
6 Never received a Discharge
7 That the persons who can testify to his character for veracity
&c. are Aaron Stedman, Ebenezer Graves, Joseph E. Camp
Joseph Rowley Jureh Rowley John Acer
He Hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
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except the present and declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any State & that the whole of
the time served in the revolutionary War is more than two years as above
set forth.
Mead Hurd
Sworn to & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
J Cutler Dep. Clerk

We Daniel Brown a Clergyman residing in the town of
Pittsford in the County of Monroe State of New York
Nathan Calhoon residing in Pittsford aforesaid hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Mede Hurd who has
subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and 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, & that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Brown
Nathan Calhoon
Sworn subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
J. Cutler Dep. Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the 
investigation of the matter, after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department, that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And
the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that
Daniel Brown who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the town of Pittsford in said County
and that Nathan Calhoon who has also signed the same
is a resident of the town of Pittsford aforesaid is a credible
person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said
County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mede Hurd for pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of Office this 2 day of October
in the year 1832
L. Adams Clerk
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Hurd was in service in the continental
army in the year 1780 but for what length
of time he does not remember,
(the 22d & 23d lines & part of the 21st & 24th lines being obliterated)
  Nathl Booth
Sworn this 31st day of July 
1832 before me
A Goodrich Justice &c

Alpheus Goodrich before whom the foregoing affidavit  purports to have been made is a Justice of the peace of the County of Saratoga residing
in this village, & the signature is genuine & authentic
Nathaniel Booth the Witness is credible &
respectable. He is & has been many years
a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church
in Ballston. I have known him well
from my youth
Ballston Spa July 31. 1832
John W. Taylor M.C.
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State of New York
Saratoga County ss John Munroe of Ballston
in the County of Saratoga & State of New York being duly sworn doth depose & say that Mede Hurd & this deponent were born & brought up together in the town of Stratford in the State of Connecticut
that this deponent is seventy four years old,
that not long after the battle of Lexington in
the year 1775, this deponent & the said Hurd
enlisted for seven months into Capt Beach's company in Col. Waterburys regiment of Connecticut troops that they marched to the Bowrie on York island where they were embarked on board sloops for Albany, that they marched   from thence through Halfmoon to Ticonderoga
from thence to the Isle au Noix, thence to
the Seige of St John's that this deponent & the
said Hurd were tent mates & mess mates
during all this time until this deponent during the fire & before the capture of the St. Johns was taken sick & removed back to the Isle of
Noix leaving the said Hurd at St. Johns
that this deponent saw & conversed with the
said Hurd after his return home to Stratford
in December 1775 or January 1776 & was informed both by him & other soldiers who served with
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him at the capture of St Johns, that he was
at the capture, & remained in the service aforesaid
until the expiration of his seven months
enlistment, & that he was honorably discharged
That this deponent knows the said Hurd
was in service as a soldier in Col. Swifts
regiment in the campaign of 1776, but
for what length of time he cannot say
of his own knowledge, but he was informed
& believes it was for the same time they
served together the former year
That this deponent in 1777 enlisted into the
continental service for during the war, &
frequently during the war saw & conversed
with said Hurd he being a Soldier in
the service of the United States, at Peekskill
in the State of New York & in diverse places
in the State of New Jersey, but for what length
of time said and was then enlisted or
served, he is unable to state
John Munroe
Sworn this 31th day of
July 1832 before me
A Goodrich Justice
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State of New York
Saratoga County ss: Nathaniel Booth of Ballston in the County of Saratoga & State of New York being duly sworn doth depose & say that for more than fifty years he has been well acquainted with Mede Hurd formerly of Stratford in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut now of Pittsford
in the County of Monroe & State of New York
That shortly after the battle of Lexington, on or
about the first day of May in the year 1775 the
said Mede Hurd enlisted for seven months into a company commanded by Capt. Beach in Col. Waterbury's Regiment of continental forces that the said Mede Hurd in company with this deponent, who was a soldier in the same regiment & company, marched from our rendezvous at Horse Neck to the Bowrie on York Island, from thence to Harlem Heights, where they were embarked on board of Sloops for Albany, from
thence marched to Halfmoon from thence to
Ticonderoga,  [words crossed out] where this deponent was stationed on guard, that the said Mede Hurd marched with his company
from Ticonderoga for the Isle au Noix, that
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3
Some time in the month of December 1775
shortly after said Hurd returned home,
this deponent saw him & conversed with
him, & was informed as well by him, as by
other soldiers who served with him, that the
said Hurd was at the capture of St Johns
& continued in service to the end of his
term of enlistment, & that this deponent has
no doubt of the truth of that information.
And this deponent further saith that
in the Spring of the year 1776 the said Mede
Hurd & this deponent enlisted again within
a few days of each other for another term
of seven months into a company commanded
by the said Capt. Beach in Col. Heman Swifts
regiment, that the said Hurd & this deponent
marched with the said company from Stratford
aforesaid to Mount Independence opposite
to Ticonderoga aforesaid, where they served
out the full time of their enlistment & were
honorably discharged & paid. that the
said Mede Hurd was a brave & faithful
Soldier. That this deponent knows the said
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Alpheus Goodrich before whom the foregoing affidavit 
purports to have been made is a justice
of the peace of the County of Saratoga & the
Signature is genuine & authentic
John Munroe the witness is credible & respectable
full faith may be reposed in his statements
I have known him from my youth
Ballston Spa July 31, 1832.
John W. Taylor M.C.
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immediate attention

Supposed to have been
left by the Hon N.
Hendricks
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State of Indiana
County of St. Joseph⎬ Ss

I Lathrop M Taylor
Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid
certify that Samuel Martin is a Magistrate
as above and that the foregoing signature purporting
to be his is Genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my seal of
Office and subscribed my
name, this ninth day of
May in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred
and thirty four
L. M. Taylor Clk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ----- 19 ---

In reply to your request of -----  received ----- 
a statement of the military history of Mede orr Mead Hurd
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his  application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF               LENGTH OF RANK  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE
ENLISTMENT OR    SERVICE.                         CAPTAIN.             COLONEL
APPOINTMENT.
---
May 1775  7 mos. Pvt  Beach   Waterbury   Conn.
Jan 1776 3 mos. Pvt  Clark      Conn
May 1776    7 mos Pvt  Beach  Herman Swift  Conn
Apr 1777-1778  3 mos.  Peter Curtiss  Swift  Conn
Spring 1780 6 mos.  Lacy   Swift  Conn

Battles engaged in, St. Johns, burning of Danbury, & Fairfield Ridgefield
Residence of soldier at enlistment Stratford Fairfield Conn
Date of application for pension, Oct 2 1832 his cl al
Residence at date of application, Pittsford Monroe Co. NY-
Age at date of application, Born Stratford, Fairfield Co Conn 1757
Remarks: In 1834 sol refers to going to Mich to reside with a son.
no name stated. No other data on file as to family-
---
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6 -- 2856
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29250 
Revy INVALID.
File No. 29,250
Mede Hurd
Pri Rev War
Act June 7th 32
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 197
{Arrangement of 1870.}

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1920, Mar 17 Hist to Sue I
Silliman, (Letter S. 29481
Elisha Stanley. Conn.)
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Ballston June 3. 1833
Sir, 
I apprehend the objections are not those stated in your letter of the 28th Ult. I suppose my certificate is satisfactory in regard to the facts it purports to establish. probably a pension certificate would be granted to Mede Hurd or the evidence as it stands
for 20 months service, but he sets forth a service in 1777 without specifying any time, & the like in regard to his 3 tours in 1778. He claims also for six months continental service in 1780 but his name does not appear on the rolls & the witnesses are unable to say how long he served. One swears he
was in the continental service that year but how long he knows not of course that service is unsupported. My knowledge of Mede Hurd, & my confidence in his integrity & truth are such that I can not doubt
the accuracy of his statement. At the same
time I do not know where evidence, can
be obtained to support it, unless you,  ^himself or some of his relations possess that knowledge I advise to return his papers to the Commissioner of Pensions with a copy of your letter to me, & with this answer, together with your assent as the Agent of
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the applicant that a Pension Certificate may
issue for 20 months service.
Tell the Post Master to repay to you the postage
paid on your letter as the franking privilege
was by a law of the last Session extended to
members of the last Congress until the meeting of the next & principally in consequence of the
Pension business.
Yours respectfully
John W. Taylor

Ephraim Goss Esq
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A Copy of a letter to the Hon. John W. Taylor
a member of the last Congress-- Dated
Pittsford May 28, 1833
Dr Sir,
Enclosed are the Pension papers of Mede
Hurd. You will perceive by perusing the letter
from the War Department, that there are
objections to his claim. Mr. Hurd has removed
to Michigan, and knowing that you drafted
the affidavits of his witnesses & learning from
him that you feel interested in his case. I have
taken the liberty of enclosing the papers for your perusal & to solicit your advice [words crossed out] as to the course proper to be adopted to remove the objections. From what I can learn from the Commissioner of Pensions, he wishes the
affidavits of the Witnesses authenticated in a different manner it seems by their regulations that the Justice must certify to the Credibility of the Witnesses
which you did [words crossed out] it also appears that they wish an affidavit from Mr. Hurd agreeably to the form in their regulations as to the length of his service & again it would seem from the manner they have marked it in the tabular form that they have not perused the testimony saying in that "traditionary" I am at a loss to determine what they wish done, but if you think it advisable, you may make out new Affidavits if the witnesses are living & still reside near you & get them to swear to them before a Justice who will certify to their Credibility & obtain the certificate of the County Clerk & return them to
me; should you think of any better way than the
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one above suggested you will please advise
me as soon as may be
I am Respectfully
Your obedient Servant 
Ephraim Goss.
Hon John W Taylor