Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8221, for William Piatt, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
U.S.A.1799 to 1834

Piatt, William

NUMBER
R 8221
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CONTENTS
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State of New York
Orange County } ss
In open Court
Present Hon Moses Swezy
Special Judge of Orange
C. Counsellor of Sup. Court

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been
exhibited before the said Court which evidence is
hereunto annexed that William Piatt who was reputed
to be a Captain in the Revolutionary Army of the United
States in the Continental service died on the 16th day
of August AD 1834 in the City of Philadelphia in the
State of Pennsylvania leaving no widow or children
And further that Daniel Piatt residing in the County
of Orange in the State of New York is the duly appointed
administrator of the said William Piatt and one
of his heirs the said Daniel Piatt being a nephew of
the said William Piatt

That said Daniel Piatt has been duly appointed by
proper authority under the laws of said State administrator
of the said same William Piatt deceased having executed
with good and sufficient sureties a bond in the penal sum
of One thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties as such administrator and that
his letters are in full force

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and authorize
the seal of said Court to be affixed this 24th day
of September 1855

Moses Swezey Special Co
Judge of Orange Co. Counsellor of
Supreme Court
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State of New York
Orange County Clerks office ss:
I Nathan Westcott Clerk
of said County do hereby certify that Moses Swezey
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
Certificate is Special County Judge of Orange County a
Counsellor of the Supreme Court said State duly elected
and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of said Special County Judge, and that
I verily believe that the Signature subscribed to the said
Certificate is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
said County this 27th day of September
1855.

N Westcott Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County Clerks office ss:
I Nathan Westcott Clerk
of said County do hereby certify that Moses Swezey
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
Certificate is Special County Judge of Orange County a
Counsellor of the Supreme Court said State duly elected
and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of said Special County Judge, and that
I verily believe that the Signature subscribed to the said
Certificate is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
said County this 27th day of September
1855.

N Westcott Clerk
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I, William J. Duane, of the City of Philadelphia, depose and say, that, at
the request of, and as an act of kindness to, some of the friends of Colonel William
Piatt, late of the army of the United States, deceased, I examined the files or
volumes of several of the newspapers published in Philadelphia, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty four, in order to ascertain the date of Colonel Piatt's death;
and that I found in several of them an obituary notice of the decease of that
Gentleman: the following notices of his death and intended funeral I have
copied from the newspapers described in the following extracts-

From "Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, Monday morning, August 18, 1834-
"Philadelphia- printed by Zachariah Poulson, No 106, Chestnut Street -
"Died, on Saturday afternoon, 13th inst. Col. Wm Piatt of the United States
"army. The officers of the army, navy, marine corps, militia, and his
"friends are respectfully requested to attend his funeral, without further notice,
"from the North American Hotel, Chesnut street, between 6th and 7th, this
"morning at 10 o'clock."

From the "United States Gazette, published by Joseph R. Chandler, No 66 Dock street,
"Philadelphia, Monday morning, August 18, 1834:
"Died - on Saturday afternoon, the 13th instant, Colonel William Piatt, of the
"United States Army. The officers of the army, navy, marine corps, militia,
"and his friends, are requested to attend his funeral (within further notice)
"from the North American Hotel, Chesnut street, between 6tgh and 7th, this
"morning at 10 o'clock."

Deponent further says, that the file of Mr Poulson's paper, above referred to, is in the
Philadelphia Library, and that the file of Mr Chandler's paper, above referred to, is
now in the possession of the proprietors of the North American and United States
Gazette, No 66 South Third Street, Philadelphia.

I William J Duane having been sworn depose and say,
that the statement above written by myself is true: in testimony
whereof I sign my name hereto on this 20th day of September 1855,
at Philadelphia.

W. J. Duane

Sworn and subscribed before me this
20th day of September 1855.
Mo B Kenney
Alderman & Justice of Peace
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State of Pennsylvania,
COUNT OF PHILADELPHIA, ss.
I W Fletcher, Prothonotary of the District Court of said County, DO CERTIFY,
that John B Kenney before whom the annexed affidavit was made, is an Alderman and ex officio
Justice of the Peace of the City & County of Philadelphia, duly commissioned and qualified to
administer oaths and affirmations, and to take acknowledgments, &c. and to all whose acts, as such,
full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere, and that
his signature thereto is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said
Court, this twentieth day of September A. D. 1855
Jas W Fletcher
PROTHONOTARY.
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State of New York
Orange County } ss
On this seventh day of September
one thousand eight hundred
and fifty five personally
appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths
in and for the County aforesaid Eliza Piatt
aged fifty eight years a resident of Westown in
said County who being by me first duly sworn
doth on her oath say that she was born at Pompton
Plains in the County of Morris and State of
New Jersey and lived there until the spring of Eighteen
hundred and thirty five when she moved to
where she now lives. That when she lived in New
Jersey she knew William Piatt who was a Captain
in the war of the Revolution That the said Captain
William Piatt was an uncle to this deponent
That in the year 1834 she resided in the family
of John D Piatt who was a brother of this same
Captain William Piatt and who had also been a
soldier in the war of the revolution and who was
then living on his farm at Pompton Plains in Morris
County New Jersey That she recollects well that
on an afternoon in the month of July of that year
John D Piatt his wife and this deponent were sitting
on the piazza on the front side of the house
they saw a carriage driving down the road from towards
Patterson with three men in it they drove
to the gate and stopped one of the men was a very
large fat man and it was with much difficulty
that he alighted from the carriage the other two were
his waiter and driver When he got on to the piazza
he walked up to John D Piatt and took him by
the hand and says how do you do John John replied
that he did not know him What said
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he do you not know your brother William John
replied what my brother Captain William he replied
yes formerly Captain but now Colonel [inserted: year 1812] Piatt He was
then he said on his way to Philadelphia and had
turned aside from the regular route to visit his brother
whom he had not seen for many years He remained
with us two nights and one day when he left for
Philadelphia his health was bad and Mrs Piatt remarked
to her husband when he left that William would not
live long While he was with his brother John D Piatt
the conversation turned on the subject of his having
never married he observed that he entered the military
service in the early part of the revolution and that he
while in the army contracted a roving disposition and
that almost his whole life had been apart in the
military service of the country which prevented
him from marrying At the time he visited his brother
he was a Pay Master in the Army soon after he left
we received information that he was sick and in
August 1836 we heard of his death and burial she
cannot tell the day that he died but it was in
August 1834 The family on hearing of his death went
into mourning for him and this deponent herself
clothed her self in mourning apparel for he was
her uncle and was the same she is satisfied Captain
William Piatt who served in the Revolutionary
war. She often heard her friends speak of him both
before and after his death as having been a Captain
in the Revolution and while he was visiting
his brother John D Piatt, he would frequently
call him Captain Billy She is perfectly satisf[ied]
that William Piatt her uncle who died at Philadelphia
in August 1834 was the same Captain William
Piatt who served in the Revolutionary War

Eliza Piatt

Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year above written before me
John W Martin Justice of the Peace
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I certify that Eliza Piatt who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a woman well known to me and I know her to be a woman of truth and veracity and that her statements made in said affidavit were destinctly and clearly made and are entitled to full credit and belief
[signed on right] John W Martin Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Orange County }
On this Seventeenth day of September
One thousand eight hundred and
fifty five personally appeared before
me one of the Justices of the Peace duly authorized by
law to take affidavits in and for said County of Orange
Daniel Piatt aged sixty one years a resident of Minisink
in said County who being first duly sworn according
to law makes the following affidavit in addition
to a former declaration made by him as the Administrator
of the estate of William Piatt deceased who died in
the City of Philadelphia August 16 1834 That the said
William Piatt was a brother to John D Piatt the father of
this deponent and was a Captain in the Revolutionary
War and belonged to the New Jersey line That sometime
after the Revolution the said Captain William Piatt went
to what was then called the North Western Territory and
was gone for several years and then returned to New
Jersey on a visit to his friends This deponent was then
quite a lad and was living with his father John D
Piatt who was the owner and occupier of a farm on
Pompton Plains in Morris County New Jersey the said
William Piatt remained with his brother John D Piatt
for several days and then left again for Ohio This
deponent did not see him again untill war was declared
against Great Brittain [inserted: in 1812] when the said Captain
William Piatt returned to Pompton as a recruiting
officer and while there boarded with his brother John
D Piatt This deponent lived with his father at that time
and has a clear and distinct recollection of his boarding
on his fathers family that his father John D Piatt allway
called him the said Captain William Piatt his brother
and this deponent called him uncle This deponent
recollects that Jacob Hornbeck & Robert Dodd enlisted
under him the said Piatt after serving out their time
they returned to Pompton where they have since died
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several years after the war of 1812 his uncle William Piatt
returned again to Pompton to visit his brother this deponents
father and remained with the family three days This
time he come on horseback and had his saddle mounted
with holsters and pistols with a waiter riding on horse
back behind him While he was at this deponents fathers on
this visit he tried to prevail on this deponent to go to
Ohio with him and offered to buy a noble steed that
belonged to a man by the name of Henry Berry for
this deponent to ride on conditions he would go with
him but his this deponents father and mother objected
to his going on account he was an only son and he did
not go The said Captain William Piatt after making
this visit left and did not return again untill 1834
during that summer on a very warm day this deponent
with his father and some others of the family
were sitting on the stoop he saw a carriage with
a man in it of an uncommon size coming down
the road from towards Patterson the driver reigned
up to the gate the man got out of the carriage and
came on to the stoop walked up to this deponents father
and accosted him with the familiar language of how
do you do John He looked at the stranger and remarked
that he did not know him What said the stranger
do you not know your brother William With much
surprise his father grasped his hand and exclaimed
what is this my brother Captain Billy he said it was
after he staid with the family two nights and one day
he started for Philadelphia and this deponents father
accompanied him to Morristown at that time he
was a paymaster in the United States Army When the
said William Piatt got ready to start on his journey this
deponent carried his trunk to the carriage while holding
it his uncle William Piatt told him there was --
$15000 money in the trunk belonging to the United States
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This was the last visit he ever made to his brother He went
to Philadelphia took lodgings at the North American
Hotel where he sickened and died That the said William
Piatt who died in Philadelphia on the 16th day of
August 1834 and who at that time was a Colonel in the
United States Army was the same William Piatt who
was a Captain in the New Jersey line of the Army of
the Revolution and who served untill the end of the
said Revolutionary war That he was the brother of John
Piatt who lived and died at Pompton Plains in
New Jersey and who was the father of this deponent
That the said William Piatt was uncle to this deponent
and that as the next of kin this deponent has
taken out letters of Administration on the estate of
said William Piatt before the Surrogate of the County
of Orange and in the State of New York which said
letters of Administration are now in full force
That information was sent to this deponents father
from Philadelphia of his brothers death but did not
reach him untill it was to late to get to the funeral
but the family went into mourning on his account
He further saith that the said William
Piatt was never married and that he died
leaving no widow or heirs That the said William
Piatt who died in Philadelphia on the Sixteenth
day of August One thousand eight hundred
and thirty four and who at that time was a
Colonel in the United States Army was the same
William Piatt who was a Captain in
the New Jersey Continental line of the army of the
Revolution

Daniel Piatt

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year above mentioned
before me
John W Martin Justice of the Peace
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I certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel
Piatt who made and subscribed the foregoing
affidavit and I know him to be a man
of truth and veracity and that his statements
therein made are entitled to full credit
and belief and that I have no interest in this claim

John W Martin Justice of the Peace

Note the words and figure "in 1812 and the figure 1834 were
interlined before the execution of the foregoing affidavit
John W Martin Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Orange County } ss On this 17th day of September 1855
personally appeared before the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly
authorized to take affidavits in the County aforesaid
Mary Slingerland aged Eighty years a resident of Wellses
Corner in the County of Orange and State of New York
who being first duly sworn according to law
deposeth and saith that she was a native of Pompton
Plains in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey
and that she resided there untill the spring of the
year 1835 when she with her husband and family
moved to where she now resides That while
living at Pompton New Jersey she lived a very
near neighbour to John D Piatt and was well
acquainted with him and also knew his brother
William Pratt who had been a Captain in the
New Jersey Continental line of the army of the
Revolution she knew him when she was quite
a young girl after the was a young woman the said
Captain William Piatt went to what was then called
the western country and was gone several years after
the war with Great Brittain broke out in 1812 the
said William Piatt returned to Pompton and there
had a recruiting station to recruit soldiers for the
Army and while there lived and boarded with
his brother John D Pratt who was a weathy farmer
She well recollects that the summer previous to her
moving from Pompton the said William Piatt
paid a visit to his brother John D Piatt who was
then living but did not stay long this was in the
summer of 1834 The next news that she had of the
said William Piatt was that he had died some
time in August 1834 And the distinctly recollects
that John D Piatt and his wife put on deep
morning for him That the further states that
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the said Captain William Piatt the brother of John
Piatt was never married but died a Bacheler
and died in the City of Philadelphia in August
1834. That Daniel Piatt now living in Minisink
Orange County New York was the only son of John
D Piatt and was a nephew of Captain William Piatt
of the Revolution as aforesaid and who was afterwards
Col William Pratt and she has understood and
believes that the said Daniel Piatt has taken out
letters of Administration on the estate of William
Piatt aforesaid

Mary Slingerland X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year before mentioned
before me
John W. Martin Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Mary
Slingerland who made and subscribed by making
her mark the foregoing affidavit and I know her
to be a woman of good standing in the Presbeterian
Church at Westtown over which Church
the Rev Ralph Bull is Pastor and that her
statements are entitled to full credit and
belief

John W Martin Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Orange County } ss on this twenty second day of
September One thousand eight hundred
and fifty f[ive?] personally appeared
before me a Justice of the peace duly authorized
by law to take affidavits in and for the said County
William Evans aged fifty eight years a resident of
Minisink in the County of Orange & State of New York
who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and
saith that he is well acquainted with Daniel Piatt a
resident of Minisink in the County and State aforesaid
that the said Daniel Piatt is a son of John D Piatt
who my his lifetime resided on Pompton Plains in
Morris County and State of New Jersey That he as
this deponent has understood and believes had an
uncle who was a Captain in the Continental line of
the New Jersey portion of the Revolutionary army and
that his name was William Piatt and that he died
in Philadelphia on the 16 day of August 1834 That
the aforesaid Daniel Piatt as the next of kin of the
aforesaid William Pratt has taken out letters of
Administration before the Surrogate of the County
of Orange in the State of New York which letters
of Administration are in full force and virtue
and he the said Daniel Piatt has full power to
do all them that may be necessary to settle any
and all accounts of the said William Piatt deceased
and who died in Philadelphia as before stated
And this deponent further saith that he is one of the
bondsmen with Richard M Tuttle for the said
Daniel Piatt in the penal sum of one thousand
dollars for his faithful discharge of the duty of
Administrator of the estate of William Piatt aforesaid

William Evans

Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year before mentioned before me

John W Martin Justice of the Peace
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I certify that I am well acquainted with William
Evans who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit
I know him to be a man of truth and veracity
and his statements therein made are entitled
to full credit and belief

John W Martin Justice of the Peace

Orange County
CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, Nathan Westcott Clerk of said County, and the County Court of said County,
(a Court of Record,) do hereby certify that John W. Martin
whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavits, was, at the time of taking the same,
a Justice of the Peace of said county, duly elected and qualified and having full power to take the same; and further, that
I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signatures John W. Martin
subscribed to the said affidavits are genuine.

In witness whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court and county,
this 26 day of September 1855.
N Westcott Clerk

[written upward at bottom]
Danl Piatt
Admr of
William Piatt
Capt N. J. Line
Continental.
Revolution
Act 15 May 1828

J. S. Stevens
Atty
Washington D.C.
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William Piatt dec'd
New York
Rejected He died Aug
16 1834, leaving neither
widow nor children
J. T. Stevens Oct 10 1855
8221
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[arrow from "Stevens" to this:]
see Admitted Widow
7486. of Sarah Murry
who recd pension on
account of Rev. War Services
of Capt Wm Piatt.
May 15 1828
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copied
From "Gardner's Army of the United States" P 359.

William Piatt (N. J.) Sec.lt 11 infy 2 Mar. 1799: retained,
Feb. '01, in 3.infy:- in 2.infy, Apr. '02: Fst lt June '04: Capt
Feb. '09: Actg qrmr gen. and disting, in battle of Tippecanoe,
in his dept: Qrmr gen. (rk Colonel) 23 June '13: Major 34, infy
9 Mar, '14; resigned 30 June '14 as Ormr general: bvt Lt.
Colonel "for gal. cond, and a wound received during siege of
N. Orleans" 23 Dec. '14 (July '15): disband, 15 June '15, -
Paymr 20 May '30: died 16 August. 34 at Phila.

William Piatt (N. J.) Capt in Patterson's Bn, Gibson's reg.
'levies of 1791:' killed 4 Nov. 91 in battle under M. Gen.
St. Clair, with Indns. on the Miami.

[braces on above paragraph with note:]
This refers to W.7486

REV. WAR SECTION
FEB 10 1916
PENSION BUREAU
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REJECTED
8221
William Piatt
The Army register does not give this Wm. Priatt any credit for service prior to 1799.
also see typewritten copy of report from
Gardners Dictionary U.S.A.
The Rev. War allegations in this claim have no value.

[written downward, left side]
In using this claim always look up the admitted claim of Sarah Murry former widow of Capt. William Piatt N.J. W. 7486, her pension was allowed on the service as quoted in the report from N.J. in this claim. She was married to him during the Rev. on Dec. 14, 1778, has the testimony of his Col. Aaron Ogden, and he was killed in Gen. St Clairs battle with the Indians in 1791.
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In this rejected claim there is no proof whatever of any service in the Rev. The heir bases the claim on that of W 7486
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J. T. Stevens,
Oct. 10 1855.
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Pension Office
October 10 1855

Sir

The application of the Administrator upon
the estate of William Piatt dec'd for
arrearages of pension under the Act of May
15 1828 has been examined and filed
and rejected.

Pensions can not be used as assets by
an administrator, and as he died,
leaving neither a widow nor children,
there is no claim for any arrears of
pension that might have been due
[margin: 8287] him had he asserted and established
a claim,

J. T. Stevens Esq
Present
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Dan'l Piatt adm'r
Wm Piatt died
16 August 1834
No Widow or children
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Washington D.C.
2d Oct 1855.

Sir

I have the honor to enclose the
application of Daniel Piatt Administrator & also
one of the Heirs of Capt William Piatt, who
was a Capt. in the Continental army of the
Revolution. Also certificate of the Surrogate of Orange
Co N. Y. as to appointment of Danl Piatt as
Administrator, the Certificate of Secy of State
of New Jersey as to service of Capt Piatt,
and the affidavits of several Witnesses as to
identity of said Capt Piatt.

This claim is made under Act of
May 15th 1828.

If further evidence is required please inform me.
Very Respectfully Yours

J. S. Stevens

Hon J. Minot
Com'r of Pensions
Present
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Act 15. May 1828.
Danl Piatt
Admr of Estate
of Capt Wm Piatt
Revolutionary Service
New Jersey Line
[pointing hand] Died 16 August
1834 and left
neither widow nor
children
No Claim
J. S. Stevens
Atty
Washington D. C.
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State of New York
Orange County ⎬ ss On this 4th day of August One
thousand eight hundred fifty five personally
appeared in open Court before
the undersigned a Judge of the County Court held at
the office of said Judge in Middletown in the County
of Orange and State of New York Daniel Piatt aged sixty
years a resident of Minisink in the County of Orange
and State of New York who being duly sworn according
to law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act
of Congress passed 15 May 1828 and to receive the amount
due Captain William Piatt on the day of his death That
he is an Administrator of William Piatt deceased who
who was a Lieutenant and Captain in the New Jersey
Line of the Continental Army in the war of the
Revolution in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden
That he was a Lieutenant from February 1777 to March
1780 and served as a Captain from March 11 1780 untill
the end of the war as will appear by the Certificate of the
Secretary of State of New Jersey hereunto annexed
and was discharged with the rest of the Regiment at
the close of the war That the said William Piatt was never
married and died leaving no widow or children at the
City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania on
the Sixteenth day of August One thousand eight
hundred and thirty four That in the war with
Great Brittain declared 18 June 1812 the said William
Piatt served as an officer under General Jackson and
at the time of his death he was a Pay Master in the
United States Army That his death was occasioned by
the dropsy

He hereby appoints Joseph T Stevens his
true and lawful Attorney with power of
substitution to prosecute this his claim to
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State of New York.
Orange County, Surrogate's Office. } SS.
I, James W. Fowler, the Surrogate of the
said County of Orange, do hereby certify, that at the said County of Orange, on the twenty fifth
day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, Letters
of administration of the goods, chattels and
Credits of William Piatt ["late of the Town of ... in said County of Orange" crossed out]
deceased, were duly granted by the Surrogate
of the said County of Orange to Daniel Piatt of the Town
of Minisink, Orange County
and that the same are still valid and in full force.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto my hand and affixed my seal
of office, this twenty fifth day of July
in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
James W. Fowler
Surrogate
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State of New Jersey
I Thomas S Allison Secretary of State
of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify
that there is record evidence in my
Office in Book A of Auditors accounts
that William Piatt, was a Lieutenant
in the First Jersey Regiment commanded
by Col Ogden from February 1st 1777 to
March 10, 1780, and a Captain in said Regiment from March 11,
1780 to Jan. 6. 1781, and that said Book A, shows a balance due
him of [pounds]326.7.5 for depreciation of pay.

In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at
Trenton this sixth day of March Eighteen hundred & fifty five.

Thos S Allison
Secretary of State
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[This follows image #26]
receive the Certificate when [illegible] and to do
all other acts necessary and proper in the
premises

Daniel Pitt

In presence of
John G Wilkin
John W Martin

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and
year first above written And I hereby certify that the
said deponent Daniel Piatt is credible person and believes him
to be as is above stated and further that I am not
interested in this claim as attorney or otherwise
Witness my hand this day and year before
mentioned

John G Wilkin
County Judge

State of New York,
Orange County Clerk's Office.
I, Nathan Westcott, Clerk of the County of Orange,
do hereby certify that John G. Wilkin whose name is subscribed to
the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was,
at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment County Judge of
Orange County dwelling in said county, elected and sworn and duly authorized to
take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such
County Judge, and verily believe that the signature to the said
certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and that said instrument is executed and
acknowledged or proved according to the laws of this State.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the said County, the 13th day of August 1855.

N Westcott Clerk.
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[Same as image #29 except that small sheet has been pulled back to reveal all]
receive the Certificate when [illegible] and to do
all other acts necessary and proper in the
premises

Daniel Pitt

In presence of
John G Wilkin
John W Martin

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and
year first above written And I hereby certify that the
said deponent Daniel Piatt is credible person and believes him
to be as is above stated and further that I am not
interested in this claim as attorney or otherwise
Witness my hand this day and year before
mentioned

John G Wilkin
County Judge
of Orange County

Note The word "hereunto", erased and the words
"is credible person, interlined and the name
Daniel written on William done before
execution

John G Wilkin
County Judge
of Orange County
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Picard, Alexander GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment

WARRANT NUMBER 13589 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 14, 1792 to Benjamin Moore, assignee

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.