Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9548, for John Shultz, New York
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(3 - 1776 ) 

SERVICE New York 

Shultz, John 
Martha 
NUMBER
R.9548 
B.L. Wt. 34589-160-55

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CONTENTS
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32,397 
Pension Claim - 
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John Shultz of Milo 
Yates County N. York 
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Communicate with 
Thomas J. Nevins Penn Yan 
Yates County 
N. York 

most convenient Post office 
for claimant is Penn Yan 
Yates County 
N. Y. 

Claim for six months service as a private 
of infantry as volunteer of militia

Hon E Howell
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State of New York} 
County of Yates S.S.} 

On this  sixteenth of January in the year one thousand and eight hundred and thirty five personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Yates aforesaid being a Court of Record, now sitting John Shultz a resident of the town of Milo in the County of Yates and State of New York, aged seventy two years (72.) who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 

That he was born (as he has been informed and believes) at Fishkill on the East side of North River in the said State of New York, on the third day of November in the year seventeen hundred and sixty two (1762). that at the age of nine years he removed to the town of Goshen in the County of Orange in the said State of New York about twenty miles west of North river where he continued to reside until the year seventeen hundred and Eighty three (1783) when he was twenty one years of age- 

That he has not now any record of his age. that his father kept a family Record in his Bible in which the time of the birth of the said John Shultz and of the other members of
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the family were recorded - which said Bible and family Record fell into the hands of the said John Shultz the above named Claimant at the death of his father about thirty years ago. Which he the said Claimant kept and preserved until the month of April in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty (1830) when it was destroyed in the burning of his dwelling house in Milo in the said County of Yates -  

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

That about the first of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine (1779) he the claimant enlisted or volunteered as a private soldier in Captain John Littles 
Company in Colonel Christopher Shultz's 
Regiment (who was uncle to the said claimant) in the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Haythorn, who was afterwards Elected to Congress from Orange County  - these officers did not belong to the Regular Continental Army, but were Militia officers where they resided -  a draft was Ordered to raise men to defend the frontier settlement and the Regiment was called together by Colonel Shultz for the purpose of making the draft, but instead of a draft being made it was
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thought best to beat up for volunteers —whereupon he the said claimant with seventy one others enlisted or volunteered as aforesaid at Goshen aforesaid, where he then resided) for three months service. This might have been as late as the month of July said claimant is not positive as to the precise time, but is positive that it was in the summer of the year (1779)   and thus a company was formed, which was put under the command of the said Captain Little who resided in the town of Minisink in Orange County -  Liuetenant Freegift Cooley who also resided in the said town of Minisink and Ensign John Denton who resided in said town of Goshen - and was marched under the said officers from the said town of Goshen about Sixteen miles to Minisink which was then a frontier town, to meet and drive back the Indians and Tories commanded by Brandt, who were making depredations upon the frontier     inhabitants, destroying their property and driving off their cattle [two words crossed out] at Minisink found that Brandt & his party had been there a day or two before, burnt several houses and mills - plundered the inhabitants drove away their cattle and had gone up the Delaware River- Whereupon a part of Captain Littles Company and others went in pursuit
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of the said Indians and Tories and were gone several days - during these days the said Claimant with several other soldiers were left at Minisink to guard the horses which belonged to Captain Littles Company and others - In three or four days Captain Little and a remnant of his company and others returned from following the Indians and Tories and reported that they had had an engagement with Brandt and his party upon the Delaware River - that a brother of Captain Little [crossout] killed and several others. That Captain Wood was taken prisoner with several others -

Remained at Minisink about seven weeks and then marched to a place called [Pea pack?] on the [Newvesink?] Creek about three miles North of Minisink where the said Captain Littles Company built a Fort afterwards called DeWitts Fort - a this place the said Captain Little was taken sick and was carried home to Minisink and during his absence (which was for three or four weeks) Captain Hardin had command of said Company, when Captain Little returned and resumed the command, and after a few days marched the said Company back to Goshen aforesaid where the said company was disbanded and he the said John Shultz, the claimant
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received a discharge in writing from the said Captain Litler at Goshen aforesaid in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine (1779) after having served as a private soldier in said Company as aforesaid for the full term of three months - which said discharge he kept until the month of April in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty (1830) when it was destroyed by fire in the burning of his dwelling house in Milo aforesaid- 

And in the summer of the next year seveteen hundred and eighty (1780) he the said Claimant again entered the service of the United States as a private soldier under Captain Williams (does not recollect his Christian name) [illegible] resided at Goshen aforesaid - Lieutenant James Denton, who also resided at Goshen - who were Militia Officers, in Colonel Hatfields Regiment who called his regiment     together at Goshen for the purpose of making a draft of men to supply the garrison at West Point, but instead of making a draft, a call was made for volunteers - whereupon he the said John Shultz, the claimant above named Voluntered or enlisted as a private soldier together with a sufficient number of others to make a large company of soldiers, who were put under the command of the said Captains Williams and Linton
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and James Denton and marched from Goshen aforesaid, through Chester - and through the woods about Eighteen or twenty miles to West Point on the West side of North River in the State of New York, where there was a Fort. On arriving at West Point the said Company was commanded by Lieutenant Campbell. or Camel who was a Regular Continental officer and had charge of the Garrison at West Point - remained at West Point during the most of the time for three months - towards the close of this time the said Claimant together with some eight or ten others of said Company under the command of the said Lieutenant Denton, went down North River some thirty or forty miles and met and guarded up the river to West Point some teams which brought goods and ammunition to West Point for the use of the garrison. the Brittish at this time were in possession of New York  - after remaining at West Point as aforesaid for the full term of three months the said Garrison was supplied by two other companies of Soldiers and the said Company to which the said Claimant belonged was disbanded and verbally discharged at West Point after having service as aforesaid for the said term of three months- 

In the spring of the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eight one (1781) the
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horse and  Waggon of a man, by the name of Gale were drafted or pressed in to the service of the United States at Goshen aforesaid and he the said Claimant went as teamster with said team and to continued about six months - went to New England after Military stores and carried them to Scotch Plains in New Jersey where General Washington then was with his army. said General Washington there- Went to other places with said team for the like purpose-- 

That previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine -  for two or three years he the said Claimant was frequently called out and went into the frontier towns as a soldier in Company with others to defend the inhabitants against the Indians, but not under any enlistment. 

That the service for which he claims a Pension is the aforesaid three months in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine (1779) and the said term of three months in the year seventy hundred and Eighty (1780) making in the whole six months service as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War- 

That in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty three (1783) he
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went to the city of New York where he resided two years - then returned to Warrick, Orange County and re sided there until the year 1817 when he removed to the town of Bruton in the County of Ontario which is now in the town of Milo in the said county of Yates where he has since continued to reside and where he now resides- 

That he the said Claimant has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service as such soldier as aforesaid -   That ever since he heard of the said Act of Congress he has made diligent inquiry for such evidence and believes from that he can learn that all who served with him and know him are dead- 

That there is no minister of the gospel in his neighborhood who can testify as to his age, character  and reputation as a soldier of the Revolution - 

That he is personally known to William W. Aspell- David Briggs- George Young 
Charles Roberts - George Nichols residing in the said town of Milo who can testify as to his age- his Character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Revolutionary soldier

He hereby relin
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quishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity whatever except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state- 

Recapitulation 

1. He was born at Fishkill N. York. In 1762. 

2. Has no record of age - had record-- burnt- 1830. 

3. Was living when called into service at Goshen Orange County N. York. has lived since the Revolution two years in New York - thirty two years in Warwick Orange County New York - and seventeen or Eighteen years where he now resides in Milo, Yates County - 

4. He volunteered or enlisted in a company of Militia in 1779- for three months and in 1780 for three months more 

5- See the statement in the declaration

6- Received a discharge from Captain Little which was burnt in 1830- 

7- The persons who can certify for him are 
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He has no minister to certify for him- He has no documentary evidence- & knows of no living witnesses- 

He claims for six months service as a private soldier-

Sworn to and subscribed 
in open Court the day 
and year first aforesaid 

John Shultz 
his X mark

George Shearman Clerk
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We William W. Aspell, David Briggs, and Charles Roberts, - - - hereby certify that we are well  acquainted with John Shultz who resides in the town of Milo in the County of Yates and State of New York who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration 
That we believe him to be seventy two years of age - that we have been acquainted with him for A many years - that he now is and has been for many years reputed to be believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - that his character for truth and veracity is good and that his statement is entitled to credit -  
Wm W. Aspell
David Briggs
Charles Roberts

Sworn and subscribed}
in open Court the day} 
and year first aforesaid}
George Shearman Clerk

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 John Shultz was a revolutionary Soldier and
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Served as he states - And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that William W. Aspell David Briggs and Charles Roberts - --- who have Signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Milo in the County of Yates aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit- 
By order of the Court 
George Shearman Clerk 

And the said Court(crossed out)
State of New York 
County of Yates SS. 
I George Shearman Clerk of the said County of Yates and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Shultz for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of January in the year one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty five. 
George Shearman Clerk
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153.922 
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BOUNTY LAND. 

ACT OF 3d March 1855 
Claim (No. ___________ )
of
Martha Shultz. 


C. W. BENNETT, 
ATTORNEY, 
H. Corner of 11th street. - 
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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State of New York} 
County of Yates }ss


On the 22nd of May A.D. 1855 before me the  . Notary Putin before me the undersigned, a Notary Public, duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Martha Shultz aged 79 years, a resident of Milo in the County of Yates and State of New York: who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Shultz deceased who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Henry Tibolt in the regiment _______ commanded by George Varrick  in the War with Great Britain of  the Revolution 

That her husband entered the service at Goshen about the 1 [day](crossed out) of the war. [AD: from the town] (crossed out of the Revolution and continued in actual service is said War for the term of_______and was honorably discharged at _____ on the____day of A.D. 18______ at the close of the war as this deponent is informed and believes.

She further states that she was married to the said John Shultz York Warrick State of New York on the 11  day of October A.D. 1797 by one [Dilim?] a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Martha Holly: and her husband died at Milo  on the 30 day of October A. D. 1843, and that she is still his widow.

And she further states that there is __public record of her marriage  and that there is _____private record of her marriage 


That she cannot file herewith his Certificate of discharge for the reason that she has none.
(the next three lines of the preprinted form are crossed out)

She makes this declaration for the use of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled on account of said service, and milenge under the Act passed 3 March 1855 
She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this of any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefore.
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She hereby appoints C. W. BENNETT, of Washington, D.C. her true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, to prosecute this her claim for land, to receive the Certificate of Warranted, and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises. 
Martha Shultz
her X mark

Witness: A Woodworth 

Sworn and Subscribed before me on the day and year first above mentioned, and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Martha Shultz and believe her to be as is above stated and that she is of the age stated; and further that I am not interested in this her claim as Attorney of otherwise. 
A Woodworth Notary Public 
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State of_____________} 
County of____________} ss. 

(The section below has been crossed out.  No entries were made)

On this___ day of ________A. D 185__ personally before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths________ a resident of said County, to me well known as a credible witness,  and who, being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath state that he is acquainted with Mrs.________ the above named applicant for Bounty Land — that he has known her for______years last past, that he has  examined her family record  - that he believes the same to be genuine - that it is contained in a book purporting to be the “________” and printed in the year__________; and that said record as far as re-
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lates to the marriage of the said applicant and the soldier above named, and of his death, is as follows, which is an exact copy of the same: 
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and that the said deponent is not interested in the claim. 

Subscribed and sworn to, the day and year first above written, before me, and I certify that I am in no manner interested.
__________________ 
Justice of the Peace. 
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State of New York}
County of Yates} ss. 
On this 22 day of May S. A. D. 1855, personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Notary Public  in and for said County, William H Shultz and Jemima Shultz, who are to me well known, and who are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn, depose and say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Martha Shultz that the above applicant for Bounty Land -  that they have known her for  30 years last past. That they were acquainted with John Shultz late husband, having known him for 18 years previous to his death; that they, the said John Shultz and Martha Shultz lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be, that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said John Shultz died on the 30 day of October 1843, and the said Martha Shultz, has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husband's death, and still is his widow, and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a soldier_______ in her declaration above, and further, that they were present and saw Martha Shultz execute the foregoing affidavit by making her mark to the foregoing declaration, and making oath thereto in due form of law, and further, that they deponent do reside in the County aforesaid. 
William H Shultz
his X mark
Jemima Schultz 
her X mark
Witness, A Woodworth 

Sworn to and Subscribed before me, this 22nd day of May A. D. 1855 
A Woodworth Notary Public 

State of New York 
County of Yates 

I Hereby Certify, that A Woodworth Esq., before whom the foregoing  Affidavits and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures thereto are genuine. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, for the County aforesaid, this 23 day of May 1855  
C. Martin 
Clerk of Yates County,
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IWI  No 38054 

Side witnesses 
in case of 
Martha Schultz
_____________________

John Schultz decd 

N.Y. 

Set to S. Godwin 
Oct 9/50
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State of New York} 
County of Yates⎬ ss
On this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Yates County, now sitting in the village of Penn Yan in the County of Yates and State of New York, Martha Shultz, a resident of the town of Milo in the County of Yates and State of New York aged seventy four years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July twenty first eighteen hundred and forty eight and also the benefit of the Act of Congress of June seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two - 
That she is the widow of John Shultz who was a private soldier in the war of the revolution in a company commanded by Captain Henry Tiboult in a regiment commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schank, which regiment belonged to the New York State line. She further states that she has heard her husband, the aforesaid John Shulty, say that he was a soldier duly enlisted in the above named company and regiment for during the war, and that he remained in said Company and regiment until the close of the said war, when he was honorably discharged therefore that she was married to the said John Shultz in the town of Warwick in the County of Orange and State of New York, on the eleventh day of October seventeen hundred and ninety seven. She further states that her husband the aforesaid John Shultz, died in the town of Milo in the County of Yates and State of New York, the thirty first day of October, eighteen hundred and forty two, aged eighty two years, and that she has not married since the death of the aforesaid John Shultz, but still remains his widow. She further states that no application has ever been made for a pension or annuity for and in behalf of the aforesaid John Shultz, or for this deponent previous to
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these presents; and further this deponent states that the name of John Shultz is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. She also declares that she believes that the records in the war department show that the said John Shultz, did serve as stated in this declaration- 
Martha Shultz 
her X mark

Sworn and subscribed before me the 
day and year first above written 
Henry M. Stewart  
Depy Clerk Yates Co. 

The said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter that the statement, in the above declaration are entitled to credit 

Witness the seal of said Court and the hand 
of the Clerk thereof this 4th day of March 1850 
Henry M. Stewart
Depy Clrk
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Proof of marriage
in
Shultz’s [illegible]
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State of New York}
County of Steuben} ss

On this Twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appear before me, Harlow L Comstock a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Timothy Holly a resident of the town of Wayne in the County of Steuben and State of New York, aged seventy seven years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says. That he is a brother of Martha Shultz, the widow of John Shultz, which said John Shultz was a soldier in the war of the revolution: That he well remembers being present, when his sister Martha Holly was married to the aforesaid John Shultz, which marriage took place in the town of Warwick in the County of Orange and State of New York, on the eleventh day of October in the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven. 
Timothy Holly

Sworn and enter before 
Me the day and year first above written 
H. Comstock 
Justice of the peace 
in & for said County 

State of New York] 
 County of Steuben} ss
I  Paul C Cook Clerk of  the said County do certify that Harlow L Comstock before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature 
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 21st day of February 1850 
P. C. Cook Clerk
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State of New York} 
County of Yates} ss 

On this Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, Amos Y. Carr, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, William Keeler resident of the town of Milo in the County of Yates and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says - That he was well acquainted with John Shultz, a resident of the town of Milo in the County of Yates and State of New York when living, who died on the thirty first day of October, eighteen hundred and forty two: He further states that he is now well acquainted with Martha Shultz, widow of the aforesaid John Shultz, and knows her to be a woman of good moral character and one whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief. 
William N. Keeler

Sworn and subscribed before me the} 
day and year first above written} 
Amos Y. Carr Justice of
the peace


State of New York} 
County of Yates} ss 

On this Fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me, Amos T. Carr, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, David B Aspell, a resident of the town of Milo in the County of Yates and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says -  That he was well acquainted with John Shultz, late a resident of the town of Milo in the  County of Yates and State of New York, and who died in the said town of Milo on the thirty first day of October, Eighteen hundred and forty two: He further states that he is now well acquainted with Martha Shultz, widow of the aforesaid John Shultz, and that
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he knows her to be a woman of good moral character and one whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief. 
David B. Aspell

Sworn and subscribed before me the} 
day and year first above written} 
Amos Y. Yates justice of 
the peace


State of New York,}
Yates County Clerk’s Office,} 

Alfred Reed , Clerk of said County, hereby certify, that Amos Y. Carr Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were had, was on the days of the dates thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, legally authorized as such: and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe that his signature to the annexed certificate is genuine. 
WITNESS my hand and Official Seal this Fifteenth day of February 1850
Alfred  Reed Clerk

(faded seal)
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(left side)

153.922 Act March 3/[cut off]
May 29 /55 
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Martha Shultz 
wid of
John Shultz Pvt 
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Capt Henry Tibbett 
George Varick 
Private - Capt Fiebour [?] Van Rensselaer 
N.Y. State Troops 

Revolutionary War 


(written crosswise)
No. 34589 from July 16/56
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N.Y. Sns June 32
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 Ad. 160 ac’s July 11/57 
Dodge 
R
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C.W. Bennett 
Present 

(right side)

Cir. C.W. Bennett Mar 31/56  

Vol S = 1 = 82

(written crosswise)
Nov 10/58 Bennet filed 
Aug 13/61 correct with [declar?] D.P.N.
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(Portrait aspect)

Nov 5th 1851 
Rel: to case of John Shultz 

DDT Benedict
Auburn
N. Y.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

(Landscape aspect)

Hon J.E. Heath
Commissioner  of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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34.589.


160 acres
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New York  
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John Shultz 
Suspended 
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Lett 6th Feby 1835 
to Hon E Howell 
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Hon Joshua Lee 
Feb. 3d 1836
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(Crossed out)
Acts of July 14, 1882, and March 3, 1878. 


95487 

P.O. John Shultz 

Service:  REJECTED 
Enlisted:_________,18__
Discharged:_______,18___ 
Application filed:______,18__ 
Alleges:________,18___ 
Re-enlisted:______________

Attorney:___________ 
P. O.____________ 

______Recognized. _____ Contrac[t] 
______Cert. of Dis. Searched for____, 18__
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No. 38.054

Martha Shultz 
954
John Shully decd 
New York
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sent to S. Godwin 
Oct 9 /50 
D. D. T.Benedict May 19 18[8]5
D. D. T Benedict Augt 13/57 
same [Aug] 5. 1851 
same July 29/52 
same June 14 /52 
same July 26 1852 . 
[illegible] June 10/53 
[illegible] 16 [illegible] 
see let DD Benedict Aug 16/53

Act 29 July 1848. (crossed out)

Act of June 1832
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15-3.922 

(Landscape aspect)

Honl. S.P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Pension Office
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Feb 20/52 

Rel: to claim 
of Martha Shultz wid: 
of John 

D. D. T. Benedict 
Mountain Cove 
Layette Co 
Va

Triplett (upside down)
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Mountain Cove Fayette Co. Va 
Hon
Sir  will you you please inform me as to the result of your examination of the claim of Martha Shultz the widow of John Shultz to a Revolutionary pension this claim with all the proofs required by law was presented to the department by me while I kept my office in  Auburn in the said New York and now I wish you to report to me at this place on said [letter?] 
Your Respectfully
Daniel D.T. Benedict 

Hon J E Heath
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Com of Pensions 

Feb 18th 1852
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Auburn N.Y.  April 25th 1851 
Hon.
Sir will you please inform me as to the result of your examination of the Claim of Martha Shultz widow of John Shultz to a Revolutionary pension 
Respectfully yours 
Daniel D T Benedict 

Hon. J.E. Heath 
Com. of Pensions
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State of New York} 
Secretary’s  Office}
I certify that it appears from the Military Register of the New York Continental Line in the Army of the Revolution, that John Shultz enlisted January 3d 1777 for three years in Capt. Hicks Company in the first Regiment and that he was discharged January 4. 1780.
 It also appears that he served in the capacity of a Sergeant- Dated Jan. 30 1851.
A.G. Johnson
Dep Sec of State,
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Auburn, March 5th 1850 

Dear Sirs

Enclosed I hand you proof sustaining the claim of Martha Shultz to a pension due to her husband John Shultz under act of June seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two and also to a widows pension as widow of said John Shultz under act of July twenty first eighteen hundred and forty eight. 

Papers in relation to the care please direct to me at Auburn, New York 

Very Respectfully yours 
Edward H. Baxter 
Authorized Attorney for Martha Shultz
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153.922
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Washington DC
May 28, 1855 

Hon. S. P. Waldo}  
Comr of Pensions.} 

Sir
I have the honor to enclose herewith the application of Martha Shultz for Land Bounty under act of 3 March 1855. 

Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt 
C. W. Bennett
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Pension Office
June 10th 1852

Sir:

I have the honor to make the following Report in the case of John Shultz, deceased, late of New York, under the Act of June 7th 1832, in reply to the long and labored appeal of Daniel D. T. Benedict, Esqr of Gallipolis, Ohio. It is an attempt to appropriate to John Shultz, husband of claimant, whose declaration (paper marked No 1) was filed in this Office in 1850, the service embraced by one of the two certificates from the Office of the Secretary of the State of New York, marked No 2 and 3, The claim was resisted by this Office on the ground that her husband was not identified with the service embraced by either certificate. 
Distrust of the validity of the claim was excited from the fact, that a soldier whose service was so meritorious, would not, unless for some very strong controlling reason, have lived until 1842, without making application for a pension; for it will be seen that Mrs. Shultz declared "that no application has ever been made for a pension  or annuity, for and in behalf of said John Shultz A further examination of the papers of this Office has led to the discovery of evidence not only disproving this averment, but showing, beyond all cavil or doubt, that her
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husband did not render as much as six months service of the character embraced by the Pension Laws. I refer to the original application of said John, contained in the envelope marked No 4, and bearing the most direct evidence that he was the husband of claimant, his declaration, like that of the widow, having been made in the town of Milo, and County of Yates in the State of New York and containing other evidence of identity! 
Such attempts to impose upon this Office are, I regret to say of very frequent occurrence, and require the utmost vigilance to detect them; and I respectfully submit whether the pertinacity which has been manifested in the present case, does not require the special notice of the Department. 

I am, respectfully 
Your Obt. Svt 
Commissioner 

Hon Robert McClelland
Secretary of the Interior
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20. 
Act 7. 1831. 2.[?]

Gallipolis Ohio 

D.D.  Benedict 

Relative to the claim of Martha Shultz for a Pension- 

April 2/53

Ref to the Commissioner 
of Pensions for a report 
 Int 

Recd Oct. 14, 1852
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Gallipolis Galia County Ohio April 20th 1852 

Hon Sir 

When I last wrote to you in relation to the Claim's of John Shultz, and Martha Shultz his widow, to a Revolutionary pension I thought to locate myself at Mountain Cove in the State of Virginia but the weight of my business being futher north, I have settled at this place, and I would therefore consider it a favor if you would report the result of the Examination of said claims, to me at this place whenever it shall have been Examined - and I would further say to you that as Mrs Martha Schultz is old, and very much in want, and as her claim has been now a long time in the pension office, she would consider it a great kindness if you would give the same your attention at as early a period as possible. 

Yours Respectfully 
Daniel D T Benedict 

Hon J E Heath 
Com of Pensions
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Auburn NY Jan 22d 1852 
Hon. Sir 

on the first day of February, 1851, I mailed to you a certifficate of Secretary of State of New York giving A Statement of the Services of a man by the name of John Shultz in the was of the Revolution -  by examining your report on the claim presented by me to the pension office March 5th 1850 Relative to Martha Shultz the widow of John Shultz Claiming a pension for her husband and for herself I became satisfied that there were two men in the New York State line in the Revolutionary war by the name of John Shultz - and that I had sent you a certifficate of the wrong man[s] services -  I accordingly applied to the Secretary of State of the State of New York for a Second Certifficate informing him of fact that the first one did not agree wi[th] the testimony in the case that I was pros[ec]uting and he accordingly showed me [that] there was two men by the name of John Shultz by granting the a certifficate that does agree with the proof presented by me to the pension office as aforesaid  - this last Certifficate was sent by me to the pension office on the 1st day
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of October 1851. it bears the seal of State of the State of New York 
This claim having been now almost two years before the department I would the humbly request that you would give me the result of Your Examination of the same, as I have not [heard?] from said Claim since I sent this last proof and concieving that I have fully answered your objections you will do that me a favor to answer this at your earliest convenience 

Yours Respectfully 

Daniel D T Benedict 


Hon. J.E. Heath 
Com of Pensions
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Mountain Cove Fayette Co Va March 9 1852

Hon Sir 
your letter of August 13th 1851 in relation to the Revolutionary Claim for pension of John Shultz and Martha Smith his widow is now before me and I herewith enclose the same to you to show that -what I shall say in this letter is true- I learn in your letter above alluded to that there is an objection to the allowance of the pension in this case because there is a conflicting testimony between one part of the documents sent by me to the pension office in this claim and the other part that is you state that the statements set forth in Martha Shultz declaration are contradicted by the Comptrollers certifficate so far as it related to the officers under which said Shultz served you also say that Shultz to is a common German name and therefore strong proof of identity is required -  for this last information I feel indebted to the Department for by your saying that Shultz was a common German
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name I come to the conclusion that there might have been more than one man by that name in the New York line in the war of the Revolution  I accordingly informed the  Secretary of State of  New York of the substance of your letter which is herewith inclosed and he did did accordingly make search of his military Records, and found even as I  had suspected, that the mistake had occurred by there being two men by the same name in the line of the State of New York and the he did accordingly grant me another - which  does agree with the declaration of Martha Shultz this last Certifficate has been now in the pension office for many months, and I would esteem it a favor if you would inform me as to the results of your examination of the same. The certifficate last alluded to contains a seal that shows for itself its own authenticity This certificate also agrees both as to the time and the rank of John Shultz to service with the declaration of Martha Shultz as you will see by referring to the same now on file in the pension office 
Yours Respectfully
 Daniel D. T.Benedict

To Hon.  Conn of Pensions
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Auburn NY Oct 30th 1851 
Hon 
Sir immediately after your report on the John Shultz claim  (for Revolutionary Pension) dated August 13th 1851, I applied for, and obtained a new certificate from the secretary of State of the State of New York to which was fixed the Seal of State of the State aforesaid, this Certificate agrees with the Declaration of Martha Shultz the Widow of John Shultz  in every particular and doubtless it must agree with the Records of the Service of said soldier in the New York Line, as they appear in your office. You will confer a favor on the party concerned by informing me at your earliest convenience whether anything further is wanting of the applicant in this claim.  You will doubtless see on examination that the certifficates which I sent to have are for two different men the first one was an error, but the last is the true Certificate of the services of my client and I have to say to you that when I wrote to the Secretary of State of the State of New York Making an application for this certificate-
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which bear's the Seal of State of the State of New York and which I declare to be the true certifficate of the - Service of the John Shultz who was husband of my Client - I made the the same statements to him that Mrs -Shultz set forth in her declaration so far as regards the officers under whom John Shultz served and he sent me the certifficate above alluded to accordingly - please give your earliest attention to this matter-- I have no doubt but all that  is fair will be done by you in this matter but I am thus solicitous for to have the same examined as soon as possible because Mrs. Shultz is old and very poor and as we are quite certain that you will grant this pension the point now being clearly proved (by the certifficate above named) which you raised 
we are earnest to get the same as soon as may be, in order to relieve her absolute wants this winter 
Yours with Respect 
Daniel D. T. Benedict 

Hon J Heath 
Com of Pensions
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Auburn N.Y. Oct. 4th 1851 

Hon 
Sir I write this for the purpose of claiming for Mrs. Martha Shultz, (the widow of John Shultz,) the benefit of the  act of Congress of May 15th 1828, in addition to the acts mentioned in her Declaration of March 4th 1850. The Records in your office being corroborated  by Mrs Shultz  Declaration and by the Certificate  of the Secretary State of the State of New York 
You will readily see that John Shultz was entitled to a pension from the year 1826, to the time of his death
Respectfully yours 
Daniel D T Benedict 

Hon. J.E. Heath 
Com of Pensions
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Auburn NY Oct. 1st 1851 
Hon. Sir, 
after recieving your report in the case of Martha Shultz (widow of John Shultz) of August 13th 1851, I made a new requisition of the Secretary of State of the State of New York Stating what you had said in your letter and requesting of him to make out a certifficate and send it to me, giving information concerning the service of my client John Shultz 
If any thing more is wanting in this case you will please inform me as soon as you can make it convenient to do so, and I have to say that I do hope this case will be attended to soon as it is already an old case 
Respectfully yours 
Daniel DT Benedict 

Hon. J.E. Heath 
(obscured by fold) of Pensions
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State of New York}
 Secretary's office} 
I hereby certify that it-appears from the records of the Military Register of the Revolutionary War in this office, that John Shultz served as Private in said war from October 23 1778 to the End of the War. 
Given under my hand and seal of office at the City of Albany the Thirtieth day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one, 
Christopher Morgan 
 Secretary of State
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J Shultz
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Pension Office 
August 13th 1851
Sir.
In answer to your letter of May 17th/51 I have to state that in the case of John Schultz Dec. the proof of identity is not deemed satisfactory. The Comptroller of New York certifies that a John Shultz served in the New York line but the name of the officer does not agree with that set forth in the Declaration. John Shultz is a common German name which renders strong proof of identity more necessary. 
Respectfully 
Yr Obt Servt 
F S Evans 


 Danl D. T. Benedict Esq 
Auburne
NYork
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Auburn N. Y. February 1, 1851 
Hon Sir: 
I herewith inclose to you the Certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of New York showing that John Shultz (whose widow is now an applicant for a Pension) did do military service in the war of the Revolution for the term of three years. 
The declaration of Martha Shultz the widow of said John Shultz together with the proof of her marriage to him, and of his actual service, (by Timothy Holly) was sent to the Pension Office by Edward H. Baxter of this place, March 5th 1850. Papers in relation to the matter you will please direct to me at this place. 
Respectfully your's 
Daniel D. T. Benedict
 Attorney of Martha Shultz 

Hon Jas E. Heath, 
Com. of Pensions
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Auburn Sept 14th 18[50?]
Hon Sir 
In answer to your letter of the 11th inst, I wouldsay  that the papers in the case of Mrs Martha Shultz the widow of John Shultz a soldier of the war of the Revolution, was sent from this city, to the Pension Office by Edward H. Baxter on the 5th of March last. 
It was John Shultz who was the husband who performed the service for which she now claims a pension 
Edward H Baxter 
[illegible] Newholl  

Hon J. L Edwards 
Washington
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Washington City 
Aug 26th 1850 

Dr. Sir
I herewith enclose a letter from Daniel T D Benedict, in relation to four revolutionary Claims now on file and which have been since March last, and ask that you will be pleased to have them taken up as soon as practicable, and oblige 
Yours very Respectfully, 
Shiml, Godwin 


Col J L Edwards, 
Comr.  of Pensions,
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Auburn June 18th 1850 

Hon Sir

You will please inform me of result of your examination of the claim of Martha Shultz to a pension as the widow of a revolutionary soldier which was presented to you early in the month of March Last. 

Yours Respectfully 
Edward H. Baxter
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Hon Joshua Lee
HR
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The undersigned having been acquainted with John Shultze of the town of Milo Yates Co. N.Y. for a number of years certify that he has always sustained a good character for honesty & integrity
Milo Dec. 28th 1833 
Ray A. Waite 
George Nichols in 
Wm.W Aspell 
Cornelius Ackin 
Isaac Nichols
Jermayne Andrews 
Saml Castner, 
A. Smith 
Joseph Sneker 
Miles Benham  
W Babrutz
M. L Sheppard
B. B. Brown
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Auburn NY March 20th 1851 
Hon 
Sir will you do me the favor to inform me as to the Result of your examination of the Claim of Martha Shultz widow of John Shultz to her pension and also to the pension due to her husband John Shultz at the time of his death; on fifth day of March 1850, 
I mailed to the Pension office, Martha Shultz’ declaration, together with two affidavit proving her moral character as also the affidavit of Timothy Holly, the Brother of Martha Shultz who testifies that he knew John Shultz to be a soldier of the Revolution and also states that he was present when said Martha Holly (his Sister) was married to the aforesaid John Shultz: in said affidavit Timothy Holly particularly states when and where the Marriage of John Shultz and Martha Holly took place. 
some six months or more after the papers above mentioned were received at the pension Office.  I  I received a Report from the Honorable Commissioner of of Pensions saying that Record evidence of the service of the aforesaid John Shultz must be produced before the Pension could be allowed; I accordingly obtained the certifficate of the Secretary of State of the
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State of New York and on the first day of February last I mailed the same to the Commissioner of pensions to be used with other proof in the case. You will therefore confer a favor on me by sending me your Report on the same as early as you conveniently can 
Respectfully yours
Daniel D T Benedict 

Hon Jas. E. Heath 
Commissioner of Pensions
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM. 
———————
ACT OF July 29, 1848 

Martha Shultz widow of John 

New York. 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
To Examine Claims. 


CHARLES C. TUCKER, 
Attorney,
Present 

Seely [*] I[**]th
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POWER OF ATTOREY

Know all men by these presents: Thal Martha Shultz widow of John Shultz of Yates County 
N York do hereby constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, DC my true and lawful and Agent Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Martha Shultz (myself) for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of July 29 1848 or any other Act or Resolution of Congress and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.

 WITNESS my hand and seal this 16th day of February 1854
Martha Shultz
her X mark 

In the presence of 
John Hatmaker 
Peter Wheatean 

State of New York Yates COUNTY -- SS

On this 16th day of February 1854, before me a Justice of the peace for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Martha  Shultz to me well Known and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned 
H. G. Wolcott 
—————————

(section below is crossed out)

State of  CITY} 
COUNTY.}             

On this ___day of___ 185_, before me the undersigned a ______in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared_____ a resident of said County, and made oath according to the law that he is the identical____ who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim. 

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written 
_________________________

State of New York}
County of  Yates}

I Clarkson Martin Clerk of the County of Yates aforesaid do hereby certify that Hiland G. Wolcott Esquire before whom the foregoing acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 
16th of February 1854 
C Martin, Clerk
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Gallipolis Gallia County Ohio Oct 7th 1852 
Hon Sir 
on the fifth day of March 1850, I mailed to the Honorable commissioner of Pensions the 
Declaration of Martha Shultz asking for her a pension for the services of her late husband John Shultz, and also this pension money that was due to her said husband the aforesaid John Shultz at the time of the his death - together with her said declaration was the proof of her marriage and of her identity as the widow of the aforesaid John Shultz as required by law, after a long time I was informed by the Honorable commissioner of Pensions that if Record evidence of the service of said John Shultz were offered then the claim would be allowed. 
I therefore thereupon obtained the certifficate of the Secretary of State of the State of New York and on presenting the same it was found that said Secretary had- made a mistake there being two men in the New York line, by the name of John Shultz he had given me the certifficate for the wrong
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John Shultz instead of the one that I was prosecuting for.  The Commissioner of pensions there informed me that the certifficate of the Secretary of State of the State of New York did not corrobborate the other proof in the Claim of Martha Shultz and of her husband the aforesaid John Shultz
I then informed the secretary of State of the State of NewYork what the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions had said concerning the matter and asked him to make another search, and I then particularly informed the Secretary of State of the State of New York that the John - Shultz for whom I was making the present prosecution was a soldier in Colonel Van Schaicks Regiment of the New York line in the war of the revolution and he accordingly made another search and procured another Certifficate signed by his official Signature, and bearing the seal of State of the State of New York. 
This last Certifficate of the secretary of State of the State of New York the one bearing the seal of State of the State of New York
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Is the completing part of all the Evidence required by law in such  Claims and after a whole year more what am I to [illegible] why the Honorable Commissioner of pensions after having first prescribed what kind of Evidence I must produce in order to obtain this case and after I had procured it (namely), the certifficate of the secretary of State of the state of New York (viz. the one bearing the Seal of State of the State New York) I am now told in a letter bearing date June 14th to 1852 that a decision had been the made in his office on the 29th of January 1852 that before pension can be allowed to Martha Shultz for the services of her husband John Shultz his -services must be proved by two witnesses who served in the war of the Revolution and that evidence is is required in addition to the evidence now on file in this case in the pension office-- now it is an acknowledged fact conceded everywhere that if proof positive of A Soldier service can be had by the pension Department either of the testimony of living, witnesses who served with the applicant or from
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Military Records of the State department of the State where the the applicant served I say it is a point conceded that either of these kinds of Evidence shall be taken as evidence without the other and this point is conceded by the Honorable Commissioner of pensions by the course that he did take in this case in all his former letters, he did not once allude to positive evidence by surviving Soldiers of the Revolution but he did continually ask of me to procure Evidence from the Records in the office of the Secretary of the State of New York he well knew that it was out of the power of any such a soldier or his widow to procure the testimony of two witnesses now living who were in actual service with John Shultz and he did allow me to elect, which kind of Evidence I would procure or, in other words, he did choose that I should procure the very certifficate of the Secretary of State that I have procured, and which is now on file in the pension office  among other evidence in this Claim and which is the very Certtifficate of the Secretary of State of the State of New York that I did paid to the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions ad
Continued on Document No 2
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No 2 

Auburn, in the State of New York 
on the first day of October in the of our Lord 1851, this last mentioned Certifficate of the Secretary of State is the only Evidence ever required to prove the service of John Shultz in in this case for the first eighteen months of the prosecution of this Claim and it is all the evidence that the law requires or that the law can require by any possible construction 

The Honorable Commissioner of pension raises no other objection to the allowance of this Claim only he says, that the service of said John Shultz is not proven which I have herein before shown to be an error on the part of said Commissioner in as much as that all the proof that he did require for the first 18 months of the prosecution of said Claim has been produced by me and is in the pension office  - I would remark in order to give strength to what I have said on this point that in giving directions to Revolutionary- Claimants how to proceed in prosecuting their claims the Honorable Commissioner of pensions has been in the habit of saying to them in his letters that they must produce either - a certifficate from the Secretary of
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of State of the State where the service of was performed _or_ the testimony of two officers or soldiers who served with the applicant in said war -  and now in this case of John Shultz by the Honorable Commissioner of pensions did say to me in a letter on this subject that I must produce the certifficate of the Secretary of of State or of the Comptroller of State of the State of New York showing the service of said John Shultz in the war of the Revolution, and here let me ask what did the Honorable Commissioner require this said Certifficate for [crossed out- and when he did get] you will please take notice that he did not in any subsequent communication on that subject ever complain that there was any error or any deficiency in that certificate of the Secretary of State which bears  the Seal of State of the State of New York - no, he made no objection to that Evidence he found no fault with that certifficate-- it was just the evidence --- and all the evidence that he had been asking in this claim for more than one year and when he makes his decision he requires that in addition to that certifficate we must produce the Testimony of two witnesses who served in the same company with
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John Shultz who will testify that they knew him in said service I concieve this requisition on the part of the Honorable Commissioner to be a departure from the spirit and the intention of the law 
See printed circular for the directions of officers and soldiers of the Revolution issued from the pension office of the United States June 27th 1852, it reads thus “To require from applicants positive proof of service from a temporary survivor  would after the lapse of so many years be to deprive many of them of the benefit of the law” 
I therefore hold that the Decision in this case is a departure on the Rules of the pension office  as laid down in their own printed directions, and also a departure from the practice of the pension office itself 
But it may be argued on the part of the government that the proof of identity of John Shultz, is not strong enough but [illegible] that is not the grounds on which this case is suspended-- it is suspended for want of proof of service of John Shultz-but if it had been Suspended for stronger proof of the identity of this Claim and with the John Shultz who performed the service mentioned in the certifficate of the Secretary of State now on file in the pension office bearing the Seal of State of the State
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What then, why sir then the testimony of Martha Shultz in her application setting forth that her husband the aforesaid John Shultz did serve in the New York State line in the Regiment commanded Colonel Goose Van Schaick in the war of the Revolution is evidence that identified him as the same John Shultz mentioned the aforesaid Certifficate [of-crossed out] the certifficate of the Secretary of State of the State of New York in as much as there are strong proofs accompaning the said Declaration of Martha Shultz to show her credibility as a person of good standing in the vicinity where she resides and in as much as the Records in the war Department do now show that there was but one John Shultz in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick in the New York line in the war of the Revolution 

I therefore hereupon most Respectfuly appeal from this decision of the Honorable Commissioner of pensions and ask that you give to the Claimant in this case the pension due John Shultz and to Martha Shultz - 

Yours with Respect 
Daniel D T Benedict 

Hon Alex H H Stuart 
Secretary of the Interior
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Auburn, N.Y. May 17th 1852 

Hon Sir:

More than three months ago I mailed to you the Certificate of the Secretary of State, of the State of New York proving the service of John Shultz in the War of the Revolution.  Martha Shultz, the widow did testify as did her brother Timothy Hanley that they knew that said John Shultz did do service in the war of the Revolution which testimoney is now coroberated by the Certificate of the Secretary of State above mentioned 

These afffidavits were sent to the Pension office March 5th 1850 and the certificate of the Secretary of State has sent to the same Office February 1st 1851. 

As this case has been in your office a long time I will be much pleased to know the result of your examinations of the same 

Respectfully yours, 

Daniel D T Benedict 


Hon Conn of Pensions 
Washington D. C.
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Shimuel Godwin Esqr 
Washington City 

Auburn Aug 19th 1850 

Dear Sir

Your letter of the 11th is at hand, and I am happy to have the assistance of one so experienced in those matter as yourself 

I will now give you four cases which I wish you to examine and do the best you can with -  When we write again, we will send you as many more claim to examine, we send you a few at a time believing that you will agree with me in the opinion that it will be decided the best policy to do so instead of sending the whole that we now have at once, as this course will give you a fair chance to ask of us any question you may deem necessary on each particular claim, and also give us a fair time to explain the same in a much more satisfactory manner then could be done if we should be more hasty in the matter. 
(margin note) March 5
The first case, which I wish to call your attention is that of Martha Shultz, who claims as the widow of a Revolutionary soldier - the proofs in said claim, was sent to the Pension office from this Citty by Edward H. Baxter Esq. on the 5th day of March last, - no report has been had on said claim yet - we still wish to conduct the claim in the name of Mr Baxter 
(margin note) March 12
The second is the claim of Lewis, B. Smith, Claiment for Revolutionary services of his Father Elijah Smith, supplemental papers sent to the Pension office by Edward H. Baxter Esq. the 7th day of February last, and now conducted in the name of Daniel D.T. Benedict I having sent a written power of attorney to the Pension office signed and sealed by said Smith in due form of law. 

The third is the invalid claim of George E. Martin, which has been for sometime past in the office of the Secretary of the Interior awaiting his opinion of the same. 
(margin note) July 28
The fourth is the claim of John Fink as a Revolutionary soldier, sent to the pension office the 14th day of June last, which claim the Commissioner of Pensions tries to confound with a claim of one Fink or Finker of another part of the country, against whom he says
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a decision was made at some former time, on account of desertion Our applicant on the contra postively swore that the application made by and sent to the Pension office at the time above named by me as acting attorney was the first application ever made for a pension or anuity for said John Fink, and he proves by men of indisputable integrity that said Fink did do actual service in the war of the Revolution - one of the witnesses in said claim was Joseph Waggoner a brother of Col. Peter Waggoner of the York State line, both of whome must be known at the Pension office. 

You will please write to me in your next letter what you understood was to be your compensation for prosecuting individual claims- whether you wished to do the same with them as with bounty land claims, the per centage would not pay you on such claims there being no back pension they do not pay us but a small amount we do not feel prepaired to do better by you with them then with the bounty land claims, however if you wish to take 10 per cent on the Individual Pensioner's first drawing day you can have your choise either to do that or to take the 2,50 per claim as in the bounty land cases, we would like to know which of the two you choose, please inform me on that subject when you write, as to the result of the examinations of the cases which we have herein before mentioned, 

Very Respectfully 

Daniel L. T. Benedict 

Shimuel Godwin Esq 
Washington