Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9870, Henry Van Dalsem, New Jersey New York
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(3-1776)

Service New Jersey New York    

Van Dalsem, Henry       
Eunice


Number
W.9870

Contents
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7262 
Indiana
Henry Vandalsem of Connersville in the State of Indiana who was a Sargent in the company commanded by Captain Gilbert of the Regt commanded by Col Day in the New York line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 100 Dollars ______ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March 1833 and sen Sam C Sample Connersville In

Arrears to the 4th of March $2000.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 500
[Total] $2500

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Samuel Boyd Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 7 page 133

let 7 March 1842 
Hon. O.N. Smiths do to J.B. Niley June 1. 1842
Let: 10th June 1842 Hon: F. Wood
Let to Hon. S.C. Sample January 6.1844
Copy of letter dated July 6. 1844 sent to Hon. S.C Sample May 16.1844
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State of Indiana}
Fayette County}SS

In the Fayette Probate Court Fayette County of the term of August AD 1832. Be it remembered that among the records of the Fayette Probate Court is the following to wit.

Matter of the application of}
Henry Van Dalsem for a Pension}

Be it remembered that heretofore to wit, at a term of the probate court of Fayette County in the state of Indiana begun and held at the Courthouse in Connersville within and for the County of aforesaid before the honorable Philip Mason Judge of Said Court on the Second Monday and this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two and continued from day to day before the honorable Judge aforesaid until Wednesday the third Juridical day of Said term. Then here comes into Open Court Henry Vandalsem a resident of the County of Fayette and makes and Subscribes therein under Oath the following written declarations in this behalf to wit

State of Indiana Fayette County (to wit on this fifteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred thirty two Personally appeared before the probate Court of the County of Fayette in the State of Indiana at a court then holden at the Courthouse in Connersville in Said County. Henry Van Dalsem resident of Said County and State, aged seventy five years who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on this 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 entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated. That in the fall or winter of the year 1775 after the british man of war of Asia of 74 guns had fired on the city of new york where he then Resided he volunteered into the Service under the command of Captain William W Gilbert, that he continued as a volunteer under the said Gilbert, until about the middle of the month of June following (being in the year 1776). When he enlisted in the army of the United States for the term of five months at the Sign of the blue Bell in the city of New York in a Company under the command of Lieutenant Frederick Stymets of the first Regiment of the New York line ----
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Commanded by Colonel Lasher. that he served the said term of five months, and at the expiration thereof at Kings ferry on the west side of Hudson river he Received from the said Lieutenant Stymets a Regular discharge, but what has become of his discharge he knows not. That after his discharge he went to reside in Bergen County State of New Jersey. That some time in the month of January 1777, he Served one month as a drafted Militia man under the command of Captain Abraham Blauvelt of Colonel Days[sic] Regiment of Bergen County New Jersey Militia. that at the opening of the Campaign in the Spring of the year 1777, in the month of april he entered the Company of Captain Hogancamp of its Rockland County New York Militia for the term of one month as a Substitute for Robert Lichees, and during the whole of said month was Stationed at the falls of the Passaic in the State of New Jersey. At the expiration of which time he was discharged and Returned home to Bergen county. that after his Last discharge & Sometime in the month of June or July in the year 1777, he enlisted for one year into the Company of Captain Haring (called he believes Abraham Haring) of the Bergen county New Jersey Rangers commanded by Major Goetschius, which Rangers were commonly called Governor Livingstons Bergen County Rangers, and that he continued in this Service for the term of one year when he Received a Regular discharge from Major Goetschius which discharge is Lost. That he sometime after his last discharge served as volunteer for six months alternately under the commands of Captains Thomas Blanch and Abraham Haring of the Bergen county volunteers in Col. Days Regiment and that he at the expiration of this last Service was discharged, but that discharge is Lost also ----

That during the time he was enlisted under Lieut Stymets he was at the battle of Flat Bush on long Island, and after the Said Battle he Retreated with the army into the line of entrenchments reaching from the Red bank on the north River the Waulabout[sic], and was present when the enemy attacked the Said Line of entrenchments and on the next night after the attack on the said entrenchments Retreated with the army into the city of New York that during this Service he was acquainted personally with Captain and
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Afterwards Col. Marinus Willet of the 2nd Regiment of the New York Line which Regiment was also in Service at this Period that he was also acquainted with Col Malcolm of the Said 2nd Regiment -- That after his arrival at the City of New York he was attached to General Washingtons Life Guard until the Genl. evacuated the city when he remained with his company as a part of the rear guard under the command of Genl. Putnam, That he remained in the City encamped in the Fly Market for a few days when he was marched to join the army at Kingsbridge and there erected barri[cades] and Remained in them but a Short time until we burnt them [illegible] retreated to the White plains and was in the B[crossed out] engagement Harlem Marsh and after the last engagement he marched with the army to Kings ferry where he was discharged as above Stated [illegible]during his months Service under Captain Blauvelt he was on guard during the Skirmish near New Brunswick at a place called Millstone where his Captain was wounded.

That during the time he was enlisted in the Bergen County Rangers he was not attached to the main army but was employed in Scouting the County and protecting the Lines in order that the main army might not be surprised. that during his Service in the Rangers on the night of the 4th of December 1777 (he being a Sergeant in his Company) was Detached with a command of four men to Reconnoiter Bergen Point opposite Staten Island, and while on this duty he with his command attacked a tory Guard house surprised and took Eight prisoners, and on his Return on the 5th of December with the prisoners one of his party was killed, two wounded and himself taken prisoner and kept in confinement as such by the British for six months and thirteen days in Various prisons and prison Ships at New York When on the 19th day of June following his Capture he made his escape and rejoined his Company at the Liberty Pole in the english neighborhood in Bergen County where he remained until discharged. That during the six months Service with Captains Hening & Blanch he knew Lieut. Lawrence of the Regular Continental troops and whom he after acted as a guide in the mountains between the English neighborhood and the north River. that during this service he was in no General engagement but in divers Skirmishes.
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That during the several periods of service above he was Generally called and Known by the name of Van Dalson, though Van Dalsen is his proper name
That he has no documentary evidence of any of the above Services nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service that Possibly persons may Reside in in[sic] New York or New Jersey who can So testify but of this he has no Evidence as he believes his comrades are dead or reside in parts unknown to him.

The court here propound unto the Said Henry Van Dalsen the following questions (to wit)

First - Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in the City of New York on the 12th day of August in the year 1757.
Second - have you any record of your age?
Ans. I have this which I copied out of my fathers family record about fifteen years since (which is copied here as follows) Henry Vandalsem was born the 12th day of August 1757.
Third - Where were you living when called into service, Where have you lived Since the revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans - the places where I lived when I entered into service are correctly set forth in the Statement made by me above. Since the revolution I resided for two years in the City of New York when I moved to a place called Fondas Bush in Montgomery County in the State of New York where I lived eight years, when I moved into the County of Bergen in New Jersey where I resided until I moved to Franklin County in the State of Indiana in the year 1819. from thence I moved into Fayette County Indiana where I now reside and where I have resided for the last 8 years.
Fourth: how were you called into service, were you drafted, did you Volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Ans: the various manners of my entering into Service and of the kind of troops in which I served are correctly set forth in my statement above made.
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Fifth_ State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental & militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the General circumstances of your service?
Ans_ In addition to the regular Officers above stated as known by me I knew Alexander Hamilton while a Captain of Artillery his and Captain Boumans commands formed a part of the rear guard in the City of New York under Genl Putnam who I also knew, the troops with which I was acquainted and the General circumstances of my service are above stated.
Sixth_ did you ever Receive a discharge from the Service, if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it
Ans_I have above stated the discharges I Received and from whom Received, all of which are long since lost.
Seventh_ 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 beliefs of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution
I name Wilson Wadoms, Zimri Utter & your honor the Judge there is no Clergyman residing in my neighborhood.
And the said Henry Van Dalsem 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 [crossed out] the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Henry Van Dalsem

Attest
William Caldwell Clerk F.C.P.C

And also here come unto open court Zimri Utter & Wilson Wadoms who make and Subscribe under oath the following Certificate (to wit)

We, Wilson Wadoms and Zimri Utter Residing in the County of Fayette in the State of Indiana hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Van Dalsem who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declarations, that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
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been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Zimri Utter
Wilson Wadoms
Attest
William Caldwell Clk F.C.P.C.

And the Court does hereby declare its Opinion after the investigation and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the "War Department" that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he States, and the Court futher Certifies that it appears that William Wadoms and Zimri Utter who have Signed the preceding certificate[interlined] are reisdents of the County of Fayette aforesaid as of the immediate Veracity of the Said applicant and are Credit Persons, and that their Statement is entitled to Credit[sic], And also appears to the Court that there is no Clergyman resident in the Vicinity of the Said Applicant, and the Court further Certifies that it has personal knowledge of the Said applicant for twelve years past, and for that period it has been generally [crossed out] believed in the Vinicity of the Said applicant that he was a Revolutionary Soldier and from the general good character which the applicant uniformly maintained since he has been Personally known to the Court, the Court Entertains no doubt to the truth of his declaration as above made and it is the opinion of this Court that no such Doubts do exist.

State of Indiana}
Fayette County]
I William Caldwell Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid and also of the Court of Probate of Said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Van Dalsem for a Pension as the Same Remains of Record in my Office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Said Probate Court this 24th day of August A.D. 1832. 
Wm. Caldwell Clerk Fayette
County Probate Court.
[physical seal affixed]
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5850
Madison, Indiana
Eunice Vandalsem
widow of Henry Vandalsem
who was a Pr. & Sergeant 
NY
in the Revolution
[I]nscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 dollars - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July 1844
and sent to Hon. Saml. C. Sample,
South Bend, Inda.
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The declaration of Eunice Vandalsem widow of Henry Vandalsem in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows.

State of Indiana}
Laporte County}SS

On this the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared before me G.A. Rose one of the associate Judges[interlined] of the circuit court of said county of Laporte (which is a court of record) Eunice Vandalsem a resident of said county of Laporte aged eighty five years who being by me first duly sworn and 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 Henry Vandalsem who at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered during the Revolutionary[sic] as a private and sergeant both in the militia and regular line of New Jersey as she verily believes & as the declaration of the said Henry now on file in the pension office will show. She further declares that at the time the said Henry Vandalsem was admitted as a pensioner he was a resident of the county of Fayette in said state of Indiana, that he made his declaration before the Probate court of said Fayette county as she believes, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two and was inscribed on the pension roll in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three as she believes.

She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Vandalsem on the tenth day of May
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in the year seventeen hundred and eight one, that her husband the aforesaid Henry Vandalsem died on the tenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five; 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 viz: at the time above stated. And she futher declares that she has never married since the death of her said husband Henry Vandalsem, but has ever since remained a widow.

 Eunice X Van Dalsem   [handwritten seal]
Her mark 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written. And I hereby certify that the said Eunice Vandalsem is prevented by bodily disability and infirmity from appearing before the court to make this declaration & the same is sworn to & subscribed to me at the residence of the said Eunice in said Laporte County
G.A. Rose Associate Judge of Laporte
County In.

State of Indiana}
Laporte County} SS

I William Hawkins clerk of the circuit court of said county do hereby certify that Gustavus A. Rose before whom the foregoing declaration of Eunice Vandalsen appears to have been made was on the day and date thereof one of the associate judges of the said circuit court duly commissioned & qualified as such and further that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said circuit court this seventh day of June A.D. 1844
Wm. Hawkins Clerk
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4613
Henry Vandalsem
Inda.

from 1775 private
& Sargeant 2 years
$100.


Saml. C Sample
Connersville
Inda.
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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 show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a bracket, (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 Henry Vandalsem of Fayette Co. Inda.
[column headers] Period when the service was rendered. \ Duration of the claimants service. Years./ Months./ Days.\Rank of the Claimant. \ Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. \ Names and Rank of the General and Field officers 
Battles in which the applicant engaged. \ Country through which he marched. \ Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. \ Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
[data by row]
[Row 1] Vol 1775 \ .. \ 6\...\pr..\ Capt Gilbert \| _none \  _none_ \ ----  \ 75 New York \ [Illegible]: & witnesses who swear that he was a soldier of the R.W.
[Row 2] June 1776 \ .. \  5 \ .. \ [pr.] \ ----- \ Col. Lasher \ Flat Bush \ L.I. N.Y. \ [New York] \ 
[Row 3] Jay 1777  \ .. \ 5  \ .. \ [pr.] \ Cap Blauvelt \ Col. Day \---- \ ---- \ Bergen N.J. \
[Row 4] Spring 1777 \ ... \ 1 \ ... \ [pr.] \ Capt Camp \ ----- \ ----- \ ----- \ [Bergen N.J.] |
[Row5] June 1777 \1\.. \.. \ Sergeant \ Capt Haring | ... \ ... \ ... \ [Bergen N. J.] \
[Row 6] Vol____ \ .. \ 4 \ .. \ pr. \ Capt Blauvelt \ Col. Day \
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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 in
stance, 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
On this day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
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 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)
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.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
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.
1
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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https://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngwill 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 records of your age, and if so, where it is ?
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 received 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 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.
   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 Records of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein required 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.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so be 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, &e. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, be reason  of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his serv ice; 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 ____________months, 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 applicant6 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, in the militia, & without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and the 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 with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in there 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 affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it c an 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] 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.

W.. L Williams  Ex Clk {illegible}
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Revy [handwritten, underlined]

Widow, &c.
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File No. 9870
Eunice Vandalsem
Wid. of
Henry Vandalsem
Sergt. Rev. War

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Act: Mach.  3 1843
Index: _ Vol. M, Page: 295

(Arrangement of 1870)
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Henry Van Dalsem Ind act 32
to what time paid?
Pens Office
June 10 '4[2?]
Died 10th March 1835 pd to that period
JH
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Indiana 8538
Eunice Van Dalsem
widow of Hery Vandalsem
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832
and who died on the 10. March 1835
of Laporte Co. in the State of Indiana
who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the company
commanded by Captain Gilbert of the
the regt. commanded by Col. Day in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Madison
at the rate of 100 Dollars - 
Cents[crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of July 1844 and sent to Hon. Saml. C. Sample, South Bend, Inda.
Total amount, $500-
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 431
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[letterhead]
Knox Consolidated Coal Company
E.D. Logsdon, President
Simon Zeller, Vice Pres.
H.A. Glover, Vice Pres.
W.M. Zeller, Jr., Secy&Treas
 [Company Logo]
Mines in 
Knox County, Indiana
Served by 
Pennsylvania Railroad
INDIANAPOLIS
January 10, 1923.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.
Dear Sir: -

Under cover of the enclosed stamped envelope will you kindly afford me the Military Service Record in the Revolutionary War (1776-1783) of two soldiers of that War as the records of the Pension Bureau there reavel them:

JOHN HAMBLEN (or Hamlin)-
Understood to have been granted a Pension upon his application made while residing in Bartholomew County, Indiana.

HENRY VAN DALSEM (or Van Delsem)-
Understood to have been granted a Pension upon his application made while residing in Fayette County, Indiana. This Patriot later removed to LaPorte County, Indiana, where he died in 1835.

This information, if you will grant it, will be much appreciated.

Yours very truly,
James W. Hamblen [signature]

MEM [stamp of receipt Pension Office US Jan 13 1923]
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[center]
J. L. Williams Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[left]
11078 June 19, 1844
Inc
Eunice Van Dalsem
7 July 1838

[right, under other script]
Hon. S. L. Sample
Honor of Reply
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Eunice Van Dalsem
widow of Henry Vandalsem, Private & Sergt
Acts '38 & '43

Issue 2 certificates
$100 per an
Indiana Roll

Hon. Samuel C. Sample
South Bend
Indiana
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[center]
Hon. J.S. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
Washington

[left, under other script]
May 31 1842
Hry VanDalsem
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La Porte Inda. May 23, 1842

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions

Sir, Mrs. Nasha Van Dolsem, widow of Henry (Van Dolsem) late a Revolutionary Pensioner deceased has applied to me to prepare her papers to make her to draw the amount which may be now due her. Her husband died March 10, 1835, and as appears by a letter now before me from the Pension Office to Hon. G. H. Smith he was a pensioner of the Indiana agency under the act of June 7, 1832. Henry VanDolsem's pension was paid at the Indiana agency but the original pension certificate has been lost. I understand from them that the pension was paid at Corydon. Will you do this favor & inform me under what act she would be entitled to a pension & also which papers & evidence must be furnished to the department[crossed out] office to enable her to draw it.
Your Obt. Servt.
Jno. B. Niles
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Ho. Rept. 12th June 1844

Sir
Should the appication of Eunice Vandalsem of Laporte County Indiana come to hand before I leave the city you will oblige me by notifying me of it as I desire to carry[crossed out] take[interlined] her pension certificate with me, and should it not come to hand before I go you will please enclose her certificate to me at South Bend St. Joseph County Indiana when issued
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
S. C .Sample

Col. Edwards
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House of Representatives
May 18th 1844

To the honorable
J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions-

Sir - I submit to you the following extracts from the family record of Hendrick C Zabriskie the father of Eunice Vandalsem (late Eunice Zabriskie) widow of Henry Vandalsem (late a pensioner, deceased). The record is contained in a very ancient bible or other religious book printed in the Low Dutch language in the year 1751 and which book I have submitted to your inspection. The book is not the property of Mrs. Valdalsem, but of Garret A. L. Zabriskie who refuses to permit it to be deposited in your office, or to have the leaf containing the marri[crossed out] record of the marriage of Henry Valdalsem and Eunice Zabriskie taken therefrom. I therefore at your suggestion extract from the record the dates of the birth and marriage of Mrs. Eunice Vandalsem which ar[crossed out] together with some entries both preceding & subsequent thereto: 
"Myn soon Christiaen is Gebooreen den 19 September Anno 1754"
"Myn dochter Martyntje is Gebooreen den 27 Majus Anno 1756"
"Myn dochter Neesje is Gebooreen den 7 Januarius 1759"
"Myn dochter Margrietje is Gebooreen den 3 Maart  Ao. 1762"
"Derr 10 Majus Anno 1781 Ben Ick Hendrik Van
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Dalsem [?Getrouvt?] met Neesje Zabrinskie"

The last extract contains the marriage of the parties and is the last entry in the book in the handwriting from which the foregoing extracts are taken, but it is followed by the following and others viz:
Abraham Zabrinskie Died 27th October 1814
The foregoing & last extracts is taken from the bottom of the page on which is recorded the marriage & on the next page is this entry "my daughter Mary is born the 26 day of August in the year 1787" Many other entries of like kind are in the book, indeed every blank leaf is filled with them. On the first lid of the book in the inside is this entry "Hendrick Zabrinci Myn Book" which entry is in the same hand writing of all[interlined] the extracts herein made except the two above relating to "Abraham" & "Mary." I deem it [?crossed out} unnecessary to make any further or other extracts inasmuch as you admitted the record to be satisfactory when I submitted to your inspection a few days since.

I Samuel C. Sample of the U.S. House of Representatives hereby certify that the foregoing extracts were by me made from the above mentioned family record of Hendrick Zabrinksie, the father of the said Enice Vandalsem, that the book was furnished by Garret A. L. Zabrinskie the owner thereof & that he refuses either to permit the same to be deposited in the pension office, or the leaf containing the record of said marriage to be taken therefrom. That the said book was printed in Groningen in the year 1751 as is shown by the title page thereof, and that
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the entries therein which are herein extracted & all the other entries [interlined] I believe from the appearance of the ink & color of the paper &c. to have been made at the times they bear date

Given under my hand at Washington the 18th day of May Anno Domini 1844
Saml C Sample

I also submit herewith a letter from William H. Vandalsem to me containing translations of the entries of the birth & marriage of Mrs. Vandalsem.
S.C. Sample
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Eunice Van dalsem
of Inda.
Report when ned.

Hon. S.c. Sample
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Ho. Reps. 5 June 1844

Sir
If the application of Eunice Vandalsem shall reach your office before I leave the City you will please inform me of the fact. If it does not you will please send her certificate to me at South Bend Indiana when made out, and any communications you may have to make on the subject you will please to make at[crossed out] to me at that place

Very respectfully yours
S.C. Sample

Hon J. L. Edwards

P.S. Judge G.A.  Rose of Laporte County Indiana will send the papers to you. 

S.C.S.
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House of Reps

Dr Sir
Will you please inform me upon this matter treated of in the enclosed letter and when the [illegible]- 

Very Respectfully
Fermond Wood

Hon J L Edwards
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions

[left] Van Dolsem
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House of Representatives
8th Dec. 1843

Dr Sir
The accompanying papers were rec'd by me from Mr. Niles of Laporte Indiana requesting me to obtain for him from you the information therein asked - Mrs. Valdalsem is a very poor & helpless old lady and I shall be pleased if she will be entitled to receive the amt. of pension her husband was entitled to drawing his life time. You will much oblige her by giving to me the required information and your opinion of the case & also what other steps will be necessary for her to take in order to secure it-

The application of Mr. Vandalsem for his pension was made in Fayette County Indiana in 1832 (I believe) - I attended to the application for him as his atty. I also obtained for Mrs. Vandalsem the arrears of his pension due at the time of his death. The proof of her being his widow &c. was made in Laporte Co. where she now resides. I expect she & Mr. Niles are mistaken about the original certificates being lost. I presume it must have been given up to the pension agent when the arrears were paid her
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
S. C. Sample

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
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Revolutionary War Records Section 3-525
MMH 
W. 9870
Department of the Interior
Bereau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C., Feb 1, 1923

In reply to your request of ____________[blank], for the history of Henry Van Dalsem, a soldier of the Revolutionary War ,the following is taken fom his & his widow's claim for pension.
[column headers]
Days of Enlistment or Appointment/Length of Service./Rank./ Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered Captain./Colo7nel/ State/
[Row 1] Fall or winter 1775/to June 1776/Pvt./William W. Gilbert/----/NY
[Row 2] June 1776/ 5 months/ pvt./Viner Van Zandt/John Lasker and also attached to Gen. Washington's Life Guard/NY
[Row 3] June 1777 / 1 mo / Pvt./ Abraham Blauvelt/ Day/NJ
[Row 4] Apr. 1777 / 1 mo/Pvt/Abraham Haring Hogencamp/Maj Goetschius/NY
[Row5 interlined with Rows 4&6] June or July 1777/1 yr/ Orch Srgt./Abraham Haring Hogencamp/Maj Goetschius/NJ taken prisoner Dec. 5 1777 & escaped June 19 1778
[Row 6] 1778 & 1779/6 months/Pvt./Thos Blanch & Abraham Haring/Day/NJ

Battles engaged in, Flatbush, Harlem, Millstone, Red Bank
Residence of solider at enlistment, New York City and Bergen Co NJ
Date of application for pension, Aug 15 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Fayette Co. Indiana
Age at date of application, Born Aug 12 1757 in New York City
Remarks: He died Mch . 10, 1835
Soldier married May 10, 1781 Euncie Zabrinskie born Jan 7, 1759, daughter of Hendrick C. Zabrinskie. She was allowed pension on her apl etc. June 7, 1844 while a res. of Laporte Co. Indiana. A son William H. Van Dalsem was living in N.Y. City in 1844

Respectfully,
[blank]

 Commissioner.
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[letterhead image with eagle, explorer with compass, indigenous person boat and shield)

State of New York}
City & County of New York}SS

I, Abraham Asten, Clerk of the City and County of New-York and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, do hereby certify that Richard Riker Esq whose name is subscribed to the annexed jurat was on this day of the date thereof Recorder of the City of New York & one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City & County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn. And further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of such Recorder & verily believe that the signature to the said Jurat is genuine -----

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the Fifteenth day of August 1832
Abm Asten, Clerk
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State of New York}
City and County of New York} SS

We Cornelius Roosa of the City of New York, Physician, one of the Commissioners of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the People of the State of New York and one of the Health Officers of the City of New York and Zadock Hedden one of the Inspectors of the Customs of the Port of New York do hereby certify that Henry Van Dalsem was confined with us on board the Prison Ships in the Harbour of New York and in the Sugar House in the City of New York for six months and upwards and that said imprisonment was during the latter part of the year 1777 and during the year 1778. That said Van Dalsem made his escape from the Sugar House in the month of June or July 1778. And we further certify that we know said Van Dalsem to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, and a man of zeal and fidelity and devoted to the service of his country, we further certify that we have been acquainted with him since the Revolutionary War and that he hath always been considered a man of truth and veracity and from our knowledge of and acquaintance with him we believe such opinion to be true. And we further certify that said Van Dalsem for a number of years held the office of County Clerk in the County of Bergen State of New Jersey in which situation he was greatly respected and esteemed as well in his private character as for the fidelity with which he executed his duties and trusts confided to him, and we further certify that said Van Dalsem for a number of years held the office of Collector for the Port of Jersey, at Jersey City and we believe that he held that office until about the time he removed to Indiana in the year one thousand and eight hundred and nineteen.

Cornelius Roosa [signature]
Zadock Hedden [signature]

Sworn this 15th day of August 1832 Before me
R Riker [signature]
Recorder of the City of New York
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State of New Jersey}
Township & County of Bergen}SS

Mathias [sic] Riker of said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that he this deponent was well acquainted with Henry VanDalsem late of New Jersey but now as this deponent is informed and believes of the State of Indiana. And this deponent further saith that he was a companion in arms in the War of the Revolution [interlined] with said Henry Van Dalsem [end interline] under the Command of Captain Abraham Haring of the Regiment known by the name or appellation of "Governor Livingstons Rangers of New Jersey" [crossed out] and also [end crossed out] And this deponent further saith that he knows that the said Henry Van Dalsem served in arms under Major Goetschius also of said Rangers And this deponent saith that to the best of the recolletion and belief of this deponent the time in which this deponent knew and served with the said Henry Van Dalsem in the cause of his country was the latter part of the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven and the beginning of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight And this deponent further saith that how long the said Henry VanDalsem so served as aforesaid he this deponent from memory cannot say but that in the opinion of this deponent the said Henry will be entitled to full credit in any statement he may make in the premises - This deponent further saith that he this deponent is now in his Seventy Sixth year of age and that he believes the said Henry Van Dalsem to be about or near the same age.

Matthias X Ricker
his mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me in the county and State aforesaid this 10th day of August 1832
Peter Si
Judge of the Common Please of the County of Bergen
New Jersey
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State of New Jersey}
Bergen County} SS

I Abraham Westervelt Clerk to the County of Bergen and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Do hereby Certify that Peter Sip Esquire was on the tenth day of August instant / the date of the Jurat to the within deposition / and still is an acting Judge of the said court, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to administer oaths and further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe the signature of "Peter Sip" subscribd to the within Jurat is genuine.

I testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

Abr. Westervelt, Clerk
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Hon: S.C. Sample -----
Member of Congress
Washington
D.C.

[right]
Hon. S.C. Sample
HofR
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Hon: S.C. Sample

Dear Sir
I return'd last Evg. from a visit to the country and have obtain'd the Book containing the record of Mothers family, and which I will mail with this communication, addressed to the Clerk of the House as you advise. I congratulate all concerned that this point, so vitally important, has been attained, and upon its reception by you I flatter myself that no further difficulties will be encountered. Should any be met with however, and to remove which, my services will be useful, have the goodness to communicate the fact to me without hesitation or delay.

You will perceive that the record has been kept in the Low Dutch language, the translation of which into English, may, or may not, be easy at the seat of Govt. To aid this matter, so far as our business is concerned I will give the translations of the entries noting [underlined] Mothers time of Birth & marriage [stop underline] 

The first entry you will find on the 3rd last page and the second entry on the 2nd last page, of the Book, as follows.
1st.____ "Myn Dochter Neesje is Gebooren den. 7 Januarius 1759"
2nd._____ "Den 10 Majus Anno 1781 Ben Ick Hendrick Van Dalsem Gretrout met Neesje Zabriskie"

___Translation__
My Daughter Unice is[crossed out] was[interlined] born the 7th January 1759
The 10th May Anno 1781 I Henry Van Dalsem was married to Unice Zabriskie.

My mother was always called Unice in English, and I have therefore written it so on the present occasion, without pretending to be a judge as to the rendering, whether it be correct, or otherwise.

In reference to the mode, or medium by which the Book will be returned, I will suggest the propriety of giving it in charge to one of our City delegation, who can very conveniently I presume from its small size, put it into their Trunk. Hon. Mr. McClay I venture to say would oblige in this particular. I should be pleased to hear from you upon the receipt of this and the Book accompanying, and as often during the progress of our business as your convenience will allow. My residence is changed to No 18 Charlton St.
With abiding Respect & Esteem
Your most obt. servt.
W. H. Van Dalsem

New York 9th May 1844
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I open my letter to say that I have met very unexpectedly with an opertunity[sic] to send by private hands: Rodman Price Esq, Pursur of the late Steam Ship Missouri leaves here to day for Washington and he kindly offered to take charge of this letter and the Book mentioned within and to deliver this as pr address and who will also bring the Book back to me, provided it be ready for him when he returns, which will probably be 3 or 4 days from the time he arrives at Washington; He will put up at Gatbeys Hotel
W.H.V.D.
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Pension office

Hon. Secty. at War
Washington
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Connersville Ind. 12th Dec 1832

Sir
Your communication enclosing to me the papers of Messrs Van Dalsem & Woodworth (applicants for pensions) is rec'd.

Mr VanDalsem has amended his declaration setting forth the particular length of time he served and the rank he held as required in the form provided by you, in his amendment he has gone somewhat into detail, but that I presume will not vitiate the amendment_ By the querie 14 ("Proof of Service") it appears that two witnesses are necessary to substantiate the application in the absence of documentary testimony_ Is such proof indispensible with the militia and state troops? I do not  understand the regulations of the department to require such proof unless it be in the power to applicant to furnish it I have been under the impression that if such evidence did not exist, the applicant is required in addition to his own oath to procure traditionary proof and the opinion of credible neighbors as to his services_ As to the troops of the "Continental line" the "regulations" require testimony of two witnesses when the applicants name is not found on the rolls of the department_ Mr Van Dalsem I presume was mistaken in the character of Col. Lashers regiment and you will perceive from his amendment that he now thinks he himself the fact of the rolls of the offices being in the Secty's offices in Albany leads him to suppose that Col. Lashers regiment belonged to the N. York State troops, which is probably the case_ Mr Van Dalsem has unexpctedly procured some proof of his services from NYork & Jersey, he was not apprised of this at the time he made his declaration Having been in this country for the last 12 or 13 years he suposed all his comrades were dead, the cetificates he has procured are dated the 14 & 15 Aug. & his declaration was taken here on the 13th same month_

I have got the clk. to attach the papers & press the ribbon under the seal as required by you_ I am sensible of the necessity of the rule being observed, He did not alter the dates, being satisfied
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from examination, the papers were the same formerly certified by him_
With esteem & respect
I have the honor to be Your obt. & humble servant
Saml. C. Sample

Hon. Secty. of War

Mr. Woodworth I have not yet seen but will apprise him of his papers being with me the first opportunity
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City, County and State of New York SS:

Gerardus Riker of said City being duly sworn doeth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Henry Van Dalsem formerly of the County of Bergen & State of New Jersey, and now as this deponent has understood & believes a resident of the state of Indiana in the County of Fayette: that the said Henry & this deponent were companions in arms in the County of Bergen aforesaid during part of
the Revolutionary struggle of our Country; that they both served
under Capt Abrm Haring & Majr Goethuis in what was at
that time called Govr Livingston's Rangers: That the period of service
to the best of deponents recollection was nine months under each:
That during the nine months under Goethuis the said Henry
was taken prisoner by the Enemy and conveyed to the City of New York, and kept in confinement as this deponent afterwards was
informed by the said Henry, on Board of the prison ship and in
the Sugar House (so called at the time) for upwards of Six months:
That the circumstances above briefly mentioned took place
during the years of 1777 and 1778: -- That this deponent and the said Henry were intimate friends as well as companions in arms
at the time above referred to, and there has nothing taken place
since that period in the Character of the said Henry to the knowledge
of this deponent to lessen in any degree the good opinion of him heretofore cherished: That he has sustained a very Respectable
standing whilst residing in this section of our Country, and has
been honored with several important stations in public life.

Gerardus Riker

Sworn to in open Court
the 14th day of August 1832

P Riker Recorder of the City of New York

I Richard Hatfield Clerk of the Court of the General Sessions of the City and County of New York do certify that the above is the signature of the Honourable Richard Rikers and that he the said Riker is the Recorder of the City of
New York and first Judge of said
County
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Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 14th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two

Richard Hatfield
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  W. H. Van Dalsem Esquire
No. 352 Hudson Street
New York
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1. Regt. Coll. John Lasher
V Lieut. Coll Andrew Stockholm
V Major William Smith Livingston
1st Captain James Abeel {1. Lieut. John Baucker 2. Lieut. Thomas Beckman

2nd Capt. Abraham Van Dyck {1. Lieut. John Anthony 2. Lieut. Henry Breevort

3rd Capt William Leonard {1. Lieut. John Harbeck  2. Lieut. Oliver Meldeberger

4th Capt. Theophilus Beekman {1. Lieut. Ethan Sickles  2. Lieut. Thomas Lawrence

5th Capt. David Dickson {1 Lieut. Joseph Fortin  2. Lieut. Robert Troup

6th Capt. William Willcocks {1. Lieut. Ralph Thurman  2. Lieut. Edward Dunscomb

7th Capt. Charles Dickenson {1. Lieut. Abm. Mesier 2. Lieut. Thomas Warner

8th Capt. Jacob Wright {1. Lieut. Jefrey Hicks 2. Lieut. Benjamin North

9th Capt. Jaques Rapelje  {1. Lieut. George Carpenter  2. Lieut. John Vandenburgh

10th Capt. Viner Van Zandt {1. Lieut. Frederick Stymets  2. Lieut. Samuel Johnson

Mathew Davis Quarter Master Jeronimus Hoogland Adjutant

August 12th 1776 The above is a true return made out by Colo. Lasher and desired by him to be by me this day delivered to Congress in order to procure as soon as possible the several Commissions. [illegible] Livingston

State of New York}
Secretary's Office}

I certify the preceding to be a true copy of a certain return or list of Officers bound in book No. 34 page 32 of Revolutionary Documents deposited in this office by John McKesson pursuant to law & endorsed "Miscellaneous Papers 1775. 1776"

Given under my hand and the seal of this office at the city of Albany the 30th day of July 1832.

Archd. Campbell
Dep. Secretary
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A list of the officers Nominated for the first Battalion
[left coulmn]
John Lasher Coll 
Abm Brasher Lieut Coll
Andrew Stockholm first major  
Sebastian Bauman Second DO

James Alner Capt.
James Moore 1. Lieut }Prussian Blues
Henry Tiebout  2. do
Henry Brasher 3.do

John Roosevelt Capt
Charles Dickinson 1 lieut }Swego Rangers
Abrahm Messier 2. do
Gerd. Duyckiuck 3 do

Henry G. Livingston Capt.
Andrew Lott 1. Lieut
James VanZemdt 2. do } Fusilers
Benjm Seixas 3 do
Wm S. Livingston 4 Do

James Abel Capt
John Johnson 1. Lieut
John Baucker 2. do }Rangers
Abm B. Bncker 3. do

John Berrian Capt
Frederick Jay 1. Lieut
David Dickson 2. Lieut }Hearts of Oak
Corns. Bogert 3. Lieut

Abm. Van Dyck Capt.
John Anthony 1. Lieut
James Byers 2. Lieut } Granadiers
Ephrm. Brasher 3. Lieut

[right column
Wm. W.Gilbert Capt
John Wiley 1. lieut 
Wynant VanZemdt 2. do } Light infantry
George Yeoman 3. do 

Abm. A. Van Wyck Capt
Theophils Beckman 1. Lieut
Gerardus Beckman 2. n Lieut }
John Young 3. Do

Wm. Leonard Capt
Peter Grim 1. Lieut
John Harbeck 2 do }German Fusiliers
Oliver Mildeberger 3.do 

Mallachi Treat Surgeon
Philip Brasher adjutant
William Leary Quarter Master

Abm. P. Lott Capt.
John Leary 1. Lieut
Peter Kettelas 2. do }Light Horse
Thomas Buckman 3. do
Jeremiah Allen Adjutant & Q.M.

Samuel Tuder Capt.
James Seagrove Capt. Lieut
John Devon 1. Lieut } Artillery
Nichs. H. Bogert 2. do
Francis Lewis Jr. 3. do

[below columns]
State of New York}
Secretarys Office}

I certify the above to be a true copy of a List of officers endorsed "Return of the Field & other Officers of Col. Lashers Battalion, commissions dated Sept. 24 1775" bound up in book No. 26 of the Revolutionary papers deposited in this office by John McKesson page 99 & which book is marked "Military Returns de 1775"

Given under my hand and the seal of this office at the City of Albany the 30th day of July 1832
Archd. Campbell
Dep Secretary
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Secretary's Office
Albany July 30, 1832
Sir,
Your letter of the 28 inst. was received this day, and in answer thereto I have to state that there are no returns in this office of the soldiers who were out or enlisted in the early part of the Revolutionary war. Among the revolutionary papers deposited here by John McKesson in 1822 there are lists of officers, but in many instances not in an authentic form. I have after a good deal of search found two lists of the officers of Col. Lasher's Regiment of which I enclose copies. The name of Capt Wm. W. Gilbert is in one, Lieut. Frederick Stymets in the other. Perhaps they may be of some use- at any rate I can find nothing else that would answer the purpose intended by your letter - For one dollar which please enclose to me as soon as convenient
Respectfully, Archd. Campbell
Dep. Secretary
Wm. H. Van Dalsem
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State of Indiana}
Fayette County} SS
Connersville Township}

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the township, County & State aforesaid Henry Van Dalsem who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served no less than the periods mentioned below in the following grades, For six months during the winter of 1775 and spring of 1776 I served as a private under the command of Captain William W. Gilbert as a volunteer, this term of service was at the commencement of the revolutionary war I entered the service in consequence of the British man of war Asia having fired upon the city of N. York and during the whole of this term I was stationed in the city_
For five months between the months of June and November 1776 I served as an private[interlined] enlisted soldier under Lieut. Frederick Stymets in Col. Lashers regiment of the New York State troops as I now believe, but when I made my declaration [interlined] before the court in August last[end interlined] I was under the impression that the regiment of Col. Lasher belonged to the continental line, but now think I was then mistaken and I have rec'd from the Secretary of State of N. York a list of the names of the officers of the said regiment_ I find from that list that Viner Van Zant was the capt. of the company to which I belonged but at this distance of time I have no recollection of his having served with the company, and I am satisfied that Stymets was generally & usually in command_ For one month in the months of January & February in the year of 1777 I served as a volunteer & a private under Captain Abraham Blauvelt in the Bergen County militia_ During this month I was stationed at Millstone within 4 miles from N. Brunswick where the British were in winter quarters, Our duty was to prevent the British from plundering the surrounding country

For one month in April & May 1777 I served as a private (and as substitue for Robert Licher) under Capt. Hogencamp, during this month I was stationed at Passiac Falls

For one year from June or July 1777 until June or July 1778 I served as an orderly sergeant under Capt. Abraham Haring & Maj. Goethius in the Bergen County Rangers commonly called Gov. Livingston's Rangers, while in this service on the 5th December 1777 I was taken prisoner and confined in prison ships & the Sugar House in N York until the 18th June following when I made my escape from the Sugar House and rejoined my company with which I served out the year
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For six months in the years 1778 & 1779 I served six months as a private & Volunteer in the Regiment of Bergen county volunteers commanded by Col. Dey, a part of which time I was commanded by Capt. Thomas Blanch and a part of the time by Capt. Haring, during which period I with the other volunteers were employed in securing the lines between the British and American posts - During all which periods of Service For [Seventeen][crossed out] One year and Seven months I served as a private and for one year I served as an orderly Sergeant; and for such service I claim a pension -
 And I further state that when I made my declaration before the court of Probate of this county at the August terms last past it was my impression that I was unable to prove any part of my service by any living witness, but having written to my Son William in N. York he has procured for me the testimony of Matthias Riker of Bergen Cy. N. Jersey, Gerardius Riker of the city of N. York and of Cornelius Rooza and Zadock Heddom Esqs. of the city of New York and whose certificates I forward with this amendment to my declaration, The above testimony I was ignorant of when my declaration was made as above stated. I have also through the agency of my said son procured the certificate of the Sec. of State of N. York containing a list of officers in Col. Lasher's regiment, which list of officers being on the records of that state caused me to believe that Col. Lasher's regiment was of the N. York state troops instead of the Continental line as in my declaration is stated.

Henry Van Dalsem [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 12th day of December in the Year A.D. 1832. 

Moses Fay  [signature]
Justice of the Peace [handwritten seal]

State of Indiana}
Fayette County}SS

I William Caldwell clerk of the circuit court of the said county of Fayette do hereby certify that a Moses Fay Esquire is on this day to wit the 12th day of December 1832 an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such as required by statute, and by virtue of said office is duly qualified to administer the oath, and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace, and that the signature [crossed out] purporting to be his [end crossed out] attached to the above Jurat purporting to be his is genuine said Jurat was made & signed the said Moses Fay was a Justice

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office the 12th day of December A.D. 1832
Wm. Caldwell Clr. Fayette
County Circuit Court
 [physical seal affixed]