Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32350, for John Jones, New York
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(3 - 1776)

New York.
 Jones, John
NUMBER
S32350
CONTENTS
B. June 22, 1752  in Albany NY
res at enl. . New Baltimore Albany Co (Green Co.) NY
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24.332
New York
John Jones
Albany in the State of New York
he was a Private in the Comp commanded
by
Captain Houghtailing of the Regt commanded
by Col. Van Bergin in the New York
line for 11 months and 4 days
$37.10
Inscribed on the roll of New York
the rate of 37 Dollars 10
Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Nov.
1833
---
and sent to J. B. Moore
Rensselearville
===
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 $92.75
Semi-ant. allowance ending 3 '34 18.15
$110.90

 
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by  Go. Stiles Clerk
Book E. 
Vol. A Page 63
 
[column 2]

sen letter to E Ames Esq March 5. 1835
" " pensioner
" " Lewis M Dayton Nov 7
let to secy to July 19 1850 pension 24 July 
1850- also filed with decision
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24.332
New York
John Jones
Albany in the State of New York
he was a Private in the Comp commanded
by
Captain Houghtailing of the Regt commanded
by Col. Van Bergin in the New York
line for 11 months and 4 days
$37.10
Inscribed on the roll of New York
the rate of 37 Dollars 10
Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Nov.
1833
---
and sent to J. B. Moore
[illegible]
===
---
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 $92.75
Semi-ant. allowance ending 3 '34 18.15
$110.90

 
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by  Go. Stiles Clerk
Book E. 
Vol. A Page 63
 
[column 2]

sen letter to E Ames Esq March 5. 1835
" " pensioner
" " Lewis M Dayton Nov 7
let to secy to July 19 1850 pension 24 July 
1850- also filed with decision
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28.205
John
Jones
New York
Adm 11. months & 4 days
I
B. Moore
Rensalearville
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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 shew 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
 
[chart] A Statement, showing the service of John Jones

Period when the service was rendered / Duration of the claimant's service. years - months - days / Rank of the claimant. / Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. / Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. / Proof by which the declaration is supported.

June 77 / 3 (mo) / pri / capt M Schaicks / 81
Sept " / 2 (mo) / " / Houghtailing V. Bergen  / New Baltimore NY
June 78 / 3 ( mo) / same officers
79 / 3 (mo) / / "
May 82 /  4 days / Ensing Connie 
.
I am respectfully
Your obedient servant
JAMES 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, mucicians 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 } ss.
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
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 servunder
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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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 days 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.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& 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
 
 
Veteran's Service: New York.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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
CASC.
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 called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were 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.
{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?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
one 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 the 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
inquiry 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.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol-
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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
the management 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 afidavit in the following words:
sanity appeared
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
and served as and for such service I claim a pension."
important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
in the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
it, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.
in the militia, &c. without
ularly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement
informed that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent auother
in the hold or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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.
(3) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the person rent, he must prove his service by two credible witness
to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witthe
magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
pensable in militia cases.
witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of New York
Albany County
Isaac D. VanPlanck of the Town of Corymens and
State and County aforesaid being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that John Jones is to him
well and personally known and has been so
for about sixty years he has always been a resident
of said County and has seen him in the United States
service (in the Malitia at Fort Edward
in the year one thousand seven hundred
and seventy seven, has seen him standing
is a sentry on the main Guard believes he
belonged in Capt Thomas Houghtaling Company
and Col Anthony Jan Borgers Regiment has
afterwards seen him with a gang of Coopers
in said County of Albany
geting out
Staves be for the use of the United States
that he this deponent is seventy four years of age
Subscribed and sworn and
before me the 22d day of
October 1833
Peter Van Antwerp
Commissioner &c
No.
Peter Van Antwerp 
the commissioner before whom
the above named Isaac D. Vanplank was to do
hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the
Isaac D. Vanplank, that he is a credible person
and that his statement is entitled to full credit
and belief.
Peter Van Antwerp
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State of New York ⎬
Albany County ⎬ SS
Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the
City and County of Albany do hereby certify that
Peter Van Antwerp before whom the within affidavit
of Isaac D. Verplank was sworn is a commissioned
of Deeds of the County of Albany in the State of
New York duly authorized to administer oaths, and
that the signature Peter Van Antwerp to the said affidavit
it is his genuine signature - In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said County this 4th
day of November 1833
C A Ten Eyck at
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28205
John
Jones
Be particular to direct
all communications relating
to this claim as well as
Pension Certificate to
Moore Rensselaer
Ville New York
A.
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State of New York
Albany County
On this 24th day of
October A.D. 1833 personally appeared before
the undersigned Joseph B. Moore a Judge
of
of the County Courts of the County of Albany

John Jones a resident of the town of
Coeymans in the County of Albany
in the State of New York aged 81 years
and upwards, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make
the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the
United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated
He entered the said
service at the now town of New Baltimore
in the County of Greene, then in the County
of Albany in the State of New York
a volunteer/orders having come that a
certain number of militia was required
either by drafts or volunteers, and joined
Capt Hanchaicks company of Militia
about the last of May or first of June 1777
and was immediately marched to Fort Edward
on the Hudson river, where he staid a short
time and kept guard, and was from there marched
to Fort Ann and was there engaged in cutting
trees and felling them across the road and
was engaged in that business and keeping guard 
for some considerable time, then was marched
back to Fort Edward where he staid a short
time and then marched down to Stillwater
and there staid and stood sentry and was engaged
in digging a trench untill his term expired
He was dismissed about the first of September
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1777 and then returned home having
served at this time three months as a
private soldier 3 months
He again entered the said service at New Baltimore aforesaid in the month of September 1777. News having arrived that Burgoyne was coming down, and that the militia were called
for a volunteer and joined Capt. Houghtaling's company and Colo Van Bergen's regiment. He had been at home but about two weeks, from the above expidition [expedition] before he was again called out the immediately
marched to Bemis Heights Fort Edwards and was there station and was engaged in the Battle at that place, and continued there untill [until] after the Surrender of Burgoyne, and was finally dismissed and returned home about the middle of November 1777 having served at this time two months as a private soldier
2 months
He again entered the said service at New Baltimore aforesaid a volunteer for the term of three months the month of June 1778 and joined Capt. Dubois Company of Militia and immediately marched to Schoharie and joined Colo Vroman's regiment and was there stationed in the upper fort and kept guard untill [until] in the month of September 1778 and untill [until] his term of three months expired. He served at this 3 months time three months as a private soldier
He again entered the said service in the Summer of of the year 1779 at New Baltimore aforesaid, and joined Capt. Houghtaling's company of Militia and Colo
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Van Bergen's regiment and was marched
down the Hudson river and occupied an
old house for a Fort at a place called
Wells and was there stationed and kept 
guard, and in preventing Tories from crossing
the river untill his term of three months
expired. He was dismissed about the first
of December 1779 having served at this
time three months as a private soldier
He was out on a
scout in the month of May 1782 under the
command of Ensign Conine, and was marched
back in the country from the Hudson river
and served as a private soldier at this
time four days
He was in the said service at
various other times and places at short period
during the said War but cannot possibly
recollect at his advanced age, the precise
length of each tour of service he performed
and cannot make a more particular and
definite statement of his services, then as
above mentioned -
He swears positively however
that he was in the
actual service of
the United States in Revolutionary War
and served as a private soldier Eleven
months and four days, and for such service
he claims a pension.
he was born in the City of
Albany in the County of Albany and
State aforesaid on the 22d day of June 1752
He has seen a record of his
age in his fathers family Bible, but he does
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not know what has become of it. He has no
record of his age now in his possession
He resided at the time
he was called into the said service at
New Baltimore aforesaid and has resided
there and in Coeymans
his present place
of residence in the County of Albany
ever since -
He was called into the said service
in the manner stated in the above declararation-
Capt Corine. Lieut Hoghkerk, Colo Vandehaick
Gen Schuyler Gen Arnold and others were with the troops
where he served, but he cannot recollect
what continental or militia regiments he
served with.
He never received a written discharge
nor has he any documentary evidence to
prove his services-
He is known to Revd Mr Jolly
Major Isaac D. Verplank, Stephen Haines
Esqr. Peter Van Antwerp Esqr. Judge John McCarty,
Henry Niles, Thomas Witbeck, John Whitbeck
Cold Israel Shear Doct Jesse Smith Doct
H. Sholding and others who reside in his
present neighbourhood and who can
testify to his character for veracity and
their belief of his services as a soldier of
the revolution
He made a declaration of his
services more than one year ago which
was forwarded to the War Department
by E Worcester Esqr a lawyer residing in the
City of Albany, but which as he has been
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informed has not been received at the
Pension office, accompanying the said
declaration was an affidavit of Jonas Brook
proving this declarants services in the Revolutionary war of the same facts to
by Isaac D. Verplank whose affidavit
is hereto annexed. He does not know
what has become of the said affidavit
and he has used every exertion in
his power to obtain witnesses to prove
his services in the Revolutionary War
and any other witness except the said
J. D. Verplank cannot be had or found
He is verry much troubled
with a Rheumatic Complaint and so much
so that he cannot at his advanced age
travel 18 miles the distance he resides from
the City of Albany where the Court of said
for the County of Albany are held to attend
the Court-
He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except 
the present and declares that his name
is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency
of any State

John Jones
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Before me
J. B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Court
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We Hugh Jolly a clergyman, residing
in the town of Coeymans in the County
of Albany Stephen Haines residing in the same
place and Caleb Tompkins residing
in the town of Rensselaerville in the said
County hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with John Jones who has
Subscribed and sworn to the foregoing
declaration; that we believe him to be
81 years of age; that he is reputed and
half
believed, in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution, and that
we concur in that
opinion
 
Rev Hugh Jolly
Stephen Haines
Caleb Tompkins
Sworn and subscribed the day 
and year aforesaid
Before me

B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Court

I the Subscriber a Judge of the County Courts
of the County of Albany do hereby certify and
declare my opinion after the investigation of the
matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the
above named applicant was a Revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states. And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with
Revd Hugh Jolly, Stephen Haines and Caleb
Tompkins who have signed the preceeding
Certificate, that the said Hugh Jolly is a
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Clergyman residing in the said town of
Coeymans, that the said Stephen Haines
resides in the same place and that the
said Caleb Tompkins resides in the said town of
Rensselaerville, that they are all credible
persons and that their statement is entitled
to credit. And I do also certify that the
said applicant is unable to attend the
Court by reason of bodily infirmity-
Witness my hand the day and year aforesaid
J. B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Courts

State of New York
Albany County ss
 
I Conrad S TenEyck Clerk of the City and County of Albany, do
hereby certify that Joseph B. Moore before
whom the foregoing declaration of John Jones
and the above certificate of Hugh Jolly Stephen
Haines Caleb Tompkins were sworn and
who has made the above certificate, is a Judge
of the County Courts of the County of Albany
in the State of New York and that the signature J. B. Moore to the said declaration
and certificate is his genuine signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said County this
day of November
1833
A. Tyler
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Clergyman residing in the said town of
Coeymans, that the said Stephen Haines
resides in the same place and that the
said Caleb Tompkins resides in the said town of
Rensselaerville, that they are all credible
persons and that their statement is entitled
to credit. And I do also certify that the
said applicant is unable to attend the
Court by reason of bodily infirmity-
Witness my hand the day and year aforesaid
J. B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Courts

State of New York 
Albany County  SS
I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the City and County of Albany, do
hereby certify that Joseph B. Moore before
whom the foregoing declaration of John Jones
and the above certificate of Hugh Jolly Stephen
Haines Caleb Tompkins were from and
who has made the above certificate, is a Judge
of the County Courts of the County of Albany
in the State of New York
and that the signature J. B. Moore to the said declaration
and certificate is his genuine signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said County this
4th
day of November 1833
A. Tyler
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[illegible] Dec 10

[stamp] ALBANY DEC 5 NY

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept
City of Washington
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MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK.
Albany Pension Agency,
Dec 5th 1838

JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 1st inst
I have to state, that John Jones
a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832
at 80 Dollars per annum
the 4 day of Sept
was last paid to
1838
 
I am, Sir, Very 
respectfully,
Your obt servt
Tho M Olcott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.

There are two John Jones on Albany Agency $80. Act 32
no way of ascertaining to which this refers
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32350
Ray INVALID.
32850
John Jones
Pri Rev War
Act June
for
27
Index
Vol. 2, Page 20
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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See letter  Vol 25 1/2 page 290
Page 23

 
Copy
Department of the Interior
July 24th
1850

Sir
I herewith return the papers
in the case of John James, and I have
to inform you that your decision of the
19th inst has been affirmed
I am, very respectfully
Your Obt Sevt

D. C. Goddard
Secretary
and interior
Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Rensrville NY   FREE
30th Oct

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Rensselaerville Albany Co. NY
Oct 29. 1835
Sir  I have been informed by the Agent
for paying U.S. Pensions in the City of Albany
that the Pension of John Jones has been
Suspended, but for what reasons he was
unable to inform me. If you will have
the goodness to inform me what is
necessary to be done in order for him to be
reinstated you will confer a favor on
one who is beleived by all who know him
to have been a Soldier of the Revolution
and is now subsisting on the charity of
the public
Hon J.L. Edwards

Respectfully yours

Lewis M. Dayton
Mr Jones is now residing in the town of
Caeymans Albany Co. N Y. at which place
he resided I believe at the time of his making
application for his Pension
L.M.D.
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Dr Geo. Wm Crumb

Pension Office
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Rensselaerville
Albany County
New York
October 29. 1855

Dr Geo. W. Crump

Sir

Herewith I send the papers
in support of the claim of John Jones
for a pension under the act of June 7, 1833
They are made out according to the
regulations, and I think there is no doubt
of
his services as he alleges - please direct.
certificate and all communications
relating to this claim to
me at RensselaerVille New York
Respectfully
Yours
J. B. Moore
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Conradt TenEyck of Coeymans to
me well known, being duly sworn
says that he has known John Jones
to
be a resident of the County of Albany
for fifty years past
Dated at Coeymans Oct 27th 1833
Conradt J. TenEyck

Subscribed and sworn
before me
this 21th
of Oct. 1833
[Garrett?] Witbeck Justice
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Nov 16
No Evans
12
 
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept
City of Washington

[stamp] ALBANY NOV 12 NY
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MECHANICS & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
Nov. 12
1838

JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,


In reply to your letter of the 9th inst.
I have to state, that John Jones
a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832
at
37 10/100
Dollars per annum

was last paid to
4 day of Sept.
1834 -
N.B. The pay of
his pension was suspended on 5th March 1835
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
Tho. W Olcott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.