Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23643, Francis Frederick, New York
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S-1776
SERVICE
New York
Frederick, Francis
S. 23643
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24395
New York
Francis Frederick
Herkimer Co. in the State of New York
who was a private in the Corp command
by Captain Pettingill of the Rep. command
by Col. Fisher in the New York 
time for 7 months and 6 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 24 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Dec 1833 and [illegible] W. Baker 
Springfield

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] '33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 m. '34
$60
12
$72
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Geo. Ostely
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 100
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State of New York
County of Otsego

Francis Frederick of Danube in the county of Hirkimer and State foresaid being duly sworn deposith and saith that his services in the War of the Revolution so far as he can now specify the same were as follows, that they were under the officers set forth and discribed in his decleration hereunto annexed.

At Sir Guy Johnsons the Militia being called out- 1 day
At Johnstown twenty days ----- 20 days
With a party of militia in pursuing from Johnstown and capturing 12 tories, out at that time-----10 days
At the Fish House (Socknedaga) near Johnstown---15 days
On an alarm at Stone Arabia and going from thence to guard a lot of fat cattle from thence to Fort Stanwix Eight days-----8 days
At the time the batteaux were guarded by the Mohawk river, the deponent with a small party drove cattle on land------8 days
At Fort Plain Six times 2 days each time ---12 days
At the Block House at Sooknedaga at one time ----15 days
At the same places at another time----10 days
At Van Alstine's on the Mohawk ---5 days
At the time of the Oriskany battle near Fort Stanwix----16 days
At Caughnewaga at the time of the wounding of Col. Fisher Six days--------6 days
At the time of the burning of Schoharie Settlement---12 days
Keeping garrison at Stone Arabia ----10 days
At Johnstown when the troops were removed from that place ----15 days
At Tribes Hill at one time----15 days
At Johnstown in the year in which independence was declared, previous to that abomination ---15 days
At Fort Herkimer on an alarm Major Fonda being there----8 days

That the above services were performed as a private soldier
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under Capt. Pettingil until his death and after that under Capt. Snook who succeeded him in command--Thomas Van Horne being first lieutenant after the death of Capt. Pettingil. That he cannot specify the particular year when each piece of service took place.
And he further said that he has no doubt that he served on other occassions not above specified which are now by him forgotten, or so faintly remembered that they cannot safely specify the length of each term of engagement
That the above is all true he is now able to specify as the above services are specified.
And further saith now from this 8th day of November D. 1833.
Francis Frederick mark
Selah Havens 
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Otsego County

for I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of said County do certify, that Salah Havens Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace, in & for the said County: And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 11th day of November 1838.
[signed] Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
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No. 18229
Francis Frederick Herkimer County New York

Admitted Private 7 mo 26 days

William Baker Springfield New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
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 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Francis Frederick Herkimer County New York

[TABLE]

Enrolled

Period when the service was rendered 1777

Duration of the claimant's service
2 days

Rank of the claimant.
private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap Pettingill
Cap Pettingill

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col Fisher
Genl. Herkimer

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Oriskany Battle

Country through which he marched.
Marched to Johnstown
wast Fort Plain, Fort Plank, German Flatts, Stone Arcadia [Arabia], Little Falls and other places

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
79 years
Warrens Bush now Florida Montgomery County State of New York

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence witness certified credible & one living witness not certified credible by the Justice of tpeace - papers not properly attached.
[END OF TABLE]

The applicant dont periods & times of service
but thinks he served his country during the war at least two years

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance
, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Serity to
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
with
and
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 enered 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
A. B.
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
who has
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.
1
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
& 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 of
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.
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
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following desdays
, I served as a-
-- months, andand
for such service I claim a pension."
it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about the or four months,
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 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.
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 pubthe
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.
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 to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note applies to continence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a 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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Francis Frederick
No. 18229
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State of New York
County of Herkimer Ss
In this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Herkimer now sitting, Francis Frederick a resident of [Little Falls, crossed out] Danube in the said County of Herkimer and State of New York aged seventy nine 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 at the commencement and during the whole continuance of the war he resided at a place called Warren's bush, now the town of Florida, south of the Mohawk river within the now County of Montgomery and State of New York. That he was there enrolled as a private in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Samuel Pettingill in Col. Frederick Fisher's regiment William Snook and Peter Young were officers in the same Company. That the first service which he performed was [in the year, crossed out] before Independence was declared. [An alarm was made and, crossed out] he turned out with the militia and went [to Caughne {illegible}, crossed out] Sir Guy Johnson's district about five miles [to guard the committee sitting at that place, crossed out] That he staid but a day or two and returned on this occasion a guard took place between Sir Guy who was for the King & Capt. Pettingill  He believes he was called out on other occasions the same year but has now forgotten the particulars. The next year he turned out with the whole company and went to Johnstown, ten or twelve miles off at the time when Genl. Schuyler was there and disarmed the tories. That he was out to Johnstown
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Sochnedaga, Caughnewaga, and other places in service in the course of this summer, and was once at Johnstown in the winter before on an alarm. That in the Summer of 1777 he was at the Oriskany battle near Fort Stanwix at the time when Genl. Herkimer was mortally wounded and Capt. Pettingill his own Capt. was killed.
That he was out on duty a good deal during the Campaign of 1777 but it is impossible for him now to mention the places and instances of service, That he was at Fort Plain, Fort Plank, German flatts, Stone Arabia, Little Falls, and other places many times each in the course of the war, but how long he staid at each time, or how often he was out, he cannot now state. That he remembers one time in particular being with about one hundred militia who guarded the batteaux with provisions up the Mohawk river to Fort Stanwix. That on this occasion this claimant with six or seven other militia men were ordered to drive a pair of fat cattle, on land. That the cattle were for the use of the army at Fort Stanwix. That during the whole war he was in actual service every summer a great share of the time, he thinks at least three months from the time Spring opened until the fall, and was also engaged several times in winter. That while at home he was liable at all times to be called out at a minute's warning, and was constantly prepared for alarms. That he did but little
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other business.  That all settlement within half a mile of where he lived was entirely burnt off by the Indians in one of their incursions. 

That after the death of Capt. Pettingill who was 
killed at the Oriskany battle, Lieut. Louck was made capt. of the company and Thomas Van Horne became the first Lieut.  That the most of the service performed by this applicant was under the said Thomas Van Horne as such Lieut., but he was out many times under 
other officers when Lieut. Van Horne was not present. 
That he verily believes he actually served his Country during the Revolutionary War as a soldier at least two years but he has no mode of asscribing  the time as the service was from time to time more or less almost every month in [illegible]  That he has no documentary evidence of his services.
In answer to the interrogatories put by the court he states.
1st. That he was born in the now town of Florida in the county of Montgomery and State of New York I was born I think the year 1753 and I will in August be eighty years old
2d. When in called into the service lived at place of my birth
3d. That when he was first called into service and during the whole revolutionary war he resided at Warren's bush on the south side of the Mohawk river in the now town of Florida, County of Montgomery and state of New York. That he had since the revolution resided part of the time in the said County of Montgomery and part of the time Danube at [Little Falls, crossed out] in the County of Herkimer and state aforesaid at which later place he now resides.
4th. That his services were in the militia which
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ordered out from time to time
5th. That but few regular troops were stationed at my time along the Mohawk. and he does not recollect the names of any regular officers who were with the troops where he served except he recollects seeing Col. Willett at Fort Hunter
6th. That he does not remember of ever receiving a written discharge from service
7th That for persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution he refers to Jacob I. Young of Stark  Herkimer County and Lewis Pryne of Danube in the same county.
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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Francis Frederick  X his mark

We [John Lawin a Clergyman, crossed out] Jacob I Young a citizen residing in Stark in the town of [Springfield, crossed out] in the county of [Otsego, crossed out] Herkimer and State of New York, and Lewis Pryne a resident in the town of Danube, in the county of Herkimer and state aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well
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acquainted with Francis Frederick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy nine 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
[signed] Jacob I. Young
Lewis Pruyne

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 Jacob Young who has signed the preceding certificates is a [clergyman, crossed out] citizen & Justice of the Peace resident in the town of Stark [Springfield, crossed out] in the County of [Otsego, crossed out] Herkimer and State aforesaid and that Lewis Pruyne who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of [Stark, crossed out] Danube in the said county of Herkimer and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Julius C. Nelson clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer in the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Francis Frederick for a pension.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand and seal of office this ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
[signed] Julius C. Nelson Clerk
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Francis Frederick
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State of New York
County of Otsego Ss
Thomas Van Horne of Springfield in the County of Otsego aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Francis Frederick of Little Falls in the County of Herkimer in the said State of New York. That he knew him in the revolutionary war. That this deponent and the said Francis were privates in the same Company of Militia from the commencement of the war till the death of Capt. Pettingill at Oriskany in 1777, when the deponent took command of the company as the first Lieut. and the said Francis served under him as a private soldier during the remainder of the war. William Snook being then the commander of the Company. That the said Francis was in service much of the time under this deponent during each year of the war, and was also to the knowledge of the deponent out on many occasions in service when this deponent was not with him. That the Company did not always all go together, and when one part of the Company were out on one expedition, it sometimes happened that the residue of the Company were called to another quarter.
That he verily believes the said Francis served
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faithfully as a soldier at least two years during the War of the revolution, and further saith not.
[signed] Thomas Van Horne
Sworn and subscribed this 22nd day of September AD 1832 before me,
[signed] Walter Holt D. P.


State of New York
Otsego County Ss  I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do certify that Walter Holt before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date hereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that I am acquainted with his hand writing verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit in his own proper hand writing & Signature Witness my hand & seal of office this 20th day of Sept. 1832 [signed] Horace Lathrup By Thos. K. Cory Deputy

State of New York Ss I, Walter Holt the Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit of Thomas Van Horne was taken & sworn do hereby further certify that I am acquainted with the said Thomas Van Horne and know him to be a credible person. Dated June 12, 1833
[signed] Walter Holt G. P.

State of New York
Otsego County Ss I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Walter Holt Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate to be his proper hand writing & signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 5th day of July 1833
[signed] Horace Lathrup, Clerk.
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State of New York
County of Herkimer Ss  Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Herkimer aforesaid Francis Frederick of Danube in the said County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as the the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than two years as a private soldier. And for such service I claim a pension. And this declarant further saith that in the above estimate of his service he has not included any time during which he was engaged in any civil pursuit. And that he has included none other than that during which he was actually engaged doing the duty of a soldier. What he cannot from the loss of memory state the periods of the War wherein he served more particularly than he has set forth the same in his declaration. That from his best recollection the first piece of service mentioned in his declaration viz. Going to Sir Guy Johnson's where the quarrel took place between Capt. Pettingill and Sir Guy was in the year 1775 the year before independence was declared. That in the following year viz. 1776, he was much more in service, and such service continued at intervals during each campaign of the whole war. That his services were principally performed under some one of the officers belonging to his Company, but when detached abroad he served sometimes under other officers whose names he cannot now remember. That the services included in the above estimate were performed in obeidience to his commanding officers, and that he has included none other than those service which were thus performed
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And this declarant further saith that he has a record of his age in his family bible now in his possession.
That his services were performed as a volunteer, or in pursuance of the orders of his Capt. or Commanding officer of his Company. And further saith not.
[signed] Francis Frederick  + his mark

Sworn & subscribed this 26th day of June AD 1833 before me, and I certify that I am acquainted with the said Francis Frederick, and know him to be a credible person. [signed] John Herkimer one of the Justices of the peace in & for Herkimer County

Herkimer County
Clerks Office SS I, Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Said County do Certify, that John Herkimer before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, on the day it bears date one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the Said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate is his proper hand writing and signature
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 26 day of June 1833
[signed] Julius C. Nelson Clerk
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Revolution

23643
INVALID.

File No.  23643
Francis Frederick
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:  Vol. 2. Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]