Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,343, for James Matteson, Vermont
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Vt.

Matteson, James
Thankful

NUMBER
W. 16,343

CONTENTS
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5092
Albany New York
Thankful Matteson
widow of James Matteson dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 
and who died on the 17th January 1833
of Chenango Co. in the State of N.Y.
who was a Private in the compy commanded by Captain Wright of the Regt. commanded by Col. Warner in the Vt. line for 11 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y.
at the rate of 36 Dollars 6 Cent per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Feby:
1840 and sent H. R. 
Mygatt Oxford N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1809  $128.31
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Ma(illegible) 18.33
$146.64

Act July 7, 1838.

Recorded by D. D. Adison Clerk
Book A Vol. 2d Page 90
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8581
New York
James Matteson dec'd
of Chenango Co in the State of New York
 who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Wright of the Regim't commanded by Col. Warner in the Vermont line for 11 months
Certificate issued to Thankful Matteson his widow.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of April and sent H. R. Mygatt Oxford N.Y.

Arrears to the 17th of Jany '33  $68.49
died 17 Jany 1833

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno. Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 108
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State of New York
Chenango County ss. Henry R. Mygatt, being duly sworn, doth on his oath, say that he was well acquainted with James Matteson whose declaration is hereto annexed, that the said James Matteson died on the seventeenth day of March 1833, leaving a widow Thankful Matteson
That he said deponent resides in Oxford, in said County, and that he did make out the declaration &c. hereto annexed, for the said James Matteson and the he verily believes that the said James Matteson "by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory" could not furnish the date and length of service of each term more  specifically and the names of the officers under whom he served more particularly then are set forth in the declaration hereunto annexed. That he believes that the  said James Matteson served in the war of the Revolution at least eleven months and one week as follows:
in 1775 as a Private from May 1 to Sept 1. 3 months
 "  '77  "  " do -  June  "  July 6. - 1 do.
 "  "  "  "  do - July 12 - 3 wks
 "  "  "  "  do - August to Nov'r - 2 months
 "  '78  "  "  do - May 15 to July 1 1 do 2 wks
 "  '79  "  "  do  Sept 1 to Jany 1 - 3 do 
11 months 1 week
And further saith not 
/s/Henry R. Mygatt
Sworn and Subscribed this August 7th, 1833. Before me}
/s/Samuel McKoon a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid
And I the Justice of the Peace aforesaid, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Henry R. Mygatt who has testified as above, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
/s/Samuel McKoon Justice
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State of New York Chenango County ss
I James L. Pike Clerk of the County of Chenango hereby certify that Samuel McKoon is a Justice of the Peace as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this August 9th 1833.
P. B. Rindle
Dep Clerk
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State of New York County of Chenango ss
On this ninth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chenango and state of New York, now sitting, James Matteson, a resident of Smithville, in the county of Chenango and State of New York aged 74 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 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.
That he, living at Pownal in the State of Vermont on or about the first day of May 1775, volunteered and enlisted for six months in a company of Vermont State Malitia commanded by Captain Samuel Wright (lieutenant forgot) Ensign Daniel Welch, the company formed at Pownal, and from Pownal soon after enlisting he marched with the company through Bennington and Shaftsburg in the State of Vermont to Skeensboro in the State of New York and from Skeensboro marched to Ticonderoga, where he served with the company, soon after the British officer De la Place, had surrendered the fort to Ethan Allen, at Ticonderoga joined a regiment commanded he believes by Colonel Warner, from Ticonderoga afterwards he marched to Crown Point where in the last of August 1775, he went on board of a sloop and sailed for and arrived at Ticonderoga, a difference existed between the Vermont troops and the other troops at Ticonderoga, respecting a schooner and a sloop which had been taken from the British, the sloop was taken from the enemy at St Johns whilst he was at Crown Point. He being at Ticonderoga on or about the first day of September 1775 he was discharged and returned home to Pownal after an absence of more than three months in constant service. That in the summer when at Crown Point he saw General Arnold and that when he was dismissed as above, the whole company was dismissed.
That he being at Pownal aforesaid, as Burgoyne was coming down from the north, on or about the first of June 1777, went to Ticonderoga in the State of New York, and there joined the American Army under Genl. Le Clair, at Ticonderoga joined a company commanded by (Le Clair) Captain Robinson, the regiment was commanded by Colonel Robinson of Bennington in the State of Vermont, remained at Ticonderoga until the 6th of July 1777 when the army left Ticonderoga, and he was discharged and returned home, after an absence of more than one month in active service.
That he being at Pownal aforesaid about the 12th of July 1777,  an express reached Pownal for a company of which he was a member to march to Bennington, the company, which was commanded by Captain Joseph Wright, Lieutenant Marsh and Ensign Welch

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immediately marched to Bennington and he was in the village of Bennington with the company, when a battle was fought on Wallomsack River, and that the company of which he was a member  was ordered to guard Bennington, and that he remained with the company at Bennington guarding the prisoners for about three weeks after the battle and returned to home having been absent and in service for more than three weeks. General Stark commanded in the battle.
That in the month of August 1777 a company of Vermont State troops was raised in the towns of Pownal, Bennington, and Shaftsburg, that one Galisha was appointed Captain, but Galisha was taken sick and Lieutenant Hutchinson took the command, that he volunteered and joined the company, that the company assembled at Bennington and he with the company marched to Stillwater to join the NewHampshire troops, that the time for which the New Hampshire troops enlisted being about out, he with the company marched back to Bennington to receive orders, and the company about the 1st of September 1777, three days after their return to Bennington received orders to march and join the army under General Gate's command, that he with the company forthwith marched back to Stillwater and from thence were sent to the east side of the Hudson River to keep the Tories and Indians in subjection, and were ordered there to wait until enough of the malitia came along to form a guard and from thence they marched through the woods and fields to Saratoga, and from Saratoga marched to Fort Edwards passing by Fort Mills and after the surrender of Burgoyne, being at Fort Edwards on or about the first of November 1777, he was discharged and returned home having been absent more than two months in service.
That he on or about the 15th of May 1778 with several others went from Pownal north to Manchester to guard the line, that he volunteered his services and joined (Captain & Lieutenant forgot) ensign Welch's company of Vermont malitia, that they were in camps and that there was a regiment at Manchester, that he remained with the company at Manchester until about the first of July 1778, when he was discharged and returned home having been absent, and in service, one month and one half month,  
That in the year 1779 there was a company on Pownal of which he was a member which was commanded by Captain Joseph Wright, Lieutenant Ebenezer Marsh and Ensign Daniel Welch, that the company was divided into four classes and was drafted to guard the lines for one year, and that each class were to serve for the term of three months, that he was a member of the third class, and that on the 1st of September 1779 he with the third class marched to Rutland in the State of Vermont to guard the lines, the lines had previously been moved from Manchester to Rutland, and he believes there was a regiment at Rutland, that he remained with his class at Rutland, until on or about the first day of January 1780, when he was discharged and returned home, after an absence in active service of three months in the Vermont State Troops.
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
To the first Interrogatory prescribed by the War Department, he answers that he was born in Greenwich, Rhode Island, on the 20th of July 1757.
To the second, answer, that he has a record of his age at home in his Bible.
To the third, answer, that he lived at Pownal in the State of Vermont, when called into service, that he lived at Pownal. Several years after the Revolution when he moved to Burlington in the State of New York where he lived about 14 years, and from thence 

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3 wks
17 mo
(illegible faded)
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moved to Smithville in Chenango County where he has since lived and now lives. 
To the fourth answers, that he always volunteered for service, except during his last engagement when he was drafted and went to Rutland. To the fifth answers, that Generals Gates,  Arnold, Allen and Stark were regular officers with the troops where he served, that he recollects no Regiment except Colonel Warner, and that the general circumstances of his service are above related, 
To the sixth answers, that he never received a written  discharge from service.
To the 7th answers, that William Knowlton, Justice of the Peace, Peter Rorapaugh, Ira Holdridge and Squire Hamilton are persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution, and that Anson Cary, late Judge of Chenango County Courts, resident at Oxford, can testify to the same.
That there is no Clergyman residing in his vicinity, with whom he is acquainted, but that Peter Rorabaugh and Ira Holdridge, respectable inhabitants of Smithville, have testified before a Justice of the Peace, as below appears, and that he could not procure their attendance in Court, without considerable inconvenience and expense, as they reside more than fifteen miles distant from this 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.
/s/James Matteson
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid, 
words "and returned home" interlined
word "Rutland" interlined and an erasure 
word "to" interlined
/s/P B Prindle Dep Clerk.
State of New York
County of Chenango} We Peter Rorapaugh, residing in the town of Smithville, in the County of Chenango and State of New York, and Ira Holdridge, residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Matteson of the said town of Smithville, that we believe him to be 74 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, and that we never heard any doubts expressed as to his service as a Soldier of the Revolution. 
/s/Peter Rorapaugh
/s/Ira Holdridge
Sworn & Subscribed this 2d day of October of 1837. Before me
/s/Samuel McKoon
a Justice of the Peace in the County of Chenango and State of New York
And I, Samuel McKoon, a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, certify that I am acquainted with Peter Rorapaugh and Ira Holdridge, who have testified as above, and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
/s/Samuel McKoon
(that Samuel McKoon is a Justice. see Clerk's Certificate after opinion of the Court)
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Judges present: John Tracy, Levi Bigelow, Nathan Taylor, Charles York and Hezekiah Reed,
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 Peter Rorapaugh who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Smithville in the County of Chenango and State of New York. 
And that Ira Holdrige (Holdridge), who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, and are credible persons, and their statements is entitled to credit, and also that the attendance of the said Peter Rorapaugh and Ira Holdrige could not be produced in Court, without too much inconvenience and expouse to the applicant, as they reside more than fifteen miles distant from this Court. [margin note: 14981]
I, James K. Pike, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Chenango, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of James Matteson for a Pension, And I further certify that Samuel McKoon is a Justice of the Peace, as before written, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Ninth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
/s/P. B. Prindle Dep Clerk
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THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, Newly Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK, And the former TRANSLATION 
Diligently COMPLETED and REVISED
By his MAJESTY's Special Command 
Appointed to be read in CHURCHES 
EDINBURGH,
Printed by RICHARD WATKINS, His MAJESTY's Printer. MDCCXVII,
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Reuben matteson the first son of Henry matteson and margret his wife was Born the first Day of march 1744
Jesse matteson ye'l Son was Born April ye 12:1746
Rhada the first daughter was Born may ye 4th Day A.D. 1748 the 7 Day of W.
Caleb a son was Born the first Day of September AD 1750 the first day W
Joshua the 4 son was Born the 7 Day of August 1753
[illeg] the 2 Daughter was Born the 2nd Day of May A.D. 1755
James Matteson the 5 Son was Born July the 20th A.D. 1757
Henry matteson  the 6 son was Born June the 18 Day A.D. 1760
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Dolly Orinda Matteson was born March the 19th 1822 on Tuesday the 3 day of the week.

Jefferson Matteson was born April the 7 1824 and on the 4th day of the week.

(?) Mariah Matteson was born October the 27 1825 and on the 5 day of the week.
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[illegible] Matteson the first son of [illegible] Matteson Hannah his wife was born the 17 day of May 1777

Joshua Matteson 2 son was born the 6 day of [illegible] 1779

[illegible] the first daughter was born the 1 day of April 1781
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Polle Matteson was born to James Matteson and thankful his wife she was born May the 27 AD 1790

Jesse Matteson was born August 19 AD 1792 and he was born on the 3rd day of the week

Jonathon Matteson [illegible] first born son of Jesse Matteson was born the first day of November 1818 and the first day of the week
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[illegible] 29 day then was called [illegible] Matteson married
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The seventh son of Henry Matteson and Margret his wife was born January 22: Day AD 17[illegible] the fourth day of the week and his name is also John.

Solomon Matteson was born to [illegible] Matteson and [illegible] his wife the 10 day of August on the first day of the week in the year 17[illegible].
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Jesse Matteson the second son was born to Joshua Matteson and Catron his wife Arriel the 19 day on the [illegible] day of the week [illegible] in the year of our Lord Crist 1776
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6515
N.Y.
Thankful Matteson
let 7 July 38
m 89. d 33 - 
admd
11  mo pri
36.66/ann
no deduction
Henry Rollegatt
Oxford N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Chenango ss On this 25th day of October 1838 personally appeared before John Tracy, Lieutenant Governor and Judge of the Court for the Correction of Errors of the State of New York. Thankful Matteson a resident of Smithville in the County of Chenango and State of New York, aged eighty one years who, being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of James Matteson who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and who drew a pension under the act June 7, 1832, and for evidence of his service she would refer to the proof on which he was pensioned. She further declares that she was married to the said James Matteson on the (day forgot) month forgot, but in the winter of 1789, ['1790, or 1791' crossed out] that her husband the aforesaid James Matteson died on the 17th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. that she was not married to  him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit: at the time above stated, at Pownall, Vermont.
/s/Thankful Matteson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, and I certify that from bodily infirmity said Thankful Matteson is unable to attend the Court.
/s/John Tracy Judge of the Court for the Correction of Errors State of New York
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State of New York
Chenango County ss. On this 25th day of October 1838, Jesse Matteson being duly sworn, saith that he lives in Smithville in the aforesaid county of Chenango, and is 46 years of age, that he is the son of James Matteson & Thankful Matteson named in the annexed declaration. That said James Matteson died on the 17th day of March 1833 and that he was present at his death. That from deponents nativity he has lived with or near his said father and mother and that they lived until his death together as husband and wife, and that said Thankful has not married since his said father's death. That there is no family record of his father's marriage, but that the annexed is the family record and that he is the Jesse Matteson therein recorded born August 14, 1792, and that his father's birth is recorded thereon "July the 21th day AD. 1757" and that deponents birth is written in his said father's hand writing, and his fathers birth in his grand father's hand writing. 
/s/Jesse Matteson
Sworn to the day and year aforesaid, Before me & I certify that said Jesse Matteson is a credible person 
/s/John Tracy Judge of the Court for the Correction of Errors State of New York
[margin note: found Pownal, Vt]
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6515
State of New York
Chenango County} I, Percy Randall, Clerk of said County of Chenango here/s/by certify that John Tracy is a Judge of the Court for the Correction of Errors as within written and that the signatures within purporting to be his are genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and the Seal of Said County this December 22d  1838
/s/P. Randall Clerk
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['No 17981' crossed out]
James Matteson
Chenango Co N York
14.98 d
5. P.399
May 15 '38
Henry B. Mygatt
Oxford 
Chenango Co NY
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BRIEF in the case of James Matteson County of Chenango in the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 74 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank As a|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.|]
May In 1775 vol|([blank]|3|[blank])|private|Capt Wright|
August -}|([blank]|[blank]|[blank])|[blank]|Col Warner|
Septr -}|([blank]|1|[blank])|[blank]|[blank]|
June 1777 ditto|([blank]|[blank]|21)|[blank]|Gen St Clair|
July 6th ditto|([blank]|2|[blank])|[blank]|Captn Robinson|
July 12th|([blank]|1.|15)|[blank]|Colo Robinson|
Augt - ditto|([blank]|3|[blank])|[blank]|Capt Wright Gen'l Gates|
[end of columns]
5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pownal State Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental service, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? authenticated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
/s/John Northam
Examining Clerk. 
[margin note:
Sept. 1777 - y - m - d
Nov ditto 
May 1778
July} 1779
Sept} --m-d
Jany 1780 time made out 11-12} Capt'n Wright
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New York
Revy.
James Mattison
Suspended
let. 13 Nov. 1833 to H. R. Mygatt

Admd

Act 7, June '32
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Vt

Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 16348

Thankful Matteson
Widow of James Matteson
Priv. Rev. War

Act June 7th 1838

Index: Vol. M, Page 8

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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[handwritten letter]
Oxford, Chenango Co., NY. Dec 17. 1839

Sir
I send the declaration &c of Thankful Matteson the widow of James Matteson for a pension
James Matteson was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of 1832 and died March 17, 1833.
James and Thankful were married in the winter of 1789 and the family record shews the birth of a daughter Polly in 1790, and a son Jesse whose affidavit is within in 1792. 
Please address me at place above dated.
I have the honor to be Your obt Serv
/s/Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
War Dep't
Washington City D.C.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Matteson which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank] 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes 
V. *Has he mentioned 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? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the other under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes 
[margin note: Applicant required to furnish the date & length of service of each time specifically, and the names of officers under whom rendered.
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2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? citizens only
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ['no' crossed out] yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes 
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? [blank]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [blank]
 XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank] 
XVI. ↕Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. 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______; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 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 shewn 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. 
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
↕QUERE XVI. 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
⇨ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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 papers.
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[handwritten letter]
Oxford Chenango co. NY. April 12, 1834

Dear Sir
I herewith send you the Certif. of the Court certify as to James Matteson's death, that he left a widow named Thankful &c
The request that you addressed me on the subject of her claim, and forward to me a Certificate if granted at the place above dated
I am Sir Your obt Serv't
/s/Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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J. L. Edwards
Nov'r 10. 1832
James Matteson
admd
11 mo pri
$36.66
certified from 4 mar '31 to 17. Jany '33 to Thankful widow &c. 

[addressed envelope]
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
[postmark: WASHINGTON CITY NOV 14] FREE
H. R. Mygatt Esq
Oxford N.Y.
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At a Court of Chancery, held at the Village of Oxford, in the County of Chenango and State of New York, on the 15 January 1834. Present Robert Monell Vice Chancellor of the 6th Circuit of said State.
It as proved satisfactorily to this Court, by the oath of Henry R. Mygatt, that James Matteson of Smithville who was an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, and whose application is now on file, at the Pension Office in Washington, is dead, and that he died on the 17th day of March 1833. leaving a widow, named Thankful Matteson
And that the said widow now resides in Smithville in the County of Chenango and State aforesaid, when the said James Matteson resided at the time of his death.
Sworn to Jany 15, 1834
Before me /s/Robt. Monell Vice Chancellor
I, Jonathan L. Woods, Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the 6th Circuit of the State of New York, hereby certify that the above contains a true statement of the facts proved to this Court as regards the death &c of James Matteson, an applicant for a pension, under the act passed June 7, 1832
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have  hereto set my hand and seal of office January 15, 1834
/s/Joseph D. P. Freer
Dep. Clerk
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[handwritten letter]
War Department
Pension Office
Nov. 13, 1833. 

Sir, 
The papers relating to the claim of James Matteson have again been examined. It is necessary that the court should certify that the claimant is dead, the day of his death, that he left a widow her name &c. The papers will remain on file until the certificate of the Court is received. 
I am Respectfully Yr. Obt. Serv't
/s/J. L. Edwards

H. R. Mygatt Esq
Oxford N.Y.