Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11275, for Isaac Quackenboss, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
Quackenboss, Isaac
or Quackenboy
NUMBER
S. 11275
CONTENTS
carded
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20.981
New York

Isaac Quackenboy *
who was a private in the Comp command 
by Captain Lansing of the Regt commanded
by Col. Wemple in the New York
line for 6 months and 18 days
Isaac Quackenboss *
Records corrected Apr 10/05 g. 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 22 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct.
1833 and sent to T. Sabin Collinsville

Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33  $55
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M '34  11
$66
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Go. C Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 29
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No 18.395
Isaac Quackenboss
Delaware Co
N. Y.
Admitted
Private 6 mo & 18 day
Service as express [illegible]
disallowed

Timothy Sabin
Collinsville
Otsego Co
N Y -

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.


A Statement, showing the service of Isaac Quackenboss Delaware Co N. York

[Printed table with handwritten answers]
Period when the service was rendered. | Years. | Months. | Days. 
Duration of the claimant's service.
Nol July 1777 | 1 [mo] | 5 [days]
Entd Sep 77 until Nov 77 | 3 [mo]
July 78 until Sep't 78 | 15 [days]
[illegible] 79 | 15 [days]
Oct 80 | 15 [days]
May 81 | 10 [days]
Entered Aug't 81 until Nov 81 | 17 [days] indefinite

Rank of the claimant.
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Lieut Coonrad Sharp
Col Wemple
Capt Langsing [Lansing]
Capt Marshall
Col. Willard

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
71 years
Albany City

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Living witness for a part of his service & one traditional evidence

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia." and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss. 
On this [blank space] day of [blank space] personally appeared (a) before [blank space] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank space] in the county of [blank space] and State, Territory, or District of [blank space] aged (c) [blank space] 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank space], with [blank space] and served in the [blank space] (e) regiment of the [blank space] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [Hand arrow symbol pointing right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank space]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank space] of the Court of [blank space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank space] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank space] day of [blank space] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank space] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank space] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank space] Clerk of the Court of [blank space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of [blank space] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank space] day of [blank space] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service, are you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
    { To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides, he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--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."
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 the or four months, too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 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.
[Hand arrow pointing right] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[signature] John N Ashton
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State of New York
Delaware County ss: }
On the 9th day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the court of common pleas holden at the court house in Delhi in the said County of Delaware for said County now sitting Isaac Quackenboss a Resident of the Town of Franklin County of Delaware and State of New York aged Seventy one 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 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated first on the fifth day of July 1777 being in the city of Albany he Volunteered in the Service of the United States under the command of Lieut Coonrad Sharp and marched from thence to Saratoga falls where he performed the common duties of a Soldier of an army for the Term of time of five weeks from thence he retreated with the rest of the Americans before General Burgoins [Burgoyne] Army to Van Schaiks Island where he was verbally Discharged and went home about the first of August in the Same year 1777 he enlisted as a three months man under the command of Capt Jacob Lansing in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Abraham Wemple residing as aforesaid in the city of Albany that he marched from thence to Vanschaiks Island and Joined the American Army at that place performed a common soldiers duty standing century &c from thence he marched to Stillwater remained at that place a few days then marched to Beemus [Bemis] Heights and with the Americans met the enemy under the command of General Burgoin that he was personally engaged in a Battle with the Brittish at that place that he cant say what day the Battle took place but thinks it was some time in September 1777 that the Armies engaged two successive days that the night after the defeat of the British General Burgoin retreated to Saratoga that he was present as one of the Life Guard of General Gates and saw General Burgoin deliver up his sword to General Gates who gave it back to him as a present that he recollects when Colonel or Major Skeins delivered his sword to General Gates he Skeins looked verry sour at Gen Gates who kept his sword that after the above
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Battle and taking of Burgoin he marched from thence to Albany City where he staid four or five days from thence he Marched down the north river to New Windsor thinks Capt Lansing was not present at the Battle at Beemus Heights but that he marched with him & the Army down to New Windsor that he was discharged as he believes by Verbal order from Capt Jacob Lansing about the Last of November 1777 and returned home to Albany. That about the Last of July 1778 he entered the Service again as a member of the class then turned out at the said City of Albany under the command of Lieut Coonrod Sharp Marched to Schoharrie where they remained at the old Meetinghouse half a month and was discharged by a verbal order in August following.

That he once Started with two other Militia men to man the Middle fort at Schoharrie that the other two men Ran away and that he went on and Joined the forces at that place that they were all Strangers to him that he staid so short a time that he cant remember many of the officers names dont remember any of the officers names that time except the Commissary which was Jacob Winnee was there a half Month was discharged Verbally and went home cant specify the precise time that he went or returned but that it must have the Beginning of winter of 1779 remembers there was a deep snow at the time that he went with his class about the last of October 1780 under the command of Capt Jacob Lansing from where he lived in Albany to the Stone Church or as it was called the Lower Fort in Schoharrie where he staid a half month and was discharged Verbally in November cant remember what day. That he again went with his class in the Month of May AD 1781 under the command of Capt Jacob Lansing from Albany to Fort Hunter staid there about ten days and was discharged Verbally That he went as above about the Last of July 1781, from Albany to Fort Plain & Canajoharrie from thence to Bowmans Kill from thence to Cherry Valley on a Scout from thence Back to Bowmans Kill where he with the whole Company abandoned the Post he was there 17 days
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That he afterwards enlisted about the first of August 1781 in the aforesaid service living at Albany under the command of Capt Harrison that he staid with the troops at Albany under the command of Capt Marshal was attached to Colonel Willards Regiment did the duty of Express carried Letters to Schoharrie carried a discharge to the Militia stationed there was discharged at Albany about the last of the month of November of the same year and this as he believes and all the other above specified services were rendered in the Militia of the New York Line that he he has no record of his age except by refference to the record of his Baptism which identifies the year as he believes of 1761 as the year of his birth in the City of Albany that he has resided in Albany City & in Delaware County since the Revolution that his terms of service being generally short he cannot recollect and distinguish more of the regular & Militia officers than he has done That he never had a written discharge from service that he was acquainted with Jacob Vanwort during the Revolutionary Warr that he said Jacob Vanwort lived at the time in the said City of Albany in the State of New York and that he was a Sergeant in the Company of Militia in the said City of Albany in the year of our Lord 1775 and during the Revolutionary War under the command of Capt Jacob Lansing

By the court where and in what year were you born Answer I was born at Saratoga in the year A.D. 1761 in the State of New York
Per the court Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it I have no Record of my age except the Record of my baptism kept by the Minister as my God Mother tells in the city of Albany
Per the court where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
I lived in the City of Albany when called into the service have lived in Albany and in Delaware County I now live in the town of Franklin in Delaware County
Per the court How were you called into the service were you drafted or did you volunteer or where you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
The first time I went into the service I Volunteered the second time I Enlisted All the rest of my service was done as a member of my class except once when I went to Schoharrie as a substitute for one Jacob Lansing who was a cousin to our Militia Captain and one other time when I Enlisted under Capt Harrison
Per the court state the names of some of the
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Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. I was attached to General Glovers Brigade when I entered the service don't know whether he was a regular or Militia officer Colonel Wemple was some times with us -
General Gates had command and was with us at Saratoga but General Arnold was the fighton I was at Schoharrie at Saratoga I was in the engagement at Saratoga or Beemus Heights I was one of General Gates life Guard when Burgoyne surrendered I carried a discharge to Schoharrie for the troops there near the close of the war I carried letters from Capt Marshal to Schoharrie & to Saratoga & I carried letters from Col Gansevort on a discharge to Schoharrie

By the court did you ever receive a discharge from service and if so by whom was it signed
I never received a written discharge in my life I was discharged by word of mouth

By the Court state the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behavior your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

I know Jacob Vanwort who was a member of the same militia company with me in Albany in the revolutionary war - I am also acquainted with Judge Amos Douglas -

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension List Roll of any Agency of any State

Isaac Quackenboss ["his" and "mark" written above and below the "X" mark designating his signature]

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
[signature] C. B Sheldon Clerk
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RECORD DIVISION.
Our
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
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S. F. 11,275 -

In reply to your request of __ received __ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Quackenboss a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.
July 5 1777 |  5 weeks |  Lt. Coonrad Sharp
Aug 1777 | 3 mos. | Jacob Lansing
Jul 1778 | 15 days |  Lt. Coonrad Sharp
Winter 1779 | 15 days | at Middle Fort at Schoharrie
Oct 1780 | 15 days  | Jacob Lansing
May 1781 | 10 days | Jacob Lansing
July 1781 | 17 days | Jacob Lansing
Aug 1781 | 3 mos | Harrison. Marshal
RANK.
Pvt.
COLONEL.
Abraham Wemple
STATE.
N.Y.

Battles engaged in, Bemis Heights and Surrender of Willard Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Albany, N. Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8 1832 His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Franklin, Delaware Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, at Saratoga in 1761 baptized in Albany
Remarks: There is no data as to family
The above noted is the only soldier &c.
For date of last payment of pens &c

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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State of New York
Delaware County ss } 
On this 8th day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas holden at the Court House in Delhi in in and for said County of Delaware now sitting Jacob Van Wort a resident of the Town of Oneonta in the county of Otsego aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was personally acquainted with the above named Isaac Quackenboss in and before the year 1777 that this deponent then resided in the city of Albany in the State of New York and that he the said Isaac Quackenboss was then a resident of the said city of Albany and that this deponent and the said Isaac Quackenboss were at that time members of a company of Militia in the said City of Albany under the command of Capt Jacob Lansing and this deponent recollects that the said Isaac Quackenboss went out of Albany into the service of the United States a number of times as a Volunteer & a member of the class drawn from the said company under the command of Capt Jacob Lansing and Lieut Coonrod Sharp cant state precise times but knows of his going to Saratoga Falls to Beemus Heights to Fort Plain to Schoharrie and recollects of the said Quackenboss going down the north River to New Windsor and this deponent was discharged at Schoharrie by an order brought there by the said Isaac Quackenboss and this deponent has been personally acquainted with the said Isaac Quackenboss for more than 60 years in Albany and in Delaware County where he now resides that he knows him to be the same person who has described in and has made the above declaration which this deponent on hearing read believes to be just and true

[signature] Jacob Van Wort

Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signature] C. B. Sheldon Clerk
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I Amos Douglas of Franklin in the County of Delaware do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Quackenboss who has made the above declaration & subscribed & sworn to the same and have been so acquainted with him for twenty years, that I believe him to be 71 years of age and that I have heard it mentions that he had been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion and that he sustains a good reputation as to truth and veracity-
[signature] Amos Douglass Judge of Delaware County

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court October 9th 1832
[signature] C B Sheldon Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jacob Vanwort who has signed the above affidavit of the service of the said Isaac Quackenboss is a resident of Oneonta in Otsego County and that Amos Douglas who has also subscribed the above Affidavit is a resident of Franklin in the County of Delaware and that they are credible persons and that they are entitled to credit

I Crawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Delaware, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Quackenboss for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832
[signature] C B Sheldon Clerk

[Written vertically]
Isaac Quackenb[remainder cut off or abbreviated]
In the matter of Pension
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State of New York
County of Deleaware SS. 
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Quackenboss for a pension had in the said Court on the 9th day of October in the year 1832, and further that Andrew Parish Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been Sworn, and the person who purports to have signed the within certificate was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 6th day of July 1833.
[signature]  C. B. Sheldon Clerk

[Illegible seal next to the Clerk's certification with remains of the ribbons used to secure the papers affixed underneath]
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State of New York
Delaware County 
Revolutionary Claims

The town of Franklin in the County of Delaware and State of New York  being duly sworn deposeth and saith that I am well acquainted with Isaac Quackenbush of the town of Franklin in the County of Delaware and State of New York and have been for six years and verily believe him to be a man of truth and is reputed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a Revolutionary Soldier have no doubt in saying that the affidavit hereunto annext made by him the said Quackenbush touching his Services in the Revolutionary War and is believed in the neighborhood where he lives that he was a Soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion and further this deponent Saith not
[signature] Henry Goodell

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Henry Goodell who made the above affidavit in the matter of Isaac Quackenbush and know him the said Goodell to be a man of truth and sustains a good character in the neighborhood where he resides
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 4 day of July 1833.
[signature] Andrew Parish Justice of the peace
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Isaac Quackenboss
Affidavit
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned A Justice of the Peace of the County of Delaware Isaac Quackenboss who being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of Old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positive to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grade that he Volunteered as a private Soldier on the fifth day of July, 1777 under Lieut Coonrod Sharp and served One month and six days that on the fifteenth day of August 1777 he again enlisted as a private Soldier under Capt Jacob Lansing and served three months that on the last of July 1778 he was drafted and served as a private Soldier under Lieut Coonrod Sharp fifteen days and that he Served as a private Soldier in the winter of 1779 fifteen days that in the Year 1780 he was drafted and Served under Capt Jacob Lansing fifteen days that in May 1781 he was drafted and Served under Capt Jacob Lansing ten days that he was drafted in July 1781 under the command of Capt Jacob Lansing as a private Soldier and Served Seventeen days that in August 1781 he enlisted as a private Soldier under Command of Capt Harrison and Served as Such for three months and for Such Service I Claim a pension

Isaac Quackenbuss ["his" and "mark" written above and below the "+" mark designating his signature]
Dated Franklin June 14, 1833
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I Roger Case of the Town of Franklin in the County of Delaware do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Quackenboss who made the with in affadavit & subscribed and Swore to same and have been for twenty years that I believe him to be a man of 71 years of age and have heard it often mentioned that he was a Soldier of the Revolution in the neighborhood where he resides and (illegible) believes that he was and that the affadavit made me him quering (sp?) his claims to a pension is just and True
Franklin June 11th 1883
Roger Case

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Roger Case of the Town of Franklin in the County of Delaware who made the above affidavit and I know him the said Case to be a
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man of Good Carracter and is believed to be a man of truth and veracity in
the Neighbourhood where he resides 
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 17th day of June 1833
[signature] Allis Brown Justice of the peace

State of New York
County of Delaware ss} I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware do hereby certify that Allis Brown Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been Sworn, and the person who has Signed the above certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County of Delaware, duly authorized to administer oaths &c. and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificates to be his hand writing and signature In testimony whereof.
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 6th day of July 1833. 
[signature] C B Sheldon Clerk

[Illegible seal next to the Clerk's certification]
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Fort Hunter, N. Y.,
26th July, 1913.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am very desirous of getting some record of the Military services of Isaac Quack, or Quackenbush, who served in the Revolutionary war. He married Dirkje Van Alstine, and they had a daughter named Neeltje, who when married in 1798 gave the name of
Quackenboss.
I suspect that either Isaac Quack, or Quackenbush, or his widow were on your pension roll.
Your records doubtless will state the time of death of either Isaac, or his wife, and as to the time the husband served in the war, etc.
If you will kindly favor me with any records that you have I will be much obliged
Very truly yours,

[signature] Morris Dey
[rewritten for clarity] Morris Dey
[name card affixed]
Morris Dey
Fort Hunter, N.Y.
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[Postmark stamped seal]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
D JUL 28 1913
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[Printed form with handwritten answers and notations]

Rev War
11275
INVALID.

File No. 11,275
Isaac Quackenboz *
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Isaac Quackenboss *
Records corrected Apr 10/05 [illegible initials]

1913 Aug 6 Hist to Morris Day V. L. M.
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In the matter
of Isaac Quackenboss
Pension
18395
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The war Department are requested to direct communications on the subject
of this application to Collinsville Otsego County New York to the care of Timothy Sabin -