Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19385, for John Snider, New York
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Snider, John
or
Snyder
Eme
W. 19385
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1934
New York
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Eme Snider
widow of John Sniderpensioner 
N.Y.
who was a under the Act of 7 June 1832
and who died on the 6 May 1834
of Ulster Co. in the State of N. York
who was Priv. Artil, in the company commanded
Captain Belknap of the Regt commanded
by Captain Belknap of the Regt. commanded by Col. McClaughey on the N. York
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 100 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feb. 1839 and sent to Hon. J.C.
Brodhead, N.R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 38       250.00
Semiannual allowance ending 4 Mar 39
                                                      50.00
                                                        ---
                                                   $300.00
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Act July 7,
1838

[recor]ded by D. Brown Clerk,
[] A Vol. 2 Page 100
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Lett P. Van Gaasbeck Sept
21. 1840, Same Oct 23. 1840.
Let to Hon. R Jones feb 22 1841
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of 6 April 1838 from
4. March to 30 June 1840.
Notified 5 Decr 1844
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1072
New York
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John Snider
of Orange in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded
by Captain Belknap of the Regt commanded
by Col. McGlauglin in the New York
line for 1 year and upwards
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 100 Dollars - Cents per Ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of pension issued the 25 day of October 1832 and sent to
Peter & McKisse
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832     $150
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33    50
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                                                      $200
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by Geo C. Miles Clerk
Book D Vol. 5 Page 140
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1934
4457
Eme Snider

Admitted
Private of Artillery
2 years
Hon. J.C. Brodhead
N.R.
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State of New York
Ulster County
on the twentieth day of Febuaryin the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid Eme Snider a resident of the town of 
Plattekill in said County & State aforesaid aged eighty four years who being duly sworn according to law and doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions made by the the act of Congress passed July the seventh in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Entitled an act granting half pay and
Pensions to certain Widows, that she is the widow of John Snider deceased who was private in the artilary in the army of the war of the Revolution and was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed March the eighteenth in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and 7 June 1832 and she further declares that she was married to the said John Snider in the month of October in
the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight in the town of Montgomery County of Orange and State aforesaid by a Pastor of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church at his house in said town and County aforesaid and that her husband the aforesaid John Snider died on the sixth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and that she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service, but that the marriage
took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four
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(Viz. at the time above stated and that 
previous to her marriage to the said John
Snider her name was Eme Scott and that
she has remained a widow ever since the
death of her said husband the aforesaid
John Snider as will more fully appear in
referance to the proof hereunto anexed
       her
Eme X Snider
     Mark

Sworn and subscribed
before me this twentieth day of
February 1839 by making her mark
N.B. in writing her name the latter part Snider, was wrote upon erasure
Abraham A Deyo one of the
Judges of the Ulster County Courts

I the said Judge do certify that the
Widow Eme Linder who subscribed to the
foregoing declaration is old and infirm and
unable to attend the sitting of the County Court
Abraham A Deyo one of the
Judges of the Ulster
County Courts
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State of New York
Ulster County Ss.
I Ferdinand H. Vanderveer Pastor of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley in the County of Ulster Do hereby Certify that the following is a true extract from the records of said church
Baptized Octr 18th 1789 Anne Catrien born 2 Sept 1789. Parents John Snyder, Eme Slott. The above is a true copy of the record where it is set down as follows
Oct. 1789
Johannes Snyder Amos Catrien
Eme Slott Geb. 2 Sept 1789         ⎬
I Ferdinand H. Vanderveer above named depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church.
Also I depose and say, that according to the practice of said church from time immemorial, that the above named parents, could not have their child baptized unless lawfully married-
Fer'd H. Vanderveer Pastor of
Prot. Ref. D. Church of New Hurley

Sworn and subscribed
before me this twentieth
day of February 1839
Abraham A Deyo one
of the Judges of the Ulster County Courts
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Ulster County Ss; I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Reverend Ferdinand H Vanderveer Pastor of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of New Hurley who subscribed and took the foregoing afadavit on the oposite side of this of this paper and that he is a respectable gentleman and entitled to credit and belief in the foregoing afadavit Dated at Plattekill this twentieth day of February 1839
Abraham A. Deyo
one of the judges of the
Ulster County Courts
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Ulster County. Ss.  on the twenty first day of Febuary in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Mary Decker and by me being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration viz. that she was personally acquainted with John Snider late of Orange County Deceased This deponent also says that she is acquainted with Eme Snider his wife for a number of years and that the said John Snider and Eme Snider lived
together as Husband and wife untill the death of the said John Snider That this deponent attended the funeral of the said John Snider and knows that he died on the sixth day of May eighteen hundred and thirty four and that since the death of the said John Snider the said Eme Snider has remained his widow and has not since married
Mary Decker

Sworn and subscribed
before me the day and year
first above written
Abraham A Deyo one of the
Judges of the Ulster County Courts

Ulster County ss. I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mary Dicker of the town of Plattekill & County aforesaid who subscribed & took the foregoing affadavit it and that she is a respectable woman and that she is entitled to credit and belief in the foregoing affidavit
Dated at Plattekill this twenty first day of
February 1839.
Abraham A Deyo one of the
Judges of the Ulster
County Courts
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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 affidavits of Eme Snider Radmand H. Vanderveer and Mary Decker purport to have been taken, was at the date 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 to the said affidavits are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this
Twenty Second day of February 1839
John Ferguson Clk
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No. 1972
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State of New York
Orange County ss. On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of said County personally appeared John Linder a resident of the town of Newburgh in said County aged 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 That he was formerly on the pension roll under the Act of March 11. 1818, and that his name has been struck from the same, on account of his having some property, that when he made his previous application for a pension he resided in the town of Newburgh where he still continues to live that he served altogether four years during the war of the Revolution, as a private soldier, that he first enlisted in Captain John Belknap's Company in Col. McClaughery's Regiment of New York State Troops in which he served one year at Fort Montgomery in the State of New York that he after that time enlisted at the same place in Captain John Callander's company Col Cranes Regiment of Artillery of the United States Troops, and that he served in that Regiment for three years when he was discharged by Col. Crane shortly before the final close of the revolutionary struggle, That he was in a great number of skirmishes preceding and in the battle which ended in the surrender of the British Army under General Burgoyne at Ticonderoga, in the battle of Rhode Island, and also in the Battle at Monmouth New Jersey which was previous to that of Rhode Island.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or an annuity except the present
and he declares that his name is not on
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the pension roll of any agency, in any State
Sworn to and subscribed
and year above
written before me
        his
John  X  Snider
      mark

Gilbert Ogden Fowler one
of the judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for Orange County
Counsellor
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I Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County, State of New York do hereby declare my opinion that the above named applicant John Snider was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and I do also hereby certify that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court
Gilbert Ogden Fowler

I Asa Dunning Clerk of the County of Orange and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange do hereby certify that Gilbert Ogden Fowler whose name appears to the above declaration and certificate is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Orange, which is a Court of record, and that the name of the said Gilbert Ogden Fowler annexed to the above declaration and certificate is in the proper hand writing of the said Gilbert Ogden Fowler and was written by him
In testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand and seal of office this seventeenth
day of August A.D. 1832
Asa Dunning
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[?] Seymour P.M. Modena
P Van Gasbeeck Esqr
Kingston
Ulster Co
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Modena My. 10. Oct 1840
Dr Sir
Enclosed is the letter of
J.D. Edwards Esqr and the
enquiries contained in the same
Eme Snyder Decd was married
to Mr Stephens in the year 1776
and he died 1785. and the
ages of her two children had by
him now living is 62 & 58 years
Respectfully yours
Timothy Seymour

Van Gasbeck Esqr

N.M. she was pensioned under Mr Snyder
her last husband
you will pleas answer the letter
of Mr Edwards
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Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sept 21 1840

Eme Snyder
N.Y.

pension papers
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Kingston Sept 18. 1840
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
Eme Snider, widow of John Snyder was pensioned on the 28th Feb 1839 at $100.00. Eme Snyder died on the 30 June 1840-leaving 3 children, viz
Mary Dicker a daughter of Amy Snyder
and John Snyder
and William Stephens & Nicholas Stephens children by a former husband of that name.
Now Querie? is Mary Dicker entitled to the whole of her mothers balance.
or do the 3 children take each a part
or 1/3.
Yours very Respectfully
P. Van Gasbeek Jr
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5541
New York Roll
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John Snyder
Private-
In the United States during the Revolutionary War,
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 15th of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Jany 1819 and Sent to Case and Humphreys
Newburgh N.Y.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4mo + 18/30 --36.86
Semi-anl. all'ee ending 4 March 1829  -- 48.
Crane
                36:80
                48:
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                84.80
               ====
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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See letter July 9. 1829 to W Case, also
to W. Case Oct. 21. 1829
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TREASURE DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 30th 1843
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"  and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm: of Eme Snider, dec'd
a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City
Agency, at the rate of one hundred Dollars
per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1838,
has been paid at this Department, from the
of 4th of March, to the 30th June 1840.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present
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Hon James L. Edwards
commissioner of Pensions
Washington

[Postmark] KINGSTON OCT 20 N.Y.

Oct 22.40

Pension
Papers

Eme Snyder dec'd
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Kingston N.C. Oct 19. 1840
Hon. J. L. Edward
Inclosed is the answer to
the Quire, addressed to me in your
of the 21 Sept 1840 - If they are satisfactory
you will then answer mine
to which yours is an answer
and Oblige
Yours very respectfully
P. New Gaasbeck Jr.
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Will Col Edwards be so kind as the
attend to the within application without
delay and he will much oblidge his
Obt Sert
J.W. Brodhead of the Ho Reps
Hon John Brodhead
Member of Congress
Washington City
D.C.

Hon. J.C. Brodhead 
HoR
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Kingston 22d Feb 1839
Hon-Sir,
Enclosed is the declaration and
accompaning proof for Eme
Snider who is appling for a Pension
you will have the goodness not only
present the same but you will
use your influence personally to
affect the same
you will perceive that I have [no?]
record proof of their marriage
there is none but other proof
strong in its nature together with
the Baptisms of two of their children
in the year 1787 and the afadavit of
the Rev. Vandiver that such would
not have the case had they not lawfully
married. you will examine the same and
endeavor to have it passed before
your [??]. Respectfully I remain your obt. 
Timothy Seymour

Hon. Jno Brodhead[?]

N.B. I am told that there has been decisions granted upon the proof of the Baptism of their children. Your being well acquainted with Snider and his family I will I hope have the desired effect.
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If you should be so fortunate as to affect
the object you will if you return directly
home fetch the same allong if not
send the same to [Mathew?] [Moter?]
the reason of my mailing at Kingston that
your session was nearly up and I at Kingston
for the Clerks certificate
yours
T. Seymour

Hon. Jno. C, Brodhead

Ann has been quite sick & Maggy also bur both are getting better
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New York
John Snider on roll act June 7th 1832 to what time paid?
V.L.
John Harry Esqr
Auditor Office

Died 6 May 1834
arrearages paid
T.H. H.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19385
Eme Snider
widow of
John Snider
Pri Rev War
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Act: July 7th 38
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 230
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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John Snyder private
Crane's Mass. Reg.t Art.y
1777 to 1780 15 April 1818
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John Snyder
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State of New York 
County of Orange⎬ Ss. On the 15th day of April 1818, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange Personally appeared John Snyder aged sixty years, resident in the town of Newburgh, and who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war that he the said John Snyder enlisted in a company commanded by Capt John Belknap in the Regiment commanded by Col James Clinton of the New York line for one year - in the year 1776 - that he served in this company for the period of his enlistment- That within two months after this time he enlisted with Lieutenant James Hall - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Crane of the Massachusetts line, of artillery for three years- at Fort Montgomery- That he continued to serve in the said Regiment in the company commanded by Lieut. Hall for about six months, when Capt. Perkins was assigned to the Company- that he served about a year in Capt Perkins Company when Capt. John Calender was assigned to the command of the Company in consequence of the promotion of Capt. Perkins - That he served in Capt Calenders company until the expiration of the term of his enlistment when he was discharged at Morristown in
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the State of New Jersey. That his discharge was
signed by General Knox and was Honorable
That he was in the engagement when General
Burgoynes army was captured at the Battle of
Monmouth in New Jersey and in one engagement
in Rhode Island - and that he is now in
reduced circumstances, and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for support
and that his discharge has since been lost---
     his
John X Snider
     mark

Sworn and declared to
before me the fifteenth day
of April 1818 --
Joseph Morrell one of the 
Judges of the Courts of Common
Pleas in and for the County of 
Orange State of New York
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State of New York 
County of Orange ⎬ ss John Belknap of the town of New Windsor in the State of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was a Captain in a Regiment of New York troops commanded by Col James Clinton in the year 1776 and that John Snider who executed the above affidavit in his presence was a private soldier in his company and served one year as set forth in his affidavit
Sworn before me the 15th
John Belknap
Sworn before me this 15th
day of April 1818
⎬
Joseph Morrell one of the 
Judges of the Court of Common pleas
in and for the County of Orange
State of N York
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 I Joseph Morrell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Orange aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Snider did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the above Declaration against the common enemy And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the war Department pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress
Joseph Morrell

State of New York 
Orange County I David M. Westcott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph Morrell is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name set to the preceding affidavits and Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Joseph Morrell In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court the sixth day of May 1818. 
DM Westcott 
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the situation of the above named John Snyder and that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support- 
Joseph Morrell Commiss-etc.
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J L Edwards 
Comm of Pensions, 
P. Van Gaasbeck, Esq 
Kingston 
New York

[Stamp:]
WASHINGTON CITY
SEP 21
D.C.
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Pension Office 
September 21. 1840 
Sir, 
Before answering the enquiry contained in your letter of the 18th inst. as to who is entitled to the arrears of pension due in the case of Eme Snyder dec'd I have to request that you will state at what time she was married to Wm Stephens, the period when he died, and what are the ages of her children by him. The papers upon which she was pensioned do not show that she ever had any other husband than John Snyder 
I am very respectfully 
Your obt Servant 
J L Edward 

 P. Van Gaasbeck, Esq 
Kingston New York