Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19133, for John Sikes, Vermont
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(3—1776)

Sikes, John
or Sykes
Lucy


SERVICE
Conn.
Vt.


NUMBER
W 19133
B.L. Wt. 26.020-160-SS


CONTENTS
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20.441
New York

John Sykes
of Herkimer Co. in the State of N. York
who was a private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain Grayson of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Williams in the Connt. 
line for 6 mos. 5 days


Inscribed in the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 20 Dollars 55 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept.
1833 — and Sent to James Maimley 
Frankford

Arrears to the 4th Sept 33                   $41.10
                                                                   10.27
Semi-anl. allowance ending March '34  10.27

{Revolutionary Claim,
[illegible] June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 86
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John Sykes;s Declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7-1832 -

Please to write to James Maimley at Frankfort in the County of Herkimer and State of New York -
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State of Newyork
Herkimer County } ss:

On this tenth 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 John Sykes a resident of t he town of Herkimer in the county of Herkimer and state of New York aged seventy nine years one month and sixteen days who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832 -

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herin stated - 

That the first term he served was in the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five immediately after the battle of Lexington he then being a resident of the town of Suffield in the county of Hartford in the state of Connecticut - That he and others on the alarm and order for men reaching the said town of Suffield by express to march to Lexington in the state of Massachusetts turned out as volunteers and commenced their march for Lexington aforesaid that the volunteer company to which he belonged and in which he marched was commanded by lieutenant Joel Adams - there was no ensign at that time in said company - That the said company of volunteers in which he served marched to the town of Brimfield in the state of Massachusetts distant about thirty miles from the aforesaid town of Suffield where they were met by an officer with orders for them to return home - that he was out in this tour of service about one week when he was honourably discharged - That he has no documentary evidence of his service and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

That the second term he served was in the month of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five

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he then being a resident of the town of Suffield in the county of Hartford & State of Connecticut - That there were orders for men to go to Boston in the county of Suffolk and state of Massachusetts That he turned out as a volunteer and marched to the town of Sprinfield in the county of Hampshire and state of Massachusetts and distant ten miles from the aforesaid tour of Suffield That he belonged to a volunteer company commanded by lieutenant Joel Adams - That the name of the ensign of said volunteer company was Zadock Granger - That after remaining a few days at Sprinfield aforesaid he was honourably discharged - That he served in this tour about one week - That he has no documentary evidence of his service and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge - That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

That the third term he served he enlisted at the town of Suffield in the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut he then being a resident of the said town of Suffield about the last of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six for the period of two months in a company commanded by Captain Harman - That the name of the lieutenant of said company was Samuel Granger & that of the ensign was also Granger but his given name he has forgotten - That the said company in which he enlisted began their march for Roxburry in the State of Massachusetts aforesaid about the first of February in the said year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six - That they marched through Sprinfield and Worcester in the said State of Massachusetts and there to Roxburry in said state where they joined the American army then investing Boston under the command of general Washington - That he has forgotten the name of the colonel who commanded the regiment to which the company in which he served in was attached after their arrival at Roxburry aforesaid nor does he remember the name of the major of said regiment - That the said regiment

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belonged to a brigade commanded by general Wolcott - That he remained in the service till the first day of April in the said year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six when he was honourably discharged having fully served out the time for which he had enlisted - That while on this tour of service at Roxburry aforesaid he was employed in the siege of Boston till the evacuation of that town on or about the seventeenth day of March in the said year one thousnd seven hundred and seventy six by the British army - That after his aforesaid discharge at Roxburry aforesaid he was five days in returning home the roads being bad at t hat season of the year and the distance being about one hundred and ten miles to Suffield aforesaid in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut where he had his residence - That he has no documentary of his service and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - 

That the fourth term he served was about the middle of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six as near as he can now remember - That he volunteered to go to a place near New London in the county of New London and State of Connecticut  the British having either made or threatened a descent from their ships on the coast in the vicinity of the town of New London aforesaid - That the volunteer company to which he belonged was commanded by captain Zadock Granger  - That the name of the lieutenant of said volunteer company was Josiah King and that of the ensign Kendall - That they marched to the town of Hartford in the county of Harford and State of Connecticut distant from the town of Suffield in the latter county his place of residence twenty miles where they were ordered to return home - That on his return he was honorably discharged having served about five days - That he has no documentary evidence of his service and discharge none  having been given to him at the time of his discharge.

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that he knows of no person whose testimony he can provide who can testify to his service.

That the fifth term he served he entered the service as a volunteer to go to the city of Newyork in the State of Newyork about the middle of the month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he then being a resident of the town of Suffield in the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut - That at the time he volunteered there was no particular time specified as to the period of service - That the volunteer company in which he served was commanded by captain Zadock Granger - That the name of the lieutenant was Josiah King t hat said company had no ensign - That the volunteer company to which he belonged formed part of a corps of volunteers commanded by major Newberry - That the said corps commanded by t he aforesaid major Newberry marched for the city of Newyork in the State of Newyork through the towns of Windsor Hartford Weathersfield New Haven and Stratford in the State of Connecticut to a place the name of which he has forgotten on Long Island Sound where they embarked on board of a vessel and sailed down the said Sound to the city of Newyork where they landed and joined the American army under the command of Washington then encamped in that city and in its vicinity - That the said corps in which he served remained in the city of Newyork till the American army evacuated that city when the raid corps returned with the said American army northerly to Wings Bridge which connects the island on which the said city of Newyork stands with the main and thence to the main in the county of Westchester in the said State of Newyork where the said corps of volunteers in which he served and commanded by the aforesaid major Newberry remained with the said American army under the aforesaid general Washington till about the middle of October in the said year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six when he was

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honourably discharged having served about two months That he was about six or seven days returning home after his said discharge the distance being about one hundred & fifty miles - That he has no documentary evidence of his service and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge - That he know of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - 

That he thinks that the sixth term he served he volunteered in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven there being an alarm the British threatening to make a descent on the coast of the state of Connecticut not far from the town of New London in the latter state as was said - That the volunteer company in which he served was commanded by captain Zadock Granger - That the name of the lieutenant was Josiah King and that of t he ensign he thinks was Kendall - That they marched from the town of Suffield in the county of Hartford in the state of Connecticut he then being a resident of the said town of Suffield to the town of Hartford in t he said county of Hartford an distant from his said residence about twenty miles where they received orders to return home the enemy having departed from the coast - That he was out on this tour of service about one week when he was honourably discharged - That he has no documentary evidence of his service and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge - That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - 

That the seventh term he served the militia regiment in which he served was ordered out in mass about the middle of the month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he then being a resident of the town of Marlborough in the county of Bennington and state of Vermont against the British army under the command of general Burgoyne - That the said militia regiment

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to which he belonged and in which he served was commanded by colonel Williams and the company in which he served was commanded by captain Warren - That the name of the lieutenant of said company was Mather - The ensign Mr Truman  did not turn out on account of indisposition That he does not now remember t he given names of the said captain lieutenant and ensign - That the said regiment in which he served after being assembled crossed the Green mountains in the state of Vermont and marched to Bennington in the aforesaid county of Bennington and state of Vermont and distant from the aforesaid town of Marlborough about thirty miles which they reached shortly after the battle of Bennington fought between the Americans under general Stark and a detachment of the British army under colonel Baum - That he saw the prisoners that the Americans had taken in the said battle of Bennington at the aforesaid town of Bennington - That the said regiment marched by the most direct rout from the aforesaid town of Bennington to Saratoga and there joined the American army That the said regiment to which he belonged and commanded by the aforementioned colonel Williams encamped with the said American army where said regiment was employed in fortifying the American camp and in such other duties as the exigency of the times required till about the nineteenth day of the month of September in the said year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven when the first battle was fought between the American army under the aforesaid general Gates and the British army under the aforesaid general Burgoyne - That he was in said action the said regiment to which he belonged being engaged a part of the time with the enemy in said action - That general Arnold as he is informed of the

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American continental army was at Saratoga while he was there with the said militia regiment commanded by the aforesaid colonel Williams - That he does not now remember the names of any of the officers belonging to the continental army or to the militia save those which he has named - That shortly after the said action between the American and British armies fought as aforesaid about the nineteenth of September as before stated and as he believes two or three days the said militia regiment in which he served and commanded by the aforesaid colonel Williams was dismissed and allowed to return home - That upon the dismissal of said regiment he was honourably discharged having served about four weeks including the three days he was returning from Saratoga in the state of Newyork aforesaid to the town of Marlborough his place of residence in the aforesaid state of Vermont - That he has no documentary evidence of his service none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge - That he knows of person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - 

That the eighth term he served the militia company to which he belonged he then being a resident of the town of Marlborough in the county of Bennington and state of Vermont commanded by captain Warren was ordered in the early part of the month of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine to go to the town of Westmoreland in the county of Windham in the said state of Vermont on an alarm it bring thus reported and believed that the British had made an inroad into the northerly part of the said state of Vermont that the name of the lieutenant of said company was Mather - That the said company marched to the said town of Westmoreland in the aforesaid county of Windham

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and distant from the aforesaid town of Marlborough his residence about thirty miles where they were ordered to to return home the reported inroad of the British turning out to be untrue - That he was out on t his tour of service about one week including the day in which he returned from Westmoreland aforesaid to Marlborough aforesaid where he had his residence - That he was honourably discharged after having served as above state - That he has no documentary evidence of his said service and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge - That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - 

That the ninth term he remembers to have served was in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty and in the early part he believes of the month of November the company commanded by captain Warren to which he belonged being called out upon a report that a party of Tories and Indians had made an incursion into the town of Newfane in the county of Bennington and state of Vermont - That the name of the lieutenant of said company to which he belonged was Mather - That the said company marched to near the boundary of the aforesaid town of Newfane where they encamped and constructed defensive works in case they should be attacked by the enemy - That the report of the incursion of the Tories and Indians proving unfounded  they were discharged and returned to their respective homes - That he was out on this tour of service three days - That he has no documentary evidence of his service and discharge none having been given to him at the time of his aforesaid discharge - That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said service - 

That he was born at the town of Suffield in the county of Hartford in the state of Connecticut on the twenty

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[twenty] fifth day of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty three - That he has no record of his age save on in his family bible - That he resided in the said town of Suffield & county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five when the revolutionary war commenced - That he continued to have his residence in the said town of Suffield when not out in the service as above stated till the month of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven when he moved from the said town of Suffield in the aforesaid county of Hartford and state of Connecticut to the town of Marlborough in the county of Bennington and state of Vermont where he fixed his residence and resided till the month of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine when he moved from the said town of Marlborough in the county of Bennington and state of Vermont to the town of Cambridge in the county of Washington and State of Newyork where he resided till March in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety one when he moved from the said town of Cambridge to the town of Fort Ann in the said county of Washington where he resided till the month of March in the year one thousand eight hundred or one thousand eight hundred and one when he moved from the said town of Fort Ann to t he town of Herkimer in the county of Herkimer & state of Newyork where he has had his residence since and where he now resides - That he has no record of his age save on in his family bible -

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the day and year aforesaid

John Sikes

Sworn to in Open Court
Oct 10th 1892

Julius C Nelson Clerk


We Philo M. Hackley — residing in the town of Herkimer in the county of Herkimer and Stephen Carpenter — residing in the same town and county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Sikes who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 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 - 

Philo M Hackley
Stephen Carpenter

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court Julius C Nelson Clerk


I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Herkimer do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Sykes for a pension - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
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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 Phil M. Huckley and Stephen Carpenter who have signed the preceeding affidavit are residents in the town of Herkimer and county of Herkimer are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.


I Julius C. Nelson - Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Herkimer do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Sykes for a pension - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -

Julius C Nelson Clerk
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John Sykes,s Declaration
for a pension under the act
of Congress of June 7 - 1832
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In the Matter of John
Sikes an applicant for
a pension under the act
of Congress of June 7 - 1832


Herkimer County ss: Charles Harvey of the town of Herkimer in said county being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been intimately acquainted with John Sikes the person named in the annexed declaration and who has subscribed to and sworn to the same for about thirty years past having resided during said period within a mile of the residence of the said John Sikes - That the said John Sikes has sustained ever since he became acquainted with him a fair character and that the said John Sikes is reputed and considered to be a man of truth and veracity - that this deponent has always understood since his aquaintance with the said John Sikes that he was a soldier of the revolution +

Charles Harvey


Sworn to & subscribed
this 11th day of October
1832 - in Open Court

Julius C Nelson Clerk
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[printed page of New Testament]

THE NEW 
TESTAMENT
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,

Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK;

And with the former
TRANSLATIONS

Diligently Compared and Revised,
[b]y HIS MAJESTY'S Special Command.

Appointed to be Read in Churches.

[seal with Latin inscription]

EDINBURGH
Printed by MARK and CHARLES KERR, His Majesty's Printers

MDCCXC,
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Jonathan H. Sykes Born February 24 1787

Mary Sykes Born Oct 1 1791

Lucy Sykes Born Oct 31 1781

John Sykes Born June 16 1789



John Sykes born August 25 1753

Lucy Harvey born August 26 1764

John Sykes and Lucy Harvey
Was Married May 11 1780

Levi B Eddy born  March 6 8102


Lew B Eddy 1809
[illegible]

88

Marie Jan 12 
15

1812

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405 y

New York

Lucy Sykes
widow of John Sykes
Conn.
who died on the 26 July 1839
of Herkimer C in the State of NY
who was a Pri in the Co commanded
by Captain Granger of the reg commanded
by Williams in the Conn
line for 6 mons 5 Days

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 20 Dollars 55 Cents
per annum, to commence on the — of
26. July 1839.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Augt.
1844 and sent to J.A.
Rasback Herkimer, Newyork

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semiannual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3d}

Recorded by F. L. Swann, Clerk,
Book C Vol. 1 Page 128



Paid at the Treasury under the 
Act 6t April 1838 from
4 March to 26 July 1839. Agt
Modified 31. Jany 1845


885
86
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6028

Lucy Sykes -
NY

Act 4 July 36
m 80 d 39
Acmd.
6 mo 5 or pri

20.55 from
26 July 1839. the day
of her husband death

J A Rasback
Herkimer
N.Y.
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State of New York
Herkimer County } ss.

On this second day of October in the Year one thousand Eight hundred and forty three before the Court of Common Please of said County before the Judge thereof in Open Court. the said being a Court of record personally Came Lucy Sykes a resident of the town of Herkimer in the said County of Herkimer aged seventy Eight Years the twenty sixth day of August last past who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in Order to Entitle her to the benefit of the pension made by the law of the United States for paying pensions to Certain widows, That she is the widow of Joh n Sykes who was a soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. And her best recollection now is that he served under Captain Kine under Col. Granger the latter of which this declarent was well acquainted with. That the said John Sykes her husband resided in the town of Suffield in the State of Connecticut when he first went into the service. That she has heard him say he went to New York in the service. also to Roxbury and other places that she cannot now recall at the different places She further declares that she was married to the said John Sykes on the Eleventh day of May in the Year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty at New Marlborough in the State of Vermont. That the marriage was solemnized by the Revd. Gershow Clark Lyman. the then minister of the Presbyterian Church that to annexed leaves taken from the old family Testament contains the record of their marriage and the births of their four and only children. And also of an adopted child brought up by them from its infancy which ward is in the hand writing of [illegible] by her said husband as a family ward. and is the Original family ward [illegible] by her said husband. That her husband the said John Sykes and their declarent immediately after

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their marriage commenced keeping house in the town of Marlborough
in the State of Vermont, their Land joined on the Battle borough
line, that after their marriage and after they were keeping
house a call was made for the militia to them out on
an Execution to New Fane. that her husband went
in the service in the examine they cannot now remember
the officers he tement under the company was called out
with a certain number of days provision but he cannot 
recollect the number of days, that he went with the company
in the said Excersing leaving her a house alone with
no one except a small boy of ten years old named Jedediah
Bartlet to be company for her. That afterwards and
after the said war they removed with their family from
Vermont to Cambridge in the State of New York, thence to
Fort Ann & from thence to Herkimer in the County of
Herkimer where she now resides-- That her said
husband in his lifetime received a pension at the rate
of Twenty dollars fifty-five cents per annum, that the
frequently heard him say after his pension was allowed
that it was not allowed as much as his services entitled
into and that he was told he might have gotten ten
dollars per year more and be known the testimony he was
afterwards informed of - That her husband the aforesaid
Johnes died in the said town of Herkimer on the twenty
Sixth day of July in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty

nine, and that she has ever since remain
and still remains his widow
Sworn & Subscribed in
open Court Oct 2d 1843
Lucy Sykes
In Witness whereof I have hereunto
E.A. Munson Clk set my hand & affixed the Seal
of send Court
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State of New York
Herkimer County ss: On this Seventh day of November
one thousand Eight hundred and forty-three before
the undernamed Justice of the peace in & for said County
personally, came Elijah Harvey of the town of Herkimer
in said County aged Seventy years last
March who being first duly sworn does on
his oath say that he is a brother of Lucy Sykes
of Herkimer widow of John Tasker late of Heskin
deceased, that in the Revolution war he resided
in the State of Vermont where his father, also resided
that his sister the said Lucy was married to the said
in Sykes when she was quite were, that the marriage
took place when he this deponent was but a small boy
and this deponent think before or in the early part of the war
although he cannot now recollect the time that this
deponent has for many years resided in the said
in Herkimer where the said John & Lucy Sykes
also resided for many years before the said John
his died, that the said John Sykes in his life
time received a pension for his revolutionary service
at the rate of about twenty dollars per annum
that he died in the said town several years a
leaving the said Lucy his widow who remain
his widow and now resides in the said ten
Dean
subscribed and sum
Elijah Harvey foremen
No 7. 1843
A Rasbach Justice
I certify that I have for twenty years been personally
acquainted with Elijah Harvey the above deponent and
that he is a man of good moral character and his statements
Entitled to full credit
A Rasbach June
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Set to J. Tucker May 2875
105
Vol 12, page 179.
5530
Act March 3 1855
March 19/55
my Sykes aid of
John Sykes pvt
Revolutionary War
N M
Boynton
Chas. C. Tucker
atty
Present
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1530
Lucy Sykes
Widow
application
for 160
acres of Bounty
Land under the
act of March 3. 1855
the said Lucy
being Revolution
all claimant
530
Bounty Land Claim
Act of March 3, 1855.
Lucy Sykes
widow of John
Revy service
Chas Tucker
Atty
Present.
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State of Mrs Fort.
HERKIMER COUNT CODE
T. CLELAND, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that
and Rasbach
whose hand is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed
was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said
civiling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well
acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the name subscribed to the
sant eradicate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature.
In Witness to have set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this
March
A. D. 1855
Selland Clerk.
Esquire,
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State of New York
Herkimer County ⎬ On this 14th day of March 1855
personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace
in & for the County and State aforesaid Lucy Sykes
aged Ninety years a resident Herkimer in the
said County & State who being duly sworn, declares
that she is the widow of John Sikes deceased
who was a private in the War of the Revolution;
that the said John Sykes her said husband
served as a soldier and performed military
service in the army of the United States in
the said War and for which said service she
as such widow has received and now holds
Pension Certificate No 4057 which said
Pension Certificate is in the words & figures
following to wit
W Cartment " " Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the sd
Section of the Law of the United States of
the 4th of July 1836 Lucy Sykes of Newyork
Widow of John Sykes, who was a private,
in the Revolutionary War, is entitled to
receive Twenty dollars and fifty five cents
per annum during the time she may
remain unmarried, commencing on the
Twenty Sixth day of July 1839, and payable
1
Semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th
of September
Given at the war office
of the United States this Fifth day of
August one thousand Eight hundred and
forty four,
S
Now Wilkins
Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension That the
said certificate from an endorsement on
the back thereof purports to be recorded
in the Pension office in Book C .
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Witness
Vol. 1. Page 128 by F.L. Swan Clerk
to which and the proof and papers on file
in the Department at Washington pertaining
to the said Certificate and the said service of
her said husband and her intermarriage
with him and his death she refers, that
she has not intermarried but continues the
Widow of the above named John Sykes
She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the Bounty to which she may
be entitled under the act passed March 2.
1855 never having received Bounty Land or
knowing that she is entitled except for the
above service, and she believes that no
Bounty Land was ever received by his
husband; and she hereby constitute and
appoint Charles C. Tucker of Washington D.C.
her true and lawful attorney to
cute the above mentioned claim, and to
receive for her benefit the Bounty Land
Warrant which she may be entitled
David Rasbach
Lucy Lykes
chains and subscribed before me the day
year first above written, and on the Same day
personally came before me Nicholas Henty
and & John Lakes residents of the
County and State above named to me know
as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn
declare that they are personally acquainted with
Lucy Sikes Widow of John Sykes
deceased who subscribed by making her
mark the foregoing declaration and
that they were present and saw her
sign her name by make in bank to the same, that
they were personally acquainted with
John Wilkes and his wife during the
life there of the former and know that
they lived together as mand wife and to
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be so reputed and they believe that the
husband of the said Lucy Sykes was a
Soldier in the Revolutionary War and
identical person who performed the
rititary services mentioned in the above
declaration, that the above named John
she is now dead and the said Lucy
Sikes is now a widow, that the said
Certificate a copy of which is inserted in
the before going declaration of the said
Lucy Sepher was at the time produced
by her and exhibited to them and that
they command the same did know
that the Copy inserted is a true
transcript of the original Certificate
and that they verily believe that the
said Lucy Sykes is the identical
person granted in said Certificate, and
they further swear that they are
disinterested
Nicholas Harter
John Sykes
Sworn to and subscribed before me on
the same day and year above mentioned
and I certify that I compared an argue
a pension certificate produce and
exhibited to me by Luciphes above
named with the copy thereof inserted
in the foregoing declaration of the said
Lucy and that the said Copy inserted
is an exact and true transcript of the
said original, that I am well acquain
ted also with the said Lucy Sykes
and believe her to be the insatical
person named in the said Certificate
And I further certify that I am
not interested in the Claim or concer
ned in its prosecution.
David Russell Justice Peace
the
do
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No 14946
John Sykes
Herkimer Co
Ny
Admitted
Private 6 & 5 day
James Main
Franks
Herkimer
N. J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
May 17 1833 
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 John Sykes Herkimer County –
[column headers]
Period when the rendered. 
Duration of the claimant's 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 was 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..

[row 1]
Vol

[row 2]
April 1775
7 days
Private
No Capt
Genl Washington
Lexington
79 years
Traditional Evidence
 
[row 3]
Sept vol 1775	
7 days
Lieut
Barnsfield
[illegible]

[row 4]
Jany 1776 
2 months
at [illegible]
chap
Massachusetts
Days-

[row 5]
July 15th 1776
Capt
Newbury
Ditto
Town of Suffield

[row 6]
Vol
5 days
Granger
Genl Washington
Springfield

[row 7]
Vol Sept – Oct
2 months
Capt Granger
Col [illegible]
Hamshire
Connecticut

[row 8]
April 1777
7 days
Capt
Rosbury

[row 9]
Vol Augt
1 month
Cpat illegible]
Col illegible]
Newton

[row 10]
Sept 1779
7 days
[capt illegible]
N.Y.

[row 11]
Nov 1780
3 days
Hudson New York

1 month 5 days
G. Mountain

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 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.
Sate, Territory, or District of
County of
On this ____ day of ____ personally ____ appeared (a) before ____ A.B. a resident (b) ____ of ____ in the county of ____ and State, Territory or District of ____ aged (c) ____ years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____, with ____ and served in the ____ (e) regiment of the ____ line, under the following named officers: ____

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court,)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of ____. 

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.

(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. ____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ____Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension.

I, ____ Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of officem 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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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition. If one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier,} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer,} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that 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 Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year---months, and --- days. I served as a---.
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 applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely stat 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 engagements, 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.

(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 can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable in the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in (j) note 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.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19133
Widow of
John Stiles
Pri Rev War
Act: July 4th 36
index: -- Vol. M, Page 260
(Arrangement of 1870.]
1906 Nov. 6. History to
Mrs. W. H. Robinson,
by. 23, W. W. Robinson advised widows
place of birth & parentage not homa
Mch. 19. W. H. Robinson furnished data
obtain date of widows death for
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1497 Lemon St.
Rinside, Cal.
Oct. 26, 1906.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am hunting up some Revolution
any records, and have been
advised to mite you in
regard to it. My great
grand mother, Lucy Harvey
Sykes, was a pensioner of the
Revolutionary War, and that
is all I know.
could she
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have drawn a pension other
than as the widow of a Revolutinary
soldier? Can you
give me the record of this
soldier. his full name, date
and place of birth, and
parentage, and where to refer to
his record as a soldier
and any other information
regarding him
as this is a matter of
great importance, I shall
highly appreciate an early
reply, and will meet your
charges upon receipt of this
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desired information
Thompson in advance
for your country
reman
James
Mrs W Robinson
Lemon St.
Rinside
California
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26.020
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Rev. War Section.
Mr. W. H. Robinson,
1487 Lemon Street,
Riverside, California.
Sir:
February 23, 1917.
In response to your letter dated the seventh instant,
you are advised that the papers in the claim of Lucy Sikes
(Syke Wid. File 19,133 Rev. War, show that she was born
August 20, 1784, but the names of her parents, and the place
of her birth are not stated.
Mrs. Robinson was furnished a full tetract of the papers
in the above claim under date of November 6, 1906.
Very respectfully,
me
Commissioner.
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PIERSON W. BANNING
SECRETARY
Suriety, Sons of the Revolution
in the
State of California
621625 CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK BLDG
LOS ANGELES
Riverside, Calif. Feb 7. 1917
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of the Inter
Washington, D.C.
Despon:
The winter wishes to get a copy, (or the
essential information of the application of
Lucy Harvey Sykes for a widows pension as
the widow of John Sykes (the latter pension
was allowed Oct 10. 1832), a soldier of the Revo
lutionary war - Mrs Sykes application may give
data as to place of outh parentage &c, that will
of great interest to the writen wife who is
descendent. The number I believe is Widow File
No 19133. Rev. War
Thanking you in advance
Very respectfully
W. H. Robinson
1497 Lemon St.
Riverside
Calif
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GIDEON PRINTER
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Nov. 25th 1843. 
Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States" , and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of John Sykes, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and 55 cents per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 26th July 1839. Respectfully, yours, Albion K. Parris Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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[stamp] Army and Navy MAR 7 1918 RECEIVED
[Letterhead] W. W. PHELPS PRESIDENT A. H. BROUSE CASHIER H. A. WESTBROOK, VICE PRESIDENT R. S. PADGET, ASSISTANT CASHIER O. J. PALMER, ASSISTANT CASHIER THE NATIONAL BANK OF RVERSIDE CAPITAL $100,000.00 RIVERSIDE CALIF. 
 Feb 26, 1918 
To Commissioner-  Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.  
Dear Sir:  --- The writer has before him statement of your Bureau of date of Nov 5, 1906 referring to [written above: John Sikes War Rev]  Widow's File 19133 O.W. & N. Div. in which is given facts as to John Sykes and his widow's application for Pensions/ widow  allowed pension in 1844. [stamp: Army and Navy Division  MAR 8 1918 RECEIVED] I wish to get the date of the death of the widow named Lucy Harvey Sykes of Herkimer NY.  I presume your records show this, or at least the date of Termination of Pension payments to her - which would approximate the date of her death - Thanking you in advance I remain yours very respectfully W. H. Robinson 1497 Lemon St Riverside, Calif.
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[stamp upper right]
LAW DIVISION MAR 4 1918 RECEIVED

[stamp middle]
PENSION OFFICE U.S. MAR 4 1918
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O. W. and N. Division. 3-525.
ISl.
M File 19133
Rev War.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Sikes, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
Apl. 75 1 mos LT. Joel Adams X Conn
Sept 75 1mos
Jan 76 2 mos Capt. Harmon
July 76 5 days Capt Zadock Brangth[?}
Aug 76 2 mos. Capt "" Maj Newbury
Apl. 77 1 week """ X
Aug. 77 1 mos Capt Warren Col. Williams Vt.
Sept. 79 1 wk ""
Nov. 80 3 days ""
Battles engaged in, Stillwater
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Suffield Conn May 1777 [illegible] Vt.
Date of application for pension, Oct 10, 1832 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Herkimer, Herkimer Co, NY
Age at date of application, B. Aug 5, 1753 - Suffield, Hartford Co, Conn. the
Remarks: [illegible] at [illegible] Marlboro Vt. May 11, 1780 Lucy Harvey born Aug 26, 1764
[illegible] died July 6, 1839  [illegible] Oct 2 1843 res Herkimer, NY.
Only children Lucy born Oct 31, 1781 - John b. Jan. 16, 1784. Jonathan H b. Feby 24, 1787, Mary b. Oct.  1, 1791 - Adopted child Levi B. Eddy born Mch. 6, 1802.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
20581b3mll-05
36.620.791
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J.A. Rasbach Justice 
State of New York }
Herkimer County  }
I certify that John A Rasback Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Herkimer duly elected & qualified and that his term of service commence on the first day of January 1842 & will expire on the thirty first day of December 1845 and that his signature above written is genuine- 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County Nov 17th 1843. 
E.A. Munson Clerk 

The above certificate is forwarded as a general certificate to be filed in your office to have the [illegible] of Expense in getting the Clerks certificate each time, the applicants complain much of this expense to each affidavit
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J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Rensselaerville 
Albany County 
New York 
May 20. 1833
J.L. Edwards Esq 
Com of Pensions 
Dear Sir 
Herewith I return to you the papers of Deliverance Smith an applicant for a Pension under the act of June 7, 1832. There are none made out in strict conformity to the directions relating to this case forworded to Mr James Van Ingen- he consequence of the extreme illness of Van Ingen the declaration of Mr Smith has been amended and sworn to before me, and at the request of Mr Smith and Mr Van Ingen, I am hereafter to take charge of his case-- I wish you therefore to be particular and send certificate and all communications relating to this claim directed to J. B. Moore Rensselaerville New York
Respectfully yours
J.B. Moore

P.S. Don’t fail to forward certificate as soon as possible 
J. B. Moore
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1928
N.W. 1843
Lucy Sykes
July 4, 1836
J L Edward Esq
Washington
Com of Pensions
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Enclosed Mount the claim or
widow of John Sykes for pension
in his lifetime was a pensioner
the records of their marriage thein
his lifetime accompany to claim and
the testimony of her brother identifies her
the amount her husband and
annually, and the widow claims that was less the
entitled him to
J L Edwards 
Com of Pension