Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,563, Jacob Decker, Continental (N.Y.)
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Service - Continental (NY)
Decker, Jacob
Number - S10563 carded
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23914
14620
New York
Jacob Decker
Tiago Co - in the State of N. York who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain ________ of the _______ commanded by Col. Malcom in the New York [illegible] for 21 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible] day of June 1833 and sent to G. Robinson Elmira
Arrears to the 4th of Ma '33 $140
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sp '33 $35
$175
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G.C. Stiles Clerk
Book E, Vol. 4, Page 53
1883 Dec 4 Stewart & Bryan of [illegible] of the name on roll - but on above of locality & names of officers it is impossible to identify one for the other. [illegible] [illegible] to Section 4703 & 4742 as to exacting laws affecting claims.
Set Hon T McKissick 30th Apl 1850
L. Decker, Mch 17 '57
Same May 5, 1857
Same May 19 1857
1890 Nov 11 M Beckweth history in person [illegible]
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Jacob Decker Declaration
23937
on Roll May 77 for 3 years
muster 10 Feb '79
Direct to J. Robinson Elmira N.Y.
admd
21 mo. priv - 70$
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At a Court of Common Pleas _______ at the  Court house in the village of Elmira in and for the county of Tioga in the State of New York commencing on the firth day of March 1833.
Present the Honorable Grant B. Baldwin First Judge.
Joseph L. Darling, Esq. Elijah Shoemaker, Esq.
Darius Bentley Judge

State of New York
Tioga County

On this 6th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges aforesaid being a court of record  because made so by the constitution and laws of the State, having by law a ______ and Seal, and now sitting, Jacob Decker a resident of the Town of Chemung in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy three years the 17th 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named
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officers and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted as a private solder in Colonel Malcom's Regiment Captain Black's company on the 28th of May 1777 for the term of three years. At the time of his said enlistment he was marched [march'd] to West Point and employed with other troops in labor upon that fortification and in garrison duty.  In the fall of that year he was marched [march'd] up the Hudson River to Esopus and was stationed there on duty at the time it was burnt by the enemy; soon after this he was marched [march'd] on to the frontier of Ulster County and from there to Orange County and continued on patrol scout and garrison duty along that exposed frontier against the savages and Tories; he was stationed at a post called [call'd] Peenpack rather longer than at any other and was dismissed on account of ill health on the first of March 1779, having served one year and nine months.
That he has documentary evidence of his said service which is an authenticated certificate of the Military Register kept in the Secretary's office of the State of New York and hereto annexed; but he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said services.
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3.
And in answer to the several interrogatories put to him by the Court he says that he was born at a place called Carpenter Point on the Delaware River in the State of Pennsylvania on the 17th day of August in the year 1759.
He has no record of his age; was christened in the low dutch church and the record he thinks is somewhere in the State of New Jersey but he does not know where.
That when he first entered the service he lived in Goshen, County of Orange and State of New York; after the close of the war he continued to live in Goshen aforesaid for several years till he came and settled at his present residence in the said Town of Chemung where he has lived for the last forty four years. 
That he entered the service and served as a [illegible]. 
That he was acquainted, while in the service aforesaid, with Gen. James Clinton, Col. Weisenfelt, Major Thomas Dewitt, Col. Malcom and the troops under their command.
That he never received any other than a verbal discharge.
That he would refer to Jacob Kiep and Jacob Lowman Esquires and the Hon. John G. McDowell all his neighbors and well acquainted
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with his reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify to their belief in the truth of the foregoing declaration.
That 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Jacob Decker X his mark
Green M. Tuthill Clerk of Tioga County
We Simeon R. Jones a clergyman residing in Southport and Timothy Josulin and H. Bates residing in Chemung in the County of Tioga and State of New York - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Decker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age and upwards; 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 & subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Timothy Josulin, H Bates, Simeon R. Jones
Green M. Tuthill
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by this 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 Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Southport and that Timothy Josulin and H. Bates who have also signed the same are residents in the Town of Chemung and County of Tioga aforesaid and are credible persons near neighbors to the said applicant and that their statement is entitled to credit.
State of New York, Tioga County SS
I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jacob Decker for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 11th day of March 1833. Green M. Tuthill
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Pension Office Left. Baldwin May 12./57
Your favor of the 9th int is received in which you ask about Jacob Decker and his wifes marriage and their deaths.
1. Jacob Decker was married to Mary Towillegar in Minisink, N. York. Their Marriage Record was burned during the Revolutionary war when the church of that place was burned.
2. Jacob Decker drew a pension of $75.00 a year up to the year 1849 - on the 19th of Feb. of that year he died.
3. His wife Mary died Sept 23 - 1852. So that his wife survived him three years and a little over seven months. The said Jacob Decker and his wife Mary lived for the last 61 years of their lives together in this Chemung of N. York - all of which can be proven.
Yours Respectfully Zephaniah Decker
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Jacob Decker, New York, No. 23937
Admd.
J. Robinson Esq.
Elmira N. Yk.
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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, showing the Service of Jacob Decker
Period when the service was rendered. 28 May 1777 enlisted
Duration of the claimant's service. 1 Year. 9 Months
Rank of the claimant. Pri
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served. Col. Malcolm
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 73 years, Goshen, Orange Co. N. Yk
Proof of which the declaration is supported. Traditionary; Documentary
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. Edwards, Commission of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted or who volunteers 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 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      ss.
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 pensions 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 nameed officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers: the time he left the service: (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, $c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the state of       
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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. and the 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 herunto 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 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 Milita, 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 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 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.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the clarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The delarant 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 claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For ____ year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ____. For _____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &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 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 of inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate 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 office, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
> The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 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 all be written, and sent to the War Deparment, with the declaration.
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February 6, 1931.
Mrs. E. C. Dershem        ILL
115 West Church Street
Adrian, Michigan.
Dear Madam:
Your are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10563, that Jacob Decker was born August 17, 1759 at Carpenters Point on the Delaware River in Pennsyvania.
While a resident of Goshen, Orange County, New York, he enlisted May 28, 1777, served as private in Captain Black's Company, Colonel Malcom's New York Regiment, was at Esopus when it was burned by the enemy and was discharged March 1, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 6, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Chemung, Tioga County, New York, where he had moved several years after the war from Goshen, New York.
Soldier married in Minisink, New York, Mary Towillegar, date not shown.
He died February 19, 1849, in Chemung County, New York, survived by his widow, Mary, who died there September 23, 1853. It was stated that soldier and his wife had lived together in Chemung County for sixty-one years.
One Zephaniah Decker was a resident of Elmira, Chemung County, New York, in 1857, no relationship to soldier shown.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Joseph
1.
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Baker as described by you, or of James (same as Jabobus) Wandell, Wendal or Wendall.
In order to identify the record of a particular soldier of the Revolution named Jacob Wendall, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the following information: appoximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours, E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner.
Col. Malcom (spelling in N.Y. book & on N.Y. report. Heitman gives Malcolm).
3.
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Elmira March 12/57
To the Pension Dept.
Sir - I want to know whether one Thoms Maxfield of Elmira N. York has ever made application to the Dept. for the Pension which was due the widow of Jacob Decker. Her name is Mary Decker. He being a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a Pension up to his death - he has now been dead three years - if such application has been made will you inform me what disposition has been made of or with it. The friends are anxious to know as nothing here can be learned about it. Please direct your answer to Zephaniah Decker Elmira Chemung County
Yours tr Zephaniah Decker
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Elmira April 4/57
Pensions Office Dept
Sir I have received your answer to my inquires in reference to Jacob Decker or his widow. I would like some further information. [illegible] the said Jacob Decker was Revolutionary soldier and drew his pension up to his death which was eight years ago & now I want to know whether the widow of Jacob Decker can draw the amount which he was entitled to and did draw during his life time. & can it be obtained after her death in case the agent employed to procure it neglected to attain to the matter. We would not trouble you then but we [illegible] to know whether all has been correct or not.
Yours Truly Zephaniah Decker
Please direct as before  Elmira Chemung Co. N York
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State of New York Secretary's Office
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this office that Jacob Decker enlisted as a private soldier in Colonel Malcoms Regiment, Captain Blacks Company, on the 28th of May 1777 for three years, and was mustered until the month of March 1779; and I further certify that on a careful examintion I found no other soldier of the name of Jacob Decker on the books in this office except the one above named.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office at the City of Albany the sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Archd Campbell, Dep Secretary
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June 14, 1918.
Mrs. R.H. Twining,
217 East Hewitt Ave.
Marquette, Mich.
Madam:
In reply to your undated letter which was received on the 13th instant, you are herewith furnished the history of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Jacob Decker, Survivor's File No. 10563 for which no fee is charged.
Please find enclosed the twenty-five cents which was forwarded by you to the bureau.
Very respectfully, GM Saltzgaber Commissioner.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division June 13 1918. Chief of Rev War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. R.H. Twining cash for $0.25 requesting copy as per letter herewith. 25 cents returned to Mrs. R.H. Twining 217 E. Hewitt Ave. Marquette, Mich. Finance Div. notf.
Very respectfully, W.N. Campbell Chief of Division.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
3-525 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., ______, 19___
S.F. 10563
In reply to your request of ____, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Decker a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. May 28, 1777
Length of Service. Mch.1.1779
Rank. Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain. Black
Colonel. Malcom
State. N.Y.
Battles engaged in, Burning of Esopus.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Goshen, Orange Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Mch.6.1833 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Chemung, Tioga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application. b. Aug.17.1759 at Carpenters Point on Delaware River in Penn. d. Feby 19, 1849.
Remarks: He mar. in Minisink N.Y. Mary Towillegar. no date stated. She died Sept. 23, 1852. Zephaniah Decker, relationship not stated was a resident of Elmira N.Y. in 1857.
Respectfully, Commissioner.
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In reply to your enquiry of the 19th [illegible] addressed to the Hon. B LeFevre referred to this office, whether there is an pension or claim accredited to one Jacob Decker "a revy soldier" supposed to have belonged to NY State troops "if there has been law passed by Congress barring that class of claim" you are informed that a pension was all owed in 1833 to a Jacob Decker who served from & after the war, resided in N.Y.
In answer to you enquiry "if there has been any law passed by Congress barring that Class of Claims" you are respectfully referred to the limitations and prohibition contained in Section 4713 & 4742 of the revised Statutes except in the cases of widows who may be entitled under the provision in Section 6 of the act of March 9, 1878.
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230M-9-25-7860
S-128 Printed in U.S.A.;
AMERICAN CHAIN COMKPANY, INC., AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES Inter-Department Correspondence
(not as) Joseph Baker from Swansea, Mass or Berkshire Co. Mass, or Ira, Vermont.
James Wandell, Wendell, Wendal, possibly called Jacob, Dutch for James. Probably enlisted in New York. more -
If such information with seal of office affixed and sent to Mrs. E.C. Dershem, 115 W. Church St., Adrian Michigan will be greatly appreciated by her.
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230M-9-26-7860
S-128 Printed in U.S.A.
AMERICAN CHAIN COMPANY, INC., AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES Inter-Department Correspondence
Adrian Michigan Jan. 22, 1931
Government Pension Office, Washingotn D.C.
Have you any record of Revolutionary service or pension of the following? Jacob Decker - Probably in New York. only NY
Date stamp - Jan 24 1931
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25 cts rec [illegible] Rev. Sec. 217 East Hewitt Avenue Marquette, Michigan
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.,
Enclosed please find ($.25) twenty five cents. Will you kindly send me the volume and page of the pension record of Jacob Decker, born 1757 - died 1849.
Date stamp - Finance Division Bureau of Pensions Jun 13, 1918
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25 cts rec [illegible] Rev. Sec. 217 East Hewitt Avenue Marquette, Michigan
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.,
Enclosed please find ($.25) twenty five cents. Will you kindly send me the volume and page of the pension record of Jacob Decker, born 1757 - died 1849. He was a soldier in the Revolution.
Date stamp - Finance Division Bureau of Pensions Jun 13, 1918
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and applied for pension March 6, 1833 at Chemung, Tioga Co, N.Y. I wish that record for the D.A.R.,
Very truly Olive Decker Twining (uses R.H.)
Date stamp - Pension Office U.S. Jun 13, 1918
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Post Office Department Official Bureau
Registered Article No. 79489 Insured Parcel
Date stamp - Legal Department received Jun 22 1918 - Washington D.C. Aug 1918 830 PM - Pension Office U.S. Aug 30 1918
Return to Board of Review, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
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Return Receipt. - Returned from the Pension the Registered or Insured Article, the original number of [illegible] [illegible] on the face of this card.
Mrs. R.H. Twining
Date of delivery 6/18/1918
Date stamp - SC Sec. Bd. of [illegible[ Chief's Desk Aug 30 1918
Reg. Mail R.H. Twining June 1918
Jacob Decker
S10563
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121
Wallsburg, N.Y.
May 25th 1915
Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly send me pension record of Jacob Decker, Revolutionary soldier from Orange Co., N.Y. I am a descendant.
Yours truly Mrs. A.S. Bevens.
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Rev War
10563
INVALID.
File No. 10,563 Jacob Decker Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. A, Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914 Aug 20 Hist. to Hon Frederick A. Henry
Letter in R.F. 3110 James Decker
1915 May 28 Hist. to Mrs. A.S. Bevens. V. L. Il.
1918 June 14 Hist. to Mrs. R.H. Twining
1918 June 14 and 25 cents returned to Mrs. R.H. Twining by registered mailer
1931 - Feb. 6 - Hist. to Mrs. E.C. Dershem - ILL.