Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23263, Nicholas Hoos, New York
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SERVICE
New York

NUMBER
S3263
CONTENTSrecessessesses

Peeresses dessesessessessessesesses
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Hoos, Nicholas
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[page illegible]
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12.962
Nicholas Hoos
Green N York

5.16

May 33

p 384

D Kirkland Esq
Coxsackie NY

JL Brown
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BRIEF in the case of Nicholas Hoos
of Green C.
in the State of N York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made
before a Court or a Judge?  Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[chart]  Period. / Duration of Service Years, Months, Days.  / Rank. / Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

In 1779 / 3 [mo] / Private / Capt Van Valkenburgh

/ 9 [mo] / private / Capt Gray C V Harrison

/ 3 [mo] / private / capt Corine

/ 3 [mo] / private / officers not recollected

5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Catskill N York
7. Is
his statement sum
ported by living witnesses,
by documentary proof,
by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & witnesses
 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Paper not attach as req

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
[illegible]
Examining
 Clerk.
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State of New York
Greene County ss:
I William W. D. Heermance Clerk of the
County aforesaid, do certify that Dorrance Kirkland Esq
before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit
were sworn was at the date of the same, and
now is, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
held in & for said County.
that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and do verily believe his
name subscribed to the said declaration and
affidavits.
is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and seal
day of September 1832
William V.B. Heermance  Clerk
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State of New York
Greene County ⎬

On this fifteenth
day of September
one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared
before me Dorrance Kirtland first judge of the court
of Common pleas in and for the said County of Greene  being a court of Record, Nicholas Hoos
a resident of the town of Coxsackie the
County of Greene and State of New York aged
between seventy two and seventy three years, who
being first duly sworn according to law, doth on
his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
filed June 7th 1832
That he was born in the town of Coxsackie in the
County of Greene and State of New York on the 9th day of
September 1760 as he has always understood from
his parents and believe to be true. That there is a
family record of his birth to his knowledge. That the
above is the true day of his birth according to an entry
in the Register of Baptisms of the reformed Dutch Church
in Coxsackie, which was lately examined by the
Minister of said Church in his presence that
when he was quite young he went to Catshill,
that he remained there until in the spring of 1777
when he was enrolled in a militia Company
under the command of Captain John Witbeck
of Catskill aforesaid and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Anthony Van Bergen of Coxsackie
aforesaid. That I was ordered immediately to
keep himself in readiness for actual duty and
for that purpose he was frequently exercised a
drilled and was always prepared with
ammunition. That he continued bound to militia
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service for the United States during the remainder
of the war. That in the year 1778 (as he thinks) the
company was classed, each class to furnish a
man for three months; that he went for his class
for the said three months. That he did duty
at that time as a private under one Van
Valkenburgh at a place or post called Woodstock in the town of Cairo in the present county of Greene - That he believes Van Valkenburgh
to be dead-- that he does not remember the
name of any other officer. That after this he
was ordered out to Schoharie in the State of
New York to protect and guard certain forth
there erected, that when he first went he was
under the command of a Captain Gray and
a Lieutenant Coop - That he served under
Gray a short time & was then commanded
by a Captain Harrison, that he does not as
remember the name of any other officer- that
he cannot tell whether any or all of the above
officers are alive not having heard of them for
a long time, nor does he know where they reside
if alive - That he served there for the space
of nine months to the best of his belief That
he also served under Philip Conine a Captain
Lieutenant in the New York line of the Continent
any for nine months at a place called Passamacosa in the town of Catskill in the County of Greene aforesaid, that he
cannot with certainty state the year
That towards the close of the war he served
at Johnstown in the County of Montgomery
in the State of New York about three months
that there were stationed there at the time at
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twenty or thirty men, that he does not recollect
the names of the officers that he was in a
building called Johnson's Hall
That in addition to the foregoing services he was
frequently called out in scouting parties, alarms & other
special occasions- that he also did service for one
whole season from the spring until fall towards the
latter part of the war - That the company under
Captain John Witbeck which he belonged was
classed and each day to do his tour of duty to
guard the county against the Indians - that
he did duty in the way one & two days & nights
in a week & frequently were sometimes once
a fortnight that all the foregoing service
were in his own account & that he never had a
discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any State-

Nicholas his x mark Hoos

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

Darrance Kirtland
First Judge of Greene in
& State New York by making
Name
his marking mark he
not being able to write his name
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before
John I Brandow of the town of Coxsackie and
William Brandon of the time of Greenville
County of Greene and State of New York hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Nicholas Hoos who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, 
him to be between seventy two and seventy three
years of age, that he is reputed and believed in
the neighborhood where he resides to have
a soldier of the revolution and that we concur
in that opinion

John I Brandow
William J Brandow

sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
Dorrence Kirtland First
Judge of Greene County NY

and I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after investigating the matter, and after putting the Interogatories presented
by the war department, that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
And I the said Judge do further certify that the said applicant cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the
Court of the said County I do further certify that I am
and have been for many years last pastacquainted with
John Brandon H William J Brandow
witnesses
herein inserted and know them to be respectible and
credible persons and their statements entitled to full
credit - And that there is no settled minister in
the neighborhood of the said Nicholas Hoos residence
Dorrance Kirtland Fast
Judge of Greene County ┃
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Nicholas Hoof
Coxsackie
Greene County
New York
2 mo officers name
dis allowed
21. mo pri
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State of New York
Greene County SS
Mathias Hoos of the town of Coxsackie in the
County of Greene being duly sworn saith that in the same
year in which Lord Cornwallis surrendered
to the American army he did duty at a place called
Passamasassae for nine months.
under Philip Corine oaCapt. Lieutenant in
the New York line of the Continental army that
his brother Nicholas Hoos in the foregoing
did duty there as a private at the time
on his on account, that he does not recollect the
precise time he was there, but it was not less
them seven months-

Mathias his x mark Hoos

Sworn to & subscribed
this 15th Septr. 1832
by making his mark
matters of Hows
not been able to write
before me
Dorrance Kirtland
First Judge of Greene County

I further certify that the said Matthews Hoos is a
Credible Witness & that his statement is
entitled to credit
Dorrance Kirtland
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State of New York
Greene County SS
On this twenty fifth day of May one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three personally appeared before
me Dorrance Kirtland first Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the said County of Greene
the said Court being a Court of record) Nicholas
Hoos a resident of the town of Coxsackie in the
County of Greene and State of New York aged
between seventy two and seventy three years
age who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in addition and supplementary
to the declaration hereunto annexed, in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832-
That this declarant received an injury
by a fall from a horse eight or nine years ago,
that since that time his memory has been
seriously impaired, and that he cannot therefore
with precision state the names of all the officers
under whom he did the services hereinafter
set forth. That this declarant will therefore
name only such as he can now remember
this declarant further saith that
he does not believe that his name can be
on the Rolls, because his services herein
also in his original declaration, the services
rendered as one of the Militia & act as a
regularly enlisted soldier-
That in the year 1778 this deponent belonged
Militia Company commanded by Capt. John
Witbteck of Catskill now deceased, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Anthony Van Bergen
of Coxsackie, the County of Albany and State of
New York. That the said company was classed
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and the class to which this declarant belonged
was ordered to furnish one man for three
months service for the United States. That this
deponent volunteered to go for his class for
the said three months. That he was ordered
to a military post then called Woodstock in
the new County of Greene - That he there
served the whole of the three months. That
when he first went one Van Valkenburgh
was Captain & commanded there. That after
he had been there a short time Van Valkenburgh left there and the command was transfered to his Lieutenant by the name of
Loop-That there were there no other commissioned officers to his knowledge. That
he believes that both Van Valkenburgh & Loop
are dead. That he does not recollect any
living soldier by whom he can prove the aforesaid service-
That early the next spring, this deponent
still belonging to the militia Company
commanded by the said John Witbeck and
attached to the said Regiment commanded
by Col: Anthony Van Bergen, volunteered to

go for nine month for a class of the said
Company who had to furnish one man
for that length of time - That this deponent
immediately thereupon to wit in the spring of
1779, pursuant to orders for that purpose received
went to Schoharie in the State of New York
& was stationed in forts there erected. That
when he first went he was commanded by a
Captain Gray, that his Lieutenants names
of that served a short time under
Gray, who may succeeded by a Captain
Harrison whom this declarant then
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understood was from New England. That
he does not now remember the name of any
other officer - That he does not know that any
of the said officers are living; and if they are
alive, this declarant does not know where
they reside. That he served the said nine
months. That he does not know of any witness
---
now living by whom he can prove the said
service - That while at Schoharie he
remained at what was called the lowest
fort, there being at that time were then
one fort-
That afterwards and in the same year 
in which Lord Cornwallis surrendered and
in the early part of the spring of that year
this declarant belonging still to the militia
Company commanded by Captain John
Witbeck of Catskill in the Regiment of
Col. AnthonyVan Bergen agreed to serve
for nine months of a class of the said
Company which had to furnish one man
for that length of service. That in the early
part of that spring, he was ordered to go to
a place called Passamasscossac in the
present time of Catskill in the County
of Greene - That he went there immediately
and that he remained did duty there
for the said nine months that the
while there he has all the time under
the command of Philip Conine who
has a Captain Lieutenant in the New York
line of the Continental Army. That the
said Philip Conine is dead-
That after this deponent had served
at Passamakossec & he thinks in the following
year one Joseph Grover was drafted
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The said Company of Militia commanded
by John Witbeck aforesaid to go to the north
for three months. That this deponent went
as a substitute for the said Joseph Green
(who is now deceased immediately after
the said draft to Johnston in the
County of Montgomery and State of New York
That he has stationed at Johnson Hall
---
so called with about twenty or thirty men
and served the said three months
That this declarant has forgotten the names
of the officers who commanded
That this deponent is well acquainted with
John J. Brandon William J. Brander
both of whom reside in this deponents neighberhood, the one in the time of Coxsackie, the
other in the town of Greenville, the said two
towns adjoin each other; that their certificate annexed to his original
declaration
That this deponent cannot according to
his knowledge or belief obtain any other
testimony to prove his services than what is
annexed to his original declaration; nor have
any written documents to substantiate
the same. That there is no settled minister residing
in his neighbourhood Heherby relinquishes every claim what
over to a pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any State

Nicholas his x mark Hoos

Sworn & Subscribed by the said
Nicholas Hoos by making his
Mark he not being able to write
his name before me Dorrance Kirtland First Judge aforesaid

And I the said Judge do certify that the said Nicholas Hoos is a credible
person & that his statement is entitled to credit Dorrance Kirtland
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And I Dorrance Kirtland First Judge aforesaid
do further certify that the above declaration was
made & sworn to before me on the 25th day of May 1833
-
-
Dorrance Kirtland
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State of New York
Greene County SS. I William V. B. Heermance Clerk of the said County 
do certify that Dorrance Kirtland Esquire before whom the
annexed additional declaration of Nicholas Hoos was sworn
was at the date of the same First Judge of the said County 
and that his signature thereto is genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty
seventh day of May in the year 1833
William V. B. Heermance Clerk
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Revolution
23268
INVALID
File No 23268
Nicholas Hoos
Pri Rev War
 Act June 7 '32

Index - Vol 2 Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870]
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New York
Revol
Nicholas Hoos
Suspended

See Letter to
John L Bronk
9 August 1833
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
Nicholas Hoos greene Co N York which require
further proof or explanation.
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [illegible]
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?[illegible]

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled? Not on the Rolls-- some evidence must be
furnished to support the declaration as required by the regulations
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?[illegible]
VII.
Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?[illegible]
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
[illegible]
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
[illegible]
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?[illegible]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a
and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
XIII.
If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no

XIV.If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?

XV.Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the interrogatories prescribed by 
  by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
he was illy
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recolelection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; Formonths
, anddays
, I served as a -- For months
days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite
, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of Sticating papers.
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the aidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Coxsackie  May 29th 1833

To the
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir

I now enclose the original & amended
declaration of Nicholas Hoos properly authenticated 
The supplementary declaration fully answers all
the objections & is in conformity with the
instructions of the Secretary at War
One objection to the original declaration is that his name is not on the
Rolls. The answer to that is that he
as one of the militia and not an
enlisted soldier and he thus states
in his supplementary declaration
the present applicant is a feeble man
it is not possible for him to trave 
over different parts of the County i
hopes of finding some person who may
know about his services. He states
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explicitly
that he does not know of any
other witnesses then the one furnished by
whom he can prove any
services this
is all the Instructions objections require
Respectfully
years
John L Bronk
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Mr
John L. Brown of Green Co. N.Y. write to
enquire of you the situation of the pension paper
of Nicholas Hoos of Greenville N.Y. is aplication

was suspended & further affidavits sent
Please drop on a line
as soon as you can
Dec. 28, 1833
yrs respectfully

John Adams

John L. Edwards Esq.
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Coxsackie Octr. 9th 1833
Dear Sir
I received your letter of the 9th
of August
some time
since & which I herewith transmit
to you I infer from your letter that at the
Nicholas Hoos papers are on file in the
department, yet that proof of his Revolutionary services will be received now,
without putting him to the expence of
a new declaration. I am bringin
this then send me back the affidavits 
herewith sent, so that I may annex them 
to a new application  to
the declaration you will find
the affidavit of Mathias Hoos proving 9
months service at Passamasscosta under
Philip Conine - the same nine months
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are also proved by the affidavits of John
Winnea & Wessel Salisbury - Taking the
declaration of Hoos and the affidavits of
Wessel Salisbury & Frederick Eickler another
9 months
seems to me to be sufficiently
establised at Schoharie and three
months at Woodstock -
The affidavit of Magdelene
Ree proves three months at Johnstown
It appears to me that were proof
neither be expected or hoped
for from any militia man than what
is now furnished. I believe it must be
considered abundantly sufficient to
his certificate ought to embrace the two
year
you
Hon. J. L. Edwards
John L. Bronk
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War Department
Pension Office
9. August 1833

Sir

the papers in support of the claim
of Nicholas Hoos have a
been examined
This inability to travel
in search of witnesses furnishes no reason
for admitting a claim manifestly
requiring proof to sustain it
The regulations require
that the applicant produce the best
proof in his power.
The papers remain
on file in the Department.
I am, respectfully
Your obt
JL Edwards
-
John L. Brock Esqr
Coxsackie
N. Y.
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State of New York 
Greene County SS 

Wessel Salisbury of the town of Catskill in the
County of Greene and State of New York aged eighty
five years being duly sworn saith that he is now
well acquainted with Nicholas Hoos of the town of
Coxsackie in the County aforesaid and was
also well acquainted with him during the
Revolutionary war. That this deponent knows
that the said Nicholas Hoos did service as a
private soldier for the United States during the
Revolutionary war at a place called Pass
make in the said County of Greene in
the year 1781 for the space of nine months
That this deponent was there during the same
time & also did duty. That the said Nicholas Hoos was commanded during the time aforesaid by Philip Conine a Captain Lieutenant of the New York line of the Continental
army. This deponent also saith that
during the same war & previous to the year
1781 he knows that the said Nicholas Hoos
did duty as a private soldier at a place called
Woodstock (in the town of Cairo)
in the same County - That he frequently saw
him there and understood at that time
that he was stationed at that place- That
this deponent also did duty there for short
periods at different times & that he this deponent has no doubt that the said
Hoos did duty thee for at least three
months - This deponent further saith that
one hoop was an office at the same place
This deponent further saith that he knows that the
said Nicholas Hows also went to Schoharie
in the County of Schoharie in the State of
New York for nine months before the
1781 - That he saw the said Nicholas When
he went on the last mentioned tour, knows
that he was absent, but whether he served
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the whole nine months, this deponent cannot
say, but this deponent did understand during the
said war, and always since understood
that the said Nicholas Hoos did duty for
the last mentioned nine months - This deponent also saith that all the foregoing services
he rendered by the said Nicholas for the
United States during the Revolutionary war
. This deponent further saith to this
deponent is a pensioner under the act of
the 7th of June 1832 - And further this
deponent saith not-- Wessell Salisbury

sworn & Subscribed this 26th
day of September 1833 Before
me Stephen Tryon Commissioner

and I the commissioner aforesaid do certify
I am personally and well acquainted with
the above Named Wessell Salsbury and
that he is a resident of the Town of
Catskill and that he is a person of good
Character & credit & that his statement is
entitled to credit
Stephen Tryon Commissioner, &

State of New York
Greene County ss
J. William A. Heermance Clerk 
of the County of Greene do certify that Stephen Tryon Esquire 
before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date
of the same a Commissioner of deeds of the said County and that
his signature to the same is genuine
Witness my hand & seal of office this
eighth day of October 1833
William W. B. Heermance Clerk
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State of New York
Greene County ss
Magdalena Rea wife of James Reed of the town of
Coxsackie in the County of Greene being duly
sworn saith saith that she is the daughter of
Joseph Groom late of the town of Athens in the 
County of Greene deceased, that she was well
acquainted with Nicholas Hoos at present
of the town of Coxsackie in said County during the
revolutionary war & has been well acquainted with
him ever since. That towards the latter
part of the said war her father was ordered
out for three months in the United States
service to go to Johnstown in the present
County of Montgomery and State of New York
That the said Nicholas Hoos at that time resided
in the same town with her father & within
half a mile of her father's residence-
That her father hired the said Nicholas
Hoos as a substitute to go to Johnston
aforesaid for the said three months; that the
said Nicholas Hood left here upon
the said duty aforesaid, that he remained
away during said time, that this deponent
went their understood & believed and
always since has understood
her father & others that the said Nicholas served
out the said three months as a
substitute as aforesaid for her father
That she knows that her father did not
go personally-

Magdalene Rea

The word he in the 24th
To
the from top and the word
believed in the 27th line from
to were interlined before me to

turn over
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State of New York
Greene County
 
On the second day of October 1833 before me Abraham
Van Dyck one of the Commissioner of deeds in & for the County of
Greene appeared Magdelene Rea and being duly sworn
declared these the facts set forth in the affidavit subscribed by
her on the preceding page are true and I certify that
I am well acquainted with thee for Magdalene Rea that
she is a credible witness, and that her time is worthy
credit & that she resides in Coxsachie

A Van Dyck
Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York
Greene County SS
I William T. P. Hernance Clerk of the 
County of Greene do certify that Abraham Van Dyck Esquire before 
whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a
Commissioner of deeds
is genuine
of the said County and that his signature to the same
Witness my hand & seal of office this eighth day 
of October
1833-
William W. B. Heermance Clk
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State of New York
Greene County 11

Frederick Eckler of the town of Cairo in the
County of Greene aged seventy six years & upward being
duly sworn saith that he was in the service of the
United States during the revolutionary war at
different times from the year 1775 until the
year 1781. That he did service at a place called
Woodstock in the present County of 
Greene and also in the town of Schoharie
in the County of Schoharie. That this deponent 
called that one Peter Loop has an
officer who commanded at Woodstock
That this deponent did duty in a fort at
Schoharie - That he was at Schoharie
duty for more than a year. That he
recollects that one Nicholas Hoos did
duty at Woodstock while look was there
that this deponent also saith that he
perfectly well recollects that the same
Nicholas Hoos did service in Schoharie
while this deponent has there that the
said services by wood was as a soldier for
the United States during the revolutionary
hear; but that by reason of the loss of
memory he cannot now state the length 
of time that the said Hoos did duty at
either of the places, but believes that he
has at Schoharie as long as nine
months, nor can this deponent state
the years in which the services were
rendered

Frederick Eckler
Sworn & Subscribed by the
said Frederick Eckles this 26th
Day of September 1833 before
Stephen Tryon Commissioner
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By the Commissioner within Named. I do certify that
from good information and from what I have the
the within Named Frederick Eckler Resides in the 
Town of Corns and that he is a person to be believes
where under oath and that his statement is
Entitled to credit
Stephen Tryon Commissioner, 

State of New York
Greene County ss.
I William V.B. Heermance
of the County of Greene do certify that Stephen Tryon
before whom the foregoing Affiant was
Esquire
the same a Commissioner of sworn was at the date
of
of the said County and that 
his signature to
same is genuine
Witness my hand & seal of office this eighth
day of October 1833
William T. B. Heermance Clerk
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State of New York
Greene County SS:
-
John Winnea of the town of Cairo in the County of Greene aforesaid aged sixty nine years and
about nine months being duly sworn saith that
he is well acquainted with Nicholas Hoos
of the town of Coxsackie in said County and
was also well acquainted with him during the
Revolutionary war; that this deponent
knows that the said Nicholas Hoos did duty
as a private soldier for the United States in 
the year 1781 under Philip Conine a Captain
Lieutenant in the New York Line - that the 
duty was done at a place called Passamassissa in the present County of Greene
aforesaid. That this deponent knows that the
said Nicholas did service at that
time for nine months. That this deponent
did service at the same place for fore
months. That this deponent is a pensioner
under the act of June 1832. And further
this deponent saith not-
.
John his x mark Winna

sworn & Subscribed by
making his mark he being
unable to write before
this 28th day of September
Stephen Tryon Commissioner, &c
and the Commissioner aforesaid do
certify that I am personally well acquainted
with the above named John Winnea and that
he is a resident of the town of Cairo and that
he is a person of good Character & credit & that
his statement is entitled to credit
Stephen Tryon Commissioner
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State of New York
Greene County ss
William V B Heermance Clerk
of the County of Greene do certify that Stephen Tryon Esquire
before whom the within affidavit was sworn was at the date of
the same a
Commissioner of deeds of the said County and that his
signature to the same is
genuine
Witness my hand & seal of Office this
eight day of October 1833
William V. B. Heermance Clerk

John Winnea
Affidavit
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State of New York
Greene County SS
 
Nicholas Hoos of the town of Coxsackie in
the County of Greene being duly sworn saith
that he has faithfully and [illegible]
 made
every exertion
to obtain proof of the services
rendered by him during the revolutionary war as
mentioned in his declaration heretofore
sent to the war department. That this
deponent he obtained the affidavits
of John Winnea, Wessel Salisbury,
Frederick Eickler and Magdalena
Rea and that it is not in his
power to obtain other
deponents
proof of his services

Nicholas his x mark Hoos

State of New York
Greene County ss
-
On the 4th day of October 1833 before me Abraham Van Dyck
a commissioner of deeds in & for the County of Greene personally
appeared Nicholas Hoos, who being duly sworn declared the
the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit are true.
And I do certify that I am well acquainted with the said
Nicholas Hoos that he is a resident of the town of Coxsackie
that he is a credible person, and that his statement is
entitled to credit
Abhm Van Dyck
Commissioner of Deeds
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State of New York
Greene County 
I William
V. G. Heermance
Clerk of
the County of Greene do certify that Abraham VanDyck Esquire
before whom the within affidavit
was sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner of deeds of the said County and that his
signature
to the same is genuine
Witness my hand & seal of office
this Eighth day of October 1833
William V. B. Heermance Clerk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD
Name Hoose, Hendrick Grade Private Line Massachusetts
WARRANT
NUMBER
4343
Acreage 100
ISSUED Feb. 23, 1796
Abel Boynton-

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.