Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19115, for Benajah Story, Vermont
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Vt.
Story, Benajah
Story, Benajah
W19115
Anne
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20.264
New York
Benaijah Story of (illegible) in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp(any) commanded by Captain Hoemiek of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Allen in the (undetermined) line for (untdetermined).

Inscribed on the Roll of Merit at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of August, 1833 and (undetermined)

Arrears to the 4th ( ) $113.33
Some-ant allowance ending ( ) 28.33
$141.66

Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832

Recorded by ( ) Clerk,
Book E Volume 4 Page 19
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June Seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two
State of New York Courtland County} On this 26th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me Andrew Dickson one of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Courtland Benaijah Story a resident of the town of Homer in said county and state 
who being first duly sworn according to the 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 in the army of the Revolution under the following named officers and served as herein stated He states that he is eighty five years old the fourth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty two that he volunteered under Captain Samuel Herrick of the Vermont Militia in the month of May Seventeen hundred & seventy five Lieutenant Phillip Perry belonged to the same company Colonel Ethan Allen of Benmington & state of Vermont Commanded Wm Satterlee acted as an adjutant at the time from Bennington in said state he went to Casthton Hubbenton, Sudbury and the most direct route, directly to Ticonderoga Fort in the state of New York where he with the party along took said Fort together with forty prisoners Captain Delaplace Commanded the Fort of the Brittish and at the time it was taken in the month of June after he together with others was discharged by Captain Herrick aforesaid Colonel Allen being gone at Fort Ticonderoga having served at least one month honestly and faithfully that on or before the ninth day of 
June seventeen hundred and seventy five, he enlisted for the term of six months under Captain Samuel Herrick and Lieutenant Phillip Perry aforesaid, of the town of Bennington and state of Vermont of the Vermont militia
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Colonel Easton commanded the regiment Wm Satterlee was adjutant of said regiment from Bennington aforesaid he went to White Hall in the state of New York and from there to Fort Ticonderoga in said state by water, from Ticonderoga he went to St Johns in Canada where he remained with the company til he was honorably discharged by Captain Herrick aforesaid in the month of December after having served honestly and faithfully the full term of six months for which he enlisted he was in the party and belonged to the army commanded by General Montgomery when St Johns was taken he was in the siege in taking said Fort Forty days when the said Fort surrendered Colonel Bruel and Colonel Hinman was there who he knew that in the month of April seventeen hundred and seventy six he volunteered under colonel Seth Warner to go from Bennington aforesaid to a place called Issass Patten above Glens falls in the state of New York Captain William Hutchins was along with the party which consisted of about a hundred and fifty men he was discharged at the Saratoga Barraks by Colonel Seth Warner in the month of June after having served honestly and faithfully one month and a half at least that on the first day of May seventeen hundred and seventy seven he was drafted in the militia of the state of Vermont under Captain Elijah Dewey & Lieutenant Joseph Rudd to go a tour of Militia duty to Mount Independence in said state of Vermont he went from Bennington in said stat through Shaftsbury Arlington Manchester and so on to Castleton and the direct route to Mount Independence General St Clair commanded said fort General Farmoy a French Genl was there about the sixth of July after General St Clairs army evacuated the fort and we marched to Arlington when genl St Clairs army whuted whuled off and went to the south west to Saratoga and the Vermont militia of which (he was one) went to Manchester where they made a Stand General Benjamin
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Lincoln came there to Manchester aforesaid with troops from Massachusetts troops and took the command colonel Robertson or Colonel Brush of the Vermont Militia was there Major Jeremy Clarke was Major of the Regiments to which he belonged he in the forepart of August after went from Manchester aforesaid with the said militia to Bennington where he remained til after the Battle with Col Baune of the Brittish he was sick with the measles about ten days which at Bennington and at the time of the action which was on the sixteenth of August aforesaid directly after Action of Bennington he went with the militia to Saratoga he was stationed at a place called Botton Hill two miles from the river Captain Samuel Robinson commanded the company while there from Botton Hill he went to Fort Edward in order to prevent General Burgoyne retreating into Canada Colonel Moses Robinson belonged to the regiment part of the time there was a Colonel from New Hampshire state that went to Fort Edward and took the command but the name he does not recollect he remained at Fort Edwards til the day before the surrender of General Burgoynes army when he marched back to Saratoga aforesaid passed over the river on the same side where Burgoynes army was and remained there til after the surrounding and then he was honorably discharged by Captain Samuel Robinson of said Vermont militia he saw the surrender of General Burgoynes army together with forty pieces of cannons he served honestly and faithfully five months and seventeen days that in the month of September seventeen hundred and eighty one he again volunteered for the term of three months under Lieutenant Nathaniel Tillsmon to go to Castleton in Vermont and he did go there & kept Garrison there til in the month of December after when he was honorably discharged by Captain William Hutchins having served honestly and faithfully the term of three months he says that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person living whose testimony
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he can procure who can testify to any of his service [crossed out except it is Solomon Cleveland] he was born in January seventeen hundred and forty seven he has no record of his age but the record is in Norwich in the state of
Conneticut he lived in Bennington when he entered the service in the state of Vermont from Bennington he came to Homer where he now resides Thomas G Alvord and Thomas L Bishop of Homer can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution 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 that he never received a written discharge and that he is unable from bodily infirmity to go to Cottandville where the county court is in Session this present week 
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of September 1832  Benajah Story
Andrew Durham one of the judges of Cottand com pleas
The Thomas G Alvord residing in Homer and Thomas L Bishop residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benajah Story who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty five years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of September 1832 Thos L Bishop
Lozier B Canfield Justice Peace Thos G Alvord
I certify that Thos L Bishop & Thos G Alvord are men of respectability in their neighbourhood Lozier B Canfield Justice Peace 
I Andrew Dickson the Judge within named and before whom the declaration of Benaijah Storey the applicant for a pension within named was made and before whom the proceeding were held do hereby certify and did are my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said Benaijah Storey was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states in his declaration and I do further
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Certify that in my opinion the said Benaijah Story is entirely unable from bodily infirmity to attend court for the purpose of making his declaration 
Homer Cortland County 
September 26th 1832 Andrew Dickson a judge of Cortland County common pleas
State of New York
Cortland County Ss} I Samuel Hotchkiss [illegible] clerk of the county of Cortland do certify that Andrew Dickson before whom the foregoing declaration of Benaijah Story is sworn was at the date of the same one of the judges of the court of common pleas of said county it being a court of record per said county and that Lozier B Canfield Esquire before whom the foregoing annexed Certificate as affadavit of Thomas L Bishop and Thomas G Alvord are sworn, was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace of the town of Homer & county of Cortland and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said judge, and also of the hand writing of the said justice, and know that their signatures to said declaration & certificate are genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 2 day of October [crossed out September] 1832
Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk
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Benaijah Storey
Pension Papers 14701
Sept 1832
State of New York} Ss I hereby certify that I have
Courtland County 
for a number of years past been intimately acquainted with the within named witness Thomas L Bishop & Thomas G Alvord who have certified to the character & reputation of Benjamin Story believe that all three of said persons are as honorable & reputable men as we have in this community Implicit confidence would be placed in their statements by every man in this town or county 
Homer May 20, 1833
EC Reed Late Member of Congress from Cort County
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see letters to PAyt & Hon Geo Rathbun Dec 22 1845
3719
Albany New York
Anne Storey widow of Benaijah Storey V
who died on the 8th February 1842 of Cortland Co in the state of N York who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Herrick of the Regt commanded by Col Allen in the Vermont line for 17 months 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany NY at the rate of 56 Dollars 67 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834 8th February 1842
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day fo May 1842 & sent to LB Canfield Homer, New York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1842 $4 09
Seni annual allowance ending 4 Sept 28.33
$32.42
{Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836 Section the 3d}
Recorded by DD Addison clerk
Book C Vol 1st Page 128
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Declaration
[illegible] der to obtain the benefit of the Third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7th 1838
State of New York Cortland County} Ss on this 23d day of February AD 1842 Personally appeared before Chauncey Keep one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in & for said county Anne Storey a resident of Cortlandville in the county of Cortland and state of New York aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 4th 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7 1838 that she is the widow of Benaijah Storey who was a private in the militia of the Revolutionary army and drew a pension she further declares that she was married to the said Benaijah Storey on the Twenty Second day of November 1771 in the town of Bennington and state of Vermont by Rev Mr Dewey & that her name was Anne Tubbs before married that her husband the aforesaid Benaijah Storey died on the 8th day of February AD 1842 at Cortlandville in Cortland County New York and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed and that she is totally blind and cannot write her name
Anne X Storey her mark
sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Chauncey Keep a judge of Cortland Common Pleas 
Witness Lozier B Canfield Homer
Courtland County New York
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State of New York Courtland County}Ss I Stephen Storey & I Polly Storey both aged fifty six years being duly sworn according to law depose and say that we have been acquainted with Anne Storey the application for a pension are twenty five years last past that she has lived with us the above time and has remained a widow ever since the Decease of her said husband Beneijah Storey who Died on the 8th day of February AD 1842 as stated in her declaration Stephen Stony Polly Stony
sworn and subscribed before me this 23 day of February AD 1842
Chauncey Keep a judge of Cortland Common pleas
I certify that Stephen Storey & Polly Storey are persons of truth and veracity & reputable in their neighbourhood Chauncey Keep a judge of Cortland Common Pleas
I Chauncey Keep the Judge within named and before whom the Declaration of Anne Storey the applicant for a pension within named was made and before whom the proceedings were held do hereby certify and declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said Anne Storey is the widow of Benaijah Storey who was a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a pension and I further certify that in my opinion the said Anne Storey is utterly unable from being blind and her bodily infirmities to attend court for the purpose of making the Declaration Chauncey Keep a Judge of Courtland Common Pleas
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Cortland County clerks office} I Gideon C Babcock clerk of said county do hereby certify that Chauncy Keep Esqr before whom the forgoing affidavits purports have been taken is a judge of the courts in & for said county duly appointed & qualified and I also further certify that Lozier B Canfield Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been taken is a justice of the peace in & for said county duly elected & qualified that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Chauncy Keep & the said Lozier B Canfield and verily believe their signatures thereto are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 22d day of April AD 1842
GC Babcock
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State of New York Cortland County} Ss Stephen Storey aged fifty six years of this town of Cortlandville in said county and state being duly sworn according to law says that he was present this day where Lozier B Canfield of Homer in said County cut out the leaf from a Book which contained the Record of the children of Benaijah Storey & Anne Storey his widow now living said Benaijah Storey being Dead this deponent says that the said record is the hand writing of said Benaijah Storey Deceased and further that siad record has been in his possession over twenty five years last past and that none of the children of said Benaijah & Anne ever was Baptized to this deponents knowledge said record is herewith attached Stephen Story 
sworn and subscribed before me this 22d day of April AD 1842
Lozier B Canfield J peace
I certify that Stephen Storey is a man of truth and veracity & reputable in his neighbourhood 
Lozier B Canfield J Peace
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Samuel son of Benajah Storey and Anne his wife born May 30th 1772
James the second born December 1 1773
Johnson March 16 1775
Elijah October 31 1776
Died September 23 1777
Hannah born May 11 1778
Abijah born September 12 1779
Marrianne born April 13 1781
Lovine born May 17 1782
Lois born January 18 1784
Stephen born November 2 1785
Polly born May 11 1787
Lucy born tober 5 1788
Salla born January 26 1790
Joseph born September 3 1791
[illegible]h born March 24 1792
Joseph Died July 
Daniel born May 9 1795
Died March 17 1796
Plinny born June 28 1796
Salla Died December 18 1809
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I William Haswell of Bennington in the county of Bennington and state of Vermont depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk in the county town and state aforesaid and by virtue of said office have the custody of the records of said town and I further say that I have made diligent search for a record of the marriage of Benajah and Anne Storey but cannot find one I further say that the record of marriages from the year 1763 to the year 1800 is very imperfect
Wm Haswell
Bennington March 7 1842
Sworn before me John S Robinson Justice of the peace
State of Vermont Bennington County Ss} I William Haswell register of the court of Probate for the district of Bennington certify that John L Robinson 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 7th day of March AD 1842 Wm Haswell
The name of Mrs Story before marriage was Anna Tubbs.
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V No 5584
Anne Storey
NY
Act 4 July 36
in 70.d42
domd
56. 66/100
from 8 Feby 1842 the day of her late husbands death 
LB Canfield
Homer NY
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Bennington ut April 16th  Free David Low PM
LB Canfield Esqr
Homer NY
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Bennington Apil 16th 1842
LB Canfield Esqr
Sir inclosed is the deposition of Wm Haswell Towne Clerk of Bennington I have examined the town clers records but can not find any record of the marriage of Benjah Storey to Ann Tubbs I called on the Parrish clerk he informed me that there was no records of Parson Dewey marriages in his office at all I also called on a great grandson of parson Dewey who had the papers of his grandfather but he said he never has seen anything of records of marriages among them I called on the town clerk immediately after receiving your letter he told me he would make the deposition and hand me before he left hom I knew he was going a journey but he did not hand it to me and before he got home I went Journey my self and since I got home I have neglected to call on the clerk till Mr Hensly called on me to day I then went with him to the town clerks office and found the deposition all made out before he left hom so I had him and forward the same to you which is my excuse for not sending it before
Yours &c
David Low
PM
Homer April 26th 1842
Kind sir please examine this application for a pension & inform me the result & oblige your humble servant 
LB Canfield
Homer Courtland
County New York
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14701
Benajah Storey
Cortland County
New York
5-12-16
P386
LB Canfield
Homer NY
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BRIEF in the case of Banajah Story of Cortland County in the state of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1.  Was the declaration made before a court or a judge? [crossed out court] Judge of the court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is desabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he?  85
4.  State his service, as directed int he form annexed.
Period. / Duration of Service Years, Months, days, / Rank / Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served 
Volunteered In 1775 / 1 month / as a private / Gen Capt Herrick, Col Ethan Allen
Enlisted - / 6 months / / same capt Col Easter
Volunteered 1776 At least 1 month 15 days / / Capt Hutchens, Col Seth Warner
Drafted 1777 / 5 months 17 days / / Capt Dewey, Gen St. Clair 
Volunteered 1781 / 3 months / / Capt William Hutchings 
5.  In what battles was he engaged? Ticonderoga, St. Johns, Burgoyne's surrender
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bennington, Vermont
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not connected as required
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Examining clerk.
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Rev WIDOW &c
File No 19115
Anne Storey wid of Benaijah Storey Priv Rev War
Act July 4, 1836
Index: Vol M Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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14701
Benaijah Story
NY
Service as artificer disallowed not being found on rolls of Doros compy is conclusion that it was not inderd [illegilbe]
5-12-16
aomd
17 mo pri
LB Canfield
Homer NY
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension claim of which those answered in the negative in red ink will apply to the claim of Benaijah Story of Cortland County New York which require further proof or explanation.
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 assigned for his not doing so?
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he servied? 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? No
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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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? two citizens
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? yes
XIV.  +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV.  Does 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?
XVI.  ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No f
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  all answered.
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 AB 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.
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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 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 shewn 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.
+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 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.
++QUERE XVI.  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 paper authenticated the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Storey [handwritten]  FREE
Honl Lewis Riggs MC
Washington City
District Columbia

[post marked HOMER APR 27 NY] 

Hn Lewis Riggs H02
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Homer April 26th 1842
Dear Sir I wish if convenient you would call on Mr Edwards and give him such information as you possess relative to old Mr Benaijah Storey widow Anne Storey about their being husband & wife have forwarded all papers which we have been able to obtain on the subject Mr Edwards will shew them to you I presume there can be no defect except it is that the old Gentleman did not put down their marriage no records were kept in perm out as early as 1771 I believe please explain & do what you can, about it I wrote you sometime since relative to Catharine Odells business & Lodowick Morgan have Red no answer, please inform me as I have a month since Recd a letter from my son at N  York that he saw you & you informed him that you had red a letter from me your family are well years with sentiments of respect LB Canfield
L Riggs Esqr
Write how you get along with old Uncle Alexander Thompsons business, he calls once or twice a week to know of me of I have receel any thing he Hutchison have recd your communications LBC
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Revolutionary Pension Claim
FREE
Hon JL Edwards Commissioner Pensions
Washington City District Columbia
[post marked HOMER AP 27 NY]
No 5584
May 2 '42 Ny
July 4 1836
Am Storey
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State of New York County of Cortland Ss} I Gideon C Babcock clerk of said county of Cortland do hereby certify that at a Court of Oyer & Terminer held in & for the said county (the same bring a court of records) on Monday the 28th day of March AD 1842 before the Hon David Mosely Judge of the Seventh Circuit of the state of New York Hon Henry 
Stephens Chauncy Keep & John Gillett Judges of the court of common pleas in & for said county it was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said court that Benajah Storey late of the town of Cortlandvill in said county died on the 8th day of February AD 1842, that at the time of his death he was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832 and that he left a widow him surviving named Anne Story who is still living and resides in said town
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 12th day of May AD 1842
GC Babcock 
Homer Cortland county N York 
[illegible] sir your letter relative to the claim of Anne Storey [illegible] pension is duly  [illegible] in which you say her claim has been examined and admitted but before a certificate  can be paid the day of her late husbands death, must be certified by the court the report which you [illegible] made to the House of Representatives January 18th 1832 believes to all pension laws & I do not find the required Rule if there is one please have the goodness to furnish me one I had supposed that that Rule report to back pay only her declaration stated his Death in the application and proof was made an that of his death in court  the back pay drawn  yours with sentiments of respect, hope the above certificate will answer all purposes will you have the goodness to
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inform me relative to the claim of Catherine Odell LB Canfield
Honb JL Edwards Eqr
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State of New York Cortland County Ss} Benaijah Storey of Homer in the county of Cortland & state aforesaid, deposeth and saith that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five he served one month at least discharged verbally by Captain Herrick as stated in his declaration, also he served in the same year six months under Capt Herrick aforesaid also he served one month and a half in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six under Capt William Hutchins also he says now that he enlisted under captain Folkett DP Daw who commanded a company of artificss in the army of the revolution for such a term of time as the said Daptain Daw might want him in hte town of Bennington & state of Vermont it was about the middle of June in said year he says that he raked as a artificer under Captain Daw aforesaid building barracks in Bennington aforesaid til into the month of October after when he was honorably discharged by an Officer verbally but what his name was he does not recollect he served honestly and faithfully at least three months & a half and never received his pay for the same from any source whatever that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he served five months and seventeen days was discharged verbally by captain Samuel Robertson he served three months in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one and was discharged verbally by Captain William Hutchins all of which he thinks is set forth in his declaration taken before Andrew Dickson Judge of Cortland county common pleas dated September 26th 1832 he says he served in the whole twenty months and seventeen days
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he further says that he was frequently called out when Alarms were made at other times but how much he cannot tell by the reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory but he recollects of serving as stated above and more the reason why he did not obtain the certificate of a clergyman at the time of making his declaration was both of the clergymen in Homer were absent from home as he was informed and it was thought not to be absolutely necessary provided two respectable witnesses could be obtained Esquire Thomas L Bishop has been acquainted with me sixteen years & Thomas G Alvord also and they are both members of the first Presbyterian church in Homer and in good standing. Bishop has belonged to the church for forty years and he now says that John Keep Pastor of said church can testify to his character for truth & veracity & his reputation & belief as a soldier of the Revolution he says that he Quartered four soldiers found there house Room and Fire wood in the year seventeen hundred seventy seven in the month of December til into the month of May Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight and never received any pay for the same their names were William McGee Jonathan Sweet, John Harlyhoy & Martin Ammon Hessian they belonged to Colonel Seth Warners Regiment in the army of the Revolution Benajah Story
Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of May 1833
Lozier Canfield Justice Peace
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I John Keep a clergyman residing in the town of Homer County of Cortland & state aforesaid hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Banaijah Storey who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration purporting to have been taken before Andrew Dickson on the 26th of September 1832, one of the judges of Courtland county Common Pleas and this day shewn and read to me also the above affidavit has been shewn and read to me and that I believe him to be eighty five years old as he states that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that Thomas L Bishop & Thomas G Alvord are both members in regular standing in my church and men of truth & veracity and reputable in their neighbourhood
subscribed and sworn before me this 20th day of May 1833 Lozier B Canfield 
John Keep Pastor of the Presbyterean church in Homer
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Benajah Storey
State of New York Cortland County Ss} I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior clerk of the county of Cortland aforesaid state do certify that Lozier B Canfield Esquire before whom the affadavit of Benahah Storey purports to have been sworn and that the certificate of the Reverand John Keep before whom both of the anexed as foregoing  Affadavit  & certificate purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the peace of the town of Homer & County of Cortland and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe that his signature to the said affadavit & certificate is genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal of office this 21st day of May 1833
Samuel G Hotchkiss Jr Clk