Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11848, John Willard, N. H.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
H
CONTENTS
recessed
Willard, John
NUMBER
S. 1848
Carded
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20101
New York
John Willard
of Pennessee in the State of [N York
who was a Pri in the Comp command
by Captain Carlisle of the Reg. commands
by Col. Bidell in the N. Hamp
line for 1 Yr

Inscribed on the Roll of N York
at the rate of 41 Dollars - Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May
1833
and Smith W. Mitchell
Bethany

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 $80
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33  20
 $100
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Go C Stiles
Book E.
Vol. 13 Page 38
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No. 25720
John Willard Genesee County New York

Admitted Private 12 Months
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
 [Chart]
Statement, showing the service of John Willard Genesee County New York
Period when the service was rendered
Enlisted 1775

Duration of the
claimant's service.
Year
1
Months
Days

Rank of
the
claimant.
private

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap Carlisle Colonel
Bidell,

Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
77 years

County of
Cheshire
New Hampshire

Proof by which the declaration is supported

Traditionary evidence & two
Witnesses certified credible
papers correct

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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Ste Tried
County of
On this
day of
of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with and
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 ser
ed 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.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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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 exexpected
. 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.
The Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
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
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
ing grades:--For---year----months, andmonths
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
the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
in the
the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
objectionable in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
ed corps called into service by competent auduring
which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
thus give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witless
, and the initial character and signature of the
the proper side, under his seal of office.
The notes from a totally
the old Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to contine
ental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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State of New York
Genesee County ss
On this Eleventh day of June 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee
now siting John Willard a resident of the town of
Bethany in the said County, aged Seventy seven years
and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pass June
7th 1832.
That he was born on the 4th day of May
1756 in the town of Pepperell in the State of Massachusetts as he has been informed and believes to be true.
That in the latter part of the year 1775, he lived in
the town of Charlestown in the County of Cheshire and
State of New Hampshire, at which time the Officers
of the New Hampshire troops were raising men for what
was then termed "the Canada Expedition, and being and
ion to join the expedition as a soldier he enlisted with
his father in the forepart of December 1775, now
believes, under Capt, Daniel Carlisle of the
Westmoreland in the said State of New Hampshire
who was employed in enlisting troops
His father whose
name was Henry Willard and himself, both enlisted a
private Soldiers, under the said Captain Carlisle Col
Bedells Regiment of New Hampshire Troops, which was
called a Regiment of Rangers, for one years: That
he remained at Charlestown where the Regiment was a
mustered until some time in the winter 1776 when he may
in the Company commanded by Capt Wilkins
the said Regiment of Rangers under the command of
the said Col Bedell, through Springfield, Cavendish and
other town in the State of Vermont to Ticonderoga in the
State of New York. that he remain at once
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time but how long he does not now remember. That he
went down the Lake on the ice to Crownpoint, where he
remained until the ice had broken up and land out of the
Lake, when he went to St Johns in town Canada in Boats
from thence 1 Caprarie, from thence to Cahnawaga, from thence
crossed the river St Lawrence and marched to a place called
the order about forty miles above Montrial, at this place in
remained until it was attacked and surrounded by a party of
British and Indians, under the command of Capt Porter a
British Officer. At this time Major Butterfild had command
of the Amns; and after the surrender of the place to the
as the soldiers were given up as prisioners of war; this he now
thinks was on the 19th day of May 1776. The next
after the stage was surrendered Major Sherburne with a small
party of Americans who were conveying prisoners to the Cedars
was taken by the British and brought into that place. We were all
my
soon taken to a small village in Canada and confined in a store
of
Church. Soon after General Arnold arived and a negotiation
took place between him and the British Offices for the exchange
of prisoners. That he this declarant then understood that the prison
were at liberty to go home and return again in the fall, but my
father being immediately taken sick with the small pox at St
Johns after we had left the Stone church, his this declarant was detained to take care of him and remained until his father died
which was on the 15th day of June 1776. immediately after which
he was taken sick with the same disease, and after recovering from
which he was again taken sick, and was put upon the sick list
That on or about the said 15th day of June he received orders
to remain with the army and not return home, and as he believes
sometime in September following was able and did perform action
duty as a soldier at Mount Independence, to which place we had
previously been ordered. At this time he was in the Company of a
Lintenant Whitcomb as he believes, Capt Carlisle having been broken
for misconduct as he then understood and in the Regiment command
by Luntenant Col. Wait, Cal. Biddle having also be broken
That he remained at Mount Independence performing
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Guard and Garrison duty until the latter part of November
1776, when he marched to Saratoga and was soon after discharged
The Sargent Major pronounced our discharge by order of Genl
Schuyler saying that the men belonging to Col Bidells regiment were discharged, their time being out, as many as he can now
recollect.
And this declarant further says that by reason of age and
the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear to the exact time he
was in actual service, not distinctly recollecting the exact time of
marching from Charlestown to Ticonderoga or the exact time of
his discharge at Saratoga: But he ever had and still is in the
full belief that he enlisted for and served the full term of
one year: But he is certain from the best of his recollection
that he was in actual service as a private soldier in the Companies
of Captain Carlisle, Captain Wilkins, and Lieutenant Whitcomb in
the Regiment of Rangers, raised and commanded by Col. Bedell
and Lieutenant Col. Wait in the New Hampshire Militia at
least ten months, and that during the time for which he enlisted he
was not engaged in any civil employment.
That he never had any
written discharge nor has he any documentary evidence of his said
service: that he knows of no living witnesses who can testify to
his services, except Benjamin Coats and Charlotte Walker
whose testimony are herewith presented that he knows of no Record
of his age excepting the one kept by himself in a large Dictionary
now in his possession. That after he returned from the army he
continued to live in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, and at different places in the State of Vermont for about
ninetern years, when he removed to Pompey, in the County
and State of New York, where he remained until within one years
when he removed to the town of Bethany and County of Genesee afore
said when he now resides.
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 any agency of any state.
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That he is acquainted with the Revd Hugh Wallace a Cleryman of Pembroke and Martin O Coe of Le Roy in the said
County of Genesee both of whom have long been acquainted by
with this declarant, and can testify as to his character as to but
and credibility
John Willard
subscribed & sworn to the day & year
aforesaid in open Court
T. Fitch Clerk

We Hugh Wallace a Clergyman residing in the Town of Pembroke
in said County & Martin O. Coe of the Town of Leon in said
County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
John Willard who has subscribed & sworn to the above
Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Seven years
of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that
we concur in that opinion
Subscribed & Sworn the 12th day of June 1833
in open Court T. Fitch Clerk
Hugh Wallis
Martin O Coe

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 Hugh Wallis who has signed
the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Pembroke in
said County of Genesee and that Martin O Coe, who has also signed the same
is a resident in the town of Le Roy in said county and is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Wilson
William Mitchell
S. Cuming
Horace J Turner
---
ITimothy Fitch, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas of said County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding
of said Court in the matter of the application of John Willard
for a Pension - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of Office this 12th day of June 1833-
Timothy Fitch Clerk
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State of New York
Genesee County
Charlotte Walker of the town of
Bethany in said County being sworn according to said
doth depose and say that she is Sixty four years of age
that she was born in the town of Seminster in the State of
Massachusetts that when she was about years
of age she lived in the town of Ashburnham in the
State of Massachusetts that at that time she was well
acquainted with John Willard the applicant mentioned
in the annexed Declaration that she well remembers
that the said John Willard went into the service of the
United States as a soldier and that the Father of the said
John Willard whose given name she lives was
Henry also went into the said service of the United States
as a Soldier that she this Deponent lived with a
Sister of the said John Willard while the said John
Willard was in the said service, that she this Deponent
removed with the sister of the said John Willard
to Windsor in the State of Vermont that this Deponent
Well remembers that the father of the said John Willard
was said to have died with the small pox while in
the said service that while she lived with the sister of the
said John Willard She often heard his said Sister Speak of
her father and Brother as long absent in the Service
and particularly remember the report of the death of the
Father of the said John Willard That she has been acquainted with the said John Willard ever since her earliest
recollection that one of the Brothers of this Deponent
married as sister of the said John Willard that the
said John Willard was said to have been in the service
of United States one year but the particular hath of time
which he was absent from home she does not now
distinctly recollect and father this deponent saith not
Charlotte her x mark Walker
Sworn and subscribed before me
the 20th day of May 1833
William Mitchell
one of the Judges of
the Genesee County Courts
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I William Mitchell the Judge before whom the foregoing affidavit of Esther Walker was taken do hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with the said Esther Walker
who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit
and that she is a credible person and that her
Statement is entitled to credit
William Mitchell
a Judge of Genesee
County Courts

State of New York
Genesee County Js.
In Testimony
name and
June 1833.
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of said County
certify that William Mitchell before whom
the above affidavit purports to have been
taken and made was at the date of taking
the same a Judge of the County County
Courts in and for said County and that
I am well acquainted with the hand writing
of said Judge and verily believe his name
subscribed to said affidavit and to the
above certificate to be genuine whereof
I have hereunto set my
Seal of Office this twelfth day of
Timothy Fitch Clerk
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Rev War
11848
INVALID
File No. 448
John Willard
Pri. Rev. War
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Act: June 7 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 12
Arrangement of 1870.]
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John Willard

William Mitchell
Agent 
Bechange N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Onondaga on the 15th day of February 1833 personally
appeared before George Pettit, one of the
Judges of the County Courts of said County, Benjamin Coat of the
Town of Pompey in said County, Eighty two years and who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, depose &
say that he was a soldier in the revolutionary War, & belonged
to a company commanded by Captain Easterbrock in
Bedell Regiment of Rangers, & was mustered at Charleston
late of Newhampshire line marched in January 1776 from there to Ticonderoga, thence to Crown Point, them to St Johns and
Lapraira, was next at Fort Ann, & [illegible] the water over
to a place called the collars, where the Americans were
surrounded, & all taken prisoners, & carried back to Fort
Ann & in the night were carried to a Village
in Canada ere there was a stone church & the prison
us put into it-- that next morning General Arnold
appeared on the opposite side of the river with a consider
force, & in negotiation was begun to carried on him &
Captain Foster the British Office in command at the
Stone Church, by a flay, for an exchange of Prisoners, & that
nearly night the first or second day Capt Porter sent over
to County about the Prisoner among whom
was the deponent, & from them he proceeded home three
John Brown Point & Ticonderoga that there was a man
about forty or fifty part who had a day, & both be
longed to Beadles Regiment aforesaid, & the deponent
verily & confidently be lines, their names were Willard, and
they all widows house between
& the said William had a quarrel with the French
Woman, & the said he had a good hit for the Americans &
pretty good and for the much, but now at all for the
that he calls at the Colors, before the
is surrendered, one of our [illegible] down the
bank & her along under the Bank, & went over to the
enemy & was met by two of the enemy & carried to the
house of the money that deponent was taken prisoner
as aforesaid, in May, reached home in July & in August
returned again to Ticonderoga where he heard said William
died at St Johns that while at mount Independence
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near Ticondaroga, he recollects that a Serjeant Gibbs-
[illegible] the deponent- and he saw a Drummer
publicly whipped for stealing Druma [illegible]-- or selling
Drumheads which he had drawn, for he that he has
not seen the said Willards boy, since the revolution,
till yesterday, when a man who calls himself John Willard, & says he lives in Bethany, Gennessee State of
New york, and that he is the boy above attended to
that verily be lives, and has no doubt,
but he is the same person who was that day, from
his recollection and statement of the rents, and
many other incidents, such as being taken prisoners,
the time and the place-- being in the Stone Church, and
party of them being exchanged, and the manner the
exchange was negotiated by General Arnold &c &c
all which he state precisely as the deponent
let there & that he has no doubt the said
John Willard was a soldier in said Beadles Regiment
at the same time with the Deponent as afore
said but being entirely along the deponent can
not purchas to his features or appearance
Benjamin his x mark Coats
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
before George Pettit Judge
of Onondaga County Courts
I certify that I have been for many years acquaintted with Benjamin Coats, who has sworn to the
above deposition, & that he is a man of truth
an veracity, and that his statement is entitled to
credit
George Pettit Judge
Onandago County
Courts
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State of New York
County of Onondaga, I Alanson Edwards Junior
Deputy Clerk of the said County do certify
that George Pettil Esquire before whom the

preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn
and also by whom the above certificate is
subscribed was at the date of the same one of the
Judges of the Onondaga County Courts
and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe his name subscribed to the Jurat of said affidavit
and the said Certificate to be the proper hand writing
and genuine signatures of the said Judge

Witness my hand and seal of Office this Seventh
day of June 1833.
A. Edwards Joseph clk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
12-9-41
Willard, John
1059
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Private
AGE
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Pennsylvania
July 10, 1794
to Silas Hart, assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty lad warrants issued to non-commission officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.