Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25327, Conrad Bevier, New York
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(8-1776)
Service 
New York
Bevier, Conrad
or Bovier
Catharine
Number W; 25327
B.L.Wt. 30.609.-160.-5.5_
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New York
Conrad, Bevier
of _____in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hasbrouck of the regiment commanded by Colonel Paulding in the New York line for 23 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 16 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of July 1833 and sent to JN Mitchell
[illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $153.32
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September 33 $38.33
= $197.63

Revolutionary Claim,
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Conrad Bevier
[Inverted signature:] Mitchell
Conrad Bevier
v15973
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State of New York
County of Ulster
SS
On this 11th Day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid and being a Court of record now sitting, Conrad Bevier a resident of the town of Warwarsing in said County aged 74 1/2 years who being put duly sworn according to the Law doth as his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Offices and served as herein stated viz [namely]
That on or about the first of July 1776 he volunteered for 5 months in the company of Captain Jacob Hasbrouck as a private in the Militia or State troops in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Paulding - and in the Brigade of General George Clinton to Fort Montgomery that he was marched from the town of [illegible] where he volunteered to Fort Montgomery that after laying there about 1 month as he thinks they were required by Colonel Paulding to march to Kingsbridge to join the army that had evacuated the City of New York - that he was there as he thinks about 1 month - that from Kingsbridge he was marched to Fort Washington that he was there a few days - that a part of the British Army went up the East  River and upon the commander  [illegible] [illegible] they were ordered to White Plains where he first saw General Washington - that while there they dug entrenchments - that the Regiment of Colonel Paulding was in the said entrenchment and several others that General Scotts Brigade lay next to them. that he was driven from the same and that broke the line when they recited further up the hill and dug again and continued the engagement - and maintained their position. General McDougal was in the same acton. General Washington was then the Commander - there was Connecticut light horse there - General Clinton was there - that he remained at White plains about 10 or 12 days - and from there General Clintons Brigade was marched to Peekskill  and there lay in tents until late in the fall until snow fell that from there they were sent in a sloop to fort Constitution and lay there until discharged.
That next, on or about the first of August 1777 the Regiment lying in the town of Rochester was Ordered out from that place under the Command of Colonel Levi Paulding and Colonel Jacob Hasbrouck and was in the Company of Captain Schoonmaker - and was marched to Stillwater in Saratoga County that then when at that place he met his Brother who was in the Artillery under the Command of Major Stephens that his brother was sick and unfit for duty that he obtained the consent of his Captain to take the place of his brother then the Militia were about being soon to return that he was in the said artillery - Command that he was in the engagement at the Battle of Stillwater that the Commander was
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in Chief Command was General Gates that General Arnold and General Lincoln were there that General Arnold and General Lincoln were wounded in that Battle that the British under Burgoin [sic] retreated to Saratoga that he was marched to Saratoga the British on one side of the Saratoga creek and the Americans on the other - that there was some firing and harassing but no further general Battle that General Burgoin there surrendered and marched to the tune of Yankee Doodle through our army- that General Stark met Burgoin and checked his retreat - That he was out during said service for 4 months and was marched back to Albany and their Discharged
That Next, in the year 1778 or 1779 which this Deponent can't exactly remember but thinks it was in 1778. he volunteered for 8 months in the Company Commanded by Captain Faulkner in the Regiment of Colonel Paulding to Serve on the frontier that he volunteered in Rochester he was stationed at [illegible] the Regiment was divided - he was at[illegible] that the Indians broke in at that place. that he was one who discovered the same and was sent out as a scout to see if they could make any discoveries - that Captain Graham was killed on that day a few others - that from [illegible] they pursued the Indian until near the Delaware river - but could not over take them again and from there back again along the frontier- for the said service of 8 months as a private that he volunteered at Rochester and [illegible line is broke by the paragraph below it]
That next in the month of March 178[illegible] he was again a volunteer for 8 months as a private in the Company Commanded by Captain Piercy in the Regiment of Colonel Paulding at Rochester and was marched from Rochester to a Fort. built of wood at Lackawack and there lay at said place under the Command as aforesaid that while there he was commanded by Lieutenant Nottingham that while there the Indians made the attack upon Warwarsing in the Beginnings of August he was in a small detachment of 12 men under Captain Piercy and went to the assistance of the fort at Warwarrsing that he was in 2 or 3 skirmishes - and was discharged at Warwarsing after serving the said 8 months - from Warwarsing he was in pursuit of the Indians to the Delaware River - and that the Indians verified the same.
That next he was out as a volunteer for several small services but had set forth enough to make 2 full years services
which last were short services and hard to prove
That he has no documentary proof of his services
That he to the interrogations prescribed by the War Department and put by the Court he answers to the first
1st That he was born in the Town of Rochester in the year 1758 on the 26th Day of April
2nd That his age is recorded in the family Bible in the possession of his son at Aurelius
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in the County of Cayuga - that it is also recorded in the Church at Warwarrsing -
3rd That he lived in Rochester until 1782 then removed to Mamakatting and there lived to 1790 and there moved to Rochester where he now lives - the town having been divided since and he is now in Warwarsing-
4th That he was in each of the scream Engagements as set forth - a volunteer in the Militia
5th That he was set forth a list of regular officers he was stationed with in the 1st and 2nd services and the Battles and Marches he etc. referred thereto.
6th That he never received a written discharge.
7th That he has many acquaintances in the town where he resides That he was a Justice of the Peace in said Town about 20 years
That he resides 25 Miles from this place where the Court is held and Could not get the clergyman to attend Court - but had and produced in Court a Certificate of [illegible] with the Clergyman of the Church of which I am a member - in full communion and have been for 40 years 
That - Jacob Dewitt and William Dewitt Cornelius Depuy and Johann Eckert - to prove his service and good character to which also each of the Court will add their certificate
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Conrad Bevier
Sworn to and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Before AD Lopes Hunt Judge
Abraham A Deyo

HG. Handenbergh Judges
John Jansen
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These certify that Conrad Bevier of the Town of Warwarsing is a person of the strictest integrity, and of unimpeachable veracity and that he is now, as appears from the Church of Record in my possession in his 75th year, being born in the year Anno Dom. 1758. in the month of May -
Abraham J. Smits Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Warwarsing
September 8th 1832
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I William Dewitt & Jacobus Dewitt [name struck out] a resident of the Town of Shawangunk in the Ulster County do certify that I am very well acquainted with Conrad Bevier Esq who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that I know that he served for 5 months as 1st Let forth and for 8 months under Capt Piercy as 4th Let forth ^and of the 8 months under Cap Faulkner [?] that he was out with him and saw him & know that he served-- that I am well satisfied that he performed the other engagements set forth by having heard of the same at that time and after since of which I have not the least doubt -- that he is a man of the most exalted character for truth veracity and moral character-- that I believe him to be 74 years of age 
Sworn to and Subscribed Day and year aforesaid Before AD Soper First Judge
 Willam Dewitt [signature]
 
I Jacobus Dewitt a resident of the Town of Wawarsing do certify that I am well acquainted with Conrad Bevier Esq who has subscribed & Sworn to the aforesaid declaration that I know of the two last 8 month each Engagements as set forth under Capt Faulkner & Capt Piercy that I saw him and know that he served that at the time of the two first Engagement of 5 mo & 4 Mo. I know he served as he has set forth and of which I have no doubt- --- that his character is as good as any in the Town in which he resides -- that is reputed & believed to be 84 years of age 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Jacobus Dewitt [signature]
 Before AD Soper First Judge ---

I as Depuy a resident of the Town of Wawarsing do certify that I am well acquainted with Conrad Bevier who has subscribed the aforesaid declaration that I know of the services as 2nd Let forth for 4 month under Captain [scratched out] Major Stephens and that ^I know he served for 8 months under Capt Piercy as aforesaid - and that I verily believe from having frequently heard of the remainder of the services set forth that they were all faithfully performed that he is a man of unimpeachable character 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Cornelius Depuy [signature]
Before AD Soper First Judge
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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 that we have no doubt served as he states. And the Court further certifies they they are severally acquainted with the reputation of the above named applicant which is of the first order that Abraham I. Smith it appears to us is the Clergy man at Warwarsing at the residence of the above named applicant the above named witnesses is Wm Dewitt, Jacobus Dewitt & Col Deprey, Johannes Eckert are credible witnesses and of undoubted veracity. and were severally sworn in open Court.

A Draper, First Judge
Ab'm G Hardenburgh, Abm A  Deyo, John Jensen - Judges

I Johann Eckert a resident of the Town of New Park in said County do Certify that I am well and personally acquainted with Conrad Bevier who has been sworn to and subscribed the aforesaid Declaration that I have known and served with him for 5 months in 1776 under [illegible] that the same is properly set forth that he has the reputation of having served more but that I have not personally seen more being a resident of another town. That he has a reputation for integrity and good moral character of the first order.
Johannes Eckert X his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Ab'm Hardenburgh, one of the Judges of Ulster Common Pleas

J. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Conrad Bevier for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 10" day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder
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15.973
Conrad Bevier
Alder C N York
L.J Named
James Mitchell
Shawangunk N.Y.
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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 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, eschewing the Service of Conrad Bevier
Period when the service was rendered/Duration of the claimant's service/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

July 1776/ 5 months/Private Capt Hasbrouck Col Paulding General Clinton/Summer White Plains/Fishkill to Montgomery from Kings Bridge in New York/34 year/By living witness

cont 1777/4 months/Private/Capt Schommidier/Col Paulding Col \NWimbuto/in White Plains

1778 to 1779/8 months/Capt Faulkner/Col Paulding/Rochester NY

1781 3 months/Capt Piercy/col Paulding/From Rochester to Lackawack

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 bouncing military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army until 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 engage engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being an actual military service.
For 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 rules of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the county were 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 7th of June, 1832.
State, 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 first 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 except for 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 very so asked to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belong to the militia, volunteers, navy and &c.]

He nearby 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 subscribe the day and year aforesaid.
[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 foregoing contains the original procedures 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, Volunteer, or Militia, except those who belong 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 certified, 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 has repeated 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 for certified, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same as 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 Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension. 

In the 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 well done 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 produced 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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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 giv- a soldier 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 [illegible] 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 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. 
 [c] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
 [d] 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 state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places, where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
 [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 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
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State of New York
County of Ulster Ss.
Conrad Bevier a Resident of the Town of Wawarking in the County of Ulster aforesaid after being duly sworn according to Law do depose and say that in order to amend an original
declaration for a pension under the law of 7th June 1832 made and Executed by me the said deponent and numbered 15973" in the pension Office-- That in the second Engagement for four months as therein set forth I the said Deponent was ordered out on or about the 1st day of August 1777 with the Militia Regiment
in the Town of Rochester under the command of Colonel Paulding and Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Hornbeck that I was in the company of Captain Schoonmaker and Was Marched from Rochester to Stillwater and was in said Company for two months
That then before the Battle at Bemis's height at or near StillWater on the 7th day of October 1777 I did about the first of October 1777 did take the place of my Brother-- Simon Bevier, who
was employed by a Waggoner in the service of the Artillery
Battallion [sic] of Major Stephens - who was in the Regular service.
that my Brother was in the said service as a Teamster bearing
and serving ammunition for the said Troops of Major Stephens
That he was classed out by order of a Committee for the said
service and I served for the remainder of the said Term of 4 month which was
for 2 month 00 Days as a Teamster for said Artillery-that the following is a Tabular Statement shewing the service of Conrad Bevier
[Handwritten table of nine columns, headed:]
Period during which service was rendered || duration of the claimant’s service || 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 he was engaged || Country through which he marched || Place of abode when he entered the service and at the present period || Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
July 1776 || 5 months || Private militia || Captain Hornbeck, Lieutenant Dewitt, Ensign Westbrook || Colonel Paulding, Major Paulding, General Clinton || White Plains || Fishkill to Montgomery to Kingsbridge New York and white Plains || Rochester New York, 75 years || By living witnesses.
August 1777 || 2 month 00 Days || Militia private || Captain Schoonmaker, Lieutenant Westbrook, Ensign John Dewitt || Colonel Paulding, Colonel Hornbeck || Stillwater || from [illegible] to Stillwater || ___ || By living witnesses.
October 1777 ||2 months 00 Days || Artillery teamster || ___ || Major Stephens || ___ || ___ || 75 years || By living witnesses.
March 1778 or 1779 || 8 months || Private militia || Captain Faulkner, Lieutenant [illegible] Dubois, Ensign __ ||Colonel Paulding, Colonel ___, Major Dewitt || None || On frontiers || 75 years || By living witnesses.
March 1781 || 8 months || private militia || Captain Piercy, Lieutenant Nottingham, Lieutenant ||Colonel Paulding, Major Dewitt || None || On frontiers from Rochester to Lackawack || 75- || By living witnesses.
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That all his said Services set forth in his original declaration unto which this is an amendment was as above as a private in the Militia and as set forth in the preceding amendment & Tabular form was for as a private One Year 11 months and as a Teamster under the command of Maj Stephen carrying ammunition Stationed and moving with the said Troops- and paid by the State and not under a private Contract but was drafted out by a Committee appointed for that purpose (for 2 months) in the whole for two years 1 month and further this Deponent said that.
Sworn to and subscribed this 1st Day Conrad Bevier [signature] of June 1833
Before M. Samuel Johnston Justice of the Peace
I Samuel Johnston the aforementioned Justice of the Peace before whom the aforesaid Deponent was sworn and did subscribe his name do Certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent and know that he is the same Conrad Bevier who did make an original declaration for a pension under the Act of 7th June 1832 to which the preceding is an Amendment. that he is highly respectable and fully entitles to Credit
Samuel Johnston [signature]
Ulster County
Clerks office ss: I Jacob Snyder Clerk of said County and clerk of the Court of common pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Samuel Johnston was on the day of the date of the foregoing affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said Countyduly authorized to take affidavits to and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the certificate of the foregoing affidavit to be genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office this fourth day of June 1833. Jacob Snyder [signature]
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4948
New York City
Catharine Bevier
widow of Conrad Bevier
NY
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 76 dollars 66
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
16th day of February 1853
and sent to A. A. Van Horne
Fonda, New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 12, Vol. H

Died
Nov 6, 1855
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State of New York
County of Ulster
ss
On this Seventh Day February 1834 personally
Appeared Before one of the Justices of the County Court of
the County of Ulster & State of New York Catharine Bevier
a resident of the Town of Warwarsing in the County of Ulster
& State aforesaid Aged Eighty Three years who being first
duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the
following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the
provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed on the 3d day
1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served
During the revolutionary War. That she is the widow of
Conrad Bevier Deceased who was a private in the army
of the Revolutionary War; That he said Conrad Bevier on account of
his said services was awarded a pension under the
act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of
Seventy Six Dollars & Sixty Cents per annum. That his
services were rendered in the militia in the State of New York
in said army which fact and other particular regarding said
services are set forth in his papers on file as declared has
been informed & believes under the act of June 7th 1832.
She further declares that she was married to said
Conrad Bevier at the Town WarWarsing, Ulster County
State aforesaid By the Revd James Murphy then the
officiating minister of the Reformed Dutch Church of 
Warwarsing, On the first day of November one thousand Eight
hundred and fourteen. That she was the widow of Benjamin
Hornbech Before she was married to the aforesaid Conrad
Bevier her second Husband: That her said Husband
Conrad Bevier died on the fourteenth day of June one
thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty Eight that she was not
married to him prior to the Lord day of January Eighteen
hundred but at the time above stated she further declares that
she is now his widow,
Catharine Bevier X her mark
Subscribed and Sworn on the day and year above written
before me. Melford Vernooy one of the Justices of the County Court of Ulster
County
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I Certify that the within named declarant from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court
Dated February 7th 1853. [Signed] Melford Vernooy
One of the Justices of the County Court of Ulster County
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183498
Act Mar 3
July 3rd 55

Catharine Bevier widow of Conrad Bevier [or Bovier: crossed out]
Bevier Prvt

[Written across page] No 30.609 [illegible] June 13/56

Revolutionary War
Pensioner under act June 7th 1832 now under
act Feby 3 1853

Feby 53- 4948
[illegible]:160 ac. June 1/56
[illegible signature]

A Van Horne
Fonda NY

[Written bottom right side of page] Vol. B - 94
Page 20

Application of Cathrine Bovier Widow of Conrad Bovier
18.3498
FOR BOUNTY LAND,
Under Act March 3, 1855.

Presented by Abrm. A Van Horne Fonda New York
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Application of Cathrine Bovier Widow of Conrad Bovier  
18.3498

FOR BOUNTY LAND,
Under Act March 3, 1855.

Presented by Abrm
A Van Horne Fonda New York
18.3498
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No. 5.  (Sold by Gould, Banks & Co., Albany.)
DECLARATION
Of a REVOLUTIONARY Widow who claims a Land Warrant under Act of March 3, 1855.

State of New York,
Ulster County
On this 18th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said county and State aforesaid Catharine Bovier aged Eighty Three years, a resident of the Town of Wawarsing Ulster County the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Conrad Bovier deceased, who was a Private & soldier In the army of the Revolution, that he was pensioned under the Act of 7th June 1832 at at $76.66 per Annum For the services Rendered by him In the Revolutionary War which will more particularly appear on his papers on file at the office of the Commission of Pensions, she further declares she is now thereon a pension under the Act of 3rd February 1853 at $76.66 per annum for services rendered by her Husband the aforesaid Conrad Bovier,

She further states that she was married to the said Conrad Bovier in Wawarsing Ulster County on the First day of November A.D. 1814, by one Revd James Murphy a Dutch Reformed Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Catherine Hornbeck that her said husband died at Wawarsing Ulster County on the 14th day of June A. D. 1838, and that she is now a widow.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of Pensions to forward her warrant to Abm A Horne Fonda Montgomery Co N.Y. and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me.
[Signed] Catharine H her mark  Bevier

We Edgar R. Bevier and Richard T. Bevier residents of the Town of Wawarsing Ulster County in the State of New York, on our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Catherine Bevier in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
[Signed] Edgar R Bevier
[Signed] Richard T Bevier

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. H. Westbrook Justice of the Peace
peace
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State of New York,
Ulster County, SS,
I Milton Sheldon -- Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that Joseph H. Westbrook was, on the day of the date of the foregoing certificate, a Justice of the peace within and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 24th day of May A. D. 1855.
[Signed] M. Shelden, Clerk
[No seal is shown]
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April 25, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Conrad Bevier-W.25327
Hezekiah Wadsworth-S.6335
John L. Hardenberg -- B. L. Wt. 986-200

Mrs. Mrs. David Price
Dousman Wisconsin

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Conrad Bever, of New York, John Leonard Hardenberg, of Ulster County, New York, and Hezekiah Webster, of Connecticut, soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The histories of those soldiers are furnished herein.
Conrad Bevier
W. 25327
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25327, based upon the military service of Conrad Bevier in that war.
Conrad Bevier was born April 26 or May 26 ( both months appear), 1758, in Rochester, state not given. The names of his parents are not shown.
Conrad Bevier enlisted at said Rochester, and served as a private with the New York Troops, as follows: from the latter part of July, 1776, five months in Captain Hasbrouck's Company [Handwritten note inserted] Sol said Jacob Hasbrouck but as it was John [underlined] who served with Pawling omitted Christian name [end of note], Colonel Pawling's Regiment and was in the battle of White Plains: from about August 1, 1777, two months in Captain Schoonmaker's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment [handwritten note inserted] as claim for pen ap file for Simon [end of note], after which he volunteered to take the place of his brother, Simon Bevier, who was sick, and served two months as a wagoner under Major Stephens in the artillery; he was in the battle of Stillwater; in 1778 or 1779, he served eight months in Captain Faulkner's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment on the frontiers against the Indians: from March, 1781, eight months in Captain Pearsee's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment and was in several skirmishes with the Indians: he served, also on other short tours, no details given.
[Handwritten note] Could not identify this Major Stephens
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April 25, 1935 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX BA-J/REL Conrad Bevier.-W.25327 Hezekiah Wadsworth-3.6335 John L. Hardenberg-B. L. Wt.986300
Mrs. David Price
Dourmen Wisconsin 
Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Conrad Bever, of New York, John Leonard Hardenberg, of Ulter County, New York, and Hezekiah Webster, of Connecticut, ters of the Revolutionary War.
The histories of those soldiers are furnished herein. 
Conrad Bevier W. 25327 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25327, based upon the military service of Conrad Bevier in that war. 
Conrad Bevier was born April 26 or May 26 (both months appear), 1738, in Rochester, state not given. The names of his parents are not shown. 
Conrad Bevier enlisted at said Rochester, and served as a private with the New York Troops, as follows: from the latter part of John July, 1776, five months in Captain Hasbrouck's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment and was in the battle of White Plains: from about August 1, 1777, two months in Captain Schoonmaker's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment, after which he volunteered to take the place of oil his brother, Simon Bavier, who was sick, and served two months as a wagoner under Major Stephens in the artillery; he was in the battle of Stillwater; in 1778 or 1779, he served eight months in Captain Faulkner's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment on the frontiers against the Indians: from March, 1781, eight months in Captain Pearsee's Company, Colonel Pawling's Regiment and was in several skirmishes with the Indians: he served, also on other short tours, no details given. 
[Notes on left margin:] A claim for pension on file for Simon.
[Notes on right margin:] Soldier said Jacob Hasbrouck but it was John who served with Pawling. Omitted christian name.
[Note below:]
could not identify this Major Stephens
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[Handwritten note above typed text:] Identified this town in my letter.
After the Revolution, Conrad Bevier continued to reside in Rochester for a while, then moved to Mamakating and lived until 1790, then returned to Rochester and when that city was divided lived in the part called Wawarsing. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, while a resident of Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York. 
He died June 14, 1838 at said Wawarsing and was buried in the burying ground of the Reformed Dutch Church at that place. He was Justice of the Peace for twenty years and for forty years a member of the Reformed Dutch Church.
The soldier married November 1, 1814, at Wawarsing, New York, Mrs. Catharine Hornbeck, widow of Benjamin Hornbeck. The date of her marriage to said Benjamin and the date of his death are not stated. 
Soldier's widow, Catharine, was allowed pension on her application executed February 5, 1855, at which time she was aged eighty three years and resided in Wawarsing, New York. 
She died November 6, 1855, place not shown. In 1833, soldier referred to a son who resided in Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York, but did not give his name. In 1855, Edgar R. and Richard T. Bevier were residents of Wawarsing, New Yorks their relationship to the family was not stated. 
In 1854, Cornelius B. Schoonmaker and his wife, Rachel, then residents of Rochester, New York, stated that in company with the the sister of Cornelius and Stephen, to Conrad Bevier. There are no further family data. 2 brother of Cornelius, Stephen B. Schoonmaker and his wife, Catharine, both then deceased, they attended the wedding of Catharine Hornbeck, the sister of Cornelius and Stephen, to Conrad Bevier.
There are no further family data.
Hezekiah Wadsworth 
S. 6335 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6335, based upon the military service of Hezekiah Wadsworth in that war.
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Hezekiah Wadsworth was born December 13, 1759, in Hartford, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in West Hartford, Connecticut, Hezekiah Wadsworth enlisted early in April, 1776, as a private in Captain Abraham Sedgwick's Company, Colonel Chester's Connecticut regiment and acted as a guard in New York City; when the army moved to Long Island, soldier was detached and was placed in Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle of Flatbush: a few days for the engagement, he enlisted in Colonel Knowlton's Connecticut Regiment of Rangers and was in the battle of Harlem Heights where Colonel Knowlton was killed and the regiment 'suffered great loss"; a brother of his deceased colonel became soldier's captain and Lieutenant Grant took charge of the regiment; soldier was appointed orderly sergeant and retreated with his regiment to Fort Washington, where he was taken prisoner when that fort was captured; he was placed first in the North Church, New York, where he remained for six weeks; then placed on a prison ship, where he was held until May, 1777; then confined in the Sugar House until the latter part of May, 1777, when he was paroled and one year later was exchanged. In April, 1780, he again enlisted and served as a private in Captains John Barnard's and Stillwell's Companies, Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment, length of this last service, seven months. 

Immediately after his discharge in 1780, he moved to Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vermont, and lived for thirteen years in that place; then moved to Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, and lived eleven years; thence to Middlesex, Ontario County, New York, and lived fifteen years; thence to Amity, New York. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1833, while residing in Amity, Allegany County, New York. 

In 1842, he had removed to Harborcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, and was residing with his son, Truman Wadsworth. There are no particulars, in regard to Truman and the name of his mother is not given. No other names of children appear. 

In 1833, soldier's brother, Israel Wadsworth, was a resident of Middlebury, Vermont and was then aged seventy-four years. 

There are no further family data. 

It is not shown that Hezekiah Wadsworth served in the War of 1812. 

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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Hezekiah Wadsworth (S.6335), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 

Hezekiah Wadsworth, Certificate No. 28664, issued May 9, 1834, rate $52.09 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832. Pennsylvania Agency. 

John L. Hardenberg 
B. L. Wt. 986-200 

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 986, for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued April 9, 1791, on account of the services of John L. Hardenberg, lieutenant in the New York Line, War of the Revolution. 

This office has no further information in regard to this soldier because of the destruction of the papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

 Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator. 

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[Left side of page:]
WIDOW, Etc. 
File Number 25327 
Catharine Bevier Widow of 
Conrad Revier 5
Private Revolutionary War --- 
Act: February 3rd [18]53 
Index: -- Volume A, Page 15 

[Right side:]
1935 April 25. History to Mrs. David Price-EEL
Page 30

Filed February 12 1833
Catharine Bevier
Number 5465
Widow of
Conrad
Ulster County New York
-
Act [18]53
$76.66/100 per Annum
Commence February 3, 1853,
Revolution
Abraham A. Van Horne
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
Commissioner
Page 31

Marriage Clergy who[illegible] parties [illegible]
[illegible] 14” [illegible] 38 1 witness. Copy of tombstone [illegible] caption and certificate of Connecticut; widow [illegible] 3 witnesses and certificate of  Connecticut.
Boynton
State of New York 
Ulster County Clerk's Office, ss.
I Certify that at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment, to which
this is subjoined, the said Melford Vernon Esquire was one of the judges of the Ulster County court of sessions
and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and
that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the
signature to the said certificates are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
said County this 8th day of February A. D. 1855
M. Sheldon Clerk of Ulster County
State of New York.
Ulster County Clerk's Office, ss.
I Certify that at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment, to which
this is subjoined, the said John J. Snyder Esquire
was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and
that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the
Signatures to the said certificates are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
said County this 8th day of February
A. D. 1855
M. Shelden
Clerk of Ulster County
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Pension Office
February 14" 1855,
Sir
Please certify the
time to which the within
named pensioner was paid
or the date of his death
Very Respectfully
L Waldo
Commissioner
Mr Randall
R. J. Atkinson Esquire
Third Auditor Treasury
Conrad Bevier died 14 June 1838 paid in full
Robert J. Franison
Auditor
Boynton
Page 33

Honorable  L. P. Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions
D.C.
Page 34


Fonda February 9th 1855
Honorable L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
In Closed herewith I send you the
Application of the Widow's Cathrine Bevier
And Elizabeth Dewitt, The papers all
made out correct, I believe. you will
Please give your earliest attention.
Respectfully your
Abraham Van Horne
N B Remit to me at Fonda
Montgomery County
New York
Page 35

Admitted
23 months private
$76.66
Page 36

I William Dewitt a Resident of Shawangenak in Ulster County New York aged 75 years. After being duly sworn do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Conrad Bevier of Warwarsing that I have known him from a Boy that he is about my age that he is a man of good character of Strict integrity that I know he did Militia Service in the Revolutionary Army- that he did serve for 5 month in 1776 - Commencing in July under Captain Hasbrouck and Colonel Paulding and went from Rochester to New York and
That I know that in 1777 about the 1st August he did serve for about 2 months in the Company of Captain Schoonmaker and Colonel Paulding and did go from Rochester to Stillwater and shortly before the Battle on the 7th he did leave the said Company of Captain Schoonmaker and as I understood did take his Brothers place in the Artillery-
but cannot say how long he served after he left Captain Schoonmakers Company in which he was about 2 months that I was in the same company with him--
That I know that in (1778 or 1789 I cannot remember) in March
He did Volunteer for 8 months in the Company of Captain Faulkner in the Regiment of Colonel Paulding and did serve for said on the frontier.
That I know that in March 1781 he did volunteer for 8 
months in Captain Piercy's Company. In the Regiment of Colonel Paulding and did serve for said term on the frontier that I was in the same company with him-- And further say not.
William Dewitt
Sworn to and Subscribed
this 1st Day of June 1833
Before me Samuel Johnston Justice of the Peace
I Samuel Johnston the justice before whom the preceeding affidavit was sworn to and
Subscribed do certify that the aforesaid Deponent is respectable and fully entitled to credit-
Samuel Johnston Justice of the Peace
11-49
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Ulster County
Clerks office
ss;
in the County New York aged
of
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Court of Common
pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Samuel Johnston was on 
the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said
County duly authorized to take affidavits etc. and that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe
the signatures "Samuel Johnston" subscribed to the certificates
of the within affidavit to be genuine-
Witness my hand and seal of office this fourth day of
June 1833-
Jacob Snyder
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Brief in the case of Catharine Bevier widow of Conrad
Ulster County and State of New York
act 3rd February:1853
Claim, (" original,”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under the Act of 7 June, 1832, at the
rate of $76.66 per annum. Marriage is proven by the affidavits of the Clergyman
who performed the marriage service and two witnesses who attended the wedding. 
Pensioner died 14" June 1838, as per the affidavits 
of One witness, a copy of inscription upon tomb stone, a Certificate of Court report of the third auditor.
Widowhood identity is
established by the affidavit of three credible affiants and 
Certificate of the court.
(If for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Abraham A Van Horne
Fonda
New York
Name and residence of Agent
S.C. Boynton 
Examining clerk
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Application of

Catharine Bovier
Widow of Conrad Bovier
Deceased

Under act of 3 February
1853, 2nd Section
Declaration File 7th 1855

Abm A. Van Horne
Agent & attorney
Fonda N.Y.
Page 40

State of New York
County of Ulster
on this 7th day of February 1845
Personally appeared before one of the Justices of the
County Court of the County of Ulster and State of New York
Edward Vernooy a resident of the Town of Warwarsing in the County and State aforesaid aged Sixty Seven
years who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath depose and say that he knew Conrad Bevier
And his wife Cathren [sic] who was the widow of Benjamin Hornbeck
Before she was married to Conrad Bevier and knew Conrad
Bevier to the time of his death and that the aforesaid Bevier 
died on the 14th day of June 1838 In the
Town of Wawaring In the County and State aforesaid
And was Buried In the Burying Ground of the Reformed
Dutch Church of Warwarsing which Burying Ground
lays joining this deponents Lands about four hundred yards 
from Deponents Barn and knows right well where
Conrad Bevier was Buried and knows the Inscription
on his Tombstone Containing the time of his death viz
“In memory of Conrad Bovier Esquire who died on
14th 1838 aged Eighty years, 1 month 19 days.”
The above is the inscription on the Tombstone at the
Grave of Conrad Bover taken off the tomb stone In
my presence and put in this affidavit as above
stated by me.
Edward Vernooy-
Sworn Subscribed before me
this 7th day of February 1853
Milford Verne of Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
the above named Edward Vernooy and that he is a
man of truth and veracity and his statement can be
relied on in every respect
Dated February 7 1855,
Milford Vernooy one of the
Justices of the County Court of Ulster County
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State of New York)
Wester County, Ss.
Cornelius B. Schoonmaker of the Town of Rochester, in the County of Ulster,
being by me duly sworn according to law.
deposes and says he is of the age of Seventy years,
that he recollects distinctly that he and his wife
Rachel, his Brother Stephen B. Schoonmaker and Catharine
his wife, who are now both dead; went together in a
waggon to see their sister Catharine Married
to Conrad Bevier in the Town of Wawarsing,
that he see them married by the Reverend James Murphey
that to the best of his recollection it was forty
years ago this fall or winter, that he knows they
lived together as man and wife, until the death
of her husband, that she still continues to be the
widow of the said Conrad Bevier and has
not intermarried since his death.
Cornelius Schoonmaker
Subscribed and sworn
before me, this 27th day of October A.D. 1854.
J.J. Snyder Justice of the Peace
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State of New York,
Ulster County, Ss.⎬
Rachel Schoonmaker wife of
Cornelius B. Schoonmaker, of the Town of Rochester,
in the County of Wester, being by me duly sworn
according to law, deposes and says she is of
the age of sixty years, that she distinctly
recollects that she and her husband Cornelius B.
her Brother in law Stephen B. Schoonmaker and
his wife Catharine, went together in a Waggon
to Wawarsing to the wedding of her sister in law
Catharine, saw her married to Conrad Bever
that she has know them to live ever since that
time together as man and wife, until the
Death of her husband, that she is still the
widow of the said Conrad Bevier and has not
intermarried since, that according to the best of
her recollection, which she estimated by one of her
Children who was an Infant at the time, it was
forty years ago.-
Rachel Schoonmaker X her mark
Subscribed and sworn before me this 27th
day of October A.D. 1854
JJ Snyder Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with
Cornelius B. Schoonmaker and Rachel his wife the foregoing
deponents, that they are both members of the Reformed
Dutch in good standing and that they are persons
of respectability and high standing in society,
Date October 27th 1854
JJ Snydor
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ulster County Surrogates Office

I Henry Brodhead Jr Surrogate
of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that at a
Surrogates Court held at Kingston in said County
on the Eighth day of February in the year 1855 satisfactory 
evidence was produced to the said Court that
Conrad Bevier was a pensioner of the United States
at the rate of seventy six dollars and sixty six
cents per annum, was a resident of the town of
Wawaning Ulster County State of New York and
died on the 14th day of June 1838 in said town that
he left him surviving a widow whose name is Catharine 
Bevier and that said Catharine Bevier is still
living in said town of Wawaning and remains his
lawful widow - In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of Office of the Surrogate
of said County this 8th of Febuary 1855

N.H. Brodhead Jr
Surrogate
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State of New York
Herkimer County Ss.
James Murphey of the town of Herkimer 
in said County, and State aforesaid
being duly sworn deposes and says that
he is an ordained Minister of the Reformed
Dutch church, and that on or about the
first of November 1814 he united in
Matrimony according to the laws of the
State of New York, Conrad Bevier to
Widow Catharine Hornbeck, both
of the Town of Warwarsing, in the County of
Ulster and State aforesaid and that
He was well acquainted with the said
Bevier and Catharine Hornbeck at 
the time of their Marriage and
have been since, and this deponent
further says that Conrad Bevier
died over Five years ago, but does
not know the year or recollect at this
Time.
And further says that his wife
Catharine is still living and remains
his widow and saw her last week.
James Murphey
Subscribed and sworn to this
14th day of November 1884 before me
David Rasbach Justice
I certify that I am personally acquainted with
the Reverend James Murphey and the
above deponent, and that he is a credible
person of high standing in society
and is entitled to full credit
David Rasbach Justice
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State of New York,
HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, E. T. CLELAND, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that
David Rasbach Esquire,
whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed
instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said
county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well
acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the name subscribed to the
said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature.

Thereof, I have hereuntoset my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this 14 day of [illegible] A.D. 1854
E.T. Cleland Clerk.
Page 46

Dousman, Wisconsin
Apr. 16, 1935.

The Commissioner of Pensions:
Washington D.C

Will you please send
me a statement of the military activities
of my great-grandfather, John Leonard
Hardenbergh of Ulster Co. N.Y. who
served during the Revolutionary War
in Sullivans campaign against the
Indians. later, was on Genl Washington's
staff

Very Resp'y
Mrs. David Price
Dousman Wisconsin
Will you please send me a statement
of the military activities of my great
grand father Conrad Bevier of N.Y.
who served during the Revolutionary War

Very Resp'y
Mrs David Price
Dousman, Wisconsin