Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32312, Moses Hendrickson, Md. And Sea Service
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Service
MD
and Sea Service

Name
Hendrickson, Moses

Number 
S.32312
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Indiana 29517

Moses Hendrickson
of Dearborn Co in the state of Indiana
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain German of the Regiment commanded by Col Bond in the MD line for 6 months.

 Inscribed on the roll of Indiana at the rate of 20 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 25 day of Feb 1834 and Hon Ando Lane House of Representatives.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept $50.00
Semi Anl Allowance ending 4 March $10.00
$60.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol 7 Page 114
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Moses Hendrickson
J S Harding - Agent
[illegible] Indiana

Mr. Lane
28583
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Declaration 
of
Moses Hendrickson for a Pension

State of Indiana
Dearborn County

On this 13th day of November 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable John Livingston sole Judge of the Dearborn County Probate Court now in session, Moses Hendrickson a resident of the said county of Dearborn and state of Indiana aged seventy eight years the 25th day of next December 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. In the month of July 1775, he was drafted and served under the command of Gen. Lee, Col. Garrison, Lt. Col Bond (Major forgotten) & captain John German. (The rest of the company officers he cannot remember). He continued to serve on the land until the last of March 1777 when he was first on had an American vessel stationed in Baltimore Bay in the Naval service of the United States commanded by Captain Scharet (The name of the ship he has now forgotten) He continued in the marine services of the United States for three weeks or until the latter part of April 1777 when an engagement took place at the mouth of the Elk River up the Bay of Baltimore which lasted for a considerable time, when the applicant was dreadfully wounded in the leg either by a grape or common shot or a splinter torn from the deck of the ship which completely crippled him for a long time, this took place he thinks in the latter part of April 1777 when he was immediately sent on shore, discharged, and put into the hands of his friends, not even the government paying his surgeon's bill afterwards. In time his wound partially healed, and he could walk around with a considerable ease so that he could pursue his common [illegible] in life, but the said wound has ever since been an ulcer of the most affecting kind constantly at certain periods breaking out anew and he has no calculation that it will ever be any better. He was under one engagement only and was never discharged until he was wounded as aforesaid and rendered unfit for duty. The land service and marine service makes the term of one year and nine months for which he claims a pension. The said engagement resulted in much damage being done to both vessels which were engage, the British ship however was pounded by the American vessel and was only saved by his being [illegible] by the British fleet which lay far up the Bay at the time. In the time he entered the service as aforesaid he resided in Baltimore County Maryland and continued to reside there until the war was over. He was drafted. He was in the Naval engagement just spoken of at the mouth of the Elk River up the Bay of Baltimore. He marched during his land service from Baltimore to Little [illegible] from thence to Bird River from thence to Havre de Grace which he remained stationed at the Fort on the bay until the latter end of March 1777 when he was put on board an American 

See amended as it regards the date of service.
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armed Brig, under the command of Capt Schariet, where he 
remained while she sailed up the bay to the mouth of [illegible] River 
where the engagement before mentioned took place [illegible] 
[illegible] the latter part of April A.D. 1777.  He does not know 
any particular continental companies or regiments by name who 
were with the troops where he served, but he knows that there were reg
ulars and malitia [militia] both at the fort where he was stationed. 
He was acquainted with Genl Washington, Genl Greene, Genl. Lee 
Genl Gates-Col Young and many others.  He has no written or 
documentary evidence, and he knows of no persons living who can 
testify to his service.  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.
in open court  Sworn to and subscribed 
James Dill Clk the day and year aforesaid [illegible]
Moses his X mark Hendrickson

We Vincent Roberts a clergyman residing in the County of 
Dearborn and State of Indiana and Daniel Taylor residing in 
the same County and State do hereby certify that we are well 
acquainted with Moses Hendrickson who has subscribed and 
sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be aged 
78 years, 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 to and subscribed the
day and year afsd.
James Dill Clk Vinson Roberts 
Daniel Taylor

And the said John Livingston who composes the Court afore
said does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of 
the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by 
the War Department that the above named applicant was a Re
evolutionary soldier and served as herein stated. And the Court 
further certifies that it appears to him that Vincent Roberts who 
has subscribed to the foreoving [foregoing] certificate is a clergyman res
ident in the County of Dearborn and State of Indiana 
and that Daniel Taylor-who has also signed the same 
is a resident in the same County and State, is a credible 
person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Livingston  [illegible and word Seal encircled 
D.P.C]
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Answers to the 7 questions prescribed by the War Department.

Anser [Answer] to 1st Quest.  I was born in Baltimore County State of Ma
ryland the 25th day of December 1755.  Anser [Answer] to 2d Quest
I have no record of my age.  I only speak from what 
my parents have told me. Answer to 3d. Quest. When I was 
called into service and during the Revolutionary war I res
ided in Baltimore County Md. from there I removed to 
Pennsylvania where I remained for some time then I removed 
[following lined through: to Fort Chestertown up the Potomac River in Maryland 
[illegible] some years then I [illegible]] to the State of Indi
ana, to the County of Dearborn where I now reside-
Anser [Answer] to 4th Quest.  I was drafted- [illegible] Genl Wash
ington Genl Greene, Genl Lee, Genl Gates- &c & I [illegible]
Capt. Ridgeleys company of malitia [militia], the continental comp
ains [anies] or regiments I cannot name but there were many 
regulars where I [illegible]-the general circumstances of my serv
ice are stated within.  Anser [Answer] to 6th.  I recd a discharge
in writing from Genl Lee, I am not certain but I think that 
the discharge is in the possession of my sister if she is living 
in Baltimore but do not know that she is alive-Anser [Answer] 
to 7th Quest. Enquire [Inquire] of Esqr. Hughs, Danl. Taylor, Enoch 
Conger, John Whitehead are all who know me 
Sworn to and [illegible]
the day and year afsd.  Moses his X mark Hendrickson
James Dill Clerk

I James Dill Clerk of the Probate Court 
of Dearborn County do hereby certify that the foreg
oing contains the original proceedings of the said Court 
in the matter of the application of Moses Hendrickson 
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and seal of office this 13th Novem
[Blurred seal of office] ber in the year of our Lord 1833.
James Dill Clerk
D.P.C
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I James Dill Clerk of the Board of 
Commissioners of the County of 
Dearborn do state from recollection 
and memory that Moses Hen
drickson several years since, made 
application to the said Board of 
Commissioners to be [illegible] from 
payment of taxes pursuant to a 
law of the State of Indiana passed 
for the relief of revolutionary sol
diers-and that he was relesed [released] 
from taxation accordingly on his
owen [own] oath and statement time 
not recollected-given under my 
hand & private seal (no publick [public] 
seal being yet provided for the 
Commissioners Court) 13th Novr. 1833
James Dill [word Seal encircled]
Clk. C. Commrs
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28583
Moses Hendrickson
Indiana

See Amendment
for blank pr 6 mos
$20
Can only allow as above

Hon A Lane
[illegible]

S.J. Harding 
Versailles Indiana
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.

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 
your 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.

A Statement, showing the Service of Moses Hendrickson
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Period when the | Duration of the | Rank of | Names and rank of the Field of | Age at present, | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
service l claimant's service. | the | ficers under whom he served. | and place of abode |
rendered. | Years. | Months. | Days. | claimant. | when he entered  |
the service. |

[Written at bottom of form]
The applicants service must have been as a 
minute man.  It is only for the actual service performed 
by them that an allowance can be made.  The claim 
cannot be allowed for the time set forth.  There were no 
engagements made in early or 1775 for a longer period than 
eight months and not for that length of time by the 
militia.  The great probability is that the applicant was 
not in actual service more than one third of the time claimed 
if for so long a time.  I am respectfully, 
Versailles Inda. Jany 20th 1834.  Your obedient servant, 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, 
Honl J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir Herewith I return the papers in this case.
In all probability applicant was mistaken in his declaration as 
in regards the date of his service; he is an illiterate man and 
has only his memory to depend upon solely.  That he did serve 
substantially as he has set forth there is no doubt.  I ask 
(4th page)
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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 day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 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 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. I 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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has 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 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, 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 it 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 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. 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 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 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. If 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 period or periods 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 bis 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 mouths 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 three or four months, is 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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 as 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. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.

** See Amendment
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the department to take up the case under all the circumstances.
I am aware that where an applicant has delayed his [illegible] before he     
applies for a pension that the case looks at first sight suspicious 
but I can state to the department that there are many who 
are so entirely uninformed in the affairs of the present times 
that they do not know that any such law as that of 7 
June 1832 ever passed.  Some again have changed their 
minds in regard to applying for pensions, in consequence of 
subsequent [illegible] or sickness in their old age, or they [illegible] 
and such have applied at all if such had not been 
the case.  I am   
H. S. Hdin
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June 15, 1939.
xxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/CG
Moses Hendrickson
S. 32312
[initials illegible]

Mrs. A. H. Riddle
356 Senator Street, 
Brooklyn, New York.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request 
the Revolutionary War record of Moses Hendrickson, of Virginia, 
who was receiving a pension in 1835.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file 
in pension claim, S.32512, based upon service of Moses 
Hendrickson in the Revolutionary War.  This is the only Moses 
Hendrickson shown in the Revolutionary War pension records of
this office.  

Moses Hendrickson was born December 25, 1755, in Baltimore 
County, Maryland.  Names of his parents not shown.

While a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, Moses 
Hendrickson enlisted in 1775, 1776, or 1777, served as private 
in Captain John German's company, Colonel Garrison's Maryland 
regiment for sometime and was transferred to the naval service, 
served as marine under Captain Scharet, was in an engagement 
with a British ship at the mouth of the Elk River where he was  
badly wounded in the leg either by a grape, or cannon shot, 
or by a splinter torn from the deck of the ship, on account of 
which he was discharged, having served in all nineteen months.

He moved from Baltimore County, Maryland to the State of 
Pennsylvania where he lived for some time (county not shown) 
then moved to Dearborn County, Indiana.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed 
November 15, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Dearborn 
County, Indiana.
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In 1833, Moses Hendrickson referred to a sister in 
Baltimore.  Her name was not stated, and he was not sure 
whether she was living at that time.  No further family 
data are shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, 
the name and address of person paid and possibly the date 
of death of Moses Hendrickson, you should address the Comptroller 
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, 
and cite the following data:

Moses Hendrickson
Certificate #29517
Issued February 25, 1834 
Rate $20.00 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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[Two columns]
[Left column]

32312
Revy INVALID.

File No. 32,312
Moses Hendrickson
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Inde:--Vol. 2, Page 181

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

[Right column]

1939 - June 15 Hist to 
Mrs. A. H. Riddle (Grace) cc
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State of Indiana } Sc
Ripley County } Personally appeared before me the 
[repeated: the] undersigned one of the Justices of the peace in and 
for the County and State aforesaid, Moses Hendricks
on, the above named applicant for a pension un
der the law of 1832 who being first duly 
sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, 
that by [illegible] of old age and the consequent 
loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the 
precise length of his service; but to the best of 
his recollection he served such [illegible] than the periods 
mentioned below, and in the following grades (to wit)
For one year and seven months I served as an 
private in the army of the Revolution, in the servi
ce of the United States; and for such service I [illegible]
claim a pension.  And deponent further saith, 
that in his former declaration it is very possible 
and even probable, that he has made some mista
ke as it regards the time in which he alleges 
to have entered the service, and the time which he 
left the service; it might have been in 76 or 77 when 
he entered the service and 78 or 79 when he left the 
same but he is not mistaken as it regards the length 
of time which he served.  And he further saith that 
he was drafted, and if he served as a minute man 
as the Department have sugested [suggested] he never understood 
that he served in that capacity; that from the time when 
he entered the service, he has not off from duty as a 
solider on furlough or other [illegible] not one day [illegible]
his final discharge. Nineteen months afterwards and 
when he left the service he left the same a cripple for 
life in consequence of the wound as mentioned in his dec
laration (see declaration) and further saith not.
Moses his X mark Hendrickson
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 16th day 
of January 1834.
E. S. Hawley J.P. [word Seal encircled]
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State of Indiana } Sc
Ripley County }  I David P Shook Clerk of the 
Ripley County [struck out: County] Circuit Court do hereby certify that 
Ebenezer S. Hawley Esqr. before whom the above affidavit of 
Moses Hendrickson was taken, then was, and now is an
acting Justice of the peace, in and for the County of Ripley 
and State aforesaid, duly commissioned, and sworn into 
office as such, that full faith and credit are due, and 
should be given to all of his official acts, and that the 
above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
[Blurred seal] In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal of our 
[illegible] Court at Versailles this 20th January 
in the year of our Lord 1834.
David P. Shook Clk R.C.C.

Versailles Inda. Jany. 29th 1834.

Honl J. L. Edwards

Dr Sir:

Herewith I return the papers of 
Moses Hendrickson.  I know of nothing more than can be done 
than already has been, in this matter. The reason why the affida
vit was taken before a Justice of the peace out of the County 
wherein applicant resides is, that he resides near the County 
line, and it would have cost [caused] a ride of 20 miles to procure 
the seal of the Dearborn Circuit Court, when if made 
in Ripley County would be no trouble, as I reside at Versa
illes the County seat.  I hope the proceedings will prove satisfa
ctory to the Department.  That applicant is among the most 
worthy on the pension Roll, I have no doubt neither have 
any of those who know him. I am [illegible] with much respect
Hon J. L. Edwards }  H. S. Harding 
Commissioner of Pensions } Agent
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Land Office, Annapolis, Febry 17th 1834.

Dear Sir:

I have very carefully examined the records 
of the revolution in this office, and do not find the name 
of Moses Hendrickson upon any of the rolls, the decl
aration is herewith returned.
I am respectfully
Yr. Obt. Svrt.
G. G. Brewer

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
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Bay Ridge, April 24

Veterans Bureau
Washington, D C

Gentlemen;

In reply to a letter sent by me 
to the Mineral County Historical Society (W Va) requesting 
information on the genealogy of the Hendricksons of an 
earlier period there, the following answer was received:

A list of Revolutionary soldiers for Virginia 
contains the name of Moses Hendrickson; he was living 
in 1835 and getting a pension for that service.  His 
record, &c, could be gotten from the Veterans Bureau 
in Washington.  

Will you kindly inform me how 
I may secure a copy of this data, or references to any 
other sources of information.

Very sincerely,

Grace Riddle

Mrs. A H Riddle 
358 Senator St
Brooklyn N Y


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