Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22388, for Harmonius Terwilliger, New York
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SERVICE
New York


Terwilliger, Harmonius

Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 22388.
CONTENTS
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5714
New York City
Elizabeth Terwilliger
widow of Harmon Terwilliger
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
33 Dollars &
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of March 1844 and sent to
Hon J Epsell house of Reps
 
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1
page 263
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5562
New York
Harmonius Terwilliger
Ulster
in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Rose of the Regt commanded by
Col. Handerburgh in the N York line 
for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per
annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Febry
1833. and send to Hon U Morton H of Reps

Arears to 4th of Sep. 1832
$50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 5th '33 16.66
$66.66
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo C. Stiles Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 5 Page 144
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proof of
of No 7782
Harmonius Terwilliger
admd
p46
1416

J. Hardenburgh
agent
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No [illegible]
BRIEF in the case of Harmonius Terwilliger of Plattskill County of
of Ulster
in the State of New York
Act 7th June, 1832.
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
nearly 76 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[chart] Period / Duration of Service / Rank / Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
1778 / 7 months / / Col Hardenburgh
1780 / 1 mo / / Capt Rose
        / 1 mo / Capt B [illegible]
        / 1 mo / / Capt bert
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None Stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Shawangunk Ulster County N. York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By living witnesses, traditionary Evidence
8.
Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Yes. They are not property annexed
certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
James Ord
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7th JUNE, 1852.
STATE OF NEW-YORK.
COUNTY OF the
On this twelfth day
of September in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Ulster aforesaid, now sitting, Harmonius
Terwilliger a resident of the town of Plattskill -- in said County,
aged nearly seventy six 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, and served as
herein stated. your applicant served the full term of seven months in the
militia of the State of New York in the regiment of Col Hardenbergh viz five month at
Fort Montgomery in the company commanded by Capt Jacob Conklin of said Regiment
and three months at Fort Clinton in the company commanded by Capt Jacobus Rose
this was the same year fort Montgomery was taken. your applicant entered this
service in the month of March or April and was discharged he thinks about three or
four weeks after the taking of Fort mongomery. He resided when he
entered this service in the town of Shawangunk in Ulster Co aforesaid .that Robert aldrich
of Newkirk County of Sullivan State aforesaid and William Brown of New Platz County &
State aforesaid can testify to this service-- your applicant further declared the he served one
month in the company commanded by Capt Rose aforesaid, in the Winter previous to the
Taking of Fort Montgomery in the month of December & January Lived in Shawangunk aforesaid when
entered this service, was was during the service at Rocheat, haverstraw on the North river &
at Ramass in New Jersey at which place he was discharged, that William Brown aforesaid knows
he performed this last mentioned service - your applicant further declared that he served one month
in the company commanded by Capt Bodline Terpenning of the Regiment aforesaid and thinks
this was in the year 1778 in the fall of said year, Lived in Shawangunk or war during
his service at New Windsor in the County of Orange State aforesaid, that Robert March aforesaid
can certify to this service, Your applicant further says he served one month in the company
 commanded by Capt Scott or Scot of the Regiment aforesaid thinks in the year 1780 or
lived when he entered this service in Shawangunk aforesaid. knows no one by whom
he can prove this service was during this service at Levenhill in the western part of Ulter
aforesaid guarding frontier your applicant further says he was in no battle during the
aforesaid - your applicant was born in Shawangunk aforesaid in the year 1756 in
December his age is recorded on the church record in Shawangunk aforesaid- He lived when he entered
the service in Shawangunk county of Ulster & State of New York -- has lived since the Revolution
in Plattskill County of  Ulster aforesaid and now resides there. he volunteered
when he entered the services aforesaid. He saw at Fort Montgomery. Gen Clinton, Col
Dubois & regiment & Gen Putman at West Point, and further your applicant says that
he never received any written discharge from service, and that Abraham A Days
and Isaac Brown are acquainted with your applicant and can testify to his character
for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution & further says not
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 any Agency in any State.
Harmonius his x mark Terwilligar
Sworn to and Subscribed,
the day and year aforesaid.
in open Court A Hardenburgh
Abm A Deyo
John Jansen
Judges
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This is to Certify that we the under signers
are well acquainted with Harrmonis
Terwilliger of the Town of Plattekill County
of Ulster farmer to be a [illegible] good upright
Man and sustained a good Character said
Terwilliger has resided and was born in
the County of Ulster and is Seventy five
years of age witness our Hands this
Sept 1, 1832
Jonathan Vanburey

Simon Alsdorf
William Belyes
Wm Jennings
Jacob Strickland
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WE, Abram A Deyo residing
in the town of
Platskill --
in the County of Ulster
and State of
New-York, and Isaac Brown formerly of the same town, hereby certify, that we
are well acquainted with Harmonious Terwilliger, who has subscribed and sworn
to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy six 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
in open Court
A Hardenburgh
Abm A
Days
John Jansen
Judges
AAbm A Deyo
B
CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New York
, sitting this twelfth
day of September in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two, at the court-house in Kingston in said County,
do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 Abraham A Deyo &
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
town of Plattekill in the County aforesaid, and that Isaac Town
who has also signed the same, as a resident in the same town and a credible
persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. and that Samuel Johnston of
sunk in the County of Mercer aforesaid is a credible person
Abm A Deyo
Judges &c
John Jensen
I, Jacob Snyder
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the
County of Ulster
in the State of New-York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Harmanins-
Terwilliger
for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth
day of September
1882
Jacob Snyder
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State of New York
Ulster County
 I Robert Aldrich of the town of Neversink
in the County of Sullivan and State aforesaid being
duly sworn doth depose and say that Harmonius
Terwilligar of the town of Platkill in the County
of Ulster aforesaid was in the actual service by the
the United States during the revolutionary war
at Fort Montgomery on the North river below
West Point for at the space of five
months the same season that that Fort was taken
by the British but the year this deponent does not
now recollect. That the Company in which he the said
Harmonius served was commanded by Captain Conklin
that this deponent was in service at the same time and
place in the same company that General Clinton
the command at the fort at that time that the
said Harmon Terwilligar also served the further
time of at least one month at Ramasso under
Captain Rose also that the said Harmonius
at another time served as a malitiaman in said war for
three or four weeks in a company commanded by
Capton For Torpensing at New Winsor in the County
of Orange and that this deponent was in the same
company at the same time and further
this deponent said not
his
to this 17th
A.D. 1832 before me
Robert ┃
Aldrick
work
A Deyo one of the
of the Court of comon
of the County of Ulster
This may certify that I am well acquainted with Robert
Aldrick the person mentioned in the above deposition and
that he appeared before me on the day above dated and made oath
and subscribed his name in my presence to the same and the
that he sustains a good and his character for truth & veracity and is
the
Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County
of Ulster
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State of New York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Use
and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby certify
That Abraham A. Deyo
Esquire, was on the day of the
of the Certificates to the annexed Affidavit, a Judge of the Court
of Common pleas
and for the said County of Ulster
to the affidavits, and further that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Judge and
verily believe
the signature Abm A Deyo
subscribed to the Certificates
the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
and County, this fourteenth
1833
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subcribed my name and affixed the Seal of
day of January
Jacob Snyder
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Ulster County
: William Brown of the town of New
Bath in the County of With and State of New York
being duly sworn doth depose and say that he
has been well and personally acquainted with
Harmonius Terwilliger of the town of Plattekill
in the County of Ulster aforesaid since he was a
boy that in the revolutionary war this
deponent and the said Harmonius lived in
the same neighbourhood that the said
Harmonius was in the actual service in the
militia during the revolutionary war at
Fort Montgomery, Fort Clinton for a term of
time not less than seven months as this
deponent believes that this deponent was not
out with the said Harmonius but that this
deponent sent a substitute to do duty in the place
of this deponent that he always understood
and verily belies that the said Harmonius did serve
for the time above mentioned at said fort that
at the time the said Harmonius went into the
service he lived in the town of Shawangunk
in the County of Ulster aforesaid, that he were
out in a company
commanded by Captain
Rose and in which this deponent was orderly
sergeant, that this deponent was out as such
sergeant in the revolutionary war on actual duty
at Cakiack and Haverstraw on the North
river below West point for the space of
one month and that during that time
the said Harmon was out on duty
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in said Company. That Captain Rose was
killed at Fort Clinton when the same was taken
by the British. That it was well known and
reported in the neighbourhood in which the said
Harmonius lived that he was out an active
duty at Fort Montgomery, Fort Clinton and
at West point and no doubts ever have been
entertained or that subject. and further this
deponent saith not
William his X mark Brown

Sworn to this

September 1832
 Abraham A Deyos
 
one of the Judges of the Court
of common to buy in and for
the County of Ulster

State of New York
County ss this may certify that I am well acquainted
with William Brown the person mentioned
in the above deposition and that he appeared before me
on the day above stated and made oath and subscribed
his name in my presence to the same and I further
certify and I further certify that he pertains a good and
fair character for truth & veracity and is intitled to
full credit as a witness offer
of Dego one of the
Judges of the Court,
of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Ulster
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State of New York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK COLOR
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Use
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby
That Abraham A. Deyo
Esquire, was on the day of the
of the Certificate to the land, a Judge of the Court of
Common pleas
and for the said County of or
affiants, and such that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Judge
the signature"Abm A. Deyo"
and only believe
to the Certificates
the said affidavit to be genuine.
Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seat of the
and County, this fourteenth
day of January
1833
Jacob Snyder
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State of New York
Ulster County ss: On this thirtieth day of November
in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty
Eight personally appeared before Abraham
Deyo One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster, Elizabeth Terwilliger a resident of the town of Plattekill
in the County of Ulster in the State of New York
aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn
according to law; On her Oath take the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provisions made by the act of Congress passed
July 7th 1838 entitled ""An act granting half pay and
pensions to certain widows"" That she is the widow
of Harmonius Terwilliger, who was a private
in the militia of the Revolution, and was
frequently called out to do military service during
the Revolutionary war, in various places in the
County of Ulster, and at other places in the State of
New York. This deponent cannot set forth the
service performed by the said Harmonius Terwilliger nor
the time when nor the officers under whom
the service was performed, But that said service
is setforth and the proofs thereunto annexed in an
application made by the said Harmonius Terwilliger
, On which he obtained a Pension in his
in the act of 1832, and that at the
time said
application was made by the said
Harmonius was a resident of the Town of
Plattekill aforesaid, and that said application
and statement of service and the proofs in
support of the same are now on file in the
Pension office in the City of Washington and
for greater certainty of said service and the necessary
proof, of the same; This deponent begs leave to
refer; She further declares that she was
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legally married to the said Harmonius Terwilliger by
Stephanis Goetchess Paster of the Dutch Reformed Churches at New Paltz, and New Hurley in the
County aforesaid, some time in the months of
August or September in the year Seventeen hundred
and Eighty five. That the maiden name of this
deponent before marriage was Elizabeth Ostrander
and that said marriage was perform. at her
Fathers House in the presents, of the family
that her sister Mary Ostrander was present
and this deponent thinks that James Ostrander
and Abraham Ostrander brothers of this deponent
was also present, that this deponent at the time of
marriage lived in the town of Plattekill aforsaid
This deponent further says that she lived with the
said Harmonius Tewilligar as husband & wife
until his death and [illegible] a family of seven
children. The two eldest Mary and Hannah
were born at one both on the twenty fifth
day of December 1787, and where shortly after
baptised by said Stephanis Gretchen, at the
New Hurly Church. That said Harmonius Terwilliger died on the seventh day of February in the
year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five
and that since his death she has remand his
widow. she further declares that she was not
married to said Harmonius prior to his leaving
the service but the marriage took place previous
to the first of January Seventeen hundred and
ninety four viz at the time above stated
This deponent also says that on account of her
age and debility she cannot attend at
Kingston the place of holding of the Court of
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Record of this County which is at the distance
of about twenty five miles from the residence
of this deponent
Elizabeth her X Mark Terwilliger
Sworn to and subscribed
the day year above
written before me
Abraham A Deyo
one of the Judges of
the Ulster County Courts

Ulster County ss: I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Elizabeth Terwillige rthe person who made
the foregoing declaration and that I know her to be
the widow of Harmonius Terwilliger who was a
pensioner at the time of his death, I also
certify that she is a respectable old lady and
that her foregoing statements are entitled to
credit and belief I also certify that she executed
the foregoing declaration by making her mark
thereto in my presents she being unable to unto
her name. I also certify that on account of her ┃
age and debility that she is unable to attend at
Kingston the place of holding Courts of head
for this county which is at the distance of what
twenty five miles from her residence Dated
at Plattekill this 30th Nov 1838
one of the Judges of
the Ulster County Courts
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[page crossed out]

State of New York
County SS. I John Ferguson Clerk of the County
of Ulster hereby certify, That Abraham A Pry Esqr
before whom the foregoing affidavit to be taken
at the time of taking such affidavit a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid dwelling in
said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take
the same And further that I will acquainted with the
handwriting of such Judge, and unty see that the signed
ture to the said certificate of affidavit is genuine
1
In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said County this Twenty Second day of February 1869
John Juguson Clerk
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State of New York
Ulster County ⎬ ss JI Ferdinand H Vanderveer Pastor
of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of New [illegible[ in the County of Ulster Do Hereby Certify, that the
following is a true extract from the Record of said
Church Feb 3d 1788 Baptised Maria and Anage
born Dec 26th 1787 Parent Harmanus Terwilliger
Elizabeth Ostrander-- Sponsors Jacob Ostrander and
his wife Maria The above is a true copy of the
record where it is set down in the manner following
Feb 3d 1788
Harman Terwilliger
Elizabeth Ostrander
Maria ⎬ Jacobus Ostrander
Andje ⎬ Maria
Geb. 25 Dec 1787
I Ferdinand H. Vanderveer above named depose and
say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Protestantf reformed
Dutch of New Hurley in the County and State
aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from
the records of said church--
also depose and say that according to the practice
of said church from time immemorial, that the
above named parents, could not have had their children baptised, unless lawfully married for
and described before me
twentieth day of January 1839
2
Abraham A Dey
one of the Judges of the Ferdinand H. Vanderver Pastor of
Ulster County Courts
Rob. Ref. D. Church of New Hurley
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Ulster County
I hereby certify
that I am
personally acquainted with the Rev Ferdinand
Vanderveer Pastor of the Protestant Reformed
Dutch Church of New Hurley who subscribed
and took the foregoing
oposite side of this
affadavit on the
paper and that
he is a respectable gentleman and
entitled to credit and belief in the
foregoing
afadavit Dated at Plattkill
this twentieth day of February 1839
Abraham A Deyo one of the
Judges of the Ulster
County Courts
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Ulster County, Mary Ostrander, of the town of Plattekill
in said County of Ulster being duly sworn says that
he is the sister of Elizabeth Terwilliger the under
vidual who has this day made her declaration
before the Honorable Abraham A Deyo one of the
Judges of Ulster County Court, in order to procure a pension under the act of Congress passed
July 7th 1838. That she was present at the
time of the manage of the said Elizabeth with
Haramanus Terwilliger, which took place about
the summer or fall of the year seventeen hundred
and Eighty five, as near as this deponent can
recollect, that the marriage ceremony was performed
by the Rev Stephanis Goutcher pastor of the
Dutch Reformed Churches of Newpalty & New Hurley
This deponent also says that the maiden name of
the said Elizabeth Terwilliger before marriage was Elizabeth Ostrander, and that she the
said Elizabeth and Harmon is lived togather
as Husband and wife until the death of the
said Hermanus. That this deponent attended the
funeral of the said Harmans, and knows that in
he died some time in the winter of Eighteen
hundred and thirty five, and that since the death
of the said Hermanus the said Elizabeth has
remand his widow & has not since married
or before me this
Nov 1838
Abraham A Deyo one
Mark of Verandedof
the Judges of the Ulster County Courts
Ulster County ss I hereby certify that I am acquainted with
Mary Ostrander who subscribed and took the
foregoing affidavit, and that she is a respectable
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elderly lady and that she is entitled to credit
and belief in the foregoing affidavit dated at
Plattekill this 30th Nov 1838 Abraham A Deyo one of the
Judges of
the Ulster County County Courts

 
State of New York
Ulster County ⎬ ss. I John Ferguson, Clerk of the County
of Ulster Do hereby Certify that Abraham A. Deyo Esqr
before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavits of Elizabeth
HTwelliger, Ferdinand H. Vandewell and Mary Ostrander purport 
to have been taken, was at the dates of the same, a Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid
dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and
duly authorized to take the same. And further that I
am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge and ┃
verily believe that his signatures are genuine to the said
affidavits In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this
Twenty Second day of February 1839
---
of
Admitted
John Ferguson Clark
of 4
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New York, 1965 
Elizabeth Terwilliger widow
of Harmonious Terwilliger
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832
and who died on the 7 February 1835
of Ulster Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Rose of the regt commanded
by
in the N Y militia
for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Y. City
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per an
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Mar
1839 & sent the Hon. J.C.
Broadland
-
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $99.99
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 1839 16.66
$116.65
Act July 7,
1838.
Recorded by D. McCurdy Clerk,
Book A
Vol. 2 Page 106
rep
Order to pay 31st Oct. 1840
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Hon John C Brothead
Member of Congress
to
Washington City
Broden
⎬
of
C
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Col Edward
I hope Col Edwards in attend to the
within pension application immediately
and thereby he will confer a particular
favour on his said
M Brodhead
of the house of Reps
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Kingston
22 Feb 1837
Sir
Enclosed is the declaration and accompanying  proof for Elizabeth Terwilliger 
you will have the
goodness to
present the same
Respectfully your Obt Svt
Timothy Seymour

Hon [illegible]
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Mechanics Bank
New York 29th October 1840
Sir 
I enclose for your examination, the papers
in the case of Mrs Elizabeth Terwillige,r a pensioner
under the act of July 7th 1838, at Thirty three 50/100
Dollars per Annum, who claims her pension from the 4th 
September 1839
Very Respectfully
your Obt Sert

Knapp Prest
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
22388
Elizabeth J
son of
Harmonious Terwilliger
Pri Rev War
---
Act March 3d 43
Index: Vol. A Page 268
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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New York, City
Harmanus Terwilliger on  roll act of June 7th 1832
to what time paid?
Harmonius Terwilliger died 7 Feby 1835
[illegible] paid
T.H. H.
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2nd Brief  No 7782
Harmonious Terwilliger
J. Hardenburgh
Tuthill
Agent
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HIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
Harmonious Terwilliger which require further
proof or explanation.
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes.
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason as
signed for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes.
V. Has he mentioned 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?
Yes.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes.
VII.
Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
Yes.
---
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
Yes.
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the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
the respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service
No
XII. If 
the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII
If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his
seal of office?
No.

XV. oes it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes.
WVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No.
WVII.Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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: Foryear
months and days, I served as a -. For - months
and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 be 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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E.
Terwilliger
$23.33 per an
1460

Jeremiah Reynold
H Reps
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
County of Ulster
On this thirty first day of May in the year
one thousand eight hundred and forty-three before the subscriber, Abraham
A Deyo one of the Judges of Ulster County County
personally appeared Elizabeth Terwilliger
a resident of the
town of Plattekill
in said county, aged Seventy eight who
being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the
2d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary
war:
That she is the widow of Harmanus Terwilliger who was a
Pensioner and who died February 7th in the
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five 

She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act
of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she
received under the said act was thirty three Dollars and thirty
three cents
She further declares that she is still a widow.
  Elizabeth her x mark Terwilliger

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written.
Abraham A Deyo one of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts

Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me. as the widow of Harmonius.
Abraham A Deyo one of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts.

State of New York
County of Ulster ss
I, George A Gay
said county, do hereby certify that Abraham L. Deyo
the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Jude of Ulster County Court
in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above,
purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office
and subscribed my name, this first
day
Col. Gay Clerk
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State of New York
Ulster
County ss
 
Harmon Terwilliger of the town of Plattekill County
and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he
is the son of Terwilliger widow of Haramis Terwilliger
who was a pensioner that his father the said Haramanis Terwilliger
died eight years since. That his mother the said Elizabeth Terwilliger
also been awarded a pension for five years, has not intermaried
but is still a widow and is the identical Elizabeth Terwilliger who is
now an applicant a late law of Congress for the revolutionary
services of deponents father the said Harmon Terwilliger deceased &
further this deponent saith not
sworn and subscribed this
ty first day of May in
Harmon Terwilliger
one thousand eight
dred and forty three
me Abraham A
one of the Judges
the Ulster County Courts