Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,288, for Henry Leonard, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
Leonard, Henry
NUMBER
S. 29,288
CONTENTS
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New York 32,[missing text]
Henry Leonard Dec of Allegheny in the State of Newn York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Nicholson of the Regt commanded by Clinton in the
Revolution for nine months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & ending  11th April, 1839 the day of his death
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of May[?] 1866  and sent to
Hon. W. S. Garwin
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Arrears to the 4th of [illegible]
Semi-an. allowance ending
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Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 4
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Payble to Morris Joseph [illegible and missing text] 
Wm Henry & Mathhe [illegible]
+ Wm Henry [illegible and missing text]

Reported
Let. to A  Joy  Nov. 9. '46
[illegible]  Joseph Wood S. 23.084
Comm RJ
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Henry Leonard
Pensioner of NY
Law '32
Revolutionary
from Arad Joy

He only recd pay for 9 months, when he alleged 7 years service to the close of the war, see his declaration &
alledged service. I respectfully ask a review of the papers, in the hope that the rolls in your hands will confirm several years service, I respectfully ask a report Jany 27.52

Feb 52
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State of New York
County of Allegany }ss.

Joseph Leonard being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is a child of Henry Leonard deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, who was and applicant for a pension from the State of New York that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim. His said father received a small pension, or his children did.
Signed: J Leonard

Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day November 1851 and I do hereby certify that the said Joseph Leonard is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by him as being directly interested in said claim.
Signed: Joseph Enos J. P.

Know all men by these presents, That I Joseph Leonard a child of Henry Leonard deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Arad Joy, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested, as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned.
Signed: J. Leonard

Witness my hand and seal, this 25 day of Nov. 1851. 
Sealed and Delivered in the Prescence of 
Joseph Enos

State of New York
County of Allegany} Be it known that on the 25 day of November 1851 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements personally appeared Joseph Leonard above named, and duly acknowledged

State of New York,
Allegany County Clerk's Office}SS. 
I, John J. Rockafellow, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify, that Joseph Enos Esq before whom the annexed Instrument in Writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, at Angelica, in said County, this 27th day of Nov. 1851.
Signed: John J. Rockafellow Clerk of Allegany County.
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State of New York
County of Allegany }ss.

Joseph Leonard being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is a child of Henry Leonard deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York. That this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim. His said father received a small pension, or his children did.
Signed: J Leonard

Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day November 1851 and I do hereby certify that the said Joseph Leonard is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by him as being directly interested in said claim.
Signed: Joseph Enos J. P.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Joseph Leonard a child of Henry Leonard deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, & who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Arad Joy, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested, as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned.
Signed: J Leonard

Witness my hand and seal, this 25 day of Nov 1851. SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF 
Signed: Joseph Enos

State of New York
County of Allegany}
Be it know that on the 25 day of November 1851 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Joseph Leonard above named, and duly acknowledged the above Power of Attorney and affidavits to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
Signed: Joseph Enos J. P.
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1st Brief
No. 8960
Henry Leonard
4.7.14.16
2 Sept '32
11 Dec.
P 144.
S. S. Haight
Angelica
Allegh. Co.
N. Y.
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No. 8960

Brief in the case of Henry Leonard of B___, County of Allegany in the State of New York.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
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3.  How old is he?
82 Years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period: About ___months from beginning of War for 3 years to end of War
As a
?
Served under Gen. Montgomery, Capt. Greig, Col. Ainsworth, Capt. John Nicholson, Col. J. Clinton

5.  In what battles was he engaged?
Storming of Quebec

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Montreal, Lower Canada

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By two living Witnesses & t______ evidence.

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Signed: James Ord Examining Clerk.
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Henry Leonard
29835
W. M. Harvley
agent
North Almons
N. Y.
Not on Rolls. Alleges 3 years in New York Line from Last '75.
Hon. E. Howell
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State of New York
Allegany County }SS.
I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Allegany and Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Andrew C. Hull Esq the person whose name is subscribed to the declaration of Henry Leonard and whose name is subscribed to the certificate
of Elijah Burnett and William Ingersoll, and whose name is subscribed to the affidavit of James Rolls, as being made and taken before him and also whose name is subscribed to the Certificate made by him and hereunto attached was at the time of the dates thereof the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe each of the signatures above mentioned to be his own proper handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, the 15 day of January 1834
Signed: J W Sherman
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And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion that the above named applicant Henry Leonard was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that I am acquainted with the witnesses produced by him and that their statements are entitled to full credit. And I do further certify that I have put to the said applicant the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and from his answers I am confirmed in the opinion that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and served as he states, And I do further certify that the said Henry Leonard is by reason of bodily infirmity unable to attend the Court of Common Pleas or and Court of Record held in the said County of Allegany. And I do further certify that I am acquainted with Elijah Burnet and that he is a Clergyman resident in the town of Burns, and that his statement is entitled to full Credit.
Signed: Andrew C. Hull First Judge Allegany Com. Pleas
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winter quarters, that the said Henry Leonard went in the Spring of the year 1778, up the Hudson River to Fort Stanwix and returned to ____Windsor late in the fall that he saw nothing more of him until since the war, that he has been acquainted with him ever since the war, that he lived near him at ____in Pennsylvania, that he now lives within four miles of him and has for the last ten years, that soon after the close of the war he saw the said Henry Leonard and heard him tell over his service at Fort Stanwix and the officers he served under at that time, and he then told the same story that he has stated in his declaration, that the whole time he was knowing to his Leonard ___in the service was from the fall of 1776 to the fall of 1778. Late in the fall when this deponent went to New Jersey for winter quarters does not know at what time he was discharged thinks it was the last of November, 1778. That it is reported in the neighborhood where the said Henry Leonard now lives and in the neighborhood where he lived in the State of Pennsylvania that he was a Soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War and that such fact has never been doubted to the knowledge of this deponent.
Signed: James Rolls

Sworn and subscribed before me this 9 day of January 1834 
Andrew C. Hull
First Judge Allegany Com Pleas
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Allegany County SS.
James Rolls of the town of Dansville and County of Steuben (?Livingston) and State of New York who being first duly sworn upon his oath saith that he was a soldier in the American service in the Revolutionary War under General Polaski, in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Eli Boyce, and that for that service he now receives a pension that he became acquainted with Henry Leonard (the person who has made the foregoing application for a pension) while he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States that he first became acquainted with him at German Town in the State of Pennsylvania that they were soldiers together, that this deponent belonged to the Continental Troops, and that Henry Leonard belonged to the State Troops of the State of New York, that this was in the fall of 1776. That he the said Henry Leonard was at Trenton at the taking of about one thousand Hessians belonging to the enemy. That he saw the said Henry Leonard in the Spring, summer and fall of 1777, while he was in the service at Fort Montgomery on the Hudson River I saw him frequently during the summer, that this deponent was stationed that season at a place called Buttermilk Falls, a short distance above Fort Montgomery, that he has seen him in the Army about the time and after the storming of Fort Montgomery, that after the storming the said fort the said Henry Leonard went with the Army to New Windsor for
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that after the war he continued to
live at little Britton in the State of
Newyork about 20 years, that there he lived in the State of Pennsylvania
at a place called Minisink that from
there he live moved to a place called Town day in Pensylvania on the
Susquehannah River that he lived
there about 8 or 9 years and then
moved to the place where he now lives, and has Resided here since,
that he knows of but one person now living who can testify from a personal knowledge of his services and he can only testify as to the last two years thereof, and his name is James Rolls, a pensioner, that while he was in the battle at Gueluck he was badly wounded in the shoulder and back by a cuttlass, and that at the battle at Stone Arabia he was wounded by a musket ball in the thigh, that while he was in the service and during the whole term of three years and three months he was continully in the Garrison or in the field and that he was not employed in any other business that when he enlisted me it was of his own free will and choice
whether he was considered as a
volunteer he does not know. he
enlisted voluntarily into the state
troops,
He hereby relinquish all claim
pension or annuity except
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is not on  the pension Roll [illegible] agency of any State,
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year above written before me
Andrew C Hull First Judge Allegany Com Please
Henry Leonard

We Elijah Bennett a Clergyman
Residing in the town of Burns and
William Ingersol Residing in the said
town of Burns and in the neighborhood of Henry Leonard the person who made the foregoing Declaration hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Henry Leonard that we believe him to be Eighty Eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in in the the neighbourhood where lived to have
been a soldier of the Revolution and
that we fully concur in that opinion
Elijah Burnett
Wm. Ingersol
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day of January 1834
 Andrew C. Hull First Judge Allegany Com Pleas
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that they wintered at a place called
Ramapaw or Ramapoo in the State of
New York, that in the spring of 1777. they went to the Hudson River to fort Montgomery and staid there untill the fort was stormed by the British in the forepart of October 1777 that he was one of the company that went out to meet the Enemy that they were not about two miles from the fort and that they fired upon the Enemy and Retreated toward the fort. that they kept up a fire on the Retreat untill they
Reached the fort that near the fort they came to a charge, that this declarent there was wounded in
the neck by a bayonet, that they were driven from the fort thinks on the 6 or 7 of October- that then they went to New Windsor and there wintered, that the Redoutit at the fort Montgomery was commanded by Colonel James McClougherty and the fort was commanded by General Clinton, that in the the spring of 1778. they went up the Hudson River to Fort Steinwisk
that they staid there untill fall- that while there he thinks after harvest he went with a forageing party to Stone Rolece or Stone Arabia after cattle, that while they were there they joined an armey from Schenetady under the command of Col. Lewis Debice and 
General Van
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engagement with a party of the enemy about 700 in number and 360 Indians that the engagement lasted nearly the whole day, that the Americans Gained the victory and [illegible] of the British took 40 prisoners. one small brass Cannon, and a quantity of Baggage that he was under the command of Captain Burnet from Schenectady that after the battle was over he this declarent and his comrades went back to fort Steinwyx.. that his captains name while at fort Steinwyx was Greig, that he Capt Grig was scalped there by the Indians, that Colonel Gansevort
commanded the fort, that they staid
there untill late in the fall and there went to Albany, that they staid in Albany three or four weeks and then went down to New Windsor, and that in the month of November in 1778 and
of after, his term of three years had
expired he was discharge that he served in both engagements at least three years and three months, that his discharge was has long since been lost and that he cannot recollect by whom it was signed thinks it was signed by a military officer,, that he was born in the city of New York on the 4th day of July 1745, as he was
informed by his parents that he has
no other evidence or Record of his age
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Crossed lake George in flat boats, that they arrived at Ticonderoga some time the forepart of September. That
he with the company found the army under General R. Montgomery, that then the army left Ticonderoga in flat bottom Boats for St Johns, that this declarant had charge of one boat which was loaded with bomb shells, that they proceeded to St Johns and
commenced a seige on St Johns that the seige lasted untill the forepart of
November, when the fort was taken by the Americans with a great Number of Prisoners, - that this declarant was in the whole of that engagement, That soon after that he went with the army to Montreal, and took possession of that place without any fighting [missing text] firing of guns that they there [illegible] with them some of the cannon taken from the british at St. Johns. this That he staid in Montrial untill his term of three months had expired, that he served in this engagement at least three months, That there while at  Montreal he enlisted again in the Servis of the United States in the month of November 1775 and immediately after
his former tour had expired, that he
enlisted this time for three years or
during the war, that his former captain was then promoted to a field officer and the former Lieutenant Greig  was appointed captain and that this
declarent was in the company
commanded by him in this engagement That he then started with the [missing text]]
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[a different page under the current page] commanded by him in this engagement that he then started  with them

[current page] for Gueluck before they arrived at that place they were joined by the forces under the command of General Arnold.
that they arrived at Gueluck the fore
part of December, that on the last day of December as this declarant thinks they commenced an attack on Gueluck thinks it was in the night that General Montgomery was there killed at the commencement of the battle. that a great number of Soldiers was killed at that time, that the army there withdrew a short distance from the town and [illegible]-nified for the winter, that the [illegible] were continued at intervals through the winter, that in the Spring of 1776 a great number of soldiers died with the smallpox, that in the forepart of the summer 1776 they came to Montreal from there to Albany - that from there they went down the Hudson River and from the River they went through the State of New Jersey crossed the Delaware River to a place called German town in Pensylvania, that there they found a force under the command of General Count Pulaski, that while there the troops were received by General Washington, that some time in December 1776 they recrossed the Delaware River in the night in a snow storm and the River was filled with floating ice called anchor ice, that they then proceeded to Benton and took several hundred of the enemy called Hessians.
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State of New York
Allegany County SS.
On the 9th day of January 1834 personally appeared before me Andrew C. Hull Esq first Judge of the Court common please of the said County of Allegany - Henry Leonard a Resident of the town of Burns in said County aged Eighty Eight years on the 4th day of July last 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 entered the army of the United States under the following named officers and served as a private soldier therein as herein stated, That in the month of August in
the year 1775 he was a resident in
the town of Little Briton in the County
of Ulster and State of New York that at that time he enlisted as a private soldier under a captain by the name of John Nicholson and that the
Lieutenants name was Grieg- that at that time he enlisted into the states
troops for three months, that he went
with the company from New Windsor
on the Hudson River in a sloop
commanded by Capt. Jackson. to Albany that there he received one months pay and each soldier drew a blanket and some cloathing that there he proceeded to Ticonderoga, that on the way they
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State of New York
Allegany County

I Andrew C. Hull first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do certify that I am acquainted with James Rolls and also with the other two witnesses produced by Henry Leonard the applicant named in the annexed declaration and that the said James Rolls and the same Elijah Burnett and the said William Ingersoll are each of them men of good standing and that their statements are entitled to full credit.
____December 10, 1834
Signed: Andrew C. Hull
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Henry Leonard
29835
W. M. Harvley
agent
North Almond
N Y
Not on Rolls alleges
3 years in New York
Line from last '75
Hon. E. Howell

State of New York
Allegany County }ss.
I Judson W Sherman Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Andrew G. Hull whose name appears to the within certificate was at the date of the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn
And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & believe his name subscribed to be his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 13th day of December 1834
Signed: J W Sherman Clerk
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Isaac Wheeler
Deposition
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[note: the top portion of this page is missing] 

at fort stanwix. and in canada with MOntgomery - and other places and further this deponent saith not 
his X mark Isaac Wheeler 
in presence of R. P. Rich 
Taken and subscribed this 11th March
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State of New York
County of Allegany }SS.

Joseph Leonard appeared before me, after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is forty three years of age & over, that Henry Leonard who applied for a pension from the State of New York, was this deponent further, and that this deponents said father died on the 11th day of April 1839 eighteen hundred and thirty nine, that at his death he left the following named children _____surviving, being his children him surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards, to with Morris Leonard & Joseph Leonard of Burns Allegany County, New York, Hiram Leonard of Beaver Dam Wisconsin, Hannah Young of ____County New York, William Leonard Scottsburg Livingstown County New York, & Henry Leonard & Nathaniel Leonard Parma Monroe County New York That the said Henry Leonard at his death, left no widow.
Signed: Joseph Leonard

Subscribed & Sworn before me this 4th day of May 1846

C. F. Clark J. P.
of Allegany County N. Y.
I certify that the above named Joseph Leonard is a respectable person
C. F. Clark J. P.
of Allegany Co. N. Y.
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State of New York
County of Allegany } SS.

William Carroll aged fifty four of said County being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he has for thirty to forty years been personally acquainted with the late Henry Leonard, who had made application for a pension & was a resident of said County & who had the general reputation of having been a Revolutionary Soldier & that he died on the 11th day of April 1839 eighteen hundred and thirty nine, & that at his death he left no widow, but that he left the following married children him surviving, being his only children him surviving & that each of them is the age of twenty one years and upward, to with: Morris Leonard & Joseph Leonard of Barner in said County, Hiram Leonard of Beaverdam Wisconsin Territory, Hannah Young of Chenning County New York, William Leonard of Scottburgh Livingston Co. New York, & Henry Leonard & Nathaniel Leonard of Parma Monroe County New York.
Signed: Wm Carroll

Subscribed & sworn before me this 4th day of May 1846
C. F. Clark J. P.
of Allegany Co N. Y.
I certify that the above named William Carroll is a respectable person. C F Clark J. P. of Allegany Co N. Y.
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State of New York County of Allegany } SS Rhoda Gibson aged eighty Six appeared before the Subscriber after being duly Sworn deposes & says that she has for thirty five to forty years been personally acquainted with the late Henry Leonard who made application for a pension years since, & who had the reputation of having been a revolutionary Soldier, & that the said Henry Leonard did on the 11th day of April 1839 eighteen hundred and thirty nine, & that at his death, he left no widow, but left the following named children heirs Surviving being his only children heirs Surviving & that each of them is of the age of twenty one years & upwards to wit - Morris Leonard, & Joseph Leonard of Burnes [Burns?] Allegany County New York Hiram Leonard of Beaver Dam Wisconsin Territory, Wm Leonard of Scottburgh Livingston County New York - Hannah Young of Chemung County New York, and Henry Leonard & Nathaniel Leonard of Parma Monroe Co. N. Y. 
[signature:] Rhoda Gibson 
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 4th day of May 1846 C. F. Clark J P of Allegany Co N. Y. 
I certify that the above named Rhoda Gibson is a respectable person [signature:] C. F. Clark J. P. of Allegany Co. N. Y.
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State of New York Allegany County Clerks Office SS } I William Windsor Clerk of Said County do hereby Certify that C. F. Clark Esquire before whom the preceeding Depositions were taken was at the date of the Same One of the Justices of the Peace in and for Said County and that I am  well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to each to be his proper hand writing 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County at Angelica this 6trh day of May A. D. 1846. [signature:] William Windsor Clerk
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Amended
Declaration of
Henry Leonard
of New York
I dont know much of this [illegible] justice only in
[illegible]
A. Joy
June 12, 1846
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State of New York Allegany County SS 
Henry Leonard being duly Sworn saith that in the first time of service of three month he was in a Regiment commanded by James Clinton who was at that time a colonel, thinks the Lieutenant Colonels name was Wyckoff or Wyecoff the Captains name was John Nicholson the Lieutenants name was Grieg cannot Recollect the name of the Ensign. that the first Sergeant name was Thomas Nicholson who was a brother to Captain Nicholson that there was another Seargent by the name of Thomas Lennington that there was an drummer by the name of William Parks and another by the name of Isaac Wheeler, that there was a chaplain by the name of Ganor, who continued to be the chaplain for the Regiment during any [??] the whole time that this deponent was in the army- 
That when he enlisted the second time and for the tour of three years or during the war he he was under the Command of Colonel James Clinton and Lieut Col Wynecoff And that Captain John Nicholson was then appointed Major and that his former Lieutenant Greig was appointed Captain, that he cannot Recollect the names of the Lieut. or Ensign that Colonel Clinton was appointed General at Quebeck. and then Lieut Col Wynecoff
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was appointed Colonel Major ["and Major and Major" is crossed out] Nicholson was appointed Lieut. Colonel, thinks the same field officers continued to serve untill this declarant was discharged That Captain Gregg continued to serve as captain untill he was wounded and scalped near fort Stanwix that after he got well he again took command and continued to serve untill this deponent was discharged, there was also a sergeant in the same company by the name WIlliam Belknap, that there was a quarter Master ["commissary" is crossed out] by the name of James Hamilton and an quarter master Sergeant Alexander Stewart that the same drummers [??] continued to serve untill this deponent was discharged That he Remembers the following named officers who was with him in the army belonging to other Regiments and companies - Commissary - Drake 
Generals Richard Montgomery killed at Gurdon [Gordon??] 
Bennedick Arnold -
 -Worcester or Worster 
James Clinton 
Stephen Van Reinsaler 
Colonels- Gansevoort 
Lewis Deboise 
- Malcomb 
- Morgan 
Major - Tilford 
Captains John Burnett 
- McBride 
- Machum Capt of Artillery under Col. Moody and in the same company was a Lieut by the name - Ganar.
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General Putnam was stationed his 
men opposite of Fort Montgomery at the time of the storming the fort, he now remembers another Sargeant By the name of Webb another by the name of John Burns, another by the name of Thompson Babcock, and one by the said he also Recollects another
Captain by the name of Denton Surgeon Young and Cooke - That by Reason of age and the Consequent
loss of memory he cannot recollect
the names of But few of the officers who were with him in the servis Recollects another captin of Light
horse by the name of Van Hair and his Lieut. John Stakes,

Henry Leonard
Sworn and subscribed before me this 22 dayMarch 1834
Wm Carrell J. P.
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New York
Revo
Henry Leonard
Suspended let to S S Haight 29 Oct
1833
to Amad Joy Apr 4 '46
Act 7 June '32
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New-York
____________
Henry Leonard
Suspended
______________
Sett 6th Feby 1831 to 
Hon E Howell
_________________-
Let Wm M  Hawley 25 Jan 7 1836
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29288
Revy
INVALID.
File No. 29,288

Henry Leonard
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7 32"
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New York Cunty of Seneca { SS On the 13th day of May 1846 in open court holden in and for said county at Ovid in Said county it appeared to the Satisfaction of the Court that Henry Leonard late an applicant for a pension from the State of New o, and late of the County of Allegany died on the 11th day of April 1839 eighteen hundred and thirty nine,  at his death he left no widow, but left the following named children heirs surviving, being his only children heir surviving, and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards, to wit- Morris Leonard Joseph Leonard of Burnes Allegany County New York, Hiram Leonard of Beaver Dam Wisconsin, Hannah Young of Chemung County New York William Leonard Scottsburgh Livingstone County New York and Henry Leonard & Nathaniel Leonard of Parma Monroe County New York. The proof which was Satisfactory to the court was the annexed depositions of Joseph Leonard William Carroll and Rhoda Gibson duly authenticated 
[signature:] Jesse Clark first Judge of Seneca County 
State of New York Seneca County SS } I Daniel H. Bryant Clerk of the county of Seneca, do hereby certify that the honorable Jesse Clark, whose signature appears above, was on the day of the date of the above Certificate towit the 13 day of May 1846. First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas holden in & for said county on said day, duly commissioned and sworn and that the above certificate was signed by said first Judge in open court on said day And further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe that his signature above written is genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court & County at Ovid this13th day of May Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and Forty Six.
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House of Rep. May 17. 1846 [??] 
Sir I enclose you several affidavits in pension cases. When you have time to examine into the cases, you will confer a favor by addressing me on the different claims, so that I may be enabled to inform the claimants of the result of their applications. Yours Wm. S. Garvin 
J. L. Edwards Esr Com. of Pensions
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Ovid N.Y. Oct 21.46
Sir
I wish to observe all of your rules but if I mistake not, your letter in the case of Abigail Britton of Jany 22d last, agreeing to allow her an increase of pension, is a parallel case to the one in which I enclose the Compt Certificate of the Service of Henry Leonard, in the Abigail Britton case you made no demand (I think, for a formal application from  her for an increase of pension, I ask respectfully the same in the Henry Leonard case
in which I here enclose the Compt. Certificate of service, if the pension you granted to the children of Henry Leonard of N. Y. did not embrace this service, & if you consider from his declaration that the service was performed by him, is not the increase due, just the same  & with the same formality, as in the Abigail Britto case, if so, & if there is justly an increase due I take it for granted (not to attempt to dichale) tha you will allow such increase as is justly due
Respectfully
Your
Obt Sevt.
Arad Joy

Hon J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
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Payment to be made 
at Albany
by T. W. Olcott, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of Albany, New York

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book E - Vol. 4
Page 43 by Tho Lumpkin, Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832 Henry Leonard, decd late [blankl] of New York, who was a Private, is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and [" cents" is crossed out]  per annum, during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and terminating 11th Aprl, 1839, ["payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year."" is crossed out] the day on which he died.  
Payable to Morris Joseph  Hiram, Wm, Henry, & Nathaniel Leonard and Hannah Young only living children -
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23rd day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned. } 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Oct 10 '46
to
[illegible] 
case
Henry Leonard
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Ovid N.Y. Sept 5th '46
Sir
I enclose Comptrollers Certf of the Service  of Henry Leonard - you will by refering to your list at the names of Pensioners from N. York granted within the last 6 months find a pension granted to the children of Henry Leonard - If on an examination
of the papers, you shall judge the enclosed certificate to embrace service done by the said Henry Leonard, to whose children you granted a pension. I presume you will
think proper to grant a pension for
the service contained in the enclosed certf if you have not already granted a pension for that service
Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Arad Joy

Hon JL Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned, following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent. per annum, viz:
31st July 1780.|Henry Linard pri|[illegible]|12|5
31st Oct. Do|Henry Lenard|Do|8|0|0
[large Z across remainder of chart]
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, 10th Apl 1846}
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 3. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First-under Capt. Joshua Drake in Col. William Malcom Regt
Second " " Do             Do
Third ""
Fourth ""
Fifth ""
Sixth ""
Seventh " "
Eighth ""
Ninth ""
Tenth ""
Eleventh ""
Twelfth ""

Philip Phelps
Dep Compt
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free 
N Almond NY Jany 4th 
Enquiry } Jas. L Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington City 


H. Leonard 
Thos. Randolph 
Jan 15 
DC [initials?]
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N. Almond 4 Jany 1836
Sir
About the last of Jany 1835 the papers in relation to the claims of Henry Leonard & Thomas Randolph for pensions were enclosed to Hon. Edward Howell then a member of Congress-  Mailed at New Brunswick
New Jersey - Agent Wm M. Hawley
By a communication of the 23d
Feby following Mr Howell  informed me that the claims were suspended without specifying particularly the objections-
If consistant with the rules of the
department I wish to be informed
what the perticular objections and
in what manner they may be [illegible]

Respectfully
W. M. Hawley

Jas L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
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State of New York
Orange County ⎬
James S. Boyd Anne duly sworn saith that previous to the Revolutionary War he lived at a place called little Britton in the town of New Windsor then Ulster County in the State of New York and that he was acquainted with
Henry Leonard who lived at the same place, that in the year 1775 said Leonard enlisted as a soldier under captain Nicholson and went to the North came back in the spring or summer of 1776. while at the North he enlisted as this deponent was informed at the time and [illegible] for three years. this deponent saw him the said Leonard several times in the army during the three years. said Leonard was at Trenton at the time Washington took the hessians.  Said Leonard was at the battle at the storming fort Montgomery which
was in the fall of 1777. this deponant saw that battle but was not in the fort at the time Saw Leonard in the army in the Standing forces or State troops in the spring of 1778. and did not see him again untill after he was discharged in the fall or winter of 1778. at New Windsor. and after the expiration of his time of three years Leonard was  a good soldier and served according to the best of this deponent knowledge for more than three years-- the said Henry Leonard afterwards lived  in New Windsor about twenty years
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and then moved to a place called 
in the Sate of Pennsylvania. Since which time he has not seen him, and further this deponent saith ["not Sworn and subscribed this 13th Day of January. 1835 before me" is all crossed out] 
that he this deponant was a soldier in the Militia under captain William Tilford who after wards was a Major. that for that service this deponant now desires a pension 
Sworn before me the 13th day of January 1835. and Subscribed [signature:] James S Boyd 
[signature:] Moses Ely Justice 

I certify that I am personally acquainted with James S Boyd who signed the above affidavit and that he is a man of truth and good moral character and good standing and his statement is entitled to full credit 
Decled January 13. 1835 
[signature:] Moses Ely Justice Peace 

State of New York Orange County. } SS I hereby certify that Moses Ely is a regularly qualified Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, and that the signature to the above affidavit and certificate I verily believe to be genuine. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County of Orange, this 13th day of Jan. 1835. H H Van Dyck Dep Clerk
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8960
H. Leonard
Pension papers
on Roll Capt Nicholson
from 31 July 76 to conclusion of campaign
to Quebec Say 9 mo
Admd.
9 mo pri
30 to 11 Apl.
1839. the day of his death
To Morris,- Joseph - Hiram
William Henry [illegible]
[illegible] Leonard & Hannah
Young only surviving
children of

Hon W. S. Garvin
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State of New York
Allegany County
Clerks Office

I Judson W. Sherman, Clerk of the County of Allegany do certify, that William M. Hawley Esq. before whom the affidavit of Henry Leonard of the date of June 25, 1833 and the certificate of ____ of witness was made was at the date of the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace of the said County duly commissioned and sworn, and I do further certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "W. M. Hawley J. P." to be his own proper handwriting, and I do further certify that no papers have been hereunto improperly attached since the date of the former certificate.
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County at Angelica this 27 day of June 1833.
Signed: JW Sherman Clk
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Allegany County ss
Henry Leonard the person named in
the annexed declaration, being duly sworn saith that he enlisted as soldier in the Revolutionary war in the month of May 1775 under Captain John
Nicholson in a Regiment then commanded by Col James Clinton, that he found the army at New Windsor in the State of New York. that they went from thence to Albany, thence to fort St Johns - on lake-Champlain and was engaged in the battle at the taking the fort. and that he was in General Montgomery army,, that they went from thence to Montreal, and was there discharged after serving nine months, that on the next day he enlisted again for the term of three years or During the
war [illegible inserted word] Gen Montgomery Col Clinton Capt Gregg in the New York Butttation that he then went into Canada to Quebeck that he was in the battle of the Storming of Quebeck when Montgomery was killed, and that he Received a wound in his shoulder, that then they went to fort Stanwix. that a part of the Regiment then went to Stone Roby and was in a battle at that place with the british and that he there received another wound in his thigh, that they then went down the North River to Fort Montgomery and
fort Clinton and was there when the fort were taken by the British, that he served a part of the time under Col Gansworth, that after the battle at
fort Montgomery and fort Clinton he went into the State of New Jersey and assisted in taking a piquit guard of the British, that in the year 1783 [1785?]
he was discharged at the Close of the war, thinks in November, that he thinks his discharge was signed by General James Clinton, that his said discharge has been long since lost.
that he cannot recollect the precise No. of Mar and days he served. But he served at least Eight years and five months as a private soldier and
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in the Revolutionary War and for such service he claims a pension, that when he entered in the army he ___the town of Little Britain State of New York, and that from the time he entered into the Army until he was discharged he was continually engaged in the field or in garrison and that he was not engaged in any British pursuit. That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except under the Act of June 7, 1832 and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Signed: Henry Leonard

Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of June 1833
W M Hawley Justice of the Peace

Allegany County SS.
I William M Hawley a Justice of the Peace of the said County do certify that I was well acquainted with P.P. Rich Esq. before whom the affidavit of Isaac Wheeler was sworn to and subscribed and that the said P.P. Rich moved away from this place to Pennsylvania about 4 years ago  and I have made diligent inquiry after him for the purpose of obtaining his certificate of the credibility of the said Isaac Wheeler, and that I cannot learn where he now lives, and I do further certify that the said Isaac Wheeler has moved down the Ohio River to some of the Southern States and it is not known here where he lives or whether he is alive. And I do further certify that at the time of making said affidavit he the said Isaac Wheeler was entitled to full credit.
Dated this 25th day of June 1833
W M Hawley JP.
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W M Hawley JP

Allegany Common Pleas
of the Term of June 1832
Allegany County
Henry Leonard having appeared at the last October Term of this Court & having made the declaration hereunto annexed for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the pension Land of the United States & having answered the interrogatories put by the Court touching the same & the Court having examined the affidavits of James Rools, Isaac Wheeler & Horace B Clamp hereunto annexed. And the said declarations & affidavits & also the affidavit of Joseph Leonard hereunto annexed having been produced & examined at the present Term of this Court. I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Henry Leonard did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the declaration hereunto annexed, against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental Establishment & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said Henry Leonard has no property whatever of any value & I do further certify that Amos Peabody Clerk of the said Court at the time the said declaration was made is dead & that I am duly elected & sworn as Clerk of the said Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this thirtieth day of August 1832.
J W Sherman

and while then his term of service having expired.
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State of New York Allegany County Clerks Office SS } I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of the County of Allegany & clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the said county do hereby certify that Philip P. Rich before whom the affidavit of Isaac Wheeler hereunto annexed was taken was a Justice of the peace of the said County at the time the same purports to have been taken & I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and that his signature subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature. And I further certify that John Griffin before whom the affidavit of James Rools hereunto annexed was taken was at the time the same purport to have taken first Judge of the courts of Common Pleas of the said County & that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge & that his signature subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature- 
And I further certify that Elias Hull before whom the affidavit of Horace B. Caudle hereunto annexed was taken was at the time the same purports to been taken a Commissioner of Deeds duly authorized to take the same. & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that his signature subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature- 
And I further certify that the said Horace B. Camp was at the time the said last mentioned affidavit was taken a Physician & Surgeon of the said county duly authorized to practice as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the 30th day of August 1832. [signature:] J W Sherman
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Allegany County ss. Henry Leonard of the town of Burns in the County of Allegany & State of New York on this twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one personally
appeared in open court being the Court of Common Pleas - a Court of record held at the Court house at Angelica in & for the said County of Allegany before the Judges thereof he the said Henry Leonard of said town & County aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820; that he the said Henry Leonard enlisted for the term of
three years or during the war if it should continue longer, about nine months after the commencement of the Revolutionary War as near as this deponent can recollect; in Montreal in the Province of Lower Canada under
Captain Grig in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gansworth in the Line of the State of New York
on the Continental establishment; the army  being then in Canada; and this deponent having before this time enlisted for nine months in the company commanded by Captain John Nicholson in the Regiment commanded by Col James Clinton at New Windsor in the State of New York, and was marched to Montreal in the Province of Lower Canada General Montgomery commanding the army, and while then his term of service having expired.
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that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the end of the said Revolutionary War when he was discharged from the service in the town of New Windsor in the State of New York; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
except the present, that he does not know that his name is on the pension roll of any State and that the reason for his not making an earlier application for a pension is that he did
not know where he could obtain sufficient proof of his enlistment service &c -
And in pursuance of the act of May 1st 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof
with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities
contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income at all. That he is by trade a cordwainer - that  he is unable to pursue it-- that he has no family
That no changes has been made in his property since the 18th of March 1818 except in his ordinary clothing
Henry Leonard
Sworn to and declared
the 26th day of October 1831
in open Court

Amos Peabody Clk
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Sworn before me 
["William Carroll a Justice of the peace of said county and commissioner to take the acknowledgments of deeds &c And" is all crossed out] 
John Griffin first Judge of the Allegany Com Pleas deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Henry Leonard in the Revolutionary war against great Brittain and knows that the said Henry Leonard was an enisted soldier in the Continental Army of the United States 
And he said [illegible] & illegible under Captain Grieg in Col Ganswoth [Ganesvoort?] Regiment under General Montgomery for the term of three years or during the war against great Brittain further this deponent saith not sworn before me ["June 18th" is crossed out 2 G geh__ [illegible]  G Griffin 1831 
his X mark James Rolls [Rools?] 
["Wm Carroll" and more words are crossed out] 
after the satisfactions and [illegible - claims?] above contained [signature:] John Griffin first Judge Allegany County Com Pleas
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ss. I Isaac Wheeler being duly sworn do depose and say that I did know Henry Leonard to be an inlisted solder in the revolutionary war- and belonged to the same brigade- called the New York brigade - Commanded by James Clinton - and the said Leonard belonged to Gansevoorts regiment and in a company commanded by John Nicholson Capt. and afterwards commanded by a capt Greig- and I knew him to serve the [illegible, bottom of page cut off] in said war
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State of New York
Allegany County
H B. Camp of Allen in said county being duly sworn on the Holy
Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he has examined Henry Leonard the person named in the preceding affidavit and that the scars of the wounds then sworn to an now to be sure presenting the appearance of wounds had by such instrument
And further this deponent saith that the said Henry Leonard appears to retain his physical and mental powers remarkably well for a person of his
age
H. B. Camp M.D.
Sworn and subscribed
this 22 day of Oct 1829
before me Elias Hull
Commissioner
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Henry Leonard pensioner rev war 

[the following is from a page underneath this page:] 
Allegany County } SS Joseph Leonard being duly
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State of New York
Allegany County }SS.
Joseph Leonard being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted with Isaac Wheeler who made the annexed affidavit before P. P. Rich on the 11th March 1825, also that he is acquainted James Rools who made an affidavit before John Griffin on the 26th of October 1831 and which is likewise annexed and that the said Isaac Wheeler and James Rool are men to be believed when under oath.
Signed: Joseph Leonard

Sworn before me April 10, 1832
John G Collins
Court of deeds
for Allegany County
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State of New York
Allegany County }SS.
Dach - Hiram Holiday

William Welch Supervisor of the Town of Burns in said County & that we believe him to be of 83 years of age and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Signed: (?Dach) H Holiday
Signed: William Welch Supervisor

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 16th day of August 1832
William Carrell J. P. & commissioner

State of New York
Allegany County SS.
I William Morley a clergyman residing in the Town of Burns in said County hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Henry Leonard who has made an affidavit to obtain the benefit of the Pension Laws of the United States & that I believe him to be 83 years of age & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion.
Signed: William Morley

Sworn & subscribed before me August 16th - 1832
J. Leonard J. P.
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State of New York
Allegany County Clerks Office SS}
I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of the County of Allegany & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that William Welch ___ of the person making the first of the within affidavits is Supervisor of the Town of Burns in the said County & that I am acquainted with his handwriting & his signature to the same is genuine & I further certify that William Carrol before whom the said affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace & Commissioner of Land of the said County & that I am acquainted with his handwriting & that his signature to the proof of the within affidavit is genuine & I further certify that Joseph Leonard before whom the affidavit of William Morley within contained was taken is Justice of the Peace of the said County & that I am acquainted with his handwriting & believe the signature to the proof of the said affidavit is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 30th of August 1832.
Signed: Judson W Sherman
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Allegany County
William Carrell Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of the said County do certify that I have been personally acquainted with Henry Leonard for more than twenty four years by living a near neighbor to him and have always been of the opinion that he was a Revolutionary Soldier from Frequent conversation which I have heard between him & my father who was a Revolutionary Soldier and received a pension under the farmer Act and from wounds on his person which has every appearance of having been received by some weapon of war used in combat and as to his age I concur in opinion with Mr. William Welch and Doctor Hiram Holiday Dated August 16th 1832
Signed: Wm Carrell J. P.