Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5199, William Hooker, Conn. Vt.
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SERVICE
Conn.
Vt.
Hooker, William
NUMBER
R. 5199
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32832
WmHooker
Fees 5 ps
N. York

2 Certificates & affidavits
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State of New York of
Cayuga County I Deborah Ann Drake being duly sworn
says that she is fifty-three years old, that she is the half sister of William
Hooker of Truxton - that the said William is now in his 71st year - that she with
her parents & brother formerly in her infancy resided in the town of
Poultney in Vermont - that previous to that time her parents had
resided in Connecticut - that for the last 30 years she has had but little intercourse with her half-brother William he having resided at a distance
that she well recollects & has always understood it to be the fact from
conversation in the family ever since she was old enough to take notice of such things that her brother William Hooker who now resides in
the town of Truxton County of Cortland & State of New York was a soldier in
the Revolution & that he served for a period of about three years -- That in the year 1800 in the month of Sept. -- her brother William was
on a visit to see her & one of her sisters & that while he was visiting them
he gave her a statement of some of his services in the Revolutionary
Army -- that in those conversations he mentioned of his having served
as a soldier a period of just about 3 years that he served a considerable
time upon the North River near Horseneck, [illegible] in that vicinity -- that he stated he served nine months in the State of Vermont
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white Deponents fathers family resided in Vermont -- That the said
William went away from home to live immediately after the close
of the war & while this deponent was an infant or child-- That this
deponent has not the least doubt but what the said William did
serve as a soldier in the Revolutionary army for a period of about three
years that she has repeatedly & always from her youth upwards
so understood from the family -- That she understood from her brother
that he at one time served under Capt. Olmstead -- And further the
Subscribed & Sworn this
deponent says not Dated Oct. 26. 1832 Deborah Anne [illegible]
Subscribed & Sworn this 26th day of Oct. 1832 before me
Thomas Chadwick Justice of the Peace

Cayuga County [illegible] I hereby certify that Deborah A. Drake the above deponent is a credible person & that full faith & credit may be placed upon
her statements -- Oct. 26, 1832.
Thomas Chadwick Justice of the
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State of New York
Cortland County
Mary Hooker of the town of
Genoa County of Cayuga and State of New York being duly sworn
says that
as she is in the 90th year that she is the stepmother of
William Hooker who now resides in the town of Trenton Cortland
County. That during the war of the Revolution the said
William served in the Army of the United States as a common
soldier - That her memory is so feeble she is unable
to state how long he served but that she knows he was
absent at one time in the service for a considerable
time so long that on his return, she could perceive he
had grown considerable the said William was about
16 years old when he went into the army. He is now
about 70. That while this deponent lived in Vermont during
the Revolution the said William served as an
orderly Sergeant it is her impression that
he belonged to a company in which one James Brookins
was a Lieutenant. He then was guarding the fort at Castleton
And further this Deponent says not
Dated Oct 26, 1832- That this deponent cannot see to write
Subscribed and Sworn 
before me Oct. 26. 1832
Mary Hooker
mark
Thomas Chadwick of the Peace
Cayuga County I certify that Mary Hooker is credible
person & that full faith & credit may be placed
in her statements-- Oct. 26, 1832-
Thomas Chadwick Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Cortland County
At a Court of Common Pleas held
at the Court House in the town of Cortland
Title in and for the County of Cortland
On the 29th day of September A.D. 1835
at the September Term of said Court,
Present Hon. Joseph Reynolds first Judge
John Gillet
William Bartlet Judges
Oliver Kingman
In the Matter of William Hooker deceased Application for a Pension,
Oren Stinson Clerk of the said Court
do hereby certify that on the 29th day of September A.D.
1835 Increase M Hooker appeared in Open Court and being
duly sworn testified that he was administrator to the Estate 
of the said William Hooker Deceased, and that the contents
of the within affidavit to which the said Increase M Hooker
name is subscribed is true and further that the proof was
Satisfactory to the said Court as to the Contents of the 
within affidavit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the said County this 9th day of October
A.D. 1835
Ben Shifee Clerk of Cortland
County
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Courtland County. 
St of N. York 
on the 29 day of September 1835
Personally appeared in open Court before the 
Judges, Increase M. Hooker of Truxton, County aforesaid
after being duly sworn according to Law, doth make the
following declaration, as administrator to the Est of Wm
Hooker deceased in order to receive what he due
to the 2d at the time of his said as a pension
agreeably to the act of Congress passed June 1832
that in the year 1776 he lived with his father in
the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut, that Wm Hooker
an Elder Brother also lived at home,
that I enlisted
into the service of the United States as he stated to his friends
the time: he the deponent thinks in the fall of
that year: that not long after he left home as was well
united to join his Regiment, that sometime after that
he thinks in the fall of 1777 he returned home and spoke
he had been in the army at Peekskill, that he stayed
at home a while and again left it for the Army 
as was well understood at the time that A Beacher
has since informed the deponent that some time in 1778 he
he thought at the neck
met them with 2 other Soldiers who informed him that
they were going to
join the Army
in Connecticut, that he thinks in the year 1779 his father
removed to Potter County of Rutland State of Vermont
that in the spring return & said he had been
in the service most of the time of his absence
the latter part of which as a Sergeant
that soon after
his return he enlisted under Capt. James Allin for nine months as
where he served the
Orderly Sergeant & went into a Ritt fort at Castleton which
fort was commanded by said Capt. Allen
regiments as orderly sergeant, that the Deponent was seen
times in
the fort & new him to wit in that party, & that
he the deponent took his place as order for 2 weeks
while he went home, that not long after his time
was out he left home for Connecticut,
he came to reside with Deponent in mental Drage
ment where he remained until his Death
that he after conversed with hand
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him on
the subject of having been in the service of the
United States during the Revolution, that he often named
his officers in his wild way and that of all he named he
only now recollects that of Col Webb & Capt. Umprey or
United with that of Genl Mcdougle which latter 
he
understood him commanded at Peekskill, that he was
in the service a long time and that in the Connecticut Line
the Deponent has no doubt and that all he was
the
identical person mentioned in the certificate of the
Comp holder of Connecticut; that for the services
of said Wm 
he as Admir to his estate claims
the Ballance
due him as
Pensioner at the time of his death
agreeable the aforesaid at
Increase M Hooker
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County of Cortland
State of N York
Sworn and subscribed before
in this 15th day of August 1835
John H Ferguson in
Caleb Clark
on the 13th day of August 1885
Personally
appeared before me John H Ferguson one of the
Justices of the Peace for said County Caleb Clerk a Presbyterian
Clergyman of the Town of Braxton, in the County aforesaid and
after being duly sworn according to law testify and say that
 he boarded at Capt. Mira M. Hooker, when Wm Hooker
now dead came to live with said Meria M. Hooker in
State of Mental Derangement, at times more so than at other
that he frequently conversed with him when he appeared to be
most rational concerning his having been in the service of
the United States during the Revolution, & found to his satisfaction
that he was in said Service stating where he was in such
service together with his officer names, that sometimes he
he would mention one name & sometimes another, for
which circumstance he concluded he was under different
officers, that he recollects that he mentioned being at
Peekskill which is the only place he recollects that him
named
though he mentioned others, nor does he not
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State of New York 
Cortland County ss Oren Stimson
Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that John A Ferguson Esq.
whose name
is subscribed to the within
affidavit of the Rev. Caleb Clark and
was at the time of taking such proof or
affidavit a Justice of the Peace in & for the town of Taxton
in said County duly qualified & Sworn & further
that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of
the said Justice & verily believe the signature John A. Ferguson
be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said County
this 29th day of September A.D. 1835
Oren Stimson
Clerk
affidavit
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and the said Court do declare their opinion after propounding
Several Interrogation and examining the Declaration of Capt.
Increase Hooker of Trustee of Courtland County 
believing his character for truth and veracity to rank
with the highest of his fellow Citizens and also the Station
of the Rev Caleb Clark a Presbyterian Clergyman
of Said Trexton and believing the rank with the first of
that order: that their statements are correct and
entitled to the highest consideration
Joseph Reynolds first Judge Court
John Gillet
Oliver Kingman
Judges
Cortland County
Courts
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Truxton
Courtland co
State of N York
Sir
3rd Feby 1833
I enclose herewith an explanation as
to the service of Wm Hooker in 1780
which I think will be satisfactory
the circumstance of the service
being in 1780 as stated to be in the Latter
of the Treasurer of Vermont, was not
notified
by Wm Hooker or myself
the rear of the number of names
mentioned in my letter to the Treasurer
from the suggestion of Wm Hooker
that there were a number of Capton
out & about the fort & that it was
uncertain who might make the Returns
but I expresly mentioned for the service in
the fort at Castleton in the 1781 or 82
thereto it is not men heard in the reapers
Father - further I did not mention the name of
Capt. Mosley
Respectfully
Joel R. Point
John Albert
Joseph Emerson
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602. Feb 10, 1838
3.
Pension Office
NY
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and May 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2199.
William Hooker
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P O.
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
18
Contract.
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W
William Hooker
Suspended
I Emerson 30th May 1835
same
Same
27 Oct
tion
Same
5 Dec
Same
9 Dec
1837
Same
1838
Gray March 16
. Teall Decr 1854
Hon W. J. Seaman, Apr 1946
1828.
1th June 1832
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Comptrollers Office May 7th 1834 I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears by a settlement with the 9th Connecticut regiment, commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb before 1780, that William Hooker served therein as a private from the 23rd of April 1777 to the first day of January 1780; that in the settlement with this regiment for the 1780 he served therein as a private from the 1st of January 1780 to the 16th of May, & thereafter as a Sergeant until the 1st of January 1781; & from the 1st of January 1781 as a Sergeant until the 18th day of January 1781.   E. Shelps
apl 23-77 war Sergt May 16 '80 discharged 18 Jany 81-
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Truxton Cortland Co N. York 10th Jany 1838 Sir inclosed herewith is the explination as to the Signature of Sarah Beacher which I presume will be satisfactory, also the Tressivens Letter to me which speaks for itself.  I presume we shall not be able to make further proof as to Wm Hookers Services except by chance Respectfully your Hbe Sert Joel R Poinsett  [illegible] Sec.y of War Washington
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E583
Wm Hooker
318 Jany 1838
Pension Office
ny
---
Joel R Poinlett Jr 
Set War
Washington
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Treasurer's Office Windsor Vermont
January 4 1838

Joseph Emerson [Illegible]
Dear Sir
Your letter date 3 Dec in answer to mine of 22nd was [Illegible] yesterday. I have made an [Illegible] of all the Rolls bearing the names of the officer contained in your letter whether of same Christian name or not. The result is, I cannot find Gen. Hooker's name upon but one of the item, Vice [Vis. or Viz] Cap. Abishai Moseley's for services in the alarm at [Illegible] June 10 1781 in [Illegible] to orders from Maj. Isaac Clarke. There are but two days service credited Mr. Hooker on this Roll. Ithamar Brookins is put down as Sieatenaro. Have presumed that you would not [Illegible] a certificate for this service until more can be found, therefore have [Illegible] none
Respectfully [Illegible]
A. Wardun [Illegible]
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E639 26 Mch 38
3
Pension Office
D Camp
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Truxten, Courtland Co
[Illegible] 18 March 1838
Sir
enclosed herewith is Wm Edwards Letter said to be a reply to mine of the 2 [Illegible]  Feby left in
Wm Hookers care but through some mistake
is the reasons why [Illegible] M. Hooker was not
allowed a pension several years ago

Yours
Very Respectfully
Joseph
Emerson


Joel R. Poinsett [Illegible]
Sect of War
Washington
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E629 J L - Edwards
Letter [Illegible]
1989
Wm Hooker [Illegible]
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War Department
Pension Office
March 9. 1838

Sir,

In reply to yours of the 3 instant to the Secty
of War which has been refered to this office, I have to state that the case of Increase M. Hooker, his been rejected as heretofore communicated to you, because he was incapable of Arms bearing at the period of his alleged services. Because his alleged services did not amount to six months agreeably to his own original statement; and
because his alleged services it Castleton, in 79 - 9080 and 82 are discredited by the rolls which it is believed will show the whole service of every [Illegible]  militiaman who was in service at and about [Illegible] place in [Illegible] years.
There are rolls of each of the officers under whom he alleges he served, yet they furnish no evidence of his service, and a few days only of William Hooker whose place he alleges he took for a short time

Very respectfully
V Mobbs
Emerson
J L Edwards

Joseph Emerson Esq
Teston
Esq.
N. York.
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State of New York
Cortland County

I certify that on or about the
6th day of November 1837 Sarah Brock made a deposition in behalf of William Hooker deceased & that she requested me to take hold of the pen and guide it for her & she held her hand over the quill at the time she said she could not write any will her self and I did so accordingly, which deposition to us taken and subscribed
before as above stated. Dated at Taxton
January 9th 1838 John H Ferguson Sister of the [Illegible]
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Courtland County
State of New York } Ls

personally appeared before me
John H. Ferguson Justice of the Peace in & for said County [Illegible] M Hooker of Truxton in So County & after being sworn according to law testafies and says, that, William Hooker died at his House on the 15th May 1833 aged 72 years that he lived with him the last three years of his life previous to his death, mentally deranged & left neither widow nor child
Increase M Hooker
Subscribed and sworn this
11th day of June 1834 before
me John H Ferguson Justice of the peace

I certify that I have been well acquainted with the
above named Increase M Hooker for twenty years
last [Illegible] that he has ever sustained a good moral Character both as [Illegible] truth & [Illegible]
& that he has held the office of Pension of the poor for a number of years past and now holds he said
Officers, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church
in good Stand in the vicinity where I reside dated
at Inixton June 11, 1831
John H Ferguson Justice of the Peace
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Cortland County
State of New York
Clerks Office SS.
I certify that John H. Ferguson Esq before
whom the within affidavit purports to have
been sworn, was at the date thereof a Justice
of the Peace in said County duly commissioned
and sworn also that his name thereto subscribed
is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and seal of office the 11th day of May 1834
Sam Hotchkiss H. Clerk
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Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
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Sir
Truxton N York
2 Nov 1835
Sir
yours of the 27th ult is duly recd from Wm Hooker
the contents of which I prepare you had not recd
my last meeting therewith the Admir Declaration 
and other papers, which are in conformity with the requesting
stated in yours of May last as near as possibly
could be expected by the Department than
required in the printed requisitions of 1832 which
when they come to hand it is believed will cause 
a favorable refute and I am
Sir
Yours
respectfully
Joseph Emerson
Lewis Cass
Sec of War
Washington
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$41 W.
Wm Hooker
Nov. 1835.
Pension Office
NY
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E.S.W. of N.Y.
Wm Hooker NY
30 Nov. 1835.
Pension Office
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Truxton N York
23. Nov 1835
Sir
yours of the 14th inst is before me and
in reply have only to say that nothing further
will be attempted to prove the services of Wm
Hooker Deced, in the Army of the US During the
Revolution, though we may not think alike
as to the proof of his services in Connecticut and
we cannot disagree as to those in
Vermont
we flatter ourselves of a favourable
Reputt of the Latter
and am
Lewis
Cass Esqr
Sect War
Washington
Sir
respectfully
Joseph Emerson
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Truxton NY
Courtland Co
Oct 18, 1835
Sir
yours of the 30th of May in Wm Hooker
case was duly recd the Requistion therein
mentioned are complied with us for
as practicable & enclosed herewith, which
with the papers now on file in the Department
we flatter ourselves will meet a favorable
Decision, & am
Sir
Yours
Respectfully
Joseph
Emerson
Lewis Cass
Sec War
Washington
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E. 30. W.D.
NY
Wm Hooker
24 October 1835
Pension Office
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Courtland County}
St of New York} ss  on the 6th Day of Nov 1837
Personally appeared before me John H. Ferguson Justice of the Peace in & for said County Sarah Beacher & after being duly sworn testifies & says that in the time of the Revolutionary War she lived in the Town of Woodbridge County of New Haven State of Connecticut that William Hooker lived in the same town with whome [sic] she was well acquainted & with his family who were very respectable; that she was informed by the family that Wm had inlisted into the Army for a considerable time she thinks during the War; that, Capt. Sanford of the same town raised a company for the service that when the company marked for the army she among many others went to see them set off, that it was well understood that Wm Hooker was among them but don't know that she saw him distinktly [destinctly] from others, that she often heard the family speak of him while absent & sometimes sayed [said] they expected him home soon on a furlow &c  that she don't know that he ever told her who his Colonel was but thinks it was Colo Webb as he lived as she understood in the same County -- that a few years ago the same Wm Hooker died at the house of Capt. Increas M. Hooker in Truxton Courtland County St. of N. York; that she was at his funiral [funeral] liveing [living] at the time in the same neighborhood, that said Hooker died as she believes in May 1833
Sara Beecher
Sworn and Subscribed before me this Sixth day of November 1837
John H Gerguson Justice of the peace
State of New York
Cortland County Clerks Office ss
I Oren Stimson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John H Ferguson Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said county duly qualified & authorized to act as such and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe his signature above to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said County this 16th day of November AD 1834
O. Stimson Clerk
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Town of Truxton ss.
I certify that I am unacquainted with the within named Sarah Beecher, but I have inquired of some of the finest characters in my neighborhood who are well acquainted with said Sarah Beecher who say that she is of good moral character as respects truth and veracity.
John H. Ferguson, Justice of the Peace
Nov. 20, 1837
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Cortland County} 
Surrogates office} SS.
I Townsend Ross Surrogate of the County
of Cortland do hereby certify that it was proved to me to my satisfaction at the time of granted letters of Administration of the Estate of William Hooker late of the Town of Truxton deceased to Increse [Increase] M Hooker that there are neither widow nor children of the said William Hooker deceased - And further that have been acquainted with Increase M. Hooker aforesaid for more than twenty years and that he always has  been and now is considered a man of high reputation for truth and veracity
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed my
Seal office this twenty fifth day of
August in the year of our Lord 1834
Townsend Ross Surrogate
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Wm Hooker
Papers
 Truxton N. Y.
Aug 27

Lewis Cass Esqr
Secretary of War
Washington

Pension Office
Sept. 2d 1834
N. Y.
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N Y

April 11, 1835
Pension Office
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Truxton 4th April 1834
Recd [illegible]
Sir
I addressed a letter to you of the 26th of
of August last enclosing therewith the claim
of Increas Hooker as admr to Wm Hooker deceased, for a pension for the services of sd Wm in the Revolution & not hearing from the Department think they may not have been recd, please inform me & oblige
 Your Very Hble Servt
Joseph Emerson
Lewis Cass Esq
Secretary of War
Washington
PS John Sloan of this Town a Revolutioner
Pensioned Died on the 11th April 1829
I was employed to obtain the ballance of Pension for the widow; Sent the Certificate with other requests to NY for
that purpose, the papers were returned
as something not being correct, without
the certificate, I immediately wrote to
NY - to my agent he wrote me that he had made enquiry at the agency for it but it could not be found for which reason I suspect it has been made use of to draw his pension, if
that should prove to be the case it would
be very grattifying to me to know it as also
who drew it
J E
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Truxton, N. Y. - 26th August 1834
Sir
Enclosed herewith is a Certificate of the Comptroler [Comptroller] of Connecticut of the services of Wm Hooker deceased, in the Revolutionary War & other papers with a view of obtaining pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
I notice in the requisitions of the War Department that a Certificate of Court is is [sic] necessary in such case, but I conceive that to be where positive proof of service cannot be obtained, but if such Certificate should be required, I wish you to inform me previous to our next Court which is on the last Tuesday in September next -- when you send a Certificate I will thank you to inform me how to proceed in order to draw the money as the business of this nature is new to me --
the affidavits taken in 1832 were executed then with a view to obtain a pension in his lifetime & not by them known that a County Clerks Certificate were required, but there is no doubt of their genuineness --
I remain Sir
Yours Respectfully
Joseph Emerson

Lewis Cass Esqr.
Secretary of War
Washington
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Truxton Courtland Co.
State of N. York
Sir
The subject on which on which [sic] I address you is new to you but not to your predicessor [predecessor], it for obtaining a ballance [balance] of Pension due him at the time of his Deth [Death]; therefore I think it propper [proper], to write what passed between the Department & myself while Mr Cass was at the Head of it; first application was made by Increase M Hooker Administrator to the Estate of Wm Hooker to obtain what was due at the time of his Deth with affidavit of the time & with the Letter of Such Administration & a Certificate from the Comptroler [Comptroller] of Connecticut stating that Wm Hooker recd. pay as a soldier in Colonel Webbs Regiment from the 23d of April 1777 to 1 Jany 1781 & servd. as Sergiant [Sergeant] in the time from the 16 May to 1 Jany 1781 -- Mr Edwards in reply of the 30th May 1834, states that a Declaration was necessary before a Court of Record & Such Declaration was made by the Administrator complying with the request as far as practicable & sent to the Department with several affidavits setting forth as fully as could be expected under the existing circumstances of his services from what they had heard from himself in his lifetime as far as memory could serve & (here I would observe that Wm Hooker was Mentially [Mentally] Deranged several years before his Deth) on the 27th October 1835  Mr Edwards replyed [replied] & among other things in substance that there may be more Wm Hookers than one in the service &c &c  in reply Increase M Hooker made affidavis [affidavits] that he personally knew that that [sic] the said Wm Hooker came to Vermont after his alledged service in the Connecticut Line & inlisted into Captain Allens Company for nine months as Orderly Serjant [Sergeant] & went into the Fort at Castleton Vermont, where he served his time out, that the Deponant at one time took his place for two weeks while sd Wm went home on a visit to his Friends & that he after saw him in the Fort, in answer Mr Edwards states among other things that there were several persons now liveing [living] in Castleton who were in the Fort in the time of War -- Increase M Hooker then wrote to a Friend in Castleton requesting him to make enquiry &c & stating what Mr Edwards wrote & also stating that he presumed the persons refered [referred] to were pensioners & after a ling [long?] time recd. for answer that he had made [word cut off] enquiry & understood that the pensioners in Castleton were all Ded [Dead] except a Lieutenant Holt that he called on him & had for answer
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for answers that he did not recollect the names of any of the orderly sergeants that were in the Fort - I now ford to you Sir the affidavit of Mes Beecher hopeing [hoping] it may lead to a favourable result & Sir if it is not proven that Wm Hooker was in Colo Webbs Regiment it appears to me that enough has been proven to entitle him to something I should think full pension but I submit to your better Judgment; a reply is wished for as soon as convenient
I am Sir Respectfully Yours
Joseph Emerson

Benjamin F Butler 
Secretary of War
Washington

E554 Dec 7, 1837
Pension Office
NY
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County of Courtland}
St of New York} ss
on the 31st Day of Jany 1838 personally appeared before me Justice of the Peace in & for said County -- Increase M. Hooker of Truxton and County above said & after being duly sworn according to Law deposeth & saith, that if the [illegible] of Vermont in his letter to Joseph Emerson stated that he found Wm Hookers name on the rool [roll] for two days service as stated in J. L. Edwards letter to sd Emerson of the 23 Jany 1838, it must have been the Father of Wm Hooker junior who inlisted [enlisted] (he thinks  in 1776) into the army in Connecticut & was not quite 16 years of age & did not come to Vermont where his Father had removed, until he thinks in the spring of the year 1781 of which he inlisted under Capt Parmeles Company & went into the Fort at Castleton, that, the Deponant took his place for a fortnet [fortnight] while sd Wm went home, that his name was on the Rool Wm Hooker & no Jr annexed  that not long after his time was out he left home again for Connecticut from whence he the Deponant had several letters & at different times & places all signed Wm Hooker without Junr. being annexed, & that the deponant never put Junr. to any the letters he wrote to him & he hardly think he ever put Jr. to his name as he was so yong [young] when he inlisted & from that time to his Deth [Death] he lived but very little time in the vicinity of his Father & then he don't think that sd Wm signed any reportable instrument that mad[e] it necessary to add Junr. to his name if he did the Deponant never saw it tany [to any?] writing whatever
Increase M Hooker
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 31st day of January 1838
John H Ferguson, Justice of the peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Increase M Hooker 7 that he is a man of good moral character both as to truth and veracity
John H Ferguson, Justice of the peace
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State of New York
County of Cortland Clerks Office ss
I Oren Stimson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John H Ferguson Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within and before whom the affidavit of Increase M Hooker purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly qualified & authorized to act as such & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice & verily believe his signature within to be genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County this 3d day of February AD 1838
Oren Stimson Clerk
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William Hooker
Letters of Administration to J. M, Hooker
Recorded July 7th 1834
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The People of the state of New York, by the Grace of God Free and Independent.
To Increase M. Hooker
SEND GREETING.
WHEREAS William Hooker as is alledged, lately died intestate, having whilst living, and at the time of his death, personal property within this state, by means whereof, the ordering and granting administration of all and singular the said personal property and also the auditing, allowing and final discharging the account thereof, doth appertain unto us:  and we being desirous that the personal property of the said deceased may be well and faithfully administered, applied and disposed of, do grant unto you the said Increase M. Hooker full powers by these presents, to administer and faithfully dispose of all and singular the said personal property - to ask, demand, recover and receive the debts which unto the said deceased, whilst living, and at the time of his death did belong, and to pay the debts which the said deceased did owe, so far as such personal property will thereunto extend, and the law require:  Hereby requiring you to make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the personal property of the said deceased, which have or shall come to your hands, possession or knowledge, and the same so made to exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the office of the Surrogate of the said county of Cortland at or before the expiration of six calender months from the date hereof, and also to render a just and true account of administration when thereto required.  And we do by these presents, depute, constitute and appoint you the said Increase M. Hooker administrator of all and singular the personal property which were of the said William Hooker deceased
In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed.
Witness Townsend Ross
Esquire Surrogate of said County, at Homer the Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and of our Indepencence the fifty seventh
Townsend Ross Surrogate