Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,381, for Jacob Radley, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
CONTENTS
Radley, Jacob
Riggs, Lucretia
(Former Widow)
NUMBER
W.26.381
B.L. Wt. 5081-160-55
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6235
New York Albany
Lucretia Riggs, formerly
widow of Jacob Hadley
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a pri & Corpl
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
24 Dollars 60
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
5th day of April 1854
and sent to 
Samuel White
Rushford
N. York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 176 Vol 4
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35. 767 Act Mar 3 55
April 9 /55
Lucretia Riggs for widow of
Jacob Radley
Col. Willett N. Y. Contl  line
Revolution
Pensioner
W. 160 acres Aug 22 /55
[illegible]
Boynton
5081 iss Aug 25/55
Samuel White
Rushford
N. Y.
his
Feby 48 no 6237
Vol R - page 1-
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State of New York
Allegany County ⎬ ss. On this 2d day of April 1855
before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly
authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Lucretia Riggs
aged Ninety years, a resident of the town of Cancadia, County
and state aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn according to law declares that
she is the identical person who is now in the receipt of a Pension for and
on account of the Revolutionary services of her first husband Jacob Radley
deceased and that her Pension Certificate bears date April 5th 1854. (No.62351)
and is "Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioner under act of
February 22d 1848, Page 176. Vol 4."
as will appear by Record and other papers on file in said office at Washington
together with the proof of her marriage. And she further declares that she is now the
widow of Jacob Radley
widow of Philip Riggs deceased & formerly the widow of Jacob Radley who served in the war of the revolution both as 
a Corporal and private, and that she makes this declaration and application for
the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the
late act of Congress passed March 3, 1855. And she hereby appoints Samuel
White of Rushford, N. York, her true and lawful attorney to present and prosecute
this her claim for Bounty Land, to receive her Certificate or Warrant when
issued; and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises
Subscribed and sworn to before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I certify 
that I know the above deponent, Lucretia Riggs
and have seen her Pension Certified above described
and believe her to be the identical person she
presents herself to be, and that she is of the age
above stated; and further, that I am not
interested in this claim as attorney or
otherwise
A. P. Ewing Justice of the Peace

Lucretia Riggs
her mark
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ALLEGANY COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,  I James M. Mott Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify that
A. V. Ewing Esq before whom the annexed instrument in 
writing was proved or acknowledged or Affidavit suit taken was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment as Affidavit, a Justice of the Peace,
in and for said County, duly elected sworn and and authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment or Affidavit is genuine,
and that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Angelica, in said County
this 3rd day of April 1855.
James M Mott
Clerk of Allegany County
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State of New York
Allegany County ⎬ SS. On this 2nd day of April 1855, before me the
Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law
to administer oaths personally came Barton Butler aged fifty
four years and Zebulon Butler aged twenty nine years.
Whom I know to be residents of the town of Caneadea in the County and state
aforesaid, whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being
by me sworn according to law say that they were present and saw Lucretia
Riggs execute the foregoing affidavit, by making her mark to the same and by
making oath thereto in due form of law-- and they further swore that they
an acquainted with said Lucretia Riggs now present, and have reason to believe
from seeing her Pension Certificate and from her appearance that she is
the identical person she represents herself to be, and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
the day and year first above written
A. P. Ewing Justice of the Peace  

Burton Butler
Zebulon Butler
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No 15,129
Lucretia Riggs died
formerly widow of
Jacob Kudley
N.Y.
1838
=
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Saml White
Rushford
N. Y.
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State of New York
County of Allegany ⎬
James Radley, of the town of Caneadea
in said County of the age of sixty five years and upwards depose
and says that he is the oldest son of Jacob and Lucretia Radley. He
has been informed and believes that his parents had two daughters older than
himself, and that one of them is dead, the other, if living resides near
Batavia, N.Y. He has understood from his mother that she was married
to his father Jacob Radley, at a place then called Nobletown, that they
moved to Tioga where they resided until about the year 1802 or 1803
and then moved to Gaidow, now called Licester, in the County
of Livingston, N.Y. when his said father died on or about the year
1807. His Mother Lucretia intermarried in 1820 to one Philip
Riggs with whom she lived until August 1834 when he died; and
that his said mother ever since the death of Riggs has remained
a widow. This deponent further declares that his said father and
mother were the parents of seven children; only three of whom now
survive - He further declares that he can well remember his said
father, who was a revolutionary soldier, that he has heard him talk
over his was stories - He can distinctly recollect of hearing him talk
of being chased by the Indians, and that he had to leap a
creek in order to make his escape. This deponent cannot recollect
that he ever heard his father give the names of any of the officers
under whom he served - but is certain that he has heard him
say he was in the army; and further saith not
James Radley
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 7th day of March 1854
and I certify that I have no interest whatever
in the result of this claim, nor am I engaged
in its presentation and further that said
James Radley who made this affidavit is a credible person
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E. C. Young Justice
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ALLEGARY COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, SS. I, James M Mott, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify
that E. C. Young Esqr: before whom the annexed instrument in
writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected sworn and authorized to take the same.
And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said
Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged
according to the Laws of this State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Angelica, in
said County, this 14 day of March 1854
James Mellow Clerk of Allegany County.
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No 15115
Lucretia Riggs, formerly
widow of Jacob Radley
New York
Act July 7. 1838.
Saml White
Rushford
N.Y
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Know all men by there presents, that I Lucretia Riggs
of Caneadia Allegany County N. York, have constituted and
appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint
Samuel White of Richford in said County my true and lawful
attorney, for me, and in my name to present my claims
for a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of
my first husband, James Radley, deceased, and generally to do
all lawful acts and things touching the premises hereby confirming
all and whatsoever shall lawfully be done by virtue of these
presents.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 10th day of November 1853
Deanna Radley
Lucretia  Riggs
Wit of the mark of Lucretia Radley
mark
State of New York ⎬
Allegany County
On this 18th day of November 1858.
personally appeared Lucretia Riggs above named whom
I know to And acknowledged the foregoing power of
attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes
therein expend
Allen  L Burr
Justice
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STATE OF NEW YORK 
ALLEGANY COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE   I, James M Mott,  Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify
that Allen S Burr before whom the annexed instrument in
writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected sworn and authorized to take the same.
And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said
Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged
according to the Laws of this State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Angelica, in
said County, this 13 day of Feby 1854
James M. Mott
Clerk of Allegany County.
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State of New York
Allegany County ss. On this 23d day of
August AD 1848 personally appear in open
Court before James Hallett Esquire one 
of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the
State of New York at a Circuit Court held
in and for the County of Allegany Lucretia
Riggs a resident of the town of Caneadia in the
said County of Allegany aged Eighty two
years & upwards who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on her oath make 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
was married to Jacob Radley at a place then
called and known by the name of Goletown near
Parvington in the State of New York on the 10th
day of September in the year 1784 that the said
Jacob Radley was a soldier in the Army at
the time of the Revolutionary War that he entered
the service and served as she learned from him
about the close of that war in the year 1781 or
1782, that he enlisted at and unto the Army
from the town of Claverack in the State of New York
that he remained in the army and served
during nine months or a year under what particular
office or offices he served doing that time she is
unable to state  - that he was in that division of
the Army stationed at Albany and Hudson
that she lived with the said Jacob Radley upto
and until the Eleventh day of September AD
1807 when he died at the time of Leicester in the
County of Livingston and State of New York
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And that she has since intermarried with
one Philip Riggs, that that marriage took
place as near as she is unable to recollect at the
town of Caneadia in the aforesaid County of
Allegany at some time in the month of May
AD 1820 -that she lived with the said Philip
Riggs until sometime in the month
August
AD 1834 when he died at Sonson in this State
that she has since remained and that the
has no record of her marriage with the aforesaid
Jacob Radley  nor of the births and ages of
her seven children that she had by the said that
Radley and forth that she is now a widow
Sworn & Subscribed    Lucretia Riggs
before me this 23d day of
August 1848 in open
Court
Martin Butt Clerk of Allegany County

On this 10th day of November 1853
Lucretia Riggs named in the above declaration
acknowledged in our presence that she made her mark to
above and made oath to the same on the day of the date
we therefore put our names to this paper as witnesses
Kintery of Cain
[illegible]
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State of New York
County of Allegany
Jedediah Nobles of
the town of Belfast in said County of the age of seventy
nine years and upwards being duly sworn before the under
named Justice of the Peace, who is duly authorized by law
to administer oaths depose and says that he is well
acquainted with old Mrs Lucretia Riggs of the town of
Caneadea, in said County. That this deponent first became
acquainted with her and her first husband Jacob Radley at
the town of Leicester, Livingston County New York, in the year
1803, or 180r. that he was intimately acquainted with the said Jacob
Radley from that time until the day of his death, and
has been acquainted with the said Lucretia Riggs up to
the present time who is yet living. and is now a widow
This deponent further declares that the said Lucretia Riggs
lived with her first husband Jacob Radley, as his wife, and
that they said a numerous family of children, some of which
now reside in said town of Caneadea, and their oldest
son (James) is an old man nearly, or quite sixty years
of age. And this deponent further declares that the old
lady's declaration for a pension, made on the 23d day
of August 1849, before the Hon. James Mullet, a Justice of
the Supreme Court. Martin Buth being County Clerk was
been read in his hearing, and he believes it to be correct.
and true the greater part of which he knows to be facts
said declaration being hereto annexed. And this deponent
further declares that he has no interest in the said Lucretia
Riggs claim for a pension, but is certain that she
is yet living, and that she remains a widow
Subscribed and sworn to  Jedidiah Noble
this 18th day of November 1853 before me, who is known to me, and I
believe the said, Jedediah Noble is a man of truth and veracity
And I further certify that I have no interest in the result
of this claim, nor am I engaged in its prevention
Allen L. Burr Justice of the Peace