Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13352, Eleazer Hedges, New York
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(8-1776)
Service     Number
New York  Hedges, Eleazer  S13352
Carded
Contents
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14899
New York
Eleazer Hedges
of same in the state of N.  York was was a  private in the camp commanded by Captain Peason of the Reg. commanded by Col. Drake in the L. Island line for 7 months & 15 days
N.Y. Line
Feb 14th
Records corrected. Fp
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 Dollars ---Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July 1822 and sent to B. Bagley  Durham
Arrears to the 4th of Ma '33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33
$50
12.50
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$62.50
Revolutionary Claim
Act of June 7, 1832
Recorded by G. C Stiles Clerk
Book 6 Vol 2 Page 

Date of death not on a. B..
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State of New York
Green County  Fs
On this seventeenth day of September in the year 1833 personally appeared before me one of the Judges  of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Greene & state of New York Eleazor Hedges a resident of the town of Durham County of Greene & state aforesaid aged seventy five years who being first duly  sworn according to law doth on 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 officer & served  as herein  stated
That in the month of September 1775 he entered the service of the United States at the Town of Easthampton on Long Island in the state of New York as a volunteer under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Baker to keep a guard at Montauk Point.  He continued to serve at Montauk Point as such guard for six weeks & was then discharged - he was not attached to any other company or regiment or under the command of any other officer during the time aforesaid but the said Lieutenant Baker.
That in or about the first of June 1776 he again entered the service of United States at Easthampton aforesaid as a volunteer for the town of six months in company commanded by Captain Pierson & regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Drake and marched to the City of New York & from there he marched to Flat Bush in a Brigade under the command of General Scott at the time of Flat Bush & was engaged in the said Battle - and then returned to the city of New York & remained there until the army was driven out of the  City by the enemy - he then retreated to ..... & from there he marched to White Plains
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in the state of New York at the time of the battle at that place - he then marched from there Peekskill & from Peekskill to the State of New Jersey at a place called Hawthorn and continued there  until the month of December and was then discharged.  That he volunteered & served during the aforesaid term of six months as a corporal (UL)
That he was in East Hampton Long Island in the state of New York in the month of April 1757.
That he has no record of his age except an entry made by his parents on a piece of paper which is now mislaid or lost.
That he was living at Easthampton ...when called into service & that he moved to the town of Saybrook in the state of Connecticut - & from Saybrook he moved to the town of Durham state of New York where he now resides.
That  he entered the army as a volunteer.
That he never received any discharge in writing from the army.
That he is acquainted with Lionel Hedges and Cyril Field residing in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he claims that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
Eleazer Hedges
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforsaid before 
E. Dalry
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No. 12108
Eleazer Hedges 


16 ob
April 30th, 1833

P 363

B. Bagley
Durham NY
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Brief in the case of Eleazer Hedges County of Greene in the state of NY (Act 7th June 1838.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Judge
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  bodily infirmity
3.  How old is he?  75
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period / Duration or service/ Rank/ Names of general and field Officers under whom he served
In 1775 Sept. " 76 June / 1 month 15 days 6 months / Volunteer do Corporal / Lt. Thomas Baker Col. Drake & Capt Person
5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Flat Bush & White Plains
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Easthampton L. I. 
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Depositions
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned .
Levin Belt 
Examining Clerk.
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13352
INVALID

File No. 13,352
Eleazer Hedges
Priv & Corpl Rev War

Act June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 170

(Arrangement of 1870)


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25$
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The Linus Hedges and Cyrus Field residing in Durham County of Green firmly certify that they are well acquainted with Eleazer Hedges who has subscribed & sworn  to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that he is a man of integrity and  veracity & his statement is entitled to full credit.
Linus Hedges
Cyrus Field
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me.  
E. Daley

And I the said Judge do firmly declare my opinion after the inobligation of the matter  & after putting the ... presribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served in the state.  I do further  certify that I am personally acquainted with Linus Hedges and Cyrus Field who have signed the preceding certificate residing in Durham aforesaid are credible persons & their testimony is entitled to full credit.  And I do further certify that there is not a clergyman at this time residing in the immediate neighborhood of the said applicant to whom is personally known as such soldier as aforesaid - and further that the applicant by reason of bodily infirmities is unable to appear in court.
E Daley a Judge of the Court of Common Please of Green County
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State of New York
Greene County ss
I William T.B. Heumance clerk of the said county do certify that Edward Daley Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration of Eleazer Hedges and certificate of Linus Hedges and Cyrus Field were sworn, was at the date of the same and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, and that the said signature of the said Judge there is genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office the 20th day of September 1832
William T.B. Heumance clerk
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State of New York
Albany County ss
Nathan Dayton residing in the town of Rensselaerville in the county of Albany ad state aforesaid aged 74 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he well knows Eleazer Hedges late a solider i the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War and has been well acquainted with him upwards of seventy years.  And this deponent further says that the said Eleazer Hedges served as a soldier in the said War, that in the month of September in the year 1775 the said Eleazor Hedges entered the said Service at Easthampton on Long Island where he then resided and went to Montauk Point and belonged to a company or was under the command of of Lieut. Thomas Baker, that he said at Montauk Point six weeks (UL) doing the duty of a private soldier as he well understood at that time and verily believes to be true.
And this deponent further says that he well recollects that the said Eleazer Hedges again entered the said Service at Easthampton aforesaid as a volunteer, and joined Capt. David Persons company and Colonel Samuel Drake's regiment about the last of May or first of June 1776 for the term of six months (UL)and that he left his home and went to New York in the said company and regiment as he well understood at the time, and that he served out his term of six months and was dismissed in the state of New Jersey.  And this deponent further says that he was well acquainted with the said Capt Person and Colonel Drake (marked thru) and also with Lieut Baker and ... who also belonged to the said company - that he has heard the said Lieut Baker say about that time that the said Eleazer
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Hedges did serve in the said company and regiment as above stated and further that he understood at the time the (marked thru) the said Eleazer Hedged served as a Corporal (UL) in the said company.
And this deponent further says that the said Eleazer Hedges is a man of strict integrity and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief and further saith not
Nathan Dayton
Sworn and subscribed this 29th day of August 1832 Before me 
A.B. Moore Judgeof Albany County Courts

I the subscriber a Judge of the County Court of the County of Albany do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Dayton who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit.  That the said Nathan Dayton is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of August 1832.
A. B. Moore

State of New York
Albany County ss
I Conrad A TenEyer clerk of the city and county of Albany and state aforesaid do hereby certify that A. B Moore before whom the foregoing & within affidavits was sworn and who has made the above & within certificates above is a Judge of the C
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State of New York
Albany County ss
Matthew Mulford resident int he town of Rensselerville om the county and state aforesaid aged 76 years being duly sworn says that he well knows Eleazer Hedged the soldier mentioned in the foregoing affidavit and that he knew him in the Revolutionary War. That the said Eleazer Hedges did serve as a corporal in Capt David Person Company in Col. Drake's regiment in the summer of 1776.  That he saw the said Eleaze Hedges doing duty as a corporal in said company at Flatbush on Long Island and that he was at that place during the battle of Flatbush and until the British took possession o New York and further says not
Matthew Mulford
Sworn and subscribed this 29th day of August 1832 Before me J.B. Moore Judge of Albany County Court
I do hereby certify that the above named Matthew Mulford is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
J.B Moore Judge of Albany County Courts
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Sir
The papers setting forth the claim of Eleazer Hedges for a pension heretofore sent you - & returned with the objections accompanying them I hereby return to you.
The objections pointed out are two -the first is - "that there is no reason assigned for not obtaining the affidavit of the clergyman" 
In the certificate of the Judge (before whom the applicant appeared it is stated & certified that " the (no clergyman crossed out) that is not a clergyman at the time  ... in the immediate neighborhood or the applicant to choose but is personally aware" This is the form that has been used by me in making out the papers for the two other applicants.  whose claims have passed the  war office & I supposed the reason sufficient in as much as two credible persons had given their certificate. & to the eleventh question in the brief the answer is "supposed " (UL) - I hope this objection may pass as the applicant is at present in a very feeble state of health & it would be attended with a considerable expense and difficult to attempt to make out a new application at this time - 
The other objection noted in the brief is the answer to the sixteenth question - "the papers are not authenticated" referring to the explanation of note under that question.
On this objection there has evidently been some error committed in the examination - for the papers are certainly authenticated (UL) as the right ...direct.  To add on the declaration the certificate of the witness produced before the Judge the certificate of the judge and the certificate (ul) of the clerk (UL) of the Court under the county seal are all matters on one sheet of paper (UL) - by a careful examination it will be seen that this sheet of paper has not been cut apart but remains whole at the  corner so that the certificate of the clerk is on the same piece of paper that is authenticated by it -
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again - the affidavits of Nathan Dayton and Matthew Mulford testifying to the service of the applicant - the certificate of the Judge before whom they were taken - and the certificate of the clerk of the Court of Albany authenticating theses - are all in one sheet of paper  which has never been severed but remains together at the corner so that these papers are also authenticated as original - So that on a careful examination it will be seen that in this application there is but two sheets of paper (UL) - remaining together at the corner making but >>distinct and separate pieces of paper - & that each of these are regularly authenticated the one by "C A Tin Eyck" Clerk of the city and County of Albany under the seal of the Court imprinted on the same piece of paper - & the other by "William ... Heumann Clerk of the County of Greene in like manner.
These papers were originally  drawn with reference to the explanation note & the sheets of paper were retain whole at the corner with a view of complying strictly with the requirements of the War Office - I think a careful examination will convince you that there are  comity &
I herewith return them to you
I am respectfully your obt svt B.Bagley 
May 5 1833
Durham NY